On the 30th he was appointed to the "Agamemnon," of the latter rate.

Within the preceding fortnight Louis XVI.

had been beheaded, and the French ambassador ordered to leave England.

On February 1, 1793, two days after Nelson's orders were issued, the Republic declared war against Great Britain and Holland.
FOOTNOTES: [8] Nicolas, vol.v.p.

356.
[9] Thus Collingwood, rarely other than sober and restrained in his language, wrote to Hughes: "It is from the idea that the greatness and superiority of the British navy very much depends upon preserving inviolate the Act of Navigation, excluding foreigners from access to the colonies, that I am induced to make this representation to you." Nicolas, vol.i.