The Sun.
London, England, 1807-07-06 00:00:00

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L 0 N D IV,
MONDAY, JULY 6, 1807.

this morning rereived, Dutch Papers to the
«d: it*. and Paris Papers to the 28th two
eottenburgh Mails allo arriVed. It is with the de:ep:
est concern we state; that the accounts of .the•defeat
of the Russians on the t4th are col.tirm,:d. ' prjqce,
BottoxEsz arrived at Paris'on the 24th ult. with the
news of the viaory. ,No Bulletin of the battle had
been published on the :27th oh. and the, reason
assigned for it in the French Papers is, that'BONA-
PARTE slept in: the,.f4eld every night, and that-the
headlharters were continuzllly changing. The
tory is, however, said to have beeti .most.declsive,
and some accounts even state that the retreat of the
remainder •of the Russian Army is cut. of. 'he
French French -entered Kunigsburgh On the. Kith.-.. The
Moniteur of. the .!:t.th contains the 78th Bulletin (it
is by mistake called the 79t14, which iSdated ifei!s-
burgh the tth ult. and gives.an account of theopera-
tions of the Army up to that day. It states the loss of
the Russians, ups to ,that day; .at 30,000 men, while
the _loss,- of, the . French is, only estimated tt 700
killed, too wounded, and; bet Ween 2 and
prisoners. We Lye not room 'at• present to enter
. .
into any &tailed observations upon this<tnass of in
telligt ice,' *hich in our opinion'remOves all doubt
as to the defeat of the Russians oti the 14th. It is
true; that all the .accounts which have reached us
are French ; but we see no reason to justify us 'in
doubting the .main faa, althOugh we trust it will
appear that the losses of our Allies are very much
.exaggerated.,,, , •

TH 14 Pi inmss ,Ifdizabeth Packet arrived at Falmouth
'on Friday from' Lisboa. Sipe brings intelligence that
the inhabitantsof Lisbon were thrown into thent-
.
most consternatlen, tin the evening of the 6th..;ult.
by a violent slick 61,.aifE4rthrinake, which ..lasted
for about ten sectiiid, rand during the time it lasted
Was nearly as violent as the ~Ireadful.One in 1755.
hOWev.e.r, the damage was not SO great
as might tave beenexpeC.t,.:4. Three. houses Were
thrown do%vn, by which; two men 'were killed and
about thirty persons wounded, Several persons also
had, arzns and legs broken, by jumping out of
the wintloWg,.un4r the apprehension of the houses
falling.upon _them, The-shock also telt: at St.
Übes, Oporto, and generally throughout Portugal.
-It was felt on board the Lively Frigate, then about
eight leagues ofr the Ruck of Lisbon. The IPalsing-
ham Packet \vas—left at Lisbon:

A Telegraphic Message front Sheerness was re-
ceived at the Admiralty this morning, announcing
that the -Clyde Frigate, with her Royal Highness the
Dutchess of 4auns).vrcx on board, was standing up
the River.

Yesterday morning MAJIWIIt, Princesses At. -
GUSTA, Soeittiv, and Am L T,t.t, attended by the Mar-
chioness ot Even and her daughter, Mrs. D. G.BOS.
V Mitt, &c. went to St. George'A Chapel, and heard
a sermon by Dr. COOILSON, irom the gth chap. of
I.aiah, and Atli verse they afterwards went to
Frogmore for His MAJESTY to dine, where Her MA-
JESTY, Princesses ELIZABETH and MARY, met them.
The itoyal Horse Guards and Stanford Militia were
drawn up in the Castle lard, and saluted His MA-
J LSTY as he passed.

The '110)(A.C. FAMILY will dCpart, it 13 said, for
Weymouth, at the lAter caLl'of,thq preseut rnout4.

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Ficm r LONDON G.IZETTE,
.74 4, 1807.

Achniralty-Office, July 4.

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Copy of a Letter from Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Fellew,
- Ilut. Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and
Vessels in the East Indies; to William .Marsden. Esq,
dated on bbard
14-oads N6-4rriSer 406. , ,

• Sia—Tbeir LordAips have been already apprised
of my intention of proceeding to this quarter in
search of the French Squadron, which I had been
led to believe would have ere this appeared in the
Asiatic. Seas,.

I was joined off the island of Eugenio, on the 3d
inst. by his MajeS'ty's Ship Sir Francis Drake, and
proceeding through the Straits of Sunda with 'the
Ships named in the margin*, on the 26th, captured,
off Bantain, the Dutch Company's, Armed. Brig
•

On the followiro• morning we arrivectoffßatavia,
the Terpsichore leading the Fleet through, the very
intricate
.navigation in a
,most judicious manner; pre-
Ceded by the Sea-Flower.

I directed the Frigates and Brig to enter the
Road between the island of Onrust and Java, the
Line of Battle Ships taking a more circuitous
passage.

On discovering us as we approached, the Dutch
National. Frigate Phcenix„ Avanturier, abd Zee Ploeg
Brigs, of 'their Company's Armed
and two Armcci. Brigs, immediately run -on shore,
followed' by the Merchantmen, the WiLliarn Cor-
vette having previously struck to the Terpsichore on
passing Onrust
The shoal water prevented our anchoring suffi-
ciently near to fire with effect On the batteries, or
the Ships on shore. .

The 'Boats of the Squadron accordingly" assembled
alongside the Terpsichore, which, with ,the Sir
Francis Wake, had been placed as near as possible
to cover them, and were led in to destroy the Enc...
my's Ships by Captain Fleetwood Pellew, under a
heaVy lire from the Ships and the Batteries. On
approaching the Phenix the crew abandoned her,
And on boarding she was found scuttled: The guns
were immediately turned on the other Ships, while
the boats were destroying the remainder, when she
was also set on .file and- burnt,. with the whole of
the Enemy's armed force, and'nearly twenty mer-
chantmen. ,
the gallant condua of Captain Fleetwood Pel-
lew, Lieutenant William Fitzwilliarn Owen, Coma
mander- of the Sea Flower, and Lieutenant Thomas
Groule, First ,of the Culloden, the Officers, Seamen,
and' Marines employed under theircommand in this
important duty, is deserving of every- praise.' The
service
,was direate'd tkith great coolness
.And judE4-
Ment, and executed in 'the most steady, zealous, and
a€ti,ve
,manner, :thOtigh exposed to the continued
fire Of the enemy, happily with little effea, the only
loss sustained being one marine killed, one marine
and three seamen I.younded.

. Tlie Eneip3i's-,CWo remaining Line*of Battle Ships
liacl uniortupatery quitted this anch9roge, or mast
inevittitgy,baye shared a similar fate. The Dutch
Admiral was.left at Batavia.

I hare landed the Prisoners upon Parole, under an
o,s,Oraoce froi» the Governor that they shall not
Serve again until regularly exchanged.
• The nece,sary destruction of ihe William Cor-
vette' has deprived MMt. Of an cppiiftimity of re_
warding'the services of Lieutenant Oven on' this
occasion ; I therefore beg leave to reconnnemd him
and 'Lieutenant Thomas Groule, First ,of his 1", Ia
jesty'S Ship Culloden, who, were 901i-toted to lean
diyisious un this service, to their Lordship's prow-.
tion.

1 inclose . .
herewith a Us; of the trierny'
" ' •
destroyed and taken, awl a Return ot Killed and
, .•. se he Ships I
,Wounded ; and'havellie hontiur lo he, Sce.
• (Signed) . E. PELLEW.
. :
'•' Ships destroyed ant taken in Batavia Roads', .. „
Burnt -National Frigate.k.hcenix, Captain Vander Sande„
r•F 36 guns and '.l'iy, men; taken
_with naval stores for the Slops
ri:%sey ; N.aliOnal brig Aventurier, Capt. E; Coudere, of
to „!tins and 9O men ; National Brig Zen t'ltieg, • Captain 1.
I. •,,r,.:, of i 4 auras and so men ' • Company's Aimed Ship Pa-
mot, Pt i 8 guns i,111(1 90 men ; Comp4ny,s Armed Ship Atni-
stein, of to !,iiiis and so men; Company's Armed Brig jo-
Itabria Stilittilia , 01 8 guns amid 24 tnen ; Company": Armed -
Brig Sitelhort, .tit 6 guns and 24 nut.._ .
l'atisn—Natiottal Corvette %V l'iliam, Captain Feteris, of
.14 gnus and 98 seen; stational Brig Maria Wilneirnina, of 14
guns and so, men.. , About 2,,, Metchaitt Ships destroyed, and
1 .tivo Liken, , . (~igtie.l) E. PILLEW..
I His lkolajity's Ship Cull4en, Batavia Reads, .*.
• Nov. 28, itio6. . ' .
N.B.:The William (Corvette)' was afterwanjs destroyed
• 4s ttntit for FtiS Majesty's Service.
, A' Return of the Killed and Wounded in the Boats of llis Ms_
.. jesty s Ship lulleden, in destroying the hnemy's torte at
ltatavio on the 27th day of November; .18.36. .
WilliaMptichards,, "marine, killed,—john f;ield mll
, sea 3,
wounded.--Christopher MOiSt t seainatl, thtto•-•:-Thos• 13naPt
seaman, ditto.-:—ltotiert Mlies;marine, ditto. •
, • • (Signed) E. PELLEW.
His Majesty's Ship Cultrictim,.Batavia Roads,
Nov, as, sBo6. " ' . t.

* Culloden, Powerful, ltussel, BelliqueuXt Sir
Drake, Terpbichoret and Sea Flower.
Francis
Drak

FALMOUTH,. JULY 3.—Yesterday arrived the
Brig Hawk, Captain GsDpn, froM. Porttaouth,
bound w Ne‘,Vfoundlandi lost the convoy ;,:f Ply-
mouth on the 28th ult.; the Schooner C/erttentina,
Fa AZ ER, from Cork; Snow William, 1-rorrl
Plymouth ;
..and Brig Lydia, .Bur7garja.o., *OM
ItiTewport.

This day rrived ,the Princess Elizabeth Packet,
:r.
Kum, with Mails from Lisbon,. 20 days p ti`;Jgc: ;
left in the Tagus
,his Msjesty's Stilt? Lively, and
Walsinghan2 Packet; the latter expealed to sad about
the 20th ult. The Convoy fdr England, under his
'Majesty's Brig Gannet, 18 guns, sailed from Lisbon
on the ath :ult. A Portoguese Vessel: anived
Lisbon on the 10th of June, which spoke, on the
9th, a French Squadron of two Line-of-battle Ships
and four. Frigates, which had escaped from Roche-,
fort. On the following day she fell in, with a Sqrta-
Aron of English Ships of War, and gave them the
information.

Satlc:cl his. Majesty's Ship aunts, 20 guts, Capt.
SKIPLEY, for Portsmouth.

guns, from Portsmouth ; Le will pro,:e.,:d in a day
or two to join the Channel Fleet.
The outward-bound Mediterranean Fleet, under
convoy of the Maida and Fame, of 74 guns each,
Prevoyante Store-ship, L'Espoir Sloop of War, and
others, passed by yesterday to the Westward frotn
Portsmouth; the wind blew strong at- S.W. but
nonq:of the Fleet put in here.

Saila& the.Sparlitzte, of 74 guns, for Portsmouth,

to be docked; the Caroline" hired armed Brig, on a
cruize Westward; and the Porcuptife 1i5,6p of War,
on a crnize-in the'Channel. ' -
The Dryad Frigate yesterday came into harbour
to be refitted.

Arrived the Ship Russia Company, CORRY, from
Quebec ; the Pomona, LANGLEY, from Liverpool ;
the Nancy, LE MAISTRE, from Jersey; and the

John, SMITH, from London, bOund to Magodore.
Arrived the Londoiz,. of 68, guns, from, the Chan-. ;
nel Fleet; the Hum ter Sloop of War, from the
Eastward; and the eckatrite Sloop of War, with a
Fleet of 'Vi&uallers under conVoy, from off 'Oche-
fort. :

Arrived the Dragon, of 74 guns, from Ports-

mouth.

COWES, JULY.S:-.-ArfiVed •the Danis!' Brig .For.
sigiegen, BURN, from Bourdeaux, with brandy 3. ap,4
the For Revenue'Cutter with a seizure of so cl4s
of Geneva.

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. This-:rnorning the tigth Regiment embarked from
. •
hence for Ii sea Barracks.

DEAL, JULY 4.—Arrived the liakyor,i Sloop of
War from the Westv)ard, and sailed for Yarmouth ;
also sailed the Nassau Man of War fOr the Nore.
Arrived, the Takldent Gun-brig from a Cruise off "1,
• • .
Calais, and remains.

Sailed the Quail Schooner for Elsineur 5' whiting
and_Rook,ditto for Yarmouth; the Pickie SChooner
icr ymciutli; and S.4teflites.and Savage Sloops on

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a Cruize._ - •
JIJLY s:—Sailed the Explosion Bomb, with sere•
ral Vessels under convoy, for Portsmouth ; and the
Bloodhound, Bustler, Desperate, and Turbt,tlent Gua:
Wigs on a Cruize.

SS, JULY 4.—Sii.Vetil Indiarntn are pass-
ing..for the.ktiv'er, arid•the Btiats of the Men of \Ng
boardini impreit their sp3ld
hands. ,
Sailed the -Calypso SiQoi) Capt. BRADBY,
til several M.:re:taut Vessels uncLir -convoy, tit
Baitic. "
Caniellown fronfthe -Ricer,--atrd -anchored-at the
tb*o Sarteilhinte Friiate, coLLIr.v.
Nympf4,,e Frigte,..for Ports..
mouth, sod Ottrr Sloop; fL,';lPt:Pitvlsdi;r Deal;
Arriveci .NI tjesty's Ship C',,Asw.k item Chat-

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Captain I'IA.NC,OCK is appointed to .t he' 7.4C3C21S ) of
74 puns, a4'pithead, vice Chnti n Hopi:Y.' .
'llle:lAPe,' AEYNOL.I.), 41.4 Jame,i,,:a,..arfiv'ed in
the• Clyde on the 2.d inst. in 35 days, haviug„parted
from the Fleet five days,al ter . sailing, The Mary,
SVROCKER,,arrived lin the Clyde, front Savannan•
sprYke, on the: llth ult. in Lat.. Q.G. , 56, 'L0n..'04.•
los Majesty's Ship Anson, inc of the CiniVOy t 9 •
the homewardlbonnd, Jauiait , Fleet ; she had pat, •
into- St. Domingo for water and• had rnis)cci tiht
r5..4-teti. *n4 was then to .pursuit of them:
His Majesty's Ship kjiztthelh, of 74,guns, the Hot
Capt. CURZON. sailed from Woolwich op Friday, fa
Lotig Reach, tOtake in her guns, then proceed to I bu
Note. The Elizatetii is a remarkable fine Ship.,
stowed upon an euttre new-plan,• 'Which her con- ~..
strnalon is adqirably 'caltulated to admit, _ being
built without knees, (so cumbrous and incommode— '• ':
ons in general) -and; which •tliis Ship's trial provit;g .-::. ;:,
the inutility of, will form a new ECra in,Ship-buil4-
tug in. tliTs Country -, not cleat the prattice of build-. "•1
ing vessels of immense burthen,.wiihout knees, is . '
new, for the French resorted to it matey years back,
although they acknowledged to haVe.borroo.ed the
invention from an English.Sea' Officer, (we bc,lievO,
'Captain, no,.v,Adrniral -ScitAN4) who in. :the nil`
War,
withoutlll.teetulste7tfhedunnrseidsOrrt4ob'dic) t 0 0;111
yncrous flotilla 11. con!'qtruc:leclat Boston, and on, the,
lakes and rivers -.in Canada,. during the American
hurthro
through necessity, hut. 'resolved aim) front sood.
-briiiiltnesresv7r(aal
mechanical'principles,) some of which vesseli tailing
by- the fortune of war into the.,'Enemy's hand, fur- ~
nislied the models, and have_ultiinately led to tl4--...
adoptiett of the present improved• triode of strip *. '
I
.building. • ,

spLei,,Ditt-FETP,.-L-The Countess of SPENCER, On
Saturday last, gave a chaetning treat to a very large
assemblage of the higher circles, at the seat of t;arl.
Witnbletitin noble man-
i very oeautiful Style, nod
tEn s
‘cy.:. :41e. n
cor4t
ed. in
every thing was provided that the season affords,
~vith,the most liberal abundance. The whole was
arranged in a very elegant, beautiful, and pleuras-,
que manner, and ati,,rded the, highest pleasure to
thecinnpany. The Prince of WALES was not pre'
,scat. The Dukes of KENT and GLOUCESTER were
of the party, with a nutiierous train of English and ,
Foreign -Nobility. 'lt is impossible to•describe the
beautiof the scene, which was equal' to any thin%
of the; kind ever given ii) this Country.
The Patracs of WALES intends to pass the Sum'
awl- at Brighton.. •
Ilk Majesty SitAW ALLUNI, the Great Mogul, (ft
Emperor of Delhi, died on the /9tl) November Jest,
aged -13. g, and is succeeded' by his son, Sult.,n .AGIV
BEE. Minute guns were tired at Fort William 011
the occasion.
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The Mark-r, avine OfANSPACEI arrived une%peaelni
at An'pach, on the tst in6t. ,to_ take possession ,
the immediate property of the late ;%largrave, as I''s
sole heiresi.
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