The Sun.
London, England, 1811-07-27 00:00:00

TO.I NE ED.

'PTA bitriE7suiv.

'SIR, Halifax, lune•2l,
This letter will present to yonf.Readers a circum-
,
Mance that probably may leAd to very seri,.us events
between Great Brno n and the United States of
America. As th Late Belt sloop of war, Captain
i3tN4nAm, was.nadsing 011 the Capes of Virginia,
on, 'the .'irith utt. p rceiving 'a large Sall-,• he pve
criare; upon ne,nith; her, he could plainly discover
thatshe was a frigate of the largest•cla.s, and she
um answering his priva,te.sigtral, he. very tirudehtly.

Stood from lit;r. Waugh he fiadlatle or tlr► suipic

' that she was an enemy;"tut wishing to.nvoidbeini;
spoke by any of the American 'vessels of war, as
has been most scrupulously observed by all the
King's ships on the American coa,i, that not a sha.
cfow or pretext might be drawn trom a British force
being on their coati', as to any interruption of their
commercial or naval ships. As soon as the frigate
perceived "at the Lille Belt was statidingfrom tier,

she made all Bait, iu chace; and it appeaiing vident
ly titer the frigate was gaining fast upon him, and
as tlidni4lii was fast advancing, he hauled his wind,
and j,%gen on under easy sail, wish tug to know pre-
cisely what she was, that no misunderstannding might
take pine tram the want of kno,..ung what-colours
She nitglit be under. About nine o'clock, p. ni. the
frigate, of ter many fruitless attempts to run under
the stern of the Lille Belt, took a position of about
halt a cable's length distance, when Captain &so--
- lima (who positively asserts that he hailed first)
asked, What ship is that ?" and *as answered in
return, "'What ship is that ?" These interrogato-
ries continued reciprocally two or three times : in
the e!urse of a few minutes a shot , was fired to um
the frigate, Which, was instantly retarne • from the
Lille Belt; the engagement was continued tor The
space of forty- ar, fifty minor, s. • The Lille Belt
having sustainecrvery considerable danaa,e in tier
masts, yards, and rigging, with ten men killed and
twenq wounded, she of course, under these circuit).
Stances, fell to leeward, and the trigute ( eased ti.
rand closed ; and upon hailing, was informed it was
his I.linannie.Majesty's sloop Lille Belt.
On the 'Litortiing.'ol the ilth, the frigate being
about three miles to windward of the Lille Belt;
stood down tinder easy, sail-, and hailed the sloop for
peitnission to send a boat on board, which was
•'granted when it appeared the frigate way the
President, tree largest ship in the Ainnican herViCe,
mi,unting in all fifty-,ix guns, and a complement of
• four hundred men, bearing the broad pendant ot
Commodore RODG6IIi; who sailed in company with
the' Argus sloop '1 war, with - in.truations on board
to demand from the lititish frigate Gllerriere, Clop.
tain;PECH LILL, a mdli who had been. impre,std, not
having a inotcPioni link time ago, but
nately for the President, it their eoininudore'. 0r7..
ders were of a hotline nature,, that frigate had re.
tinned to Bermuda; for it is more than primanle
that he never word ,never mare hove visiked an
American port. The Lille bett inouips 18' guns—:
sixteen 32 pounders and two long stx,s,
Tt,ere is an Englishman on . board of the Ann
packet here who was on . board ot the President in
tie atition, who swans Iron) her at New-York, (in.
company with another Emiglishman who was iint„r•.
ttailaiely drowned), uho deposes upon oath, that
the first shot was fired front the America.,, being ct
a gilatter.64.4tiner on board, and being only a few
guts front his tinarters ; 'he 'furl her ask, ts, that
there were upwards of 200 Englishmen in the Pre-
s;deist at this time. Upon this atLir being known
at N, w..y,,rk, every demonstration of joy was ex-
ltihitei throughout that cit, ; the Town-hall wkts
loinioated.; one ot the bests of the President, vs sbe
passed up to the city, was received by tein r,t4d
cheers Isom the.shinping and from the w harves.,,
Toe names of 110Do!tits and Ducirott were coupled •
to those of DuNcAN and
,t he immortal :NitlatoN.t atO
the celebrated etieral air of "Yankee *Poodle" was,
forturtd iu extolling to the skies the 'success otthejr
naval atms, to doggerel rhyine,and national balder,
Clash.

, .
Acimirki), whn only arrived here from Ber.
On, the Loth itsstant,'.diapatch d the. M;iiy
St;' minter to England, upon her immediate arrival la
t tetct twin .witii pint, I.itNottAm's
tut, which probably •you will be in itebststutt ut
411.40 re this reaches you.
Ship. Ot this port a +resCnt ,are, the Africa, 04
runs, -B4 ar-Adthiral SAWY BR, bTAIID .;
Gherriere, Captain
,DAottini A:9lns, Captain
JA.m.gs lowNsLiqn ; Turtaras,
Capt,tin,fingeo, Lille Belt, Captain, B 1 N 01149.1,r.
Litt . •
sctreity of cash.in this pro+ ince hag be.,en, of
Jitte, a sp,urce of great inconvenivoce,
,particohnly
to Oak, rs of the Navy, who
„are paid by.biils,:as
they have been under the nucessity of purchasing
hunt the merchant, articles. t hat they were .not in
gp,,liicdiale warn of, to get a Bill upon Qovern-
ment cashed, and that with a ditiCOUtil of ilta
cent. I am, Sir,

Yuur bumble Servant,
AN OLD CpItitESPONDENT.

•
The hoariling of gold coin among the (pickling sod
infettor class ot soCiety seertuf to be very general :
a common •fisbettuan oh the town of Lympaton, dear
this eily, has' now in his inssesi;iou seven 11undf ed
guineu.l in. gold ; the Printer knows this to be a ntet,
int for priiticnce sake concerils.tt u boor,tislierroJo'ri
nanie, It is suppose() the livigota quantity Of phi
coin possessqd by any one individual in this nei4h.
how hood, is in the hands of a noted chinzney-saieeper
in Paper).
A few day,s ago, a poor man, agent'to a Welck,
catile-dealer, returning, )oane. hum Tewkesbury;;.
lost his pock= t7liook; containing Bank-note* to the
amount of 2131.1. between Btishly•Green
Holy-Bosh, on the Ledburyaload, which was pieked:',.
up by a pedlar end his wile itutrit (Lately atterwardi.
On his return to seek after it, fouling the pedlar,
he cor,vey,id him to Tewkesbury, where he'an4 his
wife W.etc ti ea tched, but no (raves of the properly
were fond about tht.ro,- and•per,i+ting in knowing
you, tag of it, they were liberwed•;-but a person,
where they lodged !he following night,. oierhefird
how they slit;ulddi-pose of
th /win bed planutog
the nione, and had thetu apprehended in the mOro,'
jog, when the whole stun' seas found sewed up in
11). ti •ii,g of die v+ moan's gays, and was attertv,iros,
restored to the ovi,tier.

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