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VeNRCti cdrErrE rNILTORDIIO!4RY. wsoxEsnay, riuvfautia , fti.:•• Admirdty-Olice, horea.Nr Is 9, 14016 ti The Honooratite Ueutettatitf Witham Wslde.4 grave, of the Ville defaris, arrived here this morn.; ing with dispatches from Vtce.:4o:so,tral ,LOrd lingo Cosmnander-io-Chief oblisoi,,Majefts7l. ships anal vilosvla in the hlediterrancon, addressed to the Hon. William Wellesley Pole, of which the following are copies:— Ville de Paris, off St. Sebastian, October 30, 1509. . _ Sta—B3 . my letter of the 16th of Sept. Own- Lord ships would be informed of the intelligence I bad received relative to the intended movements of the French squadron, and of my reasons for changing my station to St. Sebastian. While on this station, 011 the night of the 2 , 2 d instant, the Pornone joined, and Captain Ifarrie ( who, with indefatigable perseverance, had, with the Alceste, watched the port of Toulon) informed ter, that the day before, several of the enemy's squadron had put to sea, that others were coming out when he left them, and that there was every appearance of the whole fleet being on the move from the harbour. They had a uumerousconvoy with them, and, as this movement was made with the first of an easterly wind, there was little doubt of their Ivisig hound to the westward. I jingle- finitely made the necessary signals for the squadron to he prepared for their reception, and placeil the three frigates and sloop, Patriotic, Hydra, Volou taire, and Minstrel, to windward, to give orifice of the enemy's approach. Oa the following morning„• the 23d, soon after eight o'clock, the Volontstre made the signal for a fleet to the eastwarc. ; while they continued to come dawn before the wind, po alteration wes ittudr in the squadron, exrept by advancing two fast-wiling ship•, the Tire end Bulwark. At ten, the Pumone made the signal, tit the enemy had hauled to the wind, and thO, Convoy separating from the ships of war (wlttrl;44ewow discovered to consiit of three ships: Of the line only, two fri. gates, two smaller frigates, or gore-ship% mart convoy of about twenty' sail of vowels) rartAlea Rear-Admiral Martin to clikse diem, and the btst-sailing ships, which, at ending on etustrary tacks, might take advantage of the changes of the wind, win( h was then vanable. At two p. ta. the Poinotte havin got far to windward, was directed by si;lial to destroy ~tech of the convoy as could be come op watt ; ■nd in the evening she burnt two brigs, two bombards, and a ketch. The enemy before dark was out of sight, ' and the ships chasing net much advanced were standi!ig to the Nortliwurd ; while the squadron with me stretched to the Southward. The next Intuiting neither the French nor our own chasing ships were in sight. This morning Rear-Admiral Martin joined with his thei.iion, as named in the margin°, liming again fallen in with the enemy on the 24th, off the en trance of the Winne, and on the they chased ?limn on short; the Robust,of ti 4 guile, bearing the lag of Rear-Admiral Doudain, and the Leon, of 74, off Frontegnaii, were the day followin; set are to by themselves. The Itorke, of 74 guns, and II frigate, ran on shore at the entrance of the-purt of Cette, where there is httle probability of either of them being saved. .•. I cannot sufficiently egpress the high sstisfaction I have felt at the intrepid perseverance of Rear. Admiral Martin, and of the.captains of the ships who were with him in the pursuit. Nothing less ardent, or less skilful, would have produred a result so fortunate, where the coast near the abone is ex eeedingly shoal and dangerous, so that some of the ships were in five and six fathom water. the *tether thick, and the south-east wind blowing strong. I inclose to you, Sir. Rear-Admiral Martin's letter; and beg to congratulate their Lorships on three great ships of the enemy being thus destroy ed, without the smallest resistance on their part, or a dint being fired by the British ships, except a few by the Tigre at the Boric, when shoves push ing ashore at Cette ; of their two frigates, the Po mone and Pauline, one hauled her wind some time in the night, and fetched into Marseilles road. The other part of the French squadron are found to remain in Toulon by the ships which have since examined that port. I have the honour to be, ke. (Signed) CuLLINGWOOD. Canopus, at Sea, Oct. .27, tang. . . /I'r Loan—ln obedience to the signal fur the Canopus to chase E.N.E. I stood that way the whole of the night of the 123 d, and the following day, in company with the Renown, Tigre, Sultan, Leviathan, and Cumberland ; in the evening, four sail were seen, to which we immediately gave chase, arid pursued them till after dark ; alien, from shoal water, and the wind bring direct on the shore, near the entrance of the Rhone, it become necessary to keep to the wind during the night. The following morning, the gatle, the same ibipa were again seen, arid chased between Cette and Frantignan, where they ran an shore ; two of them (an eighty gun ship, bearing a Bear-Admiral's flag, and a seventy four) at the latter place, and one sine of the line • fe , wpse, &sues, Tigre, seam, Lesiseheo, mitt and a frigate at Ore former. Prom the shoal w a t sad intricacy of the navigation, it was impossible to , get close enough to the enemy's two line of Little drips near Frontignati, to attack them when on Illpre; fur, in attempting tQ do so, one of llis Ma jesty's ships was under five fathoms watir, and smother in less than six. On the 20th, 1 sent the boats to sound, meaning if peseible to buoy the Channel (if any had been 1064) which the enemy's ships could be attack ed ; ti,t at night we had the satisfaction to see them Set on fire. From the circumstances under which the ship ■nd frigate ran on shore at the entrance of the port of Cette, 1 have hale ddlibt the former will be lost ; and the frigate must certainly have received considerable damage ; but they cannot be got at op account of the batteries. Your Lordship must be well aware that nothing but the great press of sail carried by Ills Majesty's ships, and the good look-out kept, could have en abled them to close with those of the enemy, from the distauce they were at the time they commenced the chase.-1 have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) • G. MARTIN. Yiee•Adairal Lord Collinwood, Commander iu•Cbief, &c. &c.d.c. Vile de Paris, off Roue, November 1, SIR--W hen the enemy's convoy w a. chased, on th. t3tl ult. their traii•ports separated from the ships of war, and, under the protection of an arnica store-ship, two bombards, mud a ached:, made for the Bay of Roias. When the of war were ili.po:,ed uf, as related in my It tter of yesterday, the convoy became the object ,f my attention, and, on the 29th, the Apollo .. sent oil . Kolas to exa mine what vessels war, , and how frr they were in a situation assai The next day 1 a ted the ships, as per mar gin ' 6 , for this se,. ::ider the orders of Captain to to; ; !,-..r0 out if the wand was favour able, or oth... i.e to .kstroy then,. The state of the. wind and We would not permit this operation uotit last night, when, after dark, the ships bore lip far the bay, and anchored about five miles from the castle of !tools, under the protection of which castle, of Trinity-fort. Mid of several other newly-erected batteries, the coavoy. consisting of eleven vessels, five of them armed, as per accompanying list, were moored. The boats being arranged in separate divisions, the whole were put tinder the orders of Lieutenant Tatlour, First Lieutenant of the Tigre, and pro ceeded to the attack of the enemy, who, although he could have had no previous intimation of such an eaterprize against him, was found vigilant and completely on his guard. The ship, which was a smaller sort of frigate, was inclosed in board ing netting*, and a giin-boat advanced a-head of her for the look-out ; on being hailed, and the alarm gun tired, our bolts stretched out; the crews, at the highest pitch or animation, filling the air with their cheer*: each division took the part preciously allotted to it; the armed ship was boarded at all points, cud carried in a few minutes, notwithstanding a spirited and sturdy resistance which the emmy made; all their armed vessels were well tide-oiled, but the British seamen and marines, determined to subdue them, were not to be repelled, even by a force found to be double that which was expected; and besides the opposition made by the vessels, the guns from the castle, the forts in the Bay, the gun-boats, and nmsketry from the beat It, kept a constant fire on them. O■ the opening of day, every ship or vessel was either burnt, or brought off, aided by the light winds, which then came from the land, and the whole of the convoy that came from Toulon for the supply of the French army in Spain has been destroyed, with the exception of the frigate, which escaped to Marseilles, and one store-ship, net since heard of. I cannot conclude this narrative, without an ex pension of the sentiment which the execution of this bold enterprise hay inspired me with, and the respect and admiration I feel for those who per formed it. In the first place, success greatly depended upon the previous arrangement which was made by Cap tain Hallowell, with a judgment and foresiJit that distinguishes that officer, in every service he is em ployed on ; the division of the boats, the prepara tions of tire materials, and providing them with every implement that contingency could require, established confidence throughout the whole ; and in this he wa• ably assisted by the experiece and teal of Captains Woilehouse, Bullen, Taylor, and Hope. The brigs were ender sad, as near the vessels at tacked as the li4ht winds would allow, and Captain Hallowell speaks in high terms of praise of the conduct'of their Commanders, Crawly, Itaitt, suit Wilson. The First Lieutenant, Tallow'. led to the assault is a nicimt gallant manner, and was followed by the ethe► officers, as if each was ambitious of his place, and desired to be first ; the whole party bravely maintained the character which British sea mien have established for themselves. . lam rorrs I have to add, that the loss has been considerable, of which 1 inclose a list. Lieutenant lain, of the Volontaiie, an excellent and brave young officer. and Mr. Caldwell. I. l l4itees-ritute of _ - • Ti p e . Cumberland. Voleatatre, Aptl*, Typal, fib east &wt. sad Tuscan. the Tigre, ei youth of great promise, were the only officers tilain. Many officers in the fleet were desirous of being volunteers in this service. I could ant resist the earnest ri-pie.t ut Lieutenants Lord Viscount Bul gonie, the lion. J. A. Maude, and the lion. W. Ws!device, of the Ville de Paris, to have the com mand of boats, in which thpedisplayed that spirit winch is inherent in then. 1 transmit also Captain Hallowell's letter, relat ing his proceedings, with lists of the officers who commanded boats, and had appointments in this service, and of the vessels burnt and captured. I have the honour to be, &r. (Signed) Cow MGWOOD. P.S. I have charged Lieutenant Waldegrave, of the Ville de Paris, with the delivery of my dis ptehes ; an officer of great merit, and who corn } mended one of the boats employed on this service. His Majesty's ship Tigre, off Cape St. ' Sebastian; Nov. I, tang. MT Lome-40 obedience to. your Lordship's or der of the 30th ultimo, I proceeded to the Bay of Rosas, with the ships and sloops named in the mar gin, where, finding it impracticable to attack the enemy's convoy while under weigh, (the wind being it S. E. and a heavy swell) I anchored the ships of he squadron, yesterday evening after dark, about live miles of the town of Rosas, and detached all the boats, under the command of Lieutenant Tai lour, First of the Tigre, to destroy them ; the spirited manner in which he led them en to the at tack, commanded the admiration of every one pre sent; and the gallant manner in which he was sup ported, reflects the highest honour on every person employed no this service. I have the honour to inclose a list of vessels cap tured and destroyed on this occasion ; and when your Lordship is informed that the enemy was aware of our intention to attack turn, and had taken the precaution affixing boarding netting', and placing a launch with a gun in it in advance, to give him a notice ef our approach, and that the vessels were also defended by the very strong batteries on shore, I trust your Lordship will consider it equal in gallan try and judgment to any exploit that has occurred under your Lordship's command. Our loss has Leen severe, and among the list of killed 1 have to lament the loss of Lieutenant Taitt, of the Volontaire, of whom Captain Bidden speaks in high terms, as an Officer who has distinguished himself upon many occasions ; and Mr. Caldwell, Master's-mate of the Tigre : the latter has left a widowed mother, in distressed circumstances, who looked to him fur comfort and support. Among the wounded are Lieutenant Tednur, of the Tigre, and Lieutenant Forster, of the Apollo, severely. The brigs were directed to keep under weigh, and were in an admirable situation, at day-light, to have given assistance. had it been necessary. I have the honour also to inclose a list of the officers employed on the service, and I have only to state that their conduct, and that of the seamen and Marines under their command, was such as to exceed any encomium from my pen. end entitles them to my warmest thanks and approbation. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) B. liat.t.ower.L. A list of ships sod vessels captured and destroyed ht the boats of the squadron smiler the command of Benjamin Hallowell, Esq. Captain of His Majesty's ship the "I igre, in the Bay of Rotas, us the morning of the tat of Novem ber, !sago Armed store ship, La Lemprnye, Renault la Rrertreete, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, Coininauder, of iti nine-putinders, tti men, and 640 tom, burnt. —Pierced fur sit `sus ou the main deck —% essel of war. Bombard, La Victuire, Gari diem, Ensign de Vaisseau, Commander, of I 4 six.pounners,. and au men, burnt.— Vessel of all. Felucca L'Airatico,Rouve, master, of LS Itill.ketS and so airs, Intent .—Tratisport belungurg to Government. L'Unons, of 150 tone, hornt.—Landed her cargo. La Bien Aline of Isis tuns, laden • itli biscuit, burnt. Noire DIM de Rosaire, of Ifs tons, burnt.—Lauded her cargo. Felucca Nitre Dams be Grace, of rio tuns, burnt...- Landed bee Argo Bombard, La Grondire, Coreille, Ensign de Velum., Commander, of a sae-pounders, and 4s men, laden with biscuit, taken,—Transport belonging to Government. Xrbeck, Le hormande, Arnaut, Ensign de Vaisseau, Commander, of to four•pounders, and as moo, take's—. Vcsael of war. • Le Deigns , isf 200 lons laden with biscuit, taken. Linnaeus, of 21.10 turn, laden aids corn and flour, taken. • (Signed) B. HALLOWELL. A Return of Killed and Wounded in the attack on the Enemy's Vessels, on the morning of the Is. of November, 1509, its ill.: bay of Biscay. TICS,. Killed-48ms Caldwell, master's mate; Thomas Jones (I), able; Alexander Duncan, ditto; James Anderson ditto. Wnunded—John 'fallout' Lieuteuant, set crely ; D. R. Syer ' Midshipman, ditt o ; James Kilfuyle, ca r p en t er ' s crew , slightly ; Rltlism Window ' isarter-gunser, ditto; Peter bl , Laughlin, Mule, slightli; John Riley (1), ordinary ditto ; Juba Westw a y, p r i vate mar i ne, ditto • ' James Terry : private 'name, ditto; James Great, private man se, ditto; George Lemon, able, ditto. . . . Killed—John Leigh, ordinary; Thomas Gibson, marine, usatieda-R I , hard Stuart, Lieutenant, slightly, Johu Web. ate., master mate; W. H. Brady, midshipman ; Jahn White, able; John Jamey, able, slightly ; Charles Spraggo, ordinary ; Oliver Isaac ' ordinary, slightly ; Timothy Col lin, ordinary; Isaac Stafford, ordinary, very slightly ; ' Stephen Miller, ordinary ; John Rielly, or di nar y ; R o b er t Kelly, ordinary ; George Iletherston, pi Mate ma Me very slang., nasly ; Mimeo bowler, private marine, ; George Mitchell, private marine. VOLON Taint. lidied--Dalhossie Tait, Leetitenaat ; Thomas llarrisoa, thatster-gualiat. 111 Woapited—Robert Groot, saaritie, dangeroaely ; Thomas Stilton, seaman, badly; Christopher Anderson, seaman, ditto; lia)s, seaman, ditto &Cub Sehstorin, s e a. moss, ditto; l*stliant [basun, marine, slightly ; Jamie Dawileu, atatitte, ditto; John Davis, seaman, ditto ; Thomas, seam o, ditto; Christopher re“t,seatosa, ditto Usu. Thompson, seaman, ditto; Joseph Lewi s , seaman, ditto; Juba Smith, seaman, ditto; Hon J. A Mande, lAtetsasol, voleateer free the Vdta its p. m i • Sohn Armand, roirlsLipmno, roluateor from tLe Ville de Paris. APOLI.O. Iled--Evan loam, seijeaut of marines; William Stiunderi, private mariae ; Jukni Mackie, .We. Wounded—J. Beghie, Mit Lieutcuant, stied!, ; J. Nester, Lieutenant. severely; Pette Alarming, private marine. dangerously; Louis 0. Sauf, u. Jiitary, badly ; Caul Saw• ter, ahlt 7OPAZI'. Killed—Jamrsllagliati ordinary; Doug. Ciirrn:cli:o.l, a'de; James M . Dolia!S t ordinary ; William March, or dietary. Woutidad —Thomas. Wilson, able, very severely; llolbersou, ordinary, ditto; James White, ordinary, slight. ly ; John Roberts, eaptaiu of foretop, ditto ; James liar rington, able, ditto; Jobe. Card, private marine, severely Joeeph Carter, private eaariue, dungersualy Homy 'kith, hrdivary, aligbtly. PIIMONILL AND ISCOVT. None killed or wounded. TVYC•tI. Wounded —Pascoe Dunn, Lieutenant, *Healy; James Lamb, ordinary, dangerously. Total killed—l Lieutenant, 1 master's mate, to 'comes, I neiyeant of marines, 2 privates ulna:ail:ea. Total wounded—l seaman, 4 privates of marines, sLingrr. only; Lieutenants, s midshipman, 7 sear:.en, i pmt of inarMes, severely, 3 Lieutenants, I master's nut-, midshipmen, ,ts (seamen, is privates of 11141111 CS, IL:rand total-13 killed, 55 wounded. (Signed) B fiAI.LOWLLL. [l4l B.—The hat of officers employed in the boats, &e. wit be published as The Gazette of Saturday next.) E BRITISH PRE S''. _ LONDON, THURSDAY, NovEmuEa 30. The Hon. I . II IILUAY WAILDEGRAVE, son of Lard Itanscoctt, Lieutenant of the Ville de Paris, o f 110 guns, Lord de LLINGWOOD'S flag-ship, iu the Mediterranean, arrived, last rnornieg, at the Ad iitirulty, with dispatches from his Lore..hip. As soon as they were read and considered, • Buleliti, of which the following is a copy, comprising tl,e substance of their contents, was sent to th e 1, 01 . 8 MArna, and posted on fraut of the Mansion house : Admiralty Office, Nur. 29, 1809. AI V LORD+I have great sdtisfaction in iv-quaint ing your Lordship, that dispatches have been recei ved from Lord COLLINGWOOD, dated the 30th ult. and Ist inst. stating, that a French convoy, destined for Barcelona, consisting of three sail of the line, two large frigates, and two smaller frigates. with Ito sail of armed store-ships, had sailed from Tou lon, on the 2lst of October, the whole of which, with the exception of one of the larger and oue of the smaller frigates, had been destroyed The liae of-battle ships by being driven on shore on the e6th ; and the armed store ships by an attack of the boats of the Sect, under the command of I.ient. Tstt.oca. in the Bay of Itusas, on the Ist instant. I regret to add, that the loss sustained in the gal lant and successful enterprise, conducted by this Officer, amounted to 15 killed, and 56 wounded. 1 have the honour to be, Your Lordship's most obedient And very humble servant, MUI.GaAYE. About 10 o'clock at night the dispatches brought by Lieut. WALDEGRAVL were published in an Ex- TILAOUDINARY GIZaTTI, of which a copy is also given in our preceding columns. 'the loss sustained by the enemy is considerable, and the consequent disappoint sent of the relief of Barcelona is also of great importance ; yet the achievement is not so great as it was represented in the Spanish papers. It appears that, on the 21st ult., a convoy sailed from Toulon, for the relief of Barcelona, consisting of three sail of the line, two frigates, two smaller fri gates, and uliont 20 Lill of armed and store-ships ; that. on the 23d, the British fleet, of 16 sail of the line, saw the enemy, whose line of battle ships immediately separated from their convoy ; the former were chased by our has of battle, and the latter by Capt. Barrie, with tie frigates and smaller vessels. On the evening of the 24th, Rear-Admiral Martin, in the Canopus, iu company with the Re nown, Tigre, Sultan, Leolbthan, and Cortforri'ati. again got sight of the enemy. On the morning of the 25th they were still in sight, and the Rear-Adenral continued the chase till he drove the whole of them ashore, the Kolniete. 84, Rear-Admiral Houdin, and the Leon, 74, oft Frontignan ; and the Rorie, 74, and out of the larger frigates, near Cette. It was impossible to get close enough to attack the line of battle ships on shore, near Frontignuu ; for, in attempting to do so. one of our ships had but fire fathoms water, and soother less than six ; how ever, on the Rear-Admiral's making next morning preparations tar attacking thew, the Fsen2ll them selves set fire to those ships. One of the smaller frigates, and those ships of the convoy that had escaped Capt. Barrie (who, on the evening of the 23d, burned five of them) took shelter in the Bay of Bois's, and were moored undo the protection of the Castle of Roses, off Fort Tri nity, and many other newly-erected forts. On the 29th of October, a detachment of the fleet, under Captain Hallowell, of the Tigre, pro ceeded with a view to take or destroy those ves sels, and on the Ist of November the boats of the Tigre, Cannberlend, Vuluntaire, Apollo, Topore, end Tuscan, under the command of Lieutenant Tailour, first of the Tigre, attacked the enemy ; and slier an obstinate deft 111.1.! by the vessels them selves, by the batteries, gun-beats, and musketry from the shore, the Lieutenant succeeded in cap ' toting 11 sail, seven of which he burnt and sunk, and roar of which he was enabled to Nothing could of this eaterpri3c and 55 wounded. toire, and Mr. Ca gre, are the onl, himself only was O' the whole, roomy, only one into Marseilles is (a store-ship, whit escaped ;,as, alth frigate, got under - - the Admiral thin COLLINGWOOD, Bailing ships on southerly directio In hopes of fallin; tint the remainde port, and his Lor Sebastian, from v dispatched to Ei Watoseaavc. We have recei of October, Iron tary Order, shel refusal of the Estate array • taken to put thi service. It is stated, i President has rl Minister who ha presentative of lency Don Lou' tiarc and Envoy on the 20th of A ground, at Near. übout the 20th o to bim, on the la nut be received. notwithstanding, gress net, and this extraordina went. Letters have the 19th, and Tnoie Crum the ship.; had been with Briti,h rni precauttuts erni this account. Capt. W•i DI with diepatchei hone in the Ph r Ell SG AS. at ed Governor of tramadura and men at Midi northward. anc loins and Geroi Burgos. about The fotleteini the newly-creat The Pereitient of Romans, Toole dee; Don 3 oeeph Sligo Riqueline, Lea de Jutauo. The Sarpede on board the t baumswica-l. hundred men from Ports:no eourge of the 'troupe, consist v.ilry, infantry. with arms and every military different. It is expecte sey station will count of the ill infest that part Yesterday a East India-110 was sworn into euesigned to ( at six o'clock t We uadersi filed against Gad &MAL, er some months a laded to is, we CoRtIETT, reel to suppress wh Legion was csl Legion as bein Englishmen. The Genera trial of four Light' DfligOf day, at ten o' indent. The public which appear' Monday. has elucidation of cent changes. 10' tnent the e. °me a and of demi tries. and, Ire political relati the prevent A from Mr. CAN tnent was prof think that tF clashing of tl Department i coinplttioed of the Cabinet; drought that it, would he fie, it apprsu This is the ar WING'S pailipl JIbTS, +lt'd of but Wryhubs( and again KY,