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

726 T., j. IJ • :iq 11:.'' • - ~, x ... ... command the creek, leaving the boats under the command of Lieutenant Gibson, to push for the gun-boats the moment a concerted signal was made from the top of the bill. On Lieute nant Henderson and his party gaining the top of the hill (after dislodging several soldiers who fired upon them during their ascent), he found himself immediately above the gun-boats and a convoy of twenty-eight sail, he then made the signal for the boats to advance, at the same time descended the hill, exposed to the fire of one of the gun-boats and several soldiers ; but the attack was so well planned, and so nobly executed, that the boats boarded the gun-boats, after the party which landed had only fired two vollies into them. The enemy finding themselves attacked so warmly, fled in all directions, leaving behind them a number of killed and wounded. The crews of the gun-boats (41 but three men) jumping overboard, and getting on shore as our boats boarded. The guns were immediately turned on the flying enemy, and the boats took possession of the whole convoy, eighteen of which were brought out with the gun-boats, and ten more burnt, and, I am happy to say, without the loss of a man on our part ; four only were wounded in (.ur boats. [Here follow encomiums on all the Officers and men em ployed in this gallant affair.] I am informed by the prisoners, and several persons whom I have just seen, that the convoy arrived here the evening before, chiefly 144 en with grain for the garrison at Ragusa, and were &fended on shore by 300 armed men, which, considering the force opposed to a ship's boats, is a proof that every o;Ticer and man did his duty like a British seaman. I shall priicved to join you at Lissa with the prizes, the moment they are put in order. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) JAMES A. GORDON, Captain. Diturrity Maxwell, Esq. Captain of lt•s Naje ty's Ship - A lc. ste, Senior Officer at Lissa, &c. ecc. &c. This Gazette contains a Letter from Captain Nicholas, of the Pilot sloop, g'ring an account of Lieutenant Alexander Camp bell, with a detachment under his command, having attacked an armed ketch, moored under the walls of the castle of Castel lar, near Syracuse, which he succeeded in capturing% together with expelling the enemy from the castle, destroying all their guns, and bringin safely away with him 15 runs of corn, and a large quantity of flax. The ketch mounted six 6-pounders, and is a very fast railing vessel. This little service was performed without the loss of a single man. Also an account of the capture of the French privateer cutter Le Da Dunkerquois, commanded by Lieutenant Peter Francis Degardine, on thg,loth instant, after a chace of three hours, off the Text', by the Leveret, Captain Willis. The privateer was formerly a revenue cutter., and mounts 14 guns, and C 6 men; had sailed the day before fort Amsterdam, and was victualled fur a month's cruise. When the Leveret came up with licr, she was in the act of taking possession of a strayed merchantman of the Baltic convoy, laden with timber, and bound to the port of London. Likewise an : , cronnt of his Majesty's sloop Redwing, having captured off Mari , ino, La Victo.ieux French privateer, of four gulls and furty men. Also a Letter from Capt. Boxer, giving an account of his hay. ing cut out one of the enemy's brigs of four 24-pounders anti 60 men, under the fire of the batteries and the musketry on the beach, and close to the rest of the flotilla, who had taken shelter in the Roads of Calais. The Commodore of the flotilla was driven k,n shore. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. lincl Baynes and William Biswtree, late r►f Blue Anchor •zoad, Bermondsey, Surrey, One-manufacturers. BANKRUPTS. George Slade, of • he. d, Kent, brandy-merchant. John Galley Boze, of Livcrp merchant. John Lockwood, late of Strood, Kent, money-scrivero ._.~. ,TIONAL REGISTER. William Bromley, of Broad-street-buildings, Royal Exchange, merchant. Christopher Berry, jun. of Norwich, bookseller. John Wiles, late of Melton Mowbray, Leicester, painter and paper-hanger. James Norrie, of Holborn, woollen-draper. Daniel Elliott, of Cheddington, Buckingham, butcher. John Magnie, of Carlisle-place, Lambeth, dealer in musical instruments. Christopher Graham, of Oxford, innholder. John Muggeridge, of Harleyford-place, Kennington, Surrey, builder. John Frederick Beland, of Rood-lane, merchant. Jane Shuter, of New Sarum, Wilts, linen-draper. James Casheer, of Rupert-street, Whitechapel, cooper. James Brown, of Liverpool, cotton-manufacturer. Henry Higginson, of Finsbury-square, merchant. Thomas Oakman, of Castle-street, Long-acre, bedstead-ma nufacturer. Ebenezer Pearce, of Evesham, Worcester, shopkeeper. William Hyde, of Manchester, merchant. Thomas Kellaway, of Sun-street, Walworth, Surrey, car penter. Thomas Cotton, of Bishopsgate-street , insurance-broker. Henry Lee, jun. of Kingston-uvon-I lull, grocer. CERTIFIC ATES—Drc. 7. William Field, of Oxford-street, fringe and trimming-manu facturer.—James Poulson, of Manchester, manufacturer. John Thomas, of Horsham, Sussex, brandy-merchant.--John Reynolds, late of Swansea, Glamorgan , tan ner.—William Bar ratt, of East Retford, Nottingham, grocer.—Richard Palke, of . Little Hempston, Devon, coal-merchant.—Thomas Hockly, of Mincing-lane, merchant —James Howard. of Mitcham, Sur rey, ealico-printer.—Thomas Smith, of Brandon, Suffolk, wine merchant.—James Unwin, of Wandsworth, Surrey, miller.— George Gudgin, of Clipstone-street, Mary-le-bone, straw-hat manufacturer.—Thomas Brett, of Puddle-duck, sugar-refiner.— Robert Taylor, of Commercial-place, Commercial-road, mer chant.—Francts Millard, of Size-lane, packer.—James Gray, late of Nelson-terrace, City-road, broker and cabinet-maker. — John Wibberley, of Manchester, draper.—Mrilliam Phillips, of Rochester, Kent, tailor.—Horatio Sandi, of Great Wincbester- I street, merchant. THE NA'FIONAL REGISTER. tollboll. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1811. CAPTURE OF TWO FRENCH FRIGATES, AND OF THE FORT OF TAMATAVE. Last night's Gazette contains the particulars of the desperate engagement fought, and the glorious vic tory obtained, by a British squadron of frigates in the Eastern Seas, as early as the month of May last, over a French squadron of equal force. The battle was most sanguinary, and of great duration, and the most determined courage and resolution dis played on both sides. The superiority of British skill and valour ultimately tiittniphed, and the ene my's vessel that had taken refuge at Tantatave, in stead of escaping, only caused that fortress, with the other vessels in the port, and the garrison, to be surrendered to the conquerors, who, however, had too much suffered themselves not to be ready - to grant terms that would produce the effects of vic-' tory without its bloodshed. The garrison were, in consequence, received on board British vessels, to be transported to .tranCe, not as prisoners of war, and, the whole settlement, with . all its dependencies, fell into our hands. Copies of Two Letters and their Tnelosureg from Captain Schonberg, of his Majesty's Ship the Astreaea, addressed