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SEA SONG. 'P' to it is night, and the mid•watch is entree, Ac I chilling miss hang o'er the darken'd main, The , : Sailors think of their far diltant home, And <I thole `.riends they ne'er may fee ai;aiu. But when the fight's begun, Each Banding at his gun, lbotild any thought of there come o'er your tram:. Thank only, fhould the day be win, He•w it will cheer their hearts to hear, That their own true Sailor, he was ova, And thus, brave Tar, if you a IVliftrefA kind Have left on thore—fome pretty girl and true, Who many a ni;ht doth lift= to the wind — Ali Ugh to think how it may fare with you ; Yet when the fight's begun, Each ftanding at his g'm, ^''.wind any thought of her CO= o ' er raw nti.l2. Think only.fhonld the day be won, 1 - low it will cheer her limn to hear 'nut her own sicar Se.:lor, he W 33 one BATTLE OF TRAFiILGAIt. !'TRACT 07 A LETTER FROM LARD tist.3ol( TO ALEX. ANDER DAVISON, ESQ. : , OF ST. JAMES'S-SQUARE. iflapty. Day by day, my dear friend, I am expeaing the feet to put to tea, every day, hour, and moment, and you may rely, that if it is within the power of man to get at them, it fhall be done ; and, I am fore that all my brethren Took to that day as the anifh of our laborious cru'.ze• The event no man can fay I etaely, but I molt think, or render great injullice to thofe under me, that, let the Lattle be when it may, it will never have been fiwpaffed. My flattered flame, if f finvive that day. will require relt, and it - at is all I than are. for. Jr . I: #alt orrfueth a glorious ' cArcafiGn, it Mall be my pride to take care that my friends flail not blufh for me—theft things are in the L an ds o f a Wife and jolt PitovinEucs, and his will be done. I have got fume trifle, thank GOD, to leave to thofe I hold mol% dear, and I have t, ,ken c.ire not 6 negleft it. Do nct think lam low fpirited on this account, or fancy any thing is to lyty.peo to me ; quite the contrary—nig mind is c tlm, and I have only to think of &baying our inveterate foe. I have two fligates gone for more information, and we all hone far a meeting with the enemy. Nothing can be finer titan the fleet under my command. Whatever be the (vent, believe me ever, my dear Davifon, your much obliged, and fince:e Frie,h4 " NELSON VID BlitOMTll.'f EXTRACT Or A LITTER rF.OEI AN OFFICER WHO WAS EN THE ACTION Or TIEE 21ST OF OCTiIiER. " A fignal was made by our look nut thins on the :9th ult. that the enemy were getting tender weigh. Our fleet was then off Cape St. Mary's, about ifteen .agues from Cadiz, confiding of 27 (hips of the line, Mending three fia gun Ups. and three frigates. A !;gnal for a general chace, and to prepare for battle •ias made by Lord Nelf.;n. During the day, we learned from the look out nips, that the enemy were putting :o lea, alizi the next day about noon the tignal was made that the enemy had put to fea, confiding of 33 Mips of the line, five frigates, and a brig. As, however, they were clofe off the entrance of Cadiz. Lord NelArn did not bear down to them. but directed hie look out flips to keep fight of them during the en cuing night. About ten o'clock we aere acquainted by fira., of the cource the enemy were fleeting, which enabled Loid Nel:no to manceu vre accordingly; and at day light we had the ratisfattion to fee the ene my about five miles to leeward of us in a line of battle. The :(gnat was inftantly made to bear down in the order of battle in two colnmns. Lord Nei., fon leading the (larboard divifinn, and Admiral Collingwood the larboard divifi4m. The fignal was alfo made to break through the enemy's line, and engage to leeward, fb as to prevent the enemy from efcapin:r into Cadiz, and to prepare to anchor during the ni7St. The lad Signal his Lordthip made was— " England eypeas that every man will do his duty;" it was made about five minutes before the anion corn. Merited, which it did at twelve o'clock, by the ene my"; firing on Lot d Collingwood, in the Royal So vereign, who about ten minutes pall twelve o'clock broke the enemy's line about the fifth (hip from the rear. The enemy, about the fame time, opened their fire. on the 11l ;board plivirion, and at twenty minutes pall twelve Lord Nelf.rn attempted to break the Lire about the twelfth (hip from the enemy's van, with the intention of attacking the French Corn ins'er in Chief. But a French (hip, the Indomp table, (hooting acrofs the Victory, to prevent the line from being broken, his Lordfaip run her on beard. The Temeraire, the neet Chip to the V; lot y, dropped on board the lndoinprabie on her other fide, and tl're Intrepid riench (hip run on board the Te meraire cn her other fide. Four (tips being thus terksd together, effectually broke the line, and made on opening for the Neptune, She being the next (hip in the van. The Neptune was about half a mile from the Victory when the broke. the line. The Neptune ILA not ti,ea fired a (hot. Her people were fecured the(: quarters while the was raked by the enemy is going down, and did not r pen her fire until the ba . igor into the enemy's line, when She in her torn raked Several of their (hips a the palfed. About half pall twelve Ate got under the quarter of the Bucen taut, the French Commander in Chief, which ate en gaged :shout half an hour, when fire Lad the plea fire to fee her opponent totally dilMaßect, and her colonrs ftrnck. The Neptune was ably fupported by t're Leviathan and Conquetor. She then attacked the Spanifh four decked (hip tthe largell (hip in the world) and engaged her until about a quarter pat: two, when having totally difmafted her, the alfo Orrick her colours, and hailed the Neptune to take poffelllon her. This the Neptune was about to do, when, on the fmoke clearing away, five of the enemy's (hips were obfcrved forming on the Neptune's larboard bow, which induced her Captain (Freemantle) to (land toward and attack them. The Conqueror loon after, having took cut the French Commander in Chief, very handfomely Rood between the Neptune and the enemy, and attacked and captured one of th e m, the Leviathan another, the Defence another ; and, by ten minutes after four o'clock, the whole five being difirafied, (truck their colours, and the :::Rion ceafed •, and eleven (hips of the line, five fri• getes, and a hri! of the eir, were obferved mak ing off for Cadiz, leaving tile remainder of their Beer, all shfortrat, in out poii;.:l7.on, or for us to tale pOfrefrion of ; for all their colours were buck. We were now employed until pall nine at night in repairing our damages as well as we could, by knot ting and fplicing our rigging, fecuring our malls, ilfbing the yards, and bending new fails. About eight o'clock we heard of the death of the ever to be lamented Lord NELSON . " It is impoffible to defcribe the fenfations of every one at this melancholy information. Never was there a man fl univerfally beloved and admired through all gradations of rank as that truly great man, who fell in obtaining one of the molt brilliant and slecitive victories ever obtained ; and at a moment when his great aloilaies were molt wanted. It was an unfortu nate circumtlance—hia running theVidory on board the enemy; for although it was a certain and expe ditious mod.: of taking her and breaking the line, it colt him and molt of the officers on the Vidory's quarter deck their lives. It expofed them to the mufquet and pith,' flint of the enemy's men in their tops, who rick-A them off. The Vidnry took her I opponent in about half an hour—then hauled off and attacked others. The Tenteraire took her opponent in about the fame fpace of time, but unfortunately 101 l hgr top-mail, &c. The Royal Sovereign took the St. Ann, a Span:ft' three dccker. But I am ig. norant of the part fome of the (hips took in the action —I am confequently unable to give you the names of all theft that particularly diflinguifhed themfelves. I (hall, however, notice thole (hips which I bow to have had a confpicuous (hare in the action. In the weather line—the Vi/liry, the Temeraire, the Nep tune. the Conqueror, and the Leviathan. In the lee divifion—the Royal Sovereign, Belleifle, --, and Tonnant. " Several of our !tips, in corefeeptente of its being unfortunately nearly a calm, were unable to get into aftion until it was nearly over; among which were the Prince and Dreadnought, of 98 guns each. This was the caufe of many of our leading (hips in the lee divifion being In much cut up. There is no (hip that was fo much engaged with the enemy as the Neptune was, that has loft fo few men ; this is to be atti ;hitt ed to the judicious pofition in which (he was placed, by being able to fire repeated broadfith. into the Item of the Bncentaur„ and the SantiTima Ttinidada, be-1 fore they could get their broadfides to bear on the Neptune. For although the Neptune was engaged ' within pill()) fiat of leer opponents, the had loft only one man killed and one woundes!,, when they both firuck. What few men the did lofe, were loft at the dole of the action ; her lift, however, is fortunately very (mall, having only ten men killed, and thirty five wounde l ; but her malls, fails yards, and rigging, were very much damaged. " About eight o'clock in the evening of the Admiral Collingwood took the cominatid oldie fleet, and rent an order round to the different (hips to take poffeffion of their prizes, and take them in tow. Whe ther all the prizes were taken poinaion of, I know not ; and it is now of little confequence ; for a gale came on in the evening which made it diffi cult for us to retain thofe we had taken polieffion of e nor did we keep them long. On the morning of the 23d, the Vtench (hip Indonostehle foundered antra of the Swittfure, and feveral of our own people 1 with a Lieutenant of the 'fernervire in her. On the 24.:11, the remainder of the enemy's fleet were nb. ferved to leeward, and the fignal was made to coil , off the prizes and purfue them ; bnt night cons. I ing on, awl with it a heavy gale, we loft them, and in the morning we obfervcd our prizes were dated off the harbour of Cadiz. It was fill blowing hard, and there being every appear ance of: another gale, and being on a lee (bore with out any fair prorpeet of getting the orizes off, the fignal was made to take out the prifoncrs and de ftroy the prizes. The heavy fea that was running. and the gale incrcafing, it was found impollible to take out the ptilhners from all the prizes, and we were under the neceffity of turning feveral of them tvlrift with the prifoneis in them— and lime of them with our own people in poffellion ; and four of them, unfortunately, have tince got into Cadiz—fume ray fix—Twelve (hips of the line have, however, been deftroyed, and four are now in our poff. Eon ; what has become of the veil is as yet uncertab%:. Nothing could have been more unfortunate thin a gale coming on (firefly on (hare after fuels an n :--it has robbed' us of the fruits of oar vic tory. The enemy has recovered four of his (hips— but in Inch a fate that it is not likely they will be fit for lea tilde twelve months to come. it was eafy to fi;;lsi and defeat the enemy; but we mild not fuccefs fully contend againft the elenients. I am happy, however, to (late, that all our own ffiips are fife, although fcattered about in all direaiors. Admiral VilleneuVe was on board the Neptune. We took four Admirals in the allion. One efcaped afterwards in the St. Anna ; another has gone in on parole; two are fill in our poffelflon, and one was killed. " Define I class my letter, I have juft time to fay, that there are 22 (hips of the line of the enemy taken and deltroyed ; four difmafted and much cut up, in the harbetrr of Cadiz ; and two on (hove, with their top malls (truck and much damaged. It wilt there fore he a long time before any more of their (hips of the line can be ready, or Et to put to fea again from Cadiz." Tlie Hon. Capt. BLACKWOOD, of the Euryalus fri gate, attended veterday at the Admiralty, and de liver,:d to their Lnrch ) lips the jack, enlign, and /broad 1 pesidant, 6tc. of the F. ench Chip l'Aigle, of 74 guns, ore cf the combined fquadron, which blew np ditriiig the atltion of the:. tit of November,. off Cape Tratalgar. Th.: family of Mr. PALMER, cutler, in St. James's ltreet, had a joyful oceafion on Sunday lall, to throw o" the " Nits of woe" which they were wearing in memory of Mr. PALMER'S fon, who was hated in the return to have been killed on board the VICTORY in the late glorious aEtion. A letter arrived from the fuppofed deceafcd, explaining the miQake, which was, that another of the fame name had been unfortunate ly killed, but that he bad efcaped: with a wound in the thigh. Mazes, in Bond-f{rier, is at leaf{ entitled to the thanks of the Corps of Dramatills, by fupplying them with fuhjeds. His Juvenile Library has already for t, n;thed them, during the two lalt feafons, with Cin derella and Blue Beard, and. his Sleeping- Beauty is likely to prove equally produftive to thank in the cfcnt. LIFT NYE :LICENCE. MIDDLESEX SESSTONS._ Yellerchty Mark Colbach was indiCiaby the pari(h officers of St. Ann's, Suho, for keeping a common brothel in Little Portland-ftreet, Wardout-tireet. It appeared by the evidence that the moil fhamefiil fcenes had been exhibited at the Defendant's honfe —women of the town, of the molt abandoned defcrip• tion, had been feen expofin„et themtelves, na ked, at the windows, at all hours of the day. At night men and women conflantly went in and came out again ; and the frequent broils and difturbance which occurred at unfeafonabte hours, kept the neigh bourhood in continual alarm. The Defendaut was found guilty ; and the Court fentenced him to be imprifoned in the Houfe of Correetion fir. months. OLD BAILEY. Yeflerdaythe Seffinnscommenced before the Lard Mayor, Mr. Juidice Gans', Mr. Baron Groin AM, the Recorder, &c. when twelve prifoners were tried, two of whom were capitally convinced, viz. John Leonard W/,.ie and John Rid:m.4lbn were in dieed, under Lord F.llenborough's An, for wilfiilly, malicioufly,and unlawfullyeutting and maiming Wm. sandal, with intent to prevent their legal apprelien lion. The offence took place at a gentleman's hoof: in Lamb's Conchrit-Itreet, on the night of the and of September, Richardlon efcaped for the moment ; the watchman heard the words "(hoot him," repeated from the gentleman's area at the time, but could not tell fruits whom the words came. White after ward* came up from the area, !trick the watchman firil with his fit, but not finding that to be ctfenual, he gave him a violent blow with an iron crow, which made a wound two inches long on his held. White was in fome minutes afterwards finindleaningon a poll at tome cliltance from the fpot from whence he had efcaped ; he raid, that the thief had efcaped by ano ther way ; but his perfon was poi - nicely fwora to by the man whu•h,ad received the wound. Several ins plemeetof honfc breaking were anterwardi found about,. the place. Mr. GURNEY, for the prnfecntion. oreneci the cafe • in a very able manner, Prating and einlaining the courts contained in the indiarnent. The Surgeon who attended Randal &Scribed the wound to have been made by fome infirnment, and canfidercd the crew as very likely to have produced fuch a watirrl. The wound had not completely penetrated the nor% but in certain circumitances :night have been fatal. Mr. HART, for the prifontrs, ()Mated to the re- 1 , levancy of site indiChment. as it did not flare, accor • ding to the law in inch cafes, that the pcofecutor Randal had feized the prifoner with an intent to ap prebend him, in cnnferprence of the charge contain ed in the &ft corn. This objeCtinn, however, was, 07 , er-ruled by the Conrt, when, after a very long and circemtlantial charge from Barnes GRAHAM, the, lary found agairift bath tar:foners a aertlia of guilty —Death. ,I wry IrWfina :11ary Inn Korganb and Elizaleth Irnller,l were inclined for privately thealinet in the ilinp of, Mcfrrs. Lloyd insd Hyde, liaberdalner, Pal: Mall, a filk thaw!, valved two guineas. !t appeared in evidence that the prifoners had for fiasse time been fufpened of the praCtice of theplift ing. On the Stir of November, Morgan and Wal I ;ter went ram Mrs. Phillips's thop in HollywellArcet, under pretence of making plirchafes, and after a good deal oFturning and looking at various articles, took their leave by making f•rae trifling purchafe. The thonman fill - peeing their deign, followed them out, and refolving to watch their motions, dogged them along the Strand, where they foon came up with the prifoner, Wilfon, who appeared to have been waiting for them, and continued their progrefs weftward, till they came to Pail Mall. Here they entered another haberdafhar's chop ; but the thop• man from Hollywell-ttreet had previontly to this fallen in with one Pope in the fame trade with hint fell, who joined alto in the put fait, and by the ad vire of his friend followed them into the thop, and put the thopman on his peed, but found they had done no hufinefs there. They then went - into the fhop of the orofecutor rao Lloyd, wham the IA charged in the inclinment was committed. Walker and Mnrnan had taren before in this Ileop, and af- 1 finned the cbaracterr, the one nfi lady's maid, and the other of nurfe, and talked of my lady as a wo man of the firft rank and fafirion. On attempting to leave this :hop they were detained by the witneffes Pepe and Brifeoe, and on being charged with the theft, the pi ironer Morgan took the thawl in•queaion from her muff, where the had it concealed, and at tempted to convey it unperceived among Come other articles on the counter, by artfully toffiug it round behind her. This flratagetn, however, was not at• tended with the defired niece's, and the whole three being taken up (lairs and examined, were afterwards committed.—verdin.--Guilty oftlealing, but not pri vately. Mary Davis. for privately sealing feveral pieces of filk handkerchiefs, the property of Mars. Mailer and Betts, haberdafhers, Oxford•llreet. The pri. foner was obftrvcd to drop a tingle (ilk handkerchief out of her apron as the left the lon of the profecn tors, in conlequence of which a nnighbour informed the tradefmen, who followed her to a public houfe in Cntlle-fircet, where the threw a pair of aeckings into a water tub in the back yard, and the paper which cnntained them &non the privy. The prifoner mare net defence ; and the Jury found her Malty cf het- i ing.—And one was acquitted. Nine were entrained of finny, viz. T. Burton, fur healing a bundle of derny paper. value rs. the goods of Mars. Gala:sin ; W. Iloberts for Itealing a brafs weight, the property of W. Cow. land ; Ann Conolly, for fleshing no,nair of women's gloves and mitts, the property of S. Burford; Mary Stack, for fleshing four pieces of broad cloth, the property of W. Loddon ; and W. Cooper, for hal ing 12 Leghorn hats, the property of Mars. Lucas and Barber. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 4. DUI TAM SPENCELY V. SCHULLIOIBUR. I . This was an aßion brought under the Statute of Ufury, to recover from Louis Frederick Count de Schullenburg Oeynhaufen, vat ious Corns of motley, to a very large extent, on ufnrious contraas entered into by him with Bcipion Delagatile, Marquis de Cham bona s, Tbe' s Marquii was proceeding to Rate the nature ()this tranfitlt;nr.: with the Defendant, when it an pearing that the terms of their art:on:at had been committed to writing, and the Marquis not Ifni- to', the contraa to produce, the Plaintiff was nonfaite SCHULEMBSUG T. THE I'l IEQSIS DE CHAMBONAS. Hese the parties were reverted. The prefent tiff was the Defendant in the lad, and the real r:ii tiff in that, the Defendant in this—lt was an aff inn upon two bills of exchange, tine amount of which wac aot ;I. and of which the Defendant, the Matquis Claiathonac, was the acc,:pzor. The defence was he ufury which was before( tup againit the.prefent Plaintiff; but that defence, n pon another full bearing, was not made to apply .to our, cafe, and therefore the Jury gave a verdid for the Plaintiff—Damages 2,314. JAMES SPENCELEI, QIJI TAM, T. GEM. DR water.. The Plaintiff is a Carpente:, the Defendant a French emigrant. Tae SOLICIT:Ift GESI7eRAL, for the former, that this was an anion hro ur,ht on the stA•m, „r lifory, which enafted, that the party fuing tho,td recover thrice the amount of the font upon whic:i illegal intereft was given. The Defendant had le or. a French Nobleman (the Marquis de Cliatrbonas )- various tams of money, to the amount of more th to 1 I goool. for Ilse loan of which he was to receive t wo guineas a day, or at the rate of more than ieven hundred per cent. The declaration confided of 18 counts, and each of them timed different fonts, with which the Ma;-cptis de Chambonas had been accom tnodated, to carry on a fyftem of gaming, which the Learned Counfel was forry to oblerve, that Noble man had in ide his prnfeeion. If he thould elpatly , , fulAantiatc hi, cafe by eviJence, the Learned ;:ourt fel laid, he had no doubt but that the Jury would : hand over the Defendant to that puniftonent which . • the law infl;ael in cafes of this kind. The Marquis de Cliambonas was then called, who fated, that, in t; f 2. he held the fituation of Mini ;ter for Foreign A traits, tinder the French Gov.-an t-nem, but that lie had refried in England for the LA duce years ; that he had carried on the trade of dealer in watches and jewel:cry in Air-lireet, Picca dilly, fince his yet lenient in this country ; that, find ing the perfons to when) he was indebted demanded ufurions inter ea for money which they had advanced to him, he }:ad robrter: to the gaming table, hoping to retrieve the fortune tie had once poffetfed. Unhappily, his expeCtatiears were difappointed, and he involved hirnreif dill further in debt. Urged by the repeated demands of his creditors, be at different t imes borrowed money to a confiderable amount, f r which he was compelled by the Defendart t r pay hint whatever interett he recrired. Mr. E . 125 KIN E., ;Or the Celendant, contended, thzt the various lams which were placed in the Maivi; de Charinhonas' hand, were fu &pelted for the ex neefs purprfe. of trade. On the application of the Marquis to• General de Willot, he reprefented him felfto be engaged in a concern which would produce from forty to fifty per cent.; and on that informa tion, the Defendant was induced to fupply the fums which were required ; di:it:rating. however, that he fhould be paid the preceet's et the bufinefs regularly every monde. For nearly a year there tranfaCtions were carried on, aad General Willot received what were turpofed to be the profits of the funds he had fapplied; bat in the in.onh of November, tBo+,the Marquis ;IM - corded. Every diligent featch was made f. - him, but without died; until he was traced to Ids concealment in a cellar, in the houfe of the Plain tiff, and the Defendant procured him to be arrefled. Dating his confinernent, in the pretence of feveral ; witneffes, the Marquis told the General that he had I gambled away all the money with which he had been provided, at a both in Pall Mall; that he hai ne ver entered into any bulinefs, and that 601. and his watch were the whole that he poffeffed. On the Officer's remarking to him, that he had a thoufand times firleninly (worn, that he did not gamble, the Marquis replied, that it was perfeelly true, yet that he had been induced to play, fell the Defendant should refufe to fupply his neceiii!ies: that he would oive General de Willot a mortgage upon his eflate of Chamboaas, in France, which was at pick= oc• eupied by his mother ; and be added, that he paid the different firms, which were dated by him to be the proceeds on the money advanced; when aatrally no profits could accrue, as he was engaged in no trade. 011 General de Willot's threatening to pro fecute him as a fwindler, and for that pt' pole to have him conveyed to Bow thee!, the Mat quis en deavoured to excite the Defendant's cornmiferati:',n ; and, tor this purpofe, he ufed many pal:Ilona:: ex clamations, expreffive of the agony of his mind.— He complained of the degradation which he fhould fuller, and urged the painful fituation in which a perfon like himfelf, who had held fo high an °flee in the. Government of hit country, would be, at his period of life, if he were placed in fo ignominious a date. Under fuch cireurntlances, the Learned Coun fel tinned, that the jury would give their veediit in favour of the Defendant, when he fhould have prov ed, that he was ignorant of the illegality of the tranf a,Ftion. Mr. Ersitixr then called The Marquis de Cautendeau, the perfon through whole medium the original ;col. was lent, who fwure, that no fpccific firm of interell was agreed oft for it, bia that it was to re:: on the honour of the Marquis Cham'ortrias to fay what the recorweeic , e iliould he, in proportion to the profits of the trade in which it was to be employed. On his crofs-exa mination, however, he admitted that no half, Third, fourth, or any other propottinn of profits WAS film lased; nor was any rifle. fpoken.of at the time of enr . tering into tile tratifaetion. Several witneffes were alt . ° examined, who cows. difted the Mat quis as to l.i, flatement of the expret . - lions ufed by him in hi, coorerfatien with the Del‘n dant after his Ariel. M. liertrard de 111olles1lle, formerly Minidcr of Marine in rl ance, hill that he had frequently called fur the Marquis Chamhopas, who reprefented hins!eif to him as cartyiog on on immenfely eve:dive and nrofitable bufmels. He has leen him furroundid with heaps of guineas, great quantities of Bank Lutes, watches, trinkets, miniatme piattres, and other at ticks of various kinds. That-on enquiring how the profits arole, the Marquis, pointing to the gaiiiea. told him, there had all come there probably within the last hour, and would tie all gene, and a feeond cargo be in their place' efore ni: - -ht. That he might have given about 6d. each for them' - eha wcrild made of them fro:ei is. 61 to at the rate of at leaf 5 per cent. fp I in change, an zs. wh;ch being IT one day,