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LETTERS.

[1805.

out to this Country into effect. You will herewith receivecopies of several Admiralty orders, letters, and instructions, fromNo. 1 to No. 87, for your guidance and information, many ofwhich, as you will observe, are obsolete, but will tend to showthe line of conduct, intended at different times, to have beencarried into effect. You will, consequently, make such useof them as you shall judge proper. From a perfect knowledgeof your zeal for his Majesty’s Service, and well knownabilities, I feel it unnecessary to say anything more on thissubject, as circumstances must naturally guide your futureoperations, with such additional force as may be sent to thisCountry and those left in it, named in the margin. 8

Notwithstanding the orders which I have given to CaptainCorbet, of the Amphitrite , to proceed to England if she canbe manned and fitted for service in this Country, I wouldrecommend, under the present scarcity of Ships , that she maybe detained in the Mediterranean, as the active zeal of CaptainCorbet will render her a valuable acquisition at this presentmoment.

Nelson and Bronte.

TO COMMISSIONER OTWAY, GIBRALTAR .

[Autograph, in the possession of Rear-Admiral Inglefield, C.B.]

Victory, Gibraltar Bay , May Gth, 1805.

Sir,

Mr. Joseph King not having received, since the PeaceEstablishment of 1802, the pay which was formerly paid himas Boatswain of the Yard, but only the pay as Boatswain of theSheer Hulk, which seems to me to be very hard upon him, ashe is by the Admiralty letter of March 1804 (at least, it ap-pears so to me) told, that he is to be Boatswain of the Yard,and in consequence of his removal from afloat to the shore, isalso to be allowed house-rent. It also enjoined him that inaddition to his duty as Boatswain of the Yard, that he is toattend to the masting of Ships. From all these circumstances,I feel confident that Mr. King is intended by the Admiralty

8 Phoebe, Hydra, Juno, Ambuscade, Niger , Bittern, Termagant, Halcyon, Sophie,Moucheron, Seahorse, Childers, Thunder, /Etna, Madras, Morgiana, Jalouse, Spider,Hirondelle, Renard, Ventura.