"Sir,
"We commit to your charge a Buonapartist, Mons. St. Just, taken with the
accompanying despatches from the French Government. You will deliver
him and them to Admiral Lord Nelson, last heard of in Lat. ---- Long.
----.
"If the Admiral find the information in the papers trustworthy, Mons.
St. Just is to be brought back to England. If not, let Lord Nelson deal
with him as the bearer of false news in time of war deserves.
Signed: George, Prince Regent.
----, First Lord of the Admiralty.
W. Pitt, First Lord of the Treasury
and Prime Minister.