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 of Admiral Lord Nelſon. 19 ter and coheir of Wm. Woodward, Eſq. Senior Judge of the Iſland of Nevis, and relict of Joſiah Niſbet, M. D. of Nevis aſoreſaid. His lordſhip had no iſſue. We now proceed to the memorable battle which has put the ſeal to the Life and Glory of this great Patriot, Hero, and Man! The following official letter was ſent to the Lord Mayor, and alſo to Loyd's Coffiee-houſe: " Admiralty-Office, November 6, 1805. ONE O'CLOCK, A. M. “ Lieutenant Lapenotiers, of the Pickle Schoon- " er, arrived laſt night, with Diſpatches from Vice- " Admiral Collingwood, announcing, A GLORIOUS VICTORY, GAINED BY HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET, OFF CADIZ, UNDER THE COMMAND OF LORD VISCOUNT NELSON. &c. &c. At one o'clock of the ſame day, the Park and Tower guns were fired in celebration of this ſplen- did victory; and early in the evening the Gazette Extraordinary was publiſhed, containing the follow- ing particulars: Admiralty-Office, November 6th, 1805. DISPATCHES, of which the following are copies, were received at the Admiralty this day, at one o'clock A. M. from Vice-admiral Collingwood, Commander in Chief of his Majeſty's ſhips and veſ- ſels off Cadiz. Euryalus off Cape Trafalgar, Octeber 22d. 1805. SIR, The ever to be lamented death of Vice-ad- miral Lord Viſcount Nelſon, who, in the late con- flict with the enemy, fell in the hour of victory, leaves to me the duty of informing my Lords Con- miſſioners