The National Register. — London, England, 1815-03-12 00:00:00

111RCIT 12.. ./0. at four, 11, at nint, and April 18, at ten, at the lied Linn ut Ety. Attornies, 111 ea-r•. Pickering and Smith, Staple Inn, L oo tion ; and Messrs. Evans and Archer, jun. Ely. s . ni t J. Jackson, lute of Turside, Glossop, Derbyshire. paper milkers, March 21, at four, 23, at t. p, at the Crown Lout, Ashton sutler Line, and April 18, at (tie, nt the Star Inn, Manchester. At tale -sr,. Tarrant, (*hake, nod Richards, Chaneery• lane, London ; un. ,131 Asliftm•underlatie. J. Sri-tow, Rending, Berkshire, barge master told coal merchant, Msrch 18. /0, and April 18, nt eleven, at the Boar Inn, Rending. At. t ., t nies, Mr. Newbery, Rending ; and Mr. Watkins, Stone buildings, Lii.cnin's Inn, laindon. %V. Fisher, 01 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, carpenter and builder, March 21, nt six. 2?, amt April 18, at eleven, nt the Plans), Lin, ' e i ten t iout , A•tornies, Mr. Meredith, Liticoltes-Inn, London ; and (iwvitnett, ChOtettliarn. J. Putt, of Stokelleinittg. Devonshire, miller, March 1.1. 13, and A tu il 18. e eleven, at the Clohie lim, in Atiornies, Air Iluckiin, Dartmouth ; and ilk. Luzutore, lied I.ion-squar.e, • E. Ditri, of (11 , 1ov - titer, druggist, Atarelt id, 17, and April 'lB, at eierell, nt the Booth Mill Inn, Gloncester. Atte , ,rnies, Mr. Beeke, 13realb's-buiidings, Chancery•lane, London ; and Mr. Gardner, Gluu• Fiwnrtliy, of Wllent, Swnerset-hire, house carpenter, March lti 12 and April 1:1, ut eleven, at the Conmerrial Ro omo Bristol. Attoi::; , .4, Mr. T).vis, 'Bristol ; and Alebsrs. Poole anti tjteenGeld, lan.sy.are, London. SUPPLEMENT I'o TUESDAV'S GAZETTE. TIIVIZSDAY, MARCH 9. COLONIAL lIMPARTMENT. DOWNING STREET, MARCH 8, 18-13. I.l.lla!tq‘es, of which the following are coriem, hart been this Jay re ceical by Earl Bathos 4, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. 'rabi, Major General Sir John Lambert, K. C. B. Com manding on the coast of Lottisiora. Camp, in front of the Enemy's Lines, below New Orlean!, Jan. 10, 1813. Ml' Lout), beeomts my duty to lay before your Lord.hip thy proceedings of the force lately employed on the coast of Loins sania, ,:oiler the command of Major General the Ifononrable Sir E. M. 1 1 .keithant, K. 11. and ailing in concert with Vice-Admiral, the Honourable Sir A. Cot-lir:me, K. IL The I . t . pnrt which I enclose from Alajor-Grmeral Keane, will put your Lordship in possession of the occurrences which took place moil t.e arrival of Major-General the Ilonoirrable :sir E. Pakenliani to assume the Command ; trom that period I send an extract.of the journal of Major Forrest, Assibiaot-Qttarter-Master-General, HP 'to the time of joining of the troops (which im the tut, of Octo ber last under my command), awl which watt on the Olt of Jannary ;- aiiil from that period, 1 shall tletiiil, as well as I am able, the sub sctilient event , . I found the army in position, in a flat country, with the Mi.=4 , - sippi ou its left, and a thick e‘tioisive wood un its right, and open to its trutit, front which the enemy's line was quite ft stems Sir E. Pakenham haul waited for the arrival of the fit• siliers and 41t1 regiment, in order to "4 . tit ral attack ispim the enemy's line; and on the Bth, the army was pi-mt.ti liar that ulticct. In order to give vow Lordship as clear a view as I cars. state the position of the enemy. On the left bank of the, river it was simply a straight line of about a 11ont of one thousand yard: with a parapet, the tight resting on the river, and the left on n UOOll which had been made impracticable tOr any body of troops to pri:-s. This bite was strengthened by Mink milks, and had a canal of about font feet deep generally, but not altogether of Rif equal width ; it was supposed to narrow towards their left : about eight heavy guns were lii positions on this lino. '[li. MisAssippi is here about eight hundred yards across, and they bad on the right hank a heavy bat tery of twelve ginis, which enfiladed the whole front of the position on the left haul(. • Preparations were made on our side, by very considerable la bour, to clear out and widen a canal that communicateil with a stream by wbich t h e boats had pozct.l op to th pltol of 6i--ca;bar _--,~`° THE NATIONAL REGISTER: lion, to epee it info the Mississippi, by which nerves triple e add be got over to the right bank, and the co-operation of the' armed • boats could be secured. The dispositiass for the attack wet as follows a corps consistieg of the 88th light infantry. two hundred seamen,. and four launched marines, the sth West India regiment, and four piece- of artillery, ender the command of Colonel Thornton, of the Kali, was to pass over durites, the night, and move along the tight batik towards New Orleans, e y outlast eleariyz side, which until' it tenched the flanking battery of the e which it had orders to carry. The assailing of the enemy's lines in front of es, was to be made by the brigade composed of the 4'h, !tat, and 4-1•11 regimetits, with three companies of the_9sol, under Major General Gibbs. out] by the 3.1 leigade, consisting of the 93d. two comithnirs of the and two companies of the resilient, and 43d under Major General lieane ; some black troops were destined to skirmish in the wood on the right ; the principal attack was to be made by Major-Gentral Gibbs ; the first brigade, consisting of the fusiliers and 43.1, funned the reserve ; the attacking coltimns were to be provide.. with twines, scaling Wider* and rafts, the whole to be at their etations before (ley-light. An advanced battery in our front of six eighteen. ponielers, was thrown . up during the night, about eight hundred yards from the enensy's line. The attack was to he made at the earliest hour.—Unlooked for difficulties, itteseased by the feline of the river, occasioned considerable delay in the entrance of the armed boats, and those destined to land Colonel Thornton's corps. by %%hid, four or five Weirs were lost. and it was not until past five in tl.e morning, that the Ist division, consisting of five hundr. d me n , were over. The mcntide of the general movement waslost, and in a point which was of the last importance to the attack on the left hank of the river, although Colonel Thornton, as your Lordship %%ill see use his report, which I enclose, ably executed in every particu lar Ilia insto tietions, and fully justified .the contidetice the Com mander of the Forces placed in his abilities. The delay attending that corps occasioned some on . the left bank. and the attack did nut take place until the columns were discertiable from the etterny'a line at more than two ItundrerVyards distance ; as they advanced, a most calling tile was opened from every, part of their Hue, and from the battery on the right bank. The brave Commander of the Forces, who never in his life could ref-air from being at the post of honour, and stoat:big the danger to which the troops were exposed, as soon as from his station be had made the signal for the troops to advance, galloped on to the front to animate them by his presence. and he wits seen, with his bat off, encouraging them on the crest of the glacis ; it was there (almost at the same time) be received two wounds, one in his knee, and ano ther, which was almost instantly fatal, in his body ; be fell in the arms of Major I%l'l)ongalt Aid de-Camp. The effect of this iii the sight of the troops, together with Maior-Gencrol Gibbs and 11lejor-General Keane being both Ism one oft wounded .at the same time, with many other commanding officers sad farther. the pre paration* to aidsio et ossiog the ditch not being so forward as they onelit to have been, finite perhaps, the men being wounded who %rem catrying them. caused a wavering in the Memo. which in such a situation became irreparable ; and as I advanced with the reserve, at about two hundred and fitly yards from the line.-I had the mortificatiett to observe the whole falling back upon nneiWthe greatest confusi-in. in this situation, finding that no impression had been made. that Oliveth many men liatl reached the ditch, and were either drowned or obliged to stii &miler, aril that it was impoeitilde to ,estorc enter in the reoimi.iila wlicre Iltey wore. I itlaced the reserve in position, until I esmid obtain such a' to determine me how to art to the best of my judgement. easel whether or nut I should resume the attack, and it so, I tilt it could only he (lone by the reserve. 'Die confidence I have in the corps composing it would have m eow-sited me greatly, though not without loss. which might have made the attempt of serious consequence, as I know it oas the oiti- Ilion of the late di4tisignislied Canimaiiiier of the Force-, that the carrying of the first line would not be the least arduous set vied. After making the best reflections I was capable at', I kept the the troops then held, awl went to meet Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, and to tell him, that under all the eirenm stances I did not think it prudent to renew the attack that day. At about ten o'clock I learnt of the iiIIeCPAR of Colonel Thortiton's corps on the right hank. I sent the Commanding officer of the nrtilllery, Colonel Dickson, to examine the situation of the battery and to report if it was tenable ; hut it forming one that he (lid not think it could be held with security by a smaller. corps than too thousand men. I consequently ordered Lieutenant Colonel Glop. bins, on oi one the command had devolved (Colonel 'Thornton be ing wounded), to retire. _ ~E. r "'tk-- _a .*' I 0 % - t7ter - 7"Alit.i!koftsE 'cr