not the case, it was necessary to consider what was the most eligible plan to adopt. He frequently mentioned the circumstance to many persons of influence and fortune, but no one offered to assist him. In June 1845, he saw Mrs. Smith at Twickenham, for the first time, and the Coat was then shown to him. A careful examination proved its authenticity beyond the possibility of doubt; and, to his great satisfaction, it completely negatived the statement, so inconsistent with Nelson's character, that he had done anything unusual respecting his appearance, on the morning of the Battle, for the Stars were all firmly sewn on it. The sight of this Relic induced him to take immediate measures for securing it to the Country; and he printed a Statement on the 26th of that month, describing the Coat, and inviting the Countrymen of Nelson to subscribe 150l., the price demanded, that it might be bought and deposited, with the Coat worn by him at the Nile, in Greenwich Hospital".

As His Royal Highness Prince Albert had been pleased to allow his name to be associated with that of Nelson, by permitting this Work to be inscribed to him, the Editor considered it his duty to submit the Paper for His Royal Highness's consideration before it was circulated, and within a few hours he had the gratification of receiving the following letter from His Royal Highness's Treasurer :

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"Sir, "Buckingham Palace, June 28th, 1845. "With reference to the communication which you sent me this morning to lay before H.R.H. Prince Albert, relative to the pro

2 To the above statement of facts, the Editor thinks it proper to add a Note, of a personal nature to himself, in reference to a pamphlet, alike scurrilous and mendacious, which has been published, with the object of attracting attention to a curiosity-shop, already (it might have been supposed) sufficiently notorious.

The writer of that pamphlet has dared to say that, I, having obtained a knowledge of the existence of Lord Nelson's Coat from a letter and a catalogue which he had unintentionally sent to me in a parcel containing letters relating to Lord Nelson, Lady Hamilton, and others, which he had offered for publication in this Work, availed myself of that knowledge to become the instrument of the Coat's being bought by Prince Albert for Greenwich Hospital, and that I thereby prevented this libeller from purchasing it to sell again, as an article of his trade. It is sufficient to say, in answer to this scandalous imputation, that I did not hear from that person until the end of October 1844, nearly a month after I was informed of the existence of the Coat by Mrs. Ward; that there was no such letter among those which he sent to me as the one to which he alludes; and though there was the catalogue he mentions, it did not contain the slightest allusion whatever to the Coat. These simple facts may enable the readers of that pamphlet to judge of the veracity of the other statements which it contains, as well those relating to me, as to the Lady whom he has so shamefully misrepresented.

N. H. N.

posal die zusing a stimaci fie the phase of the Coat and LNINGE VICH IT Liri Nesa when he received his fatal wound ITT & THE DE being deposited as a National relic I saw Esa. I beg u ním you that I have brought que stora ledled me Price, and have received HR. Highness's Communis 2 Pizzase these rees on his account, and it will be a JOCH ADĚ & JUPAsit at Lai to present them to Greenwich Hospital. Mall TG EDGesner a efer this object without delay, and to bden me if the rest have the blasar to be, &c.,

G. Axsox."

A cheque for 1500 having been placed in the Editor's hands it was immediately paid to Mrs. Smith, and the Coat and Wascom were delivered by him to the Prince at Bading in Pike, who manifested the liveliest interest on the schert; and thus the Country owes the possession of cce of its most precios Relies to His Royal Highness's consideration and munificence.

As might be expected, numerous Monuments have been erected to NELSON's memory in different parts of the United Kingdom Parlament having voted Monuments in St. Paul's Cathedral, to Lord Nelson and Captains Duff and Cooke, they have accordingly been placed there. On that of NELSON he is represented at full length, leaning on an anchor, dressed in his full uniform, and wears the pelisse of honour which was given to him by the Sultan. Beneath, on the right, is Britannia directing the attention of two young seamen to NELSON; and on the other side is the British Lion. The cornice of the pedestal is inscribed with the words COPENHAGEN, NILE, TRAFALGAR; and the Figures on the pedestal itself, represent the North Sea, the German Ocean, the Nile, and the Mediterranean. It is the production of Flaxman, and was not completed until May 1818, thirteen years after the event which it commemorates. The following is the inscription upon it :

“Erected at the Public expense to the Memory of Vice-Admiral HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON, K.B., to record his splendid and unparalleled achievements during a life spent in the service of his Country, and terminated in the moment of Victory by a glorious Death in the memorable Action off Cape Trafalgar, on the XXI of October, MDCCCV. Lord Nelson was born on the XXIX of Septem ber, MDCCLVIII. The Battle of the Nile was fought on the I of August, MDCCXCVIII. The Battle of Copenhagen on the 11 of April,

MDCCCI."

In the middle aisle of the Cathedral, immediately beneath the centre of the dome, within iron rails, stands the tomb of Lord Nelson: a sarcophagus of black and white marble, resting on a square pedestal, and that again resting on a square base of coarse masonry. On one side of the pedestal, in letters of metal, are the words-HORATIO VISC. NELSON. A coronet and cushion are placed on the sarcophagus; and within the square base of masonry below, the Body of Lord Nelson is inclosed. His nephew, Lord Trafalgar, who died in January 1808, was interred in a vault beneath. The sarcophagus and pedestal which were brought from Wolsey's tombhouse at Windsor, were the same which the Cardinal had prepared for the reception of his own body in the reign of King Henry the Eighth3.

The City of London caused a Monument to be erected in the Guildhall, which was opened to public view on the 9th of November 1810. It consists of a group of three FiguresBritannia weaping over a bust of Nelson-the City recording his Victories-and Neptune leaning on a dolphin.

The

Battle of Trafalgar is represented on the pedestal, in basso relievo, with Lord Collingwood's Ship as it appeared after the Action. The following inscription was, it is said, written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, but it is scarcely worthy of his taste or talents:

"TO HORATIO VISCOUNT and BARON NELSON, Vice-Admiral of the White, and Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. A man amongst the few who appear at different periods to have been created to promote the grandeur and add to the security of Nations; inciting by their high example their fellow-mortals through all succeeding times, to pursue the course that leads to the exaltation of our imperfect nature. Providence, that implanted in NELSON'S breast an ardent passion for renown, as bounteously endowed him with the transcendent talents necessary to the great purposes he was destined to accomplish. At an early period of life he entered into the Naval Service of his Country; and early were the instances which marked the fearless nature and enterprise of his character; uniting to the loftiest spirit and the justest title to self-confidence, a strict and humble obedience to the sovereign rule of discipline and subordination. Rising by due gradation to command, he infused into the bosoms of those he led the valorous ardour and enthusiastic zeal for the service of his King and Country which animated his own; and while he acquired the love of all by the sweetness and moderation of his temper, he inspired a universal confidence in the never-failing resources of his capacious mind. It will be for history to relate the many great exploits through which, solicitous of peril, and regardless of wounds, he became the glory of his profession. Dugdale's History of St. Paul's, by Ellis, p. 213.

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But it belongs to this brief record of his illustrious career to say that he commanded and conquered at the Battles of the NILE and COPENHAGEN, Victories never before equalled, yet afterwards surpassed by his own last achievement, the Battle of TRAFALGAR, fought on the 21st of October, 1805. On that day, before the conclusion of the Action, he fell mortally wounded; but the sources of life and sense failed not until it was known to him that the destruction of the Enemy being completed, the glory of his Country and his own had attained their summit. Then laying his hand on his brave heart, with a look of exalted resignation to the will of the SUPREME DISPOSER of the fate of Man and Nations, he expired. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London have caused this Monument to be erected, not in the presumptuous hope of sustaining the departed Hero's memory, but to manifest their estimation of the Man, and their admiration of his deeds. This testimony of their Gratitude, they trust, will remain as long as their own renowned City shall exist. The period to NELSON'S Fame can only be THE END OF TIME."

Monuments were also raised to Nelson by the Cities of Norwich and Bristol', and by the Towns of Birmingham, Yarmouth, by the Cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin; and in Canada and at Barbadoes. The Companions of his Victory erected a Pillar to the Hero, on Portsdown Hill, which is simply inscribed with these words:

• The following letter from Earl Nelson to Lieutenant-General Money, shows that it was proposed to erect a monument to Lord Nelson at Burnham Thorpe, but none has ever been placed there :

"No. 18, Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London, January 23rd, 1806.

"Sir, "I have received the favour of your polite letter of the 20th instant. The great zeal you have shown throughout this business can never be called officiousness, and can never be taken by candid people in any other light than you meant it. I beg you will accept the thanks of myself and the whole of my family as being one of the first, if not the very first mover of it in the county of Norfolk. Whatever appears to be the sense of the county in general (when that can be fairly collected) ought certainly to be complied with; I can have no right to interfere.

“There may be objections against Burnham Thorpe, as being an obscure and remote village, and there may be reasons in its favour, as having given birth to one of the greatest of Heroes. I candidly confess the bias of my mind at present leads me to the latter, as I well knew the affection he had for the place of his nativity, and I verily believe, could he look out of his grave, he would say Burnham Thorpe. His remains would have been laid there, had not His Majesty been graciously pleased to direct otherwise. With this impression on my mind, I am sorry to differ from the respectable Noblemen and Gentlemen who compose the Committee, and I intend some time or other, if not done by the county, according to the means I may have in my power, to erect at Burnham Thorpe a small though inadequate tribute to the glorious memory of my late most dear and most honoured Brother, possibly in the garden belonging to the Parsonage House, on the very spot where he was born. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, NELSON."-Autograph in the possession of Josiah French, Esq.

5 Vide p. 218, ante.

"Consecrated to the memory of LORD VISCOUNT NELSON, by the zealous attachment of all those who fought at TRAFALGAR, to perpetuate his triumph and their regret, MDCCCV. The British Fleet consisted of twenty-seven Ships of the Line; of France and Spain thirty-three, nineteen of which were taken or destroyed."

Though the first Monument erected to Nelson after his death has escaped general notice, the circumstances attending it are so remarkable as to deserve attention. As soon as the news of the Victory of Trafalgar reached Cork, Captain Watson, the Commander of the Sea Fencibles, determined to erect an Arch in the Park of Castle Townsend to Nelson's memory; and with the assistance of the men under his orders and a few masons, the object was accomplished in five hours. The Arch, which stands upon a high hill, and can be seen from a considerable distance at sea, has a marble tablet bearing the following inscription :

"This Arch, the first Monument erected to the memory of NELSON, after the Battle of Trafalgar, was sketched and planned by Captain Joshua Rowley Watson, R.N., and built by him and twelve hundred of the Sea Fencibles, then under his command (assisted by eight masons). It was erected in five hours, on the tenth of November, 18056.

The tardy manifestation of the National gratitude by the erection of a Monument to Nelson in the Metropolis of the Empire, is very discreditable to the Country; and even when the attempt was made, the neglect of the Public to raise sufficient funds-the indifference of the Government-the necessity of accepting the donation of a Foreign Monarchand the design which has been chosen for the purpose are alike lamentable; but the subject has been so frequently discussed, that the Editor is spared the pain of adding one word to those able remarks.

To the various testimonials of respect to Nelson, by Speeches in Parliament, grants of Honours, and votes of the Public money to his family, Addresses, and Monuments, &c., which have been mentioned, it is proper to add a notice of the Professional and Literary Honours which have been shown to his memory.

The Professional Honours, though few, were appropriate. Immediately after the Battle of Trafalgar, two First-Rates, called the NELSON and the TRAFALGAR, were ordered to be built; and two Ships each of one hundred and twenty guns, bearing those immortal names, still grace the British Navy. If to this commemoration of the Hero in the Service which he adorned, a Commission in each rank, were to be appro

From the information of the Reverend M. F. Stevens Townsend.