, 1873-03-08
In Tho British Navy for Ten Years..
Tho Great Sea.Figlt Of
Trafalgar.
Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton-.How
They Looked to British
MILDLY.
Frenchmen and Spaninrds Seventy
Years Ago.

scars, Of ouoof Lord Nelson's voterans, who took
part in tho great naval battle OF Trafalgar. OF
these men, as vol as OF tho survivors OF tho bat
tie Of Waterloo, there aro worry few fnow living,
and 1t Ia an exceedingly raro privilege to intor-
view one OF them, and llston to the narratione Of
the stirring events In which they participated at
time when war WAS tho principal business Of
tho civilized nations Of Europe.
Probably there arc fow Of tho pooplo Of Chi
cago who arc aware that tlero Ia residing hero,
in comparatively good health, and In tho poases-
sion Of all hia faculties, at tho age Of 80 years,
gentleman who WAS, ut tho time OF tho battle OF
Trafalgar, on board q war vessel at
tnahaa to tha foot which. under Lord
Nelson, won this fa1uous naval victory AL
though at this timo with the reserves, which
were not called into action, our informant boars
-witnoss to tho desolaton which tho great sea-
Aght occasioncd In Europe, and to tho wonaer-
ful stories related by hia comrades Of tho bloody
work Of that eyentful day, Which closod tho CO.
reor Of tho commander whose life was a conttn-
nal series Of victories for tho British nation,
and to whom Eng1and's maritime supremacy iB
Robert 4. Ellis, native Englishman lbut
long slnce naturalizod American oitizon), In
the early part Of tho present century, WHOM
about 1a years Of ago, entered tho British naval
eee fhpman n the signal fa liz a'Ra55 sR%1
nfsths-1ima r1al TDe satnrn' and subsequently 10
fhe flagship Hoya} George. THO praotico
of impressing English soamen then pre-
ye g ,x,p business so Of rovano a. anae oso
nat}on manv wv Voun9 @ mon. s Who % had snfclent in
6uenoe, obtained Submissions % milahipmon in
the navy, which placed thom in tho limo of pro-
motion on the official List.
1onng Ena ;a ' = eno sort1v ,t af}or
the battle OF Waterloo, previous to which, after
7stflne from tho navy, 40 & gpon' ons y"s1 ~ ~
ETance, Map91ooh !: pel9g s1Sn ps.aon1es p1a ~ ~
is * % & " Nv ,er,t Iate s
.nas % tn9 VI % ato ny gre ~ na very ngm tav
o - euot t1t az IAN,
eemk ;tVt u .,thisst1 .srn t3nr
manous saousat .ot Ig,r sIIn Az
En,or .3, wa, aI a aIastoa a., ia avail
:aa viooroa sv n many viIiages baino mao
ssio aoy ro uoB ,,Bt s15
ny " ~ uu, Mon1n' ~ alio uVy1 t1sa os ,,o.s. WV
~ " ~ ~ s.as ~ M,,,ra rin 10 aio,ta3
.uJ t nu ttnr
usea ~ avar pIa danfa ~ Nann1eon tho
II liz ;ng }. ~ M
~ ns4p ~ t9u s lsn ,ta..:H e. 10
III, HnI ~ ~ ,nn 1t-otr aa,", tn s4,nneaa
pras1 Mn ~ aoau te daS ri. hr;n
"n t, ~ w ohar,har
taesa oesposhni teSasxH Sat; anng Snager .Ias
ia avsnty ~ n bad yyav esnoc:i,v whan + soars
IN tr,st ths aIectors wth X" nhnico of ita a.,ns
:Tdioulons farce. A1 saw enough o. that COW. ",
~ 81 Gibraltar to convince any one
IN tlo spaaaards worG ,cart nation a.
mageant Sqasa, af benT SaptgrSd Py
hoIn
no 'eSSet enS t snm1ea smoicn"a aant ~ ~
hoarita1 T al G;hroitar tho snan;sraa heing " haiI @
tm {a o1n.o ~ i1o 1ar wv .a nriannara ea ,,'t,'1
1ns e11o sor thor p o o,mav ma " asysrs ~
hin aonaad t. the Irt;a cro.s rvas .ao ~:
Gared tn hn distr;hutea omnnr tho Amnrican aea.
sna,e = +, w waa ,s;th d{f1cuif3 thet tho Tnnish
sailors could bo restrained from mr. royoucina tie
cr1,o1tas nernatratad 1,non o,r cn,ntry1nSn nm ~,
this occasion npon tho cowardIy snaniarda. ~
10 show tho nreyailinr iruoranco in France.
sour informant states that ono hundred French-
man ware tnken from a canturoi naval shin hv
A. .t';,, ~ a. live r. vT,!a1 la ,vos .ttn1,S1
.ua ~ ,e.a ao,,,5 - "n a1 10 mao et'"enee,
'UcH une r9i, ~ "to,n eua al"I VI We.