Star. — London, England, 1809-11-30 00:00:00

TilE EVENING STAR. LONDON. EitRATVM—In the Advertisement of the Jubilee Sermon, inserted in our Paper on the 15th and 4,2 d instant, for George Evans, A. M. read J. 4 Elms:, d. AL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. Sr. ANDREW. DAY.—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, and Stamp-Office. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 2784 270 279 I Imp. 3 per C. S per Cent. Red.69if I India Stock 3 per Cent. Cons. 704 70 India Bonds 275. pr. 4 per Cent. 844 Excheq. Bills, I Is. 15s. pre. 5 per C. Navy 1014 102 Omnium L. Ann. 18 9.l6thst Cons, for acc.7ol: We are now enabled to lay before our readers all the details of the victory obtained in the Mediterranean. ?he Admiralty Bulletin not having appeared yester day till a part of our impression was worked off, we again insert it, as containing a pretty concise abstract of the Official Dispatches. _ _ Before giving the official accounts we shall endea vour to elucidate one point which has occasioned some obscurity in the details. A demi-official bulletin, circulated yesterday, stated, that the whole of the ' French fleet, consisting of 16 sail of the line and transports, coasters, &c. had come out of Toulon, but that the body of the fleet returned in about four hours. The fact, as we have been informed by a Gentle man who witnessed the proceedings of our squadron, was simply this :—The greater part of the ships of the line came out of harbour with the transports, &c. on the 21st and 22d of October. Whether they had no other intention but to conduct the convoy safe past the British ships that were hovering off the port — not suspecting Lord COLLINGWOOD to be so near ; or whether, when out, they had learnt by some of their lighter vessels the nearness of the British Admiral, is not known : but eleven ships of the line returned again to Toulon, leaving three sail of the line and the smaller ships, mentioned in the Official accounts, to convoy the transports,&c. which pursued their voyage. We are rather inclined to think that those which were attacked had no wish to run much risk, and would have returned as well as the rest had they known their danger, or when they knew it had the power of retreating. In short, the ships that returned to Toulon have had a most narrow escape from being all taken or destroyed. Barcelona, intended to be relieved by this convoy, is known to have been nearly in a state of absolute fa mine. Bread, by the last accounts, was selling there at one dollar per pound. (OFFICIAL.) " ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, NOV. 29. " Dispatches have been received at this Office from Vice-Admiral Lord COLLINGWOOD, dated the 30th ult. and Ist inst. off Cape St. Sebastian, communica ting the following intelligence : " That, on the 21st ult. a convoy sailed from Tou lon, for the relief of Barcelona, consisting of three sail of the line, two frigates, two smaller frigates, and about 20 sail of armed and store-ships ; that on the 23d the British fleet of 16 sail of the line, saw the enemy, whose line of battle ships immedi ately separated from their convoy ; the former were chased by our line of battle, and the latter by Capt. BARRIE, with the frigates and smaller ves sels. On the evening of the 24th, Rear-Admiral MARTIN, in the CANoPUs, in company with the RE NOWN, TIGRE, SLLTAN, LEVIATHAN, and CUMBER LAND, again got sight of the enemy. On the morn ing of the (25th they were still in sight, and the Rear- Admiral continued the chace till he drove the whole of them ashore, the Robuste, 81, Rear-Admiral 13ouoiN, and the Lyon, 71., off Frontignan; and the l3orec, 74, and one of the larger frigates, near Cette. It was impossible to get close enough to attack the l:nc of bat: - le ships on shore, near Frontignan, for, in attempting to do so, one of our ships bad but five fathoms water, and another less than six ; however on the Rear-Admiral's making, next morning, prepara tions for attacking them, the French themselves set fire to those ships. One of the smaller frigates, and those ships of the convoy that had escaped Capt. BARRIE ( who on the evening of the 23d burned five of them) took shelter in the Bay of Rosas, and were moored under the pr ltection of the Castle of Rosas, of Fort Trinity, a. d many other newly-erected Forts. On the 29th of October a detachment of the fleet, under Captain HALLOWELL, of the Timm proceeded with a view to take or destroy those vessels, and on the Ist of November the boats of the TIGRE, CUMBERLAND, VOLONTAIRE, APOLLO, TOPAZE, and TUSCAN, under Lieut-TAILOUR, Ist of the TIGRE, attacked the enemy, an.l after an obstinate defence by the vessels them slves, by the batteries, gun-boats, and musketry from the shore, the Lieutenant succeeded in captur ing 11 sail, seven of which be burnt and sunk, and four of which, an off-shore wind springing up, he was enabled to bring away. • 44 Nothing could exceed the conduct and gallantry of this enterprize, in which our loss was 15 killed, and .55 wounded : Lieutenant TAIT, of the VOLON TAMS, and Mr. CaLnwr.u., Master's Mate of the TIGRI4 are the only .Officers killed ; Lieutenant TAILOUII himself was among the wounded. « of the whole, therefore, of this squadron and con- voy, one of the larger frigates, which got into Mar seilles la the night, and one of the smaller (a store thip, \‘lll(..h has act yet been hiresd Qf,)have escaped." LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29. . • ADMIRALTY OFFICE, NOV. 29. The Honourable Lieutenant William Wa!derive, of the Ville de Paris, arrived here this morning with Dispatches from Vice Admiral Lord Collingwood, Commander in Chief of his Ma jesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean, addressed to the Honourable William Wellesley Pole, of which the follow ing are Copies : Ville de Paris, off St. Sebastian, October I. Stn—Bylny letter of the 16th of September, their Lordships will be informed of the intelligence I had received relative to the intended movements of the French squadron, and of my reasons for changing my station for St. Sebastian. While On this station, on the night of the 22d inst. the Pomone joined, and Captain Barrie (who with in defatigable perseverance had, with the Alceste, watched the port of Toulon) informed me, that the day before, several of the enemy's squadron had put to sea, that others were coming out when he left them, and that there was every appearance of the whole fleet being on the move from the harbour.— They had a numerous convoy with them, and as this movement was made with the first of an easterly wind, there was little doubt of their being bound to the westward. I immediately made the necessary signals for the squadron to be prepared for their re ception, and placed the three frigates and sloop (Po mone, Hydra, Volontaire, and Minstrel) to wi9tT e ard, to give notice of the enemy's approach. On the following morning (the 23d) soon after eight o'clock, the Volontaire made the signal for a fleet to the eastward ; while they continued to come down before the wind, no alteration was made in the squadron, except by advancing two fast sailing ships the Tigre and Bulwark. At ten, the Pomone made the signal, that the enemy had hauled to the wind ;, and the convoy separating from the ships of war, (which were now discovered to consist of three ships' of the line only, two frigates, two smaller frigates or store ships, and a convoy of about twenty sail of ves sels) 1 ordered Rear Admiral Martin to chase them, and eight of the best sailing ships, which standing on contrary tacks, might take advantage of the changes of the wind, which was then variable. At two P. M. the Pomone, having got far to wind ward, was directed by signal to destroy such of the convoy as could be come up with ; and hi the even ing she burnt two brigs, two bombards, and a ketch. The enemy before dark was out of sight, and the ships chasing not much advanced, were standing to the northward ; while the squadron with me stretched to the southward. The next morning neither the French nor our own chasing ships were in sight. This morning Rear Admiral Martin joined with his division, as named in the margin 4 *, having again fallen in with the enemy on the 24th off the entrance of the Rhone, and on the 25th they chased them on shore : the Robust, of 84 guns, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Boudain, and the Leon, of 74, off Frontagnan, where the day following themselves set fire to them. The Boree, of 74 guns, and a frigate ran on shore at the entrance of the port of Cette, where there is little probability of either of them being saved. I cannot sufficiently express the high satisfaction I have felt at the intrepid perseverance of Rear Ad miral Martin, and of the Captains of the ships who were with him in the pursuit. Nothing less ardent, or less skilful, would have produced a result so for tunate, where the coast near the Rhone is exceedingly shoal and dangerous, so that some of the ships were in five and six fathom water, the weather thick, and the S. E. wind blowing strong. I enclose to you, Sir, Rear Admiral Martin's let ter ; and beg to congratulate their Lordships on three great ships of the enemy being thus destroyed, without the smallest resistance on their part, or a shot being fired by the British ships, except a few by the 'Tigre at the Boree, when she was pushing ashore at Cette ; of their two frigates, the Pomone and Pau line, one hauled her wind some time in the night, and , fetched into Marseilles Road. Me other par.: of the French squadron are found to remain in Toulon by the ships which have since examined that port. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) COLLINGWOOD. Canopus, at Sca, October 27. MY Lonn—ln obedience to the signal for the Ca nopus to chase E. N. E. I stood that way the whole of the night of the 23d, and the following day, in company with the Renown, Tigre, Sultan, Leviathan, and Cumberland ; in the evening four sail were seen; to which we immediately gave chase, and pursued them till after dark ; when, from shoal water, and the wind being direct on the shore, near the entrance of the Rhone, it became necessary to keep to the wind during the night. The following morning the 25th, the same ships were again seen and chased be tween Cette and Frontignan, where they run on shore, two of them (an 80 gun ship, bearing a Rear Admi ral's flag, and a 74) at the latter place, and one ship of the line and a frigate at the former. From the shoal water and intricacy of the naviption, it was impossible to get close enough to the enemy's two line of battle ships, fear 4 Frontignan, to attack them when on shore ; for in a.tempting to do so, one of his Majesty's ships was under five fathoms water, and \ another in less than six. On the 26th, I sent the t boats to sound, meaning if possible to buoy the chan • caßopes, Renown, Tire, Sultan, Leviathan, and Cumber land. nel (if any had been found) by which the enemy's ships could be attacked ; but at night we had the satisfaction to see them set on fire. From the circumstances under which the ship and frigate ran on shore at the entrance of the port of Cette, T have little doubt the former will be lost ; and the frigate must certainly have received considerable damage ; but they cannot be got at on account of the batteries. Your Lordship must be well aware that nothing but the great press of sail carried by his Majesty's ships, and the good look-out kept, could have ena bled them to close with those of the enemy from the distance they were at the time they commenced the chase. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) G. MARTIN. VILLE . 1)I PARIS, off Rosa*, Nov.!, 1109. Sin—When the enemy's convoy was chased, on the 23d ult. their transports separated from the ships of war, and, under the protection of an armed store ship, two bombards, and a zebeck, made for the Bay of Rosas. When the ships of war were disposed of, as related in my letter of yesterday, the convoy be came the object of my attention, and, on the 29th, the Apollo was sent off Rosas to examine what vessels were there, and how far they were in a situa tion assailable. The next day I appointed the ships, as per mar gin*, for this service, under the orders of Captain Hallowell, to bring them out if the wind was favour able, or otherwise to destroy them. The state of the wind and sea would rot permit this operation until last night, when, after dark, the ships bore up for the Bay, and anchored about five miles from the castle of Rosas, un d the protection of which castle, of Trinity-fort, and of several other newly-erected bat teries, the convoy, consisting of eleven vessels, five of them armed, as per accompanying list, were moored. The boats being arranged in separate divisions, the whole were put under the orders of Lieutenant Taylour, First Lieutenant of the Tigre, and proceed ed to the attack of the enemy, who, although he could have had no previou- intimation of such an en terprize against him, was foiri:l vigilant and com pletely on his guard. The slip, which was a smaller sort of frigate, was enclosed in boarding nettings, and a gun-boat advanced a-head of her for the look out ; on being hailed, and the alarm gun fired, our boats stretched out, the crews at the highest pitch of animation, filling the air with their cheers ; each di vision took the part previously allotted to it ; the armed ship was boarded at all points, and carried in a few minutes, notwithstanding a spirited and sturdy resistance which the enemy made ; all their armed vessels were well defended, but the British seamen and marines, determined to subdue them, were not to be repelled, even by a force found to be double that which was expected ; and besides the opposition made by the vessels, the guns from the castle, the forts in the Bay, the gun-boats, and musketry from the beach kept a constant fire on them. On the open ing of day every ship or vessel was either burnt, or brought off, aided by the light winds which then came from the land, and the whole of the convoy that came from Toulon for the supply of the French army in- Spain has been destroyed, with the exception of the ' frigate, which escaped to Marseilles, and one store ship not since heard of. I cannot conclude this narrative without an expres sion of the sentiment which the execution of this bold enterprize has inspired me with, and the respect and admiration I feel for those who performed it. In the first place, success greatly depended upon the previous arrangement which was made by Capt. Hallowell, with a judgment and foresight that dis tinguishes that Officer in every service he is employed on ; the division of the boats, the preparation of fire materials, and providing them with every implement that contingency could require, established confidence throughout the whole ; and in this he was ably as sisted by the experience and zeal of Captains Wode house, Bullen, Taylor, and Hope. The brigs were under sail, as near the vessels attacked as the light winds would allow, and Captain Hallowell speaks in high terms of praise of the conduct of their Com manders, Crawley, Raitt, and Wilson. The First Lieutenant Tailour led to the assault in a most gal lant manner, and was followed by the other Officers as if each was ambitious of his place, and desired to be first ; the whole party bravely maintained the cha racter which British seamen have established for them selves. I am sorry I have to add, that the loss has been considerable, of which I enclose a list. Lieut. Tait, of the Volontaire, an excellent and bravo young Officer, and Mr. Caldwell, Master's mate of the Tigre, a youth of great promise, were the only Of ficers slain. - Many Officers in the fleet were desirous of being volunteers in this service. I could not resist the ear nest request of Lieutenants Lord Viscount Balgonie, the Hon, J. A. Maude, and the Hon. W. Waldegrave, of the Ville de Paris, to have the command of boats, in which they displayed that spirit which is inherent in them. I transmit also Captain Hallowell's letter relating his proceedings, with lists of the Officers who corn. manded boats, and had appointments in this service, and of the vessels burnt and captured.—l have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) Coulercwoop.. • Tigre, Cumbaland, Volontaire, Apollo, Topaze, Philontel, Scout ) and Tuscan. P. S. I have charged Lieut. Waldegrave, of the Ville de Paris, With the delivery of my dispatc!,e, an officer of great merit, and who commande.'. (..; of the boats employed on this service. Hifi Majesty's :hip TIGRE, off Cape Sr.. Seleutiar. November 1, 18(;!.. MY LORD-In obedience to yi►ur Lordship's order of the Both ult. I proceeded to the Bay of Ros•ts the ships and. .sloops -- namcd. In the margin, whc:e finding it impracticable to atta c k the cncmy's cr,r x6y while under weigh, (the wind being at S. ::.%1 a heavy swell) I anchored the ships of the squacir-:z yesterday evening after dark, about five miles r.tr t;,! town of Rosas, and detached all the boats, under is command of Lieutenant Tailour, first of the Tigrl, to destroy them ; the spirited manner in which h,, ied them on to the attack, commanded the adruisauol of every one present ; and the gallant wanner is he was supported reflects the highest huuour on 'zve! ; person employed on this servi,:e. I have the honour to inclose a list of yessc:s Lured and destroyed on this occasion ; and when yci, :r Lordship is informed that the enemy was aware our intention to attack him, and had taken the Ft? . Caution of fixing boarding netting', and 'placing launch with a gun in it in advance, to give him ns. Lice of our approach, and that the vesseis were .1:v, defended by the very strong batteries on sh:)rt, I tru:: your Lordship will consider it equal in gallaut:y an d judgment to any exploit that has occurred under your Lordship's command. Our loss has been severe, and amonr; tl.e list of killed I have to lament the loss of Lieutenant Tait, of the Volontaire, of whoth Captain Bullen speaks in high terms, as an officer who has distinguished him self upon many occasions ; and Mr. Caldwell, Mas. ter's Mate of the Tigre : the latter has left a w;dowed Mother in distressed circumstances, who looked to him for comfort and support. Among the wounded are. Lieutenant Tailour, of the Tigre, and Lieute nant Forster, of the Apollo, severely. The brigs were directed to keep under weigh, and were in an admirable situation at day-light to have given assistance had it been necessary. I have the honour also to enclose a list of the Of ficers employed on this service, and 1 have only to statq that their conduct, and that of the seamen and_ marines under their command, was such as to. exceed any encomium from my pen, and entitles them to nth warmest thanks and approbation. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) B. HALLOWEI L. A List of Ships and Vessels captured and destroyed ty the Bats of the squadron under the command of Benjamin liald.otej, . Esq. Captain of his Majesty's Ship the Tigre, in the Bay vf Rusas on the morning of the. hat of Novzniber, 11109. Armed storeship, la Lemprpye, Bertault de Breetreete, Liea• tenant de Vaisseau, commander, of 16 nine-pounders, 116 ram, and 600 tone: burnt—Piez zed for 22 euns on the main deck.— Vessel of war. Bombard, la Victoire, Garribou, Ensign de Vaisseau, cotnnlar.- der, of 14 six-pounders and 80 men burnt.—Vessel of war. Felucca l'Assacien, Rouve master, of 1.:7 tnuakets and Al men, burne..—'Fransport belonging to Government. L'Union, of 150 tons: burnt.—Landed her cargo. La Bien Ainte, of 150 tons, laden with biscuit . burnet Notre Dame de Rosaire, of 150 tons : burnt—lant:ed her Felucca Notre Dante de Grace, of 90 tons : burnt.—Lan %••d her cargo. Boeahard, le Grondirc, Coreille, Ensign de Vaisseau, cornalm der, of 8 six pounders and 45 men. laden with biscuit : take:l. Transport belonging to Government. Xebeck le Normande, Arnaut, Ensign de Vaissean, conoran. der, of 10 four-pounders and 48 men : taken.—Vessel ut be Dragon, of 200 tons, laden with biscuit : taken. L'lndien, of 200 tors,.laden with corn and flour : taken. (Signed) B. HAI. LOWE: t. A Return of Killed and Wounded in . the Attack on the Ire my's Vessels on the morning of the Ist of November, 1309, la the Bay of Rosas. TIGRE. KILLED.—James Caldwell, =titer's mate ; Thomas Jones (:), able; Alexander Duncan, ditto ; James Anderson, ditto. WOUNDIED.—JoIm 'l'ailour, Lieutenant, D. R. Syer, Midili!p• man, severely—James Kilfoyle, carpenter's crew ; Wm. Window. quarter-gunner; Peter M'l.aughlin, able; John Riley (1), ordi nary; John Westway, James Terry, James Grant, priv.te ma. rives; Geom.,: Lemon, able, slightly wounded. C17148C - RLAND. KILLED.—John Leigh, ordinary, Thomas Gibson, marine. WOUNDED.—Richard Stuart, Lieutenant ; John Webster, master's mate; W. H. Brady, midshipman; John White, Jehn James, able; Charles Spraggs, Oliver Isaac, ordinary•, slight!y Timothy Collins, Isaac Stafford, ordinary, very slightly ; Stephen Miller, Jotan Rielly, Robert Kelly, ordinary ; George Hetl:er• stone, private marine, very dangerously : Thomas Eo%s Ira, sad George Mitchell, private marines, slightly. VOLONTAIRI. KiLt.en—Dalhousie Tait, Lieutenant; Thomas Quarter-Gunner. WOUNDED—Robert Grant, marine, dangerously ; Thomas Sutton, seaman, badly ; Christopher Anderson, seaman, ,'.': o; James Hay., seaman, ditto ; Jacob Schwerin, seaman, ditto; Wan. Hinson, marine, slightly ; James Dawden, marina, ditto; John Davis, seaman, ditto; Wm. Thomas, seaman, ditto; Christopher Feat, seaman, ditto; Wm. Thompson, seaman, ditto; Joseph Lewis, seaman, ditto ; John Smith, seaman, ditto; Hon. J. A. Maude, Lieutenant, ditto—a volunteer from the Ville tic Paris; John Armstead, Midshipman, ditto—a volunteer ft om the V.lle de Paris. AreLLo. KILLED—Evan Jones, Serjeant of Marines; William Saunders, Private Marine; John Mackie, Able. Wouriorts—J. I.legbie, First Lieutenant, slightly; J. Fsrstcr, Lieutenant, severely ; Peter Manning, Private Marine, danger , ously ; Louis 0. Saul, Ordinary, badly ; Caul Sauster, Atie, slightly. _ . TorAzr. Kit.s.ta—James Callaghan, Ordinary ; Doug. Carmichael, Able ; James M'l)onald. Ordinary ; William March, Ordinary. WOUNDED—Tkomas Wilson, Able, very severely; Wm. Hot. berson, Ordinary, ditto ; James White ' Ordinary, slightly; John Roberts, Captain of Foretop, ditto; James Harrington, Able, ditto • John Card, Private Marine, severely • Joseph Carter, 1) ; 1 ' vate Marine, dangerously; Henry Tub, Ordinary, slightly. INILOMYL AND SCOUT. None killed or wounded. TuiCAN. Wounded—Pascoe Dunn, Lieutenant, slightly.—James Lamb ordinary, dangerously. Total killed-1 Lieutenant, I Master's Mate, 10 Seamen, Serjeant of Marines, 2 Privates of Marines. Total wounded—l Seaman, 4 Privates of Marines, danFc:- ously; 2 Lieutenants. 1 Midshipman, 7 Seamen, I Private Marines, severely ; 9 Lieutenants, 1 Master's Mate, 2 hlidsh:r men, 28 Seamen, 5 Privates of Marines, slightly. Grand Total-15 killed, 55 wounded. (Signed) B. HALLOW ELL. , N. B. The Litt of °jeer: entjdoyed in the Boats, *will be published in the Gazette of Saturday next.