The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-25 00:00:00

TUE' ..-lALEIIII,cIA7 PA PE S:

w:Yon 7.—The French Fri ;ate` Le
le:zreux, of 32 guns, now refitting at Mark'no
Hook; is one of the Squadron known by the name
of .haor4E's Squadron; which moved to the West-
ward after qUitting the West Indies. The .Erench
crui2ed several days off Charleston, in hopes of in,.
tercepting some of the British convoys from the
West Indies, When finding they were still astern, they
stood to the Eastwarl

About the 12th or 13th of August their look-out
.Frigale, the Faleureux, discovered a British convoy
of forty Said, and three Ships of War, and immedi-
ately made sail to return to her Squadron. On the
14th she took the British Ship Hebe, NEWTON, from
Trinidad for Bermuda; and after taking out the
people-, and such articles as they chose, they sunk the
Sloop, and brought the people in.
On the 17th, in lat. 27. long. 64. Le Valeureux,
fell in with her Squadron ; but at this time the Ship'
of JEROME was missing, and for her they lay.to-;two
days; but not being joined by her, they determined
to pursue the Convoy -without him ; but soon after;
the 19th of August, a most tremendous, gale of
wind came on, which in the night separated them,
and obliged each to seek a port of safety.
The Valeureux pushed. for Virginia, but,' When off
.the Chesapeak, was obliged to bear away for the De-
laware, as the wind was -a-head, The Valeareux
was obliged to -cut away her mizen-mast, carried
away both her other top-masts, top-sails, fore and main
and stay. sails, and received other damage. The
Squadron -has taken eighteen Prizes since they left
I.Vlartinico, among which are the Hebe;above-men-
tigned, and the Brig, Capt. Motitus, from
Newfoundland for Barbadoes, which the-y
also plun-
dered. and sunk.

Arrived off this Port the Brig Cems, from Havan-
pah.—Aug. 26, lat. 31. 30, long. 17. yell in with an
English. Brig, laden with cOlfee, deserted; put the
Mate and two persons on board, and took charge of
her.--Aug. 27; fell, in with and boarded an English*
...Ship, likewise deserted ; her main and miien-ma,st
gone by the. board.; took out several articles, and
left her.—Sept. 3, parted with the Brig in a severe
hurricane from N.N.E. •

SEPT. B.—On Friday last a French 74-gun Ship
came into the Capes, and proceeded up the Bay. ' She
was seen on Sunday morning going uncter New Port
Comfort to anchor. This Ship has lost all her top-
masts, and appeared to be otherwise much :njured.—
.
We understand it is the Pairiole.

•
SEPT. le.—A British 74 and a Frigate, were `spoken.
in lat. 26. long. 72. 45. on the 2d inst. by Captain
SELBY, of the Schooner Eliza. They were part.of
Admiral WARREN'S, Squadron, and bound todamp-
- ton Roads.

The following is the latest account of the French.
Fleet under JEROME BONAPARTE. The Squadron,
at sailing, consisted of the Kieran, of 74 guns,'
thmmanded by JEROME BONAPARTE, L'Eale, 74,
L'impetue4x, Le• Castor, 74, Patriote 74, Le
Foudi oyant, 84, and ,Yaleureux Frigate. The four
former have not been heard of since the late gale.
The. Valeitrear has put into the Delaware almost a.
total Wreck., The Patriote has- (rot into the Chesa-
.peak-dismasted; and otherwise damaged ;. and the
foll Owing ;account' will shew the fate of the Fou-
droont : . • ' •
"',BosTorr,.SEPT. 9.—Capt. TRIPP, from GrenadS;
arrived at quarantine; informs, that on the 21st of
Aug-list, in lat. 26. IR. long. 66. 3g. seeing a- Ship
dismasted, with sheers up to set a.. top-mast, with
English colours hoisted half-mast, he. bore doWn for.
her, 'while another Sehooner to leeward hauled .lip-.
for her,- She preyed to be a French 84, having lost
her rudder, masts, and bowsprit, and having 700
men on boa-rd.

le The' Frenchrhan ordered Capt. T. to send his
. boat on board, which he' did, and was surprised to
see it. return, . soon after, full, of men armed, who
brought a tow-line on board, and made it fist to
his main-mast. Capt,T. told theM it would tear
his' vessel to pieces ; but he was not heeded. The
.other vessel, whiCh was commanded by Cipt. GRA-'
,iIER, of Boston, then came up; having two Officers
and five Frenchmen on board. They stood
and were very nigh getting' foul of the Man of
,War, and would, had not Captain T. cut the
hawser, Captain. T.'s sails were torn in pieces,
and the Frenchmen, consisting of a Lieutenant,.
Midshipman, and six men, took command of (he
Vessel ; and Mistrusting intended making a
push; hove 'about the Ship. The Captains of the
Schooners went on board. the Ship, to find out
where they intended , going, but could obtain
no intelligence, only they wanted to keep. the
Ship's head West. They had abdut sixty fathoms
cable struck out of the ward-room ,a-stern, but
Huobody tended it to steer the Ship; they had got up
main and fore-spar-masts, but two-thirds of •the
men were lying between decks. One of the crew,
*who could speak English, told Cape. T. they were
going to make sail; and take' him in tow, hand
his sails, and' steer by him ; and that if they could
not do any thing with the Ship, they were coming
all on board the Vessels, which could' not hold.them
with swept holds. .Capt.- T. then' returned to his
, Vessel, amused the Lieutenant, and made prepara-
tions* for re-taking his Vessel,
.and pursuhig his
voyage. Four of the Frenchthen.were put down in
the hold, and Capt. T. taking the command of
the quarter-deck, droVe the Officer below. In 'the-
'contest, Capt. T.'s mate was pulled nearly half way,
down the hold by the Frenchmen ; but his Med
hatiled him back, fastened the hatches down) hoist-
ed out the long boat,• drove them into it singly, let
them go for the Ship, and then made
.sail to get out
of gun-shot. ,
"'The above- Ship was Admiral ViLiEAUMEZ'S
Flag-ship, kbudroyan t.'' .

A most curious sort of a gig, called a Monotruche
from its having only one wheel, N:ras exhibited yes=
terdayi in Bondistreet; where it attracted an itn•
mense crowd of speaators: The wheel consists of
one nave, with two rims, upon a- three-feet axle-
tree, the spokes inserted from the nave alternately
into each rir i. From the shortness of the axle-tree,
'the carriage is evidently exposed to the 'danger of
over-setting ; but to guard againgt any accident-oft his
kind, there is at each eXtremity of the aide-tree, an
iron sythe, within three inches of the ground, to an-
swer as a fulcrum, in case of any great inclination to
either side.

POLITICAL SITUATION OP EUROPP,

[Continued frum Yesterday.]

[The geographical situation of Switzerland, it is
stated, renders the Swiss the necessary Allies of
France; but the Federative System. of Helvetia petit
tralizes its force; and, therefore, a chan,4o,is ne-
cessary in. the vicious organization of the.Ongarchy
which prevails in the Confederate Cantoils.]

" In adjusting the fate of Europe, the Emperor
NAPOLEO NI will doubtless determine what species of
Government will best suit the Swiss; in order to e►i-
sure the happiness of his faithful Allies.

`.‘ Portugal exhibiti: more of ciretimspedioh .than
frankness in her- Condnet, The Emperor NA POI. N
has proofs that the neutrality of the Portuguese is
rather the end' of fear than friendship. It must
be recolleded, that. in •defiante of Treaties the Etig-
lish Fleets hiive entered severd. times into the `a..
-guS, where they were received and.that recently
:they would have remained. much.longer, had it, not
been for the positive orders given- by the Ambassa-
dors of France and Spain to send.them away.
." In fad, Portugal is a Province .of Great Bri,
tain, and Lisbon the en irepo4 of her commerce in
both Hemispheres. This advantage is great ; but
as • it is precarious, England feels that it is her in,
t crest to engage the Portuguese to declare in javcmr.
(*the Coalition. The day when, the French earl
their arms into Porttigal, the EngLii will • render
themselves masters 'of Brazil ; aild under the pre-
text of defending the possessions of thee: Allies, wi;l
seize those riches -which they have coveted for two
centuries.

"Spain, relegated to the 'extremity of Europe,
has felt the necessity of uniting her cause to that of
France.. Her Ships, united to.the Vreneh Marine,
will avenge both Nations for the -.lisastiers of •Tra,
fa)gar. • Thelidelity of the Conn of Madrid wilt tie
rkompensed; she may hope one day to see Portugal:"
'retain under her domination. •

[France is stated to have given, the Castilians a
proof of her attachment,. in chusing an Infant of
pain to
..mount the Throne of
,Etruria.; and the
Queen Regent is advised to facilitate the, means of
extending the commercial relations of thefusinsi
and of restoringLeghornnd Florcnce to the spit'''.
dour they enjoyed. under the De
respe6.l to 'the Kingdom of it is iu_rei, c b-
:served, .that the Port of Uenoa will be .I.e entiepot
of the commerce
,of the French and -1,.1h
MediterraneaO; and that Venice will .sokm:retUrii to
its Ancient splendour.]

In the midst of ,events whic't have changed
the face: of Italy, the theocratic Government of
Rome is too weak to support:its:lf as
.a teiripor,.l
Power. Its political existence is a phantom, which
will disappcar witch the Emperor Gt. the 'French
shall judge it suitable to the Interests of the Roman
peoples.

_
" The Kingdorn•of Napl7s; governeil by a wiie.
Prince; wilt emerge from the obsCurity into which
the perjured FERDINAND bad plunged i during his
reign.* , • , •

Since the Peace of.PresbUrh,Austria appears to
occupy herself in repairing her-losaes. It". may -he-
presumed, that,. for a long time she will hot' dream
of recommencing the War. The coMposition,,how ,
ever, of her Ministry,. the favour enjoyed by M.
DE STADION, the Councils of DE THUGUT
and the influence which the Enemies of France
have resumed over the mind of FRANCIS I. in-
dicate that Austria waits for the opportunity wli(ri
she 'nay re-appear with success on .the politicrl
stag 4

The fortunate 'man .may reckon on many'
frienaS.; it is in 'adversity that a wise Man fixes the
number. 'France, triumphant, is surrounded by Na-
tions who solicit the honour of •becoming her Al-
lies. -Icings 'and Sovereign' 'Prince's claim the pro,',
teaion of her i:lustriOns Chief: de fare' them-
selves her friends, and. implore her benevolence
but
;if, by misfortune, which cannot ,be foreseen, the
French Armies should ekpetience the, slightest re.:
verse;;these,same Princes, these same Potentates,
who to-day glory in the'honour of being the Conte-,
derateS of the French People, will to-morrow throw
aside the mask which covers their perfidy, and.turn
their arms against the 'Hero to whom they OaVe
Sworn 'the most•faithful alliance, and the most in,
violable attachment.-
' •
Anstria protests her fidelity, -and I believe in
"the sincerity of. her neutrality. lf, hOWever,' the
'clianceS. of War should 'be.,fo—r an instant doubtful,
France ;peed not fear.to see herarnis united to those
of. the .Coalition. The, experience of the past
should be a lesson for the future. The violation of
the Praiminaries of Leoben. and Campo Formic,
and, the.rnpture of the Treaty of Luro might
give reason
.to apprehend that. Austria will not in
any, greater degree .respect the Treaty of Presburgh.
But in this case IlitAblls I. will.not expose hinisclf
a second time to the loss-of hiSCrown§.
'lc Austria, after having lost, for ever the Low
.Countries, the possession of which. gave Iles advan-
tageous connexions. with. France, Holland, and Eng-
land, has seen torn from her Lombardy, and sucees-
sively all her Italian provinces. By the disrnetn-
berinent of the Germanic Body, 'and by the diSsolu,
tick' of that political association, she haS' lost' the
influence attached, to the dignity. of Chief of the
Empire:; 'FRANCIS I. is aware of all the •advan
tages,wliich he. has lost,: but his humbled pride is.
more wOundefl:than his interests. The Cabinet of
St. James's; eager to.seize the opportunity which
appeared
,to it favourable. ter the purpose of.grariCy-
ing its hatred and its ambition, excites the regret of
the Court of Vienna, by exaggerating the,.valUe•of
its losses.; it ;fepresents' continually to that 1-)u!:,
that by the conquest of Belgium the French Ern-
pire has augmented her navigation by the Sambre,
the Meuie, and the `Lys. England is not ignorant
that this union gives to our Marine the Ports of Ostend,

* This fine Kingdom, happily situated at the extremit-
of Italy, not being surrounded by dangerous neighbours, is
not subjeet 'to the fear of perpetual Wars, and the un-
avoictibte and ruinous passage of Armies, like Northern
I

Ict,g:h4 ,fillelity of the Kings of Bavaria and Wirteinburgh,
the Prince Pciinitte, &C. prove that th;s observation does LlJt
apply to' tlitra.

. .
§ By the dissolution of the Gernranit Body, • Austria
ought only to consider- the rest of Germany as an -interti.e.
diate Country between her and f ranee,' with whom, having
no longer any point of contat in colitequence'of the loss of
her Italian Provinces, she has no longer any motives for dis-
putes which might give rise to new Wars, of which the te.
suit would lac al ways untertwiate.

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Antwerp, and opens•do rift that Flnshing§,
e CA.b;ll4q of St. James's 'knows also that the
,ovi Countries produce all the materials necessary
for the hung of -Ships, metals, wood and hemp,
Belgium' furnishes good soldiers tor
augments-our produce of grain, and
~es• our commerce by its cloth ;and lace.
" 7Aunitris .1.-oul,t not profit by the Treaty of Lune-
, Nivhich vc as advantageous to her in all her politi-
cal and militar, relations 3 and since, as an indem-
rnry tor I,,imbardy, she gained the Frioul, Istria,,
Venetian Dalmatia, and ylle superb city of Venice.
By means of this Treaty, which gave her Ports and
the materials of commerce, she might have created
a marine, and established a. trade on the Adriatic,
would have facilitated her relations' in the
Seaports of the Levant. The Peace•crf Preshurgh

m.a'ounclpnce

our Arwic.;

vine

took from FRANCIS T. tills brilliant part of his,Statjs,
in. favour of the Kingdom of Italy. These motives
are sufficient to increase the jealousy of the English,
,and give to their Ministry the opportunity of exer-

its diplomacy'. -
What ! will Austria receive the gold of the Ca-
binet of St:. Jatnes's to enter again" into a contest

with • `France ? .Let her recall the period when her

soldiers, fatigued with being continually beaten,
reftid -I'o fight, alld;thlOWillg down thbir arras,
fled before the Fren.ch Eagles, which they durst no
longer. fiice. -Can Flt NCIS T. thtact that all the
Provinces of his Empire were invaded by the French,
,who triumphed at 'Vienna? ,Let him recollect that
but 'iately all his people, ruined and discouraged, im-
plored IVlce of the Conqueror of Austerlitz. Eu-
rope knows that the Throne of the Caesars would
have fallen had it net been for the generosity of the
Emperor NAPOLEON. Alas ! why was it that, this
Clemency restrained hts victorious arms ? , • -
Europejs deceived if -it thinks the preseht the
' same as the former state. of France—its error is_great
if if believes the porch to be,what they were under
their formet Kings, .cir what they were. in those dis-
astrous times when vengeance executed laws dic-
'tated-by terrer.--7Every thing_ is changed,. France
'prospers in spited the Cabinet of St.James's, Which
commits every crime in order to, •sactifice to its
hatred and'ils ambition.—The British Ministry' were
preparitigto enjoy the fruit of their machinations,
when "BONAPARTE appeared in France, and saved
it. The Genius of England Was astoniihed—it turn-
ed talk before.that of NAFOLION.
The Continental war compelled France to aban-
don-to England the Empire of the sea. The French,
hoWever, have not remained. inactive, mid whilst
their arinies triumphed in Germany and in Italy,
and carried the terror of their arms to the Frontiers
of 'Poland and Dalmatia, their Squadrons malti.plied
upon every. point, and caused great- losses, to the
English commerce in the Indian, the American,
and European Seas. The bold and enterprising
genius of the French fit them to- attempt and exe-
elite the ronquest‘-of Great. Britain. It is because
the Cabinet of St. James's is convinced of this fear-
ful truth that it raises up enemies against France, in
the hope of delaying the catastrophe which must
nihilate its power. .
On the day when the Peace of the Continent
shall be re-established,' England will- be ruined in
Europe. The commerce of, Bremen, Harnburgh,
the Baltic, and the North, will be stint against them.
consequence of this dreadful blow, their mane-•
factures, already drooping, will bct utterly ruined.
Privateers will multiply upon every point, and-the
produce of their Colonies-will be intercepted or re-
main undisposed of in their warehouses.
" In examining the political and military situa-
tion of the English in India, it isditault to account
for• the apparent security which they manifest with
rt.-pea to the solidity of their. Possessions- in those
distant countries. How can it be' dissembltd.that
their power in Asia is not so real as it is brilliant ?.
In fad, those who consider the present position of
England..in that part of the globe will be convinced,
that in spiteof all the sacrifices which she has made
to continer peace, ,she is unceasingly. menaced with
a new War, the uncertain chances of which may lead
•to the ruin of her establishments, and consequently
'her expulsion from Asia. . •
Great Britain roust fear the
_Mahrattas. This
warlike people, direied by HoLremte may still at-
tack with success .the Northern side of Hindostan,
and ruin the nailing establishments at Goa 4nd Bom-
bay.-- The Mogul may shake off his inertia, and
the Nabobs of the Mysore and the Carnatic are, not
so weak but they cause continual disquietude to the
Cabinet of St. JaMes's, which fears :its enemies, ai
Much
,as it distr6stS its own soldiers, whose a6tive
s, f rit aspires at independence.
" War is.adVantageous to Great Britain:' Whilst
Europe combats for the interests of England, she
possesses herself of, the commerce of the world.
• rules in Africasubjeas Asia--.-and prepares the
cent-pi-est of the American Hernispl. . 'Whorl
blood runs in the fields of Gerthany, or the Plains
of Lombardy, Great Britain is tranquil—she is in-
sensible to the calamities of war, because she does
not feel its effeCts, or fear to see the French march to
London, England does-not depopulate her Pro-
-vinces, or exhaust her treasure, like Austria, Russia,
and Sweden. She raises up Coalitions it is true, but
it is at their own expence, if it is csnsidered that
the English obtain, by their commerce, the wealth
which these people would enjoy if a Continental
Peace opened all-their-ports to industry.
Great Britain, intoxicated by the success of her
• policy, sees no end to her prosperity. In causing
war to break out on the Continent, she avoids the
mortal blots, which the French Hercules was about
. to aim at her. In placing the field of battle far
frem the Banks of the Thames, the Cabinet of St.
James's demonstrates the weakness of its means,
at the same time that it proves the power of its in-

trues.
§ The Port of Flushing affbrds to France and Holland,. the
means 'of building Ships, and navigating the Baltic Sea, and
jts situation at the mouth of the Scheldt renders its port
highly commerci.il, . , _
( 1 o Le continued.)

. Saturday a cottage in,lhe parish of Dauarthney,
Carmarthenshire, inhabited by a labourer and his
family,. was totally destroyed by fire, while the pot r.
pan was at work and his wile at market. , On their
return they. not, only found that their little property
had been consumed, but, shocking to relate,' that
two of their children, who had been left at home,
Lad perished in the flames..