ously voted to Admiral
Nelson, and to the officers and seamen under his command. The next day,
having again assembled, the French admiral's sword was ordered to be
placed in an elegant glass-case, in the most conspicuous part of the
council-room, with an inscription expressive of the gift on a marble
tablet. It was then resolved, that a sword of two hundred guineas value
should be presented to Admiral Nelson from the city of London; and the
freedom of the city, in a gold box worth one hundred guineas, to
Captain Edward Berry: and the lord-mayor, Sir William Anderson, Bart,
was requested to provide and present the said sword to the Hero of the
Nile.

On the 6th of October, his majesty created Admiral Nelson a peer of
Great Britain, by the title of Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of
Burnham-Thorpe in the county of Norfolk; and, at the meeting of
parliament, in November, a message from the king was presented by Mr.
Pitt, preparatory to the motion which he immediately afterwards made for
a pension of two thousand pounds per annum, commencing on the 1st of
August 1798, to be granted Admiral Lord Nelson of the Nile, and his two
next successors in the title. General Walpole, who seconded the motion,
having expressed an opinion, that Lord Nelson should also have a higher
degree of rank; Mr. Pitt observed that, entertaining the highest sense
of the transcendent merits of Admiral Nelson, he thought it needless to
enter at any length into the question of rank. His fame, he added, must
be coeval with the British name; and it would be remembered that he had
obtained the greatest naval victory on record, when no man would think
it worth his while to ask, whether he had been created a baron, a
viscount, or an earl. Such a motion was not likely to be opposed; and
the annuity recommended by his majesty was unanimously granted. It may
be remarked, however, that General Walpole's opinion respecting higher
rank, was certainly that of the public.

The thanks of both Houses of Parliament were voted, and ordered to be
transmitted by the respective speakers, to the brave admiral, the
captains, officers, seamen, and marines, for their resolute and intrepid
conduct displayed on this glorious occasion.

A gold medal, of peculiar elegance and beauty, emblematical of the
victory, executed by the inimitable Louis Pingo, Esq. principal engraver
of the Royal Mint in the Tower of London, was struck on the occasion, by
command of his majesty; who order