The National Register. — London, England, 1809-01-29 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. .1r A N U. 9 . Major-General Manniugham and Leith ; and the brigade or Guards under Major-General Warde. 'Co these officers, and the troops under their immediate orders, the greatest praise is due. Major-General Hill and Colonel Catlin Crauford, with their brigades on the left of the position, ably supported their advanced posts. The brunt of the action fell upon the 4th, 42d, 50th, and 81st regiments, with parts of • the brigade of Guards, and the `?6th regiment. From Lieutenant Colonel Murray, Quarter-Master-General, and the officers of the General Staff, I. received the most marked assistance. l had reason to regret, that the illness of Brigadier-General Clinton,. Adjutant-general, deprived me of his aid. I was indebted to Brigadier-General Slade during the action, for a zealous offer of his personal services, although the cavalry were embarked. The greater part of the fleet having gone to sea yesterday evening, the whole being under weigh, and the corps in the embarkation necessarily much mixed on board, it is impossible at present to lay before you a return of our casualties. 1 hope the loss in numbers is not so considerable as might have been ex pected. If I was obliged to form an estimate I should say, that I believe it did not exceed in killed and wounded from seven to eight hundred ; that of the enemy must remain unknown, but many circumstances induce me to rate it at nearly double the above number. We have some prisoners but I have not been able to obtain an account of the number ; it is not, however, considerable. Several Officers of rank have fallen or been wounded, among whom I am at present enabled to state the names of Lieutenant-Colonel Napier, 92d regiment, Majors Napier and Stanhope, 50th regiment, ; Lieutenant-Colonel Winch, 4th regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Faue, 59th regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Griffith, Guards, Majors Miller and \% imams, Slst regiment, wounded. To you who are well acquainted with the excellent qualities of Lieut. Gen. Sir John Moore, I need not expatiate on the loss the army and the country has sustained by his death. His fall has deprived me of a valuable friend, to whom long experience of his worth had sincerely attached to me. But it is chiefly on public grounds that I must lament the blow. It will be the conversation of every one who loved or respected his manly character, that, after conducting the army through an arduous retreat with consummate firmness, he has terminated a career of distinguished honour by a death that has given the enemy ad ditional reason to respect the name of a British soldier. Like the immortal Wolfe, he is snatched from his country at an early period of a life spent in her service; like Wolfe, his last mo ments were gilded by the prospect of success, and cheered by the acclamation of victory ; like Wolfe also, his memory wit! fur ever temaiu sacred in that country which lie sincecelyloved and which he had so faithfully snyeal. It remains fur me only to express my hope, that you will speedily 1w restored to the service of your country, and to la ment the unfortunate circumstance that removed you from your station in the field, anti threw the momentary command into far less able hands. I have the honour to be, &c. JOH N HOPE, Lieut.-Gen. To Lieut.-Gen. Sir David Baird, &c.. &c. SUPPLEMEFT TO TILE LONDON GAZETTE EX TRAORD IN A It Y. Admiralty-quice, Jan. Si. Copy of a Letter from the lion. Michael De Cottrev, Rear- Admiral of the White, to !lon. W. Wellesley l'ole, dated Cu board his Alajesty'; ship tile Touuant, at Corunna, the 17th and 18th instant. Stu, January 17, 1509. Haying it in deiign to detach the Cossack to England as soon as her boats shall cease to be essential to the embarkation of troops, I seize a moment to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissions of the Admiralty, that the ships of war, itA per margin*, and transports, under the orders of Rear-Ad miral ,Sir Samuel Hood and Commissioner Bowen, arrived at this anchorage from Vigo on the 14th and 15th inst. the Alfred and Ilindostan, with some transports, were left at Vigo to re ceive a brigade of 3300 men, that had taken that route under the Generals Alten and Crawford. In the vicinity of Corunna the enemy have pressed upon the British in great force. The eatbaration of the sick. the caval ry, and time stores went on.' The night of the 16th iva:, appoint ed for the general embarkation of the infantry k and, in wean time, the enemy prepared fur attack. At three, p. m. an ac tion commenced; the enemy, which had been posted on a lofty hill, endeavouring to force the British on another hilt of inferior height, and near the town. The enemy were driven back with great slaughter ; but very sorry am 1 to add, that the British, Clough triumphant, have suffered severe losses. lam unable to communicate further particulars, than that Sir John Moore re. ceised a mortal wound, of which he died at eight; that Sir David Baird lost an arm ; that several Officers and many men have been killed and wounded ; and that the ships of war have received all such of the latter as they could accommodate, the remainder being sent to transports. The weather is now tempestuous, mid the difficulties of em barkation are groat. All except the rear guard are embarked, consisting perhaps at the present !moment of '2600 men. The enemy having brought cannon to a bill overhanging the beach, have forced a majority of the transports to cut or slip. Embark ation being no longer practicable at the town, the boats have been ordered to a sandy beach near the light-house, and it is hoped that the greater part, if not all, will still lie embarked, the ships of war having dropped out to facilitate embarkation. JAN. 18.---The embarkation of the troops having occupied the greater part of last night, it has not been in my power to detach the Cossack before this day ; and it is with satisfaction I am able to add, that, in consequence of the good order main tained by the troops, and the unwearied exertions of Commis sioner Bowen, the Captains, and other Offie!rs of the Navy, the Ageing, as well as the boats' crews, many of whom were for two days, without food, and without repose, the army have been embarked to the last malt, and the ships are now in the offing, preparatory to steering for England. The great body of the transports having lost their anchors, rats to sera without the troops they were ordered to receive, in consequence of st hick there are some thousands on board the ships of war. Several transports, through tni , .management, ran on shore. The seatuito appeared to :13ve abandoned them, two being brought out by the boats' crews of the men of svar, two were burnt, and rive were bilged. 1 cannot conclude this hasty statement without express ing my great obligations to Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, ‘vhose eye was every where, and whose exertions were unro. mitted.-1 have the houour to be, tite. 111. Dr COVRCY. hazy weather rendering the Cossack obscure, I detach tbe Gleaner with this dispatch. * Ville de Paris, Victory, Barfieur, Zealous, Implaralsle, Elizabeth, Norge, Plautagetiet, Resolution, Audaciou-, taloa, Mediator. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. PAH I NERSIIIPS DISSOLVED. it. and T. Davis and Butt, Davis's Wharf, !:nuthwarlr., what. tinger—Birtles and Harrison, Manchester, pluinbers—E. and W . Evans, Wolverhampton, iron-plate-workers—Jervis, Lambley, and Phillips, Derstend, Birtuangliam, bras-founders---Hall and Hyde, Edgeley, Cheshire, cotton-spinners—J. and J. French and Burgess, Frome Set wood, Somersetsbire, clothiers—Rich. mond, 3 .l:ebster, and Robinson, Sculcoate:, y orkshire, common brewers--Hotham, J. Seaton, J. Seaton, R. Seaton, and J. Seaton, Pontefract, Yorkshire, bankers--Hothatn, J. Seaton, J. Brook, J. F. Seaton, C;. C. Seaton, It. Seaton, and J. See ton, Huddersfield, bankers. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Partington, Nlanettester, money-scrivener. B AN.KRUPTS. John Tucker and Richard Roth well, Manchester, cottoa-manu rteturers, Jan. 30, 31, and March 7, at two, at the Dog Tavern, Manchester. Attoruies, Messrs. Redhead and • Brother', Man chester.; and, Messrs. Milne and Parry, Temple. John Greenwell,. South Shields, butcher, Feb. 9, 14, and March 1, at ten, at the Golden Lion Inn, Sofsth Shields. Attor nies, Mr. Bainbridge, South Shields; and Messrs. Bell and Brohick, Bow-lan?, Cheapside. James Winnard, Ormskirk, brewer, Feb. 9, at six, 10. and March 7, at eleven, at the Talbct, Ormskirk. Attornic;, Air. Thomas Blackstock, tit. Mildred's-court, Poultry ; and Messrs. IV right and Palmer, Ormskirk. ThOlUaS llachail, Criggleston, York, butcher, Feb. 2`2, and March 7, at eleven, at the Woolpacks Inn, IValietield. Attoruies, Mr. Batty% Chancery-lane; and Ma E. Brooli. Wakefield. 111 1 ',~{~ ,4 / ; I r~i . f'• ~ y '; , I ~W