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Norther';, to the Caat tins, 03kers, and Seamen,
old to the Oiricets, Non.commissinned Officers. and
''rivatee of the ft:tyal Mailssea. I be; to give my
sincere and hearty thanks., lot their highly merito-
-ions condua, hmh in the ?Flinn, and in their zeal
and anivity in bringing Th. captured sbids out horn
tic perilous situ ttnin in v. i.ich woe, ;heir
.orrender, among the snipe:: of Trafalgar, in bins-
Peri Ats weather.
And I desire that the respective Captains will he
pleased to commnnicate to the Ott:ers, Seamen, and
Nlarines, this public testimony of my high
ippt obation of their conchni, and isty thanks for it.
(Signed) C. Couutecwoon.
o the Richt I lonow.,hle Rear.Admeral
the
31,1 the reepettlee Cap-
taint a. 141 Connuan,lert.

GENERAL ORDER.
The Almighty God,, whose arm is strength, hay.
ing of his great mercy been pleased to crown the
exertinn of Majesty's fleet with success, in giving
them .t complete viaory over their enemies, on the
2ttt of this month ; and that all praise and thai,ks-
gis ing n:ay be offered up to the thisme of Grace for
the groat benefits to out country and to mankind,
I have thought proper, that a J.ty should be ap-
pointed, of general l,umiliation before God, and
thanksgiving for this his me:cifui goodness, imPlor-
ng forgiveness of sins, a continuation of his Divine
mer y, and his constant aid to us, in the defence of
our country's liberties and laws, without which thc
utmost efforts of man are nought, and direel there-
fore that' , be appointed for this holy
parpose.

_ •
Given o.t hoard the Furyatus, off Cape Trafegar, 22) Or.
tuber, IdS.
!ti,goc.l) C. COLLINGW(IOD.
To the receectie,Cl,,t.,lll...,ut
N. 13. The Flvetbcaadisperse) by
a gale of wind, no day AS yet ha; been able to be
appointed for the Above purpose.

SIR,
.s, off Caiiz., OS. 24, MI.
lu my letter of the I detailed to you, for the
information of my L •rds Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty, the proceednigs of His Majesty's squadron
on the day of action, and that preceding it, since
which, I have had a continued series of misfottuties;
but they are of 1 kind that human prudence could
not poasibly provide against, or my skill prevent.
On the `2.1, in thu morning, :s strong southerly
wind blew, with squally weather, which, however,
did not prevent the tia;vity ot :he Officers and Sea-
men of str.-ln ships as were m +nag:stilly from getting
hold of many of the prizes (tlarteen or fourt::e;.)
and towing them off to the wes: ward, when I order-
ed them to ren leavous round the Royal S,,vereign,
in tow by the Neptune: but, en the 23J, the gale
increased: and t':e sea ran at high, that many c•f
them hr ke the tow-rope, and drifted far to lee-
ward, befre they were got hold of again, and some
of them, taking advantage in the dat k and boisterous
night, got before the wind, and have perhaps drifted
upon the shore and sunk; on the afternoon of
that day, the remnant of the Con,hined Fleet, ten
sail of ships, who had not bee, much engaged,
stood up to leeward of my shattered and straggled
charge, as it meaning to attack them, which obliged
me to coiled a force out of the least injured ships,
and form to leeward for their defence ; all this re-
tarded the progress of the hulks, and the bad we.t•
ther continuing, determined me to destroy all the lee-
wardmo t that could be cleared of the men, consider-
ing, that keeping possession of the ships was a matter
of little consequence, compared with the chance of
their falling again into the hands of the enemy ; but
this was an arduous task, in the high ,at which WAS
running. I hope, however, it hat been acconi-
phshed to a isonsiderable extent; I entrusted it to
skilful officers, who would spare no pains to execute
what was possible. The Captains of the Prince and
Neptune cleared the Trinidad, and sunk her. Cap-
tains !lope, Bayntun, and Malcolm, who joined the
fleet this moment from Gibraltar, had the charge
of destroying four others. Ihe itedoubtable sunk
astera of the Swittsure, while in tow. The Santa
Anna, I have no doubt, has sunk, as her side was
almost entnely beaten in ; and such is the shattered
condition of the whole of them, that sinless the
weather moderates, I doubt whether I shall be able
to carry a ship of them into pan t. I hope their
Lord-hips will approve of what I (having only in
consideration the destrunion of the enemy's meet),
hare thonght a measure of absolute necessity.
I have taken Admiral Villeneuve into this ship ;
Vice-Admiral Don Aliva is dead. Whenever the
temper of the weather will permit, and I can
spare a frigate (fur there were only four in the
action with the Fleet, Luryalus, Sirius, Phoebe,
and Naiad ; the Melpomene joined the 22d, and the
Eurydice and Scout the 23d), I shall collen the
other Flag-Officers, and send them to England,with
their Cgs, if they do not all go to the bottom, to
he laid at His Majesty's feet.
There were four thousand troops embarked, un-
der the command of General Contamin, who was
taken with Admiral Villeneuve in the Bucentaure.
1 I am, Sit, 'cc. (Signed) C. Cc.t i isc,wooci.

THE BRITISH P.
ES:

LONDON,
THURSDAY. NIPTEM eta 7.
DESTRUCiirr.T
Or THE
COMBINED FLEETS cif FiVINCE wed SP4II;
AND THE

)EATII
Or
LORD NELSON!!!
We lately- announced. that Goierninen s.e
daily expeelation of important news from the of
~
off Cadiz, under the command of Luis! Isletsoi.
It has at length arrived. At one n'clnek, • .
L'elhEenalit LA PoioTittle, Commuue,
the Ptclie schooner, arrived with dispschei
Admiral Coati:es:woos, who had been s •colid in
command to his Lordship ; and, about three o'docis.
Capt. SYKISs, of the Aramidur, also arriy.,,,l at
the Admiralty, with duplicates of the same. 'l.ticir
contents are given in Tic Ex:rooptliwtry
of which an accurate copy will be found i 4 our per.
ceiling columns, announcing the most gtorisst, els
tensive, and decisive vietory, ever cubraiue4 by a
British ; and the desch of the bravest, m..:
lamented, and meritorious Oliver, that ever Alan.
el the British Navy—the great Lnrd NALsON ! Th.!
Board of Admiralty m-t at an early hpur, and
were attended by Capt. SYKES and Lieut.!,untie,.
Title E. The moment the Board !lad read the di,.
patches, an Adstiralty Messenger was seat off with
an account •ci His %axis- v, at Windsor, where he
arrived at h di-oast six o'clock, 4. As, His Royal
Highness the Dale,- of YORE arrive! at the Castle
about eight, at once to cungratulate Their MAMA-
TIES upon this most glori uis V tc roa v, and condole
with them upon the great aod heavy loss by which
it was purchased. Her kIAn'TY, 01 h2ing io.
formed of the news, called the Pitifictsses artutid
her, and read the di,patch aloud; while the whole
ROYAL GaourE dropped a tear to the memory of
Lord NALsOv 1 His MAJESTY was greatly affeCied,
and exhibited, in his countenance, evident marks of
the sincerest sorrow ! The ROYAL FAMILY then
went to Chapel, to return thanks to Almighty God
for the success of His Msassry's arms ; *ad, about
Ole o'clock, the Stafferdshire Militia marched to
the Little Park, where they fired three vol:ie; in ho-
nour of this great event. The Luke of CA s, BRIDGE,
and the Princesses Aymara, MAR v, an:: Soma.,
accompanied by Lady Wisv A RD, viewed the scene
from a balcony. While the Ro vA L FAmILY were
expressing their thankfulness for this glorious
viaory, and their sorrow for the death of the
heroic Chief, and those brave tars, by whose
exertions it was obtained, the news began to
spread through every part of this great metro-
polis. Ahoot ten o'clock, the public mind became:
greatly azitated. Tile public offices, the coffee-
houses, and other places of general resort, were
crowded with a isfit.t.ts eaquilers. The office of Tae
Bail-Ist( Prt Ess w 4, tilled, and its doors besieged by
a I descriptions of people, and to gratify their ins.
pm tunity, we published a SECOND Eotriots, con.
taining the substance of the news ; but it was im-
',fusible to furnish a supply of Papers equal to the
demand. At half past 10 o'clock, the firing of the
Park and 'rower guns announced this glorious vie-
wry, and, shortly after, the following comm
was seat to It.ovia's from the Admiralty :
" /tomtit at...Tv-orrice, Nov. G, at One, e m.
" L'eut. LAPEAOTIERE, of the Pig schooner,
arrived last night with dispatches from Vice-Ad-
miral Cottiwir.woon. announcing a glorious vie.
tory gained by his MAJESTY'S Fleet, off Cadiz,
and r the command of Admiral Lord IsiTtisum.
" On the 19:h of 0 flober, the enemy's fleet, con-
sisting of 33 ships of the line, four frigates, acd :ac
brigs, came oot of Cadiz; and, on the 21st, at ll'
were brought to aClion by the British cii
sisting of 27 sail of the line (seven having beta
viously detached under Rear-Admiral Louts,j lour
frigates and two smaller vessels.
" The engagement lasted four hours, and tete&
nated by 19 ships of the enemy's line striking their
Colours, and being taken possession uf, exclusive
of one which blew up in the aelion.
" Lord IsILLSON's ship heieg closely engaged with
the Sanoissinra Trirrialerle, and others of the enemy's
ships, a muske!-shot, fired from the top, wounded
his Lordship, and deprived him of his most valua-
ble life.

" A gale of wind at S.W. coming on the next
day, and on the 2kh and 25th encreasing in vio-
lence, many of the Prires drove adrift, anJ being
close to a lee-shore, it is supposed, that serer al