The Sun. — London, England, 1804-09-28 00:00:00

PRICE OF STOCKS, 'cola iy.oi fAir TWtS.VI, ol.oLoco. Consols . - 571 fl Omnium - TILE SUN. $01.414 DlCLitt TALSUM AUbliAri 1 0 N 0- g Fit /D AT, 28-.. t 804.. . Tins. morning we recgiveti Paris rape,' to the 19►,1 instant. We. have extraeled from tli'm an interestin g Let, ter from General NcAtN, dated from the Isle 6f France, inclosing' an account written to him by Statement of the' Afflonlietween the latter and the China Fleet. - . From the .stileand manner of DECAtN, 'it is evident that a very heavy charge is made against L1N01N,.. , for not having captured . the. Tradipg ,Fleet which he 'at.' tacked ; anl there is, we-think, little doubt,,that, he will he Sacrificed 'to the vengeatiia of his. • • Corsican Master, when the latttr has read the refire. . 6eidations of the General, ar i a the a' s cc.6unt . gliren'tv the Rear.Adinral. -.The L'qter of Ltisrorsqlisplays a compound' ot arrant CowardiCe,lo.dish gasconade, , • . and gross ,falsehood, whi ch it will be d;_flietilt even fur a French Admiral to emulate ; so thoroughly frightened Weed' was the French Admiral; that.he did not consider 'himself safe civil he had loundpro:. teetiobunder the llatterie4. at the Isle,of France, fearing that the China Fleet would pursue and capture him, On hoard the - Admiral Afitt, East India Vessel, captured I,y the French, were a great number of Letters ; sent qty persons here to their .Friends in several of which are published in the Mani ttur. Amongst these is . an interesting Letter from L-41.1 GRINVILLE to the M of . Wx Lt. Est, BY, which, though we highly diSapprove crs publiShing Private Correspondence, we' make ',no apology for r e.lranilating and publishing, as it has bcen already given to the world in the ittror;tera, and will be, cl,oh..less, in the other English Newspaper, and as it, only geld/ 0 to political ; ropies. The whole o f what .we. -have extraaed from tho French Jantnals "will, we doubt not,.:ht: considered by Our . Readi:rp as very interesting. . • I,Jo a subs( Tient column will ,be found the Decla. Cation of the Swedish Government,..delivert.A..on the vhirayt to the French Chargi d'.tfiraires at Stock. boltn; upon which we are at resiot prevented from cominentino by want of rc w , . The British'Merchants tra.linh to Sdain Warted • yeste_rdartipon Lord Finit ROW n y;Sec.retary fOr. the: Dqsartineor, to retpleigt that our Govern. merst would allow those . Shilis now freighted Witt, gric,tli for that Country to. bAI .rtomolested to-their vari , mt detainations, The chief:argument which these Gentlemen advanced in fAvour of their request. -was, that the Mercantile Articles forming the cargoes alluded to, consisted of goods *adapted for the Matkets of Stab/ only, and therefore, in case of a Prohihitiun by our Goyernmenti.would-become a serious-,kis to those Merchants who had made' their, arrangements accordingly. The propriety of alio...Ong' . the -immediate dep inure of Vessela with. G ra i l , to re lietie th e Spaniards frrm the calamities. of Famine was also strenuously urged.- • 140111- ri.nattow By e;3uld nor, cinsistent wish Ms Public .Duty, eff)rd the ,Icl-ichants much cousola tic, hm4ever, 11 . 04 ed t hit the Cornmitiee might draw up and preseni . a Petition or Memo i 1.1 the dr-a mentioned. And thus the mAtter•now b(and4. Yecterd ry mlrning, at ten o'clock, the PR mc E 01WALE4 set • ff from Carlton I Juno, for Brighton. Y4:Sietki.sk 14: 4 43 HAWK FinflUk Y ICft town * for Wairricr . Cisttle, where hit turdship, wet Mr PITT. Yoteclay a C , mtier arrived from nt:rlin, with Divothek for tit Prussian Mioi“vr afid clic i tibli G)verilment, ' The Ijikhes, ArDEVONEI4IILt and Likiy'BLino- ROUGII reniiiii . at Chi wiick.' 4141,PN BlltlTlNClc , it'll town a few•days since 1(4 .Scotland. Lady LovriA MISS MANNVII.4, ,and thv'Eati t•I OvimAT, rived' ill toWn a trw Jt Li , 1. ~cdt in Sorrey. Cif kl: , TlArr, son Irt Ihe Pllnce of D I : wdl shorily mirry Princess Cfikß -I,c'i fg 01 Nle,Ckl•:lllltirg Seliwerio ; illey tvtlC 11Ci.111tItt•ti 41 LtiitwigOtisr, whi . ence it: e Ptiikee intended to return to Peninatk , I) 11)e 23. 1 , dy of Minna. Prie.e C4ltl+llA2l iz gilt to out the ritanwittres Of the Prosiiims at Potsdam. His eldest sister will be trtarli.4 to-Ptinco 1-lEriay of Prucsia, brother to the KING. Od the I Ith of Oh, month i•ietry;eighr barrels of 'kAillion were convey - ett from CoperdiAgen to El. sineur, in 29 waggons, and tictirered to tier Consul, th?re, , who sent their) On buird an EngliOt turned Ship, for the United E iNt Ic.dia Company, 'lbis silver, in, bars, to the value tit' 400,0901. rerling, had been _sent ftotn Konbrol by theito - use Ql.TfiogNToil and l'awEg. .The Cbro l iejr copgrooairf its Readers ort• 13 the progress of the VR pfiTT Si;bstri j i; fon, and instances the Meeting of the Freemen of :C t —e,, , o iry in the interest of Mr. MtiOß E I We 'should have thought tll-4t if the tpeoptF - 1144 rc.illy suc6eetltiit in of• the.Urisi;l4l4l-TtAYD4 o e W r iter might have.seleeted moit WinlY ter provi the IA 441011411 onvith to lit rat) , t!,c. D:Citzti, Captain-Central of the French Establishment to the East of the Cape of Good Hope,, to the Minister of Marine and Colonies. I nearl-Quarters ire• the file Fra;cs, Ma) Is. I - have the honour to announee to you, Citizen Minister, that Rear-Admiral Literati arrived and . anchored at the Isle of France the Ist April,. with the Marengo, the Senillortrte, and Le &reran. — This uneXpetled return naturally excited my' sur. prize, particularly - after what' the Rear.-Admiral kad 'said to me, in a Letter dated Batavia, the t'6th of December. /titer enumerating the Na. .val Forces of the English,: he said, " A; they have many points to guard, their Forces mtist be necessarily much divided, and I hope to do them 'considerable mischief, by appearing , rapidly in different parts of the Indian Seas . , at' great dis. tams from each other ;" .and in his Postscript he added, "I have just completed six months provi. aeon at Batavia for the Squadron." The Dispatches of the Rear Admiral, sent by Le Belies., apprized you.of these circumstances, and must haire inspired you with hopes of more favourable results. I was so confident in my expeaatione- of his succes sr ,that, when signals were made for his Squadron being in sight, I augmented it in My: imagina.: • tiiin 'by the persuasion that the CHINA FLEET had been MET, ATTACKED, ' AND THE GREATeR PART OF IT CAPTURED.—I even supposed that the two oilier Frigates 'which were not present, is well as the Dutch- Brig which was placed at the disposal of the Rear. Admiral, had • remained to escort the- Vessels • which the `Rear . . Admiral had taken, and that he -had 'come on before, to clear the way of the- . English. Cruisers, if there had been any about the Isle of Frdnce. But I was detdveil rn tify expea. ntions ; above 'all, when my Aid-de-Camp , re. turned with a Letter to me from the Rear-Admiral, which begins thus—" I cannot have the pleasure of seeing you until the Ships of my Squadron are UNDER THE PROTECTION' OF THE BAT. 'TRIES, and 'I beg you will give orders for our entering the Port as soon as partible." To ibis 'Letter the 'Rear Admiral added a de. tailed account of his Ciuixe. I here insert an ex. trAa. from 'ir ; after which you will judge whether it was.not- natural that I should express some astonish. mcnt the next day, when the Admiral and his Of. fleet's came to p4y,me a visit : " On the t 3 , 1 i Feb, at day.hreak, they perceived 27 Shia N. N, E. tic great number of. Ship left them no doubt but that it was the 'China Convoy. The Rear. Acimiralhad 'with him then only-Le Ber.. eau and Avanturier ; the, Frigates 'La Belle Peale and La Simillante having been carried two leagues by die force of the currents. At xcitiar. ter past eleven four *of' the Enemy's Ships came down to reconnoitre their Squadron; the other's lay to . . The. Rcar:Admiral,' profiting by a mist which prevented the Enemy from seeing his mi. cceuvres, colldied his Frigates, and kept The wind, in . Line of Made. • • ig At half past five. in the evening the Admiral made . a signal'of his intention to Aiioid an .rngage. milt by night ; he waited till break of day to at. tack the gnemy, • endeavouring, however, to gain the wind. If the appearance of the Enemy during the day had oily been a stratagem to hide their weakness, they'ruight have profited by the darkness of the sight, to attempt to alter their position, and on that occasion the Admiral might have taken advantage of their movements; 'but he was soon convinced that their security was not merely an appearance. Three of their 4t ) ips ha i cleared for Jaip u r', and the Fleet kept their position during the' night, and remained well together. The Admiral still endeavoured to gain the wind, and obscrvc them more nearly. , " On the 14 h, at six in *he morning, the Ene. my were ssithin half gun,altot the circumstances of the case not permitting the Admiral to undertake. any thing againot them, he profi:ed of the opportp: nity to summon on board Ins Ship the Captains of' the Pivisinn, in order to make known 'to them: his intentions, which were, at the first encoun. ter to menace the centre of their sine , an.] to' cut off the Ships of the rear. Ail the Cap.,- tains expressed the most ardent' desire to second the projects of the Admiral : the saute ardour pre.: vailcd amongst the Crews, and it was not without 40.1miration that he saw some of the siek, then very numerous in the P t vision, quit their . hamutuckli to take their post ;n the action. " At 'kali past seven' the Enemy hoisted their Colours . ; ac i d , the Division fikctv . iee hoisted its Co. i„„ ri , Al i h ang h h e eod ,, ,bve,ureti tb accurately the Vessels of the bket, ttie Admit.tt coal not dise9l.ler its real firer : ' , went ) , efts I' s° eels * apt e 4 J 1 d " /IVO theis ; he 11, , ,u5.:): hz tupgnized` a lirigate. The !rap cur, Lica a blue fll4, as wcil 4s did duet Ships; thorged niore pariiculary:,cv;th the prbire lion of the Cork: . . ". According., to the information which the Ad. mita] had received from Neutral Vessels coming ,from China, he knew that there were seventeen of the .Company's Ships, six Country Ships, and the Brig, in all twenty-four Vessels, ready to sail. The three additional 'vessels which he :Au might well be supposed to be. the announced escort. " At eight. the breeze having freihened, the 'Fleet : sailed -to,,tho 'Southward, and formed line. Eight . or ten Ships formed a double line. - The Di. vision bore down_ upon the head . .of the Line, but the - wind having varied to W. N. W. the Admiral could not bear More. to the Windward than the - • 7 centre. " At lepgth, .at noon, profiting by a light fresh breeze, the . Admiral took hii station to cut off two .Ships in the rear of the Enemy's Line. "'Scarcely- was this marceuvre indicated, than. 'five Ships Of the &MIAs line• ticked and•bore down upon the Division.;- The plan of attack•of the Ad,, miral.was changed; and in order to prevent being pliked between two 'fircs, he tacked, in order to meet the two first of the Ships which had thus bore down upon him, and to attack them. ,6 At half psi twelve the first Shot was fir ed from the 111/irrengo, anal immediately after wards the Engagement commenced. The Enemy's Ship which was •"nearest having expetienced some damage, slackened sail, but being supported ,by those ,which followed, • 'they 'formed anew, ' and kept 'up a very brisk fire. The Ships which• had bore down, joined thi)se which were . coni. bating the Division, and three of those w - hiCh had first taken part in the Action, - manceuvred"to double the rear, whilst the rest of the Fleet crowded sail, announcing the project of surrounding the Division. 1. The Enemy by this manoeuvre had rendered the position of the Admiral very, dangerous. • -The superiority of their Force was discovered ; and there only remained to deliberate on the part which ought to be taken to avoid the sad cansefasitte of an ussepal esiiagement. The General, pro.. filing :.by the smoke which etwelcrpcd them, took a course to the E. N. E. and distanced the Enemy, who continued to }woe for three hours, until they saw the Division had gained upon them several leagues. " The Admiral remarked during the Adion, that six ofeiglit Vessels fired from two decks ; and . ' he does not doubt that they had a desire to be at. tacked,' since it was not till the noment of the Engagement that they spewed their first deck. 'lids Etigagetnent lasted forty minutes ; the Enemy's shot did bUt slight tLinvige to theSitipi orthe Divi lion, and no per Son wog wounded.. This Cruize offering' nt► other adynntage, - the Admiral detertnioeol, on the t jth, , to sail f it Beavia. After having re-pivted the Strait of Gaspard, tie D.viiion- was juke,' .n the' z tst by the thaiante, ai,cl on the •25;ti anchoted at iiitavid, f‘ Vice Adinir,d HARI:MINK, commanding two Ships and a Frigate, recently' artived from Eurppe, hail also anchored in that Road. The limited in. strations of this Admiral did•not permit him to ob. dertake any expedition against the Enemy by bitting his Forces - witls thos of the Admiral, fiv * e &ye the DiVision had con le led its Watei and six months Provisions, together with a stoCk'rtf refrestintents for the sick, of whory the number was abOut 70 on board the Marengo alone. •". The Admiral; desirous of acCelerating the sa:e of the Prize* the Admiral Re:ynier and the Heir. rietta, after having concerted with the Captains of the Division, acceptbd the - proposition which 11;4 been made:t6 him by theSbabeudar, vf-purchasiti; in gross, the two prizes, with their, targoeti, fr~r the sum of s3looopiastres, 'exempt from all expenses. • f' The . High Conncittif Itlency, nut . or res,,e(tfo`r, its . 4:lliel i _ consented to !he exportation of this Money on board' the Division.' ".. ..• . . gi On the 4.th, the Division anchored at B?tasra, where it met that of :Vice-AsboirallkalllNCK at anchor under. the Isle of •Nora; it had not been four days atriv,...d: In passing into the - Straits of Sunda, by the .passage cif the 1.,:e Nord, to the middle,. the French Divisino was !urpriied by a calin, and . carried: away- by _the' extreme vio lence Of .` the *current : it was: for some time in great &Iles,. A . .sniall anchor of Lg Belle' Pimle kFas happily all-.the loss we .had to. regret, On. the. being out of the'St raitsof SunJlt, the - Admiral detached tite,f ig t es . lii Belle ,'cult and L!,ltafastr nn a',CrUiz.. o . and keepinq with him .La . Sctaillamte arid Le Beiwaii, steered I.ir the Isle'of France,,Where arrived safely on the tst of April:: . of a I.eiter. from 'Capniri Ccrierci DICA vs, to the • ' Miniat r. ilf-tsranne and Colonies; Head -Qudrii , o4, I.le de Fiau ,e, zo, taq. '" I' hid Lite 'Citiz et; Ilinitiei t ytil.an. no4ncirq, to you, in ray 4.5, Atatallif; theyeame to :man at ,be I;le de-Fr4nce . i. on the - Bth of 11 , 11 y, with the prize the 4//, l ,aett, valued - atAdut soooo,coo of IT;;ncs." Letters found on hard the English Ptize the Admiral iftlin. (No. I.) Letter from .I.ord Ciator sc.:A to the Marquis WELLPvin'. fuly - 12, [So;. „4 7 Li ci T iv to e lt 4 i y it o n u: E L L e t. t c te s : r o Y f; as i two days ago, and. I now sit down to of Februaryroan:url it, although Ido not know of a ny ca e my sending . you art answer. With respell sp r e i et he t r n goatl'for . . ;;and soot g is acstion us e that stay in India, decided the distance which separates has been a fun . g girlie before this reaches you, the time fixed' for , .I om enti .i your departure wilt have already strived, - ' relyignorant.whether tfie War which our %sl Ministers have at length'. declared, will induce thent.to.request - you to prolong your stay in India.. There. we .were. no persons better capable of apprecia i iiug the ; certainty were,;in e a:tia s i t tt: t - w il h , i c is h 1 t! i to-be e 1 n s o u ° 12o n h s t a e d c r e that s ev u e ir n e t d they. than took iie they re a r l . l. the . ' . .theless,ievEiv thingchews th at they were taken by surprise. , It i!; n , ,, therefore improbable, that when they saw the War was inevitable, that is ro sal', the day on syllich.ti:•!y declared it, they. might haVe , sent you the order' to remain in India ; but is' ' am ignorant of the Etas, I cannot reason up on them. If that is not the case, •P I hope nothing will deprive .i me of the pleasure of seeing you next y ear, . supposng that-at that time you have a colorry to come to. When I use that expression, do not suP posethat my dissatisfatiion at the condUst °r Go vernment hat changed my opinion of the ;Fans and Resources a the Country. I never was a mong -the number of the Cro akers upo n that subjet9. There is rot the smallest doubt, if I do not much deceive., myself, that the Country possesses no: only ample a nd abundant mean s of defence, hut. even of making our Enemy seriously repent - his hostile conduit, and compel him to fear nts and consequently to.respefl us. Rut hitherto :Ow . has been so-much indecision . , so much timidity •111 Slowness in all the measures taken to o btain these resources, and out courage at, this motnent has so much . the appearance of fear, - r that I Cannot with jos , Lice approve of the talents'Which ate now etqloyed: or the tueasures which ate taken. My rlan of political conduit, as you t l Ws i hi” . ' Perceived( deviates [tyre and more front that ° - Iric".="t. AS to the opinion I held 61 the l'e sce '_ ~ have .tbe satisfaCt;on to 6 +, d tbar they fluty Not only the sub:equent events, hd!(:. prove I were she du tee . perfe4l justice throughout the C"un . l r Y • 7 .l that the ' few . wi th syttoto I . 0 7- e ` - only persons who knew how to. al prcciate that measure and its consequences ; rally asknowlehed that we foresaw a treat nJilltcf . of events. ' All the intinvus•calununes t/I • . , le merit' upon th is. subject have fallen w ith durab le foriii :on their. own beads. In all, that I have done since; .and in all that I have abstained foul • • lei .4kingf.you.w.ill, I hope, rccognixe those pilot' but it is noN lent/ "1 1 sentiments from which 1 *hail never itic li°t . c4 however uofai o u ra ble t ny,opinion may -be of die pet'sot° sons! .ciiiidat of any indivAlual. 111 had be en to Yol l,c 'r detailedi .an ° 11 account "tunl or')1•-• I wliat shou ld pasl e l ( l i a i v fl e A " ; (1 13 1 C I 4 9 9 I f i) e 1 p , 64biett of . the change .pe,,j -e.ted in ill' C3'''l.l: , 1 , ;Dent, and the .basis of the conduit wl'is:''' that has since held. It ,is with great plo i ' le , o . ' .I. perceive, that while My dittrcnce wi' ll ust ; ail ' DINGI.ON ,becomes ever.) , .day - mor e sett o i the 'bvatives which' cawed Pt rr 'sod. Inc- to diP —.. c°11 1 " siaily diminish. We have. n n not-yet be e 561° . ' .I Ai: Illetely to assimilate , our plans bf f'oliticalColukuoi • ut' situation _is, -indeed, in one essential 110.1.0 (5 . icw , sPlAFlciely diffzient, i'lion , i ol d, g h he di4.nq r ei.' tiiiitienci"Ano 1 NOtek'fo -his 'present ertip.o, ; be i it .fi 'l e e d !vitt) that knew him could d o it )) re"..:,' .lave hill) agirCater pOrtion oh influence,..than 01 4 th • • —' ..' •-• ' • • i oion permitted me to .give to the 'formation.° oct e.,,,,,,,ni„„..,,1; ad v i Jed their t i t easurs lo n g! ve i hail-ceased to in comuoiCate with them' andqVrp ~,/ of politic of theft - Measures which I t hought thc be so., ' • ' criminal, and which the event has prove 3 t`' ! Ir is' He is therefore at present. more restr ained i n . . . he in ; contitta . thariT am, and . - he dies nor enjoy 1 e ; estimable advantage that I. chi Of never liaving'c') tnat tell cealed nor compromised 41P my opinion-" -- .. n ot of such be , .. Asolitil im portance ca ; but. I . dc ). . • .nieis u" • lieeejtltat his opinion . trfoil 'their* pu bl i c ~ r .' ii, is .very dilf-erent from mine,. if- they tilfill ,5 . , - }li , And -t., all this must be adde d a justlY•Per lle o f a • ial coat"' , sentMent which hi•feels it we Perod — ' • ,rer - - ' *.-' .. -. tri m,; ibe du e s no Aptstz:Giosi towatu s . ant. -- - 11 h: 1149 any longer to conceal his sent iments. c written to you (which iundoobtedl'y be h.as' p to p soy ; has not got . into the' se "'it bad habir.of Pot ier iti '' g • i ; c nis • ' bis body) Li: has no dOubt. explained al l . lt•e• ~,„ t hat .1 . without reserve; .and it.,is In that per