containing six fan-mounts, two boxes of perfumery, four large
and two small of Naples soap, amounting to eighteen Spanish
dollars and a half. I hope to collect from Sicily some
ornamental figures for a table, which I will forward to you, by
the first safe conveyance, with some Neapolitan shawls. I shall
not draw upon your agent, as I expect, when I return to Naples,
to receive nearly forty pounds as your share of the cotton and
articles taken out of the Spanish polacre we captured. Pray let
me know to whom I shall remit the balance. I sincerely hope that
you had a good passage down, and have not suffered from the
fatigue and anxiety you must have experienced. I make no doubt
but you will have the pleasure of convoying the ships to
England, where you will be amply recompensed by a joyful meeting
with Lady Saumarez and your family. When you get your second
medal, beware of the ladies, if they hear such a story of you as
of our friend Collingwood. I shall feel very much flattered
whenever you will favour me with a line; and you may be assured
that I shall never lose an occasion of testifying to you my
great esteem, and how very much I value your friendship. I
enclose herewith a translation of Admiral Blanquet's account of
the battle of the Nile, with his plans, which he is to present
to the French Minister of the Marine. One of my officers copied
them unknown to him, but his aide-de-camp allowed everybody to
read them.

It would be difficult to describe to you the very flattering
reception we met with at Naples. Our gallant Admiral was hailed
as the saviour of Italy. He daily receives from all parts
congratulatory addresses and verses, celebrating his fame. The
King visited him before he anchored, and he gave him and all the
captains a very elegant dinner on board one of his ships of the
line. We dined on the poop; the party very select, consisting of
the hereditary Prince and one of his brothers, the Minister of
Marine, three of the Lords in waiting, Sir William and Lady
Hamilton, and the captain of the Neapolitan ship. After dinner,
the King gave as a toast, "Sir Horatio Nelson and the brave
English nation," with a salute from his lower deck guns. Sir
William Hamilton gave a fete that cost more than a thousand
pounds. It was much admired for its taste and magnificence.
There was nothing to be seen or he