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1.0. RD NELSOP: occasions Lor.d.Nelsbn• anxiously inquired wliat ,wa s s 1 the cause of it ; when Lieut. Pasco, who lay wound- The • Mi'ne of this di: - itingnishe&Hero't(rill always ed at soave distance from his,Lordship,.raised him- self up, and told him that_ anoter Ship h 4 struck, be dear to Britons, and every c ircumstance relating . Anich - appeared to give hitn much sattsfaCtionc ' He to the melanch o ly 'event wliich _deprived the Coun-!ii try of his splendid talents, must be highly,litterest now felt an ardent thirst, and .frequent:y calfed for ing. In the Narrative rei:ently lbr. : drink, and to be fanned with paper, snaking use of published . by LEATTy, who attended the villant Chief, there ire' these words : " Fan, fan," and " Drink, drink."-. ' some particulars which have not before been coin- ''This he continued to repeat, when he wished for drink or the refreshment of cool air, till a very few olunicated to the public, atikious' as they Were, to - T: hear every thing respeding their' favourite Hero,-- ' minutes before he expired.. Lemonade and' wine Dr. B EATTY ' S book is a very valuable addition to all and water were g iven to him occasionally. , He the accounts that have been given to the public on : evinced great solicitude for the event Of the battle, this affecting subjeet ; 'arid 'while'we avail ourselves j and tears for the safety of his friend Captain Hardy. of the following particulars, which attended the' ' Doctor Scott and Mr. Burke used every argument lair mertrientS of _the Nob they could suggest to relieve his anxiety. IVir.Burkele Lord, we confidently ; recommend the remainder of the work to ever told him " the enemy were decisively. defeated, and , y - that he 'hoped that his Lordship would still live ,to ' friend of Great Britain. The Appendix , consists - of those excellent instructions that the departed Hero be ~himself the bearer of the joyful tidings to his issuedlo the Admirals and'Captainspf his Fleet se- country." He-replied, "it is nonsense, Mr. Burke, veral days previous to the battle, and which we had to suppose I can live : my sufferings are great, but the pleasure of first communicating to the public. ,they will all soon be over." Do6.tor,SCott entreated his - • I ordship not to despair of living, and said, " he trusted that Divine Providence would restore him" :once more to his dear Country and friends? l —" Ah, DoOgr_!" replied his Lordship, " it is all over; it Is all' over." . . ~ It was from this Ship ,(the, Redoultalle) that L Lord Nelson received his Mortal . Wound. About : fifteen minutes past one o'clock,,•which was in'tfi6 l : heat of 'the eniza(*ement, he was vvalk:ng.the middlesk of the quarter-deck with Captain Hardy, and in the A& of turning near the hatchway with his face to wards the stern of. the Vielory, when stile fatal ball was fired from the 'enemy's mizen-top ; which, from the situation of the two, Ships (lying on board , of each other) Was. brotight. jnst abaft,. and .rather below, the VieTiory's main-yard; and of course'not more than fifteen yards diStant from that part of the el.tek where his Lordship stood. The ball_ struck the Paulette on his • left shoulder, and penetrated his ° l est. He fell with' his flice on the deck. Captain Xlardy, who was on his right (the side tnithest from the enemy), and advanced some steps before his Lord- WI), on turning rannd, saw the Serjeant-Major (Seeker) of Kathie's, with two seamen, raising hitm, from the deck, where he had fallen on the same I SPot on which, a little before, his Secretary hAtl' breathed his last, with whose blood his Lordship's Clothes were much soiled. Captain Hardy expressed et hope that he was not,severely wounded ; to which the gallant Chief replied i "They have done for me Hardy."---" I hope not,," answered Captain lardy. « Yes," replied his Lordship, "my back bone is shot through.' • Captain Hardy ordered the seamen. to early the Adn.tiral to the cockpit ; and now'two incidents oc 6aired strikingly • claraeleristic of this great. man, 411, 1 strongly marking that energy and refloklion Which in_his heroic' mind rose superior even to the itnrue,diate consideration of his'present awful condi tion. While the•men. were carrying him down the 4adder from ihe middle- deck; his Lordship observed that the tiller-ropes were not yet replaced ; anc de- Sired ozie of the. Midshipmen stationed there .to go Pon the quarter-deck and remind- Capdtaahl-lar4 . , f that circumstance, and - request' that new ones - Should be' invnediately rove. Having delivered this order, he took his ha'ndkerchief froln his pocket and covered his face with it, that' he might be conveyed to the cockpit at this crisis unnoticed, by the crew. about forty men, - Several wounded ; Officers, and ! - Were likewise carried to the Surgeon for assistance Just. at this time and sonic others had breathed 4 410.14. 0. lasi during thvir 'panyeyance below. Aino - ng `,, ge latter were Lieutenant William Andrew- Ram,, L 'ld Mr. Whipple, Captain's Clerk; The . SUrgeon ba d just examined these two Officers, and found that they were dead, Ntrileti his attention was arrested by several of the .Wounded calling to him,'" Mr. Bratty ; Lord Nelson is here Mr. Beatty, the Admiral is Wounded." The Surgeon now, onlooking ruund, law the handkerchief tall trotn his"l.:Orclship's face.;.,. When the stars on his coat, which also had been pa . , Feted by it, appeared. Mr. Burke, the Purser ? 'and the Surgeon, ran immediately to the ,as - sisfaiice or his Lordship, and took him from the arms of.the • . 4 ,ieau4en who had carried him below. In conveying ilia' to one of the Midshipmen's births they sturtt bled- but recovered themselves without falling. LorcfNelson then inquired who were supporting him ; and when the Surgeon informed him,' his Lordship replied, " Ah, Mr. Realty I you can do tothing for me. I have but a short time to live ; my • back - is shot through." , The • Surgeon said, " he hoped the wound was not so dangerous as his Lordship imagined, and that he might still sur'ive long to enjoy his glorious victory." The Reverend bottor Scott, who had been . absent in another part of the , cockpit administering 'lemonade to the wound ed, now came instantly to ibis Lordship ; and in the anguish of grief wrong his hands, and said teas, Beatty; how prophetic you were !" alluding to the apprehenSions expressed by the Surgeon for Lordship's safety previous to the battle. < His Lordship was laid upon a bed, stripped ofhis, clothes, and covered with' a sheet. While this was Sffeaing, he said to Do6tor Scott, " Doetor, I told 'you so. DoEtor, I am gone ;" and. after a short pause he added in a low voice, " I have to leave • pause Hamilton, 'and my adopted daughter Horatia, its a legacy to my Country." The Surgeon then examined the wound, assuring his LOrdShip that he . Would not put him to much' pain in endeavouring . to discover the course of the ball ; which he soon found had penetrated deep.into the chest, and bad probably lodged in the spine. This being explained to his Lordship, he replied, " he Was•confident his back was shot through'." -.The . back was then ex= ttnined externally, but without . any injury being perceived; on which his Lordship was requestedV the Surgeon to make him acquainted with all his sensations. He replied, that "he felt a gush of - . llood every minute.within his breast : that lie had no 'feeling in the lower part of his body ; and that his breathing was difficult, and attended with very se vere pain about that part of the spine Where he was confident that. the ball had struck ; for," • said he, " I telt it break my back." These symptoms, but more prticularly the &St) of hlo6d which his Lord ship complained of, together with the state of hiS pulse, indicated to the Surgeon the hopeless situation at" the case; but till at te; the . vidory was ascertained and announced to his Lordship, the true nature of his wound was concealed by the 'Surgeon from all 9n board except only Captain Hardy, Dodor Scott, Wr• Burke, and Messrs. Smith and Westernburg the Assistant-Surgeons. The Plaory's crew cheered' whenever they ob served au enemy's Ship surrender, On one of th6e. (To be cextinued.) Mr. GooLD, the late Manager of the Opera- House, it seems, en,tered into Hymenial Bonds a day or two .before his death, with a niece of Mr. KELLY, of Drury-lane Theatre. CATALAN! is chiefly admired for the extent of her voice, the compass of which exceeds any other that has been heard since the days of FARINELLI. The compass of FitaiNEi.i.t's voice is fully ascertained by the airs which he sung, and which were composed on purpose to shew its extent. CATALA \ NI'S tone, and knowledge, of music, are by no means of the first order. ' Dr. JoHNEcia's False Alarm once made a great noise.in the political world, and Mr. KENNY'S False Alarms are at present nearly as conspicuous in dra matic regions. MT. CHARLES COMBE, son of Dr. LAMBE, has resigned hiS situation of Assistant Secretary to the Society for the Promotion of Arts, Manufaaures, and Commerce. Mr.- WooprALL, son of the late re speciable WILLIAM. WoonFALL, of Parhaif.t7itary memory, is a Candidate for the vacant office. The Lottery Offices, by sending a coach covered with ,the list of prizes through the streets, .seem re solved to spew that no tricks can prevail, since all the world may see the drawing of the nuinlers.: The Lady whose house was burnt down Soon after the late Election for the county of Norfolk, and which is thought to have fallen a sacrifice to the heat of party, is Mrs. ATKINS, formerly Miss WALPOLE, of Drury-lane Theatre. This Lady took .an active part in favour of Colonel WODEHOUSH, but such a part as is fully warranted by custom and friendship. We much lament to see that the price of Bread is not yet lower, as the supplies of wheat have been of late petty plentiful; and in the price of which, for some weeks past, there has. been a gradual re clut-lien. The criterion is, that when' wheat falls los. per quarter, flour is reduced ss. per sack, and that, of late, has nearly been the case.— We remember an instance that lately occurred at the Mansion-house, which appeared in some of the Public Prints, -where a Baker summoned a Flour- Maur to spew, cause why he should not pay 705. instead of 755. per, sack, as the Fa6tor made out his bill at the highest price, merely for the returns to the Lord Mayor, and verbally agreed to take the lowest price. We have reason to fear this is too common a. prataice. - There is no foundation for the report of the death - of the Queen of Prussia, which originated, probably, in the recent, death of the young daughter of the Princess of Orange, at Berlin : the young Princess died by terror of the horrible scenes that surrounded her : during her' illness,,neither her father or mother were allowed to approach Berlin ; but the Dowager Princess of Orange was permitted to enter, and visit her. The following is a copy of a curious 'tie&ion Bill, atiittially delivered in to an Irish Member of Parlia ment, by a Publican, after the late General -EletSlion: To easing 16 Freeholders, aboie stairs, .for Sir John, at 3s. 3d. a head - - 2 tz 6 To easing ix more, below stairs:and two Clergymen after supper - - - - is To six beds, in one room, and four in another, at two guineas every bed, three or four in a bed every night - - - - - - 22 IS 0 TO 23,horses, in the yard all night, at 1 3d , every one of them, and fora man watching them all night z 5 S To breakfast and tea, next day, for every ore of them, and as Many as they brought with them, as near as I cart' guess • - 4 12 0 To beer, porter, and punch, for the first day and night, , I am not sure, but I think, for the three first da)s and a half of the E.ledion, as little 'as I can guess, and be very ex a ct, is, in all, or thereabouts 79 1 5 5 To shaving, dressing, and cropping the heads of 4z reelioltiers for 'Sir John, at t3d. for every one of them z 5 6 ,C 115 7 In plate of jemmy Carr, BRIAN GERACHTY• • - :Front.the AMERICAN PAPOI. MIRANPA's _ N'Ew=Yoatt.,.:DEc.l9.on this subje& ve have been favoured with the 'perusal of several letters from Trinidad,which implicitly contradiCt the Extra& pUb lished in our• Paper of the Gal hist: One of theSe let ters, dated November ifj-, gives a. more satisfaalory and we believe corm& statement of the situation and prospeas of. MIRANDA. and his associates than any other we have lately seen: From this we are per;- mitted to extra& the following : " General MIRANDA arrived here on the oth inst. (November) in the Melville Sloop of War, trorp • .Barbadoes,' From the' present prospe& of affairs, it is probable he will: remain here some at least till he hears the result of some dispatches sent to England in September from the Island of Aruba. These .dispatches were conveyed by the Govern thent Schooner Pickle, the return of which may be' looked for sonie time in December.. It is possible, however, the Expedition may be again put .in mo tion sooner than is now generally expected. This idea is derived from the strong appearance of several Secret ExpeditiOns preparingby the British govern ment ; one of which particularly appears to be des tined against the, West Indies ; and the opinion of the most respeCtable here is, that those troops are intended either to.conquer the Caraccas, or to co operate immediately in the plans of . General Mr= RANDA—which of the two a little time will discover. Had the English given him one or two regiments 'of - regular troops, in addition to the naval,force employed in the attempt, it would have saved much trouble and expence, and General MIRANDA would, without a'doubt, have been at this moment in full possession of that oppressed country. The British have (through. a bad* look-out) permitted a Brig from Guadaloupe to land' 180 French soldiers at Laguira: A French Frigate 'and two Brigs, ,a few days since, arrived at Martinique with 200 soldiers. This is said to be part of a squadron from . Rochefort, consisting 'originally 'of-six Frigates and three Brigs, with 2000 troops, bound to Martinique, but intended,' no doubt, for the Spanish Main. . The other four Frigates, with 1800 troops are reported to have been captured, short ly after they left Rochefort, by Sir SAMUEL HOOD'S Squadron. " General MIRANDA,•previOUS to his leaving Bar : badoes,, sent .Col. Count DE ROVEItAY to England with dispatches for the British Government,' Which :• must, at :all events, produce in the course Of two months from this time, a definitive answer on the subject of land forces ; Without these he can'iot sue- " General MIRANDA has received letters, via Lon don, from Sir HOME POPHAM, at Buenos Ayres, the' substance of which I cannot communicate to you." CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. SENATE WASHINGTON, DEC. 3. A Bill was laid before the Senate to prohibit the Importation of Slaves into any Port; or Place within the Jurisdidion of'the United States, from and after the first day of January, 1808 ; it also prohibits the Exportation. of Slaves for the purpose of selling them. This Bill was ordered to have a second read ing: The Resolution offered by Mr. TRACY, calling upon the President for information relative to the Negotiations pending with Great Britain, was taken up and negatived.—Ayes s—Noes 18. g.—The Bill offered by Mr. BRADLEY, to prohibit the Importation of Slaves into: any port or place within the United States, from and 'after the Ist of January 1808, was referred to Messrs - . GILE6, BALDWIN, and MITCHELL. The' Bill to suspend the operation of an A&, in titled " An, A& to prohibit the" Importation of cer tain Goods, Wares, and Merchandise," passed in tho ,House of Reprzsentatives; was read a second time, and ordered to a third reading. DEC. 10—The Bill which had yesterday been reported without Amendment by- the Seleo Com niitteo, was considered as in Comm:tzee of the whole House, when Mr. MITCHELL proposed a new Section to the Bill, empowering the President. to give a further suspension' to the law beyond the3Oth June, l sO7, until the public interest should require it. On this the Bill with the amendment, was re committed. • DEC. 11.-Mr. VILES reported the new Setition, and another Amendment; - and Mr. MITCHELL'S Proposition being thus incorpOrated into the . Bill, the whole - was ordered to be printed. NEW YORK, • DEC. 18.—Captain DUNSCOMB, from Cape Francois, informs, that since the death of DESSALINES, the people have determined to abolish the regal power, and fashion the Government to a Representative Democracy.—(Commercial Adver tiser.) Capt. SEBASTIAN!, lately arrived at Charleston from Madeira, informs, that Mr. LAMAR, the Ame rican Consul unfortunately fell from a bridge, on the 23d OEtober, and . broke his neck.—(Jbid.) • A few nights since, as Mr. °ORTON, a Lanca shire fisherman, was examining his nets in the liner •dune, near Basil Point,' he Thought he heard a bolt approaching, but to his great astonishment, when he held up his lantern he discovered a horse swim and his astonishment was increased by find ing a cart fastened to the horse, with a man in it, who proved to be Mr. J. KIRtY, a farmer of Hey sham. The only account that he could give of his extraordinary situation was, that he had been in a public-house 9n Conder Green, with his cart, on his way to hi's father's house, at Cockersham. He left the public-house in the evening, very much cated, -and was put into his cart, by some compa nions, with whom he had been drinking, and they set the horse otf. The horse, instead of 'going for ward towards Cockersham; turned off towards Glaf fon, where it had been accustomed to cross the river. The tide, however, was scarcely half out, and it must have swam with the,cart above a quarter of a mile. Kirby was discovered quite in an insensible state through intoxication, and of course not aware of the itutnineat danger he had escaped. 'MORE WONDERS. The following Extra& of a Litter is copied from the National Intelligencei. " The ROckY mountain Sheep beats the 'horned Frog all " I have the pleasure to inform you of the ar rival of Captains LEWLS and CLARK. They were the, first white people - that ever visited this Country. By the best accounts they could get,' there are about ninety or one hundred thousand inhabitants (Indians)' on the West side of the Rocky Mountain,s ; horses without number. It is thought to be a very poor Indian that did not own 300 horses. Not an iron tool among them. They erected a fort on the Sea-shore, and engraved their names. They have brought a numbe. ~f curiosi , ties ; among which is a wild sheep—its head anti horns weigh about 80 or go pounds. He was caught on the Rocky Mountains." A Letter from Gibraltar, dated 30tii Dec.lBo6, ay s ..--6 , Since the Decree made by. BONAPARTIIy re lative to Neutral Vessels trading to Great Britain, 8 or g American Vessels hare been carried'intA Spanish Ports ; and a numbei of Cruizers are now at sea, with a-determination to detain all vc:asels they tall in w itla," 4ktp:St BOiIOtTGII CRUELTY. TIM KING V. . . Tats was a trial for an assault 'ef. a 'very singulai nature.; and in giving an outline of it to our Readers', we shall simply, lay before them the evidence, with= out any comments, either of our own, or of the Counsel for fhb reSpeaive parties. Charles Campbell, the boy on whom the assault was committed, son of Lieut. Col. CaMpbell, of this • town, having been examined as to his capacity (being only ten years of age) of understanding the nature and obligation of an oath, :was admitted by the Court to be sworn. He stated, that on the IT Pt July last, betwixt the, hours of twelve , and one at goon, he put a play-bill under the rapper of the De; feridant's'door, but ;vhich, falling from the situation in whiCh be.had.placed it, occasioned a , rap at thc. •door ; the witness immediately rah away, and was pursued by the Defendant, who overtook hAin at the corner of St. Paul's Church, and seizing him by the hair, knocked him down, and placing the head of the witness in such a situation •as with his.ktiee. to con fineit:againSt the wall, he took a penknife frond the right peeket of his waistcoat, and with it made an:i.hc)sion in _the back of his ear. The witness said he cried out when he was-first . seized ,by the De fendaht, but much louder when he began to cut his ear ; his ear bled -much, and blooded his shirt neck; Master Campbell further added, that a servant girl of Mr. Clark's, who was cleaning the outside of the windows, was looking towards hith at the same • A female servant of Mr. Clark, who lives in Park-square, said, that she was cleaning the outside of the windows at the time when this assattlt Was committed, and that her attention being attra6ted by the screaming of Master Campbell, she kept het'. " eye upon him the whole time ; Mr. ,, ---overtook him at the north-west corner of St. Paul's Church, knocked him down on his breech, and placing the boy'4thead between his knees, took a small penknife, from.his4ght waistcoat pocket, and cut his ear with it. Being stronf,ly interrogated on this part of her evidence, witness said she could solemnly declare upon her oath the truth of all she had asserted. On being asked her opinion as to the distance from her master,'s house to the place where the assault was committed, she t xplessed her opinion, that it was about 50 yards., - Mr. Logan, Surgeon, stated, that he 'was sent for about three o'clock in the afternoon, on the 17th July, to dress the wound, which had the appearance of having been infli6led by a sharp instrument, as it was a clean incision ; it was not impossible, but he thought it improbable, for the wound to have beeti occasioned bye finger nail ; the wound was about i an inch or an inch and a quarter in length, and a quarter of at - Ouch in depth. .The ,Defendant did "not produce any evidence to rebut, the charge. The Jury, after deliberating upwards of an hour ; found the Defendant Guilty of the whole charge.- The Court sentenced him to pay a fine of 251. to the King, and bound him.to his good behaviour for twelve Months, hiMself in 2001. and two sureties in 1001. each. * The name of the Defendant is suppressed in the Papelt from which we have copied this case. It is said that the son of a wealthy core-keeper has recently proved himself so great a calf; as to loiel 6%0001: at the gaming table. The week before last, theqap-house in the Dock yard, Chatham, was entered, and robbed of a quan tity of silver and halfpence, •,4.illich were tied up in a handkerchief. A brush and pricker, na" '` c • a chant usually appendant to a soldier's belt; being found o'n the premises, induced a suspichiii. that one of - the - stildiers of the Guards, doing duty on'the Docklard,'Must have been the thief, and a search, was accordingly instituted. The guard being turned out, and the men all drawn up in order, one Of the grenadiers was observed bobbing his bead backwards' and forwards in the ranks, and wa•repeatedly spo ken to by the serjeant to keep himself steady, but without effect ; when his turn carne to be searched, it was discovered that he had lost part of his chain, together with the brush and 'pricker attached to it. On being taken from the ranks, convincing proofs-‘ of.his guilt were found on him, his cap being filled with the money he had stolen, together with some bread and cheese, the weight of which had been the cause of his unsteadiness whilst - in. the lite.' Aft6T he had possessed himself of all the cash he Could lay his hands on, it appears that he _very deliberately went dciwn into the cellar;•where he regaled hirn , self with , sotee bread and cheese, and a cool tankard drawn fresh from the cask. He was brought to a Court Martial last week, and the fa& being fully established ; he was sentenced to receive 700 lashes, and to be sent to the-condemned regiment. The following circumstance occurred at the Post , Office in a market town near Leeds a few days ago. , --A tradesman, whose prudence habits himself always to deposit his letters which - contain remit tances in the office, went' for this purpose ; he thoßght tht lAN did hot descend as they ought to do into the bo , when, on holding up his lanthern, he found them, and a letter the property of some other person, in such a position that they might easily be taken away.- - =-An examination by the Post master Was the immediate consequence, and the mouth of the letter-box was found to be choaked up with paper, by whom, or with what intent, re mains unknown, but the circumstance ought to be rernernbered . by those who may be in similar situaa tions. • CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 21.."—WheRt 19 here considerable supply,_ that of first quality is nearly at our last currency, but for second and inferior, sales continue very &ill, at rather lower prices; Barley is again arrived in large supplies, exce,,,ti ng the best:samples, it is lower and a falling article ; Malt likewise ; White Pease at less ; Beans of each kind at little alteration ; the supplies of Oats are large,. and this trade is. quoted cheaper ; Flour in full plenty ; few sales made at 'the highest quota tion 5 'good American 4.5. to per birrel. . , .. Wheat 5 3s 3 6 4S 3 Bos od Beans -36 s a 4 ts 6,1 Fine ditto -82 s a Bss od Tick Beans 305 a '36s 61 Lye . -.-- 4os a 4ss od Oats zas a 2&s a 3os od Batley . r .- 345. a 4os od Poland ditto -3 is a 32, , ) ,1 Malt : . • -66 s a 73s od Rape Seed 241. 271. os. ,v 1 White Pease las a 9os od Fine Flour • los a 75.: oti G icy ditto. 42 a 47$ od Second* " 6Sa a "i4li o 4