The Sun.
London, England, 1804-06-02 00:00:00

MINISTRY OF WAR.

RENAY BOYER, GENERAL OF BRIGADE, COMMANDANT,
ANI) INSPECTOR OF rHE COAST, TO THE MINISTER. OF

WAR.
HeaLquartert at L'Orient, Flared 20 ( May to).
General Minister.-1 had the honour of informing you by
the last courier, of the capture of the English Corvette, taken
near Point de la Teignouse, by Lieutenant Letourneur, on the
morning of the ath. This Vessel, mounting eighteen guns,
q -pounders, and two 6-pounders, had on board g 6 men.—
1 hc English Captain was slightly wounded, and, by a chance
as fortunate as incredible, not a single soldier or sailor of the
lotilla received the smallest wound, notwithstanding a brisk
cannonade, which lasted two hours. The Corvette is much
damaged, and has lost 35 men.
This event facilitated yesterday the arrival at L'Orient of
a considerable Convoy from Nantes: We descried also yes.
terday a Convoy of sixty merchuntg'. Vessels proceeding to-
wards the West.
1 have the Honour to salute you respeafully,
(Signed) BOYER.

Nothing could be mare just than the' remark of
the SECOND CONSUL of France, in his Address to
the New Emperor, as to the necessity which the
French were under of giving daily testimonies of
respeft and attachment to their Corsican Master ;
for if they were to fail in their daily tribute of fawn.
ing flittery, he might think that they began to cool
in their allegiance, and' consequently they would be
exposed to the vengeance of offended Majesty.
It is not a little curious that CAMBAC ER ES, who
paid his homage to Madame BONAPARTE, on her
elevation to the Imperial Throne of France, and
who so profusely complimented the new Empress on
her " amiable delicacy," was once her Proteaor, as
the French well know. What then must the audi-
ence have thought of such a farce, and such mock.
et): of truth and decency !
We are happy to confirm our opinion in yester.
day's Paper, by announcing to the Public, that the
Caroline Frigate, Capt. PAGE, has not been cap.
tured by Admiral LIN° ts' Squadron, but, at the
time when stated to be captured, was safe in duck
in Bombay.

Several samples of teak-wood, from the East In.
ciie,, have been brought to Englandby the Compa.
ny's Ships, and have, upon. trial, been found to be
c lculated for building Ships of War. Orders are
two Frigates to be immediately built of
',l,,dcd, in His Majesty's Dock-yards,

In/ REPORT..

COURT OF KING'; BENCH, I uNE r.

To is being the first day of Trinity Term, the
Conn was opened with the usual formalities, and
the returns from the different gaols were read.

THE KING V. T. BURCHELL.

Mr. GARROW applied for a Rule to shew cause
why a criminal information should not be filed
against this Gentleman. The Learned Counsel said,
as the Defendant was proCeeding through the street
of Storrington, he met a military Gentleman of the.
naiiie of Fuller, and after a frivolous question about
a yob-1g Lady drinking tea at a particular place, to
which he received no reply, he publicly challenged
Mr. Fuller, and said Capt. Dixon would accompany
him on the occasion of the meeting. Mr. Burchell,
it appeared, was a member of a Volunteer Corps, of
which this Officer was the Captain. Mr. Burchell
further added, that if Mr. Fuller should give the sa-
tisfaCtiOn of a Gentleman, he (Mr. Burchell), would
he spared the trouble of Writing to the DUKE of
Yoßk, to expose hint, and the further necessity of
posting Mr. Fuller up for a coward. A subsequent
explanation took place, in which the illegal inten-
tions of Mr. Burchell were more fully disclosed, if
any doubt could remain, ►with respeCt to his design
on the previous interview. Mr. Gattitow added,
that it was eipedienr, for the peace of society, that
the disposition to the unlawful pradice of duelling
should be repressed in the members of Volunteer
Corps: the Officers in the Regular Forces set an ex-
ample of decorum, in this respel, which deserved
the imitation of those who, under the pressure of
public danger, had been called to sustain a military
charaCter, to which they were unaccustomed.—Rule
granted.

SMITH v. LEF, EsQ.

Three several Ataions for Bribery in the Ayles-
bury Eleaion had been commenced against the De-
fendant in this Court, and one in the Court of Ex-
chequer.
Mr. CONST applied for a Rule to shew cause why
the whole should not be consolidated into one, as
the parties were precisely the same in all three
causes.

Loid ELLENBOROUGH.—" I see no ohjeaion to
your taking a Rule to shew cause t% by the three
actions here should not bt consolidated, but we Can-
not controul that brought in the Exche'quer. The
Plaintiff may choose to try a portion of his causes in
the latter, and whether lie have, or not, a sufficient
reason, we cannot examine."—Rule to slim cause
granted, but not to extend to the aetiun in the Ex.
chequer.