The National Register. — London, England, 1809-12-24 00:00:00

812 whe i. after recovering himself, and making known the ~f hi. having left his fellow traveller behind him, upwards of slit y miners were in.tautly collected, who proceeded in every direction in search of Borne, whom they at last found almost covered with snow, and apparently lifeless, on which they adopted such means as their experieilce had taught them. to bring him to animation, which, after some time proved effec tual ; but it is feared that he will lose the use of hi' limhs. Tuesday night, as some militiamen mere drinking iu com pany with some sailors at the Trafalgar Inn, North-corner. street, Plymouth Dock, a dispute arose relative to the late ex pedition to the Scheldt, wlvn one of the soldiers drew his bayonet, and stabbed a sailor in the body. The culprit was im mediately taken into custody. The sailor is not expected to survive. On Saturday last, nine French prisoners made their escape from the Princess Sophia Frederica prison-ship in Portsmouth irlwbour, by boring holes with a gimlet, round a space sufficient for a man to pass through, they then droped into the water and swain to a boar; which haft neither mast, sail, oar, or rud der, and it then blowing a gale of wind. The boat was driven on shore near Portchester, where they divided themselves into two parties.—Five of them took a boat near I. , :msworth, and welt :16 ven on shore near Itchenor ; not having sufficient know - edge of the place, they snrrendered themselves at day-light, nearly exhausted. The others were taken at a less distance from hence, and sent to Forton-prison. A most daring attempt at robbery was made, on Wednecdav sennight, at Cootehill, in the county of Cavan. As Mr. Conte, Mr. W. Lees, and two other Gentlemen were sitting after dinner in the parlour. thfy were iraddenty alarmed by the discharge of a pistol, which lodged a ball in the ceiling, and was immedi ately followed by the entry of two armed ruffians, with blacked faces. The gentlemen sprang sip, and Mr. Lees, by a tell aimed blow, brought one of the ruffians to the floor. The other, rushia; forward with a drawn sword to assist his companion, was treated in the same manner, and both of them being se cured, were sent off the next morning, under a guard, to the county gaol. It appears that they had information of a large sum of money which one of the company had received that morning, and hoped, by a sudden effort, to wake it their plunder. TUESD.I S LONDON G-4ZETTE. ..4dmitalty-o,Bice, December 19. Tice-Admiral Lord Coll ingwood has transmitted to this Office a letter from the Honourable Capt. Duncan, of his .lajesty's ship Mercury, giving an account of the boats of that ship having on the 7th of September last, under the direction of Lieutenant Pall, boarded and carried without any loss, in the port of Bur- Jetta., the French schooner of war La Pughese, of scvcn guns, and 37 men, protected i•n addition to her own force, by a castle, two armed feluccas, and musketry. And alio a letter from Captain Lumley, of the Hind, stating his having, on the '2ot:: cf September, captured off Metazzo a French privateer, called Le Temeraire, of two guns and 36 men, out four days from Naples, without n:;:king any cap ture. And a letter from Captain Prescott, of the Wrazie sloop, re porting the capture, on the 27th of October, of L Veloce French letter of marque, of four guns and b 3 ince ; four days from Tunis, without taking any prize. tintiraltg-Office, Deconbcr, 19. Dispatches of which the following are copie! , and- extracts, have been received by John Wilson Croker, .F;ig. Secretary to the Admir:ilty, &on, Rear-Admiral Sir Richard John Strachan, Bart. and K. B. Sift, His Majestg's ship Blake, in Flushing Mfr.'s, Dec. 13 I have availed myself of Vice-Admiral Camp ofrer ut the Jason to convey me to Flushing; acct a soon as it mod rated on the 9th, in the afternoon, I hoi - Aed my flag on board that ship, and, accompanied by the Ides utter, pro ce:_•ned to this anchorage, where I arrived on the e‘cl,in of the Nth. - I found Rear-Admiral Otway with the stioldron here; he had einharked the troops, and pnt every tni.:z in a state of preparation for retiring front Walcite:r.a w heorver the wind became favourahle; the arsenal and «o::;:, attract the basin nt flushing having been destroyed on thz:.t day. • THE NATIONAL REGISTER. DEC 24. The inclosed letter from the Rear-Admiral will inform you of the particulars of his proceedings : his arrargement for the re treat appeared to me to he so excellent, that 1 have giveu my full approbation to the whole. It has blown nn exceedingly heavy gale of wind from the Westward shire my arrival in these roads, which has prevented my going, as I intended, to the division under Commodore Owen in the Slough passage, and the same Cause has prevented much communication , here. I have not received any reports from the Roompot ; but send an extract of a letter from Commodore Owen, ad dressed to Rear-Admiral Otway, which will. inform you of the proceediags of that Officer with the force under his orders. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) J. R. STRACIIAN. exsar, Randy, Dec. 11 , 1809. St tt—l have the honour to communicate to you such circum stancec as have occurred previous to your arrival, and subse quent to my last official communication. The transports necessary fur the embarkation of the army . having arrived on the 25th ult. on the follow lug day the mea sures that 1 had previously concerted with Lieutenant-General Don for the destruction of the basin, arsenal, and sea defences of Pushing, agrecAle to instructions from the Earl of Li verpool, dated the 13th, and received on the 17th, were begun. On this service 630 seamen and artificers from the fleet were employed, under the orders of Captain Moore, of his Majesty's ship Marlborough, assi-ted by Captains Tomlinson and Hen derson, of the tire-ship service. The nay's , having completed the portion of work allotted to them, and Cieutsinant-Colonel Pll - commanding the Royal Engineers, having reported to Lieutenant-General Don that his mines for the destruction of the gates and piers at the entrance of the basin were ready; the whole army, with the exception of the rear guards; were ern• harked on the afternoon of the 9th instant. The mines were exploded yesterday at low water, and ap pear to have fully answered their object; the whole of the east side of the basin had been previously completely destroyed ; but as the port of Flushing, west of the basin, lies consi derably below the high water mark, any material it Id the west hank would kayo caused the immediate inundation of the whole town; therefore our work on that side has been confined to the demolition of the careening wharf and pits. It was at first intended to defer the burning of the storehouse and other buildings in the arsenal, until our final departure ; but from the probability that with a strong east wind, the tames might conumenieate to the town, the whole was set fire to yes terday, and is totally destroyed. Thus Flushing is rendered useless to the enemy as a naval arsenal; and the basin, A huh tifforded very secure retreat for several ship of the line during the winter, is for the pre.,ent etfectnally destroyed, ;nil can only be restored by great labour, and at an immense ex pence. I cannot conclude without expressing my great obligations to Capt. Moore, for the able assistance he has rendered toe in the performance of a very complicated service; and he speaks in terms highly satisfactory of the conduct of Captains 'f linson and Henderson, and the other oilicers who served under his orders on shore. I have the honour to he, &e. W. A. ()TWAY, Rear-Adm. Rear-Adin. Sir It. Stradian, K. B. Cotamaiider Ciaief, 6.7 c. Clvde, in the Veer Grit, /Jct. 8, ISO 9. Stn,—Last night the enemy worked very hard at the battc: - T on Wool versrl . : ke, notwithliding the coot Meted fire kept on it. At v-light this mornii4, he had opened four embrit,tires in it. Ciptain Cr.rieret, therefore, poAted two subdivisieriis of the gun-houts forward a.: - .:tinst it, w hie!' completely succeed.(! in (kmoli.shlii . ..; two of the embrasures, and in injurin the otin iis very nutted:illy. About noon, three mortars were brought down : and, with a tic!d-piece, opened against our ve=gels (the h: i;,5 more ally :) but, after about an hours tiring, in which their b 11C113 were - thrown with some preci6on, hot without effect, they were completely sileared, and our vessels kept their ground. About this time the guard-luts entered the Cross Channcl which unites the two pasl:es 0. ke, to endeavour to tow a fl tt-boat, which was lost last night from the Pallas's stern, !icing owautp.d and over:;et; they but her in tow, but she :LS