Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-12-30

forded complete remedy for that neon
venient fyftem which requitesa yait va
riety and frequent changes Of hgnaIs.
Z 4 baK nrrer difnats ny fer he faid, I" ~
he da, ST kattls q0ifb a J>bv atnaaance o. jig
Lr.v--Cn the 4th of G6tober -heiserdered
all the Captains, OF, board the Vi7"y,& & iaid
before them his new plan-It was one OF
the peculiar features of Lord. Nel(on's cha
raider 10 be able. by the clearnefs and pre-
cifion of his plans and orders, to make every
man under.tand him in an infant: the new
plan carried immediate conviction 10 them
they all exclaimed, that it could not bat
be fuccefsful. The Taft order given before
the action, was fhort but comprehensive
one" England expe75 every man rViY do 6lf
dufy." He determined himfelf to fight the
Spaniih admirars fhip, the iuPeIb Santiih-
ma Trinidada. 1t j. worthy OF remark,
that he had before gained the highet hon.
or in graphing with the Santifiima Trim
dada, in the action of the t4th February
1897, off Cape St. Vincent She was the
largeft fhip in the world, carried r36 guns,
and had four decks Lord Mellon ordered
his own fhipto be carried along iide of his
oH acquaintance, as he called her, and ihe
was lafhed to her.-How vel the action
was fought how fevere the confia, Admi-
raj Collingwood's excellent letter fuHicient-
ly informs US. The enemy were engaged
at the muzzle OF their guns, Every one
knows how fulf-rhr1r- fhips always are Of
men; every feventy-four gun fhip always
has about nine hundred men ; the Santiit-
ma Irinidada had 600, including corps
of troops, amongt whom were fome iharP
fhooters Capt, Hardy, who law from
the manner IN which thefe tharp- -ihooters
fired from the nain-,op Of the Santiflima
Tfinidada into the Yiffo y. that their object
was tc pick out the officers, and more par
ticularly Of courle, that greatett Of all heroes,
repeatedly requcfed, as we ftated ye1terday,
Lo.d Mellon TO change. his coat, which was
decorated with the itars of the different or
ders, orat leait to put on a great coat over
it. His Lordlhip replied thar be had not
time to do it. ----,- -- -.
The frit that was killed neat his Lordihip,
was his Secretary, Mr. Scott-hc was kill
ed by a muiket ball which entered his head,
and' he fell dead initantly. Ihe fecond
fhot few minutss' after, ftruck his Lord
fhip, and entering below IN. ltff fhoulder,
took a direction through The vital paris =
he aaggered againft the. officer near him.,
and was Immediately carried below. | he
furgeonS were buGly empIoye upon the
weunded-his Lordfhip deiircd TO take his
turn. AS foon as the furgeon examnied@the
wound, he iaw it was mortal. The gallant
hero had his eyes fixed aftentively upon
him he faw the furgecn turn pale, and
his ceuntenance ai1ume the deepeft impref-
fion of grief II 81 mortal, y fee" he faid.
The furgeon did not or could not fpeak.-
He deGred 10 be placed upon chair, and
dire6ed Capt. Hardy TO attend him--He
ipoke no more Of his would, except when
ne frft communicated to the Captain the
(urgeon s conviction. He employed the
ho:t time he lived: J: abo1t an hour, in die.
tating orders relative to the battle, in re-
ceiving reports, in inquiiing what was the
condition of the enemy, and what fhips
had ftruck. He had from the firft thought
that he ihoud be wounded but he ipoke1
of the probability of it with his u!ual calm
nefs. 10 the laf moment of his precious
life, he was able to give directions with the
utmo& clearnel5 and preciGon. Like Gen.
Wolfe, breathing out his life on the heights
of abraham, he inquired " whether the en-
emy gave way I" He was graiihed with
the intelligence conveyed to him aln,oft eve
ry moment, that more Of III; enemy's ihips
had truck As life ebbed fat away the
number augmented He was tod that fif-
teen had Rruck he feemed enraptured at
the intelligence. Thel lait that truck before
his death was the fuperb SantDfna 7yiaida-
dS. When he heard that ihe had truck, he
appeared convulfed with joy; he lived but
few moments afterwards. In his lalt mo-
ments, with that piety which had ever for
med a diltinguiihing feature Of ms tharac-
Ter, he returned thanks TO GoD. that he
had permitted him to die in the arms of VIC
tory. He de6red his blelIing to be convey
ed 70 all who were the re9reIf m hiq hear