The Sun. — London, England, 1811-07-10 00:00:00

..ie th Cbiiideratio n o f the Subjeer:7:Alrer y N o . e step taken b 'hat. Noble- lord, ' it trejrilrsim. able, aixviiilistanding ilie latenesst„ .7.„!„51-,,„T;. fts the House to think of s w ea t un'4,4"'/' --s.► 'paned the Bill before them. Tile principle tin whim!. the Nuble 101 l proceeded, would utliOCWlSe'aili'''' NI L. Daly the relative silt:l36m of landlurAtshj lentr O - ~',l,,verintber clan and descriptioe of -the corn . !herr . i••, it l it.tYi Ile Clergy. might refuse , to take 'i li t" but in specie. , lo short it w ould Point PtuP•bi,e 'te the business of illi count, y to gu oh .for a-isitigte. 441,1 Ntalithe iinpedimettst % !lief, must be oC4-4 i, iloatli Some prolaelion mutt -bili.atforded, , Bu t _ • 44 i t follow !hit it would he :iteett3g3 r Y to make i ll i m 'n ,, k 1 4 , !hit notes a kgal tender ,?; Il'. he gist tii iit this was a iusees.dry consequence Ot the ' gisi b t i . , . I fit be u,etheriouse:of connnuo,;, he s.iou .. ip t , kt i , ! 4 ,,, 1 4 Paust before, lie. give his censettt 1 ( ' - . 4, - '''"lnittssed that he did riot sea it, in that light. l' /.‘'`iiiietierenri tbeititti of, March. Ishd even , ‘ l4, t !l it ; n 't'le Psi, be.was inclined . to think. that is ; 14 g would not fi lid,ihe °h i l t ed, Which ho had il• l t : ; tu "le ul attaininerit. Vat was it fr o t4. 1 1 4- 4414-2 Y undue exercise of authority to . i I % 4 ho viel4 elitrtifiltld with the aclatinisturion o f I : 4.e s iie k new. better the respect ttoit.was oeir i-' , .• out $llll ,40 W 3 4, persUatilki that 'lll° I''''lub!e L a : 6ol kid find the Courts of Law tou•str,ooll for li hu lk ii ` lhi citlinted all improper communication b4yl-411(,uversinithit and the Hank, and cu laded thavelltg, teal IthellProbation ot, tbe..till before the • !knit, • tru,d'-4lit, in order that .his vote might not•bf: I ,l : ° ,7„:,''''xid, tai Nor th.it although ho should agree . vltic,;4t 444 of 'h e Bill, yet that. it wou l d 1144 lags II b ' t ter arguments than any which- he pi ece 14 L I % night tn ConVinco him, in the first sh 4 la th`la4Y uilitsure ot, that kiiid WAS tteeessa2..Y..l, I }L it. IL s tcott, if any rneaoq,, L ., was nacess,! 7, tvl • '''' kora l it ' Jai)? that tdenanN meh, WaS pret t h ! i , 7 6 1 „ ' ll 4, 14 416p1ud., la his opinion it w ou ld , ti tht:,,,,ql b etter tO leave the suinedr.oi the evi l he' '7 l4 9tt tense and 10 the oommon honestY er intetr s 'Y ' The Present system had gone ors un. kr ottedlifor fourteen years, aid tilight 00 On 1 / 4 raw ti ti el l /11.0 t p e riod, pros 'Wed the Bank would *nail e d 1 1 1 . 4141 ti hen ninlti of paper. Ho was per.... ,, 1. 1%4 th 7 °il l t eetedy for the existing. evil was . t 0 i t it eitil.nn4 of ra gs, m gild AU fi X a clktant day tor oe ii,t.„,lth'tit'n tg payment 3. He trusted, that i hav e 0-4241 rottliug of, the Bill, the House 'would 144, eiliparplii.le uf hearing, from those to whom ‘tiet.ll4::,ll,l " I kea tor legal ititurination., wh4t'' Bach ' --'4ll4te of the kw If the Ad were . 4ry to tc,6" • • ihtitititi,witi ',,,liv-i'►ilie conceived .otile blisla ! ivo 't to Itelanu..... „Ifttill e'tati'llNl‘wOoehlwitil rt'sPeLtt r the passing no ' ' e 41..-.l' '41411 0 a 1441" d in, a ° hit to prevent Y (iite going. across , vi would e* ,_ there wa„iijou , s he Channel witu• guineas , . the with . n -` ) w 'r for Preventing a man going tragic Ii g le n'ect to !igloos' • and, therefore, the. i . th em HU' it • ' •,on ; and, ' Iltliet, 1t , 4 ,, , sat still ha carried 0 3 tOli) wool ably, the tit still !let WePt) paper' a i tt ia .. ti.:o4dhl tt; peseta"'tittle greater than before. • . 0 lit'‘`diteee.e •Bill would. not . remove they . took' rtoi 'h9r4hntai 4,, and that - i it the landlord t rig it • () rails th a i t „ __, (a , A h h h conceived he had lc , e 11 in '44 , k i another.. 1., souk! 1, .ie would obtain it it . vild sak t h i , 4 / 1 1 its a Auld circumstance ii, that tit4 tr 4,7 rice vitbitli '' • 1,-• ..lace in the , was neer taming. r • " 114 4!• anti ‘ i 1 .. 114t 4ti " tikbktsintss put an.end. tnettege" , ton tt.„,_ cha t iesiiire he believed was "t ran. t411 44,""t„ i Y 4 the t he of the•landlottl* in Isitti .. ' l'ity were very far fr om gating in en . i,ik..4fev4A4 all unreasonable manner. l'oe:cnce l;?0, asti::::(i.lt 444 t, Wilinh could nut be merely: :' 4 li - '"Kii judged It. give way to• another, ' ti l (11, 4 ,', 4 , 1i 01 more tc acy , Avant ( ' be attended Sit p 1 "ilfiger, °nth " l asre wa s e n b y the coarse insi. 41e alyitio„ he en ed "PL. • • a .Nci -6 ad; i ed -eil thrt,W.. 0111 against . , Uh '- Of rt.t ~,, ' 4l ly tn• ' 1 c "uttig that which the laws of tris yliv ' .-',oett 1 • ~, 1%444, but WI) in doitit, atui which wag not f - , alv, th ... iiiitAttitely what he owed to his Ii dale 411tvevt 4i)ble Lord, iii acting as he had set" sclitane nt linplearsot it ttliglit.be to his feelings, litlite.l4 % A t) thatmore than he had a right to e o a do 1414 ts• the whith teemed -likely to prov bane' at mich cuurthY.et large. \Vas it to be endured teia„,,,,, tstul nA t he,querscl ii, -- 14w eld he thus spoken of ?, He ktl-gettei, -..e. circumstances which markud the illniii,tl pt4-14eilianntit,the present war, which' had be -1 ' tlf.-"Nnei "ru t u lent, and lie cook d scarce y ho e ot hiroi,if , the torntim.,.. tue dupe of some illusidu:- IL P r tp l ,r 4 ilng the past, he conipared it wit.)). •sltoi t t etit a n ha t b r certain refiettion a i. he should 1411c1 Y ilie ,= • i il e . 1), losgic tooch of some inseam:es ssh, Y ttr:l.l titt)ate:l; 'ailtieti situations with those 'of , ski i flit had read in the French Pa- Prnr , t hat th e y ti qthe o , k. ley were now taking part in those i s'it er t r k [i t 1,‘,.71c1t wethred in lilt) time of HAW iiiiirbptri, 1) .44 01 in more likely to cut up ttu....'t ree f t Y the toot than the statements made vrtittatioti: the ,lade n eodtiet of Lord King,- and the r r ,, ih e I__ o f i tAndlords in general . It 1,74'44 44"1171Dilintster, of England too, who came 1 0 11 1 , f nitu ath 4 () , C eii, *kil t and in behalf of .the te ,,41 4'tr e, h , , ine cemienicii in she listschkl imp. , It '', llcl 4 of it tni . l eilht, tou backward in tneeting.to. q .„4/ lihaltle sttuatiun in vidlnch they. were, placed: l'rt4Y ui r t !. wens brought forwar.l which Atleset7 144t,igiet,, tuedy, whether the • pm tie* were Hank i4iNt wort's! India Direttors, or-iugar.clealers.. IQ totik i n ulutiethetely held, to' consider if Ita v Ile 1 1 ' 1° , 1 be devised 10,avett the meditated lot the ,fit'Ped the present proeuednagi would '4r t4 4 . ‘.., 1 kizel ‘l i l tl er °I It ,gentlemen iu tire landed, till •=s * I ' 41 had been said, thou:trent was 4 4 14 h. !It's. letlit):,..4lled upon to . po), his dobts .in ter k 44 sa ', "e hi!Pktssetl ) Ihe tenant liim otkilu'llYlititiT4lo 'it'' depreCiAlt• titian Ot .3he etir. 4 1 11, 0 4 he I.6,lP(hilig of the praduce of his land; v4iivit rittetve4 to. Ilay kits landlord wi4h Abe -eats tilu iti , if mitt w 44,1 'rise *limn at their nominal i n; ttp,"are hi l ~.'",.l e a Milted, the landlord might tti y. c, 1 44 1i4 C.?" et , hill of: paper, without hay -1.10 these ,lhhturlng fi t, without for his ' fa nil, evils v v (0 i slid 4 tre, however, calmly conceal 4, 'tit .tla lt 11 'D;o 4 % si et •Pt waSmade to'renieve the. -le steps t • ' * • tlec. ' I t) 41,h ', .P 6 that's.... shin bo rn. •taken. This i n ' 4111411` s 4 4111144011 s Seen - led to say, no' r . e -4" 1 -4112 " aPliliell eve r t -11 p oet. ~ and reminded ti ii n of a line gat es i , which wat said to be hiscrihed. tl •tiell..„ ' 1 9 w i , +to, i .. tin 1 ' 4 ti lt ,f 1 telt losses hope behind." ka t i W 14 44 P Vet insta tree itvit !I ce., h9pe seemed extn4 , Willi (1i: .... • ""ii it lietWlCti 1 0. I.nt: I( 11 taieimeman WHY naa -- speirenTraWlpttrtiou otiP 6 4td the first rtadipg..of the,Bikyet.he had statt3~t, that in his , v tipioion - bayo, i beeh a. haqy thing if . it h.id ti'ver been allowed to c►me dvwn to• . that tiouie. If it wnukt Iw/is h.l - to thiiigth - luve kept it away altogettilF, he (Sir 13ardeit).. should. tiave tilongliC the next hAppy !Wog. weni4 ii4yoki!eeti the socliug it a way as soon as. it had come. Did thaw OM sPllP9ried the Bilf-think.tho:,at the same time they supported IA paper • ? In his, opinion, it Viasto. ti•ont -be ing the case; as he would ask, if.every.l)older of. a note did ,not now teal lets, contidrocc ill it thaOlf:such a measure had never lichen introduced ? Tlifswakifiefatt ; fer.as,had been said bya very able snarl (ho meant Thom.4,l l 4ine), when suspiLion of for public 'credit wakonce, awakened, it was not easily lulled to - sleep again. A curioq.a.,ex,atriple was supplied bythe Sista liingtintn, which : at_ Once overturned all the theorieS ot those who cotoendecl 13,Ank mites wero.not depreciated. In Ireland there was.plenty of money, thong() a guinea. could not be kept in England. Thhtarose horn conanntljtl6s there basing two prkes a ., according as they were paid for in paper aria castt, From such an rangetnent some inconveniences might arise, hut titer were les, than those, whiCh must follow 'Paha= nienk-4rsitlclAßY supporting, or ati,emptin.; to sup port,, paper crecllt, by Legislative tneasates, till at length it. failed altogether, like the: : Assignats, France.. The Right Hon. Gentleman denied that our paper bore any resemblance to the French Assignats In support of this he had triumphanily stated the amount of clic latter a, greatly exceeding the amount of dotes 41,,b0w 7 . ever, to the aittoUptt of the notes of the, Bank he had added the amount of paper, not of (le Bank, in circulation, be (Sir F. Bartlett) thought' she total sum would pot fall tar short of that slated to he the. total ot the aliSighati• Whether, tiowevet, shi. tA,as or was, not . the case, it was,evldent that,,cAttinuitig in the present system, we nuust.be fast r appioaching the state in ,wlitch Fiance was ..nlaced.by, the assig nats. It had been said the Bank was solvent. How was it solvent Could. it give gold lor. its pper ? No; but it could give.other paper. .Could., the. Bank al ways goon thus giving paper for paper ? It w‘s 'difficult to suppose. tots; and he thought it could. only pay in goicf on diminishing its issues: He saw no gond likely to : result 'from the Rill_ before the !Luse, and therefiaa felt it duty to oppose it in _ _ this early stage.. Much embarrassment might apse trom it. Ht would Alptio;e,. after the Omit% of the Hill, that a lanclloid-should.distress for his rent. He would take his tenant's goods, they would he sold bythe Sheriffs Who would offer him ilia : Bank notes for which they had been sold. The landlord would not . take them at their nominal vulue. The ,Sheriff could not offer them in any ()tiler way, and then it mull- come to the Courts to be decided whether this were a legal tender The evils ,complained of could only be remedied by a complete change of system, And by a proper at tention -to that which bad been so much negletted— economy. They ought to look the evil manfully in the face, leave the paper -to itself, and not think the country ruined because- the was ktelce: The Gentlemen in the landed interest ought not to ' let their wares sink .to supoirt the Bank paper, The Bank ProprielorO thougit,ought to have :their estates secured to the public, es theirlitiei were so large: ' Even this was not enough, as, thanes they might be involved in the common' rain ' they could ndt avert it. 110 did not th ink t hey could stop shoyt M at the next ei% The 'tight lion. Gent. teust then go to the legal tender, and then the ma;iriturn of prices must follow. He did not doubt but the Right H on . ,c„,,,ntletnan• would find' a majority to' vote , with him on this as on till other Occasions, but he thought the ineasnre likely to Lead to. that which Would cause not the destruction of the people (the peoplecif a country wete immortal), nut to ' the overthrow of all the existing ititsblishinents. Mr; clitEVrt stated it to be his intention to . oh jea lathe Bank Diet ittoro being all Owed to vote on this subject; In future Stites of the 13111.. Having discovered that,there were . 49 et their number in that House, he , iihould Move a Vesolution declaratory of theii unfitness to legislate oil that subjeti. Mem. hers of a corporation who had gained twenty millions by the present system, since .the passing of the Bank. %Istria iOlll Aa, ought not to vote on a , 'tnea.; stare of .such vital importance to the public, veltre it so strongly affe6ted their own interest. - He wished it lobe seen how his ,Noble Friend would appear wheti cotupated with the _Members Of that Corpo ration. Sir C. iltrimet.t. most perfekily accorded in- the view taken of the iubjea by the Chancellor of the Atehesuer. lie considered the w hole. boned of the Measure to be dee to ,LOrd Stanhope. .kle did not • WlBll lo - speak disrespectfully of - Lord King ; but when., his leases expired, he thought that: Noble Lorilvolikl find soine,ditficully in getting the same respetaable tenants again. He had foetid no diffi culty in passing flank notes, except that which was felt from the want of small change; and if . he: had to take ioo,oool.- he-should be happy to get it in .Bank of England notes. • , The Cum t031.1.0;.4 of-the..Excuacrea did not intend ,noticing the .whole of theinguntents lode •user of by the Gentlemen opposite, but be felt bite (pessary to explain sonic pointer of his speech, Which -had been commented on in the course of the debate. 'With rive& to what be had said on the aubjed of - the limitation of the At as to .tithe, he should be 'Wry If the House were to ,separate with an . telea that he wished it to be understood the roeasure.was wholly to terminate outhe,toth of March. n e. .1 13 d vinteil to' the manner in which the Act Wtl.4 to show that it must again come under the cons,. dentition 01Parlianient early in the next Session ; and not to insinuate that there Was i a ptobability_that at the periasl narth:d, all necessity for such a tneature would be at an end. An Hon, Gentleman a ) ked him what be .would do with respect .to the .mOOO pi enforcing the Bill. On tltis.subject he had so ob serve, that oir,,,such; a ..Bill_conerig from„tbe Lords it loot any penal, clause, it by, nu ill!.!2111ii 1:0110 1 4 1 1Cli ' that 'no seeli,provision s was tone s mittle, as a clause of, that description .could pot ,originate in the other house. ;It watt his intention -to : , propose . one ,in .a future stage. of the Bill. 'Ikir.'WHITSREaD Spoke :order. If ; thei,.llight Hun, Gentleman tote for the purpose of explaining, he had no right tit - Make', a second speech, i'he Gesliteit4ll. — prucleiiips vhpipis,e qme jqw r Ivo rwrit' - arrr complimented the Hon. GentiOrnan on the ei(tferne delitatiy he had manifested on a 'poitii of order. He then proceeded in vindleate what he had adtoanced', on the suhject of L i nrd l iog s condici, anti defended hiniself trout the charge of liaoog thrown any un just aspersion Z)n the cparacter of that Noble Lord. When 'he Wed the expressions of ." pedlar ing . and smuggling,' he had Merely. said, " that he did not believe that in any case but to .transalaions of that., descriPtkin, -any person could tie found to have. adopted that ' mode of proceeding recommended by' the Noble Lord." The . change of opinion :had been spoken of, had only . otieurzed 'when it was found that therewasa large party disposed to encou, rage, countenahUe, and patro nize such coi!giet, though 'no one had avowed intention of, follo w:: log it: :When that was found tone the case, the measure was thought to b" necessary to guard agaipst interested persons talting'advatitage of the opportu oityatforcled, and encouraged by the applawie be stowed on the .Noble Lord, might act, in a kimilar manner firm] different motives. He should abstain frOM going farther at present, and rpkerve, himself tbr a . future 'stage of the Bill, lest the lien. Gentle- nub oppoite Should again complain of his being out of order. WltrisaiaD observed, th3t be had great , objection - At) stating, on any particularuecasion, what would'have - been his conduct had he been placed in the situation . of another. A person in,the sitit9tion, of Lord king miglit influenced by considerations of which others conic! nut be awar e.. In the part of the country where he (M r . Whibread) resided, it was not etlatomary to: grunt leases on Knelt ,terFns.- 7 , Rail it been otheiwise, be knew not wha; mil have, • .... been iiis own conduct. The CIIA.YCELLOR of the I Rctlilo,Utut tvippowcl he HonoUraaie Gentleman meant this iu exillana- Jon: Tice ilousdthen divided— /Tor the first reading Against a . . Majority • • tti . . '9 • • On re-entering the Gallery a e round ThC . CHANceLLOII at tkie t4OIIEQUEIt rgtling in favour at 'he Bill be.ng ordered for a second 'read ing on Mon‘lay. , Mr. T iani KY movrd as an Amendment, " What tie House should be called ever on Monday se'n . night." Alter a few words from Mr. Ataacitositav, Mr. Fut.L.ari, SCIU Mr.II.BKNEY, . . -. The CdANCIILL4 oldie thought the ' motion unnecessag, and took a 4. I)pportunity of explaining What had fallen front him eatly in tine evening On the subject ,of• Bank paper a lo gs! 'tender. He hid said if the present measure did nut succeed; (and it might not it a.coinhitia lion were formed against st),' . the same necessil which had imposed this, might (frite him to the', measure of which he had 'spoken'. He liiiped this would prove effectual, hilt at the' same time; if it did riot, justice might require that they should go further, and' make Bank paper a legal tender. Mr. Wittnitte.sn said, the Right Hon. Gent. in objeiiing to the niblinn, teetnod to think that what tell from a peon of his eminence in debate, was nut enough to render it necessary idebilte any oattjcular step, and justify the enfOrcing Of ,the prtiposed Calf Qf the House. •Hticould,. however, recast to his memory opt:lnstance in which Mr. Pitt had raken such a step on such an.occaaion. In con.. ONOCnce .01.. kosva..Qpipion ,expressed by Mr. 'os, Mr. Pitt thought it right to persuade' the Hdpse to stop in their woo:dings, and come to a deciaion on that opinion. before they did any thing else. What wall the Drigin of the .present 'When it. was brought in by Lord Stanhope, it was thought unne cessary, but in consequence of what had come nut in debate, Ministers had changed-their opinion.. The Right kion..Gentleman had now, In the course of debate, said that on the subjet of making 'lank piper a legal tender, which called for the most 'se:- rious Consideration, and therefore he thought this Home ought "to be celled over. A division took place, when.thet number. wear.. Por the Motion' . . so Against it • .•,Majority - 43 When strangers were re-adn;ittea, HMO con versation took place, on 'the Motion of Mr. Tierney, lorthe appointment. of" a Committee of Secrecy, to inquire into the effects of the Orders in Council of the 27th . of February, 1797. After a short disetnt 'sloth" in which Mr. Tierney, the Chancellor of the Excheilnet, Mr. Whitbread. Mr. Baring, Lord Folkestone, and-Mr: Fuller participated, Pei-rouse again dirid d.• . • ' For the Motion . . . /t,gainat it . • Majority . . . —45 Oa again entering the Gallery, we found Mr. Creeversiving notice that .he would 'on Mondai propoae.a .Reselution declaring Bank Directors in capable of letlipltiting on this subject: • Mr. FuLt.uu said he. intended moving that ,no CoUntri Gentleman should be 'allowed to give a Note on the subject, as the Country - Gentlenien were even, more interested in it than Bank 'three- t ori. The House adjourned at Half -past Eleven, to Monday.— Pram the 11 - biVl)olV,.thiZElT4,*ly y, t i I Ahnirolty.ojfice, July 0, 1811. Cory of n Letter from ,Aclibirst Sir C11314:3 Cutton s Bart. Lomiminder in Chief tif his Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean, in john Wilson Croker, Esq. slated on board the Sat) Inseph, .414 s 6 air . Silt, The Lords Commissioners of the Mtnitslty will receive with much satialadion the accompanying re port from Captain liarrie, of.a gallant and success tul etverprise, performed by his Majesty's - ship Po• none under his command, and the Unite arid Scout, in the Ray a saione, in the -island of Corsica,, on the tat of this month. We 'nevi particularly to congratulate onrselves upon the result of this Judi cious and well-planned aff.lir, as the enemy, in all probability wilt sustain much impediment to the completion of his ships building's! Toulon, by being deprived . 0f... the throe! -last ship-loads of timber the season will enable hita to procure from the above lOtlfee. loss is bl 3 MajC/Itt's ou this tiocasoso vry we: pt. 4 in - prowioNe op. ;hosed to them, nio%considerect ; the ad klitiond satistatticin to state toyilsif Lord,nips, 'drat 14 0 woiltided tuen . ,appear to be doing well. I harp die honour to be, &c. (Signed) COTTON. . X,inclose also a Copy of Captain Barrie's acZ count or the deforuaion of L'Etutircie; French MI.. tiynal,brig,' ott the 14th or riihreh. . . ! • 1-lis Nl.4l4sty's ship Pornonc, oil•Sagou; ) laity a, gitt. tat R, , My letter of the.e..?4,eltimo.weeld•acqoaint yeti:. With the intetligence I had raceived,ot the etteiny'4 forceinSagene; and that it was my inienticiti, utt... der particulAr cireonnstancei, to attle•lt them; • ' . I, have r new: the lionotir to i n f orm y o n, that Lai the erect tg of .the , tbth, 1 arrive 4 °trai t) - nay; this • Unit4;and Scout in .compauy ; the Spout joined iti the, morning, and Captai n Sharpe h av i ng very h and .' comely volunteered his s2rviceS•te take cliargti of the landingpartyin the prejetted attack, I consented ti take the ScOot usher my Orders, - ..lit .;nn-:;et the Uilit6.'made the.sigoal for an .enemy's tiigtve at an- cher. By day-break on the Ist, the Potnerte was close off Liamone, and- I , had I hesatisfathort. tout s serve the enemy's three ships at, 'anchor in . S'tgettve Bay. It w nearly calm, and..the ear,..ible. winery which prevail .at this seasen having thrown the Unit 6 a long .way astern, I abandoned my, design of attempting, to take the tower sod barter): by !4lar , prize ; "and it was fortunate I did so, tor as the day opened eye could clearly observe the enemy in . roll posgeiAion of the, lteiglota, Ad ready to retetVe us. He appeared . to havu alive two hundred regal ir troops, with their field pieces, /Itc. aild. a otiather: of the armed inhabitanti; the baitc..ry, cooKisling 'of four gons and one Mortar, pre,etued a tUore for mitLible,apPearatwe than I expected, and a w.is mounted on the Martell° Tower; ab..ive' tht_ te-it.. tery ; the three ships were moored withi n a p o n e 4. throw tat the battery, and h a d eac h two cable's on shore; their lkroadsides, were presented to us. The etwillest ship (La Giraffe) hoisted a broad pntiatit ; she .appeared•lo be a si.ter-vessel to the Var;•and, she Wed thirteen guns on each side the main- deck. 'I he outer ship (La Nourrice) - was reifitt larger,.and she,eed fourteen, guns ; bet lower (WC ports were open, but she bail no guns in the:o. The armed ship was partly hid by the Nourrice, au . that we coutd"not make out her force. r . The Bay is so small, that it Was impossible to ap proach rithoot being exposed to the r king fire of the whole. Notwithstanding their strong irosition; the ,sew, of rashilhip Came . for Ward in the 'ne s t not le manner, anthialunteefed their services to land, or, as it was quite calni, event() attack the enemy's hhipt, with the boats. Captains Chamberjayne and Shirpe both agreed with me, that we could do no:. thing by landing; e.nd it would line beeti IpelittleSS to fetid the beats ; however,' I signified, by tele graph, that it was my intention to attack as scion as a breeze sprung Ile. As tlie calm continued, at halt past.five P. M, ,I gave up all the 1101)6 0 1 th e sekbreeZ., • and , Gering any longer d e l a y wou ld enable' ifie'enemy to iperease his force, I determined on towing the sliiiii in: .My pen is leo feeble to express my edreiption of, the ;ealous and spirited eoudud of the Wan:-crews employe! on ibis set. vice,;" the same zeal animated melt ship's company, and by' six' p'tlocic 11 , ivini; . igtWed,.into a position within range of grape, we,.commenced the action, which lasted without any intermission till about half past seven,. whensmoke was observed to issue trout the Giraffe; .isivil after la Nourrice was in a blaX'. and the trietehlaitnian was set 'on fire by the brands trOm la Nourrice ; et this tibia the battery ai , cl tower were silenced, and in ten minutes th e three ' ships were completely Ori fite. I lost no' time in towiegg our ships out of harm:a way,. where we. waited the explosions, which. took place in succes- Can. - The Giraffe blew up about ten minutes before oine, soon :titer La Nourrice 'exploded, and some of her timber* falling on the ,tower, entirely, demb• tithed it, and the sparks set fire to the battery-which , also blew up; 'the object of our attack being thus completely executed, I itood out to sea, to get cleat of the wrecks, and to repair our damages. No language of Mine can do Justice to the gallantry of these I bad the lionnuelo command. I am particularly indebted to Captains Chamber , - layne and Sharpe, for their spirited : exertions and cordial co-operation throughout the, whole of the anti.: 1 ani tensible my narrative itealready too prolix, but tanner conclude withoUt assuring you that the Officers find ' crews of the ships behaved with the 'greatest' coUrage and coolness. The Po. (hone, from being enabled to .choose hqr station, was, of course, eXposekto,the latent of . the 'action, and has cianseqUendriMliered Most i though consi. Bering the eneillY,'a ,Ate and,,position, our ships - have escaped much better than couitlhave been ex pelied.'Whin all conspiduou4y distinguished them. *Wes- 'ii , is ' impossible to s e l e o, out i n di v i.t ua l s ; but I' sheuld be 'most sharnefelly wanting in my duty to my cotinrry, and to the merits of a most de serving stet of Otiieers, ill were to neglett acquaint. ing yuu, 'that ftgeeived'freen them.' every assistance it was possible to expect, Lieutenant J.W. Gabriel, First of the Pumper, cOndueted bimielf e ith the same spirit and - zeal 'which has uniformly distin -1 guished his conduct. 1 inclate'.. the report of t h e killed iLe w e o n n e tteLl y , k , e tk - pt e. ,p l a t v is oy but el j u tt a s r t t ce fir ' e t , o a e n e d el b a e iii that . haVedwith geetit'braver);. I can Perin no opnion of theirluss. I have the honaur to be, Ste. ROBERT BARRIE, (Signori) Admiral Sir C harles Cotton,"Bart,`Commander in Chief, 4tc. &c, • ,From one of the crew belonging to the Noutrice, who wie picked up by the Uniti's hoar, 1 am informed that the ships were all deeply laden with ship timber, end that; having observtd us the precedin4, day, every preparation Was made to give us "a warm reception; and that, in addition to the four-gun battery, La Nourrice had landed het quarter 7 deck zuns. The - regular troops po4led, on the bitighis Were above 200, exclusive of the marines from the ships, and the ended peasantry. La Nuur rice he states, to be about eleven hundred kale, la Giraffe nine hundred tons, the merchantman Ilya hundred tans; La' Giraffe had about one hundred and foitirlnen; Li Nourrice one hundred and sixty men. A List or killed PM! Waunfila Men on board his Majestl's .romone. Robert SAMS, gut. Captain, in 014 4CAten "T, t