The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-01 00:00:00

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extrad the. following interesting...Auid:
upon this subjtcl from tile Courier' des .1,271.1 i-el of
last night.-- The rrileaions'are stred.to have been
published at Paris by order of BONAPARTE, The
first part of them are not giyen.
" A weak Power might create such Flotillas,
bur, I maiatain that small Vessels arc ftpre
efficient-in spcb,encounters than Ships of the Line.
NevertheleSs, I consider theiii in' the present in.
st-atlerrbut—twotie- Maas of successfully. effcaing—a
descent. , . .

14 An encounter by night, will be still less din-
gertm4• for- the•ChaloUpes,, for what can the English
sinktipring the night ? Let us suppose :hit e
,vessel -can destroy as rntny boats as sh.t!l he •znit
against .her, "what- numbe'rs may tot 'pass by :heal
while-thus enaaged/ • •
.'ll. France can easily ernlirth.-. ,2-00,9xs men in
these small exoene.e wilt be of i!(J,L;;:
consequence.—Suppose that 200,000 men are e fit(
oceupied.in the ExpeaitiOn; p 3 390? mie• vvii sty_
}lose to hold all Europe at bay; shot.tht i i',-,crine to
menace France. How -eiisiry. CACI these 3cb,080 bb
augmented to half a million.? Therefore, witodbi,
France hazard in.such a,t undertaking.? Verylittlei
But the EnzlithGoverwnent haxards its ,very exist.
ence.

" I have srken to English seamen, on the sub.
jet} of a descent on Englatlo7—they, Ippeare,i
used "abusive Language, but finished by.ac.
knowledging that it cuas eery possible, but
their COUntryartll WOul punish t!►e. French fortheii

temerity.
" The passBge shguld be undertaken luring one •,fthe foggy nights in I\l,, veni')er or a-cemher. During
the winter, at least twenty of'=such nights or days
take p-face : these are genera-lire:llm. The shipping
cannot advance, but the boats are rowed, and the
tides will operare in, their favour. The troops are
ready and prepared for embarkati,/n at
an hour': warning ; the ,ignd will be given by the
Videttes'i'roin one poSt to a: o; her, which. areftirtned
along- the gi.e .circle, ,fro 4) which the a!,ack cart-
he ; the descent therefore will be effaled in
difflent quarters at the sainetime.
I u iii tt it speak Of a Descent -on Ireland,
cause -it is a.. half ineasure, of little comparative
eonsequ:nce, and hazardous to undertake on ac:
count ot. tic 1: fig W. of the pas;age—but of a Cone.
de.2lfizin against
.I4o.ndOn.' We sh2ulti not effect{ a
Revoltrioh in Ireland,liicause two Nations nt
ferent Religions, and whose. ititerests .clash,.•.lfould
be !eft to.hold each, other in
,check. Ireland, how.
ever, is a .satellite which *will follow the 'political
'frettients of the M Plat“l.. It is against the
•••
Hutt
of *-Power the great effort-should beyrrrade.
London is but two matches- from the Coast. IV .re
Paris geographically situated as Verdun, it woulj
have been.taken.

" A descent.in the North of England must efrcet
a powerful diVersion. -Individuals will prefer the
defence of their properties tn'that of the Citizens of
London. Tttis.pari,bf the: Expedition can proceed
from the Maese, and the point of descent should be
near Yarmouth. We could take a strong position
on that Peninsula.
Tts=We shall titke no. horses—the Cavalry will be
mounted in England. The hedges and inclosures of
the fields are favourable to the operations of Infan.
try and Rifle Corps.' 'Tlie French Armie.i are not
used" to the . encumbrance of baggage-&-they will
bring a, sufficient supply of biscuit. Heavy cannon
are unnecessary in acountry,destitute olfortresses—
light artillery will suffice—ankcartridges more of
sh.,t than oFbulleis will answer the purpose.
.• "-The territories on which the.descent will be
rtlcie are remarkably fertile, and highly cultivated
—fi •eks Orsheep, and black cattle abound therein
mote than in any other Countiies of equal-extent
—those will amply:supply us with Provisions :_ the
r.ia!s are in the finest state of repair.
" I do not think it praAicable to effeCt the pas.
sage in a- single night, bt'cause the Coast about
Dover (the very nearest to France) is too elevated
for a landing. The first objt:et, of the flotillas will
be, to shun
,the English Squadrons stationed along
the Coasts. An encounter 'during the night, on
quitting the French Harbours will not be ot. great
consequence; but those they may have to experi.,
enee in the day, when they approach the English
Coasts, will be more serious, inasmuch as they- will
have to combat with Chaloupea or Visielstnea4ly of
their own size, which, of all others, are the most
likely to engage them with effetti. . ' .
" Nevertheless, we will suppose.that a "part of
the'Veisels and Troops sent out will be itT serious
danger. The' foggy
,mists scarcely ever dispermi
before norm, die' flotillas will be advanced before
that time beyond the shoals and sand banks, which
abound particularly at the entrance of the Thames,i
There they cannot be foll Owed by the large Vessels;
the number of English Chaloupes or small Vessels is
by no means so great as that of the French, even
adMitting.thar they could man them after supplying
their numerous Fleets and large' Ships of War.
" But again, we will suppose that zoo,ooo
.Frenchmen are embarked, a considerable number
>will, at-all events, effm a landing—those will be
amply sufficient to conquer Lontlon.•: °I am the'rnore
founded in this assertion, as we see, that. Colonel
CRAvroab 'said in his place in Parliament, and with
great good sense, that 60,000 Frenchmen would be
sufficient for that purpose.
'" The descent may be efFeCted on the evening of
the day of embarkation, and probably during the
logst unless it should happen unexpettedly that a
change should make an exception to the general
ruice What eff•_Ct then can the
:batteries on the
coast produce during 'a fog.? The chakiupes and
boats will be already on Ow low grounds, neat the