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GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. FRIDAY, APRIL 21. LDNIIRAI:nr-OFFICE, APRIL 21. eale, Bart. first Captain to Admiral Lord Gambier, in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vcaseb employ liannel, Soundings, &c. arrived here this morning well from his I.ordship to the Honourable William 'ole, of which the following is a "copy : :aledonia, at Anchor, in Basque Roads, April 14. ALMIGHTY'S favour to his Majesty and has been strongly marked in the success tn pleased to give to the operations of his feet under my command ; and I, have the to acquaint you, for the information of Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the ing ships of the enemy, Villa de Varsovic, Tonnerre, of 74 guns ; Aquilon, of 7i. Calcutta, of :36 guns, have been destroyed thorage, and seVeral others, from getting not rendered altogether unserviceable, are tbled for a considerable time. tngements of the fire vessels placed under of Captain the Right Honourable Lord were made as fully as the state of the iuld admit, according to his Lordship's evening of.the . 11th instant; and at eight :he same night they proceeded to the at favourable strong - wind from the north: (ood tide (preceded by some vessels filled aad shells, as proposed by his Lordship, to explosion,) and led on in the most un determined manner by Captain WOOLD a Mediator fire ship, the others following 1, but owing to the darkness of the night .00k their course and failed. approach to the enemy's ships,,it was ills a boom was placed in front of their line This, however, the weight of the Medi- Ike, and the usual intrepidity and bravery !amen overcame all difficulties. Advan a heavy fire. from the forts in the Isle of as from the enemy's ships, most of which their cables, and from the confined an on shOre, and thus avoided taking fire.. fight the following morning, Lord Coon tunicated to me by telegraph, that seven : my's ships were on shore, and might be . I immediately made . the signal for the Icor and weigh, intending to proceed with, : their destruction. The wind however' from the northward, and the flood tide 'ndcred it too hazardous to run into Aix its shallow water) I therefore anchored distance of three miles from the Forts on ide suited, the enemy evinced great acti .avouring to warp their ships (which had into deep water, and succeeded in get five of the line towards the entrance of :e, before it became practicable to attack •tiers to Captain &K ill, of the Valiant, to th that ship, the Revenge, Indefatigable, terald, Pallas, Beagle, ./Etna bomb, Inso ig, Conflict, Encounter, Fervent, and aachor near the Boyart Shoal, in readi attack. At '2O minutes past two P. M. UNE advanced, in the lmpoieuse, with ted gallantry and spirit, and opened a fire upon the Calcutta, which struck her te Imperieuse ; the ships and vessels above )on after joined in the attack upon the .s vie and Aquilon, and obliged them, clock, after sustaining a heavy cannonade, it colours, ulien they were taken, posses le boats of the advanced squadron. As ,risoners were removed, they were set on also the Tonncrre, a short time after by ds detached Rear.Adrniral R. Stopfoyd, , with the Theseus, three additional fire. were hastily prepared in the course of all the boats of the fleet, with Mr. Con ts, to conduct the further operations of lust any of the ships which lay exposed aning of the 13th, the Rear-Admiral re that as the Cxsar and other line of tad grounded, and were in a dangerous thought it advisable to order them all arly as the remaining part of the service trfonned by frigates and small vessels was happy to find that they were extri -.heir perilous situation. ;h has since informed me, that it was .acticable to destroy the three-decked others which were lying near the entrance !nte, as the loaner, being the outer one, ,d by three lines of boats placed in ad her. and all the others, except four of the igate, have now moved up the river Cha any further. attempt to destroy them is , I shall not fail to use every means in my .ccmplisli it. ;rent satisfaction in Stating to their Lord much I feel obliged to the zealous co-ope '.ear Admiral Stepford, under whose ar tlr. boats of the fleet were placed ; and I express to their Lordships the high sense I the assigose j recqi/ed from tht and uncemitteckatusr!tion .of Sir Harry,bleoe * the Captain o( thf fleet, ,as well as of thes i cr . ifts4esil exertions of the Captains, Official's, Seansl l o 2l 444t, sines under my command; and their fofwakdON . to , volunteer upon any service that might be allottea v to them ; particularly the zeal and activity'shewn by . the..oaptains enine of battle ships, in preparing the fire-vessels. I cannot speak in sufficient terms of admiration and applause of.the vigorous and gallant attack made by Lord‘Cochrane upon : the • French line of battle ships which were on shore, as well As of his judici ous manner of approaching them, and placing his ship in the position most advantageous to annoy tie ene my and preserve his own ship, which could not be exceeded by any feat of Valour hitherto achieved by the British Navy. It is due to. Rear Admiral Stopford and Sir Harry Neale, that I should here take the,opportunity of acquainting their Lordships of the handsome and earnest manner in which both these meritorious Offi cers had volunteered their services before the arrival of Lord Cochrane to undertake an attack upon the enemy with, fire-ships ; and that, had not their Lord ships fixed.upon him to conduct the enterprize, I have full confidence that the result of their efforts would have been highly creditable to them. I should feel that I did not do justice to the ser vices of Captain Godfrerd of the /Etna, in bombard ing the enemy's ships on the nth, ffnd nearly all the day of the 13th, if I did not recommend him to their Lordship? notice ; and I cannot omit bearing due testimony to the anxious desire expressed by Mr. Congreve to be employed wherever I might conceive his services in the. management of his rockets would be useful ; some of them were placed in the fire-ships, with effect, and I have every reason to be satisfied with the artillerymen and others who had the manage ment of them under Mr. Congreve's direction. I send herewith a return of the killed, wounded, and missing of the fleet, which, I am happy to ob serve, is comparatively small. I have not yet re ceived the returns of the number of prisoners taken. but I conceive they amount to between four and five hundred. I have charged Sir Harry Neale with this dispatch (by the Imperieuse) and I beg leave to refer their Lordships to him, as also to Lord Cochrane, for , any further particplars of which they may wish to be io formed.—l have the honour to be, Ike. (Signed) APRIL 15. GANFICR. P. S. This morning three of the enemy's line of battle ships are observed to be still on shore. under Fouras, and one of them is in a dangerous situation. One of their frigates (l'lndienne), also on shore, has fallen over, and they are now dismantling her. As the tides will take off in a day or two there is every probability that she will be destroyed. Since writing the foregoing, I have learnt that the Hon. Lieut. Col. Ca:tilt:lNY (Lord COCHRANE'S bro thel and Lieut.PissETT of the navy, were vo l unteers in the Imperieuse, aLd rendered themsclvestxtremely useful, the formt r by commanding some of her guns on the main-deck, and the latter in conducting one of the explosion vessels. Names of the Ships in Aix Roads, previous to the Attack on the 11th April, 1809. L'Occan, 120 guns, Vice-Admiral Allemande, Capt. Roland.— • Re.aircd in 1808; on shorb snider Fouras. FoudrOyalit, 80 guns, Rear-Admiral Gourdon, Captain Henri. Five years old ; on shore under Fouras. Cassard, 74 guns, Capt. Faure, Cons nodore. Three ytars old; on shore under Fouras. TOurvilte, 74 guns, Capt. I.a Caine. Old ; on shore in the River. Regulus, 74 guns, Cap;. Lucas. five ye.u - s old; on shore under Madame. Ntriote, 74 guns, Capt. Malice. Repaired in 1803. Jeniappe, 74 guns, Capt. F;divau. On shore under Madame. Torismrre, 71 guns, Capt. Clement de la Roucierr. Nine months old; never at sea. Aquilun, 74 guus, Capt. At:lnm. Old. ' Ville de Varsovie, 60 guns, Gala. Cuvillier. N• v; tievir at sea. Calcutta, ssi guns, Capt. I.a onie. Loaded with flour and niiii taay store,. FkIriATES. Irch , ...nne, Captain Protean. Qn store near Isle I'En - et, on her . beam ends. Elbc, Captain Perengier. Pallas Captain I.e bigot. . . rteme, Captain Allgand. N. B. One of the three last fri„•atet on shore under Isle Madame . Return of the Namrs of OFFICEIt, SEAMEN, and MAKINas, killed, wounded, and musing, belonging to the Fleet under the Command of Admiral the Right Hon. Lord GAststaa, Com mander in Chief, &e. between the 11th and 14th of April, 1809, inclusive. CA LICIS UN 1 A.-Mr. Edward Fairfax, Master of the Fleet; con tusion of the hip. C.tswa.—William Flint°ft, acting Lieutenant, killed; Thos. Maddox, able, ditto ; John Nelson, able, ditto; John Ills, (2d, able, missing, and supposed to be drowned. 'ft! E S L's—Richard F. Jewers,master's mate, severely wounded in the head and hands by powder in the fire ship ; John rodney, marine, wounded in the scrotum ;ThomasWillhuns, boy, wound ed in the head and arm. Ism:air:vs c.—Henry Crookman, Captain of the forecastle, killed ; Peter Darouk, boatswain's mate, ditto ; John Marsuvick, seaman, ditto; James Mason, seaman, severely Wounded; John Solomon, seaman , wounded ; Mr. Gilbert Surgeon's.. assistant, ditto; M. Marsden, Purser, ditt o; John Gordon, John Sheridan, John Hunter, John Wheelan • and Matthew Cooies,- men, ditto; Wm. Meuchenton, and Jo h n Budd; marines, ditto. Rxvc N G x.—Henry Johnson, landnian; Thomas Crammer, ma rine ; and Thomas Pt:ssey, marine boy, killed; James Garland, Lieutenant, severe contusion of the shoulder and side; James Cooke (1), ordinary, left thigh amputated, and a very dangerous wound of the right foot; Thomas 'WhittoCk, foliation, Wound in the head ; Thomai Tyler, foliation, - Wound of eye; Dennis Grey, ordinary, contusion of back; Thomas Trigworth, ordinary, contusion and wound of right foot; Charles Cher, warm; eight thigh amputated, and i very dangerous and 'extensive wound of left leg and thigh ; Thomas Berry, marine, contusion of tbl J. Wiseman, marine, contusion of shoulder; Tim. Burn, marine, contusion of thigh ; George Skelly, marine, contusion of shoulder; Joseph Weeks, marine bciy, wound Of thigh and contusion of back; John Cooper, marine, contusion of heed and arm James Hughes, corporal of marines, contusion of back; aniiJois; Ward, marina, contusion of ann. MlDlATna.—James Seggess, gunner, killed; James Wookl ridge, Captain, very much Wilt; Nlchilasikent Clementn, Lieu tenant; Jaines Pearl, Lieutenant, and Midas) Giba.oll, Win*, slightly bprnt: th o k est fear Wain out of the Mediator after she was set Os AN. . . • , - Z i rte.—Jolut Cams, master's arty -ierybediy Meech • and hands. II " . ' — lt Ofileers end. mete idikod i 0 °lkea and le nun i t wounded; 1 than missing. Totsl46. OAMMIL. - Received since the above was written. . James Sutherland, simian, Wounded rulatßiehard W. Cherston _m idshipman , slightly wounded. gI4R,.9OIIIWEN dtISTRI4 AND FRAINCI:. P.ROCLAMA.TION BY Ylll ARCBDUILII,CHA4ps TO THE AUSTRIAN ARMY. Vienna, April 6, 1809. The protection Of our countryvalLs is to new exploits. As long as it was possible to preserve peace, bymeans of satrifics, and as long as-iltese sacrifices Were con sistent with the, honour' of Ilie.Throne i v.ith, the secu rity of the State,nad with the. elfare of the people, the heartof our bountiful Sovereign. suppressed every pain ful feeling in silence ; bmt,,Whert all endeavours to pre serve happy independence kern theiusatiable ambition of a foreign Conqueror prove.freitless, when nations are falling around us, and when lawful Sovereigns are torn from thehearts of their subjects, when, in fine, the danger of universal subjugation threatens even the happy States of Austria, and their peaceable fa/innate inhabitants, then does. our Country demand its deliver ance from .us, and we stmt I forth in its defence. On you, my dear Arpy.her Soldiers, are .fixed the eyes of the Vniverse . , and of all those who still feel for national.honours and national prosperity. You shall not share ,the disgrace of becoming the tools of oppression. You shall not carry on the endless wars of ambition under distant climes. Your.blood shall never flow for foreign;Reets and foreign covetousness ; ' nor on you shall the curse alight to annihilate inoo cent.nations ; and over the bodies of the slaughtered !defenders of their country to pave the way for a fo reigner to the usurped dirpne. A happier lot awaits you ; the liberty of gurgpe has.taken refuge .under opr limners. Your victories willloosen its fetters, .ard your bro thers in Germany, yet in the ranks of the enemy,' lung for - their deliver:ince. You are engaged in a just cause, otherwise I should not appear at yokir head. On the fields of Ulm and Marengo, whereof the enemy so often remind us with ostentatious pride, on these fields will we renew the glorious deeds of Wurtz• burgh and Ostrach, of Liptingen, Stockach, and 2u rich, of Verona, of the Trebbia and Novi. We will conquer a lasting peace for our country ; but the great aim is not to be attained without great virtues. Unconditional subordination, strict discipline, perse vering courage, and unshaken Steadiness in danger, are the companions of true fortitude. Only a union of will, an a joint co-operation of the whole, lead to victory. .My Sovereign and brother has invested me with extensive. powers to reward and to punish. I will be every where in the middle of you, and you shall re ceivf the first thanks of your country from your. G.:- mem! on the field of battle. The patriotism of r,:any of the Austrian Nobility has anticipated your ; this is a pledge in-the fullest measure of the rri)lic gratitude; but punishment shall also, with ‘iblc rigour, fall on every breach of duty ; me:l, shall pert with Tward, and offence with anima,!vorsion, without distinction of person or rank ; bran. v,.1 with disgrace shall.the worthless person be cast out to whom life is dearer than his and our honour. Adorn ed- with the marks of public esteem, wii I present I to our Sovereign, to the world, those brave men who have deserved well of their country, and whose names .1 avilLever carry in my heart. There remains one consideration, uliich I must put you in mind of : the soldier is oril-; foimidable to the enemy in arms; civil virtues must not be strarters to him ; out of the field of battle, towards the unarmed citizens and peasants, he is moderate, compAssionate, and humane ; he knows the evils of war, and strives to lighten them. I will punish every wanton excess with so much greater secut ity, as it is not the intention of our Monarch to oppress neighbouring countries, but to deliver them trom their oppressors, and to form with. their Princes a powerful bond, in order to bring about a lasting peace, and to maintain the general welfare and secu rity. Soon will foreign troops in strict union with us, attack the common enemy. Then, brave comp llots in arms! honour and support them as your brothers; not vain glorious high words, but manly deeds, do honour to the warrior ; by intrepidity bei fore the enexp t i f you must shew yourselves to be the first soldiers. Thus then shall I one day ltad you back to your own country, followed by the respect of the enemy, and by the gratitude of foreign nations, after having secured by your arms an honourable peace, when the satisfaction of our i Monarch, the approbation of the world, the rewards of valour, the blessings of your fel low citizens, and the consciousnes of deserved repose await you. (Signed) CHARLES, Archduke, Generallissimo. ETRASBURpii, APRIL 4. This day the Prince of Neufchatel arrived here.— His Imperial Majesty is also soon expected. The head-quarters of the Grand Army of Germany will, fora time, be established here. General Bertrand, the Emperor's Adjutant, arrived here on the Ist instant. ULM, APRIL 6. There are great movements in the army of the Duke of Rivoli. A part marches from this neigh bourhood to the Tirol, another passes by Donau. worth to the Iser, and several regiments, cannon, &c. are conveying by the Danube to Lower Bavaria. MUNICH, APRIL 5. Travellers from Saltzburgh bring the concurring report, that the Austrian forces have sp increased, that in that town, the population of which does not exceed 11,0" more than 20,000 troops are collected, and in the neighbouring country about 50,000 are quartered. _ REGENSBURGH, APRIL 4. A formidable Austrian Army in Bohemia is adt vancing against the Bavarian frontiers. A courier who left Pusan early yesterday, has brought intelli. gene; that no hostilities have yet taken place. The Hawks:o ConyOhiginst of the 14th/ states, in letters from Vienna, dined the ;0, that the COn&rress for negeeiOng a peace between Russia and Turkey, had broken u, aid the; the Russia* hoops are ad vaLlein tO th Dunk, end.that hostilities might be ,expected to be renewed., .~. PARLfAMBNTARr PROCEEDING, -- 4.—___. noun OF LORDS, FRIDAY, APRIL 91. The Bills on the table having been forwarded, a tellr-7,-; adjournment took place. A tittle after five the LORD Cl 4 A ;.. ~ -. Loa resettled his seat on the Woolsack, when sorest l:tlls w- brought up from the Coinmpps. The Barter LIVERPOOL laid on the table an amzootit or -!,- number of men recruited in Spain and Porit , ..,:ii: 8„„,, c 0.., ,7 &I li on took place between the Noble Farl aod I.o rd.Aucic:. x ..., on g l c T tho t*Of the losses sustained by the 13,iti G h at „, y t!.., , the tim e 11 in the peninsula, which th.-y a.: length ,0.,,. : LIP ' fixing at about 7200 men. . •PENAL •STATUTrs. Lord GRENVILLE having .observed at some t ,, e slovenly manner in which halt -and prtlct.'orly - tolbe colieetion of the Revenue, were drawn cp, e.! *ere often eollotentlly subjected to capital putn-19,1:.! than the Judges stould b e o r d ere d to c o ll ect all ,i,c ti r.t t • under one head, otsd report the ; same to the Houk.--th SPANISII CAMPAIuN, The Order of the Pay being read, • Earl GREY said,.he felt that his talents wp- a equal to the arduous task which duty con,p-a a ; to undertake. He therefore solicited a• - „ usual degree of patience, and threw 'rims, if a a indulgence of the House. It was unaecessary call. to their .Lordships' remembrance the masa,: t ; burst of enthusiasm that shook this country, when; first intelligence of the Spanish -Revolution reachiLl our shores. A kindred-flame of patriotism kaida-a erery mind; the interests of parties were forgoncr, and all joined in granting to Ministers the miconfined use•of the national resources, in order to as s i st t h e Spaniards. It-was now necessary to ascertain, that what had been so liberally given, hail been its a rsel • • y employed. *ln order to attain this desirable end, it was incumbent on Ministers, first, to show that they had gathered sufficient iniiirmation relative to the ca pacity of resistan c e i n S pa i n , b efore they raised the hopes of this country to the hi g h est pitch of expectation ; and secondly, t h at having obtained that information, th e ir measures h ad all tended to the accomplishment of th at great design by the shortest and the safest paths. He was not one el those who thought that Ministers, at that momen t , were lying on a bed of rosrs. Their situation ans fraught with difficulties and dangers, but their con. duct had not been such as to conquer the one and ward off the other. 'Yet notwithstanding the deax• y losses, which through their mismanagement xi..e had suffered, in lives, magazines, treasures and still heavier -loss of honour, he firmly thou!::: that in the hands of prudent natn, Great Britaa w0u1.4 still prove equal to the desperate conlest la which she was .engaged. But in order to fight ti last battle of our independence, and to inatch wreath of triumph from our foe, a wise ecc norm aat . /De a ns, and not a lavish prodigality of 5(..M . 07 was required. He thought it would hair haca the duty of Ministers, a few months ago, to abate, instead of inflaming by false repreacntaticas, the enthusiasm of the British people, as coo:ncss alone could have insured success. Enthusiasm frequently led to misrepresentations of facts, or to errotneus measures. Both had taken place during the late con tests in Spain. .He recollected the glowing pictures that had been given of the patriotism of the !Tani :a-es, and the exaggeratien of taair military forea, salach was said to hare amounted to 400,000 soldiers, with a reserve of more than 600,00 C) mcn. But aiti , r looking over the defective documents which had heel laid on the table, he found that Lord-W. Benfincla at the commencement of the contest, had sent the most discouraging accounts to this c ountr y. F rom that Nobleman's letters it appeared that at the most .flourishing period of their 'affairs, the military fovea of Spain was scarcely equal to the French army con centrated on the Ebro. As to the spirit displayed by the Spaniards, he would refer their Lordships to a letter of Sir John Moore, dated the 24th of Novem ber, in which he stated, that it had been entirely damped by their first defeats- In Mr. Frere's letter of the 30th of November, in answer to Sir John Moore, they would find that: he described the pro vinces through which the British :limy were then passing, as the least distirguished for patriotic spirit. From other testimonies, his Lordship strongly siva • pected that that letter had suffered strange alterations; that passages had been omitted, and that what now seemed to refer to one small part of the country alone, in the original extended to the s of Leon and both Castiles. These accounts had not been given merely by British officers ; their substance wouid be found in a letter from the great Junta, and a procla mation of the Marquis de la Romaira. All the Spa nish armies, even in August, were not equal to the French. Blake had about 30,000 men, Palafox 12,000, Castanos 26,000, all badly clothed, and in want of arms; and the French upwards of 100,00 XL h was true, that at the beginning of the campaign some , splendid f eats m i g h t be pointed out. Th e si e ge ct Saragossa, the surrender of Dupont, and the retreat of ioseph Bonaparte to the Ebro, proved that a spirit of resistance existed in Spain ; but ought Mi nisters to have mistaken a momentary ebullition rage for a burst of patriotic valour, which, when di iected by wisdom •and prudence, tears the liberty of nations from the hands of their oppressors, and rears it on a basis which neither time nor revolutions can overthrow ? After the French had retreated over the Ebro, bud not the legions' of Spain sunk into supine and careless indolence ? What bad they done to se cur,: the independence of their country ? Forty-five thousand French alone were left, and they were per : rnitted, unmolested, to possess nearly en •-:? era 4. Spain, until the reinforcements which tipiy had swoln them once more into an inaaa The Governments which had been formed in evc•:. province, had weakened by dividing the rating autii:.• rity. The Juntas had lost the confidence of the px pie, and all hopes of success must have been given up by the impartial and clear-sighted. Under these cir cumstances, he thought that assistance m;ght has e been yielded, but not such as had been sent. ,I, : a army was not required, b ut arms , money , and prcv. sions. Supposing that an army had been the frontiers of Portugal, or the South et Spa;n, would have been the proper places where to direet its march, The propriety of such a measure depended entirely on the time in which it was to be put int) execution. Unless an army had been landed in Bis cay in July or August, it would have proved uselcaa In Catalonia more time would have been wasted, and the necessity of beginning -by the siege of Barcelana woultbave greatly retarded its progrx-ss. If it vr,J. impeerible to bringan army to act before Septern October, or even November, Andalusia, as Si: - Join bkpt. lad explessed it in v i ne of his letters, otzght to . . LONDON GAS Fl ADMIRJ Mr Harry Neale, Bart. Commander in Chief cd in the Channel, with a Dispatch fro Nit:Beaky Pole, of v Caledonia SlR—The Acsc the nation has be he has been pleas M tiesty's fleet unc satisfaction to ac( the Lords C,ommi four following shi; of 80 guns ; Ton! guns ; and Calcul • at their anchorage on shore, if not rei at least .disabled fc The arrangeme the direction of Co COCHRANE were weather would a plan, on the evenir o'clock on the san tack under a favou ward, and flood ti 4 with powder and s with a view to exp daunted and deter /tram, in the Med in succession, but several mistook th, On their approa covered that a hoc for a defence. Thi t soon broke, anc of British seamen , eing under a heav Air, as well as fro cut or slipt their chorage, got on At daylight the BANE communicat of the aeray's s destroyed. I imm 'Peet 'to unmoor an it to effect their being fresh from running, rcndcred R0a,.1 (from its sh, again at the distan the island. As the tide suit vity in endeavouri grounded) into ti , ting all but five c the Charente, befc them. I gave orders to proceed with that Aigle, Emerald, ] lent gun-brig, Cl Growler, to aacho ness for the attack. Lord COCHRANE a, his accustomed ga well-directed fire u colours to the Impe rnmtioned soon aft Vile de Varsovie before five o'clock, to strike their color sion of by the boat • soon as the prisone fire, as was also th lie enemy. I aftei wards det in the Caesar, with ships (which were the day) and all th grove's rockets, to the night against al to an attack. On the morning pertcd to me, tha battle ships bad grt situation, he thoug out, particularly as could be perform( only ; and 1 was li c..ted from their pe Capt. Bligh has found impractical ship, and the others of the Charente, ar was protected by t vance from her. This ship and line and a frigate, rente. If any fu Practicable, I steal rower to aeccmpl I have great sa ships how much I ration of Rear Ac T a ngement the bo inusc also express tave of the msif i