The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-11-21 00:00:00

gent gratification- to sea the alacrity with which they offer themselves on every orea , i ••1. Pero Negro. t. 0 7t , . October.' 1810. Mt Lassa, —The enemy dill occupy the ulna positions io frtit of this army which . they held" when I addressed ye on the tOth Instant. They, have detached some troops towards Santarem, and on tee 23d, General Luison marched towards that place with t•!e ditislon under his command ; and it .. appears, from accounts . frees the; CoMmanding Offieci at Abtantes, of the tith, that a body of, • - the'eneniy*i infantry and cavalry entered Timmer on thet day. • ' • . The reports which I hate remised from tlio,prk.. adners and deserters which have beisi,brotseht, concur in the accounts of the distress felt 6y,the -„elierny • fur the want of protisioas of al dimerik • • . r• • :• i, • Lo. :.; -They state, that they , are 011ectler, and . prepgr, log materials to Cchistracti bridge over the Tie!' ;- hot although is have • a toed 'tint or thit•riTer ~ from different parts of the grassed isectipied by the !vinyl add hive Okra one, otheri Niniloyed . on the left of the .Tagus, to Olodtte the. motions of the enemy, I have not bnirtible. to dilcover either where this wbrk is carrying on, •or here`the bridge is to be placed on the firer; if It alioltid be Chnstrected. * • . The enemy appears to bereft atutioue 16 collect boats ; MO en the 4.4 th, cadetkOnfed to &ilea' pirty of the Ordenania train Chimuica, by titlfirere Of artillery, in oitit4 to obtain poissession or some *hich were under that place. Colonel Wilson hid been at ',eyrie, with the ea. /airy attached to General Barcellar's division,; and • had proceeded to Ogren,. The advance of the WI tants' , was it Pom_bal. •On the Side of llbidos and Ramalhal, the British cavalry and a battalion of Spanish light infantry, Aind the troops, of the garrison of Peuiclie,' confine the 'enemy's detachments ; and they .really,p . Ossess• We part of the country, cerrupting that oci.which their army stands. , , By the last +lemmas Non General Silveira of the 77th indent, it appears that all was quirt in the rforth ,• and he bid 'nut riceivedany accounts of the march of troops in Castille. The parties of Githrillathed beets more Airing than usual ; end they had united in the neighbour hood Of Valladolid, eitifyiti the month of October, to the istnotitit of fifteen" hundred, in orderiti' try off a conhoy of master: which had been railed-fn • ebntributiens ficito the•conn try-, in which atflialpt libwerer *they ' Accoiling to - t hi iecsishts of the item adutab' it alkpoilri that Pdirshil Mertieri . e . tarpi *is still at Setillei and General Ballastlitati Wal. observing it mins Araiena! . • • •-• The second ' i ditikiati of 1110, 114.2titiuts, de it a'S corps, .under . .Gencrit tArrera, arrieed at Lisbon on the 25th, itat wilt be . w ith. the &tiny Oh day. My list . .arconnts`from Cadlz are of latent. ' I have, '&e. (Signed) WELUNGTON. • Piro Negro; Sel Nor. 1814. Mt Lonoi—l hare not observed any alteration in the enemy's position or nutobsiosishin . f . addressed you on the 9.7 th silt; - • . They hare a considerable beily,of tcoopsi ptrincii pally cardirf, on •the 'rages, be tweirs Pinhole arid, Santarem ; and I tense reason eon's division of infantry had not nistched istAsat direction, is I reported to your birdship -they had in my last dispatch ; some of the COrps•compoising that division have certainly.remaitisul- in. the camp, in front of this army. • - • . The eliemy have pushed home, troop's across the Zezere, abate Ptiohete, principally, ,caralry, appa rently tareionneltre the roads in that directiod and the fort at Abrantes ;• bet I conclude, that the rains which have fallen within these 'few days will , hare Swelled that river, and that these troops Will hive' retired again. They are still reported to-be at work, upon nil: terials for a bridge both at. Santa rein and. naequiiiha ; but I have detached Major.Geeecal rant; With ti liddy of cavalry and infantry to the left of the Ts., sus, from whom.l hope to receiveaceniatesactiiiiits of what is passing opposite to him od this side ; and' he will endeavour to destroy these matcrials if it shouid be. practicable.. It is reported by all the deserters that the enemy's troops continue to suffer great tin:tress fruit - the want of provisions. It is impossible to form an estimatoof the quan. tity of provisions which they found .in .the Ones On the ground which they occupy ; but it is'eertaitf that they cdn draw none from any other part of the country, the whole being in the posiiistets of .out troops. • , • • . • The garrison 'of Wald* gn.d„Afto .gartison of °hicks,. whieh place Captain F-enisiCk, of the Poi tugnesii service, has. lately oceopied, under' the , direction ofßrioadler.General,Bisigt,.erid. the Brie ciealry, matinee fil' - tarry ou It. destined's*: warfare hi therear of theeneiny's -eigl;t, while the high vont! from Coimbra by Leyria is in the. (iesses: Mon of Colonel Wilson's Aelachtnertt. • •• rencl use a later frOM Marshal. Beresford, on . the effects of the .operations of . 11tiga4ser4eni:ral • Illtineasid, Captain Fenwick. I haiirs; received no• letter from General Mfveice of a later date than the loth October. Belied nut, it that dme heard of the march of tiliy.sif ttie edimy's troops in Casiille. He occupied with his detachment the read, franc, Almeida to Trancose, Celorimi bad heard that 'General Bonuet, led.4aeusted-the 'Asturias, and, it is supposed, lied ,moved into, Biscay. - . • have letters from Estremadura. end Castroma. vin, of as late a date as , the hof octoper, stating that Mortier's corps was still at,Seville in a very in.- efficientistate, and having many sick. .` My list accounts from Catlik.sten:oreli6 *id alt. la d). tirEIXINGTON: gd ;dew. 1811). „ MY LORD,--.1 hive the honoar to sines ratan ' 'taken from the several reports received from Brlga `slier-General Blunt, of ,the `number of killed and prisoners to the detiic'hneht which ' he sent 'from renicise to °Who, under the command of Captain VewwicklLieutehant in the Buffs), since his former rerirfs of the proceedipgs of than officer, land 'which, wills preiibetily `replicieti niiii? ) take•the ItltUritut 'tho lintObles bus 46 r - . < . • 'l7 • 4 -Jo.r i.WS-704:2R0• , . • Iv:trig • ! • '. Sf . ) thai oletachnienti 6seeloisek)Se rentoile,t which they are generally . enabled 40,14rry ett; Walt *titalbeor. , 1 4iii, theiAsissisin :or re arkitiiii y o ur :410., shlii the g iiil :an4,4 , siqajii -ef Vig G adigt.fty:rAl in ctimt.i., ,l so ' cOeXagg like 4104i(%)Alfileywhen the j moiconat torce or Mot dial' had pksf'd it ; and he : glees tenet; apvlotflie 14, arotain Fenovid for his teilvltr4ll4-fonalos.4.l4lconwond of the small ,51.901,r9 , * 'VS' btfl e.ltbittlo4,4*.kfkk, ,thiFiz. Pe 'ewe 1 Under ; ispottonsanu.,: • ..., ~ *: - 4 I hivelht:liontlooo. f 4 IFVBie.' •'' . ( qireo • v. C. Wili.RESFOttn. TOL Lurd yisamako.,UTe t liingteNits. of , .. ~,.. ?Mee . : Wool, ems Preroorre!" the Detachment at W 0 4 0 1 4 41 ilte Orderp of Captain • Rfport.. Oct. Vid--iserjeani ; •lB . prisiitiers. tlnv.det—ipzirtitesiptiioners, 7 ,prptistes.killed. P. S. Atl butinribomel '..oosets of hospital bedding taken from *be eiiehtyloirthe lit Noterntieor, likewise 2borses. liapdrtaria, Nor. 3, 2810. .. "enieick, since lasi ') ;. Mo irensda, and Mining of the Army under Me • maw/ of lisivint : lVattington, iu Skientiebes toilet Ms • Eneenjo on Me 11th,11111, f3th, and tlth October, 1610, lieriesni, 19 rant ;utd tile, `.1.1. horse , . Wouuded-4 oirscen4Teerleants, 17 /link find file, 10 horses. serjeant, 41 mitt tmd Inc of elect! sr>tituicit." hi Ifusuirs, Ki s German Legiuu--Cuptain Linslnges, slightly ; Cap! Aly,dium , 95th Regiment- -Captal44Pereltakieeeltly. not dangerouslxs, Lieutetiatit-Coloael fides severely. sth Witt:aunt Kiits's Cserstilli Legion---Lieutenant Alutler, se', veiely,;• Brupsuciek lufhntry—c6aptain•Schufelat h _.sevetely. • General Stag ==- Captain 1). threes), sliettly. • • , • Dotimirtg-strict,- Non. 19. .. , ' ' n A . dispatch, of which the renewing 'IA i' .- ellpyi hat'been this morning received at Lord Liverpool's °tilde; addressed to hit Lordship by I:kitten/at. General Sir : Jelin Stuart; K. 13. dated'hlttsina,t2d . • . . . • .. I ..Septellibbr, igiO:' - • ' • hit Lettia l7 .Harly on 'the morning of the lath instant out atterition . wil occupied by the opposiie r 'mareusinsts. of,lleintrat. Merit,' Whe, by the mit ibarkatiors of tie ,PriticiPal.bodY of his army in the villeleothiejcingismorerboats at Scylla 'and the :Punta del Pilao; and th e-dliPOsititle of•these teshcl§ 'aftet being cast off titim•ihatiltoret seetned* to indi cate a conclusive design -epos the [nit of our line Wending towards theloaro. .:' *.• ' _..*, * IVhile the attention. of our lek.Waif *spied_ by .the above operation, infolinatiOnntiltilirOught • tome that a division of 'the enemy,. having embarked ' iii Reggio during the preceding niehti had been per: . ceiVed completing a .landing ' open Our 'right, just before diwo,'at.loollt seven aides. to . the iootokaig. , of 'Messina. : . • . •* ' ' • • • • Reinforcements, !MO . Were held in tt seftia4, In k this s garthunt to move according to cirCutbatabeeN. marched to sustain our posts it the invaded Point. epelskbe first•signal of alarm t blit the splits vigil *lance of the trubps•.statiimed at that eattengty Of .otir . defeutes, and their prui4t aria . hpisitett tietni... .tiont,*undur the cenalutt a Major - General : Cittip. Ifelt; hed atteinly happily tendered. the presence Of these soceintre !unnecessary. 'the repel,* of the enemy ht this partial ettfet; prize, and the equally disgraceful and, piedipitati .Night of the .Feench General who commanded it, with the sacrifice of so considerable a part of his eqUipment, are More Telly detailed in the adjoined I report from Major-General Campbell temysertion the pt(iceedidgs of this'fdrtuisate day; and *I hope his Majesty "will be graciously . pleased . fir draw:as augur from the relation of this future• coal:Met of this army at large, in any Ctmeifeneyot serviee which •it may become their • dill: friAin- • counter.• • - • the heal; the warmth ekemplified by the neigh. bouring pciiiiintry in our behalf, • and which were not Manifested without a,lossOod the' jUdgment as Welles alacrity with Whiciii have since 'learnt: that those in reutoter dilitrlets niside(immediate .disposi ! .. • 'tuns to Obstruct the progress ,orthe erica, its •Theif iscossible . attempt to penetrate iiite the - etittntiy, Werelar beyond: what I could have hoped or ea petted irotoOt t elepeacefUthabits is and so strongly was. their aninteeity aterked towards their invaders, that the interp.ositiO44 Our, Warts was frequently Necessary to. Vrote4t eurpriseners front; their f i ery in•conducting them , , after their **render , to the ci tadel •of Messiaa. • - . .. A colour ins filled, es . a gift froinaltiachino Na. 'pOlc`eist to t . ki: EcliyaLCoriticais corps, said to be new for•thaloteasion • fitia expedition, Tel 4 among other ' i t capt,firet bf - the • r egin y to our hands ; and I hope hislialesty will .IriciouSly pleased 'W approve my transmittal or its tituphy TO he respectfully laid at the feet of his SiFilian Majesty, as a token of oar heal in the aOppert of his royal cause, and as a, retort that tins first effort of a daring enemy to plant the standard of.userpation in this his second 'kingdom, nell which still owns his rightful demi. 'Mee, •was repulsed . ky i'irritisla army. • .1 cannot cielethlicomMunication to your Lord_ chip 'without reikesSing my official ackubis (Mk . watts' to the greet eseistenee - 1 . hive d054,0,fr9411. 1 Lieut.-General Lord Forbes, as well as the other , 'General Officers, and indeed every departinent aid runk of this army, during a long period of Icibt ' =Maths,. in whieu the contiguity and 'Constant Mes- • nimbi, of an enterprifsing enemy-have demanded (Writ us si.aySieni of unahatbig vigilance, to which cieti mind ban submitted with cheerfulness; bbt which yourl a ssodship will believe has.not beep 'without its finite. . .. . . • • '•4 • • • , . , The habitual , *thidild -and frien dly eo-tipiration which.t hike yeeeitred from Adinleal Siiirtin and tim *4l force !ander his Orden during. tfila intents) of asiniety,*t have btfoio had occasion to Mention to your turdsßip. 4 •.•', ' ' ' : • I have`tik honour ; to be, _fize. • !• ' ~.. • (Signed) • - •J. STUART, Count of Maida. '' • • , •-• : • .. Meoina, Sept. 18 c 1810. 4rit,—Being apprized Odin a - quarter .past. your •., 06; trrovaing - ,, t h at k,,detachment of the enemy's • horits: . hridaapstraactwl and hied • tipott the cavalry .ipiriet Itlitediliofiatto, .I.deenied it expedieut to re : pair tustortia that place : and On my,way thither, diseolierd-(hifittre:tisi-light) a smart fire of mus ketry, apparantiy. hear Kin.' 'On sny. arris4l at Mill, I found Lieut.-Colette! Attains, with the gist Regiment, fiery jitilidously positid in that lamina. ous spot (supported by the 3d King's German jLegion) with two six.pounders ) and the riflemen of the King's German Legion in his frost, beyond thas4liii Fiumara l •-htisokly . •acitailing shunt with Ike eileaDA. S _. Rem r , • *. C • . 3 - V* .14 . • .• . • 411 . 9] he e ea ll a a y d :Dee: ,rll7:deffttlheei4;-. ' ect , , uld nut prevent nar e g ri passag e uo ; :ti l i most ship, w w i li th icl ll l • Thus situated , and when full daylight rendered from the Mort ward 1 , all objedts distinctly' visible, I clearly observed , wind , blowing fresh , aboht 40 of the enemy's large boats disembarking ; Eastward, troops between • St. Stefano and Galati ; which , asj about to make ! Usi the the al , i they gained the shore, pushed on/a n d occupied the I titig through the crest of the whole ridge of Habit ground, extend.; of Moreau. Qn Tat f orenoon st under salt ' • they wei g h ing from the pliseesof their debarkation ' to the front end remained afesomier the bills . , and right of the Mai Fillmore. Marcuu for several hours, and In the ne, evenin g I Every measure of precaution was adopted (cum. ipto La Hogue' Roads, we having beea 4 14 ° cupy the mountain-passes adjacent to the Mili po. the north of •Barfieur by the ebb tide , the "4 i 'Olio' ; and while thus; employed, and eagerly easterly. On the Wednesday morning ' t,li. watching the enemy's farther movements, I ob. Captain Luring, in th e Ni o b e, to give cl 4 41 served not'only an hesitation and period to his fur. Malcolm, in the Donegal, i n f ormation of the ther advance upon the heights; but that he was tuation of the enemy's ships, and made all ail actually hastily re:-embarking his Artiopi nearest this ship to the anchorage off La Ilogue an d l ' ' the beach, occasioned, I have no doubt, by the spi. my approaching it, had the satisf ac ti on t , O . ~. rited and unexiSected manner in which he was of the enemy's frigates run on s h ore. 1 aucl tai brought to action by the 2d light infantry, under at one p. in. and continued so until morning,4" Lieutenaiii.ooloncl Fischer, which moving from its I perceived that the other of the enemy's rs: st is *cantonments of St. Plieldo; `hung upon his rear seemed to be in a position where she alight bra and left. I had nu sooner satisfied thyself as to this tacked ; I weighed on the first of the M o d point, than 1 directed the 31st regiment, with MD made sail for her, but the enemy, on obser • ' an ring o il six- . pounders, to move briskly forward by the great intentions, weighed ,and went close into th e s i ii , road •and.beach.from AIM, preceded by the rifle- of St. Yakut, and immediately between the h atf ;,: Wien of the 3d and 4th King's German Legion, and 'alas Hogue and Tatillion . ' I 'determined, 1, - „, hankers of the tilt 'regiment, which produced the , ever t to go as close to. her as• I could iiith s double effect of precipitating the enemy's retreat to getting on shore, in hopes ecomethibg mi g h t " !hisbriats, and throwing into our power•the whole dune ; but•ifier twice standing in close al , sof the corps which had gained the heights, and side of her, sustaining the ire ' of the te e 7° 'Others whom their boats abandoned to their fate.' tories , ' together 'with the frigate, which by 1 2 h t. . • 1 underitsnd this corps to have been tinder the' time had received considerable , re id„ rce ' m ---1 1 orders of General 'Cavignac, and to hale consisted of men from the 'shorei .1 toned the k re cini 4 Hof two battalions of Corsicans, Ist battalion of the very heavy, that I saw no-hopo o f doing lay thi n , Id Neapolitan light infantry (six companies), I st effectual against her. At thi s li me C apiii i n !itl ? battalion 3d of the line 'Neapolitan infantry (six Cohn, 'of the Donegal, arrived with the Reven g e a l it konttlanies), Ist battalion of the 4th of the 'line Niobe, and the attack was renewed by the f oot Neapolitan infantry (six companies), in all about 1 .ships, •wfiu continued going in alternatel y, tide ant O&M men ;of whom, One of the Corsican • Matta - made every . exdrtion so Ion ; as the wo u ld per lions, with a stand of colours, w ColouCl and Chef wit theiti so to do ; and I hav e no d ou b t tlfe hire: ale l'Etat Major of division, a Lieutenant. Colonel. mast have received very great injury from it, 1 ,Commandant, with forty inferior officers, including am sure I need not tell you how very mortified a' ' an Aid-de-camp of General Cavignac, and upwards on board the Diana and Niube are, th at , efierou of eight hundred soldiers, have surrendered prisoners anxious blockade,: We 'have not been abl e to el O of war at discretion. . more; but Itrust you will believe that mil)! an t It is now only necessary for me to add, that the has been done that was in our power to get pone s : corps which repillsed the enemy wer e Captain Jo. sigh of the frigates ; and it is some consolation to erres' troop of the 20th light dragoons; the 2,1 be able to say ; that oite of them is 'on the rocks,/ light infantry battalion, to whom Omni praise is St. Vaast, on her beam ends, and last night fen ,doe for the spirited and masterly manner Id which over on her larboard side, having been before% it made the.first impression upon them; the rifle. her starboard, and the other laying apparently., men of the 3d and 4th King's German Legion; the shoal near the fort, and, I trust, not intim, the 21st regiment ; and a portion - Of the - 3d King's to go •to sea for a considerable length of time, German Legion, as also a detachment of the -It now remains fur me to say, that nothinong ritoyal Artillery, with field guns; under Lieutenant calmed the steady. behavivar of Officer; v a •Cottun. ~.: ' men of the Diana; and to Mr. Rowe, the tut To•tkiteasint•Colonel Adam, of the 21st ?elk Lieutenant, I (awl particularly indebted for his a. ,meat; I Wei 'peculiarly indebted. His thorough' vistaitee• and extedon. ' Captain. Loring speaksn twowledfr of the country and passes' would herd the' highest tkvis df his Officers and men, portico. talleblval iiiito anticipate? end check the enemy, had lastay Lieutenant Sintpson4 lam hippy to say, thst l "%endeavoured to move further than Mili. ' though we were a lung time under so heavy a fire; .•:•li was accompanied by my Aid.de.camp; Cap.. we have only ono merit* slightly wounded, but tha lain A.'Court, whose Retire exertions were couspi. ship has suffered very considerably In hey masts, .cuous to all. I have also to mention, in terms of sails, hull, and rigging. Unless they dismantle** aektiowledgment, Captaint Hill and Frculler ' As. enemy's frigate, i shalt imntinne on my present aistant.Adjutant:Generals and Lieut. Burke, Aid. station, until I .have the :Is clam of receiving' yee de-camp t 6 Major -General Spencer. The whole orders. I bare tip beg forgiveness for the leilith of the conduct of the troops was cheerful and ani- of this, but hope that the Variety of octt. mated; and the best disposition in aid of us was t.ences necessary to be stated sill islisad my emits athillitod by the peasantry of the country, who, ~ , I have, &c. • , _ (Signed orkituiGlUNlT. with arms, and eeeryother weapon of o ff ence they, Sir Niter Cartia, Bain. Ad . • omit of the Red, the, *could collect; flecked to our immediate assistance t • Dm , . _ .: in n melee s, ;soy. 17, ISK ;and,. what is most consolatory,. we have not to re: 4ta,-;On She 14th inis4.-being near to Bartlett' fret the loss of a siugle officer killed or Wounded. •-1 ' • I CipL auilee, tit the Niebe; infurmed medal tin Iwo men of the 'list regiment, and one rifleman,. large Frisch frigates had sailed from Havre en the were . slightly wounded iu this singular incursion of night of the 12th ) . and had been effaced into Lid the enemy. • , Hogue by the Diana and Nicle. Neat nituenni,ill I have the honour to be; company with the Revenge, I joined the Dian, • J. CAMOBELI4 Maj.-Gen. and Adj.-Gets. s, a Rogue, h and observed one of the enemy's frl P: S. I have not been elite accurately to ascertain aground near to St. Vaast (the day before she bid the loss Of the enemy., Two officers of the Corsi. been driven from her 1 anchors in the gale heath can battalion are among their wounded, of which Southward) , the other was anchored very mill there were many; as well'as 'killed; upon the fi eld. tki e shore, between the, forts of La Hogue i • His Most material loss must have been epee his re. Tail . a ion , it was impcissible to approach her lA' treat and in the boats, which were completely within Mader the fire of her guns and those of the M the range, not only of oar field-guns, but also of batteries, 'width arc very considerable. We our musketry; one boat was sunk, one deserted to tacked three times near to her y firing cur us, and many were disabled. Reports have also b roa dsides aii I . Ist going shoo; - . out ; the Revenae, Di . • been received that several dead bodies have floated i ana, and liitaim••did the sane; and it is witi Measure on shone near the scene of action . The peasantry , i , tilifOrni you Illacl.the ships were mt• have likewise brought in as prisoners a 'consider. • metered wAtti the greatest prOcision, although the able number, who concealed theraselves in the - shot and shell* fell in abundance around theta, and country. • ;‘,, . - ' - the guns could be brought to bear when heal J. Ch*PRE'LL, Maj.-Gen. and Atta..Gris, ' . . - . to much At one o'clock the tide o f ebb d r ifting __...„ m as to leeward, Obliged us to desist from the attack, Mid we anchored _oat of gin' shot. Some of out egging is cut,.aud la shot in the head of the mite top.taast, but Othqrwise our dainagus arc sot reel Material, :rho Ptinegal had three Omit wounded, and Revenge seven,. two of ' whom are oatmeal. ~ , flcaing ore boardeurne of Colonel Congreves pd. 1 alts in the night, f sent the. bialys under the cum mand'of Mr. Taylor, First Lieutenant of the lh., negal, who fired several in dinalircetiou of tbe fe• gate, Whether frottrfftelr'ettl..fir.frani•the effects's, our cannonade l I kpow ndt, but at daylight ge observed her nearer to the shore, and aground ;Pm other was on leer beam ends, and nearly dry at loe water.—As they were now perfectly protected by the batteries, it did not appear to me that any far: thee attempt could be made to destroy them; I therefore resumed my 'station with the Krung; leaving the Diana atiagiobe to watch the Port of La . Hogue. Captain ant will haye detailed w .the you the partic u lars respecting his omit ship amid Niobe ; I have only to say, that the conduct 0 : both, whilst octing with me, was such as tray 1 be expected from well appointed English f ri g oo. wai One of the frigates I consider to be lost ; she i . sea first on her stir - b o ard beam ends, and when osa by the Lib. fell over on its leaving her 0 , 11 1 _. arboard tid e ; the other must have suffered cr. considerabli from oar shut, and %h ere sh e i 1 ' aground, is exiiissed to the cast winti s • I have the honour to he, Ste. . (Signed) • PPLTNLY MAL(. Otoi To Sir Roger Curd;, Bart. &c. &c. • 4 Lit t of hien killed and wounded onboard the D iurg at, noel , , _ , ',r' Niobe, - and Revenge, o ff La Hogue , Nut,. 15, Je" . , I po u f ONEG A L—.l An ituseren, quarter-gutuier, severe ) ._.,. ,d • ed'; James Cameron, landmatt, s li g htly wound'. s John 1114' 1 pinny, private marine, ditto. A en) 0 0 0 1 • 'I"NA-0w p r i v ate marine ( name net pi 'wounded. bitonc—Nitae ed dr wounded. • RE V E S‘U z...-,Ed*ard kill ILeedrick, or dinary seaass 6, ems _ FROM THE LONDON G.dZETTE ) Nov. 2O . ~ sidesirolig Office, Nov. SO. Copy of a Letter from AdmiralffirlitagewCurtibilart. Com* Dander in Chief at Portsmouth, to John. W. Croker, Esq. dated the 17th istrUlut. Sia,—l herewith imbue, to he laidimfore the Lords COM. missioners of the Admiralty, a letter from Capt. Draist,-of thst Diana, repotting the sailiug from Havre, and subsequent attack upder the batteries of La Hogue, of the two frigates of the enemy, which, hats been some titueblockadeil in the fornted port by the ships' hii orders;is - df Y6e enteirifFtgatil • • is; es shore en the rocks of St.Vaast, where the Horan her beam iodpi and the other aground on the shoal near the fort. It would be great injustice, were I not here to raentimrthe persevering vigilanoo and correctness of judgment, with which, under the directions of f.7ttptaia Gram, of the Diaitit,t he block ade of these ships has been couducted, and to which their pre. sent situation is to be attributed. I likewise trantinit a letter . from Chptain Maledliti, of the Donegal,-who, with that ship Ondthe Revenge, joined the Di ana and Niobe In attockiog the second frigate, after the first was on shore. A list of men, killed awl wounded, in the se veral shipson this occasion, is also inclosed herewith. I have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) ttogFit curet's. nis Majesty's ship Diana, at auchur of La Mugu Nov. 16. Sfn,--I have the honour to - iniurin yon, that though the wind warrstrong fi•Orn N. -and N. E. by N. on Monday evening, the 12th iii;tant, with a very heavy sea, I thought it probable the ene. iny's Motes might endeavour to push out ; I there. fore placed the skips in the best position I could suppose, and at half-past lit on Tuesday morning, we were fortunate enough to see, and found our selves inshore of them; the wind having backed to N. by E. threw them considerably to windward of us., but prevented their getting tound-Baulleur ; we wereto tear ts to fire two broadsides at them, before they got under the batteries of \Uncoil. At this ti!ne Captain Luring, iu the Niobe, had rpesketimshore l in hOrs cifitiog tio*tero-