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that were enthufiaflically given to lord Nelfon. His body 
was brought home for interment: it was exhibited for fe- 
veral days in the proudeft (late at Greenwich : from thence 
it was conveyed to Weltminfter; and finally buried in 
the cathedral of St. Paul. The funeral, made at the pub¬ 
lic expenfe, was the moll: folemn and magnificent fpedtacle 
ever beheld in this country, and was honoured by the 
prefence of his majelly’s feven fons. Honours and re¬ 
wards were munificently bellowed on his relations ; and an 
earldom was perpetuated in the family of Nelfon, ot 
which his brother was the firft, and is the prefent, poffef- 
for ; and, to leffen the probability of the title becoming 
extindl, his majelty has been pleafed to extend the fuc- 
ceflion thereof (in default of the male-heir of the prefent 
poffeffor) to the heirs male fuccelfively of Sufanne, wife 
of Thomas Bolton, efq. and Catharine, wife of George 
Matcham, efq. lifters of the immortal Nelfon. Yet the 
public feelings were outraged by the aftonilliing omiftion 
of lady Nelfon, in the honours and wealth bellowed on 
the family at lord Nelfon’s death. The government, on 
that occafion, took part with his unwarrantable caprice, 
and negiedled that amiable and excellent woman, (as all 
who have ever mentioned her name admit her to be,) 
merely becaufelhe had been moft caufelefsly negiefled by 
her hulband. Indeed, the only blot in the el’cutcheon of 
this great man was his behaviour to his wife after he be¬ 
came fafcinated with lady Hamilton. 
Lord Nelfon died at the age of forty-feven, yet he can¬ 
not be laid to have fallen prematurely, whole work was 
done ; nor ought he to lie lamented who died fo full of 
honours, and at the height of human fame ; for, in trac¬ 
ing this illuftrious mariner, from the ardour of his boyilh 
days to theaftive magnanimity with which he clofed his 
glorious life, the mind mull be dazzled with the brilliant 
variety of his actions in every part of it. What danger 
did he not encounter? What hardlhip did he not fuffer ? 
What obftacle did he not fubdue ? What climate did he 
not endure ? What feas had he not failed ? What fer- 
vice had he not performed ? What duty did he leave 
undone? When it was his rank to obey, he had the 
confidence of his commanders: when he was advanced 
to command, he had the enthufiafm of thofe who obeyed 
him. The fame promptitude of thought and refource, 
the fame rapid movement, the fame application of the 
bell pofiible means to the ends he had in view, whether at 
the inllantorin expectation, feemed equally to operate in 
his mind, and to animate his genius in every lituation, and 
all the extraordinary emergencies of his profefiional life. 
Nor w'ere his talents wholly confined to the knowledge 
of naval taftics; for it is known that as alenator he was 
highly refpedlable, although he enjoyed few opportunities 
of coming forward in that capacity. When he did, his 
fpeeches were heard by their iordfhips with relpeft, and 
the moft profound attention. The few fpecimens we 
have of his abilities as a politician, afford no mean proof 
that, if he had devoted as much of his time to thofe ftudies 
as he did to his peculiar profeffion, he would have made a 
dillinguilhed figure in the houfe of peers. 
Befides the funeral honours decreed to our naval hero 
by the government, trophies have been erefled to his 
memory by various public bodies, and even by private 
individuals. 
A monument was voted by the city of London, and 
erefted in Guildhall, which bears an infcription from the 
pen of the late Mr. Sheridan. 
A bronze ftatue (by Weftmacott) was erefled in the 
market-place at Birmingham to the memory of Nelfon. 
In this work, intended to perpetuate the greatell ex¬ 
ample of naval genius, limplicity has been the chief ob- 
je£l. The hero is reprefented in a repofed and dignified 
attitude, the left arm reclined upon an anchor. He ap¬ 
pears in the coftume of his country, invefted with the 
infignia of thofe honours by which his fovereign and 
foreign princes had diftinguilhed him. To the right 
ef the ftatue is introduced the grand fymbol of the 
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naval profeffion : Victory, the conftant leader of her fa¬ 
vourite hero, embellifhes the prow. To the left is dif- 
pofed a fail, which, paffing behind the ftatue, gives 
breadth to that view of the compofition. Above the (hip 
is the fac-fimile of the ffag-ftatt' truck of the l’Orient, 
liihed up by fir Samuel Hood the day following the battle 
of the Nile, prefented by him to lord Nelfon, and now 
depofited at Milford, as a trophy of that ever-memorable 
adlion. 'tThis groupe is furmounted upon a pedeftal of 
llatuary marble. A circular form has been felefted as bell 
adapted to the lituation. To perfonify that affectionate 
regard which caufed the prefent patriotic tribute to be 
raifed, the Town of Birmingham, murally crowned, in a 
dejected attitude, is reprefented mourning her lofs. She 
is accompanied by groupes of genii, or children, in allu- 
fion to the rifing race, who offer her confolation by bring¬ 
ing her trident and rudder. In the front of the pedeftal 
is an infcription, which bears the date of 1809. 
On Chriftmas-day in that year, the workmen of the 
Lorn Furnace Company ereted a pillar of rude granite, 
of about feventeen feet in height, to the memory of 
Nelfon. It has been propofed to affix, in fome way or 
other, the following lines : 
No artift’s hands the trophied column raife, 
No chiffel’d labours fwell the theme of praife ; 
An unhewn (tone here bears our Nelson’s name. 
Bold as his genius, towering as his fame; 
What fairer tribute would his fpirit crave. 
Than that which freemen offer to the brave! 
In 1813 was completed a monument, erefled by fub- 
fcription, in the area of the Exchange Buildings, Liver¬ 
pool. The defign was by Mr. M. C. Wyatt; and the mo¬ 
nument, which is in bronze, was executed by Weftma¬ 
cott. At the bafe of the pedeftal are four emblematic 
figures, in the character of captives, or vanquifhed enemies, 
in allufion to the four fignal victories obtained by lord 
Nelfon, viz. thofeofSt. Vincent,theNile,Copenhagen,and 
of Trafalgar. The (paces between thefe figures are filled 
by four grand bas-reliefs, executed in bronze, reprefent- 
ing fome of the great naval actions in which Nelfon was 
engaged. In a moulding round the upper part is in- 
fcribed, in letters of brafs, the impreflive charge, delivered 
previous to the battle of Trafalgar, “ England expeCts 
every man to do his duty.” The principal figure is the 
admiral, reding one foot on a conquered enemy, and the 
other on a cannon. With an eye Itedfaft and upraifed to 
Victory, he is receiving from her a fourth naval crown 
upon his fword ; w'hich, to indicate the lofs of his right 
arm, is held in his left-hand. Britannia, with laurels in 
her hand, and leaning on her fpear and (liield, defcribes 
the feelings of the country on Nelfon’s death. 
The trophy, ereCled to the memory of lord Nelfon at 
Yarmouth, is a doric column, 78 feet high. It is raifed 
upon a ftruCture 31 feet in height: The lowe'r part of the 
fub-ftruCture is a terrace, alcended by a broad flight of 
Heps in each of its four fronts. Upon this terrace, the 
ftylobate, ornamented with the charaCteriftics of the doric 
order of architecture, is reared. The trophy, properly fo 
called, furmounting the column, is a circular podium, 
ornamented with wreaths fupportingfour Victories, which, 
after the manner of Caryatides, uphold a conical roof. 
The whole is terminated by an antique gallery, which 
four dolphins appear to fuftain. Upon each of the four 
fronts of the capital of the column the names of the four 
(hips, in which the four principal victories of Nelfon were 
achieved, are infcnbed ; the names of the fpots which 
have been thus celebrated appear upon the blockading 
courfe of the ftylobate. Over the name of Trafalgar a 
farcophagus is placed, denoting that that victory was 
purchafed by the death of the hero. The farcophagus 
affords a fcale for the admeafurement of the column. A 
fpiral ftaircafe conducts the fpeCtator to a ftation a few 
feet below the level of the. Victories ; from this fpot a 
commanding view of the fea and furrounding country is 
obtained.. 
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