The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-26 00:00:00

LONDON, AUGUST 26, :Sol.

E Fo.i. Cutter arrived yesterday at Deal from
Lord NELSON. His Lordship was on Mconday off
West Capel, in the Island of irlidlehargit), on the
Dutch Coast,

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Expedition to the,Madeirai has completely
succeeded : it was planned and'conduaed with great
judgment and abilitv.—Our Squadron arrived on the
night
,of 'the z3d July early on the 24th, Negotia.
tion began, and before dark half the force was landed
and encamped. On the 25th the remainder was land_
ed; • and Col. CLINTON *ho corrimands"the Expedi.
tion., haVing made proper representa tiOns, and siitisfied
the Governor of the' friendly intentions of the Eng-

lish to the Portuguese, was put in possession of the
principal Fort, and the day following of anotlYer
strong Fort : these command 'the Bay of Fun-
chal, the capital of the Is'and. Our Troops are
secure, and the Island is not assailable on any other
part. This important event will prove highly ad-
vantageous to Great &Vain and Portugal : it' will
secure the freedom of the most essential branch of
the Wine Trade, and will preserve the Commercial
intercourse between the British Dominions and the
Portuguese and other Settlements.

THE only interesting Intelligence in the Paris
Papers which came to hand yesterday, was given
by us in the Letter from Brest. It is a new proof
(and every day will naturally bring us others of the
same kind), of the constancy with which the French
Government cherishes its plans against us, and of
the assiduity with which it pursues its 'prepara-
tions. Things, as may be well supposed, were
so arranged,' in the Sham Fight, that the Troops
on hoard effeEted their landing ; and that the re-
hearsal was such, as to .give them a taste for the
Grand Performance, whenever it is to take place.
,They ate, however, perhaps aware, that they will

hardly be able to go through, their parts with the
same cuecess and the same facility on this Stage, as
on that of their own Country.

Our Opposition,PaperS will probably treat all this
as a mere farce. It is doubtless, so to a certain de.

giTe, for it is ever the ease witil the threes
Weakness,
to appear vain and ridiculous, until di
moment when they are carried into circa'. 11°
Iv ill; however, be the ease, if, while that we
_lad
rather than are alarmed at the. am,UseMents.. pursto;
at Brest, by' the Left Wing of the At/11y of Ed
land, we. do not also re,colled, that Sham-fights a°
Reviews have ever been the forerunner Of the :OP
meneement of a War ; and that the same analogl,
holds with respeCt to Maritime, "as to Militati
Affairs. We are not, indeed, because we see lb/
French Troops.frecinently exercised on the Coast,
all the operations of Invasion, to consider it -1`
certain, that they will make the attempt ; but sc°
ought, at the same time to refleet, that such COo'
dal is that. which it' is the wisest fof thorn c 4
adopt,. i 9 order to enable themselves to attempt
and to carry iheir designs into execution.

The HaTlAirg4 htirij which became due this
morning, had pot arrived when this Paper was p1;1
to Press,

Yesterday the Master and Wardens of the 131,
kers' Company waited on the Lord Mayor at'the
Mansion-house, relative to the Assize of Breadl
,
and it appearing. upon inspe(tion of the returns
the Mealwelghers, that 'neat had risen only tot
in the Quarter, but Flour baying fallen 4s. 71d. ttr
the Sack, his Lordship ordered the Bread to be re
duce(' four Assize; or Bd. in the Peck Loaf, g°
take place to-morrow-p—the Quartern Loaf will then
.
be sold for Is. ty.

The iirigade of Guards removed yesterday froo
their. several Quarters, the Third Regiment froJO
Knightsbridge Barracks into Quarters ; the Seeod
tattalion 9f the First Regiment, into Quarters, £ll
Coldstream Regiment into Knightsbridge Barracl;l't
and the First Battalion of the First Regiment, lot')
Portland Barracks,

On Saturday, the 29th RegiMent of Foet, Lien'
,as
tenant Colonel Lord FREDEA ‘.
IC MONTAGUE,
reviewed by Major-General 'ENGLAND, on o'3
lawn before Government House, Plymouth. Tilis
fine. Regiment give universal satisfaction to' the
General awl Field. Officers present, both in their
firiog, 'marching, and manoeuvres, •
On Friday last, upwards of one thousand of 06
West York Supplementary lYlilitia re-assembled at
Leedk ; they are to be added to the three Regiments
now in service; and will march from thence to joits
them in ,a few days,

LI tUT EiZANT heia
H 4 Excellency the Logo
Privy Councilor Dublin Castle, on Tuesday se'nniglit'
when a variety of busineis was transaded. A pro,
clamation was direaed 'to be issued by the Council'
to take off the restriaion laid on shipping, by an-
other of the 14th of May last, ordering no vessel to
sail laden with provisions of any kind, iVitilatit!
rtlefilltveses§teolstialereextipleorretfiongre now
lo
license from the Lord Lieutenant and Council. -%as
wsalpteedrmbiteteedr;
paostif:rana
herrings to the British Colonies, to sail withoolc
convoy, under certain regulations at the port 01
shipping--a measure which is 7dopted to preveo
delay and disappointment in conveying provisions
to the places above.mentiotiede •

For many years past, it mill be in the recollect'
tion of those Who have attended to Indian affair"
that a very serious difference of opinion has :Ilb'
sistod between His Majesty's COmmtssioners fur 016
' Affairs of India (supported by the authority of the
first servants of the Company- abroad, and a veil
large. class. ,of individuals in this .Country;. wl'
have made their fortunes by trade in Ind;a), 3'll
the Court of AireEtors' respelling the proptieff
of permitting Couotry-lauilt Ships to come, to Logi
land with the produce of India, for the purpose
transferring the private fortunes, whiCh are Ow
remitted home through the medium ,of foreign
Agents and Shipping. This subjeet has repeala
produced a very animated and interesting corresFoll'i'f
ence between the. late President. of -the Board ce
Controul and the Court of Direetors, who 11,1;
Constantly resisted the recommendation of PI
Majesty's Government, and " deprecated the sr
tematic establishment of any class of Ships in Ell!.
Trade between India and Britain, as what in Od'
most serious judgment would, in its nature ;111a
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consequences, tend, however the contrary might bci
meant, to supersede the Company's privileges,.o
open the way to what all agree ought to be pre'
vented, the colonization of Europeans in our Indi3l/
Territories, and . the dangers conneCted with
system.".
With the exception of the Chairman, Mr. DAV 11)
SCOTT, the Court of DireEtots have, we belic.o'
been unanimous in their opinion; and as this Gefi,
tleman has always advocated Mr. DuNDAS'S ideas 0
this subject, so material .and important in ever'.
point of view, it was lately proposed and 5.;#
conded in the Court, to pass a Resolution clisi'l3;
proving of Mr. Sc 6TT'S conduit, and recommeodi*
the election of another Gentleman to the Chair.

A Court being yesterday held, a discussion 1014
place, which lasted till late in the evening; and
have reason to believe that Mr. DAVID Scol.
resigned the Chair.

The French are constructing three new !inc:..,w.es
over the Seine. The necessity of this, at the
sent moment, is obvious ; for`the praCtice of chains'?
boats may he extended to the very ferries of Innic"..
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The few Journals that are permitted in Rot
cannot of course venture to_give an *authentic de;
tail of what happened at Boulogne, because theie
would be immediately suppressed -if they e'.
guilty of such esumption. It is, however, irri;
possible for the French Government to conceal 111:1,5,
the people the dastardly security of their navy, IL.O
the heroism of the English. The French people '4
general, therefore, will soon be fully acquaintc
with. the real state of things ; and if they have rea's
son to think that the preparatiOn fOr invasion. vvl
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a " !ministerial humbug," they will at least be (4)1:
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• Admiralty-02%4'4:e, Aug. 25, iBOl.
"AMY of a Letter from Lord Viscount
,Nelson, K. 8.,
"ice Admi al of tie Blue, &c. to Evan Nepal's,
ksy..ieleue4,4)orwns, i3d inst.

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Herewith
.I transmit you a Letter which I have
tece;etl. from Captain Rose, giving me an account
bf ti)e B'oals of the several Vessels under his- orders
11?2‘i - iiirnt a -quantity of Pitch, Tar,' and: 'Fur_
Peat me, destroyed three
,Gun-boats, :_taken two
Launches, and a Flat-Boat, about forty-five feet
Ith)g, and eighteen or twenty feet . wide, mounted
with ore Brass eight inch Howitzer ; this Boat
funk" astern of the :Hotta The business on the.

part of our Boats, was conduled with much spirit
and much praise is due. to Lieutenant Agas-siz,
of the Hound, and Lieutenant. L. Vescont, of
the jdmitica,' for their' brave example on ibis occa.:
tion.

I have the Honor to: he; &c. •
NE) :SON and. BRONTE•
• •
Titegavitaica ; Sen,
?..tY LORD, Arig;;ll.i
I , .
lieg"kav(? to acquaint-40U 'That yeste•MaY,even-
lag, at Hight o'clock, being t anchor off Est s,
I observed a large fire to, the S. S.-E; alleat the
same time -a very heavy •cannonade. I irtimertiately.
got under weigh with the Vessels under my orders,
• 11P.1.L-ran•down to it. About. ten I spoke' Captain
Lanadine, of Hound, who informed me that the
fire Proceeded from a cargo of Pitch and Tar, -be_
i(3naing to h Vessel wrecked anthe Coast some
tt~me ago, which the- Boats. of the 'Hound and,
had set fire. to.; and -that Six Flat Boats
l'14(1. come out of Saint Vallery that afternoon, which
he f• orced on shore,, and then lay hauled upon the,
•
I accordingly this morning sent the Boats of the
Janlaica Gannett; and floutud, together with those
(c the Gun Brigs, to endeavour to cut them out,
pn,4r the
.direCtion of Lieutenant James Agassiz,
tin the Hound ; at the Wile time standing in with
e•
iiitfcrent Vessels, in order to cover the Boats
•ro •
111• the fire of the Military, and five Field Pieces,
• bthind the Sand-hills on shore.•
tI dot happy to acquaint your Lordship that they
tif,s ,ce 6:!ed in bringing off three; The others had
rn previously scuttled, So as to render it litipos--
then
to remove them ; however the Boats damaged
Lein as much as the time would admit of..
I cannot sufficiently praise the gallantry and zeal
Of Lieutenant Agassiz, of the Hound, and Lieute.•
rant L. Vescont, of the- jainaka,;,—with the Officers
and Men employed on-tails service. •
Annexedl transmit a List of oiir Loss; -arid halve
the Honor to be, .6c.c. "1 •
jON'A'S ROSE,.
Brockelsby, Searniulr
Warren," Seatua,.:WOUrided•
713:grei:rb0MaS Hamblin, Mictslitprilany wounded.
'6744tar.7Anthony Judd, Seaman,•sligAtly.wnundeet.'
Bucy, Seaman, slightlywounded„

l'Ht Pox Cutter tsjust.arrived from Lord NEL.
N's fieo, which she left ftsterday ofd ii-,,st
Opel, all-4.v411. :
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AE tßiv, E 5, Belleropbonj of 74. guns, from
°rtbnoitthc-,- Wiara7ll:e. Sloop of War, from aCttli7e;
and
r,
N anf4ll-, . • .
.l Schooner rgbi litdet-1 %I(hn
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frOcti St. Anrtero bound to C 0..-
N"vtptured• .-on the loth cntt:,by the Phignix
and
'`.`(,terrel Privateers-, of -Jersey: • _ - :
-m 'ailed the ran ib le , of. T 4 guns,. Capt.
'beet .of Viauallers under convoy,
tack
with supplies for the Channel Fleet.