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FROM *SATURDAY MCMI'S cAzzarrir.
Lori Chandrerlites'ftofre, April is, 11600.
Notice is hereby given. that the Drawlog.Roaso 4 We.
lame.., advertised foe Therrday, the aotb bastard, is pet of
till further orders
'admiralty-Office. April 15. 1509.
Crypt. JHUIeII LIMAS Yen. of the Majesty's ship
the Contisuce, has, with his letter, dated at Cs).
Plow. the Pill February last, trationitted to the
Hon. William Wellesley Pole, copies Of his letter*
to Itear-Admiral Ssr Vi illiala Sidney 1.1;11146; tletnil
ing his prneeedings in the expeditsuu against the
above Settlement.
Flaying. in coojunction with the POrtugh.ere lead
forces, muter the oommand of Lieutenant-Colonel
slanoal Marques, taken possession, on the Bth Des
ember last, of the district of Oyapok, and, on the
isith of the sane mouth, with the Contiance and is
Portuguese sloop sod cotter. reduced diet of AI r•
prOaq Ur ; Capt. Vesely togetlier with the Lienteinints
Colour', proceeded to the attack of the holand
Cayenne, with the Conti:lace. two Poetugues‘
sloops, mad wine smaller vessels, hiving on hoard
lice hundred and fifty Portiumese. troops; the
following is a copy of Captain Yes:in letter on this
subject :
His Maiesty's Ship Constance, Cayenne Harbour;
15th January, len,.
5114—My last letters to jou. of the kith ult. in-
formed you of the arrival of time Portuguese troops
at Approaque. On the oth lost. it was determifted
by Lieutenant-Colonel Minmel Marques end my:.
self. to make a desceut on the east side of the istislid
of Cayeoue. Accordingly, all the troops were em-
barked on board the small vessels, amounting to
firs hundred and fifty, and eighty Itllllarn uud
marmes from the Conti:wee, and u party of Ma:.
tine. from the Voisslor and Infante brigs. Oh the
morning of the fith, all dropt into the mouth of the
river. In the evening, I proceeded, with ten ca-
noe; arid about two hundred and fifty men, to
endeavour to gain possession of two batteries ; the
one, Fort Diamant. which commands the entrance
of the river Mahuree; the other. Grand Cane,
commanding the great rood to die town of Cay-
enne. The vessels, with the remainder of the
troops, I entrusted to Captain Salgado. of the Nr °o-
dor, with orders to foamw me, after dusk, to anchor
in the mouth of the river Mahuree, and wait until
I gained the hefore-mentioned 'amities; when, on
my making the signal agreed on, be W4l to enter
the river, and disembark with all possible dispateb.
I relished Point Mahuree at three o'clock next
morning. with five canoes; the others, being heavy,
could not keep up. We then landed in a bay half
way between the two batteries. The autos- was is
great, that our boats soon went to pieces. I or-
dered Nlajor Joaquin' Maimed Plato, with a detach.
ineot of Portuguese troops, to proceed to the leR,
and take Grand Cane; while myself, aecompanied
by Lieutenants Molcaster, Blyth, and Read* (of the
Royiti Marines), Messrs. Savory; Willie. Taylor,
Fouler, and Irstriu, proceeded to the • ht with a
party of the Doufiancesi to take Fort •aannt,
which was soon in odr possession, mounting two 24
and one brass 9-pounder. and SO men. I lon lorry
to add that Lieut. John Read cf the Royal Ma-
rines, a meritorious young officer, was mortally
wounded, as also one seaman and five marines beds
ly. The French Captain and Commandant, with
soldiers, killed, and 4 wounded. 'I he Major
the same success: the Fort mounting o bras. Moto
pounders and 40 mow s. i of sheinemy ware tollesL
The entrance of the river being iu our possession,
the signal agreed on wadi mute, and by noun so
were disentharbeil. At the sone time I received
information of Gen. Victor Ibigue. haying quitted
Cayenne at the head of 1,000 troops to dilsossesis
us of our posts. Our force being two small to be
divided, and the distance between the two pests
being great,,asid only 12 miles from Cayenne. it
was determined to dismantle Fort Diamoint, and
collect all our forces at Grand Cane. I therefore
left my First I.ieutetunit. Mr. Mule:atter, with a
party of the Confiauwe's, to perform that service,
sod then join me. On arriving at Grand Cane, 1
perceived two other batteries about a mile tip the
flyer. ou opposite sides, and within hidt gun-shot
oFeach other; the one on the right book, called
Trees, no en emnience commanding the creek lead.
lag to Cayenne; the other, at the opposite .rile, at
the entrance of the creek leading to the house and
plantation of Gen. Victor Hopes, and evidently
erected for no other purpose than its els*rice. 'At
three o'clock I anchored the Lion and Vingimse
cutters abreast of thetn, when a smart action efts.
inenced on both sides for an hour; when finding
the enemy's metal and position so superior to ours,
the cutii4ll' hailing only four-minders, and many
of our men falling from the incessant showier of
grape shot, I determined to storm them, said there-
fore directed Mr. Savory (the purser) io accompany
a party of Portuguese to land at Gen. Rogues
battery ; at the same time proceeding myself. ac-
companied by Lient. Blyth, my Gig's crew, mid a
party of Portuguese troops, to that of Trio; and
though both parties had to laud at the very mur-
ales of the guns keeping up a continual fire of
grape and musquetry, the cool bravery of the men
soon carted them, and put the enemy to Right
each fort si brass • e-pounders and 60
oleo. This service w scarcely accomplished be.
fore the French the from Cayenne attacked the
Colonel at Grand Ca . Our fotse then much dis-
pensed. I therefore, sr• bout waiting en instant. or-
dered every body to the boats, and proceeded to
the aid of the Colonel, who. with his small fon r,
lied withstood the enemy, and alter a smart ammo
of three hours. they retreated to Cayenne. At the
same /hue, no of the enemy appeared before Fort
Dimino ; but perceiving Lieut. Mulcostsr prepnis
ed to receive them, and insagining his force much
griater than it was, they. on hearing the defeat of
tacit fleneral. followed his example. Their was yet
the strongest post of the enemy's to be token, which
was the private house of General Victor Hogue.;
fie had, besides the Fort above mentioned, planted
before his house a field-piece and a swivel, with an
hundred of his best troops. It is shorted on us
main, lietweeu two and three miles in the ineasioes
at the end of so avenue the same lesigtb floss the
rivet ; on the right of which is a thick weed. and
on the left the Creek Fondle. I hive elan to rwr
mark, that there is nothing more iippertaimag to
goteruniroit, or for the iirreare of the satiny. t)„
the minnow of the sob I proceeded, accumpanied
by Lieutenant .Mulcaster, Messrs. Sart ty aad lfeta
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