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That the misfortunes of himself and family hastened the death of the said Alex»
» Comelater — and on the settlement of the peace of Campe the present Memorialist, Joseph George Comelate, having himself rendered important Services from time to time,
was appointed British Consul at Ancona,
"in Consideration) . _ (to use the expressions employed by Lord Burghersh, now Earl of Westmorland, at that time British Ambassador in Florence _ ) "of the Services Rendered and loss sustained by his Father's?
That in the Year 1815 Memorialist by his timely foresight saved the British and Ionian properly then, in the harbour of Ancona, from King Murat, and he also afterwards at his great personal risk, was (as acknowledged by Capt. C. T. Smith of H. M. Frigate "Undaunted") the only means of capturing the Flotilla and Treasure of the same Murat in the Islands of tromite in the Adriatic,
Where it was proposed to place the Treasures in safety, if the integrity of Memorialist had not rendered the attempt futile by rejecting proposals which, however calculated to repair his shattered fortunes, were inconsistent with his honour and interest of Great Britain).
That Memorialist continued to discharge the duties of his Office for several Years with fidelity, zeal and activity —
That