ith the humble tenants, take the kindest notices of their little ones,
and bountifully relieve their necessities. Among his select wealthy
neighbours, the celebrated Abraham Goldsmid, Esq. of Morden, and his
amiable family, ranked high in his lordship's estimation, as well as in
that of Sir William and Lady Hamilton, and their reciprocal visits were
frequent. A most liberal and unsolicited tender of pecuniary
accommodation to Lord Nelson, by that worthy and disinterested
gentleman, in the very origin of their acquaintance, bound his generous
heart for ever to Mr. Goldsmid; whose mutually ardent amity, shining
with undiminished lustre, still survives for all who were dear to his
lordship.

On the 21st of December, when the famous bill of his noble friend, the
Earl of St. Vincent, then First Lord of the Admiralty, for a commission
of Naval Enquiry, which brought on such a train of important but
unexpected consequences, and was pregnant with so many beneficial
effects to the service, underwent a discussion in the House of Lords, at
it's second reading, Lord Nelson made the following exquisite speech, in
support of it's proposed objects--

"MY LORDS!

"In the absence of my noble friend, who is at the head of the
Admiralty, I think it my duty to say a few words to your lordships,
in regard to a bill of which the objects have an express reference
to the interests of my profession as a seaman. It undoubtedly
originates in the feelings of the Admiralty; that they have not the
power to remedy certain abuses, which they perceive to be most
injurious to the public service. Every man knows, that there are
such abuses; and, I hope, there is none among us who would not
gladly do all that could be constitutionally effected to correct
them.

Yet, if I had heard of any objection, of weight, urged against the
measures in the present bill, I should certainly have hesitated to
do any thing to promote it's progress through the forms of this
house. But, I can recollect only one thing with which I have been
struck as possibly exceptionable in it's tenor. It authorizes the
commissioners to call for, and inspect, the books of merchants, who
may have had transactions of business with any of the boards, or
prize agents, into whose conduct they are to enquire. But, the
credit of the British merchant is the support of the commerce of
the wo