THE HERO OR TRAFALGAR.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1079, 18 March 1911, Page 10

THE HERO OR TRAFALGAR.

LETTERS .ABOUTV KELSON. ' The Rev. A. J: Scott;' who was Nelson's chaplain on tho Victory, aiid who was present at tha hero's, death, was a gre :Ct! IT; £ t ei'-\vr i JIOTS &ttcrs ha.vo'survived, and eight"of Hhciff were recently sold by public auction at Sotheby's, in London. The interest in their sale, remarks tho ' "Daily Telegraph," is further- evidence of the hero worship inspired by the great commandcr, AVhilo off Toulon, Mr. Scott wrote, to , Lavington:. '.T'.iievcKjtt "tiviiftf met with so puroa mind^'as 1 his;--every thought flowing-.from-iho lusty.' family of selfishness is a*stranger toliisbroast. He possesses 7 ,tliat" impulse ,"Of r. genius which, to. whatsoevel'/.p'omt tho;mind bo turned, ".conceives",''■•judgesi and;_> determines what is to be done, with promptitude." It was "liis duty to accompany the body homo, after Trafalgar. "If you live with a board of ship for years—if you "areT coifsCantly* with him in ■liis.-caßin^yQur' i isimdl.iWll soon find out how to appreciate him—the more you knew Nelson'the'more you loved him."

With this" batch was a letter by Captain Wells, of tho Thunderer, describing the hero's death. "I much fear his honours were the cause of his " death, as ho evidently; was picked off from tho rest, wearing his stars in action, which, in my opinion, was rather'indiscreet. He loved to hear victory pronounced, and "that the few ships of tho enemy that were able were making olf with all possiblo sail. It had a very great effect on hjin. . Ho appeared pleased and'happy, and thanked God for allowing him to outlive the day, and died almost immediately convulsed—hia jov jy&a .too. greats