The National Register. — London, England, 1808-04-18 00:00:00

riPr~~ i,~':. . . weeks, and battered for Fix days by fourteen pieces of heavy ordnance, the little Castle of Scylla has fallen into his hands But I have the heartfelt sittisfaction to add, tkat not one of th gallant' garrison placed under my orders has become kis pri soner In the latter end of December, the arrival of troops and ordnance stores at Seminara left me no room to donbt the enemy's intention of besieging Scylla, and parties of the pea• santry were accordingly tent out to render he passes of Solana impracticable, and to create ohstacles to MR advance, by nut' across the various paths which lead kom the heights of Al ilia (loon to Scylla. This work, as w ell as the levelling of f. noes, &r. proceeded rapidly and effectually wider the direction of C a pt a in N icholas, A ssistant Quarter - Master-(:ent e ral ; whet., upon the Slst of December, the advanced workmen and the out-posts of the masse were driven in by thre'e French battalion• and a detachment of cavalry, under Gen. Millet, which tool, post upon the heights above us ; and on th' following dos Kegnier brought up two more battalions, end spreading hi nut-postrto Lavezzina, Bagnara, completed the investmen of the town. At this time the gareison of the Castle consistee of about tvt o !outlived British, and from four to live htmdr. d mass(' occnpied the town. The eneniv'S troops were now incessantly employed in form in; the roads necessary for bringing his heavy ordnance Iron Semitetra, whilst we laboured to render the approach to Scyll:i Oittienit, and harrassed the French by eonFtaiit attacks on hi• out-posts et ith parties of the masse, and neeasiorally ss ith boats. In some of there partial actions the enemy suffered severe] ; : particularly in a iti:tht attack at flagnara, r. here the Voltigent, of the `23d l.i , ht Infantry were cut to pieeeel. On nig to these cheeks the French were retarded - the tith of February, when titer descended the heights in force, arid came within a distant range of our pins; awl from this d a , they honoured our little castle with all the detailed precaution , of a re g ular ,ie2,e, in covering his approaches and cooneouni cations. The ikirmishes hefts ern the enemy and the masse became very serious : the latter displayed great gallantry; and etooving the support of the Castle guns, obliged the French to purehno• their ad1:111Ce with heavy loss ; but no the 9th, is en obliged to v kid to the numbers of the enemy, who assailed the town on all sides: our guns, howeser, covered their retreat : and I had the satisftctian of sending off thew brave peasants C. Me—iaa isithout leaving a than in the roem‘'s hands. The force tv hide General Bernier had brow - ht to besie g e Se• con , i-tees of a hods of cavalry, the `?id light infante . % . tit l.r . et - t 1 and 101st of the lair, in all about si s thous: 1 int : t cm -four-poianders, lice eighteens, and four our tars, be,ider tield-pieces. 11:: the ta.irclice_ of the 1 lth, he opened his batteries, cliree!iiii efl'orts to the destruetion of our upper yrorks, and the cli•- :shrin_ of our into ; tt bile wider cater of this tire he laboured eciabli•li two brearlsiog batteries, at three and four hundred distance. I t %Vas; not, loineser, till the 11th, that our Patapc; were reedered totally uselesS• ; nor till the!' die lie slaughter abate to ulttich their partie , employed on the 11-,•;iyht.e; batteries st er,. exposed from our grape anti .hell. From this. lime our defence %%tic confined to notsket ry, as our guns lay hurled under the rains of the parapet, and the chose lire from hve h t went% -foist pounders became inces•sarit. In the mean tince we Ili-covered hint attempting - to mine the right bas- T''"• "Poo v. :iirh tic continued at nork for three nights, butt 1 hy a d %% is hoist the ex peeled success. • Its tic , . night of the 15th, the French pushed round the foot of the cur k, with Cite intention of destroying the Sea staircase, bus we hc,ppily clisesses•recl them, and heat theta nlf tt ith the slaugh ter to ti hid! their 11;.s perate i ituatiun ex posed them. The tiro front the breaching batteries had been variously di p..cl till the evening of the 16th, w lieu they bent their - Vi ( It'd Ey urology the left bastion with such SII(Tet.", that t I.rc;sc'ii WOUld probably have been practicable by the follow lug evvc , ing, it was under these circumstances that by received your order s to evacuate the Castle, and lia.ve the great satisf..ctioss repor.ing, that tie accomplished this yesterday morning, iu fill: i:•%% of the cuesny, and without leaving an individual behind. 'file approach of the !coats irons Faro gave the L'reneli full lull 111;oinc i of our design, but the tempestuous state of the wrathy' u l diged us to seize the short opportunity of an limit's I•rery battery pocircd its utniciit fire upon the ('astle, and sub upon the boats; übile infantry %Ws ilcid-pieces tried the breach on either side Thc• garrison was drawn oil' in succession, and the etnbarka no.s .de • ctid wit!s the grcaLest order, uutwithstaudinc the tre- in^ndnos fire of grape, shells, &J.. Our foss • fa oo Ne , .was small ; and before we were a musket-shot dist tot, the French were in the fort. The masterly arrangement of the transport boats and men of war launches upon this occasion, does high honour to Captain Trollope, of his :Majesty's ship Llectra, who personally superin tended this service; nod the conduct of the officers and men older hitn was marked with all the cool le and dexterity of British seamen. I regret to aed, that one of them was killed in ihe operation, and (en wounded, some of them dattgeroush, i he main,' good conduct of the garrison which I have had the nod fortune to COMM:110, delTrlllol.4 toy wnrmest gratitude; owl their intrepid spirit during the siege is hardly more commend able than the zeal w ittr which they wet I through the hears I Agues t hat prect ded it. The detachment of the lloyal . Artillery was highly consoicn ; the excellency of their gunnery sv a, proveS by the severe losses vy hieh•the enemy has sti , tainedi and I cannot to o s tr ong ly press my Izense of the skill and indefatigable zeal whirls Lieut. :him' ha , di:pl 'yeti throlighout the siege. I feel hkhly indebted to the exertion: of ('apt. Crnikshank , of the ti?d, ,lo•alan of the 27 h, and Priw:le of toe Yi•t, as tell as , 4 the ()dicers and men under them. From I) irk 011 , , t I the Logiocers, I received eery :s!- :Met' ; arid ms Adotant, Lieut. II:111410d, of the :15th, has teen thr0at...44,0t indefalkably zealot's. I cannot conclude, 't r, itimitt ea pre , :iwz my particular 'hank: to ('apt. Nichol.ts, A,sibtant (,luarter- Macter-t ;eneral, whose abilitiesarel activity rend:Teg him eminent)) awful. 1141 I have the satisfaction of reflecting, that the support I have re erked from ill ranks ha: enabled sue to sell Scylla dear; and thtl General Ilegnier has obtained posse —ion of this little heap of ruins o it h the he:, of :everal hundreds of Isk hest troops. The return ef our killed :t:4l mounded i , annexed. We have I,tst some gallent men ; hut consitlerinz the %%eight of the eneciy's the number i, I, nu means great. 1. hate the honour to he, &e. G. 1) 11011Elt l'StlN, Comitialviant Se‘lla Castle. ro Nlaior•Ceneral Sherbrooke, commandi ng , bib liriti.h troop fleturm ol't he killed and ununded of the detachment= forming the Ilriti-li garrkon of the Ca•tle of •ze%lla, in Calabria, from the dth to the 1:111 of Feb. {silo; %iv.. Artillery----:1 ginwers killed; 1 bombardier, 8 gunners wolonted. `nth neg. tiat.— 3 rank and file killed, II rank and file voantled. s' 4 lh Ite..r.-1 rank and tile killed. 6 rank and file wounded. 62(111ez.--2 rack and tile killed. ‘..? tank and file ivouttled. Tot. l--3 ;...ttnner((, S rank :Ind tile killed; 1 bombadier, S gunners, Vti. raid. ;Ind tile it winded. J. cA111 1 1111,1.. Brig. \ e.' , VO. !MOS. u tan!. Ceiteral. Gazette al:o contain.; an :termini of the capture of t etif luu . ger pri‘ teer of 1.1 guns, by the Medusa. I. 1 (ail le l male tout nue caltture, a collier briA . , during her rui-es in the Channel, since( her last fitting ou. 111 , the he • innin; of Septein'Aer last.) • [This Gazette Like i-e vontaini , an Order of Council, per miaing, wader certain regulation‘, the further importation, fur morn le.. of a number Of articles of provision, specified in former Orders. -- -- PAR ENI.RSILIPS DBSOLVED. Jahez 1, Patrick, Aare 1 1 :itrick, ano Tliere , a King. of i.amb's-Coaditit-street, fhonnic Krr and I:lit:land, of Nlanclieler, Owen and lobo Booth. toek port, hat-matinfactiirer-.--Pcier `ellerN Awl John Gore, Bow -lane, CheaiNitle, arettionseruea. Nla..on and John fieer;l•4l6.l. Liverpool. %tier •ialits.-I.lbetiezer Browne awit Cnatle: cr:tiii, .iitilierseisli ire, , lothicrs. —(•liat les David Fabir. Jars is Ilrow.n, William Pollard, Thottuts Henry Faber, Benjamin North, Farah.% , Leed,„ scribbling and fulling millers.-1% and Thonta• Strange, IlittindAlitch, boot and sline-niakers.-- tVilliatit M'Cready and Phill'lliMl Galiudj, et' the l'heatrrs at Nlanchester, Ncwcastir-upon-Tne. Sic.—.lainet , Mansell, John and George Burk sheilirld, •.tts auti edge tool !takers.— William Alsope and Sarah Hall, Great Bolton, Lan cashire, cotton-spinners.—John Jeukiuc, licitherliithe, and NVil !iam Folu, Beraluti&ry, timbcr-tuerchwits. ITE NATIONAL itEGISTET. OM i, i . , . • ''' •'1 ,±