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for it was the rainy sea3m and our side-planks were ripped ; so that there was no place in the Romney jn which they could be put. Do you Consider, that to exceed the allowed pro. portion of stores for one of. His Majesty's ships is contrary to the Naval instruCtions conceive that that must depend very much upon the exigencies of the time, or of the service ; for it is impossible that any calculation can be made of what ought to be the expence, without entering into a sort a contra& with the elements, On the 9th of November, in the morning, we were ready for every sort of service, and in the course of a few hours we were lying on our beam-ends, with our main and mizen-masts gone. Do you think it was absolutely necessary that the ship should be provided with an exeess of one twelve m nths stores when you were at Calcutta the fir,t. place, I believe, there is evidence of my hav ing demanded a twelvemonths proportion of stores. (To be continued.) MAILS. Avar v ro Gottenburgh, `r 12 Waterford. it Lisbon, ',Dublin, t Waterford. • PRICE oi: STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWV.LVZ O'CLOCK. 376 I Otnnium - . 2/ Ccnsols - 1% E SUN. soLENI QUIS DICZ FAGEUM AuDIAT ? LONDON,' TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1805. WE this morning received French and Dutch Papers, the former to thc:. 3 nth and th latter to the uith inst. from which we have extracSted the following interesting Articles: FRENCH ACCOUNT OF THE ACTION WITH SIR ROBERT CALDER. MINISTRY " On board the Emperin's Ship Burentarar, S Thermidor, (27 Jul)) .0 I.cAgties W. S. W. ofi Cape Finisterre. " I have the honour, Monseigneur, to give you an Recoant of tbe Combined Fleet having quitted Mar- Onique on the 16th Priiirial. " On the 9th July, being off Cape Finisterre, there came on an E. N. . and N.E. wind, which blew with great violence. The Indpmptatle lost her mizen- top-mast, and the Fleet suffered much damage in its yards and sails. ,The wind moderated, but continued blowing from the same quarter, and ',re mained without being able to make more way, still contending with adverse winds till the 22d July, when I descried 21 Sail of the Enemy. " I immediately formed in line of battle on the larboard tack. Mm. &n =tviNn made to the Spanish Squadron the signal to head the line, and he himself led the Combined Squadrons. The weather was excessively foggy; we steered towards the :nervy, who steered towards us in a long line, with the ap patent intention of hauling their wind upon our rear, and of placing us between two fires, by tacking be fore the wind. As soon as I saw them to leeward, I made the signal for Idling up and going about. The fug began to disperse. As soon as my signal was seen by Admiral GRANINA, he. immediately obeyed it with much resolution, and was followed by all the vessels of the Fleet. As soon as he closed, Ile engaged. the Enemy's Ships, which had already began their movement before the wind. But the fog then Wow so thick that it was impossible to see any thing, and each Ship could scarcely see the vessvl next to it. " The Battle then began almost along the whole line. We fired by the light of the Enemy's fire al most always without seeing therm it was only at the end f the Battle, when the weather Cleared up a little, that 1 could see to leepard ofthe line aShip of the line tieder Spanish Colours working to windward under her , courses, her tirpsails stretck—near her were two of the Enemy's, one 'totally dismasted, and the other, a three-decker, with Ler top-mast gone, and much cut in her, rigging, falling to lee- Nvard The distnastcd, ship appeared in great con fusion, and could scarcely keep the sea with her pumps going. An excalf:ively thick fog covered the whole van and rear of the Squadron, andpreventeci us from e)terniting any movement, As far as Y could see, all the advantage of the combat was with us. 'I 'the fog did not abate during the remainder of the evening. During the night the two Squadrons rernatut4l in sight, making hignals to keep to gether. I thought I perceived that the Enemy re-- treated. As scion as the day broke we saw them much to the leeward of us. All the reports re tch'ed from the French vt.*scis were satisfaCtory those of Admiral GRAVINk evinced a firm determi nation to pursue and again attack the Enemy. When the weather afterwards cleared,, ; we did not per ceive two Spanish Ships, Le Firme and Le St. Ba. phael, I ordered a general bringing to, and forming a line of battle on the larboard tack, bore down ppm. the enemy. ' ff Tile wind abated, the mm was high, the enemy h 4.0 doll, 'and it was in3poasibli , for me, during the 14"i`tole of OK tiity, t 9 enange them in the manner gilould have wished, I was busy all night in keeping the Platt in or 'der, that,' might be ready to renew the Engagement at day-break. " At the .first peep of t4wn I made signal, to bear down upon the Enemy, Who had taken their posi tion at a great distance, and endeavoured, by every possible press of sail, to avoid renewing the A6lion. " Finding it impossible to force them to a re-en gagement, I thought it my duty not to remove any farther from the line of my destination, but so to shape my course as to ,effat, agreeably to my in sttu&ions, a junction with the Squadron in Ferrol. I experienced much opposition from contrary winds at N.L. and E.N.E. which during yesterday con tinued to blow with the ufmost violence. " The following is the only accounts I have re ceived of the two Ships which are missing from the Spanish SquadrOn " Captain Cosmito, who commanded the Pluto (a French Ship), informed me that from the very begin ning of the a&ion, the Firma had lost her main and mizen-masts ; that lie had proteaed her as long as he could keep sight of het, by placing himself between her and the Enemy, bUt that he soon afterwards lost sight of her in the fog. " As to the Saint Raphael, it appears certain that she was not dismasted, but that Vessel being a bad sailer fell to leeward, and we lost sight of her the first night: " As to any thing further, the fog continued so thick that I was unable to distinguish the force of the Enemy ; but on the day after the aetion I saw fourteen sail, of which three were three-deckers; the greater . part of them appeared much damaged. If it is true, as stated by the Captain of La Didon, who reconnoitred the Enemy before the aaion, that they had fifteen, Sail,,it may be presumed that one of them had disappeared in theaaion. " In short, my Lord, this afiiiir has 'been ho nourable to the arms of both Powers, and had it not been for the thick fog which Continued to 'fa vour the movements and the retreat of the Enemy, he would„not haNe escaped pur efforts nor a decisive a6tion • " I am still ignorant of the number ofkilled and wounded, but. 1 believe ;t is not considerable. I Live to regret Cipt. IIE PEttnoNE, of His Majesty's Ship Pintrepicie, who was killed. Captain ROL LAND, of has received a wound. I shall have the honour to scud you immediately more de tailed accounts. " 1 eutreat your Excellency to accept my respects " VILLENZU YE." From on hoard His imperial M !,j,:tsty':i Ship, the Bitcett. taure, tit Sea, OW 22ti t I). " NY Loath " I have thelonour to ,inform you, that onr the lost inst. (April 8), having doubled Antigua, I got information that in the N. N. E. was a Convoy of the Enemy, consisting Of 15 sail. I made signal for a general chace, and at night- Lill the whole of the Convoy was in xny power, which I sent' off to Martinique. " These Ships, which had come out from Anti gua, were all laden with Colonial produce, and des tined for Europe. The Convoy 'may be valued 5 millions (French.) " I entreat your Excellence to accept my respe6l , ;, " VuLLEsztiVE.” P. S.—The Didon Frigate has just taken a Lug. ger, of 14 guns and 4) men.. !, On bond the Ltuccritaure, off the Azores, on the 4th Mestsidor. : mlr LARD, " I have the - honour to inform your Excellency, that yesterday trorning the advanced Frigates dis cerned two sail, to whiclithey gave chace and came up with. One was an English Privateer,,the Mars, of Liverpool, of 14 guns, and ft y men ; the other was a Spanish ship, the Minerva, which he was escorting. The Ship was coming from Lima, having ,been at sea nearly five months, with a very rich cargo. Independent of +20,000 piastres, her cargo consi4tcd of bark, cocoa; &c. the whole estimated at from live to six millions (French). The Privateer being much damaged froth boarding, Captain LAmmx,LEitie, of the Hortense, set it on fire, after taking the crew oil board. The Didon manned the other, and I have her under my protation. " I entreat your Excellency to accept my re spe4.. • "Upon thc English account of tiv, Aaiun, the lifonikur says, in Note 1. • Nothing is said 'in tiiis account of the English three-deckers t liielt were 4ismasted. It is said, that it was the intention of the Vice Adriiiral to renew the Aaion on the following day. That is not true, cr, at least,, the Vice-_,Uituiral having afterwards found his Squadron was wetiken.- ed by the logs of the Ikindsor CuAle,*and consider . damaged, changed his intention, as during the two days Which followed 'be cOnstautly avoided an aetion. Upon the idea of retreating into Comma, ti:10, Ardnite4r says, in Note .getreat into Corun -74,1! trine expreisioA! a 5 if the ohje& of the operation was not th© junetion of the Combined' Squadrons with that of Ferroll In a word, the Combined Squadrons kept the sea, and five days after the battle were still off the coast." . The Moniteur contains, besides a long Note upon the sentiments of Austria, in which France pretends she can46t believe that Austria Will go to war ; but she confesses that peace or war are in the Emperor of GERMANY'S hands. Trtmir; JULY f2,4.—We have .`at present in the southern part of Tyrol 14,000 Troops this' Corps ? Under the orders of M. DE CUASTELEE, is com posed of the Regirrients .Newguebanez, Jordis, Klebeck, bucos, and Spork ; the four' first are in this City ,and the environs, the fifth is at Botzen.. The Dragoons of Hohenzollern:are. in part'here, and in part at Itoviredo. We have here 27 pieces of ar tillery. Three thousand• Peasants 'and 15,000 Soldiers are employed on the works of the fortifications : the castle of Bozeno is likewise putting in good condi tion. Two pieces of artillery have been sent to the castle of La Pietra. The Tyrolese Volunteers are exercised in firing with the carbine. . There is talk of a great plan of Coalition, in consequence of which we shall have War in a few months.—(Moniteur) lIAMBURGII, JULY 27.—Our Journals pretend to know that the diXerences which had arisen be., tween the KINGS of PRUSSIA and SWEDEN are on the point of being accommodated, and that a new Mi . - nister from Sweden is expeCted immediately to ar rive at Berlin. WE yesterday announced the arrival of Lord NELSON, in the Viaory, at Portsmouth. As his Vessel had touched at Gibraltar ; it' of course became subje& to the Quarantine Regulations. The fol lowing Letter was sent by his Lordship to the They of the Customs at Portsmouth : " I'lRoy, Spithead, Aug. 13, " The Piawy,with the Fleet under. my Cornmand,left Gib raltar about 27 days ago, at which time there was not a fever in the Garrison ; nor, as Dr. Fs t. Lows told me, any appre !tension of one. The Fleet late under my Command I left with Admiral Cott N WaxLis, on the isth of August, at which time they were hi the most perfea health : neither the PlEloty nor the Superb have on board even an objed for the Hospital ; to the truth of which I pledge my word of honour. • (Sunned) " NELSON AND UItONTE." " To the Colleiliw Yf the Cuttyou, cr thcit it may eynrern." There is, however, no truth in the accounts so positively given, of his. Lordship having arrived in Town, or even that he has landed. The order for relieving the Ships from Quarantine, did not reach Portsmouth till last night, and he certainly did not land until that order was received, notwithstanding the very circumstantial account given in a Paper this morning of the manner in which his Lordship was received when he came on shore. Report has already appointed the gallant . Admiral to the ,Command of the Squadron employed in blockading Boulogne. 'this of course must be more conje6ture. YESTERDAY a Deputation from the London Ame- 1 rican Merchantaad an interview with Mr. Par on 1 the subjea of the Oxders lately issued for the deten tion of American Shipi, under certain cireumstances. The causes which led to the Order in question were, we understand, as follow :—Government some t►me ago received information that some American Mer chants had contraCted to brieg home Batavian pro duce to Holland in American Ships. It was ar ranged, in order to prevent deteaion, that the Ame. ricati Ships, after . haling taken in the Cargoes at Ba tavia, shotild tech at an American Fort, and procure fresh Bills of Lading, by which it would appear that the Cargoes were shipped in America on American risque. For the purpose of preventing so gross an imposition the Order in question .was issued ; but ,as, in the 'execution of that Order, it was found im possible to confine the operation of it merely to the Vessels on board of which the Enemy's property was 'Shipped, other Vessels have been detained, which has been produaive of considerable inconve nience to those engaged in the Arderican „Trade ; and it, was for the purpose, of obtaining some relief that the Deputation were direeted to wait upon Dfir. PITT. The circumstances underwent a full and patient hearing. Mr. PITT assured the Committee, that on :in affair at such tnagnitude ho did not feel hitn s'elf at liberty to give any reply to them in the shape, in which their complaint then carne before him, and advised, that whatever the American Mer chants had to complain of' should be reduced to writing, that a fair andimpartial consideration might be afforded with all possible dispatch.—Upon this the Committee took their leave, the defermi . nation of pursuing the line pointed out to them by the Minister. ' Ti o account's which have appeared in several Public Prints, slating that Mail Coaches are fre quently stopped in !retard, we are authorizedin say? ii are wholly without foundation ; and we are hap r. py in Add(pg that tran;inillity prevails throtighQut thei Country, ir" A POI 3MauIII, ArG.l9.—ArrivedUit 21Ta11ty ter, from a Cruize off Havre. . . for Chep 4 OW Si:tiled the liope, 'MILLER, 'and Teresei WALLER' and Felnonella, KLEIN, for Embden.' . „ .; /iv-trey, PEARSON , for Sunderland; The -Diomede, of 50 guns, with three outward, bound . East-Indiamen and eight Transp o rts, have d ro pped down to S. Helen's, and w ill sail the in t fair wind. . :The Falcon Cutter h as detained an d sent in he m the Favnth-ite, front Cam bound to liourdeat of Vc.. • Her Royal Highn ess the PRINCESS. iria.rt took an ,a quatic excursion in the Commissioner's Yacht this afternoon. She ,was, attended by miral MoNTAGLI, ,the Port Admiral, and MllllO,l COFFIN, with several, Capt. -tins in the Royal Navy. -Half past fven,te. /11, --Her Royal Highness ►it just landing.--About half an hour SiIICC an orderl er Telegraph, came down to rel ease the fiflary p and Superb from quaran tine.. - 0 , PLYMOUTO, , AUG. 19 .--ArriVed H is Maje-Yi. Ship B.elleisk, of , e , 74 gulf, one of Lord NELsos,. m tine Fleet, and put under th e restraint 'of qtlag 10;1.6P"` . itii! is stated, that His Lotd shi p is g one up Cho Pel w : the Pillory and Spartiate, an d that theilon. l of his `Fleet has join ed the Channel Nt, Wi der app .Comm.and of Admiral CORNWALLIS. It vas the Cheerly Gun -brig, of 14 guns) t ietlt ' MeNTRESen, which arrived in Only i 6 hours Pal CORNWALLIS'S Fleet,' that brought the Vspatcbel of the'iun6tion a VILLKNEUVE and GRACItiA l ,the Rochefort Squadron, and of their getting White • into Vigo or Ferrol . Her arrival was kept a Ol i, till the Dispatches w ere several hours On the ro a° The Aluerican, .detained by tfie by order 9f her Commander, , ' .. ,' .0 . erd ,i 0 Guernsey, is laden with teas, 511 k, drugs , ; In-° a •-valuablet articles. This Morning 4d ' ,l t l . llc)cks ° ; - ,4 shipped on board the ; Captain 'and 44tiaCiosti, oteio . guns each:, now in Cawsand Bay, ready toPi' Channel Fleet. . . get . o •xrlvate sna p r:e s ,. 2 o ll f ) Diep;e7 .l sacks of Wheat; cu b t Q Calais by lv t a h .ft e d Gun-brig, l'‘': g.--Arrived La Providence, rii • ,I i a Sailt:lS'thfre° Bsecialttsiroitof titiheisii;ri:lboneurlitigate A;1,4 )6 wit g h a . :l a t u til Tl f i o ' t L A is u bl "'wed the : ......... 0•.,.A FALN not hol, otinnt(fftoropinuUnkildirek: tilais4 6lb:wit:lie: 'of lately losr,sl,l STEVENS, rinfrraoLiusiivnesgirpth.aoclonlr,aornibaxdoc:cutfiollt; tAccuopi;Gitaaalainiit:ai ~glicclA:ll7:, CtriVgg', AUGUST 20.-13 y a Vess el j u ' t .3.tri a veci Jl rj learn i 3 that the illoneni! Frigate has e o g 3 g `ti °. .,, C sel'' turgid a French Frigate, near the Island of ° lle ' pi Sailed the Brig Berta AnAcri Copt, 11°Bpr(i' Christiana. -,......... 4,05 tli Dtar., AUG. lg.—Sailed through the l iv tt 40 0* P:iio7/ FRASErt, for 'Virginia ; Gaii(l, .“1-osit sh. oston.-11.emain in the Downs, i'lit ' ial tps as per last. • :, '' , 0 0 t 0 pArrivedoveri inthtehe.pDroov‘ivdnoszzyce, stFerrdcanyc,h and moN.ltiß.''laiiita''lttif4e,eri::itr4mcy,°s, soc4sfactEra;lCalidkaeiisgrsaQifßti,:l.tibily:ittLtliiec. tieC:lttotatllrtlt 1)feer01:::40111:,it,..st‘I',111: . . e . G . by the ethedivreo:iio. t , i of Sub,h4l:li7s)o SIoh.UOOTER.-..r11113 is t he sewn Frenc- - to PD-ung—en3:l3sst, angidilerdral:pisetisl‘ ............. " His AfajcilysSbip Aeluld, i' 7 ~,' ..,,,' 0 2 - 1 ' ." I wrote you on the 'e7th ult. by #3e'41700r.„ at set . , stating our having fallen' in With alt l ' o ir' the Combined Fleets, on their return fret! , ~e , l l. Indies, and doubt not but ,particulrs ot t..!t.fiefiet, Ica,jetostraril::°ol°l: 4.4,4. may be 'interesting to you. We ore lei t or ' v , itt i , from the account of die Spanish 0dic0j,,,),!15.:!,t'i taken, that the Neptune, of 90 guns, a t e r,':". 4 o',: _sur:: in the aaicin; as some of Otto, t0u4,,1iii.f.,,;, her go down, with all hands, They bto v , ,, ,,, „ 0 1 : 4 to three days in , the latitude, we 1004 tb ' t , Tb; ing to be joined by the Fleet from Itali t i ' a , o f ~,,,,, were then CO proceed to raise the bloclo``o io l' o rol l . take our fleet, and proCecd off I , l4 ''' , ,otoo , . 1 ,...,i '.611d 4111 tainiedß7roesstayile:ittt oirliiii:i.g in the whole; , 9n the f4gd, at eleven o'clock, sii i, 0 1 io made signal for a strange flee, of 0 , , „;,,, ; O m prepareLs u‘ i r n e e re . d A scor t r i ti s . ba w la e tt r tio ed e. pyre` s igenAtaelettobo rleniiiiiiglgt:eigticiecsitlilte.t:e'ic.t"i'il ,:liitot, 20 minutes past three the Admiral !Tr:o i44.5e formthe line-of -battle. in clue 0rew,,b0,0;t4,3;, flutes past three to alter came t°. ° . l ,„,irli i t ‘ t tit Enemy's fleet it , line of battle te anilL „of - ' '' al t° '' Minutes past four answered sign , ; )pe j t v Enemy's centre. . ' . She 4 ' ''R ' r leadittg , igg , The Hero being the van, 0 piv i et ~ t, ed,her broadside on the EnenaY; ti° • 00 Plle IV 1() 1111 P 3; c as they came up with theni• , vas clase.,, $O. answered signal to engage' the Loma, tall „0,06,01,; sible :at 45 riliatiteS past ) 11 ' i ~.' ri ii i iiitet;so began to engage the Enerny ; ,o t o'seolos oici,,..,te, the Admiral made i:,,,ni1l to t‘ck,.e p4 i , ,. toi_ ,ilio. that had struck; saw, a Spaiii,l.t;tilet loietOcco.t totally distnasted, bur tip .atlt "' n „,,, r ot 1 , 00 , ii,i , and strike her colours ; at 5° itli "'oeoce, , l,O . s recoil jpoe bring ; at 66 tninute4 1)- 1,r , 1 av y br l tioll, exchangea repeated and le