The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-27
LONDON. November 2,

Of the total defeat of the Conbnesl Fleets and
the ever to he lamented death OF Lord Ne.fon with
thoie mixed feelings of grief, gratitude, and Joy,
which it is 10 well calculated to nfr:re. We have
fome iDterefiDg particulars to add TO it -
1t has afforded much furprife, that the combined
Fleets heuid have adopted rhe refoIution Of putting
to lea, and it has been fuppofed, that morning but
total wan, Of provilons could have induced them to
hazard battle with Lord Mellon. The faa was not
fo-they had received order. PIT to fea the firR
opportunity that ihould be offered them by our feet
being weakened by dctaehments from it. or by ftrefs
OF weather to quit the blockade Of Cadiz. Their OBJ
jctt was make for the Mediterranean, to coea in
their pafage the Carthagena fquadron. and fo pro-
coed to Touon, where being Joined ny the veas in
that port, they would have formed feet of be.ween
40 and SO fail Of the line with which it was their de-
iign TO prevent poibe. the falling Of any exr.d;ti
on with Britih troops from Malta, any expedition
with RuIian troops from Corfu Such is fad tn have
been their Plan and the courfe they were Reeriny
and Vice Admiral Collingwoods dpatehes, iutify u.
IN giving credit to the ahertinn-TIe enemy hrart, of
Admiral Louis having been diipatched with fcven
fail OF the line to Tetuan Bay for provions and Other
neeeares. andt they conceived that fec, had been
thereby diniinifhed to abont 90 fail of the line It
n,utf not he imagined that his Lordihip remained d.
realy off Cadiz with his feet, or within fight of the
port. Hisgreat Object was to induce them to come
our. Let them come out" he would often fay
My Object is not to induce them by the diip!ay OF
all my force to remain in Port but do every thing
in my power to tempt them 10 come out" In uurfr-
ance Of this degn. he never kept all his flee, before
Cadz.-ih his was the manner in which he ffa,ioned
his fleet. The Euryaus frigate was within half
mile of the mouth Of the harbour to watch the enc
mys movements, and give him the earlie1 Intelligence
of the harbour, but at greater di1aree, he had
about feven or eight fail of the line. He remained
himfe off Cape ST. Marys with the remainder of his
fleet and line Of frga.es extended and communicate
ed between him and the feven eight fail off Cadiz
The advantage Of this plan that he could receive
uPPlies and reinforcements of Cape St Mars with.
out the enemys being Informed of it, and thus they
remained conNautly ignorant of the real force under
his commaad.-But being acquainted, as we have al
ready fad with the circumstances Of Admiral Louis
having been dispatched with ieven fail of the ne they
conceived his force not To amount to than 80 fail
oe the line. Great prafe is due to the admiralty for
the aaive and vigorous exertions they had made to
place Lord N-fons force in the bet po!FibIe Rate
the combined fleets Cadiz had in more particular
manner fixed their attenton-they had itrony reafon
to fufPea wha, their intentions Jua before
they came on, Of port, his Lordfhp had been REIN
forced by three four fail of the line from, home
of this. by Lord NeCors judcious condua in Hation-
ing his fleet, the enemy were uniformed
His Lordihip had received from the Admiralty on
the q and 81 OF Oober, fuch information intuo-
ed him TO believe that the enemy would loon pu. to
fume the command Of the Seer. plan by which he
| would hgh, the enemy upon principle it was,
we underRand, extremely fnpe, but it was 10 foouer
! made known than it carried conviction every ma
val officer it afforded compleat remedy for that
inconveDient ylem which requires val variety and
frequent change. Of fgnais. al hall never diiiraa
my fleet" i've aid, in the day of battle with fuper-
abundance of iiguals" On the 4th OF October he
ordered all captains board the victory and laid be-
fore them his new plan. I, of the peculiar
features o. Lord Evlios character to DC able, by the
cearnes and precon OF his plan and orders to make
every man upderhsnd him IN an infant the new
plan carried immediate eonvaion to then--;hey all
exclaimed thar Il could not bit be fuccefsful. The
lat order given before the siion, was fhort but
comprehensive one" Englsnd expeas every man 70
| do his duty" He determined himfelf to f. ht the
| spanh Admiras lip, the Superb SantiGrn,a Tr;ni-
dada. " isworhy of remark, tina, he had before
gained the higher honour in graphing with the Sam
tiiina Jrnidada in the action OF the l4th February
1897, off Cape ST Vincent. Shs was the srge.t flip
in the world, carried 1856 guns. and had four decks.
Lord Mellon ordered his flip TO be carried along
fide his old acquaintance, as he called her. aud e was
lafhed to her. How we'll the 4ion was foticht how
fevsre the conaia, Admiral Congwood's excellent
letter Efficiently informs The enemy were en-
gagged at the nruzze Of their guns. Every knows
how full their Clips always Of n,en-eyery IA gun
fbiP has about 900 thu Sdntin,a Trinidada had
l6Co, including corps Of troops, anionga whom
were fome harp fhoofers Captain Hardy, who
faw from the manner in which thief. fharp fhoot-
fred from N. main top of the Sdntina Trinida-
ia into the Viaory, that ;ber ohjea wa. to pick out
the officers K particularly of eoure that yrea,en
Of all heroes repeatedly recuefed az ,ye aa.sd ysnss
day, Lord Mellon To change his coat, which wa, de-
eorated with the fars Of the different orders, or at
leaf to put great coat over IL. His I.ordaip
replied that he had time do IL. The FRI that
killed near his Lordfhip, was bis Secretary Mr.
Scott-he was killed by mukst ball which entered
his head, and he fell dead inaanty The fecond fic
few mii'u,es after, arUek his lordhp & entering he
low his left f1ouIder, tosS direction through the vi
tai Psrtsbe i,aggered againa the officer near him,
and was Immediately carried below. The furgpeus
were bufy employed upon the wounded--hjs Lord
ihip defirsd 70 take his AS foon as the rgeo
examined the wound he fsw il was mortal. The
gallant hero had his eyes fixed attentyey upon him
he Jaw the furgeon turn pale, aud his countenanes
aiume the deepea imprefion of grief" it rs NORTH
fee" he Eid The furgeon did not, or could 10;
fpesk. He deGred to be placed upon chair and
drocsed captain Hardy to attend him.
He fpoke no more Of his wound, except when ne
fri communicated to the captain the fGgeoa', con-
yieion He employed fhs fof, time ne lived about
an hour, in debating ORDERS relative the battle g.
receiving reports in enquring what was fhr conf
ton Of the enemy, and what hbips had aruea. He
had from the GRIT thought that ne fhoud be weu,,6.
I'd; but IT. Poke 81 The pees.slty o. il vA his a.