Star. — London, England, 1805-11-06 00:00:00

LONDON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 61 !RICE OF STOCKS THIS D AY AT ONE O'CLOCK t Couloir, for money, S4l} —for November 5 . 91. Reduced sBl4—Omnium 4 5. GREAT NAVAL VICTORY. , We have great fatisiglion in announcing that the intelligence given in this Paper on Friday !all, on the authority of letters from Litton, is confirmed. We with we could add that it has been accompanied with no.caufe of regret to the Nation, but that, alas! we cannot do. The following Official Letter was this morning early feat to the LORD MAYOR, and alfo to Ltoro's Coffee-Houfe : a ADMIRALTY OFFICE, NOVEMBER 6, aos. One o'Ci.ocx, A. M. 1 1 Lieutenant LATIMOTIIILI, of the PICKLE fchoo -44 nev, arrived lah night, with difpatches from Vice ° Admiral COLLINGWOOD, annonneing A GLORIOUS VICTORY ' GAINED BY HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET, OFF CADIZ, UNDER THE COMMAND OF LORD VISCOUNT NELSON. " On the zsith of 0:lober, the enemy's fleet, " confilling of Total-y-1- itar e Ships of the Line, " Fouts Frigates, and Two Brigs, came nut of Ca• " diz, and on the atR, at Noon, were brought to ac " tion by the Briti(h Flee!, conlitting of Twat:Tr " strew Sail of the Line (leven having 'been pre• " vioufly detached under command of Rear Admiral " Louis), FOUR Frigates, and Two (mailer vet Tels. " The Engagement 'ailed four hours, and termi nated by NINETEEN SHIPS OF THE ENEMY'S LINE STRIKING THEIR COLOURS, AND BEING TAKEN POSSESSION or EXCLUSIVE OF ONE WHICH BLEW UP IN THE ACTION. We truft that for ages to come, his Name and Memory will be a talilmAn of infpiration to the heart of every Britith feaman. Above all, witrutt that our young Naval Officers will form their warlike charaeler on the model of an undegenerate Briton— this ;Hilarious model, whore whole foul was an union of wifdom and intrepidity l 6 $ Lord Net.sott's (hip being clofely engaged with 66 the Santiffima Trinidada, and others of the Ent " my's Ships, a Mufltet Shot fired from the top, woun. •" del his Lordfhip on the Shoulder, and deprived .' him of his moll valuable Life. " A gale of wind at S.W. coming on the next day. " and on the 24th and 25th increafing in violence,many " of the Prizes broke a-drift, and being clofe into a " lee-fhore, it is fuppofed that feveral of them molt a have been wrecked, and Vice-Admiral Co:Aiwa " WOOD had made two fignals for &boy ing all that 64 could not be brought away—two chips, from 44 which the Prifoners could not be removed, made 46 their efcape into Cadiz—the Santiffima Trinidada 46 wasfunk, and two others of the line were dellroy "ed before the Lieutenant left the fleet. Admiral Vior.ss sum who commanded in Chief, and 4g many othcr officers of rank, are among the pri " loners. Befides the lots of Lord Net.soN, their country •• has to lament that of Captain Dove and Captain •• Coons, and about Soo men killed. " The Bst.t.etsmt was totally difmmuled; the Ts al mutates and Rover. SOY/ REIGN alto Coffered very •• much ; but no one of his Majefly's (hips were loft •' in this moft gloriOus conflift." At one o'clock this day, the Park and Tower guns were fired in celebration of this Splendid Viaory. Lord Nszsoa has fallen -0 Lux. Dardanfa, fpu 0 fidifEma Teuerurn ! hze vulnen eerno ? MOCil as the Vielory of Cadiz confoles us at this eventful period, for the gloom of events in another quarter, yet the mind at this moment divided be tween grief and triumph, knows not whether to congratulate our country that a vielory has been In dearly purchafed, or to with that our beloved IN:!tsow bad been (pared for fome happier hour of vielory, when his great foul might have tri umphed over the enemy without the lois of his blood —or, had the Peft of Europe, with Tome hundred thoufands of his Brigands, been facrificed to the fall of our.hero, it might have been fomething to lay in the balance againft this national calamity. Glorious and gallant (bade of our Islkisoir. fare well ! On this day of mingled emotion, will the tears of every Briton be Wed in grief for thy memo ry, and admiration for thy 'ail achievement NELSON is no more !—than whom a braver and a truer Patriot never fell in defence of his Country. ! Of the private life and virtues of this Great Man, we caunit, in the prefent circumltances, nor do we need to give any particulars. His country Ira: long known him.—and known that the generofity of his heat was in all Wise& wenthy of his imelditili j'' nius. He was the friend. of his country, afittinnat • t o his lilha; a erns rapport/r of authority, bat, Sefterday the wind having.elaaged talk kW the perilous times of party, untarnithed by afperity-- there was Se uncommon degree of , blest and lk-1 untitled by party. tivky in the Downs. The Blue Peter at every Blip's' iiisgrearnefs was never fubfervient to the purpofes wait brad, fummoned alt chit 01Beers on board who of ambition, at leaft to any ambition but that of had been allowed to get ea those. They were all in ferving his Country. While the Corfican Tyrant high (pinks, and in the evening the whole expedition was tiling in the path of guilty glory, and bloated got under weigh for the Ureter. by every foulnefs of cruelty, over the blood of the The following letters furniiir a feii particulars re. innocent, and the-liberties of his Country, Nat.:mu (petting this interelling event : was advancing in the love and confidence of Britain, by devotion to her true int.trefts, and fpotlefs fidelity to her honour—he lived for her glory, and he pe tithed in her caufe. THE V.:11E15711n. DrAt.. NOV. S. This ;octant the Downs exhibits a grand and inte-, refting fcene. At one o'clock the fleet fired twenty. one rounds, which, oi:h the wincl-at E. S. E. pro. dticed a =ft firiking effth. The whole of the tt#llf ports are getting under weigh, and will fail this even ing. Blue Pen is now flying at the fore-top-man of every (hip here, for all Officers, men, &c. &c. to re pair immediately on board. Boats cannot be had a. any price, with difpatch equal to the orders. AU is buille and confufion. The Officers teem all in high fpirits. Such is the thirh for information relative to their defliny, that p. h.s been offered by the Officers of the German Legion this .day for Engli(h newf paper►, and numbers have been bought at that price. They are bound for the. Wefer. Aworstsa Lurraa, Faise Dazto—Arrived the BRIJ 1Z ER, DLO/B iOURD, VYLZ.AWT, EITAIL LISS, Sr aRX Lilt, and Pilsen re gun brigs, front a cruise,— I, Sailed the Teurry, of so guns; Aatanna, fijgare, , with General Dots on board,• Sty, and ALERT (loops of war, and Rawosa armed (hip, %with the clivifion - 11( tranfports, under the command of Captain Cu Gve e.. noose and Lieutenant Come, for the Northward., This being the Anniverfary of the Guapovader-Plot, the (hips of war in the Downs, whore line•estended about two miles and a half, fireda falute—it had a grand drat. ANOTHER LITTER, SA/4B DATE.—Arrived the VESTAL and PIMINORTALITI fiigates, and leveral gun brigs, from off the French coaft. Came down from Sheernefs, his Majefty's (hip STANDARD, of 64. guns. The greateß bugle has prevailed here the whole of this day amongft the troops, owing to the wind having !hilted from S. E. to the S. W. and fine weather. His Majefty's (hips LEOPARD. Alt- Anne, and ALERT, with feveral other (hips of war, with a large fleet of tranfports, having en board the Coldflream and 3d Royal Guards, the sad, or Royal Welch Fuzileers, the 4th, or King's Own, and the 14th Regiments of Foot, the 9stb, or Rifle Corps, the King's German Legion, together with Artillery, Generals, and Staff Officers, attached to the above, failed this afternoon from the Downs to the eaftward. Wind S. W. tour, ocresre 23, The 86, 9th, astb, pth, 36th. and 89th regi ments of the line, are expeacd to embark immediately at Monkllown. The 36t11 marched into town this day from Bandon. The Bth, from Middleton, were to embark this day at the Eali Ferry, and the 89th from Kinf.tle. The 30t1% are on their march from Limerick, the 9thirom Fermoy, and the ath from Mallow. Yeflerday the Duke of CAMBRIDGE infpefted the Royal Horfe Guards at the Cavalry Barracks. His Royal Highnefs is expelled in-town to day. On Sunday morning, at nine o'clock, Lieutenant Colonel JFkitittson infpefted the ill battalion of the Qteen's Volunteer Corps, in their ground in Chelfea fieTds, for the lad time this feafon. After the in fpedion, the corps marched to their armoury, where they de p oft te d their arms and accoutrements till the Sprik One of the members of the ad company refuting to depofit his belts, the Colonel difmtifed him from the corps. _ _ _ On Sunday the Spelthorpe Legion, commanded by His Real Highnefs the Duke of CLARENCI, had a grand field day on AtiltOrd Common, where both the Cavalty and Infantry went through their various evolutions much ti the fattsfaelion t,f their Royal Commander ; and on Monday his Royal Highnefs entettained the whole of the officer!, and a large party of fiends, at the Toy Tavern, Hampton Court, with a fumptuous dinner, which was ferved lip in a tiyle of fuperior elegance, confifling of all the delicacies of the feafon. Latt night his Royal High. nets held a grand Malimic Chapter at the above Ta vern ; and this evening the fellivity will finial with a grand Ball, patronifed by his Royal Highnels. The St. Andrew's and St. George's Volunteers were inlpteed on Monday in Gray's Inn Gardens, by Lieutenant Colonel JENKINS , N, for the fall tidie feafon. The Nairnthire Volunteer Battalion, under the command of Colonel L. GRANT; the Moray(hire battalion of Volunteer In/Autry. under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. GRANT ; the nitres Rifle Company, commanded by Captain M.Dosatzi ; the Duffus Vclunteer Infantry, under the command of Captain Sir AecitlliALD DUNBAR ; the Drainy Vo lunteer Company, commanded by Capt. BRANDER; and the Knockando company, under the command of Lieutenant GRANT, have all been reViewed by Brigadier General Goanon Comet roc, who exproled in Rrong terms his approbation of the& corps. The grand match or trial of in firing, between all the principal Rifle Companies in the London Dil trio, commenced on Monday, at Montpelier Gardens, when the ground was marked nut by the leveret um pires ; and the firing began with the Hackney Rifle- 1 , men. Their firing continued the bell part of the, morning, when the Duke of Cumberland's Sharp (hooters took the ground, but were prevented corn• pleting their part of the match by the approach of evening, which materially injured the latter part of their• firing. The, filing will he continued every glooday and Tttefday hula the match is corn. pieced. CONDUCT OF PRUSSIA. Letters from Bremen [tate, that the Km* of PRR2- si* has marched an Army into Hanover, of which he has taken poffeflion for his Britannic Majelty. The lawn accounts from Cork announce the Lin ing from thence of the fleet for the Weft Indies. His MAI tsTr it candled to come to town to-nru.- row, to hold a Privy Council, at the Queen's Palace, to receive the RPCORDRAPS report of the convias capi. tally con►itted, during the two last Seffions, at the Old Bailey. Yellerday the Duke of KENT left Windfor for Kenfington. His MAJESTY did not ride out yellerelay, on account of the fog. Yefterday morning the Duke of Yrlrc had a public day at his Office in the Horfe Guards. The Earl of CLOS M ELL has been bully employed in recruiting a Troop of Cavalry, for the town of Warwick, which prcmifes to be one of the fira of the defcription yet railed. All the young Men of the town and its vicinity, feem to Rep forward with an alacrity highly honourable to them at a moment fo perilous as the prefent, and very gratifying to the feelings of the Noble Earl. _ _ ' Yefterday the EaR London Militia left Greenwich, where they have been llationed for Come time pati, and arrived in town at two o'clock. On Monday Lord BANBURY brigaded the Saint George's, Prince of Wales's, St. Sepulchre's, and Bloomfbnry Corps, in Hyde Park. A brigade of the I country corps of t he Northern Difirift alto took place the fame day on Finchley Common. His Royal Highnefs the Duke of Sussex was prefent. On Friday Colonel MATTHINtS ' and the officers of the 111 Herefordfbire regimertt of Volunteers, gave a grand Military ball to the ladies of Hereford and its vicinity, at the mune room in Gloucefter. Yeßerday evening, between feven and eight o'clock, the Duke of GLOUCESTER, accompanied by Major 1 HIGGINS, one of his Royal Highnefs's Aide-de- Camps, arrived at Ginuceiler Honfe from the I[lr•of Wight, where he has been for fnme time for the be nefit of his health, which is materially improved.— The Princefs Swats is at Southampton, where the wilt remain for a tem days. A number of (hips, in addition to tlinfe before hired, have been taken up in the River for three months, for the tranfport fervice. The Abbe de la hfarre was on Friday fait convey. ed horn town to Harwich, where he was pot on board a fhip bound to one of the ports of the North of Germany, having been fent out of the cogntry under the Allen Aft. Count STAHREMBERO, the Imperial ?Airliner, has fent the following letter to a Morning Paper : Ihall be obliged to you to corred a Raiment in Tbi Morning Port of Friday, November tit, iD which. (peaking of ths caeca of the late events ott the Continent, is mentioned as a eir cumftatice contributing to them. " The tardy elvaatt of the Rat iens, ash fe arrival is di face math &bind tie that it wet Cietteigemsw I Ilium this ftatcment I beg to obferve, and to requeft your publi city, that it is completely the reverie of the Rate of the cafe, which is, that the Ruffians were lull twelve days earlier at their ports than they had promiled, or could have been expeded ; and that noti.ing but the ntoß extraordinary and unprecedented exertions could have ((fated this promptitude. You are at liberty to infOrt this Note if you think it the he means of anfwering the dared °Neel of my requelt to you. I am, Sir, your bumble fel vent Louis COUNT StAllititUDDlLla. Nov. &at, Portland-place. Yenerday being the Anniverfary of the Gun- Powder Plot, the Palk and Tower guns were fired on the occafinn. The Yeomen of the Guard, and his Majefly's attendants at St.James's Palace, receiv. ed their cutlomary gratuity of wine, it being pitcher day. At night Gur rata: was burned in efligy by the boys in fevetal of the Markets.—The inhabitants Of Whitechapel were much annoyed by a young Jew, drefred up as a Pope, and iding on an afs, attended by a motley gronpe with feveral muCcal inflruments, who exalted contributions wilt the tin:loft effrontery f.nm feveral females. His lioliaels was at length taken to the Police-of f ice, and from thence canduaed on board the terder, and tour of his attendants to the Houle of Correai9n. A Court of Aldermen was held at Guildhall yd . . tett/ay, at which were prefent the LOAD Marna, the LORD Mamas Elea, the RECORDER, and fourteen Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and City Officers. The Court having examined the Meal-weighers' report, ordered the pike of Bread to be continued at 12/d. the (pattern loaf of wheaten, and sid, houlehold. An appeal again( the rates made under the Cler gy Mt, in the parifh of St. Bennett Fink, in the Ward of Broad.itreet, was heard, and the rates were confirmed. • The Searchers and Sealers of Leather were eleacd for the year enftri..:T, and an old man was elated an Out•Penlioner of Noantrel The LORD MATo& Elea will he fwora jrito . Office,. At one o'clock, at Cuitdliall,vn Friday next, the 8:h uttant. NA r/TiCIL I NTEL L /CENCI. • ' Dowse, NW/EMUS. IA night and this day, his Majedy's gun-brigs Defperate, Fearlefs, Plusher, Sparkler* Blazer, Bloodhound, Mariner, Tbsather, ITruizer t Con{lane, and Gallant, for thy Downs, with fecret flares on board.—Sailed.the hay :Yalu Tests, Captain Jammu, °fitful for Dulales, With prize goods.—Arrived this afternoon, the Flirt Sutter, from this Dor:ob.—Remain its the Roaas, the Firm gun-brig.—Wind 5.W and moderate weather. Duszre, Ocr. 3 r.—We have to lament, in sem mon with our felksir citiietts, the melancholy intelli gence ifitted yeße'rday, of the blrat dirpatChed *44 the mails of the 2r a aud a24intL having fotrudeied Mt lea ; day fonowing is the otfutial.nete " GS* 211 AL POST orrice, 1:1411L10, OCT. 29. " From 'the information received at this UtFic...; " there is reakin to apprehend the hired lout whi.ll o*, failed from hence with the mails of the 21It and azd intl. for Holyhead, has foundered at lea." His Majefty's asiViiraNak4 and the Princefs of Wales Weft Indianian, failed from the Shannon the tiltba WI. with :Ake winds at enff. blowing a tre. mendoes gale. It is to be hoped they were able, tar • get into come of our northern•poetsa-•if not, there ti great appreheneons they will be much di Itreffed for provilions. There ()tips lay at anchor at Carriga bolt, waiting a 6pp:fir:fiat . /torn the 'very great co. ' , verity of shwa* they ite4tyteed ,topftt.to. fea t , We are conoemed to Ctatik:frsinsAbliciter` received' by the Captain of a Portloguefe.etlfel in our river, that a few day( ago aftlingliest 4 Vain sip and a Pe riegnefe s frigate -wall lOR -oft half sof lattl ene ofi; The ffirialcfnelleieti f fko.ol: . li t hdinl.nratilriven into the Sopth Bay, by this. *Ain V t of iiu tr i , and has been (ince brought (life int 3 t ge On the sadiollaftr the Catirstio kW irs Wads serfaill if veal: off the Land's End. trader corivoy_ottrlVl• gate, which he fappotes to be pasta the Wei India &et. ' 4. % ' The Liverpool Flat,. Ilranded on gist Spit. sou. White Bank, is the Glory of Ulverilone, howl:alio: Cheptlowi Town mailer, laden with iron Ore ito* t gun-powder—the remains there (till. The Charleaftf Workington, TOOKUSTRIt mallely, Stuck on the Bar the . evefting of the sfidt iftllant.. The Life Boat immediately went' to 'her affißattite i ender the dire lion of W. AftlEts, of the Itifey Ranscrs, shifted by part of the crews of the Citnialk Revues craizer and Holyhead Packet, and pro's dentiaHy faved the mailer and all bands. • Thirrefd. ghostly after went to IsTeets .. „.: Disoftti spa t OCT. s4.—We have experlenited Yet, revere gales from the E. S. E. and . E. for.thefefees • dais pall. - . ••. . . ~ The following intelrgenqlas been eotantOrdeltad .. - to us this mot 'zing r- r -it. tatitr ite POn, Of Liver'- ' pool, and a (loop, the Happy Rama. of dim: 4 4 4 4 wish Wigan coal, are on Sim near &afield, to the North of elrmgber-head; we are happy to toy iff i lives were Intl. The crews and paffensers, or** of twenty. are all fafe at the hook of •11.9 te - Si* nen, of &afield, Erg. where they experteiteeff the molt marked attention—one poor fellow bad liireolr • lar bone and two of his ribs broken. DOSACHADIE, OCT. 2S.—On Friday lag, about. twelve o'clock at noon, a refit, coal laded. bow from Glafgow, was perceived in dint-ells elate. in..-: with the land, but having no fail but her foretell,. T and a fraall piece of the main fail. At this time it blew a perfett Rom wind at Eaft. The harbour of • Donaghadee being fell of veffels, all their crews at- • fembled along (hone, to witnefs, as they fuppofed, lb* , dare firm of this veffel, as it feinted impoffible that , the could weather out, and clear,the pointof land to ;. make this harbour. However, the tide of ebb beinilp-' . made, favoured to much, that by its power, and the 7 good conduit of the matter of the 'del, he gained a complete offing. fo as to enable him to make this.e . pert. The appearance of the fea, at this. time. was awful beyond defcription, rolling in broken wades of enconsous faze, often - interrupting the view of the " veffel completely. Dreadful was the appearance... when they got the larboard tack abated, to gain this •••• 'harbour, having occalion to change tacks, whiffs was ~ both difficult and dangerous, to wear Sip in fo heavy t a fea—and in getting round the, pier it appeered al- ;"' "moll certain dellruftion, on account of the immenfe furl. The event, however, turned out fortunate, for, at the very worn time or the 'gale, when juit about ! • to enter the hats our, five brave fpirited tars voluu- ..: teered in a boat ; with the end of a Rout hawfer. : I s one of them leaped OA board, end made it fag to the windlafs,and fattening the other to the pierilsrought ,g..• the veffel np inßantly, by which means (begot lately in. The brave learner,. who thus hazarded their own lives, to preferve their fellow creatures. are jullly entitled to the bigheft encomiums.—Their names are John Crookfhankot, Robot Paton, James M.Connell, Matthew Beggs, and James Cook.— The veal faired by their exertions is the Fiends, of Newry. The feanien of Donaghadee have, upon many occafions, exerted thentfelvcs in an un common degree, to acid velfas in diltrels—hut ne ver did they face more tremerdous danger, than upon this eccation. All the packets have bzett wind bound bete for fix days path Tl,ic place is lull of people, waiting for their pafrage to Portpatrick— there are at least too- On Ft Way fall a very fire biig, in coming down Channel, flrtick on a land bank off Margate, and received a bilge ; in consequence of which, ultcn fire got clear, with forne, difficulty, the Captain, avail ing hinsfelf of the tide, and being in molt intrninea danger, formed the defperate tetolution of hoilliog every fail he could fer, and (weeping her into bLo gate Pier for fafety. As the veffel was large, and heavily laden with bricks for building barracks in the neighbourhood of liythe, our boatmen con& &red it a molt dangeroos a.tempt, paricularly as the wind blew bard at north, which railed a tre mendous fwell. However, the adage nf" nihil difterandant," was tried with fuccef. by this daring tar, till he was going to turn the pier on the larboard, when the violence of the wind, and the Ilrength of the tide, drove the veffel, in fpite of every effort, to the harboard fide, on a hard bottom, about a c..ble's length a head, where the was much damaged in her keel, and made a great deal of water. Fortunately the gale abated during the right, and it is expo Red fhe will be'brogght watbiis the Pier. It i. understood. however, that the damage the fußained is fo great, the mull be unloaded and undergo a thorough repair. •