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of theft :Int have been wrecked, aaa the Vice.
Admiral had made • signs( for degroying al!
that could not be brought away. Two sbips,
from which the Prisoners could not be removed,
made their escape into Cadiz. The Salltasiesa T,l.
nsiada was sunk, and two others of the lin•: were de-
stroyed before the Lieutenant left the fleet. Admi-
ral Vii.t.anevvs, who commanded in Chief, and
many other Officers of rank, are among the pri-
zone's.

" Besides the loss of Lord NELSON, their country
has to lament that of Captains Dore and Corms,
and about 500 men killed.
o The &tirade was totally dismasted, and the
Tonere:ire and Royal &J.:ereign also suffered very
mach ; but no one of His Mainr v's ships was lost
in this most glorious confli&"
A similar communication was sent to the Loan
Mayon, and posted upon the Mansion House.—
By these means, the news became universally known
at two o'clock, and a mixed sensation of the most
enthusiastic joy, and deepest sorrow, pervaded the
whale t isvii. At night, the preceding Ext•mordimmey
am-ate was published, :via the public w..re out
fully i:i possession of the dim,ils. To tiles!, how..
ever, we are enabled to add, from oar private
sources cf intelligence, the fallowiag interesting
particulars:—When Lord N rtsos found, that, by
his skilful manoeuvres, he had placed the enemy in
such a situation that they could not avoid an en-
gagement, he displayed the utmost animation, and
his usual confidence of victory; he said to Captain
HARDY, aid the other Officers who surrounded
him on the qt.Wterdeck, " Vow they cannot escape
is ; I think we shall at l-ant make sure of twenty
of them.--I shall probably lose a leg, btu that will
he purchasi.,g a vidory cheaply." The Vid.wy, his
Lordship's ship, beinx lashed to the Soafirsien•
Taulatimia. hi* Lordship was entirely expos.d, as well
to the fire of the cannon, as the musquetry from
the tops, from which a constant firing was kept up.
Ile wore the Insignia of the Bath, of the Crescent,
and of the other Orders, the honourable re-
wards of the glorious exploits which he had
achiev-d. SJ splendid a mark could not fail to
atiriet the notice of the enemy, and Capt. HARDY,
alarmed for his safety, repeatedly entreated him,
from the commencement of the adion, to chaage
his coati but his mind was too much occupied
with Ole scene, to think of personal danger.—
Aboot the middle of the anion, his 14ordship's
Secretary was killed at his side ; and, shortly after, a
musket ball, fired from the tops of the Saatissima
Trinidada, grazed his Lordship's shoulder, and, en-
tering his liFt breast, passed through his lungs.
The hero instantly fell. tie was immediately car-
ried below, and the Surgeons pronounced the
wound mortal. His Lordship lived about an hour,
during the whale of which time he remained per-
redly colt :eel, and displayed the same heroic mag-
nanimity in Cie arms of death, that had marked his
conduk in every action of his glorious life I A few
minutes before he expired, he ordered Capt. Ha any
to be called to him ; when the Captain came, he
asked h iv: many of the enemy's ships had struck ?
the Captain answered, that as nearly as he could
ascertain, Fife= Sail of the Line had struck their
Co-oerr. His Lordship, then, with that fervent piety
which as stroegly marked his charader, as skill and
courage, returned thanks to the Almighty ; then
turning to Capt. Ha any, he said, " I know I am
dymg. I could have wished to survive to breathe
Pay last upon British ground, but the will of God be
done !" In a few moments he expired ! I ! —The last
signal Lord Matson made, was such as cannot, and
never will be forgot—it was by telegraph—. That
England expelled every mart would do his dety."
Thus died. in the 47th year of his age, the greatest
Coginander that ever adorned the British Navy,
leaving behind him —Clara 11 et "emerald,- rumen see-
,iime—i name dear to Great Britain, and an exam-
ple of heroism, that will inspire his gallant compa-
mons in arms to emulate his virruss, and live ia the
remembrance of a grateful posterity. His Lordship
dying without issue, the Viscounty becomes extinct ;
hut the Barony descends to his brother, the Rev.
•Dr. Wit LIAM Neuron, Prebendary of Canterbury.
It may excite some surprise, that the Combined
Flee., though so much superior in number, should
venture to meet a g •et commanded by Lord Net-
sox, from whom they had fled over one half of the
globe, panic struck at his name, when he had
only eleven sail of she line. We understand, that

the scatcity of pi ooi,ions rendered it impossible
for them tio stay much longer in Cad z. Or-
d rs were g•ven to Vi Langtry v, that he must
risqu • an aftior, should he perceive any material di-
TM Intim of the English Fleet. From a private let-

ter. transmitted some time ago, from his Lordship,
it appeared, that he had intelligence of these or-
ders, and formed his plan accordingly. This
accounts for the expectation entertained, for some
days past, in this country, of
,important news
from Cadiz. When his Lordship dispatched Ad-
miral L wis, in the begiaaing of last month. far

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premiriette and Water to Teton, with seven sail of
the line and some frigates, he •fitpeedtd, of course,
that the French Admiral would come out to give
him battle. He then communicated his plan of
attack to all his Captains, who answered, unani..
mously, that the plan was so wisely concerted,
it must succeed; and they would .11' pledge Lea.
lives for the result. His Lordship, on receiv-
ing this answer, declared, it was one of the i• ip-
piezt circumstances of his life. Besides the In-s of
Lord Islttsos, the country has to deplore that of
Capt. Duet, of the MJ,S. and Capt. CooKc, of ,he
Belhoreposi. The number of killed and wound-
ed will probably prove to he above MO. Th.,
Viclory is said to hors: lost 1.59 ^nen. Th •
was totally dismastel The Ulla Swereiz.,, the
Rtcenge, and the Femeraire, also staff -red very mudh.
the slaughter on boar 1 the en 'my must Is eve
been immense. The Laryilus, w understaiia,
has arrived, with Admiral ar.d
several outer o;Ficers of distia6tioa on b,•Ard.
Viaaciettvc is said to be frantic with grief
and daspair. lie Considers iris d'fe•st as a
dream, and e snow: be p.u.strad! I tiat he is a
prisoner, and that his fine flt•et h i,, in the 3:10IC ~:)ace
of four hours, been e insigne) to al host total de-
Eruaion. Among the erraord:nary circumstances
attending this. brilliant vilim vr, may reckoned its
eaMcidince in dates, and coatrs,t in merit, with the
c api;ulthion of U. n. On the 19th day of oEloher,
when General NI %cis signed the a Idttional Article
for the imosedive evacuation of Ulm, the Combined
Fleets of France and Spain came nut of Cadiz;
and, upon the 21st. the eve of the great victory ob-
tained by Lord N ROW AP ART t .1!,•14re.1, as
it ware with a prophetic spirit, in !Ili ninth bulletin,
that he wanted only *dip, colonic and commerce
for, in fact, he lost, in a few hours .ifter, half his fleet.
It may possibly assuag- the bitterness of regret for
his lees, to know, that Lord Netson died, as he al-
ways wished to die—that he died a hero, in the
arms of Victory, the cypress drooping over his
tomb, while Fortune WAs entwining new laurels
around his temples! Had he survived the glorious
2.3.1 of October, a gratehrl Soy cm CIGN would have
given fresh proofs o his regard. M. Aliments, trophies,
every devise that can do brat r ir to his memory',
is all Hi: Sovsuere, or his Col inty can now be-
stow. A general illumination was expeft....d last
night in honour of the valor!, but time did not
permit the necessary pie:, it oions.—The Theatres,
the Admiralty, the 74avy Lidice, the Mansion-
house, and the Navy CofFee-house, in Newcastle-
street, Strand) were, however, lighted up with great

It is supposed, that the itsosl etiquette will be
dispensed with in favour of the memory (.4. Lord
Nuson, and Cis* the country will he permitted to
manifest its sorrow, by a general rin,urning, an ho-
nour hitherto ex:lusively reserved for the Rol' at.
F A MILT.

[For an interesting Memoir of his Lordship's
Life, see our first page.]

ADIIF.SION OF PRUSSIA TO THE AL-

LIANCE AGAINST FRANCE.
Advices were yesterday received front the Conti-
nent, by the way of Bremen, dated the 29th last,
which state, that the King of PitUiSl A has takeu
possession of the Electorate of /lawyer, in the name
of His Majesty the King of ENGLA SD. sic thou-
sand French troops have thrown themselves into
Hameln, but it must surrender, of course, in a
short time, for want of provisions. The Emperor
A LLIA (4 DER had arrived at Potsdam, on his way to
Vienna ; and a considerable Russian force is said
to have entered the Prussian territories, on its
march to the South. These circumstances are all
deci.ive of the conduct of Prussia, and manifestly
prove, that she is resolved to take an active part in
the war against France. Some Foreign Papers came
over, f:om Bremen, by the same conveyance; but
they contain no other intelligence of importance.