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P 7 - ~- ; H OA7XI IE. THE. PRICLDING PRO/. /FICE, APRIL O. ,IttSir James Saunestria, Bart. , ir, Esq. third is London, • FROM Las tx COMTDIUATION • ADMIRALTY 0 :opy of a Letter front Vice Adn mid K,-1.-lie to iliedthlaatant. Sta-4 Were the highest sattsfaettre lammation of the Lords Gaels Phase this morning received fro Captain Maurice, _ - 1.4 • of Anholt, acquainti n g meet as t ack having heel made that island by a formidable. inifitaryire, aupporuul by 111 , pm boats and other.arifie4 stew on the kith uhf. which • 4 Vested in the moat gairtu-A walnut by Governor Maurice the brave garrison moiler his'owlers. with the loss tow he e ea, •y of their:Commander and thre.2. othdr o ffi cers killed, n six- Officessmad upwards of five hundred rank and file taken pri rs. I cannot too ga l l an t xpress to their Lordships my high admi • of the very gaanduct of Govapor Maurice, and Ma . r Torrens,.senior Officer of the Royal Marina and the other ens and men composing the brave gait and my satisfac • n that this brilliant Berrien has been pedalled with so little • on our part. I have also great pleasure in transmittinga letter from Captain •, her of the Tartar, giving an account of the operations of that ip and hii Majesty's sloop Shehirake in support of Capt. Mau ce, and in pursuit of the retreating flotilla of the enemy. Their • ;tidily' will, I doubt ant, also appreciate the good conduct ef ptain Stewart in attacklng and defeating to superior a force as •• t opposed to him, each of the gen boats carrying heavy metal, • being manned with 60 or 70 menu , Lieutenant Baker, who has brought the dispatches, bore, as eir Lordships will observe, a distingnisised part in Allis gallant affair. and it strongly recommended to their favourable attention. I-4n" (Signed) SAUtiIAnEZ• Fort Yorke, Island of Anholt,March 27. Stn—l reported to you in my letter of the 10th Ult. my having received information of an intended at tack on this -island by the Danes. On the Bth inst. I received corroboration of this intelligence, but as every exertion had been•made to complete the works as well as our materials would allow, and as piquets were nightly stationed from one extreme of the island to the_o,her, in order to prevent surprise, I waited with confidence the meditated attack. • Yesterday his Majesty's ship Tartar anchored on the north side of the island. The enemy's flotilla and army, consisting in all of nearly four thousand men, have this day, after a close combat of four hours and a half, received a mos; complete and decisive defeat, and are fled back to their ports, with the loss of three pieces of cannon and upwards of five hundred priso- 1 ; a number greater by one hundred and fifty men than the garrison I command. I am now to detail the proceedings of the day. In the morning, just before dawn, the out-piquets on the south aide of the island made the signal for the.ene my's being in sight. The garrison vias immediately put under arms, and I lost not a moment in proceed ing with the brigade of howitzers, and two hundred infantry, accompanied by Captain Torrens (who had hitherto acted as Major Commandant to the banal lion), :ii order to oppose their landing. On ascen ding an elevation, for the purpose of reconnoitring, I discovered the landing had already been effected, un der the cover of darkness and a fog, and that the ene my were advancing rapidly, and in great numbers. Oa both wings the enemy now 'far outflanked us,l and I saw that if we continued to advance, they would get between us and our works; I instantly ordered a retreat, which was effected in good order, and without loss, although the eneity were within pistol shot of our rear, and seamed determined to enter our batteriet bf : but Fort Yorke and Massareene tiatteriei f opened such a well-directed fire of grape and musketr'y,lhat the assailants were obliged to fall back and shelter themselves under the sandhills. As the day lightened, we perceived that the enemy's flotilla. consisting of 18 gun-boats, had taken up a position on the South side of the Island at point blank shot. I ordered the signal to be made to the Tartar and Sheldrake , that the en em y had landed, 'r upon which these vessels immediately weighed, and under a heavy press of sail used every endeavour to beat up the south side, but the extent of shoals threw them out so many miles, that it was some hours be fore their intention could be accomplished. The-gun boats now opened a, very heavy fire on our works, "while a column of about 600 men crossed the Island to the westward, and took up a position on the Northern shore, covered by hillocks of sand, by breaks and inequality of ground. Another column made I many attempts to carry the Massareene battery by storm, but were as often repulsed, and compelled to cover themselves under hillocks of sand, which on this • Island are thrown up by every gale. The column'on the South side had now succeeded in bringing up a field piece against us, and Captain Holtoway, who had commanded at the advance post, joined us by water. I had been under great appre hensions that this Officer had fallen into the hands of the enemy ; but finding, after several gallant attemp that he was cut off from reaching head-quarters by land, he, with the coolest judgment, launched a boat, and landed his party under Fort Yorke amidst the acc lamations of Au' garrison. Immediately after ' wards Lieutenant. H. L. Baker, who, with Lieutenant 1 Turnbull, of the Royal Marines, and some brave vo lunteers, bad, itrthrAnbolt-sthooner, gone on the daring enterprize of destroying the enemy's flotilla in his ports, bore down along the North side' of the Island. Things were in this position when the co- 1 lamp on the Northern sh ore, which, divided b y the' 1 • Sand Hills, had approached within fifty paces of our • lines, made another desperate effort to carry the Massareene battery by storm ; the column to the South-east also pushed on, and the reserve appeared, on the hills ready to support them ; but while the Commanding Officer was leading on his men with great gallantry, a musket ball put a period to his life. —Panic-struck by the loss of their Chief, the enemy , -again fell back, and sheltered themselves behind the Sand Hills. At this critical moment Lieut. Baker, with great skill and gallantry, anchored his vessel on + their flank, and opened a well-directed fire. ,The Sand Hills being no longer a protection, and finding it impossible either to advance or retreat, the assail ants hang out a flag of truce, and offered to surren der upon terths ; but I would listen to nothing but an unconditional surrender, which after some delibe ration was complied with. In the mean time the gun boats °tithe South side, f which- had been much galled by the fire of Fort Yorke • and Massareene battery, got under weigh, and stood to the Westward, and the column of The enemy which' I . had. Advanced on the South side, finding their retreat no longer covered by the flotilla, also hung out a flag afaruce, and I sent out an Officer to meet it. I was salted to surrender ; the reply that I ieturaed it.is tut. - - 1, for 1. I Go- so namerous, and as we had' no place of security in which to place them, I could only employ on this occasion the brigade of Howitzers under Lieutenants R. C. Steele and Beaant of the Royal Mar commandine artil lery, and part of the light company ed by Lieutenant Tirnbullo When we arrived at the West end of the Wend, we found that the enemy had form i ed on the titich, and were protected by fourteen gun ' boats towed close to the shore ; to attack such a force with four howitzers and forty men, seemed a use less sacrifice of brave men's lives ; I therefore with the advice of Major Torrens halted on the hills, while I reluctantly saw the reserve embarked under cover of the gun-boats, and the flotilla take a final leave of the Island. I am happy to say our loss has not been so consi derable as might have been expected, from so despe rate an attack, we having only two killed and thirty wounded. The enemy have suffered severely ; we have buried between thirty and forty of their dead, and haste received in the hospital 23 of their wounded, most of them have undergone amputation, three since dead of their wounds,' besides a great number which they carried off the field to their boats. Major Mel steat the Commandant, fell in the field ; Captain Bor gan, the next in command, wounded in the arm t Captain Pratz, Adjutant-General to the Commander of the Forces in Jutland, lost both his legs ; since dead. The most pleasing part of my duty is to bear' tes timony to the zeal, energy, and intrepidity of the officers and men I had the honour to command ; to particularize would be impossible; the same ardour inspired the whole. To Lieutenant Baker, next in command, who will have the honour of delivering this dispatch, and will give you every information you may require, I am much indebted ; his merit and zeal as an officer, which I have some years been ac quainted with, and his volunteering with me on this service,. claim my warmest esteem. Captain Torrens, the senior Officer ot Royal Marines, and who acted as Commandant of dig Garrison, bore a conspicuous part on this day, and although wounded, I did not lose his valuable service and able support. The dis cipline and state of perfection to which he had brought the battalion is highly creditable to him as an officer. —Lutenant R. C. Steele, senior Officer of Royal Mate Artillery, also claims my warmest acknow ledgments for the arrangements lie made, which ena bled us to keep up so . heavy and destructive a fire.— Captain Steele, Lieutenant and Quarter Master Fis cher senior Subaltern, Lieutenant and Adjutant Steele, Lieutenants Stewart, Gray, Ford, JeUico, At kinson, and Curtayne, all merit my warmest acknow ledgments for the Assistance they afforded me.-- Lieutenant Bessant of the Royal Marine Artillery, deserves every commendation "I can &ire him for hie cool and able judgment in the direction of the guns on the Massareene battery. Lieutenant Turnbull, who acted as Captain of the'Light Company, when' he pursued the reserve, manifested such zeal and \ energy, that I have no doubt had we brought the enemy again to action, he would have borne a very conspicuous part. I cannot sufficiently express my thanks to Captains Baker and Stewart of the Tartar anti Sheldrake for their great exertions to get round to the flotilla ; and had the wind the least favoured them, they would have destroyed the whale. I am happy to add that the property belonging to. the merchants has been fully protected without meet ing with the least losss. The expedition sailed from the Randers, command ed by Major Melsteat (an officer of great distinction), an ,l consisted of the following corps -2d Battalion of Jutland Sharp Shooters, 4th Battalion, 2d Regiment ot Jutland Yaris o Ist Regiment Jutland Infantry, . with some others, the names of which emmot be as certained. ,_ I have the honour to inclose the Articles of Sur render, a return of killed and wounded, and a list of Danish Officers taken and killed. Also a return of Ordnance Stores taken. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) J. W. Mame; Commandant. - Comman, - of • ditty, ditto. ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY. Sampson Weeks Corporal, slightly ; Joseph Lewis, Gunner, dangerously ; ;ohs Parker, ditto, slightly; Isaac Duck, ditto, ditto.—Total Killed and 'rounded-32. (Signed) J. W. PA AU R An account of Danish Officers killed and taken so the Attack of the 27th March. Major Mehteat, Commander, killed; Captains Borger), Major, Kraig, Rothwith, Finest, and Prutz, taken; Premier Lieut. Von Munck, Adjutant, Lieutenants Klee, emit Van Plater. Wither& Alir . - ..- • t . . necessity th mention: The enemy finding my Awe.. • Killed- 4 Maio', 2 Captains, I Tint Liniment. Tatett—S ruination, sought permission to embark without mo. Callisi ni . aim; but I would listen to nothing but an un. sintrditional submission, and I have the pleasure to 2 Adjutants, o.Lieutestants, 504 Rank and File, ex elusive of wounded !stinging te th e andermeationed Corps. dd Bataon of Jutland . Sharp Shooten. 4th Battalion 2d Regiment Jutland lagers. inform you, that this corps also laid down their arms, 401 Battalion Ist Regiment Jotland infantry. h iest ' end surrendered themselves prisoners of war. • . (Signed) .T. W. l/AORICZ. The prisoners, which were now more numerous Return of Ordna n nz e ttinc e ttztfroT i t h h . e enemy in the than my small garrison, were no sooner secured, i I Brass Ordnance Field Carriage 4-pounder; .2 four Inch mor than operations were cemmenced against the reserve. tars; 484 tunskets and bayonets complete; 470 swords; 'which had been seen retreating to the Westward of ss,ooo musket-ball cartridges, 14 soar-inc h shells hied. the Island. ( ie Sig untnant,ned) I to First L ok the field with Major Torren s ( who thouo and Commanding ()Seer wounded insisted on accompanying me) and Lieute. - Royal Marine Artillery. nant and Adjutant Steele ; but as our prisoners were His Majesty's ship Tartar, el Ankolt, Muth 31. _ .. _ I have the' 'to acquaint you that the • The , ....tiding Officer . the troops of his Da- His Majesty's Sloop Shrldrake, . _ rsilk Majesty, occupied in the attack of Anholt, agrees Sin—ln obedience to your signal yester44y to keep to surrender prisoners of war at discretion, with all the on the north side of the island, my attendee was par. troops, to the forces of his Britannic Majesty ; with ticularly occupied in preventing the escape of the •the reserves that their personal property shall be re- enemy's flotilla to leeward, hopirig by so-doing I an ticipated your wishes. tamed by them, and that, at the convenience of the Contritander of the island of Anholt, a cartel with un- At two p. tn. observing the Tartar to windward of sealed letters srall - Wient to JtirMid: . -' tile Island, and the gunboats endeavouring to push GiVilf at Anholt, the 27th of March, ism through the passage inside the reef, I endeavoured to (Signed) BoloaN,capiatn and Commander in Chief place myself in such a situation as to turn them, or of the Danish troops on Ankolt, tender an action unavoidable. About four p. m. we J, W. Maurice, Captain Royal Navy, Governor and 'dated within long range * of shot,• their force consist ," Commandant of the island of Anholt. . • mg of sixteen gun-boats and armed vessels, in close A Return of Killed and Wounded at the Garrison of Anholt, - . 1 and compact order, formed in line , stee rin g down March 27, i Al 1. irattan.—Guestn. Bracbio, Serjeant ; Anthony Lock, private. with the apparent determination of supporting each wouNDED. I other; but they finding us equally determined to bring %diet Torreus, Commandant, slightly ; .Join Fasby, corporal -them to close action, began to disperse just when we severely ; Benjamin Addison, ditto, ditto ; John Darby, Ser - p were i n h opes o f pl ac ing ourselves in such a situation jeant Major, slightly ; Cornelius owen, Serjeaut, ditto; W. , • aker, Corporal, ditto ; Patrick Boyle, ditto, ditto , John Hat. .as must have annihilated thewhole of them in a short stead, Drummer, ditto; William Shulks, private, severely; • crime. However, as five of them kept in one di- John Clark, ditto, ditto; Thomas Robinson, ditto, ditto; Da- rection, I . kept after them, and have the pleasure niel Murphy, ditto, ditto; Joseph Bachelor, ditto, ditto; John to inform you, we brought them to close action at Taylor, ditto, ditto; John Hammond, ditto, ditto ; John Hill . h a lf - four, when one of ' man, ditto; Francis Wright, ditto, ditto ; William Fitt, ditto, -p them, No. 9, immediately slightly t Charles Petry, ditto, ditto; Abralsgin Stainbury, struck ; she mounts two long Eighteen Pounders, • (Brio, ditto; Samuel Chapman, ditto, ditto; James Yeares, and four Brasr.Howitzers, Sixty-five Men, and corn ditto, ditto; James Cowley, ditto, ditto; Thomas Lloyd,ditto, manded by a Lieutenant of repute in the Danish ditto ; William Arrant/smith, ditto, ditto ; Thomas Mahony, .Navy. Immediately the prisoners were on board , we -- .. _ . _ letedrict itageiracat 150Teielaulgiat io Lieutenant Oliel, Liustganuai tom, taco; ! (Wrist) Wes, . ~ • . dantige dew l Ft'? e ir s e h a o t t p in ride e in u b hin e ' in is g th able to t i o n f our form you, the Officers and crew I have the honour to command, behaved so as to meet my warmest praise, and I Call assute you, Sir, all on board! were greatly annoyed at the enemy not allowing us the pleasure of maktng an example of the so much talked of Danish gun-boats: Night coming on, and we having on board 40 more prisoners than our own people, I am sorry to say we could not succeed in capturing any more of them, as they separated after the first had struck ; but several that escaped were under our fire, and appeared to have suffered much—so much so, that some of the' people say one sunk.—l have, Lkc. (Signed) J. P. STEWART. SIR—. we t. ,honour a _ . - Wrangler and Safeguardnot being ready, I proceeded DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 9, 1811. Dispat log r elle ecei l v e e f d w at hiichorttiheLfiovilorwittaroefsExtraets, were this mem: ,adilressed to his Lord.; with the Sheldrake according to your orders from Yarmouth Roads, on the 20th instant, and anchored ship by Lieutenant General e Viscoun c : off the North side of Anholt on the 26th. On corn- W el li ngton, dated Olt: municating with Capt. Maurice , I was ha ppy to learn! nears de Fliopital, 21st March : Oliveira de filophal, March 21, tall. from him, that the gar rison were in hi g h health and' ` . spirits, and fully prepared to ex p el an y attack which I The enemy suffered mach more in the affair of the 15th, than I was aware of, alien I addressed you oil the enemy might meditate against th em ; and an o p - I the 16th instant.; the firing was not over till dark, and portunity very speedily occurred to prove the just it appears that great numbers were drowned in ata foundation on which he rep osed his confidence in tempting to ford the Ceira. them ; for at dawn of day on th e following morning we observed a heavy fi ring commence from the bane- ' The enemy withdrew his rear-guard froth that river in the course ,of the 16th, and we crossed,it ox the ries round the light-houses, which made it certain 17t that the island was attacked on t he South side. h, and had our posts on the Sierra tie Murcella s the enemy's army being in a strong position on the , I immediately weighed, as also the Sheldrake, an& right of theltiva. They moved a part of their army as soon as it was su ffi ciently light a tele g ra p hic si g nal on that night, but still maintained their position on was made from the island that the enemy had lan ded the Alva, of which river they destroyed the bridges. and that the gun-boats kept up a heavy fire. The We turned their left by the Sierra de Santa Quiteria wind being from the Westward, I had the mortifying with the 3d, Ist, and sth divisions on the 18th, while alternative to run ten or eleven miles to leeward to the light division and the 6th manceuvred in their get round the reef extending from the East end of front from the Sierra de Marcella ; these movements the island, or to beat up a still greaten distance to induced the enemy to bring back to the Sierra de weather that branching out from its N orth-west p oint. Moita the troops whith had marched the preceding But considering that the knowledge of the frigate night, at the same time that they retired their corps being near to the island (of wh ic h the y were hitherto from the Alva, and in the evening their whole army were assembled upon Moita, and the advanced posts ignorant) would make a consitleaab le im p ression on the enemy, I resolved on going to leeward round the of our right were near Arg L anil, those of our left across . AAA of the Knobens, as bringing me sooner in their the Alva.Nl 'at the same time I made a si g nal to the Shel to keep on the North side of t he Island, Cap - 'at The enemy retired from the position cf Moita is tha night of the 18th, and have continued their re. Millaurice having signified by teleg ra p h that she would be serviceable there. treat with the utmost rapidity ever since ; and I ima. . kine their rear guard will be at Celerico this day.— As we rounded the reef , the noble and incessant fire kept up from the English b atteries, left ne doubt in t s essemisled the army upon the Sierra de Moita on the 19th, and our advanced posts are this day beyond my mind as to the result of the affair ; and about 10 The militia tinder Colonels Wilson and Trani are Pinhancos. o'clock I had the satisfact ion to observe a si g nal made from the light-house that the enemy's troops, to the I number of five or six hundred , had surrendered at at Fornos. discretion. We have taken great numbers of prisoners, and the enemy have continued to destroy their carriages As I had expected, their flot illa made off the in- and their cannon, and whatever would impede their stant the Tartar came in sight , and the wind bein g progsahe greatest number of the prisoners taken on ress. light during the fore part of the d a y , the y were ena- a bled to sweep directly to w i n dward ; and as their A the 19th had b dego, and had been ordered ar returneen sent out on foraging parties to: Mon small draught of water allowed th em to g o within the Wards the to their position on the Alva, I conclude t j hat the ens western reefs - of the island, while we were obliged to my had intended to remain in it for some Jars. beat round it, they were nearly out of sight to leeward , Soult has gone to Seville since the fall of Badajna before we could bear up after them. The Sheldrake, and it is reported, that about titree thourand'Fknch however, was happily placed in the way of that di vision of them which endeavoured to escape tot:Avis troops had been seen on their march Ono - ugh Zama. the coast of Sweden. I rota-to the Southward. I beg leave to enclose a copy of Captain Stewart's letter to me, stating the capture of two of them ; and • MILITARY PROMOTIONS. I cannot sufficiently praise the intrepidity and skill WAR-OPFIC, APML 9. tCrtaiof a Troop, i i without purchase, rice Cherry, who with which he attacked a force so soperior to his own. Royal Reertneas et Chen* Girats—Lltivnant Clement Hill te : id reti r es ; R. t Co rs e t t. J . B . Rhkl m le .i t a n ni to m be n ti u, einenant, vice Hill. Thoae Whith I purssied separated in direretif courses; i three of the largest steered for the island of Lcessoe, G ent. to be Cur nnd I followed them ; but they had gained so much i net, by purr‘ile, vice Moncrieffe, promoted. ! else Regitnent of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant the lionoura'ile the start of me, that they w e r e not within reach of my guns when night came on, and we found curselves in : ttgur/C. Curzon, from the Orb Dragoan Guards, t) b. C..i)- o . s ent ro o o f p i" by t p . ur a c r h d as s e, vice Ai n uli w o r ikwho a ret• c a . r . 4 h . eb shoal water, on the flat extending to the southward i 1 ,„ R of that island, and werexibliged to haul off. I after- be Captain of a Company, by purchase, Tice 1.0 . ;d Charier wards wards captured two of their transports which I had Bentiock, who retires; Ensign George P. Higynson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sotheby. passed in the chase of the gun boats ; one of them on, Gent. by be . Ensigns, Augustus had twenty:two soldiers on board, with a considerable . quantity of ammunition, shells, ice. ; and the other lam are es tle Si rrct s Vlscoun B Purcilas' ' rice ' Higg ' ens4n ; t the e Eyre, killed in Acton ; Emig' contained provisions. William Dawson, froml4th Foot, viee Commerill, killed The Island being greatly incum bered with priso- i Action• n Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Charles Andrew Ghat ners, Captain Maurice has sent a flag of truce to Jut- dot. Gent. to be.Eosign, vice Watts, killed in Action. land, offering to release them on their parole not to nd Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and AdjutantWiu.Stothert serve until regularly exchanged. It this proposal to have the Rank of Lieutenant. should be accepted, it is my intention to take them 6:h Ragimeot of Foot—Ensign Alexander Nightingale, frem the Foot, to be Ensign,vice . Power,. who exclianges. over to Randers in the Tartar and Sheldrake, and at 7th 2"h . Ditto—G en tlema n . t L Esomott, tram the Royal the same time to demand the Officers and Crew of his Military Course , to be lAeufrnant, without purchase. Majesty's late sloop Pandora, wrecked. 10th Ditto—Nicholas Wrixoo, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, The prisoners of war taken in the g un-boats con- vice Sockett, promoted. 14 th Ditto—Samuel Abbott, Gent. to be Ensign, without put sist of two Lieutenants of the D anish Nav y , and one chase, vice Dawson, appointed to the Ist Foot Guards. hundred and nineteen men. 26th Di tto—Lieutenant John Sinclair, from Bait-par of the late I have directed the Wrangler, to proceed to Eng. 7th Garrison Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice Burrell, who land, with Lieutenant Baker, Royal Navy, of the exchanges; William Douglas, Gent. to be Essitlill ‘eithout purchase,vice Rontein,velsoseappoinurtent has not taken place. Island of Anholt, charged with Captain Maurice 's 18th Ditto—Lieutenant A. H. Rus.ell to be Captain of a Com dispatches, which I hope may meet with your appro. puny, vice Lackey, deceased; Ensign William M. Power, bation. I have the Honour to be, &c. frost the 6th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Nightiv, - ne, who el (Signed) JOSEPH BAKER, Captain. changes. . . 32d Ditto—Jonatban Jagoe, gent. to be E nsi g n, by purchase, --- - - - Anholt, March 28. Dudden, who Cruces; Frederick Lloyd, Gent. to be Ea vice- -; - e4-n, by purchase, vice Co'thaw, promoted. 36th Ditto--Second Lieutenant Craven Cropley, friz.a the third Ceylon Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Baldwin, who exchanges. 36th Ditto—Captain George Ekingtoa, frunt Hal-pay of the Independents, to be Captain of a Cosapany, vice Grant, who =changes. 47i Ditto—Edward Agar, Gent. to be Ensiga.by purchase, vix Clarke, pm:noted; J. Bakvreß, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Der •cherois, killed in action. 63d Foot—Major Julia Stafford, from' the 98th Foot, to be Ma jor, vice Frankland, who exchanges, • Gdth Ditto—William Mansello.Esq. to be Paymaster of the W Battalion, v!tte Manley, who reigns; Thomas Lediard. Eq. to be Paymaster of the Second Battalion, vice Filth:rum, de ceased. 67* Djeo—Ensign Wm. Jones, from the 3Gth Foot, to be Litt: tenant, without pnrchase.; Francis Apr, Gent. tube Ensign, by purchase, vice Kir* eia. who retires. 69th Ditto—Captain James Mellis, frcin 11:e 4th Garrison Bat talion, to be Captain of a Company, vice leibsou, olio es. changes. 77th Dlea--Needh:tm Dy,oke, Gen:. to bc Er.sign, by parch - Jr, vice Abbott . who retires. 78th Ditto--I/onale hichttea, Gent. to be Zosignovithont put • chase, vice Munro, superseded. SBth Date—Lieutenant Robert O'Hara. from the led Font, to be Ciptairi of a Company, by in-rause, vice who retires. 69th Ditto—Lieutenant Richard French to be ca r taln of a Con parry, by purcbase, vice James, who rctir.s 98th Ditto—Major John Fran kland, from the 63d Foot, to be Major, vice Stafford, who exchanges. Ditto—, J. N. Nealaon, from the Royal Africa I made all sail after the largest lugger, which, _ am also happy to inform you, we captured abotst eight P. M. atter exchanging a few shot. She proved to• be thelgummessel, No. 1, mounting two long e24-pnutti ders, and tour brass howitzers, complement of seventy men, only sixty of whom welound on board ; from the number of shot she received, I am convinced she must have lost many of her crew ; her Commander is also a Lieutenant in the Danish• navy. we have I am extremely rejoiced to say . _ nay_ no person hart; Our sails and rigging being a little cut, and a 102 d _ -Lieutenant Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Kearney, who exchanges. 7tb West India Regiment—George Foskey, Gant. to be Ertl without purchase, vice Dob)ns, prompted. Royal Africa's Corps—Lieutenant J. O'Keatney, from the It:J. ' Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Nealson, who exchanges. Ittl Ceylon Regiment—Ensign George Baldwin, front the SC;:h Foot, to be Ensign, vice Copley, who exchanges. Dillon's Regiment—Ensign Peter D. Pascua so be Litete-Ar. vice Catnillac, promoted. To be Ensigns-Samuel Henry. Colman, denteke Astcl4, dt. eyelid; Blase Henault, Gent.. vice VabeSce, promoted ; •••-••• - _ De Zonyine, Gent. vita _ . 'F • C raw cbg api hid K' the Cal 1 1 , 7 I Es stial Seca It. Ala Con u Lifo i ei SuiM Snell W Con Mai re Sri Joi ca •.t VII v ' ~. , 4