The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-28 00:00:00

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Copy eta Letter front Mr JAMES SCOTT, .I.SciStallt Stnerin of
los Nisiesty't ship 'Armada, dated o Toulon; s4th Jut!
134, to a Friend maul:di/hare-it.
" On ",‘londay last as we war.:, returning along
the 'toast, for the purpose of joining the tleet,
got hertiimed close under the batteries of the town
vt nordignero ; we ,00ti iii-served that they were
making preparation to attack es. Our boats
,rere/111 manned, and sent nohlead to tow the ships
out to i3ea j but all our exertions were ineGettiai ;
we drifted closer into shore, and found that our
glints were insufficient to quiet the enemy's batte-
ries;, the two frigates were ordered to anchor on
the west side of the town, while the :di.nzuda came,
to anchor immediately,in front of the o en, between'
two. batteries ; all the boats were then.. manned,
armed with carronades, and sent on shore with
about two hundred marines, on purpose 'to take the
town and batteries, which was the only alternative
we bad left. As I understood that Captain flare
of the marines wished,.-to take me along with him,
I went directly to Captain. Grant, and volunteer-
ed for that service ; as soon as we shoved off front
the ships, all the fitp of the enemy was directed
von Our boatt;and a party of military sent down
to the beach to prevent our lauding ; but the loud
cheers we received from the ships when they saw
us approach the beach, which was eagerly return-
ed by th,e boats, had given the enemy an awful
idea of tuglish bravery ; they immediately retir-
ed In good order to the heights and woods, under
and Winn& which we had to pass on our way to
the batteries. As 800 H as tee' had formed the
line upon the shore, Captain Fiore divided the
troops into three parties, one to scour the heights
and cover us on our march, another in the town,
and the third to a battery about a mile to the
eastward, to which party I belonged. We
made a running march under a continual
tire of musketty from the rocks and trees ; when
we reached the place we spiked the guns,
and destroyed the magazines ; on our return
through the wood, Captain Fiore Was shot in
the thigh by a musquet ball. While I was em-
ployed binding up his wound, one of our men took
prisoner the commanding officer of the party sta-
tioned id the wood to oppose HS. Before we got
to the town, the magazines there were blown up,
,and the batteries taken by our second party, then
joined by a part of the first. The vessels in the
harbour, amounting to about six or seven,:we set
on fire, three of which 'were again extinguished ;
the. boats then sailed round to theni, and
opened their guns upon them in such a minner
that they torts them nearly to piecese some of
the houses near to the harbour were in a blaze
before we left it. Among the prisoners we
managed to lay bold of the Governor of the town,
whotu we sent on shore under a,flag of truce,
with a promise that we would level the town to
its fottudations, it they attempted to molest us any
more. In one of the batteries they drilled the
spikes from the guns, and opened their fire on us
again, which was not silenced till the ships bad
poured about thirty broadsides into the,' town,
which produced dreadful havoc and destruction.—
We had only two men wounded, the frigate none ;
one shot struck the Armada, but without doing
her tiny material injury. While. going on shore,
41m•bcrat I belonged to was struck by a grape shot,
which only partly destroyed one of her oars.—
We gOt tinder weigh in the evening, leaving the
poor Italians ample reason to regret their having
attacked time eirmada."

The following information was communicated
yesterday afternoon :—The Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty have been pleased to inform the
,COMIDitiCe ttt .141.0YD's, in reply to an inquiry re-
specting the sailing from Wingoe Sound (it the
fleet from the Baltic, that by a letter received
. Qom Captain.ltva, dated. in Wingoe Sound, 21st
i4stant, the. convoy was to sail from thence on
the following day, but he did not mention under
what force. And further, that Admiral YOUNG,
the COMMander in the North Sea, has been' op-
„priaed,44,-thitintElliscilec tecetVen respoctilig I he
,1%.V0 French ft 'gates which were seen off the coast
of Scotland on the 20th instant,
NOTICE ro MAHINERS.—A floating light is pre-
pailpg.. to be unwed at the North West Spit of
East Hoyle Sand Bank, in the entrance into the
port of .LiVerpool. The light will he red,.to dis-
tinguish it :rom all the lights upon the shore, and
will be exhibited in a lantern hoisted at the Main-
mast-bead of the vessel, and will be lighted for the
first time on :Wednesday the first of December
next. In thick and foggy weather, either by
night or day, a bellnvill be kept constantly ring-..
ing, to prevent vessels front running fOul of the
light vessel.

WHITECLIAPEL SOCIETY Fon.tin is.pucATDA OF
THE POOR. •

The ceremony of laying. the first stone of a
building designed for the Instruction of 1000 poor
Children of this and WM^ surrounditv, Nrishes,
took place yesterday. At eleven o'clock ull the
'boys and girls from the different schools, to the

mount of about 800, attended prayers at White.
chapel Church. The Duke of CLARENCE, the
Loan MAYOR, several of the Aldermen, &c. &e.
were present. Prayers were read by the Rev.
D. MATMES,• the Rector ; and an eloquent Ser-
mon preached by the Bishop of LONDON. At
three o'clock the procession from the Church to
the ground, in the rear of the Workhouse, took
placsi, when hit Royal Highness kid the first stone
with.the usual ceremonies. The company after-
wards repaired to the City of London Tavern,
where they' pm*ook ofa sumptuous dinner.

Vtre unclerstund that one, of the largest Fouts-
'fOr Cannon in France is established in the.
neighbourhood Bayonne.
R.coENT.-,--The speech of the Empress
11.4ent' to'the FrencliSenate is a call upon,' the
people to- spill nforelOt. their blond, while this
address is to request the reader to ecure a fortune
by-the' purchase of Tickets and Shares in the ad-
mirable Loilery which begins Drawing on Wed-
nesday next, the 3d of Novereber—a: Lottery pos-
sessing-advantages over' All its pretlu.essos 6) hay-
iag fewer Tickets by four thousand than the last
Lottery, yet the saute number, of Twenty Thou-
sands and other Capital Prize'.