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Honfleur.—Gives a detailed account of the capture of Commodore Sidney Smith.

(Dated 30 Germinal, an 4. Certified by Lévêque as a true copy.)

Caen.—Sends an account of the capture of Commodore Sidney Smith (f. 12).

(Dated 1 Floréal, an 4. Letter-head of the Commissaire du Directoire Exécutif, près l’Administration Départementale du Calvados. Marked in two different hands ‘Raport à communiquer’ and ‘Communiqué au Chef de l’état Major le 2 Floreal.’)

Following the question 'What is your opinion of the comparative merits of John Morley & "Charlie" Hammond" [perhaps Charles Frederick Hamond, and referring to them competing for the Newcastle-on-Tyne seat in the 1892 or 1895 general election], lines under the title "Honest John" describe Morley 'A good sound freethinker to judge from his books', while 'Charlie' is 'not half as bad as he looks'; though 'John P. Robinson' says that 'really Jehovah deserves a big G'.

Limerick on the other side about the 'Rev. Sydney Smith, when at Acre' [the 'Rev' is emphasised, perhaps to distinguish Smith from Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, who fought at the Siege of Acre] meeting Napoleon 'Buonaparte dressed like a fakir'.