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I o the Conflid, to use every exertion to get he r afloat whet the tide made, or, in event his not being able to succeed, to destroy her, being then in hopes that the enemy were not aware of her situation. I sent the Admiral Mitchell cutter to ;write& and assist him; and the Cruiser's boats were als:i sent un der Mr. Fotliergill, Master 01 the Cruiser, who very corn Imola / volunteered his services. The ebb tide prevented the boats getting in for a considerable time; when th-y got near, they had the mortification to find the Q nA a high and dry on the beach, and in complete possession of the enemy. Ilia boats accordingly returned to the Cruiser at.' two e. Me making their report of the state of the Conflid. As I considered it my duty to make every at tempt to save the King's ship, or at leas: prevent her falling into the {lauds of the enemy, I detsn.- mined to attack her with the two cutters, by laying her on board at high water, when I kns w =he cut ters could get close along side of her. They were accordingly sent, having, in addition to their own crews, Lientenarit Ormsby, and the whole of the Corillias ship's company, to which I added ten picked men and half the marines from the Cruiser, under the orders of Lieutenant A. Garland, Ading Lieutenant of the Cruiser, the whole being under the command of Lieutenant Forbes, of the Grin cutter. Lieutenant Forbes proceeded with great gallantry and spirit to put his orders in executio;:, but found, on arriving dose to her, the enemy had winded the head of the Confliet in shore, with her head-sails full . to forge her on tile beads, and had besides hove her diem upon the sand, as the tide rose ; it not being therefeio pOSkiblc to carry her in this situaLiou, he re turned to the Cruiser. It is with great pain I have to relate to your Lordship the cuter - received very considerable da mage standing in, from the howitzers and field artillery n • ene4.y had coileded on the beach durin t..e night, by seitis.h one man was killed and seven wounded; amongst the latter; nr ich have I to seg.t, that Lieutenant A. Garland, Aft ing rsientesia-1 of the Cruiser, has lost his right leg very [sigh ms, who was, with admirable gallantry, with his party, getting into the boa's to board the enemy, even mete the discourogiag circumstances of her being still aground when he received the wound. I hope it will not be thought intrusive, ahhongh it, has not been my fortune to meet ss iui that suc cess which the gallant exertions of the officers and men tinder my command entitled them to, but only to relate misfortune, it, in justice to their nieritr, I beg to convey to your Lotdship the strongest testi mony of the zeal and gallantry with which Grey clo eel with the enemy. I must also int' ude on ycor Lordship to recom mend to your prottsection (ir be survives his wound) Lieutenant A. Garland, Aging Lieutenant of the Cruiser, who has served his time and passed, and whose general good condu.i asan officer, since he has been with me, entitles him to my warmest ap probation, independent of his late miuortune, whisu, I trust, n nil plead my excuse fur thus tespa -sing on your Lordship. 1 enclose tht Copy of a Letter from Lieutenant Ormsby to me, giving the particulars of the unicr tunate loss of the Conflift, which leaves me nothing to add, best to repeat my admiration of his cet.duct whilst engaged with the praam, and to regret sLy sad accident by which that vessel is got into Übe poe. session of the env: y. have diretled Lieutenant Hinton, with the gins brigs, to watch the Conilia ; and, should they suc ceed in getting her afloat, to attack her ; hut, Ire us ti.e ape , a: ante of the weather, and C 0.,: to the northwaed, I am of of anion is, pieces on the beach. I herewith enclose a list of the L..led and w[u.s.l ed. None of the gun-brigs have sulieitd a" [;:eis "lasts, &c. nor has the Crutzei reacived any niacin's injury, except her sails, standing and mining rig ging, which are much cut. One of the preams was nbserved by the boats to be hi4h and dry on the beach at ten o'clock this morning, about three miles to the westward of the ConfliEt r, but she got off, I aeerehend, at high sla ter, and procee lest to the wes ward. 1 have the honem to oe„ &c. Jnurs Hascuce. lASI' 4r ICILLID ADD W0r:41,1 0. erviser-.1 Lieuter..tot, 1 Se..o u, Maude (badly ; , wevadail. Sh er r....None killed or oound,4l. Catlli .-1 S.an.an, kilkd Seamen wounded. 011110-4 &w hen, ..und.<l. Tigroi.-No report. AdAlini PA itel4ll-.4410n , wono4-4, Le , ro--tione nr woune-4. ?eta.-1 Syusan, Li led Lteuteriaqt, 9 Seamen, and I Marine moinvird. NAME OF OFFICaII WOVIIIDED. Lieussaant Atnaluun Garland, ai the t r,.,-tr. Cruiser, of Nidupnet, Oe. 14, 1804 SIR, It is with extreme mottification that I have to acquaint.you with , the loss of His Majesty's gun brig Confiia tcr in a few minutes after you hailed me, desiring me to keep as close as possible to the praarn, she grounded : the maa in the star floind chains having two fathoms, but having the t!.ree foremost breechings at that time carried away, I had stepped lors%ard to hurry them in fitting others, when the Pilot quitted his post at she helm and went below ; my hest care was en gaging the praam, which was passing inside of via ; and as soon as she passed I stated ail the water, and threw every thing overboard that was pracli caLle to lighten her ; but finding .he sued very fast, having only four feet alongside, and another praani coming up very f.tlt un the outer side of us, I judged it most adviseable to hoist the boats out and save the people, as just at that time seeing the Cruiser's lights, sad thinking, that if I did not catch her im. much:fitly, the whole of the people would be sacri ficed, as the boats would be too cruweied to get any distance, and I had hopes that when the flood made, I might, with the assistance I might get from the squadron, be emitted to get her of"; I am sots y the result has been so very contrary to my hopes and wishes. Lieutenant Forbe-,, I presume, has ac quainted ytra with the partieithos. Our loss in the ever.:ng . wav one Man badly u warded, tine slightly ; in the night one killed, and three wounded. 'l'he officers and crew in general behaved as brave men. I have the honour, ikc. C. C. Oamsev. Lac; roßrics INTELLIGENCE. taint THE PARIS PAPERS • P A It 15, r. It is said that the Emperor, on the day of has Co 'onation, gn.cio.isly intends to estsit:ish several grand and charitable institutions, which will eter nise this happy and memorable era of our history, imd make his Majesty as much revered by future ages, an he is admired and beloved in the present. At both extremities of the capital of his extensive dominions, at the 'Bois de Boulogne on one side, and in the wood of Vincennes on the other side, his Majesty will lay the foundation, on the day of his Coronation, of two extensive build ings, called lisp int Napoleon Hospitals, where 10,000 persons of both sexes, widows, orphans, wounded military persons, or decayed civil public fanctio ries and their children, will find a comfortable re- treat ; where youth will be educated and instrueted, infirmities relieved, age suppotted, and the sex pro teded. The Imperial Naparota Hospital of the Bois de Boulogne will contain females, whose parents or relatives have served, suffered, or perished, in the cause of the Revolution; the Imperial Plopdcon Hospital of the wood of Vincennes is destined for persons of the other sex, having the same claims from the same cause. All boys there will be edu cated for the Army, and promoted, when past fif teen, to the rank of officers, in preference to other competitors s, all girls, when at the same age, may e!ioose their husbands, and will ohtain a marriage portion of 3000 hetes (1251.). That aged persons may be amused, as will as relieved, three times in the week the players of the Emperor will represent some pieces in the Hospital of Bois de Boulogne, and those of her Majesty the Empress in that of the wood of Vincennes. Twice in the yearnrizcs of industry and ,rds of virtue will be distributed, and the Emperor, the Empress, or some Members of the august Impe rial family. will be pt esent on these occasions. A Mu seum and a I.:iceura w: al be formed in each of these • Hospitals, which will be joined by spacious gardens, laid out in the most elegant manner, so as to serve equally for the amusement of youth, and for a place of meditation for old age, and for exercise for both. These gardens will be decorated with stied statues of the numerous rend men produced by the Revolution ; and sculptors and statuaries are already engaged to finish these works in a manner worthy of the donor, and the place for which they are intended. In each of the I lospitals will be built a grand Impe rial Chapel, where the Catholic worship will be ere& vire fy celebrated by the imrrial dimmers or chap lains. A highly finished drawing, from the pencil of Garnier the younger, delineating these proje.led Im perial Napoleon Hospitals, with their gardens, and containing short notes, with explanations, &c. has been presented for, and obtained the Emperor's gra • apptobation. 'lbis drawing is now hung up in the Museum Josephine, and amateurs, as well as • by applying to the General Direltor, Delon, fibt.i;., permission to see it, and to deliver their de sert. AO...as or ctitiques. Many think that the numerous arrangements necessary for the Em perm's coronation in the capital will, from want of time and bands, oblige his Majesty to postpone the ceremony of laying the foundation for these his f!rnstd and noble establishments, for some .tune, and perhaps to the 20th of next May, the anni versary of his Majesty's proclamation, as an Empe ror of the French. The expences foe building and supporting these hospitals, require a capital of one hundred millions of livres (four millions sterling), which his Majesty will take entirely from his/a/sate purse. ASe nal at Considers will convert this grand donation of the chief pf the Bonaparte dynasty into a national as well as Imperial institution, and by it put its future support and continuance under the protoftion of the gelwrosity and konour of the Great Nation. (Cow ier des Spectacles.) THE* BRITISH PRESS, LON DON, MONDAY, OCTUSZY 29. The Gazette of Satin-day night contains an ac count of the loss of the Ce 4 a gun•brig upon the Flemish coast. The Co/Ad, is company with the Cruiser. and five other gun-brigs, attacked a squa dron of the enemy, consisting of two praams and eighteen schuyts, which attempted, on the evening of the 23J, to run from Ostend to the westward. The engagement continued frum a quarter past five to half past six. Unfortunately, in her zeal to close with the enemy, the Cerffict took the ground, and the tide leaving her rapidly, every endeavour to get afloat proved ineffetual. In this situation her crew were obliged to abandon her, and an attempt was afterwards made to regain or destroy her, but without success, as the enemy bad taken possession of her in the mean time, and dragged her up upon the beach, out of the reach of cur boats. In this engairrnent we had one seaman killed, one lienteAant, 9 seamen, and . one marine wooodee The loss of the enemy most have been considerable, as their fire was entirely silenced. The Casette also contains an accountofan engage ment between an English squadron, consisting of the bviortalde, the Oevarvo, and Basilisk, and a division of the enemy, consisting of three pt aams, seven b:igs, and fifteen loggers. This engagement took place off Cape Gristtez. It was a running fight, in which the shallowness of the water prevented our ships from closing efre,clually with the enemy, so as to destroy them, or prevent their passage into Bou logne. The loss of the enemy must have been wry great, as our grape shot completely covered them. We had four seamen killed, one lieutenant and seven seamen wounded. We have received some of the small Paris Papers as usual, crelassicely. They are not of a later date than the 2lst ; but they contain some curious par ticulars. A letter from a neutral diplomatic agent at Paris states, that before the Russian Ambassador, D'Oo. salt, left Mentz, he received the ultimatum of Bon A PARTE from M. TALLEY BAND. In this State Pa per Bon AAAAA offers : . . _ Is!. To indemnify 11w King of Sardinia with the whole of Tor any, and a part of the Duchy of Parma to proclaim Ivni Mug of Etruria ; and to make the young King of Etruria Ling of Sardinia, which Wand is to be ceded to hint. 2sily. To evacuate. Hanover, upon condition that this Fier torate shall be occdpied by Prussian troops, during the present war; that the same restrictions against British goods shall be continued u they now exist ; and that Hanover shall pay an annual sum of half a million of dollars to France, until the conclusion of a Peace with England. Silly. That the general affairs of Italy, the occupation of the Kingdom of Naples and the Seven Mantis, shall be sego. rated at a Congress, to be composed of Ministers from France, Rus.,l„ Austria, Prussia, and Spain. ♦thly. That the Congrew shall be vetted with powers to ¢cule all th deinaielt of the several German Pf 102 1 ,, 314 make for that putpose new territorial arrangements, and grant new indemnities. bthly. That Switzerland and 111.,11and shall remain in stuns qua until a peace with England, viten their entire iudepand• mace shall be currantod to by France, and respected In future. Such are the terms as reported in the diplom!ttic circles at Paris, which BON A r•aTE has consented to grant to the demands of Russia. As the paci:ic tem per of tLe Emperor ALL:ANDER is well known, this condescension has caused the late rise in the French funds, it being the general opinion that these terms will be accepted, and that a Continental War will not take p6ce for some time. Saturday afternoon, about three o'clock. Mr. Dessss a, the Messenger, was sent off with dis patches to the Court of Petersburgh. The Glory is arrived at Portsmouth, and Sir JOHN Ones will immediately hoist his flag in her, to proceed on a partieular service. The whole of the Channel fleet is arrived off Ushant and Brest, refreshed and recruited by their stay in Torbay, during the late westerly gales. 'Ow Garrison of Gibraltar, by letters vi the 4-.11 inst. is stated to be in a fair way of becoming u healthy as usual. Orders, we understand, have been issued to the Barrack Board immediately to provide transports for 25,030 men. in order to their being stationed on the coast during the winter. The Aro sloop of war, with a convoy from the eastward, arrived on Friday at Plymouth. The Resolution. SY ass, from Jamaica, for Loss. don, was captured on the' d inst. by the la Breisr French privateer ; retaken on the 9th by the I.l*- mond frigate, and is arrived at Plymouth. Thr 4ene;al Mumma privateer, 'of 2,5 tom' ( r mei If a Raw:Tate plrasure boat), sailed from ILl voet, the 22,1 inst. on a cruise. 'the Yew, inrushes, and the I.theetti, Jon SOON, bound to London, were left in the Eyder on the 2lst Odober, the former basing broke her windlas, and the latter supposed to be on shore. The gam eel Thomas, Cur mirsns, from Got tenburg, for Perth, foundered at sea oo the :)th in stant t crew saved. • The Anna %lone, !Use, fmm Stettin, fur Loa. don. is wr-eketi on the coast of Jutland. The Officers for the CAM and custody of Prisoners of War have receives! information from Captait: Bastivon. who aged as Agent for the Eug};lis•i Yti soners at Verdun, that the remittances front this Country, which were made for their use thmugh the House of Pal no•ct. have been ordered by the French Government to be discontinu,d. Yesterday !tanning, about 100 I lanovcrian troops marched through Pimlico, on their way to Lyming• ton. About the same time, nearly the rime num ber, who are disab6l, rased through in caravans. The Yeomanry Officers of the City of Dublip, waited on His Eseeileney the Loa L! LUT IsSi A 1 • at the Castle on the :11s1, according to in itruaions, o. receive the regulations, for brigadir.g and disciplin ing the Yeomanry Corps of that metropolis. A paper or yesterday says,—" Orders have been issued to the Commanders of all our crithers on the French, Flemish, and Dut,th coasts, not to incur danger to their vessels, with a view to prevent the assembling of the enemy's flotilla, hot rather to allow their uninterrupted passage alon.; their coast, unless under circumstances of stron g probable ad vantage." Letters from l'onquin state that coast to have been lately visited by a hurricane, more violent and destruetive than was ever remembered in that quar ter. Upwards of twenty native vessels foundered in the Bay, and b.tween fifty and sixty were dashed to pieces on the shore. The c,:ast for many miles VMS strewed with dead bodies and fragments of wreck. Several villages have been totally destroyed. Upwards of twenty thousand persons arc stated to h.tve perished on the occasion. THEATRES. DRUSY-I.•NE. This Theatre, on Saturday nigh!, v-as honoured wile a crowded and brilliant audience, t,, realness :ells? Dr:messes dcbss in the charaeler of Lads Thsu s , ti ! , in the Comedy of Tie Pilreek'd Asiress confirmed the ta.r promiso she had given in her performance uf le•dced the eliaraJer adosiralrlyP and, is be t fi sr scene with L.e-d rowdy, tees extremely itmn; in her sarcastic replies to his reproaches. In . livriy s..sete with Lady Grace, a considerable darn., was thrown on her performance bps Mrs. Jo u ;. sr old', who played the part iif Lode Grue., so extremely impedes% that the Promp ter was di„ tinaly heard in every part of the ',wise. Mie Dom art, however, convinced the audience of tUe perfedt state to which she could carty the pie,.., were she properly supported. In the lee. seen: , was every thing that coiild he looted fur, impressive, and pathetic. The chaneis in L c , voice were beautiful, as she vapressesi Lee contrition for her. past follies. It is trite, b d . , Grace is a moraliser; but it is the moralising c a young woman of fashion, not that of it canti: T Puritan, as Mrs. JOHNSTONE pourtrayed it. OPE, in Lord Turd', assumed a declamatory manner, and ranted away withont much impression Mr. Dowroe and Mr. COLLINS played Sir F , enr . Wronghead, and Sqa;re Riebarii, with that melts') that marks every thing they attempt. Mrs. Homy in Min Jenny, meant to be very opennile; but he vivacity was not natural. She had Mrs. Jos oast • her" mind's eye ;" hut she fell far short of M: dolma N's powers. Instead of the honest, blunt, e,. tertaining John Modify.' Mr. Suter gave tl.e 0 Gardener, in The Hero o r the North. It is a chore ter that has hitherto been made one of the ix. prominent in the comedy. Of course, the reieer . sensation threw a Linguor over the whole perlor ante of the night. that even Miss DENC4III could ni dispel. The public are so accustomed to see es piece at this Theatre brought forward as a pest whole, a partial dieted offends. corer-CARDiII. Saturday nieit, the new Comedy of The Bit . Bargain was again repetted for the fourth time, to crowded and brilliant audience. The favourite of The Pdragr.ol4 WAS :du: received with' u applause. F IAHIONMILE ARRIVALS. Ilononnblo General I.untley and his charming Arid", 6.1 low Gthei% io Nor.t.ngttam, to his brother's boos., 1.. n S.r Wocatrbarne. from hi; seat in Scotland, tr. FJ koussin lismensusquare. Mr. llsobury, from kis seat in Ilaropshire, to Batt's FASMIONABLII DEPAITURES l.n•d Brace, and Led E Moore, (ru.n n'Ak 1! as!. Ca:r..)ririge. Mr. I ,rker, f,n* hie Moose in Nark•l Ws ao:t villa, at aitteriea. The rechess of Rivri.ANn h confined at P:ig ton lay the indisposition of her daogtarer 1)„'t BIIIICHZAD IS tiltt latcading Physician. The Ita is expeaed to join her Grace in Or coarse of d week The Duke of Roam:nom has taken a booze 1-611. street, Berkeley-square, until his (;rate's ...A iu Pm:titan-square is ready to re.,eive him. The Duke of YORK is eicpeard this slay at house, in Portman•square, from Oatlands. The Marchioness of A Imams's, is perfealy covered from her late indisposition. ' The °Sic •rs ot the first Loyal London Volunta gave a nrobt superb dinner on Baton/ iy, at I London Tavern, to the whole of their Corps. Serjeant-Major S'pde is appointed an A jut mt. the 10th Fop:. and Mr. Spear a Lieutenant in a lunteer Corps. An Irish paper annonnc•s the marriage of `J Pry. clerk to a Salmon Wier Company, t) NI Pike of Operr-bacen. _ The Dutcil say they would prefer a cons::tw.l of their own woad to one upon a French &was. This day the St. George's, Westminver, 134 . 4 bury, St. J:1111m.%. Sr. Sepulchre's, St. Saviour's, J Artificrr Volunteer Corps. are to be brig4slAl Hyde Palk. A klero of the Sick and Buskin at Manche has married a Lady of the name of Wig sat fortune of 13.0001. This is briniiing C, ia to Mill. The Earl and Cunnteu of D WM Tv are vis;t to the I)uke of I'o'ol4 AND. at Bltlstrodc, f few Jars ; alter they intrld visiting ti•. and Duchess of Bk.Of ORD, at Woba:n • Mr. ADDINOTUM has taken a 1/OUx: 1.1 street for the winter. 'Prins BAPIIIATINSRY gave a grind slppet Saturday night at his house is AVel!.: the Foreign Priuces, and all the N ~.I.,ty acid shion in town. . . _ The freedom of the City o!'l',uhlin has been unanimously to lkizt or Mr. Secretary M AftWEN arrived La w- , Dublin from H iyhe Id. The King of Er aunts is To receive the Par r Hint, probably ar • ,t• In • that he is to • share Of thel•rese, err : 1. The Duke of ilo-.14t 2... s has or,er • i he 1), Yosit 500 h.r Lis tiv-: htv • c:i liors:s; iris Royal Higt.it.s. dest.rl 71;(). .Saimas.s, Es+ irons , L for his pugilistic szience. is arrive,! r . wt, brought with him a per<nn from V. I. . wh• . '• iris matched with the The battle will take place the lam) Cl next month. Mr. Berviscrt intends mums); ••:,' time. in Sloane-street, for a,OOO guineas. tees every morning. and is now able 10 711 miles in three quarters of an hour. Thursday last. the loweir Remiss perfornv , charader nt Sdars, in Doaor Ilsowss 'fraeo Barbarous, at the Liverpool Theatre, 1 y C g".• of I-lis Royal Hightle-s Prince WILLIAM 0: lg CLSTLit. Oa Tours:lay eveninv, Mrs. St r r -st goe gant entertain..n...t at the eishop's Palace in with, to all the nobility and ftAtion of t.t.t: bourhood. Daticiag commenced at nine o'el , continued until • late bow. T here were 1:.) bles laid for supper in a In:r.;'niiicent, stile.j