The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-02 00:00:00

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His Majesty's Ship ityp‘.,rion, St. Domingo;
• May 6, oho:
. 'After leaving Gonaives, we revutned oor eru;zieg
ground between Cape Maize hi Cuba and Mote
in St. Domino; and toe 2,-7th fell in Petiou's
quadron, bet ween the Mole and Cape Francois.
We coMmuniewed with then). On the 281 h., at
(1-1-light, we saw them again to leeward, and an-
other squadron in shore, to k•ii-c.lw ai-d, Fie ed.
to be Christephe's. They immediately gave cheer!,
. and we thought there w oaidhave been au ashore : it
' continued all day to the Northward, tlre Island of
St. Domingo being out of sight et night, when they
gave over the---cltace, as, from _Petion's squadron
having the decided superiority in sailing, atiy-tur-;
ther pursuit seemed fruitless.
•On the efeth of March, the two squad' ens had
neariy'the Same relative position, but' nearer ti,e
prole. Christophe again gave chase, and an action.
seemed ineVitable. Au eleven o'clock the headmosr
of Christophe's squadron and the rear of Petion's
• egair firing, the•heaimost of the later haulirg their
wind, and stopping to support the rear' occaslon-
ally. ,Petibn's seemed studiott;lyio avoid a.gener.ll
action, but appared to get all advantages by,ma-
ticeuvring; watch they were enabled to do• very
• well, horn ttieiv seperioritrof sailing. Potion now
kept his wind, and 'seemed toego into the
• Mule, bur Was- too Jar to leeward to effed that
;purpose: When close in strhre, l.e wOr round,
'went" to leeWatd of Cliristephe, :keeping up
brisk- lire :witile pas Sing,
,A running
,fig:-t was
then kept up for the Iremtioder of the day, • ito'l
ship •beittg taken on either side, or. Matetiany da-
maged. ;• • _ - ,
• ' r have learnt sibee, that Christophe's Admiral has
been slightly wounded in one of his bets, when
going in -to attack a fort, .in the, Bite of Leogane 5
and
,when- we' were a.short lime at Gonaives for re-
, treshinents, he was on sO,QT:! at the General's, who
commatnis .at that place. Beth of these 'days we
followed at 'a reseetable distanee, so' as not to be
suspeeted•of taking any part iii the contest. Those
petty fleets remind'are ofethat' Of the rival States of
flume in their infancy.
Ttte colours or,ensign'-af Christophe, is merely
red and blue, vertical; that of:Ter-ion red and
horizontal; sti that they are the..saine, .only ddle-
rently • placed... Christophe's squadron, consists of
nine vessels (one being added lately),; 'two ships,
about the size Of English \sloops of war., formerly
West Indiamen ; 'five -brigs• not so large as ..ours,
bearing a Captain as Commaeder, one ,sehooner,
and aesinepe , • •
Petioe's consists of seven velsets:twO corvettes,
four bilgs, and a three4nasted sateen& ; this 'is by
far' fl 'best squadron, have the superiority in 'sailing,
are better Appointed, and calculated lorfigating2The
number- of gueS in each _ are nearly, equai—they
mount about 125.in.eaeh.squadron.
Qhristophe•has .two Admirals, or rather one Ad-
miral and a Vice--AdMiral Potion -has only a Coin,
medore. The Vice-Admiral now commands the
fleet of Christophe, the Admiral being af'Gtutaives,
wounded.• .-Xou must of ',course ktiow that Goodall
was the Lord High Admiral of Christophe ;• he is
new :rather in a'divil 'capacity, ,being Ainerica,
contiading fir a frigate, which have-lat.ely learned
was seized,: and .he was obliged to ,be off,- on at-
; .count 01 'some alleged depredations on .theAmeri-
carts- in this Tiarter. • Goodall- formerly cornmanded
tt privateer irrthel.West. Indies, i.called the:Rosciuse
stiets now in Christephe's squadron. The-Govern-
ment will not +llow a white •to have thetounnand.
Cape Nicola Mole has been besieged by Christophe
for,stixteen months; We, were in dpout. five weeks
ago, -arid *they were then inliessession of the 'heights
. on-one side of the town, not wore than h mile and a
- half distant ; on theothet a deep ravine - prevented
(heti-approach. .They almost every night tired shot,
. and threw shells into the. town, buts none into the
Mole„-where we l jy. S,mt: suppose tills was in
eomplianeneto the
,hoglish, but tam oi;ea different'
°Pinion, as,--trorn•whatet have-seen el- thtm, they do,
net owe you much _good Will:
Christophe: was at the Moie a few days ago, and
- made the troops advance,eand storm two place::
.much nearer the town. It is. said he is determined
soon to take It by storm, if not surrender.
• -On the 4th of May, an English ship, called the
Crown, which had obtained a I:cense in-London, to
trade in any port of the West Indies, was taken going
- into the Mole with provisions for the besieged, a suf-
ficiency to last for 6 months. It seems she been
at Port-au!Proce to baiter some goods for the produce
of the Mend. An American schooner came iii ; her
cargo was purchased by stnna agent at that place, and
shipped on board the Crown, to take round to the-
Mole. • The Saracen brig conveyed her a :part.of toe
way ; told her she wouid meet the Hyperion off the
Mole, and /stood in, herself to Gonaives.. She- was
detained by Christoplie's squadron who were ljing
oft the Mole, and sent to (:ape Francois, for hav-
ing enemy's property on board. The ship, and the
remaining part of
,the cargo will, I suppose,- be re.
sierede -as the. 'ma',ter declares he knew nothing
concerning the freiight la hl received' on 'board°,
only to land' it tle Mole ; and that he told them
'at:Port-an-Prince, should he tall in with Christophe
he would deliver up 'every paper, and it ,seems he
wotild not have been detained, had it not been for a
letter which:they had broke open, and it was found
to contain true accounts of the property. We board-
ed and examined the ship a short time after, and
found very just 6,01;6 of detention. -
On this occasion the Vice-Admiral came on
_ beard of us, with several of hiS Captains, and he
certainly is a very handsome, gallant looking black.
His uniform is light .bite;' headi 'around the
cubs and collar, turned buff,: and red qg-
ing; plain cocked hat, a good deal 'Frenchified, 'and
small sword.; thaiity oVeralk, ‘k;alstedat and shoes.'
lie is not morel ihan 23 years of age; e 'tall elegant
figure, aed of very easy address... He appeared a
character born to command. Saying this is only
doingt-iiin justice. .
ciretnn4ance happenedW
eweeks ago,
f'
whlCh I, fear render our' ciimmunication with
this'islaird. less Ifreqiient: T 'Saracen brig went
into bonaives Bay about three wieeks ago; with
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