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Memoirs of Lord IStelfon. 



[Dec. 1, 



" MSMORAWDUM. 



" % the Off.cers of the Squadron. 



" yanguard, off the Mouth of the 

 Nile, Aagufi a, 1798, 



" AtMtCHTY Cod Laving bleffeH His 

 tWajefty'-' ;'i n-s with vi£lory, the AdiT*;'..!' in- 

 tends tr lUfoin^' public thanks for the fame at 

 two o'clock tins uay, and recommends every 

 fiiip doing the fame as loon as convenient." 



Public fervice was accord inj.ly per- 

 firmfcl on the quartei -deck, the other 

 fliips following the example of the AJ- 

 niira!. 



O : the fame day he addri"!-; the f<.l- 

 iovving ciiculai' letter to ihe Captains i:n- 

 d.»r him, fully expreiTive of his appioba- 

 tioij of their conduit : 



«< Vail guard, off the Mouth of the 

 Nile, Augi'^ %, 7798.. 



<' The Admiral mod heartily congratulates 

 the Caf'Cairs, Officers, Seamen, and Marines, 

 0'. the fqi\adron he has had the honour to 

 eonimand, on the event of the late aftion ; 

 tJjd he delires they will accept his ni' ft fin- 

 cere and cordial thanks for their very gallant 

 behaviour in this glorious buttle. It muft 

 ftrike forcibly every Briiith fcaman how fupe- 

 rior their conduft is, when in difcipline and 

 good oracr, to the riotous behiviour of Lnv- 

 Isfs Frenchmen. 



" The fquadron may be aflured the Admi- 

 f9l v.ill not fail, witti his difi.i ches, to re- 

 prefent their truly meritorious fondutt in the 

 ftrongeft terms to the Com mandri -in- Chief. 



'« To the Caf tains of the Ships of :b; 

 Squadron." 



It W.1S the fourth day afier the aflicn 

 before the Admiral could tranfniit inftlii- 

 {;ence of this memorable event. His dif- 

 patches upon this oc:afioii were entiuRcd 

 to Ciptain Berry, in the Ltsr.dv;-; and 

 r,o Iboner were thty muJe public, than 

 the g:eatelt fenfation was occafiiiitd 

 throughout Europe. Tlie Em;>eror of 

 Germany immcdir.tely briske off the con- 

 ferenes for a peace at Raftadt ; the O.to- 

 manPorie declare ' war agairiH thefrencii ; 

 and the Kir.g of Naples marched an army 

 to R. me, of which hs for a time dilj.ol- 

 {■jT'.d them. 



In Englai d the vi-Sfory of the Nile was 

 celebrHted by means of I'opfijt' ind illu- 

 minatiots; w+i le the Kuig and boih 

 Hoiifes of Psiliament.were eager to brMow 

 "a-n.irk.s of favour on the triumphan'. fleet 

 and its gallant leader. His Majtfty iiiime- 

 diately ccnerrtd upon him the dignity oi 

 a biroi) of Great Briiain, and he whs .tc- 

 cordinglv called iip!o the Hoiil'e of Pte:s, 

 as Loid Nelfon of the Nile. The Grand 

 iic!giiii>i tianinijtted s fuperbdiair.ond che- 



leng, or plumeof triumph, taken from one 

 of tne Imperial turbins ; and the King of 

 Naples loon after granted the tuleoi Duke 

 of Bronte, with an eltate in Sicily. 



Inftead of returning home to repnf; un- 

 der his liurels, the Admiral im.mediately 

 failed tor Sicily, where he v'3* received as 

 atic'iv -i-i-i hy'hi- KL^iig. The fubjtifs of 

 that Monarch, d.lcofrtenltd at i.is condu£f» 

 and fupported by the French, had hut 

 laicly driven huTi from hi» capital, after 

 Wiiich they ellabliflicd, or rather proclaim- 

 ed, " The Paiihenopean Republic.'* ,Tli4 

 zeal of Cardinal RufTo, however, wiio 

 liiccelifully mingled tiie cnaraiier of a loN 

 dier vviih that of a piirft, proved lignally 

 efficacious to-vards the fcffoiation of tha 

 exiled monarch. Hiving marched to Na- 

 ples at the hta I ot a body <^f Calabriaiis, 

 he cbligcd " the patii )l^," as ihey were 

 tf-mcd, who weie in polkfTion of all the 

 forts, to capitulate ; and to this treaty the 

 Engiifli, Turkifli, and RuflKin C.imman- 

 ders seceded. Oil the appe.irance of Lord 

 Nellbn, however, Pti inand punliciv dil- 

 avowed "The authority of Cardinal RufFo 

 to treat with luliji.;.-. in reiielllon," and 

 the capitulation was ace rdingly violated, 

 with the exception of the prifoneis in 

 Callelh Mare alone, which h'.d forrendered 

 to the Englifh iquadron under Commo- 

 dore Foote. This is the only portion of 

 the Admiral's public ccnlufl which has 

 ever been cenUireii ; for an Enplithwoman* 

 refiJing abroad having obtained the origi. 

 nal treaty in queltion, thought fit to pub- 

 lifh it, accoiiipanied with the fevereft ani- 

 madverfions. 



After having- effeffed the blockade of 

 Malta, procured the evacustion of Rome, 

 greatly conriboted to tne relloratioTi of 

 the King of Naples to his capital and hi» 

 ihione, Lord N. embarked wi;h the En- 

 glifli iMiniiter to the Court o' N^pes 

 (Sir William Hamilton) and landed at 

 Yarmouth, in hi* native comity, on 

 the 6!h of November, af^er an ablence of 

 three years, whicli had been wholly occu- 

 pied by a ferie> of the moft brilliant and 

 magnanimous achievements. 



The populace aiTemoled in cr-)"' ds fohe- 

 h'^ld the Hero of the Nile, and harnr/fing 

 thenifclves to his carriage, dragged him to 



* Mifs Williams. The mird of Lord Nel- 

 fon was greatly afl'eiSed with the charges ad- 

 duced agsinft him, and Sir William and Lady 

 H.niiltoii; and we underrtand that a gentle- 

 man who pofleffcs materials for his Lorulhip's 

 Life vkas entruJtcd by him, a few months be- 

 fore his death, with a written refutation of 

 kveial of the Hatements of this lady, 



the 



