The Sun.
London, England, 1805-12-24 00:00:00

FATAL DUEL.

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It will be remembered, that,. about twelve months
ago, a quarrel took place between Major litiooKEs
and Colonel Bor:row, of Liverpool. The conse-
quence was, that a meeting was agreed upon but,
either from accident or design, .the parties did not
attend at the time and place appointed. Before a
second rendezvous was adjusted, the Gentlemen
were taken into, custody, and bound over in a heavy
penalty to keep the peace.
After this the
,animosity between them increased
daily, and each reproached the 'other with having
intOrmed the Officers of Justice of their intention to
fight, and having
~thereby. Occasioned the arrest.
The time for which these.Gentiemen were bound to
keep the peace elapsed on Friday.last, and, before
the day way closed, a challenge passed from the one
to the other, and an immediate meeting was deter-
mined upon, to decide their inveterate quarrel.
Mr, 'NV. attended the Colonel to the ground, and
Mr. H. the Major. It is with regret we add, that
the first fire proved fatal to the latter,. who was
killed on the spot. Col. B. was soon after taken
into custody.

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THE THEATRE.—The Tragedy of Barlarossa
last night restored Master BETTY to Covent-garden
Theatre, in the part of zichmet, in which his abili-
ties were first submitted to the judgment of a Lon-
don audience. In this charader, in our opinion, he
is chiefly successful, though it seems generally to
be determined that his best achievement is Douglas.
The truth, however, is, that the part of darnel ad-
mits of more variety of expression, and therefore,
ho displays merits in addition to those which are
requisite for Douglas. We are sorry to find that
some of the vehement literary admirers of this
young Astor now seem inclined to substitute the
effusions of spleen instead of those of enthusiasm,
alledging there is a great " falling Qft.'" in his.
aCting, But the fa& is, that his offing is just
the same, and the only alteration is in his voice
and person, except, indeed, an alteration in the
opinion of the admirers alluded to, who were
caught at first by novelty, and did not decide from
the diEtates of sound judgment. The applause of
the audience is by no. means eqUal to what was,
but the opinion of the public at large is, as SHAK.
MARE. ObSerVeg, "gidd1y and uUsure." Some illi-
beral persons vented their discontent upon Mr. HMI.
GRAVE, who pertbrmed Bartarossa,, in consequence
of which he withdrew himself wholly from the
Theatre, and MouttAY came forward, at the end of
the third A% to communicate . thiS extraordinary
circumstance to the Audience, and to solicit their
permission for Mr. CuNfea.lN to read the remainder
of the part. Mr. HARGRAVE had a peculiarity of
voice and utterance, but he was a very respe&able
Aaor, and always .displayed judgment and feeling.
We regret that he should have suffered momentary
chagrin, arising from the opposition of vulgar igno-
rance, to drive him froni a profession to which he
was led by inclination, not necessity.—He is, we un-
derstand, a very respeaable chara6ter in private life.
The Theatre had a very numerous Audience.
THEATRICAL ANECDOTE.--.The abrupt departure
of Mr. .llSnottAra from Covent-garden Theatre last
night brings to our recolle6lien an event of a similar
kind which happened many years ago at Edinburgh,
and which is still rife in theatrical 'circles :—A Fish-
monger of the name of STintwo, • ambitiOnsof dis-
playing his powers in the charader of Hastings, ob-
tained leave from the Manager to gratify his vanity.
When he had advanoed nearly through the. first kilf
of the part, amidst catcals, hisses, and roars of
laughter, he retired, on the supposition that he
would, return to finish What he had so ludicrously
begun, when, to the disappointment of the laughter-
loving Critics, Mr. ELAN ni a very respe6table
and we,believe the uncle df Mrs. JORDANI
came suddenly forward, and thus addressed the au-
dience—

" LADIES AND GINTLEMZN,
• 14 Mr. STIRLING, a very good Fishmongtr, hai been so
much mortified by your disapprobation of his performance of
Hassitv, that he has not only made his escape suddenly from
the Theatre, but,i vow to Cod, Ladies and Gentlemen--
taken away with him Mr. Ross's best pair of breeches !hi
-This unexpe6led and extraordinary speech, among
hundreds of Highlanders, produced the loudest and
mostincessant laughter and applause ever heard in
any Theatre.
I)liss FISUER has been performing with great suc-
cess on the Bath Stage. She is certainly-possessed
of mil& greater theatrical skill than has ever ap.
peared before at her time of life, and the variety of
chara&ers which she perfbrms, skews versatility of
powers really surprising. She is a great favourite
too in the private circles of the first people in that
City.
COURSIt3G.---In the course of last week died at the
Weld Cottage, the celebrated Greyhound, Snawkall.
He was the means of introducing, in the Wolds of
Yorkshire,a species of Greyhound, very superior to any
thing that had before been seen there ; and he be-
came, in time, the sire of all the best dogs that are
navy running. The styloof ,his.owu.running never,
perhaps, had an equal, either for speed or continni-
aace.

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MAntio, Nov. 153,--The fdL.Avlng is a Copy of
as Letter, dated tir2 ISt , Gi;nerat D.
ANTONIO IYESCANI), to his Excellency the PRINcr
of PEACE, GetlCtLli!:;,ialo Of the rorees .1))- Sea arid

Land
‘‘ lost Excellent Seignior—Annexed I transmit
to your Excellency a return of the state of tie diffe-
rent Vessels of the .Combined !-quaklron whidi
sailed from Cadiz, under the cotan- of Vice-Ad-
miral VILLENEt., vz and General 1). FREDrailco
Giu.VINA, subsequent to the late. engaL.;cmciat, and
the storm which came on ituMediately after. From

this return it results, that the Enemy hate, in their
possession the San Ann Arepotnucvne, at Gibraltar,
and the San fidtfonso, which they bad yesterday in
tow, in a very damaged condition'; for the Santis-
shim Mniclad, Bqltina. St. Augustin, and Ate,
nautd, havb will( since the ACtion.
" I feel it necessary tog inform your Excellency,
that our Officers who were prisoners on board the
English Vessels positively ascertained, that Admiral
NELSON, at the commencement of the Action,
thrice threw out a signal for engaging yard-arm and
yard-arm, with a view of deciding the,Vietory in his
favour, by totally dismasting our Ships, and by the
extreme effusion of blood.
It is my duty, at the same time, to transmit a
Return of the Officers who have shed their blood
in this dreadfid A6tion, as far as certain accounts
have hitherto reached me, with the deepest sorrow

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for • the irreparable loss of so many deseiying Sub-
jeds worthy of a better tate." •
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[Here follows the list of killed and wounded, above refer.
ed to. The total, under each head, is-- -
Generals and Cnicfs of Squadron, woundel 4. '
Brigadiers, killed 2, wounded 4.
Captains :le Navin. killed t, w.ntnded 4. •
Captains de Fraeatit, kiti,d 2, wounded ' •
• Lieutenants de Naio, killed 6, wounded q.
Lieutenants de -Fragaru,til led 4, ‘voundtd 3.
Lieutenants pf A rtil !cry killed t.
didsliipnizn t: Nailio,kilfed 3, wounded 6.
d.: 1, Wounded s.
Lieutenants do Bru tote, wout.ded I. - •
Various interior ()filet:is, killed 3, wounded. 6.

The Commandant-General, the IXTartment of
Cadiz, D. JUAN DE MOIMNA; in a Letter, gated the
29th of OEtober, to his Excellency .the Plalloll of
PEACE, writes as follows :—" The modtsty of Ma-
jor-General EscANo, in giving me a hasty account
of the battle of the 21 st inst, . which Obi:Warded
to your Excellency on the 22d, concealed from
me the fa6l, that having been wounded in the leg
from a dis Charge of grape-shot, which killed all.
thOse who were stationed near , him, with the ex-
ception of a Captain of Artillery, he :nevertheless
continued at his post with the greatest intrepidity,
until the blood was seen streaming. out of his boots,
by different Officers, who compelled him to go below
and have his wounds dressed • and as soon as this
process was gone •.through, ESCANO• caused him--
self to be again carried up. to -the quarter-deck,
where he remained till the close of the a6tion,
discharging the funClions of his command." The
PRINCE of PEACE has been pleased to state, that
His MAJESTY is highly sati,fied with the services
of General ESCANO, and will reward them accord-
ingly. . •
DQU BALTASAR CISNEROS,' Chef de .Esquadra,
has also communicated to his Excellency, in a dis-
patch dated the i3l St ult.: at Algesiras, the
.princit.
.pal occurrences of the- Battle, an which
.his
ship; the Santissima Trinidada, had. a share. " Ad 7
miral NELSON, in the Viaory, followed by two other,
three-deckers, attempted. to break our line, astern of
the Trinidad, and a-head of the Buctrauur, Ad-

miral VILLENEUVE. General CISNEROS gave or-
ders to back the top-sails of the Trinidad, and thus
came "so dose upon the - French Ship, that by
this manoeuvre, and the terrible lire which fol..
lowed, he frustrated the intention of Admiral
NELSON, who had no other means of breaking the
line than by passing astern of the Ewer/Nur. In cfr
feting this the Viilary carried away the starboard
fashion-piece of the Trinidad : and two other three-
deckers having placed themselves ua the larboardr
quarter, the Aktion was continued with this superior
force until four P. M. when the Trinidad was to-
tally dismasted, with the. loss of 300 men. Stich
was the damaged condition of this Ship, that though
the English Officers who were in charge of her stated
that Admiral NELSON had pledged himself to cap-
ture and conduct her to England, they were obliged
to abandon their intention ; and having precipitately
taken out the people on the third day after the Action,
in consequence of, the water gaining so nancli on the
pumps, she sunk-daring the night. It is worthy of
=remark, that from the accounts already received, we
arc appriied of three separate instances in which
the English, in the,Battle of the 21st of ()Lather,
' attempted to break the Line, and
,were completely
repulsed by our Ships. • We have just stated the
reception which Admiral NELsoN met with in' his
attempt to pass a-stern of the Trinidad. Vice-Ad-
miral COLLINGWOOD eicperieneed a similar recep-
tion. Having led the van of the English Squadron
in th;,,, Royal Sovereign, with the intention of, cross-
lug our Line a-head of the Santa Anna, the Flag-
Ship of General.D. ImiActo D'ALAvA, this Com—
mander took such measures to disconcert his,design,
that the - Santa Anna tell on board the Sovereign ;
and in this situation the two, Vessels fought until
both. of them were dismasted. Anwher Colunm
of the English, in like mariner, endeavoured to
break the Line .a-head of the Principe (o,atirias,,
the ,Elag-Ship D. ,FREDERICO GRAVfNA ; bur
the Principe crowding sail, and keeping up a brisk
and s•eady tire on the Enemy, compelled him to put
about and abandon his desige."

BARCELONA TOURNAL, SATVRDAY, 1401:'. 3, litas.
Accounts of the Averages and Losses suffered by
the English Fleet, in consequence of the
,Engage-
ment on the t,' Ist of 06uber, with the Combined
Forces of France and Spain
IRON. CADIZ.
rielory, of 100 guns, deprived of all her masts, in
the ad of breaking the Line; the Vice-Admiral
NELSON wounded, and dying Of his wounds
seven hours after the conclusion of the Engage-

meat.
Prince of Waler, 08, and Britannia, of 100 gun 4,
foundered during the
Dreadnought, of 93 guns, the head pierced in an.
hundred places.
Teinerairc, at 98 guns, dismsted, and the masts of
the French Ship L'iichille fen upon hey (lea,
and killed a treat number of people.

acre& and the thastil of- the former, and rudder
of the latter, discovered oh the shores of

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Queen, of 98 guns, the topmast and Tnizen gone,
in the Bay of Cadiz; and the head or bow much
injured. ; • •
Donne at; of .80 guns, dismasted on the coast of
; Barbary. •
Car/opt/A.,- of 80 guns, stripped bare, and supposed
in the Dock at Gibraltar.
lac Tigre,•of 80 guns, foundered on the shares of
Santa Maria.'
Tonnant, of .80 gun 3, burnt :by the Squadron, .ilve-
.or sig. leagues to the North of Cadiz.: • •
Spencer, of 74 guns, entered. the. Bay of Gibraltar,
towed in by a Frigate,
Difence;.of 74 guns, in Gibraltar, without her main-.
mast.
Stiqfivl,:re., of 74 guns, in Gibraltar, deprived of, et
top-mast.
Ocean, of 74 guns, dismssted on the coast of Africa.
Lee/a:lain, of 74 guns, under top-gallant gone.
Zealous, of 74 guns, the bow or head injured,
Gibraltar. •
COliql(CtOr i; of 74. guns,: under sail. , • •
Revenge, of 74 guns, and 1; Aigle, of 74, in Gibral-
tar; the last deprived of its yards.
Minotaur, of 74 guns, a-ground on the toast of
Conil and San .Lucar. •
Colossus, of 74 guns, Mem, •
Mars, of 74 guns, under sail.
Bellerophon, of 74 guns, irlem
Polyphemus,, of, 64 guns, under sail, without Ile!
mizen-tnast. •
Sparliate, .of 74 guns, thundered after the engagc-
ment, on the coast of Rota.
Carnatie, 0174 gn.ts, injured,. under sail.
Ships which rejoined the former ca, j re o'cluek in the
evening, on the fJtst.
Duke of York, under sail.
Binial Sovereign, lost on the coast, With four lm-
dred,thousand pounds sterling, intended for
80 guns, towedby an "English Frigate.
Tip/utterer, of 74 guns, under sail, protated by a
Frigate. •
L'Aigle, of 74 guns, under
• Major-General Bro-REsToN was wounded the
beginning of the adieu, and died .three hours after-
wards.
One Ship of 110 guns, 3 Frigates, and 1 Corvette,
sailed In im Gibraltar, eastward, to proted the strand-
ed and dismantled Ships. , •
This account is eitraaed from the Dispatches
to Gibraltar by Admiral CM.LINCMOOD, '.explained
by the particulars of the Veiisels entering that Bay:
It is natural to suppose that the 105,4e3 are not
very correaly stated by-- the English ; and that, in
fttEt; th 4 are much greater • than our Enemies are
iticlined•to represent ; yet it is evident, from their
narrative, that their Peet is de.troyed. According,
to some letters from Cadiz, which refer to' thtelli-
gencereceied from English Officers, it appears that
the English' have lost seen to eight thousand men
a'calautity which it will be' very difficult to redress
in that CoUntry.