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peundera,. ma Otte main deck, and 260 men, taken; nu re.
[UM!.

Le ears—Thirty-six guns, twelve pouuddrs, on the main
deck, and 3 r 43 tuts, taken ; no returns.
La Merced es-Tssirty-ssx guns, twelve pounders, on the
main deck, and :ISO men, blew up ; Second Captasu and 40
men saved.

SIR, Indefatigable, Plymouth toonJ, 08 19.
I have to inform you of the arrival at this pint
of His Majesty's ship under my command, with the
Amphion. which I thought proper to order to EDlT-
land for the security of the two Spanish frigates La
Medee and La Clara, which we have brisugl4 in
with us. We have seen nothing of the Medusa
and Lively, with the Spanish-Frigate La Enna, since
the evening of the anion, when they parted from
us. 1 eacl'se a copy of the account delivered to
me by the Spanish Major of the squadron, of the
treasure and cargo on board the four ships.
.I Low the honour to be, ke.
(Signed) GRAHAM MOORE.
The lion. Admiral Cornwallis, $c &c.
A general statement of the guods slid effects brought by the
frigate.. uf this division, conutianded by Don .I,4eptt J. Hw.
tamente y Guerra, Chief of the squadron a the Royal
Nary.

ON ACCOUNT 01 TNL NANO.
Medee--15 sacks of Vivana wuul, 20 cheat, A.,il sack., of
cavarilla, 1627 lan of tin, 20$ pigs of copper, and .5`;1,94*1.
dullan in 'Attn..

Fame... 200 bArs of tin, 28 planks of wood, and NNW'
dollars ii. diver.
•-• merce<fe,....2o sacks of Vienna wool, 23 chests and Wits
of cascarilla, 1139 bars of tin, 9Gi pigs of copper, and 1122,000-
dollars in s4ver •
Clara--20 sacks of Vienna wool, 20 chest. 1,4 sea. of cat-
canna, 1666 bats of tin, 5;1 pigs of copper, and 234,694 dol.
1a,., in silver.
T.,tai-7) sacks of Vienna viol, GO chests an .1 sacks of
cascardia, 4732 ban of tin, 179% pigs of copper, 24 planks of
wood. and 1,307,6:14 dollars, in Aver.

ON ACCOUNT OP TYR MERCHANTS.
MAce-32 chests of Ratinia, 9)2,619 cloli.as HS silver,
479,504 g ,Id, reduced into dollars, and 124,600 ingots of gold,
'd u ce.l into d•d!an.

Faing—;3l6o97 dollars in silver, 217,756 gold, rcdured into
dAlars, and 2:i.4l I ing ,ts of gold, reduce,' into do:lars.
Mercede.-590,000drillais in silver.
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Clara-641,100g01d, reduce:l intOrlollars.
Tetal---9;2 chests of !tattoo. 1,b39,216 dollars in silver,
1,119,6313 g re,lnced into dollars, and 1,0,011 ingots ur
gold, reduced into dollan.

OW ACCOUNT OW TUX MARIN& COMPANY.

Metler--3,995 seal skin,.
rama-14,930 B.sal skins.

Clara-10 j.ipes of seal oil.
Total-05,!!S seal sk ns and 10 pipes of sea/ oil.
Copy of a Letter from Captain Mnore of His Majesty's Ship
tiie Indefatigable, to William Marsden, Esq. dated the *IA
in tarn.
SIR,
I herewith transmit to you, for their Luriships'
information, a return of the killed and wounded on
board His Majesty's slips itt the anion of the sd•
Oftober, 1801,, together with the loss of the
Spaniards. I Ara, Sir, &c. &c.
(Signed) GRAHAM Mootce.

lutl,f.tigable—None.
(11,dir,-1 ler Return not received.
Aineinuo--Liewtertant William Bennett, wounded, S sea-
men and 1 marine, wounded, badly.
1.1e.:11-1 killed, • wuunded.
La Medea (the Spanish Admiral).-2 killed, 10 wounded.
I.a Clara-7 killed, 40 wounded.
F.nna —ll killed, and ,Q grounded.
La Mtnce te.-411nwil up, the Sec aid Ciptain, and 0 men
savvd by ine Amphion, an the rest periihcvl.
(Signed) GRAIIAM MOORE.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS

PARIS, OCT. 11.

Admiral Bruix has given an account to the Mi-
nister of the Marine, in a letter of the 13th of Ven-
demiaire (od. 5), of the arrival at Boulogne of
sixty vessels from the flotilla at Havre, under the
command of the Captain of a frigate, Peytes
Monteabrie. This division of the flotilla passed
by force through the English cruisers. A squadron,
composed of several frigates and corvettes, attacked
its rear guard off Fecamp, the gun-boats faced the
enemy and fought with spirit. The enemy's frigates,
abandoning the field of battle, towed away one of
their corvettes which had been very roughly handled.
All the inhabitants of Fecamp were witneues of
this engagement, and one of the gun.boat s, which had
most distinguished itself, was honoured with loud ac-
clamation from the spedators. Near Dieppe, off
Capt. Peyter Monteabrie sustained a second
engagement, which lasted more than two hours, and
was not less honourable. The English cruiser was
obliged to fly, and our vessels pursued her for some
time.—More circurnstanti 41 details, which have not
yet arrived, will known the brave men who
have distinguished t:„lnselves in these alions, and
whom, it is the intenticn of Emperor to reward, by
admitting them into the Legion of Hinour.

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This morning, at eleven o'clock, the Emperor ar-
rived at St. Cloud. Ilis return waa annconczd by
repeated discharges of artillery.

oc r. 17.

Recent letters from Rome state, that the jir:rnev
of his Holiness has been pnt off for a week, and
that he will not arrive in France before the latter
pan of this month. Cardinal Cambaceret„ Arch.
Bishop of Rouen, has been sprinted by the E.=-
peror to head the deputation, sent to meet and
compliment his Holineis on our frentierc. His
Ltuirtuice is now here to receive bis anal Marne-

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tions from his Excellency Mr. Porta our Knis-
ter of Public \Vorchip, and intends to set out for
Turin about the 14th or 15th. He travels in one
of the imperial state carriages, sent as a present
from the Emperor to the Pope. Except the corn.
nation carriage, it is the most beautiful in France.
It cost 96,00') livres (1,5001.), and %v.:5 built by.
Simeon at Brussels. Crowds of people go daily. to
admire its neatness, li!•::tt:e.,s, and elegance. It
may lie sera every day in the grand coach house
joining the Pt/its o, the Emperor.

The French actors and aßres,es, have ac-.
companied the Imperial Court to Aix-la-Chapelle
and l'sleutt., are returnc4.. They ..itave gathered se
plentiful harvest dtainr their al;Scocc It i. uid
-
that even the third-rate players have cleared up-
wards of GOt/O livres (2501.) The, Esty goy and.
Emi rest have heside, rewarded their Leak from their
Majesties' privy purse,q the Fanperov with :.0.9.000
livres ( 1 5001. ), and tbs., . grepress. with 1.50,000
livres (6,?501.), as signs of their graciuus appro.
hatieo. It is
°even caid shat '00" • Tabus,
Fleury, Ilablist the chief... and, Picard, wilt be ap-
pointed Members of the ,Legimt. of I.lsmuur.
( des Sp..e!th. 'e.l • ) --

On 27th 'ult. fifty Pnglish prlioners of war
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passed under a tnilitary'eiiort ihrougit
.Nantz for
Veicfunl 'lt is sail that they. had eng;ti,,el in ;be
del Grades; butifrora intercepted lettzrs, it was
found out, that they had only entered irta ~ueh.ats
eng4gerae.lr, with the hrspe of iinding. an oriportel
nity to el cape. Goverc:nere, accordi.rg to rep •rt,
will not accept ot the slry:ce of any other Brital
SUS-) eaS. except those born tr. Itelanct;-"cntland, dr
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The ktilding of the new iat/ of n :na,:?rn. 't
continued with such thivity, it is eapea lac
finished before the 9th Nortrnber. Tbis gaty
one of the most beautiful ot its sort ever s:en.--•
(Josrital de Pat's.)

The Germans have a curicus taste for nialz;ng col
lesions. A Countess, Sophia hleimora dr 5.01ber.44
began, upwards °lime hundred )c-irs ago, to r.si.e a
colledion of funeral sermons. of which "vet' was tly
original motive, and which curiosity has cominiieJs
It cost considerable sums, and can't ;arts non• a
treasury of great value. Her heirs are prs .• •
to
publish a catalogue of it, which alone will f m a
thick volume in folio. T:le Counsellor LiCis: 4
has formed a colleCtion of 68,000 'geographical
maps, purchased by the King of Prussia, tor 20,900
florins. Mr. Spengler has employed fifiy years
his life, in farming a c011e.%.n of shells, petiiiltc-
tions, and minerals, in the Danish states, which he
has disposed of with a generosity equal to his pa-
tience, for a very moderate sum, to the \dimwit
of Natural History at Copenhagen.--( lforriterrr.)

Baron Knobelsdoif, lite Prussian Minister at Con-
stantinople, has been ele.aed Member of the Royal
Society at Berlin. During his stay in Turkc.7, he
made a collection of twelve volumes of Persian
mauuscripts, which he presented to this t.tociety.
This precious gift contains—lst, Harms, al Safa ;
or, The Grand History of the East, by the cele-
brred Historian, Merkond ; in 6 vol. Qd, Zobde
Tavary ; or, Seal Histories. 3d, A History 9f
the Family of Sefi up to Sahach Abdas. .Stb, The
History of Sahach Nadir. sth, Two Works of the
famous Poet, Giaati, called The Divan, &e.--(U.)
They write from Marseilles, that within thr:e
days fifteen foreign vessels have entered that har-
bour, among them a ship under R.;:sian colons's.
They were loaded with cotton, dyeing-wood, and
other produßions of the Levant.

On the 6th, in the evening, the Empress arrived
at St. Cloud from Mentz. The filing c.l the artil-
lery announced the next morning to the iuh.tivitants
of the capital this terminate event.

The last news we hare of the journey of the En:-
cr.or was, that His Majesty passed the night of die
6th inst. at Treves, where he was received with the
usual demonstrations of affe.Rion atid joy.
The Ptefed of the department of the Roer has
written to the Mayor of the Communes, on no Ac-
count whatever to give any passes tor Calais, Bou-
logne, Antwerp, Brest. Cherburet, and other places
on the coast, except to persons who prove thz-mselves
to be born Frenchmen, and inhailizants of France.
They write from Turin, that great prerrarations
made there for the reception of His Holiness
the Pope, who is expetted 1:1 that city about
the eel

Ye lerdaYs the Senatv, the Legislative Corps. the
Taibunals and the Members of the Courts of Justice,
welt rat carps to pay their duties to the Frnioess ac
St. and w coagr.atulate her Attic-sty on

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her fortunate return from her journey in the eon-
qu:red departments.

Yesterday, at half-past three o'clock in the after-
noon, 11-.1. Imperial Highness the Princess Loui,
W4S delivered of a son. According to the fortieth Ar-
ticle of the Constitutional An of the Empire, of the
1,1;h last Eloreal, his Serene Highritcs the Arch-
chancellOr Cambeceres, was present on this ccca-
siin, and afterwards immediately sent a courier to
inform the Emperur of this joyful news..--(Mc.
nitcar, 03. 12.)
A letter from his Excellency the Minister of the

General Police orders the Prefeai to carry into ex-
ectstiol .he Imperial decree of the 3,1 Messidor,
which suppresses all n•ligious order.; in France.
'• Never," says his Excellency, 66 shall the Empe-
ror admit the Jesuits in France; his Majesty's

gracious intent is, that the Catholic religion shall
have no other servants in France than secular

priests."
'I he American Papers speak of a wife of Monsieur
Jerome Bonaparte. It is very possible, that this

young man, who is not yet twenty years of age,
might have a mistress ; but it is impossible that he
can have a wife, whilst the laws of France prohibit
a m:nor of twenty to ennui& any marriege,
eat the consent of his parents or relations. accor-
ding to the formalities ordered in France. Mooney..
Jerome Bonaparte was born in 1781, and upwards
of twelve months have el .peed since the American
Papers speak of his marriage.
The French fuads are from 35 90 to 57.

MINISTRY OF bIIIRINE.
ADalla AL SLUM TO Nil 11IPLIIAL MAJILITT.
SlTE.lndorse. October
" I have the honour to give your Imperil! Ma'.e.tv . n
e..unt, that last n,cht the enemy made an attempt to bunt, 11
moans of a great number of fire ships, the vessels min bch cent-
ime our line of anchorage, ►ut their plan failed.

" For two or three days they Mad considevately vein .weed

their Nat on. Testerlie it consisted of .tt vessels, 4S of which

were brigs or small cutters, which side tae suspect that they
*sight be fire ships, and that we should soon be attacked. I
irampoolirmitel in th.it opinion, when, in the enures of the dai,
%saw &ship ef the line, three frigates, two brigs, and several
cuttest. take a $ %V. position, a league and a ba.f to wi• dwatd
this Lit beat on our left All these circumstances were
imaelible ON an enterprise of this kind. A strong W. S W.
amen neenbilied with the rapidity of the spring tides, and
ease them a greet facility to send their Ittaships ag oust us.

" I soassqueiley ends my disp&itisn4--11 ordered the mt.

%Mg Commandant to establioh ►ar. before our ;the, to tight,
lets a. d centre. I tent immediately into the harhourt un•
4er Rear-Admiral La Creme, a great number of boats well
amok which, assisted by pinstieta with large howitzers, were
do tom the dre.elips aside. The Gel.pral aimem bled all the

Captalasao the line. a... 1 communicated to each the mamma
ewes to be p.t.s el, according a. cneurostaneri 'night ccear.
Tbe clack commene e! at hal!past ten. I r..a infienied of the
eppecaeh of the eitemy by a warm firing I•etiveen our van and

*Asa pinaines....The ar•y dispatched &gill** the Ish..le

frost (Wool litre several Are ships, which they towed to a cer-
tain distaoce, and when they had quitted them, the trawl and
tides finished bringing them to us; but our boat. then opmted
a peonage for them, and all blew up within the line, very near
to the shore
" Eleven them blew op from ten tieock to four in the
morning, ill the spate complied bctviecii the fort de 11'curs
and Wiinermixr.stwo °6.v.', the matches of which were put
out, were taken near Wimereux. The cannonade was very
warns, and senile' of the enemies boats sunk.
" We lost hut one pinnace with • Prussian hoWtams No
P 6?, the Ca.tain of which, wining a Aimship, which appeorod
to be towed bry a canoe with a sail, ordered it to be boarded;
the men leaped on board the tan it, but tin one was in it;
hardly, however, had they come near the Art ship, when it
New up; the pinnace was destroyed by the ex,ilasionew47
WWII likes saved themselves at Wieserenx, in the English

gains. W. Just an °Meer, 1$ soldiers and 7 sailors; there
were ►ut 6 men wounded, in all the rest of the line, and we
eaperionced no tottler damage than a bowsprit, which was car-
tied away by **Ant 1 have no certain account of the in.
•stay received by the inneing; bet independently 1 semis!
hats/ea* nen lAA were ark, the discoid r which our van
observed among the crews who left the beets that towed the
Are ships, induces me to think that their two in men was con.
filterable.
" Our inn-boats kept op a very brisk fin ef artillery Oa M-
yers! English ships of war, stationed behind their ire-ships,
which they were to protect. The cannonading did not came
the whole night; it was soecroivelv and incessantly along the
different points of the I.ne ; et was so well kept up, that the
enemy beats, which were ordered to easy in the fire-ships,
were glad en abandon teem in disorder.
" The Officers of my Staff have given me an account that,
notwithstanding the darkness of the night, and the frequent
and precipitate nameinenti which our repasts were obliged to
make, these movements wen• made with a degree of precision
which prevented all mistake. Great praise is due to General

La Creme, and the officers enasnsandin: the Tennis is tented
*hewed skill an I sari: fried. I cannot ruffsciendy praise the
courage and good clup.sition of the marines and soldi.ri who
were embarked r they assisted in the manccivres with as much
alacrity es if they are assisting at a fete; and every time
fire-shy exploded, the harlaur resound... 4 with cries of lire
L'Erepereris! 1-nrs Napa'ratt ! Several of our gun boats were
obliged to get under sail, to avoid the fire-ohips, nevertheers.,
there was no appearance of confusion. The enemy emliinyed
fire-vessels of three different kinds; the first were sloops cut-
ter% and other evureli; the second were a kind of colter% tarer.ty
feet kb,: and three fect broad, without any mast; the third

were kind of b:srel Cied with combustibles, and were

so contrived as to expliele by a piece of me.,hanism. The
♦cowls were filleil with several pieces at hoilow wood, which
*erg tries Intl %tamable matter, and which was Ithiesi

with cinches; Nita bin%)4;;11,4t, it worn% the Odd woo set well
almiLited, for they did no harm. This event, far from having
•he diva which our enatios hoped, only *erred to manifest
ih .c..urage ant corthilenee of our soldiers and militia, as well as
the e* .Bent order established for the safety of the port and
,arty_ Every body WAS at dos pcm,, the pumps, Were prepared,
rot doing the ilight the rounds were made whit u much
tranquaty as usual. Thu morning the enemies vessel' which
were detaehrd to the S.W iiined the re.t of the 'quadrat.
At six o'clock the wind began to Wow fres:i W.S W. avid eye, y
thing aanotin.:ed bid weatuer. At two o'clock the enemy gut
uncut wltigtt fur Weir own coast.
(Signed) " SIZUIX, Admiral."

In another report of the same day, addressed to
the Emperor, General Soult, Commander in Chief
at St. Omens, expresses himself as follows :

" SlkE,

" The Engoish had conceiv A the cowardly and hors ible pro-
ject of burotong the vrakils of the Riddle which were at anchor
in the road of Bouln;;•tc, and last night they endeavoured to ac.
coomplish till. horrible design. The re,ult is turned to their
!flame, and is charnels to the arms iof your Majesty. 1 have
the Iloilo r to g ve you an account of this im..ortant event
Yes'crday the English squadron, cto.sisto.ig M sad, of which
our were .f tho rise, six frigates 16 co:y;•ttes, or bamls vessel-,
10 brigs, 12 comes, and two loggers •oiler the orders of Ad-
miral Keith, alichur-d at about a learn and t half tram the
North to the Ws-st uf the p.ott. Dunne the day thy lached
one yeas 1 of the line, two frigates, several brigs, and the mo-t
of the cutt•n, and a number of boats, too cruosa in the South
West. At the., n'clocic it w. 4. ohserved that the ship of the
line and frigates had anchored, and had ordered the small ves-
sels to come to them, and afterwards t.iey Corned in a lime.
Those demonstrations were too Apparent for ms to rnigake too.-
i•bject which they had to view therefore Admire; Bruit( ha:
Wed to give •he neceAary den to Rear- A.l.niral La eri.sse,
woo commanded in tn., Roa•l. The batteries were prepared,
auf tha army lie4l in readiness to execute any orders which
they inieit receive.

" The wind was at Wett, a Nth breeze. At ten precitelv
aeire,al slant (rent the left annrutneel that lir! en .Any had hglaan
has attack; the fire entente I to the ce.atre; the entratem .n
tom became alai 4, g •neral ; ant at th s moment the dorm.
launched h.l first d 'tech watt of expl ding v-isels. Al tha.
ir -wit of the flatilla which etre...teed this ki.ad u, attack, s •
ing the ire -shape en lung, air .baled them, and IA th •m n.•s
them, without any of th.nt bring an taiarl. amt th...lnach
meet paled In the r...ar of thn line. Itt h.if :stet ten tit • fir I
blew op, oNonsite the battar nf the Grenadiers ; it ..r•el.le•-4
an am sense column n: (Ire ; the wrecks were Katt...v.4l on
rrory tide, but no pnr.on WO hurt —rho .ec '.l.vr tip op
poiite the Imperial Eatte:y, and tt.r n. A ...oh.,
Is••tween the forts of Cray and ti at an* Ceche; and V., rel,iett,
hoer the Itatt,ery of al., guelibarsher., witaust pf,l4..agis an.
greater effect

" these ,It explosions, the fire slackened Air half an
hoer; Rear4.lmiral La Cr.s•e proit .4 by this t. along
the line, a al cause to return t. their ranb 141(114
to avoid the explosion, had cut the, ^Yd •s A the h •i.h•
of the ltatt:•ry of Outset, nu wh...h th• Ft.. • Maro .4 Ad..
Y:ai•c were stattmel, shay ;wrens:a a brie, air an in
o( which amseird suseicious; it w hnxis a-
ground. Scaael• were they at ha( pi tql shot, wt.., t•te ve
MI exploded, more strongly than the f Irma only: ',nt nn ah
nn!) two sailors were slig tly wounded in the him I Teat
to .1c was then mad: uu the ng'it . thre- ere shys ex
inosizdatels at the port of Wa...ereux, tarn othas nn I, I f•
of La Creche, tea betaten Chatilsnn, the Fo
L'ilcort, a•d t..e •wetfth and at at this Imp itiety ; t
from this these arose a c .lama much m ire e .14 d roCe t a
the f TOM; and, as it &No 0c1.e.1 n •aver 'a tpr cloc• •
a commotion to great ...at was fe tia 11. se, ant 1..
more thin half a leapt •s th .d. At ha tee* thre • th.•
ire sot rely ceased, a el the ressels of the had all re
tooted to the line; on Ann, at hreAk of da., each wee 14
rank rear to combat, and the toe ny in ch. nave wen the•
there de t not exist the least toad in the ...ie.

The reiult of all th see shook Ole c.O
and appeared a. if they would swat ow eyeiy thin u w
Mat we experienced no loin, esc pt a mill°. rune which na
occasioned by toe much boldness and temerity. Tie pi crane .
N. 267, cnmmanded by Ca tai,s Gr in-t, bei rig near the vas
sage of Wimereun, perceived an English sloop under sa,
which appeared to be directing its enurse towards tie por :
wishing Muriel it, he gave orders to board a. M ch.,l A ira•
ham Cloquet, sailor, was the fiist who mounted vie s ie.p,
five others (*flowed, and they eatingueshed the fir •, bur in
seeking for the helm, which hal been taken away, thee gwr
ceimid another meal very long, floating It low in the water,
which scarcely presented wry surface, and which the pinnace
accosted. Hardly had they cite the cable than the fire-ship
blew up the pinnace, and swallowed all the men who were on
board. Some men of the garrison, who assisted, weft rived,
anti en JAM *TM Were on board of the skimp : several boats
wore s.nt to their aid, hut none could get near. The event
occasioned the Inss of twenty-one men; and front all the et.
plosians the result was, that two marines and four soldiers only
were wounded, one gun lmat lost its lom..pro, but that
arm- front gAtting on heard auctter—sit sustained no tither
damage.

" There is every remon to believe that the English have
sustained considerable low by the effect of the explosion and
the cannonade. The shams, and two of their boats were taken,
two fire slips were wrecked; the one to the east of the canal of
Arrshleteuse, and the other to the right of Wintered* ; both are
orti*jured. In the former the matches were extinguished, and
in the second, where the fire was to take effect by means of a
movement regulated as a pendulum, which would go off after
a certain number of oscillations; four soldiers of the 34th took
out the matches and st..spped the pendulum, and prevented the
explosion, which would otherwise have done much mischief,
as several persons were present Two hours after they had
taken the mezhai ism out of it, the movement was still going.
This morning the shore was curc?ril with wrecks, pieces of Mans
and splinters of all kinds,

" Such is the issue of this oeration, which the English
have %a long twedit trd, and fnr which they constructed, with
so much secrecy, great numbers of sewsls upon new models. I
have, at the beginning of mt letter, called this cowardly arid
.her able, because it is a horrible attempt wink the taws of

war, by seeking to destroy an enemy without exposing them-
selves to any da .ger. 1 cell it cowardly, because the enemy's
squadron, which made such an attack, carri•d three times as
litany guns as our Hustles, which was in the road. Why did
nut Keith imit Yee conduct of Ne'son in the year 1800, and
fight us hand to hand ? if that enterprise ►ad succeeded, it
would have meritA our esteem To oppose cannot against can
non, bayonet aittbast bayonet—each are the laws of war ; but
a whit, which oidy employs far its defence prignards and
Ore slily, has fallen front the rank which it pretends to oc-
cum,. lii.tory teaches us that nations, when they are capable
of conquering, 4irspir.o the offers of the Physicians of Fabri-
chi; ; and it is only in the moinents of their fall, that they
employ such perfidious means. In fine, there is, in the posi-
tion in which we now are, nothing to fez,- fruit the fire ships
of the Eaglitli. This appearance redoubles the ardour of our
soldiers, who wait with impatienc, for the motorist when they
are to fight against those millions of Volunteers, commanded
by the conqueror of the tiondscowic and the Helder.

HATORT ADDRESSED TO HIS VICELLENCY THE MINIS-

TER At NA R, SY MARSHAL SOW. 1, COMMANDER

IN CHILV IN THII CAMP Al $l. OMEN:

13"tilogne, Oct. 4.

In the re mrt ni the attempt nia le by the Eng'tsh to burn
the ve gel: -if tile Hotei t in th • road of Boulogne, which I had
the I Gomm to ad Ire,. to y_u on the tint, I mentioned a me-
i h nion of rapper, wmch imnesoldiers of the 34th had taken
loon a Ere Min .b .t hart rim on M. 0.,. at Vimereux ; but I
omitted to mints you of the nim.,l 01 the lagdie,i who nad
atchieved tt.i. d.ring action. 1 hasten to transmit and recom-
mend them m ynto mlice aid eenermAy. Labarriere, drum-
Ande .d Durst, grmiad-zia, and I..tendre„ rau.ketezr,
ad found ti. • -fits. went down to the be.teh to eels, some
shipwreck-A •m;diers who w?re in the great,st distress, when
they saw a fire shin on shore. After having saved a chai.eur
•d• the I nh reeini-ott, they returned to this infernal ThiChille,
tt ten "11l the nt-itches, and preve t its en; Fortune
•Avotired the•:. ; aml be their efforts they detached the ma.
chine, the move nent of which, in a few mnments afterwards,
...dd have cmisrou•iieatei with the ciimbosti:ile matter. Two
them mmailerl to g ,and the fire :hip, and the others carried
.f 7 the machinery, and went to give information of what they
st Al dine

The marltine Islikb the enldiers brought away has been
t..ken to contains wit:iin a mov•rtr it of clock
cork. whieh wild., go several hours, and of which the sprines
....nrennioate I with a gun to k, *which wont] gn 09, whit
•he ..ry hut reached its lowest uni.it. The pan of the
fick wie Rllvd with pnwder, and severst matdsm, the ends of
.ehich went 4 <••.1 in it. coin.nimiested also with the incen-

•tisre. The duration a-sig,ed to this movement led us to
iutairwee that the foiteiet i arm le.l this hretthip shoultl run on
slime. in •he hope, pe.ha 4, that curiosity would attrati a
.141111b,f of urr.ons roouwl it, or that they might hue hrotl'lt
:t into t h trliottr, that wh n it enplotbd, it might have raised
• mote terriSle witlchief However this mai be, their ,tea-
.urea a tpear..,l to he at well takun, troth wish r sheet to their

',whose of ex .looi,es an I the other they e trloyed, that it is .11-
wet aOr lidrid we sust tined on mo,e da nag••. Ten other fire
s.ti e tam um* "Acapharetres 1, s.reral barrels or cnm•
i•s:' N., sod powder, another trim or frame, similar to th..t
I h .ved +ailed, and tt prodigious member of scattered
emt-s wore found sit the shore. A committee has been ap.

,netvd le examine and aurtariticatt every thine re!ative to
it,.. affair, rid the repnrt .1 will make on the subject, wilt in-
t ire u.ni the means autpinyral lay tie English 11 ciuterte thi•
Jdnn,Rdde erstevpriie.

I .1141 e •Ind • this first rerm ►y recommending to your
tears P'erre Repod,clumeur, in the Ileit Antonini of
Light Inhilit.y, relative to whom I. traitosuit you a report .
l'•.rs brave avi err .nelw himeelf into the .ca three times during
Cie night. He hatl the taxi foetus, to succeed.

SW: LT.

the Emperor has ordered the Minister of the
Marine is adiress to the (:rand-Chancellor of the
Lz.zi,n of Honour, a sratcm•nt relative to the
I•rave men who distingui+hed themselves on this oc-
coiun, in order that this statement may be pre-
.ental to the Grand Council of the Legion.

ACIPOIf Of 011111. SOOCHLT TO NBRLCY•L SOULT.

MOMS LE MARELHiL.

have foe non 'ir t i transonic to you the cooper machine,
wh.ch yet s •i-i in the camp. It appears to be, or to con.
vin the r00..“6 principle of the fire ship which exploded laic
It. r i istriallauis will interest you, and a commriaim of
it, with toat of the ire ship preserved entire, in the port of
%Viinereux, will furnish you with an ovortui.ita of be-
corniog arimaiiiied with the mr:hani-in and conspoeitirm
el this Infernal ma bine, in all its particitlars. At half
after four this conning. the Coinivisodiuit of the Argil
tern heady; some plaintive cries hymn the beach, ordered
Lsbarriere the drummer, Ands and Duvet grenadiera, ntrl
Letendre musketeer, all of the 44.11 regiment, to go down In
the shore and g. ye assistance, which they 414 with the greatest
alacrity, aid were fortunate enough to save a chasszur of the
lOtia regiment. Neat the ; caner they perceived a "tat machine,
has i,. the i:,rm of a canoe not hollowed out, and, certainty"
that it serf a fire vessel, rushed on n to prevent its explinion.
Ronnie completely favoured them, and they suceemlcd in de-
taching the machine, which I have the honour ti send you.
Its Igrire is ten square inches, and about 11,11 inches to thick-
ness. It was closely lagened to the Ire ship, and all the jMnings
hermetically dosed by a double mar ch. The soldiers, certain
of having the match, returned to the camp, much surmises!
to heat a noise similar to that occasioned by the movement of
a clack Tins nuiie. has continued the 111110iCturne since, which
is now neyly 16 laws since the machine was found A 3er•
joint in the same corps, who piques himself en Moor. some-
what of a mechanc, has studied the machanisin of the ma-
chine, and, with difficulty sitcc-zeded in turning me of 'he
eight screws, which arc on the surface. Thin motion gave a
communication with the air, and a rather strait g erploai iii
with detonation, issued, of the fire.work ene owol in the In-
wrier tube, which was detached f,oat the ei.chine, and
thrown to a dla:aacc. This ti b, is eydently the point uf com
munication for the fir.eg of the at I.ole IllaCillild.
(biped) L. G. SOI:CZIET.

REPORT OF IS. outnow, LIEVTENART iN THE 15TR

REGIMENT. OT THE LINZ, TO MARSHAL SOOLT.
1 lave the honour to inform you, that this morning, aboat
one o'clock, a vessel from the Clem, which had ahead, sm.
tsined the fire of two gun baits, arachneed in fart of the
vessel on board which 1 serveaiemne, bearing down sos my yr.
board with all sails set. 1 caused her to bc: fired upon, once 1
believed her to be within half a can::on shut: my Ant &wham
was scarcely made, when her bowsprit was entangled r war
rigging, which she damaged. Tilk vessel wa, abrint Ams,
aid her port holes being touch higher than ours, I was pie.
p:lrwl to give her a good reception ; but not I,erri; au7pet,
appearing on deck, 1 conjectured she must be a hre.ship, and
in concert with the marine officer, every exertion was made
avoid the danger that threatened us. Tho so'diers
ha% ing been Oil., to make the same Areas:thole, on a.ceinit
of thu smoke, wera preparing to board, but 1 preventol
them one of them, however, Jean chassr•ur is nee
7th Company of the Ist battalion of the 10th Regiment
had his leg broken between the pat-holes, and was i ..r.ie I s
moaning to the hospital.

The yards and bowsprit of this vessel WO•ft! fon. • ,
grappling irons, which held her so fad on b•.a:d t'.. •. •
spa red of being able to thrust her off, at lengt'i, att. r
of air hour's laborious exertion, during which the crew Le!,
with the greatest icing fr.ird possible, we succeeded in ex-
tricating ourselres; but we were scarcely none twin tin—,
paces from her, when she blew tad ; yet, thuogh we ware.
wired with flames, and many splinters, both draw aid v..,..
fell no board, we sustained no damage, nor was ..or ~..;
of our crew wounded ; the fire of the explosion was too town
above us to communicate to our vessel. Two other tnuq
fin-ships eapliided within fifteen or twenty paces of trs„ but r
riot reach us. (Signed) 1;11 NM.

mr. 12.

Government has lately sent orders to the Gover-
nor of Vera Cruz, to remit to Europe, as soon as
possible, all the bullion collated there.
Last month we began to fit out here one ship 6i
te. guns ; one of 1,0 ; and one of 74 ; which, %rhea
manned, are to sail for Ferrol.

As General Moreau does not intend to go to
America before his wife has been broaght to bed, he
received the following letter from the Grand Judg• :

I have permitted you to go to America. The will or tie.,
Emperor is, that you cball not dare to set your tuot
French territory, before you have obtained Majegy's fxnui
p-rmiasion. Mr. Ileory, who will deliver you this letter, a
charged to brio; me your answer.
(Sigurd) " REGNIER."

Madame Moreau answered to this letter, " that
it was she, not her husband, who demandeJ to go
to America, and to leave France ; that her Luc-
band was not well enough to write : as for her pa-t,
she should not violate what had been promised,
Ste."

fRANCKFORT, OCT. 7.

Shortly after the Emperor's departure from
Mentz, the Russian Charre i4priiires, M. D'Oe-
bril, arrived here, where, it is said, that :le is waiting
for new orders from his Court. Ws read Arre
Russian slrclaraticin of War, but its authenticity is
doubted.

According to letters from Italy, mlgazines and
provisions are colleting for 24,un0 tutu, Gdi
ItaliAn troops, destined for the South of Italy. to
augment the army under General St. Cyr, in
kingdom of Naples.

ST. PETERSECRGFI, SEPT. 21.

Two ships of the line, two frigates, and several
smeller vessels, are taking in provisions for four
months, and to be reaJy to sail at a mommt's

notice.

To-morrow, or t'-e day after to-morrow, the
Chp.mberlain, Ilamn Novoviltzroff,embark4 on board
a frigate for London.
A new Ukase has ordered new recruiting for our
army.

HAMRURGV, OCT. 12.

Mr. Spencer Smith is arrived at Stralsund, where
he intends to embark for Sweden, afterwedc to go
over to England, by way of Gothenburgh.
General. Bernadotte and Bert hier, after a Cr,-
&lance with General Marmont, at Bentheim, on
Dutch frontiers, have returned to Hanover.

Letters from Copenhagen of the Gth state, 03:
on the Zal, all the ships in the road of Elsineur, i• •
the number of 4,0, had sailed wi:h a fair wind for
the North Sea. Tha English convoy sa:led a: the
same times taking with it the Swedish ship, irAd:d
with timber. tinder pretence. th tt, in Engipm4.
Proclamation has been publi.hed, ordering the ""
tention of all neutral ships, having such carg--••
in paying the freight, Ike.

VTRICHT. OCT. 14.

The monument ereaing is the camp near Zeiat.
will be finished this week, and the grand maw-
Imes will be performed next Sunday, for the la *.
time ; immediately afterwards, the camp ,in, in
great part, break up, and the division of General
I)umonceau take its winter quarters in North Hol-
land.

nacos, OCT. 17.
Be•i!es our Ambassador Schinstnelpeoninck, and
Admiral Vetheul, who are already appointed 14cro-
bers of the Legion ofr Honour, the Emperor of till
French has bestowed the same Order upon our p •
reaors Brantsen and Bich*, the SeorelaY of Star.'
Vandergoes, the Admirals W inter and Kitkert.
and the Generals Daendeb and Demouccay.---
( /Noe Cortreut.)