NELSON, Horatio, Admiral (1758-1805). Fine autograph letter signed to [the Revd Dixon Hoste], San Fiorenzo, [Corsica], 2 April 1795, 4 pages, 4to (centre fold of integral leaf worn and holed). Nelson writes of his sense of acute frustration at Lord Hotham's failure to pursue the French fleet after the engagement off Genoa on 13th and 14th March. He refuses to condemn Hotham, 'my very old Friend', but suggests that had Hood been in command 'I have no doubt in my mind but perhaps the whole French fleet would have graced our Triumphs, such an opportunity seldom offers and much risque must be run to achieve great & Brilliant actions, but Hotham adheres to the old adage - A bird in hand is better far than two that in the bush are '. Nelson recounts his conversation with Hotham and the advice he gave to leave the prizes and crippled ships with four frigates to guard them and to set off to pursue the fleeing enemy. 'But Hotham's answer to me was, we have suffered a good deal, we have a decided Victory, & we must be contented. My Mind is of a very different nature ... I can never hold the business well done, but ... perhaps the Ad l. judged wisely & I love him very much'. Nelson complains of his lack of preferment, 'none since L d. Howes Action can lay claim equal to me', and laments that he has no interest at Court. He praises the behaviour of Hoste's son, William, in the action of the 13th March, 'I could not help telling him that I thought he was much safer than following Mr Coke's hounds' and ends on a political note, ' I agree with you that I know not what we are fighting for. To suppose that England can force a constitution on France is madness - & our Allies are a set of Scoundrels ... As an officer I never consider the cause of our War it is my duty to defend Old England & endeavour to add honor to her Arms'. Hoste was rector of Tittleshall in Norfolk, a living in the gift of the Coke family by whom he was introduced to Nelson. Hoste's second son, William, joined the Royal Navy in 1793 under Nelson's express care and patronage and achieved great eminence. Not in Nicolas: The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson , 1846.
NELSON, Horatio, Admiral (1758-1805). Fine autograph letter signed to [the Revd Dixon Hoste], San Fiorenzo, [Corsica], 2 April 1795, 4 pages, 4to (centre fold of integral leaf worn and holed). Nelson writes of his sense of acute frustration at Lord Hotham's failure to pursue the French fleet after the engagement off Genoa on 13th and 14th March. He refuses to condemn Hotham, 'my very old Friend', but suggests that had Hood been in command 'I have no doubt in my mind but perhaps the whole French fleet would have graced our Triumphs, such an opportunity seldom offers and much risque must be run to achieve great & Brilliant actions, but Hotham adheres to the old adage - A bird in hand is better far than two that in the bush are '. Nelson recounts his conversation with Hotham and the advice he gave to leave the prizes and crippled ships with four frigates to guard them and to set off to pursue the fleeing enemy. 'But Hotham's answer to me was, we have suffered a good deal, we have a decided Victory, & we must be contented. My Mind is of a very different nature ... I can never hold the business well done, but ... perhaps the Ad l. judged wisely & I love him very much'. Nelson complains of his lack of preferment, 'none since L d. Howes Action can lay claim equal to me', and laments that he has no interest at Court. He praises the behaviour of Hoste's son, William, in the action of the 13th March, 'I could not help telling him that I thought he was much safer than following Mr Coke's hounds' and ends on a political note, ' I agree with you that I know not what we are fighting for. To suppose that England can force a constitution on France is madness - & our Allies are a set of Scoundrels ... As an officer I never consider the cause of our War it is my duty to defend Old England & endeavour to add honor to her Arms'. Hoste was rector of Tittleshall in Norfolk, a living in the gift of the Coke family by whom he was introduced to Nelson. Hoste's second son, William, joined the Royal Navy in 1793 under Nelson's express care and patronage and achieved great eminence. Not in Nicolas: The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson , 1846.
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