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rnE BREST FLEET. tatRICTa FROM ei vat t LETTERS, DATID TORII ‘Y, 27TH AUGUST. " The ilisperoi brig brought dispatches yesterday noon front Admiral Cornwallis, which Neill, I sup rose, he anticipated by the express sent ofr. I find a partial aftian has taken place with the Brest Fleet, 22 sail of the line, and mir's only 17 in number, which was announced in the express, together with the captite of the French frigate DiJm, by His Ma jesty's ship Phrnir, Capt. Baker, after a most obsti n Ice engagement, in which we lost 10 killed, and it) wounded ; the enemy 100 killed and wounded. " The Phoenix had }pined the fleet off Brest, pre vious to the departure of His Majesty's ship Bar prier, which arrived in Cawsane Bay late last even ing. From the Master of her I had neatly the fol lowing account : " The French Fleet came to anchor in the Outer Roads on Wednesday evening last, and, from their rnanceuvres our - gallant Admiral concluded the , would make a push the neat morning. He accord ingly made signal for his fleet to lay hy, arei sent a Cutter round to every ship to give notice of his inten tions to attack them by two o'clock next morning. The attempt was made by the ennny ; the penult Admiral immediately bore up to them, which :Le enemy perceivirg„ tacked again for their lurking an chorage, clnse to their batteries, but some of their hindmost s:lips were poet y well peppered by our gallant A. rntrol, the :1 veer, a;'.d Captain ; the latter ship had just art Leta from -I.ls port. The Old Veteran Admiral led 0.. e van, acrd hat ticariy tut off the French Rear Admiral ; had the least accident happened to any of the top-snasts erta, of the three rear ships .1 the enemy, they must have fallen into our hands. Sir Richard Strachan, in the Cesar, being the third ship, requested by signal, to support the rills de PJ, is, which being granted, mad. all sail to come up with the enemy, and Ls as no sooner in their station, than she commenced the most awful eed tremendous fire that was ever witnessed. She appeared to the speCtators in her rear, to be an entire blaze of fire, which she continued, until the enemy was purest under their own batteries, which then began to [ ,lay, in their tare, up en the Vs.le an I others showers of _hot and ...hells were fired without any Cen siderahle injury. Pact of a shell struck Admiral Cm nwallis in die breast, but fortunately dial not hurt him ; at last, perceiving their dangerous situa tion, the signal was given to wear, and OUT ships I returned in triumph. The Pelle de Paris and the Namur have a few wounded ; the Cesar th:ce and seven WC7.7:1--:: . alanther letter. " On Wednesday the 21st inst. tl.e wind at N.W. the fleet on their usual station (N.W. from l'ellent), a schooner arrleel from the in-shore equa.'ren, and .de egnel to Admiral Cornwallis, who imme diately made all sail possible, and stood to the southward of Ushant ; and, in the evening, came to anchcr, with the whole fleet, consisting of 17 sail of the line, near the Black Rocks; the people were at (patters all ni„ht, espeaing that the French fleet would have come out. At day-light, on Thurs day, tie signal was made to get under weigh, the wind about N. E. The fleet stood chise into Brest, and perceiving the French Fleet all under weigh, and making every preparation (as if they meaet to attack the British), Admiral Corn wellis's Fleet were with their be sds to the of fin, and laid with their meintesp-seilsaiback, quite prepared to receive them, with their flags, ensigns, and pendants all hoisted. The French Fleet still continued to erme towards Admiral Cornwallis, till they arrived tist without the reach of their hatter;es ; when they (although they were superior to tts by six ships), :deem ship and stood tow Lids their tuner ings. Admiral Cornwallis perceiving this, imme diately wore after them ; Sir Richard Stlactem the Caser, made e signal for permie ion to cern_ nest the Admiral, which was complied •eith, when the Vile de Paris, Admiral Coenw.at ; Ceenr, Captain Sir Richard Strachan ; and to t,gue, Cap tun Otway, followed the French fleet disc in under their batteries, censtantly exchanger!! wins, and, I have TO doubt, hut the slaughter must have Leen great on board the en 07, at, our fleet had the ad vantage of rakiag. "The Caear had three meiS killed, and five wound ed. Ido not unclerst eel that the 1 7 :!le de P,e;s; or Montague, lost any men, altaeugh they received several shots in their hulls end • Ails." Extract from another 1.( ate, same d&te. 44 All the letters from the fleet off Brest, stet: the ma,terly dispnsition of the gallant Admiral Corn* albs to attack the Frenels feet in Cerr a • Bay, 21 sail of the line, covered and fTanked French frontiers ; while another Russian army, and the while of the military force of Austria, will tile Aspect on the Contittera, been Mantled, Int marched to reinforce thd army In Hanover." — Tire new confederacy against. France } will have a great advantage over any that preceded it. The confederating powers are more strongly convinced of their danger. 1 hvy consequently, co-ope rate with encreasei er,i•r: , ,y and sincerity. A &feat in the present strut ale w,iuld lay Europe, per haps the world, at the feet of B O NAPARTE. On the other hand, that enthusiasm which inspired the French soldier in the early stages of the revolu tion, bas evaporated 4i a great degree. The native Frenchman fights no longer as the champion of li berty and equality : he fights to uphold a sy.tern which makes him the there of a Foreigner and an Vsurper. Thr Continental Powers ought to improve this change in their favour. What has produced the present confederacy against France but the bound less ambition of lioN a e ate ?and what is there com mon between him and Frenchmen? They have not a common country, interest, nor friends. His very last aft of usurpation, the seizure of Genoa, ordains, that none but his Royal relatives shall bear a title. 'I he Genoese are for bidden by the constitution to rank above slaves. As soon as France and the rest of Europe shall see tile Corsican in his true colours, the world will not long eadure its sufferings, although it may not soon forget his crimes and aggressions. The .11Giatt Indianian, which is the last ship 4 the present season, will sail immediately. uth.er the convoy of a frigate. E‘traCt of ;i letter t received in Bengal), from the Isle of France, dated in January last: •••1 am fearful the underwriters will suffer much this year, from the number of prizes now here. The Marengo, from the eagerness of her conduCtor to gain the post, ran on shore, and remah:ed as a beacon for the ostlers, alsout an hour, and sustained so much damage, as will prevent her sailing for some months to come. 66 The S as:ft.:We, .Iterinfe, and Belk Pock, will he off, I ex7e6t, the lrst news from &wo r se, as the Navy and present Government are not upon cordial terms. PAgrhe is sailNl on a cruise ; the Ilen-letta and the Pariah are the only priv.tteers nut. The following ships have arrivei at the Isle of France :•••••• Union Cre.tle, Carvain Chrirkitte, Prin owe Charl..tte, Logan; and 11,1. e. I.) , intaar, captuiesl by LlllOll Pea•l, Donde, rsatiron be the Kent POlll4. M-uniugtert. &tarn., captured b► the Caroline; recaptured by Cle aid main taken w. 4 brig, eat on purpose. Siri.l Cutle, Honeereae; auti FAnir, AilHoti, captured by the Caroline. Haney, Trot; Bontine; and Fly, Mainwaing, raptured by the Yuitone. F..z. Su 4ilV, Frier, captured by the Henrietta. M av en., N e a ar l uenir, captured by the Pariah. • 44 The C.arelite had returned to the Island t the ' Hatriett was duly expeaed ; and • the Pariah had been condemned at Mergui." . Passengers arrived at Franquebar, from the Isle of France— Ca;tt...in--Hendereon, Aaltivit`i, and Smith ; \le.r.-1 'hoes Payin. and Mr. and Mrs.tierard and r o children. The Cheeks, Lewis, from Boston, arrived at Li verpool. report.% that on the 14th instant, in lat. Hi. she spoke an English copper-bottomed, plain-looking ship, out 38 days from one of the Vs'.ndward Islands ; the next day continued in sight of this ship, when lie WAS boarded by a French sloop of war, who. after overhauling his papers, permitted I.im to proceed, but bore down upon the English ship, and captured her. l'he Caledonia, HitilnitSON, from Amsterdam, for New Orleans, is cl:tained and sent into the Gowns. Some apprehensions have been entertained, that the Pscr,lix would not be able to bring in her prizm the Dirha, but would fall in with the Combiaed Fleets. We trust these apprehensions will prove unfounded The Dan has, it is said, been sent into the Tagus to be refitted. The Nana is one of the lowest class of 3ti gun frigates, and only about 800 tons harden ; the nut. is a 44 of the Largest size, not less than 1400 tons burden. The D:don, in addition to her regular complement of sailors, is said to have had some sharp-shooters from the French army planted in her tops and rigging. The *akin lasted two hours and fifty minutes The Vide,/ had 125 killed and wounded. The Phenix IS lolled, and '2l wounded. Lieut. RANI'S. the Second Lieutenant of the Phalix, is said to have hen among the killed, and a Lieutenant of Ma rines was badly wounded An order of Council, dated I Sth August, was re- CCIIIt'i at Hull, on Thurday last, by the Colleaor and Comptroller of the Customs at that port, by which tits M AnSTT is pleased to permit, until fur ther orders, the importation and entry of any of the articles in the list hereunto annexed, beiag neutral property, or the property of British sulijeds, from any port or place in Europe belonging to any king dom or state, not in amity with His MAJLST r. in any neutral ship whatever, viz. FROM HOLLAND. — Grain (if importable accord ing to the provisions of the corn laws), salted pre visions of all sorts (not being salted beef or pork), oak-Sark, fiax-seed, clover and other seeds, madder roots, salted hides and skins, leather, rushes, hoops, saccliarum saturni, barilla, smolt% yarn, saffron, butter. cheese, quills, clinkers, terrace, geneva, vi. negar, white,lead, oil , turpentine, pitch , hemp, bot tles, wainscot boards, raw materials, naval stores, lace, and French cam's i ..r.cs, and lawns. FaoM FitaNce. —Grain (as above), salted ptovi slims of all sorts (not being salted beet or pork), seeds, saffron, rags, oak-'lark, turpentine, hides, skins, honey. Wax, fruit, raw materials, linseed skes, tallow- weld, wine, lace, French camblics ROYAL F.lAutr. WF YMOUTH. Algit'ST 24. . . We are extremely dull, in cols . iqueuce of death of the Duke of Gt.occesr CR. None of st, II ivAt. FAMILY co.,ie out of tlw I.pdire. except es Ditke of CUMBERLAND. Highness , tends his military duty in the camps with indefas g.n.ie zeal. Tiiis morning, between six and seven o ' clock, tht Dukes of You's and CAMBRIDGE. arrived here, in avelling carriage. The Esplanade and the Promena le !brims a, quite forsaken, and gloom appears upon eve' body's countenance. Last n;g!lt, coon utter eight o'clor k, Colonel DAlle roN, P.ince WI LLIA M's Aid-de camp, set (Li o w ,„ Gloacc-ter House, for Weymouth. Early ve,terday morning, the outside cofFi Duke of GI ovc ESTER was complated, and rem in Mr. FRANCE'S shop for the inspedion of the cu rious. It is made of the best mahogany ;it mca sures six feet nine inches in length, and two ftet on inches across the should:l . s. The covering and or naments could not he proceeded upon for want of instruftions. The last Arrivals at Bath are, C runt S!ahre lam& the iieetian eider, Lady Dallas, Sir It. Hoary, Sir S. I.e Mint!, Dr ms. H.yrorth, Re,. Mr. T Boise, C.rl t. Peorins, and Mrs. Il oe, Mr and Mrs Clark At. onell Mr. true .In.. Brooks?, Mr, and Mrs T. .A.lln.itt, ant Mr. and JOHN CLAUDIUS Beerseots, Esq. is arrived it town frotw.lreland. Tile Rev. Dean W. &ARIL KiItWAM, the cele brated Irish Preacher, is arrived in town. The Hon. HENRY CAULFIELD, M P. is arrived in town, from Ireland. Mr. H. JOHNSTON netted 2.331. by his bencfi; a Edinburgh. General BA Lrou ha; arrived in Edinburgh. Sir BirmiAmis DUNBAR has left Edinburgh f the.Notth. Stirling Races will commence in October. The Stewards are, Right Hon. Lord EL, a iscros., Wit.l.l WI NIuARAY, Esq. and JAMES 3RUCE, F AT Mts. Sinnott.; was to cornme t.ce a series of read dings, last night, at Edinburgh. On Sunday last, the new married cLuple, Si' JOHN and La ly FRANCES RIDDELL. pAssect throuBi Kelso in Scotland, on their way to Riddell-house. Sir Fa A sc.s Suzuki . t continues much iud:spose at Cheltenham. Gen-q - al Wesayss left Edinburgh last week Glasgow. Miss Mac tots was on Monday last to play cos sl/ to Mr. Muso...t.' Li"gc, at the Liverpool I atre. The Ptisiv , p of MEATH and Family arrived • Eilialoorgh last week. Mrs. Moosx aim was to take leave of the Cork F. shiotubles, on Monday last, where her performanc were universally and deserve:UT admired. On Tuesday last, Mr. Fas.ciTT was to pla Doctor 011epd, in the Poor Grath-mum : and W s 'Ara's, Nell, in the D:eil to Puy, at :he C.:: Theatre. Our jolly tars, in their familiar way, used to c the gallant Earl Howe, Black D;r!. They now c the no less gallant Admiral CORNWALLIS, Billy. The Duchess of D evousirt e is reurned to to. from Chiswick, to view the alterations and repa' of Devonshire House. Mr. Diessirsa and Mrs. 81. AND go to Meg until the opening of Drury-Lan-i Theatre. Last Tuesday the Bishop of Cetera's - re" 1 Battle, wnere his Lordship had been some wee for Werthing. Mr. Fuser., haven;; accepted the situatioo Keeper at the Royal Academy, has been under necessity of relinquishing the Prnlessorship of PA' ing, which he formerly held with so much bon. to himself, as the laws of the Academy do not mit one m-mber to occupy two offices. Thee' tints for a Professor took place en Monday eveni at a general meeting of Academicians, when Oe . c was unanirnotrily chosen. The Fife Hunt will hold their meeting at Cu the last day of Dauber. The arraugements are, Roeesr Fettousos, Ksq. younger, of Preses; Sir Jolts Hope, of Craighall, Bart., jor.General West vss, J As .T. °sees to, Dunnikier, WILLIAM Well's's', Esq. of Cu hill, Councillors and Stewards; Geutcs. AI Secretary. Two horses, viz. Link job', and Mr. '2 ter's ch. m. by Signet, started on Wedne , via Reading, tor the 501. Lillie John won the first with ease ; and the mare having given uir walked over the course the second heat. L •Svierzer was drawn; a dispute having ari , en a the additional weight of 21b. which it was SA ought to carry. The Caled inlan Hunt will hold their m late in Wobei, at Kelso. The following arr meats are made :—Aactlisrato Cameral.", V., Blythswood, ?reties; Capt. W. J• HOPE, surer; Sir CM AIILES DOUOL AS, Bart. Sir IIA MILTON, Bart and Sir JOHN HOPE, Bart. cillors ; W N. and HENRY Haas's . , Secietari Viscount CAS I LIKEAO.I. gave a dinner yest at Ka.t Sheen. The company consisted of CAMDEN, Lord Mutnitsve, Lord HARROWS/ PITT, and Lady Esruse Sr \NHOPZ• His Lordship in his excursion down the Ri Tuesday last, with Mr. PITT, Lord Mute; Mr. l.oso, and others, to witness some e ments made with a specie; of cannon invented I SIDNEY SMITH. tell into the river below Woof and in a deep and most rapid part of the '0 It was quite dark. The Noble Lord kept hi for some minutes afloat, until he was draggc! - , red to the inn at Gotha ittiage r-yaril, r place ago, wl 1 ) rit4v l ' . , We stated on I\4,,nday, that Government are col :ng a 4e..t of traasports at the 'Sore, for the eon ve7,trc.! (.1 troops. The orders given to the agents .170 pyremptAry for three montha service, at twenty shillings per ton, for every month ; at the es piration of which time, should the Government deem it necessary to enlarge the contra&, the further servie,e is to be peatormed at fifteen shil lings per ton. Upon these terms, upwards of ten thousand tons of shipping are already engaged —A Paper of yesterday, states, that the transports ate to convey troops from the Ru s sian ports to Pome rania. It adds, On the arrival of these troops in the Swedish territsry, an unequivocal declara tion o ill be demanded from l'russia of the part she means to take in the war ; and should she still persist in her system of mean and dangerous neutra lity, the Russian and Swedish armies - will forcibly march through her dominions to Hanover and the ret Bay, 21 sail of the line, covered an.t aar,ted ano Luc sm. -ss their anchorage was. by numerous and heavy commence vigorous operations in other dire.lions. It c a a i k i ei a , w ta n l i low, weld, wine . , lace, French cambrics tie WAS C OW/eyed to the inn , brandy, and vinegar. batteries, tier over tirr, cut /Int of the Live Rock. WAS. on Wednesday, reported, on the authority of a F RONT SP %Is. —Cochineal, harilla, fruit, orchella, wich, where he procured change of riot The enemy anchored within the range of their neutral Captain, arrived from Ellland, that Au tria w •ed, Spanish wool, Lides, skins, shuniac, was The batteries, the night of the 2I It instant. Blue had already declared war against France ; and that a Lilu st o i r ie iee a s w erti rn ., t s e tn, p a a il k ic :bA s t w k eet: fi lTom a ls, 5 his e tc . irdship embarked, wa: the very Fl' • Baly , on perceiving this„ very coory stood in to- number of the French troops who had been emba-ked wine, cUrlc a , P iola r ck lea A d,, r n i ar h al stores, brandy, and GEO4GA Rose took boat a few years ag.), met with A similar accident• wards them, beating down in line of battle , being in t he Dutch p orts, had, in conseittence of the hus- vinegar. _ T' detamined to atrsck thtni et their anchors:A& At day-break, on the 2'2.1 inst. the veteran Admiral made the necessary signal to all the fleet, of his de !errnination, which was direflly answered by every line of battle ship and repeating frigate. lie then made a signal, that the Ville de Paris, I ln, hi Own cia:.;-ship, would lead in the van division. The whale night wag passed in silent and seriguis determi nation to wait with anxious solicitude for daylight, and the moment of beginnicz this formidable busi ness ; but, when the day opened, the enemy were observed in some confusion, slipping th.ir cables and anchors, and running for Brest outer roads. from their strong position in Camaret Bay, For Fred no doubt IDA ,lorry, as usual : however, a partial adlion took place between the rear of the French fleet and part of our van, viz. Vilr dr Paris, 1:6, CaAar, Sl, and Montt:vie, 74: had it been general, no doubt of its turning out a proud day for Old F.ng land." THE :RITISH PRESS. LfINDOS, FRIDAY, At GUST 30. The afrair of the :22.1, between Admiral C0n5 „.1.1.1% „.1.1.1% and the Brest fir,t, was more serious than the ILl!letin, published by Gcvernment, led us to sup pose. 'Ube gallant Admiral himself, in the Vile de Paris, lea the van, and had nearly cut oft' the Ft e. 7 11 Rear-Admiral. He v, as ri; bly suppored by Sir Ricu Aon Si RACIIAN, in the CeSeSr, who requested permission, by sU;nal, to range next to him in the line. The other ships prmcipally engaged were, the N4 , - titur, C nptaen, and tfa,rteSne. The Orlir distin guished herself very much. Her fire was the must tremendous ever v:itnessed. She appe..red one a. ntire blaze. Part of a shell struck Admiral Coit swAt. Lis upon the breast, but fortunately it did him no injury. The Cscar had three men killed and seven wounded. The Ville de Po,is and the Namur had several wounded. but none killed. The B , :r. feta% had one ms' killed. They received sev.iral shot in their hulls .nd sails. The French Fleet only asivanced j.,st outside their batteries when the atlion co.nmenced ; vet, had ..hey not tacked and ran back so soon, a grreral enpagement must have owned, of seat of them must have hien tak Tin enemy, no don it, suffered severely, a our flare were en.o). I to r eke them. :Le Montague, Capt. 0 t war, followed them close in under t sea, batteries, cons.antly exchanging shots 1/4ith them. it'd the leas; arse lent happened to any, even of the top-masts eif .he three rear ships of . the enemy's Fleet, it is thonzht that they mist have fallen into our hands. Th.` B o'ffe'r arras-d at Plymouth on Tuesday, with the men who were wounded in the anion. The Rambler arrived on the same day at Torbay, wi:'t disp itches from Admiral COTINIVA I its, whom she left Sunday evening, all well. 'f he enemy had not made any fresh move nents. A cartel, which carried Spanish prisoners to Co runna, has returned to Portsmouth. She left Co ! unna on the tOth, at which time there was not a ship of the line lying there. On the next day she fell in with the De f iance, seven leagues from Corun ra, one of Admiral CALDER'S fleet, to which she communicated the above intelligence. If the fleets had steered dire& for Brest, they cnuid hardly have avtaJcd falling in with Sir H. CALDER ; but they may have got into port helm, the cartel spolvt the I) , A tnee. The cartel saw not:ling of them on her passage home. It was reported yesterday, that they had rezurned to Ferrol, and that Sir RODr.RT CALDER WAS le:t blockading thtm there. W."