The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-17 00:00:00

WEST LADIES.

BRIDGE Town, BARBADOES, Auc. 30.—As we
all along have had too much reason to. apprehend,
an attempt has been at length made from -Guada-
loupe to surprise the garrison at iVlarigalante, and
retake the Island. On the 23d instant, a party 01250
men, under Colonel CAMPBRIEL, of the tiCith regi7
meta of French infantry, effeeted a landing near
Grand &burg, and proceeded to the attack of it ; .but
before their approach to the battery,.Licat. Wu,Lati,
of his Majesty's Ship Circe, having thrown in a
reinforcement of twenty or thirty seamen, which
he landed at 'the: moment of discovering the Coe
my, they weie unexpectedly received, on attempt"
ing to 'assault the , works, with. such spirit, as in-
stantly compelled them to give way, and after a
short skirmish, retreated with the loss of one Cap'
tain and six men killed, and two made prisoners.
Three or four marines, , and one or two seamen,
were killed on our part ; but the enemy hist all his
boats, amounting to seventeen, which had brought
the troops from Gaudaloupe, and was retired into
the interior of the Islandifwhen the accounts 'Wei°
dispatched from Marigalante. Although there ho
hitherto been no military co-operation in the de-
fence and garrisoning of Marigalante (the responsi-
bility of the capture and retentiw) of the Island rest'
ing exclusively with our Naval Cornmander,)• Lieut.
General BECKWITI-1, on the information. of the
enemy's attempt upon it being received here on Sa-
turday afternoon, dispatched the same evening to
its relief a small expedition under Lieut.-Colonel
BLACKWELL, of the Ist West India Regiment'
which was embarked with the greatest prompt''
tulle on board his Majesty's Ship- Infrepid, and has
in all probability before this expelled the enemy'
and restored the security
.of the Island.

A Court Martial was held on Thursday, on bos':4
the itvelmck (Admiral DonoLAs's Flag-Ship). A;
t armouth, on the Of aprd Crew of his MajeSt•
ty's Ship Delphinen, lost on the 4th ofAtiguat st
on the Coast of Holland.
Thst Court, after due IP"
vestigation, was of opinion that the said Ship v".
lost from the neglei of the Master in not heaving
the lead, and being asleep on his. watch. This Poor
fellow, whose name was Fleetwood, died, in copse'
quenceot the loss of the Ship, of a broken heart, in
Harlingen prison. He bore an excellent charaeler
tor knoWledge of his protession, correctness, and so-
briet) ; and Captain HARWARD stated tv the Court
that it was the first instance of his inattention or
negle&. It was supposed that he must have been,
taken suddenly ill, or was excessively fatigued, fronl
the circumstance of his lying down on the arrn-chest
during Ms watch. The Officers anchCrew.were all
acquitted ; 'and the Court came to a decision, that.
the destrudion of the Delphinea, by burning her,
was necessary, under all the circumstances of the

case.
His Royal Highness the Prince of. WAGES, attend: ,
ed by Colonel IlLoommELD, arrived at Portsmouth
ste
on Friday morning, and on his entering the wit°
the Garrison, a Royal salute was fired from sy.
luting battery, and the Royal standard was
All the troops in Garrison at Portsmouth, well as
General PORTER'S brigade from Gosport, were under
orders to be in readiness to receive hitt); but so
boisterous was the day, that their attendance was dig-
pensed with. The Prince alighted at the house of the
Lieutenant-Governor (the Governor not residing at
Portsmouth), and was recei% ed by .Major-General
Wil IT HAM, of the Guards, the Lieutenant-Governor;
by Lieutenant-General
.ELLIoT, of the Marines;.
Major-General PORTER, M. I. commanding at Goa-
hoi
' port ; Major-General EVELEIGH, of the Engineers;
Admiral MoNTAOuE, the Port .Admiral ; Colonel
TERROTT, -commanding ,the Artillery and the Gar'
rison. About ten o'clock, his Royal Highnes9.' at-
...tended by Colonel 13LooMPIELD and rhos: of the
above Officers, proceeded to the Jock-yard, and
saw the embarkation of his regiment. His RoYal,
Highness dined with the Lieutenant-Governor, wh
at the same time entertainc,4t large party of Genera/
and Staff Officers, and the Officers of the first
sion of the, Prince's regiment:
We are informed of a circumstance which refleBs
a lasting honour on ;the subjects of will I)°,.
remembered that' Captain SHIP,LEY, of his Majesty ''
Ship La
..IVoipliee was. killed the Tagus, when
gallantly boarding a French
,Corvette. He o'as
picked up by the French at Lisbon :—the Russia°
Admiral SIKAVIN, hea'ill4 at [re CICCUtII4I%“ICC'
begged to have the body. ; widen revest was grant-
ed to him, and he buried the rernai,,s of thai,
and excellent Qrficer, with every ceremony due "),
his rank, and.with all theliotiatits of «:al-'l.
Mrs. JORDAN haS.be:n taken ill, 'and ,The 11"11
Moon was . therefor,: :v.nremented at' D,-ury-lane
Theatre instead of TIN Inconstant.. ELLii-ros en-
tered as the Duke in the last 'Scene., with a
in his hand, for nos conceivable reason but that these
are martial tirnes •
In. consequence of 'some fireworks
;o
discharged by some wanton bOys last week 0 '-- n rh-
a s
ton,. a horse took fright, and 'Miss HENWoon Was
thrown from a whiskey with inch a force as to frac-
ture her skull, and leave hardly any hopes of her r
covers. _having been

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