The Sun.
London, England, 1809-09-20 00:00:00

RETORT FROM MARSHAL LIUMONCEAU, 4C.

Slat:---Fort Batitz was taken on the 4th, your
Majesty's in This enterprise appears to
have caused the greatest astonishment to the enemy.
The same evening,,l proceeded to Bergen-op-Zoom,
where, I arrived with all my troops at night. Ad-
mirai Ptoijsch and General de Mellet, Governor of
the place, gave we all the assistance in. their power,
juorder to collect the vessels nece,sary for the tran-
spa- of the troops, with which I was :o repair to
south Beveland„ We embarked on the sth, about
;loon.. On quitting the harbour, several of the yes-
sels.stranded ; folluWed with the remainder, and
arrived at five in the e‘ening before Weinrich:igen.
Tt,e enemy, who was at anchor at the distance of
one and an half cannon shot, saw our movements,
without making any attempt to interrupt them, and
ali my troops were disembarked without any accident.
Our horses could not Le disembarked till the morn-
ing of the (id: ; and during the night, the enemy
amused himself with sending some soldiers in sloops,
who fired, with nna,keiry upon our vessels, which
wore prote&ed by a battalion of the 3,1 regiment of
the Inc. After the disembarkation, I sent three
companies of chasseurs to take pti,session• of the
town of Ter Goes; and I went thither likewise with
Major-General - Stedman, Chief of the General Staff.
A' seven o'clOck we entered amid the ringing of bells,.
while the Master of the Horse, and Lieutenant-Gen.
Bruno, one of your Mjeaty's best Genet als,
his troops ar„t;tid Wemeldingen. On the tith,
at day-break, the General proceeded with three bat-
talions to Ter Goes, while two battalions were plac-
ed behind the Sloe.

• " During the night, and at day-break, I was in-
formed that the hostile force which entironed me
was still considerable. We saw E t 8 vessels, as well
frigate; as brigs and cutters, withuw c..unting boats,
which from the mist could not be couinesl, The
enemy's Meet the East Scheldt was drAn up at
Zerikzee, before the Keeten, and above by StaVen.:
isse, while i 24 ships were moored in the West
Scheldt, 'from-Borst:4.n to Borland, 'This beinslocit
situaLiuti, wo were somewhat exposed; but when

the enemy perceived that we were up the Sloe, eed
that our riflemen were:arrived,At Ellewoweilyk;
whereTe stood in great -force, bv thought himself
more exposed than we were ; for, 'wring the even,
ing and night, he withdrew on the one side to
Flushing, and on the other behind Zierikzee, and
in the Roorupot.
" When our riflemen came to llewonterlyk„ the
enemy who occupied that village retreated, and 'our
Vultigeurs made a few prisoners. Serjeant Stnit
alone took four Englishmen prisoners, so much were
they confounded.
" Since yesterday morning the enemy had not
approached South Beveland : he occupies Walche-
ren, and is raising six or seven batteries, each of
four pieCes, on the Sloe-bank, in order to defeud
the passage.
Leaving Gen. Bruno the care of watching the
enemy, I yesterday pryceeded to Katz, taking with
me Captain of 142,pgineers Van Ingen, a distinguished
officer, whom I cannot ton strongly recommend to
your Majesty.
" Intelligence which arrived yesterday evening
announces that the enemy is evacuating Ter Vere,
M iiesty may be assured', that I shall take all
possible care to obey faithfully the instructions yoga
Majesty has been pleased to give me. I have, dur-
ing the few hours since I have been here, prepared
every thin:, for carrying on my operations, lam
about instantly to depart from hence.

Mar§4al PU;4ONcA.V."

Bergen-op-;oam, Spit. 8."

AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 7.—the following are .the
particulars contained in the official report conce•rn-
ing the passage of our army from Brabant to oouth
Beveland

On the 4th inst. General Heiligers, in conse-
quence of intelligence gained, by reconnoitring a few
days before,. placed himself at the head of a com-
pany of Voltigeurs ,of the- ist ftegiment i of Chas-
sears, and a company of Carbineers, and during the
ebb, availing himself •of the distance at which the
English ships were, waded with his party up to their
shoulders in the water, over a passage of (port tuan
a:league, and of which the pail) was very narrow
and full of holes, and in spite of the stream, and
the holes in the water, these chasseurs succeeded in
crossing, without losing a single man. What in-
creases the merit of this enterprise is, the necessity
under which they were of undertaking it precisely at
three.o'clock of the afternoon, when the ebb was at
the lowest ; at which time a gloomy tempest de-
prived the soldiers of the sight of the island and fort.
".'he short duration of the-ebb did not allow a greater
number of men to wade over ; and the army re-
mained on the shore for a long time, uneasy concern-
ing the detachment, as the continuance of the stoim
did not permit them to perceive whether the fort de-
fended itself.

`i At length, at seven in the evening, the Dutch
flag was seen waving on the fort. An express was
then sent to Aptwerp. The Prince, General in
Chief of the French army, was informed of it at
nine in the evening, and announced it at the Theatre
of the city.

" TheChasseurs and carbineers were received by
the inhabitants of Bathz with the most lively demon-
strations of joy, amid the continued sliouis of Long
live the King ! General Heiligers praises the intre-
pidity apd valour of Captaii,s Schuurman and Ta-
bor, as well as of the Lieutenants of Engineers Cur-
nabe and Wolf de Westerholt. It wa, impossible
for the little corps to make great haste, surrounded
by dangers; and yet obii;ed to end their naarco, in
consequence bf the flow of the tide, a moment's de-
lay, or indecision; would have been fatal to them.

" His Majesty, desirous to recognise the service
rendered by these brave men, and the dangers to
which they exposed themselves, without any hope
of retreating, and without being terrified by the
numbers of the foe, who, they knew, were on the
opposite side of the river,• has rewarded them,
through General Heiligers, by expressing to him his
satistaLlion at their conduat. He has granted pro-
motion,to the before mentioned Officers, and order-
ed, that, without distinciion of rank, all those who
were in the detachment of general kieiligers should
wear on the lett side of the coat an embroidered sa-
bre. The soldiers and non-commissioned officers
shall, during the campaign, enjoy double pay."

MA;LS.
Dvz —1 Gottenburgh, z Waterford.

PRICE OF STOCKS
THIS DAY AT TWLLVE olcsocK.
Consols

'THE SUN.

401.114 QULi DICM YGLiUM A:JO:AT ?

LONDON,

NirDNESD,4Y4 3EPTEM4IER 180,Q.

We received this morning some Spanish Papers
to the '4th inst. and Portuguese to the Bth. The
following are the only articles of intelligence of any
importance which they contain :
"Ltszors, AnG.eB.—By letters from Castelßlanco
we learn that the head-quarters of his Excellency.
Marshal BERESFORD had been removed from Zarza
to that city, in consequence of the combination of
movements with the Briii.h army under the orders
of his Excellency Marshal-General WELLESLEY: • •
“REAL CAROLINA, AUG. 16.—We are assured that
the pretended King JOSEPH, escorted by 12,000 of
his partizans, has passed through Aranjuez, in the
diretlion of Madrid. Our General in Chief has this
evening been to reconnoitre the most important
points in these mountains. Our army is recruiting.
and augmenting rapidly. Those feeble persons who
could not distinguish a military retreat, opportune-
ly made, from a shameful flight, begin already to.
discern it it error. •

MARVIRA, AUG. I.—The enemy still direr a
tribe fire against the Cas;le of Nlonjuich. The
city continues its defence with its usual bravery apd
perseverance.

1. Aug. I.—Reinforcements and provisions have
been thrown into Genoa.

AUG. 4,—Gerona still continues to defend itself
with the greatest bravery,
LiSBON; AUG. 31.—8 y letters from the fron-
tiers of Alem Tijo, it appears, that his Excellency
Marshal Wat.test.cy has entered that province,
compelled by the excessive want of provisions which
he has suffered.
By accounts from 'Davos Moores, we learn that
the Marquis de RoistANA, with the greater part of his
army has arrived at Zamom
GEBQN4, AVG. 7.—. This place continues to
defend itself with the utmost bravery, although the
enemy have succeeded in making themselves masters
of the Rebellin. The exertions of thegarrison, and
the brave peasantry who have so nobly supported the
honour of the Spanish arms, are incredible."
These Papers are almost entirely Ailed with Eng,
lish news and articles from Germany ; they con-
tain likewise a Proclamation from the Mar,
Buis DE ROMANA to the inhabitants of Gailicia and
the army, and another to the people of Palticig by
the Supreme Government-,

We last night received Dutch Papers to the tath
instant. They acid very little to our previous stock
of information. On the state of the Nrgociation
between France and- Aust;l4 they are silent, With

re;ipet.l to the Tyrolese very little Is said, but suffi,
cient to shew, that no etibrt of the French or their
Allies had been competent to the conquest, or even
thy temporary defeat of those brave a‘4l hardy
mountaineers.

French accounts from Spain give a statement
of the defeat CO' Sir 11013ERT .WILSOtst, at' Danos,
intermixed with the usual proportion of misrepre-
sentation. The victory over VaNEGAS4 at Alinona,
cid, is stated to have been one of the most decisive

which has been Achieved since the departure of NA.)
POLEON from Spain, an assertion which we may

reasonably suppose to be of the same complexion
as those -respecting Sir ROAE4T WILSoN,
These Papers contain an account of the re-occu•
pation of 13atz, after the departure of our troops,
but there is very little of the tone at exultation Qr
triumph.

Ovate letters from Holland state, that the ern.
bargo in the ports of that country had been taken off

The Gazetie of last night contins a letter from
Capt. Motmar, of his Majesty's sloop Bonne Cie
toyenne, giving an account of the capture of the
French frigate La Furieuse, one of the frigates that
eacaped trorn the Saintes. The perusal of it will
highly gratify our readers, for at no
.period of she
war has chore been a wore gallant achievement.

Extrati of a Letter from Captain SEXTON, of the
I ship Arolitevideo, from. (Quebec, dated Mount's Bay,
Sept. t 6

" I have just time to inform you of my safe ar-
rival after a terrible passage. We were thrown on
our broadside", -and lay with our lower yards in the
water, but providentially righted again. Two days
after the gale, picked up the crew of the Jager .0i
Shields, Capt. CAMPBELL. Two of the Jane's boys
were drowned. Sept. 7th, spoke the Providence
Success, Capt. SMITH ; he had lost the head of his
main-mast ; and picked up the crew of the Urania,
of Shields, Capt. FRENCH : he saw four or five sail
after the gale with their colours in distress. Sept.
13th, spoke the Pegg , of Loudon, Capt. SMITH,
with the loss of his foretop-mast."

It is shocking to se; the Opposition Papers (for
the weekly attacks of an unprincipled defamer are
unworthy of any n .lice but cuute.upt) every day at-
tempting to tarnish the reputation of a hero who is
not only an honour to his country, but to his age,
and who at this moment is hazarding his life in the
general cause of Europe, as well as of the British
Empire. And yet no fault is imputed to Lord \Vat.-
pprqrotg, but that, after a gloriousyViowy, he-made
a prudent and skilful retreat-r,a .retreat rendered
necessary by the errors, mistakes, and neglect -of
people in Spain, who had promised to supply all his
wants, and who, for their own sake, might have
been expeoled to give him every possible: assistance.
No man, who attends fairly to the state of things„
and to the conduci of Lurd W4I.LINGToN, can doubt
that he has done every thin& that depended on a
gallant and judicious Commander, in a cause ,in.the
highest degree honourable to his country and intel
resting to mankind ; and every man ought to join in
reptobation of such vile attempts to traduce so dis 7
tinguished a chara&er, who has the fairest and the,
fullest claims to respeet, admiration, and gratitude,
and whose name will for ever
.he celebrated in the
,Records of History.

We are happy to state that nearly 30 sail of the
homeward-bound Leeward, Island, and Jamaica fleeiS
have been entered on the books of LLOYD'S, a... Laying
arrived at different ports in the Channel.
yesterday, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council,
was lieftl at the Dike of Burlington.:
house 'wkiiy, continued. sitting until halt-past rive, 1

NAVAL NEWS.

Fr,n: the LONDON GAZETTE. Sept, z r 1809.

Admiralty-Office, Sept. ig,

Copy of a Letter from Vice. Admiral Sir John I3orlase War-
ren, Bart. and K. is. Commander in of his Majesty's
Ships and Vesselt on the Coast of North America, to the
Hon. Win. Wellesley role, dated at Halifax the 14th Au,-
gust, t 839.

SIR,
I have the honour to enclose, for their Lordship's
information, 4:e copy of a letter from Capt..Moun-
sey, who arrived here on the Ist instant, in La
Bonne Citoyenne, with La Furieuse French frigate,
her prize, having struck to the British colours, aftet
an adion of Six hours and fifty Minutrs, an event
which has added fresh lustre to his Majesty's arms
and will, I trust, entitle. the officers and ship's corn.-
puny of La Bonne Citoyenne to
.their
favour,

I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) JOHN- B. WARREN.
His Majesty's Ship Conne Citoyenne,
SIR, Manioc, Aug. 't, 1809.
I have the honour to acquaint you, for the inform-,
atien of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiral-
ty, that on the 18th dai of June, having sailed from
Spithead in company with his Majesty's ship Index-
ible, and the Quebec trade, on the ed of 'Julie in
'lat. forty-four degrees North, long. twenty-seved
degrees West, I had the misfortune to lose sight of
the convoy in reconnoitring.a strange eespicioui sail
astern, and by tratersing between the parallels of
forty-i Mee and forty-four degrees North, edging to
the westward, in proportion to the distance sup-
posed they would sail with such wiud.s 144 order to
regain the fleet ,•• had the good fortune, on the .sth,
at three' P. M. in latitude tory-three degree\J forty-
one minutes North, an lolig nde y-fnut West,
to fall in with a French frigate its the ad of tekillg;
possession of a Large English mer:ham ship, which
they, shortly relinquished on our approach, and
steered to to the northward water a Pecos. '94' sail-
Finding they did not answer the private' 4ignal,,
immediately bore up in pursuit, and, alter a chase of
a hours, at 25 minutes past nine A.M. on the 6th,
had the satisfaction to lay his. Majesty's sloop along',
side' • within 'pistql-shot 9,1 the enemy, who had
brouglit-to to engage us.
A brisk, cam-eel-m.le with rount. and grape kerne'
diately commenced, end the combat continued with
unabated fury, gradually closing until sixteen
nutes past four,. P.M. whets our powder being Dear.*
ly all expended, I letermine4 to carry her by board
ing with all hands, and at the instant of laying 114
aboard for that purpose,
,they called out th. y had
. surrendered, and struck their -ceiours to his IVlejese
ty's sloop. Thus ended a con4iCt ohstinately wens-,
tained for six hours and fitly initiates, during which
the enemy hisl/41 away more than seventy broadsides,
whilst his Majesty's sloop not less Taring; discharged
129 destructive broadsides, alternately iron; the stare
board and larboard sides, as circeinstaecee would
permit me• to change, her position with advantage,
so as to avoid the necessiiy of slackening our fire, irof4
the guns being over heated, three of which were
dismounted and rendered useless early, ie the action.
She proved to he La Furieuse, a Froni.th trigaie Pt,
the largest class, that escaped from the Saintes
the Ist of April, commanded by Captain 14e Marah,C
Ker pierced. for 4s guns, but haqng 014
twelve 42 pound cal runades and two long 24-pound"
ers on the main deck, with six of smaller Calibre
40 soldiers at small arms, her tut! proportion
officers„ and a complement of 200 muss, besidgs thq
Colonel, two Lieutenants, and a detachment of the
66th regiment of the line; partly loaded with. su"
gar and cottee, and sailed Iron) Besse Terre the 14t4
June, bound to France; is sevett yvat-s old, and sail";
very fast.
Atter a hard contested action, a most arduous Oil-
still remained to be performed. On taking posse"
sion we found the frigate in a most perilous stateit
with fourteen shot-holes between wind and water*
and five feet water in her hold. Her topm,Sts, anct.
all her yards (except the cross-jack and spritsail) shot
away, and tier lower masts su badly wounded as to
render it almost impossible to prevent them from
falling, with more than seventy men killed and
wounded, whilst his Majesty's
sloop was reduced
to a mere wreck, having all her lower masts bade
ly wounded in several places, as %veil as the fofe
and main topmasts an.l mizen topmast shot away,
nearly all toe. standing and every part of the running
rigging, sails, boats, &c cut to pieces. After securing,
the prisoners (the weather being very favourable dart
ing the night), by the exertions of Mr. Sandell),
Second Lieutenant, and Mr. Atwater, the cerpcuil
ter, several of the most dangercus shot holes wet!
stopped, so as to enable them to keep the ship tree
but all their efforts to save her masts proved inetrec'
tual, es the main and mizen masts went over•boo4-
the next day, leaving the bare for6did.st starelimrse
lie indefatigable exettioos of .everywounded in three pieces. . .
officer and
man in the Boene Citoyeane in fishing-and
securing
her masts; so as to be able to take the frigate its tow,
and surmounting every other difficulty, merits roY
werinest praise and adinitation and. 1 feel highly
gratified in reporting to their Loidetrips, that ow'
thing could exceed the animated zeal and unwearied
intrepidity oi the Officers, seamen, and royal marines
whom I have the honour to command, in a contest
with an enemy eppareutly of so great a superiority
of force ; and I beg particularly to mention the able
assistance that I received from Mr. Symes,
the first,
Mr. Sandorn, the Second Lieutenent, and Mr. Wil-
-1 the Master, which contributed greatly to
the success
of the action; Mr. Scott, the Purser,
Mr. John Black, and Mt. IVl`AtAlry, passengers,
in the handsomest manner volunteered their services,
assisted at the guns, and wherever they could rnap'"
themselves most useful ; and Mr. Stewart,
gcon, des4ves tweets praise for his humanity rind
.great: attention to our own as well as the wounded
prisoners; indeed the patience with whit:o3U bands
have horne the extreme iatigue and privation of be-.
ing constantly on deck for e 5 days and nights, does
them infinite credit, and o lung 3 de-
, orges etc 5
be
Thus circumstanced, I was induced to DIA° '.th
best of my way 'to' (lire port: ik bete I a.rieel 'cl e
the priZp on the Ist.inst. The Bonne CllQ'enn
to ena-
reqeiring three lower' masts, top masts, Vic. to
Sure
ble her to proceed in the p:.4sciA,tion
ships' orders:
I tery the honour herewith to. inclose a :ist of the
killed and wounded,' and I am happy to s y oei 4t

V

• . .
as lime) inconcei.vably small, ii,lllcli I can attiibuni
only• to. the lOWneS's of the Bonne Citbyebne!i
add beitivo dose Wider the enerny'..s guns: ,
• have the. honour to t?r, . ••
•. W. MOUNSEY.
A List of the Killed and 'it/auricled on board his Majesty'S
Sloop. 13oime Citoyeone, William .Mounsey, Esq. ,Com-
inanueri in the Action with La kuriense, on the 6th July,
iBo9,
Wi I barn Pokes. seaman, killed. Jacob, Anderson.. seaman;
badly wom,ded, Robert Carr. seamany .ditto. Robert
Lawrence. seaman, ditto. Wm. Gordon, seaman, ditto.
Richard Chaprhan, Marine
(Signed) W, MOUNSEY, ComMander.
riled and Wounded on board the Fttrieuse—z Quarter-Mas-
ters, 27 seamen, and 6 soldiers killed.
The Fist Captain, a Lieutenants, z Midshipmen, 4 can-
noniers, (9 seamen, t Lieutenant of Artillery, and 7 soldiers
4dangemusly wounde...
Total Killed and Wounded-75...
(Signed) W. MOUNSEN, Commander.

li

i'vvmotnit, SEPT. i s.— Arrived the brig Hazard
From QUebec, laden with timber and staves, bound
to London; she was captured on the 15th inst. by
the FrenCh lugger. privateer, 'Francis Bulleng, of 6
garis; off the Lizard. The second Mate, S. ALEX-
ANDEki, Three men, and a boy, were left on board
the•Haz&d; they had. concealed themselves pre-
viuus to the vessel's being taken possesSion off by the
enemy, ani remained undiscovered, until she was
taken possession of by the busy cutter,Capt.BeLt.,w ho
put two people On board, and !sent her in here. At the
time the Freachmeti deserted the captured brig, the
pryateer..was hull down; they took with them a
compass, and a chart, but a heavy sea running, it
was thought they could not reach the, privateer..--
This-itt t same vessel as mentioned in yesterday's let-
ter ; she sailed the 14th August, in company with a
Beet consisting of 44 sail, under convoy of his Ma-
jeity, ship Foxhound, of 18 guns, Capt. GIIEENE;
parted company on the 213t4 August, in a heavy gale
of wind, since 'which she 'has seen none of the
convoy.

Art-Ned his Majesty's ship "Melia, of 36 guns,
tlon't Capt. IRBY, from the coast of Spain ; his Ma-
jesty's ship Tonna/a, of 80 gulls, from Rochefort ;
the Gearge, of Hull, from Malta; and' the Ellen,
RoBERTs, from Cork; laden with provisons,.for this
port.

_Sailed his Majesty's ship Jalouse to the east-
ward; and the American schooner .Non such, for
Baltimore, with sugar and coffee.
Arrived the ship Ttio, Capt. MAOEVER, front St.
Francisco and St. Domingo, laden with coffee and
cottoh, bound to London ; was in the gale on the
2/th August, in which the lost her main-top-mast,
and received other damage.
Arrived the Mary, MAY, from Bristol;

Seven French privateers sailed from one port, in
Company with the Francis Bulleng, all of which were
to cmize in the British Channel.

• PORTsmotrni, SEPT. 19.-:—The Raikcc, Captain
CLAIPRI?faI, from Quebec, bound to Hull, arrived
this day. On the 7th inst. at six A. M. she saw a
brig ivith no top-masts up; at nine A. M. spoke
her; she proved to be the Winholt, of Teignniciutl-,
LANGIiON, from Liverpool 28 days, and bound to
St. Joint's, Newfoundland. On the Ist inst: in a
• heavy gile, carried away the top-masts and lower
inast bead the boats, companion, binnacle, corn,-
ivsses, fire-hearth, and every other thing was wash-
ed °tithe deck, and she had seven feet water in her
bold. One of the crew, Thomas Fuen, was washed
off the deck and drowned. After the wreck was
clear, and the water putnped out, she attempted to
get to the Westward, but was obliged to bear up for
the Channel the crew seemed in goad spirits, and
in want of nothing but fine weather. The Raikes
left her in lat. 49. 30. long. 27. 30. W. with only a
fore-sail set, bearing away for the Channel. The
"Likes also spoke theship Yigilant, of Lancaster, on
'her passage to Dominica, on the 15th iast. all well,
26 leagues to the west ward of Scilly.
Arrived the Ocean, Mona's, from Rio &Janeiro;
James, azADIviAN, from Bristol; Fiiends, HlcKs,
and Unity, ---, from Tenby.
Arrived also his Majesty's ships Warspite and
Christian VII. from a cruize, and the Etiza,
Fo-
THERINGHAM, from Halifax.
Sailed his Majesty's ship Sceptre ton a cruize.,

DEAL, SEPT. I g.—Sailed his Majesty's ship The-
to -Weymouth and the Chnllenger Sloop of
war on a cruize.

Arrived his Majesty's ship BucepAalus from Flush-
ing, and remains with several transports.

The tickets for the dinner at Merchant Taylors'
Hall, on the 50th anniversary of his MAJESTY'S
accession, are announced at three guineas each.—
This is a large sum in these times for a festival which
ought to be regarded rather as a test of loyalty than
as an occasion for luxury ; but as this particular ce-
lebration is intended chiefly for the higher orders of
society, it ought to be marked by peculiar grandeur
and sumptuous magnificence. We hope, however,
that every other class of the community will have a
similar festival, proportioned to their means 5 for
every man in the Empire who has sense enough to
compare the condition of this country, and that of
every other on the face of the globe, must feel the
wannest emotious of grateful loyalty towards a
venerable Monarch, whose chief happiness through
the whole of his long reign, has depended on the
happiness of his sublettc.