The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-18 00:00:00

LONDON, AUGUST rB, 180 z.

THE result of the Attack made by Lord NELSON
in ,Boulogn; Bay, is thus stated in the following
Bulletin, which was yesterday evening circulated on
the subjeet :
" Admiralo,-Offee, Aug. 17.

" An Account was received it the Admiralty' this
morning, that- an Attack had .been made on the,
night of 'the /sth instant by the Gun-boats and.
Craft under the command of Vice-Admiral Lord
Viscount NELSONA on the Enemy's Flotilla moored
at the mouth of tlif Harbour of Boulogne ; and th'at
notwithstanding'ss'veral of the Enemy's Vessels had
been carried by the intrepidity of the Officers and
Men employed on this Enterprize, the Vessels had
been so chained together, fastened at the same time
to the ground, and so near the shore as to be com-
manded by the musquetry from thence, which 'kept
up a constant fire on our boats, that it was found
impossible to bring any of them off'.

" Upwards of one hundred Officers and Men have
been killed and wounded.'op this occasion, but the
loss of the Enemy has not been ascertained."

Our Deal Letter contains some further particu.
'Jars, Which: will b 6 fo-und'interesting. The loss of
the Enemy we find, to have been very considerable.

A Letter from Copenhagen, of the Bth inst. says,
that His Britannic Majesty's,Frigate Latona, pas.)
sed by that place, haying on board the .Marquis de
Ambassador E?ctraordinary from the Court
of Lisbon to that of Petersburgh. This Nobleman
is to solicit the proteaion of the young Monarch Of
Russia., in favour of his invaded Country, against
France.' His solicitations will be earnestly second:
ed, it
.is said, by all the influence" of Lord ST.
HELENS, who, having accomplished the- objea of
his Mission, will return to England on board the
Latona. The Pit rrc Eof BRA.SIL is desirous of re-
ceiving a Russian Subsidiary Army in Portugal.
' Yesterday morning the left wing of the Second.
Regiment of Royal East India Volunteers proceeded;
to Sydenham, for the purpose of praaising widr.
ball cartridge... Soon after they arrived on the,
Common, the ground was marked out, and'the tar-
gets fixed, when the firing commenced, first .singly,
then two and three deep, and the whole concluded
with a volleY. The men were regaled on the ground,
and the fineness of the day drew together a number
of .speaators. •• '

Captain Wise, of the Royal' Wantage Volun.
teers, having received a letter from the Earl of
RADNOR-, requesting that the Corps under his com-
mand would hold themselves in readiness for alive
service, communicated the same to the men' on the
Parade, and desired to know, in case of emergency,
which of them were Ivilling to march to any part of
the Military Distria intended far them to ad in :
the Corps immediately gave three cheers, and de-
clared to a man, that they were not only ready' to
march to any part of. the Military Distrkt, but to
,any part of the Kingdom, which, in case of emer-
gency,
Hia MA)EsTy. may think. proper to order
them,

It is truly gratifying to find, that a general sen_
timent of indignation has been excited by' the insi-
dious attempts of the Jacobin Chronicle to bring op-
probrituri • and 'ridicule upon the British Ministry
for the-zeal and activity they have displayed, in
their. endeavours to counteract the hostile designs of
the French. Never, certainly, was a Government
and a People more insulted than by the pompous folly-
and hollow artifice of that Print, and never did it
more clearly. evince its attachment to the cause of
our Enemies-, and its Moues to ensnare us into a fatal
supineness, that our. ,Enemies might obtain an caw
conquest over our credulous security.

Brirford Fair, near Salisbury.-7—From the present
abundant supply of pasturage, numerous previous
bargains were made,,rd the"numbet. of sheep penned
near 3000 less than last year.—The whole were
eagerly taken off at high -prices viz. Wcthers
from 3otosos.—Ewes.from 2fs. to i63.---141U1b$
from ; Ba. to ;ss, ,

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No;: 1111 imperium pelagi,-savumque trideneem,
Sed mibi carte datum. -

DEAL, AUG. 17.

His Majesty's Ship Medusa, Admiral Lord Nzr.-
sorr;- with several Gun-vessels, and a number of.
Revenue and hired Cutters, arrived yesterday- even.
Wing about seven o'clock, from an unsuccessful at-
tempt to'cut The French Gun-vessels out from. the
Harbotir of Boulogne.
The Attack, which did not last above three
quarters of an hour, was made at twelve o'clock
last Saturday night, by Boct Seamen, in eighty
Boats, who soon most gallantly boarded the Enemy's
Armed Flotilla, although under the fire of the French.
Batteries, and each Boat defended by' long pro-.
jettions of iron bars from their sides, and board-
ing nettings to their mast heads. The -carnage
was dreadful ; and such was the fury with
which our brave Countrymen fought, that 'they
drove all before them. Their Valour was, how-
ever, not able to accomplish the objed in view;'
as the Enemy's Vessels were unexpededly mooted
with iron chains, and from each a chain was extend-
ed to the Beach, so.thae those which were- forced
from their moorings, were hauled on shore by
thousands of Troops extended along, the. Beach
for this purpose. In this perilous situation?, exposed
to a galling fire froth the ,Batteries, were, the Boats
of the British Squadron, after being in possession of
the Enemy'sGun-vesSels, obliged to retreat to their
respective ships, abut not till they had performed
unparalleled atchievements of valour. Our loss is
estimated at between two ,and -three hundred in
killed and wounded ; of the latter, upwards of 120
have already been brought on shore, and carried to
the Naval _Hospital. Between forty and fifty of
the dead were last night and this' morning landed
from the Fleet,, and buried in the Naval Burying
Ground.

Lieut. NoRToN, 'of the Nile Armed-Lugger, is
reported to be killed ; Captain PARKE It received a.
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a severe wound in his thigh, and it is 'feared an.
amputation must take place. Captain COTGRAVE,
of the Gannet, was.saved by his, dexterity in
swimming : the boat in which he was, received
a shot and sunk,_ and every man but himself was
drowned. Another boat shared the same fate. '

The Enemy's, loss must have been great, as their
vessels were crowded with Troops, of which many
of their decks were completely cleared.

A tear of pity for the brave Scan en' who have
suffered, must naturally fall ; but the Aaion will
teach Frenchmen, that they are not with impunity
io threaten to invade a Nation whose Sons have on
their own' shores, so gallantly fought a force that
tilreatened to rob, them df their Liberties, and.
which, but for insurmountable obstacles, would in
triumph have been hrought away.