The Sun. — London, England, 1804-08-09 00:00:00

EAST•INDIA HOUSE, Avc4. S. 004. A Letter from Captain Nathaniel Dance, Commander of the ast India Compan)'s Ship, Earl Camderi t was received here this morning, o r w hi c h t h e f o ll o win g i s a Copy : " st tr, " FOR the information of the' Honourable Court, . I he . g leave to acquaint i , nu, that the Earl. Camden was dispatched from Canton, by the Seidl COM miitee, the 3 tst of January .last ; and the Ships noted in the margin*, were put under my orders n Senior Commander ; . also the Rolla, Botany Bay Ship, and the Country Ships, as per margint,. were rut under my charge, to convoy as far as our coursei lay in - the same direftion ; I ' w a s a l s o or.— aercti to 'like :under my prote6ion a .Portuguese Eatopean Strip, that was laying in Micoa Roads; whose SUP'er.cargO had solicited it from the Seled ' Commit tee. • Our passage diwn the river was tedious, and the Fleet much diliersed : the Ships being under the directions tit their v.tverll Chinese Pilots, I could not keep them collefted as I wi'slied. " W e passed Macao Roads on the night of the ell of February, and I conceive the Rolla had an. chorea so near Macao as not to see the Fleet get under weigh, and pass through; although, at the time, I hail no idea that could be possible, especial. ly as I saw the Ocean in shore of us, getting under weigh, burning blue lights, and firing a gun ; the Put tuguese Ship, 1 suppose', must have been in the same , ituatiun as the " Dolin g the night. , it the sth February I car. tied an easy sail, and on the following ay hov to, for Mimi c t wo hours, hu l lin g to see thos d e Ships ` bu t there was no appearance of the m , nor did t h ey ever join. the Fleet. " On the 4.th of Feb, uary, at day break, we saw Polo Auro hearing W.S.W. and at eight a. m. the Peri n i George matje the signal for seeing four strange sail in, the S.W. •I made the signal for the four • Ships noted in the margin: to io down and examine them ; and Lieuteeaet FOWLIR. of the Royal Navy,. • late Commander of the Porpoise, and Passenger with me, having handsomely offered to go in the Ganges Brig, and inspect them nearly, I afterivards sent her !lawn. likewise ; and, from their signals, I perc e ived it Was an E nemy ' s S quadron, consisting of a Line of Battle Ship, three Frigates, and a Brig. At one p. M. I recalled the look-out Ships by signal, and formed the Line ofßattle in close order. " As so on.as the Enemy could fetch in our wake, they put about ; we kept on our course under an easy sail ; at near sun.set they were close up with our rear, and .1 was in momentary expedation of an attack there, and prepared to.support them; but it ,the.elose of the day we perceived them haul to windward. I sent Lisut. PowLsit in the Ganges ' trig, to station the Country Ships § on our lee bow,, by which means we were between them and the Enemy, and having done so, lie returned with some Volunteers from the Country Ships. tt We lay to in Line of Battle'all night, our men at 'their quarters ; at day break of the 15th, we saw the Enemy about ~three miles to windward laying to ; •we hoisted our Colours, offering him battle, if' he chose to come down.. The Enemy's foiir Ships hoisted-French ColOtlr9, the Line of Battle Ship car. tying a Rear-Admiral's Flag; the -Brig was under ' 1 Ilatavian Colours. " At nine a. m. finding they would not come don, we formed . the order of sailing, and steered or course under an easy sail : the Enetny% then fill. ed !heir sails and edged towards us. ant" At one p. m. .fiiling they propo se d to attac k eitioavour.ro Cur off' our rear, I made the signal to tatk I,ti 4. ~ear down on him, and engage in succes. I ,"n ; the Raja/ deorge be'in'g the leading Ship, the ct ( " u l g t e s next, and then' the Earl Cainden : this eoitally performed, and we stood t o , f t , I rn und er a p ress o f sail ; the Enemy then CIIIC U in t h e bead a ve r y c lo se li ne , act! opened their fire on till "'''st Ships,' o , bieh was not returned by us bore wear, ioached hint nearer ; the Royal George ti the brunt of the, aclion, anti got ss near the 4 ,7 4 1 7 as lie would permit him,; the .Ganges and c ould , a mdtn ppened their fire as soon as their guns :mi . "v. e edict; prat, before any other-ship could itood nt o aaion. the Veiny hauled their wind, and • could s e t , t" the eastward, undsr ell the sail they zee,,;; t l "ro p. I made the signal: for a *hen i !qace, and we pursued them till four p. m. fat f ro g a longer.pursuit would carry us too tom the mouth of .th e Streits, tack, ense property theand considering at stake, I made the signal to to and at e ight p. m. we anchored in a situation P r oceed 'for the entrance of the Streits in the err as lon g as we could distinguish the entetOls percei ve . Client steering to the eastward under a 'ter: If sail.' *6 l'he Ror a l G , torge had one man killed, and an. ber et B; 4l 3 V l ` t ' i 's many shot in,her hull, and more in Or Go-„eii, and hbot touched. either the Camden hi g lie fire of he Enemy seemed lei he , over us. "" 51tl)Qt either f a lling short, or passing " Ca pt. Tr ! • aelion i n 0, 41 'ts Carried-the Royal Glory into bro t h er ' e. „ l "'t manner. In 'justice to Wit % -o onnintlers, ,1 must state , t h at every !sad ;limn ,'" ea r ;Ind preiiared for •aftion t h e tw ,,,,,unicltitin with vinimit all of them during f roil wc were in pre,'ence of the Enemy., to , the .the derermineti 'resolution 014 cnr 1 the valuable property entrusted to theit ige s to th e h'st. lion t extremity, with full convidton iiit wasZteli_S:Ul event of their exertions ;• and _ • this all .our 0 ,.. 1 7Y seconded .by the gallant ardour of imers ilvd Sill Compa ni es . Malacca* I i d 4 pateltedl ieut. FOWLRR, tif:firp,rgerbti,,, to Pulo'Penang; with a packet „ 1 , c m S:tet. onn.iiittee, to the Captain of any, Ih li Y . 4 ships, solkiting their convoy ,to v r: valuaole Fleet. I . l . . t, v r a , tl 4 ey a , ri A . olftre,l , l:•qyal George. Coutts,Wexford,Canges. (t —o \rezavenny, limy Addington, BonthaY e:an. ocriand, Hope, Dorsetsitire, Warren Hastings, The Can „ ." I l eb, fast Sailing Brig, was putunder my orders • ~,._er a t s :C_.olinottee, to empl o y in an y manner t h at mkght ills , stet y Lonvertioice of toe Fleet, till we had Straits I was then to dispatch harry he ngai Alf re d - ) George Bombay Castle and FIOPC C;tron, David Stat'it, Minerva, Ar to•tt, Kl4Siktin, jahaneuer, Gilvill, and ,the squadron , we had engaged was that of Admiral lingo's, consisting of, the Marengo, of, 84 guns, the Bells Poule and Sentillante, heavy Frigates, a Corvette of 28 guns, and the Batavian Frigate William, of t 8 guns. 41 Tha 28th of February, in* the Streits of Ma lacca, lat. 4 deg. o min N. we fell in with His Majesty's ships Albion and Sceptre. I was then in a very poor state of health, and Mr. LANCE went on board the Albion, and, by his very able repre. sentation to Csptain FERRI ER, of the great na. tional consequence of the 4-lon. Company's ships, he was induced to take charge of the fleet. " On the ,3d of March. I dipatchcd .the Ganges Brig with a letter to the Right Hon. the Governor.. General, giving an- account of air action, to be conveyed to the Hon. Coact. i!! We arrived ac St. Helena the 9'h of June, un, der convoy of His ,Majesty's ships Albion • and Seepre-- 7 and Sailed the Oth, under convoy of His Majesty's ship Plantagenet, with the addition of the, Carmarthen,. Capt. DOBREE i and five whalers*. " Accompanying ibis I send' a chart of the en. trance of the Streits of Malacca, with the situa. Lions ofthe fleet on the 14. th and isth of February,' which Will, I trust, convey a more distinft idea of the at - lion than any written description. 41 I have the honour to be 'Sir, " Yotir most obedient humble Servant, " NATHANIEL DANCE." " Earl Camden, Aug. 6th, t 804.." * NAMES OF THE WHALERS. William Fermin- , 6 i Brook Watson, Thomas or Young Tom. Betscy, Eliza, and t he Blockhouse, from the coast of Guinea, joined us at sea. • In addition to the above account we have re ceived the following narrative:— it At nine in the morning of the 14.6 February, the Bombay Castle made the signal for seeing s strange sail in the S.W. quarter, .At half past nine the sig. nal was made for the Raja/George, Hope, and Boot. bay Castle, to chase on that point. Some time after the Alfred, after speaking the Commodore, Went in chase also; about this time the headmost of the strangers wore round to join the others of his fleet, which were at some distance astern, anti to leeward. At a quarter past to, we hove. to on the starboard tack. At rr, the Royal George made the Signal that the chace wits suspicious. At a quarter past, the signal was made to lie-by on the starboard tack. At noon, signal of rtcall was made, at which time the five strangers were clearly to be seen the Fleet, standing tollie W.N.W. in a line. At P.M. the Royal Geor ge ma d e the signal th at t h e ciace was an Enemy. At about a quarter past, the four chasing Ships hove about, and stood into the. Fleet. Immediately the Strangers tacked and stood in after them. At. 4. P.M. the signal was made to forth the Line of. Battle ahead, which was done accordingly. About 6, our Ships joined the fleet, and took their statiuns, at which time the strangers were in the rear of the Fleet, continuing on. the larboard tack. The necessary signals having been made to put out all tire lights, and to keep thellarn mocks up, and the penple at their quarters all nigin, they accordingly cleared the decks, and remained at their stations during the night. At the strangers wore on the West wad quarter of the Fleet, liove.to in I line, c.iitsisting of r Line of Battle, 2 large Frigates, t smaller, anti a Brig. At, 6 A. M. our Fleet formed in line of battle ahead, per signal, and remained so un: it 7 ; (taring which, time the Enemy (fur it could no .0. ger be doubted, were communicating by boas with the Admiral, and had their main-top-sails to ine wind, • and every staysail set, and studding-sails booms cur. At half.past 7, the signal was made co form the order. of railing, when we made plain sail on our course, and hhisted our Colours. At 8, the Enemy hoisted French. Ensigns, except the Brig, and she did Dutch, At 9, they bore down in Line of Battle, headed by the two-decker.—There was very little wind, and they gained but a short dis. tance onus, until tl, when a breeze springing up,' they apparently, neared us pretty last. At a little before noon the Royal George tacked, after speaking the Commodore. At noon the Gan is and Walley tacked per signal, and shortly after the Earl Cam. den. The Fleet also tbllowed as quickly as they could. Our four ships were standing down on the headmost of _the Enemy's Line, which, had edged away on Seeing theta tack. A,t hall.,past naafi, the Line of Battle Ship commenced the aelion on the Royal George, which Ship returned the fire very briskly, and, after several broadsides, hauled off. The Ganges came up, and opened her fire on ;he. two.deckcr, and the Camden followed ; the Enemy keeping up a most random firing all the time. About ten minutes bcfure 1, P. M., the Line of Battle Ship bore away under all sail, followed by her consorts ; out Fleet pursued them until three, and got within guu.shotpf the Brig. However, at that time we tacked per signal, and stood hack, while theEne, my contineed, on the same course , till out of sight." We are happy to state, that Lieutenant'FoltLEßp and the Officers and Crew, fifty-five. in number, of the Porpoise, wrecked off New South Wales, were all saved t. they were conveyed to Chins, and came to England on board the Fleet which has just ar, rived. PASSENGERS PER, HENRY ADDINGTON—Mr. W. 13aring, and Messrs. MolOny, White, and Allen. PASSENGERS PER ROYAL CroRGE —Mr. and Mrs. Blair. -DITTO ?EX WARLEY—Messrs. Wright, and Lound. 1)11"E0 PER BOMBAY CASTEL—LieUt. Samuel Flinders, Messrs. Whnewoodi•Bell,tind Thomson. • Drcro pelt ALERE.D—Mr. and Mrs. Bellassis. DITTO rsa 4V EXFOR n —Mr. Dennison. DITTO PIA CARMARTHEN—Mrs. Nairn. Dlivo PER CUMBiALAND—MT N 35011. DITTO PER.,,EARL CAMDEN—Mr.. Lancc. We learn by the Carnartbeg, that the report of Bence()len having been burnt is unfounded.; the French having oni w y done some trifling damage at Ytalo Bay. Although the name of GANTI4E MIME is more known than that of my French Ad:otral of the pre sent day, he has never distinguished himsett but by his escapes. On the very day when he pbtseti the Gut of Gibraltar, the Bth of February, 180 t, in eff.:aing his escape from Btest, Str Rosser CALBEit sailed in pursuit of him from Torbay. VIENNA, JULY 18.---The ihst Letters from the Turkish Frontier tirate, that the Port's has sent the silken string . to BEKIR, Pacha of Traynick., . the Messengers met him before Zwornickoind ed him wish the,aentence of death, as he wai going to proceed on his jourhey.., -• PARIS, JULY 28.—Very unfavourable reports , have been circulated here since y , ester dae ,, concerning 1 our present relations with the Northern Powers. ,It . is -said, for instance, that the Russian Charge.d'Af. faires, who was left here, has delivered a INjute, in forth of an sthimatmm, one of the objects of which is theAvocuation of Hanover; that he-awaits a cate. gorical answer within a few days, and has demanded his "Passports to' return to Russia, in the event of a refusal,:. &c. But all these terrifying reports; and others of the same kind, find Very • little credit hi. 'thertoontl i ohey are ranked with the innumerable andir," with which the public wilF.busy them. selves, although. they- were lately submitted to the severe; lath of the Itloniteur. Nevertheless i the Gamblera iu the Funds, who hoped for a fall, ob. titined their objet; since, in consequence (it is' thought) of illese reports, the Funds fell from .sql . to Those who find a pleasure in alarming their fel_ low-citizens, dill in viewing every thing !n a g'olmy light, have n:)1 failed to magnify the dirn,ge said t., he done co, the Flotilla at Boulogne by the storm, and at Havre by the bombardment ; but in letters fiom th place., the damage is pot rated so high by a g eat deal. Six or eight •Gun-boats 'were :strande t at Boulogne ' it is true, but the crews arc musq gaved. At Havre - the Enemy's balls and shells ft w over the Fiat.bottomed Vessels in the port, a d fell m3stly in the adjoining plain; and on the town, by which Is or r 6 houses were mlre or less damaged ; but the Flotilla has suffered little or nothing: During the bombardment the Enemy sailed up the mouth of the Seine : one of their Vessels could only with difficulty make the sea again. The' Emperor was - expeded . at Calais on the 25th of July, The Minister olMarine arrived at Havre on the 245 h, and after inspecting the pbrt, the arsenal, the dock.yards, See. he set of again at two p. m. THE HAGUE, JULY 3i. —Yesterday the cert. mony of the presentation of his new credentials by the French Ambassador took place. Before twelve the Officers' of the garrison proOeeded to the Hotel of:the Administration of State, which sent two of its 'memberte, in a coach drawn by six horses, es. carted by a detachment of cavalry, to the Hotel of His s Excellency M. DE SEMONVILLE, where every, thing was teady for the gtand procession, which went 'forward after the , Dutch Commissioners had waited some lime at the door. [The Dutch Papers give a very long and pompous ac. count of this show, detailing the number of , oaches, of horses, and the different dresses and liveries, eve.] AMERICA. ?RAN)PORT pallfillCKY), JUNE 9. Yesterday fifteen Indians, of the Osage tribe, ar_ rived at this place. They are on their way to Workington, in obedience to a Message from the President, who, it is said, is tic,iruus to negociate a peace with them. They are from a nation re. motely situated on the Missouri, remarkable for size and robustness, and possess but little of the ferocity of savage life. NEW-YORIC ; JUNE IS. Some days since the Marshal of the Distriel went down to the Hook to artest the First Lieutenant of T h e Brim s) F, igl te Cambrian, foe. an insult offered to a ke venue ( ificer.. The Lieutenant was not on board, but the Captain assured the Marshal he would be in to,vn'ilie' next day and surrender hjmself. As the Lieutenant did not come up, the Matshal went down apio On Saturday, but was refused adMit. once on b)ard ; after the refusal the Cutter was or. derea from along side the Cambrian. It being re. ported the English Frigate Boston had pursued the' #'o//.7, conceiving JekoMs BONAPAItTk on board, anti fired hate shots at her, Mr. FLINN, the Pilot, who took the Boston down, has made ,the following declaration :—On the 29th . ult. the Both./ was un. der way long before the Rolla appeared. In coming about, the ship shot farther ahead than he expected, and 'took the ground, and was in that situation an hour and a halt, during which, FLINN supposes, the Rolla gtt out. lie avers that not a gun Was fired on board the Rolla. A Theatre is now building In Washington. ft is to be completed by the istor November, and then opened. BOSTON, JULY 6. We hear that Mr, MERRY, the British Ambassa. dor has returned to Washington, and that mutual complaints have been exchanged—On the part of the United States, with respeet to the infringement of our jurisdidion and violation of our Revenue Laws in the late affair of the Pitt ; on the part of, the British, with respect to the tirCUMStatiCCS of the Pilots being ordered, 1w the MAToit, from on hoard the British Vessels of War. Mrs, joNps, wife Of THOMAS J QN S, El. of LLIt, in the Comity of Monmouth, dropped down in her own house, on Thurhday sennight, and expitid without a pang. In the evening she taken a walk with Mr. JON as and whilst in the adi of undressing !lessen - in Iter climber, to which she had retired alter supper, she fell down a corphe at her husband's feet A feW dilys ago die.% suddenly, Mr 9. MATTER 'W of VVoolhope, Herefordshire ; 'she had ,a party of frie,oils on a festive occasion, when she dropped lifeless in going down a dance, affirding a inclan. clioly instance of the nocertajnty of sublimity affairs, and the fleeting state of human happiness. Mr. JONES, of Kennington, who w ‘ as drowned, On Sunday, opposite Satnerset-Hiiiise, 'was taken up yesterday at one. O'clock, at London Bridge. The body was seen, by a. person• 10.,)ki% through ti , e balustrades, floating on the - water, aut passed tinder one Of the arches. TwO waterinen (if the willies oft! Doll and Th-:inas, 'to , ik the body info their boat, a d came - tql 611 WC at S,:;IIICISCLUVUS4e beret) • Til - .t.6ltidoes ti full n ha e b f Y ta eo n m Pi p ' 7 f nyßarsi 4 ° , 4 ;p n neverr:et:rt7e m rY house beyond the New Sterne is occupied, and every other part of the new buildings (which are I ),, v ‹ abundant) are full of, the first company. We have 'this day hard blowing weather, from the South :West, and at this moment (noon) the comp:my and iopabitants are colleding•on the Cliff, at the West ens of the town, •to be spelators of a grand, but very melancholy scene- 7 -a Brig (6).r -turately just unladen) which is driven on)hdre, and completely gone to :pieces, by the violence of the surge ; and a Stoop, a beantiful . Ves s s e l, is, lam writing this, sharing the same fate. • We have no particular amusettient but the Thea tre kis attended' beyon.i piqedent, and, I tp_ ! . first time, patronized by the PRINCE; it was last night crowded, and the 57. 4 ;,rbrk, of the e:der t; • u r: Tori, was very -uncommoidy applauded ; indeed the Company are very *superior to airy that we ever *dad ,here. There will' be a crammed - Houie.,again to morrow, patronized by C6l. O'DONovmkr, and the Officer;; of thelnni , keliing Draguons,to The Soldier's Paugkter, and -Turnpiij Gaie. • The Sussex leav e us on Monday,, and the,tilli Hants succeed them. The PRINCE dined with Lord CR.AVER yestcr. day. • BOT4M' BAY. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF: , T/1 II • LATE I NSUR. R ECTION. 1 The Waterford Nirrcr, cf the 4 , h, contain% the following Extratt of a Letter, ft - onv.an Otliep. of rank it% Botany Bay': ."44:arrar l eyter, New South!Valet ) " March so, c( On this day week the rebellious part of our. Irish' Prisoners broke into open rebellio n , whi c h h as given us a great . deal of trouble. . They are ; h ow . ever, completely,dispersed their leaders, ten in number, hating been hanged, about twenty were and, nearly„,the same number wounded ;' they had about 3 00 in one body, which were completely routed by forty Soldiers, under the command of Major JOHNSTON. • " There was not any man of note in the rebel. lion, but they were . composed of the dregs of the misguided. Munster men. "You may, judge of their cowardice *hen I state, that I live five miles from Parramattaltown, and no house near me; alit at an hour before dark, we got the information they were to rise that night; I had only Holt (the famous Wicklow Rebel), and three other domestic servants .with me ; but being 're. solved to defend my family and'prripetty, We Rue the }lace into as good a state 'of defence as we could, and as we were well armed, coolly and sI lently waited their approach, as their plan was to take all the arms, ammunition, and convid vants ' • their Leader in my quarter, w h o was named Hume, came to the brow of th,.. hill, within gunshot of us thrice, but finning us deterrni,i e d to repel theM, the cowardly villain, although he had thirty-six men, ,hewed off, and the next morning bu t one we took him, and yesterday he Wils hanged 'in chains." The French, it is said, are preparing a Drama Piece, which is to he called " "i'i i spe...Vaib," and the objet's of which is to expose all the horrors com mitted by the English in the tot Indies. It they • want grand stage.effed of the horrific kind, they had much better prepare a, Drama entitled, " ;ELI Bo NAPAIt T E. or The French in,Eg4t;" So much has been said about the Infant Roscitii, that iris probable there may be a competition he tween the London Managersjo secure this juvenile prodigy for one of the Winter 'theatres. If he really posseiSes great theatrical genius of the tragic kind, he could, not come 'at a better- time cons'. , dering the present , s t ate o f t h e S tage. Lately died, at Clition, near Bath, CUR /STOPII RR' KEI.:I,Y Bt LLI:w, Esq. of the Inner Temple, a Get.. dent sn distinguished in these Kingdom s f'or his great and eminent qualities. flis Piety teas warm, but una ffect e d ; his Cheteitier excensive, bat secret ; and they Were serviceable,, because dir‘eqed by discre tion, While his heart exilanded with the lute of all human kind s ' his Frie"iships were in:ire sincere than numerous ; and though his acquaintance was 6 ieect,.. his loss will bedew' the eyes of, many to whom his worth ilad m 34 him know n .. As reifieje/e was the guide, so . 7dstice wa s end all 'his anions : and these again shed a lustre over those minor and less brilliant - virtues which at , once ensure esteem and adorn hUmsnity.' in his large and en. lightened mind were united 4 wide range at thought, a sagacity not to be deceived, a judgment solid and profound ; .yet alive and awake to those amiable sensibilities, which endear rather than strike, cap. tivate rather than over-awe; he always tempered the of the philosoph er w i s h' the benevolence of out with study, an d t h e exerc i se serenity senia n. worri of every, moral and Christian dutY, his 'latter mo. vents exhibited a resignation and cheerfulness that a well -spent life could atone have inspired. Such. virtues are diffteutt to be described, but more dtfli. cult to be imitated : they will, however, b e long recorded in the hearts of those who knew him best, find knowing him, could net. fill, to love, to ad. mire, to esteem so good a man, and screxceilent friend. Yesterday se lortieht, alymit eleven o'clock at night, a dreadful fire !mkt nor in th e caste tt en Ma* nufannty of Messrs. John ,is and Sons, in' Pei). 7,41)Ce. The drums best to arms, the tetosit aets immediately assembled with the engines, and every exertion was made ,to check the limes; but all without di : the fire spread. so .rw e ittly among the machinery, and other .wootie ri %w in k o f t h e that tile Whole was shortly consumed,- Ne'part was insured. 0 , Tuesday sem - tight, biy, a pp rentice t 9 a Plumber and GL l zi t r cl6ning a wit bow 4 . 1 the third..story of a hoese in the But. t caery, being lots 1 - ,w to 1 , ...ach Cr ti-sp of it, un,d„ visedle pieced a small stool open tie cratnes on • which he, stood,. tvon, which unfOrtunately he fell into the street. By this accident his scull was se. verely I:4.tured, one of his thteh and collar.b one broken, at;d h otherwis. beti , ed.in so :144. ; e was 4. .og MOO', diets ,tetitcu the c ex;