The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-31 00:00:00

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KiNOSTON,-.:39-Nis S.—The 114-o,selle brig, .of 18
guns, Capt. Boys, arrived cn Tuesday ot.POrt Royal.
S!i.e train St. George's, .Bermuda,' fit the 14th
April, and lett there the Swiftsure, of 74 giins, r'te
Admiral. Sir J. B. Warren, K. 8.. Capt. Conn ;• La
.'more. Iri4ote, of 40 guns, Capt. Collier; and the
Horatio Irigate, of 38 guns, Capt. Scott. Two-days
previous to her sailing, a large man of war schooner
• and twO merchant brigs, captured by two of the
squadron belcinging to the Halifax station, arrived at
-Bermuda. In the Mona Passage, on the 21st ult.
the Moselle descried a strange vessel, supposed to be
an, enemy, from her not answering signals, and gof
within two miles of her, when she discovered her
to be a French frigate, full of men. She laid-to for
a considerable time, but did not attempt firing a
single shot at the Moselle, when Captain Boys, in
consequence of the inferiority of his force, left, her,
and proceeded for Santo Domingo, to acquaint
the squadron of the circumstance. The following
day, off the Island of Mona,
,the Moselle spoke
the Aurora frigate; of 28 guns, Capt. Doer, and informed her of her having seen an enemy's. vessel.'
—The Aurora.also communicated the intelligence to
the Princess Charlotte frigate, of, 38 guns, Captain
Tobin, bound to Cork, which she fell in with
shortly afterwards, and she proceeded in quest of
the enemy, with every hope of being able,to come
up with her, The Aurora, a few hours-after part, •
ing with the Princess. Charlotte, rejoined the squa-
dron off Santo Domingo. On the 23d the Moselle
spoke the Pelican brig, of 16 guns, Capt. A'Court, •
frotrk-Cipacoa, bound to this island; she had con-
voyed five sail of merchantmen from Curacoa bound
to London, through the Mona Passage,. and parted
from them on the igth, all well. On the 23d the •
Moselle also joined the squadron off Santo Dprningo,
consisting. of the Polyphemus, of 64 guns ' • Aurora
frigate; Tweed and ThruSh sloops of war, Satellite,
Le Griffon, and Pert brigs; and the Pike schooner. ,
The Moselle left thern on Saturuay last, at which •
time they were all moored with springs on their
cables, preparatory' to making a joint attack with
the Spaniards on Fort Jerome, which it was under-
stood would take place on Monday morning last.—',,
Several Shrapnel's shells had been thrown into the
City by a detachment of the Royal Artillery, under
the command of .Lieutenant Faddy, which had done
considerable mischief and killed, several of the inhabi-
tants. OP Monday the Moselle spoke the Star
sloop of war, of tB-guns, Captain Patterson, from
.this. island bound tußirbadoes, all.well. ,
Arrived the bi ig Charles. She sailed from Ken-
nebunk on the 12th April; 'on the 30th,, in 1at..26,
she tell in with a frigate and a merchantman, bound
from St. Kitt's to England. About two hours offer
she spoke a large merchant• vessel from Demerara,.
also for England. On the' 16th ult. the Charles was -
brought to about ten leagues to the westward of
Cape Nicholas Mole by Christophe's squadron,' the
Commodore of which ordered her to Gonaives,
where she arrived on the lgth, and 'was compelled
to pay 10. per cent, duty on her cargo before she was
allowed to depart, whichshe was permitted to do on
the 20th. •