Star.
London, England, 1805-08-10 00:00:00

JULY 12.

Lord NELSON'S fleet, of eleven fail of the lino
and two frigates, failed this morning from hence to
Tetuan, to complete their flock of water. His
Lordfhip panes the Streights to the weftward the fir ft
eagerly wind, in hopes he may yet meet with the
Combined Fleets. The high Rate of difeipline, an 4
appearance of his fquadron, were the admiration of
the whole garrifon ; and notwithftanding they had
been three months without receiving any fupplie! of
sister or provifions, they had not twenty fick men in
the whole fleet.

The ?tams fchooner arrived yellerday- from
England with difpatehes, and returns to Plymouth
again Abe firft fair wind.
The Garrifon is all healthy.
The 'enemy's camp daily increafes ; they have
now upwards of twelve thoufand men in their camp
and barracks. •

EXTRACT OF • LETT Lit rtnm AN OFFICER OM BOARD
LORD NILSON'S FLEET, GISRALTAI jaTe JULY Sle

,‘ We left Antigua the 14. th of June, in purfbit of
the enemy'f fitet..• whkch bietift,!*.flitre four
days bcfore, fteeringlt r. on their waYfacl to
rope at *e fuppofed; 'to efiapi oni; lquaidton; we
immediately croude4 all fail in pal**, carrying top
gallant fails and royals, night and day, and every
(hip clear for aftion at a moment's warning. In
four dayt afterwards we fell in• with an American,
who had Peen the Corub:ned fleet 36 hours Wore,
' =filling of 28 fail, [till ftee'ring N.' E.—all of us
in the higheft fpirits at the profpea of fpeedily meet
Ing them, as we tvere fleeting exaElly in their track;
but, I am forry to fay, that *e faw nothing Of them
during our paffage to our great difappointneent: We
made Cape St. Vincent's exanftly 63 days after we left
it for the Weft Indies, and anchored -here two days
ago, all in good hearth, though•half heart-broken at
the enemy's fleet having efcaped us a fecond time ;
We hope the third time will be more lucky, as the
tnoment we have got water and provifions on bOatcl:,
we flail be after them again.'

4! I cannot deftribe to you the unceafing exertions
and _anxiety of oar gallant Adtnir4 to overtake the
enemy, which ern only be equalled by the affeltion
and ennidence which every officer and man can board
feels km- him. 'Under Xll the hardfhips and anxiety
we have fuffered, I never beard a man in the fleet
repine, or blame Lord Nst.sou, though we cannot
help, now and then, cuffing General B—, whofe
miftaktnintelligence was the means of mifleading and
rearm its to Trinidad, at the -moment when we in-
tended' fleeting exadlly the cottrfe which would have
brought us to the point where the combined fleet
at!loally was, and where we should have certainly
brought them to aCtion the following day, on the
very fpot where Rodney met de Graffe ! I cannot
deferibe to you the chagrin we all felt at
.being dif-
appointed in the hopts we had formed of falling in
with the enemy, being all refolved to emulate the
glory of that proud day."

CADIZ, JULY z 2.

The Blockade of this Port has completely ruined
:hitrade of the place, though the prelim Englilh
Admiral behaves with much more liberality, than
fome of his iiredecelfors.

• We are preparing to take a revere revenge upon
Gibraltar for the capture and tleftruetion of our fri-
gates. Ninety or a hundred gun or mortar• boats
are fitting up with furnaces to heat red hot balls to
defirny that town. The plan has been approved by
the Prince of Peace,. and wilL•be attenspted in fix
weeks time. A camp of tooooluen is to be formed
before it, and it is reported, that 20,000 French trooin
are c xpencd to joie theta.