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LORD NELSON. In the lir 1770. his Lordfhip entered on board the Raifonable, of 64 gone, commanded br his ma ternal uncle Captain SUCKLING, and from him he re ceived the rudiments of naval tallies. We cannot follow him through the brilliant career of his Cer vices in every quarter of the globe—firft in the Weft Indies ; afterwards with Lord Mut..otava towards the North Pole, where as our Readers know, the two !hips were long enveloped in ice, and where the labour of the crews could hardly move them amidst the floats. At this early period the eager charaaer of his mind difplayed itfelf. He procured a fort of a boat to move, either on or off the ice, to explore channels. And a pleating anecdote is told of the youth at this time. He•was one night miffing from the fhip ; fearch was made for him in all dire&ions —it was imagined he was loft. As day hrcke he was difcovered at a diftance on the ice, a i•ii a mar ket, in purfuit of an immenfe beer, which he had fnllowed the whole night in hopes of killing. On his return, Captain LterwinerE demanded what mo tive could have induced him to quit the thip at fuch an hour, and in fuch a feafon ? The young hero, with great limplicity, replied—‘ , I wifhed, Sir, to get the (kin for my father." He then went to the .Es ft Indies ; and, on his return, was made a Lieu tenant in 1777. He then went to Jamaica, in the Lowefloffe, as Second Lieutenant. In a flrong gale . of wind they captured an Americ an letter el mar q ue. The Fiat Lieutenant was ordered to board her ; but after attempting it, he returned on account of the lea running In high. The Captain exclaimed, ', have I then no Officer who can board the prize i" The Miller ran to the gangway—" No," exclaimed Nat.- sots, s , It is my turn now—if I cottit back it will be vours." He was made Poll in June 1 779 , and his - fi:Il flip was the Hinchinbrooke. From this time his Cervices became fo conf e icnous as to be generally known, and we need not enumerate the brilliant feries, as it is indelibly imprinted on every heart. We cannot, however, refrain from inferting here the narrative of Lord NELSON'S firfl encounter with the Santiflima Trinidada, in 1797, as molt admirably di awn up by Colonel DRINKWATER : " When Sir Joists Jarvis (now Lord St. Vincent) on the tath of February, 3797, had accomplithed his bold intention of breaking the enemy's line, the Spa nifh Admiral, who had been feparated to windward with his main body, confifting of 18 (hips of the line, from nine (hips that were cut off to leeward, appear ed to make a movement, as if with a view to join the latter. This deign was completely ft-nitrated by the timely oppofition of Commodore Nes..som whofe Ration in the rear of the Britith line afforded him an (vert tinily of obferving this mar stuvs e : his (hip, the Captain, had no fioner paffed the rear of the enemy's fi.ips that were to windward, than lie ordered her to wear, and flood on tEe other tack towards the enemy. 4 , In executing this bold and decifive manoeuvre, the Commodore reached the fixth (hip from the ene my's rear, which bore the Spani(h Admiral's flag, the Santiffima Trinidada, (41[36 guns ; a (hip of four decks, reported to be the largeil in the world. Not withttanding the inequality of force, the Commodore initantly engaged this coloffal opponent, andfor a con- fiderable time had to contend not only with her, but' with her feconds ahead and allern, each of three d. As. While he maintained this unequal combat, which was viewed with admiration, mixed with anxiety, his friends were flyieg to his fupport ; the enemy's attention was loon direCled to the Culloden, Captain TROUBRIDGE, and in a fhort time after to the Blenheim, of 90 guns, Captain FREDERICK, who opportunely came to his Alliance. st The intrepid cot:dull of the Commodore Rag gereel the Seaniih Admiral, who already appeared to v aver ir: pirrfuing his intention of joining the (hips cot rif by the Biitith fleet ; when the Culloden • timely arrival, and Captain TROUBRIDGE'S fpirited support of the Commodore' n together with the ap. I , r , o r a i c c i .a of w with the ti ß e lei rr ie in im ce , G fn e llo r w ge ed o by i, R n ea i r r - l A ci d u t i r i l b ir i a e l sad Diadem, not far distant, determined the Spanifl; Admiral to change his defign altogether, and to throw out the fignal for the (hips of his main body to basil their wind, and make fail on the larboard tack. ', Net a moment was 101 l in improving the ad v.:ruse now apparent in favour of the Britifli fqua. 1 e, , r : as 'he (hips of Rear Admiral PARKER' S divi. f..et apprnached the enemy's thips in tripport of the C..pt ain (Commodore NS LSON'R (hip) and her gallant feconds, the Bknheins and Culloden, the cannonade became mole animated and impreffive. In this man ner did Commodore Naison engage a Spanill three-' decker, until lie had nearly expended all the aminuni tinn in Iris liiip ; which had fliffered the lafs of her fore-toa snail, and received Inch confiderable damage in her tai: and rigging, that fhe was almott rendered hors du c:,pn:/ut. At this critical period, the Spvnifh tires J..cker having 101 l her mizen matt, fell onboard a S, math two decker, of B.} guns, that was her fe .. cond : this latter flip confequently now became the 1 Cotarnralme's opponent, and a molt vigorous lire wa. kept op for Come time, by both turps, within phial !hop. " It was now that the Commodore's flip loft many men, and that the damaaes already ittliained, through the long and arduous confliet which the had maintained, appeared to render a continuance of the conte.t in the 'dual way precarious, or perhaps im • poffible. At this critical moment, the Commodore, (rent a hidden impulfe, initantly tefolved on a bold and decifive meafure ; and determined, whatever might be the event, to attempt his opponent fwnrd in hand—the boarders were fummonesi, and orders given to lay his !hip on board the enemy. li . Fortune favonrs the brave ! Nor on this nceafion was the unmindful of her favourite. RALPH WALLET Niece', the Commodore's Captain, fo judicioufly drifted the courfe of his (hip, that he laid her aboard 1. 1 the (Larboard quarter of the Spanifh eighty four—her 14 Grata' yard palling over the enemy's poop, and hooking in her mizen Ihromis : when the word to. L' il f board or i, i given, sbepientlioiis duty, tlt the e o a ffi d c e e d r officers and e re: , e m n e a n n , t d ß e fi e R i n ft e y d together with the detachment of the fixry-ninth re ximent, commanded by Lieutenant PEARSON, then d Jog duty as marines on board the Captain, paired with rapidity on board the enemy's (tip; _ and in a Most time the San Nicolas.was in the poffeffion of her intrepid sealants. The Commodore's ardour would not permit him to remain an inadive fpetlator of this fcene. He was aware the attempt was hazardous; and he thought his pretence might animate his brave com panions, and contribute to the fuccefs of this bold etnerprife ; he therefore, as if by magic impulfe, ac companied the party in this attack ; palling from the ftire-chains of his own (hip into the enemy's quarter gallery, and thence through the cabin to the quarter deck, where he arrived in time to receive the fword of the dying Commander, who had been mortally wounded by the boarders. " He had not been long employed in taking the neceffary meathres to fecure this hard earned conqueft, when he found himfelf engaged in a more arduous talk. The (tern of the three-decker, his former op portent, was placed directly ami4lbips of the weather beam of the prize San Nicolas ; and from her poop and gallei ies the enemy forely annoyed with muficctry the Britilh, who had boarded the San Nicolas. The Commodore was not long in refolving on the condud to be adopted upon this momentous occalion ; the two alternatives that prefented themfelves to his unfbaken mind, were to quit the prize, or inftantly ! board the three decker. Confident in the bravery of 1 his feamen, he determined on the latter. Direding, therefore, an additional number of men to be fent from the Captain on board the San Nicolas, the un daunted Commodore, whom no danger ever ap. palled, headed lonfclf the affrilants in this new at tack, exclaiming—Wellminfter Abbey, or glorious Vidory ! " Succefs in a few minutes, and with little lots, crowned the enterprize. Such indeed was the panic occafioned by his preceding conclud, that the Entitle no former appeared on the quay ter deck of their new opponent, than the Commandant advanced ;—and afking for the Britilh Commanding Officer, dropped on one knee, and pi dented his (word, apologizing at the fame time for the Spanilh Admiral's not appear ing, as he was dangerotilly wounded. For a moment Commodore NELSON could fcarcely perfuade him fa of this feenod inllance of good fortune ; he there fore ordered the Spanith Commandant, who had the rank of a Brigadier, to of onble the officers on the quarter deck, and dire& means to be taken inftantly for communicating to the crew the furrender of the (hip. All the officers immediately appeared ;—and the Commodore had the (offender of the San Jofef duly confirmed, by each of them &firedog his fword. " The Coxfwain of the Commodore's barge (John Sykes, fince dead) had attended dole by his fide throughout this perilous attempt. To him the Com. modore gave in charge the (words of the Spanifh offi cers as he received them ; and the undaunted Tar, as they were delivered to him, tucked thee honour able trophies under his arm, with all the coolnefs imaginable. It was at this moment alto, that a Bri tifh lailor, who had long fought under the Commit dare, came up it. the fulnets of his heart, and carol ing the liberty he was taking, Aced to fliake him by the hand, to congratulate him u p on teeing, him fide lon the quarter deck of a Spaniel three decker. a This new conqueft had fcarcely fubmitted, and the Commodore returned on board the San Nicolas when the latter (hip was diffinvered to be on fire in two places. At the firft moment appearances were alarming ; but the pretence of mind, and I efources of the Commodore and his Officers in this emergency, loon got the fire under. 4 ' A fignal was immediately made by the Captain for boats to affifl in difentangling her from the two prizes ; and as (he was incapable of further fervice until refitted, the Commodore again Witted his pen dant for the moment, on board la Minerve frigate ; and in the evening (hilted it to the Ineligible, Capt. MARTIN, but as Conn a, the Captain was refitted, he re•hoilled his pendant on board the latter thip. " For fuck difting&fleed gallantry on the lath of February, he received the infignia of the ruth, .and the gold medal, from his Sovereign, and was alfo prefented with the freedom of the city of London in a gold box." It is moft, remarkable that Lord Natsoo flould have fur rived the many fevere w,ainds, and Bill more eahaufting fatigues, which he fuffered before he was ['ruck by the haft fatal (hot. But that firft great en dowment of nature—an inextinguiffiable fpirit, bore him through all his ( - offerings ; and no experience of dangers had (erred to abate his ardour. He was engaged in upwards of one hundred and twenty-four actions with the enemy, in all of which his bravery and (kill were confpicuous. He loft one eye at Usti, and one arm at Teneriffe, and on all occalions proved that he thought his body as well as his mind were the propel ty of his country. His hu manity was as confpicuous as his courage and his judgment. In the memorable Battle of the Nile, which will be recorded in the annals of mankind till t h e h uman race (hall be wholly extinct, knowing that the wounded of his own (hips would be taken care of, be bent his firft attention to thole of the enemy. He eflablifhed a truce with the Commandant of Aboukir, and through him made a communication to the Commandant or Alexandria, that it was his intention to allow all the wounded Frenchmen to be,l taken alhore to proper hofpitals, with their Own Stir geons to attend thcro. a propofal which was affented to by the French, and carried into executi.ln the fol. lowing day. Thus amidft all the glow of patriotifm I and the exultation of viaory, the Hero did not Ink [fight of humanity and a fettle of compaffion for his fuffeting fellow creatures. Such were the fplendid talents, and the unparal leled terriers of this diflinguithed man. We need not Rate to our Readers the various titles and honours which were bellowed, not only by his. own Sovereign, but by all the Potentates and Kings of the World, our Allies, on Lnrd Nt LION. Having no children by the lady whom he married in 1787, 'FRANCIS WOOLWARD NRSNITT, the widow of pr. Ni MUTT, of Nevis, he procured the titles of Baron and , Vithount Nitrous of the Nile, to defcend to the colla teral branches of his family. He is therefore fucceedcd in his titles by the Rev. Dr. WILLIAM. Nsxstni, Vice Dean of Canterbury, now Lord Vifcount NELSON, whole fon, HORATIO, a moft promifing youth, is at Eton, and his daughter, the Hon. CHARLOTTZ Moir Nscsom, a beautiful and accomplifhed young 1 Lady, is at Merton Place. He has two fitters, both married, Mrs. Bovrors and Mrs.l 4 closmare, and who. have numerous families. Thole made always a past of his happy family at Merton, and they with every other friend will be infonfolable at his lots. HAMBURCII.3fAIL. Ocr. ri .This morning arrived a I wirier from the Grand Army, with the following letter: THV PAINISTFR (F WAR, MAJOR GfilfßAL nr TIM GROH , ARMY, TO GENtRAL BARBOU, COMMANDER 0 r THII FRANCIS TROOPS AT HAWOTAR. a Abbey of Ekhingen, the with Vendemaire, (oEtober t 6.) * Inform your army, General, that the first Anitrian army is no more. It was compofed of the army that was in Bavaria,confilling of la regiMents of infantry; the army of the Tyrol, :3 regiments of infantry; of five more regiments front the Italian army, and if regiments of cavalry; forming a total of about too.oaa men. * That army leaned with its right wing on Memmingen, and with the left on Ulm. The Fmperor has turned it by his ma :maitre% .and placed it in the fame fituation a' the army of Mello at Marengo: but when this movement was apparent, the enemy task a lets vicorola pan than M. De Meta.; for Wand of uniting in a mafs to give battle,tbey feparated in different columns. which orcafinaed different engagements with feveral divifions, the re fult of which hat been 30.^03 prifoneri above to Rand of co lours, with the lots of nearly the whole of their artillery and ma gazines. ' Memmlneen, which was (etromuled by General S.iuit, capi tulate the day before yefterday. Ulm, which is alto ((mounded, will capitulate in an hour; it contains upwards or I r,04 1 ) men, al molt all the aniliery of this army. and magazines of all kinds. " Prince Ferdinand has retired to Biberach, with a Itrong co lumn; but Martha! Souk arrived there yefterday with his corps. It is probable that he will get pnliAlinn of the reft of the army. a On the other fide we are at Munich, where our eagles are fixed before the Ruffian colours. Their army, width is arrived in carriages, is eftitmted at 60.000 men. The more they are, the greater will be our glary to vinyl& them, and the time will not be long. a There Is nothing to equal the ardour, the entbuciafin, and the good difpofition of our troops, or the gaiety with which they bear all privations, as nothing equals the geniis or their Commander. " It is aliened, that a corps of Ruff tins and Swedes has landed, and will befiege you. General. You are. no doubt, provided with provilions, and mutt defend yourfat t ) the hilt e x tremity. Yap fee from the above detail that the Emperor will loon be able to fend an army into Hanover, if it lboul.t be neceff.ry. " 14 this letter be printed, and publifh it to the brave men of your different corps. • I greet you with diftinguifhed relpeet. (Signed) " The Martha! EicaTnita." STUTGIRD, OCT. vi.—Our newfpaper contains the following atticle :—., An attack upon Ulm, I made on Friday, the t ith of October, in the after noon, between Ulm and Albeck, by a divifion of the corps under Marfltal not, was repelled." On the 13th feveral French baggage carts fell into the hands of the Aultrians. AucsauaGH, Ocr. t6.—Preparations were yeft i terday made in great hale for lodging four thou-1 told wounded French foldiers in the Convents a 1 this city. FROSI FRANCONIA, OCT. t9.—Many warners full' of wounded French foldiers have been brought in a t I Donauwerth, Nordlingen, and Augfbnrg. It is faid that the General of Brigade, Lacups, is killed.— The Emperor Nauman' is ezpeEted at Munich, from whence a number of troops have marched againß the Allies on the Inn. FRANKFORT, OCT. lg.—The citizens, inhabitants and Grangers at this place, have been warned by an Order of the Senate, dated the 9th of °Etcher, to re•l ft ain, under a penalty, from all impertinent and par. I tial judgments on political topics, as alit from pro• I pagating any intelligence refpeeting the war. This blence, it is afferted, is required in return for the neutrality which leas been infured by the late decree of the Empire to all free Imperial Cities, &c. The Privy Connfellor, Count MESS I MDT, if ar rived at Caffel from Vienna. According to the public journal., fcveral boats and waggons full of wounded and lick French fol. diers have arrived at the Military Hofpital at Wurtzburgh. Vir Nast, Ccr. 16.—A corps of 15,000 men is af fembling in Bohemia, to join the army. A battalion of very fine Crottian troops is arrived here, and will proceed immediately to the army. Rartsaots, Ocr. 4.—Hand bill; have been Ruck up at every gate, warning the people to be cautious in fpeaking of the occurrences of the war, in order to avoid chi - agreeable confevenceo A part of the Aulirian troops that were in South ern Suabia have withdrawn, through the South of Bavaria, to the Inn, to join the Ruffians. Ocr. 17.—The Magian troops at Ambetg, in the Upper Palatinate, marched from that place, on the t 3th, for Bohemia. The French Charge d'Affaires, M. &cunt, has dill e ibuted here a Bulletin, concerning the earlier oc currences of the war, in which it is alledged, that the A ußrian General, Baron As PR V, was among the 1500 prifoners taken at Guntzburgh on the 9th of October ; that Martha' AUGitEAU was advancing into Suabia with 35,000 men ; and that the Empe for NAPOLEON was on his march, with 90,000 men, to meet the Ruffians. The number of Pruflian troops affembling in Fran conia is eflimated at 50,000. WUKTZBUitGIi ' OCT. O.—Our newfpaper of this day contains the following atticle : “ According to the latelt accounts from the Gallo Bavarian stymy, under the command of Martha' 4Stiote ADOTT a, its head qnarters had been removed .from Munich to Weilbeim ; the tigfft wing or fiat army extended towards the mountain; ; the centre oecupied WohlFahrtihaufen, Paerfdorf, and Hohen linden—and the left wing was at Muhldorf, where General Waft)! had his headquarters, fopported by the Inn. Five battalions and two fquadrons of Ba varians were left at Ingolßadt, to cover the flank, and to defend that part of the Danube." • We have been very forty to learn the unfavourable •impreffion which the paffage of the Bavarian artily through the Anfpach territory has made at Berlin, and that the conduit of fame of our troops has • canted particular difpleafure at that capital. Our worthy EleCtur has already given the moft positive orders to inllitute the ftriCteit investigation, and he will negle& nothing to prove to his Pruflian .Majefty how greatly he willies to convince him of his unbounded gratitude and devotion. We flatter•ourfelves with the pleafing hope, that a Sovereign, who has already given to our country fo • many proofs of his friendly difpofition, will gene roufly accept the proffered fatisfaCtion, and conceive that, although it did not depend on us to prevent the veil, we do every thing in our power to extin guillt the very remembrance of it. We are the more convinced of this, fence we think it.impollible that any difagreement fhottld exill be tween the two Sates—litr Bavaria will never forget that the has repeatedly owed her fafety to the ge nerous rotation of Praia. Miortrist, Oct. Oh—One paper fats that e French had an engagement with the Anfirians of Albeck oti the ; tth, in which the French had a nun' - her of killed and wounded, and feveral thotlf,t:.l prifoners. HAPIBURC.H; OCT. 22.--Sinre the blockade of t!::" Elbe has been removed. feveral merchant (hips, of differentnations, have arrived direet at Hamburgls from the North Sea. It has been erronenntly flared in fame newfitepers,. that the affair which ended to the difadvant.tge c,4 the German arms, was the firfl in the prefent war. The firft engagement took place nn the 7:h at the bridge of N.ubnrgh, where the Anfirians took aczo pril nerv, and killed zoo of the en.-my. CONSTAIITIN9PLE, SEPT. r the Ruffian corps of 25,000 men, which will march fr•m Upol through Moldavia to the Adriatic. there ic p more numerous corps affembled in the Crimea, which will march throng?: Wallacl.ia kr its deflination,' havinglikewife obtaire.l the perrnlion of P , vrt. Many fearnen and rn4rincs e enliiied in T t iek,... as volunteers in the ll,ttith let vice ; they are lint . Malta, and well paid. The Ruf in and En , ,sl;flt Mini:lcrs keep tip a rapid exchange of Outlets with their Governments, and have frequent cnrferences s i h the R cis Effendi. from whence it is inferre.l, tlrat a :671.. alliance will be conclt:ded. Mean wii;k the new French Charge • d'Affaires, .M.lff orcta, i. rating et ery exertion ter• prevent the Porte fra•m e ntering into limilar engage menu, and to induce the f..me to recognife the E. peror NAPOLEON. M hoer g N has delivered- an ener getic Note on that fubjett, but he has not yet receiv. ed any anfwer. : 11 Bear.tia, OCT. —The In . 7enuou: (a Partial) contains the following article : Yellerday a number of tickets far the play were dillributed gratis to the f rhalterns of nor garrifon. The pit was almnfi full of them ; and in the boxes many of them were f..en to be introduced be their fu perior Offi:ers. The play was the Pure, by Bann, widabe Camp of Wallenfitin, to afford the honnural.le warriors to whom the night was par icirlarly dedica ted, an agreeable and CDT genial entertainment, by the lively imagery of a military fpettacle. Alter the Tiooper's Song, the Orchellra lima tip an excellent tune compiled by Weber ; printed bills were distribut ed, and a long (laid to be from the pen of a very meri. minus Officer, who is emulating Baron Kleilt in his double path of glory), the Praife of War,' was lung by the whole 'lnure. This was fucceeded by the popu lar tune of crnvine.lCpnqneror.' Lood and repeated flouts of favelbe King ! Long live the King! Long live the Army?' doled the patriotic gala. AcclamatiAns of Long live the King! Long live his brave Army of Heroes !' a long time refoun ded from every perfon ,§ The difpnfition for war is general. The firft foundation of the greatnefs of the Pruffian monarchy was laidin the field of battle: the unipotted f ame of Prufl iawas gained in the field of battle. The Royal Succeffor of Frederic the Grut, upon whom that immortal King ufed to look with a proud and confi dent hope, will combat, not for his own dominion* alone, but for the honour and exillence of our whole country of Germany. He will combat and he will conquer." OCTOSIR r9.—We have WI received intelli gence, that an affirm was fought at Guntzburghs on the nth and 11th, to the difadvantage of the French, OCTOSER 22.—An exprefs is juft arrived with in• telligeace, that a corps of 6000 Atillrian cavalry met, between Nordlingen and Dankelfbahl, a party of boo French infantry and 800 cavalry; efcorting fifty pieces of cannon, and too cantons. The whole efcort, men, cannon, and cantons, were taken by the Anftrians. LEMBERG, SEPT. 28.—•Accnrding to letters receiv ed from Radsiwilow, in Ituffi 4, another corps of 30,000 men will march to °sir frontier. IMPORTANT STATE PAPER. NOTI TRANSSIITTID ST TN& BARON DC NAIDENS/10. TO N. DUICIC AND bl. LAIFOREST. " The King has commanded me to communicate what follows, to his Excellency Martha) Duaoc, and to M. Laroassr, Envoy Extraordinary and Mini fler Plenipotentiary othis Majefty the Emperor of the French t— " His Majefly is uncertain, whether he fhould be • more furprikd at the outrages which the French ar mies have taken the liberty of committing in his Pro• vinces, or at the extraordinary arguments by which it is attempted at this day to jutlify them. Pruflia had declared her neutrality—hut adhering to the IA to her prior engagements, all the advantage of which henceforth would be in the favour of France, the made faciifices to them which might have endanger ed her deareft interefts. This invariable' integrity, this cOnnedion which, without being in the 'call de gree expenfive to France, produced to her an inva luable degree of fecnrity on many elrential rints-- how has it been repaid ? Juftly jealous of that con fideration which is no let's due to Isis power than to his quality, the King has read with fenfati!ms said) he has in vain endeav owed to ilipprefs, the ju(lifica tory difpatch communicated by the French Ambaf fador to his Cabinet. " A juftificatim is attempted upon the autism; V of the prat:flee of the laft wars, and the familarity ni circumflances ; as if the excepti'ns which were ti,en admitted had not been founded upon pofitive aft., which have been fince annulled by the peace ; a; if the Emperor ever took thofe alts into his c )nfidera tion, when he took pofTeffion ssf the country of Han over, of a country that had been fo long placed under the proteelion of Ptuflia ! But ignorance of our in tentions is plead/11, as if the intention did not exift in the nature ot the tranfaetion, Co long as the con trary is not ftipulated ! As if the folemn isrotefta lions of the author hiss of the Pr wince, and ot the Minifler of his Majefty to his Highnels the Eleflor of Bavaria, had not fufficiently made known what wa s by no means neceffary, and that I myfelf, with tJ'c 4