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Englifhman's feeling, and apologizing for the liberty, 
took his commander by the hand, and congratulated him 
on being fafe on the quarter-deck of a Spanifh three- 
decker. On this occafion Nelfon had received only a 
few bruifes. The Spaniards had ftill eighteen or twenty 
fhips, which had fuffered little or no injury; but they 
did not think fit to renew the battle. As foon as the 
adlion was dilcontinued, Nelfon went on-board the ad¬ 
miral’s fhip, who received him on the quarter-deck, took 
him in his arms, and faid he could not lufficiently thank 
him. 
Before the news of the action had arrived in England, 
Nelfon had been advanced to the rank of rear-admiral; 
and now, for his gallantry on the 14-th of February, he 
received the infignia of the Bath, and the gold medal 
from his fovereign. Fie was alfo prefented with the free¬ 
dom of the city of London in a gold box. 
In the month of April, 1797, fir Horatio Nelfon hoifted 
his flag as rear-admiral of the blue, and was detached to 
bring down the garrifon of Porto Ferrajo; and, on the 
2.8th of May, he fhifted his flag from the Captain to the 
Thefeus, and was appointed to the command of the inner 
fquadron at the blockade of Cadiz. During this fervice, 
his perlonal courage was, if poifible, more confpicuous 
than at any other period of his former exploits. In the 
attack on the Spanifh gun-boats, July 3d, 1797, he was 
in his barge, with only its ufual complement of ten men 
and the coxfwain, accompanied by captain Freemantle. 
The commander of the Spanifh gun-boats, Don Miguel 
Tregovia, in a barge rowed by twenty-fix oars, having 
thirty men, including officers, made a mod defperate 
effort to overpower Nelfon and his brave companions. 
The conflict was long and doubtful: they fought hand 
to hand with their fwords. His faithful coxfwain, John 
Sykes, was wounded in defending the admiral; and twice 
faved his life, by parrying the blows that were aimed at 
him, and mortally wounded his adverfaries; and at laft 
q&ually interpofed his head to receive the ftroke of a 
fa’ore, which he could not by any other means avert. 
The whole of the Spaniards were either killed or wounded, 
and Nelfon brought off the launch. 
On the 15th of July, he was detached with a fmail 
fquadron to make an attack on the town of Santa Cruz, 
in the ifland of Teneriffe, where it was imagined a Ma- 
nilla-fhip had landed an immenfe treafure. The rear- 
admiral, on his arrival before the town, loft no time in 
diredfing a thoufand men, including marines, to be pre¬ 
pared for landing from the fhips, under the direction 
of captains Trowbridge, Hood, Thomfon, Freemantle, 
Bowen, Miller, and Waller, who volunteered their fer- 
vices. The boats of the fquadron were accordingly 
manned, and the landing was effedled in the courfe of a 
dark night. The party were in full poffeffion of the town 
of Santa Cruz in about feven hours; but, finding it im- 
pradiicable to ftorm the citadel, they prepared for their 
retreat, which was allowed by the Spaniards unmolefted, 
agreeably to the ftipulations made with captain Trow¬ 
bridge. On this expedition, Nelfon had orders on no 
account to land in perfon with the forces, unlefs his pre¬ 
fence was abfolutely necelfary; but no orders could re- 
ftrain him, where there was danger to be encountered. 
In ftepping out of the boat, he received a fhot through 
the right elbow, and fell. His fon-in-law, lieutenant 
Neft)it, who was dole to him, placed him at the bottom 
of the boat, and applied his handkerchief as a tourniquet 
to the arm, and conveyed him to the Thefeus, under a 
tremendous fire from the enemy. The fame night, at ten 
o’clock, the admiral’s arm was amputated; and, imme¬ 
diately after, he began his official letter. On the following 
day he wrote to lady Nelfon, and fays, “ I know it will 
give you much pleafure, in finding that your fon, under 
Cod’s providence, was inftrumental in laving my life.” 
The lofs of the Englifh amounted to 250. But the ad¬ 
miral, in his official difpatches, did not mention his own 
wound; though in a private letter to lord St. Vincent, 
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the firft which he penned with his left hand, he fays, in 
the fpirit of defpondence, “ I am become a burthen to 
my friends, and ufelefs to my country. When I leave 
your command, I become dead to the world. I go hence, 
and am no more feen.” He was obliged to go to England 
for advice that he could not have abroad ; and here 
honours awaited him, abundantly more than fufficient to 
recover his accuftomed fpirit: but what gave zeft to every 
pleafure was the affurance, that he would be foon fit for 
adfive fervice. Letters were addreffed to him by the firft 
lord of the admiralty, and by his fteady friend the duke 
of Clarence, to congratulate him on his return. The 
freedom of the cities of Briftol and London was tranf- 
mitted to him; he was invefted with the order of the 
Bath, and he received a penfion of ioool. a-year. Not 
having been in England fince he loft his eye, he went to 
receive a year’s pay as fmart-money ; but could not obtain 
it, becaufe he had not brought a certificate from a furgeon, 
that the light was actually deftroyed. He was fomewhat 
angry that this formality fhould be infilled upon, the fa6l 
being fo notorious. He, however, complied ; and on his 
return to the office, the clerk, finding it was the annual 
pay of a captain only, oblerved, he thought it had been 
more. “ Oh,” replied Nelfon, “ this is only for an eye; 
in a few days, I fhall come for an arm ; and in a little time 
longer, God knows, moll probably tor a leg.” Accord¬ 
ingly he foon after went, and exhibited the certificate of 
the lofs of an arm. 
Previoufly to his having received the grant of a penfion, 
cuftom required that a memorial of his fervices fhould be 
drawn up; and a more brilliant detail was never exhibited. 
He had been engaged againfl the enemy 120 times. Left 
any doubt of this fhould remain, we have prelerved a 
copy of the Memorial. 
“ To the King 's 31 oJl Excellent MajeJhj. 
“ The Memorial of fir Horatio Nelfon, K.B. and a rear- 
admiral in your majefty’s fleet, humbly reprefents, that, 
during the prefent war, your memorialift has been in four 
actions with the fleets of the enemy, viz. on the 13th and 
14th of Oftober, 1795 ; on the 13th of Julyq 1796 ; and on 
thei4th of February, 1797. In three actions with frigates; 
in fix engagements with batteries; in ten a6lions with 
boats employed in cutting out of harbours, and in deftroy- 
ingveffels; and in taking three towns. Your memorialift 
has ferved 011-fnore with the army four months, and com¬ 
manded the batteries at the lieges of Baftia and Calvi, 
That, during the war, he has aflifted at the capture of 
feven fail of the line, fix corvettes, and twenty privateers 
of different fizes, and taken and deftroyed near fifty fail 
of merchant-vefl'els; and your memorialift has aftually 
been engaged againft the enemy one hundred and twenty times ; 
in which fervice your memorialift has loft his right eye 
and arm, and been feverely wounded and bruifed in his 
body. All of fuch fervices and wounds your memorialift 
fubmits to your majefty’s raoft gracious, confideration. 
Ofrober, 1797.” 
In the following December, Nelfon received orders to 
lioift his flag on-board the Vanguard and proceeded to 
the Mediterranean, where, in April 1798, he joined lord 
St. Vincent off Cadiz. At this period the formidable 
armament prepared by the French for the conqueft of 
Egypt was collected at Toulon ; and Nelfon was fent with 
a lquadron of three men-of-war and fome frigates, to 
watch its motions. In confequence of a violent ftorm, he 
was obliged to anchor off Sardinia ; and in the mean time 
the French armament failed for its deftination. He was 
joined on the 8th of June by ten fail of the line under 
captain Trowbridge, and immediately proceeded in fearch 
of the French fleet. Their obje£l being unknown, much 
time and pains were confumed in the quelt, along the 
fhores of Italy and Sicily, and as far as Alexandria. 
From this port, where the French were not yet arrived, 
Nelfon returned to Sicily; and at length, on new in¬ 
telligence, revifited the Egyptian coaft. On the ift of 
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