The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-23 00:00:00

Tiring.

" The Enemy, well knowing the weakness of
the Fort, flattered themselves with the hope of mak-
ing themselves masters of it with little or no diffi.:
cult), :accordingly, on the 17th, they again 'ap-
'proached it with their whole Squadron, and one Ship
of, the- Line and a Frigate kept up a cannonade
against it during three hours ; but when the Ene-
my observed that our Squadron approached Tenedos;
they got a part of their troops on board, with the
utmost precipitation, and stood out to sea.
" The wind havihg changed
,in th6' night of the
i3th, ourlSquadron was detained till the 17th, in
its passage between the Island of Ymbro and the
European coast ; but on the 17th, with the Noah
wind in their favour, they bore up for Tenedos, and
observing that the Enemy's small craft, with troops;
were still upon the Coal, the Russian row-galleys
were ordered to attack them. A part of them,were
sunk by the galleys, and the rest dispersed.

" As soon as the Fort had been supplied with ne-
cessaries, and dispositions made for preventing 'the
approach ,of the Enemy's Vessels, the Frigate Venus
and the ..Spitzbergen Sloop were left to 'Kowa the
coast. On the i th, the Russian Fleet was again
under.sail, steering then' coutse for Lemnos, where'
they hoped to find the Turks. On the lgth:at 14,
bleak, they descried, as they expeeled, to Ships of
the line, five Frigates, and an equal number of small
Vessels. The Turks ibrmed their Line without de-
lay.
__Our side followed their example, with the in-
tention of attacking the Enemy's, Flag Ship. Our
Ship Raphni/ was the headmost of our Line, and
when bearing down upon the Enetny, it was 'observ-
ed that the Turks lened their lipe at a very great%

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ordered to attack the Enemy's Flag-Ship, retained
her fire till she was within, a very, small distance from'
her opponent ; but on account of receiving so much
damage in her Sail's, as not to be able to bear up
against the wind, she was driven into the enemy's
line! At the same time \ripe-Admiral GREIQ was
ordered by Admiral SISIAVIW to attack the Enemy's
Van, consisting of one Ship of the Line, and two
large Frigates,.. The3e Frigates being soon. disabled,
. and obliged to retire, the Raphail, broke through the
Enemyts Line, when she was fired ppon by several.
of their Shipi of War; and Vice-Admiral SINIAVIN,.
who bore down to support the Re. ',hail; was in a
shirt' time rendered unable to continue the conflia,
9' A calm succeed;ng immediately after, as it .was
impossible for the Ships to manceuy re, and they became
so far separated from the Enemy's Squadroit„ as..te
givi them an opportunity of repairing their da-
mages. As soon as the wind began to blow a little
fresh, Admiral SpiIAVINT made the signal for pur-
suing some
.of the Enemy's Ships of the Line and
.two Frigates that were a 'considerable way behind
the rest of the squadron.

In the following ni§ht,,the Ship of the Capitan
Bey, which was damaged more than the rest, was
taken, with Becker Bey, and .774.:men on board.
This-vessel carries 80 pieces of brass caution, and is
in every' respeet a very fine Ship.
" On the following. day, Vice-Admiral
wills three Ships, was ordered' in pursuit of an
Eneniy's' Ship of tbe.Line, a9d two Frigates, that
were discovered between Famo and. the promon-
'tory of Asia. When the Turks.. found it was im-
possible to escape, they run their Ships agtound;
and,. after getting the people'on shore, set fire to the
Vessels.- •

" Our three Ships having returned to the Squa-
dron, AdmiraI.SINLAVIN lost no time in, proceeding
to the Island of Tenedos, with the view of afford-
ing the garrison the necessary assistance.

"Durinathe Passage to, Tenedos, on the 5.lRd, a
a smoke was Observed near the Island of. Tasso,
where the Turkish Fleet had been defeated, and
some firing heard ; and, t.lpon ant arrival' at Tene-,
dos, we learned. that it arose from the burning of
one of the Enemy's Ships and a Frigate, which had
been Considerably damaged during the Lion.
" The result of this last a&iou has been' the,
loss of three Turkish Ships of the Line and three
Frigates.

‘• On the .16th, after Admiral StNikvirt had
taken proper measures for investing the Island. on
all sides, and for cutting otf all cointnuniefitiO;), be-
tween the Enemy and the Continent, wishing to
spare the effusion of blood, he sent a 'proposal to the
Cormnanciant of the Turkish troops upon the island
to evacuate it, and offering them a free passage to
the coast of Asia. In conseqUenee of this offer ,on
the27th. the Turkish Commandant sent an Officer
t 4 announce his acceptance of this proposal l; and
in, order to relieve the garrison
,as; soon as possible
frorn'the blockade it:was tinder, the Turkish Army,
Consisting of' 4,600 men, was transported over to
'the Asiatic coast on the 28th.

"Admiral SINIAVIN bestows very high encomium's
Upon the valour of Admiral Gaitto ; .the Captains
of the rank of Post, MALAGEW, HALTED°, and
KROWWE th 6 Captain of the second • rank,
RIECHTOC HEW ; and Colonel NDEISKI, the Com-
mandant of the Garrison of Tenedos.

," In these engagements ,we have .lost 13(.1. Pri
vates, three superior Otfieerso the Captains IGNET-
Guw, &c. Among the wounded. 17 Offi-
cers. of the Staff, and`392.privates. On the part of
the Enemy, in the Ships that were taken, were
230 killed and t6O wounded ; from whence we may
infer, that their whole loss, must be considerahle.--.
Of the. Turkish troops that landed at Tenedos, in
the various attempts upon the Island, and during the
blockade, which, lasted ten days, the loss sustained'
was about' 1000 men."

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER .2.3, 1807.

S6l E Hamburgh Papers to the Bth inst. have reach.
ed town, but they contain very little intelligence of
importance. They state, however, that very naive
preparations are making upon the French Coast for
the Invasion of this Country ; the object of which is
probably to hasten the departure of our Troops from
Zealand.

There are no accounts in these Papers of the pro-
gress of the French, Troops in Holstein,- but an im-
mense number of lio3ts, it is said, are colleding for
the Imrpote of transporting the French Troops over
into Zolllnd, This stateinent is 'probably made

Witil
LUC SfIAC V lOW ab 1110 ICJILIJUL
,to produce much more effete. If the winter be mild
enough to, enable the French to make use of Sots,
it certainly will permit us to make use of Ships.--
Indeed;No.,,convinced are the French of this, that
the Moniteur fairly,
,admitted that the only hope of
-driving us out:of Zealand was founded upon a 140
.frost.

The report of a misunderstandingbetween Lad
GRENVIDLE and Lord Howtcx gains ground,' but
. , •
the Opposition Writers are quite incensed at the in
tithation of such
.on event, which'they:confidenily
deny; Vor our part we do not expect bear of any
violent rapture between these I\l'oble Lords; beano
we do not think tharthey ever could have had any
cordial connexion.' I,drd GRENVILLE was brought
up in the true 'principles of the Constitutidu,
and When the imagination of certain politicians,.
who 'denominated themselves Whigs, Without bat',
ing any real pretensions to the name, were heat-
ed by the events of the French Revolution,
and foresaw what they considered as the dawn •
of a more enlightened system of Government,
he'kept hismind free from the baneful cotitagione--
Te unfOrtunate course of events, and the military
system which has resulted from it, and roined,s9
-many Continental States, have fully justified his
Lordship's opinions at that period., It does not apt
Pear that LbraliOwtcF is at al; altered in his polit
tical notionS, an therefore it is not Wonderful that
the former Nobleman .and be have at length dis,:;e-
vered, that however they might apparently agree'
Upon one or two'i)oints, they„ is a wide dittereae9
in their general views and principro3. :

Iv all that eve have said respecting what is called
the right of search, as applied to neutral Ships 9.
,1
Wur, we.have spoken of it as we conceived It to he
intended by its strenuous advocates, as.a right to lie
freely exercised by otte Power towards another, in
ct
giving the latter any just
ygsiercolsttu:nrddfao3?ctcliorinen'tp:lea"irinteld7Atr,ittn‘icrmiisi
RiKittiLt
ctohnait'llta;•76,
We endeavoureil, to show that the transaalion with
:the Chesapeake-coUld not lie 'considered as a Mere
exercise of ordinary jusstice., But it by no mentß
follows, and to this we beg to call. particular
attention, that the condtla of Great. Britain is
to be condemned as contrary to the Law of I\Ta-
tions.. The utmost that is provod is this ;—that
we have committed such an as of partial hostilitlit
as the Attiericans would be justified. in regarding 0
a Declaration of War. These measures of partial
-hostility, adopted by way of security, 'argil
means uncommon in the modern history of Europe.
We had,a right to consider the American Govern-:
meat, in enlisting and .retaining our Statnen,. aftet.
repeated remonstrances from us,• as an aftOf hoSti.!
lity to.+-arcis us. It was.a denial of justice, who
would hate justified
.us in. immediately' declaria.
War against Atnerica. Tn instructing Admfral
BEliKELtiir (if we did so) to or&e Aforciyeseil
ztire ut (xirDesertcrs, we ahthorized him to meet
the conduct ot: America by as of WAR, appliel
particularly to meet the cause of our complAiat.
This is the true justification of the t oncluol of the
Admiral, and ukon, this ground: we certainly agree.
with those who maintain that the part' of Achostle
BERKELEv's order which was to irilke the search
reciprocal, ought to have been omitted.
But though we consider the part which
grounds which
Bait KELM or the late Administration, had in this
affair, as perfeCtly borne out by eyery principle of
1 a I.v and justice, wary e:: cpuoinatzlittn,eiesnded, ,e
xtuponardt the
het h 7
I
War. The conduti of America` has been such j‘'vtlestihfia:/eleP,llewa,ads
as to authorise the opinion, that,'
,nOtwithstanc..
ing the high language she has held, she might
perhaps acquiesce in the continuance of this doubt.t
eg
Of
rill
the
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ful state, between IL ar and Peace ; if SO,
.or is not, this state more prejucliCial to GREAT;
BRITAIN than declared War ? Withoui doubtA
infinite/y more so. The conduet of our present:
Administration is such as to bring us to a state
either of Wen or PLAce, and as such we con-
cider it as entitled to our warmest praise. We
here quit the subjea for the present.

THREE Vesspls, have hrrived at Bristol from St.
Andero, in Spain, but they bring no news of itn"
portance. No intelligence bad readied that Port °I
the French Army having entered Portugal.

A French Privateer is captured by a Gun-brig, and
sent intosPortland.

The letters by The Leeisrard Island Packet cnntahl
no intelligence of importance. Those from
dad are of the 7th of. SepteMber ; they inform
that the. Chinese, Settlers had het- ribe- dissaiiitiga
with their situagon, and were all to' come to hog
•
land, from whence they ari, to be sent hack 40 China.
Y'esteiday two of the DarviAr Ships, the Lilly
Belt and the .ellann, arrived at Woolwi!7'htrleY, The.
are laden with stores and ammunition.
Fleet with AdMiral (LotatEn, kind the whole of"' •
D.rnish Prizes, are expeet-ct in a few days.. d
Capt. GRIFFITHS is appointee:. ) the carom",
the Sultan, of 74 guns, lately
.„• .