The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-30 00:00:00

in the intervening period.

A gallant attempt was Made within the last fever
days; by the. Centaur's Boats, to cut out 'some .ITes-
sels'frorn the Harbour of Rochefort. The Boats of
the British Tars succeeded in bringing away one of
the Vesgls,but it was, we are 'sorry to say,' ptlr7
chased with the loss of several of our intrepid Sea-
.
Men. . !

THE Gazette of last night contains Letters from
Sir SIDNEY SMITH, which give a very interesting
A count of his proceedings since he has pssurne&the
Command- in the Mediterranean. We are happy to
find that has been able to afford very important
assistance to the gallant Prince of HESSE PHILIPS
~IHAL
j and there is every reason to hope that the
brave Garrison of Gaeta is in a condition to with-
stand the assault which the French haye threatened
to make with 30,000 men; about the end of this
month.

The Gazette also contains Capt. LAVIE'S account
pf the Capture of La Guerriere, and a Notification
that the Port of Venice is placed in a' state of
lilOckade.

THE of G.FMANY has shewn more
spirit than could be expel led in his present situation,
and 'after such-severe disasters, in venturing to re-
,
tnPratrate against the eletlion of Cardinal FEscH tc)
be joint Arch-Chancellor of the Empire. This re-
monstrance, indeed, is More demonstrative of spirit
than prudence, and
,may draw upon him the im-
placahle vengeance pf the French Usurper, unless his
Army is condu6ted with more ability an d firmness than
in the last unfortunate Campaign. It has been just-
ly observed by Sir SIDNEY SMITH, in his recent Dis-
patches, that there is " a mistaken idea, much too
prevalent, that the progress of the French .A.rt*es is
irresistible." The English have several times proved •
the contrary, and the Troops of other States might
do tll9 If they would but row from *heir
tPrPqr4 and oppose craft to craft, as well as courage
te

LETTERS and Papers -of the 24th and 28th ult."
;have been received from Barbadoe\s, which contain
some- farther particulars, resp'eaing the arrival of
Admiral Vii.J.lAttmEz's Squadron at Martinique.—
Admiral COCHRANE, as we stated on Monday, was
very near cutting off some of the Enemy's Vessels,
but they escaped by having the advantage of the
wind. 'lt was rumoured at Barbadoes that, besides
Admiral VILLIAUMEZ'S Squadron and the Regulus,
two other French Line-of-battle Ships had got into
Martinique; but we are inclined 'to think that is a
mistake.

The fohr French Frigates that were blockaded at
Porto Rico have sailed. They fell• in, on the 2gth
of May, with a Fleet Which left Tortola on the 12th,
and were chafed by the Frigates convoying the
Fleet.

WE yesterday expressed our disbelief of the re-
port which stated that war had been renewed in
India, and we have reason, from further informa-
tion, to consider that the report in question arose
from some slight skirmish that is by no,means likely
to produce new warfare.

Among the visitors to Their MAJESTIES within
these few days, were the Marquisses .ELY and
TtiomoND, Earl GROSVENOR, .Countess MALISIS-
BURY and daughters, Lord mud Lady BiJI,KELEY, Sir
J: BANKS and' Lady, Mr. and Mrs. FitE.E.mANTLE,
General. and Mrs. Haacontr. •

The Duke of YORK yesterday reviewed the First
and Second Regiments of Guards, and a party of
the Flying Artillery, -on Blackheath. His Royal
Highness to-day sets off to commence his annual
review of the Western Sea Coast.

Among the late arrivals. from India, are, Major-
General Sir WILLIAM CLARKE, Bart. of the 84th
Regiment, and Lady; WILLIAM NESBITT, Esq. and
Lady,; Mrs. ElawKEs, Colonel BLAND, Major BRAT-
TAN, and Capt. MAHONEY.
Yesterday morning, at ten' o'clock, Lord ELLEN-
BOROUGH arrived at Windsor, and was closeted with
His MAJESTY for above an hour.

Yesterday morning the First and Second Regi-
ments of Horse Guards were •reViewed on Black-
heath by the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. The Train of
Artillery from Woolwich was present. The Corps
took their ground near the Paragon,' and formed into
line with the Artillery in •front. , Scion after the
Dukes of YORK, KENT, and SUSSEX,' with Lord
MoutA, and many other. Officers, assembled, and '
were received with a Royal Salute, when the Re-
view commenced..' During the performance of
the manoeuvres, a heavy fall of rain took-place, and
the Troops were dismis.ed without ceremony.
We have been favoured by our Correspondent at.
YarmOuth with the-folk-ming further particulars of
the a&ion between La Blanche and 'La Guerricre;
It will compensate for the uncommon brevity of
the official Account of the French Frigate :—They
first saw each other from their mast-heads at ten
o'clock in the rnorning of the 18th_. of and
having at this time the same obje& in. view; •
they kept nearing one anothei• until one, when La
Guerriere bore up before, the windunder all possible
,sail, and La Blanche began to chase her the wind
was light and baffling ; but by superior sailing La
Blanche came up with her at half pa'st twelve at
night, and poured
.into her two broadsides before
she tired a gum. From' this time the two Ships
did not cease firing most, tremendously ; every shot
from ,La Blanche told ; ,so that 'in 45 minutes her
opponent was Cut to .pieces, and all' her masts
wounded, and took three:day.s for the Carpenteri
of both Ships to stop the shot-.holes and fish' her
masts. ' The men of La. Blanche, had been at their
guns from fire o'clock, and amused themselves
with singing until they were ordered to fire. -No-
thing could equal the coolness and steadiness of
every one on board. during the whole of the ac-
.tion., La Blanche, although- a large Frigate, ,for-
merly the Spanish Amphitrite, is not nearly equal
in size to La Gaerriere, and the Weight of Metal
and complement of men in the , latter were greatly
superior. •

The circumstances attending the capture of La
Guerriere afforda reinarkable instance of the energy
by which our Navy is condthed both ofi. shore
and at sea. it was not till the gth of July that
the Admiralty had intelligence of three French
Frigates cruizing in the-Greenland Seas ; the Phcebe
and Thames being stationed at Leith, had gone in
Chace oe thetn,, and La Blanche, then lying in the
Down's, was 'ordered by telegraph 'to proceed to
Yartnonth, Where Capt. LAVIE 'arrived before the
orders got dory n by which he was direeled to take
the command of the. three Ships. He sailed' from
Yarmouth in the afternoon of the Loth, and was
off the Shetland Wands in three days ; he
,there
learnt that' the Phcebt and Thames were gone for-
ward, and that the, three French Ships had parted
company, the Commodore (La Guerriere) having
made, for the Ferroe Isles ; thither. he dire6ted his
purpuit, and was, fortunate enough to discover a Sail
on the 18th of July, which, aftet a fourteen hours
chase, proved his prize, and the two Ships arrived in
Yarmouth Roads on the 25th, La Blanche
.having;
ft:om leaving the DOwns, ran distance 012500 miles
in 16 days.
Capt. HUBERT, of La Guerriere, has a daughter
residing with Mr. T.r BROWN, the partner of Mr.
WiIq.DREAD.

The Right Hon. ettattL4s HoPE, Lieut.-Colonel
of the First Regiment of Royal Edinburgh 'Volun
teers, addressed .the Members a few days ago in' a
very impressive manner, and concluded with saying,.
" While twenty' of you will stick together, T will
"cheerfully devote my attention to your instrudioa,
and I shall .think myself ;Imply rewarded if I can
keep alive the embers of this System in
,our native
City.''—..This Address, which was 'uniformly con-
veyed in the language of a true Loyal f3riton, was re-
ceived by the Corps with the loudest shouts of re-
gard, esteem and veneration.

Lon/ LAUDERDALt; who has,hyreport been sent
in haste to Paris, was enjoying the humours of NA Lni
to a; late hour last night,': at the .Opera House, witl
PUq4SS.,of Yo.R4 its her bq.

-NAP AL NEWS.

Fi cm the LONDQN C/a ETTE, 74 29, '1836.

Admiralty-Ofce,"Juty zg.
Copy of a Letter from the Right lion. Lord Keith,
K, B. Admiral of the White, &c. &c. &c., to
Win: Marsden, E. vq. dated on board Ike Edgar, off
Ramsgate, 27th J. 180.

I have fhe satisfa&ion of transmitting, for their
Lordships' information, a Copy of a Letter which I
have received -from, Captain Laiiie, of his Majesty's
Ship the Rlanclie, acquainting me with the capture,
in the latitude of the Ferroe Islands, of the French
Frigate La Guerriore, one of the Enemy's Squadron
that ,bas been harassing onr Ships employed on the
Greenland FlSheries.

Their Lordships will have great pleasure in ob-
serving, from the list annexed to .Captain Lavie's
Report, that in consequence of his good condua this
large Frigate has been carried 'with very little loss on
our part, and that he speaks in terms, of high com-
mendation of Lieutenant Davies aid the rest of tho
Blanche's Officers and Ship's Company.
•I. have the honor to be, &c.
RIE/TR, Admiral.
His Majesty's Ship Blanch e ,I;armouth

MY LORD, - Roads, July 26,180 G.
I have the honor to acquaint you of my return to
Yarmouth Roads, having in company La Querriere
French Frigate, commanded by Monsieur' Hubert
(of the Legion of,Honor), whom I.captnred on the
igth inst. in lat 62 deg. N: off the Ferree Islarids,
after 4 sharp contest of 45 minutes

_ .
La Guerriere. is of the largest class of Frigates,
mounting 50 guns, with a complement of 317 men,'
but these were soon sadly reduced by our desiratire
fire; and the Ship hass-also suffered' very severely,
while the damages of/ the,Blanche are confined to
the top Masts, "rigging, and sails.
It now becomes a pleasing duty to beg you to ter.
commend , Lieinenant Thomas Henry -Davies- to
their Lordships' notice; and to speak in terms of re-
spe& of his' general goOd conduct, as also of Lieu-
tenants )3astio and Allan, of Mr. Robertson, the
Master, and Lieutenant John Campbell, of the Ma-
rines.

The Warrant Officers, Midshipmen, and Ship's
Company are likewise entitled to mywarmest praise.
Underneath you will observe the list of killed and
wounded. . "have,.
•
• THOMAS LAVIE.