The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-09 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX ELEC.rt_N.

Ir is with much pleasure that we congra'ulate the
Pulic On the close of that scet.e of riot which Sir
FitANcrs BURDETT'S pat tizms have contrived, 10f
so, many days, to carry on at Brentford. The con•
test, however, was so keen, and the difficulty of
ascertaining the Poll was so great, tha: the Sheriffs
were unable to make a return yesterday. The
friends of Sir FRANCIS circulated a report, that at
the close of the Poll he was seven ahead on the
whole Poll. Other, and apparently mote impartial
accounts, sated the majority to be on the side of.
Mr. MAINWAIING. ft was on all hands, how-
ever, agreed, that the Sherlll; were obliged to de.
lay their return till tins day, in order to examine
the contested votes.
It was very fortunate, perhaps, that the Sheriff's
were re'tpced to this difficulty, for the mob was so
numer tA, and so violent, (Lac their exultation on the
triumph of Sir FRANC Is, or rage at the success cf
Mr. MAINWARING, would most probably have cc•
casioned dreadful excesses. The uncertainty, hoµ!
ever, kept them within bounds, and Mr. i'vlisitr-
WARtNG came to town, accompanied with a IC"
friends, in safety. Sir FRANCIS. Continued at
BrrntflJlll with his friends, who tried
what they
could do with the Sheriffs. Sir FRANCI6 did riot
return to town till very late at night, and as his
mob were disappointed •in their hopes of chair/NI
him, they were oblied to content themselves with
becoming ants again,to
and dragging his,cart ge
town. •.
Sir rItANCIS, on the conclusion of the Poll, io
dressed himself, as usual, to the populace, and Vag'
a profession of his political cre.d, in which ha
represented himself as the mirror of virtue, public
spirit, and patriotism. He also exhorted them t°
maintain order; which must be set down as gross 41'
feftation, for he knew he might just as well hay'
preached. calmness to the storms of the ocean''.
Those who Nett Witllnta .my mark 'of regard fat
BURDETT were insulted fur neutrality, and 011
house # 'treated with outrage in which his adver'
saris were known to reside.

The Baronet's return wag the triunvhant pro'
cession at rabble violence all the way to town•
We are sorry to find that the churches c f 1-hon.
mersmith and Kensingt.,n were pr dby the
tinging of their bells in favour of Sir FRANC 2.
The following is one SCCUtillt -L3t the generti
suit of the Poll:.

The Gcnctat Tot4l, Mr. NIA 1-11: WARING • 211:1'
Sir VIA:\ Cl 4 bUADLTT
••••••--
Majority tin the hatter -
But another account, thought to be inure corteets
is as f. liows ;
Fur Mr. MatmwARING " 2811
Sr. 1. BuKAcrr - 2817 •

Majority for the former r •

CROWN AND AI•..'CIIOR.
The friends ut Sir FRANC!, 13u it vrr had orderli
a dinner at ,this place y t•toetiti,, to the cor4A
eni
hope that it would be in celebration of his 10":61:
The Con-wally waited till time oici„ek Wore ibo
sat down' to Itinirer. Mr. LLIFfoRD war cjiledi:
the Chair ; and atter the cloth VVgl's retnntrcd, h $
dressed the Company, and mold them, in his
way, the history of the clay's proceedings at
f,td. He assured them that Sit Fit ANc 13 II"' abttl:
lit
the majority. He then ;in credeti to 1001111 (he —4.:
I"nY that he had publiAted an attack upon "it.
MELE hit, and that lie had atithed Mr. Mis"vl4‘not
ING to his lace. As neither Mr. NJEL.-i'ri, ;fp
Mr. M AI /MAILING were present to COtitradiCE 010'1
Mr. CL MORD obtained no great credit) ctrl
among his Own party., fur this account ut
dun. Mr. CIA FfoRD then gave the lica‘,lll bei
FRANC Is BURDETT, in the usual way ; t
" The house of Brunslvic4. and the Principles thst solv"
them oa the l'hitone."

ibe
Alcrr this show of to at) and attachment I;)
EnEnglishConbtilurion, stir ctivrafaQt appeAr-.,
the
mariner in which he prupubcd the health
Heir-Apparent, viz..
",The health ot the l'atNci of WA as our Pr' crs,
zmbjea, a,..!luttre Soverrio."

. The levelling tendency of this Toast is hardlic
covered by the thin. veil ofloYalty spread roon3 it
About twelve o'clock Sir FRANC is rtaEll 4•P;
rated he was, by ail ;tediums, evidently
(Own ; bur he alledged that
.hehad tasted 11011'l'ilbj
since eight •oscltick in ,the morning,. and btgget;
be esicused from remaining with the com;:anyi
his dinner was waiting fur him." The cone
consoled themselves at well as they could, and 16,
tired soon, after.
The street before the tavern was one contifo.
scene of turbulence, from an early hour in the ry
ing till,long after midnight.
30'
Thus ended one of the most dirgraceful tr I
adiuns which has ever taken: place in the 09,o
1.,
t
of elettion; and we hope the •nnressiln !IL,‘11„10,
serios ol riotous proceeding's will induce the It'd.
of the British Government, on all ,future
Of the same •kind,• at-onee to come resolutely
ward, and crush the hopes of a band of 11,4,01P)of
whose chief aim is to bring .abut such d gc"
tionati we have witnessed in France.

daysts
°'
ITv:plant me
Lle gt iwi with
any tui:ifiti,agle'vni,guitlaenxceet,s'shaodlyroltie,ift,
the unruly rabble at ilrentl.rti, or in Town,
have proceeded, eithei from the grAiiiicativn
appointment ul their wishes.
014
On Saturday last was run, at G.illiogh,irn,
the long-pending match bet wet-it tzva ;;;sis
ing to Mr. Sattiki and Mr. Wit IGHT,
place, fur a c iisiderAbie act, which, fulit.,ol
known celebrity ut the brans, and respect,thiiii)lo
the owneri,attracteii inusi at the I.,,.litonithi'6
ut the pbscc. The first het(
wa‘ tun in tive 111111ULCi sized seven SCCUIA,
tier Ntr. . Wit LOUT) pot ci,sitning 00 more ,01-cow
411.1 a Wit. lOC 3CColliki Iteat of
tested, an.l wds won in 4:00. anti $66. 0'
only by halt- a neck• la, the evenati; e 471.14
.1 ;et 14.•°
suiyer wil.given• at the Swita 4,:n; ,-; •
E,41. to a ke!ett party of tits friends.

EAST•INDIA HOUSE, Avc4. S. 004.

A Letter from Captain Nathaniel Dance, Commander of the
ast India Compan)'s Ship, Earl Camderitwas received
here this morning, or which the following is a Copy :

" st tr,
" FOR the information of the' Honourable Court,
. I he.g leave to acquaint i,nu, that the Earl. Camden
was dispatched from Canton, by the Seidl COM-
miitee, the 3 tst of January .last ; and the Ships
noted in the margin*, were put under my orders
n Senior Commander ;.also the Rolla, Botany Bay
Ship, and the Country Ships, as per margint,. were
rut under my charge, to convoy as far as our
coursei lay in- the same direftion ; I ' was also or.—
aercti to 'like :under my prote6ion a .Portuguese
Eatopean Strip, that was laying in Micoa Roads;
whose SUP'er.cargO had solicited it from the Seled
' Commit tee. •
Our passage diwn the river was tedious, and
the Fleet much diliersed : the Ships being under
the directions tit their v.tverll Chinese Pilots, I could
not keep them collefted as I wi'slied.
" We passed Macao Roads on the night of the
ell of February, and I conceive the Rolla had an.
chorea so near Macao as not to see the Fleet get
under weigh, and pass through; although, at the
time, I hail no idea that could be possible, especial.
ly as I saw the Ocean in shore of us, getting under
weigh, burning blue lights, and firing a gun ; the
Put tuguese Ship, 1 suppose', must have been in the
same ,ituatiun as the
" Doling the night. ,it the sth February I car.
tied an easy sail, and on the following ay hov to,
for Mimic two hours, hulling to see thosde Ships `but
there was no appearance of them, nor did they ever
join. the Fleet.
" On the 4.th of Feb, uary, at day break, we saw
Polo Auro hearing W.S.W. and at eight a. m. the
Perini
George matje the signal for seeing four strange
sail in, the S.W. •I made the signal for the four
• Ships noted in the margin: to io down and examine
them; and Lieuteeaet FOWLIR. of the Royal Navy,.
• late Commander of the Porpoise, and Passenger with
me, having handsomely offered to go in the Ganges
Brig, and inspect them nearly, I afterivards sent her
!lawn. likewise ; and, from their signals, I perceived
it Was an Enemy's Squadron, consisting of a Line
of Battle Ship, three Frigates, and a Brig.
At one p. M. I recalled the look-out Ships by
signal, and formed the Line ofßattle in close order.
" As soon.as the Enemy could fetch in our wake,
they put about ; we kept on our course under an
easy sail ; at near sun.set they were close up with
our rear, and .1 was in momentary expedation of
an attack there, and prepared to.support them; but
it
,the.elose of the day we perceived them haul to
windward. I sent Lisut. PowLsit in the Ganges
' trig, to station the Country Ships § on our lee bow,,
by which means we were between them and the
Enemy, and having done so, lie returned with some
Volunteers from the Country Ships.
tt We lay to in Line of Battle'all night, our men
at 'their quarters ; at day break of the 15th, we saw
the Enemy about ~three miles to windward laying
to ; •we hoisted our Colours, offering him battle, if'
he chose to come down.. The Enemy's foiir Ships
hoisted-French ColOtlr9, the Line of Battle Ship car.
tying a Rear-Admiral's Flag; the -Brig was under '1
Ilatavian Colours.
" At nine a. m. finding they would not come
don, we formed.the order of sailing, and steered
or course under an easy sail : the Enetny% then fill.
ed !heir sails and edged towards us.
ant" At one p. m. .fiiling they proposed to attack
eitioavour.ro Cur off' our rear, I made the signal to
tatk I,ti 4.
~ear down on him, and engage in succes.
I,"n ; the Raja/ deorge be'in'g the leading Ship, the
ct("ulgtes next, and then' the Earl Cainden : this
eoitally performed, and we stood to,
ft, I rn under a press of sail ; the Enemy then
CIIICU in
the bead a very close line, act! opened their fire on
till "'''st Ships,' o,bieh was not returned by us
bore wear, ioached hint nearer ; the Royal George
ti the brunt of the, aclion, anti got ss near the
4,7417 as lie would permit him,; the .Ganges and
could ,amdtn ppened their fire as soon as their guns
:mi. "v. e edict; prat, before any other-ship could
itoodnto
aaion. the Veiny hauled their wind, and •
could set, t" the eastward, undsr ell the sail they
zee,,;;tl "ro p. I made the signal: for a
*hen
i!qace, and we pursued them till four p. m.
fat fro g a longer.pursuit would carry us too
tom the mouth of
.the Streits,
tack, ense property
theand considering
at stake, I made the signal to
to and at eight p. m. we anchored in a situation
Proceed 'for the entrance of the Streits in the
err as long as we could distinguish the entetOls
perceive .
Client steering to the eastward under a
'ter: If sail.'
*6 l'he Roral G
, torge had one man killed, and an.
beretB;4l3 Vl`t'i's many shot in,her hull, and more in
Or Go-„eii,
and hbot touched. either the Camden
higlie fire of he Enemy seemed lei he
, over us. ""
51tl)Qt either falling short, or passing
" Capt. Tr!
•
aelion in 0, 41'ts Carried-the Royal Glory into
brother'e.„l"'t manner. In 'justice to
Wit %-oonnintlers, ,1 must state, that every
!sad ;limn,'" ear ;Ind preiiared for •aftion
the tw,,,,,unicltitin with vinimit all of them during
f roil wc were in pre,'ence of the Enemy.,
to ,
the
.the derermineti 'resolution
014cnr1 the valuable property entrusted to theit
iges to the h'st. lion
t extremity, with full convidton
iiit
wasZteli_S:Ul event of their exertions ;• and _
• this
all
.our 0,..17Y seconded .by the gallant ardour of
imers ilvd Sill Companies.
Malacca* I id4pateltedl ieut. FOWLRR,
tif:firp,rgerbti,,, to Pulo'Penang; with a packet
„1, cmS:tet. onn.iiittee, to the Captain of any,
Ihli Y. 4 ships, solkiting their convoy ,to
v r: valuaole Fleet.
I.l..t,vra,tl4eya,riA.
olftre,l,l:•qyal George. Coutts,Wexford,Canges.
(t
—o\rezavenny, limy Addington, BonthaY
e:an. ocriand, Hope, Dorsetsitire, Warren Hastings,
The Can
„ ." Ileb, fast Sailing Brig, was putunder my orders
• ~,._er ats:C_.olinottee, to employ in any manner that mkght
ills ,stet y Lonvertioice of toe Fleet, till we had
Straits I was then to dispatch harry
he ngai
Alfred- )
George Bombay Castle and FIOPC
C;tron, David Stat'it, Minerva, Ar-
to•tt, Kl4Siktin, jahaneuer, Gilvill, and

,the squadron ,we had engaged was that of Admiral
lingo's, consisting of, the Marengo, of, 84 guns,
the Bells Poule and Sentillante, heavy Frigates, a
Corvette of 28 guns, and the Batavian Frigate
William, of t 8 guns.
41 Tha 28th of February, in* the Streits of Ma-
lacca, lat. 4 deg. o min N. we fell in with His
Majesty's ships Albion and Sceptre. I was then in
a very poor state of health, and Mr. LANCE went
on board the Albion, and, by his very able repre.
sentation to Csptain FERRI ER, of the great na.
tional consequence of the 4-lon. Company's ships,
he was induced to take charge of the fleet.

" On the
,3d of March. I dipatchcd .the Ganges
Brig with a letter to the Right Hon. the Governor..
General, giving an- account of air action, to be
conveyed to the Hon. Coact.
i!! We arrived ac St. Helena the 9'h of June, un,
der convoy of His ,Majesty's ships Albion • and
Seepre--7and Sailed the Oth, under convoy of His
Majesty's ship Plantagenet, with the addition of the,
Carmarthen,. Capt. DOBREEi and five whalers*.
" Accompanying ibis I send' a chart of the en.
trance of the Streits of Malacca, with the situa.
Lions ofthe fleet on the 14. th and isth of February,'
which Will, I trust, convey a more distinft idea of
the at-lion than any written description.
41 I have the honour to be 'Sir,
" Yotir most obedient humble Servant,
" NATHANIEL DANCE."
" Earl Camden, Aug. 6th, t 804.."

* NAMES OF THE WHALERS.
William Fermin-,6i Brook Watson, Thomas or Young Tom.
Betscy, Eliza, and the Blockhouse, from the coast of Guinea,
joined us at sea. •

In addition to the above account we have re-
ceived the following narrative:—
it At nine in the morning of the 14.6 February,
the Bombay Castle made the signal for seeing s strange
sail in the S.W. quarter, .At half past nine the sig.
nal was made for the Raja/George, Hope, and Boot.
bay Castle, to chase on that point. Some time after
the Alfred, after speaking the Commodore, Went
in chase also; about this time the headmost of the
strangers wore round to join the others of his
fleet, which were at some distance astern, anti to
leeward. At a quarter past to, we hove. to on the
starboard tack. At rr, the Royal George made the
Signal that the chace wits suspicious. At a quarter
past, the signal was made to lie-by on the starboard
tack. At noon, signal of rtcall was made, at which
time the five strangers were clearly to be seen
the Fleet, standing tollie W.N.W. in a line. At
P.M. the Royal George made the signal that the
ciace was an Enemy. At about a quarter past, the
four chasing Ships hove about, and stood into the.
Fleet. Immediately the Strangers tacked and stood
in after them. At. 4. P.M. the signal was made to
forth the Line of. Battle ahead, which was done
accordingly. About 6, our Ships joined the fleet,
and took their statiuns, at which time the strangers
were in the rear of the Fleet, continuing on. the
larboard tack. The necessary signals having been
made to put out all tire lights, and to keep thellarn-
mocks up, and the penple at their quarters all
nigin, they accordingly cleared the decks, and
remained at their stations during the night. At
the strangers wore on the West wad
quarter of the Fleet, liove.to in I line, c.iitsisting
of r Line of Battle, 2 large Frigates, t smaller, anti
a Brig. At, 6 A. M. our Fleet formed in line of
battle ahead, per signal, and remained so un: it 7 ;
(taring which, time the Enemy (fur it could no .0.
ger be doubted, were communicating by boas with
the Admiral, and had their main-top-sails to ine
wind, • and every staysail set, and studding-sails
booms cur. At half.past 7, the signal was made co
form the order. of railing, when we made plain sail
on our course, and hhisted our Colours. At 8, the
Enemy hoisted French. Ensigns, except the Brig,
and she did Dutch, At 9, they bore down in Line
of Battle, headed by the two-decker.—There was
very little wind, and they gained but a short dis.
tance onus, until tl, when a breeze springing up,'
they apparently, neared us pretty last. At a little
before noon the Royal George tacked, after speaking
the Commodore. At noon the Gan is and Walley
tacked per signal, and shortly after the Earl Cam.
den. The Fleet also tbllowed as quickly as they
could. Our four ships were standing down on the
headmost of
_the Enemy's Line, which, had edged
away on Seeing theta tack. A,t hall.,past naafi, the
Line of Battle Ship commenced the aelion on the
Royal George, which Ship returned the fire very
briskly, and, after several broadsides, hauled off.
The Ganges came up, and opened her fire on ;he.
two.deckcr, and the Camden followed ; the Enemy
keeping up a most random firing all the time. About
ten minutes bcfure 1, P. M., the Line of Battle Ship
bore away under all sail, followed by her consorts ;
out Fleet pursued them until three, and got within
guu.shotpf the Brig. However, at that time we
tacked per signal, and stood hack, while theEne,
my contineed, on the same course, till out of sight."

We are happy to state, that Lieutenant'FoltLEßp
and the Officers and Crew, fifty-five. in number, of
the Porpoise, wrecked off New South Wales, were
all saved t. they were conveyed to Chins, and came
to England on board the Fleet which has just ar,
rived.

PASSENGERS PER, HENRY ADDINGTON—Mr. W. 13aring,
and Messrs. MolOny, White, and Allen.
PASSENGERS PER ROYAL CroRGE —Mr. and Mrs. Blair.
-DITTO ?EX WARLEY—Messrs. Wright, and
Lound.

1)11"E0 PER BOMBAY CASTEL—LieUt. Samuel Flinders,
Messrs. Whnewoodi•Bell,tind Thomson. •

Drcro pelt ALERE.D—Mr. and Mrs. Bellassis.
DITTO rsa 4V EXFOR n —Mr. Dennison.
DITTO PIA CARMARTHEN—Mrs. Nairn.
Dlivo PER CUMBiALAND—MT N 35011.

DITTO PER.,,EARL CAMDEN—Mr.. Lancc.

We learn by the Carnartbeg, that the report of
Bence()len having been burnt is unfounded.; the
French having oniwy done some trifling damage at
Ytalo Bay.
Although the name of GANTI4E MIME is more
known than that of my French Ad:otral of the pre-
sent day, he has never distinguished himsett but by
his escapes. On the very day when he pbtseti the
Gut of Gibraltar, the Bth of February, 180 t, in
eff.:aing his escape from Btest, Str Rosser CALBEit
sailed in pursuit of him from Torbay.

VIENNA, JULY 18.---The ihst Letters from the
Turkish Frontier tirate, that the Port's has sent the
silken string. to BEKIR, Pacha of Traynick., . the
Messengers met him before Zwornickoind
ed him wish the,aentence of death, as he wai going
to proceed on his jourhey.., -•

PARIS, JULY 28.—Very unfavourable reports,
have been circulated here since y,esterdae,,concerning
1 our present relations with the Northern Powers.
,It
.is-said, for instance, that the Russian Charge.d'Af.
faires, who was left here, has delivered a INjute, in
forth of an sthimatmm, one of the objects of which is
theAvocuation of Hanover; that he-awaits a cate.
gorical answer within a few days, and has demanded
his "Passports to' return to Russia, in the event of a
refusal,:. &c. But all these terrifying reports; and
others of the same kind, find Very • little credit hi.
'thertoontliohey are ranked with the innumerable
andir," with which the public wilF.busy them.
selves, although. they- were lately submitted to the
severe; lath of the Itloniteur. Neverthelessi the
Gamblera iu the Funds, who hoped for a fall, ob.
titined their objet; since, in consequence (it is'
thought) of illese reports, the Funds fell from .sql.
to
Those who find a pleasure in alarming their fel_
low-citizens, dill in viewing every thing !n a g'olmy
light, have n:)1 failed to magnify the dirn,ge said
t., he done co, the Flotilla at Boulogne by the storm,
and at Havre by the bombardment ; but in letters
fiom th place., the damage is pot rated so high
by a g eat deal. Six or eight •Gun-boats 'were
:strande t at Boulogne' it is true, but the crews arc
musq gaved. At Havre -the Enemy's balls and
shells ft w over the Fiat.bottomed Vessels in the
port, a d fell m3stly in the adjoining plain; and on
the town, by which Is or r 6 houses were mlre or
less damaged ; but the Flotilla has suffered little or
nothing: During the bombardment the Enemy
sailed up the mouth of the Seine : one of their Vessels
could only with difficulty make the sea again.
The' Emperor was- expeded .at Calais on the 25th
of July,
The Minister olMarine arrived at Havre on the
245 h, and after inspecting the pbrt, the arsenal, the
dock.yards, See. he set of again at two p. m.
THE HAGUE, JULY 3i.—Yesterday the cert.
mony of the presentation of his new credentials by
the French Ambassador took place. Before twelve
the Officers' of the garrison proOeeded to the Hotel
of:the Administration of State, which sent two of
its 'memberte, in a coach drawn by six horses, es.
carted by a detachment of cavalry, to the Hotel of
His sExcellency M. DE SEMONVILLE, where every,
thing was teady for the gtand procession, which
went 'forward after the ,Dutch Commissioners had
waited some lime at the door.
[The Dutch Papers give a very long and pompous ac.
count of this show, detailing the number of ,oaches, of
horses, and the different dresses and liveries, eve.]

AMERICA.

?RAN)PORT pallfillCKY), JUNE 9.

Yesterday fifteen Indians, of the Osage tribe, ar_
rived at this place. They are on their way to
Workington, in obedience to a Message from the
President, who, it is said, is tic,iruus to negociate
a peace with them. They are from a nation re.
motely situated on the Missouri, remarkable for size
and robustness, and possess but little of the ferocity
of savage life.