The Sun. — London, England, 1806-05-27 00:00:00

THE FREVCH TO THE EDITOR. SIR, THE actual state of the French Navy is confess edly an highly interesting subjea. As I have never seen any List similar to STEEEE's published on the other side of the water, I conclude 'that tht. French give but little publicity to their naval proceedings. To Many of your Readers, therefore, the fdllowing Statement, copied from a NeVspaper of 1799, may prove acceptable. This mark 4 i . is affixed to Ships 'taken or destroyed since that periud. • Gum. Republique Francaise, now St. lons - L'Fmpereur - - 130 * L'Atticnierine * Vengeur, afterwards * Dego - L'lmperiale - - lao Dubois . - - Ocean • - 120 * Africaine - - Invincible , - • Ito Astr,:e - Republicain • no * Bravoure - Terrible - - Ito Coearde • Dix-huit Frudidor . go Comete . Neptune .. ' - 84 * Diane - Foudroyant - . - So * Forte - I mpetueux - ' So I ndienne - Alliance - - - So * Justice - * Formidable - - So • * Libre - •* G nine:inn - re Tell . So Pensee . *. Indomptable - . So * Prudente - Trajan - So Syrene - 13.itave • - - 74 * Vep. nance *.BerWick - - 74 V idoire - Censeur - - 74 Cy belle - Cisal.pine - - 74 Corcuille - Constitution - - 74 Canere - Convention - - 74 * Concord - "Dix Aout - - • 74 Fraternite - * Duguay TroUin - •74 * Junon . * Duquesne - 74 Medee - Entreprenante - 74 Macron - * Fougeux . - - 74 Regeneree 'Gaulois - -, 74 Romaine Gernappe - - 74 Santa Maria • * Genereux - • - 74 Pelicite fleros . - . 74 Volontaire - lean Bart . . 74 Unique - • 1. f. Rousseau - 74 **Alceste 0 - * Jupiter . . 74 • Charante - • Mont Blanc . - . 74 Confiante Mucius - - 74 • Courageuse Patriote - - 74 • Creole . * Redoutable - 74 -Fidele - Revolution . - - 74 Fortune . 1 - emeraire _ _ 74 * Francaise Tourville • - 74 Leobin . . Tyrannicide . . 74 Mantone - . Wattigny . .. 74 Precieuse - • Aigle - • 74 * Preneuse - 7ele - . ' 74 Semillante Causse . . . 64 - 44 4 0 - 4 0 4D 4 0 - 4 0 - s' 40 - 40 4 3 36 36 36 -'36 36 . 36 36 - 36 - 36 The original list did not descend to. vessels of less •force than 36 guns. Some of these have undoubt edly changed their names, and therefore the very im• perfe6t list which I subjoin probably contains .a few which have been before reckoned. I ' have gleaned by scanty information respeEting them from the Public Papers since the memorable battle of Tra falgar. Majestueux Charlemagne * Bucentaur Regulus hlagnanime hlenand:r Costart . * Alexander Ulysse Eole . ' 4 ` Diomede _ , _ , ValeurcuX * Braave Brutus Guns. Guns. no President - 44 Minerv---, formerly Eng. 42 84 Indefatigable . 4 2 - So ilermione. - - 4 6 - 74 Hortense , . 74 Cornelie - - 74 * Surveiltante - 74 * Clorinde 74 * Vertu 74 * Pallas 74 Rbin- 74 Thames 74 Armide 74 Gloire 74 Thetis - 74 Incorruptible 74 74 4 0 - 4 0 - 49 4 0 - 40 Castor Presage Conquerant S u Mein Lion '• Achille • Sd pion Pluton - - 74 , . * Intrepide . - 74 * Atalante—Was not this 41 , Swiftsure, formerly Eng. 74 a Privateer ? A Igesirrs, formerly English 74 Surveillante Argonaut - - 74 Sylphe Veteran - - - 74 Palinuse Aqtiilon - - 74 Argus . Calcutta, formerly English 54 * Fuset - +• Ville de Milan - 43 Observateur 'uriettse - 45 • Nearque Josephine - 44 Diligente • * Didon 44 Oreste • Egyptienne 44 Pylade Sybille A BRITISH TAR. , . Yesterday the Dispatches by the under-mention ed Ships were finally closed at the East India House, and delivered to their respe6tive Pursers, viz. - Dover Castle . St. Helena and Bengal. Lulus Tottenham - - . - Madeira; Madras, and Bengal. Iluddart - - - Ditto, ditto, . ditto. Harriet Lord Eldon - Lord Keith - - St. Helena-and Bengal. 'Ocean - - - - Ditto, ditto. Teignmouth . - - l3ornbay Cruiser. PASSENGERS. PEE Dov ER. CASTL —Messrs. Pope and Plavfair, Cadets. PER INDUS—Bengal : Richard Parry, Esq. Senior Mer chant ; Mr. Sparkes, Writer . ; - Messrs. H. M. Baker, W. Butler, C.,Crighron, T.. Dickenson, Cadets ; Mrs. Deane ; Mr. .G. King, Assistant Surgeon.---Madras : F. A. Grant, Esq. Senior Merchant; Messrs..T. W. Robertson, I. Chat field, T. Watts, Writers ; Miss Lewin ; Messrs. Swyer, Chase, Logan, and M‘Dowall, Cadets. PER TOTTENHAM—BengaI : Captain-Lieut. Noble and Lady ; lil4sses Brandon and fircsltard-; Morgan O'Brian, Free Mariner ; Messrs. Eden, 'Chambers, Cox, Anderson, Nicl, and flays, Cadets.—Madras : Mr. K. Sladeit,-Assist. ant Surgeon; Messrs. Towell, Anstruther, • Hammond, Thompson, - and Eccles, Cadets. PER Hun,DAßT—Bombay : Mr. Sutherland, Writer,; Mr. Mills, Free IMariner.—Madeira: Mr. and Mrs. Scott and . PER twin ELDON—Bengal : F. Vansittart, Esq. Senior Merchant ; Mr. Sargeant, Writer ; Messrs. I rynte, Fulton znd Kerns, Cadets ; Mr. Anzia, Free Mariner.—Madras : Alr. •Ayrault, Writer ; Major Sir David Ogilvy, Lady, and family ; Ca; t. Stekoc ; Lieut. John Busby and Lady' ; Alessrs. White, Hall, Flyn, Calvert, Hoby, and Monk, Cadets. . PER LORD Iti.srt Eustaec Duke Paris, Clerk to Sir W. litirrowes; Mr. Fabian - john F. rieobi, Native. PEIt OCEAN—Bengal : Mr. A dams, Assistant Surgeun ; Messrs. Spicker and . l3aker, Free Mariners. The Committee ofihe American House ofAssem- Ny have, on the application of the Merchants of New York for an extension of the fortifications Of that City, declared that the funds weri'i: inadequate to the undertaking : they however recommended, with, a view to prevent an attack from an Enemy, that boat - 11s or chains be formed across the Mouth of the FlarbOur ; and that floating batteries orsmalr vessels ho construtled for the defence of the Town In the recent American Eleaions the Federalists haie gene rally been -successfill. A Vessel has. arrived in the Humber from Elsi neur. There are 106 Sail of Prussian Ships at Co penhagen, many of which are disposing of their cargoes, in consequence of the Wax between Prussia and this Country. 4,11E,R1C..i. BOSTAN, APRIL 17.—A letter from Judge TIOD NEY, dated Natzchez, Feb. 18, 1806, states in sub stance, that the Spanish Governor, and his people, having been ordered to desist from their surveys,' and to quit the American territory, had resisted, but were compelled to retire—that colleaing a re infOrtement of bOO 110CS:`, they returned two days afterwards, when •an,a6lion ensued between. them and the American troops under Captain PORTER, in which the Spaniards were beaten, and again forced to retire. By a Gentleman lately arrived at Charleston, from Africa, we are informed, that war has raged on the Banks of the Senegal for some tithe past, between the Natives and the Ftench. The Jaloffs, Who in habit the country between the River Senegal and Gambia, are an • a&ive and warlike people. They are divided into several clans, and are frequently at war .with each "Other. They are supposed to be among the handsomest Negroes of the Western Coast. The ,French have had, for many years, a Settlement at the mouth of the River Senegal, from whence they carry on a considerable trade of slaves, gum, &C. The Governor's name is BLANCHARD.— ALTMAN', the King of the Jaloffs, had imposed certain duty upon all Vessels belonging to the French factory which traded up the River, and double that duty for themselves. This fraud was detected by the King, and a'war ensued in consequence of their perfidy. The French sent a plundering Expedition up the River against the Jaloffs, which returned with a considerable, number .of slaves, &c. This embol dened them to a new attempt; which succeeded in obtaining a number . of slaves ; but not satisfied with this, the Commander landed his men, • and . marched them into the Country. The Jaloffs surrounded and butchered nearly the whole of them. This was a dreadful catastrophe to the inhabi tants of the French Colony ; for Governor BLANCH ARD had taken from every woman who had two sons one of them for this Expedition ; apd out of the whole number not more than two or three re turned alive. • The War continued when our informant left the Coast of Africa. EDINBURGH, MAY, 23. The office of Procurator for the Church of Scot land, the principal law office of .that venerable Body, having become vacant by the appnintirient of • Wm. ROBERTSON, Esq. late one of the Senators of the . College of Justice,. JOHN CoNNELL, Esq. Advocate has been appointed his successor, after a very keen contest for some months. The General Assembly, who ele& their own Law .Officers; Met here yeger . - day. As soon as the Moderator was chosen, and the Lord High Commissioner had opened the As sembly in the usual form, Principal HILL, of St.. Andrew's, moved; that the Assembly should pro 7 ceed immediately to . .ele& a Procurator. Principal BROwN, of Aberdeen, seconded by Mr. Solicitor- General CLERK; moved a delay. After reasoning, the Assembly agreed, without, a vote, - to proceed to the . eleaion. Then Dr. GRIEVE, Father •of what is • known ,by the name of the •Moderate Interest of the Church of Scotland, Seconded by. Principal TAYLOR, of Glasgow, proposed Mr. CON NELL ; and Dr. HUNTER, seconded by Princi pal BROWN, proposed Mr. .MONCRIEFF, son of the Rev. Sir HENKY MONCHIEFFAILLWoOD, Bart. The roll being called, there voted for Mr. CONNELL 260, for Mr.7lVloNcßwr .54. The Assembly con= sists of 361 Members, Ministers and Elders, who are composed of Delegates from. all the Royal Burghs, and of a : number of the Nobility and Gentry of Scot land ; and it is believed that so great a number of Members never were present in any. former As sembly.- The following . , we under Stand, is the Amend ment which Mr. JACKSON offered to substitute for the previous Question, at the ,last General Court .--r The Learned Gentleman was about to read it, when the Supporters of the original-Motion insisting that he could not be heard a second time, he of course forbore to press it. " That this Court entertains the highest Consideration of " those Instances in which the Diredors have asserted the " Rights of the East India Company, and will at all times " support the Exercise of their Authority for the due Pre " nervation of the same ; but this Court is of Opinion, that it " would be inconsistent with the principles of justice as " well as with the Deference due to the klotise of Commons, " to come 'to any Resolution which has for, its objea to con " vcy an opinion upon the Government of Marquis Wellesley, "during the present Parliamentary Proceedings respeding that "Nobleman, and before his Lordship has even officially seen " the Accusations preferred against him in the intended and other Dispatches printed by Order of this Court." The Officers of the Westbury and Clifton Voliy teers, with a.spirit truly worthy of the great cause in Which they are engaged—the honour and security of the Country—have presented to their late Com mandant, Lieutenant-ColOnel CoKE, who has re tired to Cheltenham, a silver vase, as a testimony of their attachment ; 'and as the Inscription is so ex pressive of the feelings which di&ated the transac- _ tion, we think we cannot do a greater honour to the parties than to transcribe it : " This vase was presented by the Officers of the Loyal Westbury and - Clifton Volunteer Infantry, of the County of Gloucester, to Lieutenant-Colonel TuomAs, COKE, as a testimony of their sincere esteem and regard for him as a private Gentleman, and of their very high sense of his public conduit, in haying dedicated the distinguished military talents formerly so gloriously exerted in the defence of his Country in India, to the forMation and service of a Corps of British Volunteers." This Gentleman had the singular felicity of asmst ing in the reduaion of Seringapatam, where he had formerly been a prisoner for More' than four years ; and, after this triumph, had the important charge confided to him of conducting the Princesses and La dies of the. household of Tippoo, with ,their para pharnalia, t he place assigned, to them by Govern ment, a charge to Which he 'was recommended by his humanity and integrity. ED INBURCH, MAY 22. OPENING OF THE WET DOCK AT.I.EITH, On Tuesday the LORD PROVOSI, MagiStYo o7 0,t14 . Council.of this City,' and a numerous company of Ladies and Gentlemen, met at the Assembly-Room; ' Leith, and about threeo'clock move.d in procession to the Ferry-Boat-stairs, preceded by a band of , music, where two. Very fine SMacks, decorated with the colours of the different European Nations, lay ready to receive their). The Magistrates and Company having gone on board, a gun was' fired as a signal to unmoor, when the Vessels proceeded towards the. Dock, and at 1 twenty minutes past three, the Fifeshire, belonging to the Union Shipping Company, entered,followed by the Buccleugh, .belonging to the Edinburgh and Leith Shipping Company, amidst the reiterated ac clarnations Of an immense number •of and. repeated discharges of artillery fromiithe I.4'ort, at Leith, His Majesty's Ships of War ityLeith Roads, and guns stationed on the Quays of the Dock.— . The two Vessels were attended by the Barge of Admiral VAsHoN, commanding On this station, with that of -Mr. BRUCE.of the Naval Yard, .and se veral others, ail:manned by their , respe&ive crews,, and. finely decorated for the occasion, and followed by another Smack belonging to•the' Union Shipping COMpany,. and 'a fine Brig, called the Prescott, be longing to Mr. JOUN HAY. '; The two Smacks were afterwards moored on the South-side of the Dock, when the Lord Provost and. Magistrates were addressed by the Master of the Merchant Company as follows : " MY'LO'RD PROVOST, " In the name of the Merchants . of Edinburgh, and the Chamber of COmmerce of Edinburgh, and the Traffickers of Leith, who have the deepest in terest in the splendid work which we have been con templating; I her leave ; Upon this occasion, to offer our most cordial congratulations to your Lordship. We now ; my Lord, .behold :the completion of an undertaking from which the greatest advantages must accrue to the City. of Edinburgh. and its Port of Leith.; and it is a pleasing anticipation, that thege advantages will, not be confined to ourselves and our posterity while the Wet-Dock of Leith offers safety and every accommodation to the Ships of all Nations resorting .to. our Port, the benefits arising from it, according to the beneficent nature and ten dency of honourable commerce, must be diffused to the most distant regions, as extensively as are the commercial connections of our industrious and enter.; prising Traders. " I have only to add, my Lord, what I ,am sure has_ been felt by every 'one who has witnessed the solemnities 'of this day, that the magnitude and'uti lity of the undertaking, and the perfeaion of the execution, retie& the greatest honour upon, and will, I trust, to latest ages, remain a monument of the wisdom, the spirit, and 'the patrioisln, of the Ma gistraCy of Edinburgh." To which his Lordship made - the following repiy::— " GENTLEMEN, " I return you my sin -.?re thanks' for the honour you have done me in your. congratulations Upcin the accomplishment of a work of such general utility as the Wet Ddck of Leith. • " When so much of the prosperity and strength ' pf this Country depends upon the extension of 11 1 commerce, and the facility with which navigation is carded on, the accomplishment of a measure ,so . well calculated to.answer these important ends, as the . admirable work we have just beheld, will he looked. upon as no inconsiderable advantage towards the ac commodation of individuals, and- the 'gradual in crease 'of the wealth and prosperity of the United Kingdom. • " Other Nations, also, will participate in the ad vantages of such a work ; and we shall have the pleasure, I. hope, soon to behold an increase of the Shipping to this Port, from the comparatively great accommodation which the Wet Dock oilers over the present Harbour of Leith." The Company afterwards returned to the Assem bly Rooms, where. an elegant Entertainment had been prepared, and the evening was spent with the . utmost conViViality. • This Dock, the first of the kind in North Britain, has been wholly executed within high-water mark, which added greatly to the difficulty and expence of the undertaking. The Space occupied by the Dock. is above live acres, but including the,ground on its sides and ends, upwards of fifteen acres have been taken from the sea ; on these parts it is pro posed to construct Graving-docks, Building Slips, Sheds, and - Warehouses. The sea-wall of this Dock being exposed to. the accumulated swell from the German Ocean, re quired to be very strong ; it is accordingly one of the strongest pieces of masonry We have seen, .and is wholly composed of large Ashler stones, .from a ,quarry at Rospth, belonging to the Earl of HoPi- TOWN, laid in a mortar of pozzolano. The stones on the outside of the wall are bound' together by chain-bars of iiOn, inserted in the different courses horizontally; and connected by vertical bars Of the same metal; thus uniting the whole in one -coin- 1 mon mass. This DoCk is only the first part of a most mag nificent Plan, extending to Newhaven, where the principal entrance is intended to be made to the largest Dock, which will have a depth of water suf 7 ficient to 'contain Frigates of the first site ; and the whole, when completed, will form one of 'the finest . ranges of Docks - in the world. - - The present' Dock, and other works conne&ed with it, have occupied five years in the execution. A Guard of the Ars . eyleshire, Aberdeenshire, and Galloway lilitia lined the 'streets, and 'kept the cinays':of the Docks ; 'and it giveS us much plea sure to add, that no accident happened' on the oc . - casion. The business commenced yesterday in the new Wet Dock at Leith, which was opened on Tues. ! day.. The Edinburgh and Leith Shipping Com= patty's Smack Hazard, from London, JAMES BLYTH, Master, arrived in Leith Roads on Tuesday after noon, shortly after the procosion at - opening the Dock ended. Upon her -arrival in - the Roads she fired a salute, which was retu*ned by the Vaccleugh, one of the same'Coinpany's Vessels, WILLIAM BAL LINGA LL, Master,• Hying within the Dock. The Hazard hauled into it yesterday, discharged her cargo, and is, therefore, the first loaded Vessel that entered the Dock, and paid duda. OP 1171,:sDE, FROM tlig ARdVS CiF fiXi" 15, thd Manifesto of the Kipg of '3ureden agait4t Prussia is the sequel, and fortris the fellow VA unit of hiS Pfitannie Majesty. The slime throughout it ; but, what is excss a:al-alit:on in the one, can only appeftr extrav rga.it in the other. The honour of Sv. - eden rnuat'Sbuct - Jer se(bg itself •' itius proStiituted to foreign inter.fsts or ri,ticolou4 caprices. The fall of some Allies of England is theff, an useless lesson! Sweden is proyWonally reduced to an English Province ;- she is irrevo6bly devoted to a cause not her oWn ; she no lo.l7 ° er ptiduces any soldiers but basely to sell them ti Great liritait .-- Where now are the brave fellows of GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS ? Their posterity is groaning; and Swe den is tottnented with the sentiinent of her .pest greatness, arid the spe6tacle of her present - generacy. , Nations bast also their dignity, and what might be called their pudor. This is the source froui , whence they draw eyery thing great or useful they do and notwithstanding the madness of te:la;11 people always to accuse Ole present generation and the present manners, the impartial observer is forced tb acknowledge, that never' - did the mind of make hi_ this regard a greater ' progress. ,". ''+lere it necessary to develope:tno pr6alB of this aSsi..rtion, we should only be embarrassed with their multitude ; 'but we write only one article, we relate bUt fad}-L-ab uno The' whole Continent has read with indigre:tion those documents lately published by England. it 'has been scandalized at the : systematic indiscretion with which that Power rent the veil which still co vered the principal - circurnstatices of the ridiculous Coalition. of Austria and Russia against France. It has seen 40 the one hand Se ?reigns cardially con dealing from the knew - led-6e of their people connec tions which they haci to ultt.'l" at e . and paying by this silence 'ail involuntary homage to thepudOr and dignity of Nations. It has on the other hoed beheld Citi2ens of every class, and Soldiers Of all ranks, in dignant that their repose and their blood shoulti be the price of ashaineful bargain;" they felt themselves 'vanquished before-hand by the opprobrium :v v in e i t these miserable transaLtiuns carried a;onie with them. . . Europe, - . has then learnt; that the first Conditioh requiredl2y twe poWertitl Monarchs in forming this was, that a profound mystery co— ver for two months its intrigues and its op':atiuus that the subsidies should be delivered in such a man ner as•not to betray it ;- and that the secret shotild not be divulged before the moment when success,. Which, 'in the Morality of political sophists, justifies even crimes, should at :least impOse sdcuce on the public con-3ciencf6. • - Vain ! it is not !):.- concealing engagenients contrary to the that avoid blau, He Al liance had been good, honest, or usettn, it not have been declared ? The silence required proved that it had neither leg;tirhate motive nor no, nourable view. They blushed at it as at a 'crime. The hope . of impusing Upon • Nations Was disap= pointed. England was the depthaary of thoe se crets, and as she blushes at nothing, they were to be violated. She was so piqued at .tneir not daring to avow her Alliance, thai she imposed the condi tion of a Public Dedaratien, as soon As the colours. of the : Coalesce.! •Powz.trS should. appear on the Banks of the Rhine. It is from herself that ),‘ e learn it, and it is even by this circumstance that she pretends to justify her indiscreet revelations. • For the rest, this indiscretion has nut been use less to France and. her It seems as if it were the tifte of England labour for the great e,s of her Enemies, and ty conspire the ruin of her Allies. There are between these revelations atld the last ,Manifestoes of Their Britannic, and Swedish' Majesties, contradielions which it may not be im proper here to point out. By certain Papers which they have published, it would seem that the King of Prussiahad signed the Pa& of .the Coalition; by otherS, they inrorm us that the attempts made to bring him to it having failed, it was determined that he should be constrained to it by force of arms. The , King of Sweden himself corroborates this, WA; by openly avowing that he never had any reliance oh the co-operation of Prussia. Thus, the able cal culators bad promised themselves both to destroy France and to reduce Prussia; and having taught. these two Powers that their interests were common, that their cause was the same, they are now dissa tisfied that the two Cabinets should take advantages and securities against Combinations N\ hiCll may be renewed. It will be asked what reasonable aim the Eng lish Government could have had in plotting the ruin of Prussia: It was thereby to complicate still farther the, strife of the Continent, whose advan tage it is far from consulting. It speculates on the fall of 'thrones and the depreciation of Kiogs as on the blood of their people, and in_ this sense it has neither Allies nor Friends—it purchases its repose with-their misfortunes It is certainly impossible to believe at preSent that it thinks, seriously that Swe den can defend herself, or that it is able to afford her any effe&ual assistance against the armies of France and PrUssia: But it does not the less pursue its system, however fatal it rnay'prove to its Allies. It will think itself sufficiently compensated for their ruin if it can thereby gain time—for time is of the utmost value to whoever is in an imminent danger. But this odious system is already tdo well known to be long dangerous. The English Government . , has been .able to corrupt Ministers and to debase Sove reigns—but no means have yet been found to stifle in the breast of nations the respe& of themselvesr--.' that sentiment which survives all others: They have never raised more loudly the cry of national ho hour outraged—they have grown indignant - at the affronts they have been made to undergo, and this instill& of national propriety, this moraldelieacy, the public pudor in a word, is, at least, a remedy against the degradation of Cabinets. 'Sunday morning, between three and four o'clock, a ina - fi and woman were ohs2rved walking together. In Bridge-street, Blackfriars, towards the bridge, where they separated, and the woman walked out side of the balustrades as. tar as the third lamp, and then- fell into the, bed of the river. It was low wa ter, and she was dashed to pieces. The body was taken to Blackfriars Workhouse to be owned, and to be submitted to a Coroner's inquest.