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I have said so much in praise of Your Royal Highness, & have raised people's expectations so high, that much is expected, & I am in a manner confident that You will not fall short of the Public opinion. If the King shou'd think it right to continue Lord Hood still abroad, notwithstanding the Peace, & Your Royal Highness [[addition]] with him [[/addition]], I am convinced You will readily acquiesce, knowing that You cannot be in a more useful situation both for Yourself & the Nation. I hope, Sir, that You find Yourself easy & happy in Your present condition, & that we were not mistaken in our ideas of Captain Napier. The King is pleased to approve of him, having heard a very good character of him from all quarters. It is to be hoped that there subsists a proper understanding between him & Lord Hood, which is material to Your Royal Highness's advantage, & to their comfort mutually -
