The National Register. — London, England, 1811-11-17 00:00:00

TitE• NATIONAL RECISTEI:. 1011MIIRA , M 1 .. Ly°ni t ii)LD black, Hugh Peregrine, Francis Shore, William Terry,'David Gough, James N:urphy, and Valantee. Seivicites.v WouNDLo.—John James (since dead), Frederick Webber, Faulkner, George Williamson , Patrick Grif fiths (since dead), John Fleet, Domingo Joze, James Atherton, Jacob Albert, John Lewis (.2), John Smith, John Scott, An thony Finannel, George Hogg, Henry Lewis, Abraham Scott, Gatley, Patrick Ferress, Hendrick Melandy, James Reynold 4. SLIC wrix W d oi , NDED.—Thomas Bevis, Henry Williams, Alt xander Henninp, Peter Simmons, Anthony Francisco, John :Marks, John W. Perry, Joseph Bailey, Leonard Crowdes, Eichard Hart, David Clarkson, William Fall, William Kent, Tdwar4 Sarin', William Cumming; Patrick Christopher, Charles M•l.3eith, Daniel Luker, Richard Blackwell, Thomas Sell, Richard Ashton, Bryan Rooney, John Williams, George Nichol!, Israel-Harvey. Juhn Olden, Charles Williams.—Total killed and wounded-61. (Signed) WOODLF,Y I.OSACK, Captain. His Majesty's ship Astrza, at anchor, Tasnatave, Madagascar, May 28. Six—ln my letter of the 200 h. inst. detailing the action be tween his Majesty's ships under my orders and those of the enemy, I had the honour to inform you that it was my intention to reconnoitre this port, as I had received information that the enemy had landed and surprised the garrison, on his first arrival on the coast. The state of his Majesty's ships Astrata and Plicabc, did not admit of their beating up quickly against the currents and very variable winds; the Racehorse sloop was therefore dispatched in advance, to summon tbc garrison of Tamatave to immediately surrender. On the evening of the .14th inst. Captain De Rippe rejoined also, reporting his having seen a large frigate anchored in that port; a strong gale prevented his Majesty's ships from getting in sight of her until the afternoon of the 25th inst. when every thing being ready to force the anchorage, I stood in, and ob served an enemy's frigate, placed in a most judicious position within the reefs of the port, for the purpose of enfilading the narrow passage between them, supported by a strong fort in her van, within half musket-shot, full of troops; there were also new works in forwardness, to flank the anchorage. Not having any body of local knowledge in tither of his Ma jesty's ships, and it being almost impracticablo to sound the pas sage between the reefs, which was intricate, and completely ex posed to the whole concentrated fire of the enemy within grape instance, I judged it expedient, under existing circumstances (both ships being full of prisoners, and having a prol n of men absent in La Renomtnee, betides sick and wounded), to de fer, until necessary, risking his Niajesty's ships. I therefore summoned the garrison and frigate to immediately surrender ; when, after the usual intercourse of Flag of Truce, I hare the honour to inform you, that the Fort of Tamatave, its • dependencies, the frigate and vessels in the port, together with the late garrison (a detachment of the r.:t2d Reginient), were surrendered to, and taken possession of, by his Majesty's ships under my orders. • !was induced to grant the terms (a copy of which, I have the honour to inclose,) in order to prevent the destruction of the fort of 'Fatnatave, the frigate, and vessels—a incssure they in tende4 to adopt: The enemy's frigate proves to be I.a Nereide (efne of the finest, only two years old), of 44 guns, and 470 men ('.OO of whom are choice troops), commanded by Capitainc le Maresquier, Mem bre de la Legion d'Honneur, who fell in the action of the 20th inst. in which . she suffered very considerably, having had 130 men killed and wounded. She was much engaged by the Phoebe. 'The crew of La Nereide, together with the French garrison of Isamatave, 1 intend sending to the Mauritius as soon as pos sible, fifty excepted, who are too severely wounded to survive removal. The whole detachment of his Majesty's :22d regiment retaken, being ill of the endemic fever of this country, I mean to em bark ou board the Nereide, so soon as she is in a state to receive them ; when, atter having dismantled the fort, and embarked the guns, I shall proceed with hes under convoy to th* Mauritius, in company with the Moshe. I have the honour to be &c. (Signed) C. M. SCIIO-I.I•IIiERG, Captain. Captain Beaver, his Majesty \ ship Nisus, Senior Officer at the Isle of France. ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION. Article I. The Nercide frigate, together with alt the vessels and property at lamatave, the fort, &c. of the said place, shall he surrendered without injury to his Britannic Majesty's ships under my command. Art. 11. The officers, crews, and troops, now acttrally at Ta..• matave or on board the Nereide, shall be sent as soon as possi ble to the Mauritius, and front thence be 'conveyed to France without being' considered as prisoners of war; the officers and petty officers only shall keep their swords. Art. 111. The wounded shall remain at Tamatave under the care of a French Surgeon, until they are recovered, when they shall be sent to France by the first opportunity. (Sigred) C. M. SCIIO M BERG.. I'ONILY. • 1,1•.41 fi:.- VICTORY ON THE GUADIANA.. The report Of a victory obtained over the Fri - nth south of the Tagus, by General c ows, as stated by the American who :poke the last Cadiz packet, but by the Spaniards as subsequently re presented by the Unanimity, KEme, from Viana., which has arrived at Falmouth, derives some plan. sibility from this recent account. When we call to Mind, however, the many instances in which we have been misled by statements as confidently made, zind even with the greater stamp of autheu ticity because accompanied with greater partici& arity of local circumstances and military details, we are, we must confess, slow to credit any such vague ac• counts either to their utmost, or even to any ex. tent. We arc bound notwithstanding to submit to our Readers the grounds upon which the i !Amour to which we have alluded, according to the late ar rival, rests- The following is the communication received from Dartmouth upon this subject " Dartmouth; NOV. 13. " Arrived the Unaviinit9, • hymn, from Viana, in six days. The following is an extract from the Log-book of the above vessel, written by the British Consul at that port. 6 General WILiON'S Paymaster has just been with me, by whom I have received the important information, that a most severe battle had been fought near Merida, where the Spa niards had defeated the French with great loss, and taken up wards of 1000 prisoners, among whom was a French Prince, and that Lord WEI.L.LNGToN had rewarded the messenger who brought lain' the news with 100 dollars." It is clear that the account contained in this entry in the Log.bnok of the Unanimity, and the representation made by the Anreiican Captain, cannot be both true. • :f they each tested upon an authority of equal weight, their opposition would effectually destroy the credit of both : but the balance of credibility inclines greatly in favour of the later account ; and thuugh we do not think it will turn out to be perfectly correct as to the general result, we have no hesitation in saying, that we are confident it will be found accu rate as to, the parties said to have been engaged. It would give us pleasure indescribable to find, that our conception of the state of the case is erro neous ; hut a regard to truth obliges us to say, that we do not think any victory w4atever has been ohtained. Ju. - ..~ • ..•,••• ..A, .