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NL.W-YORK, December 17. Late and very Important. By the Neptune, which arrived lad evening in 35 days from Liverpool, the Edi tor of Ihe Mercantile AJvertifer has been favored with London papers and Lloyd’s Lids to the 7th of Nov. and Liverpool pa pers to the 9th icclufive. They are principally occupied with the opt rations of the French and Andrian armies in Germany, of which we cannot until to morrow give cve» an outline. Tlit army of Italy, under MaiTcna, pas sed the Adige on the iBih of Off. after an aftion in which the Andrians had 1500 killed and as many taken prisoners. '1 he report of Mafftna’s defeat by the Archduke Charles was received in London byway of Catalonia, and reded on no ctficial auihori *}• LONDON, November 7. The advanced guard of the .Ruffian troops entered Rottzenburgh, on the Elbe, on the 27th ofOftobtr, the Prussians entered Wan. over the following day. The armies of Prussia are disposed into foua divilions : one of thcfe, reinforced by 24 000 Saxons, and 20,000 Medians, is to cover the frontier of Franconia : a fcccnd has proceeded to Hildclheim, a third is to march >0 the Rhine, and a fourth’ro remain in Btandcnburgh. The Duke of Brumf wick commands the army in Lower Saxony, vhich is to be joined by the Ruffians, and the Britilh expedition above noticed. There is a probability that one of the Prussian ar mies will invade Holland ; to defend which French troops were on the point of march ing into the republic. 'Phc Ottoman troops at Cairo have obtain ed a complete, victory over the refraftory Bey ; the heads of fevrn of them, in con formity with the usual practice of Turkey, were publicly hung tip at the gates of the Se raglio at Conftantinoplc, among whom was ft id to he the celebrated Elsi Bey. Capt. Langford arrived at the admiralty this afternoon, accompanied by a Ruffi an officer, 1 bringing with him most important dispatches from the Elbe. Thcfe dispatches biing a Treaty of Alli ance which has been concluded beewean this country and his Prussian majesty, whole army of 80,000 men was actually on its march a gam ft the common enemy, when the dispatches were feist off. The emperor of Russia had been to Berlin to hold a conference with his Prussian majef- The fame emperor is himlng to the fiene of aft ton, at the head of an army of sixty thoufar.d men ; and his imperial brother of Germany is also marching at the head of another army. Government yesterday morning received Hanover, where every thing is again put upon its former footing. Six ihoofand French have thrown thcmfclvcs into the fortrefs ofHamelo, where it is supposed they will be blockaded. The number of Prussian troops which were to be nfleir.bled at HilJifhcim by the 36th tilt, isftated in a letter from that place, at 58,000 men ; and the number of thcfe which were to repair to the provinces of 'Franconia at 50,000. The Prallian troops on their march to Franconia and Weftphaiia are tp be joined by 24,000 Saxoss and 20,000 Medians. London Gazette Extraordinary, Admiralty Office) Nov. 6. Dispatches of which the following arc copies, were received at the admiralty this diy at one o’cloc’c a. m. from vict-admi ral Collingwood, commander in chief of his majesty *s Ihips and veil'd* off Cadiz. Euryaluff ojf Cape Trafalgar OS. 22. The ever to be lamented death of vice admiral lord Viscount Neifon, who, in the late conflift with the enemy, fell in the hour of viftory, leaves to me the duty of , informing my lords commiflbncrs of the admiralty, that on the 19th inst, it was communicated to the commander in chief from the ihips watching the motions of the enemy in Cadiz ; , that the combined fleet had put to foa, as they failed with light winds weftcrly, his lorcilhivl concluded their deft (nation was the Mediterranean, and im mediately made all fail for the Strelghrs’ en trance, with the British fqnadron, conlift. ing of 27 Slips, 3 of them s4*4, when his lord (hip was informed by captain Black wood, (whole vigilance in watching and giving notice of the euctny’i movements, has been highly meritorious) that they had not yet piled the Straights. On Monday the 2 ttt inst. at day-light, when Cape Trafalgar bore E. by S. about 7 leagues, the enemy w.ts difeovered 6or 7 miles to the call ward, the wind about weft, and wry light ; the commander in chief immediately made the fignrd for the fleet to bear up in two columns as they formed in or der oi failing ; a mode of attack his lordihtp had previoully direfted, to avoid the in convenience and delay in forming a line of battle in the usual manner—The enemy’s line confided of 33 Ihips (of which eighteen were French and fifteen Spanilh) commanded by Admiral Villeneuve; the Spaniards under the direction of Gravina, were, with thcil hcais » northward, and formed their line of buttle with great clofcnefs and correAnefs; but as the mede of attack Was unufal, fotheftroAure of their line was new ; it formed a crcfccnt convexing to leeward, so that, in leading down to their centre, I had both their van & rear abaft the beam ; be. fore the fire opened, every alternate (hip was about a cable’s length to windward of her second a head and astern forming a kind of double line, and appeared when on their beam, to leave a very little internal between them, and this without crouding their {hips. Admiral Villcacuve was in the JBuccntaure in the centre and the Prince of Afturia* bore Gravina’s flag in the rear; but the French andSpanlih ships were mix cd without any apparent regard to order of national squadron. As the mode of our attack had been pre viously determined on, and communicated to the flag officers and captains, few signals were neccffary, and none were made, ex cept to dircA clofc order as the lines bore down. The commander in chief in the Vi'Aory leu the weather column, and the Royal So vereign which bore my flag, the lee. The aAion began at 12 o’clock, by the leading (hips of the columns breaking through the enemy’s line the commander in chief about the tenth (hip from the van, the second in command about the 12th from the rear, leaving the van of the enemy urcccu. pi«d ; the fnccccding (hips breaking through in all parts, astern of their leaders, and engaging the enemy at the muzzles of their guns, the confliA was feverc; the enemy’s (hips were fought with a gallantry highly honorable to their officers, but the attack on them was irrcliftable, and it plcafcd the Almighty difpefer o{ all evema to grant his Majcfty’s arm* a compkat and glorious vic tory.—About three p. m. many of the ene my’s (hips having struck their colours, their line gave way; Admiral Gravina with ten (hips joining their frigates to leeward, flood towards Cadiz. The five hcadmoft fhipadn their van tacked, and (landing to foutnward, to windward of the British line were engaged, and the ftetnmoft of them taken ; the others went off, leaving to his Majcfty’s squadron nineteen Ihips of the line (of which two are firft rates, the San tiffima Trindad, and the Santa Anna) with three flag officers, viz. Admiral Villencnve, thu commander in chief, Don Ignatio Maria D’Aliva, Vice Admiral, and the Spanilh Rear Admiral Don Baitazer Hidal»o Cilhe- J res. AfWr Arch a viAory it may appear un neccffary to enter into encomiums on the particular parts taken by the several com manders, the conclusion fays more on the fubjeA than 1 have language toexprefs ; the spirit which animated all was the fame; when all exert themfelvcs zcalqufly in their ——, axr crsrefvc that their high merit (hould ftard recorded, and never was high merit more confpicuoui than in the battle I have deferibed. ’The Aclulle (a French 74) after having furrcndcrcd, by some mifraanagement of the Frenchmen, took fire and blew up, 200 of her men werefaved by the tenders. A circumftancc occurred during the aAion, which so flrongly marks the invincible spirit of Britilh fcamcn when engaging the enemies of their country, that 1 cannot refill the pleasure I have in making it known to their lord (hips : The Temerairc was boarded by accident or design, by a French ftiip on one fide, and a Spaniard on the other ; the con test was vigorous, but in the end the com bined erfigns were torn from the poop, and the Britilh hoifled in their places. Such a battle could not be fought without sustaining a great loss of men. I have not only to lament in common with the Britilh navy and the British nation, in the fall cf the commander in Chief, the loss of a hero, whose name will be immortal, and his memory ever dear to his country ; but my heart is rent with the molt poignant grief for the death of a friend, to whom by ma ny year’s intimacy, and a perfcA know ledge of the virtues of his mind, which in spired ideas superior to the common race of men, I was bound by the strongest ties of afteAion, a grief to which even the glorious occasion in which he fell, does not bring the consolation which perhaps it ought; his lordship received a mulket ball in his left bread about the middle of the aAion, and sent an officer to me immediately w ith his last farewell, and {bon after expired. I have also to lament the loss cf those excellent captains Duff of the Mars, and Cooke of the Bellcphroa ; 1 have yet heard ol none others. I fear the numbers that have fallen will be found very great, when the returns come to me; but it having blown a gale of wind ever since the aAion, I have not yet had it in my power to colleA any reports from the ships. The Royal Sovereign having, loft her mails, except the tottering foremaft, 1 cal led the Eeryalus to me while the aftion continued, which (hip lying within hail, made my ftgnals, a fervicc captain Black, wood performed with great attention; after the a A ion I flufted my flag to her, that 1 might more rafily communicate my orders to, and colleA the (hips, and towed the Royal Sovereign out to leeward. The whole licet wer* now in a very perilous luna tion, many difmaftcdj all fluttered in * 1 I ■ ' . \ . \ H thirteen fathom water off the (hoals cf Tra falgar, and when 1 made the signal to pre pare to anchor, few of the (hips had an an chor to let go, their cables being fliort, but the fame good Providence whicn aided us through such a day preserved in the night, by the wind drifting a few points, and drif ting the (hips eff the land, except four of the captured difmafted (hips, which are now at anchor off Trafalgar, and I hope will ride fafa until those gales are over. Having thus detailed the proceedings of the fleet on this occasion, 1 beg leave to congratulate their Lordlhips on a viftory, which, I hope, will add a ray to the glory of his majesty’s crown and be attended with public benefit to cur country. 1 am, &c. (Signed) C. COLLINGWOOD. Wm. Marfden, Esq. The order in which ihr Jhips of the Brit 'i/h squadron attacked the c whined fleets, on the l\Jl Offober, 180 C. VAN. Vidlory, Temeraire, Neptune, Conque ror, Leviathan, Ajax, Orion, Agamemnon, Minotaur, Spartiate, Britannia, Africa, Enryalus, Sirius, Phoebe, Naid, Pieklc Ichooner, Entreprenante cutter. REAR. Royal Sovereign, Mars, Bcllille, Ten nant, Bellcrophon, Colloflus, Achillc, Pol yphemus, Revenge, Swift sure, Defence, Thunderer, Defiance, Prince, Dreadnonght, (Signed) C. COLLINGWOOD. Eury alus, cjf Cadiz, Off. 2s, 1805. Sir, In my letter of the zzd I detailed to yon, for the information of my lords c.rmmiffiw cra of the admiralty, the preceding* of his majesty's squadron on the day of the aflion, and that preceding it, fincc which I have 1 had a continued ferics es misfortunes, but they are of a kind that human prudence could not possibly provide against, or my (kill prevent. On the zad in the morning a strong fouth crly wind blew squally weather, which however did not prevent the activity of the officers and seamen of such ships as were man ageable from getting hold of many of the prizes (13 or 14) and towing them off to the weft ward, where 1 ordered them to rer devouz round the Royal Sovereign, in tow by the Neptune; but on the 33d the gale increased, and the sea ran fohigh, that ma ny of them broke the tow rope, and drifted far to leeward, before they were got hold of again, and foineof them taking the advan tage in the dark and boisterous night, got before the wind, and have peihaps drifted upon the (bore and funk; on the afternoon of that day the remnant of the combined fleet, 10 fail of (hips, who had not been much engaged, flood up to Irrward of my (battered and draggled charge, as if mean ing r© attack them, which obliged me to colledl a force out of the least injured fliipt, and form to the leeward for their defence; all this retarded the progress of the hulks, and the weather continuing, determined me to de stroy all the leeward, most that could be cleared of the men, considering that keeping poffelfion of the (hips was matter of little conftqucnce compared with the falling again into the hands of the enemy ; but even this was an arduous talk in the high fcas which was running. 1 hope, however, it has been accomplifh cd to a considerable extent : 1 entrusted it to (kilful officers, who would spare no pains to execute what was poffiblc. The captains of the Prince and Neptune cleared the Trini dad and funk her. Captains Hope, Bayu tun, and Malcolm, who joined the fleet this moment from Gibraltar, had the charge of destroying four others. The Redoubta ble funk astern of the Swiftfure while in towe. The Santa Ann, I have no doubt, is funk, as her fide was almost entirely beat in and such the (battered condition of the whole of them, that unless the weather mod erates, I doubt whether I (hall be able to carry a (hip of them into port. I hope their lordfliips will approve of what I (ha ving only in consideration the deflrudfion cf the enmy’s fleet) have thought a mcafure of absolute necessity. 1 have taken admiral Villcr.uvc into this (hip, vice admiral don Aliva is dead. Whenever the temper of the weather will permit, and I can spare a frigate (for there were only 4 in the aftion with the fleet, Eu ryalus, Sirius, Phebc and Naiad, the Mel pomene joined the 22d and the Eurydice and Scout the 23d) Khali colleft the Ikg offi cers and fend them to England with their flags (if they do not all go to the bottom) to be at his majesty's feet. There were 4000 troops embarked under the command of gen. Gontamin, who was taken with admiral Villcouvc in the Bucen taure. I am, fir, See. Signed, C. COLLINGWOOD. The New-York Qaxeitefays The jundlion of the pruffians with the Ruffians is fully confirmed by the Dutch journal of the 4th inst. We have also re ceived Paris papers to 31st. ult. The Intelligence from Berlin is of the most important nature. The political fyftcm of thc;Pruffian cabinet has undergone a com plete change in the course of last month. Indeed of placing her immense armies upon the war eftablifliment merely to refill thepaf. Cage es a foreign force through her territory and maintain her neutrality, p ru fl] a h 3S cop ceded full liberty of transit to the Ruflj*" forces, and is marching her armies to Fran* conia, tb the banks cf the Rhine, and t" the borders es the Batavian Republic. Thr armies, amounting in all to 150,000 ml* are continually on their match for the dif* fenent points we have mentioned. A fourth army of immcnce* force is affcmbled at Brandenburg, to support the three fi t ft 24,000 Saxon and 20,000 Hessians are to be united to the armies cn their march to Franconia and Westphalia; The advanced guard of the Ruffian troops entered Boitzenburgh, on the Eibe, on the 27th ulc. the PruHians entered the Eleftul rate of Hanover the next day, the French at might have been expefled, threw them, selves into the fortrefs ofHamein, to the a, mount, it is said, of 5 or cooo men, where it is supposed they will be blockaded. They have prpvifioaed the place for twelve months. / r Extrafl of a letter tt the Editor , from a member of Cetgrefs dated V/aJbingUn, December 23, 1805, I inclofc you the treaty between theU nired States and the Creek Indians, ratified this by which the balance of the Och mulgee Fork becomes the property of Geor gia-.. The terms arc Hill high, and the cx tenfive reserve is a thing Ido not tike.— it loaks as if tome individual interest {fufpefted the last ftffion,) Hid cxifts, ai the reserve recurs to the Indians after the United States fhaM have no further occaficn for it inch as it Is however, it is gone through the Se nate—l have had hints that fame opposition to an appropriation may take place in the house, but think it will net avail. I take it, Georgia is row fully pc Ik fled of this valuable trafl ; and would to Gcd, we could manage this refourc so as to he of real advantage to the Bate. We have a debt; the day will come when we must pay it, and every day it remains, it accumulates; the last mode, in my view, was not calcu lated to give fatisfafticn to the people at large, yield profit to the commonwealth, as re, fpefls the Treasury or difeharge her debt, I much fear that if an advantage is not taken of ihcpfefcßt opportunity, aJcng,very lorg time before another presents itfelf. I have this from the hightft authority, that there is room for appreherfion that anothec acre will never be ceded by (he Creeks on peaceable terms; and it is not the intcreft of, nor is it an obligation cn the United States by the cellion, to procure them other wife...of how much importance to Georgia thyn is ir, that the preftnt cession fnould be wifely and advantageoufiy disposed cf! A bill has been introduced in fenatc for preventing the impoi ration of Haves into the United States after the fitft of January 1808---but is postponed until the next eefii on, as premature ; there can be no dcubtbut that the trade will be flopped at that period An animated debate took place on that oc casion, as well as on a bill for interdicting the trade of St, Domingo, Te the Editor of the Augusta Chronicle, Reflecting cn the cruelty, thebafenefs of an attack on innocent hclpiefs and unoffen ding woman; Refie&iyu, to which the late ccnduft of some, who, I hope have since become fcnfible of their error, gave rife, It occurred to me, having read in that inimitable work of Dcftor Johnfcr, ** "The Rambler,” the following paflage, for which I immediately searched. I hand it you now, not to add to the poignancy of what those above alluded to, nuift have already foffered, but to gratify these of your readers, to whom it immediately ap plies and others of taste—Your inserting it will oblige MENTOR “ A solitary Philosopher would ima gine ladies born with an exemption from care and Harrow, lulled in perpetual quiet, and fcafted with unmingled pleasure ; for what can interrupt the content of those, up on whom, one pge has laboured after ano ther, to confer honours and accumulate im munities ; those to whom rudeness is iufa~ mj, and insult cowardice ; whose eye com mands the brave, and whole smiles feften thefcvcrc; whom the Tailor travels to a- 1 ! dorn, the soldier bleeds to defend, and the poet wears out life to celebrate; who claim tribute from every art and fciencc, and for whom, all who approach them, endeavour to multiply delights without requiring from them any return, but willingness to be plcafcd ! Surely, among those favorites of ntaure, thus unacquainted with toil and danger, felicity mult have fixed her refidcnce; they must know only the changes cf more vivid or more gentle joys : Their life must al ways move cither to the How or sprightly melody of the lyre of gladness; they can never aflVmblf, but to pleasure ; or retire but to peace.” The Poft-ridcr informs us, that about eight days age, atrocious murders had been committed, within seven miles of Ciarkf boro,—A young Negro fellow, induced by another, that he would purchafc his freedom, with his Maker's money, was instigated to murder his mailer, (One M‘Doonell) bis
