The Sun.
London, England, 1801-07-24 00:00:00

FRENCH IVAKAL VICTORIES.

•
WE yesterday gave the French accounts bf their
Naval Successes with :very little 'tlornment or oh,
servation. The
,eXperience of the last seven years
has taught our Readers to estimate pretty.cOrr4dlY.
the official statements of the, Republicans._ Lest,.
however, any should have- forgotten what a French
triumph by' sea is, we feel it a;cluty to republish the
account of the Vidor,- 'which they obtained aver"
Lord HowE on the Ist of June,' 1794.. It varies
in some -fr-zu" particulars, it is true from the 'state,-
ments in the London Gazette, but it is certainly as
well entitled to credit as Most. of the French ac-
.counts. -

NATIONAL CONVENTIbN.

MONDAY, JUNE 16.

BARRERE, Organ of .the Committee- of Public
Welfare, SpOke as follows The valuable pre_
sent which has just' been offered you, seems to he
the fore-runner of the. happy-news 'I att 'about to
communicate. The Convoy: of one hundred and
sixteen vessels coming from America, hag,vntered
our Ports;-ind brings us subsistence of au kinds.—
Our news on the Al's, and towards the:Naqh, is
equally good. Our Troops have retaken possession
of the'Pajatinote ; • Permasens, is.our own again ; and
the Army'of the Rbiire is every Where yhttorious:
BPt-gn objcet still moreimportant the pro,
visioning the Republic _lieF,sher,,
.an end-4
that Conipaa of Starvatiok) .berween. Eq,cijand.fanct
Spain; which wai.to desolitte France. with farnine:
" The sOlieitude.of., the Cortimittee' is:
English had"iiited all their farces on the ocean,..,
to capture this rich -06-vOye*Alhe .safe•fy -of•theCotin-o.
try depended on its'arrir al.- y
:=Whattliake'our..,
mit tee 'done ? , '

." It hasbeen secret. in its rneasures„ It -has
united. So N ST.
ANDR E. vrrs On board' the- fiicn&ii,,[7/i.; and as our
Fleet was,-ivrericr *to the English iri. the.number of
Fourteen Skips of tle:4ne, the Co.-twilit tee ordered
the. French Fleet to statibit-itself between the Eue.,
my: and! the Convoy.; 'ithd not tO'-fight,
,Unleis it
. was to save this Taluable Fleet; "
" ,The courage of-Republic-ans.; i'ard. their hatred
to the English-tribitiplied ovetevety obstacle. A
battle -beeatne'inevitable;, and it' is is been one 'of
the most .glorious acid bloody.that-eter 'oecutredin
the annals oftaval history.%
" Our Fleet,.. though font-teen inferibr in
number, andtO leeward of the Engii:',h,.inade them
feel. our vengeance, and:obliged, th'eni to.abandon to
us the scene of atidn. `Seven of our were
dismasted ; Ten belonging to the Eng'.i::!i suffered
the same fate, and-there is every reason to presume,'
that one of their three-deckers went to the bottom.
Our seven dism;isted vessels .are nut yet arrived in
port, and there is reason to apprehend- they are lost.
" Let PITT then boast of this Viaory .to his..
NatiOn of Shopkeepers (nation boatiguiet'e.). Al.
ready: do
.the.En4lish Newspapers announce that a
division our Meet has taken a Datch Convoy.
But we can tell ,you better news : not a day passes
but the commerce of our Enemies affords gsprovi-
sions etnd wealth.

" Here then is what the French Marine has done,
now that it is rid of its vermin Nobility. When
the details of this vitory reach us, we will recom-
mend the reward due to our brave Sailors.; Our
applauses teach from one end of the Republic
to the other.

Y' Now that the provisioning of Abe. Republic is
secured, we will unite our forces ; attack the vile
Kt:ayes ; and England shall be the spot to which our
Republican cannons shall be pointed." •
When this report, was concluded; .13AitaiRE read
the Letter•frotn the Representatives JEAN BoN ST.
ANORE and PIiIEUR tie la'Matite, announci%-these
.‘ .
happy tidings. •

' " The English (says he);'directed their principal
•
attack towards ; they fired 130 shot
at her. She lvasattacket!..by six ships at one time:
Her equipage is, cov.ered' with glory ;` tiegr 300 of
her men were killect.or wounded. JEAN Bo:v Sr.
ANDRE was' woOnded by a blook failing upon his
arm. Thel'btave L, Captain of the Itioritagne,'
was-killed:. -

CAUV ET g e the greatest
proofs of their courage ; and had it not been for
the cowardice of, - and f.orne btlitrs," we
should have taken the ten Jismasted English ves-
sels. Wr hope our seven vessels will' arriye. in
"the mean rime we have ordered aloe cowards to
Par<r to be tried.

. .
" A t length Our ,ohie,ft is. Unfilled! The Ame-
rican (:onvoy has anchored at St. Matthiek, and is
corninz, to,Brilf. air Fleet is preparing to go to
sea." 1..1e, loudest applauses were heard during the
reading of diese several coaununiegions,