The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-01-18 00:00:00

leistun, his ulcers, and ship's company, the
hole of show evinced the utezoct readissess to
re.commeoce tiseection, if that measure could, in,
the general °pinkie, have beep attended *ith 'tacit
a prospect of ultimate success• or escape, as to
have justified the sacrifice of lives which must inc.
vitably have ensued from a prolonged contest with
a forms BO far superior to the Europe.

FRENCH ACCOUNT, OF THE ACTION.
'PORT NAPOLtuN.:
'Extract from the better addressed from the Isle
Bone Parte+, to his Excellency CaptainG
cal Decaen, by Lieutenant Feretiee, •Cour.
• vnand an tof his Majesty's ft igate Lit Cereals*.
GENtRAL-1 have the honour of informing
you, that un the 22d-of July I reacted the Bay of
St. Paul, with his Alajesty's ftigate La Caroline,
and two ships in company, which I captured in the
Bey of Bengal, namely, the Streatham and the
Europe. These two vessels are very richly laden,
Voir cargoes consist chiefly of 1698 boxes of in.
dip', 1514 bales of dry goods, 1843 bales of silks,
11,(/00 bags of saltpetre, and 25 bales of hand.
kerchiefs.
Extr.rct from the Journat of Lieutenant Fere.
tier, commaisding his Majesty's frigate La Ca-
roline:
.02 the 21st of May (previousab this date, M.
Fermier had dispatched two Kites) being in 9. 15.
north lat. and 87. 20. cast lodg. at daylight, a
strange sail was announced by the match. Three
ships, with three masts each, were immediately
descried to windward., Meeting N. N. E. distant
abet three leagues to starboard, ender a press of
sail, which I suffered to approach in succession,
with a vier to ascertain who they were. About
five o'clock in the mooning I prepared for action,.
and manoeuvred so as tu crone up to them with
all sails set. While we were coming np, the
three ships did not in the least alter their
course, and nude privatesipals. Observiug that
we did nut answer them, they interchanged signals
among themselves. I then coucluded that they
belonged to the Company, haying one tier of giros
with earronadirs en the forecastle and quarter deck
(les iinmedistely otdend every
man to his station, and impected them %stet,.
The spirit and alacrity manifested by every indi.
vidual on board, gave inc the surest pledge of
succeeding in the disproportionatti attack I had
determined to make.
At six u'clock, Wing within musket.shot of the
sternosust ship, welhoisted the French flag, which
was saluted by all my officers and arose withiebresi
cheers d " Vire l'Empereur !" and the adieu in.
scantly commenced. Our lire was so welloorp.
ported, that this st;iii, after maintaining ber par.
tritium above twenty minutes ;Jowl& of ass 1
were, in order to get out of the. *wren of our!
guns, and to repair her damage. Her fire was at
first very brisk, bat it staskened towards the con.
einsien. This ship being mach crippled and un-
govenialle, sod, observing the impossibility of
her escepiog in that situation, I fitoceedril to at.
task the shi;) immediately ahead 61 her, which
carved the Commodore's petulant. I directed the
gent on the starboaro si.terte be loaded,
Verse. orders not to use
~.we 'Weld bu dtlihiu
pistolmhot.
lAt ten ashilates berm* seven, was began, the
attack, and kept ep het Incessant fire reveler
beer, daring which Animists, yeast* tame up, and
discharged several broadsides ll oar stern larboard
'eerier.
At half part seven, I bad the misfoeteee to lose
my wester (officiere de nidilieuvre),.. 111. Vander.
cruse, who was a most *excellost (fiber ; his. head
Was shot of by & cannonball, as be stood by ass
on the euarter.deck. The sense shot carried of
half of my hat, and wounded me slightly in the
cheek. I then ordered M. Itabaudi, the second
*Meer in command on the forecastle, to *place
M. Vandercnice.
At eight o'clock, our fire having • been kept
ep without intermissions the Commodore's ship
struck her colours. I instantly ordered the far.
board tack to be made, and opposed my broad-
side to the two other ships who were now engag-
ed with me. I directed my fire particularly a-
gainst the headmust ship, and my two first
broadsides were to Well directed, that she shame-
fully Work to flight. The second ship, beiug use,
the opposite, discharged two broadsides at 'is, and
run before Cie wind. We made the ,same tack
with her, passing at a short distance from the ship
thlt bad struck, I determined to take possessiau
of her, and for that purpose sent Moos. ltabaudi
on board, with orders to take the . command of,
her. On his taking possession, he immediately
tent the English captain and his officers to me, and
hpisji:s the boat ou board, I directed my cum"
to lbi criiißea shiri,-1111fiartene to leswerd sit
soaking ell possible sap sod still keepiiip up her
col t. , •*; •.• . .H • • , .
That shim, aerie, that we were bracing down
on her, and gained considerably, heeled her wind,
sled struck her colours. 'lent Deplaeches,
is h. bientelswitt (eautigue de vaiteedus) on boat dtis
'take the command of her. The report which he
made of the bad state in which her hull was, hart.
beg received three shut snider water, which
caused her already to make twelve feet of watee;•
and the :Itmages sustained its her masts and rigging
by the rtisel w hick had jeet Week, obliged me, ,to
my gre.ti regret, to anther She tbird-Welicsim, she
being at elk time three. Ile windward of es.
1 now thetight onlyk rishifidna the prisoners
and their efiMs. Ike number 61 Ow pritnnieli
amounted to 200 Earopeans, whoonaeoloand di.
sided among the two vessels. The. pimps of the
Europe could not be kept freer by the IRMO sum.
her of people that remained un board bee. 1 sent
Ilona. Bain, one of the First Liestegpots, with
,a strong party of my crew, to give all. the assist..
once that may be necessary. The acid with which

• Port Niapoieoe, formerly Port North West, is the prix:
eipal place an.l herbage of the hie of Frosce.aud the seat if
the Govermtientt of the Viceroy. Catena Dec:pelt fills that
°ogee as piteseat.
+ Itk Rositparte. The Isle of Bourbon has recently re-
edited Ala tinsonsioathon. as a (angel iment tip the uew d. mote,
Aid k settee to &arse a iseosnrial of the The ditikulty
el air% iota and nut. of Pori North West. the rioripal
iseltsee of the I.lr o(Fnusee, maces the road of Si. Paul. iu
tlu.+lde Hiaitiomirte or Binirhoo, to tee generally preferred by
flee freiseb ere leers foe the superior &edit) of tiepositiag their
phostler, sid Marti% on rash eaterwizes.

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