The Sun.
London, England, 1805-08-21 00:00:00

FROM THE MONITELIR OF THE 13TH.

' The following Note is inserted in the Moniteur of
the 13th of August, on the dispatch of Sir ROBERT
CALDER •

" It is true that Admiral ViLLENtuys had 14
French and six.. Spanish Ships of the Line in the
atlion ; but, it is by no ,means true, that he had
three large 50 gun Sltik.s.' Admiral CALDER, admits
iu this dispatch, that H.W was the first to discontinue
the a&ion. The reason,assimied by him, that he
might secure two Spanish ships that bad struck, is
falsified by the statement of our Squadron, inasmuch
as these Vessels did not fall into his hands till after
the engagement, and in the night, because they
could not mauceuvre, and were drifting before the
wind. The real reason was, that he had four ves-
sels dismasted,

" Admiral CALDER does not say that the Windsor
Castle and the Malta were so roughly,
,handled,* that
they were scarcely able to make the Coast of Eng-
land ; and thus his Squadron was reduced to thirteen
Ships.
" As to the fcg, it has been seen by the report of
Admiral VILLENEUVE, that lie too infinitely re-
gretted it, and that if it had not taken place the Eng-
lish Admiral would not have escaped as he has done.
" As to loss, the killed and wotthded of the ,Com-
blued Squadron are far inferior in number to those on
board the English Squadron. This engagement,
fought in the midst of darkness, and continued for
three hours, is really an irregqlar skirMish."
.The following Note is affixed to a paragraph copied
from a Paper of August 1, which • states, that the
communication from the Admiralty to Lloyd's was
far more satisfaelory than Sir Ron RT CALDER'S dis-
patch, because it expressed in a more decided tone
his determination to renew the aCtion :
" This communication is worthy of remark ; the
Admiralty might represent that Sir IL CALDER would
engage in the manner that it was their interest to
suppose ; but the Admiralty did not know that he
had sent back two Ships to England, not only unfit
for a&ion, but altogether unable to keep the sea.
They kneW not that two other Ships, three-deckers,
had been greatly damaged ; that the two Spanish
Vessels had not been captured during the action, but
had fallen into the English Line during the night,
and long after Vice-Admiral CALDER had ceased
firing, and discontinued the a&ion."
The. following Note is to an Extra& from another
Paper, stating the verbal Message of Sir ROBERT
CALDER by Lieutenant NiettoLsoN to Admiral
COENWALLIs, ,that he could and would renew the
action :
" Here faCts alone speak. You admit that the
English Squadron was the first to discontinue the
fight, and to withdraw front the scene 'of aCtion ;
this it did because it had four Ships'distriasted. You
admit that Admiral CALDER was to renew the attack
the following day; and that it was in his power to do
so; he not only did not do so, bat kept tloo I, and
at a great distance, and in the ends disappeared alto-
gether. You say, that Admiral. CALDER has sent
only the Windsor Castle to England ;• he has also sent
the

In short, your statements prove, that the Com-
bined fleet had the viEtory ,• two vessels have al-
ready left yoUrSquadron ; and the 18 Sbips of the
Combined Squadron are in a good condition, have
aectiniplislied the objet of their Mission, and obliged
you to raise your blockade. This we take to be the
truest sign of viaory. Two Spanish vessels, bad
sailers, equipped in haste, sutfered greatly in the ac-
tion, then drifted and fell into your hands during the
night, without its being perceived by the CoMbined
Squadron till the next day : it Was a great loss ; tint
you also have sntfered a real loss of the two Vessels
that have been obliged to return to port.
f' Let us accurately coinpare the force of the two
Squadrons. You had three three-deckers, and we
had none, for there is a mistake in your *gout,
the-M.o7:e and FormidaM are but eighties, and the
Spanish Ship the Argonaut, is but a seventy-four.
The combined Squadron had twenty Ships, butof
two different Nations ; it is well known that they are
not the same as/wentyof the same Nation. Besides,
what more could be required from this Squadron ?
It remained mistress of the sea, and compelled you
to abandon the scene of ACtion. An accident ov.;urred
hi the thick of the fog, and this accident has screened
your defeat ; has enabled you to make it pass fin' a
Vietory ; but in proportion as things Will clear up,
Europe will be convinced that you have suffered a
real defeat:

" The Combined Squadrons wiilled.to enter Fer-
rol or Corunna, and Sir ROBERT CALnEn wished to
prevent them. This is the problem that the anion
ls to solve. Has the advantage been on your side,
or has Admiral V.ILLENEUVE accomplished his mis.
sion ? The solution of this question will decide that
of the viaory. It is impossible not to have at once
positive notions of this decisive fa&. You say that
the Squadrons fought bravely ;_ very well ! the dif-
ferent accounts of the French and Spanish Squadrons
say, that they had not fought at all, and the , whole
had been but an irregular skirmish. If the follow-
ing morning Admiral CALDER had not had the pruw
deuce to keep aloof, and with the advantage of the
wind, , your defeat had been more complete."

FRANKFORT, AUGUST G.---A duel lately " took
?law at Wurtabourg, b,.:tweeu the young Baran

Tian Officer; -eif the ninrie T ZAND,, attended by
very singular circumstances. Young DE HA at, was
plavine:, at the Hotel of Bavaria with Lieutenant
Prince DE I.46WENSTEIN, Lieutenant of Light Horse
ZANDT ind M. KLEINE:4IIEIIG; a, native of Corm
land,-, and. a Student at Law. In the midst of the
game M.'DE Hiatt? reruinded Lieutenant ZANDT
that he ov.-ed him 13 crowns, tie Ofher answered
thatheliad discharged the debt; Dr FiAißipersi:ting
in his assertion, yrirtce Da LONIENSITINN interfered.,
and said that a bullet alone would terwinate'the dif-
ference. They agreed to fight, and the sabre wrii
chosen to decide the quarrel. The duel took plate
in the apartrrien! of PrillCe LOWENSTE/K, who had
provoked. it. The two adversaries made sixtetn
thrusts ; ZANDT received two slight wounds ; t e
Prince exclaimed that it would be a shame for an
Officer to stop there. They then resolved to con-
tinue the combat, and, as the sabres were blunted,
they sent for a cutler to.renew the edge. In the
interval DE HARE and aucryr assailed each other
with so many, inveEtives and oppro')rious expressions,
that it was clear, they must fight until one of
them was killed. At the first thrust ZANDT
was again wounded, but being animated by the
Prince's yoke, lie fell to with redoubled vigour.—
At length, at the thirty-first assault, 'the young
Baron DE FIARF received a cut from the sabre which
pierced the breast and penetrated int.) the lungs. He
died the next day, after suffering the grcatet ago-
nies. ZANDT has absconded,' as veil as his second,
the' Prince. DE LOWENSTEIN, and ic.LEINEXCERG,
the second to the unfortunate HAEF. The latter is
related to an illustrious and respeolable family on the
Left Bank of: the 'thine.