till the superintendants gave public notice that they could receive no more. On the third day after the action the dead wore buried in the naval churchyard: the ceremony was made as public and as solemn as the occasion required;-such a procession had never before been seen in that, or, perhaps, in any other eity. A public monument was erected upon the spot where the slain were gathered together. A subscription was opened on the day of the funeral for the relief of the sufferers, and collections in aid of it made throughout all the churches in the kingdom. This appeal to the feelings of the people was made with circumstances which gave it full effect. A monument was raised in the midst of the church, surmounted by the Danish colours: young maidens, dressed in white, stood round it, with either one who had been wounded in the battle, or the widow and orphans of some one who had fallen: a suitable oration was delivered from the pulpit, and patriotic hymns and songs were afterwards performed. Medals were distributed to all the officers,

and to the men who had distinguished themselves. Poets and painters vied with each other in celebrating a battle, which, disastrous as it was, had yet been honourable to their country: some, with pardonable sophistry, represented the advantage of the day as on their own side. One writer discovered a more curious, but less disputable ground of satisfaction, in the reflexion, that Nelson, as may be inferred from his name, was of Danish descent; and his actions, therefore, the Dane argued, were attributable to Danish valour.

The negotiation was continued during the five following days; and, in that interval, the prizes were disposed of, in a manner which was little approved by Nelson. Six line of battle ships and eight praams had been taken. Of these, the Holstein, 64, was the only one which was sent home. The Zealand was a finer ship: but the Zealand, and all the others, were burnt, and their brass battering cannon sunk with the hulls in such shoal water, that, when the fleet returned from Revel, they found the Danes, with craft over the wrecks, employed in getting

the guns up again. Nelson, though he forbore from any public expression of displeasure at seeing the proofs and trophies of his victory destroyed, did not forget to represent to the admiralty the case of those who were thus deprived of their prize money. "Whether," said he to Earl St. Vincent," Sir Hyde Parker may men❝tion the subject to you, I know not; for he

is rich, and does not want it: nor is it, "you will believe me, any desire to get "a few hundred pounds, that actuates me "to address this letter to you; but justice

to the brave officers and men who fought "on that day. It is true our opponents "were in hulks and floats, only adapted

for the position they were in: but that

"made our battle so much the harder, and "victory so much the more difficult to "obtain. Believe me, I have weighed all "circumstances; and, in my conscience, I "think that the king should send a gra"cious message to the house of commons

for a gift to this fleet: for what must be the natural feelings of the officers and

"men belonging to it, to see their rich "commander in chief burn all the fruits "of their victory-which, if fitted up and "sent to England, (as many of them might "have been, by dismantling part of our "fleet,) would have sold for a good round "sum."

On the 9th Nelson landed again, to conclude the terms of the armistice. During its continuance the armed ships and vessels of Denmark were to remain in their theu actual situation, as to armament, equipment, and hostile position; and the treaty of armed neutrality, as far as related to the co-operation of Denmark, was suspended. The prisoners were to be sent on shore; an acknowledgment being given for them, and for the wounded also, that they might be carried to Great Britain's credit in the account of war, in case hostilities should be renewed. The British fleet was allowed to provide itself with all things requisite for the health and comfort of its men. A difficulty arose respecting the duration of the armistice. The Danish commissioners

fairly stated their fears of Russia; and Nelson, with that frankness, which sound policy and the sense of power seem often to require as well as justify in diplomacy, told them, his reason for demanding a long terin was, that he might have time to act against the Russian fleet, and then return to Copenhagen. Neither party would yield upon this point; and one of the Danes hinted at the renewal of hostilities. "Renew hos"tilities!” cried Nelson to one of his friends-for he understood French enough to comprehend what was said, though not to answer it in the same language ;—“ tell ❝ him we are ready at a moment !—Ready "to bombard this very night!”—The conference, however, proceeded amicably on both sides; and as the commissioners could not agree upon this head, they broke up, leaving Nelson to settle it with the prince. A levee was held forthwith in one of the state rooms; a scene well suited for such a consultation, for all these rooms had been stript of their furniture, in fear of a bombardment. To a bombardment also Nelson

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