Star.
London, England, 1805-12-24 00:00:00

BATTLE OFF TRAFALbAR.

MADRID, NOV. xs.
The following is a Copy ref a letter, dated the tit
infant, from General D. An rort to d'Escado, to
his Excellency the Prince of Peace; Generalidlcao of
the Forces by fea and land :

" Molt Eikellent Seignior,
" Annexed I tranftnit to your Etcellency a return
of the (late of the different veffels of the Combined

Squadron, which failed from Cadiz under the com-
mand of Vice A..:miral VILLINE UV a and General D.
Folotote° Goovitta, fubfequent to the late engage-
ment, and the ftorm which came on immediately
after. From this return it refults, that the enemy
have in their poffiffion the San Juan Nepomuceno,
at Gibraltar, and the San Ildefonfo,whichthey had

yeterday in tow, in a very damaged condition—for
the Santiffima Trinidad, Bahama, St. Auguftin, and
Argonauta,have funk face the action.
" I feel it neceffary to inform your Excellency,
that our Officers who were prifoners on board the
Englifit velftls pofitively afcertained, that Admiral
/sir tsott, at the commencement of the anion, thrice

threw out a figoal for engaging yard-arm and yard-
arm, with a view of deciding the viaory in his fa-
vour, by totally difmalling our thips, and by the ex-
treme effufion of blood.

" It is my duly at the fame time, tri tfanlhait a
return of the Officers who have fo honourably (bed
their blood in this dreadful adi.m, as far as certain
accounts have hitherto reached me, with the deepefl
flrow for the irreparable lofs of fu many deferving
fubjeds worthy of a better fate."

[Here follows the Lift of the Killed and Wounded, above referred
tor. The total under each head, is—
Generals and Chiefs of Squadron. wounded
Brigadiers, killed 2, witunded 4.
Captains de Navin, kaki a, wounded 4.
Captains de Fragata, killed 2, wounded 3.
Lieutenants de Navio, killed 6, wounded S.
Lieutenants de Fragata, killed 4, wounded 3.
Lieutenant. of Artillery, killed 1.
Micithipmen de Navio, killed 3, wounded 6.
Midlhipmen de Frapta, killed a. wounded S.
Lieutenants de Brulote, wounded t.
Various inferior °Steers, killed 3, wounded 6.j

The Commandant-General of the Department of
Cadiz, D. JUAN DR MORENA, in a letter, dated the
29th Oftober, to his Excellency the Piince of Peace,
writes as follows :—" The mode it y of Major General
ESCANO, in giving me a hefty account of the battle of
the 2: ft init. which I forwarded to your Excellency
on the 22d, concealed from me the fan, that having
been wounded in the leg from a difcharge of grape
(hot, which killed All thole who were Rationed near
him, with the exception of a Captain of Artillery.
he neverthelefs continued at his petit with the greaten
intrepidity, until the blood was ken Dreaming out
of his boots by different officers, who compelled him
to go below to have his wounds dreffed ; and as (non
as tbi: procefs was gone through, EstAmo caufedl,
himfelf to be again carried up to the quarter deck,
where he remained till the clofe of the salon, dif-1
charging the funaions of his command." The Prince
of Peace has been pleafed to Date, that his Majelly
is highly fatisfied with the fervices of General Esca-
mo, and will reward them accordingly.
Don BALTASAR CISSFROS, Chiefde Elquadra, hat
alfo communicated to his Excellency, in a difpatch
dated the 311 i ult. at Algefiras, the principal occur-
rences of the bottle, in which his flag !hip. the San-
tiffima Trinidad, had a (hare. "Admiral Mason.
in the Viaory, followed by two other 3-deckers, at-
tempted to break our line anent of the Ti inidAd, and
a head of the Bucentaur, Admiral VILLENEUVS.—
Gen. CISNEROS gave orders to back the top-fails of
theTtinidad, and thus came fo clofe upon the. French
(hip, that by this mancelvre, and the terrible fire
which followed, he hi:Rimed the intention of Admi•
ral NELSON, who had no other means of !making
the line than by palling aflern of the Bucentaurs Iu
effeaing this, the Viaory carried away the ltarboatd
fafhion-pace of the Trinidad : and two other three-
deckers having placed themfelves on the larhoatd-
qoarter, the anion was continued with this fuperior
force until four P.M. when the Trinidad was totally
difmafted, with :he lofs of 300 men. Such was the
damaged condition of this 114, that though the
Englifh officers who were in charge of her Rated,
that Admiral Net.som had pledged himfelf to capture
and condo& her to England, they were obliged to
abandon their intention—and having precipitately
taken out the people on the third day after the anion,
in tonfecinence of the water gaining fo much on the
pumps, the funk during the night.
It is worthy of remark, that front the accounts
already received, we are apprited of three feparate
intlances in which the Englith, in the battle of the
21(1 of OCtober, 'attempted to break the line, and
were completely repulfed by our (hips. We have
jun Rated the reception which Admiral Niesow met
with in his attempt to pafs allern of the Trinidad
Vice Admiral CoLtimowooo experienced a fimilar
reception. Hasing led the van of the Englith fqua-
dron in the Royal SoVeteign, %till; the intention of
erpffing our line a head of the Santa Ana, the flag
(hip of General D. Imam d'ALAva, this comman-
der took fuch meafures to difconcert his defign, that
the Santa Ana tell on board the Sovereign ; and in
this fituatioh the two veffels fought until both of them
were difmafted. Another column of the Englifh, in
like manner, endeavoured to break the line a-head of
the Principe d'Aßurias, the flag (hip of I). Fea
RICO GRanaa ; but the Principe crowding tail, and
keeping up a brine and Ready fire on the enemy,
compelled him to put about and abandon his defign.
BARCELONA JOURNAL, SATURDAY, NO V. 3, t 805.
Account of the Averages and Loffes (offered by
the Englith Fleet, in contequence of the engagement
on the sift of Oilober, with the Combined Forces
of France and Spain :
elm( can't.

Vi Rory, of too guns, deprived of all her !tufts, in the aec of
breaking the line ; the Vire Atindral Nelfon wounded, and
log of his wounds (even Lours after the euncludon of the en-
gagement.
Prill:C of Wales, of 98, and Britannia, of se° guns, foundered
during the fight.
Dreadnought, of 98 guns, the head pierced in an hundred places.
Teraeraire, of 98 guns, difmancl, and the maks of the French
Ihip i'Achille fell upon her deck, and killed a great number of
people.
Neptune and Prince, each of 98 guns, both foundered, and the
malts of the former, and rudder of the latter, were difeovered on
the (bores of Cond.
Queen, of 98 guns. the top malt and lateen gone; In the Bay of
Cadiz : and the head or bow much injured.
Donnegal, of 8o guns, difMafted on the coait of Barbary.
Canopus, of 8o guns, !tripped bare, and lupported in the deck at

Li Tigre, of So guns, foundered on the fhoiei °ldiots MAU.
Tonnant, of 8o guns, burnt by the fquadron, five or Ga kagucs io

the North of
Spencer, of 74 gum, entered the Baf of Gibraltar, towed in by it
frigate.
Defence, of 74 guns, in Gibealtar. withost ber minima&
Swittftire, of 74 guns, in Gibraltar, deprived of ber term&
Occan,of 74 gong, &limited Oa the Cuaft of Airica.
Leviathan, of yagnns, under fall. top gallant gone.
Zealous. of 74 guns, the bow or head injurechin Gibraltar.
Conqueror, of 74 gra, under fail.
Revenge, of 74 gra, and off' 74, in Gibraltar; the bit de-
prived of its yards.
Minotaur, of 74 guns, aground On the emit Of Coma and Saw

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Lucar.
Colotfue, et 74 guns, ditto.
Mars, of 74 guns, under fail.
tclierophon,of 74 gunstidem.
Polyphetnus, of 64 guns, under fail, without her MIECII maft.
Spartiate, of 74 VIM, foundered after the engagement, on the coat
of Rota.
Carnatie,of 14 guns, injured, under fan.
Ships which re-joined the former at five o'clock in
the evening, on the jilt.
Duke of York, under fail.
Royal Sovereign, loft on the emit, with four hundred thottfand
pounds Reding, intended for Malta.
Adlite, of ►io guns, towed by an Englith frigate.
Thuotlrrer, of 74 guns. under fail, protected by a frigate.
L'Aigle, of 74 guns, under fail

Major General Bic-ItEszoa was wounded at the
begirming of the atliona and died three hours ad.
terwards.
Oat (hip e.f t io guns, three fi igates, and one cor-
vette, failed from Gibraltar, Ealiward, to prote& the
Branded and difmantled (hips.
This account is extraited from the difpatches to
Gibraltar by Admiral Coweewoon, explained by
the particulars of the wails entering that Bay.
It is natural to fuppnfe that the loffes are not
very correaly Rated by the Englifh ; and that, id
faa, they are much greater than our enemies are id•
dined to reprefent ; yet it is evident, from their nat.%
Mite, that their/eel it defrayed According to force
letters from Cadiz, which refer to intelligence mi.
ceived from Englifh Officers, it appears that the
Englifh have loft (even to eight thouland men ; st
calamity which it will be very difficult to rediefs is
that country.

The Negroes have revolted at the I(land of Cay-
enne, taken the tone and made Vicroa Fluatitt
prifuner.
The tows of Celtics, in the Hand of St. Laciak
has been accidentally deli oyed by fire.

Esti-adt from a Levi of the United States of America, approved
March 3, iBO3.

Sac. 6.—And le it further enatied, That twhenfleve
any officer of an armed veffel, cotnmiffioned 6jany
foreign Poturr, (hall on the high fe.ts commit any well
pafs or tort, or any fpoilation on board any veffel of
the United States, or any unlawful interruption or
vexation of trading veffels aftually coming to dr go-
ing from the United States, it (hall be lawful for the
Prefident of the United States, on fatisfaftory proof
of the falls, by proclamation to interdift the entrance
of the Paid officer, and of any armed veffel by him
commanded. within the limits of the United States.
And if at any time after fuch proclamation made if
mall be found within the limits of the United States,
he (hall be liable therefcr to be arrefied, indifled,
and punifhed by fine and imptifonment in any Court
of the United States, having competent jurifdiftion I
and it (hall be a part of the fentence, that he mall
within fuch time after the payment of his fine and
the expiration of his term of imprifonment, as the
Court (hall &eft, leave the United States, never to
return. And if he (hall return within the limits of
the United States after the paging of Inch fentence,
or be found therein, after the period limited by the
Court as aforefaid, he (hall again be liable to be in-
difted, fitted, and imprifi•ned at the difcretion of the
Court.

Box:No.—Several Boxing Matches have been
fpoken of within thee three or four left weeks. One
match was made up, and decided yefterday, near
Shepperton, between Dick Cia►ke and Sam Morfe,
a minor pugilift and a countryman. There was
good bottom on both fide., but eventually (kill pre•
veiled over firength, and Clarke was declated viaor.
It Was expcaed that Bill Ryan and George Maddox
would have fought for a fifty guinea pude; but Ryan
did not go down to the fcene of aftion ; it was faid
that he was unable to go. Another fight was on the
tapis between George Oliver and Jemmy from Town,
who was moll dreadfully beat by him tome time
ago; but rather than run the rifle of a freth encounter,
Jemmy paid his forfeit. Tom Belcher and Dutch
Sam will fhortly fight : it is expeeed that this will be
the molt hard Ortiggle between fcientific !kill on the
one hand, and hard experience on the other, that has
been witneffed for a conliderable length of time.
On Sunday evening an old man, who was left in
charge of the houfe of Mr. Pass, in Norfolk-ftreet,
beard voices, which he fuppofed proceeded from the
area ; be took a Iword and went into the kitchen,
when he heard perfons attempting to break in at
the window. By liftening lie difcovcred there were
three men, but not fufficiently equipped with houfe-
breaking inftruments. When the old man found
they were gone. he went to inform Mr. PARR of
what bad happened. Mr. P. provided him with a
brace of piftols, loaded with final' (hot. The old
nun returned, and in about half an hour after a
knock was heard at the door, which he anfwered with
the chain up, when feveral men enquired for Mifs
Lloyd, ard attempted to wrench the chain off' with
a crow ; upon which he difcharged a pitiol at them,
and they made off. There was no doubt but r
the villains was wounded, as a difcharge
was traced from the ilior to the Strand, where
I fuppofed they took a coach.
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LAW IN7 E LLIGENCE.

COURT OF PREROGATIVE, DUBLIN, DEC. pp.

A cafe of confiderable novelty was this day de-
rided by the Judge.—MARTIN FRENCH Lyrics', Ely-
a &miller, had Puce time fince prefented a petition,
hating that he had taken the degree of Doctor of
Laws in the Univerfity of Dublin, and that he was
a Roman Catholic, and praying to be admitted to
pradice as an Advocate in this and the other Eccle-
fiaHic:tl Courts of this kingdom.
Upon this Petition the Judge had made a rule,
that Dr. Lynch thort!d be admitted an Advocate, he
taking the oaths of allegiance, fupremacy, and ab-
juratisn, and making and figning the declaration
againft tranfubtlantiation and the invocation of
Saints, as by law directed.
The Petitioner, by his Advocates and Counfel, the
SOLICITOR GENERAL, Mr. WHITESTONS, and Mr.
Krawaw, argued, that, by the Statutes which ad-
mitted Roman Catholics to the bar, and to the diffe-
rent offices in the State, he was entitled to he admit-
ted au Advocate, without taking thefe oaths, &c. ;
or, that, if thefe oaths were necetrary, 'it was not in-
cumbent on him to take them before admiffion to
praulice as an Advocate.
This day Dr. DuIGENAN delivered his opinion at
large, of which the following is a brief outline :—He
laid, that however Grange it would appear, that the
Legiflature (tmid have thought fit to allow perfons
profeffing the Roman Catholic faith, to praßife in
thofe Ecclefiaftical Courts, whole authority they de-
Lied, and which their religion bound them to impugn
and overturn, 'yst ifluch had been the law, he fhould
have thought•himielt bound to obey its ordinance ;
but it was clear to him that the law, as it flood, was
decifively againft the demand of the Petitioner ; and
that it fhould be fo, upon every ground of realm;
and common fenfe, required very few words to prove.
The authority uncles which he fat in that Court,
bad, for many centuries, been ufurped and exircifed
by the Bifhop of Rome. By an Ad of
confirmed afterwards by a Statute of Elizabel,h, this
authotity was veiled in the Crown, and a power
given to the Crown to exerci e it by Deputy, which
Deputy was the Primate of Ireland, who, by a fub-
fequent Statute, was enabled to appoint a Commit.-
fary, which Commiffary he himfelf was ; fo that as
to the authority of the Court, there could not be a

goofier% that every Roman Catholic mu& confider
it as an encroachment upon the Papal Supremacy.
By an Aft of Elizabeth for reaming to the Crown
the ancient jurifdiftion over the State Ecclefiallical
and Spirituals fec. it is enafted, " that every Arch-
Sm. and every other Ecclefiaftioal perfon,
and other Ecclefiaftical Officer and Minifter,
before he {ball take upon himfelf fuch office, or mi-
stillry, take the Oath of Supremacy, therein enafted."
By the Englifh Ad of the 3d of William and
Mary, the oath of fupremacy was abrogated, and
another direfted to be taken in its (lead ; and all
perfons in Ireland, who would have been obliged to
take the oath prefcribed by the haute of Elizabeth,
arc required to take the new oath in fuch manner,
and at fuch times, as the former was to have been
taken ; by this ASR, the fame pet flans are obliged to
snake and fubfcribe the declaration againit tranfula-
llantiation, &c.
By the Englifh Aft t ft Anne, Barrifters, Advocates,
A ttornie s,Notat ies,an d Prodors, inlreland,are,among
others, particularly required to take the oath of abju-
ration therein prescribed, at the fame time that they
'take the oaths and fubfcribe the declaration ap-
pointed by the 3d.of William and Mary, thus fpeci-
tically recognizing the neceffity of their taking thefe
oaths, if any doubt could have been entertained on
the fiskit &
Thefe two Ads, of the 3d William and Mary, and
the tlt cf Anne, were enafted by the Englifh Legif-
latore, but it was at a time that the Ads of that Le-
giflature were fuppofed to bind this country ; and by
the Aft of the hill% Parliament of the ened Geo.
commonly called Yelverton's Ad," the authority of
all Englith ftatutes concerning oaths, is ratified and
vita
The only remaining queflion then is, whether, by
any of the ftatutes repealing the Popery Laws, the
neceffity of Roman Catholics taking thefe oaths, be-
fore they could become advocates in the Spiritual
Courts, was removed ?
• No word in any of thefe Ads could be tortured
into a panive repeal of the law impofing thefe
oaths ; on the contrary, the Legiflature, in allowing
. Roman Catholics to become Barrillers, Attornies
:fpeeifically, and by omitting Advocates and Proc-
tors in their defcription, appeared to declare its fenfe
to be diredly contrary.
Ile had thus gone at length into the queftinn, in
order to fet it in its true light, and to put an end to
an application which had been urged with extraor-
dinary Verfeverance. A tong time had elapfed fince
the Solicitor General bad fpoken very fully and ably
to the point ; but, upon the bell confideration, that
Gentleman Appeared to have given up the cafe Its
untenable. Since that time, a new attempt had been
made to prefe the matter upon the Court, and a num-
ber of ftatutes totally irrelevant, and quotations from
books of no authority, had been exhibited with great
'parade. Mr. Kirwan had, indeed, argued the cafe
like a Lawyer and a Gentleman ; bat even he teem.
ec,to have been convinced that the claim was totally
nnfupportect. When fuch efforts had been made,
it became him to look accurately into the Law,
and he was gratified to find that the Law coincid-
ed Itriely with realm% and found policy, and with
the fecurity of the Ecclefialtical eftabliflsment of this
country.
The petition for admillion without taking the oaths
of fitpremacy and abjuration, and making the de-
claration againil trantlibliantiation and the invoca-
tion of faints, &c. was accordingly rcjated.

Lail Thurfday night, a well drend young man
went to the Rofe and. Crown public houfe, at Tot-
tenham, where he engaged lodgings for the night ;
he got up about feven o'clock in the morning, walk-
ed out of the hnufe with a bundle in his hand, met
them id fervant, and Aced his way to Edmonton,
when flue informed him : a few hours after, going to
her zoom, the found her box broke open, and all her
cloches flolen. The villain tonic 'one of the fheets
to m the hed on which he had lain, and doubled
t+..v.n the reariaini-g, thee, to make it have the ap.