The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-24 00:00:00

The' Vice-Admiral had proceeded with his prize
to Jarnalea.

N. B. The -I)lpate'nee from; Vice-Admiral Sir jobri
Tho-
mas auckvicrth, K. B. w.:11 be .published in a Supple-
mentr,ary Gazette Dxtraorcliaary. to-morn:Av.

_,`V :are happy, to have it in our power to lay be-
fore our Readers. the following additional 'particulars :
When. it was ascertained_ that a Siluadrob of the
Enemyia Fleet 'had, escaped from Brest,. Vice-Ad-
miral Sir J. T. DUCKWORTH was detached by Lord
CO.LLINGWOOD
.froru tl,e Fleet - before Cadiz, - in
pursuit of them; with,the folltreving Shills," viz.

Ships. Guns. ' Commanders.
Superb, - • - 74 Capt. KEATtS.
Canopus, - so S Capt. Louis.
/AUSTEN.
Spencer; • - - 74 Capt. STOP FORD.,
Donegal, - 74 Capt. MALcoLht.
Powerful, - - - 74 Capt. PI.AMPI N.
Agamemnon, • - 64 Capt. Sir E. B.ltft Y.
With a few Frigates and Sloops.

It will be recolleEted that the Vice-AdMiral, either
suspe&ing,: or having received some intelligetice that
the Enemy were, gone .to the West Indies, also
shaped his course to the Westward, and thathe fell
in with and chaced French Sqnadron on his passage;
but, in consequence of some of his Ships being yery
heavy-sailers lost sight of them. We have not been •
able to ascertain with certainty whether this, Squa-
dron was the one Which Vice-Admiral DticKwonm
afterwards captured and destroyed. Upon his ar-
rival at Barbadees, no intelligence could be obtained
of any French Squadron .having been seen in those
Seas ;. the. Vic...,i.Adrniral, 'therefore, detached the
Powerful to the East Indies,
,with.the intelligence Of-,
a French Squadron being at iea, and of his having
unstetessfully ptirsqed theth to the West Indies.—
DUCKWORTH was joined upon his arriyal
in the West Indies by the 2:,-Orthumberland,„ of 74
guns, Rear-Admiral.COctnAxu, 'and the of
74;-Captain PY:q. With, this force Vice-Admiral
DUCKWORTH cruized for some time oft 'Martinique,
when- he fortunately -received intelligence that the
Enemy. had gone to :Sr. Domingo to land some
TroepS, and that they :weie then in.the Bay. The
Vice-Admiral did not lose a moment in going in
quest of the Enerny, and on the morning of the
6th February he had the satisfa&ion of, seeing the
Enemy's Squaciten, riding at anchor in' the Bayl-off.
St. Domingo. It consisted-of

Guns: Ships.
L'imper4lle - 140 Le Jupiter - . 74
L'Alepndre. - -8) Le biorneciee." -.- 74
Le Brave • 7' - 74
With two Frigates and a Corvette. •

' This_Squar!ron was at anchor about three miles
from the shore, and" conSennently could derive no
•
protealiozi from the batteries. Upon the approach,
howeve,t, of the 'British Squadron, .they weighed
:Dichar„ with the intent; as was supposed, of get-
ting 'under :shelter of the Fort Aux- Cayes
this plan was, however,. frustrated by the skill and
intrepidity of the. British Tars, who succeeded in get-
ting .between the Enemy and the Shore/and there,,
' by effectually cutting off their retreat. We under-
stand that immediately previous ,to the commence-
Ment of the a&ion, Vice=Adtniral -DUCKWORTH
. .
made the following Signal :by Telegraph, " Tuts
ts• GLontous," The attack was' led in the
.most gallant style, by Rear-Admiral CocH-,.
RANI,' and after an Action -of about two hoir„,
their. '
and quarter, the ShipS strucl'
Col'ours and *were immediately taken pow'e, • f.
o ,
viz. L'Alexan'dre, Le Brave, add Lc Jupiter ; the
,
other two, viz. :L'lmpe-yzgie, of
"-ro 0(-funs and Le
Dimede, of 74, /finding- all 1- - resistance use-
less, -ran on shore, :,an
the greater part of
their CrewS escapec).,,,, These two Vessels were
afterwards taken ye,ssession of, but it was found
impossible, td them off.; Orders were therefore
.oo.fire, which vas done, and they
given to set ,0•1:e
were coror:',,tel-:
y deStroied. Our loss in the .A.etion
coMparison.ivith,that of the .Enemy,' it
~.•
cot fisted 'of 338• in killed and wounded, while the
.7..Denly had above 1 ',),00 men killed and wounded ;
and ive are happy to add that no British Officer was
killed : the only • ones
,wounded were the ilonour.,
able Captain STOPFORD and Lieutenant SEYMOUR,
, The 'French, Admiral, we believe, escaped on
shore. Vice-Admir2l DUCKWORTH; after securing
his Prizes, sailed for Jamaica, where they have ar-
rived in safety. This is the. first action' which haS
tals.en place for:many years in which the :British
force has been 'superior, in point of numbers, to
that of the Enemy ; but when it is recollected that
one of the French ShipS was a three decker, the
disparity of force )V
,not so great as appears at first
view. If the advantage had been on the side of the
Lueny, *the action rip h; have been prolonged,
but , the result, 'we have no doubt, would have
bleu the same, 'lt cannot be necessary- for us
,to offer any observations to .Our,lteaders uppn ,the
importance of this cleoisis `Victory. The extraor-
dinary success of the.ll.ochcfprt Squadron, in eseap-
--mg, from. our Cruizets, had probably ,encouraged)4oNATAut f.o'• Send out. ether's tram 4rect, for tho
purpose -of distraah)g our atteitton, _and attacking
our Commerce, career 0f,..th4 SVadrou