tent of creation; and, that the
same may be first duly exemplified, according to the laws of arms,
and recorded in the Herald's Office: and, also, to order that his
majesty's said concession, and especial mark of his royal favour,
be registered in his College at Arms."

The above most appropriate motto was adopted by the express desire of
his majesty: who, also, with the utmost possible propriety, fixed the
honourable plume of triumph on the hero's crest; a circumstance which
could not fail to afford the Grand Signior a pleasing proof, that his
present had been duly appreciated both by the hero and his sovereign.

The Emperor Paul, of Russia, wrote Lord Nelson a congratulatory
epistle, with his own hand, and accompanied it by a valuable portrait of
himself, superbly surrounded with brilliants, and a gold box set with
diamonds, estimated at two thousand five hundred pounds. The King of
Sardinia also sent him a letter, and a gold box richly ornamented with
diamonds; the King and Queen of Naples made him many valuable presents;
from Palermo, he received a gold box and chain, brought on a silver
waiter, containing the freedom of that city, which also conferred on him
the honour of being a grandee of Spain; and even the island of Zante, in
grateful remembrance that they had happily been liberated from French
cruelty by the good effects of the battle of the Nile, sent the
illustrious hero their epistolary acknowledgments, with a valuable
gold-headed sword and cane.

Numerous other presents were received by, and honours conferred on, the
immortal hero of the Nile, as well at Naples, as elsewhere, for a
considerable time after this splendid victory; which, from it's
brilliant success, and important consequences, had powerfully attracted
the attention and admiration of all mankind, in every quarter of the
globe not contaminated by French principles.

During the period while these honours were universally soliciting the
acceptance of this exalted man, his great and active mind, amid every
corporeal lassitude and fatigue, was unceasingly engaged in pursuits
calculated to merit additional renown, and consequently to augment their
acquisition.

With an eye to the recapture of Malta, which the Neapolitans seemed
rather to expect from our hero's prowess than their own exertions, he
had, immediately on his arrival at Naples, detached the Terpsichore to
that island, for the purpose of gaining such intelligence a