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San Juan Nepomuceno lost three hundred and fifty. Often as the superiority of British courage has been proved against France upon the seas, it was never more conspicuous than in this decisive conflict. Five of our ships were engaged muzzle to muzzle with five of the French. In all five, the Frenchmen lowered their lower-deck ports, and deserted their guns: while our men continued deliberately to load and fire, till they had made the victory secure.

were not more ortunate than the fleet from whose destruction they ded: they fell in with Sir Richard Strachan, who was cruising for the Rochefort squadron, and were all taken.

The total British loss in the battle of Trafalgar amounted to 1587. Twenty of the enemy struck; but it was not possible to anchor the fleet; as Nelson had enjoined;-a gale came on from the south-west; some of the prizes went down, some went on shore; one effected its escape into Cadiz; others were destroyed; four only were saved, and those by the greatest exertions. The Spanish vice-admiral, Alva, died of his wounds. Villeneuve was sent to England, and permitted to return to France. The French government say that he destroyed himself on the way to Paris, dreading the consequences of a court-martial: but there is every reason to believe that the tyrant, who never acknowledged the loss of the battle of Trafalgar, added Villeneuve to the numerous victims of his murderous policy.

Once, amidst his sufferings, Nelson had expressed a wish that he were dead; but immediately the spirit subdued the pains of death, and he wished to live a little longer;--doubtless that he might hear the completion of the victory which he had seen so gloriously begun. That consolation-that joy-that triumph, was afforded him. He lived to know that the victory was decisive; and the last guns which were fired at the flying enemy were heard a minute or two before he expired. The ships which were thus flying were four of the enemy's van, all French, under Rear-Admiral Dumanoir. It is almost superfluous to add, that They had borne no part in the action; all the honours which a grateful country and now, when they were seeking safety could bestow were heaped upon the mein flight, they fired not only into the Vic-mory of Nelson. His brother was made tory and Royal Sovereign as they passed, but poured their broadsides into the Spanish captured ships; and they were seen to back their top-sails, for the purpose of firing with more precision. The indignation of the Spaniards at this detestable cruelty from their allies, for whom they had fought so bravely, and so profusely bled, may well be conceived. It was such, that when, two days after the action, seven of the ships which had escaped into Cadiz came out, in hopes of retaking some of the disabled prizes, the prisoners, in the Argonauta, in a body, offered their services to the British prize-master, to man the guns against any of the French ships: saying, that if a Spanish ship came alongside, they would quietly go below; but they requested that they might be allowed to fight the French, in resentment for the murderous usage which they had suffered at their hands. Such was their earnestness, and such the implicit confidence which could be placed in Spanish honour, that the offer was accepted, and they were actually stationed at the lower deck guns. Dumanoir and his squadron

an earl, with a grant of 6000l. a year; 10,000l. were voted to each of his sisters and 100,000l. for the purchase of an estate. A public funeral was decreed, and a public monument. Statues and monuments also were voted by most of our principal cities. The leaden coffin in which he was brought home was cut in pieces, which were distributed as relics of Saint Nelson, so the gunner of the Victory called them :-and when, at his interment, his flag was about to be lowered into the grave, the sailors, who assisted at the ceremony, with one accord rent it in pieces, that each might preserve a fragment while he lived.

The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity: men started at the intelligence, and turned pale; as if they had heard of the loss of a dear friend. An object of our admiration and affection, of our pride and of our hopes, was suddenly taken from us; and it seemed as if we had never till then known how deeply we loved and reverenced him. What the country had lost in its great naval hero-the greatest of our own, and of all former

times, was scarcely taken into the account
of grief. So perfectly, indeed, had he
performed his part, that the maritime
war, after the battle of Trafalgar, was
considered at an end: the fleets of the
enemy were not merely defeated, but de-
stroyed: new navies must be built, and
1 new race of seamen reared for them,
before the possibility of their invading
our shores could again be contemplated.
It was not, therefore, from any selfish
reflection upon the magnitude of our loss
that we mourned for him: the general
sorrow was of a higher character. The
people of England grieved that funeral
ceremonies, and public monuments, and
posthumous rewards were all which they
could now bestow upon him, whom the
king, the legislature, and the nation,
would have alike delighted to honour;
whom every tongue would have blessed;
whose presence in every village through
which he might have passed would have
wakened the church bells, have given
schoolboys a holiday, have drawn chil-
dren from their sports to gaze upon him,
and "old men from the chimney corner,'
to look upon
Nelson ere they died. The
victory of Trafalgar was celebrated, in-
deed, with the usual forms of rejoicing,
but they were without joy; for such
already was the glory of the British navy,
through Nelson's surpassing genius, that
it scarcely seemed to receive any addition
from the most signal victory that ever was
achieved upon the seas: and the destruc-
tion of this mighty fleet, by which all the
maritime schemes of France were totally
frustrated, hardly appeared to add to our
security or strength; for, while Nelson
was living, to watch the combined squad-
rons of the enemy, we felt ourselves as
secure as now, when they were no longer
in existence.

coule of glory. He has left us, not incould scarcely have departed in a brighter deed his mantle of inspiration, but a name and an example, which are at this hour inspiring thousands of the youth of England: a name which is our pride, and an example which will continue to be our shield and our strength.-Life of Nelson, Family Library, Vol. XII.

MARIA OF MEISSEN.
(Concluded from p. 16.)

She had not left the house ten minutes when I returned to it. Alarmed for her safety, I hurried after her; I traced her to the Falcon barrier. I went to the great redoubt near that spot, and I remember seeing Napoleon standing at a bivouack-fire rubbing his hands, and smiling; immediately near him, from the newly-turned earth, protruded the legs and arms of the dead, who had been hastily interred after the combat of yesterday.

I asked one of the orderlies if he had seen a lady pass that way?

The man laughed in my face. “A lady!" said he. "No; I have seen no lady: what should she do here? There are no ladies on this field, but such as deal in old clothes, false teeth, and young hair." I went frantically forward. I cannot tell you what I saw, or among whom I passed, it was all so new, so horrid, and so strange to me. I soon came nigh to ground, where troops were before me, advancing and fighting, and where cannon-balls struck and ploughed the earth near me. I felt no fear-I had lost selfishness-I was absorbed in fear and anxiety for another, for a tender timid female, whom I had known from a child. My recollection There was reason to suppose, from the is but a confused recollection of naked appearances upon opening the body, that, corpses, and pale and bleeding men, in the course of nature, he might have that sat upon the ground, and cried for attained, like his father, to a good old age. "Water," and called aloud on "CHRIST" Yet he cannot be said to have fallen pre--the Prince of Peace. Dismounted maturely whose work was done; nor ought be to be lamented, who died so full of honours, and at the height of human fame. The most triumphant death is that of the martyr; the most awful that of the martyred patriot; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory: and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been ouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he

guns, and broken wheels, and fragments of exploded powder-waggons, and the sulphureous smell, and horses slain stiff, or rolling and kicking in their dying agonies!-Heavens, what a scene! I ran on-on. At last I came upon some muddy and trampled ground near Rossthal-I went forward-I came upon a spot covered with killed and wounded

San Juan Nepomuceno lost three hundred and fifty. Often as the superiority of British courage has been proved against France upon the seas, it was never more conspicuous than in this decisive conflict. Five of our ships were engaged muzzle to muzzle with five of the French. In all five, the Frenchmen lowered their lower-deck ports, and deserted their guns: while our men continued deliberately to load and fire, till they had made the victory secure.

were not more ortunate than the fleet from whose destruction they ded: they fell in with Sir Richard Strachan, who was cruising for the Rochefort squadron, and were all taken.

The total British loss in the battle of Trafalgar amounted to 1587. Twenty of the enemy struck; but it was not possible to anchor the fleet; as Nelson had enjoined;-a gale came on from the south-west; some of the prizes went down, some went on shore; one effected its escape into Cadiz; others were destroyed; four only were saved, and those by the greatest exertions. The Spanish vice-admiral, Alva, died of his wounds. Villeneuve was sent to England, and permitted to return to France. The French government say that he destroyed himself on the way to Paris, dreading the consequences of a court-martial: but there is every reason to believe that the tyrant, who never acknowledged the loss of the battle of Trafalgar, added Villeneuve to the numerous victims of his murderous policy.

Once, amidst his sufferings, Nelson had expressed a wish that he were dead; but immediately the spirit subdued the pains of death, and he wished to live a little longer;--doubtless that he might hear the completion of the victory which he had seen so gloriously begun. That consolation-that joy-that triumph, was afforded him. He lived to know that the victory was decisive; and the last guns which were fired at the flying enemy were heard a minute or two before he expired. The ships which were thus flying were four of the enemy's van, all French, under Rear-Admiral Dumanoir. It is almost superfluous to add, that They had borne no part in the action; all the honours which a grateful country and now, when they were seeking safety could bestow were heaped upon the mein flight, they fired not only into the Vic-mory of Nelson. His brother was made tory and Royal Sovereign as they passed, but poured their broadsides into the Spanish captured ships; and they were seen to back their top-sails, for the purpose of firing with more precision. The indignation of the Spaniards at this detestable cruelty from their allies, for whom they had fought so bravely, and so profusely bled, may well be conceived. It was such, that when, two days after the action, seven of the ships which had escaped into Cadiz came out, in hopes of retaking some of the disabled prizes, the prisoners, in the Argonauta, in a body, offered their services to the British prize-master, to man the guns against any of the French ships: saying, that if a Spanish ship came alongside, they would quietly go below; but they requested that they might be allowed to fight the French, in resentment for the murderous usage which they had suffered at their hands. Such was their earnestness, and such the implicit confidence which could be placed in Spanish honour, that the offer was accepted, and they were actually stationed at the lower deck guns. Dumanoir and his squadron

an earl, with a grant of 6000l. a year; 10,000l. were voted to each of his sisters: and 100,000l. for the purchase of an estate. A public funeral was decreed, and a public monument. Statues and monuments also were voted by most of our principal cities. The leaden coffin in which he was brought home was cut in pieces, which were distributed as relics of Saint Nelson, so the gunner of the Victory called them :-and when, at his interment, his flag was about to be lowered into the grave, the sailors, who assisted at the ceremony, with one accord rent it in pieces, that each might preserve a fragment while he lived.

The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity: men started at the intelligence, and turned pale; as if they had heard of the loss of a dear friend. An object o our admiration and affection, of our pride and of our hopes, was suddenly taken from us; and it seemed as if we had never till then known how deeply we loved and reverenced him. What the country had lost in its great naval hero-the greatest of our own, and of all former

times, was scarcely taken into the account of grief. So perfectly, indeed, had he performed his part, that the maritime war, after the battle of Trafalgar, was considered at an end: the fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated, but destroyed: new navies must be built, and a new race of seamen reared for them, before the possibility of their invading our shores could again be contemplated. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflection upon the magnitude of our loss that we mourned for him: the general sorrow was of a higher character. The people of England grieved that funeral ceremonies, and public monuments, and posthumous rewards were all which they could now bestow upon him, whom the king, the legislature, and the nation, would have alike delighted to honour; whom every tongue would have blessed; whose presence in every village through which he might have passed would have wakened the church bells, have given schoolboys a holiday, have drawn children from their sports to gaze upon him, and "old men from the chimney corner,' to look upon Nelson ere they died. The victory of Trafalgar was celebrated, indeed, with the usual forms of rejoicing, but they were without joy; for such already was the glory of the British navy, through Nelson's surpassing genius, that it scarcely seemed to receive any addition from the most signal victory that ever was achieved upon the seas: and the destruction of this mighty fleet, by which all the maritime schemes of France were totally frustrated, hardly appeared to add to our security or strength; for, while Nelson was living, to watch the combined squadrons of the enemy, we felt ourselves as secure as now, when they were no longer in existence.

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MARIA OF MEISSEN.

(Concluded from p. 16.)

She had not left the house ten minutes when I returned to it. Alarmed for her safety, I hurried after her; I traced her to the Falcon barrier. I went to the great redoubt near that spot, and I remember seeing Napoleon standing at a bivouack-fire rubbing his hands, and smiling; immediately near him, from the newly-turned earth, protruded the legs and arms of the dead, who had been hastily interred after the combat of yesterday.

I asked one of the orderlies if he had seen a lady pass that way?

"A

The man laughed in my face. lady!" said he. "No; I have seen no lady: what should she do here? There are no ladies on this field, but such as deal in old clothes, false teeth, and young hair." I went frantically forward. I cannot tell you what I saw, or among whom I passed, it was all so new, so horrid, and so strange to me. I soon came nigh to ground, where troops were before me, advancing and fighting, and where cannon-balls struck and ploughed the earth near me. I felt no fear-I had lost selfishness-I was absorbed in fear and anxiety for another, for a tender timid female, whom I had known from a child. My recollection is but a confused recollection of naked corpses, and pale and bleeding men, that sat upon the ground, and cried for "Water," and called aloud on "CHRIST"

There was reason to suppose, from the appearances upon opening the body, that, in the course of nature, he might have attained, like his father, to a good old age. Yet he cannot be said to have fallen pre--the Prince of Peace. Dismounted maturely whose work was done; nor ought he to be lamented, who died so full of honours, and at the height of human fame. The most triumphant death is that of the martyr: the most awful that of the martyred patriot; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory: and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been ouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he

guns, and broken wheels, and fragments of exploded powder-waggons, and the sulphureous smell, and horses slain stiff, or rolling and kicking in their dying agonies!-Heavens, what a scene! I ran on-on. At last I came upon some muddy and trampled ground near Rossthal-I went forward-I came upon a spot covered with killed and wounded

They were principally cuirassiers and dragoons, and their dead horses, and many Austrian infantry among them Islain with the sword. The horsemen lay in their massive boots, and stained cuirasses, their helmets a few paoes off, or yet hanging by the neck-scales. Here, i'the very midst, in her robe of white, drenched with the pouring rain, lay a female form upon her face, the hands stretched above her naked head. It was Maria :-she was quite dead-no wound -not a sprinkle of blood upon her garments; how or of what she died none may tell but He that wove the tissue of her tender heart. The silver chord of her sweet life had snapped amid this scene of violence and desolation. There lay immediately by her side the corpse of an officer, so disfigured in face as not to be recognisable, but in form and dress resembling the figure of Altenberg. I had no strength of mind or frame at the moment to do more than to seat me by her side, and watch the precious body till I

themselves with glory: I shall not forget to recommend you to your king. It is the Colonel Altenberg, is it not?" he added, rather impatient at no reply.

"It was the Colonel Altenberg, sire; but he is too badly wounded to render you or his king more service."

He rode on ;-Napoleon took a pinch of snuff; but when Altenberg had passed, I mentioned his misfortune. The conqueror started, drummed his fingers on the lid of his snuff-box with some emotion, called hastily for his horse, and turned away.-Tales of the Wars of our Times.

SAVING THE COLOURS.

In a regiment at the battle of Water100, the ensign was killed, and clasped the colours so fast in death, that a serjeant in trying, to no purpose, to rescue them, on the near approach of the enemy, made a violent effort, and throwing the dead corpse, colours and all, over his shoulders, carried them off together. The French seeing this, were charmed I tremble as I look back upon the with the heroism of the action, and hailed arrival of Altenberg. His brigade, hav-it with loud clapping and repeated shouts of applause.

could find means to remove it.

ing suffered heavily, had been ordered back into the city, to remain in quarters and refresh. He had learned at his house whither Maria was gone; and he came up to the ground near Rossthal at a swift gallop. I see him in his long white cloak and gleamy helmet, with his pale face of woe, and his fearful gaze, when he alighted and took the body in his arms. "You should not have suffered her to do this," he said to me reproachfully. My tongue clave to the roof of my mouth-I could not answer him. He placed the body on his horse-mounted-and held it be

fore him-one of its arms thrown over

his shoulder, and the body pressed close to his heart;-and so he rode back at a mournful pace to the city. I walked sad and silent by his side.

I remember, as we passed the redoubt on our return, Napoleon stood by the road-side with Berthier. He recognised the uniform of Altenberg's corps as we passed; and as it rained heavily, and Altenberg held his precious burden beneath his ample cloak, he did not observe. by what he was encumbered, and thought him wounded. "Not wounded, brave officer I hope," said he. "The regiments Zastrow and Altenberg have covered

SPIRITED CONDUCT.

Lieutenant-General Count Baillet particularizes the spirited conduct of a prirate of the regiment of Lacy, who voluntarily swam across the Rhine, and, under the protection of our fire, loosened two vessels which were on the left bank, and got back with them as far as the middle of the river; where, however, the current drove him against a burning bridge, which set fire to the two vessels. This circumstance obliged the man to dive, and to swim back to the right bank. His example encouraged another: they both plunged into the Rhine, and brought over some vessels; the consequence of which was, about seventeen or eighteen more men of the regiment followed the others, and got possession of many more vessels

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