Herald Of The United States

Capture of the Pomona frigate.
Capt. Reading, of the schooner Fanny, from Trinidad, has favored us with the following extract from his log-book.
"On the 24th of August, near the Moro, at 6 o'clock in the morning, saw a large Spanish frigate turning to windward for the Havana; there being a very strong N. E. current, and the wind S. W. she was obliged to come to anchor two leagues eastward of Havana; under a battery; when the Spaniards sent ten gun-boats to guard her. At 8 A. M. two English frigates hove in sight-which the Spaniards observing, landed a quantity of specie on shore, which she had brought from Mexico. At 24 minutes past ten, the two British frigates bore down to the Spanish frigate, that lay moored under the battery, and the ten gun boats round her. At 40 minutes past ten the Spanish frigate, gun-boats, and battery, opened a heavy fire on the Englishmen. At 52 minutes past ten the headmost British frigate commenced her fire on the Spaniards; and at 5 minutes before eleven, the sternmost frigate got up, and kept a heavy and well-directed fire in all directions on the enemy. At 7 minutes after eleven the Spanish frigate struck her colours: the two British frigates ran a-head and let go their stern anchors to cover the prize, while the seamen were taking possession of her. Two of the gun-boats blew up, and 5 were sunk. The other two lay under the fort quite disabled. At 12 the frigates cut their stern cables, and hauled off to repair the damage, which was chiefly in their sails, and a few shot in their hulls. At half past 1, the prize was under way in tow of a frigate, bound to Jamaica.
The British frigates were the Arethusa, of 38 guns, Capt. Brisbane: the Anson, 40, Capt. Ledyard: The Spanish frigate (prize) was the Pomona, of 40 guns, captain killed. The Arethusa had 2 men killed and 10 wounded. The Anson none killed or wounded. The number of killed on board the Spaniard was unknown.
Our correspondent at Philadelphia, has sent us the following correct account of the capture of the above mentioned frigate.
On the 24th of Aug., the Pomona Spanish frigate of 36 guns, from Vera-Cruz, was taken about two leagues to the eastward of the Moro by the British frigates Arethusa and Anson, after an action of 16 minutes. The Spanish frigate was aided by seven gun-boats, (one of which was blown up, and another sunk) and a battery of 18 guns. Previous to the action there was a considerable quantity of money landed from the frigate, reported to be the property of the King; but the English took in the Ship half a million of dollars. The captain of the Spanish frigate lost his life in the action; the number of others killed not known, but supposed considerable from the closeness of the action and the heavy fire. At the time of the action there was an 84 gun ship in the harbor, with her yards down, and could not get ready in time."