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The Life Of The Right Honourable Baron Nelson Of The Nile, &C.
side of his imperial turban , which , with a chelengk bespangled with diamonds , the Admiral must wear attached to the cockade of his hat . These testimonies of respecT : and esteem , presented by the Sultan to our gallant countryman , amount at least to seventeen thousand pounds sterling . ' ¦ After the battle , Admiral Nelson , having left a detachment of his squadron to complete the viftory by the destruction of a great number
of transports which conveyed the French troops to the shores of Egypt ) sailed with his prizes to Naples , in order to refit . His Majesty , the King of Naples ,, who- had been obliged to submit to the imperious mandates of the French Directory , expressed his heartfelt satisfaction on the fortunate event , and paid the Admiral that
distinction to which he was so justly entitled . Nothing evinces the qualities of a great mind so much as afls of generosity , arising from sentiments-of real benevolence . We have been too long accustomed to hear of the violations of our liberticide neighbours upon all public and private property , wherever they could seize it . We will hold up to them an example of virtue and moderation , which they have totally disregarded . '
It is well known that Buonaparte laid his hands upon every thing that was valuable in Malta ; but he took especiafcare of all the money and plate which he found in that island . The fortune of vidtory put some of the latter into possession of Admiral Nelson , which , instead of considering as lawful plunder , he reserved for those from whom it had been unjustly taken . Drawings were ordered to be made of the armorial bearings of fourteen cases of plate belonging to the Maltese , that upon application it might be restored to the rio-fit owners .
Admiral Nelson arrived at Naples on Sept . 2 zd . He came to an anchor off the Mole at noon . The King , without ceremony , paid him a visit on board of his ship , and spent some hours in his company ; gratified , no doubt , to see so much heroism and goodness united : of which the following circumstance is a convincing proof .: Fifty French , officers were landed at Naples on their parole ; but so much were they impressed with respeft and gratitude for the noble
treatment which they had experienced . during the seven weeks of their being made prisoners , that they left the Admiral with tears of affection ; and upon landing , deputed three of the principal officers among them to wait on Sir W . Hamilton , the English Minister at Naples , to express , on the part of all their comrades , their sense of
'le polite and generous behaviour of his countryman . No victory , in the annals of history , was ever so complete , and none of such importance as that gained off the Nile . Its effects on the politics of Europe will be considerably felt , and it may eventuall y tend to emancipate those Governments which are now o-alfing under the yoke of French liberty . ° U pon Admiral Nelson honours have multiplied from every quarl ' . ^ ° those already conferred upon him abroad by the Grand bl gm ' or , the Emperor of Russia , ( whose miniature has been presented : ' - > him , set in brilliants ) anil the King of Naples , are added the
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The Life Of The Right Honourable Baron Nelson Of The Nile, &C.
side of his imperial turban , which , with a chelengk bespangled with diamonds , the Admiral must wear attached to the cockade of his hat . These testimonies of respecT : and esteem , presented by the Sultan to our gallant countryman , amount at least to seventeen thousand pounds sterling . ' ¦ After the battle , Admiral Nelson , having left a detachment of his squadron to complete the viftory by the destruction of a great number
of transports which conveyed the French troops to the shores of Egypt ) sailed with his prizes to Naples , in order to refit . His Majesty , the King of Naples ,, who- had been obliged to submit to the imperious mandates of the French Directory , expressed his heartfelt satisfaction on the fortunate event , and paid the Admiral that
distinction to which he was so justly entitled . Nothing evinces the qualities of a great mind so much as afls of generosity , arising from sentiments-of real benevolence . We have been too long accustomed to hear of the violations of our liberticide neighbours upon all public and private property , wherever they could seize it . We will hold up to them an example of virtue and moderation , which they have totally disregarded . '
It is well known that Buonaparte laid his hands upon every thing that was valuable in Malta ; but he took especiafcare of all the money and plate which he found in that island . The fortune of vidtory put some of the latter into possession of Admiral Nelson , which , instead of considering as lawful plunder , he reserved for those from whom it had been unjustly taken . Drawings were ordered to be made of the armorial bearings of fourteen cases of plate belonging to the Maltese , that upon application it might be restored to the rio-fit owners .
Admiral Nelson arrived at Naples on Sept . 2 zd . He came to an anchor off the Mole at noon . The King , without ceremony , paid him a visit on board of his ship , and spent some hours in his company ; gratified , no doubt , to see so much heroism and goodness united : of which the following circumstance is a convincing proof .: Fifty French , officers were landed at Naples on their parole ; but so much were they impressed with respeft and gratitude for the noble
treatment which they had experienced . during the seven weeks of their being made prisoners , that they left the Admiral with tears of affection ; and upon landing , deputed three of the principal officers among them to wait on Sir W . Hamilton , the English Minister at Naples , to express , on the part of all their comrades , their sense of
'le polite and generous behaviour of his countryman . No victory , in the annals of history , was ever so complete , and none of such importance as that gained off the Nile . Its effects on the politics of Europe will be considerably felt , and it may eventuall y tend to emancipate those Governments which are now o-alfing under the yoke of French liberty . ° U pon Admiral Nelson honours have multiplied from every quarl ' . ^ ° those already conferred upon him abroad by the Grand bl gm ' or , the Emperor of Russia , ( whose miniature has been presented : ' - > him , set in brilliants ) anil the King of Naples , are added the