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TIE EVENING, LONDON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 21. pRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE sre Ct. Cons. for money 62,1—D0. for ace.62ii sior Ct. Reitteed 631-4 per Cent. 79i Ct.9411-6-Bonds 18s. pr.—Oninum i x & (Sd.) Ss. es. pre.—Dttto op.) i Ss. 59. pre. SECOND EDITION. Dispatches have been received from Lord WEL- Li sorco, dated 25th ult. The head-quarters remain. fat F r eynada, nor had any alteration taken place ;ti th e position of the allied troops. The French, however, had moved a corps of their army towards rigenr i a , with a view, as it was reported, of Wa vle'', proceeding towards Madrid. Th e B r i t ish and Portuguese army was abundantly app lied with provisions and stores of every descrip. t i ee ,ead disease was completely banished from their A Lisbon Mail also arrived this morning, but the p a pers brought by it do not enable us to add any A; of interest. There was a report at Lisbon, thg,lo,ooD men were on their way from Bayonne to reinforce the French army. Dispatches were alsoreceived this morning at Lord L via rooes Office from Gibraltar, dated 29th ult. n o sy state that Valencia still held out, nor were the F r oth in a condition to make any serious impression I pso it, until reinforcements arrived from France, the practicability of which was very doubtful from te formidable appearance of the Patriots in all di otions. The French still continued their most strenuous ex. ekes to possess themselves of Tarifa, but they had tdken able to bring up their heavy artillery against itttdiedate of the dispatches. The yellow fever had almost entirely abated to the eetvard of Gibraltar, but the Quarantine Laws were utfurced at that port. A Gazette Extraordinary was published this morn *, containing the details of the events previous to te fisil Surrender of Java to the British Troops. The following is the most important part of these ials: SIR SAMUEL AUCHMUTY'S BISPATCH TO LORD MINTO. Onboard his Majesty's Ship Modeste, off Samagang, September 21, 1811. gr Loan--I have the honour to submit to your lAtclship, a continuation of the report which it is my fitity to lay before you, of the proceedings of the army We my command. Immediately on receiving the intelligence of Gene ral ransea's reneat from Bugtenzorg by an eastern rouse,and the occupation of that post by our troops, I placed a force, consisting of the Ski battalion of Bengal volunteers, and a detachment of artillery with w o gnus, under the order of Colonel Wood, and di. retied hisembarkation, in communication with Rear. Admiral Stopford, who ordered three frigates on this sena, for the purpose of occupying the fort of Che xh. Transports were at the same time put in a of -- - , orion for a force, consisting of the de- Royal, and a company Bengal artil his Majesty's 22d Dragoons, his M. 78th regiments of foot, the 4th batta . volunteer Sepoys, the Madras pin. small ordnance equipment, with which 'ntion to embark, and accompanying Stopford with the squadron, for the lbaya and Fort Louis, towards which posed the enemy had retired. ()this Majesty's 14411 regiment, the )111 six field-pieces, were by the kind dmiral Stopfora, , received on board skips I f tva, and they with the trans they could he got ready for sea, uith zvous off the point of Sidayo, near trance of the harbour of Sourahaya.— the 4th of September, and eariy in tlie sth sailed to join the troops in ip Modeste, which the Admiral in convenience had allotted for my ac- of September, when on the point of learned from an express boat, which boarded by Commodore Broughton, that in possession of the frigates detached having separated from the transport Nell al. their troops but the Commo ibarked. Captain Beaver, the senior luadron, had landed the seamen and :cupied the fort, which surrendered to time to make a pi isoner of Brigadier passing on his route from Bugtenzorg, r officers and troops. Letters inter occasion from General Jansens, an tention to collect his remaining force ;, and to retire on Solo. ;ence determined me to sail Or Cheri irrived on the evening of the 7th of Sep tding that no troops had yet arrived, _anent of seamen and mai ines had inland on the Bugtenzorg Road, and been securing great numbers of the fugitives and gaining possession, on terms of ea the post of Carong Sambang on that immediate orders for the march of re from the distiict of Batavia. The ca the horse artillery, and the detachment T's 89th regiment from Bugtenzorg, ) join me at Samarang, by the route of the light infantry volunteer battalion ettliark at Batavia for the same place. :torn Captain Beaver, of his Majesty's dispatch of vesselOn every direction, straggling transports on their route to ad direct them all to rendezvous at Sa tdressing a letter to the Hon. Admiral Commodore Broughton, and all the Cap- Rate of preparatii tichment of the R I try, a troop of hi s 14th and 71 of Bengal v , and a smal Ins my intenti, ' • Admiral St; k of Souraba it was suppc A large r a n al artiterv, an I s !is of Rear Adz: . S Xi:rays sbip sided as the 'aim to lelkitzvi et *stem entrar embarked on th be !twining oa ti ' %jetty's ship "Ninon to my CI ri) Odatial. Oa the 6th of bee ybOardedo I lea n • 'bon was in Out service, I board of whicl had embar of the squt inn, and occi ta„ne mons in ti ~ lie, while pa ' many other ' ou thi s 04 " ed his inter „Ba maran g , elos intelligen where I arri ! l ibel, and findi 'e a detachme :itched inland cessful in sect .cra thence, anc tion, of th 'ate; I sent im o rcements fro: 411 74 half of the h is Majesty's eie desired to jt ribent and th l ordered to ei I obtained fro ' N'sus, the ci ' Meet the stra n tliayaba, and ' 'tang, addres s t 'llford, to Cot IT 7 tans of his Majesty's ships, requesting . them to give similar orders. I sailed the same evening in the Mo deste, and, after meeting the Windham transport, and ordering her with the 3d volunteer battalion to Cheri bon, directed my course to Samarang. I arrived there on the 9th, and was shortly afterwards joined by Rear Admiral Stopford, the Commodore, and a few transports, having on board a part of his Ma e•sty's I4th regiment, half die 73th, the art;llery detachments, six field-pieces, and the detachment of pioneers. . _ _ a - n ' cl i.() fe c h ert ow ain r th t e he fa e c a t o t f ur G e e o n t eral eo Jans l o i n' a s m p e r G r ie sen an ce d , the troops from Bugtenzorg, p might have chaogcd his plan, I repeated to him on the 10th, in concert with the Admiral, an invitation to surrender the i island on terms of capitulati o n, a nd Captain Elliott 1 and Colonel Agnew were charged with the commu nication. They saw the General, received his reply, ascertained that he had still with him at least a nu merous staff, and that he professed a determination to persevere in the contest. The small force with me did not admit of my attempting to assault the place, while it was supposed to be thus occupied ; but an at tack was made that night bythe bo a ts of th squadron on several gun vessels of the enemy moored across the entrance of the rivers leading to the town end ; .the precipitation with which they were abandoned gave a character of, probability to accounts, which reached us from fishermen and. others, that the Gene ral was occupied in withdrawing his - troops to the in terior, and had fortified a position at a /short distance on the road towards Solo Soercarta, the residence of the . Emperor of Java. On the 12th September, as no other troops had ar rived, it was determined to attack the town ; a suM mons was lust sent to the Commandant, and it ap peared that the enemy had (as at Batavia) evacuated the place, leaving it to be surrendered by the Com mander of the Burghers. It was that night occupied by a detachment under Colonel Gibbs, and all the troops I could collect were landed on the following day. It was ascertained that the enemy had retired to a strong position about six miles distance on the Solo Road, carrying with him all the chief, civil, as well as military officers, of the district, and that he was busied in completing batteries and entrenchments in . a pass of the hills, where he had collected the residue of his regular troops, some cannon, and a force, in cluding the auxiliary troops of the native princes, ex ceeding 800 men, cavalry, infantry, and artillery, commanded by many European officers of rank. As any check of the attempts of our troops at this important period might have been productive of the i worst effects, I thought it prudent to wait the hourly expected arrival of a larger force, but alter two days passed at Samarang without their appearance, I re solved to tisk an attack with the slender means at my disposal, rather than to give the enemy confidence by a longer delay, or afford them time to complei:e their works, which were said to be still imperfect. For these reasons, on the evening of the 11111, I had directed preparations to be made for an attack on the following day, when intelligence arrived that the Windham had sailed for Cheribon with some troops, and several vessels were seen in the offing; I, therefore, countermanded the orders, in the expectation of succours, but the Admiral, anxious on account of the approaching unfavourable season, to secure a safe anchorage for the ships, sailed in the morning, with two ships of the line and three frigates, to attack Fort Louis, and if successful, to occupy the harbour of Sourabaya. The Windham alone arrived in the course of the night, and even the very slender reinforcement which she brought was, situated as we were, of great im- i portance, and it enabled me to withdraw all the Eu- 1 ropean garrison from the Fort of Samarang, and to I add a company of Sepoys to the field force, which I thus strengthened did not exceed one thousand one hundred infantry, and the necessary artillery to man four 6-pounders, with some pioneers. I did not think it proper to assume the direct com mand of so small a detachment; I confided it to Co lon,el Gibbs, of his Majesty's 59th regiment, pro ceeding, however, with the troops, that I might be at hand to profit by any fortunate result if the attack. Experience has warranted my reposing the fullest confidence is the valour and discipline of the troops I had the goad fortune to command, and taught me to appreciate those which the enemy could oppose to them. Many of the fugitives from Corneiis were in their ranks, and the rest of their forces were strong ly impressed, by their exaggerated accounts, with the danger ta be dreaded from the intrepidity of our troops. I dial not therefore feel apprehensive of any unfortunate result from attacking the enemy, with munbers so very disproportionate ; but from our total want of cavalry, I did not expect any decisive advan tage beyond that of driving them from the position they had chosen. The small party of cavalry of which I had been disappointed by the absence of the transports which conveyed them, would have been invaluable ; much of the enemy's force seas mounted, and they had some horse artillery, while not even the horses of my staff were arrived, and our artillery and ammunition were to he moved by hand by the Lascars and pio neers, who for this purpose were attached to the field. pieces. Colonel Gibbs marched at two o'clock on the morning of the 16th from Samarang, and after as cending some steep hills, at the distance of near six miles, the fires of the enemy appeared a little before the dawn of day extending along the summit of a hill, which crossed our front at Jattee Allee, and over part of which the road was cut ; the doubtful light, and the great ln.ight of the hill they occupied, made the posit:on appear at first most formidable. It was resolved to attack it immediately, and as the leading ' division or advance of the detachments moved for ward to turn the enemy's left, a fire was opened on them from many guns placed on the summit of the hill, and various positions on its face, which com pletely commanded the road ; these were answered by our field-pieces as they came up, with the effect, though fired from a considerable distance, and with i great elevation, of confusing the enemy' s artillery n directing their fire, from which a very trifling loss was sustained, Their flank was turned with difficulty, the me culty, but what arose from steepnesshttle of the ascent, and after a sho rt but ineffectual at tempt to stop, by the fire of some guns advantage ously posted, across a deep ravine , the a a b d an vance c o d l the u body of our detachment, the en em y don greatest part of their artilizry, and were seer in - great numbers and in greet confusion in full retreat. Our want of cavalry to follow the fugitives w'th speed, the steepness of the road, and the neces s ity for removing chevaux de frise wi:h which the passege was obstructed, gave time for the escape of the cue my, white our troops, exhausted by theie exertions, were recovering theii breath. It was evident that their army was completely (Es united, several officers, some of them of enk, were taken ; their native allies, panic sti lick, liad abandon ed their officers, and only a few pieces if horse artil lery remained of their field ordnance. With these they attempted to . cover their retreat, pursued by Colonel Gibbs, who, with the detachmenr, passed se veral incomplete and abandoned batteries ; and a: noon, and after twelve miles mach over a rogge.! country, approached the village of Outs trawl*, iii which, and in the small fort beyond it, the enemy ap peared to have halted, and collected ie irregal.tr masses. Small cannon front the fort and el:lige opened on the line as it advanced : our fi eld-pieces were brought up to a comm 'riding station, and by theii tire covered the formation of the troops, who, led by Colonel Gibbs, were ad renting to assault the fort, when it was evacu ited by the enemy ; alarmed by our tire, they were seen to ahandan it and its vici nity in the utmost confusion, leaving some light s euns with ranch ammunition and provisions in the village, where they h id broken the bridge to impede pursuit; the road beyend it was covered With tamps, cktb ing, and military equipments of their troops, who seemed tohave been cempletelyrnitted aniTrp?NeJ. A number of officers made prisoners confirmed this belief—our trove had however marched sa tar, that they were unept 41 to a longA- pursuit, and were quar tered in the fort and the barracks which the enemy had quitted, Early in the night Brigadier Winkleman, with some officers, came into my quarters with a flag of truce from General Jansens, who was stared to be fifteen miles in advance cf my position. Salatigo, on the road to Solo—the Brigadier was charged to request an armistice. that the Governor-General might com municate with your Lordship, on terms cf ci pitula tion. He was informed by my direct:on, that he must treat with me, and that without delay. I how ever consented, in consideration of the distance of his position, to grant, for elle express purpose of ca pitulation, an armistice of 2$ hours, to commence from six o'clock on the following morning, and li mited in its effect to the forces present ; with this an swer Brigadier Winkleman returned, accepting the armistice proposed. I was perfectly aware of the general sentiments of Rear-Admiral Stopford, regarding the- object on which our joint services were employed, from the no reserved communication I had held with him. He - had sailed for Sottrabaya with the declared intention of attacking Fort Louis, and of returning to his sta tion when the service was accomplished; and he was most anxious for its speedy termination, as he had informed me, he did ,not think ships would be safe cu the northern coasts of Java after the 4th October, un less Sourabaya was in our possession. All these considerations were strong in my mind against the delay of a reference to lam, and con fident that the important object of obtv.i7ting for Gseat Britain an immediate surrender of the island ought not to be impeded or delayed by any point merely of form, I did not hesitate to act individually, and on my sole responsibility, for the interests of tl.e state. I had also cause to fear, if the favourable moment was allowed to pass, that the allies of the enenSy might recover from their panic, that General ! Jansens might learn the small amount (if our force, that he might again collect his troops and retire on Solo, where, profiting by the period of the approach ing rains, he might prolong the untest, and though I could not doubt its ultimate success, a wan.in the interior would have embarrassed our arrangements, and have involved the affairs of the colony in inexui- I cable confusion. joining Me at the former place. 'll,e General, with great part of Lit 'officers; also reached Samarang that night. I visited him on tie following day, ana arranged for the equipment I, l * a transport to convey hirn to Batavia with his suite, on which they embar• ked this morning. • I have dispatched Colonel Gibbs to assume the command of tic division of Sourab tya, to which I Have allotted his Majesty' s 'Thlr regiment, the 4th , voanneer battalion, the light initurtry b ttallan, and the r.lyal at tiPer7. I Lave sent a shall detachment under Major Yule, of the 20th Bengt.l tegiment, an officer on whom I have mach reliance, to acc6mparty the l'r.oc. of S.t rnanap :ma his lotto to the i..land of Madura, where I I . 4ve directed ti e Major to amine the (romans!. subject to the general comma , l Col. , i-1 Gibbs: he Ira , , been instructed to cct - upy the mail f.rts of Je :11.114 :!:11.1 ltambllog cn his route, and I i:ave directed that of 3.. para to be occupied f tom Samar tag. las• may.. and Pacalorga have been girri , .oned by troops -era Clierthon. LI mentioning the Prince of Sams map, it would be unjust to him not to report, 'ha-, pri4.r to r.ty march to S.unaring to attack .he enerry, he scut to ask nay others, being wilt a thousand o f his people wi t hi n a Qpirt divanc:, at Damak. lie visited Me on illy return to Samtrang, and etpressvd an ca.:test wish for the protetainn and friendship of the Brithlt natir n. As Colonel Wned requested pemission to Tel's!. quish t conornlond of Samar:trig, and rcto:rn to Ben. gal, I appoin:ed Lientenant-Cul. n. 4 Wats .n, of his Majesty's Ilth r egiment, to ovlieve him in the con:_ I mand. The 14th rqtinitnt, a s piil JetaCIIMCIIt artillery, and rats if the :id volunteer haqalion, have. ;be stationed a' Samarang, and w.il shortly, Iti t, be reinforced by the arrival - of the dlitachments of horse artillery, cavalry, and 89 h regiment. I have (lei:relied Ca:stain Robin:off, your Lori ; ship's Aid-de.C.rm?, with a small ei.cort to the etas, is i of Solo and D'Jogocarta, to deliver 3 letter flo oo me Ito the Emperiir and Sultan, and announce the change that has taken place ; I have alsi caPtit upon the It. sidents at their courts, Van Braam and Digleb.ird, to continue, agreeably to the capitulation, t .e ererc s. of their functions in beba!f of the British Government, and to secure cart aly the pubic property of the late government, placed in the territories of die respective Princes at whose court they reside. I have also required the other public functionaries of the late government to continz:e in the temp nary exercise of their functions, which hitli.irro I have found nO instance of their &dining to perf rm. It will be necessary soon ta arrange for the pzu trd of In naur attached to the Emperor and Sultan of the troops of the Ettrop:tan Govermnent of Java, and f%r the occupation cf the forts at their capital, and oil the lines of communication to and lh.tween the”; bnt this will be easi,y ar.rangcd when the troops ordere4 ! to Samar.tng shall have arrived, anti the report of Captain Robinson' shall have warranted a judgment of the strength of thew detachments. I embarked this morning in his M•tj'..sty's ship Mo dest fur ii ttavia, and shall hive the honour of re. ceiving your Lordship's personal commands, and dis , cussing with you the several military arrange ' ments which it may be necessary to malc.t for the se. curity of the island a Java and iss dependencies, • previcus to my retura to Madras, which it is my wish to do without delay. [Here toilow the Articles of Capitulation. They are hiAhly favatrable t 3 th s Country; and, at the same time, reflect great honour on the British character. The E.:l . :wan troops, under General iANSEN, surrendered at discretion. The Native Princes, and their tronr, who fought under him, are treated with great • humanity an I respect.] The detail; from Admiral Srorrnao, respecting the Naval part of the Expedition, next follow. They sate the surrender of Cheribon,Hamonap,Fort Ludowick, &e. Sc.:. to detachments of British Sram.ni and Marines. The ct.thloct of C.lpt. HARRIS, of the Phalle, was uncommonly spirited and judicious. Thu booty acquired is Immense, and the loss on our aid e trifling in the ex:rerue. We shall give these details to-morrow at full length. The Conqueror, of 74 guns, Ciptain EDWARD On the forenoon of the 17th September, the Corn- Fdr.r.ows, has arrived at Plymouth, from Minorca.— . rY'rt mandeur De Kock, Brigadier and Chief of the Staff She came last from Gibraltar, and has brou of the French army in Java, attired at Oonarang, , _.,• .s euspatches from Admiral Sir EDWARD PELLEW, who with powers from General Jansens to treat of a capi- , i trilation. which I authorised Colonel Agnew, the Ad s now at Minorca, which the Conqueror left on the jutant•General of the forces, to ciscuss with him on 6th ultimo, and Gibraltar on the 30th ult. my part : the result was the signature by them oldie -.—....... articles I have the honour to enclese, No. I, with ; The accounts from Windsor say, 66 His MAJESTY which Generrl De Kock returned in the alterneon to continues in the same state." obtain General Jansens' :top oval. I The Ticket No. 2714, Class A, and the Ticket No. 2 1 t04 At three o'clock in the morning of the 1 8th, Eli- Cla4 B,i. tuff led !O .EGORO each; also iero, entitled t i .estiosw.ele gadier Winkleman arrived at my quarters frem Ge- sold this day by EvioN, No. 2, CornhiP, and 18, Coventry-street, neral Jansens, who declined to sign the articles which Ha Y ru " k '.• BREA n.—To-day there being no Court of Aldermen, the Lord had been agreed upon, adverting panicularly to those amain. :.fter inspecting the Returns, ordered pre.eetr paces to which concerned the debts of the government to indi viduals. lie requested that I would meet the 'Gene- DEAL, JAN. Co.4—Arrived an American ship—particulars by ral half way, or stated that he would, if prat:: red, her not known.— Came divan from the River, the George, Rt come to my quarters at Oonarang, for the purpose enaeosore; and remain with his Majesty's ships as per last. of discussion or explanation df those articles. i PORTSMOUTH, JAN. -o.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Vene- As the situation in which it it evident he stood de- tabe, Royal Oak, Impeteux, from a cruize; and the Heliecn, prived him of all claim to those terms of ' capitulation wit h a convoy, from Plymouth. Toiett/;v l. lAlf . . !S.—Put in from sea, by contrary wind, hie which, had he profited bY the former invitations made Majesty's 'imps ilsouunt and k.CSIBERLAND, of 74 guns NM, while he still possessed the means of defence, he and o the Fawn 'sloop cf war. might perhaps have obtained, and as my situation : The following persons, belonging to his . Majesty's with a force unequal to prosecute opeiations further in ' late ships ST GEORGE and Hews, were not no board the interior would not admit of delay, I assumed a those ships at ere time they were unfortunately lost: firm tone ; and desiring General Winkleman to be : Mr. John O'H ? ea, Mieshi matt = lobo 1 - Pilt., oj a d r i ks nary o •; rail Ch i ar 4r i v es . , informed that personal respect fir the charac , .er of General Jansens had alone induced me to grant any ; Miller,. able; Robert Alien, ordinary; Jotter Miles Bacon, Ale; ler. Scary, ordinary ; Wm. Gardner, able:— terms to his a: my, announced to him that tire armis - belonging to the St. George lent to the F..trneu gun-brig in May tice would cease at the appointed hour, and the troops last, and received on hoard the W7odlark, at Mat wyk, the 2d of Dec.lither last, on board which ship th .y .tow toe :—also, Mr. . march forward at the same time. John Seagrove, midshipman ; David Johnson, able ; James Da- Colonel Agnew gave orders for this purpose in his vey, ab`e ; JonwaSeott, cm:in:try ; Law. Swaim. orlinary,; Lanes presence ; and informed him, that it General Jansen: Muckliwain, Qtnitter-Master; ItoSert Howard. ahlc; J. Power, allowed he opportunity of capitulating now offered " ordinary : John Thomson, alias Thomas 1 honias, erdiasre ; H. I Morris, able; Benjamin Thomson, illin , ford, ordioary—b, ln-/in , to . he to escape, by not accepting the terms already pre- Hero 'Mr. Seagrove and the last six . brought a p-ez..7iro ‘ 4l Got pared, no / other could be offered. Brigadier NVinkle- tenburgh to Spithi ad; and the remaining tour, wh i w e t z lent , o man returned with all speed to General Jansens, and the Larnest gen-brlg, were breu:lst to Portsmouth in the Pyra- Colonel Gibbs marched with his detachment at six • nius, awl the whole are now on lanwd Iht Rnyal Wiliam. Mr. ses2,ross stares that Mr. Rice, inict.l . .'l.lnan, of the 1{ , .r0, was o'clock on the road to Saga ta, where, after adranciug • cast away in a prize on the Scaw, and Ls a prisons:l- ,an that Mr. labout five miles, lie was met by Brigadier W inkle - parker and Mr. Sh-pherd, mi dshipmen, were Liken prisonen in. Man, bearing the capitulat; on c: trimmed by ti.e sig- : the Belt, in November last. nature of General Jansens, and accompanied by a let- i The following arc the napes of the Officers of Ma ter, No. 2, which strongly marked the acuteness r f tines on board of the S. Cis orse. at the time of her his feelings at being compelled, by the desertion of his . allies, and the destruction of his army, to adopt ttiis Captain James G. Coles, R. M. Lieu , enants Donald M'Que e c, measure. 'unfortunate loss : and P. F. Graham. The detachment counter-marched immediately, The 500 men lately drafted from the second and and atter.sending a company (at the request of Bra- third regiments of Foot Guards, left towa yesterday gadier Winkleman) to secure the guns in the post forenoon at nine o'clock for Portsmouth, where she's of Soligata, moved back to Oonarang, whence on i will immediately embark for Portugal. the _evening I returned, to Samarang, just before I The Royal Meath Militia are undtr orders for Eng: General Jansens h.ai announced his intention of land, and the Leatdonderry for Scotland.