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destroyed in sight Of Cadiz after +, ~
! found impracticable to tow her off, and ~
Admiral Villeneuve was on board Aams;
]ral Collingwood's ship the Dreadnouss'
lon the same daylsftthe feet in CO with ~ y
Victory (Lord Nelson's shiP) and n
Belleisle both under jurynasts for Ens
land. The lieutenant could not tell j..
number of killed and wounded as tn. ).
turns had not then been complicated. Itv,,
the general opinion however at GibraIta,
that ten thousand men lost their lives in Ii.
action.
The Blockade of Cadiz was contiuu,a
| by Admiral Collingwood.
| Admiral Grayina is reported to have died
!! of his wounds after his vessel had eute,ed
the harbour of Cadiz-
Bucentaure, Adm. Villeneuve wound,
ed, totally dismas.ed aud struck to NsJ.
son. The admiral and his captain w.,.
put on beard frigate, and the ship man.
lDed by lieutenant and 80 men in ii.
night of the ead, the ship being totally Dis
masted, was blown by the violence Of Ii.
wind towards the shore, and anchored
near the castle of St. Sebastian the nsa
day the people were taken out, and 10 a
bout an hour after the ship went down.
Major General Prigney. who was lefto,
board by Nelson, is slightly wounded. Al
Cadiz 400 men are reported to be kiledon
board this ship, and most of her ofic,r
wounded.
Intrepid, Redompsable, Montblanc, Dr.
quay Trouin, Formidable. Scorpion, Bel
wick, auG Swiftsure. These ships are mis-
sing, but as it is known that several fthen
had struck to the English, it is supposed
they are IN their possession. "A repor,
however prevails that Admiral Dumanoir,
has escaped with a frigates. The bode,
Of Admiral Magoz and captain Vilgis,
are said to have been found driven on the
Playa, between Cadiz and St. Patrick,
where above one thousand bodies hav.
been driven on the shore and the whole
beach covered with wrecks of ships
The FIVE frigates and briggs returned
without any material damage.
The l. Aigle is reported to have got Of,
and at anchor in the channel.
CAD1z, Oct. rs;
Arrived ship Hare, Chew, 40 days from
Malaga, via Gibraltar.
Left at Gibraltar, ship Wells, Sampson,
of Salem, vessels cleared, cargo condemn.
ed, being French colonial property and
bound to a belligerent port; schooner Ma.
ria Windsor, Rowland, from Boston 70,
Naples, tried and acquitted: schooner
Andromeda, Baker, of Boston from Teue
rife for Gibraltar, with cocoa, do. do. ship
Aurora, Hall, OF Portsmouth, ". H from
Leghorn for the East Indies, libeiIed brig
interchangeable, Seaver, OF Philadelphia fa
Bordeaux for Villa Real, libelled sehr
Jane, Berry, of Norwich, from Green /
sland with dsh, for Cadiz, libelled; brig
Mary, Parsons, of New York, from Lden'
ton North Carolina, for Cadiz, libeIled
On the 1st of December captain P. fell ID
with the wreck of the brig Experiment
M'Allen, of Portsmouth, dismasted and
full of water, took off the crew brig Dol
phiu, Colt, of Norwich, from Green Island,
with fish tor market, arrived the 18th Of
November and proceeded to eastward
Brig Mary, Wood, of New York, fron
SALON for Charleston, sent in the 9Th and
cleared the 10th (; three days after sprung
aleak and put into Algesiras, where she
was obliged to unload brig Prudence,
Bunker, of New York from Leghorn, fot
New'Crleans, sent in the 9TH, cleared the
10th, and proceeded. Left at Algesiras'
brig Echo, Clarke of Boston, from ST.
Ives, with fish, for Naples libelled and
would likely be conde mned. At Malaga
ship Globe, of Boston, which had been
captured by British frigate and ordered
for Gibraltar, but availing herself Of west
erly wind arrived safe at Malaga schoon'
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