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BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. DUPPLUIENT TO THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE. GIERALTAI, Nov. —As we are fully fenfible, that every circumftance refpeEting the late Glorious Viaory, as well as every incident relative to the death of that truly good and great man, the late much lamented Lord NELSON, mull be deeply in tereffing, not only to his own country, but to the world in general ; we have endeavoutd, face the arrival orthe Vicrety, the chip on board of which his Lordflaip's flag was flying during the whole of the action, to obtain every information in our power on tbat fubjea. Previous to the aaioti, his Lordlltip had fully ex plained to every Captain in the fleet, the mode in which he intended to attack the enemy's line, and every fhip 4tad alfo received Loch particular fecret iaftruaions, that very few tignals were requillte on the day of battle. Before the action began, how ever, the following fentence was conveyed, by tele graph, to all the Sips in the fleet " Englasui extefis that every man will do bit duty." On its being explained by the Captains to their tafpeEtive crews, it was re ceived with an enthufiam which ffiewed, that the ex -peaations of their country would not be difappointed en this accafion ; and, indeed, from the accounts of every Officer who was prefent, we believe it is im poffible to convey an adequate idea of the general exultation and joy that pervaded every fhip, at the profpea of bringing the enemy's fleet to action. By 'one, perhaps, was this fo forcibly and fincerely felt, us by his Lordfhip. After the many anxious days tad nights that he had paired, fence the commence. meat of the war, in watching, or pnrfning, the flying foe, he now, for the firft time, had the fatitfaaion to behold the enemy he had fo long fought for, drawn wp to receive him, and in a fituation where they had anther batteries, nor mooring -chains, to true to for proteaion. Whillk bearing down upon the enemy's line, be re putedly faid, 44 that it was the happiett day of his life, and that, from the plan of attack which he had hid down, he expelled, that he Mould have poffeffion of twenty of the enemy's (hips before night :" a pre diaion which was verified in fo remarkable a manner, that we hardly know whether moR to admire the confummate fcience and wifdom with which the plan of attack was previoutly arranged, or the cool intre pidity with which it was carried into complete exe cution ; as not one tingle thip efcaped of that part of the enemy's line on which his Lordfhip had direaed the principal effort to be made, and the total number of (hips which had aanally furrendered before night, we have now every reafon to believe was twenty, of which the Achille and a Spanifli flip were burned, and the Redoubtable funk after the anion ; but all of them had previoutly (truck their colours. It was his Lordihip's intention to have broken through the enemy's line, between the tenth and eleventh cf the enemy's flips in the van, at the fame time that Admiral Collingwood penetrated their line, about the twelfth thip front the rear ; but, finding the enemy's line in that part fo dole, that there was not room to pars, he ordered the Victory to be run on board of the thip which oppofed him, and the Te =crake, by which the Victory was feconded, 4lfo ran on board of the next !hip in the enemy's line ; fo that thefe four Ihips lay for a confiderable time en gaged together, in one mafs, as it were, and fo dole, that the Oath of almoß every gun fired from the Victory, fet fire to the Redoubtable, to which (hip the was at that time oppofed ; whilfi our (cameo, with the greateft coolitefs, were, at intervals, em ployed, in the mi‘ift of the hotteß fire, in throwing buckets of water to extinguifh the flames on board of the enemy's 114 ;left, by their fpreading, they might involve both flips in deßruaion. We quellion if ancient or modern hiflory can prgduce a more hiking example of cool and deliberate valour, than what we bare juR recorded, and it certainly refleas the higheß honour upon the difcipline and intrepidity of that Chip's crew. It was during the hotteß part of the anion that his Lordhip received his fatal wound, whilft en gaged with the Redoubtable and the French Admi nl, at the fame time. The enemy's !hips' tops were all crowded widtkldiers, who had orders to aim par ticularly at the 'slicers on the quarter deck. The Victory was, in general, fo completely enveloped in Itnoke, that it was difficult to diflinguith any particu lar perfon on board ; but, unfortunately, for a few teconds, when the (mole was more difperfed than nfual, a foldier took aim at Lord Nelfon, from the wizen top of the Redoubtable ' • and, the inflant he fired, his Lordthip fell, the ball entering near the left Moulder, patting through the lungs, and lodging in the fpine. He was immediately fenfible of the wound being mortal, and laid, with a (mile, to Capt. Hardy, with whom he had been talking at that moment, 4, They have done for me at Lilt !" He was foon obliged to be carried off the deck ; and, as they were conduaing him below, he remarked the tiller rope being too flack, which he defired them to acquaint Captain Hardy with, and to have it tightened. His anxiety for the event of the day, was tech as teemed totally to furmount the pains of death, and every other confideration ; he repeatedly fent to in quire how the battle went, and expretTed the moll lively fatisfaaion to find it favourable. His lower extremities loon became cold and infenfible, and the effufion of blood from his lungs often threatened tuf focation ; but dill his eyes teemed to brighten, and bis (pinks to revive, at hearing the cheers given by the crew of the Victory, as the different !hips of the enemy furrendered. About four o'clock, be became exceffively mmious to tee his friend Captain Hardy, and he fent for him feveral times, before that gallant Officer thought it prudent to quit the deck at fo in- terefting a moment. About five o'clock, however, when he faw that the vittory was completely decided, and the battle nearly ended, be was enabled to attend to the Taft wilbes of the dying hero, who eagerly inquired how many Ships were captured ? On being told by Captain Has, pv, that he was certain of .twelve having (truck. -which he could fee, but that probably more had fur rendered; his Lordfhip faid, What, say . twelve? there fbould at leaf have been fifteen or flateen, by my calculation ; however (after a paufe, he added), twelve is pretty well." He now faid, that he felt death fall approaching, and that he had but a few minutes to live ;—that he could have waked to have szuvivcd a little longer, tv have rem the Beet in Lee. ty ; but, as that was impotllble, he thanked GOD the be had outlived the aftion,land had been enabled to do his duty to his country." About this time be was again routed, by hearing another cheer from the crew of the VICTORY, at their tieing kale more of the enemy's (hips firike their colours ; at which he expreffed the higheft fatisfaetion, on learning the caufe, and fhortly afterwards expired without a groan. The Frenchman, by whole hand this reatehlefs hero fell, was loon afterwards (hot by M. Poxtien, Miclfbipman of the VICTORY, and was teen to fall out of the mizen-top; and the Redoubtable was fo dreadfully (battered, that, loon after /hiking her co lours to the Vicroav, the went to the bottom, with molt of her crew ; fo that his fall was greatly avenged. The lofs in the Viflory was chiefly fuflained whilll going into :talon, when, as the leading (hip of the divilion, the had to fullain the fire of eight of the enemy's Chips, for nearly twenty minutes, before (he returned a gun. She alto fuffered eonfidt:rable lofs from the mulketry of the enemy ; but fo tremendous and well direded was the fire from the ViCtory, that every (hip on which the got her guns to bear, was filenced in the courfe of a few broadfides. The Redoubtable, alone, had no lefs than thirty of her guns difmounted, and, for a confiderable time before the (truck, the did not return a tingle thot. It was his Lordihip's intention to have engaged the Bucentaure at firtl, if he could have diflinguithed her • but, fingular as it may appear, ao perfon on board could difcover the French Admiral's flag to be flying during the whole of that day, though the Vi ctory was, for a confiderable time, within pi tol thot of her, and handled her fo feverely, as to render her incapable of taking any !hare in the engagement afterwards. _ _ _ Three of the French Gips in the van, who had no part in the action, and one of which carried a Rear. Admiral's flag, had the inhumanity and cowardice, as they were making their efcape, to fire, for a con ' fiderablc time upon the Santiffima Trinidad, and feveral other of the crippled Spaniflt prizes, after they had furrendered to us, which, from their fituation, were incapable either of oppofition or flight; and an immenfe number of the Spaniards were killed and wounded, from this unprecedented and bloody deed of their gaud and faithful allies. We fdemnly pledge our credit for the truth of this extraordinary fait, to which every officer on board of our viftoi ions fquadron, now in the Bay, can bear witnefs. Inked, filch was the indignation felt and expreffed by the Spaniards, at the conduit of the French, that, when, two days after the adion, Cr ten of the enemies' Ihips came out of Cadiz, in hopes of retaking tome of the difabled prizes, the crew of the Argonauta, in a body, offered their fervices to the Muth officer who had charge of the prize, to man the guns againft any of the French fhips ; and they were adually Rationed at the lower deck guns for that purpofe, whillt the Engin featnen maimed thole of the upper deck. The Englifh officer on board returned all the Spa. nifb officers their arms, and placed the moil implicit aonfiilence in the honour of the Spaniards, which he bad no reafon to repent; as, though their numbers were fo fdperior as eafily to have enabled them to retake the flip, yet they, on every occaGon, fbewed the utmolt fubmiffion and good conduit, and declared that, if a Spanilh Chip came along-fide of them, they would quietly go below, and leave the Englifa to aft for theinfelves. LONDON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6. PRICE 07 STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Confols, for January 64--Reducal 6o—Oenniura One of the King's yachts is to go round to Pont. mouth, to take on board the body of Lord NELSON, and convey it to Greenwich. , Orders for that pur pofe have already been ailed. We feel a melan choly fatisfaaion on finding that no chance of the Peas has deprived us of his valued remains. Having returned our thanks to the ALMIGHTY, we can now torn to the Hero who was in his hands the fern:dory caufe of the greareft and molt effeaive Naval Viaory, that ever diftinguithed any age or nation The Hamburgh Mail due on Wednefday has not yet arrived, nor have any further accounts beat ti ,ceived from the Continent. By our Gibraltar Letters it will be feet], that that Garrifon was vilited on the t ith of Oftober by a Committee of French I'hyficians who had been fent by that Government to inquire into the nature of the late dreadful pellilence which made fuch ravages in that garrifon, and other parts of the South of Eu rope. The Prefident of this Committee was the celebrated Dasevutrvis, InfpeEtor General of the French Military Hofpitals in Egypt, that virtuous Phy ician, ' who fo nobly refitted the infamous commands of 80. Na►aara to poifon the Fick and wounded of his army at Jaffa, but which an apothecary was afterwards. found villainous enough to perpetrate. The Report made by thefe Gentlemen, after hay. ing vifited the different parts of Spain where the difeafe had appeared, is extremely fatisfaaory t u they teemed fully convinced that the contagion was now completely extisa in Europe, and that there was no probability of its breaking out again, if pro per quarantine regulations were effabliated to guard againft its future introduaion from the Welt Indies, or America, from which, from every information ... . they had received, they were unanimonfly of opinion that the difeafe had been originally imported. GIBRALTAR, OCTOBER 8. " This day AdMiral Louts came in from Lord NaLsoN's fieetovith the Camorus.Qyata, and T►cai. They bring accounts of the Spaniarcd+. baying begun to embark troops on board of 00 bet again.. OCTOEIR 10.• " TheZaattro a came in to-day from the fleet to get a new main malt ; alto the ENDYIIIOII and AUILOS.A. OCTOBE It I t. " The Mails arrived to-day from Lilboo, with let ters to the 17th ult. forwarded from the fleet by a gun•brig. OCTOBER 12. 4 4 In confequence of a letter from General CAS. TANOS to the Lieutenant Governor, his Excellency direaed the principal Medical Officers of this garri fon to hold a conference yefterday morning on the neutral ground with three French phyficians. Thefe were, Dr. Dascswarrts, Infpeaor General of Mi. litary Hofpitals, who diftinguiffied himfelf while at the head of the Medical Department of the French army in Egypt ;.-Dr.-Bartty, who bad been Phyfi cian to the army in St. Domingo; and Dr. Dusts S. nit, Profeltor in the Medical School at Paris. They were ace ornp anied by Dr. TADS° LATUSISTE. Phy fician to the Forces, and Infpeaor of the Public Health in the Camp before Gibraltar. The French Phyficians have been travelling in SpAin, with a vie.; of invefiigating the origin, nature, and treatment of the epidemics which have lately appeared that country. After having obtained all the information they de fired refpeaing the fever which prevailed here laft feafon, they exprefied their obligations to the Lieutenant Governor for fo politely and readily com plying with the requeft of General C*sraxos, and re turned thanks to the Medical Officers, for their can did, open and liberal communications. In the courfe of the converfation, they confirmed the accounts which have been received from Spain, by obferving, that there is not the leaft appearance of the fever in any part of that country. From this, and many other favourable circumftances, it is the unanimous opinion of the belt informed of the Faculty in Gib raltar, that now there is not the fmalleft reafon to apprehend its recurrence. • " The CONFOUNDS!, gun brig arrived yefterday af ternoon. OCTOBIR 75. " The Spaniards have not yet begun to break up their camp, as we expeeed ; on the contrary, they are colleBing large quantitiks of forage, as if they intended remaining the winter in this neighbourhood. OCTOI BR 16. " The Astiasis, Itsmonsisa, and his frigates, with the Diligence naval ihora hip. and four others of the convoy for this place, catne in this morning. OCTOBER 17. " The Malta convoy failed this morning from hence with the AURORA, Remotion, and AMIABLY frigates. Admiral Louts, with four fail of the line, accompanies them pall Carthagena, who're the Spa. niards have eight fail of the line ready for tea. mOvratila 2. Jult arrived from the fleet, his Majelty's flaps Juno, Beagle, Conqueror, Temeraire, Royal So vereign, Defence, Mars, Swiftfure, Africa, Minotaur, Polyphemus, Defiance, Orion, Tiger, Pheebe, Etna, and Eurydice, with two of the prizes, ‘lll. the French Swiftfure and San Ildefonfo. NOVLI4IIIIII 4. " Came in yefterday evening the DoirsoaL With the Bahama in tow, being the fourth prize brought in—the Othman, the Swiftfure, St. John, Nepomu ceno, and St. lldephosfo." We are affured that Parliament will not meet till Tuefday the t IR of January. The Prince of An RS at RO, whb took MURAT'S word of honour that Preliminaries of Peace had bee n figned, and who defined, in confequence, from exe cuting his orders to deßroy the bridges, has, we un derfland, been fent to prifon. The Danbtrg, TRINSBURY, from the Ifles of France bound to Stockholm, arrived off Dartmouth on the 4th intl. and landed Capt. Guar, of the Brunfwick EaR Indianian, captured and carried in to the Mauritius. The Lord . Eldon and the Tottenham, from Ben gal, are arrived uff Portfmouth. The Sixth Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers affembled yefterday morning it nine o'clock, in De vonfhire-lquare, Bilhopfgate.ftreet, to deliver flyer medals to the following Gentlemen, adjudged to them as the belt (hots in their refpalive Companies : Thomas Potts, Rifle Cr k g u lny. James Stunmesict, 3d Company Corporal Emanuel de y, George Reclaim, 6tlt Company Grenadier Company. Mehard Walfb, 7th C . John Eaftwood, aft Company. James Brown Unwin, ° Light n. Richard %%flutist, ad Company. ?wry Company. And the Regimental Gold Medal, toWilhiam Mr. thefon, 3d Company, adjudged to him as the beR mulket Mot in the Regiment; after which, they went to Church. - - The run upon the Bank at Paris, has ocafioned the following Proclamation : Mtprisrav or 0 Pozsez..-The maintainarsee at public order can no longer tolerate the crowd which for fame days part has thronged around the Bank to exchange their notes. This crowd confab', for the aloft part, of Citizens who really want money, but amongit them there are intermixed a number of ars* ridou• perfons and itoehiobbers, and (*meanies pink s. It might happen that malevolence might at length, in fpite of the fu perindtendanee and preesndoos of the Police, excite a tumult, which it is prudent to prevent, in order that there may be no cc eafion to regrets it. Meafures man therefore be taken to ifolate and fruftrate cu pidity and malevolence, and to facilitate to peaceable Citizens the exchange of their notes far eath.l I have therefore charged Met. fienrs the Mayors, to make the mfelves acquainted with the wants of individuals in their refpolive diftriCts, and to diftribute a cer• tam 'Lumber of tickets, which the hearers may pretest at the Bank, I and receive caib in exchange for their notes. By this means, the ea& will not be diverted from its proper channel, and honcit men will not be placed at the mercy of ftothlobbers. I requeft that his Excellency the Minifter of the Public Treafury, who has eol- Ivied information relative to the real &union of the Bank, will afore the timid that they need not to be dilquicted with rdpedt co the of that dtahlithateat. The lOW* of Pone& (SIPCO • rot:Gm* NAUTICAL INTILLIGANCL MAILS THIS DAY.-Wlnd S. W. AIL DIM All. I Hamburgh o Waterford s a Goomburgh • s FALMOUTH. Dac. 3.—Arrived the (Economy, COOR. from Jamaica for London, after a paffage of 8t days ; Diligence, GARD, and Medea, Taw,. from Plymouth ; William, L*NDG&IG!, from Liver. pool; Mary, Haavay, from Cardiff; Mary Am * COTTON, from Marry ; and the Maria and Elizabeth, prize to the Lord Nelfon privateer, of Goers:fey. laden with fugar, coffee, logwood, &c. from the HO vannah, for Tonningen.—Sailed the Fame, Totowa*, for London.—Wind W. PLy moor Dec. 4.—Came in the Orwell, Caps tain MiFett, from Wilmington, for this port. with tins'rer, (laves, &c. ; Mercurius, Captain T. C.Bas ri is, from Alicant, for Stockholm, laden with (A— fire is in great diapers, having loft her mainmatt. fore topmati, &c. and is otherwife much damaged ; Mary, Captain Barr H, from Gottenburgh. laden with deals, &c. for this port ; and the Induary, Captain bin-- Tat, from Waterford. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. VICTORY Caine np to Spithead this morning, but no orders are yet received for landing the remains of our glorious and lamented Nassoe. The Derasc s, Captain Hope, has been ordered round to the River, and failed this day.— The other !hips of the viaorious fleet which have ar rived here, are expefted to come into this harbour to be repaired, except the Toasters. and Termer:tit, which will probably be fent to one of the River yards. Sailed the Affault gun brig, for her Ration off Goers., fey. All the !hips, both at Spithead and in harbour, by order of the Port Admiral, have had their colours half matt high, from the time the Vicroa v's figura was known yefterday. Dov ea, Dec. s.—The French privateers have. fot there two nights paR, been very aftive : on rudder night one of them captured a Swedifh veld off Hythe, whip, however, was retaken loon after by a gun brig. Laft night a Swedifh brig from Malaga, and a light Englifh brig. were captured off the South Foreland ; one of our boats was but a little way a. head of the Swede, and law are French privateer take her. Sailed the following vefels fur Embden : the Frede, Bourdeana with wine, &c.; Hope, WAITERSON ; and the Vrow Neltje, 'tVir.srast I, with fuser, &c. from this port. The following It redes have put in here to wait for convoy :—Ultigten. Emma, of Stockholm, with fait from St. Übe's, for Gothenburg ; Enchares, ZICIIARBO Jolla, of and - - for Gothenburgb with wine, &a. from Portfinouth ; Fra Anna, LINOILILAN of Stockholm, from St. Übe's with fah, for Gothenburg ; Columbus, Wit. us, of Barth, with fah. Ike. from Malaga ; Eni gheden, Earrearmar, of and for Nordkiping, with alt, from St. Übe's. Wind N, W. and moderate. Dam n , Dec. S.—Arrived the Virrak, Acura, MANLY. and Orrita, from a cruize ; PYLADIIS (loop, from the Nore ; Laosaan, from cruize off Flouring. Sailed the Luctv ea bomb, with the Sweth(h Eaft India grips Freda-ice and Nimbi Carolina ; and the Swedilh brig Orpheus. for Got. tenburgh ; the Difcovery bomb, for the Nore; Mina gun brig, on a cruize off Offend ; Fearlefs gun brig, on a cruize ; and tht Raven sloop, for Portfmouth. Laftevening,abouteighto'clock, a French lugger pri. vateer ftretched clofe into St. Margaret's Bay, and haul ed down. her forefall and mizenfail, and laid to un der her jib and mizen, until they perceived a loaded brig (fuppofed from Ireland) coming down, whi they immediately boarded . and captured, and hoifte4 out their little boat, and boarded a foreign brig, Pup. poled to be a Sw ede. A Deal galley, with five men, was there, and law the tranfaftion ; but not having any fire arms, could not attempt to make a recapture, They immediately rowed alonglide the Archer gum brig, lying in Walmer Roads, and acquainted therm of the circumaance, when fire inftandy got under weigh, and proceeded in quell of the privateer, and endeavoured to retake the two veffels. Arrived the PALLAS frigate, Capt. the Right Hon. Lord COCHRANE, after a pafrage of five weeks, from Q . 2ebec, with the following veffels under convoy, viz. the Euretta, PATTSILSOW Adeona, Kistar, and the Quebec, Barear, which are failed for Standgate Creek, under qua rantine, with the Prai. Gan %if Atl as , for St. Andero. Arrived and failed for the River, the Enteaprize, Wave:smart, from Demerara ; Patent, Baouon, from New Provi. deuce, with feveral other,. Remain in the Downs the reit of the chips as per laft.—rWind S. W, ARRIVED. In the Myer, Mary and IfabeHa. from Riga.-At Poole. / f an and Thomas, Martin Beaver. Adams ; and Harp, Wan:- Leh from Newfoundland—At Liverpool. Enterpriee. Graham. from New Providence ; Charles, Corny.; sad Tiger, Osten, from Jamaica; Jane, Parlous. iroin Virginia: Mary Ford. Bel; ail Dana, Broderick, from Yernau—At Itlnfale, Eleanor, from Oporto for Liverpool—At Dublin, Venerable, Edwards, from London—At Newry, Nymph, Warren, from Landon—At Virginia, t rhon, Frazer, from London.,At Demerara, Diana, Vaughan, from Africa. The PrinceCs Charlotte has taken in the Welt In dies, the Cyane frigate, which was captured by the combined fleets. The Sophia, MAN SFIno, from Poole for Hull, has been found at fea without any perfon on board, and brought into the Downs. She is fu2pored to haw been captured. The John and Henry. of Liverpool, from Africa, is captured by the Braave French privateer. The Crown. &imago, from St. Vincent's for Dublin. captured, and carried inn Martinique. - 1 I