The Sun.
London, England, 1801-07-13 00:00:00

LONDO V, JU LY x 3, 1807.

CAPT. BLAKE, of the Dispezt,o Cutter, arrived in
Town on Saturday afternoon with Dispatches from
Lord Sr, HELENS, as satisfadory as they are impor-
tant. On the i 7th of last month, a Convention wa3
signed at Petfrsburgh between Lord ST. HELENS
and Count PANnz, by which
,all the differences be-
tween the two Countries were amicably termi-
nated. The other two Maritime Courts of the
North, have been invited to accede to this Con-
vention, which they will doubtless do. This news
was justly considered by Lord -HAwxEsatraY of
such moment, that his Lordship, late as it was irk
the evening, communicated it to the LORD MeiYOg
in the following Letter

Dnuning-Strezt, 74y IttiridiFill Zeta P. M.

MY LORD,

' I have greaktsat-i-snalon in informing you, that Captain
mss, .of the Dispatch Cutter, is just arrived from -St.
Yetersburgh, and has brought a Convention,' signed on the
27th of June, by Lord Sr. FIF.LttiS and Count PANII,r, on
the part of 111 s'N.l kizsry and the EMPEROI4. of RUSSIA, by
which*all differences between the two Countries li4ve
,been
amicably adjusted,

" Their rf:jiv!ski and Swzr;zse MA,jEsr4q have. been
Utvited to accede to 014 Convention.
!• I have the Ifo!lour to be, drc. Sec.
(Sigcl,:z4) ‘f HAINTISESSURy.ti
The Right Hon. the Lord irfaycr.

It is unnecessary to make any observations on
the very beneficial consequences of this event.—
The removal of the causes which prodiNed the
War in the Baltic, the re-establishment of our
Commerce in the North in its greatest extent, and
the return of more than Tyventy-five 'of the
Taste, at the moment when our Enemy afTeds to
meditate clip Invasion of our Isla'nd, are advantages
too great and too obvious.to render it necessary for
us to enlarge upOn them, or to enter into any view
of tly othereffeds that may follow this happy
c,ent, which throws no little Political Splendo; on

the Pt.lm4iistration,

ytl-teiday received further. :Path Papers,
ni3w corm down to :he zoth inst. They
lre entitled to very little potiq, as will k seen
from he f.xtraas given in a subsect;ent.colutrm.'

Two Hans64rgh Mails remained ttt!e when this
rater was put to Press. •

ye4etki4y the Pititicz of CONDE, who liinckd at
yarplgtgll or -..F.trijay, arrived in Towq with a
s!.litp, among. Who are the
.Counts DAmAs,
and M4c4RT.gr, The PRINCE dined
Niteb Ms:j;lcitust,

Ac the Tuta ss OFDEVONSIIIR r's Public g reak.
fast on Saturday. there were present the Pft;NCE
pf A.i4s4 Du4s4 of CLARI;NCB; CUNI4E4LAII9)
',l•;al"Fr, .MoNsgzolt, Pritlee of 011A!,!GE, the
rii Jj';..
Marchioness
D 4tdiess of MARL.§OR.QUGII, Marquis
ni pf 'ACORN and a long list nf
atyS frepcb NoWlity.
11.4, uly,c.-q-,tion Lloyd's for the relief of the
wives and children of the Sailors and Soldiers Om fell
this Ipttlt.' off coyenhager, alciirday ovcning
ainquilte4 ro #4st and
to :1811? s4sy

."•••7:';
N AY:d L 4.; -IP NEWS.
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Nom illi bitter Lot tl rsi, savumque tridegttm,
Std mibi torte datum.

Frcm the LONDON G7IZETTE,'Vy

41miralty-Offce, qy ix.

Copy of a Letter front Captain Thomas Rogers, Com-
mander of His Majesty's Ship Merciiv;; to Evan
•IVepean, Esq. dated in Trieste Road, the .28th
May t t 8o z

SIR, , •
I beg leave to enclose for their Lordships' infor-
mation, a copy of my- letter;Of the 26th inst. to
Lord Keith, giving a detail of a very gallant service
performed by the Boats of His. Majesty's Ship upder
my command, which refleCts great credit to the
Officers and Men engaged in it, and the hard ease
of Lieutenant Mather being obliged .to relinquish
the. Prize, after three hours', possession, will not, I
trust, in the opinion of their Lordships, lessen the
merit of the enterprize.
I have the honour to be, &c. &c. &c.
T. ROGERS.
11~ercurry, of Ancona, Afay z 6, tSO I. •
MY LORD,

Having received infgrin.ation by a small Wssel

_
captured yesterday from AncOna, that His• Majesty's
late SleoPßull Dag was laying:in the Mole of that
port ready for sea, with supplies on board for the
French Army in Egypt ; I judged it . necessary to
Make an attempt to take or destroy her with the
boats of the Mercury ; and. as our success depended
upon surprising the Enemy, who was ignorant of
our arrival in the Adriatic, (the Fortifications about
the Mole being too forthidable to justify the attempt
in any other Way,) .I therefore made sail directly
for Ancona, and came to an anchor, soon after. it
was dark, off the Mole ; ;he boats were aceOrdingly
prepared, and left the Ship at half past ten o'clock,
under the command of Mr. W. Mather, First Lieu-
tenant, from whose good conduct the Bull Dog was
surprised, and carried about midnight, the boats
having got alongside without being hailed by the
Sentinels ; the alarm was, however, immediately
given along the Mole, to which the Ship's stern
was secured by the two ends of a bower cable, and
three cables out ahead, these were soon cut by the
people appointed for that purpose, and the boats
began to tow, exposed to a heavy Fire of Cannon
and musketry from the Mole, but as there was a fa.
vourable light breeze, the sails were set, and in less
than an hour the Ship, got without reach of the Bat..
series, and was completely ours., but unfortunately
it fell calm, and a current setting her, along the '
coast near the shore, a crowd of boats (sonic of
which were Gun Boats), filled with men, 'came out
to attack her ; Mr. MathernOwlound his situation
extremely critical, having the Hatchways to guard
to prevent the Enemy rising-from below, the Boats'
Crews fatigned with rowing all night, and the GUn.
Boats approaching fast and raking the Ship, he
had therefore the mortification of feeling himself
obliged to relinquish his Prize, after being i.n pos--
session of her above three hours, and unfortunately
failed in several attempts before he retreated, to set.
her on fire.

The moment I could discover the Bull Dog was
out of the Mole, I got the Mercury under weigh,'
but it Was almost a calm and impossible to get near
her, as she had drifted with the current to a Con-
siderable distance from where the Mercury lay, and
we experienced the mortifying disappointment of
seeing her towed back- to the very spot from whence
she had been so gallantly taken-; it is nevertheless.
some degree of satistitdion to know, that her voyage
must be at least delayed for a considerable time, if
not quite defated, her masts and yards being shot
through and disabled in many places and she has re-
ceived considerable damage in her Hull and Rigging.
The gallant conduit of the Officers and Men em-
ployed upon this little enterprise will, I trust, meet.
with your Lordship's approbation ; and it is from a
desire of doing justice to their merits that I have
been drawn into this, otherwise unnecessarily long
detail. I have to regret the loss of two brave
fellows killed, and four wounded upon this, occasion.
The Enemy had above twenty killed, wounded and
drowned. - _

I have the Honour to be, &c.

T. ROGERS.

Admiral Lord Keith, F..ec. &c. c.

Names of Men Killed. am,/ Ifrauirded.
Tohn Cray, Seaman; Morgan Davis, Marine, killed.
William Haines, Thomas Guinan), William Morris, Henry.
Mew, wounded.