drawn sword; or a gun, if loaded
with shot. Many of them, peaceable heroes, are said to have run
away when brought near the enemy. The King and General Acton being
at Rome, I know not what orders will be sent to General Naselli;
but, you may depend, I will do nothing which can do away your just
demand of retribution to our merchants robbed by the French at
Leghorn. I arrived here on the 5th of December, and found my
presence very comfortable for the poor queen. Ever believe me, my
dear Sir, your most faithful and obliged

"Nelson."

Our indefatigable hero wrote, also, on this day, two letters to his
Excellency, the Right Honourable Sir Moreton Eden, K.B. Minister
Plenipotentiary at Vienna. In the first of these, he says, with his
usual excellence of heart, "I have to thank you, for your kindness to
Captain Berry. Poor fellow, he has suffered greatly, both in body and
mind; but, I hope, his reception in England will perfectly restore him."
The other letter fully demonstrates that his head was no less excellent
than his heart. It would have been well for the repose of Europe, and
particularly for the welfare of the Emperor of Germany, and his
hereditary dominions, as well as of his royal relatives at Naples, had
our hero's advice, even at this late period, been sufficiently
regarded. We give, with peculiar pleasure, the whole of this almost
prophetic document.

Naples, Dec. 10, 1798.

"MY DEAR SIR,

"I received, with thanks, your favour of November the 15th: and
perfectly agree with you, that a delayed war, on the part of the
emperor, will be destructive to this monarchy; and, of course, to
the newly-acquired dominions of the emperor in Italy. Had the war
commenced in September or October, all Italy would at this moment
have been liberated. This month is worse than the last; the next
will render the contest doubtful; and, in six months, when the
Neapolitan _republic_ will be organized, armed, and with it's
numerous resources called forth, I will suffer to have my head cut
off, if the emperor is not only defeated in Italy, but that he
totters on his throne at Vienna. Pray, assure the empress, from me,
that, notwithstanding the councils which have shook the throne of
her father and mother, I shall remain here, ready to save the
sacred persons of the king and queen, and of her brothers and