The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-02 00:00:00

- • ~.. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. thm.e repo ttd in his former letters, and inserted in the Gazette of the in4t , nt. On ine 'id, the squadron under his orders being off Guetaria, an attack was intended lo be made upon that place, and two companies of Royal Marines were landed tinder Major Williams, accompanied by Geieral Carrol, for the purpose of reconnoitring ; but some parties of t h e ec,e;ny bein.2 discovered crossing the bills, and the guerillas, whose „p era tion had been expected, being engaged widi the enemy in a different quar,er, the phut of attack was relinquished, and the Marines iebatwked. but without loss. _ _ The guerillas had been employed in an action with a detachment of the eatn►y, conducting eighty prisoners Asturias. One hundred and thiriy of the enemy are stated to have been hilted, and fifty taken, w h o h a d left , votinded on the field of battle ; and the Spanibh pri s;Aers were liberated. _ Uu ti:e 6111, Sir Rome Popham arived off Castro, were a 24-pounder and a company of in rifles, had been landed hy Sir George Collier, Itom the sin velhante, to rt,•ist Colonel Longa in au attack on the place. [ 'formation was, however, r e ce iv ed o f the a pp roac h o f t wo thousand liVe hundred liench troops, who,e arrival obliged Longa to retire, and the partie, 'mirk(' from the squadron were again re-em barked without loss. In the evening the enemy were seen marching into the town. On the 7th, the enemy were driven from the town by the fire of the squadron, and to. k po•t on the hills, and preparations Here made for landm4, and attack on tli• castle on the following morning, which aceord;oely to-k place nn the Bth ; when the commandant of the castle siirrecihied with one bundled and fifty men, the remainder of the force having ii.arched towards Larido. Twenty-six guns of elttllT of sizes were found in the town and castle of Castro; those in the turner were withdrawn, and the latter was put into a state id . de fence, and garrisoned by the marines and Spanish artillerymen of the ir;s, Cquain Chris:ian. On the 10th, the squadron proceeded off Pncrta Galletta, to co-ope rate in an attack upon it with the Spanish troops under Longa ; and on the 11th much firing was kept up ttL;ainst the h.itieries ; but the enemy being tomtit to be stronger than the spaniards bad expected, the attack was abandoned. During the morning, Captain Iditye, of the Lyra, Lulled with a party of marines, and knocked off the trunniths of the in the liagona battery, and destroyed one mounted on a beiizlir. Oa the 12th, the Venerable anchored (,11' Castro, which had been f?tibly attacked by the enemy the evening before ; one of the Imperial lin ads was wounded, and brought in a prisoner. Oa the 15th, the enemy's mu% eAble column having been drawn by 2 feint to Santnaa, from whence it could not ;each Um:tat - la in less than law da i s, another attack was intended to be made upon the latter pr.ce, iu concert ..rich the guerillas under Don Gaspar, and with the Prowis 'd wie of the battalions intilcr General Mina. - Early in o,e tenening of the 113th, one twenty-four runider tinder I cotenant Groves, and a howitzer tinder Lieutenant Lawrence, of the marine intilleiv, were landtd from the Venerable, and monn:ed on a 11:11 to the westwar.f. of Guetaria, under the dnectimis of Captain Mal (uNu, Of he Rhin, w Idle the Honourable Captain i'mvre landed with No guns (one shalt t wemy•four pounder, and one twelve pounder c4fronade) limn the )fedusa, end, after many difficalties in drawing nt,un up, mounted then on the top of a hill to the eastward. The Ve- Ilurable'.: gnus began firing at noun, and continued till sun set, when thoe of t . !e enemy on that side were silenced ; and the Aledua's were pit ur feadinesi to. open ou the following morning. During the night, ho'vever, intelligence was received of the approach of a body of French which afterwards proved to be a division of between two aid three thous m ad men, that had just arrived at Saint Sebastian's, from France, and was immediately sent forward by forced marches to Guetaria. The uncertainly with respect to the enemy's force, and the dispo sitioa of the guerilla's to oppose their advance, prevented the re-em barkation of the guns and men landed from the squadron, until the re treat 01 the Spaniards, after some skirmishing with the superior num bers of the French, i,i which the latter are stated to have suffered se- Captain Bouvrie then destroyed the two gnus from the Me u4sa, and re-embarked all his men, and every thing belonging to the guns, Captain Malcolm was detained longer, by a message brought to him by one of Don Gaspar's Aides-de-Camp, stating, that the enemy had been beaten back, and urging him to remnant in his battery ; find ing, however, that the enemy was advancing fast, he gave orders to ri , enibark, and brought off his party, with the exception of three mid shionien a.id twenty-nine men, who were taken l riseners, but fortu nately without haviwg one man killed or wounded. ,Sir Hom e Popham had sent to propose an exchange of the men taken on this occasion far sowie of the French prisoners on board the 3( l l iddron, and was in hopes of succeeding in this proposal. The Spaniards lost %Captain of artillery, and had a serjeant and tea mtn badly wounded. Those in want of surgical aid were received on board the Venerable. The detachment expected from General Mina's army arrived t e morning after the action, and joined Don Gaspar, having marched eighteen Spanish leagues in two days. ropy of a Letter from Lieutenant Thomas Warrand, commanding his Majesty's schooner Sealark, addressed to Admiral Sir Robert Calder, Bart. and transmitted by the latter to John Wilson Cruker, Esq. His Majesty's schooner Seaiark, July 23, 1812. St it—l have the honuar to inform you, that on the Vlst instant, when cruising off the Start, in the execution of your orders, at eight A. M. a signal was made from the signal station, of an enemy being is the S. E. quarter; alter running for three hours in that direction, I disco vered a large lugger under English calours, ch 'sing. and firing at two large merchant ships steeling up Channel, which I be:ieve were West Indiamen. On the lugger discovering the Sealark to be a cruiser, she altered her course to starboard, and made all possible sail ; bnt finding the schooner gaining on her, she shortened sail, hoisted English colours, and cleared for action, and wore repeatedly to endeavour to get to windward of the schooner; but fearing she might escape if she had so done, I was determined to lay her on board, which I accomplished between her fore and main chains, when an action commenced, which lasted one hour and thirty minutes, during which time a most severe fire was kept up with great guns and musketry, the enemy using hand grenades, &c. ; when, perceiving that she had taken fire, I then di rected Mr. James Beasn:, the Acting Master, to hoard her, which I e did in the must spirited manner, and carried her. She proves to be t' Ville de Caen, Captain Cocket, of sixteen guns and seventy-five met belonging to Saint Makes; had sailed front the Isle of Bas the day lit fore; had taken nothing, and is the same vessel ‘s Inch had beaten or the Sandwich lugger some time shier. I ant surly, Sir, to acquaint you, that our loss has h , en very severe, having had seven men killed (amongst whom was my clerk), and myself, and twenty-one men wounded, se veral of them dangerously. The enemy's loss, as nearly as I can col lect, has been fifteen killed, who, with the Captain, were found on deck when taken po .session of ; and sixteen wounded, most of them se verely. I beg particularly to recomilitad to your notice the steady. brave, and good conduct of Mr. Beavor, the Acting Master, with the Pilot, awl every other petty officer, seaman, and marine, engaged in this arduous and unequal cantest. I enclose a return of the killed and wounded. I have the honour to be, &c. TIIOMAS WARRAND, Lieut. and Com. Admiral Sir Robert Calder, Batt. &c. A List of Alen Killed an.l Wounded in die Action with the French Itigg - er privat,.er 1.0 Yille dc Caen, of 16 guns, Captain Cocket, of I ottlatt(l, '2lst July, 18IV. Killed.—M.. John Purne!, clerk; Joseph Cuttano, able seaman; Thomas Morgan, marine; Isaac Gould, able seamen; Joseph Hill, ditto ; A lexander Brodie, ditto; John Barglehole, boatswain's mate. Wounded.—Lieutcnant Warrand, commander; William Birket, quarter-master; Dane! Brade, able seaman ; John Harris, ditto ; John Robinson, ditto ; John M`Minis, ditto; Thomas Dunsford, ditto; Heath, marine; Richard Grifli:lis, able seaman; John Phiter, o , dinary seaman ; Thomas Asliky, ditto ; George Sales, ditto ; Williams Evans, able seaman ; John Millwright, ditto; William Robson, ditto; Gracious Gain, marine; James Cumings, gunner's mate; James Jackson, able seaman; Thomas Bradbury, ditto; Henry. Johnston, ditto; John Wakeham, corporal; Mr. Alexander Gunn, midshipman. (Signed) T. WAR R A ND, Lieut. arid Corn. I. BL ESS MAN N, Ass'st. -Surgeon. TOrtuToN-orircr, DOWNI NG-STREET, JULY 17. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the. name and on the behalf or his Majesty, to appoint the Right Honour. able General Viscount Cathcart, Knight of the Most Anaient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, to be his Majest)r's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Imperial Majesty the Ein• peror of RuNsia. BANKRUI"I'S. S. Dicken, Ellerdine, Salop, dealer, to surrender, Aug. 8, 11, and Sept. 8, at three, at the White Lion, Manchester. AOOgees, Mr. Entwisle, Manchester, and Messrs. Mill e and Parry, TOle. J. Thomas, Welshpool, Montgoinerystiire, woollen-manufacturer, Aug. 13, 11, and Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Royal Oak Inn, Welsh pool. Attornies, Mr. Davies, Kingston, Herefordshire, and Mr. Pugh, Bernard-street, Russell-square. M. Barter, Red-lion-Court, Fleet-street, victualler, Aug. 4, 1.1. and Sept. 8, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Whittons, Great James-street, Bedford-row. 1. timile, Kemerton, Gloucestershire, draper, Aug. 19. !O. and Sept. 8, at two, at the Rein Deer inn, Worcester. Attonaies, Mr. Gillana, Worcester; and Messrs. Cardales and Young, Gray's Inn, London. AUG. (2. 1/ .._ ' , . 4 I 4 ,I • r ; i ll 8.41 l ' I if !l e i e't lh !, • I 1 . 1 1 r • 4 , r: i , •.., . . , • • t . r ;,,„ ~ .• . II a s', 4 . , 1 , 1 r ~1 I'fll t . i . 4. ... , . . ~, l i . • ic ii, • %I 0 .„ 4.1... i. ''l;.' Jl W. t i i ii 1 1 . • . . 0 •. • 471