Captain Digby, who had the honour of being selected to bring intelligence of his lordship’s glorious victory off the Nile; with other naval and military officers, clergy, magistrates, &c.  Lady Hamilton very condescendingly gratified the company with some charming songs.  The bells rung most of the day:  and, in the evening, his lordship and friends again visited the theatre; which was crouded with all the beauty and fashion of the neighbourhood, who gave them the most rapturous welcome.  A respectable song, written for the occasion by Mr. Collins, was sung to the good old tune of “Hearts of Oak;” and his lordship and party were conveyed to and from the theatre, by the populace, in the same stile as they had been the preceding night.  On Wednesday morning, again attended by the high and low bailiff, they proceeded, on foot, to inspect Mr. Radenhurst’s whip manufactory, the extensive toy warehouse of Messrs. Richards, Mr. Phipson’s pin manufactory, and Mr. Bissett’s Museum.  They concluded, by visiting the famous Blue-Coat Charity School, and were much pleased with the appearance of the children; they then returned to their hotel, and set out for Warwick, where they arrived the same evening.

The inhabitants of Warwick received his lordship and friends with every possible demonstration of joy.  They were waited on by the mayor and corporation; and, after remaining till Friday morning, chiefly occupied in viewing Warwick Castle, the county-hall, churches, and other public buildings, went on to Coventry.

On arriving in the city of Coventry, where they were greeted with the usual public rejoicings, they were immediately attended by the mayor and corporation:  and, after taking some refreshment, his lordship proceeded to pay his respects to Earl Spencer, at Althorpe Park, near Northampton; from whence, on Sunday, the 5th of September, the party returned to Merton.

This journey to Milford proved eminently beneficial to Lord Nelson.  It had not only established his health; but exhilarated his feeling mind, and freed it from every depression.  The affectionate sentiments of a grateful and virtuous people, spontaneously bursting from their hearts, communicated a glow to his heroic bosom, which inspired him with renovated vigour, and fortified him against all the lurking malignancy of mean envy and disappointed ambition.

When Lord Nelson came to town, from Merton, which he did almost daily during the sittings of parliament, Sir William Hamilton usually accompanied his noble friend for the transaction of his own private business, and they always returned together in the evening.  These inseparable friends would visit no where without each other; and they often declared, that nothing but death should ever divide them.  His lordship, fond of retirement, visited very few of his opulent neighbours:  but there was scarcely a poor inhabitant of Merton, whose house he did not occasionally enter; where he would converse familiarly with the humble