Star.
London, England, 1805-12-05 00:00:00

SEA SONG.

'P' to it is night, and the mid•watch is entree,
Ac I chilling miss hang o'er the darken'd main,
The,: Sailors think of their far diltant home,
And <I thole `.riends they ne'er may fee ai;aiu.
But when the fight's begun,
Each Banding at his gun,
lbotild any thought of there come o'er your tram:.
Thank only, fhould the day be win,
He•w it will cheer their hearts to hear,
That their own true Sailor, he was ova,
And thus, brave Tar, if you a IVliftrefA kind
Have left on thore—fome pretty girl and true,
Who many a ni;ht doth lift= to the wind—
Ali Ugh to think how it may fare with you ;
Yet when the fight's begun,
Each ftanding at his g'm,
^''.wind any thought of her CO= o'er raw nti.l2.
Think only.fhonld the day be won,
1-low it will cheer her limn to hear
'nut her own sicar Se.:lor, he W 33 one

BATTLE OF TRAFiILGAIt.

!'TRACT 07 A LETTER FROM LARD tist.3ol( TO ALEX.
ANDER DAVISON, ESQ.:, OF ST. JAMES'S-SQUARE.

iflapty.

Day by day, my dear friend, I am expeaing the
feet to put to tea, every day, hour, and moment, and
you may rely, that if it is within the power of man
to get at them, it fhall be done ; and, I am fore
that all my brethren Took to that day as the anifh of
our laborious cru'.ze• The event no man can fay I
etaely, but I molt think, or render great injullice
to thofe under me, that, let the Lattle be when it may,
it will never have been fiwpaffed. My flattered
flame, if f finvive that day. will require relt, and
it-at is all I than are. for. Jr. I: #alt orrfueth a glorious '
cArcafiGn, it Mall be my pride to take care that my
friends flail not blufh for me—theft things are in the
Lands of a Wife and jolt PitovinEucs, and his will
be done. I have got fume trifle, thank GOD, to leave
to thofe I hold mol% dear, and I have t, ,ken c.ire not
6 negleft it. Do nct think lam low fpirited on this
account, or fancy any thing is to lyty.peo to me ; quite
the contrary—nig mind is c tlm, and I have only to
think of &baying our inveterate foe. I have two
fligates gone for more information, and we all hone
far a meeting with the enemy. Nothing can be finer
titan the fleet under my command. Whatever be the
(vent, believe me ever, my dear Davifon, your much
obliged, and fince:e Frie,h4
" NELSON VID BlitOMTll.'f

EXTRACT Or A LITTER rF.OEI AN OFFICER WHO WAS
EN THE ACTION Or TIEE 21ST OF OCTiIiER.
" A fignal was made by our look nut thins on the
:9th ult. that the enemy were getting tender weigh.
Our fleet was then off Cape St. Mary's, about ifteen
.agues from Cadiz, confiding of 27 (hips of the line,
Mending three fia gun Ups. and three frigates. A
!;gnal for a general chace, and to prepare for battle
•ias made by Lord Nelf.;n. During the day, we
learned from the look out nips, that the enemy were
putting :o lea, alizi the next day about noon the tignal
was made that the enemy had put to fea, confiding
of 33 Mips of the line, five frigates, and a brig. As,
however, they were clofe off the entrance of Cadiz.
Lord NelArn did not bear down to them. but directed
hie look out flips to keep fight of them during the en-
cuing night. About ten o'clock we aere acquainted
by fira., of the cource the enemy were fleeting, which
enabled Loid Nel:no to manceu vre accordingly; and
at day light we had the ratisfattion to fee the ene-
my about five miles to leeward of us in a line of
battle. The :(gnat was inftantly made to bear down
in the order of battle in two colnmns. Lord Nei.,
fon leading the (larboard divifinn, and Admiral
Collingwood the larboard divifi4m. The fignal was
alfo made to break through the enemy's line, and
engage to leeward, fb as to prevent the enemy from
efcapin:r into Cadiz, and to prepare to anchor during
the ni7St. The lad Signal his Lordthip made was—
" England eypeas that every man will do his duty;"
it was made about five minutes before the anion corn.
Merited, which it did at twelve o'clock, by the ene-
my"; firing on Lot d Collingwood, in the Royal So-
vereign, who about ten minutes pall twelve o'clock
broke the enemy's line about the fifth (hip from the
rear. The enemy, about the fame time, opened
their fire. on the 11l ;board plivirion, and at twenty
minutes pall twelve Lord Nelf.rn attempted to break
the Lire about the twelfth (hip from the enemy's
van, with the intention of attacking the French Corn-
ins'er in Chief. But a French (hip, the Indomp-
table, (hooting acrofs the Victory, to prevent the
line from being broken, his Lordfaip run her on
beard. The Temeraire, the neet Chip to the V; lot y,
dropped on board the lndoinprabie on her other fide,
and tl're Intrepid riench (hip run on board the Te-
meraire cn her other fide. Four (tips being thus
terksd together, effectually broke the line, and made
on opening for the Neptune, She being the next (hip
in the van. The Neptune was about half a mile from
the Victory when the broke. the line. The Neptune
ILA not ti,ea fired a (hot. Her people were fecured
the(: quarters while the was raked by the enemy
is going down, and did not r pen her fire until the
ba.igor into the enemy's line, when She in her torn
raked Several of their (hips a the palfed. About half
pall twelve Ate got under the quarter of the Bucen-
taut, the French Commander in Chief, which ate en-
gaged :shout half an hour, when fire Lad the plea-
fire to fee her opponent totally dilMaßect, and her
colonrs ftrnck. The Neptune was ably fupported by
t're Leviathan and Conquetor. She then attacked
the Spanifh four decked (hip tthe largell (hip in the
world) and engaged her until about a quarter pat:
two, when having totally difmafted her, the alfo Orrick
her colours, and hailed the Neptune to take poffelllon
her. This the Neptune was about to do, when, on
the fmoke clearing away, five of the enemy's (hips
were obfcrved forming on the Neptune's larboard
bow, which induced her Captain (Freemantle) to
(land toward and attack them. The Conqueror
loon after, having took cut the French Commander
in Chief, very handfomely Rood between the Neptune
and the enemy, and attacked and captured one of
them, the Leviathan another, the Defence another ;
and, by ten minutes after four o'clock, the whole
five being difirafied, (truck their colours, and the
:::Rion ceafed •, and eleven (hips of the line, five fri•
getes, and a hri! of the eir, were obferved mak-
ing off for Cadiz, leaving tile remainder of their
Beer, all shfortrat, in out poii;.:l7.on, or for us to