134
Ibid., p 513.
135
Ibid., Sept. 12, 1804.
136
Corr. de Nap., vol. ix. p. 700, Sept. 29, 1804.
137
The former Spanish part of the island was still in the hands of France.
138
Corr. de Nap., Sept. 27 and 29, 1804.
139
For Bonaparte's attitude toward Spain, see two letters to Talleyrand, Aug. 14 and 16, 1803; Corr. de Nap. vol. viii. pp. 580-585.
140
Signed Oct. 19, 1803. (Combate Naval de Trafalgar, by D. José? de Couto, p. 79.)
141
Parl. Debates, 1805, vol. iii. p. 70.
142
Parl. Debates, 1805, vol. iii. p. 72.
143
Ibid., p. 372.
144
Ibid., p. 81.
145
Jan. 24, 1804. Ibid., p. 85.
146
Ibid., p. 89.
147
Ibid.
148
Ibid., pp. 85, 89.
149
For some account of the advantages to French privateers arising from this use of Spanish ports, with interesting particulars, see Naval Chronicle, vol. xiii. p. 76. In March, 1804, Spain prohibited the sale of prizes in her ports.
150
Parl. Debates, 1805, vol. iii. p. 86.
151
Corr. de Nap. vol. ix. p. 482.
152
Parl. Debates, 1805, vol. iii. p. 93.
153
Ibid., p. 122.
154
Ibid., pp. 95, 122.
155
Thiers, Cons. et Emp. livre xvii. pp. 383, 384.
156
Pitt's Speech of February 11, 1805.
157
D. José de Couto, Combate Naval de Trafalgar (Madrid, 1851), pp. 83, 89.
158
Nels. Disp., vol. vi. p. 240. This letter was not sent, Nelson soon after receiving the Admiralty's order.