Star.
London, England, 1805-08-27 00:00:00

ATICUST 77.

LITT.R.Iltflq An nrFiCen to Tlll ARM? RISPICTIAO
THE ACTION FOUGHT ON TUE 22D OF JULY, EY TUB
SOSADRON UNDER ADMIRAL VILLENEUVE.
" Vigo, July 2y.
" The sad July the fquadron was in lat. 43. 34- fang. 16.
it was failing in three die-Mons dare together dine* for Ferrol,
with' a weak weffisly wind, and weather extremely fen& At
eleven the fog was a little diflierfed, when l'lndomptahle made a.
Cigna' for ten fail in fight. 'lite light fquadron was ordered to re-
connoitre it ; it Coon nude a figoal for twelve,and afterwards nine-
teen and twenty-one fail of the enemy at N. N E. and advancing
againft us. At noon Admiral Villeneuve made fignal to fail In line
of convoy. The enemy, however, Itill advancing, the Admiral
gave orders to form the line of battle, and bear down upon the
enemy.
" [The order of battle is then given, confifting of fix Spaoith
and 14 French (hips of the line.
" Our line was perfeelly formed between three and four. The
enemy's ftpladron, conlifting of fifteen Mips of the lice, of which
three were three deckers, pared on the itarboard quarter, out of
cannon fbot. AdaVral Villeneuve then gave orders to tack and
bear up on the enemy, who bad previoufly tacked, and was upon
our rear. Admiral Gamins, who was at the head of the line, ex-
ecuted the movement ordered with the great& celerity. He bore
down upon the enemy, who bad attacked l'Aigle, and commenced
a fire at half pat four, all our iltipsbeing near at hand. The fug
became very thiek, but as far as we could fee our line was peered-
ly formed, and our dips very near to each other. Until fie there
was a confiderable cannonade, without our feting each ,;:Scr ;
about fix the weather cleared for a moment ; we then perceived
four Englifh !hips very roughly handled ; we faw— at the fame
time, the St. Raphael, which palled between the two line*, and,
the appeared to have fome of her rigging cut, but her malt was ill.
tire ; the manoeuvred to get into the rear of the line. Titc Are
continued to be well fupported, and the adinn :ondueted with the
greateft order, and without procipitatioo. We perceived ao Eng-
Iffh three-decker with her Maio-malt and torment Ann away, anti '
a frigate towing her; whither of the enemy's three-deckers, with
a Rear Admiral's flag, was much damaged. This was ill we were
able to fee in the centre. The Are was kept up for four hours and
a half.
" The enemy then retreated; they had feveral veffels Mutated,
and the field of battle rernaioed with us. tries of in and iiCtury
refounded through all our veffeh.' Thus we paffed the night; but
what was our furprife,When the next day We nereelved that the St.
Raphael and le Firme were miffing. The enemy bad entirely dif..
appeared ; three chips only, which fcemed to be his light fquadron,
were in light. The Admiral formed the line, and ordered us to u, ar
down to the north. Where our frigates made Cigna' for the r.nghill•
fquadron. But the enemy conftandy manoeuvred to avoid an ac-
tion. At four in the afternoon we 4d. no longer any hope. of don
log any thing'before the clole of day.• •
" The next day, at (even in the morning, the wind was ftill
weft, but light. On a fudden it changed to N. E. The condi
were' then in front of us. We attempted, during the whole day,
to oconeup with than, but IA vain, and at length \nail "cc
loft figbt ot.them.
" Admiral Gravina and all the Spent& (kips fought with the
great& bravery. La &mai, which was the fixth thip from the
head of the fine, having had her 'Main mat and' top matt that
through, the French chip le Mann. which follavied, bore to kn.
wardof her, to take her in tow. We fuppofe that this Chip and le
Rtaphad, two ill conditioned veffch, which failed very badli der-
ing-orlr voyage, both paffed between' the' tiro tines: The 'hip
l'Efpana having alfo been very roughly handled, 'le Pluton was
again pkteed between the enemy and her. The (hip FAtlx, flat-
tered much ; but le Neptune paffed to leeward, aqd aided In re-
pulfing the enemy.
" All the French ("tips fought with order and admirable cool-
nefs. The Military Officers Who were on board do the greateit
justice to the Captain and Crews. Joy prevailed throughout,
when, on the next day, the Agnal was made for bearing down upon
the enemy to profit of tfili vi Cory, which Was certain, as the
weather *as then dear, the fog -having-difappeared. Captain Pe-
ronne commanding l'lnttepide,"was killed : he carries with hint
the &cern and meet of the whole %outran. Ad. Rolland, Cap-
tain of the Atlas, wais wounded."

LETTER FROM VICE-ADMIRAL TIILSNEUVE TO THE
MINISTER OF MARINI AND COLONIES, DATED ON
110 AID THE SUCENTAUIti, IN THR ROAD OF VIGO,
JULY 29.
Mott lIZIONCIIIm.4 gave you an amount of the sake I
bad on the tad with an ENO& (quadrats, eempofiel, es I believe,'
of is fail of the fine. I had the homier of intorming ret •at the
(tune time of the snanceuvres I pradifed to retain the advantage of
the wind, and to difccocert the projed of the enemy kr placing.
my rear between two fizei.
" The fog with which we were enveloped during the SAWS,
prevented me Irem giving fink orders as might be limitary ;tut-
after an exctien of three hours I had every reafon to think that I
bad the advantage of the battle, when. upon the fog cleating up,'
I SlSiWed tom of the bpanifh !hips. lat firft flattered myfdf that
they had got lam lomg Spanilb port, but as I have not fuze heard
of them, and as one ••f theta was difinalleti, l think it poffible
that they may have alien into the power of the enemy.
" It was in vain that on the a; d and aethlendeavoured to force
the Admiral to renew the *alien he conitantly avoided
it. -On the 26th, having 101 l fight of him, I Reeled fur FerrA, to
unite under my Bag his Catholic fslajelty's (quadron commanded
by Lie/.tenaet-General Grandillana Fur two days I contended
againft a (rah N. E. wind, and a heavy leg, which impeded my
coutfe to Bluth that 1 determined to anchor in Vigo. in order to
difembark the wounded, and force of the coddlers who were ill
and alto to take in Water, *Lich the Aehilka, and the Algeria;
in particular, flood in need ef, net having remained long enough
in tbe Antilles to take any in. • .
" In the reticontre oldie cad we engaged at a eonfiderable
• cave, and I fend you aMt of the killed and wountlec: which is
very inconfiderable. Your Excellency may be allured that I
than remain but a (bort time in the. Road, and that as loon as I
have mho its water I lhaU ge in fearch of the Ertel& squadrob,
without,howeskr. !weeding the million with which I am charged.
"• Asthe ;engin!, Adrriral whn engaged me has certainly three
of his edicts rendered unfit to keep the lea, I do not think he can
tor any more tiPi twelve with him. I cannot praife too highly
the fkill and the noble minted of Admiral uraviAti AR the
fipanifit veffeis fought with the utmoft nrascry ; bet lea Al la
itfi to ttootto hooof howit votst,?ot we I& two Apr that aro atijing
bleverthelefs, your Excellency will perceive that the two d.fauled
veffels might fall into the enemy's line without its being in my
wrier to fee re them.
I beg you willaffure the Emperor tint I did my unroll to at-
. tack the enemy again, that I nbitinately purfued them, and, gat
they cooftantly declined the ;dim. I cannot too highly praife
my Captains and Crews. I /we the hurler to be, ace.
• .4 VILLENEUVE."
•
Return of the Killed and Wounded in the Engagement on the
• . 2e4 of July.
11.211114C8 SHIPS.

BUCINTAI7I3 killed, 3 wounded (one of them a Lieutenant
of the Navy).
Foassitimme.-4 killed, 6 wounded
,(petty officers, boatfwain
and foldiers.)
Ititiossrrsatc—a killed (midihipman), a wounded.
NCpTUN a—z killed, y wounded (petty officers, boatfwain, and
foldiers).
L. Pzo.rote-3 killed, 22 wounded (t Lieutenant ands Mid-
thipmen.)
MON TILANe...4 killed, at wounded (a Midihipman )
ATLAS—to killed, 32 wounded (the Captain, 2 Lieutenants, t
Enfign, and 2 Offices.. of the Army).
B ea wi es —2 kilied,B wounded (the Captain and 2 Midthipmen.)
I writ riot kllitd (the Captain and z Enfign), s wounded.
SWIPTSURC—None killed or
_wounded. •
Sri pin N —Vitt° ditto.
C LE-4 killed (faders and fiddlers), none wounded.
A Ice SI ItAP—NOlle killed or wounded.
Ac uutts--Dittu ditto.
Total, 44 killed--9s wounded.
SPANISII SNIPS.

ARCONAIITY4 killed, 3 woum'cd.
IjtlllaLl—l killed,, wounded.
AateltcA-3 killed, 8 wounded.
L'EsPANAJ killed, 6 wounded.
Total, t t
Purfuant to the itittincnt delivered by the Chief of the Ipanlik
Squadron.

♦ICE ADMIRAL VILLENEUVE TO Till MINISTER OF
• • •

" \'lgo. pay t.
" I am now under way. I leave here twit Spanilli (hips, and the
French Tip l'Atkas. Theit vc ls have •nnt infriscd much in the
adieu:, but they fill badly, and I confider them or rather likely to
delay the fluadren than to reinforce it. I•balresdifanharked •lerc'

nty Sat. The length of the %nine, rril the bad weer:
ended a Seiner. anion"ft the trine. but thole wad lave nn;hir;
but the feurvy ere in no danger. and will fuon be rettored by air
and teeth provillona. I Shall let a:: with 15 Ships, of which two
ufthApanAthe
rquadron w
, andifvre haveel ri
lute any
we havenothing sff4i.r t m our voyage to Final,
w to fear.
(Signed) " vILLI xeuve
11,111al ADMIRAL GOUstDO/1 TO TN? MINISTRY Of MARINI
•ND COLOwlie.
"My Lord, • Ferrol, Augult 2, 01'.'5,
I havothe honour to innnunee to your Excellency, that.Ad•
miral. Villeneuve and Grarina have this rooment anchored at Vi,.
manna. The Engllfly fquadron re-appeared two day, ago ;it con.
lifted of 13 flips of the line, but immediately on Seeing the fquadru
of Rear-Admiral Villeneuve it failed again. It had, tinvrerer,no•
thing to fear from the combined fnuadron in Ferrol, the vied he.
;fig Welt, and blowing (refit, wbkh rendered it iminifa'de for LI
to get out. We are all animated by an ardent &fire to give his
Majelty proofs of our devotion for hi n, and our dare of emu.
print. for the glory of his flag.
" Receive the affnranetts of my milk&
(Signal) "Got a ac •

NAPLIS, A odusr 3.—On Friday, the a6th of Joir,
there was an earthquake in the greatell part of tl
kingdom, which was lb violent, that fusee that of C .
labria, there has been aoae attended with fimilar
vallation. In the city of Naples, 800 honks hay.:
become uninhabitable, and upwards of +ow are mud.
damaged ; 4co churches have been Otaker: to their rely
roundworms. The Dumber perfons, who have pc.
tithed by the fall of the buildings, is not vary great
in-arlairwerapiialrint in Come inland towns, w bich are
err i rely dettroyed, the inhabitants have nearly all ha
their lives. Tl e, final! town of Ifernia, in the corn.
ty of Malec, is nothing but a heap of ruins, and
upwards of tscio persons have peri:bed there. A:
Campo Baffo, and at Bajano, in the fame province,
moll of the inhibitants wore deltr.yed. Avelino.
lifootefarchio, Benevento, and Averfa, have fal-
tered amazingly. A: Santa Mari tde Capua (the
ancient Capua), a whole company of. Cavalry
were buried under the ruins of their barracks.—
At Caferta the upper Rories of the !macs tumbled
down, and the fine palace is fo much damaged,
that it is feared it cannot Rand. The letters from
Puglia and Calabria Rate. that thofe provinces
have only experienced a flight !hock.. Since tbe
a6dt of July Naples, relents' a very until-nal, and in.
deed a dreadful fpeElacle. All the inhabitants remain
both day and night without their houfis in the plains
and roads near the city. They have, during that time,
flept in carriages or on the bare ground. The gene-
rildifirefi his Oleo to the highelt pitClii.—and, it is
certain, that if the earthqiiake had been followed by
fonie mote fbotlac, the whole city of Naples would
have been dellroyed. In the min of the greaten dif7,
trillion which has taken place ever fince that mo.
ment, the grenteß public order has been preferred,
thank's to the'vigilanci and courage of the Duke of
A scam!, Chief Intendant of the General:Police:7
The Lazzaroni have not conunitted a Daigle robbery
or murder.

LONDON.

TUESbAT, AUGUST ay.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIEt,
Collide, for money 5711f0r account 58—RcJuced SS.
Onunnin 2414—focaccons‘ 3.—Esch. Billy par is. pram
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY:
Bknk Stock Short Ann al
like Cent. Red. An. 5111-ff. Imp. "An 0.93761
3'per Cent. Conf. 3S/ Excbeq /eta tarots
4 per Cent. 76ff Otnnium A prem.
5 per Cent. Navy Sp/ Bpi Lottery Tickets [piss.
5 per Cm t. 179.7, 100 if Cid. for ace. S itl
L. An. 7lle-e6th i 6 i5-t6ta 17

•mmi•

Lag night we received Paris Journals to the 18th,
.and Dutch to the 21 R mull. They confirm the int&
ligenee which was &ft communicated to the Public
through the medium of the STAR, that War betweea
FrancC and Auftiia is refrived on; '
In the, French 045 vial Gazette of the itth
Europe was told " peace or War was in the
hands of Auftria ;" and five days after, viz. in the
Monitor of the zfith, in i Note to an article refpcit.
ing the detentioeolAmerican (hips freighted with
French colonial produce, Ec, we are informed
" THAT THE AtiST.RIP.N ARMAMENTS IN
THE TYROL AND ON tTHE ITALIAN
FRONTIER ARE TO, BE CONSIDERED AS
A COMMENCEMENT COP HOSTILITIES."
-s -
When theFrenchPapersarrivedyefterday fiernoon,
but before they came into our hands,the report was that
Ateria bad &eland War again) France. The fad how-
ever is as we have Rated above—France choofes t 9
confider the neceirary meafures of defence adopted
by Auftria as a commencement of hojilitier However,
it mull be reconciled, that there bad been tome warm
' remonftrances betweco the two Courts, and as we
Rated Tome days ago, France had prefented. an
infolcnt Note, in the form of an Ultimatum--
The Note is not .before the Public, therefore
its general contents cannot be known, but from the
events it has given birth to, it is eafy to conceive that
come fetters were endeavoured to be impofed on Au•
aria, refpeding the difpofition of her own military
forces in her own territories. The very attempt
wou&d render the neceffity of marching part of them
to her moll vulnerable points more imperious, and
this necc Wary meafure of defence is inftantly confirued
by France into an ad of aggreflion. But Anil: ia, as
was exclufively Rated in this Paper, anticipated thr
event—Rutlia, which was elf() preparing for hofiiii-
ties, had been applied to for the aid flipulated by
treaty—it was promptly given, and by this time the
Ruffian forces have made confiderable progrefs cn
their march. •

, The invation of England may be confidered ac
now at tea fur a time. The greater part of the
northern army will now be employed in an attempt
to invade Germany, which we firmly believe t.have
been the principal objet for which it was collected,
though the ottenfible pretext was the war with this
country. Let any petion verfant ii hittory loot at
the line that has been purfued by BONAPARTE, in
defpite of the ufual practice of European Pnwrrs,
annexing Ante after Sate to his dominions, without

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even deigning to eonfult his neighlsours and they
will fee that his objet was, and to fe,ze upon the
territor its of every ne ighbour, and add them to his own.
imlttd, the while of Europe is not equal to hi• am-
titicnond ii the (word be again tl►eathe(l before Wt.
fcourge .ntl tormentor of mankind be co m pletel y hum-
bitd, k had better never have been drawn ; but his
imperious foray fubmitted to without nppolhinn. We
Alum'', hope the Powers on the Cfmtitlent will now
save their eyes opened to their true Rate—it is deli-
vcance or annihilation ! _ _

Their papers alto contain come for.her accounts of
the late aftion with Admiral Ca LD6R, which may be
c,,sficlered as altogether apologetical on the part of
Visstusurs, and from which it appears clearly that
the Trench Admiral tan away. He Continues very
much at a fors to conceive how the two Spani(h (hips
were loft I It is confirmed that he firfl &tilted into
Vigo. fearful of hazarding an attempt to make Pet-
toi till the Englifh were out of the wt.y.
A dreadful earthquake is laid to have laid, wale a
great part of the Neapolitan territory.—See Extracts.
, 'The RiVOLUTIONNAIRE frigate, which arrived at
Plymouth on Saturday, left Sir R. CALDER off Fer-
zol on the both; but we fupp'fe he would not re-
main there when he heard of the failing of the enemy.

No farther accounts have been received of the
Combined Fleets fence they left Ferrol ; but we un-
derhand that difpatches were this morning received
at the Admiralty, by exprefs, announcing that

A BATTLE
has taken place between the fleet undei the command
of Admiral CORNWALLIS and the Brea Fleet. The
particulars have not fully tranfpired, but we learn,
that on the night of the 22d inflant the gallant
Cottiwaws found the enemy attempting to come
out of Breit harbour, amounting to twenty-one
fail of the line, with a number of fmaller veffds. He
immediately gave orders to form the line, which were
promptly obeyed by the (hips under his command,
gave the enemy a broad fide off tha Black Rock, and
utrempted to cut off their tight wing. This brought
on a general aftion, the refult of which we have not
harm, nor do we even know whether it was com-
plelet)• !erminated when the difpatches left the fleet.
—Mould farther particulars tranfpire, we fliall flop
t?.r. prat to announce them.

Difoatches for Admiral Cowirdstrood, off Wit,
were fen: to Plymouth kit night, to be forwarded.
Accounts from Plymouth mention, that Sir Ro-
SUIT CALDER, with his fquadron, arrived off Ferrol 11
en the zo:h instant, (even days after the Combined
Squadrons had left that port. We hive not been
able to afcertain whether lie continued to watch it, dr
whether he has proceeded in fearch of the enemy.
Lord NELSON was at the Admiralty yeaerdayi
and had an interview with Lord BARHAM, from
whom his Lordthip went to Mr. PITT.
Mot of the Cabinet Minillers left town on Bator-
day, for the purpofe of attending a Council at Wey-
mouth.
On Friday evening his Royal Highnefs the Duke of
Tote tevi•twed, at Deal, the ill B!igade of Guards,
and 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons.
Great preparation is making at a temporary pavi-
lion eresled on purpofe in the Barracks at Deal, for a
grand ball and fete champetre to be given by the Of-
ficers of the Guards, on Friday evening next, to all
the neiehbouringNobility : it will be the moll fplendid
thing of the kind ever teen in this county.; upwards
of 3co cards to fele& parties are already diftribured.
An order was received to augment the Royal
Marines of the Chatham divifion, ten men to each
company, and the fame number to the Portfmouth
and Plymouth divifion. A new divifion to confift of
3o companies, of 140 each, and to be commanded
by Colonel FLatcle se ; fecond on command, Lieut.
Colonel BUSS, is immediately to be formed at Wool-
wich for the expediting the equipment of fhips in the
River Thames.
Oa Sunday the Cobham Yeomanry Cavalry tin-
der the command of the Right Hon. the Earl of
DARNLEY, were infpeeted by Colonel TWISDEI4 in
Cobham Park, in full marching order, having their
rations of hay, oats, canteens, &c.
The garrifon of Colchelter at prefent eonfills of
The gth and 7th Regiments of Foot, the Welt Kent,
Oxford, and Arefhire Militias, with a ftrong detach-
ment of cavalry and artillery, under the command
of Lieutenant-General Sir J. PULTENEY, making in
the whole a force of above romoo men.
Saturday morning the firft divifion of the fecond
Staffordfhire Militia, iommaded by Col, Est.tor,
marched from Hull on the route for Portfmouth.
They arc expated to be there incorporated with the
firft battalion.
The Hull and Sculcoates Volunteers were on Fri-
morning infpeaed at Hull, by Major MASTER.
—The corps mullered very full, feveral compa-
nies not having a man abfent who could not, clearly
be proved to be fo from imperious necealty. The
two companies of the County Volunteers were in-
fpefted on the afternoon of Wednefday.
The Cottingham Volunteers were alto infpelled by
Major MAST sa, at nine o'clock on Wednefday morn-

iii?.
On Saturday morning laf the Dochefs of Bot.TON
retrraed to town from Tunbridge Wells, in conic-
riaence of an e %refs received of the dangerous Rate
of htr filler's health, Mrs. LOWTH La, at Richmond.
Wednefday morning, about eight o'clock, a fire
prole out in Mr. Duini's bake-houfe, oppofite the
Butcher-market, Kelfo. Immediate afGßance being
procured, the flames were quickly got under.
BREAD.—This day there being no Court of Alder-
men, the LORD Mavoa, after infpefting the Returns
t.f the Meal-weighers, ordered the Price of Bread to
be lowered Four-pence in the Peck Loaf.