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lift mosimamiggiulm . _. , ::" i ~ ~ A LLX A NI 1 troops en boa-d than was at first supposed, and has sailed for Egypt. • lotellig• nee is received from the Black Sea, that another turps of Russian troops is assembling at Se bastopol, destined for the lonian islands, and that a consideral , le number of Iransports are preparing to convey them thither. this port Aorning imps Malta. This dispatches rohich she brought were imorediately.sent lay_express 'ttiMajor Millet, the British Agent at Rosetta, who, on receipt.thereof,l - bitted Rosetta, and. fixed his ha bitation here. The - brig sailed again this day. • DEFEAT OF THE COMBINED FLEET.! . • (TURTHIIIt ►A KTICULARS) /14TRACT 01 A LITTER Iloal An oryscra OM L ioasatis OAS Cif ?H$ resoaras tat eta tosser camas's VLSI?. •" the Itcl July. about 11 e. in. the DV l'4,lB. ft am of eboleekewatehips. maae • signal for It fleet Is:. W. directly to windward of our fleet ; Shortly after the signal for their being the enemy's fleet, and that tbey consisted of ships of the line, and frigates, to me number of SO. At this time we were to. • 4 4irinclward of the Defiance, and four or five leagues en windward of our fleet. About half past 12 4, as. we could plainly count from our deck from 11$ Is/(1 sail, apparently lying to. The Dejiaiiee T., ginkag wiwisaf-isiamo-shot, returned to our . •"'a r ,initt, who wiper then forming in line of battle aiwatibeertwo we werreenWdembly within gun-shot of ilipepseney's advanced squadron, which then tacked and stecnito windward of their fleet, then formed bilis*. We hen up to leeward of their advanced , ship. and passed within half gun-shot of their whole Which was formed in a masterly style, and toasistid of 17 sail of, the line, and 3 line of battle ships to windward, for the proteaion of their rear. They hid likewise 7 large frigates, 2 brigs, and every valuable galleon, which one of their fri gates had in tow; the frigates were likewise to !windward (with the 3 ships of the lifte) of their stern most ship. Our fleet was At this time about six miles • in leeward, tin the starboard tack, under a press of fail, the enemy at the same time tinder easy sail—a thick fog intervening, prevented the two fleets from *wing each other. Seeing the galleon in tow by the .. .frigate, and observing they were the sternmost ship of the enemy's line, we tacked with the intent of attempting to cut her off. This sudden manoeuvre w the enemy's frigate into alarm, and she lately commenced firing signal guns in quick succession, which caused the 3 line of battle ships, stationed to cover their rear, to edge down r AI her. proessairso. Our attempt being thus-frus trated, we Were compelled to edge down to one fleet. The fog at this time cleared a little, and we perceived that our fleet had tacked tot the enemy, and the Admiral had given the signal to attack their centre. As we were edging away, we observed the steno! the enemy had wore for the proteftion of the galleon likewise, and when we observed their lead ing ship (three quarters p ast four), were in a very critical s'tuation On passing, they hoisted Spanish colours, and we received the whole fire of their three leading ships, upwards of 120 pieces of heavy ar tillery, discharged in one moment on our frigate, whilst we could only return 20. Tt.us the action commenced : our leading ship, the Hero, 74, tacked immediately the enemy opened their fire on us, and commenced a heavy cannonading on them in return. It continued with unremitting fury fur three hours and a halt, when we saw (on the clearing of the fog at Intervals) the French line to windward, arid two ships disabled, although we could not at the time distinguish whether they belonged to the enemy or At half past eight the firing ceased on both sides; the Admiral hoisted his distinguishing lights, as did the rest of the svadron, when we cook plain ly observe our flea to be in tolerable order, con siderink the extreme fugginess of the weather, and had apparently suffered but little, although the firing on both sides was extremely heavy. We being just to leeward of the Ada:ital. were ordered into the rear to take possession of the two prizes, attending oo which duty has been our constant em ployment ever since. About nine, the Admiral made the signal to bring to on the starboard tack, which was complied with hy the whole line. The MO Spanish ships that have surrendered had 603 men killed and wounded ; their lower masts shot away by the board, so that they were rendered to tally unmanageable, and gave us immense trouble in towing them. Had the weather been clear, I have no hesitation in saying, they would have been completely defeated—but the fog prevented our ships getting near moogh (they not being discerni ble, but at intervals), and the French being to windward, were too wise to come nearer to us. On the 214 h, the stied shifted to the Eastward, which brought our fleet to windward of the enemy. At . thin time, we were so far to leeward with our prizes, that we could not see the enemy, though our fleet could. Sir Robert Calder attacked 20 sail of the line, with 14 only--one being sent in Chace in the jamming, and Sid not return till the fine- -- ! 2 ; • ir 1 4 1 ) ' 1 # • • C . 1 • . , • . • 1 1 • r 1 a ir hi cc ah wi tb br tha cot line azo _ ___ _ ___ -1-,OND: - -'-l-r:--.2:-.11444A14- Alll9l4l:iiere tIO ''''' . , . • ie . - ~ . e r •. le • . . . ' aC:ll.s •7; • • . . , . . . . - 1 . . . . 0 .:_-• -, ~,,,, ~. , S• 1` 4P,• • e ne ,s 4 . ; , t • • .4. ..! '• . • , • ; ;'' ."... k'' •'.,..5".1'.'' ni ... ' ' 4 :' THE BRITISH PREs A :Aerie most AN o • • ell e observing she had struck her colours to us. The ' ---- DISIO/L CASTLE, PLY MO . Y 30. trlA•again crunillg Mee the bolt retirned OW board • . a . 11100 this The headnsost Of dr' two sbips,ewhese firs w e e di_ ea of the anion I - haw as I can describe it. I la . ~„ . we Tided between us and the tbee ye iiVel,:flpera red work for three hours 'and a b ' ;w e ll 'to be much disabled, bore up eta droPped down fire of 7 ships before we came up edth upon our line, under a very ise2vy fire fro? ! r, then engaged two French and two ships astern, her lower masts then standing.— ample details scf the line for two hours and a half, About 30 after 8, the enemy ceased ering at us. but , s! igate and a brig. We drove the two continued engaging astern, until three-quarters the ender ef battles r eitilaiates 4. ' 14 e ent, or when they made sail to winteward. ' Or dis- no of their line. One of the Spaniards past B , nvfarWoiuueurstfgh;tele;ndy I°l6itirvlite:tiSfitroparinnisiti:6e.:::::thibtrs sti n t tg: 1. l et rn, the other struck her colours to us, tabled situation, the standing and running ttggiag , .... LI n posses,ion of by the ships listen?. We shot away ; our masts and yards snitch wound t td, of the battle- lve* of gliti'llelelkelbed struce, . ,1 The odler two, the St. Reelhard sad the Fee A :lied on• Thesday, at Plymouth. 'lntl with ' . reethermo s t ship, suffered very. much rendered it impradicable to porme them ;at II; a' ' one of thent was t, . 9f thetw e l 8411 : 1 ;:l a n ' c h • r u r i a : a . t I ing and masts ; we think ourselves Dragon informed us she was ordered to remain hi, ' te in having only 11 killed, and 45 and assist us, if necessary, to take us in tow. 4.41. wing so many ships upen us. Two Moderate and fine ;at 30 minutes past four; db- FrAi d r e e ' lll " 'rrhe two Pelee', one of whi c h e i line-of-battle ships coming up on -our served the Malta man-of-war, Sirius and Ezuptievne not' a nia s t '4 11 44, wirP 'toned- in by th e e . i ake us; the Prince of Wake seeing so frigates, coming up from the leeward, with two of and Effl i ii'llrigates• Ta,e B t•lfoldordt s d n made sail up, engaging two of them ; the enemy's line-of-battle ships its tow ;' the remain: • .thi ih t, i e l ta d :pnpou nf mt h etib e er e t ' e t ! of e h ir aiie l ee :g talanbci e ltered a or iertinite,tleltHedesltitti.zetiteaneenaatprlespocoe.a. of them from us. and prevented them der of the enemy's ships, 30 in number, being hull 'c The consequence would have down to windward. British squadren. consisting The Wilde"' Car: 'e ialutv•it Mogi •galianely .. I rn very serious. We either should have of 13 ships of the line, two 64 gun ships, and tz i o it most of us killed. The Captain of frigates. a lugger and cutter. Enemy's fleet. c - sad Ross, and Mr. Poston, .hisdehipine n . • rhad his boat lowered down with amine Jesting of 22 ships of the line, lit frigates, and it . 6141 ff t"N Etal s Z IS hi tlue;liat :of heiverounded. - • us farther from them, as be saw five brigs, one store-ship, and a . captured Enesli it People of dm' SPenish .. Pio* Ws* ABS to . Sian tattle ships coming cloen. What plea- South-Seaman, under a heavy press of sail, to ' in cec iedralleiceptereoroerlitinnewarde eee n e , in telling you, that there is not a braver windward. tigua fleet. Ties intelligence was received le we e , .sty in His elesesrv's service. I will ORDER OF BAT FLE. , yesterday at Lloyd's, and, if true, is cegreat . It fns a one instance o f a seaman w h o was Bettis/. Mips. Guns. Frenriv ent4 .51m/tisk . Oar. ante. The Antigua fleet was estim a t e d at 400 e • Hero s tight thigh s hot ‘ifie; and who, I fear, Ajax 74 Espana . . . . . 64 g i ven suc h ample details in our preceding colunn oilier. As soon as he h ear d th a t the Triumph et , P r I struck to us, he was then suffering ,:va n nr In na l; .. . , an t ßafael . . . . 8 9 0 8 we shall not dwell lo nger upon t h e past wiftheeoe. he took off his h at an d gave three fere..nee .. : 74 ein e p e n e 74 confine the few observations which onr limits adni relaimetl, e I shall die happy." lam Price of Wale' (flag) 58 Fl ol u o t n o tetane e 0 the brave fellow is yet living, and have Raisonatao . . . 74 Atalanta .- 4 nay prevailed ' i th respeet to the state of the wed hat his remaining leg will be saved. tae t ei ;sit 3 . . ... 4 L,verikur (strap) . . : 7 11 : and this doubt operated as a bar to any swig -.. leesure to say our prizes are in corn- ivylr ltaidator of . . . ee Forio.tdible (Flag) .. 94 speculations upon the subjeOl. The di ffi culty i s Ma are 'the only ship disabled. Th e rest • • • 76 ( 4, i s n : : 1 1 .0 "` t re e ••• • • 7 7 4 4 hosvever, now removed. During the 494 and 23,1 ursuit of the French and Spani s h fl e e s . r i z n r i t t , s e w i li a s t _ frigate . 4 4 I .,d .sm ; ualtio ... . 74 the wind was at We s t, an d daring that sissy, , • • . . so seioN, ye killed a great many of the enemy, I Ni le urger ..• . I • Aquik.n Frisk curter . . . . 8 - Al geciras ;e by the state of one of the ships that i bn , Toe ha! 150 killed and 150 wounded : th• en e e la m t y ter .::;:e to co w as in t d .7 l 4 ' in. aad s al ir so li • Total . . 1294 I Three 110%, armed enfinte ;bo w . swoonorcou slatr ----- nine have since died of their wounds. t !fern:lona It. Rephsel, of 80 guns. She had 900 1 I lortsmse Siren e first came into melon. I ma k e no I Thamive 44 stated in one of th e l etters from Plytnouth, that t , I ~.. La Rhin at the French ships whi c h s he ere d o ff _ ._ . t • Torch, (corvette) . . 25 - a great many killed. It is not known Bel ten are killed on board the Fi rm . Th e v : t 8 quently, at a v er y grea t di stance , we d o not thi , • , .: ' Brig 'we engaged are the St. Raphael, SO, • ee. _ __ t _ . tees we ate too sanguine_ in indulging an expedatit 11 to, 80, Neptune, 98, a frigate a nd a b r ig. Total guns in the line 1682 that they have not rea c hed p ort , an d t h at if n• • Majorit, in favour of the Ene m y ..f G uns i n t h e li ne , :3119 overtaken by Sir ROB ERT C A enea's squadron, t I surprised to think how we could h ave yof them. Only the van of our fleet se Raphael . . . . 1 4 4 „ . ,7; „, have encountered som e o th er p art o f t h e N avy . 74 s . ction. The fog preve n t e d the reit St. Raph a el, kited, ;so ; d i ed o f t h e i r wounds, ISO; and -ngland equally able to give a good accodat el die - up with the enemy. Ido not beliefs many;,, more st i ll " lecm'd wounded. This victory so completely occupied the public mini, as fired in vain out of this ship. •The• Firm, no Reruns. we had not room to make any observatiens upon the very high with intent to cut up our zseertee OT A PRIVATE LETTER FROM PIA. recall of M. NOVOZILEOFF, zed his spirited n. MOUTII, DATED JULY 30. nust conclude. as I intend to send my which we in s e r t e d yesterday. For the sa , re the instant the an c ho r i s gone . "On the morning of t h e 02d i nstant , Ad m i ra l S r reason, we must a little burger defer the dis R. Calder, with 15 sail of the line, bei ng .e 0 l ea g ues not forget after the anion t o th an k th e charge of this duty, as die aubjeet is one of t N. W. of Ferrol. saw the combin e d squa d ron ?, 3d for his gondne s , i n s p ar i ng us frommost comprehensive that can, at the present • • consisting of 23 sail of the line, be ar i ng d own t e n ' , rages of w e . Af ter t h e a cti on I ment, be drawn into discussion, arid will • a thick mist. Si r , o the C oc kpi t w i t h a handkerchief them throug h Robert aza:ai suffer to be touched lightly. head. The poor f e ll ow w h om I men - brought them to *Mon; arid thoue;h the enemy hale —........--. .1,1 whether I was hu r t, an d seeme d, i n the weather g a ge. b e succee d e d i n ta ki n g an 84 and W e h ave rece i ve d D utc h P apas to t h e 2 7 or me, to for g et hi s own miserable si- a 74 (Spanish), which are now tow i ng i nto port %size and Ririe Papers to the 21st la s t, from which my answering in the ne gat i ve , h e re - the Windsor Castle, which s hip h a d s i r o f t h e enemy h ave ma d e some extrafts. The fate of the C• happy to hea r it." on her at once ; she h as l ost h er f oremast, an d had t i uent is approaching to a crisis, which the di her rigging, &c. terribly mauled. Twee officers are comfiwre of the French fleet will hasten, and, tee ACTION BETVALEN TOE COMBINED said to be in the numb er o f killed onboard her. shall not be surprised if Bost is shall strike PRANCE AND SPAIN , AND Tlit BRITISH A dreadful fog comi ng on caused our fleet to lose first blow against Venice. . MMEMRSIS UNDER THE COM MAND OF VILE - All . them for the wh o l e d a y, b ut t h e 14 seil of the line Wednesday morning, the Poarueuesa Arai were closely pursuing them when the Windsor Castle ROBERT CALDER . settoa transaded business at Lord MULORAVS' came off, and were i n great h o p es o f meet i ng w i t h O f fi ce. Majesty's shy, Windsor Castle, lat. 44 deg. 10 • them a second time. Th ree Sp an i s h ships struck, tar e long. 51 d er 22 min — C ape .Fini . terre Wednesday afternoon Lord MIII.4IRATIE visi -, ' . 112 miles.—tine hundred lea gues N.E. o f I find, but one was towed aw a y by a F renc h frigate. Wir: PlTT.Saturday the East Suffolk militia arrived in Edin • sant. The following ships were those principally engaged bn•git from England, and on Monday morning dolerate breezes, and thick foggy yea- in the action i—Prinre of Wales, Malta, Defwnee, marched for Aberdeen. 'o o'clock, Admiral CALDSR made the Windror Castle, Bar lour, and one more. Mr. Briggs, DDispatchess were in the course transports of We : l 67.eai s t a l l ei at enemy being in sight, an d to prepare master of the Barifeur, it said to be kill e d. The r C o or r k sailing el for and to p rev e nt rev the ent t present. Per" three ditto, form the line of battle in Spanish Prizes are much battered, one of them has The French General HZDOVVILLt. late Envoy - 45 minutes after f our — t h e y en - s hi ps l est all her masts, the other two retests. Further St. Petersburgh, is gone to Venice, where a French. I, signal made to engage the ene my' s particulars to-morrow. I Commissary is also at present. On Monday, about 45 miles Eet of Flambro e order; 55 after f o u r , t h e cannonading The Sirius towed in one of the pr i zes ; the Egyp- Head, Captain liwaandr e slaw Saone nod hews& by ships a-beset; the fog being so :Irene the ether." fell in with a small In private •r, supposed to h not discover what s hip s were engage d ; ANOTHER LITTEI, SAME DATE. carry 10 or it guns, whic bore round the berme Elisabeth, and then badad her wind, and mask to- mast five—being on the larboard tack , I Came in the Spanish ships Sda Rafael, of 85, and war d s a b r ig. Captain EMEATSE ' considering that Mrtriessr on the s t ar -b oar d tac k ; tac k e d the kirws. of 7 4 guns each, captured by the Malta if he attempted to escape, or sufferec t i , the br i g e brg e i et t. to a be eke; the fog h a vi n g cleared away a and Wi n d ier C as tl e men o f war; t h e l atter i s a l so ar- teacpittuhrim bore ed. the enemy between h would sand e •apetteet and the t ea red two Fr e n c h line-of-battle ships, a rived. Sh e h as l os t h er fore-top-mast ; the Spahi- a brig. This mate:cum. sad the warlike appeara nce brig, opposed to us, when we opened ar d s h ave not a st i c k stan di ng. Sir Robert Calder of the Sarah end Esissieth, had the desired effe2, u ian almost incessant cannonading ;at had lost sight of the Combined Fleet for twenty- !.. alt .2 . to ar esc aP n e. afterwlrds, 2w d sams fell in with a sl oo p after six, a Spanish ship of the lint four hours, but great hopes were entertained of and comwandeated the intelligence to bar. 'n to support the above ships ; they overtaking them. 'On board the Wandsor Castle, • fore and main halyards on board, Lieut. Cory, Royal Navy ; Lieut. Rose, of the Ma. windward from us, at the same time tines ; Mr. Forbes. Midshipman, and seven seamen, now c 4 riTe i r i plci a p i al r s' Officer of Box AAAAAA 's Tit- the " n 'e nA Pll :elfilli Y p t ; s t t h a w t e e ilo r:s t i h i s s a a t ;: , t ri o g En th i n iV d o: 44- Y t i e y a r c! rec ies d . vy fire ; two other ships of their line were killed. Lieut. Mollineuz, Royal Navy, and 4.5 lainous Police. We give this as a ean ee tio o n a to h ou te r tions ; the Prime? of Wales coming up, seamen, were wounded. About 300 men were killed co l u l etrren, who may be etcli unfortunate insinuate. ging two ships of the line, their fore- and wounded oa board each Spanish ship. Wind, , f t ' - l ee; n com " p w a a n y i; enters w i r nto their feelings ; end then g directed at us, and their afternsost N.W. reports their conversation to his sue eri ers. If be is !Wal es . At 7, our f ore - top - mast an d Five o'Clo'd. consulted. as we naturally fly to a countryman ra When the Windsor Castle, man of wai. left the ins-mast shot away. At 45 after 7, n - Whets the enemy were hull down, steering for Arsol; from d anger ous mprope r n c o o r ridua, first obliged lem to quit this opposed to us, before the beam. with Ls e reference. he is r t a o pac tat iou it s fe to h a ita degree H , is a n n e d ces it sa lly , aizea mast gone, which ship struck they have taken a South Sea whaler. but there is no country—and his consequent degradintalsti that he never may return to it. a' _,.,. d dropped sateen; sent a boat with truth in the capture of the homeward-boa ad An. nable behaviour may lead H is as WI . . il errir chana ii : b . : me, to take possession, who was pre- ~ti g .ga an t'. Thi s j akw ina tian was Qbtailaed 4° 21 a° been well k .and marked in this metroPeli% heavy fire from dwPrines of Wales not j °frac" 91 the ife*erAie Castle* Cels - Tait and a variety of other places. • ILITIACT 0? TLL wiaissoa • The minutes post as well as NAV"' hoi • received the fire iwr eiriparienr, Spanish ships .besides a frigate Frenchmen out • dropped astern, and was taken being the weathermon in our rigging vets fortunate wounded, liavi Inure French ; qaptter to rake many .on us, tody the file of from raking otherwise been been stink, or tbeFicypliennehad ready to tow us more line-of-battle sure do I feel in ship's company only give you wounded; his will lose the Spaniard had amputation. he &teem, a n d exc l a i me d , happy to say the' some hope that . I have the pleasure pang. We are' are gone is pursuit We must have if I may judge struck to ns. of the latter, nine I mean the St. men when she doubt but that from us had a how many men ships which we Firm, 74. Phreo,: You will be surprised stood so many came into action. from coming up that a shot was French fired •ery rigging. I must letters on shore • P. S. I did Almighty God the cruel rav went dnwn to , around my bead. tinned inquired • his anxiety for tu it;nn. On plied, " I 117) MINUTES OF Ti FOIST or r SQUADRON. i )1111.41. sta 110111111' " His Majesty ralautm, S.E. • - I.lshant. " P.M.—Moderate' ther. At two signal fur an enemy for battle; at open order ; 45 ba.'ing tacked, centre in dose , .essannessed by thick, could not 10 minutes past , observed the Barileur ship on her wake ; little, discovered frigate and a ' our fire, with , 45 minutes after dropped down hauling their . made sail to windward kept up a heavy took their stations partially engaging most fire being cr at the Primer of; main top-gallant -mast served the ship ',her main and mizea her colours and Liens. IifeLIIIIOZ, tasted by dm lissom b.