Star.
London, England, 1805-09-24 00:00:00

FR-43:(F.

PARIS, SEPT. 11.
MINISTRY OF MA-A iNr..
F. PAtrzlv, Cartain of a Frigate, Mtra'l..r • • tLe I.er,ion OF Ho-

onur, commanding a Squadron of \rack ct h;
lency Vice•Admirat DECR E. 4, Grand Officcr of the Lion of

lionour, Minifter of Marine and of Colonies :
" On board his imrerill and Royal Majeßy't Frigate
la Topaze, in the Tagus. Antall 20, 180 5.

46 Monfeigneur—l have the honour, ui inform you
of my return from Martinique, havingleft that ifland
with the corvettes le Department des Landes, la
Torche, and le Faune, which Admiral VILLAAET
Jnvruse, Captain General, ordered to be placed
under my command on the r 3th of July laft. I have
alfo the honour to inform your Excellency, that I
have taken, after a very bra adion of about an hour
and a quarter, the Engli(h frigate Blanche, carrying
26 cighteen•pounders, 14 carronades, and 4 nine-
pounders, on the formaille. She was commanded by
ZACHARY MUDGE, Efq. from Jamaica, bound to
Barbadoes. I got under weigh from Fort de France
on the 16th of July—on the inth, at eight in the
morning, in lat. co. cc. long. 65. zo. W. from the
meridian of Paris, I 1.1,v, at three leagues &Rance,
N.N.W. a large vefh.l, which I judged to be a fri-
gate, running .o the S.S.E. on the larboard tack.—
I (leered to the N.N.E. the wind at EaR, blowing
frefh, a ftrong fwell, and the atmorphere cloudy, I
then made rn, other change in my courfe ; my little
fquadron kept together, confiding of the brig le
Faune, of 16 guns, &pounders, commanded byLieut.
BRUNET ; the corvette la Torche, of 18 guns, 2-
pounders, Lieut. DCHEN ; the corvette le Depart-
ment de Landes, of twenty B.pounders, Lieutenant
Ds SMONTIL3, and the frigate la Topaze, of twenty-
eight 18-pounders, ten carronades, and fix eight-
pounders. At 36 minutes paR eight the frigate was
about two leagues diitair, going before the wind. I
had le Department des Landes on the (larboard, le
Faune to the larboard, and la Torche to the larboard
of le Faune. At 45 minutes paft nine I was on the
flarhoard quarter of the enemy, and the anion con•
tinned till fifty five minutes pall ten, when the Eng-
lifh flag e..a•-• (truck, and la 'f opaze refounded with
cries of 6 Vive l'Empereur.' At this m^ment le
Department des Landes was within cannon Riot, la
Torche a little to the (larboard, le Faune in obfer.
+cation. Towards the end of the action, le Depart-
ment des Landes fired ;8 guns, and la Torche three.
The great inferiority of the corvettes prevented them
from taking any other part in the Wind's. They at
leak however, ferved to flatten the furrender of the
enemy. [M. BAUDIN here /WOOS in high term:, a great
number of the perfons employed under him.] Mr. Muncie
was fecond in command to Captain VANCOUVER on
his voyage or. the North-weft coati of America. Far
be it from me to fay any thing unfavourable of him,
but I owe it to truth, and to the glory of the brave
men whom I have the honour to command, to affure
your Excellency that la Topaze tingly carured the
Blanche ; the had at men killed and wounded in the
adion ; I had only is men killed and wounded. I
was obliged to burn the frigate, after taking out the
crew. I have the honour to be, with profound ter-
ra, Monfeigneur,
4, Your very humble and obedient fervant,
66 k. Balms."
Another letter from M. BAUDIN, gives an account
of his efcape into the Tagus, after being chafed by the
AGAMEMNON, of 64 guns, and after lofing two of
his fquadron. He Rates la Topaze to have had
partial aftion with the AGAMEMNON, in which the
former had three men wounded. He Pays all", that
he addreffed his crew, afking them whether, if they
were forced to continue the aftion, they wotdd board
the AGAMEMNON ? and they all anfwered in the affir-
mative. The chaee he Rates to have continued forty
hours.
Styr. t 7.— A letter from Stralburgli, dated Sept.
to, Pays, 4. Intelligence is received that Prince Mu-
RAT will arrive here this night. A detachment of
dragoons has been fent to Stutzheim, to wait the ay.
rival of the Prince there, and to efcort him to this
city. His Highnefs will take up his abode a'. the
hotel de Deux-Ponts, as loon as the arrangements
making there (hall be completed."
4, Our city will be vifited during the refidence of his
Majelly, the Emperor, here, by many Foreigners of
diftinftion. Many Princes of the German Empire
are expeded. The Eledor of BADEN has direfted
extenfive apartments to be engaged for him at the
Hotel du Saint klprie. The vail number of perfons that
are to attend the Court, the Miniflers and Gencrab,
ere 1,, be lodged, as well in the public edifices as in
private houfes.
The troops that are to form the garrifon of our
city are to b.: difpofed partly in barracks, partly in
the houfes hf the citizens. The Imperial Guard is
to be accommodated in the quarter of St. Nicholas :
the houfes intended for this purpofe are putting in
order."