Tears came into his eyes while the men were speaking.

Without making any reply, he instantly ordered his boat, and did not return to the AMAZON till he could tell them that their wish was effected.

The fleet sailed on the 12th of March.

Mr.Vansittart sailed in it; the British Cabinet still hoping to attain its end by negotiation.

It was well for England that Sir Hyde Parker placed a fuller confidence in Nelson than the government seems to have done at this most important crisis.