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brandished their arms, and waved their colours,
by way of expressing their joy. The great officers,
the commandants, the oki.:ers, and tae legionaries,
then approached the throne, nne.re, being presented
by the Minister at War, they individually received
ham his Nl.ijesty's hands the decoration of the Eagle.
" It was delightful t s behold the Marshals of
the Empire, the Generals, the Counsellors of State,
the Prelens, Bishops, Officers, soldiers, and sailors,
receiving each in their turn the reward of honour,
from the hands of Bonaparte, who, recognising all
of them, received them as the companions of his
toils and his glory. The decorations were held up
by several Officers, in the helmets .n.. 1 bucklers of
the armour of Durtiesclin and BA! •rd.
" The sight of this splendid and brave army, of
those fields, of those ports, the work of their hands,
of those piers and light houses, resounding with
the noise of the waves and cannon ; the view of the
chalky coasts of England ; those rays of the sun
darting through the clouds to illuminate this au-
gust scene : those hostile vessels, tossed by the
tempest, and disappearing in the haze of the hori-
zon ; all these ohjefts combinzd gave to the senti-
ments and thoughts excited by the presence of the
Emperor, on the soil once trod by Cour, a gran-
deur, an indefinite charm, incapable of being ex-
pressed.
" There was one trait wanting to complete this
magnificent pitture. The flotilla could not go out ;
but the stars of the Emperor condueled one, as if for
the express purpose, from Havre. All eyes were
turned towards the sea, and the must lively joy
was manifested, in h^holding the ocean pay its tri-
bute to the entertainment of the Emperor ; and that
convoy, which had been expelled for six days, ar-
rived at the m snient of the solemnity.
" It was now tour o'clock ; the wind freshened,
and the billows rose. After the flotilla entered,
four boats and five pinnaces, which had cleared
the Channel, grounded on the sand-bank under
the wooden fort; they have, however, received no
damage, and next tide they will be floated off and
brought into harbour.
44 The Emperor passed the evening in his but ;
and all the legionaries were entertained at the tables
of Prince Joseph, the Minister at War, the Minister
of the Marine. Marshal Soult, and Admiral Bruit.
in tents decorated in a military stile. and the health
of the Emperor was drank with enthusiasm, amidst
the report of all the artillery of the batteries on the
coast."
Two English prizes, made by the Prosperous pri-
vateer of Boulogne, have been carried into Dunkirk.
The one is the brig the eloodoile Julie, of 116 tons
send six men, from Sunderland to Newhaven, laden
with coals. The other is the brig the Friends. of IS:,
eons, and seven men, bound from Dartmouth to
Sunderland.
MINISTRY OF MARINE.
Admiral Gantheauine, Counselor of State, Grand Officer it
one of the Cohort. of the Legion of Honoisr, Gommindant
of the Imperial Naval Army of the Ocean, to his E,celleisey
the Witmer of the Manse and Colon:es.
" On hoard the Venni., in the harbonr .ifr, lest,
August 4, year 12.
" My Lord-1n my dispatch of the 14th 1 had the honour
to inform you that thesquelron of observation had sailedl I
annsunced to you that we had discovered in the Yrisise only
two frigates, which retired before our,, but I supposed the
enemy's fleet to be at no E.,-at distance from the Island of
ant, and that in all probabi'itv the fog which then prevailed
had prevented the watch-posts from discovering them, sae in-
*wining us by 11110/1. My opinion in this respect was the
better founded, a, in the evening of the 14th, having premed
ed towaid. Pint St. Matthew, 1 heard in the idling a great
number of cannon fired in broadsides, which in the English
navy It very commonly a signal for rallying.
" During the night of the fourteenth we kept a gond look
out, and were always prepared either to take /imitation in the
pa.., or to retort, to Brest
" On the morning of the ISth we discovered at interval.
through the lilac dye sail, which we Judged to be two of the
line, one frigate, arid two smaller vessels. The 'nod 11111100
weak and uncertainanput ell the ships ender sail, but all 0111
!nines had ollers to reconnoitre the enemy. The enemy in
their turn gam sheer se err eassels, 01111 in the evening ap-
proachcd in to examine our peskien. A ship of SO gun.
came even within cannora.hot ad mix squadron. This assur-
ance left me no doubt that a superior force wa. miming up.
The fog still continued, and we could sewed, see the venial,
at the distanee of two leaves. The frigates bad code •to fol-
low the enemy's division, and to endeavour before night to re-
sonating as far out to sea as possible. All the .hips were en.
tinny ready to return to the pee, when the headmost triple
made a signal of seeing the enemy's fleet, to the cumber of
fifteen sail, crowding all sad towards us. I expected it would
be sufficiendy dark to prevent our preparations for sailing from
being seen. Alt the vessels were under sail the moment my
order was issued, and they manniivreil in conceit with the
greatest precision The wind faint, and the night very
dark ; thick banks of fog often convened from' us the coast,
and yet there was not the smallest confusion in the witiadmn,
and at ten at night we were se anchored in the ri ad of Brest
without the lean accident.
" In the night the enemy merle various signals by the firing
of cannon in the road whit h we had panted, and at day-light
two frigates, w.th their cutters, were still in that spot, with a
view, ne doubt, to examine whether we had left there our
anchors, and to take up the buoys. The enemy's fleet was
seen at the same time, to the number of nineteen vessels, sc.
vent frigates and sloops.
" The squadron of observation continues ready for sailing