The Sun. — London, England, 1811-02-13 00:00:00

; ,Il 111 4 1, 4 $ , t ~: i d I the cute of Spain, it was no leis liar interest to do 10. 10 the prevent state of Europe, what would be more desirable than if possible to raise up some couutereeive to the over-weening influence of Prance. Ate' when could that counterpoite be With more probable) , found th an i n a power. bor on France, to whorl% subtis i i e t s Frane w ould be th e worst calamity, And e who was be tte c d by interest and infection to 'England ? After . 4l ' ample manner in which his Hon. Friend had spekell oft the subjects of Steily and America, be stiouidloel it unnecessary, even did lie feel himself competent, to touch on those topics. He would therefore con tent himself with congratulating the House, On the lone, in whielt the discussione with the United • ,orei St eet appesr e d to be canted on. 11 i n t h e state o f fgn relations, ai Ott, still l ess could he fin he could see no ca use f or apprehen d n our domestic • airs. lbat ther e should be partiali failures, Wl Cath who contemplated the stare of the Continent could. be surprised to hear,°the But let th e commercial distresses present thy be compared with those of 1793, at w hich time the whale of Europe was not subject ID France and %ben we had powerful Allies on the C(41411 ' 111 , and the comparison would tut n Out 1 , 0 , be very favourable to the present period. The "I,teuts of the Continental merchants were most se r n alai snd might yet, perhaps, drive the French 14111etot out of his System ; as least he trusted that tthe British merchants would riot be th e fi rst to s Parld, but I h at their spirit would carry them throu g h the difficulties under which they at pre lent laboured, diminished as those ditficuities num necessarily be by the generalrotperit L glied fo r h y. He spo ofavin ti lt g tres p passed so tong on the patience House and expressed his co n vi ct i on t h at the cnaracter of his Royal Hi g h ness the Prittce Regent, last Year tile character of th e t i mes, and the events of the erendered it incumbent on Perlianient to maport the r2...uveriltlielll With Unanimity, and, thus tu alted the bsi and ineatis for mainiaitting the security hono ur re the Unwed Kin4lll. Air, er Of P. 015501,1 Secolllr agr ee d wit h ' the Mover and the nd the Address in all they had said w eh re fe'NO to the coriduet and characier of the Prince lle- A nt ,_ IN mist cordially agreed with them in what 1341..uce1l se advanced, and 'thought • 11° tribute °I 141144 e conld he obieetee tarts going' too tar when applies tothe conduct of his Rot al Highness in t he itYing siteation in which he had been placed 111 . i i i : e `'sifig his ISlinisters his Royal Highness was right -4el "ling those who, under existing circeinstances, were liktiy to prove most efficient ; and lie should, 1 1 4 r hi ' Pall, .be most happy when he could give his ~l e at to the measures ptoposed by his (the Re,- they servants. \\lien the propositions which eueYthiglit submit to the House were such that he li ° i tlitt i tic " give them his support, he should express HOId -sent with the, deepest regret and the greatest in j• ~ • to - ontsen. He did not rise for t h e 'purpose ( 7 0 f li titilig a formal opposition to the soupotmd Ad." l , Or l o Provoke 0 debate. There were many. Nstages i n it with which he perfectly agreed ; :greed, t here Were Some with which he Wit ° ' ll Y b , f . hut he hailed the m with the wartllySt Si', b ; av4i°ll. it was with such feeliugs that, he 3 P - .. r i tiv eci °filen part relating to the United Saares. Pt ,rig lie felt the sincerest sitisfitetion at •tind iii the existed on the part ot Ministers a disposi null la conciliate the Government of that country. 1 4 11 that patt of the Aildress w ItiCh had !.. it a - aftair of Spain anti Pert ugal, It was his ititen-, a reference ,ilt° say a few wOrds :es-11 he had net • miseedur i„tr.,lllll Address, the language it held on r that s.) h o w L eitt to imply an entire aeprobietiai ail all tine: . I', s '` el ' done welt a view to the SiiiValiull of the 5e,111,14,1a. He cool not - go einite so far; ' IL° "'" s I a d• a 4Y .10 give his decided approbation: of all that ite„e -ee n done, nor, was be impiiieki tuexprese.hts ie,d disapprubation of what hail lei“"11 111's.ce!"-- a len *l thil .0 reserve himself on this subjeet, that at si4-re ~fly period of the Seissioti, he Might be ° ka t a 1 Five, h is oPlition on rrilltUrer. retkct hie, and al4i on hiller inlOritiatioU. He lad no wish to teeteillvidiolis observatien s oil the Conduct of any erh a ri , i lielli, ale! still less on the conduce of. a ose neelugin he ebseni ; he would out therefore; .eX - t h e hirriSell 0114 Way or the oilier. He thought It k t i t 4 , l Y of a Membtt of thin House 'Cu keep iliiii- L4l:4'"ugliged oil such a subjeet, nut only in word 11111 it s 'land. Much ' doubt must tie enterialoed 1 14 „„• I. ",alleel 10 that which lie alluded to, as "IV • r's 1144 been formed and encoaraged at the be tinninv , lever been " °I the „ c ontest, which had unfortunately caetit'llice,tlioresaellsed' Wishing to avoid giving ally by whom he had been preceeled had eh, tiiilY abstaitted Irons. touchitig on any thing s tav c ," Might be likely to call forth opposition. fie sec thaeh approved of their conduct in iteting ~ 'l, dl l wo uld retell, to do the singe . Wilh this po te e , , th e 4 1- o flaying expressed .what was at Present Addr state °I his mind, forbearing to oppose the s epr es es but riot precluding Iniuself from hereafter sho e l' in g 4nY disaierruhation lie might feel,. he , lake up the time of the House nu longer at Iliesette Sir ii. 1 3 itillatv I.IIIIIETT Watt Willing to believe the Prince h e ee ,„ (.l hY the best motives tie all lie had dour, bet lie had not help laetentieg the situation to which alter ad been P l acedi'e He, mocii regietted, Wat s lulus r 0 ttela c ot three months,: he should at List iiild theitif s hkled ai he was. The circutnstance of h t c , 4 1 ,, i t having been met by tiw Regent that day, tio ae :. " not but regard iiii declaratory of the dissa ce:tinet4l:eiti ( 1 4 his R°Yal Higlmese. - Mier raising one -0 make a Regeut, they the Houses) -pro bile a t ° create another its the Regent, by calling one. Kevin . nor, without giving him the power of illaseuevhifie:vikini,g,slisoidtillellue mutt, he should briefly state Proposition before the [loose, of seit.l7llTiell , objected to the practice ol late years inf orip 41 ° 1 044 from Mei-libels of Parharney that laid be'scni.in which fortn,rly used to era regularly to b e t i . l r i e jtheM, resetaieg i hat w hid) they w ere Ito ht ,",eil on to give an opinion, Now they bad sesor.oiell Tuft knowledge of that which was t° be vote ti t alined to them, Calling on them to gise their se w' er Such circumstances, he thought wits not fee•' er 110 becoming as 'b e (mete former ly pre-. - e.tett Inclined to te a . e , e , .. . .. , r e a a.,,„ • • . p p . ~ ro ose that the, tiouse natt prQ - 1 " 411 1 the question till the Members had; Q. , per time to take it • Aeration and to le„ op iht p _ into cons' , ...,,. it i cenduct to be pureued t 0 1 1. 1 t1 tee t k ,I . . 1 1 proper . , ? e.i„„ .. * Letrogat tam merung sown there • , ~ i , r'Y ,inliinatiote.ot that ,wlitelt lA.'ii3 i 0 _be. , i1•: t; I . 1 ? ' wird, they could be 'proper 4, prepat e d t'is It aed to vote ' i vcr tie was • , itr,uhco . flits, .4,,vit ~ Y air \)"glY 10 oess, , With reseect to his • Royal Hightleis the Prince oq'gdingto Parliatrient, he could not but regard it a: Tilt Making a .wislitiot to appear publiciy as the Ilegeni., skitation in hich the COUtlity was, thus yvith the-Eiec ! culive tot chusing to kp to I ) ! lrliainent, reminded - him of the scene's„ huroorotWy dr:.i.wta by, oar itti mortal bard, in which Fa i lstaff is represented as be ing sOltsnained . of his soldiers, that he aailt ap pear a' their hedd in public; and tiath declares that tttvill IttA4 viarc4 tllfOj Uh ctwentry titeht,— The Prince, he thought, „fek into elt obliged to sa» crifice his own personal teelings-attd political semi ! , itiehtS, in order to,carry on the. btlfiiness of the na : ••• tion at all, through.the unconstitutional prOceedings which had taken Place' - As there appeared no wish to go at that time into a &stitt,sion of the sabject, lie should say no mon:, but if :Gentlemen should seem to think with him that it would be proper to postpone their decision, he wOnld move an adjourn- Meta of the debate. . • - • Mr. LAmil declared he was unconscious of having given a single vote which did not appear . tb him consonant with the best interests at the coun try. He then replied to what had falle' the Hun: Gentleman opposite,' and observed he had ne ver said the, restrictions Ltiposq- on „ the Regent Would deprive' him of,pnwer,• but he had said they went to call a new power into existence, (romwhich the toast serious evils might be apprehended,- The Hon. Gentleinan proceeded to continent on thos,e puts Of the Address. ielative to the defeat of the enemy at Sicily, and the events of the last catu 7 paio. That campaign, lie observed, was the most heavy, the most - dragging calop.,ign known . since the year 1805. The triumphs, at the enemy heel been (ewer because ; there remained less for them to coin - pier. The Hon:Gendetua who had moved the Address, in speaking of the c 'inure of the Isles ot AMboyna and Bournua, had observed, it those pogoesis appeared little in.our eyes, it ought to be iemeihborcd !brit previoas-sucLesses had lett us but little to achieve— If :rich here t;:e cause of our tnai tug ao t• w cooqoests in the course tit tilt:list canyiii6,l, how much tool ob. ats: way* it, that • the f e w successes of lisrance. t id e last campaign Might be ascribed .to the ci'rcutotaisces of former triumphs haying let( but lain; 'tor her. legions to subdue. F4tunately this ;) ear we bad no great punk calamity tointione into, and ..he heped no do mestic subyclsof complaint would aris e to t.Aie up 'heir riots , rise! the.; Sc,..srun might be d'esuteil to inquities into the real stale of the Nitithi. 'Pub lic ecothnoy, trusted, would" be properly attend to, and the public expend' tire thoroughly 1 vesti gated and regulated.. Ti,'c reason %% loch induced him to take up their time, when he did not intend ' making any formal v1)0111011 io Ihe Address, was a• desire to express Isis hope, that late as the Session ! • corimiel•ced, MinisterS aouldnut,n lay bettire them the accounts of the National r.:xpenditore, ihat the oetessary retronchineins andtetorms might Lie et fectedi. . . Mr.PAits ELL. ninde a few observations on the Address. He cg , mplanai i hat . little notice had been taken ut Ireland in the Speech, and express •d au sh9rtly.lyeakillg inure at hirge on that subject. . General TARLLTOIN 'agrevd with all that had been said of the Prince, but would take 'an opportunity of strongly protesting ag rinsi t hat part of the Ad dross relative to the Midi s p ot t u g,,i. The question wos then put, and 'itie Address car-' rind wutiatit;oppOsnion. INVISVo: , tTION OF THE KING IN 1814. Mr. WHlTtiev.Augave notice, that he would, on Monday next, bring, before tile House the suhjeet helia , t already mentioned, rdittive to the indi,posi. tion of his Majesty. in I ROC to bringing this On siness forward, showd either move for the an- . pointment of a Committee of that HOUlke tO sear' - the Joornals, or he should propose an application to the Lords fur a commtinication of the evidence deliverrd before them by his Majesty's Physic:l3ns io ' D..yceinher last. Wilne on bia legs, he wished to ask lite itight lion. Gentleman opposite, if it was; hi; iuleiniun to make any proposition, itt the course of Ihe present Stssion,'lnr making a p.rnianetit prn vshiont fur , supplying the Executive l'ovier, in the et ent of a rot:art-nee of the prts!4nt calamity? (Mr. , W.) had aiready, in tile course at their late proceedings, expressed his sentnnents - on that sun yet, and lielhought every Memb,r'of that Flouse must feel the oetvs+lty of resorting to such a otea. sure. Under these circumstances he wished to know if he (the Chancellor Of the Exchequer) had it in contemplation to take any steps forsopplying the • defect ttt the ExeCutive Power, if at a - tuitire perii4 a new , uspensiop of the Royal funttions sbotild uofortunately oCetle ? The CHANcEti.ouk of the EXCHiMURR stated, that at preient itr, had-no intention of submitting' any such pr , p , ition to the House. Mr. WorretteAD thought proper, on the Right • limL Gentleman's Alinement, to give notice thus early, that he should call the attention of the House to that subject. Sir V. BWIDET• wished to ask some questions re spotting the of an individual it, thi!r . country, now confined in Coldbath-fields Prison.--; The conduct pursued towards ibis individual was must extraOrdinark. The Hon. Baronet heck: stated the case, which we understood to be as fUlliiwi, viz, in 180 D, when Lord George Stewart was CoOr mender of a' fleet on a foreign station, a Portuguese was introduced to dinner with Lord G. Stewart,'And every thing appeared . very agreeable,. when, they had dined, .an order wAs produced from. Mr. Canning for his arrest and detention. The hum was then thrown 'into a •dulige'on where he Wei confined a fortnight, and very rough ly treated by those who had him in custody.? He Was afterwards brought over. to this, country, and coMmitted to Coldbaih-fields Prison, where ho bad been denied pen, ink, and paper,' and even news papers., ; He has been thus oonfined.for two years,. during which period' no notice whatever has, been pOtilicly taken of him. ,hir4-Yotttss said, as it appem4d the indiviaal had been taken into. custody by a Nm at Otticer,' 1)- 1 might be expected to give some iotormation on lilt h"ntijett., He, however, .cooo .unly, say, fie koew niPhing-. et :itit of the. - twiner ii.lusaethin, be should certainly feel it his 'duly to make-thts inqui ries tle,oes.my in a,q4rtliit, I lig s. ate. ot'' the Tete. en N CELLO R of the •ExcuEslL ILO na some part ofoft Ls trdhiaztion appeoreti to hest; originated with a 'Meniber of that iiuuse (Mr. Canning), he tinuld have 139,d kile Hon, baronet would have taken An opporittnity i metttioning ilia stihj a at a time when that Mt tnber was,ptesent hi his place_ Sir F. BURIIETT COOld. mot well see whether tliat Right Hoe. (;rntlethatt was or wns not in his place., He,.'briwever, s'ntiold .suppoied that such a traniattion rr.PO be known to ail hisivlljeirrlVlCili-_ rOiiterif; and :chat they. could in no cale hAo'reaSoh to complain of Ilk conduct in broachiitg the itthjed as he had. Mr. WMITBITRAD abouttospeaki when Tbe , SvlcAttlitt ottst?rveri, ' , bat wl!ett~ a cpiestiOn was pt.r., by a Alen)hdr.thrtny ore of .11is M.ljeory's Ministers, it was not rquiar for other.. Nleittbers Offer their stttintetttry. . Here the subject was dropped.—Adjourned. ' From the LONDON GAZETTE, 'Feb. 1811. Admiralty- Office, Feb. 12, I 8 I I . Copy of a Letter from Vice. Commantler in t . hiet at.,hrr Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the Cape Of Good Hope, to Ohl, Wilson.Croker, Esq. dated Onboard Lis Maliesty's, Ship tire Atricaine, St. Paul's, irk of Bourbon, the uth Ott. iBl3. SIR, , Following the. intentions communicated by My 'letter addressed .to you,of the eGth August, I have the,honow now, to acquaint you, for the in• formation Of their Lordships, that haying made the ne.eessar)i, disposii ions and arrangements, pre, ions to trty departure from the Cape, I . ,hotsted my .flag On board itle Nisi ~ and sailed On the . 4th ultimo, hi that ship for the ble of France, Having made the land on the 2d instant, I proceeded to reconnoitres P o rt South E. , Mid 01)M thence to Port 1.,r where having einistai 48 hours, and not tAing with any slip of the blockaiiiing ititiatlrini, I p r o.. needed lo this anchorn4e fur inCornudipit wher‘e Ifound lying hi, Nlitjy'i stops 11.)A Otter, and Staunch sun-brig, tog the M ul ., jesty'S ship , i 'Aft icoine and Ccylop, h;i! licep inken ar.4 recaptuKd trout enemy, and tite,,,f,n- . perial Fcench frioate La Venus, ats capiuTett the enemy. , The eetai!s,. copies of which I have the hor.our to transmit tivill fully ex;,hun to their L o rd. ships the cireie.nstances of the occii,:ation of the H. , de la P.4sse, is well As the subscv-i t t inunate te-ili of a very galtant attack in rite on th,,!`. n e at , ' s ships in Port South Esst with the tilfiUS 7 Pyinj the Magicienee, I; apt. Curtis, the 1p..i2e111.1, Cap, Lanthei ; and' 114" Nercide, Capella Willoughby, Which:ended in the uuasoi iab.e thsti.e -.1:0,1 et the two former of his ,Majesty's ships, and the sorr,ndor to he enerny' of the Iphigetna awl t h e ter after a glotious 'resistance, a 10.0,1 ro.patolleled even to the brilliant ,annals of the 'A mou'ietitary supenorAy obtained, by the enemy has beeti promptly and decisiveiv crushed by the United zeal, jud 4 o.e.nt, perseverance, sryill, and intrepidity of captain M ie•stys ,Ship Boadicea; the value and int, orta.)ce of w hose ser vices, long conspicuous and distinguished as, they ; have been, have fully jUstihedthe seledion ,and deieotion of hint as the Septet . ()dicer cer.doclioa the blOck.itle of phis station ; and ',eta), in the, pre sent instance, almost alone_ and: unsupported but hy* the never-failing energies and resources of his tie'tive. and imelhgent mind, under circumitanees, as may be easily imagined, of extretnest anxiety, mortib- eatioe, and disappointment, in a few hours not lily retook his Majesty't. ships Africaine and Ceylon, but captured also flue largest frigate puisessed by the enemy in these seas, and has 'hue remored the Bri• tish naval pre-eminence, in, this (palter, 'which his talents have long so successfully conuibuted to main-' tain. . Nor can I omit to ()Orr the tribute so justly due to the memmy of the gallant Corbett, of his Majesty's . ship Afric.ono, whose tneromious eagerness to check the triumph of an exulting enemy impelled hititip: an uneynd Contest, in widish he nobly fell, defend ing thexattse of that country , to whose service his Valuable life had been must List:4)4,omm honour iibly devoted. Under the pressure of these events, the arrival of the Nisus was to be considered as most opportune, as es cry exertion had been already employed with a view to the - eeuipment of the Atricaiee and Cc)loos which Ando though severely severely cut up in their Masts and rigging (the : lower masts being unfit for further service), had, lortUnately, at ttiu time of their eta-capture, part of their crews on board. Fully concurring in the expediency awl the absolute ne cessity of this measure, the adoption of which, and the carrying, into • effect, ss i h the least,delay, is of. the most serious importance to the ultimate success ut'the operation, now ripe for .execution, against the Isle of Franee, and having found it further practi • cable to equip Venus' in Violi:ranee of this .oh 'le:A, I have not hesitated to commission her t o r, the time being, under the name of the Nereid% in com incineration of the gallant 'defence of his M .jesty's ship bearing that mime, Notwithstanding the very insity local diflicultieB and disadvantages with which we have necessarily had to conteud in the execation. of these plans, the synadron, now on the- eve of ', sailing flout the* roads, consisting of the following 'ships, viz. Boadicea, Atricaine, Ceyloe; Ni s us, Ni:tiop, exhibits a sirikiug and no less gratifying iu st;utce of What may be efletted by British 'eXeilion . and British perseverance. I Should at the same time be very deficient, were: ,I not ,to avail mysellof the opportunity now atford ed of expressing the obligations of the serviee t o the Licutenaio Governor and Commander. of the Furet's on this Island, Lieut.-Cot. Keating, to whom it is indebted nut only for his co-operation, eta Well as th'at of the whole Military force, not only for the Application ut every civil ments at his coNmlatid, but for that spirit of zealous emulation, wherever II a concerned, Which has most iiiixiOUAy litLitited cite approliriotionA every resource •10 it s - fiVrVice, and the influence Of which has be e n ex • • . • through netails. 0010104 of the army. Among other ycssulilcapto9o by th e ene my , I regret, to m 110 C eylon'` l eyion'ind Wyndhani, Ho. t wor,,ole East.;4qlia .Company'li -ships, and. the: • m g eur t6 it sport, fittei the Cape, - haste; ors - board ' stores 5111,11,junt ; I turn hap to ;a dd that the WYmithatii has since been, re taken, . and is .arritud hem, and, the Venus was ,ftpoid .have on- board - the'greaterpart of the sti , res ,: and provisions ~t aken in thil:'ltipitti, both of which - eh-cultist Atwem':it lye been Trat tic 4farly 'adVati t agent's, . the loAer masts of the Wyndham havin g h t .,.. 0 ai r plied to the Atricitii.e,, owl the of tl.ie . sqvadron being, .by :"1:Y:c::Is in the Venus, on3piete , 1:, Hrir It is further of still pre.,,er n,rnr:? t: apprize oi], for theinforrnet:fll of thvir that Major-Gener.4l whole Suitt, wis, err uarked in -the Ce.-!rin, )•ind who is elm Tied with the conimuld of t k (h.! tint against the ,Isle of Yrance, lags n?C'IIpILL",-. • that tiii4rtie,.4 - As .the squadron, will proceed to sea in ,a feat hours, after the ehoing of these dispe.tclies,. Ltrust I shall stancfextused to their L ,tlips in deferring to a future opportunity the t.everal returns and deg tails of the.sqiiritlron, .as well as a statement pre. poring of _work performed in each department, whieh, in, the short space of three weeks, thr 11;11 the tuiremiititL, and unwearied exert ens th:tt ft 014 peon displ o yol, b. • been such as u. cempkti._ , the equipment of the squadron, and to unifier the wi.olu thoroughly e ff ect ive, I -should add, that .the Light Brigade of the troupe from hence are embarked to th; l'iumber of six hun dred men, on board The five .Ii ;gates, and art doing duty. as marinrs, until their • sere ices shaft. be , re quired on shore. I have,- &e. • - (S:gned) His Majesty's Ship Nadieva, St. Paul's Road, tale of lloorbou, Si:pt. 21, 'Stu. SIR, I had the honour to transmit to you on the 3ist of August, Captain Pym's Report of a galiant and spees,tul atta,k by his Owls on Ltd de la Visse, and I b-g leave to s,.earid his reentninendx'on of Li . ,:uteuants Chad ant \Va hug, tor thvir coltdAct on that occasion. I.lf.dt r the same cover, I also transmitted Captain ; Pyre's detail of It's subyquenti operations at Grande Porte, I.:he urgepey of the s:rViee we were 11).11 11;aged in, prevented m e troln entering more niPm . cly into, partteinari 3, the ; ) adiCea was awn weigh, 14ot:et:ding to. Grade Porte, in hopes of it.l!(.:ving the Iphigenia,. the only frigate left to me by the disisters which Ltd befallen our squ.t trot). is IN 4' my Linty to. hive you a ino,ie elet6ll;. , cl :4:criunt of our operations : I had acquainted ►on %vitt) the intentions of. Co lonel Keating, in conceit vvi.ll n Isell to e,tilblish a stiong' milit.iry l ing at Fiat Isl:hict, aver the o'Nup.t. Cum of isle de la I'., e. For I his se: vu. the Homo)/ tuerchant transport was-I.:ten:gen %I:Hi aver and pro-, visions, Shc icier t for the supply ot . botlt places; the,flank battalion, si:ider the . connnann ,of Lieu tenant-Colonel Austin, w . ;th a proputti,.n of Artil lery, wel'i . i . o.leitcliness to embark, when, on the evt.i,it:g of the (.12(1 of Angus!, by the',arrival of the Wyncloant recaptured Indianian, I learned riot the Ilellene and Mintrve, It'rench Irgates, Victor cor vette, and: CI) tun captured tudiatrwri, had foil:A.4ole pa , ,sage by Isle,,cle la Paisr itioGratide Porte, and that it was Captain Pytu's unention to at tat,k theta there. • Two of the flank ciinipanies and a detachment of artillery were immediateiy eittharked ,ten board the Boadicea;; the transport with the remainder of the •force'was.dlccted to follow a; expeditiously n . po•••• Able. From the baffling winds our pi sage was very. tedious ; an the morning of , he Stith k%e picked up a heat with an otficer.and t‘t men, dispatched with' letters from Captains. Pym and Lartit.ert, Which transmitted to yotr ; these made me acquainted with the trnior(llll4te reSult of the attack on the frigates in Grande. Pots : next morning at day-light I made ls:e de la Nsse, and perceived. twos o f ,th e encory's , close off the Porte : we stood nea t ly wi►hin g un- s hor ,pf' ono of these, and within 5 or ti miles of Isle de la Passe, under which the Iphigenia anchored, making signals to her; 44t a third Sail, which we afterwards learned was the Astrea frigate, appearing to witidwar,i,l thought it' prudent to tack off, and - was ikinediately chased by the French squadron ; of these the Venus, from her superiority. of sailing, .miglit soon have brought us to action, I hut appeared to, wait for her consort (La Manche).'. Towards day-break they hauled off; but as. kulged it advisable to draW them down as far as pOssiold from their station, in order to give the transport' an Opportunity to succour the Iphigenia, and favour the escape of both, I again stood towarclo the French frigates, when they resumed their chaee, and. con.. ,1 tinned •it until their arrival off St. Denis. From thence I immediately dispatched an oxpress to Capt. Tomkinson, to move with his altiVs company on board the Wyndham, and join me off the island,.. the Otter being disthaniled for heaving down. On my arrival, off St. Paul's, found that ,Copt. Toinkinson, coniidering't he Wyndham unfit for im mediate service, had declined the command of her ; in consequence of which Captain Lynne had, with the most indetatigable exerGons, fitted the F.:inine tr,in•port with her guns, and joined mit oft' the Pun. FOr the promptitude and expedition wiih winch th;s. m,turfliforded me, us Weil as lot the must assistance on every occasion, I am Mclebted to Co lonel Keating, who has spared neither p e r sona l' , ex et tons, nut. the resources which his situation coin. mind., in 'facilitating the supplies 9f the naval ser2! and assisting nie by reinlbrcetnents of his troopii, With the Emma iii eoinpany ['resumed my route' towards the Isle of 'France 3, but finding that she could not keep company, I detached her' to ,a waid, from Round Island to Itoderigue in order t'C t l yvit notice, to any o f our might meet, Ut comprative state of our naval force, and tha t.. or the ,net . fly's.' I then proceZded with thQ oil' Isle de iu Passe, 'and on our arrival there', leUpd, the Iphigenia gone, and tour. Ships at anchor 'in. Gra n de Voice. Thtse; we I,,tyq since learned, were Nlinerve, Nereide, and Ceylon, - (East' India ships) ; the first with - top-gallant Yards acrussi*' s.iik bent, and apparently ready tor 14 ' ea ; the secosnt with jury -top-masts ; and the.third with jury tore and tuizen-masts. I' Live also Understood from the prisoncrs,lately taken in the Venus, that they were shortly to proceed round to Port Louis, and that. ,thu slaughter on board of thorn had been very great, Finding- that noihing was to to effeCled, as ailairs then stood, I returned to this port, where I Anchor-. ea can the 11th ot September. Capt. Lambert is.suid to have capitulated fOr the! I phigenia Isla 'de la ['ask: the day before we firil at rived air there, on vonditfoti that alt,i he officers an d ihonid 'W0111.2'0)0(11 frcnit the date of the ca"pi tolaiion, he *sent from the'lsle of France lo somne part in the dbiiiirileils,of his Mrjesty, nut to ser ,,, against Franco ortiO't - allies till txe l lange J . I hip.e., &c, JUSLitM, 110'ib Admiral Bettie, &c. lac,