The National Register. — London, England, 1811-03-31 00:00:00

# ' • ) ‘k k !: THE NATIONAL REGISTER. make a landing, either in the vicinity of Trafalgar or Tariffa, Captain Brice proceeded to Algesiras, where General Graham and the troops were landed and marched to Tariffs, to which place, (the roads being impracticable for carriages) the artillery, provisions, stores, &c, owing, as the General is pleased to ex press to the extraordinary exertions of the navy, were conveyed in boats, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of winds and weather. The Spanish part of the expedition, though it twice attempted to get out, was driven back to this bay; and it was the ',7th before it was enabled to reach Tariffa. 1 have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) R. G. KEATS. Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, Bart. Milford, Bay of Cadiz, March 7. SIR—I have the honour to inform you, that the combined English and Spanish army, under their respective Commanders, General La Pena and Lieutenant General Graham, moved from 'fariffa, on the 28th ult. towards Barbate, attended by such naval means as circumstances of weather would permit. Preparations were made by me and our Ally, and acted upon, to menace the Trocadero and other points, in order as the enemy advanced to, favour its operations.; and arrangements were made for a land ing, and real or feigned attacks as circumstances might deter mine ; arid to this end the regiment of Toledo was embarked on board his Majesty's ships in the bay. On the Ist inst. General Zayas pushed across the Sand Petri, near the coast, a strong body of Spanish troops, threw a bridge across the river, and formed a tete-du-pont.. This p: , st was at tacked on the night of tie 3d and 4th with vigour by the enemy, and though he was eventually repulsed, the loss was very consi derable 'on the part of our Ally on the 3d. As tl.e weather, from the earliest preparation for the expedition, had been such as to prevent the possibility of landing on the coast or hay, even without great risk, and with no prospect of being able to re embark, should such a measure become necessary, the apprehen sion of having a force, which, with such prospects, 1 could scarcely' expect actively to employ, when its services might be positively useful elsewhere, in defending the tete-du-pant, or in opening a communication with the army from the Isla de Leon, inducedme to state my sentiments on the subject, and the regi ment of Toledo was in consequence disembarked. ded our com- The sea on the coast having considerably Imp; munications, we were s till uncertain whetherethe advance of the army would he by Medina or Conil, and of its precise situa tion, until the sth, when, at eleven A. NI. I w•as intormed by telegraph at the Isla de Leon, that it was seen advancing from the southward near the coast. But though the Implacable and Standard weighed, the pilots refused to take them to their ap pointed stations, and in the opinion of the best informed, the weather was of too threatening a cast to venture a lauding, and which, as the army was engaged by noon, according to the tele graph, would not have favoured its operations. . Under such circumstances, our measures were necessarily confined to feints, whilst that of the British troops, led by their gallant and able Commander, forgetting, on the sight of the enemy, their own fatigue and privations, and regardless of ad • vantage in the number., and situation of the enemy, gamed, by its determined valour (though not without considerable less), a victory uneclipsed. by any of the brave achievements of the British armies. I have the honour to be, &.c. R &cc. &c. (Signed) . G. KEATS. Admiral Sir C. Cotton, Bart, &c. &c. His Majesty's Ship Milford, Bay of Cadiz, March 7. have the honour to inform you, that the wend having come off the land, and the sea much abated, two landings were effected, by way of diversion, yesterday morning, between Rota and Catalina, and between that and Santa Maria, with the royal marines, commanded by Captain English, of the Impla able, two hundred seamen of de:: squadron, and eighty of the Spanish marine, one division of which, was under the direction of Capt. Sptanger, of the Warrior, the other under Capt. Kittoe, of this ship. At the same time Catalina was bombarded by the Hound and Thunder bombs, and that fort and the batteriel on the north and east sides of the bay, were kept in check with much spirit by the gun and mortar boats, under the respective commands of Captains Hill and Fellowes. One redoubt of tour guns, near Santa Maria, was stormed by the marines of .this ship, led by Captain Fors tell ; a second, to the south of the Gua dalete, was taken by Captain Fellowes's division of the and the guns of all the sea defences, together with the small fort of Puntilla from Rota (which the enemy evacuated) to S an ta VTaria, with exception of Catalina, were spiked, a':d the works dismantled. Preparations were also made to attack the tete-du-pont, and other defences of the bridge of Santa islaria; but a strong ‘orps of the enemy, consisting of two thousand ca valry and infantry, rapidly advancing on the road fram Port Real, aware tout our troops had crossed the Santri Petri into Lila tie .1.0:4n, and that the purposes of a eliversionbad beat answeegd, ,I ordered the seamen and marines to re-embark, and the boats (which got on board with difficulty) had not put off many minutes before the enemy arrived on the spot. The enemy had one Officer and. several soldiers killed and wounded, and an Officer and thirty prisoners were taken in the redoubt that was stormed, the rest making their escape. Lieut. W. F. Carrol, whose condu t on all occasions has been conspicuous, having had his gun-boat sunk before Catalina, and thereby sustained a considerable loss, I have given him sic weeks leave of absence, and with it duplicates of my dire. patches. I enclose a list of killed and wounded, and have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) R. G. KEATS. To Adm. Sir C. Cotton, Barr. &c. &c. A Return of the Killed and Wounded in an Attack on St. Maria, 6th .. 1 1/larcii, 1311. MILFORD.—SamueI Allen, seaman, killed; William Spillar, marine, ditto ; John Bayly, Lieutenant of Marines, wounded; Wiliam Nash, serjeant of marines, dangerously wounded (since dead) ; James Darby, private marine, mortally wo u nded (since dead); Jos. Peters, private marine, wounded James Gill, private marine, ditto; William Billings, private marine. ditto. AISR E n .—John MO.:4)y, corporal of marines, wounded. Sr. Atria:ea.—John Jolins:m, seaman, killed; Peter Dam seaman, wounded; Wm. Baldwin, seaman, ditto. SAN J unx.—John Cato, seaman, wounded. HOUND.—John Allen, ordinary seaman, wounded ; M'Donald, able seaman, ditto. DIADEM TaA N SI/RT.—George Garbutt, seaman, wounded. Total-3 killed, 13 wounded. Oieoed) R. G. KEATS. * St. Alban's, Druid, Comus, Sabine, Tuscan, F..phira., Steady, and Rebuff. TUESDAVS LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. John Burrow, of King-street, Hammersmith, victualler, from March 30 to April at ten, 2.t Guildhall. Ef t lward Hatton Wilson, of Liverpool, merchant, from March 30 to April 9, at ten, at the Globe Tavern, Liver 7.. pool. James Mettam, of the Old Bailey, dealer and chapnian, from, March 30 to A i nil 29, at ten, at Guildhall. BANKR I I'TCY SUPERSEDED. William Harper, of Friday-street, silk-weaver. BANE R Y,/ William Balmer, of Oldham, Lancastir, grocer. Thomas Topham, df Manchester, merchant. John Nickolls, of Scoke-upon-Tren, Stafford, victualler, Thotrrts Blackhurne and Gamble Yatts Bonner, of Kinga's• Lynn, NJrfolk,. mu-chants. George Green and Thomas Green, or Great Marlhorougle street, tailors. Francis Brulord, late of Crewkerne, Somerset, butter-factor.- , William Stone, of Viliters-street, _Strand, merchant. Lewis Moms, of Cardiff, Glamorgan. merchant. Alexander Carson and William Listen, of Liv . erpool. mer chants. William Cooke, of Liverpool, merchant David Parry, of Liverpool, trerchlit. Thomas Vine, jun. of 13rielitlielnistone, Sus4etr, grocer. Benjamin Cope, of Frodsh.im, Chester, merchant. Christopher .13ehremis, of Artillery-court, CLisvvell-street. merchant. Josiah Dancer, of Lamb'. Corduit-st-eet.llinp-rnaka. Tkomas Turner, of Vs'alwortli, Surrey, builder. Joseph Dewsnap, late of L'ull's-buildings, Sahsbury-stuare. glover. Isaac Barnett, of Shadsvell, slopseller. Thomas IVlaynard Knight, of Hanunersmith,chymist. CERTIFICATES—APRIL le. • Thomas Lumley, of Ramsgate, Kent, jeweller.—John vies, of Chester, grocer.—Lmes Craufuni M.Leod, of the Huntley Howl, Leicebter-fiehis.--Richaird Rigden at Hattori street, blacking-maker.—Thomas Cliidley, of Blackinon-street, C:arc-market, cheesemonger.—Richard Bundy, of Bristol, co mmon-brewer. —Wharton Rye, of Oxford-strfset,liner-dra.per. —Samin-1 Rowlandson, Edward Laac, and Wiiiiarn Brien, of Cheapside, warehousemen. —.Thomas Rowlmidson, Joseph Bates, Samuel Rowlandson, Edward Isaac, and William Brien, of Cheapside, merchants. Armytage, now in prison, has confessed that there are two forged one-pound Bank-ofngland notes in circulation viz. Nos. 4,773 and 76,1314 to the amount of 4000 i.