Star.
London, England, 1804-10-24 00:00:00

MINCE.

THE BOULOONE EXPERIMENT.
aneentas 1111.11 X TO HIS tactual, MAINSTT.
gel, &Reber s.
I have the honour to give your Imperial Majelly
an account, that left night the enemy made an at
tempt to burn, by means of a great number of fire.
!hips, theveffels which compote our line of anchorage,
but their plan failed.
For two or three days they had coafiderably rein-
forced their Ration. Yeiterday it confined of p
watch, sy of which were brigs or (mall cutters,
which Made me fufpea they might be fire-fhips, and
that we Mould Coon be attacked. I was confirmed in
that opiaimi, when, in the courfe of the day, I law
$ Dap of the fine, three frigates, two brigs, and five-
IO utethay. take * S. W. podtion, a league aad a
balf to windward of the lan boat on our left. All
*e(e eircansnances were favourable for an enter-
prise of*is kinds a firongW,S.W. breeze. totohined
' bath the rapidity*/ the ipring tides, and gave them
It real feed* to fend their fire-Alps against us.
1 sonfequesitty made my difpnfitions—l ordered
dot !Okay Commandant to eftablifh bars before our
, fine, to right, left, and centre. 1 fent immediately
be° the bat boar. under Rear Admiral La Omega,
a great *amber of boats well armed, which, at-
. filled by pinnaces with large howitzers, were to turn
t the Ire alp' afide. The General atianbled ail the
Calltolos of dm Line, Lad communicated to each the
111PaReleeeee to be praaifed according as circurnaances
plight occur. The attack commenced at half pall
aso. I was informed of the approach of the enemy
Ws warm Ariag between our van and their pinnaces.
The meow difpatched again& the whole front of our
Doe fermi fire-fhips, which they towed to a certain
Aflame. and when they bad quitted them, the wind
sod tide &Mated bringing them to us; but our boats
• Iheo creed a paffage for them, and all blew ap with.
altio mu. vier, near to the whore.
igors. of them blew up from ten o'clock to four
• • • lathe Marais& ia the (pace aseaprifed between the
it.' tart de l'Heurt and Vimeneaus. Two others, the
' estches of which were put out, were takes near W-
.. sitereaus, The cannonade was very warm, and &rad
of the enemy's boats funk.
We lon but one pinnace, with a Pruffutn howitzer.
effy. the Captain of which, teeing a fire-fhip.
j . es kb appeared to be towed by a canoe with a fail,
ordered it to be boarded ; the men leaped on board
dot moo" hut no one was in it; hardly, however.
bed eber come near the fire-Chip, when it blew up ;
earplossure was deftroyrd by the exptnfion—ay men
lOW Caved theinfelves at Vitamin': in the Englifh
tement- We loft an Officer, is foldiers, and (even
Sailors ; there were but 6 men wounded in all the reft
of the line. and we experienced no other damage than
a bow(prit. which was carried away by boarding.--
j have so certain account of the injury received by
the euemy, but independently of (cord boats foil e
ma edict, owe foil, the diforder which our van oh-
ferved among the crews who left the boats that towed
the fire !hips, induces me to think that their lots in
Men was confiderable.
Oaf gins-boats kept up a very brilk fire of artillery
sei some Enelini ili;ps of war, Rationed behind their
lie Chips, which they were to cstweA. The canson-
adios did not cede the whole night ; it was fuecef•
live and inceffant along the different points of the
flee; it was fo well kept up, that the enemy's boats,
which were ordered to carry in the fire thips. were
sled to abandon them in diforder.
The Officers of my Staff have given me an at-
count. iv twitharinsfiag the darkneti of the night. tad
She hapset and precipitate movements which our
• weals were obliged to make, that thefe movements
were made with a de ree of precifion which prevent-
ed all ariflake. Great praile is due to General La
Cagiest. and the Officers commanding the teach in
general !hewed great !kill and fay
_Tepid. I cannot
fufficierstly praife the courage and good difpofition of
the marines and folditrs who were embarked ; they
aStled in the manoeuvres with as much alacrity as if
they were affifting at a fete, and every time a fire-
thip ezploded, the harbour refounded with the cries
of " Vise l'Empereur, Vive Napoleon."
Several of our gun-boats were obliged to get under
fail to avoid the are fhips, neverthelefs there was no
spEceranti of itonfurion. The enemy employed file
'effete of three different kinds; the fira were Coops,
cutters. and other 'reliefs ; the fccond were a kind of
eofers, twenty feet long, and three feet broad, with-
out any man ; the third were a kind of barrels, filled
with comltuliibles, and which were fo contrived as to
expl ode by a piece of mcchanifin. The veffels were
tilled with (everal pieces of hollow wood, which were
filled with inflammable matter, and which was light
, isrf with matches, like bombs, but it Items the effeB
was not well calculated, for they did no harm. This
event, far from having the die& which our enemies
hoped, only retired to manifell the courage and con-
fidence of oar fiddlers and failors, ss well as the ex-
cellent order efiabliand for the (*fel, of the port and
city. Every body was at his prat, the pumps were
prepared, and daring the night the rotund. were made
with as much tranquillity a. ufual. This morning
the enemy's rcirelc. bhirh were detached to the
8. W. joined the reit of the (qua Iri•e. At lis
o'clock she wind began to blow fselh %V. S. W. and
to-uur 01;1¢ lonntunced bad %rather. Au two o'clock
dm enemy got under weigh It r their own coati.
(Signed) Davis. Admiral.
le another report of the fame day, addrefit d to the
Emperor, General Soutar, Comm.under in Chia as
fit. Omer'., asp• cries htinfeil as follows:
filliii•—lhe Lngtilbliadc.inieived the cowar.lly and
bort.. lc iota jea of burning the 'elicit of the Flotilla,
which were at anchor in the Road of Boulogne, and
LA night they eilueavoured t i accomplilk this hor-
rible deign. The refult is turned to their *amt.
and is ginfic.ui To the afros of your Karty. I have
the I onour to lice jou an account of it important
even'. Yel,eidaV Ihe F !uphill fquadion, cord-siting
°tits f.il, ut sal.ii Li La a etc of *a lins, fis frigatu,

tecorvettes, or bomb male, to brill, if tiattm.
and two loggers, onder the oedema( A mire; Kurth
acelsoreJ at about a league and a half from the North
to the We of the Port. During the day they
detached one vefel of the lint, two frigates. Cenral
brigs, molt of the cutters, and a number of boats, to
cruise in the South-Weft. At three o'clock it was
obferved that the flip of the line and frigate•had an-
chored and had ordered the (mall veffels to come to
them i and afterwards they formed in a line. Theft
demonftrations were too apparent for us to 'Matte
the objea which they bad in view; therefore Admi
tat Bauta battened to give the neceffary orders to
RearAdmirai La Canna, who commanded in the
Road. The batteries were prepared. and the army
held in readiueft to execute any orders which they

might receive.
The wind was at Weft, a frefh breeze. At ten
precifely feveral (tot from the left announced that the
enemy had begun his attack ; the fire extended to the
centre ; the engagement loon became *knoll general ;
and at this moment the enemy launched his firft de.
tachment of fire-Ibips. AU the valets of the flotilla
which expelled this kind of attack. feting the incen-
diaries coming. avoided them, and let them pars
between them, without any of them being on board,
and the deachment paired to the rear of the lipe.—
At half-pall tea the fire blew up, oppofite the bat-
tery of the Grenadiers—it produced an immesh co-
lumn of fire; the wrecks were mattered on every
fide. but no perfon was hurt. The fecund blew up
oppofite the Imperial Battery.and produced no liame.
Another between the poets of Croy and that of
Gentle; and the fourth near the Battery of the
Bombardiers. without producing any great eta.
After there &di explefions, the fire dackened for half
an hour : Rear Admiral La Caossa profited by this
to run along the line, and cat& to return to their
rank forte each, which to avoid the explofion, had
cut their cables. At the height of the battery of
Dunes, which the Etat-Major of Admiral Baum
mounted, they perceived a brig, the failing of which
appeared fufpicious :—it was immediately drawn
aground. Scarcely were they at half piftol am than
the veiled exploded, mere !honey than the former
ones, but happily only two failen were tightly.
wounded in the hand. The attack was then made en
the right; three firt-hips exploded immediately at
the port of Viinereanz, twit others on the left of La
Creeche. two others.between Chatillon and the fort
De L'Heurt, and the twelfth and left at theleopetial
Battery, but from this there rote a column meth
MOM conaderable than the former; and as it
ed nearer the land. it produced a commotiostaPETrcett
that it was felt in Boulogne, and for more than belt
a league within land. At half pall three the ire en-
tirely ceafed, and the veffels of the flotilla had all
returned to the Une : in Short, at break of day each
was in its rank, ready to combat, and the enemy
might have fun that there did not cud the lealbreid
in the line.
The relish of all tbefe explofions, which (book the
Coal!, and appeared as if they would (wallow every
thingsup was, that we experienced no lots, except a
misfortune which was occafioncd by too much bold-
nefs and temerity. The pinnace, No. 267, com-
manded by Captain Gamer, being near the Pifer
of Vimereaux, perceived an Englith Coop under faU,
which appeared to be direting its tousle towards
the port ; wishing to him it, he gave orders to board
it. Michael Abraham Cloquet, failor, was the firil
who mounted the Coop, five others followed, and
they extinguiflted the firs, hat in reeking for the helm,
which had bees taken away, they perceived another
veffel very long, floating below in the water, which
Scarcely prefented any (urface, and which the pinnace
accofted. Hardly had they cut the cable, when the
Sec (hip blew up the pinnace, and (wallowed all the
men who were on board. Some men of the garrifon,
who 'Vied, were Caved, and fix failors who were on
board of the Coop. Several boats were fent to their
aid, but none could get near. This event occafioned
the !ofs of at men; and from all the explorions the
refult was, that two marines and filer foldiers only
were wounded, one gun-boat loft his bowfprit, but
that arofe from getting on board another. It fuf-
rained no other damage.
There is every rearon to believe that the Englifla
have Curtained confiderable loft by the /flea of the
explofions and the cannonade. The Coops and two
of their boats were taken, two fire (tips were wreck-
ed, the one to the earl of the Canal of Ambleteefe,
and the other to the right of Vimereaux ; both are
uninjured. In the former the matches were man-
guifhed. and in the fecond, where the fire was to take
drat by meant of a movement regulated as a pen-
dulum. which would yet off after a certain number of
ofcillations. four foldiers of the 34th took out the
matches and flopped the pendulum, and prevented
the exploftoa, which would other wife have done much
mifcbief, as feveral perfons were prefent. Two hours
after they had taken the mechanifm out of it the
movement was Still going. This morning the Chore
was covered with wrecks, pieces of iron, and fplinters
of all kinds.
Such is the iffue of this operation, which the Eng-
lifh have fo long meditated, and for which they con-
flruded, with fo much Secrecy, great numbers of
welch upon new models. I have, at the beginning
of my letter, called this cowardly and horrible, be-
caufe it is a horrible attempt against the laws of war,
by faking to deftroy an enemy without expofing
themfelves to any danger. I call it cowardly, becaufe
the enemy's fquadrun which made filch an attack,
carried three times as many guns as our flotilla which
was in the road. Why did not Keith imitate the
conduct of Nelfon in the year tfloo, and fight us
hand to hand? if that enterprife had fuceeeded, it
would have merited our tears. To attack cannon
gain It cannon, bayonet again II bayonet, filch are the
laws of war; but a nation which only employs for
its defence poignarJs and fire-(hips, has fallen from
the rank which it pretends to occupy. Bator,
teaches us that nstions, when they are capable of
conquering, delpife the offers of the Phylicians of
Fabricius; and it i, only in the moments of their faU
that they employ loch pei I;dious means. In fine,
there is in the pout on in which we now are, nothing
to fear horn the fire-Ships of the Englift. This ap-
pearance redouble• the ardour of our hildiers, who
wait with impatience for the moment when they are
to fight against the million of Volunteers commanded
by the conqueror of the Horderwite sod the Udder.
11TM riot!! 11111111 AYMtaiL s•caosst ".0 •D21.111•L

•RUIN.

Geottal-4a the Ih‘it report wLich L had the ho-

seer of adirelang to you, immediately after the at-
tack made by the enemy on the nog M of the td,
againft his Majefty's flotilla, which was drawn op
before Boulogne, it was not poifible for meta go into
all the details that the importance of that affair re.
quiresi* I haiku to communicate to .you thole which
I have colleded from the Commanders of Divtrios.,
and of which I was in Come fort an eye-witnefs.
The wind blowing pretty frefb from the well, the
left of our line was the point towards which the ene-
my could dire& their inftruments of attack with the
mat advantage. The pofitioa which the enemy had
taken, and his manizuures in the courfe of the day,
which you witneffed, as well as the precautions you
recommended, all announced the probability a an
attack during the night. Proper marines were
adopted to prevent the line from being furprifed.
At half pall nine the guard-boats to the weft per.
ceived Come edicts coming before the wind, and Reef-
ing for the Ships at the left of our line. A volley of
muflectry was difcharged again& them ; the enemy,
though very near, not returning the fire, we were
certain that they were fire-flips. No twithftanding
the alertnefs of the boats' crews which were mama
to them, it was not for them to grapple a fire-
cotter which was faTitbit;own upon our line.
In fad, the gun-boats No. :49 and 240 of the fire
Oafs, belonging to the third divifioi a, and No, 241, of
the fame clefs, of the fecond divifion, veered away
their cables to make way for her. M. Couronne, a
Midlhipman, commanding the boats of the third di
vifion, was preng to pat tome men into the boat
belonging to Npari o. r 49, when the explofion took place
between No. 149 and 241. This laft, commandad
by the Provifional hfidfhiposan Parquet, had two sofa
wounded by the fplinters.
A fecond, fire cutter, directed agaiat the fame
part of the line, was in like manner avoided, by the
vigilance and activity of M. Parquet. The gun boat,
No. 241 which this officer commanded, had fcarcely
made the neceffary movement when the fire (hip blew
op. This on boat was covered by the fplinters,
Come or which fell upon the gun boats, No. 156, 135,
and 238, of the fame divifion, without injuring any
perfon.
M. Saintonen, Provilional Mid(hipman, command-
ing No. 252, of that divifion, was wounded nightly
in the cheek. The 'hock created by the explofion
knocked down the partition of the magazine in that
veffel. 'the mall of the fire (hip was picked up by
No. t6B, as was a ring belonging to the mainitay of
a large veld by No. 233.
Captain Regnauld (peaks in very high terms of
the conduit of temporary Midlliipman Duval, who
repeatedly offered to go and grapple one of the fire-
fhips ; as alto did M.-Peloufe, an officer of the 55th
regiment, who being thrown down on the deck by
the effeet of the explofion. Rill retained his anal
coolnefs. He had much ream to be fatisfied with
the conduit of Saillot, who ailed as matter on board
of No. sox.
Several fi.e (hips were in like manner avoided by
the dexterity of the manceuvres of the Captains who
commaaded the each in the centre adze line.
Some of the enemy's boats, which came from the
weft, withinfide our line, approached No. 405, and
372, of the eighth divifion of boats of the fecond Oafs,
which compelled them to retreat with lots. No. 405.
commanded by Guilford, a Midi:Minoan with tem-
porary rank, upended above three-fourths of his
cartridges. No. ;72, commanded by the temporary
Midfliipman Avril, kept up a (mart fire of ma ketry
againft an enemy's long boat. Although the fides
of his boat were riddled with (hot he did not lofe a
man ; the matt of a long bust fell into his hands.
The Mid(hipman SJone. commanding No. 38s
of the fame divifion, by his (kill and the quieknefs of
his manceuvres, avoided a fire (hip which was corn-
ing down on him. An Englifli long boat threw Come
rockets againft him, but, not being able to fupport
the fire of his wild, it made off.
The gun boat, No. 267, Captain Pevrieu, coin.
mending the fourth divifion of the &ft Oafs of boats,
had its cable cut without the crew knowing bow it
happened. This officer was witnefs of the bold and
ready manoeuvre by which the temporary Micithipman
Lei:loonier, commanding ihe boat of the filth divi-
lion of the fecond Oafs, No. 362, got clear of the
fire-(tip with which he was entangled. He (peaks
in high terms of the coolnefs of that officer. Several
of the fuldiers and tailors offered to go and deliroy
the match of the fire-flips at the moment that (he
paffed along fide No. 267. They were embarked
when the eaplofion took place.
Another fire (hip blew up at Come diftance from
this diviftoo.
Captain Pevrieu praifes the conduit and the fub-
ordination of tile foldiers and failurs of the divifion
under his orders on this occafion. None of the ref
leis fuffered the lean injury.
Captain Bedel Dutertre, commanding the firth
divifion of the feennd clafsof boats, to the right of
the line, gives a limiter account of the (kill and intre-
pidity of Captain Lemonnier. The foldiers and
tailors belonging to No. 362, who went on board the
'ire (tip with which they were entangled, are. Raffa,
a matter gunner ; Boutellier, of the artillery ; Grit-
lot, Rouget, and Rofe, fufileers in the loth regl-
ment of light infantry- (this lag received a hurt in
the loot as he (prang on board) ; Metes, corporal in
the 36th regiment ; Pondre, Houlret. Gaillard, and
Brandin, fulileers in the lame corps.
M. Leroy, temperer y Mid(hipman, Chief of the
tenth fettion, was (lightly wounded in the leg by the
fplinters of this fire-chip, which blew up tear the boat
No. Is t. which he was on board of.
I muft (peak in the warners terms of the attenti•in
of the fecond divifion of pinnaces, with long howit
zers, commanded by M. Latent. This Officer com-
pletely executed the orders, which I had received
from you, for difpnfing the boats under his command
on all points of the line, and particularly in the welt,
and attending perfonally to fee that the pofitions were
properly taken. He fpcaks in the handfnmell terms
of the behaviour of the cockfwaios under his orders ;
particularly Leroux, Branu, cock(wain of No. 488,
and Paris, of No. 302. This left, by a (mart fire,
and the refolotion that he chfplayed, repotted two of
the enemy's pinnaces. coming from the well, which
endeavoured to pats between the land and our line.
Contiatitly remaining at the fame p• ft. this cockfwain
again perceiving the fame two pqtaaces, fit,ly man
fled with rowers, recommraded fo (inert • fire viand-
lery and mufketry. that they were loon ;a s.Abt of
He thinks that they mutt have been funk.
The pinnace, No. sop, twisted by bI Liebe,

miffed a Ere !hip, which teak its &raffia* taantds tbe
praam la Ville de Mayence ; but the elplofion did
not caufe any damage to her. This Offieer, on being
informed of the heavy fire of enufketry to the Wel&
ward, went thither and took $ part in it. He praifes
the !till and courage of U. La Grange, Chief cf the
Seaion. From thence he proceeded to the right of
the hoe, whet' the fecond feaion of pinnaces was,
commanded by M. Dupetit Thouars, where he
learned that the pinnace 257, which got foul of a fire.
flip, bad fuaalned Tome damage by the !xplofion.
M. Dupetit Thouars fent the prortfory Enlists
Chauffac with three velels, to get certain intelligence
of the event, and to fare Come men, if poffible.—
This Officer found only pieces of • wreck. Being
fent again at break of day, he Rill found nothing
but remnants of a wreck, but be was Informed that
five men from the pinnace were fared on the coalt of

Vinsereans.
Now, General, you may judge of the occurrence
from the refnit. In the &mina account which I
had the honour to fend you yelierday, General. you
will have noticed the condutt of my Adjutant, M.
Premix, proviforyApe le iraifeav, who, with an
armed boat which he commanded, went in the mid&
of the fire, wherever his preface Gould be need:
fuy. to inform me of the movements, or to execute
my orders. If I myfelf have been in tome perfonal
danger, from the exploit= of the fire (Lip I was near
getting foal of, I congratulate myfelt, General, in
having finned this danger with your officers, Meas.
Solusinibac and Guedan, and the crew of your boat;
we all of us, deeply penetrated with the cattle Ave had
to defend, feeling,all the fame fentiment of indigos.
tion erupt the molt cruel enemy of the French na-
tion, and of its augull Chief; like men who, on ef.
caping from imminent danger. invoke their tuteLtr
Deity, we exclaimed, with a fpontaneous emotion,
rive r Everson. I rive I Enspereur 1 I have the honour
to falute you pith refpe& (Signed) LA caosss.
(A true Copy) Signed) LA 1050.
The Chief of the / tat Major of e Imperial Flotilla.

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111111STRI OF WAR.
Head. parcels, pa9(terte, it Vendesthain, Mather d )
la the report et the attempt made by the Engin' to burn the
Tack et our Soda th Docket Iteadowhich I have already had
the honour to fend me, I mentioned fame copper machinery,
width Come Cottle", d the 34th had turn from a (notion which
was oaf on tare near yisorream; but I emitted the names of the
'tablets who voltheethed es this dangerous occelion. I now laden
to tome them, sod to ireconteend them to your favour.
Labarrkto dreamer. Ande and Dona, enadias, and Les
tenths, muleteer. all of the 34th, dtkeadded the heath to Cave
loose wreaked Wien who were in the greeted Siang's, when they
foetid a ire bat al ea 01111‘t they ate toyed a chthker of the
loth regkesent. sod dowe reterned to this lokreal Machine, with
as Intemith to poll oat the outchea. and to preven its esploiloo
Renee housed them, and hp their Mos they fecerceisd in
braking eff the imehlot, the anciammot of which mutt, In a few
moments, Wye comasooketal the ire. Two of them ramified
to yard the *mill, sod the others broosht In the machinery.
Oleg an account the tnablion.
Mama) loan Worms me, let the report which I have the ho-
wler to Mod !Gotha' ththe tablets, mod thocrially the drummer,
law thi &ogee to which they =peed theinkives by approach.
in, the are approves I hot thee their assuage and intrepidity mole
them brio k, to Faust a Waltham which appeared month.
ebb
The amebae whisk there Calkers took eir Meioses taken ha pierces
end within k err Stood a pabulum moveineet wound up to go fe-
nnel Moo the Mber of which coommottameti to • firing meiket
loth, which was se god wh. o the peodelem movemem mould
awe to lea Redo; the pus d the lath was primed with gee-
powder, ad amoral matelass,whofit sods were modems, thereto.
alto thethethimlith with the MI apparatus. Tle ling derange
which day bed glom TO the nemesis& leads es tq fuppok, that
' the ?esti& tionded the app bas Mould be cad on lithe; peek*
ft haps km tharlthey WulAlt bowl a crowd of people, ar thth
we Moab army k Into port, sod that the desedful thWb of its
mploitho iamb be more terrible. However this may be, their
prommithe onset so have been is well taken, that it is neat to
mho* that we have net been more hest.
Tore mare firoboats, two s. Moral ohs of artileise
iremorfro a Scared bog firthWto the see defeated above, god ath
ithenthe lesiatity of wreck, have Wes tooth on the man. A
C.osnailika is appointed to meth and essethoi then, mil the am
port which the fame Mall make cm this felled. will glue es Nib
oo the meths employed by the Smith for the tondo's of this
athithoshis attempt. I have the hewer te Wine you,
(Signed) 111151. T.
11111115 T, OCOSSAL or DIVI•1011, INSPECTOR CIS AAAAA OF l
TO aIAIIIIAI. SOULT. COMM is color pi
Tie ASSET. Had Illiartlll, WIT/11h
SI•RINAL. it VsOsienstaire.(oCtoi/cr
I have the honour to feod rem the Yapper machine which yea
few at the camp. It apposes to boar to contain, the mover ..t the
ire-hoes which ethloded Ylmisbt. Its oonftrutlia, will he in.
terdtieg to you, and It, approach ra the fire•boai. which Is pro
fervid uotouchal in the port of ViIIiePOINIS, will give you an op.
portunlty to know, is all it. details, the nicehanifie sod the pss
politico of this new lacteal Machine.
At half pee pah four this mooting. the Conematader of the An
illeroms bearing phietive cries on the low-water edge, .rdered the
wiper Leharricre, drummer; Aside and Duvet, pernaibers and
Lttelbstre, muleteer, ell Of the Beth ergirrieth. to defmid the beech.
and to Ind their diatomite, which they did with tie greaten WO.
and were fortunate enough to fate a elsalltenr of the loth regiment.
Near the place where they breed their eornrade, they found a Qat
machine, refeethilleg • boat not hollowed out, and being well al-
lured that it was a bre-boot, they battened to phi cif the appara.
tea. Fortune has completely favoured them; they fucceeded in
detaching the machine, which I love the honour to fend y u
its Gape of tea Inches loon on the foresee, and about bve inches
deep, was dud eh* to the bre-bat, and a double yarning of
nta@icb clokd all It. Joints hermetically.
Thee ;oldies's, brio' fare they held the thatch, resigned to the
comp, very mach fieprifed at louring a found like that of the ma
time of a peedelem. This found bas con' owed ever finer; it con-
tinues Rill, ear Gaon hours after the machine was found
Inftlgated by euriany, a 'edema of the lame rigiront, who
Prides bimfeif en being • bit et a mechanic, has Mailed the mo-
pn of this machine, and with pains locoweed in turning lee
eight (crews which are at the radars t this Main admitted the
thy, a pretty &mg ceploiest embed, w ith a detonation of the aff:
pantos kin up In the upper tole, which was thereby detachtd
from the machine, and thrown far off This tube evidently 4 th,e
poles of communication fur f‘ttimt the whole machine cm Bra
ISM with repot% sad si tothmeno (*bed) a.. o socaiT,
TNT MASITIMI RRRRR CT OF TUE FIRST •RRONIIISSININT TO
Ills SRC LLLLL CT TIC atis:svot or SIA•INIt AND COLONIIS.
WONIIIONIVR. istEloglil. 13 Vaidessialre. (0a J )
The Admiral having Informed ate, tit-t he had addrelfed to
by a courier, the report id the events that took place on the • fight
of the t ttli, and not hang myhlf suite certain of the no:loafs
of the details which I reedved, I dhl not Nein it my duty to take
tip your Fthellney's time ; but 1 have the Many of inane you
hermou h. Itemise of one of three Infernal machines tarp M "Pe
of 'sir pinnaces. It is (roentgen feat to g, :ad eight feet and an
half toned, and tarred at In two et many ws a Marti of anther-
tiles ; twat mon pion is the middle, rowed with two emu each.
The Admiral gave orders to tale care of It, and it is depented
with the Corn mandirg Offeer. brat the port of AmMetesua, so
incendiary machine has alio hero dikanred. which I have ordered
to be feta to &shine. Ir conG2a of a large barrel, containing
eta se sto rood. ni powder, and &milked wish a pi cc of me-
chanifm. I his barrel sups or. so It and hI -he water; at too end
were (stormiest ferer4 halls or a large e.,,ibec, to bold it 4• egoai•
bawl, • cordate 4 (rein or ogle fathoms in kerb, hiniiird at
the end aoh • float. to wide was ensile WI an halt rod, "an
paws, in him .4 archon, was kilned to the batreL ft
heemini to have oho. • cable, and the cottage tam these at the
fire bad etherlemod ty the osectsaithre, 1 ham dead she
tnif to get the deign made set, sad t ha tike care ti
far 4 is a rip molten. c. bellia•JOlM

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• I have the honour to inform you. that this morning. about one
Manch, a veld from the enemy, which had already fultained the
ire of twn gun imam anchored in front of the wifel on board
which I (tree. came, hearing dawn on my larboard with all fails
fet. ' I enured ter to he fired upon when I believe., her to be
within half a cannon flint my fiat difcharge was (candy made,
when her bowfprit was entangled in our rigging, which the da-
Snared • Thb Terri-law about 5o tons, and her port holes being
'mash higher than our., I was prepared to give her a good reeep•
boo I Wipe* bidng any perfon appearing nn deck, 1 conjectured
lbs molt be a fire fhip, and in concert with the marine officers,
orrery tertian was made to avoid the danger that threatened
Tbefoldiera,nOt being able to make the fame oblvtvaiions on ac•
count of the Nolte, were preparing to board. hut I prevented
them ; ane et them, however, Jean Rode, cluffeur in the 7th
Company of the ldbattalion of the Jodi Regiment light, bad
his leg broken between the port boles, and was carried this mor
Ding to the hdpital.

The yards and bawfprit of this veffel were &minted with
grappling irons, which held her fo fait bn board us, that we de-
fp sired of being able to throw her off ; at length, after a quarter
of an hour's laborious exertion. during which the crew, behaved
w;.' rt,e grcatertfavfroid pollible, we fuceeedcd In cxtriea•iog
o• rapes; but we were (carrel), more than thirty paces from her
What the blew up ; yet, thongh we were covered with flames, and
luny splinters, both of iron and wood, fell on board, we tuftalneJ
no .1,, nage, nor was any one of our crew wounded ; the fire of
the txplotion was too much above us to communicate to our vef-
fel. Two other (mall fire Mips exploded within fifteen orewenty
paces of us, but did not reach us. (Signed) GUIDON.