The National Register. — London, England, 1809-01-29 00:00:00

JAN. 99. city, vitt most amiable manners. lle concludes his Let ter with stating, that he shall remain at Madrid, in order, by his influence with the fruit:li t to preserve public tran quillity. The Junta have published this letter, accompanied with the strongest terms of reprobation of the baseness and trea chery of the writer. 'We are sorry to state, that the greatest ferment exists in this moment in Jamaica, in consequence of the Governor refusing to comply witli a request of the Legislature, to institute an cil j uiry n.iative to the death pf Major Darley and Lick. Ellis, who had been murdered last May, during the mutiny of a Negro corps. No Coroner's inquest hav ing been held on these murders, the Legislature of the Island, on the:yr assembling, immediately requested the Governor to cause to be laid before it copies of the military proceedings against the mutinee; . s. •• This re quel.-t of the House Of Agenilly being indicated by Lis Grace to the Commander in Chief, Major-Genqal Carmichael, that ollicer refuwd comp;iance with it, and prohibited all military persons from 4ns%cring anv questions that the legislat4e Body might put to them respe4inkr, the late mutiny. Whereupon the House form ing a General' Committee, ordered the Speaker to issue his warrant, requiring the attendance of Major General Carmichael himself at the 1)4 qt . the Ilouse. With this re quisition the General refused compliance; and the Gover nor declared his perfect agreement in the iiriticiple of such refusal. The consequence of this was that a motion was carried new. can. That Mr. Speaker do issue a warrant to take Major General Carmichael into custody of the Ser geant at Arms, for a contempt that Rouse." The hlonse was immediately prorogued ; and this measure is stated to have thrown the Island into the liqiliest state of ferment. Slit JOHN MOOLtE. The Public are naturally anxious to know as many particular as possible respecting those distingnisteed characteks which claim their attention, and the lamented fall of this eminent Cetteral must eicite a more than usual interest with regard to his military career. Sir J. Moore, as we have already stated, was born at Glasgow, and was the sou of Dr. Moore., then ei physician in that city ; hut afterwards known to the world by numerous works of Literature, - which rank him high as a just and philosophical observer of human life and manners . , and an elegant and pleasing writer. Dr. Moore travelled with the late Doe of Hamilton an the Continent; and on this occasion be was accompanied by - 1( rds Sir J h' hail thus an excellent op liis son, afterwards Sir J. Moore, w tio had thus an excellent op- 1 .: portunity of finishing his education, and acquiring a facili t y in " not, he said, ' I;eine:r.ber me to him— 1 : the modern languages. General Moore entered th e ser vice eariv ~ , 1 f ee l myse lf so strong, I feat I shall be long dying; --- I ..„ . - . in life, and as he soon displziyed his Militays talents, his 'rise was ant in great pail.' I '-1 . rapid. In 1801 he was appointed Colonel of the 52.il regiment, "He then thauLed the Doctors for their attention. ',) and rose 'to the rank of Major-General in 180.2. Coisica was" Ca ptai (I- Percy and s tanlio pe came into the room—lie s p o k e .II the first scene in which he had opnGrt unity of shewing his kindly to both, and asked Vevey if all his A ides-de s Uautp wen.. i military talents; L in d here wn rtliitly occasions he displayed his we ll—he pressed my hand close to his body in a few minutes ,4. I personal bravery and good conduct. Ile was next sent out to died without a strog4le., ! the Wesa Indies, in 1795, under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, where, "He said to nie, while the Surgeons were examining his by his distinguished condo:a,• he acquired the full confidence of wound-7' I'OU KNoW I OAvi; ILWAICSWISDED TO 0117 Vti is that great General, who selected Sir .1• Moore to accompany him .'—:V, far as 1 can laced re in collec this is every thing lie said • - sl; • in his expedition to Holland, in lifs9, where he was slightly except asking to be paoea t, sier posture . " . . 1 .. wounded. In the expedition to Egypt , howev er, he had a more ii=iiiiiiiiiwaiw•;iwi • - , ample field for establishing his character as an excellent Officer. 'EXTRAORDINARY GAZ ETT E. On that occasion. he commanded at the disembarkation of the --iona— foreesi and his conduct was deemed a master-oiece of general . . ship, Of schielt cven Bonaparte himself is said to have declared D o wning -Street, Jan. 24, 1 809 . • that it was worthy of the ablest General that ever lived. At The H a n. Cu pt. Hope arrived late last night with a dispatch . . • the hattle of Alexandria, General Moore was wounded, when j from Lieut.-General sir David I3aird, to Lord Viscount Castle- leading on the reserve with his usual gallantry ; amid on his re- reagh, one of h i s Ma j est y 's p rinci p al Secretaries of State, of , . turn, his Majesty conferred owl him the honour of Knight-, which the following is a copy. . . ' hood, and the Order of the Bath. Sir J. Moore was in active His Majesty's Ship Vill lBo9e de Paris, 4.ervice during almost the whole of the p resent war. He coin- MY Lon n. at St-a, Jan. 18, . mantled at Shornrlill', in Kent, and afterwards succeeded General By the much lamented death of Lieutenant-Gcneral Sir John Fox in the command of the troops at Sicily. The expedition I Moore, who fell in action with the enemy on the 16th inst. it to Sweden, in which he commanded, had not that satisfactory I has become my duty to inform your Lordship, that the French result which was to he wished: but Ministers have UnifortnlY army attacked the British *coatis in the position they occupied declared, that this proceeded from no misconduct whatever on in front of Coranna, at about two o'clock in the afternoon of i his part. The transactions of the army in Spain arc too recent that day. • ' to call for any recapitulation ;he fell most gloriously at the A severe wound, which compelled me to quit the field a short post of danger, and in animating his troops to those exertions, : time previous to the fall of Sir Join) Moore, obliges me to j re- by which a ‘omplete repulse of tue enemy, and the safe embarka. i fer your Lurd4hip fur the particulars of the action, wl)ich was "i THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 75 Lion of our army, were secured. lie had put himself at the head of the 4.2 d regiment, iu order to support the right of the army, and had just finished a short address to his soldiers, w bets he was inortaliy wounded by a cwinou ball. 1t; rota all that we have heard of tine character of Sir John Moore, he seems to have been a man exclusively devoted to the 'military profession. lie was a complete soldier, and a strict i d ...sclemar_au, so that the! 52d regiment, of which he was Colonel, and which he had under his command at Shorneliffe, was generally looleed up to as a ie.wlel in point of discipline and MalKll‘res. lie seems to have had all those talents, which, had he been destined to coramind a Continental Army upon a larte scale, mill a protracted warfare, would probably have placed him in the same rank with the first Generals of modern Europe. Ile was unmarried ; his mother is still alive, and re siles at Cobham, in Su rre , . . One of his brothers, Capt. Graham Mpore, was Commodore of the fleet which con-. voyed the Royal ramily of Portugal to the prazil,, he has several other brnthers, who Ore all respectable professional n w a„ The I.dlowing ilteresting account 'of the last m.ametils of this most lamented °dieser is given by one of his most confidential attendant' and friends (we belieye Col. Anderson), who was by the side of the Hero iii lib ;tist mpineots, and w ith whom he de pm;ited his expiring wishes " i met the General on the evening of the 16,th instant, as some soldiers we're bringing hint into Connive, supported in a blanket with sashes. lie knew me immediately, ihoogh it was almost dark ; squeezed me by the hand, mid said, De not leave me.*-- lle spoke to the surgeons on their exeinieing We; wounil,bitt was in sach pain he fttilld say bat little. .ia.Cti'r some !hue, he seemed ve.:y aurin4s to speak to toe : and, at intervels, expressed pine. self as fella %Ns :--The first thing lie asked was Are the French l:ea ten ?'--which ir.quiry he repeated to alt those he Inc w as they eiaeced the room. On being .insured by all twat the French were beaten, he e nor F: Tit r; Pee P es LAND W 11.1. BE SAT1S1:11:0-1 )101'.E MY COUN1:11 Y wi4l. 1)0 M J U 41' C r.—YOU "‘o ill see my friends as sou.' as you possiblv tell theta evety thing—say to my mother'---litere his v o icelailtd him) --t r 'wave mud! to say, but cannot get it out.—(' colonel Graham, end are all toy Aides,dc• r Camp vtrll? have made my will, 4ind have remembered my servants. — Colborne has in\ w ill, And all my p:oper , " Major Colborne (bis print i pal Aid-de-Camp) then came into the rienn—lie spoke most Lied!': to him, and then said to suV — t .Bemeedier vou go to--, and tell him it is my request, and that I expect he will befriend Major Colborne —he has heed long with use., and I know him most worthy of it.' lie then again asked Major Colborne if the French w ere beaten ; and on being tolil they were n‘1i;:1-ed on every point, he said—' it wits a great satisfaction, in his last moments, to know h e h a d bout the '',each.' " General Paget in t lie room r—On my telling him he was N ,_~ 7 . 4%4i•