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her fortunate return from her journey in the eon qu:red departments. Yesterday, at half-past three o'clock in the after noon, 11-.1. Imperial Highness the Princess Loui , W4S delivered of a son. According to the fortieth Ar ticle of the Constitutional An of the Empire, of the 1,1;h last Eloreal, his Serene Highritcs the Arch chancellOr Cambeceres, was present on this ccca siin, and afterwards immediately sent a courier to inform the Emperur of this joyful news..--(Mc. nitcar, 03. 12.) A letter from his Excellency the Minister of the General Police orders the Prefeai to carry into ex ectstiol .he Imperial decree of the 3,1 Messidor, which suppresses all n•ligious order.; in France. '• Never," says his Excellency, 6 6 shall the Empe ror admit the Jesuits in France; his Majesty's gracious intent is, that the Catholic religion shall have no other servants in France than secular priests." 'I he American Papers speak of a wife of Monsieur Jerome Bonaparte. It is very possible, that this young man, who is not yet twenty years of age, might have a mistress ; but it is impossible that he can have a wife, whilst the laws of France prohibit a m:nor of twenty to ennui& any marriege, eat the consent of his parents or relations. accor ding to the formalities ordered in France. Mooney.. Jerome Bonaparte was born in 1781, and upwards of twelve months have el .peed since the American Papers speak of his marriage. The French fuads are from 35 90 to 57. MINISTRY OF bIIIRINE. ADalla AL SLUM TO Nil 11IPLIIAL MAJILITT. SlTE.lndorse. October " I have the honour to give your Imperil! Ma'.e.tv . n e..unt, that last n,cht the enemy made an attempt to bunt, 11 moans of a great number of fire ships, the vessels min bch cent ime our line of anchorage, ►ut their plan failed. " For two or three days they Mad considevately vein .weed their Nat on. Testerlie it consisted of .tt vessels, 4S of which were brigs or small cutters, which side tae suspect that they *sight be fire ships, and that we should soon be attacked. I irampoolirmitel in th.it opinion, when, in the enures of the dai, %saw &ship ef the line, three frigates, two brigs, and several cuttest. take a $ %V. position, a league and a ba.f to wi• dwatd this Lit beat on our left All these circumstances were imaelible ON an enterprise of this kind. A strong W. S W. amen neenbilied with the rapidity of the spring tides, and ease them a greet facility to send their Ittaships ag oust us. " I soassqueiley ends my disp&itisn4--11 ordered the mt. %Mg Commandant to establioh ►ar. before our ;t he , t o t i g h t , let s a. d centre. I tent immediately into the harhour t un• 4er Rear-Admiral La Creme, a great number of boats well amok which, assisted by pinstieta with large howitzers, were do tom the dre.elips aside. The Gel.pral aimem bled all the Captalasao the line. a... 1 communicated to each the mamma ewes to be p.t . s el, according a. cneurostaneri 'night ccear. Tbe clack commene e! at hal!past ten. I r..a infienied of the eppecaeh of the eitemy by a warm firing I•etiveen our van and *Asa pinaines....The ar•y dispatched &gill** the Ish..le frost (Wool litre several Are ships, which they towed to a cer tain distaoce, and when they had quitted them, the trawl and tides finished bringing them to us; but our boat. then opmted a peonage for them, and all blew up within the line, very near to the shore " Eleven them blew op from ten tieock to four in the morning, ill the spate complied bctviecii the fort de 11'curs and Wiinermixr.stwo °6.v.', the matches of which were put out, were taken near Wimereux. The cannonade was very warns, and senile' of the enemies boats sunk. " We lost hut one pinnace with • Prussian hoWtam s No P 6?, the Ca.tain of which, wining a Aimship, which appeorod to be towed bry a canoe with a sail , ordered it to be boarded; the men leaped on board the tan it, but tin one was in it; hardly, however, had they come near the Art ship, when it New up; the pinnace was destroyed by the ex,ilasionew47 WWII likes saved themselves at Wieserenx, in the English gains. W. Just an °Meer, 1$ soldiers and 7 sailors; there were ►ut 6 men wounded, in all the rest of the line, and we eaperionced no tottler damage than a bowsprit, which was car tied away by **Ant 1 have no certain account of the in. •stay received by the inneing; bet independently 1 semis! hats/ea* nen lAA were ark, the discoid r which our van observed among the crews who left the beets that towed the Are ships, induces me to think that their two in men was con. filterable. " Our inn-boats kept op a very brisk fin ef artillery Oa M yers! English ships of war, stationed behind their ire-ships, which they were to protect. The cannonading did not came the whole night; it was soecroivelv and incessantly along the different points of the I.ne ; et was so well kept up, that the enemy beats, which were ordered to easy in the fire-ships, were glad en abandon teem in disorder. " The Officers of my Staff have given me an account that, notwithstanding the darkness of the night, and the frequent and precipitate nameinenti which our repasts were obliged to make, these movements wen• made with a degree of precision which prevented all mistake. Great praise is due to General La Creme, and the officers enasnsandin: the Tennis is tented *hewed skill an I sari: fried. I cannot ruffsciendy praise the courage and good clup.sition of the marines and soldi.ri who were embarked r they assisted in the manccivres with as much alacrity es if they are assisting at a fete; and every time fire-shy exploded, the harlaur resound... 4 with cries of lire L'Erepereris! 1 - nrs Napa'ratt ! Several of our gun boats were obliged to get under sail, to avoid the fire-ohips, nevertheers., there was no appearance of confusion. The enemy emliinyed fire-vessels of three different kinds; the first were sloops cut ter% and other evureli; the second were a kind of colter% tarer.ty feet kb , : and three fect broad, without any mast; the third were kind of b:srel Cied with combustibles, and were so contrived as to expliele by a piece of me.,hanism. The ♦cowls were filleil with several pieces at hoilow wood, which *erg tries Intl %tamable matter, and which was Ithiesi with cinches; Nita bin%)4;;11,4t, it worn% the Odd woo set well almiLited, for they did no harm. This event, far from having •he diva which our enatios hoped, only *erred to manifest ih .c..urage ant corthilenee of our soldiers and militia, as well as the e* .Bent order established for the safety of the port and , arty_ Every body WAS at dos pcm,, the pumps, Were prepared, rot doing the ilight the rounds were made whit u much tranquaty as usual. Thu morning the enemies vessel' which were detaehrd to the S.W iiined the re.t of the 'quadrat. At six o'clock the wind began to Wow fres:i W.S W. avid eye, y thing aanotin.:ed bid weatuer. At two o'clock the enemy gut uncut wltigtt fur Weir own coast. (Signed) " SIZUIX, Admiral." In another report of the same day, addressed to the Emperor, General Soult, Commander in Chief at St. Omens, expresses himself as follows : " SlkE, " The Engoish had conceiv A the cowardly and hors ible pro ject of burotong the vrakils of the Riddle which were at anchor in the road of Bouln;;•tc, and last night they endeavoured to ac. coomplish till. horrible design. The re,ult is turned to their !flame, and is charnels to the arms iof your Majesty. 1 have the Iloilo r to g ve you an account of this im..ortant event Yes'crday the English squadron, cto.sisto.ig M sad, of which our were .f tho rise, six frigates 16 co:y;•ttes, or bamls vessel-, 10 brigs, 12 comes, and two loggers •oiler the orders of Ad miral Keith, alichur-d at about a learn and t half tram the North to the Ws-st uf the p.ott. Dunne the day thy lached one yeas 1 of the line, two frigates, several brigs, and the mo-t of the cutt•n, and a number of boats, too cruosa in the South West. At the., n'clocic it w. 4. ohserved that the ship of the line and frigates had anchored, and had ordered the small ves sels to come to them, and afterwards t.iey Corned in a lime. Those demonstrations were too Apparent for ms to rnigake too.- i•bject which they had to view therefore Admire; Bruit( ha: Wed to give •he neceAary den to Rear- A.l.niral La eri.sse, woo commanded in tn., Roa•l. The batteries were prepared, auf tha army lie4l in readiness to execute any orders which they inieit receive. " The wind was at Wett, a Nth breeze. At ten precitelv aeire , al slant (rent the left annrutneel that lir! en .Any had hglaan has attack; the fire entente I to the ce.atre; the entratem .n tom became alai 4 , g •neral ; ant at th s moment the dorm. launched h.l first d 'tech watt of expl ding v-isels. Al tha. ir -wit of the flatilla which etre...teed this ki.ad u, attack, s • ing the ire -shape en lung, air .baled them, and IA th •m n.•s them, without any of th.nt b r ing an taiarl. amt th...lnach meet paled In the r...ar of thn line. Itt h.if :stet ten tit • fir I blew op, oNonsite the battar nf the Grenadiers ; it ..r•el.le•-4 an am sense column n: (Ire ; the wrecks were Katt...v.4l on rrory tide, but no pnr.on WO hurt —rho .ec '.l.vr tip op poiite the Imperial Eatte:y, and tt.r n. A ...oh., Is••tween the forts of Cray and ti at an* Ceche; and V., rel,iett, hoer the Itatt , ery of al., guelibarsher., witaust pf , l4..agis an. greater effect " these ,It explosions, the fire slackened Air half an hoer; Rear4.lmiral La Cr.s•e proit .4 by this t. along the line, a al cause to return t. their ranb 141(114 to avoid the explosion, had cut the, ^Yd •s A the h •i.h• of the ltatt:•ry of Outset, nu wh...h th• Ft.. • Maro .4 Ad.. Y:ai•c were stattmel, shay ;wrens:a a brie, air an in o( which amseird suseicious; it w hnxis a ground. Scaael• were they at ha( pi tql shot, wt.., t•te ve MI exploded, more strongly than the f Irma only: ' , nt nn ah nn!) two sailors were slig tly wounded in the him I Teat to .1c was then mad: uu the ng'it . thre- ere shys ex inosizdatels at the port of Wa...ereux, tarn othas nn I , I f• of La Creche, tea betaten Chatilsnn, the Fo L'ilcort, a•d t..e •wetfth and at at this Imp itiety ; t from this these arose a c .lama much m ire e .14 d roCe t a the f TOM; and, as it &No 0c1.e.1 n •aver 'a tpr cloc• • a commotion to great ...at was fe tia 11 . se, ant 1.. more thin half a leapt •s th .d. At ha tee* thre • th.• ire sot rely ceased, a el the ressels of the had all re tooted to the line; on Ann, at hreAk of da., each wee 14 rank rear to combat, and the toe ny in ch. nave wen the• there de t not exist the least toad in the ...ie. The reiult of all th see shook Ole c.O and appeared a. if they would swat ow eyeiy thin u w Mat we experienced no loin, esc pt a mill°. rune which na occasioned by toe much boldness and temerity. Tie pi crane . N. 267, cnmmanded by Ca tai,s Gr in-t, bei rig near the vas sage of Wimereun, perceived an English sloop under sa, which appeared to be directing its enurse towards tie por : wishing Muriel it, he gave orders to board a. M ch.,l A ira• ham Cloquet, sailor, was the fiist who mounted vie s ie.p, five others (*flowed, and they eatingueshed the fir •, bur in seeking for the helm, which hal been taken away, thee gwr ceimid another meal very long, floating It low in the water, which scarcely presented wry surface, and which the pinnace accosted. Hardly had they cite the cable than the fire-ship blew up the pinnace, and swallowed all the men who were on board. Some men of the garrison, who assisted, weft rived, anti en JAM *TM Were on board of the skimp : several boats wore s.nt to their aid, hut none could get near. The event occasioned the Inss of twenty-one men; and front all the et. plosians the result was, that two marines and four soldiers only were wounded, one gun lmat lost its lom..pro, but that arm- front gAtting on heard auctter—sit sustained no tither damage. " There is every remon to believe that the English have sustained considerable low by the effect of the explosion and the cannonade. The shams, and two of their boats were taken, two fire slips were wrecked; the one to the east of the canal of Arrshleteuse, and the other to the right of Wintered* ; both are orti*jured. In the former the matches were extinguished, and in the second, where the fire was to take effect by means of a movement regulated as a pendulum, which would go off after a certain number of oscillations; four soldiers of the 34th took out the matches and st..spped the pendulum, and prevented the explosion, which would otherwise have done much mischief, as several persons were present Two hours after they had taken the mezhai ism out of it, the movement was still going. This morning the shore was curc?ril with wrecks, pieces of Mans and splinters of all kinds, " Such is the issue of this oeration, which the English have %a long twedit trd, and fnr which they constructed, with so much secrecy, great numbers of sewsls upon new models. I have, at the beginning of mt letter, called this cowardly arid .her able, because it is a horrible attempt wink the taws of war, by seeking to destroy an enemy without exposing them selves to any da .ger. 1 cell it cowardly, because the enemy's squadron, which made such an attack, carri•d three times as litany guns as our Hustles, which was in the road. Why did nut Keith imit Yee conduct of Ne'son in the year 1800, and fight us hand to hand ? if that enterprise ►ad succeeded, it would have meritA our esteem To oppose cannot against can non, bayonet aittbast bayonet—each are the laws of war ; but a whit, which oidy employs far its defence prignards and Ore slily, has fallen front the rank which it pretends to oc cum,. lii.tory teaches us that nations, when they are capable of conquering, 4irspir.o the offers of the Physicians of Fabri chi; ; and it is only in the moinents of their fall, that they employ such perfidious means. In fine, there is, in the posi tion in which we now are, nothing to fez,- fruit the fire ships of the Eaglitli. This appearance redoubles the ardour of our soldiers, who wait with impatienc, for the motorist when they are to fight against those millions of Volunteers, commanded by the conqueror of the tiondscowic and the Helder. HATORT ADDRESSED TO HIS VICELLENCY THE MINIS- TER At NA R, SY MARSHAL SOW. 1, COMMANDER IN CHILV IN THII CAMP Al $l. OMEN: 13"tilogne, Oct. 4. In the re mrt ni the attempt nia le by the Eng'tsh to burn the ve gel: -if tile Hotei t in th • road of Boulogne, which I had the I Gomm to ad Ire,. to y_u on the tint, I mentioned a me i h nion of rapper, wmch imnesoldiers of the 34th had taken loon a Ere Min .b .t hart rim on M. 0.,. at Vimereux ; but I omitted to mints you of the nim.,l 01 the lagdie,i who nad atchieved tt.i. d.ring action. 1 hasten to transmit and recom mend them m ynto mlice aid eenermAy. Labarriere, drum- Ande .d Durst, grmiad-zia, and I..tendre„ rau.ketezr, ad found ti. • -fits. went down to the be.teh to eels, some shipwreck-A •m;diers who w?re in the great,st distress, when they saw a fire shin on shore. After having saved a chai.eur •d• the I nh reeini-ott, they returned to this infernal ThiChille, tt ten "11l the nt-itches, and preve t its en ; Fortune •Avotired the•:. ; aml be their efforts they detached the ma. chine, the move nent of which, in a few mnments afterwards, ...dd have cmisrou•iieatei with the ciimbosti:ile matter. Two them mmailerl to g , and the fire :hip, and the others carried .f 7 the machinery, and went to give information of what they st Al dine The marltine Islikb the enldiers brought away has been t..ken to contains wit:iin a mov•rtr it of clock cork. whieh wild., go several hours, and of which the sprine s ....nrennioate I with a gun to k, *which wont] gn 09, whit •he ..ry hut reached its lowest uni.it. The pan of the fick wie Rllvd with pnwder, and severst matdsm, the ends of .ehich went 4 <••.1 in it. coin.nimiested also with the incen- •tisre. The duration a-sig,ed to this movement led us to iutairwee that the foiteiet i arm le.l this hretthip shoultl run on slim e . in •he hope, pe.ha 4, that curiosity would attrati a .141111b,f of urr.ons roouwl it, or that they might hue hrotl'lt :t into t h trliottr, that wh n it enplotbd, it might have raised • mote terriSle witlchief However this mai be, their ,tea- .urea a tpear..,l to he at well takun, troth wish r sheet to their ',whose of ex .looi , es an I the other they e trloyed, that it is .11- wet aOr lidrid we sust tined on mo , e da nag••. Ten other fire s . ti e tam um* "Acapharetres 1, s.reral barrels or cnm• i•s:' N., sod powder, another trim or frame, similar to th..t I h .ved +ailed, and tt prodigious member of scattered emt- s wore found sit the shore. A committee has been ap. , netvd le examine and aurtariticatt every thine re!ative to it,.. affair, rid the repnrt .1 will make on the subject, wilt in t ire u.ni the means autpinyral lay tie English 11 ciuterte thi• Jdnn,Rdde erstevpriie. I .1141 e •Ind • this first rerm ►y recommending to your tears P'erre Repod,clumeur, in the Ileit Antonini o f Light Inhilit.y, relative to whom I. traitosuit you a report . l'•.rs brave avi err .nelw himeelf into the .ca three times during Cie night. He hatl the taxi foetus, to succeed. SW: LT. the Emperor has ordered the Minister of the Marine is adiress to the (:rand-Chancellor of the Lz.zi , n of Honour, a sratcm•nt relative to the I•rave men who distingui+hed themselves on this oc coiun, in order that this statement may be pre .ental to the Grand Council of the Legion. ACIPOIf Of 011111. SOOCHLT TO NBRLCY•L SOULT. MOMS LE MARELHiL. have f oe n on 'ir t i transonic to you the cooper machine, wh.ch yet s •i-i in the camp. It appears to be, or to con. vin the r00..“6 principle of the fire ship which exploded laic It. r i istriallauis will interest you, and a commriaim of it, with toat of the ire ship preserved entire, in the port of %Viinereux, will furnish you with an ovortui.ita of be corniog arimaiiiied with the mr:hani-in and conspoeitirm el this Infernal ma bine, in all its particitlars. At half after four this conning. the Coinivisodiuit of the Argil tern heady; some plaintive cries hymn the beach, o rd ere d Lsbarriere the drummer, Ands and Duvet grenadiera, ntrl Letendre musketeer, all of the 44.11 regiment, to go down In the shore and g. ye assistance, which they 414 with the greatest alacrity, aid were fortunate enough to save a chasszur of the lOtia regiment. Neat the ; caner they perceived a "tat machine, has i,. the i:,rm of a canoe not hollowed out, and, certainty" that it serf a fire vessel, rushed on n to prevent its explinion. Ronnie completely favoured them, and they suceemlcd in de taching the machine, which I have the honour ti send you. Its Igrire is ten square inches, and about 11,11 inches to thick ness. It was closely lagened to the Ire ship, and all the jMnings hermetically dosed by a double mar ch. The soldiers, certain of having the match, returned to the camp, much surmises! to heat a noise similar to that occasioned by the movement of a clack Tins nuiie. has continued the 111110iCturne since, which is now neyly 16 laws since the machine was found A 3er• joint in the same corps, who piques himself en Moor. some what of a mechanc, has studied the machanisin of the ma chine, and, with difficulty sitcc-zeded in turning me of 'he eight screws, which arc on the surface. Thin motion gave a communication with the air, and a rather strait g erploai iii with detonation, issued, of the fire.work ene owol in the In wrier tube, which was detached f,oat the ei.chine, and thrown to a dla:aacc. This ti b, is eydently the point uf com munication for the fir.eg of the at I.ole IllaCillild. (biped) L. G. SOI:CZIET. REPORT OF IS. outnow, LIEVTENART iN THE 15TR REGIMENT. OT THE LINZ, TO MARSHAL SOOLT. 1 lave the honour to inform you, that this morning, aboat one o'clock, a vessel from the Clem, which had ahead, sm. tsined the fire of two gun baits, arachneed in fart of the vessel on board which 1 serve a iemne, bearing down sos my y r . board with all sails set. 1 caused her to bc: fired upon, onc e 1 believed her to be within half a can::on shut: my Ant &wham was scarcely made, when her bowsprit was entangled r war rigging, which she damaged. Tilk vessel wa, abrint Ams, aid her port holes being touch higher than ours, I was pie. p:lrwl to give her a good reception ; but not I,erri; au7pet, appearing on deck, 1 conjectured she must be a hre.ship, and in concert with the marine officer, every exertion was made avoid the danger that threatened us. Tho so'diers ha% ing been Oil., to make the same Areas:thole, on a.ceinit of thu smoke, wera preparing to board, but 1 preventol them one of them, however, Jean chassr•ur is nee 7th Company of the Ist battalion of the 10th Regiment had his leg broken between the pat-holes, and was i ..r.ie I s moaning to the hospital. The yards and bowsprit of this vessel WO•ft! fon. • , grappling irons, which held her so fad on b•.a:d t'.. •. • spa red of being able to thrust her off, at lengt'i, att. r of air hour's laborious exertion, during which the crew Le!, with the greatest icing fr.ird possible, we succeeded in ex tricating ourselres; but we were scarcely none twin tin—, paces from her, when she blew tad ; yet, thuogh we war e . wired with flames, and many splinters, both draw aid v..,.. fell no board, we sustained no damage, nor was ..or ~..; of our crew wounded ; the fire of the explosion was too town above us to communicate to our vessel. Two other tnuq fin-ships eapliided within fifteen or twenty paces of trs„ but r riot reach us. (Signed) 1;11 NM. mr. 12. Government has lately sent orders to the Gover nor of Vera Cruz, to remit to Europe, as soon as possible, all the bullion collated there. Last month we began to fit out here one ship 6i te. guns ; one of 1,0 ; and one of 74 ; which, %rhea manned, are to sail for Ferrol. As General Moreau does not intend to go to America before his wife has been broaght to bed, he received the following letter from the Grand Judg• : I have permitted you to go to America. The will or tie., Emperor is, that you cball not dare to set your tuot French territory, before you have obtained Majegy's fxnui p-rmiasion. Mr. Ileory, who will deliver you this letter, a charged to brio; me your answer. (Sigurd) " REGNIER." Madame Moreau answered to this letter, " that it was she, not her husband, who demandeJ to go to America, and to leave France ; that her Luc band was not well enough to write : as for her pa-t, she should not violate what had been promised, Ste." fRANCKFORT, OCT. 7. Shortly after the Emperor's departure from Mentz, the Russian Charre i4priiires, M. D'Oe bril, arrived here, where, it is said, that :le is waiting for new orders from his Court. Ws read Arre Russian slrclaraticin of War, but its authenticity is doubted. According to letters from Italy, mlgazines and provisions are colleting for 24,un0 tutu, Gdi ItaliAn troops, destined for the South of Italy. to augment the army under General St. Cyr, in kingdom of Naples. ST. PETERSECRGFI, SEPT. 21. Two ships of the line, two frigates, and several smeller vessels, are taking in provisions for four months, and to be reaJy to sail at a mommt's notice. To-morrow, or t'-e day after to-morrow, the Chp.mberlain, Ilamn Novoviltzroff,embark4 on board a frigate for London. A new Ukase has ordered new recruiting for our army. HAMRURGV, OCT. 12. Mr. Spencer Smith is arrived at Stralsund, where he intends to embark for Sweden, afterwedc to go over to England, by way of Gothenburgh. General. Bernadotte and Bert hier, after a Cr , - &lance with General Marmont, at Bentheim, on Dutch frontiers, have returned to Hanover. Letters from Copenhagen of the Gth state, 0 3 : on the Zal, all the ships in the road of Elsineur, i• • the number of 4,0, had sailed wi:h a fair wind for the North Sea. Tha English convoy sa:led a: the same time s taking with it the Swedish ship, irAd:d with timber. tinder pretence. th tt, in Engipm4. Proclamation has been publi.hed, ordering the "" tention of all neutral ships, having such carg--•• in paying the freight, Ike. VTRICHT. OCT. 14. The monument ereaing is the camp near Zeiat. will be finished this week, and the grand maw- Imes will be performed next Sunday, for the la *. time ; immediately afterwards, the camp ,in, in great part, break up, and the division of General I)umonceau take its winter quarters in North Hol land. nacos, OCT. 17. Be•i!es our Ambassador Schinstnelpeoninck , and Admiral Vetheul, who are already appointed 14cro bers of the Legion ofr Honour, the Emperor of till French has bestowed the same Order upon our p • reaors Brantsen and Bich*, the SeorelaY of Star.' Vandergoes, the Admirals W inter and Kitkert. and the Generals Daendeb and Demouccay. --- ( /Noe Cortreut.)