The National Register. — London, England, 1815-09-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL 612 THE SHAM BUONAPARTE• FROM A TAMS PAPER OF TM % 18TH. The following are some particulars respecting the person who has been traversing the departments of the South, and personating Buonaparte : •- This adventurer's name is Felix, his age 43, born in Piedmont, and married, it is said, to a woman whom he abandoned. His sin, appearnnoe, figure' and voice,, give him souse likeness to the charac ter he has assumed. " Nothing, however, can be more ridiculous than the stories which this wets!' has been telling. In the small commune where he was arrested. he told every body that he was littonaparte; that four of his Generals would meet hint iu the village ; and that he would go with them to put himself at the head of four corps of the army, and to destroy the Allied troops throughout the Kingdom. " So many foolish things were mentioned by hint that it was almost thought he was mad. However, the Mayor, thought pro pei to arrest this wretch, and no resistance was made. Even those who seemed to have believed him showed only surprise. Hr Is now iu the prison of Vienne (Isere) where he awaits the decision of the law." SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, OF SATURDAY, SEPT. 16. MONDAY, SEPT• 18. COLONIAL DEPARTMENT.-DOWNING•ITREET, Sarr.l6. Captain Leith Hay, Aide-de-Catnp to Lieut.-General Sir ..Tames Leith, G. C. B. commanding bis Majesty's forces in the Windward and Leeward Islands, arrived this afternoon, 'with a dispatch addressed to Earl Bathurst, one of his Ma jesty's Principal Secretaries of State, of which the following 'is a copy. Bastetterre, Guadatoure, Ana. 1?. 1815. MY LORD—Having concerted with the Commander in 'Chief the necessary naval arrangements, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Durham was so obliging as to receive me, with the head-quarters, on board his Majesty's ship Venerable, bear ing his flag. The fleet, consisting of the vessels of war, such parts of the troops as bad been assembled from the South American Continent, and from the Windward Islands, sailed from Carslie Bay, Barbadoes, on the 91st of July, whilst the land force destined to proceed from St. Lucia, Martinique, and Dominique, were directed to rendezvous withosit delay at the Saintes. It was deemed advisable to accompany the demonstration of alauding in force frora nosier, by a summons to surrender 1 the forts, Voint-au-Pitre and Grande-Terre. It was the itear , Admiial's intention and mine to have met the ist divi sion in tthe Venerable * which sailed from the Saintes for that purpose; calms and currents, however, prevented the t'enentble from reaching the coast, and obliged the tstaivi aim 4o anchor. The appearance o 4 the atmosphere denoted the approach of a hurricanes it became therefore necessary to give up secondary oliects, and to embraee the first favourable mo ment for getting the meet into the Saintes, for which the Commander in Chief made the necessary dispositions. It was not until the night of the 7th that the whole force was assembled at the Saintes. I had previously reconnoitred the coast in the Barbadoes brig of war, which Rear-Admiral sir Charles Durham -had sent with toe for that purpose. The intct nal state of Guadeloupe, and the season, were both so critical, that not a moment was to be lost ; I deter tHined, thelefote, to attack the enemy on the muting of the Bth inAaut. ,EGISTER. Having made the necessary arrangements with the Naval Commander in Chief, the whole fleet got under weigh at break of day, ■nd stood towards the Ance St. Sauveur, where the landing most to windward was to be effected. I had received information that the troops of the line, and militia under arms, altogether amounted to 6000. I deter. mined therefore to throw my principal force between that of the enemy in Grande-terre and Basse-terre, %there it was his intention to have assembled neatly the whole of his force, immediately after our demonstration to windward had of necessity terminated. My plan was to attack in three co. lumns ; the scarcity of boats and the surf required that the whole should assist in each disembarkation, which was there fore effected successively. The first was made at the Auce St. Sauveur, where a detachment of the enemy. about 500 strong, moving from Grande-terre to join Admiral Count Linois and Gen. Boyer, shewed a disposition to oppose the landing. The brigs of war and gun boats, however, soon scowered that point, and 850 of the Roxal York Rangers, under Lieut Colonel Starck, disembarked (notwithstanding a heavy surf) without the loss of a man. Lieut.-Colonel Starck had instructions to make a rapid movement to drive and. dispense the enemy occupying the strong country and ravines of Trou au•chun, Petet Cathet, and looking towards Troll -Rivieres ; to threaten the left flank and rear of the enemy, posted to oppose the landing at Grande Ance, and to drive him from the important commu nication of Pautrizel, which leads to turn the strong post of Dole and Morne Palmiste, the latter being one of the prin cipal keys to Bane-terre. • Meanwhile the fleet dropped down to Grande Ancc, to effect the principal landing, where the enemy was in force, and, possessed a strong position, with batteries commanding the landing place, which was susceptible of obstinate defence. The brigs of war and a gun-boat placed to infilade, soon obliged the enemy to abandon his guns, one of which only a long twelve-pounder, was found mounted. The surf was very great, and one of the gun-boats was lost but the exertions of the navy, and the steadiness of the troops surmounted every difficulty. At break of day on the Oth, the troops were put in motion in two columns; the Ist brigade, under Major-Gen. Sir Charles Shipley, moved upon and occupied Dole; the gd under Major-Gen. Stehelin, marched upon the left of the Monte Pithrlste. by Pautricel. it appeared that Comte de Linois and General Boyer had evacuated Dole in the night. The enemy, however, shewe.d himself in great force on the left of the Nome Palmiste, and on the face of tat moun tain, commanding the main road to Basse-terre ; h is advance occupied Petits plantation, ['Jere follows an account of the arrangements.] The enemy, who had been driven by the vessels covering the landing, collected on the heights, and attacked the light company of the 6sd regiment , who were advanced ; they gallantly maintained their ground against upwards of Ilium hundred of the enemy, who came• down to attack them. Captain Lynch said Lieutenant Wigley were wounded on that occasion. Major-General Douglas, in person, supparte.d them by part of the York Chasseurs, under Lieutenant-Colonel Ewart, and he was immediately driven with loss. While this operation wasgoing on, the columns of the Ist and 24 brigades gained the heig . hts of Merge Paliniste, front whence the enemy was driven at aH points, and was now re &king to Morne Hood, which he had fortified with eight I Pkces of ttrtiticr . y. This was the position which Count • re, •I V 9 E por • 4 4 1 /I ,` Nov 1 4( • 0 n a T 1 ti SI tl t 11 t 1 t. tl tl n d sc 11 ra w st st ti 111 tl tr k so tl ti tl tl tl