19th September 1805
TO WILLIAM MARSDEN, ESQ.
Victory, at Sea, September 19th, 1805.
Sir,
I have received their Lordships’ duplicate order of the 7th instant, addressed to Vice-Admiral Collingwood, or the Senior Officer, for the time being, at Gibraltar; relative to the sending all the Transports from thence to Malta, with directions to their respective Masters to follow such orders as they may receive from General Sir James Craig; and you will please to acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that due attention shall be paid to the instructions contained in their order above mentioned.
I am, Sir, &c.,
NELSON AND BRONTE.
TO WILLIAM MARSDEN, ESQ., ADMIRALTY.
Victory, at Sea, 19th September, 1805.
Sir,
I have received your Letter of the 10th inst., together with the copy of a Dispatch from Lord Strangford, His Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at Lisbon, to Lord Mulgrave, therein mentioned, relative to the Combined Fleet at Cadiz, and its probable destination.
I am, Sir, &c.,
NELSON AND BRONTE.
TO WILLIAM MARSDEN, ESQ., ADMIRALTY.
Victory, at Sea, 19th September, 1805.
Sir,
On my taking the command of the Mediterranean Fleet in July 1803, I received from Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton a copy of their Lordships’ authority to order Courts Martial; but owing to some particular circumstances, and the late changes at the Admiralty, their authority to me was omitted to be sent. I have therefore, to request that you will be pleased to represent the same to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and move their Lordships to send me their order for holding Courts Martial, as early as possible. I feel perfectly satisfied that the authority invested in me by the copy of the said order has hitherto been sufficient; but it is more regular, and will prevent any future consequences, to have their Lordships’ order for assembling Courts Martial dated agreeably to that of my late orders.
I am, Sir, &c.,
NELSON AND BRONTE.
