The Sun.
London, England, 1803-12-09 00:00:00

F:!(..)2t1 TnE HAAIPURGH CORRESPON.,
LA'.

PAR t 6.—,—When the English, attacked
Lioulove, the First Consul repaired to the
board his
.myn.Pinnace, and took part in the action.
He fired off two mortars of a new cotntrunion with
his,oWn hand.'

Nov. i,,—For several days there had -been no
notice of the proceedings of the First Consul.. ,: We
were therefore the more surprized to hear this day of
the unexpected arrival of the Chief Magistrate at St.
Cloud. Boy AP ART E arrived last night, at five o'clock
in the evening,' from his tour to the coasts. Tbe.
'Official Journal confines itself to the simple notice. It
gives no tletailsidthe First Consul's journey, or (lithe
state of the preparations on the coasts of the Chan.
nel. .The news in she Moniteur had left BoxAvARTE
at Boulogne, from which it would appear that he re.
turned diredly to St. Cloud. In fan, the news from ,
the coat to the s6th of November do not make the
slightest mention of the departure:of the First Con. •
sul frOm Boulogne or the adjacent camps at that pa.
riod,• It be has left Boulogne without. proceeding
further, the objeds of his tour continue incomplete,
if i t .:vas really his objet to inspeCt the state of the
prrparations along-tht Coast of Flanders to the
Scheldt. It cannotvhowever, be doubtedrthat mo.
tive.s 91 an important nature Jtave induced the First
Consul to defer liis Uiore enlarged: inspeakin of the
fai the Fxpediiion against England.--;
Cars these motives he Of a , nattut,which will Ulti.:
niately render this insPeClion unnecessary BUt we
will Continue to state all the particular, Which we
haye been able to a:Men respeftitsg the 'stay of the
First Consul on the coast, and the eircUmstances,hy,
whicbit was matked. BONATARTE, dining the time
that lit remained at Boulogne, exhibited the greatest,
possible assiduity in. examining .and encouraging all
the prepirations 'which. are going forward. He made
liisissiif acquainted with even the, remotest detail*.
lie ;idea as if he had been the principal director of
all the works that are in a rilin Of completion. A
' rernatkable instance of this it given in ii Letter ad.
dressed (rpm Boulogne to the Prefeft of the Sambre
463. INL,u,:r, residing at Namur.' The, 'Leiter is
dated .NOyetriber and is in the following words :

" It is necessary, Citizen Prefeet, that your De.,
partment furnish fit's smiths, to, be employed in
the .works going forward at Boulogne. Make every
exertion tta have them forwarded with the leatt-pos.
eible'delay. At the same time assure them that they
Will he employed in no other place but the works
at Boulogne, and that they will be regularly paid.
They will receive in all respells the same treatment
which is given to the workmen employed itr.com-
Pleting the works of the diffarent vessels. :Noir
Will order them to be forwarded to Ad niral BR II X,
whom you will apprize or the day of their arrival:
They must coml.; provided with as ample a supply,
as possible of working tools. .
• (Signed) " BONAPA}tTE.",
Other particularti are worthy of notice. The bat.
ale which too' place on the .ph of. November he.
'alike-the Division-of .Boulogne Gen.boats and the
Cruizers, was not rise only orene of rue
tion .which it was the fortune of the First consul to
witness. lie has hen oppottunity of seeing all. the
dangers and ditli.an ties of MaritimeWAG The storm
having drives faons the coast about the middle of
the month, thogroa ter part of the Enemy's Cruizers,
attacked the Fintilla mote severely than the Cruizers
I,a-r done a few days ,before. ,On. the 6th of No-
vetplaer there were in the Road of Boulogne, accord.
ing to pi ivate letters, a division of 66 French Fat-
bottoined-Boars, three Pinnaces, and a Gun-hoar.
.About three o'clock in the afternoon orders were sent
out ts,: them to return into the inner harbour, as
the
,sea w,as then beginning to be very heavy and
iempestnous. Thirty .of the boats succeeded in
getting, into the harbour, but one of them getting
aground, and a Guo.boat hiving struck on a bank,
so as to stop _the entrance of the harbour, the rest of
the veasels were obliged to keep out to sea.' • The
night was extremely tempestuous, Five of the Flat.
bottome(4l3opts were forced to run on shore anal
• were destroyed. A great. number of those on
board, perished. Twelve of the Boats reached
Calais, and .eleven entered Boulogne on the Silt
of November. A Boatcwhich was in company with
the la division, was taker, by an English Frigate.
'The sustained by the Flotilla ;Vt. Boulogne has
beelo repaired. From the 9th to the 1 ath, thirty
Flat.hottotned Boats from.Havre entered the Port of
Boulogne. They, had on howl about 700-en of
Ilse sill Regiment of Light infantry. Another
division of Flat-bottomed Boats left Havre on the
ath of November. On the following day they
were seen betwiXt Dieppe and Treport, continuing
their route, for Boulogne.
At the same time new di visions'armed in the ports
of Brittany were moving gradually from that place
towards the Channel. With this design there set out
from St.' Mato for Cherbourg, on the night between
the toth and I t ln inst. eighteen flat.bottomed boats,
three gun.boats, twenty-two sloops, forty Newa
foundland fishing boats, and a Oinnace.. The depar.
Lure of the last divisions from Hanover and St, Ma.
In. Was forwarded by the journey of the Minister of
Marine along that part of the coast, This Minister
having kft Havre on the evening of the toth,
rc-
;joined the First Consul on the following day at Buu.
logne. Beyond this place there is no port where
armaments are carried on with greater ardour than
at Puakiik. They have again begun to equip
there a division of light laOats, of which two. flat.
hot tamed boats, three pinnaces,- and three .corvettes
lately -bean:lied already from the centre.
The Maritime Prefed of the first Distrift, of
which l)unkitk is the principal place, wishing to
prevent the exertions of that district from relaxing,
has contradided, by public autlyirityva report Which
would have done much mischief. A report was cir-
culated chat the Marine did nor pay the Contradots ;
a report which hid already created in their minds
sooie doubts, particolarly at Ostend. The above.
mentioned Prefect, ltear;Admiral Ni declar.
err, that they regularly paid at Dunkirk whatever
stores were famished, anti begged the Merchants at
Ostend, or •anyiothers, who should have claims to
-offer-on this account, to address them to him, pro.
zrisin inimediAtely to satisfy their dCrpariti3e