leader a striking example of the discipline which he enforced on others.

Having risen to command, he signalized his name in the West Indies, in Holland, and in Egypt.

The unremitting attention with which he devoted himself to the duties of every branch of his profession obtained him the confidence of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, and he became the companion in arms of that illustrious officer, who fell at the head of his victorious troops, an action which maintained our national superiority over the arms of France.

Thus Sir John Moore, at an early period, obtained, with general approbation, that conspicuous station in which he gloriously terminated his useful and honourable life.

In a military character, obtained amidst the dangers of climate, the privations incident to service, and the sufferings of repeated wounds, it is difficult to select any one point as a preferable subject for praise. It exhibits, however, one feature so particularly characteristic of the man, and so important to the best interests of the service, that the Commander-in-chief is pleased to mark it with his peculiar approbation.

The life of Sir John Moore was spent amongst the troops.

During the season of repose, his time was devoted to the care and instruction of the officer and soldier; in war, he courted service in every quarter of the globe. Regardless of personal considerations, he esteemed that to which his country called him the post of honour; and by his undaunted spirit, and unconquerable perseverance, he pointed the way to victory.

His country, the object of his latest solicitude, will rear a monument to his lamented memory; and the Commander-in-chief feels he is paying the best tribute to his fame, by thus holding him forth as an example to the army.

By Order of His Royal Highness the Commander-inchief.

Horse Guards,

1st February, 1809.

HARRY CALVERT,
Adjutant-General.

EPITAPH.

BY THE REVEREND DR. PARR.

[Inscribed on a Marble Monument erected at Corunna.]

H. S. E.
JOANNES MOORE,

Allectus in equestrem ordinem Balnei
A Georgio Tertio Britanniarum Rege;
Ortu Scotus,

Imperator fortis idemque innocens,
Et rei militaris peritissimus
Scientia et usu:

Qui

In Batavia, Corsica, Egypto, India Occidentali,

Hispanorum tetra et detestabili tyrannide oppressorum
Jura, leges, aras et focos,

Summo quo potuit studio tutatus est;
Et post varios belli casus,

Cum ad Corunnam ægre accessisset,

Milites suos,

Longo itinere, fame, frigore, enectos,
Ad subeundam prælii dimicationem
Hortando erexit,

Audendo confirmavit;

Et Gallis numero copiarum fretis

Et felicitate ducis pæne perpetua superbientibus
Victoriam e manibus eripuit,

Legioni quadragesimæ secundæ,

Societate periculorum diu secum conjunctissimæ,
Et memori rerum in Ægypto prospere gestarum,
De virtute digna commilitonibus suis
Gratulatus est;

Et vulnere pro patriâ sociisque ejus accepto,
Vitam, uti multum et sæpe optaverat,
Bene consummavit

XVII kal. Februar. Anno Sacro MDCCCIX.

GEORGIUS,

GEORGII TERTII FILIUS,

Britanniarum regnum unitum regens,

Et qui Regiæ Majestati a sanctioribus consiliis sunt, hoc Monumentum

ponendum curaverunt.

Anno Sacro

MDCCCXIIII.