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Nelson, like a common felon and public malefactor! Hisbody was left suspended until the night, when a weightbeing attached, it was cast into the sea.

The worst portion of the mob, being stimulated and| encouraged by such examples, gave vent to all their passionsifor private revenge, pillage, and destruction. The third dayafter the arrival of the king, while walking the deck ofLord Nelson’s ship, a floating substance was seen slowly to| approach the spot. This, on close inspection by the kingI himself, proved to be the body of Admiral Caracciolo,projecting from the water to the shoulders, with face un-covered and hair dishevelled seeming to fix its eyes upon hisI paled and agitated murderer. The frightened wretch, quite! horrified, exclaimed, “ Carracciolo ” and calling for his; chaplain, in breathless agitation asked, “ What can thati body want, in thus molesting me ?” The priest replied, “ I! think that it is come to pray you for its Christian burial.”

1 “ Let him have it” said his murderer; then sad andj thoughtful, retired below. The body was accordingly taken| from the water, and buried in the chapel of St. Mary atSanta Lucia. It was, however, previously ascertained, thatthe body had so inflated through the usual fermentation inthe viscera, that the weight of iron attached to sink it (noless than fifty-two pounds) did not suffice to keep it down.Captain Thomas Hardy, commanding Nelson’s ship on thatoccasion, weighed the iron shot, and certified the facts as Ihave given them, to my authority, the late General Colletta,to whose writings I am indebted for many particulars, and: the exact dates of the occurrences I have related concerning' the affairs of Naples. Having been personally acquainted: with most of the principal surviving actors in the scenes de-I scribed, or with their relatives, I certainly have had an| opportunity of acquiring much authentic information; butColletta has enabled me to present with chronological order,