Star.
London, England, 1801-08-18 00:00:00

BULLETIN.

ADMItALTY-OFFICE, AtICITIT 17, rBoi.
" An account was received at the Admiralty this morning,
" that an attack had been made on the night of the zsth loft.
" by the gun-boats and craft, under the Command of Vice Ad-
" tntral Lord Vifcount Naito', on the enemy's Barns, floated
" at the mouth of the harbour of Boulogne ; and that notwith-
* Banding fennel of the enemy's vette!' had been curled by
" the intrepidity of the officers and men employed on this en-
" termite, the veifcls had been fo chained together, faltened at
" the fame time to the ground, and fo near the them as to be
" commanded by musketry from thence, which kept up fo
" conftunt a fire on our boats, that it was' found impoffible to
" bring any of them off.
_ _

" Upwards of zoo Officers and men have been killed and
" wounded on this occaflon, but the lots of the enemy has not
" been afeertalnal."

To (late all the rumours that were in circulation
yefterday refpeuing the attack, to briefly-detailre„
in the above Notice, would anfwer no purVore
whatever. We are happy to find, however,‘thdi
as we hoped, our lofs, though confiderable; falls
infinitely fiturt of what fome rumours tropfdently
affirm •gi
The 11, wing Letters, received_itijkcOarfe
of yelterd.ty, . n i by the Mail of this mornings:Wril
put our Readers in poffeffion of inch fags as tranf:
Aired at the ports refpeCting 'this affair. They
state the capture of one lugger; botkitad thiibetn
the cafe, the Admiralty could hardly have been
uninformed of the circumftance. Wetaay obferv4l
generally, that the preparations on the part of the
enemy, though fome were looked for, were be-
yond what was expetted. The • netting with
which their boats were &milled prefented a bar-
rier, which hindered our men from fpeedily
getting at theirs with the weapons made ufe
of; while the French were able to pour repeated
difcharges of rnufketry upon our, brave tars,
who little eipated, after overcoming thefe and
other difficulties, to find the French boats made
fatl to each other, to the ground, and to the Chore,!

" DOVIII, lUNDAY NIGHT, AUG. i 6.

" The Flom:oasis cutter having arrived, we
have received tome intelligence refpofting the at-
tack Upon Boulogne, which turns out to have been
rather an unfortunate one. The attack commas,
ccd at about quarter flood : it confined of 7o
boats divided into four divifions, the firft com-
manded by Captain Sow savizza, of the EUGENI
two others by Captains, and the laft by Captain
PAR 2 XR, of the Mcousa ; they were covered by
16 flat bottom boats, each of which carried a howit-
zer or to-pound carronade ; our people were not
fuffered to carry either mitntets or piftols, only
pikes, cutlalfes, or tomahawks : when our people
came pretty near, they were faluted by- a tre-
mendous fire of grape and round both from the
batteries on (bore, and the gun-veifels, which had
from 150 to 200 men each, well covered by flank-
ing batteries of mortars, /cc. and the flore was co-
y ered by troops threedeep for three miles in length
Notwithilaslding thefe obftacles, the bravery of our
feamen led them on, and a dreadful (laughter en-
fued on their attempts to board, in wlich, howe-
ver, feveral fucceeded, and cleared the French-
men's decks ; but, on trying to cut the French-
boats loofe, found they were chained boat to boat
head and hem, and intermediate chains led to the
fhore, fo that it Was utterly impoillble to get them
Inofe ; and being all this while ezpoled to a dread-
ful difcharge of (bells, carcafes, (hot, and mufke-
try, they were at length compelled to retreat,bring-
ing *itlt them one lugger rigged veld, which,
out "fa complement of about 70, had r 4 left alive,
and moll of there miferably mangled.

Captain PARKEI, of the MEDUSA, has 101 l a
leg and thigh. I hear the Mailer is dead of his
wounds; the Second Lieutenant, and feveral other
officers wounded, and about thirty men from the
Admiral's !hip; the Lieutenants of the NILE,
Q.EEEIIIIOItOUGH, and EMU. SPCMCki wounded
By the heft account collated in fo haily a manner,
it is judged our loft is about zoo killed and wound-
ed ; five boats were funk, but the men pikled up
by the other boats. Lieutenant hilatil is Ibo

through the foot, and loft time men; the EARL
Sr s mesa bad five killed and wounded. No veils
of ours are loft; an eye-vvitnefs informed me on
his going on board the flag-fhip in the morning,
the Admiral only was on deck : he aiked him
lois, and fatd, I am afraid our lots has been great;
the anfwer was, " About 200, I judge," hud Ilia
Admiral—" I am forry for it ; but I hope we Nall
have better luck another time."

" DEAkt AUGUST 17.

1, Arrived the MEDUSA (Vice-Admiral Lord
Ns',sow ), with the LEYDEN and RivoityriowArßr
frigates, and feveral revenue cutters, from 13ou-
lOgne.—Wind E. N. E.

!, DOVER, AupFsr 17.

e, With much concern we learn that an attack
Made by the Fleet under Lord NILSON, on tht
Boulogne gnn-boats, has been very clic4ftrous apd
tlnfuccefsful. The attack was made by three di.
vifions of our flat-bottomed boats, led by *Capta:l
SOMERVILLE.

" They put off at eleven o'clock on Sunda)
night, hut the flood tide running fining, they
were driven much to the wefiward of the enenw,,
gun-boats, and confcquently had to row up to
them.

4' Unfortunately the French were too well pre-
pared to receive them, their boats being filled with
troops upon deck, and' on the tops, with board-
ing netting half way up the flirouds.
4, Not a (hot was fired by the French until our
boats came alongfide of them, when they then
poured in a heavy fire of round and grape thot,
hand grenades, &c. which did great execution...,
We had from zoo to 300 men killed and wounded;
among the ferrner, one Lieutenant; and among
the latter, a Captain, Lieutenant, and feveral
petty Officers. The firft difcharge from the enemy
it is laid, killed ten and wounded three men to
board one of the Mouses boats. Upon the
whole, there is much reafon to-fear we have loft a
great number of our brayetirepws, •and have
,broughsortonly one 'asps..
..ace kept up by
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Bektive'lawn . I#l;paa cootahling farther
tilAipare
perticuli4s of the • rezeiiad ads. morn-
ing,' and vre!,7 . , Ike Otial details wilt
appose in I termeiters.;:
... •
The Amour, fb• generanit'prev,dent for fume
days, that the negociatian Mil taken s more paci-
fic turn, *clued yefferday a moll quick and
lively impreffion on the' public .fiqads. It is jury
pofhlle for. us to determine whether the rife was
occafionwl by any sans! fuggeilion to the Stock
Exchange from perthns in the ferret, or the mere
furmife of jobbers themfehres on the fubjeft. If
was raid one great fpectilator had infinenewl the
market, by pnrchafes to the apsouac of feYeral
hundred thonfluad pounds, and that confidence in
IA information drew. tiers into his trein. Orn-
nium rapidly role to rat, and continued with little
' alteration to be ip great detain' d,tothe end of ills
market; notwithßanding the very dejeaing ac-
counts which were received of the 'failure of Lord
Nasson's *coact attack ote.the boats colleaed by
the enemy et Boulogne. ' ....
It is hardly to lie reconciled with probability
that this attack would have been 'made, if the nee
gociation had eaually affumed a pacific turn.
Strong, prompt and general preparations for bd.
tility, and a Ready attitude of war are not merely
compatible with. but caudally its.trery ro a wife
and prudent negoida.tion i but if the reports be tnwr
,that a projekhas been fubsnitted to this Court, fo
moderate in its tenor u to jußify the hopes which
were yellerday expreffed, we know not upon what
' grounds of dignified policy to account for this
meafure of ezafperation. The public feeling on
the occafion manifelted the fame fentitnent, for
the general exclamation was—" that afforedi7
Lord Nu.son had been called off from the work
of deftruftion in confequenee of the favourable pro.
pofitions"—lo eager were the Englifit people to re-
concile thisadventure with the rumourofannpening
to peace! It appears, however, that he was drawn
of only by the pit regard which he had to the lives
of his brave companions, as he few that no per-
feverance nor gallantry could aecomplifh the ob-
joa of his million. We confers therefore that
this affair happening at our very doors, and within
the reach of telegraphic communication in a feu
hours, ferves to prove that the rumours of a re-
thee favourable turn in the negociatiou are more
the offspring of the hos of individuals, than of
any real occurrence, The intercostrfe, however,
between the two Governments continues as free as
ever. • We every day receive papers by Means of
the wads which bring difpatches to England; and
we hear, but without any authority, that If. OTT°
whole conduit ishighly agreeable i 0 CUT Minifterh
is to be hugged with • tam clattlOet co,'
.Tartnnt