The Sun. — London, England, 1804-09-11 00:00:00

OFFICI, 4 ,L ACCOUNT. FROM THE MUNI:FEHR, SEPT. T. Report of the 'Fogagermnts of the Bth and gth Fruilidor (26th and 2.7 th August), between a part of the Flotilla sta tioned before Boulogne, and the English Squadron. On the Bth of r ruCtidor (Aug. z 6), at noon, the line of the Imperial Flotilla was composed of 6z • boats of the first class, 42 of the second, 'six born. barding.boats, and 36 pinnaces. • The Dl6 - fly were at' anchor at the distance of one league and a half, on a line parallel with ours ; their force consisted of two Ships of the line, two frigates of 44 guns, seven Sloops of war with three masts, two Loggers, and a Cutter. . The wind blew froth the N. N. E. a little fresh the weather was very fine, and the sea but little agi tated, when at two o'clock, P. M. oneof the Elle. ray's Sloops of War • with three masts, • manceuvred . to observe our line.- ,They remained at a long can. non shot distance, and fired several broadsides di. rected against ou: Boats. The Admiral madta signal to the first Division of Gun.boats,•cointbanded by Captain La ILsv, 'to weigh anchor, and to advance from the Line, in order to drive back the Sloop of War. This or . • ewer was executed with celerity ; and scarcely was the' Division ' under -weigh, hearing down upon the. Sloop of War, before she fell back on her Squadron.. • . The, sea at , that moment opposed us, ar.d the tide was just beginning to be felt, The Division received orders lo tack, and keep to windward, which they effefied with such success, as to be in a little time more than a Aeague out from the right of our Line; - In the mean time. the Enemy had formed a De. rachment, composed of one Frigate . of 44., one of three Brigs AA IS, and a Cutter of 16 guns, to attack our Division, and oppose their e At three o'clock' the French Division, on a sig. mil being made to that effeo, instead' of remaining on the defensive, went .to meet the .Enemy ; the :lesion commenced at half gun.shot,, and the firing Soon became general. At this moment his Majesty the EMPEROR em. barked in a Boat with the Admiral, to dire& more 'closely the movements of . the Flotilla. ;His Ma. jests , was accompanied by the Ministers of War and • of Marine. The Enemy at first stood off, but they soon re. fumed their Line, and, tacking towards the land, came again to attack the right of time Flutilla,at two. thirds canpon.shor. This distance was soon dimi. nished by an order given by the EMVEEOR to come co close quartets with the Enemy. The Admiral Wink, all the Beats come at once into a close front line, steering towards the Enemy. This movement brought the two Lines within less than half cannon. shot, and a very hot fire ottnmenced between them, The Enemy sustains-d it for two hours with great firmness ; b,on it was all at once observed that the Enemy 'a Sloop of War, in consequence of signals which bliC matte, was joined by a Brig, which towed het, ou; of adion. The Fligate herself tacked, aban. tinning the title of battle, and was followed by her Divisnol, entirely disabletl. Our Gunboats and scverid Armed Pinnace's pursued her, cannonading in retreat. The Cotter, which formed part of the English Line, had not time to join her Squadron ; she was so r-ughly handled by our fire, that she sunk about. thrce.quarters of a league from the anchorage of her consorts, in the sight of an immense crowd, who had come to the Coast in' order to witness the .eornbat At this moment, the tide bring already very strong anti carrying time Flotilla to leeward, the Ad. miral made the signal to tuanceuvre, in order to re. take their stations in the line, it was then half past six o'clock, and soon afterwards our Vessels anchor. ed in good order, in the posts which they should occupy in the Roads. At four o'clock P. M. the fourth Division, corn.: mantled by Capt. PE 'V It I EUX, 11.. d also orders to make sail and-to work to. windward, in order to join the first Division. In executing that movement they had an opportunity of cannonading the headmost Vessels of the Enemy ; they rnarceuvred„very well; their fire was estternely hot, and contributed great. ly to time retreat of the Enemy. This Division received orders to rett:rn to anchor :It the same time •with-tlie first, and, liter' ir, re.took its position. A SeCtion of 114 e ussian Mortar Pinnaces, corn. manded •by Licit. MA zsce BeANcise, bore down upon the Enemy wilt our first Division of Gun. - boats, and, by the audacity and intelligence of its manceuvres, constantly cannonaded the Enemy at a very short distance, during the whole time of the Ztioh. Another Se4iion of the same Pionaces,commantled by Lieut. LASALLE, which could not get out of Port till three - o'clock, succeeded by its efforts and gCiod manctuvres, in coming vp with the Enemy iletiing the aaion, and haviog also come to close action. 'fought him with advantage. Several Boats of this hind, commanded by young Officers of the Marine, went within Zoo fathoms of the English Frigate, as well as of uthvr Ships, and thus placed themselves in a position to hoard, if the freshnei - ,s of the wind had fallen. In general the - Admiral has only praises t 4 be. stow op the condott of all the Divisions, all of which had a sP:are it the engagements of the day. Ile si;eaks liighly of the Attention which has been paid to his signals, and of the precision with which his ciders have been executed. it W 36 itilpo3Sible for hitn to remark, from His MAJ E STY'S boat, in which he wai embarked, the vessels which hadithe greatest right to testimonies of his satistai'.tion ; but lie was able to ditinguith the bad and well sopported inamovrei. of the Setlion i,i Pinnaces coma - willed t, Lieut. N 131,A NC 13 whic:i fought ft out the commencen:tilt to the termination of hods attit;ris. That Commandant has t.11;le red ,a very 1; vourable account to Ihe Ada iral of the two En , ,igns IV.LAst u anti V AT r 1., each cotinnaodi ng one 6f the Maces of his DiviSion, and ,ot BErt A R c mmand. ink the Pro,sian Wrtar rn,hlte, 6s, which api , rtched nciiteSi the Enemy, where she uhtintaio. Tut Enemy's Boulogne Flotilla, to the number of about one hundred, of different descriptions, con. tinued yesterday arranged along shore close under their batteries. Three Russian Ships of the Line and one large Frigate and a brig sailed from Elsineur on the Ist j ust , supposed to he bound to the Mediterranean. Last night the Monarch arrived at Dungeness, after standitg over to the French Coast. Lord Mitt.- vit.l.E was on board, but not Mr. Pm, as was at first supposed. Lord MELVILLE, Lord Kr I rtt, and Mr. PITT, have adopted certain regulations with regard to that numerous and valuable body of men the Sea Fend. tiles, from which very' essential services may he ex. pened, in the event of an attempt of mite Enemy to invade our Shores. Accutints of the Capture of the, Lilly have been received at the Admiralty. Yesterday afternoon another Hambagl, Mall arrived : the only article of importance which it contains is the Note given in to the Diet at Ratis: bon, by the Swedish Minister ; inconsequence of the Notiii•zation pre vionslydelivered to the Diet byCount STAnos, of the Ei.irEROI. , of GtkMANY having dechired himseiffiereditary EtAPEKOR of AUsTRIA. The SNedish Note is drawn up in very guarded lan. gnag ; but still it is very easy tt) perceive that the in:asure does nut :met with the approb at i on of His IS Inn CIIOII4II 11/ tliC CYCIII lIIC LICII visa chat it ought to have been referred to them for dis cussion previous to its adoption. We are sorry to state, that there is strong'reason to believe that Hostilities have again commenced in India, in consequence of the aggiesSionii of the Mahratta Chief HOLCAR.—This intelligence was brought by an over.ltind Dispatch, and was yester. day received at the India House, When the Mesa senger left Bombay the British Army had taken the field. There can be no doubt of the result of this Contest: even if HoLcAtt should be rash enough to proceed to extremities, it cannot be of long dura. tion. General WELLESLIY left Bombay, to take the Command of .the' Army, on the t7th May. A Paragraph having appeared in a Morning Paper respeCting the difficulty which the execution of the Additional Force Aft has met with in many of the Irish Counties, and particularly specifying the Queen's County, we think it out duty to state, that there is every reason to believe that these state, ments, if not perfectly unfounded, are at least very incorrect. We will lay before our Readers any further information that can be obtained upon the subjea ; and in the mean time must beg leave to caution them against the attempts that may be made to magnify into serious evils the difficulties which cannot,fail to attend the execution of any Mt, ne. cessarily comprising a good deal of new detail. Our Readers, doubtless; have read with much in. terest and pleasure the spirited article understood to have been issued by the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, in answer to the official libels upon Russia in the Mcniteur. One passage in that article must be par. ticularly gratifying to Englishmen, as it chew• in what light their Country is held by one of the most powerful States in the world, as well as the friendly disposition of that State towards Great Britain. ',Though we have already given the whole of that interesting article, which is so honourable to the charaler of the Russian Monad, rut enlarged views and elevated principles, yet we think it ne. cessary to recall the attention of our Readers to the following passage, which is at once a due tribute to our national importance, and a striking test of the sentiments and intentions of our august and power. ful Ally : " England is at this moment at the highest point °fele. vation ; she cart never decline if she continue where she is, for higher she cannot be. But how can England, who only exists by her industry and her trade, preserve her present si tuation, unless by upholding the balance pf the world ? It is then the obvious interest of Russia to assist England, who. by its system, should be friendly to all nations ; and to re. press France, the selfish principles of whose Government are inimical to the greater Powers of Europe, and oppressive to the smaller." Yesterday morning Dispatches were received at the Admiralty, from Commodore' HooD, in the West Indies, which contain accounts of several cap. tures having been made by the Squadron under his orders. Yesterday morning Sir Hom POPHAM left town for Deal. Dispatches from Rear. Admiral COCHIANII were yesterday received, brought by the impetuesix, of 84 guns, which arrived on Saturday at Plymouth, from the Squadion off Ferrol and Coruntia. Mr. PITT is eXpefieti to return to Town to. morrow from Weimer Cattle. The Duke of DIVONSIIIILE had yesterday a se. lea dinner party at his seat at Chiswick. Lord Gwyout and Lady WI GLOUGFIgY left Town yesterday for Devonshire. Lady CAR IR left the Priory yesterday, the seat of the Marquis of AR ERCOILN, for Milford Haven, upon her return to Ireland, to join her Lord, who is there at the head of his Regiment. The Earl of HARR INCTON returned to town yes. terday, from Brighton, where he was upon a visit to the PRI NC Eof WALES. The Countess and the . rest of the family returned at the same time from Wind. sof. We are sorry to say the Dux: of.Cirmstz. LAND is indisposed at Weymouth. Earl MoIRA is gone on a visit to the Duke of AT HOL D at Blair. The ,Countess OF Uxußtoct left town on Sam. day to visit her daughter; Lady Gnatits; at her seat in Sussex. Lrird and Lady RAN!LACII arrived in town yes. terday from'Grange. Mr. Wtt.t.lAM RUSPItti, a son of the Chevalier Ru,rtrit, has' arrived with his wife at Calcutta. The Lady, on her passage, was delivered of a fine boy. Colonel COKE, of the Loyal Unired Westbury And Clifton Battalion, has received a Letter from the War Office, staling, , that in the event of Invasion, his Corl►s will be one of the first called on service, arid that they arc therefore to Laid themselvel in hourly readiness for marching. A General Court Martial, consisting Of fifteen Field Oflicers and Captains ,of the Line, was to as. sertible 'yesterday in Edinburgh Castle, to proc'eed nn the trial of the Mutineers froth the Cinadian Fencibles. The First Company of the Loyal Wectminster Volunteers, coma anded'hy Captain Cit Ale, march ed yesterday, at nine o'clock, to Highgate, to file with hall-cartridge. Mr. BEST ' the antagonitt of Lord CAMELrORD in the late unfortunate doe!, stated in the P. p t of Stturilay to have been kilted in an attion with a French Privateer,' on his passage to the West Irdies, is anuitily in CcvNO, and in PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 10.—The itfe/pomint Fri. gate, Capt. Or. Iv t R, has captured and sent into this .Port the French Sloop La jemne Emilie, from Havre. de-Grace, laden with flour. • .Arrived the NrptunNs, ANGEL, and Norge, Ns ur, from Christiana ; Susanna Margarrtba, Lu ND, from Fredcrickshall ; Mar), DAVISON, from Sunderland; Przividence, ENINI3, from London ; and ;raw Eke!. both, FALK, from Emhden.. &ilea the Endeavour, 1,2£, Aaivt, HILL, aria DAVIE, for Sunderland; Cm: Primux, BODTKER, for Lisbon ; and Union, RPGIRS, for Lofldon. This day along.shote, signal was made for a large Fleet being in the Channel. YARMOUTH, SEPT. 9 0 ,...Yesterby arrived here , His Majesty's Guti.brig Vixen, with a very beau tiful Lugger, her Prize, laden with . a cargo of fo. reign spirits e=nd tobacco, and pierced for 14 guns• She Iva's-taken after a hard chase of twelve ham This is the Vessel that has so repeatedly escaped the vigilance of the Revenue Crui.rers, and several of His Majesty's Frigates, by her ,very superior sailing. HARWICH, SF rr. to.--The Diana Packet, CV^ tam HAMMOND, arrived this'morning fromliot nn ' with the Hamhurgh and Bremen Mails. Lord via Lady OXFORD and Family came Passengers by this Packet. • The Lady Frances Packet, Capt. FLY N, ap d 1/1° Auckland, Capt. BRIDGE, sailed this day,' th e for. mer for 'Kis= with the Hamburgh and Bternen Mails, and the latter with the Nlail for GottCn" burgh._ SHEERNESS, SEPT. 9Yesterday the Po/ythritas was paid bounty and two montlis'Advance ; she pro. coeds to join the North Sea Fleet. • Came down from Chatham to the Note the Gro. bound, Capt. ELpHINsTow. Came down the River the Cracker Gun.btigt with impressed Men and Volunteers fur the Fle et ' Sailed for Woolwich the Clyde, Capt. LAW"' to be paid off and repaired. The ij raddici, hired Armed Ship , h as the Mina Agin); for the Baltic ; and one of the Receiving Sh ip " at the Note has the Signal for the Elbc, till some is appointed for that service. is The At agnanime is paid off, and laid up ordid nary, Oring '? °11. Ships at this Port..-Zealand, Prinitss 'l p et' pemus , GreYho i und. Ceres 13raddi‘k : and '-' l4Cer * Watchful, and Escort Gun -legs.-legs. • DRAL, SEPT. zo.--Sailed the Presooyente, N Deptford. Pr pun Arrived the Cro ; ei hired Cutter Nrn thi Note. Arrived the MoNartit and Castor from Boulog ne Road, and remain. to In the Downs—Monareh, Uttlehr' heexible, Castor C o tie c ; Scourge, Starling, Fanny Armed Brie, Campodown Providence Navy Transport fur Ply nouth ; Ve lel ',, a , Ships, Paragon, Sceptre, Sir Andrew MitCriell, King v ; n 4 Walker, Lord Nelson, Lord Eldon, Will. ton iroasiltr , e Ariadne; Armed Transports, Iponno,,,c, Orit ' d 13 " 1411. Lila, Tartar, flora, klisha Tupper, and AR:mei:b. Yesterday an overlan7;xpress, from ir' dia ' i wg received at the India H ouse w hich give' 4 " c want that the following Ship: had r eached th eir re ' gular destinatio n r ived The c tune, S:E rr sv on A , tur s , hl f u ro , m li C a l c i h ir r T; , f rf or Charl o tte, G / l o ii t a e a Alintri Va ' k r° at s - IM rh a e dr N as el) . Shaw an " , Cc bi r l'Nr i l i rna n d / Ise / b i r s i'P , from'e the gftt.rr Bhngal, are arrived at B wa o r m 'idd t: 3t r t he sam e itlie )NHAM, from London, is also arr ived a t place. , odford, It also states, that the Scaltby tell, from Bengal to Bombay, were to sail t o e under convoy of the Bombay Frigate. Tu e w ed daria, DAw its, from Benz to China, is meet on as having been captured by the French Scl uA i i in g commanded by Admiral Limo's. At the sam e in ' o r our Commerce miy he said in general g i ` — g ets with little • interruption. Fiv,e French NOII6 have been taken. The same - advices alsoitiris that the Esil,hrater,Extia Sloop, sailed from ma` wog for Bengal on the 16 , 11 of March, under el. oat of the Yiaor Sloop of IVar. The la test date° lorp Madras are the 16:11 April those from 54/ ol 1.7 T th h M ree Vessels j ess o at Woolwich , s to be ca lls to Phoilhorm, Firebrand, and liirition, are or dereu iptl be immedia!elv fitted to serve as Fire- 511 ; . os o ar i e L t o o ld pr i o c c i e l e T tl: . o the firwris to be undo. tile° ta o Yesterday we received the follow in g se— fa from the Mediterranean : 4M, MALTS, JULY t7.--The Fleet , consisting - og sailed fr. , tn hence on the 7all inst. tinder C4)11V°1)re...., the Agincourt Man of War and That that Accounts have been received here from lun,l:citiP a French Privateer has captured an F-"gl'!;1 her from Smyrna, bound to this p lace, and cArri e be the into D.A. We are inclined to think it gl u ' t lica ► CI ik of TR I ESTE, JULY I 1.-1-113 M. , je 4t o " .1-11 Gult has destroyed a Fretich Privateer, near the o f Fane. NIA n L AG A, for Enb War, and ThirbA,ui,•?;ig6a;e—,' v.r,liteh glieit/(ll3inere‘ larl, are novy vir 44.5111.0 W rg..4.• His Majesty the EMPEROR, as well as ills Admiral, remarked, particularly at the coneluslon of the engagement, when the Enemy were in retreat, the fine conduit of Ensign Mok IN, on board the Gun-boat, No. toB ; of the Ensigns Bov&DON and Dat.AuNY, both commanding Pinnaces ; all of whom re.condufted 'the English Frigate to the an. shoring grnund oilier Squadron, cannonading her at a very short distance. _ _ During the cohrse of the engagements which took place on that day, the batteries on the Coast kept up an equally hot and well.diretted fire on the Enemy, as often as they came within reach. Befsre going ashore, the EMPEROR visited a part of our Line ; he put various questions relative to the events of the combat to those who had taken part in it ; and, finally, after having gone on board the Gun.boat, No. toB, of which the deCk had been split by. a 321 b. ball, His MAJESTY disembarked in the Port of Boulogne, and ascended to his head. quarters at the Tour d'Ordre, where he passed the night. That .day, which cost the Enemy one of their Vessels and its Crew, (the . Crew it revved ! without counting the other men which they must have lost, as well on board the Frigate as of the other Vessels, almost all of which were ditabled, leaves us only to regret one man killed on board the Guo.boat, No. 108; seven others were wound. ed, one of them very badly. As to our Vessels, they suffer ed in their Sails and Hulls ; but tone of them • sustained considerable injury, because their little height above water presenting but a very small surface to the Enemy, the balls passed over them, or fell near, without striking them. On the following day, .the gth, the Enemy's Squadron had been reinforced in the night by a Fri. gate and several Sloops of War. The wind blew moderately from the S. W. The Admiral availed himself of the rest of the tide to make the third DiVision of Boats of the first Class, commanded by Capt. GUINGUAND, as well as a Setion of Pinnaces carrying Prussian mot. tars, commanded by Lieut. LASALLE, to get under weigh, These vessels worked very promptly to_ windward, and formed in the order of battle to the S. W. of De L'Heurt. • The Enemy immediately detached two Frigates .of 44. guns, and four small Brigs of War, which ap. proached our Division ; these went to meet the Enemy, and the combat commenced. The Enemy, incessantly manceuvring to keep themselves at long cannon shot, and having resumed the tack which would condut them to their Squa. dron, our Division received orders to come to close aCtion. In execution of this order, all the Vessels composing it bore down at once upon the English, and the action .soon became more warm ; but the Enemy, always eluding a decisive engagement, al. lowed themseli , es to be drawn towards their Squa. dron, by carrying sail, and thus left ours the field of battle. Half an hour afterwards, the Admiral, fearing that, with the wind which blew, the flood would not permit our vessels to resume their sta. tions in the Line, made them the signal to tack, in order to get higher up. This manccuvre having got them , sufficiently to windward, each took his post at the anchoring ground, according to the or ders of the Admiral. There was but one man wounded, and none killed in this little engagement. Same o f our B oats received a slight damage in their hulls ; but we may presume that the Enemy, who, towards the conclu. sion of the contest only fought remains, has suf. feted much more severely. (Signed) LAFOND, Chief of the General Stafrof the Imperial Flotilla. MAILS. nos. •itttiv zo. liamburgh o PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS WAY AT TWLLVI O'CLOCK. Consols THE SUN. 101.3.t4 QUIT DICE'S./ VALSUM AUDZAT I L 0 N 1) O. N, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1/, 1804..