1805.] 



Memoirs of Lord Nelfon. 



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t)»e inn. On his arrival in London, 

 fimilai honours attended hisn ; aad, after 

 dining at the Guildhall, he was prefeiited 

 With a luperb Iword by Mr. Chamberlain 

 Clarke, in the name oF the Lard M.iynr 

 and Corporation, in teftimony of an ac- 

 tion " perhaps unequalled in the hiftory 

 ■of mankind." 



The lepiy, which is as follows, was 

 delivered amidft burfls of applaule : 



" Sir, 

 " It is with the grrat'cft pvide and fatisfac- 

 tion 1 receive frum thi's honourable Court 

 fuch a telVitnony of their approbation of my 

 conJuift ; a.i.l w h :b;s very sword [fc 

 Lordjhlp at the Jams t me holding it up in hi! re- 

 faaimng hunii] i !:ope loon to aid in reducing 

 cor impUcai)le and inveterate enemy to pro- 

 per and due limits ; w.thout vi'hicti this Coun- 

 try can neither hop2 for nor cxiieift a folid, 

 honourable, ana permanent peace !" 



His Lordfhip did not remain long in- 

 af^ive, for in confsquence of his own 

 prcfling foiicitations he was enabled on:e 

 m'/i"e to h ift his Hag in the fervire uf his 

 country ; and the Admiralty, with a due 

 and appro,)riate regard to his glory, ap- 

 pointed nJTi to ilie commind oi the San 

 Jofef, "f I lo guns, a flip formerly b. aided 

 and taken bv hinifeU, with lb much glory, 

 in tTieaftion off Cape Sr. Vincent. 



A confederacy of the JN > thern Powers 

 having alarmed ti-.e liation, he was em- 

 ployed to cii Joive it. A fleet cor.fiiing of 

 eighteen fa;; of the line aiid four taigates, 

 together with a num'urr of gun ooats and 

 bomb vefTciri; in all fifty four fail, having 

 been fifed out for this purpofc, proceeded 

 from Yarmouth roads tor the Baiiic 

 March II, 1801. The comm.nd of this 

 expedi'ion was entru(I\'d o Admiral Sir 

 Hyde Parker, aOifted by Vice Ada.ival 

 NelfO'i and Rear- Admiral Toity, the lad 

 ol whom hit hij flag-lhipon a !?iid-hank 

 cfFthe conft of Li colm'hire. On the r-.r- 

 rivaj of tiie Engliih iqiiaJi.on In the Catte- 

 gat. Sir Hyde dil'patciied a letter to the 

 Governor of Cronenburg, in which, af er 

 alluding to the hoilile conduti of Den- 

 mart, he demanded, " Whether iie covild 

 pafs that loitrels freely, and without im- 

 pediment ?"• 



On being anfwcred in the negative, he 

 anchored niar to the Ifiand of Hucn, and, 

 in company with Vice-Admiial Lord Nel- 

 lon and Rear A' miral Graves furveyed 

 the rormii:al)le line of fhip^, ideaus, gal- 

 leys, fire velT.ls, a.ui gun boars, flunked 



• Hiftory of the Heroes of the French R»- 

 ■volution, vol ii , p. ii;o 



♦V1«KTHLV Mac No. 136. 



and fupportedby cxttnlive baiteries on the 

 two iflands called the Crowns, the Jarge.t 

 of which was mounted wirh from 50 to 70 

 pieces of fannon ; thefe v\tre alio fuithsr 

 ftrengthi-ncd by two ftiinsor feventy guns, 

 and a large frigate, in the inntr-ioad of 

 Copenhagen ; wnile two fixty-four gua 

 fhips, without marts, were monved on the 

 flat tnwa'd^! the entrance of :hc aifenal. 



Lord Neifon, who hid . ffe ed his frr- 

 vice<: Icr conducting t^c attack, now (hilt- 

 ed his flag from ihe St. Geor<;e to the 

 Elephant, and, nolivithllandm^ the formi- 

 dable preparatins ngiinlt him, fps:li:fsly 

 led the van, and pnfFctl the S un.i, wirh 

 little or no lofs. On the 2d of April he 

 weighed to engage the Dmiih tleer, con- 

 filHng of fix lail of the iiiie, eLvcn fljatrngt 

 batterie', one bonib ketch, &c. The ac- 

 tion comiiienced at 'en o'clock, and, altef 

 a (harp and Slo>dy confiiit, I'cventeen fail 

 were either funk, burnt, or tnkci. 



It ought n t to be omitted, on the other 

 ha" d, that the Dane^s cordut'^led them- 

 Iclves with Breat ve-rohiti on ; that their 

 principal batteries, as well as the fh'ps at 

 the month ot the harfeour, were ftill iin- 

 toiiched, and tlvattvwo of his own riivilioa 

 had grounded, and o her> were in danger j 

 while it wouid have been extr-mely diffi- 

 cult to have returned with the prizes under 

 the fireof the bitteries. 



It was at this critical moment Lord N. 

 difcovered that he was in full pofl'edion of 

 all his frictihics, and equally capable of 

 ai5l!ng the par? of a ftatefrnan and a war- 

 rior, as the following ccrrrelpondence will 

 fufiicientlyatteft : 



No, I. 

 " Lord Neifon has direftions to fpnre Den- 

 msik v.-hpn no longer relifting ; but if the 

 firing is coatiaueJ on the part t>f Denm.uk, 

 Lord Neifon muft be obligcG to fee on fire all 

 the floatinij-h.iC'eries he has taken, without 

 having thi* power of favinj the brave Din-.s 

 who had defended tliem. 



(Signed) '< NEtsoN and Crontz. 

 " To the Jiic,thcr$ of Englipmerit 

 the Diites." 



No. II. 



«« His Royal Highnefsthc Prince-Royal of 

 Dennnrk has fent me, Genersl-A.tjutant 

 Lindholm, on board to His Britannic Majef- 

 ty's Vice-Admir:il the Right Hon. Lord Nei- 

 fon, to alk the particular objedl of fendinj 

 the flag of tr.ice,'' 



No. lU. 

 Lonl Nc/fon's ^JnJ^uer. 



" Lord Nelfoii'j oljcft iq fending th^ flnj 



of truce was hunnnity : he therefore coiifen^s 



chat boftilities (Uall ccafe, and that the 



3 K wouadei^ 



