HISTORIC DESPATCHES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 October 1907, Page 4

HISTORIC DESPATCHES.

f?; THE VICTORY AT J^JLCfIR.^; ' : ,; ■' ; ;'' ■ ■• - : - :i \'''"'/"'■ •'•■.'■■ m.f-wif /■-!•: ::':...v-/'. tf-^^:V, ; r-:-rV- •'"f"'..<t',ili : . ■r.i-ir'.vA'i? : •-•' ,6..j,i '■■•'-, -: copiea Vfero : VS:eiVed- , at i; ''this ' ' day,.at one 1 ■■■■■ ■•■ ' CoUmgwood of;Sjs W V t ■ ■': Euryalns; ;; 6ff- : 6cfc22<<ilßos:- j. : ■ Sir.r-The ■ e7er-to-b6-]eineiited..,:death. i :'i.C)f :' ■'■ ■■■■' in . ■--. the late conflict inth , :the''oWmy:.fell..i l ii.,i;ne .'■; :■■:■ boTir,:Ot..vi6tory, leaTea r tp ; in r ■■■-■ ■•■■■inijac^teM^^?^*fe« the' ship'swatching . ■ in ;Ca3iz.^tfia.t ! the' combined.fleet:M'd"put 'to '. ■~'.' aosL't as JiiKi s jwin^' ; wiesferTy; : '■■■ /■:l^B'Lo^dßhip^qoncludd3' , t^e'?i ! 'UiStra^Wli , '■•'•' ■ ,; :tfe%ledst4'rran^*,<a^d,fiMteHiyitelj^-mado , ' ; Sll '> . ■eair\fornh'd;vStreigh>4;#ti;fcMe v 'witH the ;I ; ,'■ tish : ''Sqifa'drbriV ! 'Consi6tinc'- oM'twonty-se'ven'- , •' : r"■-■■;'; tJisiif'.sisty-foursV whero-^his' •: .:: / Lordship^v;as : ;iilfone'ea F l)y Cdptaitfßlapkwood; ■ /',-" - : -";-. (w&rae~lvigildiiiße' : iu''- W'ttt«thiiig!; li aiid"i , Eiviiig':ni)-''' : . ; .': ,'tice'/of .'the/ cMray'i^WrtoreiKents , 'j.'has *■ been- ■■■.'• ■'•■'■ Jughly ; meritorious) 'ffia'f '■'i'ief bad :• not iyot- '■ ..- :,' pa^ed;th9'Streig!its f 'W «;"'•« f' : ., ''J^'' ! ] .(,:;, ; ';; The-Enemy in Sight:■ .' v '.;;•■■; [ : >.iv n ■: ~-.' : » ~ /'..when €ap^f , rr.a7^lgaK/b^i;e\s^\,Dy ; ■, ;;.,■ seven■ leagues, the enemy. ■ was-.'aisqbverqd, ! :; vabout'six or soren-JJules-easUvafd, the wind ' . : :.; ab.out Wcgt, and very light. The Comman-- ;' .■•■:■■;der-in-Chiofiimmodiaitply,made, .for; \. ;. ..;•■- the :: noefc% , boa¥4p^ i iV'two , colum , ris , a4't.hey , " ": i are formed in order.. Qf.j,sajling.;. a mode of ' .'-. ■'attack his Lordship had previously directed -■■''; to avoid . th'e/i'inooriv'eSionpiis ajtdri.'delay m ; : ;.-forming a lino of battle ■in tho usual man- ■ ~: ' ner.; ■■„■. The < cSncTny's.f.tiji.orrCpnsiSt^tl-rof.jithjrJ/jV ,■'•■ threej'sliips; ■■ : ■■'■■. ; 'ahdyfiftegn.'S])anJßh)ji"ob)aina.ndei|[-' l i'ii\chief l ;-bi.i, .'■.••.- : : '•'■.' Adm.ira!:;.Villcho;uve ;?tho!.Si)anmMlaiiiß_d.er the, ■■ ■ \,'-'. v idireetion, of.. .Uravhiaj-f wore], with i theirs heads,- ?■ "I Northward, -and-yformed i . ■;.';.- witKs-:greatjolcsenessvind{\pbrrootiiessj'sbiiitiias; • ': : : ot atfcaekvn'nsiuiviiaitiil, ,Eo:thei'Spruur; .- ;.,'; .. tur,e'..of:.;tbeir. lino- r; ; &\ new; cresf, ; '"[ ■: ' cent,/co!ivexing -tlici leo,waiid/r|S9 f<Viat-' t jfi JtsacJ-j ri •'..•; '-.. It|i«lVf|!)hejr,(i(ani f i :, : .' the, i.-lfcaifi-,; ilibioje/ithe' ,-fii;e ,; ■•. '<. ; 6pe'nc(l;,eyory^[dte'r«Btt6..fi6liip,7;j\!aSjj^bovfei.r'.p; l / ~'■■■ ' cabje''s;Vleiigt|i. ,toi."ivimly«y>i'd;. .ot'ij--herusecpndt ■,:! .:. ahead-, or;.'astern,, Jifl'iiiiiigi'jp kmd'iijf ] . : line',.,-,and ai)i)earecKi.uihen,i.omiith'eir ; j)fcjiiiiait6,. ~ . ' ■':■ leave a;'!vorj'>.l ittlojJDtc^o-nJ ; ;:tw)!)tcc!li r.thpmsl ,j ■.■ ■'(• and, ,thw,v/itl]p,ut.:O!'ow(lingiitlipti'"sliip».:i Ad-? ;. ; : miral;■γ-iltiiiieuvo M;rtai4uffthc,ißHcanta.uroi,in i : ;•' -■. thei/qentr.a./iind tlui/ift'incp'ipfiiAistliiias .bp're| '■) ■Gr3viji.Vf.'..'l;!.g''jii'. tlief ( r{iin'i;i:tut,r.tljqjii;rei\ch:. : aml=;Spiuiis!i Sliips.- f*n |i;iisQcl ivi.tliouferni\n,v» : apparciifcf'rogapl : lo : iOM\cynvi. iiatipjialisquad'-i r '•■\ . ron,;-;.., ■. .■};■> , :): u ■;.\!\\i\t!viv,>i>'•tfctif'b >• n«">ni> k !.■ ■-, .'-.. _As the reode pfvoiiff. attaols'flhadabeoiKtoreff.: v. ; ; . Tiops!y, v dptw - v, tho-;..fjlag"-OH]cors fandhClij'ptanisv'ifow' signals > •: ■ were .necessary, .and,«i&n(il wioroiinadei except;,-' to direct close .ordcri.as.tHp'.linbs.'borerdowat.'irj, ,-j ... ■;, '■, Thfl, C'ommhnder,iaa-7.(ilhiof.| iiii.th&.!Viotbry,sl< '•,;'. ■■ le.d.i:the;'weat!ier..coHilnh l :i(indrithp.iTßoyal,!SQVKi i<. erbign,: Vhich .bpre/iß}viliagj?ithei leosu'J. -jij<-'Ji»»■:! '.■■'■ ' ' .■il'iii.'i.c.-iuiji- ,t:H'. ': The.,Cuns.Besin,:tp |P.|^y.-..!,jj|i!-'..;;{,« tfl,-:>j\#-;-,\ ' - .•■'. The action l began' 1 4'ti'CtwolVe p!cloclr r ßy-'thd' '• . leadiiig-shins of ■the cb;iuto l UreSKing i, tlffotl|lt ,, ' . the; j :eh'omy's'-lino, Vi tKc! , "€'6'ifiniaMtir ih' ; ' ; Ghref " about the ■te'rith an" 1 the'So-' :. ' con'd'---in MMWiiofiXriAttW frbW '.' . ■. thfiyr.bar'; leaving J, :tho Win' of'tnif i eneA'iy''Hin-'''. • -.occupied; ; -' the .Sucececltiig'-- sTiips , '".breaking'':' ; through in'dll'par.tii, &s!'erff : '6f I, tl\6it' l ]diuli!j i s.y ' .. and!'6rii;agmg : Hho^n6'my l at;, l i|h'd"n>uz^le's' I ttf ! . their ;; guhs. T ';Tho'''c®nict' s .SVas 'sdve'ro;- il *thtJ' J. .. . enemy's , -' ahips' ■■wbr6''*fiSigHt T7 #lHj'/a galla'nfr'V' .. •'■ higlily-hohourablo .fo 'th'e ; \ .-■■'. .attack'/6n-tliem•■■■■'V^s ! 'Sβ ''it"' ~:• -: pleased'the AlriiigHty- ©Js^or'bf''B'l{'^vdhti' i ' ; - • to grant'his Majcst^''s' i ,«mß'!a : 'cow'pletb!''atfd ! ' ! / glorious I .Viotory/:'-■■ A'bWt' tWefi bl" . ■■• . '' . their: lino fiayo. way' , ;. 'Mmiral'-CrK-ivina, .wfth '- ten'ships 1 ' joining-Uifiif frigates' , to 'Igoward, , ' ' stood ■ towards.;'Catliz;'-"''Thtf'-'fiv'ci'ffiea'clia'ris't-'' .-ships in th.ei'r i; .vaii J |H^d|' l hnd &diW''£f>'/ the ■Sputhward,' 1 tP^winflWafd'-lprfflo'-'BrHii'slr' , line/, were' : ongag&!;''a/ia' lf, tli6''sier!iraost' : ' t of : ' thorn taken;.thop(:WeVsMvfilt"(sff;fle'aVittg!:to' his.M.ajdsty's ! 6fthe' - . line ,; (br which -■.throb •'Tirs^ratotn(S"' : San- , ' - tissinia,' Trinidad,' anjT-'lh'e'lßiissen'taiire SHtJi'' throeTlag ' the Commander in.Cifief;'n6n.'K/iatisi'lfaria ' D'Aliva/'tice Adrirtrbl'-'aml Wspiijiisirllear ■ . Admiral, Don;;R|ltlin'gaV'B[jda'Jgo jCisflercs!*';' Aftpr .such;, a'/victqyyj ,it'.'tnay';apj)eai; .un'ue-:' eossary''to'.eriter lnf;B ( ':<pcbjiirims.,i/i tfi : o. r -par^:; . ticiilar/p.hrts'.'t'aken ,by. tHSl'seye.ra'l ! .Cpmm6ncl-! : "ers ; '-the Vncfro| than' I havo' language, ,'.t|io;yspint',. which'animate'd',all ■W^β. ■tno li "sii|jg,j , .wlieiij'all. .' exert: service, all' '.deserve;' r tb' at '('their ,'liig i h'. , ','mei;jts. ehould r standVrecordcd jSahdjileyer high, merit'more conspicuous'"thaij iii. the'battle I. '■ have.described. : ;.' .' .j./',,." , ~ !'y." ,|..(,' '■~.,..-.' The'Achillo (a French''74)j after haying : inrreiiderc-d, by some misraanagement of the Frenchman, took , -fife 'and''blew"- up; two hundred of her men were saved by the Ton- ■ dersii;;.r '■'■ . : -.r : ,, - , '^',.J"'^"'- : !'' V, ;.' " A,: | :! ThefFlghting.Teniei'alre. ; r: iW;:,v ?■■.% ■-'; ' A^ ; circumstance cfccurrcd' during the 'action ( which bo strongly marks the invincible , Spirit ■'

jOf jßri'tish-' , feipMofii, ''wVeti '6ngaging"tW'enp.mios?'of' i th'eir ; '<;ountry,"' that'l -carinot 'resist I"'have in' making 'it ; known to ;theiri iLordehips/i Tho Tomerdii:e>was ■boarded ;byiiiccident:or designiiby a,]?rench,shiplon;'orie [sadpyandja Spanioricl on>thd:DthQri;p.fcheicbntest end'tho Combined •Ensigns;. , wereitorn from the the ,Britjsh : t,-ihoiated>c.in ji their ~places. «Suehhnn jbattlp; cpujtd withoutl sustaiiin iingi-.a.(gr.eatloss.iofi.men.jjl ha,xe,not>only,:tO ik](])Bnt,jn I: cftminortijw,itl);.th<s BritishrNavyrnnd ■the British Nation in the fall- ; of| tho jGomT finander 7 in-Chipf,,. : thc);.)lpssr of.r.a ,]iero.jwh'oso jriamp will be,|iftinipfsaL,and; his.momory.iever [d,ear.ryftq 'hiSj-fCQflnjjy i i W T 1^ ■ heart., js; aent im,ithe,:Aoat\\ jqf.A i -,fr i iend / (ib v wnpin|by. many years': intiniacy (ojnd,;j»} /perfect kjaqwlodgp.r of i;-the : -virtues'i>of jnis/.nLJriq,, wlfieh.jinspired idpas superior toitlie tcojomou/jrape, 'ofyjrden.i.Ur.waa.-.hoftiid.i.hiy, the ]^trqng,(J3J.i'tieß- l p,^,p i fE|s!?jiipn',; ,a,i.gi;ipf.,,to .iriiich. ;thq>,glor i !,9U?^cp l asipn, jn,(which! ,Hp, ;fellp.do(ss j ;per.haps : it liorgehin' reopivqd tho middle'i bf. the., JBM|ji- l^n;,pi ffi(:er f ,t.o; me nmipediateljj y i.l^s,i v ;|^t; ;: far,eweil,( , v ancj sppnL'aftejC e^, j 1-bftyp ■excellent ,officerß,- i Ca'ptainsiDuff> of tho .iMaraj" thoi.iSe'llerophon }-.L: h'avo.iyet 'h'ear.d! oE.jjipnoljothßrs.f/iL-.fear. thevntunbers' Jthatpf.ljave; j fallen willnbo.iifoundiiyo'ry greatj , - :whpnj|tho-;returnn-.Qpme to.-mq;..but itfllavin'g; i,wißd,«,v.er,.since:lthe?;.actionv' <I; have-np,!; yetriad-fein imy'.'power/ito^collect■ /any; ships.pi-, ."".ino-ff-'n ri--i( I J,jTi .>T/;fir, •._'i<iM«Mi , p iTun.ij'i.ini i/i! htf.r.M r.ilj:-. ; atr.>i ; ' ( iv,'i. ; .fl_,,lr,/4 -~ j'j Th'p, R&j'al"i^ovfe'ro havirig : 4Mt ; lief.%Hsife,' ; except,the tottering. f6i%hast,''l''c'alie'a ,tho :EuYyalu^ ,f to/ine >i 'wuile 'tlie , aeiH'off'cdh'iJuiued,'wliifc]lish'jp"lwil^ r wiffiisi''lfa'ii; mli^'} ! s^'i6' , i .with'''groat I 'atfonti'on;'-after' 'the'" action" 'f 'shiftefiSniy r! flag"t;p' : 'HefJ- that"!" niigh't' rmord'l . easily cdniffiunicite : ahy '/orders" %s,'{ and'^l-' ;lect':the'ahips,-'"aiid r 'tos«ed, .■'ei^ri' I (tet , f»Ea-'^wafd'^'''''Jffie%toK e &Mt' : ' : was ; \TioW ,iii : "a 'Vory 1 .Tnasted.^all'j'sh'a^red; I ' , hi" thirteen"'failiora.' -watei^6ff'' l the''slibals or J-- niade the slgiial ; teprepa r rc , T;6anchor few'pf ;the'sta|fs n'ftd' v an to"lot'gojrtheir'"^^- , samb'igbbd ProVidenoo' which : aSed'iis inrbugh tilts''claV'ljreserve.d iia' thr-bugh^th.e'=a%ht,.;bj-. ; tne .wih'f. s'HMing a : feWippiiits--anrf , a?lfting i£'e"ships' 'bfr '-'thSTanil,' ! except' four'.'of'the'eapturdd'dismastfcd which are now; at anchor bff/TrafalgJa'ri ftna-'I : hope WnT-ride'sfcfe* until' those gales arp 1 over . i H&vjilg'Vttias 'tletailM'fithe jfrqcee'dM's''o'r 1 ' the fleet , ' on«this qiscsisibii, , '!'''bdg v td 'cWgraijjlatet'theif'.L'oi'dshrps 'on • v a'. r vict'p'ry'' which' 'I hbpe!,wi.ll;'addi'a'r:ay tbniie'-glAry,',or'hrs':Ma-esty's•'α-owii) and !l ■bo;«atJ)Aud.dd , ' witli"ii)ißlic' benefit to pur cpnntm- ,|; l<lanij l etc., ~, , „ ' ! -i i •.i:WilHamiJ3rarsdeiiV' i E^t); ,i .' ,l, - i . "M'l" ■'/■.■■"• - •iu^^v!'---V-i.:•:>■■: ; :!('!. The English FJeet.^'n , ") i;;J Airy, r<!(i« W<M\>> 'ilil niiIVMHH ■iii«--|>'l ■i.U I TKe ,oidfar : lini.which'ith'ovships-.'o'f the Brffistf' Sbnadrbn ,attachedfithb'!' combined'oFl€fots' , - , 61i-' th"e(i2lst..of,ioctober;.ilßiOs: on ui ,r/f,fi ,'.-.;.'■ fw'of VaUSi.« fi.:i.n.-'..ioBjEAEi;«!--i »i '■■■■"H^ ; !, : -;Viotpry-3v .ii'.v.'-.E.o'yal.SoydreigU''! l /'"'* t 1 ""' .■■■! '.-:'TemeVaire.,;i;'v?:!-('M'arsi<i v.-- ■ivlyw "H-j ] "-'.iNoptutie' , '!-. jfl-i iJJelleiplo.ioO .x:h!:-.,.,,i-,, I );,C'on|iueror;,iii ; iivTonnant !)i;v!"is*', i'r , ,' ".f'-f. / ; ~,:,L.eyiathßn-!-i;j.s wfßeJJerpphon' ~'. r-^ : ;':. ■; ;[•.! Ajax . Corqssus .-»i.'.-i--:.;: - -? - • ! Orion V Achille i.! Agn|i)Jbirinioill ./nPoty'ph'emu! i ;,, ;: i \ ; ,•! Minatour . Kevenge r;!!" BrmTtiatta':" ,f ""Sfrjftfnrq^";;;:.' ■ \ ; ■ ';"'"■' Britannia' i^^'D'eFence" , " , ■' ir ' : '-■ • *■ ( ;.'.;Bntanh"is""i; r '" , - Dofenco"' 1 ' " T '' '■■. ■ ■ ''.nXlfiSiz '"• "''TMnhdefer 1 ' ;; - ■ - ■ n-| *"EurVHhis^i'' ,, " '''■ •■ • ' ; i --.'Simis tvi»l -J'nnbe -"•• ■• ■ „ ! ! , ;Pho'ob'e' l i'F ,'" tlra'aiiougub " v ,; ; . 'I .'•■•Wni&lKi :'■': ?•«'.'■•■'•• ,;!!'■)-.,- .i.i.-->- >■-..... }; ''•Pickle--Sdhb6nei' '■■' ■*;"* , :' ,; ! ;';'' ■'-■'<■<■ iEntrenenanto'CutteF '•»'' '■•'■' ■J-γ : '''.l- ;:i - j •■■■i!/fa cjKiM/'iiV•■!.-' 'v -?'■:'•''*..•■'." ■' Vα. ,, "". 11 " ;i ■j &s'M' :Eay^s?;OPtohe'r ! " ! Tlid * eyer-td'-be-lamonfed "death ! "of T'Sfori '"Neiyon, , \ouke, :.of !!Br6nte |: 'tiio..'dom= ''mah'der-'in l C;Mib.fj r ,whq I 'feirij( .th.o'aciion'.pf tho: ~ ■β^stjfiii l •■with li glofy. ,|, whqae-i ! ffieni'(iry. SyiU'bo ever deaf ftp ■> KM. British 0 Navy' fckbV:'- •'' 1 w.hdsd'zoal'fdf tho.'h'dndiir of his' King and'-for 'the"iiitercs^s' :, of h'is:C6untry' r will 'oyej-'ia' lipid' •:iip l aS' , !a i! Bhining , «amplef^VB | £itßh.SeimpnIdaves to me a duty to return'iiiy'thanks to r tho Right, ,Ho;^-a,bl& (r ,Rear-A(lmjral, H .and fCiiptainsr and ■detachment 'of Royal Marines ■sorvih'g-'on' board his Ma"jfjsty's Squadron now.,undor ,my command for -their cblidUi3t!Dn , .'that'|aa|y';':but''whero v, caV I undv)angnagovto ; /tei'press v ihy. , 'sentiments r, pf' •tho • valom-Marid skill Mvliich'- we're displayed * by ■ th&iOfficdrs," tbe' SiJ.anfeh'rfindi'the' IMhrmcs'in .•tljo 1 the: eh.dmy; iiidi-" 'T|(hial;-ap])oared alluhefo on ; whom'■'"thff'gloTy ■of ■!tiJß>- country".dep.end'ed;?. ■■THe r httack' v waß i li;rcsistiblo;i:and^the!"issi!e , :''6f 'it -'adas 'to""the ; iiage':'6f;-Navalifil!iiiuilß>'a brlll.iaWt' instafce'of' jtfhatiißritons 'can >dtf , Eiflg ,l 'a , htl v i'their'country:^need-''thoir l 'semcbi ;l ''"'' f 'M ''•<"•"■■ tho'.-liarl''of'iNorthesk; : to -the ; 'Oaptaiiisli'Offi- , .cors-, ; '«balnen, y 'an"d' t6"'tho '.jn'is»jolied: , .ofl5 i ee'rsi : iiKl''Prtyjittes of .th'p I .Royal' ;MarihesV'Jb;Bgjthaiilis w-fheir , 'BigHly rahd:'mieWtfrfb'iis-cwi-.duct-' bqth ,, iii , afitfon'-'anH /z'e'a'l' and' i.Uiqiri'actiVity liri-'bringi'figUo'Kaiittire'a , ships' out'fromnhe p^rildttaVsittfiitioH'iii'Wliich'tliey , ivere.:aftor ■pf iTi'afa]gar'iii.b6'isteroiis' ; "woatlier. :y:; ?"'■■'•"••"'■ " \' : A'iid>l!' desira'-tha'f the! 'rcspective'-'Cap'taiiis , 't'b' tile' Q'ffi-' ■cere^Settirfetfrnr^ ! { lie !toEtimony-'df ray^igll , ' apijVbbdtioii'W tlKir 'foi-'it. , ' 1 "!" ?i'i'iii- ; ;'i;: • . }%9- %• KighV.,Hpßpurablq!,'Eeap.4dnii*ali i the liarl of Northeslit ) , I fi,nd: lt))e',;respecl;ivQ,,C'»i)r---tarns and Commanders. i\ :• ■ ■ '. andCgife?Hriiah!(sP D!'' ( iTnnf(\ , : i ''[ ho Almighty -God,- whose arm is strength, ihaving ,of jiis. Great- mercy, bcoii pleased., to. ■, grown tjiij'.exertion .pf,.!}^'Majesty!s'flee,t with. ,Vc6mplo'tp lyictory' ;,oyer]Al(eir.' T ,qftpiM!e's76f/.;^e,'2lst!' r ';'qf. 'itliis': /month;.. and'; tjl?ti jecs' .' and rtVaiyssgiv-' ■111^ "may ' bp ofFercd' up to,thd 'thrpiiq 'of Grace .for, t.lie |ilnC|; ' i ( ~■' [ j [ ' ' ilVßaye/thoug'tilJ'lpr^ .be 'tfpphiiited qf ; Igeileral . huroili'at'ibn . Before' find,'^nd'tlii^iksrtiyiiig , for , tM's"His'.ni<?rcifuT ,g6o.(|n9S9,:'i.»n-pj.pr , ing;fo^iyie'n.#g:of:.oifr , ?|ne,;a: ijcqnti'nuatidn.. of His' divine mprcy,, aiid. Hjs' :'lii;" t]i e''' "do fence - of pur' ■country's liberties and; lajv's; witbdut .wHicli, the utmost' ;pftortSf"'of ;ihah' 'aro 'n'pilgjiii;". aj«l ■^difqc|-! : 'tTieref6rb; I 'Jhat'" , :''' J ,,,'/' ;: ■ ; ; V: ho appointed fo'r'th'i.s', holy "purpose! 1 ' 1 * ! "l" ■ ■i IGiveh'b'ri hoard th'e'"Eur,valiis; falgar;%nd ; 'Octqhp.r, : 'lßos: ' '•J^'. I '-"; ■•-■ •■:j• .■; ■ vT^'e^cft^'CrcqLLiNa^bi): , . !! :.< ,To-, tlife '.aiid' 'lOomman? ders'. , ' y-'.t .'•" ' ,:: :" ■':' i' r ':. .""',f'"' ■"'[ ' .-.; fleet' h'aving l)ebn'''disnersexl: by/ ..a.gnle'ftf wind,Vrid;day'.has.'yct'beeii , a 'blo to :be a'pppiritc'd for',tliq''above Durposp. '.'"'.'>'„;!.'' ■;'. : , i«. ; ..'" ~~-~'-. . •-,.>■.,-j(,1?,-,) ~,.■; SubsequentiDqspa?qh. ~;.:,„..•.,• iji-.i-. .:,• ~&■: •,/; \ Eur.valiis,'"'bl Gadiz,"oct."24, 1805/ ■Sir,—ln,. ; iny, letter.-pfjtlio 22nd: I-detailed to yo.U'.fpr'tlic.iiifprmiition ;of : my Lord.H-.Com-mis9ionors,"of,;tho Adriiiralty, tho proceedings: -of his Majosty's''Bq»ar|roiV'ioiv.thp''day'of' i tho' , ■action and that preceding it, since which"-! 1

have hnd a- continued series of misfortunes, hilt they "sirfa of a kind that human prudence could not, possibly provide against or my skill prevont.'- 1 '■' '"-'■ ' ■ ■ : Oh-thq 25fnd., in the morning, a strong Sontherly r w7lfd blew, with squally weather, ivhirth',' lirttrfevbr, did not prevent tlio activity ■ ■ of thu' Ollicors and Seamen of'such ships as were "manageable from getting hold of many 1 of 'th'e'ptizes'Xthirteon or fourteen), and tow- '■ •iiig".thcm'"tb'Hho Westward, when I ordered ;-. tho'ni'tp rbndez\'oU9 round tho Royal Sover- ... .eign,'in tqiv by the Neptune; but on the 23rd .thp.galo increased and tho sea ran so high

!' i ■ . ■ ■■'''• •that mahy'bf:them broke the tow ropo, anc drifted i< far'to leeward hofore they wore gol ..hold ipf vagain-; and somo of thorn taking ad' 'Vantage in.'the dark and boisterous night, got and have, perhaps > driftcc iipon/itho.shoro and sunk; on the afternoon of! that lirlay n.tho remnant, of the .Combinoi Fleet,,.ten'vsail, of ships, who had not beer iiiuqh: engaged, stood up to leeward of mj shattered ..and .straggled charge, as if mean'WguW:attack,them, which obliged'mo:to col-ject'-a, force out■'.of the least injured ships and form ,tp'Jeewnrd for thoir defence; all this retarded the ,progress of tho hulks,, and the continuine \ determined me tc jalLthc leowardniost that could be blearer 1 1-,,0f the inori, .considering that keeping "possession,,of,'tho ships was a.matter of little coijsefiHenpe,, bbinpared with., the chanco of their--.falling., again into tho.- hands 'of tlie 'pnemji';i ]i this was an arduous task ■ii} f))p;,higji ) 's l ea l .which..was running. .J. liopo, accomplished ( tq a, consider; 'able",exteijt,,;"l..entrusted it to skilful, QDicorS] whr, 1 wo'i!lil i '||pai'e no' pains to.-exeeute what The captains of the' Prince and Neptune cleared: the Trinidad and sunk her. I' nayd M _t'aken Admiral Villeneiivo into this Don • Aliya is dead; \\ r henpver pho temper, of the weather will portnitarid I.can ! .'spare"afrigato (for tliero wore ohly'fqur'iu'"tho action with t\\a fleet, Eury'alu?!':.§iri|v\?!1 *jPhoebo l and Naiad; tho Melpoinohe ioi'nea.'tho 22nd and tho Eurydice and Snout; tliq" 23rd), I shall .collect the :.othor riag'OflTdefy 'and seiid them to'En'gland with their flags..(if they do not all go to the bdtjtpmi {p Go' laid : at : his Majesty's'feet., . •'■ - j There were' four thousand troops' embarked ■linder", ; the' l command of General ' Contamin; with Admiral Villeuouvo in '•the Bucßntaure.—l am', •■"'' ' ' '■■■■' i} j W , C. COLLING WOOD. '(' ' -i • "'■■■' ' ■■■■■•' iV tiii) ir.j 'nh\.,- : . .-;• . • ,--.■■ •'..■■.■■ ..;' : 1 \'\w C-"iViTH E T 'MES " ARTICLE.. '.!/'.' : i j'-THIS rpLORIOUS ■ AND I/IMPORTANT, !|;;:r.-,i /:■;.!.-! T I CTO EY." '■ • v !| , ,'¥fJS«c .1,.!- .-•:.. . ■ ■■» ■• .-.■■■ ■■ : : ii'i J It'is\intoresting at this day to recall what ■'"jThp'-'Tliuridoror" (the' London "Times") said'-'edi'torially ''6i Nekon's last and overgldfipus'' i'e'd-nght.' Tho leading article, which apjftfir'ed.'jn'tlie same number of "Tho Times" C9ntairiing l! 'tho Gazette Extraordinary (Colluigwdocl's clispatch);- issucdou tho-receipt of 'the.'news oftlie battle; .':''. '• iTlie "bffieial account of the late naval action, l wjiicli'turMiiated iii'thc most decisive victory •that' ! has'Vevipr been achieved by British skill anaVgallaiitryi will bo found ill our paper of ■ this ! clay.'.' '.That tho triumph, , great and glo■ribus i 'W'ii;'-]i l " has been dearly bought, and that'such ' was the general' opinion, was 'ppwerfully,evinced in the deep and universal affliction with which the news of. Lord Nolison's death was received! The victory created liqilp.'pf those enthusiastic emotions in, tho public mind, which tho success of our naval

arms. ,liavo;.in every former instance produced. There was not ij. niaii who .did not think that the life of tho Hero of the Nile B-y '.too''great <i price for the capture and destruction of twenty sail of French and Spanish lnbli-of-ivnr. No ebullitions of pojm■lar- transport, 1 no demonstrations of public joy, marked this great and important event. The honest , and manly feeling of the neoplo ■appeared as : it should Lave done; they felt au

, inwanl satisfaction at tlic triumph of their s favourite arms; they mourned with all tlio I sincerity and poignancy of domestic grief their Hero slain. ; To the official detail we arc enabled to add , the following particulars respecting the death ' of as groat an Admiral as over wielded the > Naval thunder of Britain. When Lord Nol- •■ son found that by his skilful manoeuvres ho • had placed the enemy in such a situation I that they could not avoid an engagement, • he displayed the utmost animation, and with, I his usual confuleiico of victory he said to i Captain Hardy, 'and tho 'officers who sur-

.-■■■■ -i ■■■ ■■■'.. id rounded him on the quarter-deck,-"Now they 3t cannot escape us; I think we shall at least :1- make sure of twenty of them.'' , I shall probafc ab)y lose a leg, b, uji that will bo purchasing •d a victory cheaply." . About two hours before in the close of'the action his Lordship received >d! ft wound iii'tho shoulder from a musket ball,: i in . - " ; ■ ■'• " '

i which whs fired from tho .tops .of the Sans tissima Trinadad, with which ship, he was : 1 closely engaged. Tho ball' penetrated, his - breast, and he instantly..foil; he was imme- - diatoly carried below, and , the surgeons proo. nouneed the ■ wound iuortal. : His Lordship •] .1 received the intelligence with'allthe firmness J

and pious resignation to tho will of Divine Providence, of which he has given such frequent and signal examples during his brilliant course, of peril and of glory. He immediately sent an Officer to' Admiral Colling-, wood, the second in command, with his instructions for continuing the action which.he had so gallantly commenced, and tho mclan-. choly bequest of. his liist farewell. During the short interval between his ro-

ceiving the wound and his , final dissolution, ho remained perfectly collected, displaying'in his last moments the heroism that had marked every action of his glorious lifo. in that trying moment, cut off from imtitro and from glory's cause, all his anxiety, all hio thoughts, were directed to his country nml her fame. Nelson's Last Moments. -, A fow minutes before ho expired ■lio>Bont for Captain Hardy; when tho Captain niiino he inquired liov/ many of tho enemy's slupn ha-1 struck. Tho Captain replied Hint, us nearly as ho could ascertain, fifteen sail of tho lino had struck their colours. His Lordship then, with that fervent pioty which bo strongly marked his character, I'olimuid thanks to tho Almighty; tliwi turning 1.0 Captain.Hardy ho said, ''I know I. mil dying. T could have wished to havo survived to breathe my last upon British ground, hut tho will of God bo donol" In a fuw moments ho expired. If over thoro was a man who dofiorveil to bo "praised, wopt, and honoured," by his country, it is Lord Nelson. His throo great liaval achievements have eclipsed _ tho brillianey of the most darling victories in tho annals of Knglish daring. If ever a h«n> merited tho honours of a public funeral and a public mourning, it is tho pious, .the modost, and tho gallant Nolson, the darling of tho British Navy, whose death has plunged a whole nation iiito the deepest grief, and to whoso talents and bravery evon tho enemy ho has conquered will bear testimony. A Callant Fight. Tho action' appears to havo been gallantly contested by tho French and Spaniards. Thoir object in risking an'encounter-with such a fleet, commanded by such a man, must havo been one of imperious necessity at; this moment ; no less, wo suspect, than a bold effort to acquire'.i uompleto ascendancy in tho'Mediterranean. Had they succeeded in liberating that portion of tho Spanish Navy .which is confined to the port of Carthagena by tho baro apprehension of an English 'Squadron, their united forco would havo amounted to upwards of forty sail of line. , There are also some ships off Toulon,; and tho llouchfort squadron, with its usual success, might havo perhaps also.added its troops to tho combined forco. With such a port as Toulon to take refugo in, a fleet of this extent, under, Commanders of common capacity, must havo occupied a very largo portion indeed of our naval strength.' ; ■ f , We shall anxiously expect the details of this glorious and ; important victory. > We trust that tho apprehensions entertained by Admiral' Collingwood with : respect ■ to the captured ships' may not be realised, and that a few of them, of tho French at least, may yet bo added to tho list of tho British Navy.; How the News Arrived.,,, ." Captain Sykos; of the' Nautilus,, and,Licutonant Lapenotiere, of the Picklo schooner, arrived at the Admiralty together, about-half-past one o'clock yesterday morning. ' The former did not, as was generally understood, arrive from tho' scene : of the action;: he fell' in by accident 1 with the Pickle schooner, and on learning the intelligence proceeded immediately to Lisbon with the information, from irhouco he was sent with dispatches,' by Mr. Gambrier,' the British Consul, to England, and landed at Plymouth. Lieutenant Lapenotiero made the port of Falmouth, and, by a' singular coincidencej\met'Captain at the gates of the Admiralty. This active officer was yesterday promoted to the rank of Commander. : ■' '\ . ' . ' ".'' .'.■', Immediately on arrival of the dispatches) Lord Barham rose from his bed to peruse them; : and continued at business till five o'clock when a messenger ivas sent off to his Majesty at, Windsor. , ■ • ' : Admiral : Collingwood's conduct has' obtained the fullest approbation, and last night dispatches were sent' off to Plymouth to' , be Forwarded to him by tho Acasta, containing a ;onimissiorr whiclr : appoints him to the command, of the ships in the Mediterranean, with the samo powers as Lord Nelson had. ' ■:''':■ The several ships of the lirieafc Portsmouth md Plymouth are' prderecl to'mit'J'o sea', without loss of timo to'reinforce AdniirarCollingivood. - ■;-■ ■ '■■ ■■' ■ ''■-'■■ ' ■ ' : ■'■ '' \ :Besides thbsq officers mentioned ' in; the jßzette as having falloii- in the action, Mr. scott,.'Lordi Nelson's-'seorotaryy-was: killed "by i chain shot, -ivhicli cut hini asunder.' •' ' ■There was ;a'. partial illumination through-' )i;t the metropolis last night,'A general one ivill .take,place this evening. l '■■"■ : NELSON AND COLLINCWOOD. The following poem also appeared in "The rimes" of the' samo; datei (November V, L805);~~ ■ r . ■ . . . "England 'expects every man; will- do -hie ! luty.,—Nelson s . latest tolesraph. . : ■■■■ ' ■" I. ■'■ ■•' Britons! you heard Trafalgar's story, STou triumph I in yqm , countiy's glory, HouriL o'er tho relics pale and gory,' ' Of brave, immortal Nelson. Co earth and war our Hero's dead, Po Heaven and peace his spirit fled; ' Pwine your green Laurels round the head Of brave, immortal Nelson. ■ .-. Mourn one and all, ■■ "•' Great' Nelson's fall, •' ' Oh! dash not off the gushing tear; , . No tears disgrace ■'•' ' : ■■'• The , manly face, :-. When freemen tends a freeman's bier ramo's rugged steep with daring feet he trod L'rue to his Kiug, his Couutry, and his God! ' '"' ''■■ .'" '."'" IL '. ::'.' , : ' ■ 1 . , '- .' Vhen Passion's slave arid Fortune's mipion * to spread usurped dominion, -■ ! ro Egypt flew, on vulture pinion, Lo! there.immortal Nelson, Co check the conquest of the world, i ))d Nilus hail'd our flag unfurled;' ■ • Yido havoc on the Gaul was hurled . By brave immortal Nelson. / Lord of the main, ' '\' ' He eiiil'd again;-. Where Copenhagen's rampart's towr'dGaul's mad intrigues ; ' ' And captious leagues;- •' Sunk, in the tempest Nelson pour'd. n Britain's cause he bore the avenging rod 3ut gave tho glory to Almighty God! ' : '

111. Each change of atmosphere, disdaining, With scarce the wreck of health remaining, Never of toil or wound complaining Sprung brave, immortal Nelson. Trafalgar saw the warrior dight, Conspicuous of the hottest light, Foremost lo guniil Britannia's right, Served bravo, immortal JN'elson. With heart elate lie met Ms fate,

, . ;\ji(l ijiilinly lil/M'k'il lif'''(i (ibbillg Baud; n . Hull!, (villi i> ijlkli, . I II- wielll-l I') llK', ii In ilciir Hi'llinmln's fiivniir'd Innd. ,j Bui. DciiUiV, iliifl; juitll wjlli Chiifiliiin faith '! Ami bow'ilWmilnbiyi' l<) Iho Llirono of God! IV, Mourn mill fi'lnlwi! llni'iilio'ii ni)irit, W..|| |,|rm;'il, 1>..f,0).i« it Irl.-H,| ijjlif-iiL 'I'lci liiiniiiirif |ii(i'l I" vul'/iir'n iiicril, I; ■ II" i<iiilli'ij uii K»l|i/»t Colliiigtvood. 0 Mimri , for ynur iniirljrri on thn wave, B Mourn fur your Ni'lwn in liih khiyu, I,'i'ioliii' iiinl (ilii'i'r tlin living l)rnvi', ■; Willi nioiliiHl.. qnllnnt 0/llim;wof)d. l/iiiicil riiiwi I/Olid liytniiK of prime, <■ II your nmyiini, ytiur lliunks are duo '9 1 Ooil, :> y<llll , lohH doploift, 'I'liiil. lriliiil« o'lt I ~ lln y,ri{U:Uil for tli« clminpions givon. 1 Jiy' Miftli Krwit. Admiral's ' Kitlo Fnrao's path 1 Ilii-y Inn), • 'J'i'iio to Iliuir Kiiij,', their' Country, and their Coil, : 1 ■ ':. ■