Horatio Nelson and the naval supremacy of England . idges love for and loyalty to him. But, as has been said, his melancholy situation inthe Downs would also account for many effusionsof temper. To be lying at anchor for days at atime, restlessly tossed by the short staggering run ofthe Foreland seas; to be nipped by the advancedautumn winds of an exposed roadstead; to holdwithin view for weeks nothing gayer than the flatforeshore of the Sandwich district and the small sea-fronting structures of the town of Deal, with itsstretch of shingle and depressing play of surf; to beso much the sport of
Horatio Nelson and the naval supremacy of England . idges love for and loyalty to him. But, as has been said, his melancholy situation inthe Downs would also account for many effusionsof temper. To be lying at anchor for days at atime, restlessly tossed by the short staggering run ofthe Foreland seas; to be nipped by the advancedautumn winds of an exposed roadstead; to holdwithin view for weeks nothing gayer than the flatforeshore of the Sandwich district and the small sea-fronting structures of the town of Deal, with itsstretch of shingle and depressing play of surf; to beso much the sport of the capricious weather of thatpart of the British coast as often to be unable tosend a letter ashore, and when on shore to be hin-dered by the breakers foaming upon the beach fromregaining the ship: this was Nelsons life at thistime, and it needs but a very small appreciation ofthe character of these tedious, uneventful experi-ences of his to sympathise with the irritability thatpossessed him when he directed his thoughts toMy Lords. CHAPTER Political speeches—St. Vincent onCanada—Death of Rev. E. Nelson•—Nelson and the Hamiltons—Visitto Wales — War with France — Buona-parte and Lord Whitworth—Nelsons income—Death of Sir Wm. Hamilton—Appointed Com-mander-in-chief on the Mediterranean station—Letter from the King of Naples—Blockading—?A revolution in sea-affairs—Crazy ships—Fearsfor his eyesight—Bay of Palmas. ? E was released on leave, and on the22d of October went to Merton, hisown property, which he had not before visited. Onthe 29th he took his seat in the House of Lords, hisintroducers being Viscounts Sydney and Hood. Ofthe few speeches he delivered there is not much to besaid beyond that they have every characteristic of aplain, honest, sagacious, sailorly mind. In that of the3d of November, however, it is remarkable to findNelson, who was eminent before all things for fore-sight, ridiculing the possession of the Cape of GoodHope by t
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