The Sun.
London, England, 1805-11-09 00:00:00

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the ). Piale, and 'at teniotd to rtSe, but were'
soon "‘r.;(lt under. The Pickle the Willi lilt,
three Prizes, at_anchrlr, 'dose in with the shoee,
blowing gale, with.six of our ships surrounding:
'them. It is feared a great tilanj of' the Prizes wat
ashore, and were totally lost : if so, the account
will stand thus,. as far as the people of. the Piclik
saw, and made observations of:

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Sant;ssirna Trinidada (Spanish), 136 guns, sunk.
Aelidic ( French), 84, blew up.
Two Spanish 74's got back to Cadiz.
Argonaut.' (Spanish), 84, sunk after being taken posses.
SiC)ll 01 .
1 nree Spanish and French Prizes, 74's, in possession, and
at anchor.
Twelve Sail of Prizes, supposed to have foundered, argon
021 tore and lost _ _

shower of musketry from the tops of the
Prinklada killed and wounded on board the
tory, AdMiral Lord N'ELsON, Mr. Scorr, Secre-
° tory, and Capt. AnAlk, of the Royal Marines
and 80 Marines killed and wounded. The battle
lasted four hours, and a-dead stark calm prevailing
the whole of the clay, every shot told and did some
execution ;' four of our Fleet were so betalmed they,
could not get into attion at all. Admiral
NEUvi and the Spanish Admirals called a Council
of War the 14th ult. and after 24 hours deliberation
on board La Buceiftcuire, 84, it Was agreed that it
waa iMpradiCablC to tight the British Fleet with
any prospect of success. Between the 14th and
gist NpLsoN detached seven Sail of the Line,
with Admiral' ',bills, up.the Straits, to blockade
Carthagena, and then positive orders came down
to Cadiz for the Combined Fleets to push out, and
at all events fight the British .Fleet, and endeavour
to get through the Gut of Gibraltar for Toulon,. to
victual, as the whole Fleet were in want of bread
particularly. .

Towards the middle of last month Admiral Vu.-
tENEUVE received orders from PariS, to sail at all
events from Cadiz before the 2 iSt, to accomplisha
particular object which the Emperor had in view.
VILLENEUVE knew that Admiral Louis had been
detached with several. Ships from the Fleet otiCadiz
and supposed that the, terce had been,, in conse-
quence, reduced tp. about' 20 Sail of the Line, it
not having transpired that 'a reinforcement had.ar-
rived shortly • after Admiral Loin s's departure.—
Lord NELE,ON bad been apprised of the instradions
which Vit.t.eneuve had received, and of his in-
tention to obey them. ' His Lordshil was, there-
fore, thoroughly prepared to meet the Enemy. On
the other hand, the Commanders in Chief of the
Combined Fleet having learnt that the Hero of
the Nile commanded the blockading Squadron, were
fully sensible of the kind of reception they would
Meet should tell in with them, and therefore, it is
presumed, had consulted upon all the. means neces-
sary for a vigorous detence.
At the commencement of the aetion our Ships
contested witn each other, as far as was consistent
with the preservation of Order, the honour to get
first engaged. The Pi Tory did not fire a shot until
she Was close alongside the Santissima Trinidada,
when- the Commander in Chief ordered her to be
lashed to the _Enemy. As soon as the men began their
work, the Commander of the Santissitna Trinidada
desired his men to assist in lashing his ship to the
Mary. It was about two o'clock, when the hat-
tie: Was at the hottest, that the gallant Nar.sow re-
eeived a musket ball in his breast. What was very
remarkable, it absolutely penetrated through the star
which he wore,

The 130lkisle did wonders; she was the first in
ti.e action, and one of the last out ; and, we are
sorry to say, the number of her killed and wounded
is very zreat. The Pia-tory also sustained a. great
loss.

At the time the Pickle Schooner left • the Fleet,-
which was some days after receiving the Dispatches,
it blew a very heavy gale of Wind: The Admiral
had caused to be sunk about eight of the Ships,
and had ordered the men to be Withdrawn Irani
nearly all the. rest, and their masts and rigging to,
be cut away preparatory to sinking them. 'There
was one ship in the care of the Dimeea/, and
Eurydice Frigate, Which the Admiral wished to pre-
serve : these two. Ships joined :der the Adtion.
• By this time Admiral DUCKWORTH ' will have
reinforced our Fleet. •

The Enemy made several unsuccessful attempts
from Cadiz, to recover some of, .their. straggling
Ships.'
It is a great satisfa6tion to the Country to see stich
Officers as Lieutenant LA PE!,,IOT IRE Bj who brought
home the tate Dispatches, promoted. He has been
near thirty years in naive service in His Majesty's
Fleets,' during which time he twice circumna-
vigated the globe with Captain PormocK, and
in the year 1793 carried the bread fruit-tree, frog
the .South Seas to the West Indies, and has repeat-
edly fought under Lord Sr. VI C x 3 :irui..Adtni-
ral CORNWALUISA and' several °the:. Naval Comes
maulers.

A providential escape occurred on rthrsday night, ,
on board His Majesty's Ship Iminotialied, on the
French Coast. Captain OWEN, with his usual bra-
very and intrepidity, was reconnoitring along the.
shore about ten o'clock at night, when a 13-inch
shell from a battery struck the breach. of a 321 b. car-
=lade on the larboard bow of the Immortaiihf.—
The shock very fortunately drove out, the fuze of
the shell, and prevented its explosion.
A few days since, as one of the homeward-bonnd
West Indiamen was coming up this river near Ih-is-
to), a cannon was fired on board to announce her
safe arrival. At this moment several Ladies, Gen-
tlemen, and Chiidien, were looking over the para-
pet Ilion the Down, and very narrowly escaped
immediate death, the gun having been shotted. The
ball, which was a nine-pounder, struck the
,wall at
about six yards distant from the company, splinter._
iug the stones, ;which 's 111direaions. Provi-
.dentially no one received any ...jury.

The Illuminations were last night again repeated,
but the honest and proper feelings of the Palle
prevented them from being general. At the West
End of the' Town the Admiralty, Horse Guards,
and Ordnance Office, were superbly decorated with
lights. The Mansion and India Houses, Guildhall,
&c. wore a brilliant appearance. Several individuals
showed at once their loyalty and their grief by ov
propriate devices. .