The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-12-28 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LoNuor,
SATURDAY, Dewier'

We this day invert a small part of the evidenc-
for the dTfence in the case of Sir ROUIRI CA LI)En,
unavoidably omitted yesterday. It was all that
was wanting to tender our Report As complete as
possible. When sentence was pronounced, we un-
alerstand Sir ROURT CA LOZil se-ired to be deeply
afF.:ted, azi.l retiryd wilinut speaking a word. He
w.is ,tc,:otnp.thietl by a great number of friends. and.
on dc,cendiog from the deck of the Print? of Wales,
into his barge. scarcely lifted up his bead, which
was apparently bowed down by the weight of the
sentence. Sir 12 o sear CAI DLR is upwards of 60
years ofage, forty-seven he has spent in tic
service of his country. Fits courage, sse bel.r%e,

never heen doubted; and hi. error upon the preseil
occasion appear, to have originated in excessive eau-

Won. Of the justice of his sea-ence, few, however,
will be inclined to doubt. On the 22d, he brought
the enemy to action, with fifteen ships of the line to
twenty, of which captured two. The damige
of the Triad,:r C.2.:/c, the only English ship reported
unable to rent -v the fight, may be set off ag.tinst
the damage stiff.. Ted by the remaining ships of the

enemy. It is in evidence, however, that she
was still able to maintain her place in the line.
Tlve retult of the •ictory of the 22d. was, these-

fere. to reduce the disproportion between tl-e two
fleets, and leave on the and 44th, fifteen

British :hips to meet eighteen French and Spanish,
The naval glory of England is now raised to
so high a pitch, we do not think any achievement

too difficult for nut gallant tar,. Admiral C A Loca
knew that Lord Nct.sots, with ten sail of the line,
had chaced the Combined Fleet, amounting to
double that number, over the Western hemisphere.
He therefore ougit to have known, the country
would have expeaed that he shoal .I court an en-
gagement with fifteen. The the fl !et from Ferrol
might come out and fall upon him, was a remote
(astringency. Ila i the affirm been renewed on the
:13.1 or 424th, it wsuisl probably have been decided
in six or seven h sure Ferrol WAS PI !eagues dis%tnt,
and it seas not likely that the squadron (rim it

caul ! join during the engage.neat. That the Ferrol
sq ;Aron might come up after the engagement,
and attack him in a crippled state. was more pro-
bable; but then, had he not a right to c olate spon
casual assistance? He was aware that Lord Ne L-
ute was in pursuit of the enemy, and had hr not A
right to reckon upon the chance of his arrival.
Beside>. if this argument he gond for any rliMg,
he might not to have brought the enemy to afliiin on
the 12J. The danger from the Ferrol squadron was
as great on that day, as on the 23d or 24th. Sir
Rosser Ca ante admits the charge, that he did
not do his utmost to bring the enemy to aaton after
the 22J. He goes farther, he says, he never at-
tempted it. lie contents himself with saying, that
he did not avoid a renewal of the engagement.
I-k has declined a dire% defence, and pleaded a
justification. Part of it, we mean his apprehen-
sion arising from the proximity of Ferrol, we
think cannot avail much ; the remainder, we
mean his anxiety to preserve his prises, aid se-
cure the full fruit of tie vinory of the 224 ap-
pears to carry snore weight, but it cannot pre-
vail against the loss of the glorious opportunity
of destroying the Combined Meet. In co, Sir
ROIBIRT C A LnEll proved himself tart cautious, too
prudent, for the present day. No great •i6lory can
be obtained without great risk ; and too studious a
calculation of probable danger will not gratify the
enkkusiasm of the British nation, where its navy is
the subjea of its expetiation.

We stated vesterday, that a boat had been sent
the day before from Boulogne. with an Argats of
the 17th instant, announcing the conclusion of an
Armistice It has been erroneously supposed.
that Government are in possession of a series of
French and Dutch Papers to the 18th ; they have
only, we believe, a .11o•.irerr of the 12th, Dutch
Papas of the 17th, and The Are* of the 17th.
The .41" s was nut sent over from Boulogne by
any French Oiicer to our Government. An op
boat, vr;th.nt any person on board, drifted on Wed.
es,l4! into our fleet ; on board of it was found a
pared, containing Me dejas, diteaed to Mr. Tim-
mAS Honer 1., merchant, Hastings. It was imme-
diately forwarded to Gov:rnment IVhether there
be a gentlentaa of the name of f tae c t. t., at I Listing s,
we know not. "Ilse paper is a Serplement to The Ar-
ius of The I 7th, and contain' the 30th and n Bulk-
tins of the Grand Imperial Army—Tbelaat Bulletin
is dat.nl born Austerlitz, of the sth. We un lerstan.:
that it gives the paiti.:tthits of the bank of the 2.:
only: it states, that the battle on that day had ben
most furious, ob.tinate, and bloody-- and that Ow
Rus►ian army had been reduced to 4 1,000 men. I
consequence of that battle, says The .Iriees, the Ern-