The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-16 00:00:00

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se.Itr)AIR. f,orrnerly Envoy to our Court. lt. was ; *.vhole- of their artillery., . The Irfno t were dtnen.
said Ciat this Alinister resided at
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bear t‘v.6leagties; and E. AKE had re,Occupied Bil 7
r ,te. co -ename• nal) to see the
er';" bi.o authentic:, news ii,fOrms tls that Mr, k lJoa, where there were a considerable number of
'' ti , on- t 2 i oth of September, still at Malt. : the enemy wounded and dying:"
-1/01 de. Poris, Nov. 10.) • 1 ,
Gli, OCT. 25.—The Diet will speedily) IT has been this day stated, that a 11416Senger had
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•‘',- its Stump, otter long discussions, from . arrived last night from France, ' but no Messenger
' •-:': I i!, ij. has resulted.An extreme distrust
- ‘-•- , in that country, and the 'greatest part bas reached the foreign Office, nor does our Dover
•• 7\..Tiiiity are remarkable for a constant oppo- : Letter mention any .sUch arrival.
. :. every thing which is contrary to their privi- I
thus. they talk of the suppression of the
,!" Hungarian Guard ; and this projea, as is
' known, excites nuinerwus complaints and vio-
' pposition. The Count TOLSTOY, who has left
!IbassY at Paris; has been appointed General
'• ~!),et of the Itt,
' star, Army in Wallachia.'
,'t-'4Ecx, Nov. 2.—Some English Papers, received
vaY of Sweden, inform US, that the agents sent
itit-
.lllish. nos Ayies by the Spanish insurgents and the
~,,.,:, hate completely 'failed in their mission..-:-
Lt! Governor General, LINIERS, sent them back
• oh rOtit
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lisif V calr, and gave orders -to fire upon any
essels which might make their appear-
.,,.i..: he at the 4artie tittle made the necessary dis-
j,,:ons, to repel any attempt that might be made.
•!,, E ,;iish.Papers say that an Envoy from King
~..23,•:d'n arrived soine days before their. Agents pre-
i3l, theinselves.—(Journal 4 l'Ernpire, "Nova 10.)
.. , HUN. Nov. L—The following Order has been
I,,,f),lshed here :
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The General of Division, Count of the Empire,
~rMtuding
_in Berlin, and the Middle Marches,
,i. s" ret2hblY to
. the orders of his Excellency Mar-
,:ii e-Duke of AUERSTADT, informs the Prussian
cers that they are at liberty to wear the uniform
the
~tli . Regiments to which they are attached, and , . c'quentl
-.()ked y all anterior orders on this subject are
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• :ch Niarshal hope's that the good understanding
'itch, the inhabitants, will not be interrupted, and
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!,.:,,, ar,- "v Case it may be. necessary to use severity
"s any rnilitaay man.
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We have this day to lay before our Readers ati
account of one of the most gallant and desperate
ataions that has been fought during the course of the
War. The Amethyst Frigate, of 36. guns, Captain
SEvmout, fell in with the French Frigate the Thetis,
Pierced for 44 guns, but mounting
,50, and 436
'men, off L'Ori-ent, on the night of the ugh inst.,
and immediately brought her to a6tion. The
Engagement continued with 'the greatest fury for
two hours and ,a half, during which, the Enemy
several times attempted to board the Amethyst, but
were beat off with great loss. At length the Thetis
struck her colours, after having 135 men killed, and
102 wounded. Our loss on', board the imethyst,
We are sorry to say, was very considerable. We
had' 19 men killed and 51 wounded : among the
former was the First Lieutenant of Marines, • and
among the latter the Second Lieutenant of the same
Corps. No other Officer was killed or wounded...—
The Thetis had on board ten thousand barrels of
flour, for the relief of Martinique.: The Shamion
and the Triumph hove in sight after the a&ion ; the
former took the French Frigate in tow for Ply-.
mouth.

" SAINT HILAIRE

Our Plymouth Letter, dated the, 14th inst. gives
the following account, of this very gallant Naval
Aaiun :
",Arrived here this morning the Cutter belong-
ing to the Amethyst Frigate, Capt. SEIMOUR.—She
left the latter off the SoUnd, becalmed, with a large
French Frigate of 50 guns in company, which she
captured on the night of the 10th inst. off L'Orient,
after one of the most desperate actions that has been
fought during the War. 'lhe French Frigate is La
Thetis, of 50 guns, laden with 1000 barrels of flour
and a large quan t ity of ordnance stores, from L'Orient,
bound to Guadalcupe. She sailed on the evening of
the otkinst. and about two hours afterwards fell
in with the Amethyst, and the, adion immediately
commenced, which lasted upwards of three hours.
The Enemy made three attempts to board, but was
repulsed each time with severe loss, and at the close
of the a&ion b'ad upwards of 237 killed and wound-
ed ; among the former is the French Captain, who
was killed in the first attempt to board. The Ame-
thyst had in killed. and 5 t wounded ; among the
former, is an Officer of Marines, and another Officer
is wounded.

alvt• ' MAILS.
—1 Dublin, 3 Waterfqrd. Dua-1 Gottenburgh,
i Malta, 2 Waterford.,

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LONDON,
''VttktsIESDAY, iIOVEMBER 16, 1808

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'''II)ItTAIVT lISTTELLIGENCE gaol! SPAIN.
• t'Vßitti we communicated to our Readers the ac-
''kits the French Papers of the Viaories obtained
'" the Spaniards, weexpressed Our firm conviaion
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'' "le accounts were grossly exaggerated, and we
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the satisfaaidn of knowing, that our °pi-
' a well founded. The French accounts re-
(l t1s:.;•)•if ,
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'L their viaory as easy and decisive, and add..
)at the
.. Spanish Army Was flying in the
',.`'atest conf
7 usioo ;
but we are enabled, from the
.'-
.ci al details brought by the APNr' to state, that
•''se accounts are
..I'!id j almost in every particular false:
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4Plier left St, Ander° on the 11th inst. She
-0 'utelagence that a battle took place on the
't ult. between' t the French and Spaniards, which
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the Whole day. The Spaniards, who corn=
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em the
e attack, displayed most uncommon bra-
• ry ; h
" ' 'jut from the 'superiority of ntunbers, on the
.I,!i•t o',
the French, they were
,at length compelled,
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- retreat and to.evacuate Bilboa. But so far from
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ug le confusion, they retreated in excellent order,
lii.a th
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e -tetleit were so roughly handled, that they
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'ure to pursue them. On thb following
"9's some 1,..
~,is concentrating
SL'lrtnishes took place, while Gen. BLAKE
his forces. On the 4th, he again
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''ciced the enemy, and drove them from Valma-
',,l3, where they had taken a
ere co positiozi. The French
napelled to fall back several miles. The SO-
' •:rdstook 600 prisoneri, and some cannon. Accounts '''' reached St. Andero
zi.,. 'that our Army had passed.
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gioanca; and that Gen.l`4GOß E had arrived at Bur-
''s It is evident from these official details, that the
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accounts from Bayonne, of the 4th and Lith
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't liven in their usual style of exaggeration,
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-i evidently relate to the battle of the 31st ult.
t'i•l tertninated as we have already stated.
we
this morning received a private letter, dated
• iiap,l
"I*r, INrov. 12., which, contains the following

" Soon after the a&ion the Triumph, of 74 guns,
and Shannon Frigate hove in sight;. the latter is now
off the Harbour with the French Frigate in tow.
The latter is, said to be dreadfully shattered, as well
as the Amethyst, whose tnizen-rnast is shot away."

We this day lay before our Readers the . Annual
Exposition of the State of Frdnce, which &JONA-
PARTE has, for some time, been in the habit of sub-
mitting, to the Legislative Body.
,There is, in ge-
neral', a great similarity between these Expositions.
Every thing in the interior of France is represented
as being in the most flourishing condition :Abe peo-
ple are always happy and contented, and penetrated
with the deepest sentiments of gratitude 'to the Hero
that condescends to reign over them. France, al-
ways pacific, always• respecting the Rights of her
Neighbours, always faithful to her Engagements
only seeks for the repose of Europe; while England,
the Tyrant of the Oecan,, desires perpetual War, and
aims at Universal Power. Such have been, with
very little variation, the great outlines of the different
Exposition's which have been presented to the 'Legis-
lative BUdy. In the one now before us, there is
very little novelty, and very little that is interesting.
It acknowledges the very great commercial privations
which France has suffered, but they are falsely attri-
buted to the British Orders in Council; whereas
it must be known, even in France, 'that the mea-
sures adopted by the British Government were the
necessary consequences of BUONAFARTE'S famous
Berlin Decree. In speaking of Spain, much mis-
representation and invective was naturally to be ex-
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pe6led. England is accused of being the cause of the
insurreaionin Spain, and the Spaniards are warned,
in very pathetic terms, not to place any confidence
in our professions of friendship, and at the same
time 'are earnestly exhorted to confide in the paternal
'l,,ininess of BooAPAivra. In speaking of this
Country, we do !rot, however, find any expressions
of contempt. We arc no longer represented'as be-
ing unable to cope single-handed with France ; on
the contrary, it is said that we are aiming at univer-
sal power, and, our force is represented to be so for-
midable, that is re.qUires a confederacy of all fuel
Continental States to resist it. The ,threat of in-
vasion is again held out, and 100,000 men, that
were in the Prussian dominions., have been ordered
nto 4otilogne.

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