The Sun.
London, England, 1805-04-04 00:00:00

CAPTURRS SY THE FRENCH.

The Elizabeth, of so guns, from Liverpool to Africa, fell
in, on the ad of February, with a French Privateer, and atter
an engaoment, during which she lost all her
,masts, was
obliged to stri.ke her Colours.--Le Publicirte, 'Mira, at.
The Friendship, from 'Dublin to London, has beenrap.
tUred near the Land's End by the GencrAt• Perignon French
Privateer iirso the Gliry, from Exmouth, and a Ship re.
turning !ruin t.is,bon.-1.61d.
Som.. Ercncli sailors, who were prisoners on board the Easg.
Lair. I;rig. Peg4y, rose on the crew at sea, and carried the Ves-
sel into Tenentle.— /hid,
The '
')',w-' a 1 airt De6ai:, of tech 2,3, asserts, that Rear-
AcimiraT'Ssix Osy, who embar I at Nantes, on board an
American. Vessel, to proceed to the Isle-de-France, has brcn
captured contrary to the Rights of Neutrality, and carried to
Eiigl4incL

By a vessel which arrived yesterday from the
Mecii,ervotemt, we learn that the ,War. St. (gorge,
Eagle, Sfiartiaie, and. Veteran Men 01 War, were
off Lisbon on the 9th of .March, in quest of the
Rochefott Stiu4drort; and sent a bunt tow the Tagus
for inferrtution.

Arrived at Leith, the jokar, HUTTON, and fur.
ten,' Anmasos, from Tonningeo came under
convoy of His Majesty's armed Ship Maga'altve,
J..L. l'optiAta, Esq. Commander. fly her we are
sorry to learoi that the Eliza, Capt. 'Rumor/I),T 41e,
that. went out tinder her convoy, was forced on shore
by the ice, in the River Ryder, a few miles beliw
Tonningen, and shortly afterwards bilged. The
Captain writes, that great praise is due 'to. Captain
Port.tAm• and his' Officers, who immediately upon
being informed of this unfortunate accident, sent an
Officer witifa number Of his Crew, through whose
as,.iStaficti a Consideriibte part of the Elizet cargO
w.is g6t (.tit'arid landed. •

The Priltess Royal, of and from Workington to
Liverpool, sunk off the Isla of Mna on the loth
sAve4.l.

At the present moment the following brief :ie_
count r)f Duminica, taken from a well written
tory of the:British Colonies in the West Indies,
may not be unacceptable to our Readers :

" Dominica, one of the dependencies of St. Vin.
cent, is :5 miles in length and i 6 in breadth, con.
tains 186436,acres of well watered land, and is di.
Vidal into parishes. Roseau, the capital of the
Island,, is situated in the parish of Si, George, about
7 leagued from Prince Rupert's Bay, on a point of
land at the S. W. side of ..the Island : it is about
half a mile in length, and contains Soo houses.
" On the 7th September, 1778, a French 40. gun
Ship, three Frigates, anti about 30 sail of armed
Sloops and Schooners, having on board 2000 Re.
gulars, anti 4 lawless Banditti of zoo.° Volunteers,
appeared oft' the Island under the command of the
Marquis Dr BOUILLI, who soon Made himself mas.
ter of the Capital, aftei a most gallant but ineffec.
tual resistance, which was kept up from,Fort to Fort.
Thtre times was the Enemy driven out of Fort
Loubiere, and twice were the colours hoisted there.
'on shot away. It is very remarkable, that the
Troops which thus gallantly contested thispowerful
attaek,'enosisted of 6 Officers and 94. Privates, Re.
guirs, and about i* Officers and Is° men,of the

" The French kept possessian.norit the Peace of
1733 again restored the Isiands to Great Brilain,
and the much injured inhabitants tee the peachid en.
joyment of their comforts and privileges, of which
they had been wholly deprived for Sift years a:Ai
three months, during which time the French had it
in pauesiiun.o