r Miller! By an explosion of shells, which he was preparing on board
the Theseus, him and twenty-five others were killed; nine drowned, by
jumping overboard; and forty-three wounded." After observing that, if
Commodore Troubridge cannot immediately proceed against Civita Vecchia,
he is to collect all his ships; and, the moment the Russians appear, to
join his lordship, for the purpose of proceeding to Gibraltar, by the
way of Palermo, where the necessary provisions may be obtained--"Your
letter of the 13th," he concludes, "is just arrived. The Neapolitans
must manage their own Jacobins; we have, thank God, done with them."

Sir Sidney Smith having transmitted to Lord Nelson, as his superior in
command, the account of his splendid atchievements in the defence of
Acre, and the total defeat and discomfiture of Bonaparte on that
memorable occasion, his lordship immediately wrote the following
congratulatory epistle to Sir Sidney; whose important dispatches he
afterwards forwarded to England, accompanied by a public letter to Mr.
Nepean, as they were afterwards published in the London Gazette.

"Palermo, 20th Aug. 1799.

"MY DEAR SIR,

"I have received, with the truest satisfaction, all your very
interesting letters to July 16th. The immense fatigue you have had,
in defending Acre against such a chosen army of French villains,
headed by that arch-villain Bonaparte, has never been exceeded; and
the bravery shewn by you, and your brave companions, is such as to
merit every encomium which all the civilized world can bestow. As
an individual, and as an admiral, will you accept of my feeble
tribute of praise and admiration, and make them acceptable to all
those under your command? I have returned the Cameleon, that your
lieutenant might have a good sloop; which, I hope, Lord Keith will
approve: and, in every thing in my junior situation in the fleet,
you may be assured of my readiness to do what you can wish me. I
hope, Alexandria is long before this in your possession, and the
final blow given to Bonaparte; but, I hope, no terms will ever be
granted for his individual return to Europe. Captain Stiles will
tell you all our news here; and good Sir William Hamilton tells me,
he thinks that he has told you the heads of all. In short, all is
well, if Lord Keith falls in with the combined fleet. I think, you
had better order t