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

Shields.

In ths Dqwns Nlonarch, iltir!cht, inflexible, Castor,
Greyhound, Bold, Watchful Sir Andrew Mit-
chell, Sceptre, Kiin,,sion, Walker, Lord Eldon, Willington,
Dasher, Ariactni:, Ranger, Lora Nelson, intlefatigAble, Dot_
chess of Redford, Armed Defence Ships ; Armed Transports
before; and Saran American Ship, for

The Mary, —, from Greenock for Virginia,
has, been captured by the Malt Ohele Toby French
Privateer, and recaptured by the illuttriou, Man oi
'ar off Ferrol.
The geehr, MAR'HA'LL,. from Antigua for Li.
verpool, is lust in Cardigan Bay.
The following interesting Particulars of the En.
gagement between Lirsots and the *China Fleet,
have been received from Bitavia, by a Gentleman
in London, from an English. Gentleman, a Prisoner
of War on board one of the Frigates of the Squadton
under the.commind of A.lmiral Largo's.
L. M. LlNot.,'s Squadron consists of the follow-
ing Ships, viz.
Themountin Marermo, rated 74, but ig4 g• . s guns.
The Belle Footle,• 44 guns.
The Semellante, 36 guns.
The Pensoc, ao ditto.
The Avanturia, Dutch brig, t 8 do. 3zlb. carronades.
On the morning of the 13th instant, Pooh) Auto
hearing N. 'W. distant teri or twelve leagues, the
French Admiral made the signal for a Fleet to
windward, and orders were given to chace ; three
large Ships and a Brig belonging to the Fleet
having come down and observed the Force of the
French, made the -signal fur their .Fleet to come
down, and immediately tacked arid stood towards
them : but kept cs'insicieratily to leeward of their
Fleet, and in a line parallel to . that of the French
Ships, which stood on long enough to allow the
whole Fleet, consisting of •27 Sail, to pass to lee.
ward cf them. As none of the English .Ships came
down to °fret Battle, the French thinking there were
no Ships of War among them, folloWed them, full
of the most sanguine expe&ations of taking anti de.
stroying the whole Fleet. Every Meer and Sea.
man anticipating his future greatneSs from the its.
mense riches he must soon be io possession of, danced
and capered from one end of the Ship to the other,
rubbing his hands and squeez:ng his teeth together
with.the most frantic, joy. About un hour before
dusk, the Belle None having received orders to
go ahead and reconnoitre, in a ihort tone returned
with intelligence, that many of them had te,in decks,
but supposed that one of them was only paint; d,
The Commodore determined to defer an engage.
ment till the morning, expelling that the grra'er
number would make their escape in the night, and
that he would easily capture the remainder ; he kept
astern at a moderate distant from them all night ;,
but to their astonishment, in the morning found the
whole Fleet laying too, with all the smaller S!-.ips
to leeward. This had the same efret4 on the French-
men as an e'en ric stroke—'' Sacra bleu they.ex.
claimed, " it is no good sign wren the Englishmen
wait for us—,some of our heaths wdl he sore before
night,,' They held a C,tir,cil of War, and deter.
mined to go down and engage them ii.!; so.m as die
!neer!, -should spring tie, being then a calm. About
ten A. M. on the morning ,if the t+iii lost, h small
brecLt springing up, kept edging d ova till
they were nearly on a line with the centre of the
English Fleet ; they then. h )re right dO,vn fir them.
About twelve A. M. the French Comot:rd ire fired
a shut, which was returned by one of the English
Ships with a whole broadside ; the fire eintinued on
both sides for about 4o minutes, when the Marenr,
lutviog received two shot Aetween wind and water,
and two of her topmast backstays shot away, and
the Belle' hidle having her miiii.top gallant yard
''shot away, the Commodore made the signal
1. retreat. .They stood away i:file the wind with
every sail they •could set, cursing the English ; who
chased them f r an hour, and had they cominutd
the chace for half an hour longer, must inevir,
ably have taken the Dutch Brig; but the English
Commodore thinking he had chased them far enough,
and not wishing to leave his Convoy., which were
lay tog, some of them, along way astero,• thought
proper to return---the headmost Ships, as they
hauled their wind, fired a broadside after the
French.

Some time afterwards a considerable firing WAS
heard among the English Fret---the reason, of which
was nut known. "

The Margurs Of 13!..oluvoRD Town yester-
d,y tor Vcrhite
The Duke of ltozauzCfr and the Earl of WIC:
ToN are arrived in Town bon) Scotland.
The Etrl. and Countess of .WESTmoat.AND are
•
gone to Weymouth, tin a V 11.11( MAJaa.
TIZO.

The •Earl el .A.muukuPtAm has at present a
number of friends on ishouting piny, at Ashburn.
ham. hail.
The Countess of Ftmsitpicti is gone to Wilt.
fthire; 144,1 and Llciy SYDNEY to WOrtiling; and
Sir jt; to Huntingdon.
Lady CALTI-IuRNE yest'erda'y returneir to her seat
at Worthing, .ifter leaving two of her sons at liar.
row School.

The DUltill Cif GLOIJC RITI It Was presented with
the Freedo4i'Of the town of Liverpooi, on Sdtorddy
lAM, by thiMayor and CorpotAtion. He afterwards
vhitrti thc. town and tloAs, accomiianieit by Put NC
WILLIAM, and was every wiler; received wii!. the
Ibotle“ acclamations of an Juniaing neoutl,e of
Ipctiatort.

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Tim Royal Residence is undergoing alterationt,,
that materially tend to augment alw internai com-
forts, and at the same time. aggrandize thCexterior,
of a Palace, in the. imprOvements of which 1113
MAJEt.TY'S good taste will conspicuously appear ;
from that source has emanated the ameliorating
arrangements which, when carried into effect, can.
not tail to produce a combination of beauty and
grandeur, calculated to excite pleasure and surprise,
and which will be cuntemplated by cultivated minds
with increased admiration. The great entrance to
the Royal apartments has been improved by an im.
portant denge ; it -now forms a distinguished tea.
cure of this august and venerable pile.
At a former period the cieling of the hall had
been supported by columns with capitals of a sort of
mongrel lonic, decidedly at variance with the
original stile of the building ; these columns have
been judiciously converted into Gothic piers, sustain-
ing a grained cieling. A range of ch,isrers with ap-
propriate enrichments form the sides, while the cen.
ire of the piers lead to a spacinus and map'.
ficent flight of steps, thirty.five in number, easy in
the ascent, pnti decorated with a railing of bronze,
the extreme part supporting, at equal distances,
twisted pillars of bronze and or mart, which ter.
minate in highly embellished lamps. On the pro.
files of the landing are canopied niches ; in the cen.
teal front, under a painted arch, the armorial bear-
ings of the Crown are placed with judgment.
.The entire scene, produces an awful effeet, and
this effea is considerably improved by the pleasing
portion ()flight admitted by windows trom an utta.
gon lanthorn, elevated at least one hundred feet
above the floor, and supported by circular spandrals,
beautifully enriched with tracery, and other charac.
teristic embellishments olsculpture.
Of the two grand door. ways on the landing, one
is the entrance to the Drawing.room ; by the other
we are conthitted through the Guardroom to the
QUEEN'S PRESENCH. CHAMBER ; here the arrange-
ment is new, impressive, and truly Royal.—
At the upper end of the apartment is to he a
Throne; an equestrian figure cif KING CHARLas,
with the DUKE De PIRNON orl toot, the
noblest effort of the pencil of VANDYKF, graces
the compartment at one side of the chim,.ey.piece ;
on the other, a commanding figure of the Duxs of
ALv,s, displays the energy of Rue eels, and claims
admiration. Opposite to the Throne, the afrcling
group of KING CHARLES and Family, powerluiiy
arrests the attention ; the untarnished magnanimity
and mildness Ot the Prince, With the connubial ten.
derness of his-Queen, speak feelingly to the heart
the • expression of so much sentiment by means so
simple, due. honour to Painting.
From the happy seleetion, and just disposition of.
the pitiores recently arranged, it may' be augured to
what an height the aggregate excellence will arrive
when the various masterpieces of. Art dispersed,
and too I.log consigned, as it were, tO an oblivious
ti,oin, are, concentered anti preserved in one spot,
under the immediate eye of Majesty.„
The Acchitedural alterations are in a progressive
state, principally diretted to iminvdiate convenience;
but :hat beauty and utility will be combined there
can be ni? (look!, as Mr. WYATT continually super.
intends; 'aid while hie juAgnient pervade 4 and di.
rects the m.ichine, his presence animates the various
close, r,f Artific,!rs, who, by their'exettiuns,
seem
resolved to cunqui•J