The National Register. — London, England, 1811-02-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. taieie aeee ii-en so eminently coespicuous.in every yank, and in every situation and circumstance, the recommendation of' particular individuals' to their Lordships' more immediate notice may be deemed superfluous. It is, however,. from a sense of justice that I rccoi d the ser vices of Captain • Beaver, of his Majesty's ship Nisus, whom I entrusted with the auptrintendance of the whole arrangements for the disposition and debarkation of the army, and whose abi lities and experience on similar occasions particularly qualitied him to undertake this important duty. Nor should I omit to b-ar testimony to the unwearied exertions of Captain Patterson, of his Majety's Hesper, and of Lieutenant B. Street, corn rn nding the Government armed ship Enuna, who were em ployed for many successive nights in sounding, and (as it has been proved) gained a perfect knowledge of the anchorage on the enemy's coast, and who were equally strenuous in their ser vices in various ways on s!iore. I beg a!so.to recommend to their Lordships' notice Lieutenant Edward Lloyd, who volunteered his services under the ininie dnite eye of the Commander of the Forces, and in this, as well as many former instances, has received the most honourable testi monies of his gallantry.. I have the honour to transmit a copy of a letter addressed to me by Captain Montague, of the Royal Navy, who commanded the first division of the seainen landed, as well as two extracts from General Orders issued at head-quarters. From the absence of some of the ships, I have not been able to colteet the returns of the number of marines and seamen landed, or of the loss, but I have the satisfaction to know it has been very inconside ra bl e . The return of shipping, as correctly stated as I have yet been able to collect it, I have the honour to inclose. Various consi derations have impelled me to dispatch the Menelaus with the least delay possible, and hav mg intrusted these communications to the care of Captain Rowley, wko will he the hearer of them to their Lordships, I beg to refer their Lordships to hint fur every further particular, and to add, that his long and arduous services on this station have established a just claim to any honourable distinction it may please. their Lordships or the country to bestow on have the honour to be, &e. (Signed) A. BERTIE A List of Ships and rms. le bt . War present at anti assisting in. the. Capt u, e ot the Isle n f Fen , ice. Africaine. Captain Graham, acting; Vice-Admiral Bertie ; Illustrious, Capt. Broughton ; Bounces, Capt. Rowley ; Nisus, Cept. Beaver; Cornwallis, Capt. Caulfield ; Clorinde, Capt. Briggs; Cornelia, Capt. 'Eciga e; Doris, Capt. Lye • leereide, Capt. Hentlerton, acting; Pacliye, Capt. Edgcumbe; Ceylon, Capt. Torekieson, acting; Hesper, Capt. Patter scut; Hecate, Capt. Reunite acting Ecdpse. Capt. Lynne, acting; Emir a, Government armed ship, CNA. Street, acting ; Staunch gun-b►ig, .ieuc. Craig, acting ' • Egfeinont, Government sloop, leeut. Forder; Fatquber, Mr. Hervey, Midshipman; blouciae; Pncthe, Capt. litliyer; Acteon, Olt. Viscount Neville. (Signed) A. BERTIE; fly the terms of Capitulation, the troops in garrison and crews of the ships of war, are not to be considered as prisoners, but are to rLtain their effects and baggage, and be convLyed at the ex pellee of pie British Government to some port in France ; pub lic prwerty to be surrendtred; but tne private property, reil viz, and customs of the Inbabitcnts, to be preserved. A List of Ships, *c..5-e.iis P.n.! Napaltint, at tio: reduction e g g , : Isle of FAviace, December, 1310. French frigates--I.7A.stree, of. 44 gusts and 1100 tons; La Ticilone, of 48 gunk and 10:i0 tons; La bilanche, of 44 guns and 1050 tons ; I.a Mincrve, of rAiguns and 12GO.tons. English fri gate Iphigenia, of 36 put. stud 960 tons; Nertide of 36 guns and 91:0 tons French sloop Le Viet'ir, of 22 guns and 4LO tons; French brig L'Eintrt.precant, of 14 guns and 300 tens; a new Fr.-neh brig, name unknown, of 14 guns and 34.0 tons; Etigli,h Indianian Charlton, prison ship, of 30 guns and 900 tons ; English II:dial - tan Cry on, prison ship, of 20 guns and 900 tons ; English Indianian United I k 'in;,dJin, prison ship, of 30 guns and POO tons. IF retich ships—La Villr dr. tuten of 1000 tons ; S e ve . raiii, of 550 tuns, L'Adele,of 220 tons, I. : Aurora, of 150 tons, Le Pruden:, of 2.0 tons, Lt Itobuste, of 700 tons, Le Weltesivy, ut 7:;0 tons, I.e William Burroughs, of 1000 tans, Le l'hillip Dundas, of 3: )0 tons, i.e Traf alg4r, of 9do tons, L'A;tht a, of t 000 tons, Le Hope, of 4CO tons, La Marie. of 300 tons, Le of ..!80 tons, Le Forth, of 200 tons ' L'Eclair, t 2 5 tons, oti4) tons, L'Oricnt, 250 tons, Lr Favorite, Igo tons,. Le 1eu.. , . Armond, 100 tons, Le Zephyr, 100 tons, L'Ant, 70 tuns, L'Aii. Whir Creole, 60 tons, American ships—Hermes, 200 tons, Thomas. :3tio tuiis; Amtric.ut brig Augilika, 2120 tons; American sanoulicr Spy, 150 tons. Five,gun-boats. (Signed) A.Bk.itTLE.; • Late La Varms, captured liy Commodore Rowley, as an omie.: (1 in the CAzettr of ye,terd.ty. f Ru‘scil, Cloriucir, Doris, Ybaton, Bucephalus, Cosuelia, Idesper. Here tollow the General Orders of Major-General Aber cromby, dated Fort Louis, Dec. 5, 1810, expressive of his appr 9 - hation of the conduct of the troops,and a tm.moranduni of Admiral Bertte, highly appruving of the conduct of the Naval Officers and the seamen.] N. B. The dispatches received as above are duplicates, the originals having been intrusted to Commodore Rowley, woo i; now on his way to England in his Majesty's ship Menelaus, and is huurly expected. SU PPILEIVIENT ~•.~ ,T t p THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF WEDNESDAY, the 13th of FEBRUARY. I • r FRIDAY, FEB. 15. A Dispatch, of which the following is an Extract, has been re ceivLd from the Hon. Major-General Ab.acromby by the Earl of Liverpool, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, dated Port Louis, Isle of France, Dec. 7, 1810. I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that the Isle of France surrendered by capitulation, un the :41 instant, to the united force under the summand of Vice-Admiral Bertie and myself. I must refer your Lordship for the particulars of the operations which led to this fortunate e , .•ent to the copy of my official let ter to the Right Honourable the Governor-General, which, to gether with other documents, I have now the honour to trans mit to your Lordship. In conformity with the instructions which I had the honour to receive tront Lord Minto, I have placed NI r..Farcruhar in charge of the Government; and I confidently trust, that, in having adopted this measure. I shall not incur the dispeasure of h 4 Majesty's Government. This dispatch will I,e delivered to your Lordship by Captain Hewitt. my Aid-de-i..amp, and I believe your Lordship will hind him per fectly . qualified to ati.,rd you every information which you may require, in respect to the late operations of this force. TO Tilt RIGHT 110 N. GILISER r, LORD MINTO, &C. &C. My Lord,--I had the honour to inform your Lordship in try dispatch of the 21st ult. that although the divisions from Bengal and the Cape of Good Hope had nut arrived at the rendezvous, it bad been determined that the fleet shAild proceed to sea ()ri the following morning, as from the advanced season of the year, and the threatening appearance of the weather, the ships could no longer be considered secure ilk their anchorage at Rodrignet, and I lid myszif the honour to state to yoOr Lorc‘ship the mea sures which it was my intention to pursue, even if we should still be disappointed in not being joined by so large a part of the arm:uncut. Ear.y on the morning •of the 22d, Vice-Admiral Berrie re . ceived a comimmication,thers•Captain 13roughton, of his Ma jesty's ship Illustrious, annotmcing his arrival off the Island with the Convoy ~from Bengal. 'i'he fleet weighed, at day-light, as had been originally arranged, and in the course of that day a junction, haeilig been formed with this division, the fleet bore upfog•tliAt Isje :of France. The greatest ohtitacies opposed to an aftack On this Island with a considerable force, have invariably been considered to d.-pend on the difficulty of ,effecting a landing, from the reefs which surr..ound every part of the coast, and the surfased impossibility of bt!ing, enabled to 'find anchorage for a fleet of tratis i orts. These difficulties were rortunately.removed by the indefati• gable exertions of ,CominodOre Itot% ley, assi.,t, by Lieutenant §Lfeet. of. the Staunch gun brig, Lieutenanel ..cicis.ton, of the Madras engineers, and theilktasterS or his iltale . sty's ships Afri cable and Boadicea. livery part of 'the leeward side of the island was minutely examined and s•lundkti, and it was dis -coveted th t a fleet might anchor in. the narrow passage formed by the small` Island of the Gunner? Coin and tlw main !and; and that at this spot there were openings through the reef v which would admit several boats to enter abreast. Thege.obvi , ous: advantages fixed my determination, although •t' re , gretted that. circumstances would not allow of the dig . e.itharkation being .effeeted at a shorter distance from- Yon Louis. Owing to light and baffling winds, the fleet 'did not arrae in sight of the island unlit the Silth;.. and it was die morning of the following day . before any 'of the , ships cone to an anchor. _ _ . Every arrangement fur a disernbarlv.tiotk .having bet* pre vim] sly made, Cie first division, erni,imittg• of: theVeterVe; the grenadier company of the 59th regiment with sVed 7 sllVPAtlrtd"' era, and two howitzers, under the comnianctof IVlnjer43sinerAl Warde, effected a landing in the bay a witlaokt to