The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-31 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

'"gTR,"" •
THE 'apology of a Aertaio LOrd of the
Creation for using strew language, reminds tne;of.
the IVlasteif one--of`" Majeity's Ships in 'the
late War, who, when his Captain had explained, to.
him upon the chart that they were running into dan.
gerrreplied, " It may be so, Sir, you may be. right.;
but d—n my eyes if I can; believe it ;at the same
time, Sir, I hope no offence ;' 1 niiler learnt to ipeal-
fine ; I have been at sea all my life."—The poor
Master, I dare say, had gone 'through hard duties,
and might be 'forgiven ; and indeed we ought not
to he angry with the Noble Speaker alluded to,
si,lce he pleads that his, professional duties have ac.
customed him to strong language : it was therefore
absurd and rlditulous to call for order on the occa. •
sion ; especially -when this able Representative
shewed himself so capable of arguing coolly and dig.,
passionately... Sir, I venture td say, that if the
'House will allow him to express himself in his own
way, we shall find him, in point of strength of lan-
guage,.the first Speaker among them; and al-
though he may not address the Speaker in the lan-
guage of the Masser, he will bring out something
equally sublime.
I can never suppose that the Paragraph which ap-
peared in a Paper of the 29th ult. was inserted at
the request of this nuell-snformed Lord, setting
forth that we have tOOO Gun-boats ready for ser-
vice ;—or I would beg to know of him where
they are, to have a description of them, and
to ask him if there are one hundred of them
ready to ad together ? I hope the oyster dredging
boats are not included in the one thousand ; they may
answer in certain situations, but, Mr. Editor, we
must not be humbugged (you will excuse my strong
language on account of my professional duties), by
their being cussed with those vessels for defending
the different parts of our coast ; and, Ihope, we
shall yet hear something from this Noble Speaker
upon the subject. • I am,
Mr. Editor,
Your most obedient Servant, -
A SAILOR..

Portsmouth, March 22, 1804.

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LONDON, MARCH 3r, 'BO4.

WE are .happy to state, that the famous French
Privateer La Brave, which has for so long a time
Veen successful in her depredations On.our Trade,
has at lenglh been captured by His Majesty's Fri.
gate La Loire, and carried into Cork.

. /Ev E a
.Y fresh account we reeelVe from the. Conti-
nent, brings' new details of the preparations of the
Temerity, and of their intention immediately to Make
an attempt at Invasion. Though we are far froingiy_
i-ng implicit credit to the
.exaggerated i;ompous
accounts in, the Dwelt and French.? :2,rs, yet':,We
have no hesitation to say, --that .we believe the
Enemy's preparations are, and.' have been corn.„
piece foi same' weeks past, and that the delay.
which has occurred, has only been occasioned by
the almost insuperable difficulty of making iheir
whole Force atl. in concert at the same time. The
advantagetliat Would result to the French from being
able to make, an attack,at the same time upon dif-
ferent. parts of the United Kingdom, are so obvious,
that every effort will undoubtedly be made to ac-
complish it, but at the same titne there are so
many.,:obstacles to be overcome (even indepen-
dent- of the difficulty, and we hope we may say,
the impossibility • of passing our Blockading Squa-
drons), that nothing but a most extraordinary,
. indeed almost a miraculous coincidence of circum-
stances, could enable them to accomplish it. After
. the experiment which the Enemy made last Satur-
day and Sunday at Boulogne, it is not very pro.
.bable that they would trust their Flotilla at sea, ex.
cept in a perfetfi calm, and in that ease no co-operation
whatever could be expeded from Brest or the ports
of Holland ; and, on the other hand, a moderate
gale which would enable the Fleets at Brest and the
Texel to sail with the. hope of reaching the places
of their destination with any degree of dispatch,
would prove the destruction of the numerous but
diminutive Flotilla' at
.Boulogne; if it were 'to
venture out. That the attempt cannot therefbre be
made.from all the different ports of the Enemy at the
same time, we have little doubt ; but even if it could,
in our present state of preparation, it would, we are
convinced, only make their defeat more signal and
complete. .

Yesterday about one o'clock, the LORD CHAN.
CELLOR had an audience of His MAJESTY.

Yesterday morning the Dolts ,of YORK and a
number of Officers attended Divine Worship at the
Military Chapel in the New Way, Westminster,
with the Coldstream Regiment.
Yesterday being good Friday, the DEAN of-
WESTMINSTER preached before the DUKE of CAM-
DRIDGE, and a. number of tlw Nobility at the
chapel Royal, St.-jameesi- -' •