The Sun.
London, England, 1809-01-24 00:00:00

ttftEttipt of the 3pahiarcht to
kaiiipesseasioh of tht,
tit: of Santo I:killing:et, the General did' not coin-
mandthe froops himself: but on the following day,
when he Understood that a large body r s i (I
.o. ...,pe1}.1.11%.S
frori-PAIM ad landed, the things began to wear an
alarming ap ranee, he marched out at the headtef •.. -
a Vb-rylult orps on whom he placed the, nest un-
, pheit confidence; but scarcely bad he proceededi .
when the major part of them, who were Spaniards,
and who were, exasperated at the outragepooininted
by the French against their country, deserted IFS
ranks, and joined their countrymen. Euraged_to
see himself thus abandoned by his only hope, ,C4e.'
neral Perrand terminated his existence by blowing
out his .braMs with a , pistol.. Still, however, the
Spaniards were unable to gain possession Of the city,'
but retired to a strong post in order to wait for rein-
forcements, when the attack was to harenewed.—
' On the 41,3 d inst. off Cape Tebeiron, the Bele spoke.
a.Spßoioi Schooner, which bad been at Santo Do-
mingo as a ',Flag of Truce 'front Chba, which con-
Ft
firtnecg the boye intelligence. ,
Account from the City of Santo Domingo, via
' SL rib'de.Cuba, reached this City yesterday, say-
ing, thatit.must shortly fall into the bands of the
Spaniards, as the garrison and inhabitants were in
the greatest distress .imaginable, from the want of
previsions, and po probability f)i obtaining a supply,
the ports being blockaded by British vessels, and all
•the conunnnication with the interior cut off by the
.Spaniards. . . .
. . . ,
Major Ausnach, late of this city, and forMerlYia'
a Colonial corps in the British service, has becoMe
Commander in Chief at Si. Domingo; since the'
death of General Ferranti. He is represeritid4 he
a brave and determined man, and of an eiiiitable
charaeter.

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• KINGSTON, Dec. 3.—On Thursday last, arrived
here the Franchise Frigate, of 36 guns, Captain
DASII,W4Oa, with the French PrivateerS L'li2-charige
• and Guerrier, Of .5 guns and 100 men each, and Le
iirmiq 'Merchant Ship, . laden with cetiee, &c.:
' Wlitch fel into the hands of the British at the thin)
Slavitraeil • bcaptured. The Franchisq,! sailf.4 from
mana o the !
-Santh tilt. at Wliiiit'tittie, every thing.
wits trar!quil. , The tort was garrisonett:!>y A,detaph;
meat, of Span'` idir; 'aided by Tait 'd ;the Aurora's
crew.. Colonel La Boulberie, late Commander in
Chief at Santana, with his gratis and a number of
prisoners, have arrived in the Pruicillise.
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BARITADOES, OCT. 22.--;.1. .appears from,all that
N%, ion learn, that it is the intention of our Naval
Cotornander to carry into the most aigid effect they.
orders ct Government tor the blockade of thelne.
tray's islands. We understand, that lot the _more,.
effectually doing thisi,a cerciou of eightemer twenty
F;ligates and Sloops;, and ,some .smaller vessels, will
-1,..0 kept constantly' cruizing a' Martinique and
Guadeloupe, while'some Storeships and Victuallers
Willbe stationed at Prince Rupert's,„Dominica, and
Gros Islet, St.. Lucia,, for the facitiiics of supplying
theM, without the necessity of ',.tliFir: leaving,their
stations., by which means all commerce and inter-
course will be obsirated, and the enemy mow- '
quently thrown into the most distressing embarrass-
went ; Red as an essential object towards Mean-
sting this, by cutting off all supplies from them,.
official notification of the blockade has beentrans-
mitted to.the United States.
This day at noon, his Majesty's Ship ParnpA., of
80 , guns, Captain Cockburn, .1.f.: days from Ply-
mouth, Arrived in Carlisle *Bay; * and binught in
with' her, the French Imperial Brig of War Pglades,
' of 18 pins, and 105 men, captured eight clays after
having left Martinique on a cruize to the Windward
of this Island. • ...: ,
-
The French prize mentioned in our last to be
heating inty the Bay upon our going to pees,.
.psoysd to, be the Schboner La Polly, from Mai.-
unique bound to-Bourdeaux, with a valuable car-
'rgo t4rwifee, clayed sugars, cloves, tortoise shells,
Aivptured on the i3th, instant to the
.Wind Ward
k. rf ,
of.• otninica, by his Majesty's Brig Sopgrieur, Cali
1444 pie. Le ,Poi , ,is a raeniarkably fine vessel, .
!, pietlea for 1 A gtlns, . but has only tour mounted, and"
o,min-fancied 4,4 Deise. , .

i'Vii.TILSTICI TRANSPORT. —We aNeeedingly
lament. to state the . destruction of this valnable
vessel ley trey} ichleli,untortunately broke out on
i.
boast her, •ort-Viarsday last, h hale after one 13.1(1.
atarttiwas iSrst,: given on board tho .Jaion
• (404 ;lay near her ; but • notwithstanding
pre .irtoscinimeditite aSsistanest was rendered'by the
bonWoi),,the irvholeitluadron,,everyetioit,toerttin-
tA4V/ ha &meg/ proved. ineffectual. Captain 'r.
CoArale, of the Jason, and Captain Barton, oithe
).rAtilhj irsonally attended on board the: transport
taut superintend the etiorts to save the
ht tbticl pievont -the, fire cormounicatiirg to any
6010,3;:ve35.ek, heir mations were unremitting and
peesatering to •the last moment ; and happily by
areirv'effurti, and 'generally- that of the squadron,
,the-ship,was toweu of •the Bay, and judiei..
aillett so midriff to leeward, that all furthcrisc*
44was• oeventtrif. At the time of the gfire
' brtsakittg nutpteletaeltment c>t about 170 of thaVeirk
Rangers; tinder Captain Sutherland, were on board,
but the "whole of them 'were either safely remo‘cit.
from the ship by the boats, Arr taken up frouvolang,...
, side as .they plunged into the sea. It is lamentable,.
however, that three °ldle crew (two boys and one
seaman) perished in the flames,: and the second,
mate lias since died, from being eAcessivelyscorch.
cel.belore he could he got out. 'Pus arms, baggage,
and the whole military equipage of the York Ranger's
•weie lost in the flames, which raged with ,an fist ttfl.
and terrific grandeur, that but too plainly evince 4,
the fatal cfrects that might have ensued, had they
broke unt dttrin& the night. It is said to have arisen
frqms the incaution and carelessness of placiair
light in the 'after•inild, on a cask of rum, to which
it communicated. She wits Secn during the whole
night to,the N. W. and before seven; u'elodt had
burnt. to the water's edge. .

Yesterday Lord C,ll,F,ati.xon trantianed boSineSS
.with the, Duke of Yuuts, at his Office at t h 11,,fse.
PVaids.
Au alarming fire broke out on the promises of
Simeon 114110, t;sq. of buninow, , Welts, on Satut.
did night, which consumed the whole interior of a
magnificent mansion, together with stabling and
other contiguous buildings. It was occasioned by an
eidatyinttid servant setting fire to her bed furnitutei
she *.ati so much burnt that she died on Sunday
itiorning. Fortunately no other lilU, was lost, and
the buildings were imurod,