[8] There were some Neapolitan frigates in Leghorn, but the royal family were never willing to trust them.
[9] Life of Lord Minto, vol. iii. pp. 147-150.
[10] Malmesbury's Memoirs, vol, ii. p. 24.
[11] Mrs. St. George's description of Lady Hamilton has already been given, ante, vol. i. p. 380.
[12] Miss Knight mentions the same ceremony occurring in Vienna.
[13] Life of Lord Minto, vol. iii. pp. 242-243.
[14] This letter, with another, appears in the Alfred Morrison "Collection of Autograph Letters" (Nos. 472, 473). It is purposely given entire, except immaterial postscripts.
[15] Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers.
[16] The author is indebted to Prof. J. Knox Laughton for some extracts from Hotham's diary.
[17] Beckford's Memoirs, London, 1859, vol. ii. p. 127.