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Rh  A few days after the action, the subject of this sketch had the satisfaction of receiving the following handsome communication from Nelson’s brave and worthy successor:

“Euryalus, Oct. 28, 1805.

“My dear Sir. I congratulate you most sincerely on the victory his Majesty’s fleet has obtained over the enemy, and on the noble and distinguished part the Temeraire took in the battle; nothing could be finer; I have not words in which I can sufficiently express my admiration of it. I hope to hear you are unhurt; and pray send me your report of killed and wounded, with the officers’ names who fell in the action, and the state of your own ship, whether you can get her in a state to meet Gravina, should he again attempt anything.

“I am, dear Sir, with great esteem, “Your faithful humble servant, (Signed)“.

“Captain E. Harvey, Temeraire.”

At the general promotion that took place on the 9th of the following month, in honour of the above mentioned victory, Captain Harvey was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral; and on the change of administration in the ensuing spring, he hoisted his flag on board the Tonnant, of 80 guns, in the Channel fleet, under the orders of Earl St. Vincent. Previous to his sailing he attended the funeral of his late heroic chief, and appears to have been one of the supporters of the pall on that melancholy occasion.

On the retirement of Earl St. Vincent from the command of the grand fleet, his Lordship addressed the following letter to the Rear-Admiral:

“Mortimer Street, April 22, 1807.

“Sir.– I cannot retire from the command of the Channel fleet, without expressing the high sense I entertain of the