The Sun.
London, England, 1805-11-07 00:00:00

cEutKAL oltur.R.

The. Almighty god,. whost Arm is Strength,
havi;ig of his grea...slerk:y hc,:it 'pleased io crown
the Exertions of His Majesty's Fleet with,Success, in
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giving them a com4;iete Vietuly_twq their Enetnic.,s,,
0r,215t. of this Afonth ; and .tlig all Praise and
Thanksgiving may be offered up to the Throne of
grace for the great Benefit to our Country amid to.
Nankind
I have thought proper, that a I)ay should be ap.
pointed, of general, Humiliation betot:o. God; and
Thanksgiving-, for this his merciful Goodness, un-
playing Forgiveness of Sins, a Contingation of his
Pivine Mercy, and his constant Aid to us in the
Defence of our Country's Liberties and Laws, with.
out which tho utmost, Liforts of Man are nought,
hips aired therefore that be appointed
for this holy Purpose.
Given on board the Euryalus, off Cape Trafalgar,
22d Oa. 1804.
,(Signed) C. COLLINGWOOD.
To the ropoc-iive captains-am-I Commanders.
N. 13, ,'1 he having been
.dispersed by a gale
of wind, no day has yet been able to be appointed
for. r.hove Purpose.
4luryabis, off C-5,1805..
Ili my Letter 'of the ,e.',2d I detti&d ;opal, for the
information of my Lords 'Cotomissioners of the Ad-
miralty, tot proceetlings'of His Majesty's Squac4o4
on the day of the and, that preocctipg, ft,
since which I have l;a4 a, continued series of misfor.:
tunes, but they are at a kind that human
,prudence
could not possibly provide againsi, or my skill Pre.
vent.

On the:lo4 in. the.°, morning a strong southerly wind
pew, with aqually Weather, which however did n 4
prevent the aetivq of the pfficers and Sea Men of
such Ships as were manageable from getting hold of
many, of the Prizes (13 or 14), and towing:them off
to the Westiaraid, wheic I orderld them to rendez-
vous round the Royal Sovereign, in by the Nep;;,
tune ; but on tho, 23d the gale increased, and the
Sea ratirso high dun many of theni broke the tow-
rope, and drifted far to leeward before they were
Got bold of again, And spnae of then,' taking :Kilian-
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tage of the dark and boLiterou,l rliet.ir, got before the
wind, and have perhapi drifted* upon file shore and
sunk ; on the afternoon of that day tin remnant of ;
the Combined Ilea, ten' Sail of :hips, who had not
been much cragged, stood tip to leeward of my shat-!,
te„red and straggled.clyage, as if meaning to attack
them, which obliged:llle to cone& a Force out of
Inc least injured Ships, and form to leeward for
their defence all this retarded tl,ie progress of the
hulks, and the had weather continuing, determined
me to destroy,l tii? leoward-post that could hP
cleared of the men, considering that keeping

bcssion of th.v. V 143 ;1 inotor of little cause,

gym= compared with the chance of their falling

amain into the hands of tht? Euenty s but even thio

was an hazardous talc in the: high sea, which was

running. Z hope, however, it has been a CCOM•
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1444t0 a considerable exteni ; '
entrusted it to
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skilful
Officers,' who wouiri spare no runs to execute

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what was possiUie. The Copula of the prince and
Neptune cleared the Trinidad and sunk her. Ca"p.
&jai flo'pe; Baynttin; and Maleblin, who jOirted. the

r Fleet ells moment' from (libra;tar, iiati the charge of
destroying four others. The Redoutable sunk astern
of the Swiftsure while in tow. The Santa Anna,
have ;6 dcUbt, is sank, as her 610 was almost en-
tirely beat in ; and such is the shattered condition
of the whole of them, that unless the weather
derates I doubt -whether I--shall be able to carry a
Ship of them into Port. I hope their Lordships will
appros of what (having only in consideration the
destration of the Enemy's Fleet) have thovght a
measure 'of absolute necessity.
I have taken Admiral Villeneuve into this Ship :
Vice Admiral Don :Viva is dead. Whenever the
temper' of the weather-will permit, -and I can spare
.11 li'rigate (for there Vere only tour in the A6tion
with the Flet:t, Euryalus, Sirius, Fhebc, and Naiad
the Afelpowt* joined: the nd, and the I;tirydiee
and Scout the f: , l ,hiill the other Flag
fleets, and send'thoin Englihd with their 11:,igs (if
they de not.go to the I,ottonty, to be laid at His Ma-
ic,sty's feet.

There rvere 4000 Trinv.. undertbc
connnand of Gen, .Contmin, who 'w taken with
Admiral Villeneuve in the Bntentaure,
1 an7,.&c..6.:c.,.
(Signed).

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ioLhAt tiut4 niczitz VALyuNt ?

TIMRSDAY, NOVEIVnEA 7, 18005.

WE this 'clay ley before our. Readers the Cada'
Details of, the glorious -,ViAory, ,obtained over the,
Combined Fleets of .Frapc and Spain they wire
iibli4ed in a Gaxrtte Eiir rd inarA zlt a late hour
Yesterday evening, The Letter of Vice-A.41.44A
Coz,,LiNctwqop, who succcOed to the Coonna,
upon the much lamented death of thp Commander.
in Chief, contains a most clear 40d distirt& nart
native of the proceedings of that glorious day,
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and pays a just and elegant tribute to the Hero
whose death has deprived this Cotntry of its
brightest ornament, Rolerring to the official do-.
tails, and to the. accounts which we were yester
day, enabled to lay before our Readers, we have
this day little to add upon this sut)jei:t. Greit and
decisive as tho, Nrietqry
,and unparalMed in
its entent, it certainly did not create any enthusk,
astk did ;tot produce any ebullition qt popular
transport. Joy for the Vitiory, obtained sk•as cothplete:,
ly absorbed in grieffor the, losaol Lord NE
But while we, common with the te:lt of our
Countrymen, deeply deplore the 'loss of that:gallant'
Hero who always led our f leets to glory, we.eannot
but express our exultation for a victory which has
annihilated so.cousidirrable a part of the Navy of
our ,P,,nernies, and firmly estiblisned our Maritime
SUpe' riority. That the Combined Meet was destined
for the M,editerranean can hardly admit of a doubt;
and if they had succeeded in reaching it in safety.,
they might in the present crisis:have. done the. toast
serious injury to the Allied Cause, But their designs,
I,o;ateverthey were, have been completely fru* ated,
and for the remainder of thiA War we have hule to ap-
prehend from their Naval exertions in that quarter.
Lord Ner.sost, as we stated yesterday, waS killed by
rifle ball, fired frorn the round top of„the S. izoi ethdret
Trinhluda, and his Lordship, from. having-his
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botti.,and Suir on, unfortunately pies-entecl bat too
dlsunguished an obleCt for the kuemy'm marksmen.
It was observed duripg the Aelion that the shower
of musket balls which t upon the quarte:.r-deck of
the j4ietw'll Was almost env ItVeden tedond theOfEtiers
Who stood round his I,,mlihip frequently entreated
.him to change his. But his mind was too
much occupied with the important service in which
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he Was engaged to bestoW a though; on Ids personal
safety, thott3h inded he could not have rendered
his Country a greater service than by preserving
Ins invaluable 16. It may not be improper,here to
repeat a suggeEtion which has been frequently made
by then, of aeltnowl,e*.i,cd bilivery, and (:)i high rank,
~in the profession, that tit! Commander Chief
should .
not be personally engaged in aet;on. By
in the Rear the
taking his stition ,in a Frigate

Dna, `he would 11;l'e a comprehensive otl"
1' the' engagement ; where Is when scn

gaged, it very frequently hap' cns '