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London, England, 1805-11-14 00:00:00

arr Busnuss.

Yetlerday the Loan MAYOR held his Brit Coast
of Aldermen at Guildhall, which was attended by
ten Aldermen, (betides his Lordfhip) the Sheriffs.
Recorder, Etc. Bre.—The thanks of the Court were
unanimnufly :toted to the Right Hon. the late LORD
MAYoa, (for which fee the Advertifement in a precedl
ing column.) The LORD Mayoz then proceeded
to the Council Chamber, to hold the Court•of Com-
mon Council, which being the first in his Mayoralty.
he addreffed them in an appropriate fpeech, in softie?,
he congratulated them on his calling them together,fer
the fiat time, to commemorate fo fplendid a viaory.
After the minutes of the laft Court were read, M.
SAMUEL Dixon moved, that an humble, loyal, and
dutiful Addrefs be prefented to his MAJESTY, on the
late glorious victory obtained by his Majelly's fleet
under the command of the late Lord Vifcount NlL-
sou, over the combined fleets of France and Spain,
on the 2IR ult. off Cape Trefalgar, which was fe-
conded by M..tlepnty KistaLe, and unanimoufly
agreed to ; and a Committee of all the Aldermas
prefent, and a Commoner from each Ward, was ap-
pointed to withdraw, and prepare an Addrefs accord-
ingly; who retired for that purpofe, and having re-
turned with the draft of an Addrefs, the fame was
twice read, and approved of ; and it was ordered,
that the faid Addrefs fhould be fairly tranfcribed, and
figned by the Town Clerk, and prefented to his Ma.
JISTY by the whole Court : and the Sheriffs were re-
quelled, attended by the Remembrancer, to wait upon
his MAJESTY to know his Royal Will and Pleafure,
when the Court may attend, him with the faid Ad-
drefs.

AN IMPROMPTU,

ON READING THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZITTR OF NOV. 6.

Variety Is fees in all Repoli',
W 6 find it milt in " Neffois Fes': and F 4,."
That this is Troth, none will refs& Belief,
Wefqf for Titre', bat we Aft for Grief

Letters received in town yenerday from Abbeville,
near Dublin, mention the death of the Right Hon.
Joe* CLAUDIUS BIRISTORD, M. P. for the City of
Dublin, laft week, at his feat at Walworth, in the
North of Ireland.

General Duusuarsa has been invited by the Em.
peror of Auftria to take an important command in
his armies, which the General, it is aid, has sic.
cepted, by the advice of our Government.

Yellerday the Gentlemen waited on the Outten-
:oft of the Exategyaa to contra& for the enfuing
Lottery of 25,000 Ticket:; the bidding: were at
under :

Mit and Brandfroodo - txt 3ta
Toirgood - - xi a 6
Cope • - . al a? 9
Hadley • • - 17 17 3

Groves • - 17. ro 9
The Lottery to begin the 3d of February next and
the Payments to be as tinder.

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Dept& - Noy. zetb
Dee. 6th
Jac. ♦th
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Ideas. Btsx and Co. of courfe were declared the
Purchafers.

Yefterday a Court of Direaors was held at the Egli •
India Houfe, when Captain Duasroitn was (worn
into the command of the Claes, deffinedto Bombay
and China. The Court adjourned at fix o'clock till
Wednefilay next.
The great Eaft India Dock at Blackwell was cnn.
vested into a kind of national faloon on Monday
evening, in honour of the greateft naval battle ever
fought. An immenfe bonfire was lighted up in the
centre of this grand bafon ; and notwithftanding the
water is not yet in, the merry fearnen and nip buil-
ders rendered it rather a oper than a by dock.
THE LORD MAYOR: His Lmdfliip has not yet
flept at the Manfion Houfe, the Committee not has'.
ing infpefted the furniture, or the neceffary preparta
tions made for his Lordfhip's reception. The dif-
patches on Monday morning, fent at (even o'clock,
by the Admiralty, were forwarded to his Lordfhip,
at his houfe, in America-fquare, who immediately
went to the Manfion Houfe, bad a copy fent to
Lloyd's Coffee Houfe, and another polled there, be-
fore nine o'clock. At one a Mellinger was fent from
the Admiralty to inform his Lordlhip, that the Pub-
lic Offices would not be illuminated that night ' and,
it is fuppofed, it was this circumftance which gave
rife to the report of a third viCtory.
NATIONAL Mos naive nerday was opened to
public view, in St. Paul's Cathedral, a Monument in
commemoration of the late General THostes Do:t-
oes, who died in the Well Indies during the left war.
This monument was crated by a vote of Parliament,
as a teftimony of national gratitude for his fignal mi.
litary atchieveinents. It confifts of a Coloffal Itatne
of Britannia placing a wreath of laurel on the bull of
the General which is crated on his tomb. Britannia
is affociated with the figure of Senfibility. To the
right of the left named figure is the Genius of Britain
prefenting an olive branch, in allufion to the objet
of our exertions in war, viz. the attainment of a jolt
and honourable peace. Some military trophies are
placed on the tomb, which is enriched by an alto.
relievo reprefentation of Britannia in the aft of pro.
rating Liberty from Anarchy and Iforocrily.
A curious proceeding uniformly takes place on the
firft day of the Seffion of Parliament. A Committee
of both Houfes, beaded by the Great Chamberlain,
fearch and explore the vaults and cellars under the
houfes, previous to the coming of his MAIIITY, in
order to be certain they do not contain any inflam-
mable or combullible matter. It is called Guy Faux',
Committee, and the hilierical circumftance which
gave rife to the proceeding is well known ; but, with
an unaccountable degree of inconfiftency, a fimilar
fearch is not made on the lafi day of the Sefton.-..
Surely the danger exifts fully as much on the latter,
as on the former 1

There is a droll flory told, in a recent publicatioc.
of an Englithman travelling through Germany, whop
having prefented himfelf at the gate of a German
city, was detired, in the ulna' manner, to deferifle
himfelf. 0 I am," fait: he, " an Elsthr of Middletx."
The Germans, who hold te dignity of Blefier 26 next
in rank to that of Kay, and knew little or nothing of
the Englifh titles and ranks, immediately opened
their gates, and the guard turned out, and "lid hint
iwrows

SIR RICIMRD STILICHiIIn vicroßr.

PVITHITA PAILTICt7LAILS.

INTRACT OP A LITTIR. 'ROM AN 0/71CIR VW THt
SVADION NADIR ADMIRAL SIR RICII.IITRACN•N.
1' November 9, 18os.
" 1 have the greaten fatisfadtion in informing yet of a moft
decifive victory obtained by Sir Richard Straehan over a Preach
feluadron, confining of one 80 gun (hip, and throe of ye, on the
ita loft. in lag. 43. aca N. long. 6. W.
" I have additional plena( in laying that the Phenia has had
her lhare of the &ties of the day, and was particularly learn-
mental in decoying the enemy down to oar gallant Commodore.
The Phenix had only been out three days from Fahnouth when
the (all in with them off Cape finifterre about eleven o'clock on
Saturday morning, the 2d io ft.—they gave ehace to her immediately
on making her out, and Captain Baker, knowing that Sir Richard
Strachan was cruising in the Bay, with a great deal of addrefa
brought them in fight of our (quadron about keen o'clock in the
evening. A general ehace took place, which continued two days
and nights, when the frigates had the good fortune to get up with
them, and to bring one of them to uftion. The Santa Mugs-
rents was the firß up, the Phenix Coon joined her about half paft
nine, when they bore down on the enemy's line, and opened a
well diredted fire, raking each (hip ca pale/ ; they returned our
fire with their Run clue guns, which materially injured the fails
and rigging of both frigates, their objedt being to defeat our ma-
Insuming. At half pail eleven, the Czfar. Hero, Courigeauxt
and Lotus frigate got up, when the adion became general ; the
enemy had a fuperior force for a eonfiderable part of the adtioe,
the Namur not being ablo to join till towards the middle of it ;
the Revolutiornaire silo joined us, and gave us great fupport, as
wu yet in perfedt good order. There never were thipe made
a more determined refiftanee—not a Chip ftruck till fite was a
complete wreck, and had (offered terrible Daughter. The kb.
OM, of 74 funs, bad drifted out of the line, and was principally
engaged by the frigates—the did not ftrike till all her malts were
gone, 70 men killed, and about 140 wounded. The Phenix be-
ing the nareft flip, the Fut% Lieutenant took poff:filoo of her.—
The French Admiral ftruck about the fame time—the other two
held out no longer than they dikovered the fate of their conform.
The battle lafted four hours and a half with the (hips of the line ;
the frigate were engaged nearly Cs hours. I not the returns
from the different Mips, but I know our lofs is very inconfiderable,
compared with that of the enemy.
* There flips are four that made their cfcape from Lord Nelfon,
and were all in high order when we engaged them. They were
going to make • juodtion with the Rochefort fquadron."

•110111/1 LITTER,
Dated at Sea, Nov. g.
" Mr Goon FRYIENTWe have, with the gallant and indeed
gable Commodore Sir R.Strachan, bun reeking out for the Roche-
fort fquadron, and began to drfpair of ever feting them at all,
though we had intelligence of them Ineral times by neutral ref.
fele we (poke on our cruise. At Taft, on the morning of the sd
inft. the Phoenix, 44, Captain Baker, full of fignals, hove in fight,
and made a fignal of a fquadron of four French men of war, with
an Admiral's flag. We law them to leeward, and chafed for fame
hours, but loft them all in a heavy fog, then Cape Ortegal bear-
ing N. E fifty leagues ; but at 8 A. M. the 4th inft. we Caw them
again, and formed line of battle with the Cain, 84, Commodore
Sir R. Stracban, Bart ; Hero .74, Hon. Captain Gardner ; Cotira-
geux, 74, Captain Lee ; Ph:nix, Santa Margaretta, and .Eolus
frigates in company. The Namur, 74, Captain Halftol, joined us
almoft immediately.
" At noon the aetion commenced in its full fury, and in a Mot
time one of the enemy's Mimic Scipion, tacking by accident, the
French Admiral and his three other (hips wrre obliged to do the
fame to fupport their friend, thus fortunately nearing the Namur
and Revolutionaire, which bore up with great rapidity and gave
the frigates in the rear the credit of taking a good mare in the az-
tion.—the Namur loon opened a blazing fire. In about three hours
after the commencement of the adtion, the Formidable, 84, (truck.
and in about twenty minutes after, the colours were hauled down
plebe Mont Blanc, Dugnay 'recline, 74. and Scipion, 74--
Thus we found ourfelves In polfelon of what we thought the ce-
lebrated Rochefort Iquadron, but found, on boarding, thefe Mips
to be four fail of the line under the command of a French Admi-
ral, part of Gravina's, thirteen fail of which ef card off Cape Tra-
falgar in the battle of the left of Odlotscr. Thank GOD, our lab
Is trifling, confidering the clofenefs of the adtion. Thefe hips
were perfatly unhurt when with Gravina, and we fuppofe had
very little to do with the above bufutefs off Trafalgar. Shall loon
fee you, as we have a fignal flying to bear up for Plymouth to refit,
and fecure on well earned prizes, for fear of blowing weather."
AWOTHIL LITTSIt.
" His Majefty's Ship Hero, Plymouth. Nov. so-
" On the 19th ult. we left the Channel Fleet, under the coin-
mind of Commodore Sir Richard Straehan, of the Czfar, in com-
pany with the Namur, Courageux, and Mona, in quit of an enc.
my's fquadron at fa. Nothing occurred for fame days but falfe
alarms. On the 4th of November we came up with four fail of
the line, French, after two days chace. Fifteen minutes pat
twelve we commenced firing, f ill carrying fail. Half paft, one of
the enemy hauled up in the wind to rake the Commodore, and the
Pelt tacking to fupport her, pee time to the Namur, who was
Conte miles often, to come into adlion. The Commodore being
much cut in his rigging in the !left attack,we were ordered to head
In the fccond. A tremendous fire was kept up on both fides, with-
out intermifflon, for a length of time, when the French Admiral
!truck. The reft were making the belt of their way, bat one of
them being diftnafted, was taken care of by the frigates. The
other two were followed by the Csfar and Hero at dote quarters
till four o'clock, when they furrendered. The prifoners fay, they
would have struck fooner, but they could not get the colours down.
" The malts were fo much wounded, that, nest morning, not
one of them was Banding, and we were obliged to take them in
tow. Our malts and yards were much damaged, and our Rand-
log and running rigging cut to pieces ; our lots of men forte:meet'?
Is very trivial, compared with their's. I cannot tell the number of
killed and wounded in any of our hips, except our own, which
was to killed, and Srwounded, ti of them dangeroafly.
"The fhips we engaged were prefent at the glorious adtion off Ca-
diz I have eonverfed with fame of the sneers of the hip we took pck
felon of rcfpetaing it. They fay they were not rightly informed as
to our ftrengtb, nor were they certain that the Englifh fleet was
commanded by Lord Nelfon. They came out under the idea that
they mould only meet a bull force, and they were in hopes that
they lould be able to pick up fosse ftragglers. They were quite
&decibel!, on the sift, when they perceived oar Beet fo nume-
rous. A general attion, they knew, could not be avoided, and
they refolved to fight it to the Wt. The lips we have taken were
Moog the number of thole eukoff at the commencement of the
battle, from the body of their fleet, which they never could join
afterwards. They did not attempt to flip off and take care of
theinfekees, until they perceived that the refult of the battle was
wird them. Tredve lips (eight French, and four Spaniel), had
*ruck, and two mere they could fee difmafted, when they crowd.
ed fall to make off. They were proceeding to Rochefort wko we
fallin with *to."

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