General de Vins affecting, in his reply, to consider that Nelson's proposal had no other end than that of obtaining the bay of St.Remo as a station for the ships, told him, what he well knew, and had expressed before, that Vado Bay was a better anchorage; nevertheless, if MONSIEUR LE COMMANDANT NELSON was well assured that part of the fleet could winter there, there was no risk to which he would not expose himself with pleasure, for the sake of procuring a safe station for the vessels of his Britannic Majesty.

Nelson soon assured the Austrian commander that this was not the object of his memorial.

He now began to suspect that both the Austrian Court and their general had other ends in view than the cause of the allies.

"This army," said he, "is slow beyond all description; and I begin to think that the Emperor is anxious to touch another L4,000,000 of English money.

As for the German generals, war is their trade, and peace is ruin to them; therefore we cannot expect that they should have any wish to finish the war.