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(Signed)

(L. S)Nelson and Bronte.

(L. S.)William Stewart.

(L. S)Ernest Frederick Walterstorff.

(L. S.)Hans Lindholm.

In purſuance of my above-mentioned authority, I ratify this Document with my hand.

(L. S.)

Ratified by me,

(L.S)

CHAP. IV.

Conſequences of the Victory.

T is just to review the generoſity, humanity and goodneſs, of Lord Nelſon, before we leave the conſideration of this achievement, which, with ail its circumſtances, has contributed more to the advancement of our intereſts, to the glory of our efforts, and towards ſuſtaining the conteſt in which we are engaged, than any of our former ſplendid victories.

After having deſtroyed the whole line of battery, and obtained an entire triumph; anxious to prevent the effusion of human blood, ſtill recurring to, and retaining what he knew to be the principle on which he was inſtructed to act, and which was indeed moſt ſincerely the wiſh of the Britiſh Government, Lord Nelſon renewed by a meſsage to the Crown Prince, thoſe pacific offers which had been repeatedly made,