The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-20 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

I'e have melted a Low agued Damon, fantail:lv some
Perm:, which, though they POMSI tonsicleraele poetical merit,
aro-not.cufciently corral for puhlicatioa. : •

THE SUN. •

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LONDON,

THURSDAY, 811,22M11111t 20, 1804.

ON Tuesday last Capt. ()wax, in the Immorta.
made a dash at forty or fifty of the Enemy's
Gun-brigs and Luggers, • as they were attempt.
ing to‘get into Port, and, ,as he got within range
of grape.shnt, there' is little doubt that they
• were severely peppered. They were thrown into
great confusion, some running into Boulogne and
others into Vinaereux. They were so frightened
as to, make little or no resistance, but the guns and
- mortars on shore wereadively employed.
These are the People that hold out a menace to
invade our Shores ! The great fear is that they
will not put their menace into execution, now that
we ate prepared to punish them for their vaunting
arrogance.

We were prevented yesterday from noticing the
Letter of Count Zr NOB to, which appeared in a
M.4ning Paper, by the pressure of Foreign Intelli.
genee. If any justification were wanting to Go.
verriment for having rid the Country of such a
meddling, empty, intriguing coxcomb as Count
ZENottio, it would be found in, the Letter which
he has published,, because nothing can afford a
stronger proof of the restless, troublesome dis.
position of this man, than that at the moment he
is complaining of being sent out of this Country,
he is impudently diCtating to the People of England
who are to he their Ministers. The Party, we dare
say, think Mr. Fox's pretensions to be Minister
of Great Britain are much strengthened by the suf.
fr.rge of thisi-eorer'sll Patrht, but as the l'eople of
England cxpressed no wish that Mr. Fox should be
Minister, even• when they were told it would be
agreeable to BotrAPAttrE, it is probable that they
will treat with equal contempt the wishes of that
accomplished little Statesman, Count Zr,roeto.
Yeaterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when several Tenders were open.
'ail of ships of too° tons burthen, now in India, also
of those which have performed their contratted num.
Ler of voyages in the Company's Set Vice 1 they
were referred to the Committee of Shippiog.
The following Ships were stationed for China, in
pact of the number to be employed the ensuing sea.
Son, viz.
sambay Castle, Captain. A. Hamilton, Bengal and China.
Henry Adelingt.nr, I. Kirkpatrick; Wexford, Captain W,
Stanley Clarke, Royal George -----, and Earl of Aberga-
weii,iy, I. Wordsworth, jun. George,
and China.
(horn, -----, Madras and China. •
Warren !Listings, I. Larkins, St. lielenx, Bencoolen, and
China.

The Court aLl'iorned at six o'clock till Wetlnes.
(by flex,. ,

Y'esterday Dispatches were received from Admi.
rat CoitNwitt.t.ts, off .Brest, dated on board the
Glary, of 98 guns, the. 13111 inst. which were for.
warded to Lard M toy it.t.v, at Wimbledon.
Yesterday Sir Si DtigT.SMITH and Sir Hutu Pop.
n 414 had long audieoces of the' 130,111,1 of Admiralty.
A Letter from a Merchant, at Nantes, to a reaped.
able House in the 'City, says, " All our trade is
entirely at a atand—our only specidations arc in pri.
vateering, Wiihin fifteen months forty. three Pri•
WOMB been fitted out here by subscription ;
of these, twenty-six havebeen captured by English
Cruizers, five have been cast away, seven have been
unsuccessful, and five have made eight prizes, of
which three only have arrived safe in French Ports ;
we, of course, have been losers in this busi'ness ; as,
besides our vessels, we have been deprived of nut
best Sailors, now prisoners in I.ogland. Our Port
almost deserted et en by Neutrals, -on fleCnittit of
the numerous vexations they are exposed to, by, the
rapacity, treachery, and insolence of tiukroliee and.
Custom.hoose Officers. Four Atnericriks have been
here fur six months; I,ut, after taking in cargoes for
Martioico and Guarialonee, last July, and -being
ready to sail, they were stopped by the order door
Police-C.l=l,o;aq, whip oetended that some of
•the Sailors cvett.: British Sti!-jeas. After some Louis
d'urs had crpttritlced him of his mistake, and Pilots
were ready can h quo, to descend the Loite, the 1
custorn.itouie Officers sejzeil the 'Vessels, upon a
Chat ge that they had English goods on boatil. This,
it is true,• was the case---but the goods had been
bought originally at a public sale, from the Englisfi
prizes. Tt 6'4 the American Captains ate gone to
Paris to complain, and the other two arc' unloading,
intending to sail, in ballast, to avoid all farther
plunder. and chicanery. Last June, a Danish and
two Swedish Vessels, in the same manner, after ex.
periencing the same difficulties and c ppreh*ion,
having agreed to carry to Martinico several -passel).
gets of both sexes, the day they sailed they were
ittorped, ball a league from our City, by our wicked
Police and Custotn-houss Officers, who declared
the, passes of' the passengers deficient in some nf our
numerous formalities, detained the passengers until

the orders ni the Grand Judge should ArtiVe With per.
mibsion for them to depart, and for which they are
tint vvattilig, atier 1)4%4111 expended their nv,lney
at rovislo.,9, ow 1014 their passage, their VelliCh
havinged idr. Spain."
saiA.

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PLYMOUTH, Seri.. O.—Arrived the Brig Afar.
garet, of this Port, Cap►. MAY, from Demerara,
laden with coffee, cotton, &e. hound to London:
came under convoy of the P.yladrs Sloop of War, of
18 guns; parted company with the Fleet on the
gdi instant, off Cape Clear, in a fog.

PORTSMOVTH, SECt. 19.—The whole of the
Fleet that were put untie( criarantine at the Mother.
banks are getting under weigh fur the Downs.

DEAL, SEPT. z9.--Arrived the Duithris of nod.
ford Armed DefenceShip, from rho Note.
Sailed the Paragon Armed Defence Ship fur