The Sun.
London, England, 1811-07-10 00:00:00

vry we: pt. 4 in-prowioNe op.
;hosed to them, nio%considerect ; the ad-
klitiond satistatticin to state toyilsif Lord,nips, 'drat
140 woiltided tuen.,appear to be doing well.
I harp die honour to be, &c.
(Signed) COTTON.
. X,inclose also a Copy of Captain Barrie's acZ
count or the deforuaion of L'Etutircie; French MI..
tiynal,brig,' ott the 14th or riihreh.

. .
! • 1-lis Nl.4l4sty's ship Pornonc, oil•Sagou;) laity a, gitt.
tat R,
,
My letter of the.e..?4,eltimo.weeld•acqoaint yeti:.
With the intetligence I had raceived,ot the etteiny'4
forceinSagene; and that it was my inienticiti, utt...
der particulAr cireonnstancei, to attle•lt them; • ' .
I, haver new: the lionotir to inform yon, that Lai
the erect tg of .the, tbth, 1 arrive 4 °trait) -nay; this •
Unit4;and Scout in .compauy ; the Spout joined iti
the, morning, and Captain Sharpe having very hand.'
comely volunteered his s2rviceS•te take cliargti of the
landingpartyin the prejetted attack, I consented ti
take the ScOot usher my Orders, - ..lit .;nn-:;et the
Uilit6.'made the.sigoal for an .enemy's tiigtve at an-
cher. By day-break on the Ist, the Potnerte was
close off Liamone, and- I, had I hesatisfathort. touts
serve the enemy's three ships at, 'anchor in. S'tgettve
Bay. It w nearly calm, and..the ear,..ible. winery
which prevail .at this seasen having thrown the
Unit 6 a long .way astern, I abandoned my, design of
attempting, to take the tower sod barter): by !4lar,
prize ;
"and it was fortunate I did so, tor as the day
opened eye could clearly observe the enemy in. roll
posgeiAion of the, lteiglota, Ad ready to retetVe us.
He appeared. to havu alive two hundred regal ir
troops, with their field pieces, /Itc. aild. a otiather: of
the armed inhabitanti; the baitc..ry, cooKisling 'of
four gons and one Mortar, pre,etued a tUore for-
mitLible,apPearatwe than I expected, and a w.is
mounted on the Martell° Tower; ab..ive' tht_ te-it..
tery ; the three ships were moored within a pone 4.
throw tat the battery, and had each two cable's on
shore; their lkroadsides, were presented to us. The
etwillest ship (La Giraffe) hoisted a broad pntiatit ;
she .appeared•lo be a si.ter-vessel to the Var;•and,
she Wed thirteen guns on each side the main-
deck. 'I he outer ship (La Nourrice) - was reifitt
larger,.and she,eed fourteen, guns ; bet lower (WC
ports were open, but she bail no guns in the:o.
The armed ship was partly hid by the Nourrice, au
.
that we coutd"not make out her force. r .
The Bay is so small, that it Was impossible to ap-
proach rithoot being exposed to the r king fire of
the whole. Notwithstanding their strong irosition;
the ,sew, of rashilhip Came .for Ward in the 'nest
not le manner, anthialunteefed their services to land,
or, as it was quite calni, event() attack the enemy's
hhipt, with the boats. Captains Chamberjayne and
Shirpe both agreed with me, that we could do no:.
thing by landing; e.nd it would line beeti IpelittleSS
to fetid the beats ; however,' I signified, by tele-
graph, that it was my intention to attack as scion
as a breeze sprung Ile. As tlie calm continued, at
halt past.five P. M, ,I gave up all the 1101)6 01 the
sekbreeZ., • and , Gering any longer delay would
enable' ifie'enemy to iperease his force, I determined
on towing the sliiiii in: .My pen is leo feeble to
express my edreiption of, the ;ealous and spirited
eoudud of the Wan:-crews employe! on ibis set.
vice,;" the same zeal animated melt ship's company,
and by' six' p'tlocic 11,ivini; .igtWed,.into a position
within range of grape, we,.commenced the action,
which lasted without any intermission till about half
past seven,. whensmoke was observed to issue trout
the Giraffe; .isivil after la Nourrice was in a blaX'.
and the trietehlaitnian was set 'on fire by the brands
trOm la Nourrice ; et this tibia the battery ai,cl
tower were silenced, and in ten minutes the three
' ships were completely Ori fite. I lost no' time in
towiegg our ships out of harm:a way,. where we.
waited the explosions, which. took place in succes-
Can.-The Giraffe blew up about ten minutes before
oine, soon :titer La Nourrice 'exploded, and some of
her timber* falling on the
,tower, entirely, demb•
tithed it, and the sparks set fire to the battery-which ,
also blew up; 'the object of our attack being thus
completely executed, I itood out to sea, to get cleat
of the wrecks, and to repair our damages. No
language of Mine can do Justice to the gallantry of
these I bad the lionnuelo command.
I am particularly indebted to Captains Chamber,-
layne and Sharpe, for their spirited:exertions and
cordial co-operation throughout the, whole of the
anti.: 1 ani tensible my narrative itealready too
prolix, but tanner conclude withoUt assuring you
that the Officers find ' crews of the ships behaved
with the 'greatest' coUrage and coolness. The Po.
(hone, from being enabled to .choose hqr station,
was, of course, eXposekto,the latent of
.the 'action,
and has cianseqUendriMliered Most i though consi.
Bering the eneillY,'a ,Ate and,,position, our ships
- have escaped much better than couitlhave been ex-
pelied.'Whin all conspiduou4y distinguished them.
*Wes- 'ii , is' impossible to seleo, out indivi.tuals ;
but I' sheuld be 'most sharnefelly wanting in my
duty to my cotinrry, and to the merits of a most de-
serving stet of Otiieers, ill were to neglett acquaint.
ing yuu, 'that ftgeeived'freen them.' every assistance
it was possible to expect, Lieutenant J.W. Gabriel,
First of the Pumper, cOndueted bimielf e ith the
same spirit and -zeal 'which has uniformly distin-
-1
guished his conduct. 1 inclate'.. the report of the
killediLeweonnetteLly ,k,etk-pte.,plat
visoy buteljuttasrttcefir'et,o
aenedelbaeiii
that .
haVedwith geetit'braver);. I can Perin no opnion
of theirluss.

I have the honaur to be, Ste.
ROBERT BARRIE,
(Signori)
Admiral Sir Charles Cotton,"Bart,`Commander
in Chief, 4tc. &c, •
,From one of the crew belonging to the
Noutrice, who wie picked up by the Uniti's hoar,
1 am informed that the ships were all deeply laden
with ship timber, end that; having observtd us
the precedin4, day, every preparation Was made to
give us "a warm reception; and that, in addition to
the four-gun battery, La Nourrice had landed het
quarter7deck zuns. The -regular troops po4led, on
the bitighis Were above 200, exclusive of the marines
from the ships, and the ended peasantry. La Nuur-
rice he states, to be about eleven hundred kale, la
Giraffe nine hundred tons, the merchantman Ilya
hundred tans; La' Giraffe had about one hundred
and foitirlnen; Li Nourrice one hundred and sixty
men.

A List or killed PM! Waunfila Men on board his Majestl's
.romone. Robert SAMS, gut. Captain, in 014 4CAten