The Sun. — London, England, 1811-02-13 00:00:00

thlpllo.utites, St. Ptul't Ro,d, Isle or Bourbon, zisr Sept. tBio. SIF, I wei t Aed anchor from the Bay of St, Paul's on tlr morniog of the 1211) ref Septertoiber; in company ftith the Quo sloop, and Staunch grin-blig, in or 1 , , to attack two of the enemy% frigates:; the ARID-a and Iphigenin, who were in the offibg to windward. When under weigh, I received an from Col. Keating that an English frigate, WAS, a»iid to have arrived 'at St. Denis, and as we tit ood out, clear 'ot the Bay, I had the satiafattion of recogaiziog the Africaine, who j tined with me itt the chace. By suiperiOi sailing, and having the same breeze as- die enemy, she was enabled to e. se with them before dark, and': led by her signals the Boadicea was gaining fast upon them, when at three a. in, a heavy firing was ob served between tire frigates,. at that time between 4 and miles a-head of the Boadicea. I concluded that it wa Captain Corbett's intention merely to at tempt crippling the enemy, in .tder to enable us ,aooner to close them - : but unfortunately at that motrter.t the winds became light and variable, and and the Afticaine becoming unmanageable under the fire of both ships (one in a most destructive raking .position), after a most gallant, though unequal con test, was obliged to surrender, and the firing centred atiahous 15 minutes after four in the morning. Day dawned, and skewed us the result ; the ene my appeared to have suffered little ; the Africaine was in their possessiort with no apparent less but that of the mizen-top-mast, such a state did not ap pear to justify my commencing an attack on it force Hex much superior, particularly in the preseqt critical situation of our affairs, when mine was the oily .British frigate In those seas, and we knew .of two other frigates of the enemy and a corvette cruising in the neighbourhood ;, I theref le made sail to brill;, op the Otter and Staunch, ihn out of sight, and liav'og soon I them, I led them towardS the enemy, who at our approach abandoned the Afri caine, leaving an officer and nine Frenchmen in charge of her, with most of the wounded, and about eighty-thtee of her eve*, whom they had not time to remove. The extent of her loss in killed ond woonted I have not beeti able to ascertain, but it must blase been conqiderabk, It is wi It deep -re gret f have to Mention the,ioss of my gallant Wend' Captain Corbett tic was wounded early in the ac tion, atilt died a few hours after it had ceased; in him the se Vice has lost one oe its best officers. ,annot conclude without rrientioffing, in ternis of approbatioo, the sleadiocss and zeal maniresod by my first Lcuienant, Mr. Langhorne, the Officers, and ship's company tinder toy coainiand, arid be g leave to reco mend them to your favourable no - I k e . I have the honour to be, ate. (Signed) JOSHUA ROWLEY. To vice..A4mirai Biotic, Ste. &a. ice. The undermentioned stdtement of the killc L acid u.oulided beibogitrg w the Attic:aloe, is as correct 4, I haat been kiblo (0 obtain :- 24 stAnivil, If ow - 4mi, 4 soldiers, killed ; Si seamen, r ► .t)l4icrs, vrouil4cd. t Ot4i k.lirtl, 71 around yd. VAryirsOr orVlcitits KlLLlnnie4 wouporD. 1(111v41 Robert Curtrett, tiny Capt.oti ; !Jr.l Parker, Matter. Tulildse i Senior Lieutenant; brought vino' to the Tale of Frittit.e. C. hailer, Second Lieutenant ; Its at ;Ito Ila vital, St. Paulli. I. tacksun (a). Lieuten,lit of Mirittett ; tit. Ilia Ilotipitat, St, I out's. Mr. 'Elwell, ter'4 Mate; at the Itowitat, St. l'a l'a. Mr. % rucr, ttrl sitifintan ; bit the Ilobvital, fit, Mr. limes, 1111,1-4hipitial,. 4 h i p it i a l,. a patanier iAt tlir Ric of trance. Mr. Leet:lt, MA1011)1801 1 ; thu 141 c ui I rat.‘e JOSHUA ROWLEY.' Hia Kiiesty's ship Boadicea, St. Paul's goad: Sl ft, 14: at Bourbon, lost Scpt. sBro. I t i mie the honour to inform your, that atter hsv ing anchored in this Bay, on the morning ut. jlte. tall) Se l itember, I discovered soon after, three sail in the oiling, two of x. 1110 lippe4iNd to have 6411 tired in their masts and rigging. 1 immediately weighed anchor, in, company with the Otter sloop, and Staunch win -brig, but from light winds, was unable for some hours to clear the Bay, at which period the slops were nearly Out of Sight. The Boadicea ,hating the advantage of a fresh breeze itc.lY , 44 the enemy one of them which had a crippled frigate it, tow., cast her t4tf, mid ma d e , a ll sail away from us, the third bore up under her courses ing lust her top-masts), to vocal the other, which enabled us to close with her ; We 000t1 ran her along ,rind ,after a short but close attion, having lost moo kidcd and hiteen wounded, she struck to the Boadicea, trod proved to be the French Imperial frigate Venus, of 44, guns, with a comple ment, on leaving (tort, of three hundred and nighty Men, commanded by Commodore ilatnelin, Senior Officer, of the l'retich squadron in 'lndia, vidualled and stowed for six months. ' sl;e had, it, the early part of the morning, in com pany with the Vidor corvette, captured, after a m oo - gdlant defence, his INflttje.ty's ship ,Ceylon, commanded by Captain Gordon, having on board General Aberctomby Witt Staff, b6IIIICI foe this I made tlw signal for the Otter to take possession a the Ceylon ) while we took the Venas in tow, Anil they are both arrived in these roads; where 1 trust we snail lo ti few days have them and the Afri caine in a state for service, whict, will again restore us to our accustomed aseendancy its these seas, Col. Kealiog hsving with that zUal lii h:is manifested on every nce,sion, offered to complete their comple numta irons the fake under his command, It is WWI unn.di satisfaction 1 have again to call your attention to t h e .gl,nintry and zeal manifested by my Oflicers and snips' company presence of ;her cottny ; to which I have also to add that of Lieutenant Ratulay of tip.: 89th, with his detach , tneot doing duty on board. To 1-.ettr. LaOghorne I feel much indebted for his able 3 , AlOatleti' in taking charge "0: and condueling into port :Ale Airicaine and .La Venus, and beg you ill h.i've the goodness to recomitiend horn to the I CommiSsiOners of the Admiralty. I think it thy duty to motion the wive zeal alt vii by C:Vain Tornktoson, c,f the Otter, and L en t, sum, Commander of the Staunch gun-brig, both on the present ,service and those, on which we ittive late) , been engsged ; the latter is an Officer of long service, whose merits beiug welt known to you, reti 4 Hl l it tinnecessaty for me to - recommend him' to yor node*, 1 have the hor n . to be, &c. (Signed) JOSHUA ROWLEY, Vi4c- Adult rid Bettie, 4c. r,, 1.0 1.4) ti 4 i'moc.i by 14.1C1iA1 4 ;at t tr Sur4.oeu ist of the Killed And Wounded on board his Mai-my: r4hl;) Boadicea, ;it 461:e al with the Fiklich imperial frigate I a Venus. ()tithe Isle of bourbon, on the tBth Sept, Olio. Wouniicii—benjamin landman, badly ; Stephen George, yeoman nt ,;1;r414, slightly, The bowsprit badly wounded ; standing and running ti o , ging much cut. His Majesty's Snip Ceylon, St. Paul's; in the Island of Bourboe,.Sept. 22, Olio. . Sin-»-1- have the honour to inform your Excel.; lency, that agreeably to “tur orders I proceeded to• wards the island of Bourbon, and on the I7lls in stant, being in expectation of falling in with the blockading squadron off the harbour of Port Louis, leoiewpoitredlleit port and estimated the enemy's forcitAiti seven frigates and'one large corvette. Not firdiogi.the squadron, bore up at noon for the Island of Bunt Iton. At one, two of the enemy's ships were ,ohwyetl. tooling out of the port, and were soon discovered to be in chace of his Majesty's ship ;• the headmot gained fist, and -the stet-to -nog skit . ccniinued under the saute sail, endea vouring to'draw them its far as possible, which also tended to!eitend the distance et the chasing ships, At- I t Minutes past twelve, on the enemy's coming alerig 7 side, I fourni her to, be a frigate of the largest glass. t Afiern severe , conflict of one hour and ten Minutes, she horded off and dropped astern, which I concluded Was to wait her consort's coming up. Finding the'grear superiority of forcel menus. tered (having drawn my Conclusion of the enemy's fottebefore dark), I lost not a moment in repair ing my riggieg, which was much cut, and made Sad, 'in hOpes of reaching the Island. At two, de seried the enemy's secdthl ship. At fifteen minutes pase two, the enemy's headmost frigate coining alimg-side, I sheriened sail to 'he top-sails, and re newed the action. At lour It had the satisfactim to see her tnizen.rnast aed three top-masts go by the board : a few minutes afterwards, the C,,ylou'i lore and main-top-masts fell. At this time, his Ma jesty's ship being toimanageable„ bad suffered se verely ; rigging and sails 'being cut to pieces, which entirely precluded all further mansenvre, the action was maintained and coutinutd with great spiii t, At live A. M; the enenty's fore and main-mast standing, with the asp seance ;i1 Its foresail, enabled him ro wear else under our Stern, and take 4 raking positron On our lee quarter. llis I‘l.tjesty's ship tug an unmanageable vireck, l dveoed the intz4n iup-sall to be cut away, and endeavoured to set a tore stay-siii, in hopes of getting tl,e ship before the wind; but Without etreet. second ship hiving orenrd her fire, with the great advantage the ene• my had by having both his ships wider command, enabled him to take drid keep his raking 'position, and pour in a heavy and deortietive lire, while his. Majesty's ship could only bring a few quarter . guns to bear. ' lit the *shattered and di-abled state of his Wes ty'S shp, a retreat ,was impossible. The superiority of tfie'erienty't heavy and destreetive fire left me no hopes of sueeess. Re weed to this distressful situais tion, feeling the firmeSt ennviction that every ener. gy'a(ill'excition was called forth, under the intlu enev oft lit stiongest ittlpletiiiollll 1 hat discharged I'l4 duty, and upheld' the honour of his Majesty's arms, feeling it a duty I owed to the Odic:cis and crew, who had nobly displayed that bravery which is so tautly their characteristic, when I lied lost all hopes of Saving his Majoloy's ship, to prevent a use less: elluiion of blood, 1 Was under the painful ne e#Ssity of directing a light to be strewn to the se c. ird Ship that - we bad struck. think it a duty 1 owe to Capt.'Ross, of his Ma jesty's both regiment; to thus publicly at-knowledge the ;Ibl4, support received frOm him and his party yt rates , w ho were sthting as marines for the time . I)6i* The enemy's force paved to be the Venus, of 44 grins and aim men, and Victor, of 20 gUtla and, tt) Men, the former mounting 28 18-poutiders' on her Main-deck, and 12 40-pounders, and 4 long her quaiter'-deck and lore-castle. I have the honour to be, &C. CHARLES GORDON. R„ear.Adtrtiral Drury, fire. sic. Scc. [The remainder of the Gazette, I),romotions, Bankrupts, 6 ' 46. to-morrow.) _ P ICI that lIV (i.O ts, Feb. tz, • 'THE COMMISSIONEItSfor VICTUALLING pis Aptpt4.,l:l', N 4 Pl' do hereby give Nothe, oat on I itesda,y, the 2Gth. iuttant, they, will be ready to re ceive Tenders, in 'writing (sealed up), and treat for th e upJlj' of whatever BAVINS may be demanded for th e velvety o/ Illajeqy's Bake-house; at Deptford, during • the 'Pare 0 . Twelve Itletttbt certain, from the 3uth Do of rune 'l' if, Joe Condition: of rho Contra ntly be seen at the Stfletaty's Ogee, No regard will be b4l to aqp,Tendtr in which the Price sta. , r , it be insetted ik worth' at length, or that shall not 14 de. is the Board &Are One o'Clock on we titid turtday, the 26th intiant, nor stnlets the Peron who makes the len. der, or time Prison on bit behalf, attends, to ammo when call. eel /or. YTON, of No. near ,the Man ion .K.l house, aial tB, Coventry.street, Haymarket, wishes to irnpiess upon the minds of his Irietirts the tsth of FE. tTAR Y. If they purchase not previous to tins period, it will be out of their power tuobtain any of the Capitol Prizes atared.at the above Odice. Eyton wishes the Public to notice this NEI, that - there is. no sndividual in 0114t040.1 who has paid the Ptiblic so many Capital Prizes in the, last Four Years ac himselt, • his Cut. tomert having received nearly Halt a Million of Money dur ing; that petiud in Capitals only. The present Scheme has its particular Advantages, boast. ing Forty-tour Capitals—Four of so,oooi.—No Prize less shun ? 0 1, and all ~rawn in Oncliay, February ts. Sir I. BRANSCONIII and Co. I. SIVE:WRIGHT, ~- Sole Surviving:Partner, A Rt., lui , ppy to announce, the New Plan of the 1 3k. !. , 'L'AT v. LOTTIF.P.Y, to he Drawn tstlt F HMG. A RY, tSr twill remove every objection that has hitherto been stated; There are more Capital Vacs, and each will now be of different numbers, and there are none less than act. They trust their ttrwortirnon good Fortune will ever attend their Ertcous„ the Poetic, having sold in this and last Year alone, Sot Prizes of - £20,000 The Only . - ,C4o,tiort rmty of coo up to - moo° And several Prizes or The P Ina - - 30,0ee too ' coo, and too* The Last - - zi,ooo . Tlekets i which last I produced - eat to enumerate. sriety, are on Sale at their Old flarket, and I I, Holborn. And otitOs tno gre 24,76$ Ticktds and Sham, in grcalva Oitiots, Corultill, 38, Hayti D HARMS. of Na. 4, Martlett.vourt, bow-strert t and CR, Na. 11v, Strand, where /him Itternentt, Orders H U SOLIEM QUISCiltt iALSUM AUDEAT ? L 0 N D 0 IV, WEDLIPSDAY, }EJi UAR 13, 181,1. VARt'lrit " The illenelatis, Capt. PRTER Commodore Rcwr fir, •seritd' ' fotie days OM 1 4 . i:vith the dis'patclies.: (3 '!Pt. carne home in the ilBeaa,‘lt. with, Capt. CATER, set off for 'London svil; tire.' patches." " HAMPSHIRE T GLEGRAI'II-OFFICC , " Artited the 4167ecni sloop of war, Capt. CO' with dispatches from Admiral Be ItTlit, r, 13 6 '4 g , accoent of the captiire of ,the Isla of Fra nco, 5 " 1 cin Our part, 7J days since. De ° l ', has been nine weeks on her pasi;ig,i. .11)044° • and Sams were I retaken • - and five Fretie:t f , 4° taken, with several stnaller vessels , and Iib""' 411 ', 11 Urr of mercharitmen. . The loss sustainer by fir force doe's not exceed 300 oleo :of wl4c ll ° cti ' ; ' were killed. Admiral BE I RTi E, emu mended rite SJ! folee, Several alit - nears had arriVA from assisted in the captut:e. The onlY liae 1 )( b° ship present, was the .///a,ritieus, 74, or"'. B ROM k TON, The remainder of the Navai toree , ' sisting of rigates from the Cape and (rein 11)j i '' Capt tin Cosriamr, l.9te of the ilfricairre, the wounds he received in September' With 05 :I. drop of French frigates; he hal lost his kg. D' S attack was made at Poi . f Louis, and proved iire, expectedly successful, The dispatches bfoe4htli t : o f e u r "I d e a 7 y e s o fiare before originals. with the ll e s n d!1, ite o' arrived. , Capt. ,GORD:)14; Who went out tej3 lo.l Nereide, (which was , burnt at the Isle of 14 1 Is come home in tfie Acieon,' Captain CAT" 2 ' j Captain GORDON set off at five o'clock this with . the dispatches, for London. The licle°3 ' 3l ; rived at the_ Cape, and sailed from theoce , weeks since." f The state of his MAJESTY'S health is torily given in the reports of the PhPicis' a speedy re s t orat i on may n o w be, cLconfidently /. • Petted. The result of 'the air and exercise 105314', Jit° day was so beneficial, that his nots ll w again on the' Terrace on Sunday and :Ylvnn3j' ac thrived equal advantage. i dif• Lisb:m Papers to thd 3d inst. artived 011 The armies c a e i r v i ed co a i:t vitr n i t er s are teui4 Y°fi 'Ord r e ' 1)4 • We h . ave been led 'to riaalte.inquirii-s l ei ; „ to curacy of the hne'staternerits so confidently inregiuhle ni a li ta ll i g ; C le k° r r ee '' ` r r:.: 9 lairdli'e ( f i n : 1 10 t d i' tar ' upon ourselves to assure the' Public, th at,s° r , ifs there being a diminution o f such force io that 1.00 there is at this nicinietit a larger Propor than tit any.former period within the ' l ' 6l 1 : layirt tl et rtinu;nb:t °le I!tlsc. V s °u b l e d f m or l e k o e U t r b i ll B e m ad a e b rs ife • si but bY ° t o: 1°1 us abstain froincommuniCating any thing 31 be injurious to the interests of the coun ty P We e a 0 Dot . pretend to, know the LA I.— ote . :v h h er ich it twhaesCahrohnrioca/4elaesrsicyretsiolitis it.noftioLneAtitiowni).°l:otiijloso o r reports of casting o ef o tl i l u e m da u clay, on Ministers.. and iiserted with 11° Ifs Paper ufcinformation • has really eiie d lte the F , 5 C t , that f feel we cannot re r° n7ler a hint nY tahimng ll k oi Inure than by. recommending hurt to receive :3 11 , 44 00 communications from the same q uarter m u LIMO COITIIIIOO caution, and even 11 3410 " 4 : e W . I . se T:i it e N PR E I: L4 O O f e, WALES bad i niervi • with I MAJEsTY yesterday at. Wiralsor. !oft btt i • supplies of , Wheat to-day the trade gg ai l v sire, and sec.ond, wi F tl E t: B :o : r i d 3 i . t76: l ), lie g reenarcre'e- 7 1 : e i: ::: prices ; the fresh arrivals of Barley are i considerable, lic service, this tr=:rie is not quoted (!hei'Pe r t i., l lo l ' with White .and Grey Peace indo 0 0.0 Beans of both sorts doll the but owingto the deman d fa 10) r , are very short, 'and sales flatbed ts• g 2" Flour at late prices. ; I,' is The STA C 4 C.—All: is not fiaion c a lP"' exhibit ed.—ln 'the neW Par tOininie show° if t h'eo, lucky Off ; is a cbmplete trutsa, ,;0:14" 1.4*(//3'll any who doubt it, let them iv g°` l( cl l i. , re to call and make the ex.yeriment at A' n ' t Cross, lefore ne,a 1)11 none more desiVable than a playful /1 " 1 "" e 's Day holds out troll - c lil , rll B l 3 Lottery.g,lt Who then can resist buying II 10 . 1 11. ii. share 00 It day h p t;rophods, whereoY , t ; . i‘lott e) participate 1.,1 di:vi9iol-, o f f3oo ,oool..Po i ; ii ii J, pai(i immoilidteiy lion •'t who have been truly fortunate in seh l d i 'Co• ` )c .,l Ptizes on Valen4 4)0'3 Day. ---:l4 " l4 ' l3ll g ' ' °11.; leave 10 acquaint th e P u hlie; th at tbd "0 ,4 , begin at ten o'clock on morningt,4 -= the game day.-NO. 26 , Cornhill, end res. Hill, Bor oug h. LOtte cot_ 1:1 y next, the Wbole of the Stat e gol d - ' 4 drawn. , Tickets •fit ' id' Storei I °.- dr( 4 ., !twit Attosotl, Goo'oLucK: and Co.' at t' A )- ( 1- 3eirig 11 ,1 Prize of 20,0001, was sold in Sixtee n King , s e ti w ar s -tk , B e u h i n kt ri ii n tr e , list Lottery. STOCN;P • , : 111 . $ ... A r Tways o-01--c tt • ) .... . FRIDAY THE P 11 FEENTII. (2 WI FT :tnd Co. joint Cotara6tors for t lie pre.- 1.3 sew: 61ATU ~I.QT.TI,- It Y, testieafully.iinfottn- the. , Pulatiortliat t tlie Pravviq will begin #1,6144m ip Ay, the ev•h, wo I I ut,(lll4l4l9,tAsapd Pound, ithifilblteit in Ptize'..., incltrdin,t Pont. of zo,olr l. be44.104409t1ict Capitals as. under, Peale less 201„, u I tz - of - £ 1,i04 . 2,0z0 20 - Sc.,o Tickets athi'Shares are selling at SW I t'f and Co.'s Of. ficts, No. tt, POULTRY, • -, • .!, • • No. sz, No. •1, ,LOCATE HIGH-STREET: Also by their Agents'in niost of the prii.ci pal Towns. rirHE whOle of the STATE LOTTERY will be drawn on F RID AY, the t sth instant:. , Forty-tbur. Capitals ; four of zo,oool. and 4,000 other Prizes. " Windsor Castle, Feb. )3, idea. " His MAJESTY goes on very favouiably." CAPTURE OF THE ISLE OF FRANCE. It is with the most sincere pleasure that we ;In flounce to our Readers the Capture of the last and most important of the Colonial possssions of France. This morning, at two o'clock, Captain CATER ar rived at the Admiralty with duplicates of the Dis patches from Admiral BeairE, containing the de tails ;of the attack made upon the Isle of France, and of the suricader of that valuable Island: Contmo.; dcre'ROWLEY, of whose judgment and gallantry it 13 impossible to speak with sufficient praise, is the bearer of the original Di.patches.• He sailed from the Cape in the ,ilenetata frigate, two days before the..eicleon, in which vessel Captain Catiltit calle home. It appears from these Dispatches that the troops from the East Indies and from the Cape, having ar rived:at the appointed rendezvous in - November, it was determined, without loss Of time, to make tiite meditated attack upon the Isle of France. It was expeaed that the enemy would make a deterrnined and obstinate resistance, as the I&land is strong by nature, the fortifications formidable, and the attack being expected, every possible preparation had been made to resist it. In addilion to their other means of defence, there were severalfrenchfri‘ates in the harbour of Port Louis. All the arrangements for the attack having been made, the fleet weighed anchor, and on the 29th of November the troops effe6led a landing, tinder the cover,of the lire of the ships, with very little re. pittance. Some skirmishes took place with very little loss on our side. The utmost exertions were made to laud the ar tillery, for ihe purpose of rlttacking the fortsi bu on the 4th, the enemy rendered all further opera tions unnecessary, by pr o posi ng to capitulate, Terms were immediately agreed upon, and on that day the capii tdotion was signed, by which that valuable Island, with an immenser quantity of stores, and, valuable merchandize, six large frigates, sotne smal ler ships of war, and we believo near forty mer. cbantmen, were surrendered to his Majesty's antis. our whole loss, we are happy to say, did not exceed 300 men in killed and wounded. We are sorry to State that Colonel GliAllAht is among the former. It is as difficult to speak in terms of appropriate praise of the judgment with which this expedition was planned, as it would be to enumerate all the advantages that must result to this country from, this important conquest. France is now excluded from tf►e East as she was before from the West Indies. France .hat not 'now a single Colonial possession Win the world:' with regard to the benefit that must result to our Eastern. Posses— sions by this conquest, it would be almost an' insult to our Readers to dilate upon it. The naval pair of the Expedition was command ed by Admiral Dimity, and the land forceti by 'Get,. ABBRC1(ONIBIE. Capt. GOttbON was the bearer of General ABER. citomertes Diipatehea to Lord Lay expoor.. The Park and Tower guns were fired at twuhto o'clock. The following details are extracted from the Ports. mouth Paperb " HANTS COURIER OI , FICE, 'PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY EVENING,' VER. 12. By the Arleen brig, Capt. CATER, arrived this evening, we have the satisfaclion to learii.that the Isle of France was taken on 'the ttti December, by the Land Forces under Generai ARERCROMBIR,.and the, Naval Force under Admiral Baarte.—Our loss is stated to be 70 killed and 200 wounded. The Sirius and Iphigeniit were recaptured; and five French frigates, a corvette, and a brig, together ,with 27 sail of other ship,, fell into our bands. Capt. CURTI'S 19 well at the Isle of France; but we are sorry to add, that Capt. - CORBETTa late of the Africaine, who lost his It is since dead, itsbed by WILLIAM 'VIt AUGER SC kllbl'S, South Moltowatteet, Gratvenor squat rc, firs' the Peevr, tetttrytor the Editor &C. (P o rt-paw), must be addressed.