The Sun.
London, England, 1805-07-12 00:00:00

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" St. John's (..42iiigto.t); June) nr.
s6t:r was .not i little elati:d find Ile fia'd taken
the right road, in coriequence- 'of the inferriTition
...caf the enemy's having, reaclied Martinique' (where
they had; remained a tbitnighf,',:behig Sickly),- and
had just•prOceede'd, as ,we suppeted, to attack, Tri-
nidad, With 18 Sail of the,.Line, viz, 12 French. and
6 Spanish,. 8 large Frigates; and 4 Corvettes,
eluding the Cayenne ShiopofWar, the only capture
tffey had made., We 'found the, Nal- thuntheq6nd;
Rear-Admiral CocnnArd, acid Spartiate, 74 guns;
at Barbadces, with 3. or 4:Sloop.t. l'hai Admiral
had just rettirned from Jamaica; :where he had been
inpursuit of *the Rochetbli Squadron. •Adtniral,pA-
CßES •clOtained. the' rest of Admiral Cocita4N's
Squadron •at Jamaica, for the .proteaion of that'
Island. Lieut, General,Sir WiLrn,cot Mi'Enis having
very handsomely offered his service with 2000 Troops,
Tor the relief of any Island the .k.'ineray Might have.
attacked, it appeared of such, sonsequence, that
Lord NELSON anchored the Fleet twelve hOurs for
the purpose of embarkitio' them in-the Line-Of-battle
Ships, and the whole of; the Fleet sailed early on the
sth of June. We reached Tabago on the following
day, where a Schooner made a signal previously
established by Admiral COCHRANE, for the Enemy
being at Trinidad"; every preparation :kvas accord-
ingly made for-attacking them at anchor, and, the,
greatest, anxiety prevailed throughout 'the Fleet
during the rut's from TTirlictid this Was in a great
measure heightened when we made that Island, by
obierying two or three posts set on ,firil and destroy-::
ed, as we were steering towards the.Gulph of Paria.
Judge of Our disappointment at finding they had no
intelligence of the Enemy, and that the out-posts
were destroyed its Consequence of their supposing
our Fleet to be the Combined Squadron.
at It appears the Enetny reached Fort-Royal about
the 14th -ultimo ; observed: and 'fired on 'by the
DiGniortd. Rock, on which Commodore 'Hood bad
planted several guns, under the cOnimand of Captain
Monats, a Commander in. the,N'avy, -With go .men.
Two Line-of-Battle-Ships, two. Frigates " and some'
Schooners were ordered. to attack 'the Rock, and
having anchored' eloSe off it,, a' most fUrious cannon-
ading commenced people were soon. driven
from the lower battery, of five guns, nearly level with
the water, but retreating to two guns:in the•upper
- parts of the Rock, they sustained'the attack gallantly
for three day's, during which time eight hundred of
the Enemy were- destrayed in. landing at the foot
of the Rock, with sealing ladders, Ste. to dislodge': ,
our people ; but such was the advantageous position
Captain MORRIS occupied, .being a steep and al-
most inaccessible rock, that no force could have ob-
liged our men to surrender. But Unfortunately their
supply: of po.,Vder and water w is intercepted ": and •
being at length redneed to half a. pint • of 'water
a day, and their anununition 'expended; they, were
under 'the necessity of capitulating., and were sent
direct, -in a. Schootter,. 'to .liiirbadoes. Tl4e.Enenay
bad 15.00 men on the Bock when Calm.. Wfoasts
left it,- and they weer: destreying the works, and
meant to evacuate it, our loss.on the Rock iniounted.
to but four killed. We passed. Grenada: and Mont-
serrat elose,, and findi safephave just reached.
this harbour,. Where the General and his troops will
.probably be re-landed." '

Captain Wm; ATEOL, late of the ship Mary,
of Greenock, and Capt. Jos. PIGGS, late of the ship
Hop', of Workington; were landed. at Torbay on
Monday last from France. Captain Argot. reports,
that he sailed from Virginia in the above ship Mary
in the month of April last ; that on the 1 di May
he wa.; ,•ha,cd by a French Privateer-the whole day,
and lost sight of her in. the night ; that on the fol-
lowing morning, • the, wind having died away, 5114
Nr,IS soon alongside, and gave three eheers, which
was returned, and an aetion immediately Com-
menced, which lasted 45 minutes, when he was
under the necessity. of stirrendefing to the Privateer,
which carried 14 twelve pounders and 100 meni
while the ship Hope had only G four-pounders and
three-pounders and 13 men, excluiive of MT. STEW.
ART, the owner's son, who ,behaVed with the great-
est gallantry during. the adion; fortnnately. there
was not a man either ,killed or wounded on board
the. Hope, but the ship Ntra3 much injured in her
hull and rigging. Captain ATHOL v carried:into
Bayonne, where he was with Captain'Ptuus seven
clays. On the 25th June they both got on board a
Neutral Ship, secreted themselves five days previous
to her sailing, and were on Monday put-on board
one of the Torbay Fishing-boats, and landed at Tor-
bay in the evening, with upwards of 100 letters and
packets, which he had secured from the Enemy.
Capt. ATHOL also reports, that an English Packet
from Halifax, bound to England, had. been taken
and carried into PaSsage, in Spain ; she had on board
the Captain of an English Man of:War and a Lady,
who were coming home passengers.
Our Naval Service is much indebted. to Captain
COWAN, for the invention of a dexterous mode of
reefing all the sails of a ship: by this plan, now ge-
nerally adopting through the Navy, the main-sail- of
a first-rate shit) is reefed by two men on the yard
with. more facility than when forty were employed
to effeli it.

We are sorry to see some of the Public Prints
treating the late Parliamentary observations on Mr.
BIRCH, of Coruhill, with levity unsuitable, to the
subje6t. The Volunteer Service in general is con-
cerned in the Question;and not'Mr. BIRCH as an
individual.—Besides, all the soi-clisant jokes npon
the subjeel are in reality but stale and hackneyed
ribaldry, unworthy of a Loyal.and National Press.
Two Officers'of the Cornish Militia, quartered at
Rochester, have agreed to walk from BocheSter
Bridge to Dover in ten hours, for a Very considerable
wager.

COItN EXCIiANGE, JuLi. ie.—We have , some
further arrivals of Foreign Wheat to-clay, this trade
is dull, .exccptink for fine -sztaiples, 'that continue
dear; 13arley, scarce any here,. is dearer; and in de-
mand fOr coasts ic, lit:ails in good supply, is. and
25. per quarter cheaper, 'White Pease are dearer
Svc have a iniddling- supply of Oats, fine in request,
and keep their price; Fine Flour is not very plenti-
ful,. and some sales at an advance on our currency.
Wheat 4US aas a 90$ Oa PC,lll$ .:. • 41S.A .49' 9,1
riin! 01,1 - -94 i it 9SI oi: rick Beans 40-; a 4p, 0:1
1
It Ye - ' - ' 44';a Sams oti Oats 2&4 a 2ys a 13, oti
13, "14W --• , • 30;.n 424 od i Poland do. 3.is "a 36, mi
Mali. - ft 7gs aBO ocl 1 Itape,Seud ~.. - - not - 041
%V hire lease 47s a .sis nti I l'ine floor - 7is a Sus al
Grey ditto . - 4y-s a .5s oil i Seetaiis - 70$ a 7.0 °I.I