The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-29 00:00:00

2..t.*sti's ship ):0.3c., undtr thy command -of
lettoerstni of th 11.0),a1- York Ranser, to
tali,- -4,ion of the blttery iLt roint Solomon:0n'
onkr t se.:ure a sate a ncliorage for the Me ofWar
and Transport;;; after effetkinz this the Ranger
1,11,4i.e,1 on, and inveiaed the fort of Pip,teon hland,on
which a inornie 'Wait brought to bear,:to early ag the
instant, bqt not finding the fire ot that sufficient,
nine including howitzers, were landed, live
of which-were got up to the top of a 'coiutoondmo. •
Height, by lhe very great exertions Of Captain COCZ'
burn of the Pontpoei: and tile seamen 'under Ills `
orders, who gage support to 13rigadier-GenerEils
Sir Charles Shipley and Steltelin in completing the.
batteriek, which apenell.la.;t night it six O'Cio( 1:4
with such eflett'ai r 0 oblige the enemy to'capitu-
late 14is tinorning one hundred and thirty-six
persons that were in the Fort;„ surrendered them,'
selves plisutiers of war. Por loss consisted of tVien
seamen killed, and one soldier of the Royal York
o
Wingers wounded. The, enemy's 'of five killed and
several wounded.

,
In order W cut .Oil tire' retteat of the -enemy, I
pri•viously sent the lolus and Cleopatra Frigates,
and the Rccruit Sloop of War, to the upper part of
Fort Royal •Bay when 016 wag perceived, the
tr:etiq set lire to, and destroyed the Amphitrite
igateot 44 guns, and all the Shipping in the liar-
hour,landing, burnt having, (ni our first
the-Car-
.nation at Mai ni,,alsti a Corvette at St. Pierre's on the
. gollowing
ire Army under Lieutenant-Gencrat 'Beckwith
hAvin6. advance.d toward, the beigin.s of Surirey, fell
in with the enemy on the tst inst. who "was defeat-
ed with considerable loss ; since't hen two at-lions
have taken place, which has given to his Majesty's
Forces posses,ion of the belorermentrened heights,
conimata'.. g Fort Bourbon: The enemy upon this,
• abandimea the lower Fort, of Fort de „France, hay-
ing destroyed. the guns, and troll, the different ex-
plosions,l suppose they have blown up the maga.
Ziiws.

Major-General Maitland . reached • Samptin. on
the 2d without opposition, and has.since brined .a
junction with the Lieutenant• General. I am now
moving !1:e Stpiadron to the Fort Royal side of the
Bily, so as to embrace the double view of an early
communication with the head-quarters of the army,
and atibrding the ,supplies necessary fur th:: siege of
Fort Bourbon on both sides.
From the zeal which has.manifested itself in each
service, I make no doubt but. the batteries will soon
be in a fit state to open upon the enerny, and I hope
before lorg, that shall have the satisfaction to corn-
timnicate to their Lordsfflps Utak the Fat has sur-
render d.

;1:"t Militia who were forced to serve, have re-
turned to t;R:ir
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13..ive the hohour to be, &c.•
(S•ghed) ALEX': COGTIRANE.
;Mali! Glty-01lice, March 28, 1609.

CpF.,y; of .11:oti,.r Later tuna the lion. Rear-Admiral Sir
c . 4:c. to, the Hen: W. W. Pete,
tie Nuptun*, eft' Martinique, the sth le-
-0; .4.
SI
left Csrlide Bay, Barbadoes, about neon
oh the 28th wiLh th, Expedition for the
atilleti of Olio biatidi I h4J the pleasure, on the
evening of the i.atne day, to meet with bb Majesty's
Ship Cleopatra, und tie French Ft igatr l'opaze
itt company, When Captain Pechell gave me the
,leticri sit- which the incloied is a ivy, stating the
foamier of her capture : and 'on m} art itistl off here
the iiazard joined, with Capt. Maude of the Jason's
wuit,h 1 alio inclose
-Captaiu i'veheh, in the Cleopatra, trout his ad•
sauced eloed the enemy firms and bore
the brunt of the action. He placed his Ship in a
situation to attack with advantage, and in such a
matiner as,aid credit to his intrepidity and judgtbent,
siid 'evith tad illso, thet high state of discipline and stea-
dihes3 otlicets and crew.

Captain Maude, of the Jason, lost not a moment
in getting into actioo, and I had every thing to ex-
po; (101:11 his zeal and gallantry, which I have wit-
oes.sed tot a series of years.
Patticular credit is also due to Captain Cameron,
of his Majesty's sloopliazard, for boldly chaeing,
with a determination to hying to .ae.tion, an enemy's
Frigate of the largest class, before any of the other
Ships were in sight. •
I Lye the Itoootir to be, &c.
- ALEX. COCHRANE.
tits Ata)e.ty,'s,stap chef/airs, ell'llasseterie,
Elit, t.; uutiatoupe, I att. i3,18c.79.
In consequence of. s.eparat Mg front his Majesty's
Ship Jason,' and 'there being no probability of coin-
muttieation either with Cal,tain MaUde, or Captain
I.4ltomj, and senini3Officer of the
Stp-i.idron, I beg to inform you, that
yes4erthtyi obedience :to the signals tnade.to Me
Cai,t„in M,lnde, I enacts' a Shio.in the N.KW.
ate, who, in
v .1-,si:Ortly'after wardli made out to be a French
Fr,,ho, on seetng,o% huoled dust; ::tore, and
atZtored under a small bantly a, little to the south:
1,V;1170 Point Noir, having, ascertained that they
wereseccling her' (by on her cables; :Tha
~tiers tat to the trees Op shore) its Well as her
tiii.o:nicat would permit, 1 made every preparation
ait.leking bet, the wind being at this time from
the .!::,outliwrird and Westward, hat' very light and
vartahk.; at halt past two I. ,We got the true
brvoze, and turned up to windward till within ft ea-
of the shore, and tritt'inC.diel„sbot..db,-
Janet! from the. enemy, which was etfeeted at fivo
k, whets his thing commenced. I Saw from -
'the, shape of the hind and the slignl'water between
trt, that I could nut close without danger of being
taked, I was therefore obliged ,to anchor in six
fathoms and a halt, and returned. his firt:, which
fortunately cut away his ontsW spring, when he
stvung in shore with his headstowards os, giving us
the otivantagei refused him before; this Ise elec.
Wally preaerved, that Au' 'Wier alleyways's got more
than halt hi* broadside to bear; we thus engaged
tor. forty tuinotes,, when th4Jasou and Hazard came
up, the former having taken a position on her star-
board (Fluter, and firing her bow guns, the Hazard
at the. sawn -time .direaing hers to the Fort, the
vbemy tatuirtislowp his,coloars, finding he was not
10;;;:l to sustain so-unequal a combat..
lihe proves to ha, the French National Frigate.
T.p:tze, carrying tarty-eight guns, le, 24, and 36-
pi.,,oßter4, commanded by Mons. Labelle, Gaplutine
Frtg,,ite, cotnpleraent el 330 meni she

has been fruity Brest 47 days, Stud had on board 100
troops and 1100 barrels of flour tor Cayenne, but
meeting with superior force off that port she was
obliged to push for Guadaloupe.
Our lowis comparatively small with that of the •
enemy, having 'only two killed and one wound-
ed, as his guns were chiefly points d at our mask:
and rigging, which he succeeded in cutting vry
much, most of our fore and main rigging shot away,
and had we been under sail must hays lost our main
tispmast ; on the other side twelve killed and four-
teen wounded, as near as cast be ascertained, for the
instant her.colours were hauled down, one-third at
least took-to the water, and several were either killed
or drowned in attempting to effea their esCap.
Having thus, Sir, given you the detail, it becomes
a pleasing duty to the to represent the zeal with
wind) Captain -Cameron of the Hazard" offered his
services before the action, and had the Wind allowed
hint to get up sooner, would have attacked the Fort,
and thereby prevented many of the troops getting on
shore.

Lam happy, also, in having an opportunity of
bearing testimony to the gallantry displayed by the
officers and crew of his *Majesty's Ship under my
command ;. and beg leave to recommend my First
Lieutenant Simpson to their Lordship? notice ; also
Lieutenants Puckingliain ltnd Lambert as good Offi-
cers, and every way deserving their Lordship? fa.
sour. . I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) SAM. JOHN PECHELL.

Rear-Admiral Sir A. Cochrane, Dart. Ac.
A Return of Killed and Wounded on hoard his Majesty's
Ship Cleopatra, in action with the French Nationalf rtgato
La ,Topazei lan. 24,
'Alai. M'Cloud and tolin Simms, killed. John Francis,
Wounded. .
. (Signed) SAM. JOHN PECHELL.

His Majesty's Ship lawn, off Basseterre,
SIR, Guadatotipe, len. 23, sgog.
1 beg leave to acquaint you., that while cruizing
off Basseterre in pursuance of your ordet to blockade
the French Frigate at that anchorage, on the morn.
ing of 'the 22d the Cleopatra made the signal for a
suspicious Sail beariog North, which I immediately
direded her to reconnoitre, and soon after made sail
in the Jason in 'that dire6tion ; he Was in a short
time discovered to be an enemy's Frigate, Sian :iug
in for the land, where she effected her purpose of
anchoring close under a small battery: As I per-
ceived by • the Cleopatra's motions, it was Capt;nn
Pechell's intention to bring
_her to adion as early as
possible, I considered it unnecessary to make any.
tO him ; and he roost fully at,tieipated'tity
wishes, •by bringing his Ship to anchor on the
starboard bow, and opened a heavy tire, Which
was warmly returned and kept up by the etirmY, till
the Jason canto to on his quarter, and commenced
her tire froni the bow grins, soon . after' wllich sad
struck her colours. Atter silencing- the battery' she
Was taken posses.iion of, and,proved to the Nit •
tibnal Frigate La Tome, of 48 gtins, (long t igh teens
t rid thirty-tounder carronades) and' 400 • meri
ninny Of what* with 'some roops. she 'had Ain t4:r. ,
bad escaped on shore, from .ROciielort, lOaded tetth
fit:orfor tbe -supply of the French. Celonies, com-
manded by„rdensieur Lahalle, Capitaine•de Fr4gate,
and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Captain Pechell apeaksin high terms of Commen-
dation of the conduct if his Officers and Ship'i emu-
pauy ; and I have also every reason to be satisfied
with that of those of my. own Ship, and only 'regret
a' fulleroppOrtonity fur their exertions seas not af-
forded theta.

In justice to Captain Cameron, of theFlpzard, I
conceive it my duty to intiorn you that (notwith-
standing the disparity of force, and the uncertainly
of fulling in immediately with any of our Crulzers)
the enemy's Ship was chased by hiM from day-light,
and that nothing but the bating winds .prevented
his coming into allot), and taking the *station as-
Aigned hiM.
Being. anxious to regain my star n off Basseterre
'to prtveut ,the, escape of the other Frigate, which I
had in the afternoon dispatched the Cherub to watch,
I left the prize in charge of the., Cleopatra and Ha-
zard ; and the service on which I have since been
employed not having permitted, rot, to communicate
with them, I am ignorant of the number killed and
Wounded on board the French Ship. The Cleopa-
tra, I any sorry to say, had two badly wounded
(since dead) ; thti Ship not a man hurt.
I have the honour to be, &c.
. (Signed) 'WM. MAUDE.
To Hugh Pigot, Esq. Captain of his
' Maies'Y'sShip, Lama, and senior
011iLct oft Guadaloupe. -
• •
His Majesty's. Ship Aeasta, Ray Roberts
SIR, 3lll January,

hare the honour to 'inform you, that, at day-
daWn of yesteidays, the division of Transports ear-
ryiq..; the army under. the command of Lieutenant-
Githil al Beckwith were four leagues to windward of
the Lir, el Ruck.. •
i I bore.,up with t.for.Bay Robert, ber
ipg joined in my way thither by the Ethel*, F:c.g.:
re,.ter, Bing-Dove, Haughty, and Eclair, theEttry-(
dice loving Joined me the precening.evening.
The weather was uncommonly windy and squally,
and there was a very considerable swell as far out us
Loup Garou, neither of the small Frigates (the'Cleo-
patrii or Ciree)iiliad joined, to go in with the Trii'ns-
pi..a.ts, and, not knowing what opposition might be
maie to a landing, I deteriniutti' to' eater the Cul
'de Sac with all the Men of War, that I might ef-
leaually protea , the landing, if occasion required,
'which I could not ussibty have done had I anchored
114 tar oat as Loup L7arou. • _
Haiing tberefore_ placed .bpats with flags, at a
rgraplin upon the edges of the Shoals,, I led in with
the Acasta, followed by the Penelope and Trans-
ports, and auchored the whole of -them about 110011.
This decision; I trust, Sir, you will approve, as, it
enabled me to land the first and second brigades,
amounting to. four thousand five bemired men, with
a certain proportion of artillery and horsos,.before
sunset, which I could not otherwise have done, and
this Morning by seven o'clock all the reserve were
landed.
To Captains Cochrane, of the Ethalion, and Brad-
siqw' of the Eurydice, I am indebted for arranging
the boatit tor tile first landing,
,and more partleni,arly
to Captain Dick, of the Penelope, for superintending
the arrangement, and lantllugin the transports, which
he did with great judgment. .
From Captain Withers, the principal Agent for
Transports, I received all that assistance in, the va-

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aous afrAtigemetilg wliielt .I had lo mike, wlrldi
could he expected front an Officer orgreateal and
clear coinprohension ; and . I.ilentenant. Senhouse,
whom you did me the honour -ta appoint as 'my
Adjutant upon this expeditionisrendeted me
essential service, in carrying on the detailed clut;ei of
'the squadron.
I have the honour. to be, 8:c. .
• , (Signed), P. BEAVER.
TO the lian. Sir Alex. Cot:brave, K. 13. Arc.
Admiralty Office, March 28, 1809.
Extra& of &Letter from Captain Browne. of hie Majesty's
Sloop the Plover, to Allmiral Young, Commander in
' Chief at Plkntouth, and transmitted by the Inter to the
1-lon. W. W. Pole, deed at Sea, the tad instant.

r beg to `report to yon that his' Majesty's Sloop
under my command, this day at in P. M. captured,
atm' 0 pursuit of 36 hours, the French Ketch:Priva-
teer,' L'Arniral Marlin, of 'Bayonne, mounting tour.
1 e.pounder guns, with a complement of 104 men.

Admiralty-Office, March 28, 1809.

Extrait of a Letter from Captain WKinley, of his Wijesty's
Ship the Lively, to the Hon. W. W. Pole, da.on Villa
Gatcia, March 15, Ohs,.

I beg leave to state to you, for t ',I information of
my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that
since.my last letter (gibe tith instant (which I had
the honour of transmitting by the Statira), on the
7th instant, a body. ot French troops eittered the
towns 'of Carta and Villagarcia, and 'having killed
some old men and women whom they SAW in the
streets, and set hre to a few houses of the pe,ple
whom they judged inimical to them, they retreated
to Paden.

-On the gib a party of eig':iy infantry and four
cavalry, under the command cot three Officers from
Pontivedra, entered Marin, but a tire being opened
on them from this Ship,-and the Plover, and the
cirronane from the launch, they made most pre-
cipitate: retreat ; the Commanding Otheer on a
04d horse, and the tour cavalry benefiting by their
being mounted, loft their companions, who out-
running their. ottiCers, a Caidain Lieutenant fell
into the bands of the Spaniaids, who delivered them
tome.

It is
,with the most heartfelt sati‘fsOion that I
can lilt -continence assure their Lordships thAt the
spirit. o, the GA/lit:inns is roused to the most etttlio.;
sittsii& ardotu, governed by a cool apd deternutied
courage, altich the teeiiii,;it of loyalty and patriotism
naturally inspire; and. they confidently lodi for aid
to the generosity of the British govevninent speedily
to ,tueeour them arias. and ;1141134i11:1011 to -
able to .uceeed in the storm us sad just cans:
wlneu the) have undertaken, to ci,pel the perfidious
invatl.:UsOf 'their (411-.lry.

by p malignant re-
vel ; thit t • o cart •luad3, are buried daily
floin .the liead-qiiartcr!;.. at St. 1a; t);. the NJ viitary
Governor att.; Cont•, :mding ()nicer of
with a tr,iimb,:r of Odic!' ()dicers, kave
it.

Skirmishes daily take place between the peasants
and the vnemy,' which rend&sit heir procuring pto-
visions, both difficult and harassing, and, marry fa:l
vietims to fatigue. In this peipetual 'warfare, The
enemy invariably suffer, particularly on the 2d in-
stant, when one hundred and five. Frenchmen were
pillaging the. Convent of St. Bernardo de Sart,Chm-
dip', where Don Bernardo Goncales, with thirty-
two spanintas cutackod them, took ninny horses
laden with pillage, and only sistetto of the. enemy
eseved. On the 9111, tom, and -1 tth the.
French attacked the peasants of Dna and Trasi-4a,
sustained by those of 13./1)'03 and Tabeiras, ffnd were
obliged to retreat with the 10S8 of one hundred and
fourteen men and an Officer.

The appearance, of his Majesty's Ship has very
much gratified the Spaniards, who are incessant in
their praise and gratitude to the British GOvern-
meta.

. _
'On corning to this place on the t Ith instant,
I left the Plover at Marin, the French being at Nil.
tevedra, but.have received-information t 0..,! that
a division of the Spaili‘h army,, under th.! :ointnand
of the Martinis de Valladarea was ...ked on the
Hill by Marshal Sotilt, who 1-, since retired to
Tuy, and ordered all hit detach—Jents in the vicinity
of Vigo to join him by- forced marches; I would
not therefore detain her longer.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) GEO. WILINLEY.

• • Whitehall, March 28, 180 Q.

Theing has been pleased to grant the Dignity
of a Baronet of the unitettKingdoni.ei Great.ll6-
lain and Ireland, unto Sir David Baird, Knight,
Lieutenant-General of his Majesty's.forces, and the
Heirs Male of his Body. lawtully .b.OOOI2CD, wittj
remainder 40 Robert 'Baird, of Newbyth, in the
County of 'East Lothian, Esq. (Brother to the,:aid
Sit Dovid Baird) find the kleirs 'Mate cit his Body
)awfollytegotteo.