armorial badge on the left arm. The coffin being placed on a stool, covered with black, and with gold tassels, &c. All who formed the procession having taken their places, the Prince being seated on the right of the bishop's throne, the choir door closed, and the funeral service commenced. The psalms for the occasion were sung in the solemn chaunt of H. Purcel. The Magnificat was also sung admirably by the whole choir, and afterwards Dr. Green's sublime anthem, "Lord let me know the end and number of my days !" During the performance of the choir service, the body of the church was illuminated by lamps throughout, but in a most striking and beautiful manner, by a large frame covered with black, and on which were placed, in black frames, nearly five hundred lamps, the whole forming an immense octangular lanthorn, which became suspended by a rope from the centre and summit of the cupola, overhanging the spacious amphitheatre (covered also with black) as the place of interment. The choir service ended, the procession returned in the same order to the place of interment. Dr. Croft's " Man that is born," was sung from a gallery erected on the back of the organ loft; and, after Handel's divine anthem," His body is buried in peace!" The Bishop of Lincoln having read the service, except the last prayer, the body was placed on a platform, and solemnly descended by balance weight, twenty feet to the vault beneath. The last prayer ended, a grand and solemn dirge was sung, composed for the occasion by Mr. Attwood; after which, the style, title, and dignities, of the deceased Peer were proclaimed by the Earl Marshal Deputy, when the wands of office were broken, and the awful ceremonial closed by the colours of the Victory being deposited with the chieftain who so gloriously fell under them! Thus has died, and thus has been buried, with the tears of a nation over the bier of their benefactor-a man as truly our own, as truly formed in the characteristic mould of British virtue, as has ever dignified the most golden page of our days of glory, a man whose courage was a principle, and not a passion,-an element which, cherished by natural honour, informed and animated his prudence; and thus, by a rare union of judgment and resolute enterprise, rendered it equal to the perils of the time:-a man whose exalted merit was only equalled by his retreating simplicity, a simplicity so without any visible promise, any external appearance of the mighty soul within, that the hero was unknown till seen in his acts, and then, by his unequalled inodesty, seemed known as such to all, but unknown to himself-and if any thing be yet wanting to complete the full measure of that excellence with which the best of our poets have ever arrayed that fond image of their imagination, a perfect English hero, he had it; for, with a piety equal to his valour, considering himself, in his best successes, as an humble instrument of his God; he imputed the whole of his success to the protecting hand of Providence, and that Providence, in return, remembering him in the day of peril, and in the hour of death, allotted him a death in victory, and an eternal name amongst the brave defenders of their country. Let us hug the bright example, the dear remembrance, to our hearts; and the fire of patriotism kindling from his funeral pile, may animate others to similar heroism. We have nothing to say to recommend the following epitaph, but that it cornes from the heart. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HORATIO LORD NELSON, WHO, PIOUS, BRAVE, AND FORTUNATE, BELOVED BY MEN AND IN PEACE WITH GOD, WANTED NOTHING TO COMPLETE THE FULL MEASURE OF HIS GLORY, HEAVEN AND HIS COUNTRY UNITE TO DISCHARGE THE DEBT; HIS COUNTRY BY DEVOTING HIM TO ETERNAL REMEMBRANCE. Account of Lord Nelson's death by Mr. Beatty, surgeon of the Victory.-"On his lordship being brought below, he complained of acute pain in about the sixth or seventh dorsal vertebra, of privation of sense, and motion of the body and inferior extremities; his respiration was short and difficult; his pulse weak, small, and irregular; he frequently declared that his back was shot through---that he felt every instant a gush of blood within his breast; and that he had sensations which indicated to him the approach of death. In the course of an hour his pulse became indistinct, and was gradually lost in the arm; his extremities and forehead became soon afterwards cold; he retained his wonted energy of mind and exercise of his faculties until the latest moment of his existence; and when victory, as signal as decisive, was announced to him, he expressed his pious acknowledgments thereof, and heartfelt satisfaction at the glorious event, in the most emphatic language. He then delivered his last orders with his usual precision, and in a few minutes after expired without a struggle. "COURSE AND SITE OF THE BALL ASCERTAINED SINCE DEATH.--"The ball struck the fore part of his lordship's epaulette, and entered the left shoulder, immediately before the processus acromion scapula, which it slightly fractured; it then descended obliquely into the thorax, fracturing the second and third ribs; and after penetrating the left lobe of the lungs, and dividing in its passage a large branch of the pulmonary artery, it entered the left side of the spine between the sixth and seventh dorsal vertebra, fractured the left transverse process of the sixth vertebra, wounded the medulla spinalis, and, fracturing the right transverse process of the seventh vertebra, it made its way from the right side of the spine, directing its course through the muscles of the back, and lodged therein, about two inches below the interior angle of the right scapula. "On removing the ball, a portion of the gold lace and pad of the epaulette, together with a small piece of his lordship's coat, were found firmly attached to it. "W. BEATTY, surgeon." Admiral Lord Radstock, and some other naval officers, have set on foot a subscription, for the purpose of publishing a collection of Gazettes, announcing the great naval victories during the late and present wars, and for circulating 50,000 copies gratis, in all parts of the kingdom, but more especially on board fleets, at the ports, and along the coast. A considerable sum is already subscribed. The sentence of the court martial on Admiral Sir Robert Calder, is to the following effect: "In consequence of the letter of Admiral Sir Robert Calder to the Lords of the Admiralty, requesting an investigation of his conduct on the 23d and 24th of July last, after the actions with the Combined Squadrons of France and Spain, and while in sight of the enemy; and in consequence of the instructions, thereupon directed to Admiral Montagu, to hold a court martial, for the purpose of enquiring into the conduct of the said Admiral Sir Robert Calder on the said days, and to try him for not having done his utmost to take or destroy every ship of the enemy which it was his duty to engage: this court has entered into the said enquiry; and after duly considering the conduct of said Admiral Sir Robert Calder, and hearing and deliberating fully upon all the evidence laid before us respecting the same on the days aforesaid, we are of opinion, that the charges against the conduct of the said Admiral Sir Robert Calder, on the above days, in presence of the enemy, in not having done his utmost to take and destroy every ship of the enemy, which it was his duty to engage, are fully proved. "The court are of opinion, that such conduct on the part of the said Admiral Sir Robert Calder was not the result of cowardice or disaffection, but of error in judgment, and for which he deserves to be severely reprimanded, and he is hereby severely reprimanded accordingly." The erime of which Sir R. Calder has been proved guilty, is the same for which Admiral Byng was shot---Error of Judgment. But the law, as it then stood, was altered soon after Admiral Byng's sentence was put in execution. HIEROGLYPHIC BOOK KEEPING --An old American gentleman, whose father attended more to teach his son the methods of accumulating riches than knowledge, lived some time ago in a town in the State of Connecticut. From application and industry he had amassed a property of about 20,000 dollars. Although not able to read or to write, he never hired a clerk, but had always been in the habit of keeping his own books. He had invented some new characters for conveying his ideas to himself and others; they were formed as nearly similar to the shape of the article sold as the nature of the circumstance would admit. One day a customer of his called upon him for the purpose of settling his account; the book of hieroglyphics was handed down, and our merchant commenced with such a time you had a gallon of rum, and such a time a pound of tea---such a time a gallon of molasses, and such a time a cheese:"--"Stop there," says the customer, "I never had a cheese of you or any other person---I make my own cheese."--"You certainly must have had it,” said the merchant, "it is down in my book." The other denied ever buying an ar ticle of that kind. After a sufficient number of pros and cons, upon recollection he informed him he had purchased a grindstone about that time." "Tis the very thing," said the merchant," and I must have forgotten to put the hole in the middle." M. Martin, a celebrated actor of the comic opera at Paris, has lately gained a cause against Mad. Simonet, his first wife, M. Martin was separated from her in the year 4, by an act of divorce, passed by mutual consent. Mad. Si❤ monet claimed a pension of three thousand francs. The tribunal, in the first instance, adjudged that he should pay one thousand francs. But on appeal, Madamoiselle Simonet's demand was dismissed, on the ground that the exercise of her talents, in her profession, was sufficient to procure her a maintenance. HORRID MURDER.---On the tenth ult. Abel Clemmons, in his place of residence, near Clarksburgh, Virginia, under circumstances of the most unprecedented cruelty, murdered his wife, and their eight small children, the oldest about twelve years old, by striking them on the head with an axe, " in the unsuspecting moments of sleep!" A general bill of all the christenings and burials, from December 11, 1804, to December 17, 1805 :- Christened in the ninety-seven parishes within the walls 1050-Buried 1141. Christened in the seventeen parishes without the walls 4673-Buried 3630. Christened in the twenty-three out-parishes in Middlesex and Surry 10,369— Buried 8113. Christened in the ten parishes in the city and liberties of Westminster 4214-Buried 4681. Christened, males 10,513-Females 9782-In all 20,295. There have been executed in London nine; of which number six only have been reported to be buried (as such) within the bills of mortality. BIRTHS. At Grosvenor Place, Lady Garlies, of a son. At Redbourn Hall, Lincolnshire, Lady William Beauclerk, of a son. ! DIED. At Totteridge, Herts, the Hon. Mrs. Maitland. On Sunday, Jan. 5, at Benham, Berks, his Serene Highness Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, Margrave of Anspach. At Thorpe Lee, Surry, aged 88, Dowager Lady Brackett. At New York, America, aged 83, Israel Wilkes, brother to the late John Wilkes, i MONTHLY MIRROR, FOR FEBRUARY, 1806. Embellished with A PORTRAIT OF MASTER ALBERT SCHIRMËR, ENGRAVED BY CARDon, FROM A DRAWING BY MISS EMMA SMITH. PRINTED, FOR THE PROPRIETORS, By J. Wright, No. 38, St. John's Square, Clerkenwell. And published by Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, Poultry; the United Kingdom. |