The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
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Aaree.thit to a revelation of a public Meeting on
Tuesday se'enialit, the Mayor and Corr/oration r
Nlimmontli, in their formalities. and in nemrding,
atte.sied by thcir proper Officers, haatiatt the macs
dress •si with craae, accomp rnied Also liv the pri::•
cipal inhabaants, with the orri,.is .-•.1 or•eates
the Volunteers, went in grand ; rocession to sly •
seiarice. cat Sunday, as a mark of their respea col
the immortal memory of the Hero of the Nile, 'ii.
Lordship beim; a Burgess of that borough, which
gave birth to the Conqueror at Aginenert.—A most
excellent disc., Ise, suitable to the mehinchi ly occa.
sion, was delivered by the Rev Mr. Milli ps, which
highly interested the feelings of the congreg.ition.
The pulpit and organ w. re hung. with black cloth.
and the antirem .end ps ilms perposely composel. gave
an additional degree of soleeinity to this day of pub-
lic sorrow. Monday, the inhabitants ag iin met, to
raise subscriptions for ere ling a monument iii the
church, or some other memorial of regard for his
Lordship's moat important riblic services. The
figure of Brltareia, which crowns the Naval Temple
of the Ky min Pavilion, .iear Monmouth, has already
been dressed in mourning, and th•• p.tirvitigs under-
neath covered by a board, bearing a 'host inscrip-
tion, expressive of the phi of the Genius of Bri-
tain, for the loss of her ..avoirrite Son.
-On Monday, an illumination took place at Rosa,
in celebration of the glorious battle tar TrefAlg ir.
Among many other devices displayed on this occa-
sion, the transparencies exhibited at the Bank, were
particularly conspicuous ; they represented Fanre
sounding the trumpet of victory, with a perspeirve
view ut the principal ships engaging with the
enemy. A nitro', •t• ut speCtators paraded the
streets ; and, all departed, highly pleased with the
novelty of the scene.
Carmarthen was most superbly illuminated on
Wednesday night. A variety of tranrparcrvies, de-
vices, &c. hide alive of the gallant Nelson's triumph
and lamented fall, were di rlayed on the occasion.
The Mayor and Corporation, who had prcsiatisly
assembled at the Old Ivy-bush Inn, paraded the
town, prectefed by the Carmarthen Volunteer Band,
playing God Sore Me ki .7., /Pale Rrdaqot,, and oc-
casionally a solemn dirge (104th Ptatm), with drums
muffed. When the procession reached a large bon-
fire, which had been made in Market-street, they
found several large bowls of punch waiting their
arrival, and a number of loyal and patriotic toasts
were drank in copious libations. Here the scene
received an additional eclat, from the appearance of
the Carmarthen Volunteers, who had been c riled out,
together with Captain L'ower's troop of !torte (on
duty there), and who fired a
.lea-ik-joie. About
ten o'Almk, the Corporation, &c. returned to the
Eradi, and devoted the remainder of the evening to
agreeable conviviality.

CURIOUS OC( URRENCE.

PLYMOUTH, NOV. 13.
A most curious circumstance, respetling the ever-
to-he-lamented Lord Nelson, happened on Monday
last :—As Col. 1 yrwhitt, Vice Warden of the Stan-
naries, Cornwall and Devon, was, with other gen-
tlemen, looking through a telescope at the French
prizes going en the harbour, he observed a fine little
boy, of an open countenance, cheeting with his
play-fallow., and heard him several times called
Nelson. This raised (on being often repeated) his
curiosity to know who tire boy was. Colonel 'yr-
whitt went to his father's cotiage,who sie...s a quarry-
man, and lived at Rusty Anchor, under the West
Elae. By this time the boy was returned, first ap-
pearing shy, but, on a little conversation, this wore
off, and he said. Lord Nelson was his god-
father, but he was shot and killed the other day in a
great battle. The Colonel then entered the hut, and
found the father, who had lost a limb in the Min,-
face, in the battle of the Nile, and his wife and
four children, clean, though poorly dressed. Col.
Tyrwhitt then asked if the circumstance were true, of
Lord Nelson's being god-father to this little boy, and
was answered, yes ; the mother then produced the
certificate of his baptism, at the British Fattory
Chapel, Legharn, July, 1300, attested by the Cler.
gyman, Rev. Mr. Cummins—and signed
EMMA HAMS! TON,
WM. HAMILTON.
NELSON and BRONTIL
The child was named Horatio Nelson. His mo-
ther was washer-woman on board the -Winokur, 74
guns, Capt. Louis. When the child was born, in the
Bay of Leghorn, his Lordship, Sir William and
Lady Hamilton, said, they would stand sponsors.
He had promised, when the boy grew up, to put him
to sea, and give him a nautical education. But, aher
the Peace of Amiens, these poor people, through ig-
norance, forgot (though desired by his Lordship
when he sailed for England) to write him where they
were settled : the Minotaur was paid off at this port,
and the father of the boy; with his small pension,
and by hard work, contrives to maintain his family
ever since. After talking over ti.e circumstance of.
the intended kinshie sof Lord Ne sun to this poor
Little boy, if he had known their situation and place
of abode, Colonel '1 yrwhitt, determined to follow
up his Lordship's good wishes, took the boy as
hisnr,ker, a d, with his usual humanity, had him
direttly clothed, and put to school, ' meaning
to give him a regular nautical education, to fit
him kit the naval service of his country. A little
pure, by way of subscription, for present purposes,
fi I, been opened, under the patronage of Mrs. Ad-
miral Sutton, which will, no doubt be soon tilled,
not of respell to the memory of a hero, beloved,
admi: ed, and almost adored, and whose memory
will be cherished and entwined round the heart-
s•rnngs of every lover of British naval virtue and