Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-09-01


Les NsEreilss IL N1is," which has arreiled
the notice of government. Ii is iaid 10 have
been written by the late unfortunate Admiral
vILLESruvE, commander in chiefof the COM
bined feet which fought off Tefaigar, to the
EMPrRoR, juil before his death This letter is
extremely indicative, and difrovcrs mind
capable of the act he threatens while it
iervea 70 thew the falsity Of thofe reports
which ftated that the Admiral had been muir
dered by order of the Emperor-The letter
is dated
RENEEs, APRIL rs, 1870.
VlLLENEUyE begins by Eating,
that the appointment he received al
ter the death of Admiral La TorcHE,
was much againit his inclination. 1t
appears from the letter, that he re-
ccived orders OR the oath Of SIP
tenber, that the combined French
and Spanifh Fleet then at Cad;4,
ihould return to 7oalon, 7re,s they
fOen 10 fgbf their aOay tbrsngb The Eng
lib fleet. He obeyed the order; but
at the fame time reminded the Min
liter of his former reGgnation. = The
letter then proceeds, Neither fault,
nor want of valor, brought on the
misfortunes of TRAFALGAR. This fact
has fully been proved in my Official
account Of this battle. Why refufr
it a place in the JIonitenr /? While
the eolumnies and alperhons of my
rivals and foes have always been ad-
mitted in It's outrageous columns |?
When in the mldlt Of your PROPER.
eus and ambitious career in GERMANY,
sly report reached you, did you not,
with your ufual pe,ulance and cruel
~, fay," 4 zee that tbe example ef a
rench BYNc is adjSh.ieIy necej9.iy 10
make vif7ssy he order Of The daJ in my
navy 2" Ihoufand voices have re-
Pcated this your unfeeIing expreGion,
this fentence of death pronounced
asanit patriotic French Admiral
by a ferocious foreign Ufurper, while
my difpntch was left unnoticrd, UNI
heard Of, and perhaps unread. 1t
contained nevertheless Jane jfvere
TRUTH, which would not have added
any luitre to your naval taisaf, but
P'0oed, that he lrbsS ,ntaparity and
an'6iiien alone eagjfd fbs .sG Of cns
French feet near Aboukir, aJ5 ereaEon-
df6e aeqrutfi0n Of anet5ey near ira
falgar. In my lait converfation With
you, yctz oroned 10 me ,oa,taf, I" that
even were F,anee the unoppoied
mlttrefs Of all the Continent, as long
as the cannot compel Graf Britain to
i'bmt to her dictates, her external
power mutt be precarious, her inter-
nal fate unlettled, her commerce
itaSna.ed, her manufactures depreh-.
cd, and her inhabitants Tutoring and
| poor"
| The Admiral next takes notice of
the oPpreiiion the people of France
Abored under from this g foreign
aiurper," who fhed their beff blood
Tor the lake ct his felf, his creatures,
md his relatives =" Overburthened
With taxes, and cruelty opprefed by
an active, relentless, military defpo-
him, my naviih country men mourn.
without daring to ur:er a figh, the
| gradual approach Of inevitable ruin"
| lie then aiks, what advantage can
frenchmen or others derive from his
ufurPations, &c. {" or from bcholding
ianguinary adyenturcr an Emperor
MS vicions harlot an Empress ; his
ootcure and wicked brothers and
brothers-n law Kings and Princes !;
his prohisate nirces Queens and
PrinceEes /; ard his criminal accom-.
pliccs, Duksc, Field Ma. ihals, and
Knights.
he next cbferves, that while the
french fee 10000 Auftrian and Ruff
tan priioners among them, they are
only remindei of much greater
number OF their countrymen in Eng
and, who have no chance Of return
ng home, until France IS delivered
from has tyranny. +" The French
people, he iays, are well aware
that Graf Britain IS TOO wife and too
powerful to iign another peace with
man more oonfpirins againa her
independence as pretended friend,
than dangerous as an asowed enemy