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LORD NELsoN,, FLEET.

ftIITRACT Of A LETTER IRON AN OTTICER ON
110• RD I 011/0 NELSON'S FLAY Salt' THE VICTORY,
TO • FRIIILOO IN LONDCN.
Antieria, June 12. 1405.
Since nor arrit al at Barbadoes fin the 4th inst. we have been
daily amused with the hope of meeting the enemy, who were
at ?lay Unique from the 14th !Slay. to June 6, with a fleet and
army equal to the reduainn of ail our Islands in that time.—
Vpnn our arriral at liarbadort, intelligence was received that
they had sailed the 201 th May, to attack Trinidad. 'lwo thou-
sand troops trete embarked on board oar squadron under Gen.
Mien, and en ter• morning nfthe ash, w. slibel to the South.
ward, having been touted by Maar admiral Crieh,arie, with two
Chip of the hue. On OW 6tii we were near Tohigo, which
leand W in much alarmed at ourappearance, that the s:iipping
ran towards Grenade for better proteftio,„ and .1 our ex-
changz of Salutes w t a the forte reported the Island to have been
attacked. Here we 'mond from an American brit, that he was
bosded three data are, by one of the frigates of the eftemy's
Rept, then nearing Inward* Trinidad, tied that he suppoeoi
they would piss Tidier. the eerniog ts lore; our course was
immediately Aspect for Trinidad, with a certainty of meeting
the enemy in the mot ring, and when the day light appeared, we
discovered that tho Inland was under alarm, awl notwith-
standing all the signals we could make, we could net pre-
sent the troaps in Fort Abercrointee blowing ap the Fret,
and making their retreat tnwards the town. Tr-is eireurn
Nance confirmed us in the opinion that the enemy had arrived
and carried th- Island; bur, upon entering the harbour, found
the English colours (liras, and that we were the sup;eised ene-
my. Finding our trifoemation was incorret, notirie was left
era lint SO t+) to the northward, taking all our Island* in
their turn. On Sunday we reached Grenada, where we foiled
the Jason frigate which oil Thursday had seen the eventei
fleet steering North towards Gearlalnum, having left Mini-
'Mtge the time morning. This Mformatinn relieved us greatly,
as after so log a Cheer we found ourselves not more than three
days sail after then.; and if then meditated an attack upon An-
tigua, or el.c whete.we shoold eerie' nly reach them. On blonds,
we rased our Islands, St Vincent and St. Luria, without soy
further iefurination• Tuesday we communicated with 111100
ser;al, from whelre the. enemy went men on Saturday, Oleo
ing Nr...hward, supposed to attack Antigua, as they had M.
ported that they anchored at Guadeloupe to takeoit board mew.
tars, &r. We were also 'mimed be another American, who
told intimr hr hp 4 seen in the morning tern Sail tinder Goads.
loupe, stoning to the Southward : but as every America's ride
WS astray, we continued our cosine towards Antler', and this
morning dispate . reached us foam Lnrd !Arington, the Go.
venter, confirmt.ig the information from Montsemit, that the
enema were gone Northward, and were seen from Antigua ma ,
Saturday Peening von, distinctly; at have therefus little NOM.
but they hare shaped their tonere homewards, as, from all
counts, thew have already lost ease toroth of the %gamma and
soldiers which came out in the fleet, and the rainy season le
just commencine, which will prevent any operations on short;
arid six wok* hence the hurricane months commence, of
which the Fielteh have ever had the greatest dread. From
wary elective:ranee, we are therefeee led to fear that they
are now four ultra sail a-brad of us rif on their course to Eat
ripe, ;rot nnalouta are running from our squadron as fast as
ponl!de, of the arrival of which at Ilarbsboes they received
irformation no the 9th, and communicated that information to
Dominique the next morning. Wt were seen two diva after
.tyre passed hdirdeaa lay rate of their frigate., left sport the look-
nut, which artivel at M.artinque on the sth, and ennfirmed
the inPrrnatiun they had already received from their friends at
Partrathee. All nor meyetnerits are known to them, whilst
0 11 information obtained by ill is ealculeted to lead us astray.
Vie are just now going to land oar afneij4 at Antigua, (met
Irbo.ice we t.ke our departure for Gibraltar; and the only re-
maining hope is, that we mae sail air much faster than the
enemy, they, in a dietance of twelve hundred league., we may
arrive off Cadiz before thern--hut this is a forlorn hop..
I Ines little dmitat but much abase has been heaped upon us
fn London, where peopled.. nqt usualit admit tam inaplosibility
of contendine with the elements; cznainie no fleet was ever
favoured than thee ham been, in every circumstance,
nor any one more opposed than we, before we quitted the Me-
diterranean ; but permit:mince has at last lweieght us en close to

W.P4

CIATERBURY. JULY I.


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The Quarter Sessions for the Eastern Division off
&it comity, were held at the Old Castle, near this
city, on Tuesday last.
In the course of the above Sessions, a curious came
cam- on, in which a number of Jews appeared to
nswer for a violent assault on one of their tribe, who
is a constable. of Sheerness, for having officially en-
de ,voured to suppress a riot which took place in
their Synegogite, in consequence of some misunder-
stanciing respeeling their seats. In the midst of the
affray, he emered this holy place of coctilti:c, :cod en-
deavoured to secure good order, which so incensed
the ltb'ing leraelibs, that they became unanimous in
their resentment, against suer 7aceb, and instantly
every movea'sle piece, viz. sconces, railings rf the
altar, Sec. St.c. became weapons against him, with
which they so mad- reared him, that the Court fined
each of the offenders 51 al/ ordered them to gaol
far toe space of one calendar month.
A Special Session of the Peace for the Liberties
and Precincts of Romne Marsh was holden at New
Hall, in Dymcbm ch, on Friday last, when
.john
Wood, James Webb, Richard Cout, and Peter Lambert,
charged with a hetglary and robbery in the dwell-
ing', house of kir. John Buckhurst. of St. Mary's,
were pot to the bar. Mr. Pitcairn, the barrister,
sat as Recorder ; and after every dne investigation,
the Jury found Lambert altilly of the charge, the
evidence of Mr. Brown, a young man into whose
room Lambert twice entered on the night of the
burglary, being positive as to his person. Webb
and Conk w. re ccnad led, neither Mr. or Mrs. Buck-
burst being able to identify the persons of either of
the prisoners: they were in consequence delivered
over to a serjeant who was is attendance, to be con-
veyed to their regiment, the East Kent militia.
Wood, who was admitted an evidence fer the
Crown, was remanded to Romney gaol, in order
he may he produced at the ensuing assizes for Kent,
as an evidence against the father of Cook, now in
Maidstone gaol, charged with receiving a part of
the property. knowing it to have been stolen.—
nrence of death was passed on Lambert; but judg-
ment is deferred till the (pinion of the Judges can
he mien as to the competency of the Coast to de-
termine causes affecting life and death, of which
there are strong doubts.

Warwick Quarter Sessions began on Tuesday,
when only four appeals were tried, one of which
from Birmingham, on an order of Bastardy, lasted
four hours, and was confirmed.
Wednesday morning, the Birmingham Canal Tax
Appeal, against a Rate made by the Overseers of
Warwick, was intended to be tried, but on the recom-
mendation of the Earl of itexesroan, the Chair-
man, the sam: WAS compromised by the parties.
It was admitted by the Counsel on both sides, that
there could lar no doubt hut the tonnage, &c. of the
Canal was rateable as freehold property, and
it was also admitted by Mr. Da uric kr, the
Counsel for the Appellants, that the cortshid of
the Overseers had been perfetly ju.-Aifiable, and
that they had done no more than their duty in rating
that species of property. It was finally agreed upon
between the parties, that the Appellants should be
rated at and pay 1001. each Levy.
Yesterday se'nnight, as two officers of the Guards
were rowing in a boat in Gill:nghatn Creek, their
attention was suddenly arrested by the appearance
of a man struggling in the water at some distance
from them; they immediately proceeded to the spot,
and having procured assistance succeeded in draw-
ing out the body ; appearances of life being ob-
served:one of the officers went immediately to Chat-
ham Barracks, for surgical assistance, and every
means were made use of ineffdlually to recover life.
The person had nothing about him, by which to
discover to whom he belonged. His cloaths and
linen were good, and he had the appearance of a
gentleman ; he had lasen observed walking on the
wall close to the water's edge for a considerable time
previous to his being seen in the water, and whether
his being there was the elfea of accident or design
cannot be ascertained.

On Thursday, last as a private belonging to the
Fifeshiie Militia, was bathing near Gillingham Fort,
he went suddenly out of his depth; from the steep-
ness of the place where he went in, and to which he
w.is a stranger, he was in the most imminent danger
of drowning, in sight of several people: none of
whom could swim, nor afford any assistance. Their
cries, however, brought Mr. GEoaca Nasu, a gen-
tleman who resides near the place, to discover the
cause of their noise, when he saw the perilous situ-
ation of the man, who was just making a last effort;
he, with a generous ardour and an exemplary spirit
of humanity, threw off his coat and waistcoat,
plunged into the river, and brought the drowning
man safe to the shore, amidst the plaudits of the
people.

SMITHFIELD, Fatomr, JULY 19.
To s;nk the Offal—per Stone of Bth.
Beef 4s 61 to 54 6,1 I Veal ..4a 4.1 to 5s 84
Mutt0n.....4: tO 5s 44 Po,k ..4s 04 to .54 oal
Lanth 4s. ed. to ss. ed.
Head of Cattle thia Day,
Beasts, about 500--Sheep and Lantba, 9,00 D.

Mans, that we fusee eertstnly saved the Woe India Islands, as
BD dttle.at can trwi be entertained but that their capture was
the guild obiaß of their erped.tien, whiA, by nur arrival, has
etiurlerely faile•la ' , ‘,... twins all acc..unts, of some
tlitsoaands rim a. • . - • ~. :f nich, they have taken the
Cysts* sloop ,4 4117....75i. , aL Itarbsdnes outward-
lensed pack r- .. ' - a'''''ll4lllll-4,77W) healthy; and, as a
gaW dilf I oil • 1 . . e. . , .• radars Wore the
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