The Sun.
London, England, 1807-07-28 00:00:00

THE SUN.

Quis plaza& f4i•itult4 AUDLAT

• LONDON,
TUZSDAY, JULY 28, 1807.

The detail, which we yesterday' laid before our
Readers respeaing the action between the Leopard,
and the American Frigate, were in every respe&
correta, except merely the name of the Frigate—it
was the Chesapeak, Captain BARRON, and not the
Constellation. It appears that some of the men be-
longing to the Ilie/arnpus Frigate,, which wus
lying off Norfolk, hild deserted,. and openly poS
raded the streets of Nosiolk, in defiance of their
Officers, Application was made to the American
Governgient to have the men Oven up, but no
satisfa(lory answer could be obtained. Captain
Dotrow, the senior British. Officer on the station,
having received. information that some of thew men
had gone on board the . Cliesopeok ,Frigate, which
was about to put to sea, ordered the Leopard to

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her for the deserters. When Captain 'HIY4TII-
asYe, of the Leopard, fell in with the (Mesa-
peak he sent a boat with a Lieutenant to ac.—
quaint CV! BARRON that information had • been
ccCeivecl that some British deserters were ',on. board
the Cltesapeak, and demanding permission to, search
for them. This was positively refused. • The conse-
quence we have already stated. The anion was very
short—the Leopard only fired two broadsides into the
Chosapeak; the latter fired six or seven guns before
*struck. The deserters, four in number, were found
oti board the Chesapeak, and were taken out of her.
She was then suffered to proceed on her 'voyage, and
Was not carried into Halifax, as was stated
,in some
of the Papers of yesterday. She; however, returned
into Port, having received considerable damage from,
the tire of the Leopard. She had three men killed •
and thirteen wounded. When this event was
known in Norfolk, it produced a considerable fer-
ment. The inhabitants entered into some violent
Resolutions,: and- prohibited all communication
With our Ships. From this statement, which
we have reason to believe is in every. respeel cor-
re6t, Captain ,BARRON appears, to have been much'
to blame. If he had atied with propriety,' he would
have given
.up the Deserters withoutyendering a de-
mand for searching his Ship necessary ; instead of
which he denied having them on board.
.We shall
take. an early opportunity of offering some ollserva-
tionsupon the subjeti.

A Telegr6phic Dispatch from Portirbotith this
motning announced the arrival of the Lanthster, at
Spithead, from the Rio de la Fittta, It is not yet
known what intelligence-ahp brings..

..WE:received last night Paris Papers to the Igth
inst. but their contents are very unimportant. It is
positively assert€d that the Emperor ALEXANDER
will visit Paris in the course of the ensuing Winter.

About 700 of the 52d Regiment embarked yester-
day' at Deal. It is supposed that the whole of the
infantry, .consisting of twelve Battalions, will be
embarked by to-morrow; and the Cavalry, CM..
sisting of five Regiments, by Friday.
The following is a list of the Regiments which
MUNN tbis,Expedition

[Those marked with an asterisk. have embarked.]

CAVALRY.
4th Dragoon Guards. j loth Ditto, the Prince's.
WI Ditto, Ittitisktilings. Isth Ditto.
7th Light Dragoons.

. intANTsiv. •
ids Foot, 2 battalions strata;. ~szth Regiment, t battalion.*
7th Rom Fugileers. 24, i battalion.*
Bth King's Own, 1 battalion: 79tH, 1 ditto.
23d koy.d Finnleers, t bttt. had. one ditto.
32(1, aiw battalion.* ' gill, one ditto.
41d, one ditto.• . 950 Wilt: Corps. 5 comp.*
. Besides.strong detachments of Horse Artillery, of
the Waggon Train,'and the Staff Corps.
:The Brigade of Light, Cavalry, viz: 7th, 10th,
and 15th, is composettof the finest regiments in our
service. • . . ' ' • .

Previous to the Debate yesterday in theßouse.
of Comnions; upon Lord CAsTLaaF,Aoit:s Bill for
augmenting the Military Force of thy... Country, Mr.,
'MUT/MEAD put two Questions to his MAJESTY'S'
Ministers : • the first was, 'whether' any Communica-
tion was likely to'he made tOtlie,liouse.iespeding
the Treaties which were stated to have been en-
tered into with Foreign Powers. The second
Question related totheAdion between the Leopard
and the American .Frigate. He wished to know
whether that onion-Ornate event proceeded from ac-
cident,'. or whether it proceeded lion) any ordeti
issued by biS MAJESTY'S Ministers. With respe&
to the" former (-attention; the*CHANCELIOR Of the
EXdIfECILTEII 00: the Treaties alluded to
being of a contingent nature, it Was possible that
after what had happened upon ;the Continent, it
Might tint he necessary.',to; lay them 'before' the
-Douse; but he ,believ'ed hiS Right Hon. Friend'Mr.

CAN NINO would have some Communication to make
upon the subject this day. In reply to the second
Question, he stated;
.that his Mitir,sty's Mi-
nbtera were not in complete .possessien•ef .all the
details of the unfortunate event alluded •to ; but
if, tnxin inquiry, .appeared that there had :been
any improper condat of , the British ()dicer, there
was every disposition, on the-part cif his Majesty's,
Ministers, to make the fullest reparation.

THE subjeEt of the _lrish InsurreCtion Bill was
last pight resumed in the House of Commons, and
Mr. GahrrAN again gave 'his firm support to it.
In his Speech:on Friday. night, he stated, that I'. in
various parts of Ireland there were secret nocturnal
meetings, of a, dark and dangerous nature," that
forcibly demanded a measure of this kind, and he
lass night repeated the same statement as to the
existence,of such treasonable and alarming- combi-
nations, declaring also, that there were French
- Emissaries in that COUDtryo."44lT. SHBRIDAN op-
posed the measure, but acknowledged that he was
chargeable vfith presumption in objecting to a Bill
which was supported by those who were much more
likely to know the state of Ireland, and the circum-
'Hopei which :Inithe render such a measure Ile-

cessary.