The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-11-26 00:00:00

/~ {. L.llll-11V 2: 5 4 L-LlGB4reude "T Or "N" BKSeßilhettlipaitifeit,44A COL" THE HoTTENTOT !arms. •, • apex E V -GEMER,4 L rUsO to m ove Ad, „.j,..ips in behalf of an enfortunoto female,:. sits • a state of cuutinement ; and beint.JO that, was ill theme of being exhibited to,pubrp r't 10 a man ner which must be equalljrfilifagrei, h e rse:f, as it was disgraceful td the Country 1: ;: re she suffered inch a.specks of 'debasement. t h e female alluded to was kept inn - a state of 15 ,fi , emeo t, he presumed to think the Court could. C. ,,, dou bt, after what he should have to submit do ' so ,. lie knew, however, that (irk Lordship,' l' o ld no t comply with thwinetitin he was about to" w ik ., unless they Arnold feel that . she was so con. I ° , K .„l ;f rainst her will. Their Lordship 'stoat un verond that he did not want to • get this: oofortu. we twilit out of one custody,,.to- put herndrift, sit b ou t having another asylum provided fur . t t lie appeared here for a Society, which us r eady to shew that an unfortunate being I se situation of this female could not be des ote of friends, while they remained, who were p e general friends of humanity. They were ready 4 , receive her, and to restore her to that country fro 6 - hence she had been taken ; and in the mean toe , (0 undertake that she should he properly pro ojeJ f o r, without being subjected to that degraded in which she was at present- placed. The ~0 00 which jt would be proper for him to take in Cl l circumstances, in an ordinary east ) be pre.' uffic d would he, to move at ones 'for a writ of pbei:s corps*. IIis.WILIAMIIIII4 hair - tier, that o re were circumatatiedighAe present case, which to wed such an application ist. the first instance, item objectionable, WI it*proper. His object, o c, was to muve,for -Rule to shew cause why ,teat of habeas corptts should not be issued ; and t hu for a Rule on the person who at present had cus tody of the female in question, to admit some rum 01 persons, who spoke the language which tk a l o ne understOO4'retlebntetse with, her, out the restate of her .keeper. The first affidavit si w hich this appliretloa ..was Made, to which he nold call their tarordeltipse 'attention, was that of Xr. Bullock, keeper of the Liverpool Museum, fiscaddill who kilted, that a Gentleman named Dunlop, called upon him some time ago, informing him that he had lately arrived from the Cape of Gcod Hope, and wishing him ti- purchase a Large and beautiful skin of a catneloperdalis. The sum andod being too great, Mr. Buttock did not make the purchase. Mr. DonoloPo -however, again caked, and told him that he had alsobrought wi'h him ham the Cape, aH'ottentot. woman, w i lanto i ltokiii, time under an obligation to restore io two yeatis. le oidled to have disposed of the whole cotigillk staring the woman and the camelopardalis skin at w e , hut having Met with a person who had per. deed from him the property of the woman (he tit treating and disposing of . her as his.property). he then sold the skin of the camelopardalia to .Mr.. Li;.ick,—Mr. Dunlop said the *omit was a great tiniusity, and that if exhibited • for the two years, t i e wou ld make the fortune of the person eihibit. iogher. The affidavit went on to state, that Mr. B. 7eesun to believe that Alexander Cam watt, the person to whom litinfOp so diapcfsed of the feihate in question, Cesar, '.Dwnlop, and she going to re. mein the same house together ; and that Dunlop led since regretted that he had "parted almost With his entire interest in her: ao it, appeared that he Ilk her as his property. If any, thing more were vatting, the Attorney-General had the affidavit of grim who had gone to sea the exhibition, and ukoswore that nothing could be more sitigeOcOrdl than 0.43 ear is which the untortunempltouistsnele tii4.; , itetl. As it could only disgust isima.lio p tp.At i a kept adesetiption.of it, and, at the same time se. ICUS hot atmsary,he should hot dwell on tnis Pait rt Mr, Justice Lt BLApc.-.'lrAls would be evi- Ore to be *dilated rather !elder notrignipmisearia . . eedin, instituted for a beeaeltof .poo . . s_ ' "Failiint Ma" The ATronisiv-geritnts, staid, •it certainly WI lie had, beailliti, the affi,lavit of Mr. ll'Cartney, Seerelat'jr•te 'the African Institution, so behalf of which S • acietjr . he made the present ap. pfirstina. This .Gerelkonee -went to the - place . or ishihition, "there, Skiltunddin elguated stage, with & neat, out of which: the:foselii itt o question came, bused ia a thin dila dicta, saltiest the colour or irr person, so' 'al - -to . ..iiiskb ft -appear as much possible that she was milked: . -"The - person who hit the custody of MO :slid, that he had got kr from the Cape of Good Rope, having procured her from some of the ptitch Sours who come from titinterior, and that'll° 'hid made an agreement tit the (.Donor of the Cape .for biingiut het' ',"Y. l's . hen be said thie,.Mi. Wl'CUrtlicy, IfttOiv; la g IMrd Csledon,. asked, ir.,;to load 'his teals. left? "lo which he ausecred lathe alfirmatire.—.- 1 L Al'Oartney asked, if the consent was in writ_ e' To which the keeper alio ansWered in the affir. at ". Mr. Id 4 Cartney: then xx pressed - 4:loth SO the eousent,he being In nut WIWI of coriestiend with Lord Calcdon. This, however, the keeper lathe comply with, and, observing that Mr. 'Canary had shewn:a curiosity on the subjecti. Hoed answering *it , Other questions. Of the uer of the e2hlblthrma, as already said, it was 1 essay to . .oter. jeto,any description. It was etrient to 144 1 ,thit this unfortunate female was //e " as say , ast, and Is-a bear led by a chain. h i . chain. s e . r keeper Ordered her to place . herself in any po ",t!na he d es i re d , and she was obliged to obey. lint she wa5.1442 state of . stflohite.piotroaij -.w hog:tut . ; h at th a t .s h e washippr or comfertabluc " 4 0 her COU§ntrpOnt a or was . willingly . so con. `.,tl i"1 t was equally plibi, Ras not the ease. _ '''gh she could not .Csiti*4olll..ll,lllbwaPY °fle h , s .' It 'b ,:enpossiblu to obfeive Iter irtr.7 4:4,17' , ! irr heep sighl..to in . aik 4hit f : w i t e:. g tftr ie l'th_ which, when exhalsted Lir COMP ' ,_.rmandate of her keeper -to Off, 9 1 .tllir 7I Ocat, and not to be salt 6r' 1 •P 4, uncomfortable; and u 5 IMP & e..il 1 ;1. 4", which could not be toleef t Vo . (1 41510,44 "I.sooesdeasour to realise the tr tit Vitt 1 01 ' 1 ,ucai two genticmen a one of i, .8! likonaWrfi . , 44 74 %Nut to the place of ishibi4un inst r h j eoll . 3,‘ • kii r the keeper that sho eoulesprhalg;.4lll sir, .s la the Low Litoclt Ili * • alleallatik Vgion ~ ~ 9 5 .. ' ' 't!‘ e• , '1 ST Cone to her As to her friends--her country.;-her p •escut situatiola—wkether she was happy or not— & she wished to go home to her native country, &c. though those Inqniries exist be supposed all of -them to be the must interesting to a person in this situation, ,yet being addressed to her in the presence FLafeltfr r it t eeper, she return e d no answer to any o f Ahem . .. heir Lo r d s hip s. would not expect of him ftkili eillekltee ht a case of this kind, as would be re. quir'ed• til4re the person alleged to be in a state of cerrfiaenvente had some means, however limited,' or making, her feelings and her complaints known. Lord. EL4NIIIOIIOHUOII asked, had she been heard to speak in the tletch Language ? The ATTORNEY.GENERA said she had been heard to answer her keeper, and. on one occasion ), ' when site, unwilling to comply with what he desired her, retired into the recess, he had been observed, ' artist. pulling down the curtain, to raise his hand towards her in a menacing manner, on which the curtain igain drew up, and she cameiforward, and obeyed him in what he had ordered her to do. Their Lordships could not expect that he should be able to bring forward such evidence as might be expected 1 if the application related to a person who was a I native of this country. Their Lordships must see the defenceless state in which this unfortunate female stood. If they . did not attend to his present application, how could she ever be re.' tiered? lie did not, their Lordships would pleat* . to Observe, desire in the first instance, to take her' away from _the person in whose custody she now was, but only that she should be placed iu a intuition to enable her to say,- if aka.. vnis in her present custody *with bet own free totiitent. He should be content to shape his motion in what. ever way the Court m i g ht thi n k b est ., W hat h e had to propose, was, that in the first instance he should have a rule to skew cause why a Writ of Habeas Corpus should not issue. Revolts not aware If the` Court could grant the writ at once, but, surety, there could be no doubt-of their right to do so after the rule to chew cause why it should not be done; and the Court would also know how to act ) if the person against whom the application, was now made Would refuse to obey it. There could alio-be ow doubt, that.some person must be appointed to visit: and enquire into the Situation of the female in goes. tion, and that this person should be named by those' for whom he (the Attorney. General) appeared, sub. , ject to thoapprohation o f th e M as t er o f th e C rown Olfice.! . Mr.justice LE Htitie slid, the Attorney. Gene. rat had better add to his rule, that a person should also bp '-present on the part of bim against whom the app lication Wag Jude, that on shewing cause he eqiiiht NawerP:ctilfhat the Court had in view, and AfteC uFt might alsO be to pOssession o f all th e . fire4' fehe cafe on both sides. • Lo tLIANBOROVOIL asked, was there any thing in theatfitlavits to shew,thaisthe female in question was ekpoluiAjkin t il4ce ti f . , !mintier as to give her in ? . , 7 - l•'• '; . - .The 4 .lCiWililrLteir " itit 'Said she bat •the - itearaiiiii" ,of being naked.— - - .. .. .. a P - liord ELiaissoanuass7-4 4 . She h so tightly ha , ?shed?" , , • • , Arroassat-GeNs24—" Yes. So as ilisselutely to appear as she were naked i and tbe'lipectators are, desired. tef.toeeh partiesrbe• itsiste lef lier , par t : son." * • , , Lord g . L.AinfliOROUGli- 46 And does if state that she thews a feeling of pain from that circumstance ? I du nut call for what might be an indelicate expo ere; ,lii4ontirfiesire to know if the mode of tilt'. bitio 'Areaock.aj,togive pilule a sensitive mind." Ml t .titie:6 its 113cAse4" The person against iiho ''SitPliCition is tithe, must not be called limbo answer 'that parrot theittfidavits which might' 1 firsisjest binslto 4 artiminal charge." z o.' 3 knit, §i÷iiittpnovors —'.' Have row no hotly who W tit!l,wkat qtly:,4e termed her own vernaca- Lir t tice . ,..lif 1 %ix tie allowed: the expression.— t i You , wy4bilidifithesisch a 'person ; but it tirAy .16pphsithitistte Iliehgillige to which the keeper has Aro, heard4,.addreis'he4 may be-merely words of c°1491417 4 K . 1,. , - I . i vgotLfFe,-qx!letto.4l..sakdi h was-stated that. the wahliftintlerstomi her own prow. !seiner" Ind also Low Dutch, and that her, kaiser sipoketo iser In that language:* ~. • Hi., ~,,.. ..;7A4 - r , i..' .; ' foor4,4l:44ltiMomPui4 l k-r 4 . 4 .. Aka tbeihillwieP tro" , other, ayt .Teie - worde• of, cotneprio44, 6' •sangwage. which Ttliiiell knoiro.is easily AatteSl T ',,..:Wei,eselt see that she'liks this feeling of tiain &Om - exposure . ~ to which she is subject ed." . The ATTORNEV 7 GENERAL sat 4• thw,lkeeper bieis self hid stated that she understood Low Detch..:•. , Mt ItOitire LE Br.,awit. 7 -," When brought op no. der the ilabsasCoi:put t this woman must go whet!, she pleaieS ; and, where Is she to go 3" ' Mr. ATToriete-Gerrinar.—" There are pert, 5011 S ready to take her, and* she is to be told so: s' 4 _Mr. Justice LX BLANC --" She is to-be left. to jodgefor herself." • :Mr. • ATTORNEY+GESERAL - 6-3 -.YOB. But she ivy be told that there are persons seSsly to take are of her in the mean time, and aisQ,Witobae hit to her native country and friends." • . . . ..: Lord Etiettsonoucin....."•Before Arian retie* her fiem her present'siteation, we muitte satisfied' that she is an object capable of +making an election; that she feels pain tram the constraint iu which she le at present held ; and that she is desirous of being put under the care of persons who will restore her top ber owe country." • Mt. Justiee'Li ilyassi said,' the form of the rule ihonld bei- calling oa the pktweat keeper of , the :woman to Ave tanee why a wilt of Habeas Corpus , should ..not issue; and .also essioioing_hlin to gi p t free seeemflp,the pretence and totkeeoffiton or i. femaliinluTaition, to a persoi to be [mined tit the presoStipfillitetr ' ca pa bh; of eon versirii o iih her ti jibe Il ] nkftsie theis said. to *understand - - sad that in 1 tlioNwsieof thelkeeper himself, and of every person inath,ate l fgo* *costumed to exercise any sort of 0311roytorcr hs--there being also, present, on the stert i tf 'fluilEterr i a person , whO also spoke the 401 fr W iiiiltO'iteltierstooll by showman, suds 4pylo being Watt keg to her. o ,Adrd fawn s}essoaouGst said, there nistatWot.lteeir lima I ,o,wvq",o,_,visit at all times.. There must, nottkp..., ,Nect nines : given o f dealing with the mind , fNW f . s. i'Mtaurt wished tor, Wit:natation imiy as! i. *slow` • ;' ,• . .. .. ~ . I -,4-ti 100? • - ' .., • ;,: ...4,5, .6 . 4-1:.) 44 • ,:" : n • 14• '7 • , N The ArrOUSET.GCNERAL said, the persoeufor whom he appeared, would sdurn at the idea of any thing which could be conceived to be improper. Lord ELLemeonotimi said, the Court must mete out justice without regard. to who were the pieticS• The ATTOINET.GeKEILA G assured the Court, if the situation:of the female in question was found to be comfortable, the present, application should go no farther. The rule to shell cause in the terms mentioned. by Mr. Justice Lu Blanc Was then granted. LlffEl. THE DING V. DANIEL LOT ELL, Proprietor of THE r.c.TES3l.4ze Newspaper. Mr. GA aftow moved the judgment of the Court .against the above Defendant, who had sulfured' judgment to go by default, in an action for a tibet against the Commissioners of the Property Tax at Manchester. The libel, which was read, was contained in a letter from a person of the name of Collier, resid. J tog at Springfield, near Salford, Manchester, which I had been published in T HE S TATEsNANt un t h e 17th May last. The letter stated, that the Commis- I sioners had thought fit to nuke a surcharge of nearly double what Mr. Collier had returned. He appealed against this, and took his oath that the return he had originally made was correct. The Commissioners, however, had thought fit to reduce :the surcharge only one-third„ and to satisfy their :demand, seized upon a horse and cart belonging to Mr. Collier, which was sold. This was the ground of Mr. Collier's complaint --and the letter concluded with some-very severe remarks on the Commis dotter*. They were reprerentel as a junto of op. pressers, who, by banning the pour, were de stroying the industry of the country. in another part of the paper, a comment was made On this letter by the Editor, to whiclithe public attention was particularly called. The affidavit of Mr: Lovell was then read, which stated, that he had received the libelloui ' article 'fronts a Gentleman in the country, at whose retitteti Is. was inserted; that be even did not know •the ,Commissioners, or any of them by name ; that the-remarks were made in the heat of the moment, under the idea that the facts secto properly stated; that Mr. Collier was known to be the author pf the libel, for the publication of which be (Lovell) Mad expressed - his contrition, in a letter which be had written to one pf the Magis. "crates, which he understood, by a communication from his correspoodent h was likely to harethe de. sired effect. .. Actions had been commenced against two pciblishers in the country for the same libel, . which Deponent Onderatood had been dropped ;=bat that no prosecution had commenced against the author, though known to the Court. The affidavit concluded with a statement o' f the Deponent's ill health. . . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the Court at considerable length. He pointed out the greet necessity there was to protect Gentlemen in the si. tuation of the Commissioners, who had taken on themselves a most invidious, office, , for the public good, without fee or reward. He descanted on the various parts of the libel...and contended, that the Defendant's affidavit, so far from justifying, did not even extenuate the ptiblication of the letter.... He'admitted that a prosecution had .been commenc. • *Oast ten peseent ia the country, which, how. ever, had been suspended for the present, in con sequence of those persons having given information which would be useful in the prosecution intended to Nye brciught against Collier. • . Mr. Lovell being asked whether he wished to say any thing in his defence, read the letter which he :bad z eceired,from Mr, Cowdioy, ,preprictor of 'a newspaper Itt .Manchester, Inclines% the libel, which h• . requested Mr. Lovell to publish, and to send e copy of the paper in which it shoold appear ttildr: Colliery the author. lielbee observed, that ire Understood legal proceedings had been coina meowed for the same libel against bath Mr. Cow. dray end Mr..Hartisp, another Newspaper proprio. totr.at Manchester' which, however, . were not Per... aabid.in ; not had any action been brought against the'enthory. Mr. Collier, who..wAS the neighboiir Ortfici Cottunlisionerscand i wOo r he was informed, 'intended, .. in . case he was .prosecuted, tektjne. - tify what -he bed written ' • and, if the court should consider ,his .justifi ' ca' tion to be good, his (Levell'a) cue, be conceived, would be one of-very greet haft*lg.... Mr, Lovell then read the letter whith ite heti „reyeivat from his Correspondent, _ln' consequence .01' the litter baring waited pu Mr. thilince,. clon,cl' the commissioneis,.with anapolo. getic letter froasAgi s .;Lovell. ; It appeared, at this 'interview ; Mr. gulose slotted, that...neither he nor his brother, blagistraase wishod to; prosecute, but that the business, no loam ' s;Acitod, - with them, but 11111. ii the handis of the Commisiencts of Taxes in pagan. llir, o ,fles3l,, in conclusion, observedc that be thought 15 : ; levy hard to select him for prosecution, when the author and the original pah. tither; of the.littet. sera 1 " 1 '"! 6 1. , .. , • • •. • Lord Ar.t.snonation..." Itti.t k comment at the close of yone , :pliper l . "of, i : ...been very Defeigara 4a justly preferred . Int the •.issommiried to the Marthai t alit* Marshal*** off Atilt Court, 1 and. be• brought up for judgmentlinfillitaffist day' of . I Term." , • • 4 • ' .• The remai ns of tho tato Counteis de Lie iti (Queen of France) ,will be removed this day at 1g o'clock to the A.mbusador's Chapel, learPortrearr-sql'are, ' inhere a solemn dirge will be performed; the tiro. cession will afterwards move to Westroinater'Abbey, t Ale entrance of. %Tibias it wilt be met , hy . the . hair. The body.will be sobsequently deposited in . Alt tlinry the SFgait's gka il ph i Akii St. Margaretle. l lrolnuteeri will Mn-the Abbeyi. , Orders had beep Oren for several of the Ktmo's• curiagis and sox to follow lathe funeral procession: 'of the Countette. de Inspe (Queen of France) which' took Plaii in l''Vestininster Abbey, at two o'clock, ' We day. ,No tine was admitted in the Abbey with. , ' otl ea r ti4hot to see tbe soleutuity. A party of tire Gusjs, , and, seyeral Yokinlver tarps,, were, out. ..11:10W.OciPecasi*, 9.. ~, 4i;i:kft-711 ',, , t,4* , ,!„‘ I .i• . ~.' IV rattelin lierappegetedgerry Adkins; an Aker 'Of, thq:Publie,o9ioe, Idow.sti kt, in the - room of 1 hiakrether,, Willliaiu Adkinf, lately alerted GO. I varlet ..,01 the Haupt el Curreatiut,..Culd.trati. ,n4V*•.; ?rviesutt '1.1,10_ •.7;t ‘ „: ...'.1‘!4 . 1.7 - i,; , •• . . • . I . • •-pro•- aerin _ , . Front the LONDON 61.4ZET7'E l Nor. 21. —...... Admiralty-0./Ail, Now. 24, 1810. go . inad e ite r t ilf arni a s chleoteai, tioaterj4rvionibit. cm A ro deit aikeepor rat ifls S ig i b r .ipsd C a . titelin tr eaT t emegg teri b , oar ßo r t ind Ithi . ,: Crit st.ro - Joseph, of Toulon, Sept. it, 184 . Stn,--I cannot desist from forwarding to the Lords Commissioner, of the Admiralty, the en. closed detailed account of a gallant enterprise per. formed by the boats of the Amphion, Active, and Cerberus, which resulted in the surrender of the garrison of Gni°, and the capture and destruc tion of a convoy of the eitellr from Trieste. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) C. C r OTTON. Atephioo, WO of Trieste, June, 29.1810. SIR,--A convoy of Several vessels from Trieste, were chased into the harbour of Grass, by the boots of the Amphion, yesterday morning, end the officer (Lieutenant Slaughter), en his return, reported they were laden with naval stores for the arsenal at Venice. As the Italian Governmunt were ma.k. ing great exertions at the present moment to fit out their marine at that purl, the capture of this con. voy became an abject of importance ; and I w.aa the more induced to attempt it, as its protection (it was said) consisted only in twenty-five soldiers sta tioned at Grao, an open town in the Friule ; the sequel will shew that we were both deceived as to the number of the garrison and the strength of the place ; and if I should ehter too much into dein io relating to you the circumstances attending its capture, I trust, Sir, yon will consider it on my part as only an anxious desire to do judfice.to tho gallant eneetioive of those• oho were employed on the occasion. • The shoals of Grao prevented the sear approach of shipping of burthen ; the capture of the convoy therefore was necessarily confined to boat service, and I telegraphed ,to his M jaity's ibips Cerberus and Active on that *Wing or Itkllith, that their boats and markie, ehoeld a% , enthle elongside chi Amphiost by twelve o'clock that night,. - It foil calm in the early part of the evening, and- conceiv e . lag, from our distance from Gran, that the boat, it the Aciee (which was considerably in the offing), wnuld not arrive in time, I wrote to C a p t .. G ordon to. request they might be sent immediately; I men. doh this as it will account *h." that ship's boati hid marines were not in the station assigned them lathe attack, and that no possible !dupe can be lieputed to the officers and men employed in them for their not being present, as distance alone pre. vented them. Capt. Whitby, of the Cerberus, very handsomely volunteered his services on this oc. .easion ; but I considered it as a fair opportunity for my second Lieutenant (9laughterl, the First Lieutenant'being absent,. having been detached o 4 other service in the barge the day before, to distill. geish himself; and he has fully in every way justi. fed the confidence I !untie him. . ' 'The convoy were moo re d ire a river above the *own of Gran, and it was absolutely necessary to be* 'lest in possession of it ; the defences of the town A ND two old castles, almost in ruins, with loop. toles for musketry,, ~..and a -deep ditch in their • front, extendiatfrme one, castle to the other. The boats from the ,Amphion aid Cel - beros put off .froas , - tliet,ship about 40 miouterpest 11, and the marines [of both ships, under Limits: Moore and Brat tie (of • • . the manse.), and Lies*. Dickens an, of the Avbevus. the whole under the cornmind of Lieut. Slaughter, landed without musket.shot to the right of the town before day-light, and instantly. advanced to the attack; the launches with carronades, under Licht. O'Brien (31 of the Amphion), accompany.. ing them along shore. It had been intended that the Amphion's and Active's should have landed to - the right of the towoi and the Cerhertis to the left ; but the former been not arriving, Lieut. Slaughter very properly tookthe Cerberus's with him, .and left the gig to direct theActiveia to the left; accsts, they had much further to co*, and, .much to the regret of all who did not get on shore till after find 1 - Owe was taken. 'A -very heavy firing. commenced 'aboutdawn of day, the enemy ousideribly strew. er than was imagined, - and, • • ted by a nutuertsue . • peasantry, kept up a very dot !mite Are upon oar men whilst advancing,' Mho 'prirposely r e t ire d 6 - Attie to the Left, taking shelter under some hillocks, leitl'whit the uneTennies of the ground afforded ; they were followed by the French troops, who, 'conceiving this to be a retreat on the boats, nitit.: ted their advantageous position and charged with the bayonet. It no longer became a contest to bh Idecided by musketty I they were received with the itendlneei ,and bravery inherent in Englishmen; ` bath Others and men were personally engaged hand to hand, and out of the'oumber killed of the enc. my in this eacoenter, eight were hayonet woods, which will convince you, Sir, bf the nature of the attack. ' A struggle of this kind could not last long, and , "the French troops endeavoured, in great confusion, to regain their former position; they were closely pursued, and charged in their turn, which decided , the business, and the whole detachment of the ene. my, consisting 'of a Lieutenant, scrjesnt, and 38 privates of the 81st regiment (all Frenchmen) were made prisoners, leaving our brave men In possession of the town and 2$ vessels lades with stores and . tnerchaodize. 'The Active's boats landed at this moment, to the left, and her marines, under Lieut. Foley, were of great use le completely securing the advantages, gained. Every exertion was now made to get the convoy out of the river;' but it heiog al. most low water, it was late in the evening before . ~they could be got afloat, and much labour and fa. *gigue wasMccasioned , being obliged to shift the car.. -.. 'ides into smaller ve.sels'to get them over , the bee.. • 0 . iAbout 0. o'clock in the forenoon, an attack nick .. 'made on the town by a perty of French troops coin. li; from Maras, a village in the interior;` the force nearest them, under Lieutenants 'Slaughter Moises and Mears.," of the Active, instantly attaand„ ea • ,*fisted by the launches in tars rites, and the enenljr tind ag ,all resistance ineffectuah • after lo4ag.stub killett r threw down their Sttns• and surrendi ra l. I n AO latter business a ,Lieutenant and 3`3 theft of the '514 regiment of light infantry (all Fr ench troops;) were made prisoners. The same intrepidity which . had insured success beforeoras equally conspicuous 'on this second occasion. Abont sevea RI the even ing I had the setisfaction of seeing tau whole de. L tachuieut coming of to the squadron, Which .1 bad . 4 gitri a t i ord ,- . - ' . . I~ •~ ~~~