The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-04 00:00:00

hEirS.

Dove a, OM 3.—We are in the greatest anxiety
to learn the result of a most formidable Attack
which was certainly made last night on the Boulogne
Flotilla. A blaze of light was distinfily seen from
the Castle and Heights, and a heavy firing heard
for several hours.—The Master of a Fishing-boat,
which was near the Varne (some miles from the
shore) all night, reports, that towards eleven o'clock
he and his people were struck with the appearance
of an uncommon light in Boulogne Bay they at
first imagined it to proceed from lightning, but
they describe it as contint.ing with uncommon
brightness for nearly an hour ; during which they
could very plainly perceive many shells which were
thrown from the ships anti the shore.
The Master of an Oyster-boat, which was dredg.
ing during ;he night, on what is called the new
Oyster.ground, about three leagues from BOulogne,
relates, that about eleven o'clock he heard some
tremendous explosions, and saw an amazing blaze
of light off Boulogne : he distinfily observed three
Vessels blow up, which seemed to fill the air with
fire, as if, to use his own expressions, thousands of
fireworks had been set off at the same instant,

A Cutter was seen standing from Boulogne Roads
for the Downs at noon, and at this moment (six
o'clock, P. M.) a great part of the Boulogne Squa-
dron, headed by the Monarch, with Lord Ks trit's
Flag flying, are seen near the South Sand Head,
steering under full sail for the Downs.
The Fishermen and the persons who saw it from
the shore, describe the appearance on the French
Coast last night as the most formidable they ever

saw.

DEAL, Ocr. 3.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship
Adamant, from the Note; Ardent, from Boulogne
Road ; Basilisk Gun-brig from a Cruize offOstend ;
Rifleman, Thrasher, atld Phosphorus from a Cruize
to the Westward ; and the Bite'r Gun-brig, with
a Fleet of Transports under Convoy from Ports.
mouth, which are sailed for Sheerness,

Sailed the Ptne/ap on a Cruize off Hushing ; and
the Isabella, GlitE rN, for Charleston.

This morning the Squadron blockading Calais
was seen stretching in for the South Sand.head ; but
they all tacked per signal, and stood away for Ca.
lais again.

In the Downs—Utrecht, Ardent, Inflexible, Adamant,
Curlew Sloop ; Basilisk, Rifleman, Thrasher,. Biter, and
Phosphorus, Gun-brigs; Armed Defence Ships and Trans-
ports as before.

FROM ANOTHER CORR EsroNnerur•

Wantsda.y, liatfpast Four.

We have this moment received an account that a
desperate Adion has taken place off Boulogne, be.
tween our Cruizersand the French Flotilla, in which
the latter have been completely defeated ; and the
report is, that the greatest part of the Fleet within
Boulogne Harbour have been burnt; the loss on
our part considerable. The cannons were heard last
night at Dover louder and mare frequent than at
any former period. We are taught to believe the
defeat of the Enemy to be complete. The Post is
this moment going our.

PLYMOUTH, OCT. Z.—Arrived the Pe/ter Gun.

brig from a Cruize,

Sailed the Ihrin.iiha/ hired 'Armed Ship with a
Convoy for the Downs ; and the Cockatrice Cutter
with the Sir William Reathcote, homeward-
bound West India Ship under Convoy for Lon.
don ; also the Lad) Warren, hired Armed Ship,
to the 'Westward, under scaled Orders, charged
with Dispatches, which were brought hither from
London last night by express.

Sailed the Temera;re, of 98 guns, to join the
Channel Fleet, A large Fleet of Merchantmen
passed by this morning to the Eastward.
Arrived this morning the Happy Return hired
Armed Cutter of to guns, commanded by Lieut.
TURNER, from the In.shure squadron off Brest,
near which place, whilst cruizing a few days since,
in company with the Sheerness Cutter of to guns,
they fell in with two French Sloop of War, one
a Ship of :8 guns, the other a Brig of 14. guns, at.
tempting to get into Brest, which they engaged the
greater part of the day, within reach of the
Batteries, which continued to pour vollies of shot
and shells over them during the whole of the
Affirm ; the Sloops of War, however, at length
effetted their escape, by running on shore among the
rocks, where they were immediately guarded by.
several hundred soldiers. The Happy •Return re.
ceived only two shots, one in her how, the other
in her. rudder, which rendered her unmanageable,
and she was obliged to be towed off. The crews
of the two Cutters are reported to have behaved in
the must gallant manner, none of whom were either
killed or wounded.

Arrived the Venerable, of 7+ guns, Capt. J.
Hystraa ; and Repulse, of 7+ guns, Capt, Hon, A.
K. LLGGE, from the Channel Fleets,

PORIESNMUTH, OCT. 3.—Arrived The Hound
Cutter, Capt. HAWKINS, from a Cruize ; Thus
Brother:, JOHNSON, from Dantzic ; Havant, M.
II y, from Tenby ; Crown Prince Frederick, J*.
cons, from Christiana ; His Majesty's Ship Kew,
Capt. WHITE, from Lord NILSON'S Fleet ; Lord
Mon, HARLEY, Podute Sloop, Speedy Brig►, and
Lord Nehon Lugger, from a Cruize.
Sailed the Susannah Matzaretta, LUND, for
Frederickstad t.

HARWICH, OCT. 3.—The Diana Packet, Capt.
OssoaNe, and the Auckland, Captain HAMOND,
sailed this afternoon with a fair wind, immediately
on the arrival of the coach from London ; the
Diana, with the Hamhurgh and Bremen Mails for
Husum ; and the Auckland, for Gottenburgh. The
Prussian Schuyt love Wilhelm, sailed for Cat.
wick ; and the Argo Revenue Cutter, on a Cruize.

Remain the Pegasus Frigate, Charger and Cell.
Jar Gun.vessels, with the F/), and Frederick hired
Armed Cutters.

SH EBtt t Ms OCT. 3.—Sailed the Wane?: for the
North Sea, and the Starling and Sparkler Gun.
brigs for the Downs.

Sailed the Defence for Chatham. Passed by the
Ditiator and Stately, under jury.masts, for the
River, to be repaired, having been in ordinary at
Chatham. The Lion Armed Ship has the Signal
Hying for Convoy to the Elbe, and the Hind Armed
Ship that for the Bailie.

Ships at this Port—Zealand, Argo, Viacom, Thisbe,
Ceres, Beaver, Pylades, Lion, Duke of Kent, and Hind
Armed Ships ; the Firm, Teaser, and Escort 4un.brigs.

Yesterday a Court of Direaors was held at the
East India House, when the following Command.
era were sworn, viz. Captain C. B. GRIDDLE,
into the command of the Royal George, in the room
of Captain TIMMIN. ; Cdphttsi J. J. WILLIAMSON,
the Ocean, for Madras and China ; and Captain HA—
MILTON, the Bombay Castle. The ships litav Ad.
dington, Bombay Castle, Wexford, and Royal George,
for iLinbay and China ; the Earl of 4lbergavenniy,
tor Bengal and China ; and Warn's* ifailtut• for
St. Helena, Bencoolen, and China, were ordered
to be afloat the zzd October, sail to Gravesend
November s, stay there forty days, and be in the
Downs December 20., The Court adjourned At five
o'clock till to.morrow.

The Patristic Fund at Lloyd's have given aol.
to William Langenberg, of the }oda' Gun.brig,
who wos whunded.spme time ago in an adiun with
the Enemy', Gun.boa►s.

A large sture.ship has been lately puirchased fur
the purpuse of conveying suite+, tkc. to the Settle.
ment at New South Waleq Vr4sri is to be
called the Lord Mekville,„nd it lb eXpetteli LCI soil
troth Porrswuuth in a short time.

ELECTIoN OF LORI* MAYOR.--At the close of
the P .11 ,egreld4y the numbers were, '
For Alderman PritCHARD . 346%
SitAw , .
FLoWEit 623
None of the Candidates attended. Alderman
FLOWER h.is, in a very handsome manner, declined.
.tOl writer contest. Aldermen PERCHARD and
SHAW will, of course, be returned to the Court Of
Aldermen, whu will chute one of them to fill the
Civic Chair.

It is with the greatest satisfadion we lay before
our Readers the result of the Poll yesterday, in the
City. The Livery of London have, as we hope
they always will do, shewn their detestation of the
illiberal attempt made by a Faction to condemn a
respetlable Magistrate, before any investigation of
his conduct had taken place. The violence and
malevolence of the Fattion have, in this instance,
completely defeated their own purposes. If they
had suffered Mi. Alderman SHAW to be returned by
the Common Hall, according to seniority, and ac.
cording as it now appears to, the decided sense of
the Livery of London, it could not by any means
be c,nsidered as prejudging any question which it
may he intended to try respeeting the Middlesex
EleCtion ; but the rancour of the Faction against
Alderman SHAW was too great to omit any oppur.
tunity of attacking him; they have made the at.
tack, and they have been defeated.—Notwithstand.
ing the silly babbling of Mr. WatriamAx, and the
laboured invedives of the Parry Paper, the result
of the Poll shews that Mr. Alderman SHAW " con.
tinues as high in the estimation of his Brother Li.
verymen as when he first received•the sacred trust
of Sheriff from their hands."—The disttess and
embarrassment of the Faction is really ludicrous
their hostility to Alderman. Sita.w induces them to
canvass for Alderman FLow sit ; and yet a hope is
expressed in their Gazette, that the Livery will
vote against him when he canvasses for himself...—
But it is now contended, that the majority which
Alderman SHAW has obtained, "will not wipe Pfi the
stigma which attaches to his conduit ;" but it the
event had been the other way—if the Worthy Al-
derman had been in a minority, would it not have
been triumphantly urged as a proof that the Livery
disapproved of his cunduti ? nay, was it nut said,
when the Common Hall were supposed to have de.
cided against Mr. Alderman SHAw, that " the
Livery had that day expressed, in the must unequi.
vocal terms, their abhorrence of the toesa'sed of
the late Sheriffs at the last Election for Mid lie.
sex ?"—So that according to this fair anti tatalid
mode of reasoning, the rejection of Alderman SHAW
would have been a proof of his guilt ; hut the &titled
approbation of his brother Liverymen cannot wipe
off a stigma from a man whose conduit has not been
investigated, and whose cliaraCter has never been
uestioned but by a desperate and disappointed
Faction.

The Noble Houses of DavoN'HIRE and Btsno.
ROUGH will be more closely conflated, it i. said,
by the marriage of Lord Viscount DUNCANNON
with Lady H. CAVENDISH, which is shortly to
take place,