The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-28 00:00:00

Tins. morning we recgiveti Paris rape,' to the

19►,1 instant.

We. have extraeled from tli'm an interesting Let,
ter from General NcAtN, dated from the Isle 6f
France, inclosing' an account written to him by
Statement of the' Afflonlietween
the latter and the China Fleet. -.From the .stileand
manner of DECAtN, 'it is evident that a very
heavy charge is made against L1N01N,.., for not
having captured . the. Tradipg ,Fleet which he 'at.'
tacked ; anl there is, we-think, little doubt,,that,
he will he Sacrificed 'to the vengeatiia of his.
• •
Corsican Master, when the latttr has read the refire..
6eidations of the General, aria the a'scc.6unt.gliren'tv
the Rear.Adinral. -.The L'qter of Ltisrorsqlisplays
a compound' ot arrant CowardiCe,lo.dish gasconade,
, • .
and gross
,falsehood, which it will be d;_flietilt even
fur a French Admiral to emulate ; so thoroughly
frightened Weed' was the French Admiral; that.he
did not consider 'himself safe civil he had loundpro:.
teetiobunder the llatterie4. at the Isle,of France,
fearing that the China Fleet would pursue and
capture him,

On hoard the- Admiral Afitt, East India Vessel,
captured I,y the French, were a great number of
Letters; sent qty persons here to their .Friends in
several of which are published in the Mani-
ttur. Amongst these is. an interesting Letter from
L-41.1 GRINVILLE to the M of. Wx Lt. Est, BY,
which, though we highly diSapprove crs publiShing
Private Correspondence, we' make ',no apology for
re.lranilating and publishing, as it has bcen already
given to the world in the ittror;tera, and will be,
cl,oh..less, in the other English Newspaper, and as
it, only geld/ 0 to political;ropies. The whole of
what .we. -have extraaed from tho French Jantnals
"will, we doubt not,.:ht: considered by Our. Readi:rp as
very interesting. . •

I,Jo a subs( Tient column will ,be found the Decla.
Cation of the Swedish Government,..delivert.A..on the
vhirayt to the French Chargi d'.tfiraires at Stock.
boltn; upon which we are at resiot prevented from
cominentino by want of rcw

,
. The British'Merchants tra.linh to Sdain Warted
• yeste_rdartipon Lord Finit ROW n y;Sec.retary fOr. the:
Dqsartineor, to retpleigt that our Govern.
merst would allow those.Shilis now freighted Witt,
gric,tli for that Country to. bAI
.rtomolested to-their
vari,mt detainations, The chief:argument which
these Gentlemen advanced in fAvour of their request.
-was, that the Mercantile Articles forming the
cargoes alluded to, consisted of goods *adapted for
the Matkets of Stab/ only, and therefore, in case
of a Prohihitiun by our Goyernmenti.would-become
a serious-,kis to those Merchants who had made'
their, arrangements accordingly. The propriety of
alio...Ong'. the -immediate dep inure of Vessela with.
Grail, to relietie the Spaniards frrm the calamities.
of Famine was also strenuously urged.- •

140111- ri.nattow By e;3uld nor, cinsistent wish Ms
Public .Duty, eff)rd the ,Icl-ichants much cousola
tic, hm4ever, 11.04 ed t hit the Cornmitiee
might draw up and preseni.a Petition or Memo i
1.1 the dr-a mentioned. And thus the mAtter•now
b(and4.

Yecterd ry mlrning, at ten o'clock, the PR mc E
01WALE4 set • ff from Carlton I Juno, for Brighton.

Y4:Sietki.sk 14:443 HAWK FinflUk Y ICft town *for
Wairricr. Cisttle, where hit turdship, wet Mr
PITT.

Yoteclay a C,mtier arrived from nt:rlin, with
Divothek for tit Prussian Mioi“vr afid clic i-
tibli G)verilment, '

The Ijikhes, ArDEVONEI4IILt and Likiy'BLino-
ROUGII reniiiii.at Chi wiick.'

4141,PN BlltlTlNClc,it'll town a few•days
since 1(4 .Scotland.
Lady LovriA MISS MANNVII.4, ,and
thv'Eati t•I OvimAT, rived' ill toWn a trw Jt
Li, 1. ~cdt in Sorrey.
Cif kl:,TlArr, son Irt Ihe Pllnce
of DI: wdl shorily mirry Princess Cfikß-
-I,c'i fg 01 Nle,Ckl•:lllltirg Seliwerio ; illey tvtlC
11Ci.111tItt•ti 41 LtiitwigOtisr, whi.ence it:e
Ptiikee intended to return to Peninatk ,I) 11)e 23.1,
dy of Minna. Prie.e C4ltl+llA2l iz gilt to
out the ritanwittres Of the Prosiiims at Potsdam.
His eldest sister will be trtarli.4 to-Ptinco 1-lEriay
of Prucsia, brother to the KING.

Od the I Ith of Oh, month i•ietry;eighr barrels
of 'kAillion were convey-ett from CoperdiAgen to El.
sineur, in 29 waggons, and tictirered to tier
Consul, th?re, ,who sent their) On buird an EngliOt
turned Ship, for the United E iNt Ic.dia Company,
'lbis silver, in, bars, to the value tit' 400,0901.
rerling, had been
_sent ftotn Konbrol by theito-use
Ql.TfiogNToil and l'awEg.
.The Cbroliejr copgrooairf its Readers
ort• 13 the progress of the VR pfiTT Si;bstriji; fon, and
instances the Meeting of the Freemen of :Ct—e,,,oiry
in the interest of Mr. MtiOß E I We 'should have
thought tll-4t if the tpeoptF -1144 rc.illy suc6eetltiit in
of• the.Urisi;l4l4l-TtAYD4
oe Writer might have.seleeted moit WinlY ter provi
the IA 441011411 onvith to lit rat),
t!,c.

D:Citzti, Captain-Central of the French Establishment to
the East of the Cape of Good Hope,, to the Minister of
Marine and Colonies.
I nearl-Quarters ire•the file Fra;cs, Ma) Is.

I- have the honour to announee to you, Citizen
Minister, that Rear-Admiral Literati arrived and
.anchored at the Isle of France the Ist April,. with
the Marengo, the Senillortrte, and Le &reran.—
This uneXpetled return naturally excited my' sur.
prize, particularly -after what' the Rear.-Admiral
kad 'said to me, in a Letter dated Batavia, the
t'6th of December. /titer enumerating the Na.
.val Forces of the English,: he said, " A; they
have many points to guard, their Forces mtist be
necessarily much divided, and I hope to do them
'considerable mischief, by appearing , rapidly in
different parts of the Indian Seas., at' great dis.
tams from each other ;" .and in his Postscript
he added, "I have just completed six months provi.
aeon at Batavia for the Squadron." The Dispatches
of the Rear Admiral, sent by Le Belies., apprized
you.of these circumstances, and must haire inspired
you with hopes of more favourable results. I was
so confident in my expeaatione- of his succes sr
,that, when signals were made for his Squadron
being in sight, I augmented it in My: imagina.:
•
tiiin 'by the persuasion that the CHINA FLEET
had been MET, ATTACKED, ' AND THE
GREATeR PART OF IT CAPTURED.—I even
supposed that the two oilier Frigates 'which were
not present, is well as the Dutch- Brig which
was placed at the disposal of the Rear. Admiral,
had • remained to escort the- Vessels • which the
`Rear.. Admiral had taken, and that he -had 'come
on before, to clear the way of the-. English.
Cruisers, if there had been any about the Isle
of Frdnce. But I was detdveil rn tify expea.
ntions ; above 'all, when my Aid-de-Camp , re.
turned with a Letter to me from the Rear-Admiral,
which begins thus—" I cannot have the pleasure
of seeing you until the Ships of my Squadron are
UNDER THE PROTECTION' OF THE BAT.
'TRIES, and 'I beg you will give orders for our
entering the Port as soon as partible."

To ibis 'Letter the 'Rear Admiral added a de.
tailed account of his Ciuixe. I here insert an ex.
trAa. from 'ir ; after which you will judge whether it
was.not- natural that I should express some astonish.
mcnt the next day, when the Admiral and his Of.
fleet's came to p4y,me a visit :
" On the t 3,1 i Feb, at day.hreak, they perceived
27 Shia N. N, E. tic great number of. Ship left
them no doubt but that it was the 'China Convoy.
The Rear. Acimiralhad 'with him then only-Le Ber..
eau and Avanturier ; the, Frigates 'La Belle
Peale and La Simillante having been carried two
leagues by die force of the currents. At xcitiar.
ter past eleven four *of' the Enemy's Ships came
down to reconnoitre their Squadron; the other's
lay to.. The. Rcar:Admiral,' profiting by a mist
which prevented the Enemy from seeing his mi.
cceuvres, colldied his Frigates, and kept The wind,
in
.Line of Made. • •

ig At half past five. in the evening the Admiral
made.a signal'of his intention to Aiioid an .rngage.
milt by night ; he waited till break of day to at.
tack the gnemy, • endeavouring, however, to gain
the wind.

If the appearance of the Enemy during the day
had oily been a stratagem to hide their weakness,
they'ruight have profited by the darkness of the
sight, to attempt to alter their position, and on
that occasion the Admiral might have taken
advantage of their movements; 'but he was soon
convinced that their security was not merely an
appearance. Three of their 4t)ips ha i cleared for
Jaipur', and the Fleet kept their position during the'
night, and remained well together. The Admiral
still endeavoured to gain the wind, and obscrvc
them more nearly. ,
" On the 14 h, at six in *he morning, the Ene.
my were ssithin half gun,altot the circumstances
of the case not permitting the Admiral to undertake.
any thing againot them, he profi:ed of the opportp:
nity to summon on board Ins Ship the Captains of'
the Pivisinn, in order to make known 'to them:
his intentions, which were, at the first encoun.
ter to menace the centre of their sine, an.]
to' cut off the Ships of the rear. Ail the Cap.,-
tains expressed the most ardent' desire to second
the projects of the Admiral : the saute ardour pre.:
vailcd amongst the Crews, and it was not without
40.1miration that he saw some of the siek, then very
numerous in the Ptvision, quit their. hamutuckli
to take their post ;n the action.

" At 'kali past seven' the Enemy hoisted their
Colours.; acid, the Division fikctv.iee hoisted its Co.
i„„ri, Alihang h he eod,,,bve,ureti tb
accurately the Vessels of the bket, ttie Admit.tt
coal not dise9l.ler its real firer : ',went), efts I' s°
eels *apt e 4 J 1 d" /IVO theis ; he 11,,,u5.:):
hz tupgnized` a lirigate. The !rap cur,
Lica a blue fll4, as wcil 4s did duet Ships;

thorged niore pariiculary:,cv;th the prbire lion of
the Cork: . .
". According., to the information which the Ad.
mita] had received from Neutral Vessels coming
,from China, he knew that there were seventeen of
the .Company's Ships, six Country Ships, and
the Brig, in all twenty-four Vessels, ready to
sail. The three additional 'vessels which he :Au
might well be supposed to be. the announced escort.
" At eight. the breeze having freihened, the
'Fleet :sailed -to,,tho 'Southward, and formed line.
Eight. or ten Ships formed a double line. - The Di.
vision bore down_ upon the head ..of the Line, but
the -wind having varied to W. N. W. the Admiral
could not bear More. to the Windward than the