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Page 44
Letters
FROM
SIR ALEXANDER JOHN BALL
TO
LADY HAMILTON.
Letters OF SIR ALEXANDER JOHN BALL, _&c_.
I.
My Dear Madam,
I cannot help loving and esteeming you very much, although you have
proved such a false gipsey to me. Pray, do you recollect looking into
my hand, and telling me a pretty story of carrying home Sir William
and Lady Hamilton, &c. &c. However, I forgive you; as you did not take
money, and could only have in view giving me much pleasure.
I beg leave to introduce to your Ladyship's notice the Abb� Savoye;
who is a sensible man, and the most polished here. He has great
influence with the Maltese. Pray, request Sir William to introduce him
particularly to Le Chevalier Acton.
I shall have the pleasure of seeing you and Sir William Hamilton in
England, this summer. How very much I wished to be near you, when you
were reading the parliamentary effusions of gratitude and joy for the
services Lord Nelson has rendered his country! I would rather be Lord
Nelson, than any Duke--or, indeed, any man--in England; and you may
guess how very proud I am in having such a friend. Indeed, I feel,
that I owe more to him than any man in this world. I have written to
Sir William; God bless you both!
I remain, with sincere respect and esteem, my dear Madam, your
Ladyship's most devoted and obliged humble servant,
ALEXANDER JOHN BALL.
Alexander,
9th February 1799.
Davidge Gould is sighing for Palermo; _alias_ Miss K----. I wish the
Admiral would let him recreate for a fortnight, and send Hardy to me
again.
II.
My Dear Madam,
I had the honour of writing to your Ladyship and Sir William, by the
Vanguard; since which, I have read the few lines you had the goodness
to address to me at the bottom of Lord Nelson's letter of the 9th
inst.
I cannot entertain any hopes of personally paying my respects to you
and Sir William, before your departure for England; but, be assured,
that I can never forget the very flattering attention you have both
been pleased to honour me with.
You must wait a month longer, for the warm weather; otherwise, the
transition may be too great for Sir William.
We are anxiously waiting for the Maltese deputies to return from
Palermo. The inhabitants are critically situated; but, I hope, all
will end well. Good news from you will determine it.
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