o'clock they returned to town with the funeral procession, in the following order:

A party of sharp shooters, two and

two.

Two mourning coaches, with officers

in them.

The whole artillery company, with arms reversed, and crape tied to the top of the colours.

Drums muffled, and the fifes playing the dead march.

The colonel's charger, led, covered with black, carrying the sword, sash, hat, and boots.

The hearse. Four mourning coaches and six, followed by seven private car. riages.

The procession was very solemn, and the crowd at the church very great. Minute guns were fired from the field-pieces in the artillery ground for two hours.

20th. A few days since, a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Woodcock, cabinet-maker, at Preston, which destroyed his premises, The loss is estimated at 24001.; 15001. of which was insured.

A fire broke out this evening, about six o'clock, in the ware. houses of Messrs. Hedart and Hardy, chymists, in Queen-street, Cheapside. The warehouses and dwelling house were completely destroyed before 8 o'clock.

21st. About noon this day, a fire was discovered in one of the offices of sir Wilfrid Lawson, bart. of Brayton-house, Cumberland. In a short time the whole elegant and commodious offices, composing a spacious square (excepting the coachhouse, which was detached from the rest) were consumed, together with a quantity of grain, hay, &c.

Being St. Thomas's day, the

several Wardmotes were held as usual, for the choice of the common council. The lord mayor attended on this occasion at 4 several wards: Portsoken, Dowgate, Candlewick, and Farringdon Without; and, by his urbanity of manners, and firmmess of decision, gave universal satisfaction. Very few alterations have taken place in the city senate.

This evening the patriotic fund amouted to upwards of 74,000l. ; of which 45,000l. arises from contributions at churches, chapels, and, other places of worship.

It is with the deepest regret, we announce the loss of the Aurora transport, on the back of the Goodwin-sands: she had on board 250 men and nine officers of the 26th regiment, besides the master and sailors. Trunks have been picked up with the 26th regiment marked on them; but the troops, &c. are supposed to have perished. The following are the names of the officers who were on board her: major Davidson, captains Hoggins and Cameron, lieutenant Browne, ensign Dalyell, quarter-masters Campbell and Robertson, lieutenant and adjutant Hopkins, and surgeon Deval.

A singular and awful visitation occurred a few days ago at Hebdenbridge, near Hallifax. As the corpse of the wife of a labouring man lay in the coffin, previous to interment, the afflicted husband drew near to take a last farewell-he suddenly dropped down, and before medical assistance could be procured, expired.

A few days ago, as William Baker, gamekeeper to the right hon. lord Selsey, of West Den, in Sussex, was walking in his lordship's woods, called Bridger's Ditches, he was shot through the body by poachers. Ff2

23d.

23d. The trial of vice-admiral sir Robert Calder, for not bringing the French fleet to action a second time off Ferrol* commenced on board the Prince of Wales this day at Portsmouth. The evidence for the prosecution occupied the court only one day. The witnesses examined in support of the charges were admiral Stirling, captains Martin, Durham, and Inman, and Mr. Craddock, master of the Glory.

Vice-admiral Sir George Montague, president of the court, called upon sir Robert Calder for his defence; and the points which he insisted on for not renewing the engagement were, that the enemy's force was superior to his, and at a considerable distance, with a heavy swell on that day-that his fleet was not fully prepared for a fresh action that he had only 14 sail of the line, without frigates, and the enemy 18 sail, with frigates-that if he had attempted to engage the enemy, the Windsor Castle (crippled ship), and two Spanish prizes, might have been exposed, and perhaps taken. But, above all, the admiral had apprehensions, that while pursuing the combined fleet, the Ferrol or Rochefort squadron might appear, and his fleet become an easy prey to the united force of the enemy. Under all these circumstances, he judged it most prudent, and for the good of the country, not to attempt to engage the combined flect on the 23d and 24th of July last.

On Thursday the 26th, Mr. Greetham, the judge advocate, read the sentence of the court, to the following effect:

"In consequence of the letter of admiral sir Robert Calder to the lords of the admiralty requesting an investigation of his conduct on

the 23d and 24th of July last, after the action with the French and Spanish fleets, and while in sight of the enemy; and in consequence of the instructions thereupon directed to admiral Montague, to hold a court martial, for the purpose of inquiring into the conduct of the said admiral sir Robert Calder on the said days, and to try him for not having done his utmost to take or destroy every ship of the enemy which it was his duty to engage: This court has entered upon the said enquiry; and, after duly considering the conduct of the said admiral sir Robert Calder, and hearing and deliberating fully upon all the evidence laid before us respecting the same on the days aforesaid; we are of opinion that the charges against the conduct of the said admiral sir Robert Calder, on the above days, in presence of the enemy, in not having done his utmost to take and destroy every ship of the enemy, which it was his duty to engage, are fully proved. The court are of opinion, that such conduct on the part of admiral sir Robert Calder, was not the result of cowardice or disaffection, but of error in judg ment, for which he deserves to be severely reprimanded-and he is hereby severely reprimanded accordingly."

Upon the sentence being pronounced, sir Robert Calder appeared deeply affected-he turned round, and retired without a word. He was accompanied by a great number of friends, and, on descending from the deck of the Prince of Wales into his barge, scarcely lifted up his head, which was apparently bowed down by the weight of the sentence pronounced upon him. He is in his sixtieth year; forty-six

of

of which he has passed in the service of his country.

30th. The vault in which lord Nelson is to be interred, is immcdiately under the dome of St. Paul's cathedral. The first preparation is a circle of about 10 feet diameter, from the foundation, and 3 feet deep, cased with brick-work. The mausoleum consists of a stone, 9 feet long, and 3 wide at the bottom; the two sides, of stone, of equal length; the ends are also of stone. The whole braced together with strong copper bolts, two inches and a half in diameter. The lid is to be also of stone. The preparations in the cathedral, for the accommodation of the public, to see the awful spectacle, exceed any thing of the kind ever before witnessed.

A correspondence has just appeared, which took place in May last, relative to a general exchange of prisoners; from which it appears, that propositions were several times made by our government to that of France, on this subject. At length the French agent returned an answer, dated Sept. 3d, in which he says, "nothing can be done upon the subject without a formal order from the emperor; and, under the present circumstances, his imperial majesty cannot attend to the busi

ness."

BIRTHS in the Year 1805.

Jan. 1st. At Springkell, in Scotland, lady Heron Maxwell, a son. 9th. At Sudbrook-park, near Richmond, lady Mary Stopford, a daughter.

At the Residentiary-house, in the Minster-yard, York, the wife of

the rev. Archdeacon Markham, a

son.

12th. In St. James's-square, countess Talbot, a son.

14th. At Grange, co. York, lady Amelia Kaye, a son.

15th. In Portland place, the countess of Mansfield, a daughter.

16th. The wife of Dr. Birch, dean of Battle, a son.

20th. At his house in Norwich, the lady of sir Richard Beddingfield, bart. a son.

In Grosvenor-square, the marchioness of Bath, a son.

30th. At Walmer, in Kent, viscountess Mahon, a son.

Feb. 5th. The wife of brigadiergeneral Crosbie, of Northlands, Sussex, a son.

13th. At his lordship's house in Curzon-street, lady Henry Fitzroy, a daughter.

17th. In Upper Grosvenorstreet, the lady of the hop. George Villiers, a son.

20th. At Edinburgh, lady Charlotte Hope, a daughter.

22d. At Stockholm, the queen of Sweden, a princess.

23rd. In Edward-street, Portman-square, the lady of sir William Blackett, bart, a son.

In Merrion-square, Dublin, the wife of Robert Shaw, esq. M. P. a

In Manchester-square, the wife of Thomas Grimestone Estcourt, esq. M. P. a daughter.

In Grenville-street, lady Anne Maxwell, a daughter.

near

Lady King, a son and heir. March 3d. At Hilton, Edinburgh, the lady of sir William Johnston,, bart. a daughter.

5th. At his lorship's house in Arlington-street, the countess of Sefton, a son.

6th. In Charlotte-square, Edinburgh, the wife of James Colquhoun, esq. M. P. a son.

14th. In Upper Norton-street, Portland road, the countess of Varreux, a daughter.

19th. In Grosvenor-square, lady Lovain, a daughter..

24th. At his lordship's house on Spring-garden-terrace, viscountess Dunlo, a son.

25th. In York-place, the lady of sir Home Popham, bart. a a

son.

27th. At her house in Queen Anne-street West, the hon. Mrs. Poyntz, a son.

30th. At Wilton, the lady of the hon. John Wodehouse, a daugh

ter.

At Wilmar, near Waterford, the hon. Mrs. Jephson, a daughter.

At Knutsford, co. Chester, the lady of the hon. William Monkton,

a son.

The wife of Christopher Codrington, esq. of Codrington-park, M. P. for Tewkesbury, a son and heir.

At Lathom-house, in Lancashire, the wife of Edward Wilbraham Bootle, esq. M. P. a daughter.

Lady viscountess Kirwall, a son. April. 1st. At his lordship's house, Gredington, in Flintshire, lady Kenyon, a son and heir.

3d. At the duchess of Rutland's, in Sackville-street, Lady Catharine Forester, a daughter.

6th. At his lordship's house in Bloomsbury-square, lady Ellenborough, a daughter.

7th. In Cumberland-place, Mary-la-Bonne, the countess of Charlemont, a daughter.

At Rome, lady Cloncurry, a son and heir.

10th. At Haverfordwest, the wife of major-general Gascoyne, M. P. a son

11th. At the royal hospital, Dublin, the wife of col. Anstruther, a daughter.

14th. At Edinburgh, the hon. Mrs. Dundas, of Melville, a daugh.

ter.

15th. At his lordship's house in Hanover-square, lady Le Despencer, a daughter.

24th. Ather house in the Stableyard, St. James's, the duchess of Bedford, a son.

28th. In Blake-street, York, the wife of brigadier-general Hodgson, a son.

At Woodburn, in Scotland, lady Dunne, a son.

At Castle Bernard, in Ireland, the countess of Bandon, a son.

At Caulk-park, co. Derby, the lady of sir Henry Harpur, bart. a son.

In Charles-street, St. James's, the wife of Robert Ward, esq. M. P.. a son.

May. 4th. In Lincoln's innfields, the hon. Mrs. John Vaughan, a daughter.

8th. At Beaudesert, near Lichfield, lady Caroline Capel, a daugh

ter.

10th. In Park-street, the wife of Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, esq. M. P. a daughter.

13th. The lady of lieut. col. sir Robert Wilson, a son.

At Mystole, in Kent, the lady of the rev. sir John Fagg, bart. a daughter.

14th. Lady Jane Long,a daughter. At Sunderland, the wife of major-general Leighton, a son.

21st. At the house of John Ballentine, esq. banker, at Ayr, in Scotland, the hon. Mrs. Roger Rollo, a third son.

23d. At Bradby-hall, co. Derby, the countess of Chesterfield, a son and heir.

25th. At the duchess-dowager of Rutland's, in Sackville-street, lady Elizabeth Norman, a daughter.

31st. In Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, the countess of Westmeath, a daughter.

At Winchester, the lady of sir Henry St. John Mildmay, bart. M. P. a son.

Near Southampton, the lady of captain sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, R. N. a son.

At Tooting, Surry, the wife of capt. Currie, R. N. a daughter. At Crouch-end, Middlesex, the wife of lieut. col. Symes, a daughter. At Nottingham-place, the wife of lieut. col. Davis, a daughter.

The wife of lieut. col. Wheatley, of the 1st foot-guards, a daughter. In Upper Fitzroy-street, the wife of major-general Burr, a daugh

ter.

8th. Mrs. George Dawson, of twins; being the third successive time that she has been delivered of a similiar number.

11th. At Shute, Devon, the lady of Sir William Pole, bart. a daughter.

15th. In Baker-street, Portmansquare, lady Caroline Parnell, a son and heir.

23d. At her house in Grosvenor-square, the duchess of Montrose, a daughter.

27th. At Winchester, the wife of George Henry Rose, esq. M. P. a daughter.

29th. At Sion-hill, lady F. Spencer, a daughter.

30th. At Salisbury, the wife of brigadier-general Slade, a son.

At Owston, near Doncaster, the wife of colonel Coke, M. P. a son.

At Edmondsham-house, co. Dorset, the wife of brigadier-general Monro, a daughter.

At Canterbury, the wife of col. Taylor, of the 20th dragoons, a daughter.

At Binfield-grove, Berks, the wife of col. Buckeridge, a son.

In Devonshire-street, the wife of lieutenant colonel Buller,a daughter. In Durweston-street, the wife of col. Knox, a son.

July 2d. At Cubzean-castle, in Scotland, the countess of Cassilis, a daughter.

3d. At the earl of Bristol's, in St. James's-square, lady Caroline Stuart Wortley, a son.

7th. At her residence in Park

place, Camberwell, Surry, Madame Jerome Buonaparte, a son.

In South-street, Mary-la-Bonne, lady Caroline Stewart, a son.

11th. The lady of the hon. and rev. R. Hill, of Betton, co. Salop, a daughter. Ff 4 .17th.