[ 3S2 ] [Nov. ij 
STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN OCTOBER^ 
Containing official Tapers and auihentic Documents. 
GREAT BRITAIN. 
The Queen’s third quarterly council, 
consisting of the Archbishops of Caii- 
terlrury and York, the Lord Chancellor, 
the Duke of Montrose, Earls Vv'inchelsea 
and Aylesford, and Lord Ellenborough, 
assembled at Windsor Castle on Satur¬ 
day, October the 5th, conformably to 
the regency act, before which his Ma¬ 
jesty’s physicians underwent a long exa- 
mination. The Lord Chancellor afrer- 
XAurds waited upon the Prince Kegeiit, 
and laid before his lioval fliy;hness the 
minutes of the proceedings. 
Report the Q^ieen's Counci!, held at JTbidtor, 
Saturdap, Gctcber o, 1811. 
That the state or his Majesty's health, 
at the time of this meeting, is not such as 
to enable his Majesty to resume the personal 
exercise of his royal authority ; that his Ma¬ 
jesty’s bodily health does not appear to be 
much altered since the date of our last report; 
but that his Majesty’s mental health does 
appear to be considerably worse than it was 
at the time of cur last report. 
From all tlie circumstances of the case, 
his Majesty’s recovery is represented as very 
iir.p'cbable by all the physicians in attend¬ 
ance upon his Majesty, excepting one, who 
Eli!' thinks it probable; but, at the same tinse, 
looking to his Majesty's faculties, the re- 
mami.'rg vigour of his constitution and bodily 
htaith, a few cfcbe medical persons in attend¬ 
ance represent tliat they do not. despair, and 
the majority of the physicians that they do not 
entirely despair of his Majesty’s recovery.” 
Copy of a letter from Rear-.Admiral 
Foley to John ^Vilson Croker, esq. dated 
on board the Moumouih, lu the Downs, 
the 2Sd inst. 
SiE,—1 have mtich pleasure in transmit¬ 
ting a letter from Capt. Carteret, of his Ma¬ 
jesty’s ship Naiad, relating the capture of La 
Ville de Lyons, a French praam ship of the 
Boulogne flotilla,, mounting 12 long 24- 
pounders, commanded by Commodore Jean 
.jjaptiste Coupe, and Captain Jean fiarbauJe, 
with 112 men, 60 of them soldiers of the 
It 2d regiment. 
On this occasion, as tvell as on the attack 
made on the Naiad the preceding d-iy, Capt. 
Carteret has shewn a skill and judgment 
which dees him infinite honour. He applauds 
she conduct of the respective captains unde 
his command, Wito have always >A'ifh codTi- 
mendable zeal availed themselves of every 
opportunity of distinguishing themselves in 
attacks on the enemy. Ihe lists of killed 
and wound-ed are herewith sent. 
i have the honour to he, &c, 
^Si^ned) THOMAS f OLEYj Fvear-Adm. 
iJfi Majesty's ihip Naiad, off Souhgftig 
Sept ember 21. 
Sir,—This morning, at seven o’clock, that 
part of the enemy’s flotilla which was an¬ 
chored to the eastward of Boulogne, consist¬ 
ing of seven praams, and fitteen smaller ves¬ 
sels, cliiefiy brigs, weighed and stood out on 
the larboard tack, the wind being S-VV. appa¬ 
rently to renew the same kind of distant can¬ 
nonade w'hich took place yesterd>ay ; different, 
however, from yesterday, for there was now 
a weather-tide. The-Naiad, therefore, weigh¬ 
ed, and getting well to windward, joined his 
hlajesty’s brigs Rinaldo, Redpole, and Casti¬ 
lian, with the Viper cutter, which had all 
z-ealously turned to w'indward in the course 
of the night to support the Naiad in the ex¬ 
pected conflict. Me all lay to on the larboard- 
tack, gradually drawing offshore, in tlie hope 
of imperceptibly inducing the enemy also to 
withdraw farther from the protection of. his 
tormidable batteries. 
To make known the senior ofheerN inten¬ 
tions, no other signals were deemed neces¬ 
sary, but to prepare to attack the enemy's 
van,” then standing out, led by Rear-Admi¬ 
ral Baste, and “ not to fire until Quite close 
to the enemy.” 
Accordingly the moment the French Ad¬ 
miral tacked in shore, having reached his ut¬ 
most distance, and was giving us his broad¬ 
sides, the King’s small squadron bore up to¬ 
gether with the utmost rap diey, and stood 
towards the enemy under all the sail each 
could conveniently carry, receiving a shower 
of shot and shells from the fioiilla and batte¬ 
ries, without returning any, until within 
pistol-shot, when the firijig on both sides his 
Majesty’s cruizers threw the enemy into in¬ 
extricable C'onfusion. The French Admiral’s 
praam was the principal object of attack by 
this ship ; but as that officer leading had of 
course tacked first, and thereby acquired fresh 
way, and was now under much sail, pushing 
with great celerity for the batteries, it be¬ 
came impossible to reach him without too 
greatly Irazarding his Majesty’s ship. Hav¬ 
ing, however, succeeded in separating a praam 
from him, wbicii had handsomely attempted 
to succour his chief, and which 1 had intend¬ 
ed to consign to the particular care of Cap¬ 
tain s Anderson and M'Donald, of the Rinaldo 
and Redpole, w'hiie the Castilian attacked 
others, it now appeared best preferably to 
employ this ship in efiectuoily securing her. 
The Naiad accordingly ran her on board ^ 
Mr. Grant, the master, lashed her alongside ; 
the small arms men soon cleared her decks, 
and the boarders, sword in hand, completed 
her subjugation. Nevertheless, in justice 
to our brave enemy, it nrust be observed, 
that liis resistance was both obstinate a.nd 
gallant, nor did it cease until fairly over- 
pov-’ered 
