The Sun.
London, England, 1814-05-31 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF A FRENCH rRIGATE.
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ntiesty's Ship 'ragas, Rio Janeiro, Feb. 4, 1514.
We-arrived the night before last:, Niger an'd
prize in company, the Ceres, a fine new French
trig.,,te, which we captured after chase of 23
boars, and a run of '227 mileS. The action was
a running one, of about 50 minutes duration, at
time end of ;which,. lutving shot away t)ie enemy's
main top-maSt, and the igigt7 being nearly ‘vithin
gun-shot, she struck. The frigate is.„ very fine
one, mounting 44 guns, and carrying 350,tnen
it was her first cruise. .!-The had on board live
months" provisions, and a cargo worth 20,0001.
which had been taken frtini captures. Our Foss
is not worth mentioning---only one man wounded.
The enemy's damage Was also trivial, our aim
being entirely to take away her masts, in which
we succeeded. The Ceres is about 150 tons larger
than the Tagus, and will mrtke..a very fine 38-;gun
frigate, in our service.. Several of our convoy,
which ran from us after our leaving Falmouth,
have not yet arrived: We expect the Astrea and
Creole every hour. I3y intercepted letters we are
informed, that the American squadrom'will be on
this coast as soon as they can , get out. I hope
this will be soon—we long to meet with the
Cientlenien. The Essex American frigate hems not
been captured—ste is- saiti 10 be off Calk :1-torn,
and several of our ships arc an the slarp look-out
after her. The Aebar sails for England ;Pith con-:
voy in two days.

Captain WILLtAxt Log .IN has just, been ap-
pointed to the command of the Chatham. He is
under tae orders of his Royal Higlines4 the. Duke
of CLAZIPNCE„WmiraI of tile Fleet she sailed on
Sunday from the Downsfdr.Calais. • •
Captain Sir ItOBENT HALL, Who has returned
home from the command of the Sicilian flcitilla, is
t:) be attached to the flotilla on the Canadian
Lakes, anti tvii.l set Qtr davS: •
The Naval commands at Yarmouth, Guerngey,
and Jersey, are discontintied, and Admirals Mug-
RAY and HanoooD have „-ittnick their itiags ac-
cordingly.
The Niobe, Captain MowrAGus, which arrived
at Portsmouth on-:NVe.lnesday from Cadiz and
Lisbon, left the former port-on the 6th, and the
latter, on- the-10th inst..—Lord and Lady HlNcrt-
INIIIIQKE 6ame passengers.. The Rodney.was the
onlv,ship in the Tagus.. Sir HENRY ‘747IiLLESLEY,
the _British Ambassador' at Ala: bid, has sent to
‘ifmglatl, in the Niobe, a fine collection of paint-
ings, pm-chased in Spain.
Admiral P1c:Km:OB:4 may be daily expected to
arrive With
.the. first division of the Mediterra-
nean fleet.—A letter received •throtigh France,
dated. Herries Bay, May 7, says, " The Royal
George,_ Rear-Admiral Pickmore, Captain
Matintvaring ; Union, 98, Captain Rdiles; Ocean,.
9.5, Captain Plampin Rivoli,.B:o; Captain Ha-,
;aond and Seinion,, 74, Captain, Hettthcote, arc
under orders. to return to England; and will sail
immediately.. Sir Sidney Smith sailed a fortnight
since, in the Hiberniay.loo, Captain Catthield.—
'there were some difficulties raised about his pro-
ceeding horne -through France : it islikely, how'•
ever, that lie will land on the coast of Valencia;
and proced on throng!) Spain."
The Helicon, 14, Captain Horr,r,,zs, is arrived
at Pivtnoutlr, from Cl-,rmina, which she quitted on
Sunday se'nnigitt, with information that _VERDI-
NAND's Proclamation was published there on that
day ivith the greatest demonstrations -of rejoicing.
-The Castle has brought treasure- from
Madras to the
.amount of 350,0001. in pagodas;
consigned 1.9 the'llia.ast India Company.
The Traveller, 13zsa0F,.of Leith; from. Bergen,
bound to the Me(bterranean,laden with fish, was
captured in lat. loug. IG. IV.by.the
prize 'American privateer, on the 12th instant, and
sent to,America ; on the 170, the-Fox, HOwAup,
bound front Poole to. Cork, was taken and plun-
dered of the greatest and. IlluitvaluThle part of
her cargo, and sent into Cork, with the crew of,
the. Traveller. Tie Sorprize sai!ed front Balti--
more two months ago, came throt4:ll the block-
acting squadron in the Ches-apeake, and. shurtly
after eirptured the Bebe, lielongin,; to Lim, and
the -letter •of 111ArqUe brig Kutusolf, of Liyerpool,-.
after a severe engagement.
The Apollo, of Poole., laden with -stilt, was
taken in lat. 33, long. 13. by an American priva-
'leer, called the A aterwa, and carried into Solent
the 29th March.

The' Roxhttz:gh Castlei- ttota London and the
Cape of Good Hope to the Isle off' Fraace, was •to •
tally lost, the 3.lst January Jost, off the Isle of.
Fyanee. • •

The Ellen, BARRON, fi'ol.ll BtlfitSt t 0 Lisbon,
vas taken th►e 3tl.inst.. by the Heron privateer', of
115 guns and 100 wen, bt:Joligine; to Baltitnore.