The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-02-14 00:00:00

nes+, oravery, and pod 'conduct . of his Majes. ty'•, and the ilinourable Company's troops, I feel it my doty to enter into minutely ; trusting Om the names of Ouse excellent officers, whom h ha+ hien my particular good fortune to have had the bun stir to command, may be noticed in proportion to the great national service which they byte performed, and the honour acquired by hiss Majesty's and tht• Honourable Company's troops, lo an attack upon the town, battesies s posts, and shippinz of st: Paul's. Na Majesty'. Mks La Nercide and Otter, and fidetoorsPio Cutnpan)'s cruiser Wasp, with 368 olfeerwaall saes, who were embarked un the 16th ,loatiosto it -Fort Duncan, Island of ktodoriques, arrived oLPort Louis, Isle of France, on Ow latreahlg of the 18th, and juined his Majesty's ship ,Kaisoaable. Coe‘modure It'iwley, and Sirius; early the seat morning, tbt 19th, the seamen alid.troops -destioed for the attack, atnounting to 604, were, et eur.ting to an arc:iti.;emetit made by Captain C...rheit, and a pisr)ved i,y the Corumudore, put .on board the Nei-ride, and towards evening the squadron stood fur the Lilt of llotirbutt ; on the morning of the '2otli .being off die East end of the Island. • At awe A. M. on the twenty-third instant, the troops were disemGarked to the Southward of • Pient de Galutte, seven miles from St. Paul's, and • immediately commenced a forced march, with a view of crossing the causewaye that extend over •the lakte before the enemy could discover our debarkation er approach to the town, which we were foltunate enough to effect ; nor biel they lime to form in any force until we had . passed the .trotigist position. By seven o'clock we were in possession of the first and seconds bat. Alma, Lambonsiere and La Centiere; when Cap. tail Willoughby, of the Royal Navy, who toga ? mottled a detachment of sheet a hundred seamen . on shore, and to whose seal, activity and exer tions I feel touch indebted, immediitely turned the gwns upon the enemy's shipping, from whose fire, which was chiefly grape, and well directed, ▪ within pistol shot of tho shore, we suffered much, being necessarily exposed to it during ' tier Movi!ments upon the belch, and through the tnwn. From the battery let Ccnticre, Captain , . • halide was detached with the second column, • e' composed of 142 of the second battati tttt of the 2d regiment of Bombay Native Intuit y and twelve liusopeens, to take possession of the 3de or bat ' ; tcry uf i.a Neuf, deeerted by the enenry. On his : way thither, • he fell et with and. was o e posed by ' • the entire force of tee Fienta, who hail concen • , *rated, and taken up a Ve:y strung positiou behind . a stone wall, ni:h eight brass field-pieces, six t roomier's, upon their llanks. This post was in . seemly charged iii the most gallant manner by that • (Aker aid his men. •.% :The enemy, however, maintained their posi ..ti m, and Captaiit Ilannur, uf the 56th regiment, • was ordered to proceed with the third column to • his suppi.rt, who charged, and took two of the enemy's guns. The action now became warm, , but i never doubtful. The enemy being reiuforeed : from time hills, and having also received one hen . &id and ten troops of the tide fe•tm the French frigete La Caroline, and the squadron not being : able to stand in to support us, our movements , being eitilatieered by their lite, except et notervall , , which, they always took seivantagv of, Captain !Willoughby was eireeted to spike the gusts of leimbeustere and La Ceniiere, and with the sea - men to man the third battery IA Neuf, cun t e e tuitig to lire upon their shipping. By this ar t entitlement Captain Forbes, who with the reserve t bad covered those batteries, was enabled to ed. • trance against the enemy, who, after an honour-1 able resistance, were compelle,l tit give w ay ; their, • remaiitingegiette being caroled by that excellent of.: ficer, a sufficient number of men were ordered to ► act as light troops, and to pursue the enemy, whilst the third column, with part of the reserve, ;advanced against the 4th and sth batteries, Lx illiere and La Ctsertte, which fell into our hands • without opposition, and whose retire lire w;s int meiliately directed against the enemy's shipping. By helf-past eight o'clock, the town, batteries, : magazines, 8 brass lielff-pieces, 117 new and hea. •y iron piss, of thiteretti calibres, and all the pub. Tics uses, WCIV in our possession, with several pH stni:re. 'llte instant the stoweiron perceived that the object its landitig hail succeeded, and that they eauel, with safety to the troops, stand in .lice . tinily, they iminedutely auclioreti close to the ene sny'e shipping, which after a short firing, sorrel). The entire of the batteries being destroyed, an ► the town completely cummentied by our squa. tdr wt, the troops wore re-emberked by eight o' lock the smile evening. Herewith I have the honour to annex a return , of the shipping, guns, and sewed taken and des. • treyetl.ueon ellis,Aestegeieu eee I heel: els%) the hoe. . o cur to inclose a return of the killed, wounded, an I ipissing ; and though our loss has been severe, • itaunt etpul to %%hut might have been expected fram the nature of the attack. the position and strength of the enemy, anti the iitinate:r of guns, . t ) which out little force was exposed at different ' times decing the morning.' To the judicious arrangements of Commodore - Rowley. the cordial cu-opeiation and auppurt of • the rest of the 011ioeis of his•Majeety's navy, and petsonei exertione and assistance u( Captain Coe bat in landing the entire force (coin his Majeity's ship I. a Nereids, I impute the hapFy tertnivatioe ant ultimate soecees id' this enterpriee. On the 424, late in the eteising 4 the enemy apt eared its sums force upon the faille, and a heavy to. eres'ohiervedadvancing from $l. Danis, which I since usulerstactil to have been melee the Immedi ate command of Gm Deb Bruslyes; the Commo dore and - myself how agreed Nom the propriety of landing a sqffleient force to destrilyeell pit 'Pie pro. p..rty ; amid accordingly the neirities, with' a' few --sailor , ender Caplein Willoughby, were ordered epee this service, when I had an epportnitity of again St/Vote...in the steaffiness and genii etinduct uf the at men a•id royal marines, who effectually thriit 111 extensive gi•vernineitt store ut coneider . - aisle veloe: the remaining stores were only saved e ms " souse doubt existing respecting their bejng iitiblie property . • .4 4 (ke taw mueuing of the 434, the entire force was • - c t•• THE S'fATESMAN. PSOPOSITI TEKAX. LONDON: wtmusvir, FZIRUART 14. —ana— • • Toe official dispatchco. from Admiral BERTIt and LiottlessflabZeiso 4l 4‘easaahroaaisemibll 'be snack on the Isle ut Bourbon, were yesterday received at the Athniralty from the Cape Good [lope, and appeared last' night in Thc Gazette. In his lottce to Admiral BERTIE, Captain ItowLey, of the Ruisonable, states' the objects of the Expedition to hint: been " the 66 capture of the enemy's shipping, the destruction " of all the defences of the only bide anchorage in 64 the island, which has always been a place of 46 shelter for French cruisers and their prizes, 46 when prevented from entering the ports of the " irle of France,. bysides the rescue of property, 14 to immense amount, out of the hands of the " enem7. l ' These objects have been most gallantly and successfully attained; but, we would psk, by what possible fatality Franco. can have been permitted, for so Many years, to to oth, pone ,. sion of the Islia.of France and Bourbon ? The ,'depredations committed upon our commerce, for years, iu the Indian Seas, are ,imputable solely to the possession of those islands by France. It has been the favourite project of France, during the revokstionary.ind the present war, to ' e i t h t de England from the Continent of Europe —surely it is not less the policy Or Eniltod s dur. • 001" initials a cofutest, to preemie France, and her allies, from all exterrtatiOlniannieation. A' biller Expeditions to the Peninsula and to Wal. Arai, we, barn eipended more men, and iticalco ,, lablyAmOre winery, than would bare sufficed to ye. knee th%fsfee of France, act . iirbon, and -Guada . loupe.. We hire nerer.yet heard an explanation of that line of polity which has induced the Mi. uisters of England 'to hesitate in lopting the principle of cutting off the extremities 'ere they attacked th 6 Body. Great Britain, de pending so essentially on her commerce, and un the protection afforded it, to, enable her to sustain the burdens of the, profuse con. test in which we arc engaged, has most unac countably, to this moment, suffered the enemy to hold those points, whence he has been enabled so dreadfully to annoy our commerce, .while they have at the same time served to keep alive his nearly extinguished marine. BY Letters from Holland, the French troops appear to be entering the country in great numbers. LETTERS have been received from Rio de Ja neiro—they are destitute of political intelligence. Commerce :s extremely dull, on which subject these letters are repleto with complaints..' PRIVATE !CUM from Paris confirm the report of the sequestration of American property in France. It is also mentionetl,that all colonial pro. duce and manufactured goods, that may be found in Holland, of which certificates of origin cannot be produced and proved, m ill share a similar fate. Extract of a Letter from Buenos Ayres, dated November 5.— , " The trade here continues open. In order to encourage the interior manufactures, an additional ten per cent. is laid upon cloths, cot ' tea goods, shoes, and some other articles ; but stotwithstanding the incleased duties, we expect that this market wilt be soon 'glutted as much as that of Rio Janeiro. I have just been at the cele bratioit of high nix's, in honour of the victory of Talavera:" 13y what is just stated, The tarif, lately publish ed on the import duties at Buenos Ayres, appears to be erroneous. A g ietter from New York, of datd Stith Decemn. her, received in Glasgow, on Thursday, says, Tildre is scarcely a doubt that the hilt to allow 'American vessels to go . where they pleana, and to intporf gOods of the produce or manufacture of any country from which American vessels are not prohibited, will pass into a law, and fog time best of re.vons. —The Tre.msury is empty, and they. have no means of replenishing it, but by the .dutiee on imports. By a temperate firmness, , I have•no dotJht, the British Goverumcnt wilt ae. complish everything they wish." Major LEATII.T, ordered to England, frotta Sinai, is. arrived, as we are given to understand, tO act as the private agent of the officers of that army, consisting of about 70,000 men in the whole. • Mt.. .Hearty ALEXANDER,. private Secretary to his relation Lord CALEDON, •the Governor, has taken large tracts of laird at the Cape of Good Hope, which he had begun to cultivate aecording to the Eng!kslt mode of agriculture, before the last adrices' came from thence: On enquiry we learn, that the report of in. surances having been effected at Ir.oyo's on the Cm:nen/ere French frigate, is without. the least foundation. It was incorrectly stated yesterday, that the Pelitiotiers for a third Theatre have altered their mode of proceeding. They have nut withdrawn either of the petitions they presented to the Kt So through the medium of the Privy Council, to which answers have not yet been given ; nor has the report of the ATTORNEY or SOLICITOR.GE. NERAr. been officially communicated to the Privy Council. In this uncertain state, therefore, it has been thought proper by the Committee to prey sent a Petition to Parliament previoes to the this .of February, .the day limited by the House of Commons fur receiving Petitions fur Private Bills, in order that they might not be excluded from that mode of application, should the Crown deem it proper to refer them to it. An incendiary at Auzonne, on the 19th of Dc. comber last, deposited some eumbuitibles in an un. inhabited hriase, which he fired, and by which 24 houses, with all the property contained in them, were tea, ift to the ground. • Pietro Goriole, an Italian dentists arrived lately at East Grinstead, Sussek, where,•after staying at an inn two or three days, he put a period to his existence, by dividing the arteries of both his arms near the elbows, 'with a razor. Distressed circumstatices are suppoied to have becu the cause of this act of desperation. It is said thatihe foundation of the north- West angle of the Tower of St. Nicholas, by the fall ing of which so many unfortunate persons hart perished, was repairing by'the operation termed pinning —that is, removing decayed and imperfect parts, and replacing them with substantial materials. As during this operation the basis of the superstruc ture must necessarily have been imperfect, it is be. lieved that the motion of the bells, which were insprulently used at that time, has been the cause of so melancholy. a catastrophe. The spire of George's Church, in Liverpool, has lately been taken doss'', owing to the repeated aild urgent representations of the neighbouring inhabitants. A•Lady is dashing about Or. town in a yellow bodied chariot and equipage to correspond, levy ing. contributions on jewellers, &c. She was a short time since the chore awie of a Noble Lord, and subsequently joined the Mary.le-bone corps .61 Cypriaits. - This morning No. 501 . was drawn a Prize of XBlOOO, whidi was sob! in Shares E ITON 7 I laiiCky Ousts', No: (2 .) •Coruhill: peo errs rcF au fol. Spam d ra g m; lis, neiL possessed i . . ; .•a . • I i 1 1 1 i 1 I 1 ' I • • • $ • ' I 1 . 1' .. . 1 . I i 1 i VI 4 1 1 i . • I .. $ 1 4 1: 1 , i . 1.. , . k. I . .. ...,. ' The minus and unprecedented Motion w e & on Monday last, in the Court ,of King's g en : on the behalf of Mr. CORSI no, the' late sotri:''s for of Colonel WARDLE, is well wo r th y thes e ous attention of the Public. Mr. CoRhLELD, it appeared, had delivered, Colonel %Yammers bill to, Law Charges, t reeveu '° ing to 4791.—a refereuce was obt a i ne d t - Master. by nvhom this bill ‘vas taxed—the bs o It * prise of our Readers will probably be ri t•I f l°4 to our own s at learning that the deductions £479 the grosi amount of the bill—amounted, the moderate sum of 17s. 6tl . kohl 1,7. the master's taxation the imusiesse balance ;t £l3 24. '6d......ab0ut one thirty.sizth p are of 411 - . demand—due to Mr. Corfiekl ! !! That Mr. Corfield's dissatitfactios at the eve nt of this taxation should he comdderable, w as nab ; ral —and •With the •hope •of obtaining fr'ese Court some remission, a Motion was made; his behalf for a rule directing the Master to eeri e : his Taxation—but the Court, seeing no ground such an application, refused the Role. t -7'o THE EDl7'O It OF TJIE STATESMIs • SlR—Among the many abuses in the manage, ment of the ditferent departments COOzernetl the late Expedition to the 'Sehehlt, allow recto -state a circumstatsee_Whith came to say knowleeit as having, occurred at the hospital at Deal, low the rkursi of some part of tte troops from Walt cherco. A quantity of Port wine was imiskt4 for the use of , the sitk soldiers, and the sio, acres who procured it •for Government, fearini its too ra phi consumption, mixed with it a gm* of eamphrrr.. The consequence was, that toe mea l disappointed in t heir s ettiecoations of the gouoleesi t i the wine (to wl.ielt, by the bye, soldiers attach mon value than to its medical qualities),refused t otaktiti and as an elicuse for out ild:ne so, were induced i t tell many falsehoods, ascribing to it every c am , plaint they could think of. Hoping that this yip give rise to some kind of inver4atluu on the sot. jest, I remain, yours, &c. • ak St. James's Park, Feb. 12, 1810. tm ESSEX -E LEG77O CHELMSFORD, TelJnay, Fuji. 13. TWELFTH DAY. • The Poll assumes to-day a brisker appeorseei than it did yesterday. The respec:i se fricads the two candidates went out this wonting at se early hour, and (shout twelve brought in Cor; fifty voters. - • STATE: OF Teti; eel+ AT voisei (7'et.oes.. Mr. Houtoloo - 2517 Mr, Burgayne . 711 v Majority in favour of Mr. Ilnublon - gist .0* • CO A'STITUTIONA t, SONG, . • • • • on • UV fIOD SAIrg.TIIE KING'. • outtaaee greet George out Kitiri • :•';.%•• t • tong, live our noble Kingt. ... t. Cod save theeXitt,' nappy to hear lam tell, • " '• He loves his People well, • Let ue then sing wi.h teal, God save the King, , • •• Placeinen and Pensioners, • Hungry and fawning curs, • v Prey on the Loud; • • They're all our enemies, • .• Confound their knavish Bess; God open George's eyes, •• V .tad save the Laad. • Such rank. apastacy Shall Erst•sh Liberty . •• • • Patialy beer? • How Inng shall they dcld4 the " Swinish Multitude ? N . .• • • Ye grunting slavish brood Learn to beware! • Of millions, last par*, year*, • Were draio'd, it Aloes sower, N iA ETY-THItEli full! Ought we not then to 14ow Which way ti;e Taxer co/ Shull we be humbug'd la? • Lind be:p JOHN BULL: • Sedition we despise, But will for ever prize • • 'Our right toeing, • • Soon may Corruption ceaso; • And bled with Freedoms ear, May all the world have peace ! Grad save the Kin;. • Britons then unite, • lipidly demand your right, But love your Kong ! • , State !Whets then we'll oat, ki:l all their inns ism scout, John ISO sal? " TUICS 'lllll .. copy • ". - I..onszityethe reg. - " • •a The tli,btrotts tau, trying Ica of Ha According to some letters from South.A.mcrino t appears, that the late insurrection in Peru hal other objects in view than those of getting 61 of some obnoxious Members or the' Gusto. Rent, and of proving the attachment of the leoPle to the Mother' Country. The SO. in ;Art of Peru is said to have espreStd csolution to throw off its dependenc.: upon Spin, Lid to erect itself into an independent State. The ullowing is an extract of a Proclamation of the isankls Americans in favour of indepeneence: " Decide !--Are you' so lost to reason as to ehject yourselves to w Crown which does got et. a; anti which, did it exist, would have as aw l ' Ight over you as Pope A trxaolosa VI. had I d takegrants of what belonged hot to him? " Do your duty-:•-embracw Indepeodages " sake known, and make kaown to the In hat ' l. tuts of North America, that they will b e 11 appy and, independent as they. That you 6. " either • ignorant nor forgetful of the adman ° (messed by free and enlightened nations." This day, at 12 o'clock, the Lottery —O- - ing, when 591 was the first Prise of 4 04 . theig : h ick st as sold in two classes, the first ito one Ualf, out: Quarter, one rightil l abr . isteentlis ; the othe r into one Quatlerk fr and ten Sixteenths. Rom sold thAllr t Corutoill, old 9, Charing-cross. •. ~- .: put in boats to reland and attack t mein' I,4hasss. retreat however to St. Denis d ng till, night pre vented the necessity of any rther The Commandant, St. Mir.tilel, being disposed .taf enter into negociations t With the concurrence of Commodore ltowleti the pre'lirnimaq artidui were drawn up, tti copy o'f which is , the Commandant / accompanying o 6• onieboard ' his Majesty's ship Raisonable, tharY were signed, subject to the confirmation er'sejeetion of the Commander in Chief, General Ns Bruslyes. On the Mt, all (hu remaining public stores were deli vered over by the Head 6f the Police, and fatigue patties from the squadron and troops were ordered to embark them otyboard the Ilenourable Com. pany's re.capturinf ship Streatham, which, toge. ther with the Eirope, were placed under the or. tiers of their termer Commanders. From the • 25th to thy 28th, the whole of the guns, &c. were finally 4estroyrd, our guards continuing to mount regularly in the town for the protection of the in. habitants and their property. The frig ate La Caroline, with the other shipping, arc making all possible preparation for sea, and it is•lioped that all the necessary. arrangemeott will be made for the troops returning to Rodcriques by the 3J of nerd month. I cannot conclude this dispatch without men tioning the obligations I am under to Lieut. Re. man,' of the Bombay Engineers, through whose exertions I was enabled to give a plan of attack to the Officers in command of columns, and who, upon the entire of this service, has been zcalOus and indefatigable. I beg also to notica the exer. lions of nsijn Pearce, of the 56th" ttegitnent, who, being attached to my personal Staff, has rendered me the most essential dcrvices. 1 have the honour to he, &c. (Signed) HENRY S. KEATING, • Lieut.-Cul. litith Regt. • To Fras. Warden, Esq. Chief Secretary to Government, Rottlhay. [By the articles of agreement, a mutual suspen. sion of arms was immediately to take place ; pub. lie property to remain in possession of the Eng. lish ; the English not to he prevented from attack.• ing arty other part of the islr.nd either by sea or land; three days given tor the ratification of Gen. Dec Brus!yes.] [ln consequence of th• snd:len death of (i`ner.sl Des Bru -I)es, a further delay of five days was granted.) • A List af Ship, And Vettelt cautured and destroyed in the Road of St. Paul's, Isle of 11Ottrbon, tl.st of Sept. 18119. 4 La Caroline frigate, of 36 guns (2.3 long 18-pounders. eight carraitades), and 56.) moo; corannuided by Slums. Frrretier, Lieuteaant de Vaisseau. . • Grappler brig,. pierced for it' pos t. It on board ; six 18- I pnanicr carrona d es mourned, d long 6-pounder carronaties iu the held. Pt t.rckantat ea raptured and distroyed. Streatham. ship. of 3J guns, a:id 819 tows, partly laden with •altpetrw, the rest of the cargo landed. • • • Europe, of 25 guns add 830 tons, ditto. Fanny, brig, of 2 t ;t1;:s and 150 tons, laded with a little rice and corn. Truis Amis. of 60 ton:. laden-with , staves and rice. to Creole, schooner, of 50 tons, in ballast. Thore vevsels, uaaes unknown, destroyed. One s?ip, uarne unknown, burnt on the storks. (Stinted) J. ROWLEY. CA return of guns, ammunition, &c. found at St. Paul's, follows.] &tura of ilitod, tVownded, rind of the Force under the Ca:nenonei of Lieestenont-Coi. Keating, '.2.!ei Sept. 18&19, kimod of Rourboa. Ro.al Marines-7 rank and file, killed ; 2 lieutenants, 17 rank and fil6 wouuJM. First Batt. 56tit Reg.--1 serjeant, b rani; and fi!e killed ; I seijeart, 25 rasik and talc, wounded; 1 drummer, l raukand filo, ini-sing. Stroud Batt- Al Reg. Bombay Native Infantry, 2 rank and file killed; I lieu:en:nit, .1 soubaldatn, = havaldarns, 1 drem.ncr, 7 rank and ale, nitundi•it. Total-15 killed, 58 wounded. 3 mining. N 4.111 Ca OF O . VVICKIIS wounrinn, Royal Marines—Lieutenant 3. It. Pye; Second Liente nAnt. Mathew Bowden. Second Batt. 2d Native Infantry—Lientenant Grant; 9e bidam Solomoit. (Signed) 11. O'NEILL, Mal. of Brigade. (SigneJ) Henry S. KEA'FING. [File Bankrupts, Efe. See lase Page.] . . . ‘crisett• . Flallb. I)tse. 0 ... . 1 • 1,1 , r ........... Waterford... •• • •••• ••• •• , • 3 U Cottembargit . . . 6 1 ••• ••••••• Jamaica.. • 0 IHAYAT ON O'CLOCK. Lime. Aim... 18 7-16 ..... India Bounds 6s. Exci. 11i114,....15. Lottery Tickets riticE OP wracks rift speteetot. Cato. - J per I:edified sSit 4 per Cent...A.l l lj 5 per Ceast.Savy 9Vi Cals.& fur Arc. 674