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in 14 at of theft :Int have been wrecked, aaa the Vice. Admiral had made • signs( for degroying al! that could not be brought away. Two sbips, from which the Prisoners could not be removed, made their escape into Cadiz. The Salltasiesa T,l. nsiada was sunk, and two others of the lin•: were de stroyed before the Lieutenant left the fleet. Admi ral Vii.t.anevvs, who commanded in Chief, and many other Officers of rank, are among the pri zone's. " Besides the loss of Lord NELSON, their country has to lament that of Captains Dore and Corms, and about 500 men killed. o The &tirade was totally dismasted, and the Tonere:ire and Royal &J.:ereign also suffered very mach ; but no one of His Mainr v's ships was lost in this most glorious confli&" A similar communication was sent to the Loan Mayon, and posted upon the Mansion House.— By these means, the news became universally known at two o'clock, and a mixed sensation of the most enthusiastic joy, and deepest sorrow, pervaded the whale t isvii. At night, the preceding Ext•mordimmey am-ate was published, :via the public w..re out fully i:i possession of the dim,ils. To tiles!, how.. ever, we are enabled to add, from oar private sources cf intelligence, the fallowiag interesting particulars:—When Lord N rtsos found, that, by his skilful manoeuvres, he had placed the enemy in such a situation that they could not avoid an en gagement, he displayed the utmost animation, and his usual confidence of victory; he said to Captain HARDY, aid the other Officers who surrounded him on the qt.Wterdeck, " Vow they cannot escape is ; I think we shall at l-ant make sure of twenty of them.--I shall probably lose a leg, btu that will he purchasi.,g a vidory cheaply." The Vid.wy, his Lordship's ship, beinx lashed to the Soafirsien• Taulatimia. hi* Lordship was entirely expos.d, as well to the fire of the cannon, as the musquetry from the tops, from which a constant firing was kept up. Ile wore the Insignia of the Bath, of the Crescent, and of the other Orders, the honourable re wards of the glorious exploits which he had achiev-d. SJ splendid a mark could not fail to atiriet the notice of the enemy, and Capt. HARDY, alarmed for his safety, repeatedly entreated him, from the commencement of the adion, to chaage his coati but his mind was too much occupied with Ole scene, to think of personal danger.— Aboot the middle of the anion, his 1 4 ordship's Secretary was killed at his side ; and, shortly after, a musket ball, fired from the tops of the Saatissima Trinidada, grazed his Lordship's shoulder, and, en tering his liFt breast, passed through his lungs. The hero instantly fell. tie was immediately car ried below, and the Surgeons pronounced the wound mortal. His Lordship lived about an hour, during the whale of which time he remained per redly colt :eel, and displayed the same heroic mag nanimity in Cie arms of death, that had marked his conduk in every action of his glorious life I A few minutes before he expired, he ordered Capt. Ha any to be called to him ; when the Captain came, he asked h iv: many of the enemy's ships had struck ? the Captain answered, that as nearly as he could ascertain, Fife= Sail of the Line had struck their Co - oerr. His Lordship, then, with that fervent piety which as stroegly marked his charader, as skill and courage, returned thanks to the Almighty ; then turning to Capt. Ha any, he said, " I know I am dymg. I could have wished to survive to breathe Pay last upon British ground, but the will of God be done !" In a few moments he expired ! I ! —The last signal Lord Matson made, was such as cannot, and never will be forgot—it was by telegraph—. That England expelled every mart would do his dety." Thus died. in the 47th year of his age, the greatest Coginander that ever adorned the British Navy, leaving behind him —Clara 11 et "emerald,- rumen see ,iime—i name dear to Great Britain, and an exam ple of heroism, that will inspire his gallant compa mons in arms to emulate his virruss, and live ia the remembrance of a grateful posterity. His Lordship dying without issue, the Viscounty becomes extinct ; hut the Barony descends to his brother, the Rev. •Dr. Wit LIAM Neuron, Prebendary of Canterbury. It may excite some surprise, that the Combined Flee., though so much superior in number, should venture to meet a g •et commanded by Lord Net sox, from whom they had fled over one half of the globe, panic struck at his name, when he had only eleven sail of she line. We understand, that the scatcity of pi ooi,ions rendered it impossible for them tio stay much longer in Cad z. Or d rs were g•ven to Vi Langtry v, that he must risqu • an aftior, should he perceive any material di- TM Intim of the English Fleet. From a private let- ter. transmitted some time ago, from his Lordship, it appeared, that he had intelligence of these or ders, and formed his plan accordingly. This accounts for the expectation entertained, for some days past, in this country, of ,important news from Cadiz. When his Lordship dispatched Ad miral L wis, in the begiaaing of last month. far . • • premiriette and Water to Teton, with seven sail of the line and some frigates, he •fitpeedtd, of course, that the French Admiral would come out to give him battle. He then communicated his plan of attack to all his Captains, who answered, unani.. mously, that the plan was so wisely concerted, it must succeed; and they would .11' pledge Lea. lives for the result. His Lordship, on receiv ing this answer, declared, it was one of the i• ip piezt circumstances of his life. Besides the In-s of Lord Islttsos, the country has to deplore that of Capt. Duet, of the MJ , S. and Capt. CooKc, of , he Belhoreposi. The number of killed and wound ed will probably prove to he above MO. Th. , Viclory is said to hors: lost 1.59 ^nen. Th • was totally dismastel The Ulla Swereiz.,, the Rtcenge, and the Femeraire, also staff -red very mudh. the slaughter on boar 1 the en 'my must Is eve been immense. The Laryilus, w understaiia, has arrived, with Admiral ar.d several outer o;Ficers of distia6tioa on b,•Ard. Viaaciettvc is said to be frantic with grief and daspair. lie Considers iris d'fe•st as a dream, and e snow: be p.u.strad! I tiat he is a prisoner, and that his fine flt•et h i,, in the 3:10IC ~ :)ace of four hours, been e insigne) to al host total de- Eruaion. Among the erraord:nary circumstances attending this. brilliant vilim vr, may reckoned its eaMcidince in dates, and coatrs,t in merit, with the c api;ulthion of U. n. On the 19th day of oEloher, when General NI %cis signed the a Idttional Article for the imosedive evacuation of Ulm, the Combined Fleets of France and Spain came nut of Cadiz; and, upon the 21st. the eve of the great victory ob tained by Lord N ROW AP ART t .1! , •14re.1, as it ware with a prophetic spirit, in !Ili ninth bulletin, that he wanted only *dip, colonic and commerce for, in fact, he lost, in a few hours .ifter, half his fleet. It may possibly assuag- the bitterness of regret for his lees, to know, that Lord Netson died, as he al ways wished to die—that he died a hero, in the arms of Victory, the cypress drooping over his tomb, while Fortune WAs entwining new laurels around his temples! Had he survived the glorious 2.3.1 of October, a gratehrl Soy cm CIGN would have given fresh proofs o his regard. M. Aliments, trophies, every devise that can do brat r ir to his memory', is all Hi: Sovsuere, or his Col inty can now be stow. A general illumination was expeft....d last night in honour of the valor!, but time did not permit the necessary pie:, it oions.—The Theatres, the Admiralty, the 74avy Lidice, the Mansion house, and the Navy CofFee-house, in Newcastle street, Strand ) were, however, lighted up with great It is supposed, that the itsosl etiquette will be dispensed with in favour of the memory (.4 . Lord Nuson, and Cis* the country will he permitted to manifest its sorrow, by a general rin , urning, an ho nour hitherto ex:lusively reserved for the Rol' at. F A MILT. [For an interesting Memoir of his Lordship's Life, see our first page.] ADIIF.SION OF PRUSSIA TO THE AL- LIANCE AGAINST FRANCE. Advices were yesterday received front the Conti nent, by the way of Bremen, dated the 29th last, which state, that the King of PitUiSl A has takeu possession of the Electorate of /lawyer, in the name of His Majesty the King of ENGLA SD. sic thou sand French troops have thrown themselves into Hameln, but it must surrender, of course, in a short time, for want of provisions. The Emperor A LLIA (4 DER had arrived at Potsdam, on his way to Vienna ; and a considerable Russian force is said to have entered the Prussian territories, on its march to the South. These circumstances are all deci.ive of the conduct of Prussia, and manifestly prove, that she is resolved to take an active part in the war against France. Some Foreign Papers came over, f:om Bremen, by the same conveyance; but they contain no other intelligence of importance. SAILING OF THE EXPEDITION. The win.' having chail,;ed 1, . Tuesday, to the South-west, there was an unc,i , n butte in the Downs. The Officers, wh .ix i b-en allowe I to go on shore, were sommor.c.l el! . on hoard. They were all in high spirits, and -1; e ev ni tg, the whole expedition got oilier weigh for th.. \Veser. The following letters furni.ilt a tew particulars re speaing this interesting event 3 DIAL, NOV 5. This instant, the Downs exhibits a grim t And in teresting scene. At one 40clock, the ANA fired twenty-one rounds, which, wits the s.i.al at E S. B pro.luced a most striking elle% The *Arnie of t' transports are getting under wrig't. Ana will sail this evening. Boats cannot be had, A. aay prico, with dispatch equAl to the orders. All is bustle and confusion. A NOTHiI Le SAKI TE. Arrived the Bruiser, Bleo 15rra .; :Ant, Pear ls:, SFarhlrr, and timber smulariis, from a cruise. Sailed the Temsty, of 50 runs; 4rioritio fiir• wit • General O•iii on hood; Spy and .llert ,100 of war; :ini ftwi g ee armed.ship, with the divi,i , of transleirts, ua ler the command I Captain CL 11,1180E3E and Li. u:eit mt for the Nor:: ward. ANOTHER it TER, SAME DATA. Arrived the rum( And I: liaarortaltie frigates, a , sevr.4l gun-brigs, :tom off the French coast. C down front Shrerne s, iiis Nliaestr's ship St ard, of St go is. 'nu greatest oustle nits prevai here the whole of this lay ansong. t the troops, ow, to the wind having thit , eil from' E. to the S. Vt and fine wealter. li, 11‘.1g;nr% ;nips, tramp,. Arradar, and iisrt, with several other ships of war Wit:l a large fleet Alvan? irts, having on board du. Cnlduream And 34 Wird Guard., the 231, or Royal Welch Fuzileers, the 4th, or King's Own, And he Ikh Regiments of Font, the 05th, or Rill Corps, the King's Germ sit Legion, together wi.li Artillery, Generals, and Staff-AlL:els, attached to the :Above, sailed ens al-ern ion front the Downs, to the eastward.—Wind S.W. The West•lndia Fleet, consisting of 47 sail, under cmvnv of His Majesty's ships Etc: sr.!, and ;Vol. r , i sailed from Cork har:.our on Monday ev .nitig, the 2sth last. Lieut. General Sir F.v Re COOTS and suite, went nut in the Fsplrd, and Major-General Be Lyons and suite, on boar! The frohert, of Liverpool. .. HIS MAJISTY is expec t ed i n town t hi s day, toh llllP old a Privy Council at till' QUIEN'S P.ll4re• His iqsassr• wears 1 gt..C'l shade constantly over his eyes, atter CA idle-light ; and, we are sorry to say, he c.nnot distingaish any person, except he is close to them, ai;d with the assistance of a glass. Yes.erday at two o'clock, the Juke of C• 34 - inmost left Wind , or for town. Yesterday, a Dart of Dire:tins wisi held at the East In tia House, when the under- nentioned Offi cite were sewn, into the command of their respective ships, viz.— Ca,AA.oi 1•171114 Ttreadale, Petilltettilite, rot St. 11Z Cllll, Beno.ult , o, and Ch Caput a Dario Law. P.es...act, Ahlaizit Catt!tt, fat Maims and Cllllll. The Court adjourned at six o'clock, till WeJnes day next. 'the fol.losvin3 vessels sailed from Newfoundlaed, on the '26th September, under convoy ni the 11 ,,, py sloop of war, anJ patted in a gale, off Catm Mett, dego. on t',e '23.1 of Oanber, viz. Minergoi, Be Is row ; Cbiltun t ELLIOTT ; Mary-Ann, Sr•Nwirl t. ; Wrianta, 1.. M ; mama, Way; Afor9, Dow's; JAM., HOW ARD ; CierLs, Pv.cii):6; and the Her , riett, Fvess ALA. The Russian Government has discontinued en. gaging any mote transports for foreixo service. aijor Tay LC) It. of Lynn, Norfolk, hat. within a few months, raised three compaidei of Sharp Shooters, in addition to his two troops of Yeomanry Cavalry and his company of Artillery ; and, fur his ardour to serve the country, His Maisstv par. been graciously pleased to give hint the rank of Lieut. Colonel. The L-iyal North Britons were insaeSed, yes terday, in Gray's I:llGardens, by His Royal High ness the Duke al Sussex, their Commander, when that excellent corps gav,• three cheers, in honour of the victory obtained over the Combiued Fleets of France arid Spain Mrs Fox, the Lady of General Fox, had the ho nour of hertiv privately received by the itiav at. FA WIN', at Windsor, on Saturday last. and took leave of Their MAJ sites and the P4III4.:ISSES, pre paratory to her departure for Gibraltar. The Duke of et as erscx gave it grAnd entertain ment on Mondry. at the Toy 'Tavern, Hampton. Court, to the Officers of the Spvlthorne Legion. which Corps His Royal Highness had previously reviewed. A Letter from Cambridge, dated Nov. 4, says This day, the Rev. Dr. 'Turner, Master of Pam broke•hall, and Dean of Norwich, was eledel Vice. Chancellor of this University for the ensuing year. • William Hunt, Esq. barrister-at-law, and FeLow of King's College, is appointed As.essor to the Chancellor of this University. • Mr. John Hussey, of St. John's, and Messrs. Thomas Hyde Ripley and Martin Thackeray, lows of King's College, were on Thursday admit ted Bachelors of Arts. "The Rev. Robert Guilt, M. A. a Junior Fellow of Caius College, is elated a Senior Fellow of that Society." A loaded collier belonging to Mitchinson and Co. of h usgate, was taken a few flights since off tn. Rock t as were six other ve.sels, by twig large French lugger privateers; hut Hutchin.•rn and Co.'s ves sel was afterwards retaken by the 13•Idgu i-br.g ; and is now in Ramsgate Pier. ''e are sorry to add. that the crew of the vessel were taken out, and ai.• carded to France. •Fliree other of the vessels taken by e:e said !iwger, are understood to be since re-taken by d.fi.rent cruisers on the French coast. We hernent to state, that, Fuesday, at four o'clock, elied, troll a sudden illness. GuotatY Tuoawtor4, Esq. at the age of eighty years. The good aelions of his lita will tat outlive the frailties of human oa t ire, and post.rity will look hack with veneration en this much respe;tr•d clsaraier. Y sterday, 'larlborossgh•street, Wm. Prilieuess was charged with robixtiag his master, W. Biopic. Esq. one of the Magistrates at this Office. The Prisoner lived about two moyths in the family of the Prosecutor Somerset -street, Mary-1.-bonne, during which time, the house's% Ai robbed of plate, I nen, &c. For some reason, the Prisoner was sud denly discharged ; and, on delivering his livery, a liuplic eof a pair of silk stockings, the property of the Pr isoner, was found in one of the pocky's. The pawn-broker, at vrihose shop thit stockings were pi. , _:dged, knew the p rw•a of the Pri,nne-, and be. beveu him to be the lame who had p.wde,ed them. Tt e Prisoner was at a loss how to account tor th‹ poss-ssion of the dullest", and hi was 1011; com mitted for trial. .• • ' THEATRES.I ---wwwww 7 • Dana r-t awe. The mnment She curtain drew up, nut lb•itiopris is reiterated friyrt ill parts of the h.nice, with - must enthusiastic amt ur. The whole company perfnmrrs !hum-lively appeared upon the sr 4 Re. -f this most patriotic and loyal air WAS Vlng. t-u- Vie 0 tem Rule Pritoimil was rep,./ted, if with mere sp irit and enitsusiatru toan be- The au iience 'again !nu lly joined in the • is ; and it concliaded. ausidu universal stela ions. Mr. Wanucutott then came forward. -.I sink, the fullowioz lints. written by Mr. CUM.. , ENI.4MO. which were received with the Most en ;U jantic applause ; ottua s nia-t, this greet tritim,h he IP, with lii. traasp.,,w,.leet not minrre ris 44.11;1 . 4 ti;111 VI /043.1,10 wi t , et -, In. grief, when - Strwch'd en his .'ezlt, 3 ,richt s. Th rho het-liit‘t, the gall, C9..k.4 wan tropht , 4, !es hi.. Hu ..it , n're Writ Roush Ili. Air c o, nu. ; Fin me ur, A!1•1 whist eac., t tor". thus- te' H. 1.301 awer,J4 r , !I The house over& red with Last night, before the an ere, Halo flritoterio wit played 1 srplause was enthusiast,c, and. t .e house, rs .eeia" was lot I• SWCIITT came fnrward, and that if they wo.ild have u .ail the end of the I lay, . ahew. that they we re ri.,t heel considering the shortness of prepare, in their end e avou r , Puts viiffore, and the glorious s who obtained it. This satisfied Ev Ci ROWS Comedy of f: odd Not, WAS, for the first time this some years. performed. Mies SMITH sustained the part of Nisei pAte with ennsiderahle effeCt, but little attesting, was paid to the :thing, the pu'sic mind brine entire ly occupied by the news of the morning. In the lest when %Ir. Murton'', as Iles Metrisee, says. Thst era I :h tea to so• inse ais, eta mom tri umrh,int day , th.s d.s of all days in my life ;- the audience caught the ilea, a al the hrette wit an uproar. 'The same applause was heard, le.:en he say,, We must all te, when we hasw ,Moe ; force., to out ooe coo fi.t with a.lOl , er • After the play, a kind of overture was exceu It was chiele cumpnred of sever 41 popular s. tunes ; the first WAS The end the lase the old ballad of Tirt a lob of ;awned firrebovo. which gad a vei y good eff Et, 41..1 oar &eely felt by every British heart. Toe certair, then r dad pieselitest a Bri ish ldrniral, in fie: uniform, stindieg titans the French callous s, the fteelish e..taiard waving over him. 1-I.- was sinew d by tintimh:r of Bri- Lieu) sailors. 'roe' stood h tw-en t riumphant pil lars, on whice w fixed. m- ;affirms of he heads of the different Vinerais who died in the setyke rsf their country. rue back g. mind etchihitesl the sea, coveted with shipping. roe Admiral and manes were all in the attitude of pointing tip to Heaven. 1 • an instal. the porterieei ties lyre gallant Miro ap pe are... su peeled from a cloud I tinier the por trait, hung a &Artery, on which was inscribed— Mesa rico NELSON, uCTOS it% 22, 11305. The entire gampany then aapesired en the siege, Rah firrein aie was played and so g. amidst universal shouts, and repeated bursts of re-echoed applause. The following verse, written by Mr. Asia Lay, of Bath, was introduced, and sung by Mr. TAY Lott :-- Again t's loud torrii tromp of Fame, Proclaims Britannia tales the Slain; Whilst .arrow *hays , . Nolenin's name, A tid mourns the gallant V Wtne alaius ! Rlele, R-striti4, role th• Mai, Revenge the Gildlike Ile.. slain ! POLICR. 10W-S EXTRAOIDIMARY DISCUVf.tt y. On Monday evening, a linen-draper. of v.:tor so-err, Covent-garden, waited upin Sir R.civ r.-• Foco, at the Office * and stated to hint, that a Ge - tlenuu, between 40 and 50 years of age, and. to appearance, a youth, about 14 years old,lodged in his house, but who his family saspetted to be a female. The suspicine fir-t inns- from it being noticed, that the youth ensfesivnete I to conceal his face VS',en t•.e servant weer into the room. by put ting a book close to it. On Mond or, their susei cions were fully enofierue 1. an 1 t..ey had ever, reason to believe that she was the young lady who lately eloped from a hear line-school, at deverly, in Yorkshir-, with an Officer in the Liecohtshire Sir Rice A itb, fn cnnsequence, dispatched .inn ani S. Lavender, who went ice the lodge- of the poles, and, having knocked at the -Awn, it was np-ned by the supposed youth, who hesi teted, at first, in acknowledging whether his father was SS ithin ; hut, having done so, the Gentleman made his app, trance, when the Officers informed them of the information that had been laid before Sir RICN•1111 FOND, and,he required them to appear before him. The parties appeared much confused, but acknowledged that the information was correa. And the supposed youth proved to be Miss -- She ware loose nankeen trowsers, a yellow Mar seilles waistcoat, and a brown GOA or jacket. Miss requested permisson to change her dress, to which the Officers consented. She is about nine teen years of age, very small in stature. and ape pearej not more than fourteen, when dressed In m.tle attire. The Officers then conveyed the parties to Bow -street, with Miss's boy's dress, when they underwent separate and joint esaminA:ions before Sir RICAIAIIo Foe°. They gave such a satisfactory account of themselves. as to convince the MA °is- TRAIL they Were net the pail wh, had lately taken their flight from Yorkshire. Miss said. her name was Attn Edgley, that she had left her father ab-ut three years ago, who is a capital farmer in afevon 'Petty.. She had been for the last four months with her companion in Germany, who IS a native of Ire land. Miss was to have est own of her disguise, in a ;hart time after the Officers went to apprehend them She and her laver %vete going to remove t • other loJeings, and they were to have gone in a hackney-coach. in which she was to have changed her dress . There being nn charge against tkent,Sit Iticsaart tlissisargesi anal. 11/myna ti.v. 'sell t 4 tilag Snt, iiaat poi.. ties *wean. X sae ura.nst, oho pate; trilmte I I leor 11 WlOB , O 14 '44! h 4 br.liiaat COVI,P4T-*A111)1.44. artain rose at' hi, 1 ilea- rd by the full band. 1111 rO3l every, part r•f loudly called for: \ Mr. d informed the audi t :c, the goodness to arstit , the Proprietors would oael.vrisrit. 0.1 th:ir parr:, of the time they had to rl to celeh•ate r•e as memory of the Hero Led the audience, and et,id She j