The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-06 00:00:00

HALIFAX, NO VA-SCOTIA, Dtc• z 4..

We have been favoured with the following ex.
trad of a Letter, dated Liverpool, Olober 17,
from Captain GODFREY, of the armed brig
Rover, which contains a very modest relation of a
gallant Mlion, that reflais the highest honour
on Captain GODFREY) and the brave Men under
his Command.

44 The Brig Rover, mounting 14 four pounders,
was the present year built and fitted for war at
Liv,Frpool, in this Province ; she sailed under my-
comman4-the 4th of June last, on a cruise against
the Enemies of Great Britain, being commis.
signed for that, purpose by His Excellency Sir
JoHN WENTWURTII) Bart, Our Crew consisted

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ficers, a►:d w•as prii,cipally composed of Fisher-
men.

" On the 17th of the same month, in the lati-
tude of 23 N. and longitude 54 W. we fell in
with six sail of vessels, whom we soon discovered
to be enemies, one -being a Ship with four Brigs
and a Schooner : the Schooner showed i 6 guns,
one of the Brigs i 6 guns, and another 6 guns; these
six vessels drew up close together, apparently
with an intention of engaging us. On consulting
with my.ship's company, we determined to bear
down and attack them, hut so soon as the Enemy
perceived our intentions, they, by'signal from the
Schooner, dispersed, each taking a different course
before we got within gunshot of them. After a
chace of a few hours we took possession of the
Ship and one of the Brigs ; the Ship proved an
American, bound from the South Seas, laden with
oil, and the Brig an American, laden with wine
from Madeira ; from them we learned that they
had been captured some short time before by a
French: Privateer, which was the Schooner in
company ; that she mounted sixteen guns, two of
which were nine pounders, and the rest sixes, and
carried Iss men, and that the other three were
American Vessels, which she had taken, one of
which was from the East Indies ; night coming
on, we were prevented from taking any more of
them.

" On the loth of September, being cruizing
near Cape Blanco, on the Spanish Main, we chased
a :-•pani,li Schooner on shore, and destroyed her ;
being close in with the land and becalmed, we
discovered a Schooner and three Gun-boats
under Spanish colours, making for us ; a light
breeze springing up, we were enabled to get
clear of the land, when' it fell calm, which
enabled the Schooner and Gun-boats, by the
help of a number of oars,• to gain fast upon us,
keeping up at the same time a constant fire from
their bow guns, which we returned with
..two
guns pointed from our stern ; one of the Gun-boats
did not advance to attack us ; as the enemy drew
near we engaged them with muskets and pistols,
keeping with oars the stern of the Rover towards
them, and having all our guns well loaded .
with great and small shot, ready against we
should come to close quarters. Wben we heard
the Commander of the Schooner give orders to
the two Gun-boats to board us, I waited to see
how they meant to attack us, and finding the
Schooner intended to board us on our starboard-
quarter, one of the Gun-boats on our larboard_
bow, and the other on our larboard waist, I suffered
theta to advance in that position Until they came
within about is yards, still firing on them with
small arms and the stern guns ; I then manned the
oars on the larboard side, and pulled the ko,ver
round so as to bring her starboard broadside to
bear athwart the Schooner's bow, and poured
into her a whole broadside of great and small
shot; which raked her deck fore and aft,
while it was full of men ready for boarding.
I instantly shifted over on the other side, and
raked both Gun-boats in the same manner, which
wounded a great ',umbel of
must have and
those on board of them, • and done great damage
to their boats. I then commenced a close atlion
with the Schooner, Which lasted three glasses, and
having disabled her sails and rigging much, and
finding her fire grew slack, I took advantage of a
light air of wind to back my head sails, which
brought my stern on board of the Schooner, by
which we were enabled to board her and carry
her, at which time the Gun-boats sheered off, ap-
parently in a very shattered condition. We found
her to be the Santa Nitta, mounting ten six pound-
ers and two twelve pound caraonades, with 125
men. She was fitted out the day before, by the
Governor of Port Cavallo, with the Gun-boats,
for the express purpose of taking us ; every Officer
on board of her was killed except the Officers
who commanded a party of twenty-five soldiers ;
there were fourteen men dead on her deck when
we boarded her, and seventeen wounded; the
priboners, including the wounded, amounted to
seventy-one. My ship's company, including
Officers and boys, was only 45 in number, and
behaved w ith that courage and spirit which British
Seamen always shew when fighting the enemies
of their country. It is with infinite pleasure I
add, that I had not a man .hurt ; from the best
account I could obtain, the Enemy lost 54 men.

The Prisoners being too numerous to be-kept on
board, on the 14. th ult. I landed them all except
eight, taking an obligation from them not to
serve against His Majesty until regularly ex-
changed."

We yesterday stated the capture of a French
Frigate: by -LTEseau L..r111, Frigates. She
proves to be La Dedaigneuse, and is arrived in
,Torbay.

Sir EDWARD BERRY commands the Princess
Charlotte, a fine 38-gun Frigate, now refitting
at Woolwich. This gallant Officer has seen so
much hard and glorious service, that it is time
he had an opportunity of 4cquiring a share of
fortune in the way of Prize-money, though that
must be very large, if it come near the share of
glory he has gained.

We are glad to find, that the idea of ereaing a
NAVAL PILLAR to record the atFhievements of
our gallant Seamen is by no means abandoned,
but, on the contrary, is to be carried into execu.
Lyon with as much speed as may be, consistent
with a due regard to the importance of a measure
so well calculated to stimulate the national spirit
of this Country. This Monument will, we
trust, be as honourable to British genius as to
British valour, and that such Artists will be
employed as may-do as much honour to themselves
as to the subjet which so forcibly appeals to their
feelings as Englishmen, and to their professional
merits. _ _ _

The Zebra, Hathaway, from St. John's to
Charleston ; the Greyhound, Wait, from Hali-
fax to Jamaica ; the John, Davis, from Boston
to Cape Francois, are captured by a Spanish Pri-
vateer from Porto Rico.
The Kingston, Sharp, from Quebec to Madeira,
is captured )ay the Mouche Privateer, and carried
into Tenerife, with the Elizabeth, -, and
Defiance. from Liverpool to Demerara.