es to this country, and
to every part of the civilized world, by tending to frustrate the
designs of our implacable enemy, and by rouzing other nations to
unite and resist their unprincipled ambition.

"As a farther testimony of the high esteem which the court
entertains of your lordship's public services, and of the eminent
advantages which you have rendered your country, I have the honour
to present your lordship this sword.

"The consequences of the action I am thus called upon to applaud,
are perhaps unequalled in the history of mankind. A numerous army,
which had triumphed in Europe over brave and veteran troops,
commanded by officers of the most established reputation, landed in
Egypt, under the command of him who now sways the Gallic sceptre,
with designs of the most ambitious and extensive nature. One of
their objects, as acknowledged by themselves, was to annihilate, by
degrees, the English East-India trade; and, finally, to get into
their possession the whole commerce of Africa and Asia. Such were
the gigantic views of our implacable foe; and such confidence had
they in the fleet which conveyed them, and in the station which it
took on the coast of the devoted country, that it bade defiance to
the whole navy of Britain: but, at this momentous period, the
Almighty directed your lordship, as his chosen instrument, to check
their pride, and crush their force as a maritime power during the
present contest. The circumstances attending this grand display of
providential interposition and British prowess, must interest the
feelings of every Englishman. Had a space been chosen, to exhibit
to the world a struggle for superiority in nautical skill, and
personal valour, between the two greatest naval powers of the
globe, none could have been more happily selected. The three grand
divisions of the ancient world were witnesses; and the shores which
had beheld the destruction of the Persian navy by the Greeks, and
the heroic acts of Sesostris, now resounded with the echo of
British thunder. To your lordship belongs the praise of having
added glory to such a scene: the heroes we applaud, would
themselves have applauded us; and he who, ages since, led his three
hundred against an almost countless host, might on that proud day
have wished himself a