f 176 ] [Sept. 1, 



STATE OF PUBLia AFFAIRS IN AUGUST. 



Cvniainiiig Official Papers and Autheniie Docimienis. 



CtlKAT nalTAlN". 



THE iiogociations are ftill pending 

 will) I rancc, and the flu/^tuations 

 ot' the public o|jinii)ii, durini:; the month, 

 rclatixc to their ilVuc, liave occalioned a 

 Ci>nlldcrablc vaiiitiou iu the funds. The 

 piemiiiin on omnium has varied hctweea 

 IG and 4. 



Lord Ljiuderdale, a nobleman of fin- 

 guhir intcttrity, firft-rate talents, and in- 

 difputable patriotifin, has been fcnt am- 

 LalVador to Paris to conchide a tieaty, 

 the preliminaries of which had, ic is 

 believed, been previnully fettled between 

 Mr. Fox, the fccretarv for foreign aHairs 

 in England, and Prince Talleyrand, the 

 French mii\iftor. It is confidently llated, 

 that the Enclilh ambafl'ador was not ad- 

 mitted to an audience of the French mi- 

 nifter till after he had been feveral days 

 in Palis ; and fome inlidious reflections 

 asiainfi this country, iiiferted in the 

 French oiticial paper, the IWoniteiir, 

 about that time, dcmonllralc the info- 

 lence and ridiculous intoxication of the 

 government of Prance, in confcqucnco 

 of its fucceil'es againii coiiain fupcran- 

 imated powers on tlie Coniinenr. Hap- 

 pily, in oppormd itfclf to (jrcat !>ritain, 

 it tinds an enemy in the vis;our of man- 

 h4)od, crowned with laurels, and pof- 

 fciVed of undiininilhed llrength and inex- 

 hauftiblc rcfourcjjs. 



"VVe are confident, that, allhougiimany 

 of the cnliglitcned members of the pre- 

 fcnt adminiliration are, as the frienils of 

 humanity, ihc friends of peace, they 

 vill in no degree coni|ironnfe the real 

 honour, or the future fat(;ty of the coun- 

 try, by concludiui; a treaty haftily or un- 

 warily with an enemy, the unccafmg 

 TH!ilevolence of whole nature has proved 

 him, in regaitl to all countries, nujre dan- 

 jjerous in a date of profelVed peace than 

 of open hultility. 



The admiiiiftrati(pin are wifely prepar- 

 ing to carry on hoftilities with effect, if 

 the overtuies for peace ihould not fuc- 

 cccd. \'ari()us powerful exj-.editions 

 have failed, or arc w\ the point of lliiling, 

 tcM' diilerent deliinations ; by means of 

 \\ liich our poffellions and interclis abi oad 

 will be fee u red, and the enemy uluioyed 

 vlierc\cr he can be alfailed with a chance 

 of li;cc<'l-. 



-As ufiial, onr navy fails triumphant in 

 every iia; and the recent captuic of two 



large French frigates have added to ant 

 trophies. The following are the letters 

 of their gallant captors to their r€fpe6liv« 

 admirals : 



Letter from Ctipta'in La-vie, of the Blanche, ta 

 the Right Hon. Lord Keith, K, B. 



Yarmouth R$ads, Juty 26. 



MY LORD, 



I have the honour to acquaint you of my 

 return to Yarmouth Roads, having in com- 

 pany La Cucrriere French frigate, command- 

 ed by M. Hubert (of the Legion of Honour), 

 whom I captured on the 19th inftant, in lati- 

 titude 62 degrees N. off the Ferroc lflanilr> 

 after a (harp contcft of 4.5 minutes. La 

 Guerriere is of the largeft claf? of frigates^ 

 mounting 50 guns, with a complement of 

 S17 men ; liut thefe were foon fadly reduced 

 by our dcftruttive fire, and the {hip has alfo 

 fufiercd fevercly, while the damages of the 

 Blanche arc confined to the top-marts, rig- 

 ging, and fails. It now becomes a pleafing 

 duty to beg you to recommend Lieut. Henry 

 Thomaf. Uavies to their Lordlhip's notice, 

 and to fpcak in terms of refpeil of his ge- 

 ner.ll good condudt j as alfo of Lieutenants 

 BalHn and Allan, of I\Ir. Robtrtfon, the 

 mal>er, and Lieutenant John Campbell, of 

 the marines. Thom.\s Lavie. 



Blanche. — None lolled. 



Wounded — Lieut. BafVin, not dangeroully } 

 Thom^is Wilkinfon, J:mies Wilki.is, marines, 

 not dangeroufly ; George iMorley, marine, 

 dangeroufly. 



La Cucrriere. ■"Twenty killed ; thirty 

 wounded, ten ddngeroufly. 



Mars, at Sea, July 29, 1806. 



SIR, 



I beg leave to acquaint you, that I conti- 

 nued in purfuit of four of the enemy's frigates 

 the night of the a7th inftant ; although I 

 loft fight of them, as alfo the fquadron under 

 your command, foon after it was dark, ex- 

 cept the Africa, whicli we faw until about 

 11 o'clock, on the lee-quarter, when ihe was 

 obterveJ to burn fome falfe fires. We fteered 

 about a point free the whole night, with a 

 ligtit in the ftern, ftanding to the fouthward, 

 and carried a prefs of fail ; 1 was induced fn 

 to do, from oiu'erving the courfe the enemy's 

 fqu.idron was fteering v.hen firft feen, and 

 judjiing that it would increafe their dilliculty 

 of getting to leeward of us j it had that et+eA 

 moft fully, for at day-light yefterday morning 

 they were difcovered precifely on the fame 

 -■Clearing us on the previous evening, though at 

 a greater diftanee, except tlieir fternmoft fliip, 

 which we appeared to be gaining on ; this in- 

 duced the French commodore to tack with his 

 Uuce headoioit Ihips, a&d join her, and formed 



