Star. — London, England, 1805-11-12 00:00:00

ACTION CFP CAPE TRAPiILGAR. Farther authentic particulars relative to the glori ous Aftion of the zld of Of'ober : For fotne days prior to the failing of the Com. Lined Fleet, Lord NILSON had eflablithed a chain of communication (through the medium igaCes, and other armed se(fels), which extended from Cadiz to the fleet under his coustramd, cruizing out of light of Cadiz, the better to allure the enemy to lea. The Piottz fchouner being a fats fader, wa► ilationed the inaore thip, and obferwsd tlas enemy, on the 19th of eaobcr, to lease the harbour, two and three at a time. ream the excellent arrangement which had been trilde, Lord Na 'Amu was apprifed of the important event within three hours of their being at fea, and had (tacklnt time to confult his Officers on the plan of n'ta:k. Ike. The moment that the Commander in Chief heard that the enemy confided of 33 fail of the ling be obferved to bib Captain." liaeov, depend upon it, we (hail capture so of them at teal" No. thlnieould equal the joy of Lord flst.soe, when on the eve of battle, notwithlianding the thong pre• fen'timent s be felt, that he &odd loft his life in it. When the French (hip Achille blew up in the *Won, the FITE La fehooner and uncommon exertion in picking up the men, and feceeeded in getting Cafe on board one hundred and fists , of the crew, who were put below, and offered every accommodation. The gratitude of Use Frenchmen, however, brim nears kept pace with the humanity of our brave tars ; very few of them feemed grateful for their. lives, or acknowledged the kindnefs and attention fhn-n to them. Scarcely were they left by them. fe!-..es, before they began to concert meafures for capturing the fchooner ; but being overheard by an Officer, he fattened down the hatches, and by that rattans prefer ved the (hip. ,It is highly worthy of re. mar!: (and, perhafs, a timilar in(lance never occur• red in the liitiory of naval combats), th.tt after the gallant crew of the TEMERAIRE had carried the two !hips oppofed to her, they turned the enemy's guns to a good account during the remainder of the Reim. If there needed a proof how much Lord Nst.sos was adored by the whole fleet, a thong one is afford ed in the condo& of a fearnan belonging to the Vic roar, whilfi under the hands of the Surgeon, Coffer ing the amputation of an arra. ss Well," Paid he, 46 this by fume would be conlidered a Misfortune, but flrall be proud of it, as I refemble the more our brave Commander in Chief." Before the ope ration was finithed, tidii.gs were brought below that Lord PNtxson . was fhett the man, who had never shrunk from the pain he had endured, flailed from his feat, and exclaimed, " Good Goo! I would ra• ther the (hot had taken off nay head, and (pared his life V' The firft ciaeft!on Lord NELSON put to }tic Sur. &eon, after the fatal occurrence, was, " whether his wound was mortal or not r' Seeing the Surgeon befitate, his Lordlhip Paid, •• Why then,. I will tell you it is! Do you not recoiled fon* time ago, when We were talking of wounds, that you told me of a fhot a man received in his breaft, which you declared was mortal ? I feel that I am precifely in the fttuation of that man ; but Con's will be done. It it had pleafed the ALMIGHTY, I fhould have pre ferred dying on 13ritifh ground." This truly great man refigned his lafl breath, praifing the gallant con. dud of Admiral Cow NGWOOD. His Lordfhip's body was placed in fpirits prior to the failing of the Pict Ls fchooner. Many of the officers and fcamen, who have been in feveral naval aaions, fay, they were afloniffied at teeing fo large a fleet deflroyed in fo Ilion a time.— The malls and rigging fell over the fides of the ene my's (hips with fuch rapidity, that it appeared more the effect of machinery than any thing that could have been produced by the force of a cannonade in au engagement. When Captain Beata, of the Pnotatx, arrived yetterday at the Admiralty with the duplicates of 3ir It. STRACHATI'S difpatches, be was not aware that the news had been before communicated. IL.: men tioned his information, therefore, as fomething new and peculiar to hitnfelf. Hence, it was under-flood 2t fill to relate to a ficand engagement, viEtot y, or capture ; and a report was Nattily propagated, that four, five, or fix other (hips of the line, betides thofe mentioned in the Extraordimay Gazctts of yellerday morning, had been, about the fame time, taken from t: - .e enemy. This report fpread with rapidity through parts of the town ; and a fermi Gaasivra, with en account of a 'bird vhflory, was impatiently expec ted and asked for. We have explained the origin d the Inifialce. All ranks and defcriptions of Britifh fitbieets will he ; ;;•ati:icti to learn, that a Viaorinus Column, or nme otter Mcnumental Strature, is likely to be boon crcaed to the memory of their beloved Naval Chief tain, the heroic Lord NELSON. The PRINCN of %%raw, after the fink emotions of his forrow, fur the lots of that excellent and gallant Officer, whom be had long difiingniated by his confi dence and eiteem, directed a letter to be written to Mr. A.xastsrats, in which his Royal Highnefs ex preffed a confident hope, that from the ardent zeal which Mr. A. and his patriotic coadjutors had mani felled on all great national occafions, fome public Memorial would arife, tinder their aufFices, of which the high achievements of Lord NELSON might be clort!,iy recorded to after ages. His Royal High refs ct..ncluded by requelling, that to any plan which 1,1A21d be thus prnpofed, and adopted, his name night be added, with the fuer of Five Hundred ' !".;..sizeas mend thereto. THEATRES. Deutty-LANE.—After the Comedy of A Pri,r Claim, a Melo-dramatic Piece was lall night produc• ed, intituled " Glory." It confuted of but or.: fcene, with a view of (hipping at a difiance, and over the Rage an infcription,illuminated with rays of glory, containing the ever memorable words of our depart ed hero iTrglond exteer imPry man will do hi: duty," which a fufperrled figure of Fame appears commu nicating to the fleet in perfpeelive. ELLISTOPI and Ptak ass, as Naval Officers, defcribe to their fur rounding countrymen the late glorious viClory, the firlt by recitation, and the lall hit tinging, in which Mr BRAMAN gave confiderable elle& to a funeral d;• ze • the memory of the immortal NELSON—the :.':::,crag line was rapturonfl% applauded : Barth has his /Mrs, but lAIVVI preferves his Soul. Mrs. Pourst.t., with great emphafis and propriety, delivered an e ilogium upon our departed Champion. in which (he introduced his Exertion in the Cattle of Freedom, by way of contrail to BONAPARTE's ty ranny and defpotifm. The piece concluded with a half length of Lord NELSON, riling from the Ocean, and " Rule Britannia," iMtg by Mr. BRAHAM and Giattoss. Colmar Gaattats.-..After the tragedy of Macbeth, in " t)efetn's Glory," FAWCETT very happily intro duced the foOnwing 'erre, allufive to Sir RICHARD STILACHAII . S Vietory: " Though this makes him fret, " Yet we've more for him yet, " 'nit arriv'd from the Rochefort Ration ; " To hips teen before. " We have aJded Aar m re, " Which will make ►t eJmpletre bothendien. " Oh BONET ! what trumpt up narration " Will cover this mortification ? Pray fay that your chips " Arc taking thort trips " To England, to learn navigation." ON THE SINKING OF THE ENEMY, MP, OF WHICH THE CREW SHIL/TED •T LORD NELSON'S DEATH. Itham Freneamen few—with coward art, The afraffin fhot of war, That picrc'd BRITANNIA'S nobteft heart, And quench'd her bright.•ft (tar— Their Ihout was heard—they triumph'd now, Amidit the battle's roar, And thou,;ht the Britifit Oak would bow, Since NELSON was no more. But fiercer fiam'cl Old Eland's pride; And, mark her venzean:e due ! Town, dowr.. infulting fhip, the To Death, with all thy crew! So peril ye, for Net .son's blood, if deaths fo bate can pay For brood fo breve, or Ocean wave, Cats went that guilt away! T. C. Dr. Ntt.sne, who. on the death of his brother, the late laniented Lord Nt LsoN, facceeded to the Barony, has had his name farther ennobled by the tides of Vifcount and Earl. The late Lord was only Vii cunt for life. Dr. now Earl NELSON, has iiioe a daugh ter and a (ON HORATIO, who has juil complcted his fesenteenth year. Eail Netsos and his farnily, Mr. and :qrs. TON, and Mr. and Mrs. Marca.sm, are all alftmbied at Merton place. The lalt will of the Noble Lord has been opened; his Executors are his brother, Earl NELSON, and Mr. HESRLTINE ; but his will was made under the impreffion of his having little to bellow, except the fame he had fo glotinully acquired. The laltictter from him is dated the 13th ult. If made any additional codicil (for there are two or three) either before the battle, or after receiving his fatal wound, it is not yet come to England ; nor have his lamenting. family yet received any other accounts, than thofe contained in the public difpatclses. Lieut. LA P ENOT lERE thinks that he did not write any thing after the wound,hismind being occupied, while breath remained, in the difcharge of his duty. He was fenfible hlmfelf, in the &it inflance, of his inevitable death. He told the furgeon that he felt the fymptoms which he had been informed by him in a previous converfttion, prefaged death ; and he took all his meafures with the utmoll compofure for his approaching end. We have no doubt but that the firfl letters received from thole around him will enable us to lay before our readers the affdling particulars of 1 is conduit in the melancholy interval between the fhot and his death. lc is no cot - ablation to fay, that the marine who levelled the fatal rifle at him was almoll in the fame Whitt killed himfelf. In his 1311 will he has exprefred a defire that his body fhould be interred by the fide of his reverend father at Burnham Thorpe, unhyi biz 114: 1 14,/hould Lc grac timid to direß otherwyi. The corple, will, in the &II inflance, be conveyed to his own houfe at Merton, and, we have no dcalbt, but that his fdajelly will ifue direaions fur the molt dillingnitbed funeral. Like the body of the Earl of Chatham, he will lie in Rate in the Jerufalem Cham bers, and be imetred either in Wellminftcr Abbey or St. Paul's. The Panes' of WALES and Duke of 'CLARENCE have both esprefred their ddire to at- tend as Mourners. It is highly becoming the feet ingi (lithe lirir Apparent nt the Crown to thew this rape& to the Hero whore fervices have fo glotioully illuarated the charther of the Nati,.n. The ferviec upon which Admiral Lnvts was dit patches! Wati to the Barbary Coat!, in order to fettle, by conciliation, a new difpnte that had arifen between fume of the powers and Admiral Kamm r. The village of Wimbledon after three char of Silent mourning for the death of Lord Nassors, had on Sa. turday night a fplendid illumination for his victory. His eflaic of Bronze has never yet produced him a guinea, as ever fence the year 1799 he has direfted every of the revenue (which is about 3,5001. fici ling, per annum), to be laid out in improvements, under the immediate Aline:on of Mr. Gibbs, banker, at Palermo. This ellate, fubjea to a !Mall legacy, he has left to his brother, now earl Nsr.sost, and to his heirs; but his means were too limited for all the ohjeas of his tendctucts. NAUTICAL INTBLLIGENCII. Du!lin Warerford Liibon .V.—Wind S. W. MAILS THIS •ai. DM Ail. SOW. Gottenburgh o 3 o i Hamburg o 3 O 1 LEEWARD ISLANDS FLEET. Coax, Nov. 6.—Arrived PAratcaim a frigate, with twenty two fail of veffels under convoy, from the Leeward Iflands, and are put under quarantine ; the remainder of the fleet parted about 14 days face in a gale. It is reported, that four of five veffels of this fleet are 101 l ; among them, the Vidory, AYRr, from FALMOUTH, Nov. g.—By the time this reaches you, you mull have heard of Sir It. STRACHAN'S vidory. His four prizes are now off this port beat• ing tip Channel.—Arrived his Majefly's bug Minor ca, Hon. IhNRY DUNCAN, from Portfmouth, to give infirudions to veffels bound to Lifbon and Oporto.— Wind S. S. E. PLYMOUTH, Nov. ro.—Came in the Silenus, of and from New York, Capt. TRCHWELL, for Amller dam, laden with fugar and coffee, detained by the Vengeance and Hero privateers ; the Dani(h fhip Uforfagh, Capt. Tt Foe, from Bourdeaux to Tonnin gen, with brandy, detained by the Hero privateer; the Charlotte Sophia, Capt. MoLosa, from Senegal bound to Tonningen, laden with gum, detained by the Vengeance privateer ; the Eleanora, of Copen hagen, ItilltslNS, from Nantz for Lifbln, wiih wheat, detained by the Arc s,3Bguns; Bierrenflork,l'a ura a, from Cette for Tonningen, laden with brandy, de tained by the Vengeance privateer; and the Csrs- CENT, of 36 gam irOM a cruize.—Sailed the ACASTA, of 4o guns; with difpatches for Admiral COLLING. WOOD. Came in the American (hip Ambition, Capt. FREEMAN, from New York for Amllerdam, with fugar and c 4Fee, detained by the Infolent gun brig. PoRTSMOVTN, Nov. I PRINCE of WALES came into harblur this day ; alfo the Sylph and Steady gun bt igs ; but no veils have either arched or failed.—The news of the capture of four French (hips of the line by Sir R. STRACNAN'E fquadron reached here this morning ; and a report has been alio circulated, that l'Ascia frigate has taken nine gun-boats in Vigo Bay ; but I cannot find that there is any authentic account thereof. Del/Ea, Nov. t 1.-1-lis Majelly's (hip Awrst.ore, Rear Admiral Sir Siou EY Smirn,with the Diligence (loop, Defperate, Firm, and Furious gun .brigs, are now getting under way, in confequence of the wind coming round from the Southward. A convoy pal fed here this day from the Downs, bound to the Weßward.—Wind S. S. E. and blows frefb, with thick weather. • DEAL, Nov. t r.—Arrived the Earneß gun brig. with tranfports under her convoy from Yarmouth; the Earnelt failed again for Yarmouth ; the trail': pot ts remain. Arrived the Blazer gun hrig from cruise.—Sailed the Bold and Exertion gun brigs on a cruize. Sailed through the Downs from the North ward to the Weflwxrd a fleet of colliers, and the Eliza, PAINTER, fur Malta.—Remain iu the Downs the (hips as per lall.—Wind YARMOUTH, Nov. 'G.—Friday P. M. failed a Mef• Fenger with copies of the Extraordinary Gazette,, containing the account of Lord NELSON'S ViCtory, for the Wefer, in the FORWARD gun-brig; and the TROMPEUSE (loop of war, to the fleet, off the Tezel. Paired through thefe Roads a frigate, with difpatches for the Continent. Paired at back of the Sands a fleet of tranfports with troops. This day the fleet under Admiral RussELL, arrived in thefe Road , , from a cruize, off the Texel, and remains with the Nfajellic, Elephant, Princefs of Orange, Stately, Agincourt, and Dictator, and the Roebuck, Admiral DOUGLAS, and Ruby 64 guns, with two gun brigs. FROM LLOYD'S usT. GRAVEStND. Nov. ts.—Paffed by, Proguey, Nickolfon, fmm Petcrlburgh; John, Lotherington ; Friendthlp, Huelfou; and the Harmony, Smith. frtim Archangel; Glory, Cumminps ; and the Hopes Increafe, —, from Dantzie; Elizabeth, Prince, from Memel; Howard. Hudlon, from Lubec; Succefs, Simms. from Konningiburgh; Tiber, Palmer, front Chrittiana; and E;izabcth, m e ld" from Pillau.— : Sailed the Mermaid, Sinclair, f.,r Ja maica; Starling, Britton, for Smyrna ; Wight. Ford, for Venice ; Atlas, Williams, for Malta; Betfey, Thompfon ; Providence, Baldry; and Mentor, Either, for Litbon ; Friendlhip, Upfen, for Horton; Zephyr, Burnald; and Blume, Hunter, for Bremen. Aa awe the River, the Britannia, Robinfon; Pallas, Smith, and the Efporance, Lindley, from Archangel ; Alma, Harrifon ; Ida, Cook; Gorland, Maxwell, and the Augulta, fr, Peterfburgh. At Plymouth, Lord Duncan, Lune, from Cork. At Brißol, Eliza, Sheppard, from St. Vincent's. At Hoylake, Mi nerva, Gibfon, from Meflina, and John and Adams,Wood, from Bolton. At Liverpool, Irlam,Keyier, from Barbados; Harriet, Everett, and Benjamin, Prinflor, front St. Lucie ; Kitty's Amelia, --, and the Backhoofe, Kearns, from Bcrbice ; Centurion, Gray. from Wybinh ; Young John, Robinfon, from Narva ; Martha, Hutchinfon, from New Providence, and Martin, Little field, flora Honduras. In the Clyde, Penelope, Hall, front St. Kites; Crow Me, —, from Virginia; Fame, Reid, and the litnfon, Shaw, from Triniditt At Demerara. Fanny, Graham, from Liverpool. At Rarbadocs, Chifsvick, Kerilake, front Liver ! ool; Retrieve, Robinfou, and the Swift, Roberts, from Africa. At Surinam, Sally, Gairuth, from Africa; and the Eurydice, Compton, from Lon..lon. At Baltimore, Per'everanee, from London. At Charleflon, Pheelec,Tayler, from Britt's!, and the Mary Ann, Ingola, from the Clyde. At New York, Jaralt, P.awfon, from London; Two Friends, Lattham, from Bekaa; Mars, Rtid; ?.1 .gnett, and Entre, --, from Liverpool. At B: it m, Amphion, Willfon, front Liverpool . — At Baltimore, Diana, Holbrook, from Liverpool. At Savan nah, Difpatch, —, from Liverpool. At Virginia Atl nt!c, —; Intrepid, --; al d the Protedtrefs, Iron Liverpool. At Philadelphia, Mary, Robinfon; Comeibi Haydon, and the lamilen ;locket, M•Docgal, front Lyndon. At Africa. Africa, Curtail, front London ; time, %1; t•, : n I the Kitty, M'Donald, from Liverpool. At Jamaica, Carnbrid,se, Cot ter-AI, front Liverpool ; Au•ora, --. from Africa; George, Pureis, from Torto.a Fame, Braithwaite, from Whitehaven ; Vigilant, James, and the Active, Neb.:, from Cork; Prince hd ward, M`Cabe. front Dublin; Maria, Pines, irom BMW, ; Re futation, Wake, from Lond,n; and the Hope, Ewing, front Clyde. At St. Helena, St. Vincent's, Pinkbam; Policy, —, and the Britannia, Q.iefted, from the Coati of Brazil. At Limerick, Earl of Limeria. „front Peteillaurgb. At Varel, Commerce, Adams, from Virginia, At Pilltu, Robert, Senna, from London. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Yrs Travers, Captain Sandra; and U lion, Captain Mae- Moth, failed from St. Helena the 6th February, and arrive 1 in Bengal the nth April The Mangles, —• Sir Edward Mew, Vigilant, Fer plat ; Alexander, Du nlop, ' from Madras; Gilwefl, Mar. mils of Wellelley, an d from Bombay •nd Eliza Ann, from London. are arriied at BengaL The Cambrian. Dmnifon. from Bengal, is arrived at Bombay. The following Slips were left at at. Helena on the Bth of Sep tember: _ _ ..... . Woreefter, Captain Wood; and Skelton Cams, Normand, oni Bombay. Lord Litton, Some ; and Tottenham, Dallyntide, final Ben- Admiral Gardner. Sahad, ; and Lady Cal:Wreath, T. G. Mut.. ray, on their outward bound voyage. kilt of Whalers arrived at St. Helena, via. Arrived—Auguft r t, the St. Vincent, Loin the Cleft of Peru, far I.ondm, and remained. Auguft 16, the Britannia, from ditto, for dirtn, and ditto. Auguft tB, the Policy, from ditto, lur ditto, and ditto. Auguft tB, the Charming Kitty, front Walwich Bay, for the Coalt of Brazil, remained on the !th of September. Ditto, the Lively, from ditto, for ditto, and ditto. Ditto, the Cakdonia, from ditto, for ditto, and ditto. Ditto, the Ranger, front ditto, for ditto, and ditto. Ditto, the Eliza, from ditto, for ditto, and ditto. The Park and Tower guns were fired at ten o'clock yeflerday morning, in honour of the glorious •ilory of Sir R. STRACHAN. Windfor was illuminated Lift night, and a partial illumination took place in the metropolis. Gold medals are ordered ►o be &tick to comme morate the late glorious vietory, to be worn by the Admirals and Captains, in the fame manner as on occaficn of former videries. The ball which deprived the country of one of its prondett ornaments, the ever to be lamented Nur, sort, entered his fhoulder, carrying away part of the epaulet, and penetrated into his left breali—the ex cels of internal bleeding occafioned fuffocation. The (word which the gallant NE csors nfed when be 101 l his right arm. was the fame which Admiral WALPOLE bequeathed to him on his death-bed, fiat. ing, as a reafon for the bequeft, that it was the [word he carried when he 101 l his arm in vanquifhing the enemies of his country. The bull of tranfport,-nn receiving the late naval inteligence in Bath, equalled, if not furpalred, every former exulting occurence of the kind; the bells in celfantl y rang, flags were difplayed from the churches, and univerfal congratulations tilled the Ilteets—but there was no firing of cannons, or other tumultuous demoralrations of joy—which was attributed to the populace having, with one alfent, checked their zeal, by a recolleCtion that the illufttious Lady of the great NELSON, and his amiable filler (the wife of G. MA TCHAM, Eiq.) and het family, were refidents in Bath. Captain A. Forms, eldeft fon of Sir Wu. FORINT. Bart. it is confidently Paid, is about to receive the fair hand of the beautilul and accomplifhed Mifs CLAas, of Buckland Houfe, with a fortune of 30,0001. General ENGLAND, who commands at Plymouth. on Thurfday, in General Orders, direded that all the Officers of the Garrifon Mould wear black crape round their alms and (words, in compliment to the memos y of the late Lord NaLsow. Irellerday the St. Clement's Danes Volanterrf, commanded by Major BLAKE, muttered in Lincoln's Inn•gardens, and afterwards went through a variety of practical manccu vies, and finally fired a volley in honour of the glw inns vianry obtained over the enemy by Sir RICHARD STRCHAN• BREAD.—There not being a Coort of Aldermen today, the Loan MAY , Ht after infpeeting the Re. turns, ordered the Bread to remain at the prefent price. Laft Saturday was launched from Mr. AYLE'S gun dock, Wapping, a moil beautiful Well Indiaman, of about 350 tuns burden, which was intended to have been called the 4 , Lady Mayorefs," but in confe quence of the recent vinery off Cadiz, the was named 4 The Lord Collingwood." She went off in a grand ftyle. A fele& party dined on board, at tended by a band of mufic. Extraet of a Letter from Rear Admiral CocH. RANE, dated Augull On the 3d inßant, in lat. 21. 30 N. and long. 65. 3o W. the UNICORN fell its with the wreck of a main-malt, which appeared to be carried away five or lix feet above the deck. Attached to it was the main yard, main top, and main topfail-yard, with the maintopfail furled. The maul-malt was much burned, G) was the main yard,. and it appears as if the fire began below, the under part of the top being much burned, the main entirely gone from the yard, but the main topf.til apparently not fcorched; on the main cap was the name Blanche, and on the top-gallant fludding-fail boom, Caved by the 1./xsc.ntx, fame name." MERIT REIVARDED..--There is now to be feen at BANK.% filvetfrnith and jeweller's limp, No. 49, Fore-Ilreet, Plymouth-Dock, a moll beautiful (word prefented by the Crew of his Majetly's Chip Foudroy ant, to Mr. Wm. PEARCE, for frying three of the crews' lives, with the foil twang infcription :—" We, the Crew of his Majelly's Ihip Foul:4°year, (then bearing the Flag of Rear Asimiral GRAVES, Knight of the Bath, and commandcd by E. KENDALL, gig.) do unanimoufly prefent this (word to our gallant and meritorious Midihipman, Mr. WM. PEARCE, for his intrepidity in refining from a watery grave three of our brother learners, in weather that no other man dared attempt, at the imminent danger of his own. lice." COPPER TR/Inf.—The confumers of this Metal are cautioned againit entering into agreements for large quantities, at the preterit exorbitant price, as there is good reafon to believe that Government will, early in the next Seflion of Parliament, adopt mea. Cures for counteraaing the unjullifiable combination, that is now fo•ming by fume Miners (in aid of that already exilling among forme Copper Companies), for the purpofe of keeping up :he price. This laudable interference of Government, co-operating with the principle upon which two new Copper Companies (•he Union and the Piiceaix), are about to be ella biithed. under the atifpices of two intelligent and re fpeftable individuals, cannot fail to reduce the price in a very confiderable degree. The Confumers, ttierefore, arc advifed not to order a ton of copper beyond their immediate wants, and to fupport by their Subferiptions the two new Copper C•mpatiies which are now in a Rate of organization in London, under the management of Mr. JOHN SWAN and hit. JOHN GAINFELL. •