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with me--it has always been my wish that it should be so, but a fatality seems to prevent it. However, I shall again mention my wish at the Admiralty, and I know that Otway' wants to come also; if he is still in the same mind I will ask for him. Perhaps, if you both write to Admiral Gambier®, my letter will be with him long before yours.

I can, my dear Lord, only again repeat how glad I shall be to have you near me on the day of Battle, and I will venture to say, you shall not again' be shoved out in whatever may take place. I am ever, my dear Lord, your most obliged and faithful friend,

NELSON AND BRONTE.

TO WILLIAM MARSDEN, ESQ., ADMIRALTY.

[Original in the Admiralty.]

Victory, off the Rock of Lisbon, 5 o'clock, P.M., 25th September, 1805.
Sir,

You will please to acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that I arrived off here this morning; but owing to its having been calm all day, I have not made any progress in my passage, but hope as the breeze is now springing up from the N.W., to get round Cape St. Vincent I am, Sir, &c.,

to-morrow.

NELSON ANd Bronte.

PRIVATE DIARY.

[From the "Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson,"

by Dr. Beatty, 2nd Ed. p. 95.]

Wednesday, September 25th, 1805.

Light airs Southerly. Saw the rock of Lisbon, S.S.E. ten leagues. At sunset the Captain of the Constance came on

5 Captain now Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, Bart., G.C.B. (Vide vol. iv. p. 301.)

One of the Lords of the Admiralty.

7 Lord Henry Paulet (vide vol. iv. p. 293, 399) commanded the Defence in Sir Hyde Parker's Fleet before Copenhagen, but that Ship did not form part of Lord Nelson's Squadron in the attack.

board, and sent my letters for England to Lisbon, and wrote to Captain Sutton, and the Consul. The Enemy's Fleet had not left Cadiz the 18th of this month, therefore I yet hope they will wait my arrival.

TO SIR CHARLES BUNBURY, BART.

[From the Correspondence of Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart., p. 448.]

Victory, off Cape St. Vincent, September 26th, 1805.

My dear Sir Charles,

Only this moment have I been favoured with your letter of February 4th, 1804. Where is this Mr. Stewart? let him come forth! and if I can take the Enemy's Fleet he shall be made a Lieutenant; if not he must get an Admiralty recommendation, for all except death vacancies are considered as belonging to them; but be assured I am ever happy to meet your wishes, and believe me, my dear Sir Charles, Your most obliged humble Servant,

NELSON AND BRONTE.

TO CAPTAIN JOHN SYKES, H.M. SHIP NAUTILUS.

[Original in the possession of Rear-Admiral Sykes.]

Victory, off Cape St. Vincent, 27th September, 1805.

Whereas His Majesty's Ships, Royal Sovereign, Defiance, Superb, Melpomené, and several others, may soon be expected to join me from England, You are, notwithstanding former orders, hereby required and directed to cruize in His Majesty's Sloop Nautilus, under your command, off Cape St. Vincent, for the purpose of falling in with the Ships above mentioned, or any other that may be ordered from

Mr. Edward Stewart, son of the late Reverend Charles Edward Stewart, Rector of Wakes Colne, in Essex, and of Rede in Suffolk. He was made a Lieutenant in March, 1805, some months before Lord Nelson answered Sir Charles Bunbury's application; promoted to Commander in June, 1814, and was drowned in command of the Brisk in the Medway in 1824, on which day, it is said, he had been made a Post-Captain.

with me-it has always been my wish that it should be so, but a fatality seems to prevent it. However, I shall again mention my wish at the Admiralty, and I know that Otway' wants to come also; if he is still in the same mind I will ask for him. Perhaps, if you both write to Admiral Gambier, my letter will be with him long before yours.

I can, my dear Lord, only again repeat how glad I shall be to have you near me on the day of Battle, and I will venture to say, you shall not again be shoved out in whatever may take place. I am ever, my dear Lord, your most obliged and faithful friend,

NELSON and Bronte.

TO WILLIAM MARSDEN, ESQ., ADMIRALTY.

[Original in the Admiralty.]

Victory, off the Rock of Lisbon, 5 o'clock, P.M., 25th September, 1805.
Sir,

You will please to acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that I arrived off here this morning; but owing to its having been calm all day, I have not made any progress in my passage, but hope as the breeze is now springing up from the N.W., to get round Cape St. Vincent I am, Sir, &c.,

to-morrow.

NELSON ANd Bronte.

PRIVATE DIARY.

[From the "Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson,"

by Dr. Beatty, 2nd Ed. p. 95.]

Wednesday, September 25th, 1805.

Light airs Southerly. Saw the rock of Lisbon, S.S.E. ten leagues. At sunset the Captain of the Constance came on

5 Captain now Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, Bart., G.C.B. (Vide vol. iv. p. 301.)

One of the Lords of the Admiralty.

7 Lord Henry Paulet (vide vol. iv. p. 293, 399) commanded the Defence in Sir Hyde Parker's Fleet before Copenhagen, but that Ship did not form part of Lord Nelson's Squadron in the attack.

board, and sent my letters for England to Lisbon, and wrote to Captain Sutton, and the Consul. The Enemy's Fleet had not left Cadiz the 18th of this month, therefore I yet hope they will wait my arrival.

TO SIR CHARLES BUNBURY, BART.

[From the Correspondence of Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart., p. 448.] Victory, off Cape St. Vincent, September 26th, 1805.

My dear Sir Charles,

Only this moment have I been favoured with your letter of February 4th, 1804. Where is this Mr. Stewart? let him come forth! and if I can take the Enemy's Fleet he shall be made a Lieutenant; if not he must get an Admiralty recommendation, for all except death vacancies are considered as belonging to them; but be assured I am ever happy to meet your wishes, and believe me, my dear Sir Charles, Your most obliged humble Servant,

NELSON AND BRONTE.

TO CAPTAIN JOHN SYKES, H.M. SHIP NAUTILUS.

[Original in the possession of Rear-Admiral Sykes.]

Victory, off Cape St. Vincent, 27th September, 1805.

Whereas His Majesty's Ships, Royal Sovereign, Defiance, Superb, Melpomené, and several others, may soon be expected to join me from England, You are, notwithstanding former orders, hereby required and directed to cruize in His Majesty's Sloop Nautilus, under your command, off Cape St. Vincent, for the purpose of falling in with the Ships above mentioned, or any other that may be ordered from

Mr. Edward Stewart, son of the late Reverend Charles Edward Stewart, Rector of Wakes Colne, in Essex, and of Rede in Suffolk. He was made a Lieutenant in March, 1805, some months before Lord Nelson answered Sir Charles Bunbury's application; promoted to Commander in June, 1814, and was drowned in command of the Brisk in the Medway in 1824, on which day, it is said, he had been made a Post-Captain.

England to join me; and continue on this service until you are relieved, or receive orders from me for your further proceedings. And upon your falling in with any of His Majesty's Ships or Vessels as above, you will deliver them a copy of the General Order and Rendezvous of the Fleet herewith transmitted, which are always to remain in the possession of the Ship stationed off Cape St. Vincent, and take their respective receipts for the same, which you will deliver to me on joining the Fleet. Should the Enemy's Fleet from Brest make its appearance, I desire that you will join me with an account thereof, with the utmost dispatch.

NELSON AND BRONTE.

GENERAL ORDER.

TO ALL JUNIOR FLAG OFFicers, and the CAPTAINS OR COMMANDERS OF ANY OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS OR Vessels, ordereD BY THE ADMIRALTY UNDER MY COMMAND.

Victory, off Cape St. Vincent, 27th September, 1805. Pursuant to Instructions from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, You are hereby required and directed to put yourself under my command, and follow and obey all such signals, orders, and directions as you shall from time to time receive from me for His Majesty's Service. And I am to desire that you will immediately join the Fleet under my command on the Rendezvous left with this order, or wherever you may learn I am gone to; a copy of which, together with that of this order, I desire you will take and sign for accordingly, for which this shall be your order. NELSON AND Bronte.

TO ALL JUNIOR FLAG OFFICERS, AND THE CAPTAINS OR COMMANDERS OF ANY OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS OR VESSELS, IN SEARCH OF me.

Victory, off Cape St. Vincent, 27th September, 1805. Secret Rendezvous.

The Rendezvous of the Fleet under my command will be between Cape St. Mary's and Cadiz. Ships, therefore, in search of me, not falling in with the Fleet off the former place, must approach the latter with the utmost caution; and

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