Star.
London, England, 1805-12-03 00:00:00

mutt convenient oppottonity.ofmeeting.ut; although.
we kept at fo convenient, or rather great dittance,•
yet we kept up a chain of communication by lhipr
being in light of one another, by fignal, all the way
to Cadiz.

On the t9th of Oanber fignal was made that the
enemy was getting under weight we immediately
flood to the Southward, to prevent their paling the
Gat.

On the aoth, dark cloudy weather, with rain, the
fignal for fixteen of the enemy being at fea ; heavy
fqualls, with thick rain. In the evening the fignal for
thirty of the enemy's (hips; flood to the fouthward
and weßward that they thould not fee us, although
our look-out (hips faw them. During the night fig-
rils continually made by the look-out (hips to let ps
,know the enemy'► fituation.
At length daylight opened to our view the ene-
my's fleet, a moll glorious fight for an Englith fleet,
having them alto to leeward. The fignal immedi-
ately for general chace ; moderate breezes, the ene-
my forming a line of battle ahead to wait our attack
—the Englifh fleet compofed of twenty-feven (hips of
the line, and thi et frigates ; the combined fleets thir-
ty-three of the line and two frigates; we went down
in no order, but every man to take his bird.
At thirty minutes after eleven the fignal was made,
" England expeas every individual will do his
duty." At twelve the enemy's (hips opened a moll
tremend ps fire on the Royal Sovereign (which The
returned in a ftyle that did honour to Old England),
then on the Belleifle, then on the Tonnant. The
Mars fecunded as, and at this moment Lnrd Nel-
fon's line began ; hut from fmoke, guns, &c. from
this moment all became confufion, except within a
few hundred yards at intervals ; they cut us up a
good deal until we got our broadfide to bear nn a
Spanifh (hip in breaking the line, when we gave her
fueh a murdering broadfide, that The did not return
a ;un for Come minutes, and a very few afterwards.
The French (hip Algefiras, Admiral Magon, was
the (hip aßern of the flop we had fainted ; the filled
her main top fail and &tit up to rake us: we put our
helm up, and tumbled on board of her, and fought
it out. The fire from both (hips was tremendous ;
one or the other mull give way.
At this critical time a Spanifh and French (hip
crolred our bow, being Rationed on the ((metallic,
and teeing the fituation we were in, I went aft to
inform Captain Tyler. when I found he had been
carried below wounded. The Firli Lieutenant be-
came Captain ; he fAid he had fent for the Officers to
cold-tilt what was heft to be done; and at that mo-
ment the Second Lieutenant came up, when we three
agreed to keep the boarders aft, and turn to on thofe
Gentlemen on the bow. They kept up a heavy fire
on us for tome time, and we accommodating them
with as good as they fent, when an Englifli (hip took
the French one off from us.

At this moment the Spanith fhip found our fire
too heavy for her, and the (hip on board of us on the
quarter, llruck, when Lieutenant Bennet, with firty
men, ttepped on board from our Chip, and took pof-
felßon of her; the proved to be the Algefiras, of 74
guns, Admiral Magun, who was killed in the ad ion,
with three Lieutenants ; the Capta;n was very badly
wounded. She had 850 men when the began, and
three hundred killed and wounded. She had at-
tempted to board us feveral times.

During this time we were hard at it on the Spa-
nail !hip, when at laff down came her colours : I
hailed him, and alked him if he had (truck, when
he Paid Yes. I came aft and informed the Fiat Lieu.
tenant, when he ordered me to board her ; we had
no boat but what was fhot, but he told me I mull
by ; fo I went away in the jolly boat with two men,
and had not got a quarter of the way, when the boat
fwampt. I could not fwim ; but the two men who
were with me could, one a black man, and the other
a quarter mailer ; ire was the IA man in her, when
a Ihot (truck her, and knocked her quarter off, and
the turned bottom np.
Macnamara, the black man, Raid iby me on the
one fide, and Maclay, the (t.larter Maker, on the
other, until I gut hold of the jolly boat's fall that
was banging overboard. I got my leg between the
fall, and as the boat lifted by the lea, fo wag I. and
as (he defcended I was ducked ; I found myfelf weak
and thought I was not long for this world ; Maena-
rnara fwarn to the (hip, and got a rope, and to me
again, and made it fait undlir my arms, when I
fwung off, and was hauled into the Rem port. In a
Ann time I felt better, and the anxiety of the time
roofed me, and I loon returned to my quarters, when
Tome fhip had taken poffeflion of the Spanith (hip;
(he proved to be the Sr. Juan Neponsticeno, of 74
guns, goo men, and had 400 killed and wounded in
the adion.

At this time Admiral Dumanoir, with four fail of
the line, was making off, when we opened a heavy
and well direr ed fire on them. They 6rcd on their
own flips as they went along, that were in
our poffeffion. We found fixteen in 'our poffer-
fion, one blown up, and one funk, and eleven
got into Cadiz. The next morning they came
out to recapture's: many as they could, when there
came on a heavy gale, and two of the eleven were
loft : the St. Anna and the Algefiras, in the gale of
wind, drifted fo near Cadiz, that they rote upon our
people, and took them in ; they both bad all their
malls gone, We have fince got our people from Ca-
diz. We were fo complete a wreck, that the Spar.
tiate was obliged to take us in tow, our rudder being
very badly fhot. and top moat and main yard, arid
topfail yards being shot away, and our lower malt
very badly wounded, as was every remaining fpar.
In this (fate we expetienced as heavy a gale as ever
I was in; the Spartiate parted the tow rope, and,
to tell ynu the truth, I thought we never fhould
weather the land ; all our prizes were loft in the
gale, except four. and, what is molt afionifhing, not
une Englilb fhip was 1011, and, out of the nine that
remain in Cadiz. only four are worth repair, and
only three with malts fianding.
On the zBuh we weathered Cape Trafalgar, and
got to Gibraltar, and got jury malts to come home.
We are ordered to Portliuouth to refit, when I (hall
endeatour to get leave of abfence, and (hall be able
to give you a better account than I can here. The
lots has been dreadful on the enemy, as all their
men were 101 l in the wrecks. We fpcke a veffel this
morning, which lays Sir Richard Strachan has
taken Dumannir, with the other four ;'twenty-four
out of thirty-three is tolerable good work, and only
four of the nine worth repair. We had twenty-fix
killed, -and fifty wounded. Captain Tyler was (hut