Star.
London, England, 1809-08-09 00:00:00

• WEST 1ND145: -
KINGSTON, itINS 11. •
The Argo frigate, of 44 guns, Captain Digby, ar.
rived on Saturday froma cruize. On the 2.3 th ult.
she touched it Agnadilla Bay, Porto Rice, and sailed
from thence on the 30th. On the 2d hut; ihejnined.
the squadron off Santo Domingo, and proceedea, on • . •
the 4th. We understand that the intended attack on,
that city, by the seamen and marines of the squat- ' ,
drop, was positively to rake place on the sth. Every,
thing was ready for their landing, and Captain Burt,
of the Sparrow brig, wasappointed.to command theta. , . •
•
The snrall,detachment of artillery, on shore, under.
Lieutenant FaddY, had been Of the greatest service
4.0 the Spaniards in annoying the enemy, who had
made two sallies from the city, with a view to sur-
prize them, but were repulsed with loss. Tn one in-
stance the sallying party consisted of 200 men, but in
about tea minutes they were compelled to retreat,
with the loss of 44) killed and 37 wounded. The . .
troops and inhabitants in the city avere in the greatest :*
distress for want of provisions, yet they refused to sur-
render, on being summoned by Captain Cumby, of
Vie Polyphemus. A strong battery had been erected,
under the direction of Lieutenant Faddy, between
Fort Jerome and the city, which would soon compel ••
the fort to surrender, as there were only 50 men it it. ._ •
A dissatisfaction appears to exist among some cf •
thegarrison of Sant? Domingo,several Italians having
lately deserted, and. joined Lieut. Faddv's party.
On the night of the 2d inst. two boat* belonpiing
to the Polyphemus, 'being close in shore at Santo Do-
'
ming° were discerned by the enemy who opened a
fire on them from the batteries, when one cf the boats
was unfortunately sunk, and several men killed and
wounded ; the other boat succeed:A in reaching a
'Salattiiirt in pOstesSion ofthe Spaniards. Besides the
killed the beati, we are sorry to state a number cf
men are missing; •
• Arrived the, Harmony : she was chased for .several
hours., 'off the city of Santo Domingo, by a large
Schooner, when the Tweed sloop of war fortunately •
hive in *sight and immediately pursued her.. The
Tweed spoke the Parmony, and informed her, that .
the schoondi was the French privateer l',Hirondelle • •
of six guns and 75 men, deeply laden with vivryisionni.
taken out or different vessels captured triter, and .;
with which she made several attempts to get, into...;
:Santo Domingo, but was unable to elktde oint ouiseisi .
The crews of the yes Sela," • which had thee-Misfortune • .
to'be taken by spriTateer, were treated with great •
. cruelty. .
We fear that tilt TWeed would not be able to come
Sup with the. privateer, ass during the.chace, she carried
away berm tin topgallant mast. On Saturday morning,
abut 1.5 ,leagues to the • eastward of the isltnd, the.
Harmony fell in with the first division of ,h.t Santq •
Domingo expedition, and the same afternoon with thsi • •
2d division, all well.
• Ante 24- - The Bramble three masted schooner, of .
ten'gg'uns, *Lieutenant Pleasing, arrived on Ttiesday, •
in teleVen days from Bermuda. OW Saturday last, off
'Beata, she spoke with, the Satellite brig, of 16 guns, .
ajnd the following day, off Point Abacoa, she tell in
with the Moselle biag, of 18 guns, with the expedi.
tlinibtland to Santo Domingo, all well.