The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-07 00:00:00

LONDON, FEBRUARY 7, ISol.

THE statement' in all the Papers, of the people
on board a Flag of Truce that had sailed from
Dover some days ago, having been refused permis-
sion at Calais to land, is totally void of foundation.
On the contrary, the persons on board that Flag
of Truce did land, and nothing more occurred in
this instance, than has been usual during the
whole of the War, with Vessels dispatched from
Dover under similar circumstances.

The French Squadron which seems at kngth
to have escaped the vigilance of our Cruizers off
Brest, consisted, according to the observation
made on board the Concorde Frigate, of Five Sail
of the Line and Two Frigates. By the first ac.
counts from our Fleet, it consisted of Seven Sail
of the Line and Three Frigates, so that probably
Two Ships of the Line and a Frigate had been
obliged to put back to Brest, either by having
suffered damage, or from their inability to get
out of Berthaume Bay along with the others.
We had some time ago occasion to mention our
opinion, that this Squadron was destined for
Domingo, and not for Egypt, as some of the
Papers of yesterday asserted. Among the tea-
sons which we have fur persisting in this opinion
are, that no one in France has,• during tho last
two months, called in question the destination
of this Armament : that General SAt-tvcvra
&ESP AGNAC) Commander of the Troops, and
Citizen, ESC: LIE R, the Civil Commissary of
Government at Si. Domingo, are on board Ad-
miral GAN rft EAUME'S Ship ; and that the Bishop
of Si.. Domingo, and some other Priests, whom
TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTUR R requested to be sent
out, were also there. We deem the following
to be sufficient reasons for believing that the
French Ships arc not destiged for Egypt. In
the first place, our Expedition against that
Country, was begun a fortnight or three weeks
ago, and the French Government have long
been in expedation of- it : it is hardly pro-
bable that it would, in such a case, have been
guilty of the imprudence of risking Five Ships
of the Line, which could hardly fail to meet with
our Force in the Mediterranean, of more than,
double their number, who, we may be well as-
sured are, in the present circumstance, incessant-
ly cruising within sight of the Coasts of Egypt,
and particularly of the chief Ports of Disembar-
kation. The number of men, besides, which the
French Squadron carries out, is not sufficiently
great to afford much assistance to the French
Army, or to be of sufficient importance to ex-
pose, to the risk of loss, the vessels which carry
them out. The information of the Officers of the
Concorde, strengthens our supposition, for when
the French Squadron was first discovered, it was
steering to the Westward. After having thus
stated the reasons on which our opinion is found..
eel, we do not call on our Readers implicitly to
adopt them. We may be deceived, and the fad
may prove different from what we conceive ; but
until that shall turn out to be the case, we must
give credit to the information which has reached
us, and which we consider as derived from good
authority. It is both our duty, and, as far as we
"can pursue it, our custom to follow the most
rational course of informatiOn.
It is known that the fifth brother of BONA-
PARTE is on hoard Adm. GANTH AUME Flag_
Ship, and under that Officer's immediate con-
troul. This young man has been sent thither to
expiate the faults of youth of which he was guilty
at Pie:]s, and in the hopes that the sea service
will correct the effervescence of his passions,
and tame his natural arrogance.

Three 11am:burgh Mails still remain due.

THEIR MAJESTIES and the PR I NCESSES left
Town yesterday morning, for Windsor Lodge.

We untlerstand that the Levees of the SPEAKER
of tI House of Commons commence to-morrow.

The Earl of 'LucAN, who was introduced by
Earl SPENCER at the Levee and Drawing-room,
on Wednesday and Thursday, is the Brother-its.
Law of - his Lordship, and not his Sot, as
absurdly stated in the Court News off' all the
other Papers. . . .

Mr. }REELING had the honour to kiss HER
MAJESTY'S Hand, at the Drawing-Room, on
Thursday, at; had also Mr. BRENT, on being
..epoinicti to" a Commi,,,,ion in the Corps of Light
Horse Volunteers, both of whom were most
grAtio,usly received by HER MAJESTY,

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NAVAL v oe.

'Yon illi'impet i em telvi, 407.7inilme tridental!,
sed rtiai !;rte datum.

rL I'M° UTH, F 5.

SAILED the Magieienne and Thames Frigates,
and Eurytfice,. of 24. guns, on a Cruize to tile
Westward.

Arrived the Telegraph hired Armed Brig from •
a Cruize. •

All the Frigates, Sloops of War, and small,
Armed Vessels at this Port, have received orders
ts put to Sea with all possible dispatch.

A large Danish Merchantman, in company
with two Frigates, is now standing in from the
Westward,.

POR7'SMOtrlli, Fs B. 6.

ARRIVED this evening, His Majesty's Ship
ChiAlin, from Lisbon, and is under Quarantine
at the Motherbank, for having had conimuniCa.. "
tion with several 'ships from, Gibraltar.

DEAL, FEB.- 6.

Tuts morning the Racoon Sloop of War came
in from the Westwar4l, .aud remains under Qua 4

mantle.
The Prince Tr;ilia.. Armed Ship came in, anti
saired for the Nore.

The Boddirrn-Erst-4titlia S'hip4s.44t- Zi3l:lle,
down Croni the. River, and remains. •
In the Downs, the atierjsiel, Ruby, He
!Vernon, Ratocta, S'avirge, Arrow, and Gannet
Sloops.

DUBLIN, FEB. 3.

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THE Dhgator, of Liverpool, a fine new West
Indiaman, mounting 24 brass guns, in returning
from her first voyage to Demerara, was unfortu-
nately •
wreckedat Rosebegh, in the Bay of Castle.
main, County of Kerry, on the sth ult. and out of
6o persons who happened to be aboard, only three
sailors were saved.. The shores of that wild re_
pion being covered with bales of cot/on and pun,
cheons of rum, and all the other precious contents
of a very rich cargo, were for three days exposed
to the pillage of the natives, as no Magistrate re.
Sides .in that neighbotrrhood. On the fourth day,
however, Mr..tVimisuxt.i., late High. Sheriff of the •
County, who lives 40 miles off, arrived in time),
by means of great-exertions, to save part of the
cargo for the owners. Bills, and Bank l Eng-
land Notes to the amount of 20,0001. were re., .
scued from destrutlion ; and 12,0001. worth -of
property was discovered to belong to the heirs of
a Gentleman, passenger, from Berbice, who had
perished with the crew, and whose body, being
found and identified by the three surviving sailocs,
was interred with all due decency at Inch,

LISBON, JAN. 26.

La 111;tierve Frigate, is just come in here,
without having made a single capture, after so
severe a Cruize, that each person was reduced to
a pint of water per clay•
The Araby Schooner anchored in the Taguct
four days ago ; she has taken four Prizes, and sent
them into Oporto,
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LITTER FROM AN OFFICER ON BOARD LA CON'.
CORDE FRIGATE, DATED PLYMOUTH, FE/).4.

" Ott the 27th of January; Cape Finisterre
bearing distant is leagues, we disco..
vered, at . nine at night, by Moon-light; seven
large Ships about two miles to windward, tin,
der easy sail, steering to the-Westward ; be..
ing on- opposite tacks,' two bore up for us.,
One however, in a short time resumed her course,
and joined her fleet ; the other continuing iii
chace .of us, we stood on, until we supposed tie
Fleet'distant about six miles; somewhat in
.our
lee-quarter, .when having brought to, we made
the private signal, which not being answered,
convinced us she was an Enemy. When she was
within hail, and.during'some preliminary conver-
sation between the Captains, I had an opporttinity
of observing her, from our comparative size, to be
a Frigate of very large dimensions, with a poop;
any further observations were prey ented by a vol-
ley.of musketry, and an. order to strike• to a
French Frigate. he then ranged up on our lee..
side, receiving and returning our fire as she passed,
till' she shot .to far ahead as to bring-us on her
quarter ; in which position we kept her warmly
and closely engaged for about half an hour,
when the Enemy's fire entirely ceased, he re-
ceiving our broadsides, ,kvhich brought hit; boat
and other wreck from his stern and quarters into
the water, without returning a shot. k'rom this we
concluded that his people had deserted their quar-
ters, and that he had surrendered ; but we soon
found his attention was engaged in making' his
escape, as we perceived him making off from us
before the wind. Our braces being shot away,
some minutes elapsed before we could pursue him ;
and though_ every exertion was made by Captain
BARTON, we could not again, bring.him to aftion,
At three in the morning we lost sight of
.him,
and perceived. him again at daylight ; but his
fleet soon appearing to windward, obliged its to
relinquiSh the pursuit, anti steer for England.
Though the presence of a very superior .force has
deprived the Officers and brave Crew of La Con.:
cord the honour of adding a fine Frigate ,to the
British Navy, yet the consciousness of having

A Cartel with a Flag of Truce sailed to
Calais on Saturday last, and returned on,Sunday,
having deliVered the dispatches to the proper
officer at that Port. The dispatch was addressed
to Captain COTES, the British Commissioner for
Piisoners in France, and contained a notice to
the French Government, that our Ships of War
Would in future take
.all fishing-boats they 'night
meet at sea. •

We understand also, that our Government has
remonstrated on the violation of faith on the, part

a France,. in having pressed a great number of
ishermen on -board the Fleet at Brest, which rile
" Immunity of His Majesty's. Ministers had per-
Mitred to return on parole to their homes, on con-
dition of not serving in atiy ships of war. It is,
ascertained beyond a doubt, that many of these
Men have been compelled to forfeit their engage-

inent.
Fourteen Ships, of 64. guns each, it is-said, are
to be hued with all expedition to lie in Cawsand
'Bay, Plymouth, as Guarda.Costas, while the
Channel and oiher Fleets are at sea.

All the Ships in 'the East India Company's
-service which are of the burthen of r zoo tons
and upwards, are to mount thirty guns. . Ships
'of less burthen are severally to carry twenty-six
nine and twelVe:porinders.
The Adventure, rinlaY; from LOinion to Mar-
tinico, was captured near Madeira the 31st
January, by La Mouche Privateer. One of the
crew arrived at Bristol in the Santa Brilliant
Packet, recaptured, reports that the Fleet under
Convoy of the Andromeda Frigate, separated
about a week after sailing from Portsmouth, and
that he was informed tie Mouche Privateer had
'captured from 13 to 74 sail of them. •
We_ some time since gave an account Of an
Action having taken place between the French
Privateer Bellone, and an English Schooner.; but
by a letter from on board His Majesty's Ship
Sirius, dated at Sea,' January 31, we learn that
that Ship NI in on that day with an American
Brig from St. Scbast ian's to Philadelphia, by whom
the Officers of the Sirius were informed, that it
Was the Briume Privateer that had the Aetion
with the English Schooner between Vigo and
Oporto_; that her First Captain had lost his
leg, her Second and Third Captain and thirty
men killed, arid the vessel received so mach
_damage, that she was obliged to return to Pas-
sage, and from thence to Bourdeaux, to repair
her damages. Had not a breeze sprung up, the
Privateer must have been captured. The Braave,
mounted 44 guns, twelves and eighteens, and
'carried 300 men.
Thtt two French East indiamen brought into
Plyir.outh, prizes to the Magicientre and Thames
I.'rigates, are, L' Herott,'of 20 guns and seventy
-tren and passengers ; and 4! Aurore, of 18 guns
and sixty-five ditto and ditto; they were
captured' within six -leagues ..of Bourdeaux.—
They are both laden from the Mauritius, for
toUr.deiux, with spices, nankeens, silks, co-
chineal cOffee, tortoise-shell, ivory, &e.- The
cost of L' Heron's cargo in the Isle of France,
was one million and half of livres Tournois stg.r.
ling: They lay al the Mauritius three.months,
to avoid our cruizers, but the British Frigates
taking some prizes, left the Coast for Madras,
and L' Heron and L'Auret sailed directly for Eu-
zope.—On board 'L' Heron' was .found a small box,
with a false bottom, in which was concealed Die..
patches from the Governor of the- Mauritius to
Bo NAPAtiTS : these *ere forwarded to the Right
lion. Earl ST. VI C . Search has been. imide
among the French. Prisoners in Mill Prison, ,be-
longing to Pile ron and I.' Aurore, coriceakti
diamonds) said to be hid away, but with Out effe6f.

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The Debate on Monday evening furnished
many excellent Speeches, as, well as observations
in reply, witich the limits of a Nespaper.could
not possiw
bly comprise.. Mr.' PITT, in reply to
Dr. LAWRICCE, was 3 we understand, ,most
peculiahly;l:lappy—Speaking of the learned and
lumbrout hoaor, he characterized him by "the
learned Gentleman whose jejemzeri of inlet/et!
and prvi;x;t) of. speech, he had often occasion to
hear And to lament"--alluding to the DoE or's
lipeeches before the, Privy CounCil; 'where be is
employed' as an Advocate 'for Neutral Nations,
And where he sometimes administers a'Arai-ratic
of four or five hours cperativd:

. •
• It is said that one of the Duke of BEDioiip's
brothers is shortly to bring forward a Motion in
the House of Commons, for the purpose .of tr'ying
the Whbte strength. of the Party. • We could
hardly
ihave believed that 'any of-Or :Party' could.
deliberately intend to render the -whole Body-
so insigracant in the eyes of their,countrymen.
from the proceedings . of' the Highland -So-
ciety, it appears, that the manufakaute of kelp;
as- a lixiv 44 salt, commenced in Scotland about
the. ken, 1720 :..that its value vra,s. so'' little
known in 1754,.- that Mr. HECTO:a MACLEAN,
the venerable Minister of the Isle of Col, 'and
the Friend of j'ottxsoN, - sold the liberty of
using the kelp„ on his farm to •an .Irish ma.
nufailurer for two -guineas,: who made from
during that season, twenty-five.ions : that now',
however, as an article of commerce; 'value is'
generally understood, and 'that in 1788 full 3000
tons had-been micle,...whieh, at 61. los. per ton,:
amounts to 49,5601. The expence of making•is
estimated at from zl.-to 31. per ton. ." . •
A discovery, haS lately been made at Omny,
near BeauVaik, in France, of two vases filled with
gold coins;, to'the number of two thousand .and
upwaidi. They are Roman, chiefly of the Em-
perors, fr6rn Galba to Geta, inclusive ; many of
them beautifully cut, and in perfea.preserVation.
They were eagerlr seized upon' by a number of
persons in the neighbourhood, who appear to
have concealed some of the most valuable, espe.
daily tltoge—spf the Empresses, so that this will,
probably, Ions): furnish valuable specimens for the
cabinets of the curious.

CCratT QV 4, fits. .6
AMERY" RANDALL.
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Mr. Gitiss said, this was an Mt 10.13 for icia&
sold and delivered. The Defendant by his pint
said; the Plaintifr was 'a native of the United
Provinces; who *ere at war with us, and that,
consequently being an Alien Enemy, he could not
maintain this Aftiom

. .
To that plea the Plaintiff replied, that he was
entitled to recover in consequence of the provisions
of the 35th Geo. 111. c. 15. `that Ad passed
when Great Britain and Holland were in amity,
and it authorized the People of this , Country to
import Dutch- Property for the benefit of the
Dutch themselves, that it might not fall into the
hands of the French. These goods were shipped
at Rotterdam; and were lost by capture. It also
appeared, that His MAJESTY had granted a Li-
cense for the Plaintiff to receive the money for
these goods of the Defendant,

The 'Counsel said, he was at a loss to conceive
how that replication could be an answer ,to the
plea. The Plaintiff was an Alien Enemy. The
replication set forth several Ads of ParliaMent,
the first of which was • the 35th of the present
King, c. ts, which was passed in consequence
of the French coming. into Holland ; and though
Dutch Property Might be brought 'into this Coun-
try, yet,; afterwards, by the 37th of the King
,(the Dutch Prize Ad), that Property became
prize. With regard to the License,. it 'did not
give a right to the Plaintiff' to sue; it only au.-
thorized the Defendant to pay Over the money.
He really did not know how he was to argue it.
Mr. ESPINASSE, on the part of the Defendant,
relied on two cases, the one in Lord Raymond,
zB2, and the other in Rosanquet and Puller's Re_
ports, 163._ When the Counsel was stating - the
.35th Geo.'lll. c. 15, Lord KENYON observed,
that when that At passed, we were then at
peace with Holland.

Mr. Es? I NASSE observed, that there were se-
veral Statutes passed after that, to continue that
A& of Parliament, which coupled with the Li-
cense to receive that money, conferred on this Fo-
reigner a right to maintain an Mtion in an Eng_
lish Court of Justice. Whatever the policy of
that Aft`of Parliament might be, it would be a
fraud on Foreigners to allow them to import
goods into this Contstry as a place of safety, and
afterwards to prevent them from bringing an
Anion to recover their value.

Lord Kitbrolt"...." Was there any A con_
tit the 35th Geo. 111. c. 15, after we were
in a' state of making reprisals against Holland ?
Was there any Ad to authorize trading in Hol-
land ? The 35th Geo. HI. c. 15, was made for
the benefit of the Inhabitants of Holland, that
their Property might be. brought over to this
Country, and be prevented from getting into ihe
hands of ravagers."

Mr. Est.' NASSE assured the Court there were
Aft,; which continued that Statute, and enumer-
ateci the following as of that description-37th
Geo. 111. C. 12; 38th Geo. 111. c. g ; 39th
Geo. 111. c. 12; 39th and +oth Geo. c. 17.
Atts continued the 3th Geo. lII► in ge-
neral terms.

Lord KENYON• observed to Mr. Guts, that
perhaps he was taken a little by surprize, with
regard to these Aas of Parliament. •
Mr. ,G 1 t.its said, he •was not- taken by stir.
prize. He contended that the 37th of Geo. 111.
reciting the order of Reprisals, put an cad to the
35th of the present King.
LotdKiNY'ON.-...." Without some special terms,
certainly it did. Let it stand over, that these
Afts of Parliament may be looked into. I. do
hot chose to take a leap in the dark,'. but I do
viily believe it will turn out to -be as Mr.
I its has stated."

Mr. Grt. ES acienitted that these Aas continec,i
,the powers of certain persons called Commis-
sioners, wh6 were appointed to manage tho. Pro.
perry. But these Mts (lid not authorize the im -
porting of Property subsequent to iliac time, ocher_
wise they would have destroyed the Dutch Prize
A.
. .
When Mr. GIBBS. was about to address the
Court, on the part of the Defendant,
Lord KENYON said, he thought it was unne_
cessary for the Learned Counsel to-give himself
any trouble on the subjedi as it was to stand over
for a second. argument. .

THE KING 131.1C11, r co..

' Tzt,ts was a Rule obtained by Mr. ERSK 121 F,
at the instance of Earl Darnley, calling on the
Defendant,' Robert Bligh, Esq. to she w cause
why a criminal. information should not be filed
against him foi- having used very unbecoming
language,'as it was allcdged, towards the Noble
Earl,

Mr. PtativAt, moved, that this Rule be
enlarged to, the next term, on the ground that
the Defendant, who lived in Dublin, had not
yet half time to tals.e copies of the Affidavit and
to prepare for` spewing cause against the Rule.

Mr. GARROW observed) that he had- received
instrnaions t 4„ move to make the Rule Absolute
when the time for shewing cause was expired, as
it was expressed by the .Rule ; that these in.
strudions werA accompanied by an Affidavit of
the service of this-Rule in Dublin- on the De-
fendant, and, that such 'Affidavit, had arrived in
London twb days agb ; and that the Defendant
buy :the. same time, to send by the Packet in.
ktruelions to 'oppose,. is the Prosecutor's Agent
had.to' send in Support- of the, Rule, jot. 'Which
reason .he . thought. the .Court would order the
Rule to be btought on some day the present
Terni. . _ ,

'iheCotirt thou ht it was reasonable that the
Defendant should #e the time which was now
asked on his behalf, to take copies, Arc.. 9f the
Affidavits, 41, therefore ordered that 'the -Rule
be enlarged until the next term..
Rule enlarged accordingly.

COiith6/4 i't n. 6.

The Court rose this.day at an early hour, and
LorttELDoN afteiwards sat ai

A Variety of causes were tried, but the greater
part of theM were of a very uninteresting na-
ture; as involving no one point at ali important
to be stated to the Public.

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-1` beaten a ship of a mach greater force; Under tilt-. LAP/ RETORT,,
1 existing circumstances, must ever be a pleasing
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4;,4 refleCtion to every person belonging to ber."
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