The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-12-15 00:00:00

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The Boadicea was chatted. and got into Baur.
bon. The Ranger transport, and flaaock gun,
brig, were taken. Admiral Ikane was cruising
in a frigite, and it was feared that be might also
be. captured by the throe Frenchmee..coassno.
dore igeoratit of what bad ocestred,
sailed from Saint Paul's Bay on the Sild; but
OR arriving of the Isle •slo Passe, and fluting
the enemy in force, returned, •followed. for two
days by La Venus and Astrea French frigates...—
The Rembay Merchantman (a large transport),
and a schooner,
.sailed also from St. Paul's, with
the same destination; the form bid on hoard
2so men of lb* limit battalion, and an ample sup.
ply of water and provisions ; but the fate If these
ships Is not yet seeertaineti. .
We might leave this:disastrous Ole As, Spesste,
with its own unsupported inflow*. an the, public
mind. .To auction, thet will not ',beet reason,
that has scorned admonition and windage Calami-
ties Stay be of use, and the calamities themselves.
are, in that.cue, a better argument than anything
that can' be offered front the .pettr.,. a Might, theta..
fore; have left-the preseat disgract to 114 f, and
its operatlosoi the Paddle. Bekagleisterial Pa.
per endeavours to show us that thle.wretehed affair
will W of no material detriment to.:4tit interests in
those sea;. The Paper shalt tekm* 'fur itself.
saps—
•• The low of the Elea frightes attlie.lde of France, um%
tifying nod melancholy as it is, trill act, we are informed, °c-
ession mach incorwenience to the service is that sea. There
are of present on the Cape station the Boadicea, Commodore
Ito w Licir the Mier, Captain e seen ; the dfrieedne,
0, wain Costner ; the 4chron sloop, Lind Vhienent NsvlLLt.
The Afsasteur, Captain, Pasoan, was at St. Helena. mei
although ender orders for Englund, proceeded without di •'
to the Cape, on bearing the loss at the Mauritius. The Bari&
don frigate is on her way from England. In addition. ordeal
were sent yesterday morning ta•Purtsmaeth and Plymeirdr to.
prepare several ships, wicbust delay, to proreed to the Cara .
The Seipion, 74 guns, Captain Jolts nous, with the flee.
Adm. liverroart on board, is also on her way to the Vire.
The Paw* frikae arrived at the Cape oaths eight of *ends
of September."
Without disputing this long waster-roll of tercel
in the Indian Seas, or going out to them, too plain
questions remain to be asked—have those seas
been, at any time since the present precious politi.
clans came into power) occupied by our cruisers in
such a manner as to protect our trade there? end
will the present melancholy losses leave us more
able to guard those seas from. the enemy's aqua.
drone ? As to the first of these questions, it is
notorious, that the enemy were more masters of
,those Seas than ounelses. Any person that
Siam stranger to the relative forces of the
'll5 countries, would suppose that it was FR tncr,
-end not ENGLAND, that had the out-nunthering,
amnia:tering, unmatched navy. The French squa.
drone sailed about, at their case (except when heat.
o(f, by VISIMIANTSICX), while the English fleets
could not- be heard of, for alontllll., ADMIRALI,
and Admirali Secretaries, made their fortunes be.
yond the expectation of the most gluttonous ap.
petite—but the trade was left to itself, and he met.
chants to tosses and decay ! This was the picture,
the shame of England, and the laugh of the world,
which onr great Marine Statesesen eibibitedlalts4ta.
And now it seems our whole nasal foes in those
'Seas is disorganised and dispersed, ell but what
has been destroyed, sad that by one blow. 'the*
complaints were made here of the foresee neglect of
else Indian Seas, it was said—accidents Will happen ;
'a
merchantman may be taken, for your squadrons
can't be in all parts of the seas at once; but no.
thing serious can fall out.—This reasoning was op.
posed by the sapient reasoners being tokl—something
"serious may and will happen ; the system involves
'a danger that cannot always be escaped. The time is
citme fur the fulfitting of this prophecy, and one
blow has dissolved your power in the -Indian Seas,
and marred your estravagent boasts at home.—
thnat.t.o is not valiant either I—and England has
lost her naval superiority and name, polled down
'from her greatness by her advisers, as the above-
'named poor personage in the play was, by
his errors end evil cousuellont.—The Government
Bulletin speaks of the skill and gallantry that was
dieptueds coder Olfcnntailllolll-4,43ontsliar
vantage, In endeavouring to' gititlf the -frigates--
,ao one will be dispottliiitrildtii thet. In the
maul proportion at Minitsleittittif ifs be condimSed
and despised, aro our bieet-esidissi end their eM.
ears to be admired. We May, perhaps, a little blame
the officers on the present occasion (or some of
them) for the useless obstittecy that sacrifices pre.
"eines livet, whou the contest is in fact over, and resis-
tance' uuaaailable. But their:brave hearts are to be
alloired the advantage of their brave habits ; for
Ithey would weep over a scene like this last, if they
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did sot think their duty called them to this excess of
Lresistaneti. for them, there are a usiltioo of things
to say, when They do err on the score of too much
daring, or too much pertinacity in resistance; and
every heart is ready to plead for them Fur bli-
'nisters, no Man who ever means to blush stain,
,mien detected in the 111 Les? AN h MYST en as Or
filitarrrents, *ill utter one word. They, and their
Moll, have now fallen into a disgrace, that we hope
will leave them hereafter harmless,- inasmuch as it
must strip them of 111 power, either over the Ext.
cultists, of .Paassessamv.

-Sommottoes to ell the tdowbert of the Cetfreet
-werocircelated yestenlay, for h Council is bo het i
41 tke Foriin.Otbee et Wile oleivek leo night.