The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-07 00:00:00

LONDON, AUGUST 7,18 w.

SOUR Deal Letter contains some particulars of the
successful operations of Lord NELSON against the
Enemy's Gun-boats at Boulogne. To that we refer
for the details, as nothing official has yet been pub-

lished on the subjea. His Lordship anchored in
• Margate Roads yesterday afternoon ; but a renewal
of the Attack will, it is expected, soon take place in

another quarter.

Via this morning received farther Paris Papers,
which come down to the sth instant ; but bring
us nothing of importance. In our subsequent Co-
lumns are to be found the remainder of the nu-
merous official reports made to the French Govern-
ment respesting the two naval engagements, which
in so short a period have covered with glory, not
the French, but the Squadron of Sir J. ‘SAUMA-
RE Z. In the first of these the French acknowledge
a loss of 180 killed and 300 wounded. Admiral
LI NOI s expresses great regret at the loss of two of
his Captains, LALONDE and MoNcoussu, who
were killed. On the subjeCl of the second engage..
went, we find no less than four official accounts in
the French Papets, not one of which acknowledges
the loss of the St. Antoine, respeaing which the
Minister of Marine contents himself with stating,
that they had yet no certain intelligence. The.
French Ship, the Formidable, which had also sepa-
rated from the Squadron, afterwards entered Cadiz.
The account of Admiral LINOIS gives us hopes that
the Hannibal is not among the number of Ships
which have escaped. " The Frigate, L'lndienne,"
says the French Admiral, " towed the Hannibal,
which 'we were cony to perceive made little quay."
After again expressing his regret at this circum-
stance, he observes that they determined to send
the Hannibal back to Algesiras. The condua of the
Captain and the Crew of the Formidable is extolled
to the skies in the French accounts, although the
whole of their exploits consisted merely in escaping
the pursuit of our Fleet. But what is most curious
is, that this very Captain, Citiien TROUDE, after
having, in the account which he gives of his en.
gagement, asserted that he had during the-night sus-
tained the fire of five English Ships which fired red
hot shot at him, concludes, by acknowledging that
two of them were the Real Carlos and San Herme.
negilde, so that it appears that the Spaniards and
the French did one another, mutually, considerable
injury on this occasion, a proof how little order
and taaics are considered in the conduet of the com-
bined Squadron. The Minister of French Marine
gives it, however, as his opinion, that Admiral
MoRENo bad calculated every thing. Citizens
TROUDE and TOUFF ET, who succeeded in the two
engagements to the command of the inihnipt...SL
and the Formidable, have been promoted from their
former rank of Captains of Frigates to that of Cap-
tains of Ships, a rank equal to that of Post-Captain
in our own Navy. Admiral LINOIS has received
a Sabre of Honour. The two children of the two
French Captains have been admitted into the Pry-
lane:ern of the Republic, and the widow of one of
them has received a pension. By the allurements
of such rewards, and by the excessive commenda_
tion bestowed by BONAPARTE on every seaman
and every crew which has had the smallest nega-
tive success, the Chief Consul endeavours to dire&
the attention, the efforts, and the inclination of the
French People to naval affairs. We conceive, how-
ever, that the news of the battle of the i ash of
July, and that of the bombardment in Boulogne
Roads, will cool his hopes, and destroy his labours
on this head.

This being the Birth-day of Her Royal Highness
PRINCESS AMELIA, Their Majesties' youngeSt
Daughter, who completes the 18th year of her age,
the Royal Family would receive the Compliments
of :Nobility at Gloucester Lodge.

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