Fleet is moored in the bay as the French have taken over San Fiorenzo; refers to the Neapolitan King and "a late misunderstanding between the state and
Commander Nelson"; talks of the evacuation of Bastia, San Fiorenzo, Calvi, Ajaccio and Bonifacio; description of an attack by the French on the Fleet he can "hardly give Tom an idea of the beauty of the scene"; post comes via Lieut. Mundy, son of the Member for Derbyshire, a visitor of Thomas Lawrence's.