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'Or": • Icor:Tow:7r - 4 e STATE LOITER.T. HORNSBY and Co. Stock Brokers, 26, Cornhi ll , respectfully inform the Public, that they have en Sale V great variety of TICKETS antI.SHA4P.S in the present STATI I...OTTERY, all to be Drawn the 22d of 1 HIS 111ONT1i, Present Price—Tickets only £l9. 19s. lialf - £lO 50 1 LiShib - a 62 1 3 ' Quarter - 5 4 I Sixteerth - 1 7 0 The Scheme contains only 13,500 Tickets. librnsby and Co. have been truly fortunate for many years rat in selling and sharing Capital prises amongst their friends. All Orders by Post or Carriers duly estecuted. FROM SATURDAY /Nild4T ; S GAZ 'E. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, OCTOBER it, 1811. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew has transmitted to J. W. Croker, Esq. u letter from Captain Sibly, of his Majesty's sloop Swallow, giving account of his having on the 2Gth. of July last, captured, off' the Coast of Sicily, la Belle Geooise, French privateer, of two 9.ponniers and 37 men. Rear-Atif.niral. Foley has transmitted to John W. Croker,Y..sq. a letter from Captain Carteret, of his 's ship the Naiad, giving an account of his, haYw.g on the 6th instant, captured off TrepoLt, the l riw..:rich lugger privateer Milan, armed with 16 guns,l bnly two mounted, and 52 men, ont that morning from Dieppe. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. 01 , F1C1? OH ORDNANCV., OCTOBER 8, 1811. Royal Regiment of Artillery. Ileecin i d Lieutenant Robert Clarke to be First Lieutenant, vice • Home, deceased. Dated Alsgust It, Itti 1. &mod Lieutenant Jobri J. Connell to b; First Lieutenant, vice J. G. Martin, deceased. Dated Sept. 1, 1811. Medical Establishment for the Military Department of the Ordnance. Charles Dyntoke, Gent. is be Second Asdstant-Sur;eon, (extra). Dated Sept. 23, 1311. esmolissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk. • West Norfolk Regiment of Militia. Ivry Girlirg, Esq. to be Captain: vice Motu, resigned. Da ted Sept. 14, 1811. East Norfolk Regiment of Militia. Polk:re Batchelor Piekliti, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Marten, promoted in the Line. Dated Sept. 3, 1811. (leorge Gunst, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Steel, promoted. Dated September Is, 1811. Zrasrlio. Boardman, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Luffingliam, re. signed. Dated Sept. 15,1811. • 3d Western Regiment of Norfolk Local Militia. Major Samuel Colleton Graves to.. be Lieutenant-colonel, vice Chad, promoted. Dated Sept. 14, 1811. Commission in the Ist Regiment of Royal Carmar then Fuzileer Local Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant. Drift(' Thomas, Gest. to be Second Lieutenant, vice Lewis, pro moted. Dated September u 4, 1811. cualtllissiOnB in the Bedfordshire Militia, signed by ' the Lord Lieutenant. limes Holmes, intrceorge Williamson, Gems. to be Ensigns.— Dated Leptembet 14, 1811. BANI4.LJI• Dee. 3. Nathaniel Blom, late of Wiekham-l‘larket, Stiff Ak, r, dialer and chairman, arten, ae'tbe Qrown Inn, Wood bridge; iltiffalk. jolnv. 8. John George Skurray, late of gt. Swltlihes.lane, Len , dor t hat now of gmith-st-ett, Mi.:dlesex; incr. dealer and eltaptnan, at ten, at Guildhall. • . • N- v. William Lowe. of MacFles6ild, Chesbire, druggist, • dealer and chapenan, in ten, at Guildhall, I .ondon. 13ANKRDYICY SlletAstASED. Merry Watkinios \Vila:ton, of Loughborough Parks, Leicester shire, dealer and Chapman. obn Gould, lie of liarvir4ton, Woragstershiyo,.paper-manu ` Isusrcr, dealt and chapman. BANKRUPTS. • °two ph . Gate and,Willliam Wright, of Gravel-lane, Fouthyrark. Surrey; brewers and partners, dealers and chapmen, to bur ."' tend t October 5, 28, and Nov. 2:1. at twelve, at Guildhall. Attort.les,Messrs. AlkOck, Cormer,ind Linsay, St.Thomaa'a " street; Southw.4. • Thornky, of Manchester, taianufarttrer, dealer and at.; man, October 2.1,22 and Noot,..ber 23, at ten, at the Dog Manchester. Arnrafes,..lViessrs. Halstead and Ain .- worlt, Mancbeattn ; or Messrs. Milne and Parry, Temple, Loudon. rdward Brad.baty, Tames Poulson, and Brian Vitty, of Man ' ebestcr, horse milliners and crpartnev, October 21 , at two, Ocudier 26. at elevep, and Ncv. 23, at two, at the Bridgewa tter Arms inn Manchester. Atturnles, Messrs. Hewitt and Kirk, Maticheettr ; or Mr. Ralph Ellis, Chancery-bne. Samuel Shale, late of Wolverhampton, haffordshire locksmith,' but now a prisoner in Staffozd Gaol, 'Nov. 7, at /our, Nov. 8, Pt eleven, and Nov, 23. at ten, at the Bradford Arms Lin, at lvetwy Bank, parish of LFpiley, Staffordshire. Attoriiies, Mr. Edward jiitdle, of Wolverhampton; or Mr. Charles Williams, Sraple,lne, London. • homaa Harrington, now nr late of New Sarum, Wilts, silver smith, totter, dealer and chapman, October 15, 26, and Nov. 21, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Hurst, Lawrenci-lane, Cheapside, London. AbrabasA Varicas, of Foundere.coutt, London, merchant and underwriter, October 15, 26, and November 23; at twelve, at Attornits, Messrs. Miilett and Son, Middle Tem ple, London. irlomas Coburn, late of Witney, Oxfordshire, woolsttyler, dealer and chairman, October 23, 24, and Sov. 23, at eleven, at the Marlborough Arms inn, New Woodstock. Attornies, Messrs. North and Harrison, Woochrock. Jahn Salter, late of the parish of at. David, Exeter, merchant, Nov. 4, 22, 23, at eleven, at the Three Tuns Inn, Tiverton.— Atomics, Messrs. Blake and Son, Cook'saurt, Carey -street, London; or Messrs. Wood and Strong, 'fiverton. lic illiam Taylor, of Liverpool, porter, dealer and chapman, Nov. 1,2, and 23, at one, at the Globe tavern, John street, Liver pool. Attornies, Messrs. Greaves and Brome, No. 29, Bruns wick-street, Liverpool. William Stansfield, of Lees-Hall, township of Oldham, Lanca. shire. cotton-spinner, dealer aod chairman: October 21,.22, and 1 Noveulber 23, at three, at the Dog tavern, in Manc' ester. — Attorney, Mr. W in. lite, St. Ann's C hutch- yard,iManChester. DIVIDENDS. Paul Lister, of Sister Ing, Yorkshire, cotton-spinner, Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Do e ; 'tavern, Manchester.—Nov. 5. lames-'1 et .;.,a4, of Chailiiesh y Corbet, Worcestershire, tailor and draper, Nov. 5,;t cies en, at the Rein-Deer Inn, Mtlchepen-street, Wor cester.— rhotaak Chapman, late of Macclesfield, . heshire, put her, Nov. 6, at twelve, at the Mosley Arms Inn, Manchester.— , Lomas Wright, of Mnor-street, Birmingham, grocer, !sine. 5, las' eleven, at the White Bart Inn, Dighetb-street, Birmingham.— Dartholomew Fisher, late of Witney, Oxfordshire, woolstapki, Pl_rnr. 8. at eleven, at the Crown Inn. Witney.—Jsmes Hurry, of Nag's Head-court, Graceehurch-street, 1. (melon, merchant, Nov. So, at ten, at Guildhall—Samuel Bailin, of Wootton-under-edge, • tnoucesterskire. linto-diaper, Nov. is, tit two, at the Christi). :her Inn and Tavern, Bath .— Ruben Soames , of Mark-lane, and .of New Cross, peptiorci. provision -merchant, and rope-maker, ,Joy Si, at one, Ouildhal m k—Jaee Page, of Horrisey, Mid lest:, butcher, NOV. 4n. 5, at one, at Coildliall.—Richard Bagger, d Piccadilly, uphidsterer, Nov. 50, at to elvc, at Guildhall—Peter psdell, of Castle-street, St. Martin in the fields, Middlesex, ilder, Nov. 2, at twelve, a; GnildhaU.—Rowland Maltby, of ortlmer-street, Middlesex, money-scrivener, Nov. 5, at ten,' Guildhall --lsaac Prim, of No. a 7, Leattier-lane, Middlesex, oil &colour-man, Nov. 19, at twelve, at GuAtiball.—John Row nom, of Ftele r Honse, near aowerby, Yorkshire, cotton-manui ttirer, Nov. 4, at ten, at the Manchester Apes, Manchester.— Mph Daniels, of Manchester, and John Daniels, of Liverpool, tuts In earthenware, Nuv. 7, at eleven, at the Globe Tavern, • respeesll—Sarnuel Bennett, of tlath, upholsterer, Nov. 1 I, at 1111, at its. Full Moon Ina, Bath.—Christopher Bayley, of pastry-cook, Nov. il, at eleven, at the Pull Mown, Inn, 1 . . - Rood-lane, London, insuraneo-broker, IL—George Hensel', of Little kastz 16 3 St &Ten, al Cenikaidles'e W.7ll 7" rj*lr 41 90 F • • I Tkoiirs Woodward tto 1 11111* E _Ine if aide. Sofa, th or keeper, Nov. 16, at eleven, at MOMOU,London—ldward Low ton, of Mark-lane, Lasaos, Sieniset, Nov. 5, at one, at Guild. hall.—Phineas de Baruch ToWino, of Great Presootatrats Goodman's-Fields, Middlesex, merchant, Nqv. 16, at twelve, at Guildhall —William Lucas, of Bishop's Castle, Salop, currier, ilea* and ehapman, Nov. 16, at twelve, at Guildhall—John Strettell Erickwood. of Stoke Newington Middlesex, brewer. Nev. 11, at ten, at Gulldhall.—Joseph Brantley, of Essex Wharf, Middlesex, coal-merchant, Nov. lt, at twelve, at Guildhall. — James Strickland, late of Stourport, Worcestershire, skinner, dealer and cliapman, Nov. 13, at tea, at the Star and Garter Inn, Worcester —Wm. Crush, of Chelmsford, Essex, upholsterer, dealer and thapinan, Nov. 12, at twelve, at Guildhall.—Louis Stechert, of Hanover -street, Hanover-square, Middlesex, iaylor, Nov. 5, at eleven, at Guildhall.--Wm. Watson, of Great Cam bridge-street, in Hackney-road, Middlesex, bulkier,*dealet and Chapman, at one, at Guildhall. EAST INDIES. Calcutta Papers to the 7th Of May have arrived is town. We learn from them that the. Streights of Malacca were to be the general rendezvous of the forces from the several Presidencies composing the expedition against Batavia. All the ships from Cal cutta, with the exception of one transport, had got to sea, and the accounts from the other Presidencies show that they were equally forward. The Indian Gazette states, that the second legiti mate son of the late Tippoo Sultan put a period to his existence at Calcutta, in the beginning of May, by discharging a fowling-piece into his chest. No reason is assigned for this melancholy catastrophe ;—but from some circumstances connected with the beha viour of the deceased, and his having privately sta tioned three horses on the Chitpore road, it appeared as if he had designed to escape. A Committee has been appointed by the Government to investigate the circumstances of his death. The Lion map of war, for whose safety some ap prehensions were entertained some time back, had retched her destination, and his Excellency Sir Gore Ousely had landed at 13usheer. 'rhe Lien, on her passage up the Gulph of Persia, with a country vessel under her convoy, fell in with a squadron (if we may so call them) of twelve Jowasserny pirates, who drew up in a line near the island of Busheer, as if to oppose i their progress, but having ascertained the force of the Lion, ve: y wisely sought their . safety in flight. S/C.ILT. menisci. OF A LETTER FROM PALERMO, OF AUG. 13. Castroni, the principal of police, 1 dely repaired, on some pretended business, to the pratique officer, where he had scarcely arrived, when a boat from Capri came in sight with two of his spies with sealed dispatches, which he immediately opened, and ex• pressed the grea•est at reading their contents, which we now know represented Lord Wellington as having been obliged to retreat, after having been de feated in a pitched battle by the French. These dis. patches also brought intelligence to the irom Frarce, of the principal Nobility her,: having forwarded a petition to the Prince R egent of Eng. land, intrcating l,is interfereec, in the ctasc , :rns so as save the cotiati y irons the inevitable ruin that must attend the commit:Luce of the present me.t. stiles, and to protect it horn dowsr;c a: aucil foreii: enemies. —Preparatory to the arrival of Lord William I3entinck, a certificate "WAS obtained from the '. Depu tation of the Kingdom," asserting the necessity and beneficial tendency of the one per cent. tax. It is needless to add, that this depidation is firmed of the Imust obsequious orators of the Court." .h —lsratt Moses, of Root-lane, .g, at eleven, at GalldhalL—Gl • '. 1 4 1. 4, / t VAtIIiFTP I. F B ! kr !•• • CADIZ MAIL. C ARIICI.E. On the 30th September the Chief of the Staff re ceived the following dispatch, dated Fields of Xerne nes, the 25th September, from General Ballasttros : " Excellent Sir—l hasten to communicate to your Excellency, Li- the information of the Council of Regency, the complete victory obtained by the arms of his'ltlajesty this day, over General Regnaux, with a div:4ion of 3000 men, the greater part grena4ittrs, ►n combination with the other which on the 19th i.fought in Alcala. After nine days manceuvring in front of this point, he fell into the snare I Liid for him, in consequence of the movements and energy of the division under my command. I succeed2.l in surprising, defeating, and destroying him on the road of St. Roque, notwithstanding his obstinate resistance. It is now eleven in the morning, and my troops are now pursuing him through the rugged tracks of the mountains, in the direction of Alcola, the only asy lum he has been able to find in his sad condition.— In this operation we have taken some prisoners, among them a Captain of the grenadiers, and the Colonel of the 4th Polish infantry. " The loss of the enemy has been dreadful ; in consequence of circumstances, I cannot now give the , particulars, but will transmit them as soon as„possi.., ble to your Excellency." CADIZ, SEPTEMBER 25. ' Several of the public papers have stated the losses which the French have suffered in Spain since the commencement of the present struggle. According to very accurate accounts 500,090 French have en tered spain up to the 31st July last, and those who returned by the same road only amount to 120,000. If to these we add 100,000, which on a moderate calculation have entered by Arragon and Catalonia, the total will be 600,000. The French troops at present in Spain may be estimated, without danger of any great error, at 13Q or 140,000 men. From hence it follows, that France has lost already 350,000 men—that is to say, that the war in Spain, which began in June, 1808, consumes annually 110,000 Frenchmen—that is 9000 a month, or 300 a day.—.. It is at this expellee that France persists in the equally unjust and impracticable attempt to enslave the Spa nish nation. The following is an official Letter, addressed by the Captain cif his Britannic Majesty's packet the Prince of Wales, to the Commander of the British forces in Cadiz : " Bahama, July 25. Sir—An impetuous northerly current caused the loss of his Britannic Majesty's .packet the Prince of Wales under my ctirumand, on the 19th inst. on the island of lieneagaii. Ile bearer of the present, Don Pedro Biana de Casayilego, commander of the gal hour la PUla, on his voyage from Carthagena to Cadiz, had the humanity to save the passengers acid crew, part of the hoses and the mail. I consider it; tkiefire s asp duty (as well as the passengers) to m . . . . • ~-~ • eteusead this individual, irbi odes! setbieg save us from death, which appeared inevitable, on account of the watt of water and provisions; or to conduct us to the port.—l have the honour to be, (Signed) " P. PASTOR, Cliptaia, 48 P.S. The Spanish . vessel not being able to re ceive the whole of my crew on hoard, part of them has remained in one of the boats used for traffic in these islands." Ciudad Rodrigo is in want of provitions, and every thing leads us to suppose the French will risk an ac iien to succour it, which the English shew no dispo sition to avoid. CADIZ, SEPTEMBER ss. On the /9th capitulated the Castle of Alcala, which, According to accounts since received, it ap pears the enemy have abandoned after plundering. On the 22d Soult was still in Seville. SEPT. 30.—We have received information that a corps of 3000 french, suppose(' to be Dronet's, which came from Ohl Castile in the month of Ante to reinforce Soult in Estremadera, and afterwards followed him to Grenada, has again marched from Andalusia for Castile, and already crossed La Man. cha. The object of its march is, without doubt, to reinforce Marmont's army, which is daily diminished. by sickness and fatigue. However this may be, this movement of French troops, from the south to the north, sufficiently indicate that the enemy do not ex pect any immediate reinforcements from France.. Positions which the French armies lately occupied in Portugal : Plead-quarters in Placentia, where there are large magazines : Ist, sth and 6th divisions upon the left of the Tietar ; 2d and 4th divisions at Banos, Begar and Piechalieta, towards Avilla, with the right flask stretching from Miranda, in Si , ara de Francia to Gramdellas and Fuente Rolles. The 3d division Is in Malpodeda, Placentia, Alolia, Abispo, Rio Lobo, Monte Hermosa and Gadesto. The 31st regiment occupies the last three places, and in Galestro there are two four-pounders. General Marmont began his march on the 13th, land left a a wooden bridge established upon the 1 ie tar, in Bazagano, with the works necessary for its defence, and the obstruction of the passage of the different 'points of the same river. He coustructed a fort in Part Banos, and destroyed the bridge over the river Cuerpo de Hombre. The object of this movement appears to be for the' purpose of introducing into. Ciudad Rodrigo provi sitois, for which purpose the army will manoeuvre in conjunction with Dorsenne's division. The number of waggona must he great, because they hive ruined Castile by contributions in -grain and money. In August this army had many sick, which have augmented during the presera month, for want of in dispensible medicines. On the 161.11 General Foy ov.icuAtc: Truaillo,hitv. ing entirely ruined it, and lc.ivt* it entirely destitute of means fur sublisting . either man-or horse. • On the 24th, General Gerrard had his head-quaff, ters in Zafra, and occupied Merida, with the intentio. of robbing the adjacent places of the provisions an...- eifccts which Basiajoa requites for a year for 6001. men, according to the orders of Bonaparte. General Foy is in Placentia, from whence Mar mont's head-quarters have been moved, and appeai to guard with his division the work of Banos, ant'. the Tietar, covering the military road. The contributions in money imposed by Marmon' on the people from Avila,Toleclo, and Caceros tuTa lavera, is 4,00(),000 of reals, the half' of whic'h mina be delivered on the Ist, and the remainder on tle -I.sth October, without paying any attention t, cular remonstrances tilt after the delivery ; then, anJ not till then, will a commission of Joseph Bonaparte listen to their complaints. RAYA DE FRANCIA, AUGUST S. Vie are assured that the French are establishing oil army of reserve of Is,ooo men, between Irun and Bayonne. It is said they will construct a fortress in ] the pass, and a strong tower or a tort of wood, capsk;l ble of holding lOU men, on all the heights of that part of Spain. VALENCIA DE ALCANTATIA, SEPT. 17. The enemy's division of Gerard has put itself in motion, Liking the direction of Merida. It appear. that Brigadier Morello has matched from Caceres tor the purpose of reconnoitring. Part of the division of Foy has recrossed the Ta gus, after ruining the city of Truxillo ; bnt neither this, nor all the other calamities which the French invasion has accumulated upon this province, are capable of abating the ardent patriotism of its inha bitants. SEPTEMIER 23.—1 n the actions of Montejo, the enemy employed 200 infantry and 150 horst, under the command of the Pricce of Arembcrg. We had five killed, and from 70 to 80 prisoners taken, but this result will not be of any advantage t) the enemy; it cost them 14 killed, and 42 wounded. AYAMONTE, SEPTEMBER. 2411. It is said that Victor has received orders from Soult to repair to Osuna to assist at a Council which is to be held there to consider of the means of de stroying the army of General Ballesteros, which causes him much anxiety. Four regiments of cavalry, and three of infantry, belonging to the French army of die south, are about to march for France. Gerard is continually applying for suecouri,vl ith out which, he says, he cannot make an effectual re sistance in case he should be attacked:by the English. On the 11th two of our parties of cavalry took a number of mules laden with wheat, coming from Marchona and other places for the use of the enemy, killing four, and wounding eight of the escort of ca valry which guarded them. There are but few French in the Sierra, those who were there and in Estremadura having advanced nearer to Badajoz, fearful that the English intend again to besiege that place ; but, few as they are, they do not cease to harass the unfortunate in. habitants of the villages with the most rigorous and exorbitant exactions of provision and money. The forces which the enemy had in Truzillo have retired on the approach of the English to that part. The enemy has collected five thousand men in Merida to attack the Conde de Penne and Brigadier Morino. • The enemy continue their incursions in the county of Niebla ; on the 16th tley,setre at Castillegos, on the 17th at La talbla, rad. felterdaY they retuned .to Triguero& . • cißium PAPERS. BucteimusT, SEPTEMBER ie. We expect the iatelligence here every hour of a ds, cisive battle having been fought. The Turks, uus had crossed the Danube, and entrenched themselve s , hay, received very considerable reinforcements ; it is even sai', that they to be followed by tl.e whole at my under the Grand Vicier. General Kw.l ow has given orders for the concentration of the Russian corps, and has removed the headivartes. The reinforcements from the Polish frontiers will ;la: have joined till the 14th. VIENNA, SEPTEMBEIL 14. • The summer camp in Hungary will break up s t the beginning of nest month. The troops are and,. the command of Count Kollowrath. Our exchan.• by the new regulations is open now only onWe". nesdAys and Saturdays —one hour each day. TLe pressure is in consequence so great, that the brokers cannot converse or transact any business. They hare petitioned the Government to permit it to be opened four times in the week ; but the fear of prons , iting stock-jobbing has prevented their prayer being cone. plied with. 'ZURICH, SEPTEMBER fa. • The crime with which the Abbot of the Order o: La Trappe is charged is treason. Some letters have been found which afford ground for suspicion, that during the rebellion in the Tyrol and Vuralberg, be maintained a cotrespondence with the leaders of the peasantry. In this charge, many Members of the Order are implicated, as 'well as for having publicly denied the Supremacy of The Gallician Church, and the authority of the national Church. AUXONNE, SEPT. is. Two English Officers, Captain Smith and Lime.- nant Neville, confined at this depot, having guar:died on the 13tb, agreed to fight a duel the next day. Th7y . procured pistols for this purpose, and adjourned to a roam, when placing themselves at the extremity of a table, about six pace!:, they fired at a signal girea a third, p.erso - a. Captain Smith wasibut thru u g the breast, and expired itnntedimeli, and hi; ant * . ennist has received a dangerous wound in the groin. The Governor has ordel:ed a /truce: verbal to be mad: of the affair. • • nr"'"*"! ItENCH ACCOUNT OF THE NAVAL ACTION OFF MADAGASCAR. The French Paper; contain a report or narraLive the Captain of the Clorinde. which arrived in Brest Roads en the 9. kh ult. &tier t•Ac.) hair-bread s escapes, first oil' Madagascar, where two of he r co n . .arts were taken, and, next, front tlr2 Tortnant, as she was entering port. The report of ch i ts fertunask.: French Captain, Al. Saint Cricq, commences witu 'stating, that the Ch.tinde sailed from Brest on the 14 it February, in company with the frigates Renonanee sod la Nereide; the former commanded by Cap:airt Roquebert and the latter by Captain Maresquier. It these proceeds with the priticulars of their tioiage . ;le Isle of France, which, on weir arrival, they Ii Lord , : as occupied by the English. and of their disc-Lyn irsg gee ships, which they supposed were three frig.tt,..:, t brig, and a gahiot ; and then proceeds as follows : " 1%, of the five vessels seen the preceding mon-, ing disappeared during the day, first the balker, :hen one of three masts, which, I believe, was onz cf the frigates we afterwards fought at Madagascar. . 44 , There then remained but two frigates and a ' brig: the wind favoured them, and they gaMe2.; ,, r: siderably upon us. We continued our course to the east all the night. On the following day ( May S 1 the Commandant made a signal that he would attack': and in our turn we chimed the enemy. It was almost calm, nevertheless we gained upon them, thorieft slowly, and at night M. Roquebart gave orders for d:scontinuing the shave. We did not see them agziu tor some time." I I , After this it proceeds with giving the particulars of the voyage to Madagascar (where it was determined to proceed for provisions), at wEich place they arrived the 19th of May. The report then proceeds— " On the 20. h of May, we perceived in the N.N.E. tour ships, which we quickly knew to he the thiee gates and the brig which we saw at the Isle of France, ' and prepared to engage them. 44 At noon, being two leagues to windward of the enerr. , , the signal was made to form in line of battle. " At fifty minutes after three, the Commodore gave orders to commence the engagement; nothing . more was wanting, Ai we were within cannnn shot, the brig was in a line with the frigates, the Ciorinde was a-head of our line, the Renommee in the centre, and la Nereide in the rear. " I did not wish to attack the first, on account di the distance, but the Renommer attacked the higate which led, which soon found herself near the Nereide; then I engaged, and always at the same distance, the second and third frigates. 64 The most perfect calm succeeded the first dis. charges. I attempted several times to join, but could not succeed ; the mcvernents were too slow, and the Renommee, who also could not arrive, annoyed me continually. She made many signals, which the wea ther presented me from clearly distinguishing; those who supposed they saw them thought they ordered the Clorinde to take in her sails. The enemy. equally with us becalmed, committed the fault of not making use of their boats, which proved to their disadvan tage, as the Frigate nearest mine presented her stern to us more than a quarter of an hour, during which time I kept firing into her. A second frigate was in the same situation with respect to the Renommee, and it was with difficulty that these two vessels were .again able to present their broa.isides to us. If we had fortunately been nearer the/ were inevitably lost, for never 'was tire more dreadful. • " In regard to ilk Nereide, profiting by the breeze from the land at the commencement of the action, silo had come up with and closely eagaged the frigate which led, and apparently with advantage. " At six in the evening a trifling breeze arose ; the calm had sent us to adi 44 ACC na.neCapt. esquier . —I received a verbal inessa . _ ; ;: 01 take post behind the Commodore, whi - , from both side;. ' The fire thus continued till ei t ;ta at night, whet. the ene. my's ceased, and, assisted by a light breeze, gut to a distanct from us. We followed, when the the recons• ' meuced, and lasted till half past ten at night, at which time we tacked, to place ourselves in a line with 641 Nereide, whim appeareddismaged. • The keoouafpeet put oat bet lights turd ua to conceal ours. NY* ■ I CI ti II I ~. s I 1 3 . 1 w