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The indolence and inactivity of the Commander-in-Chief were astonishing: no order was issued, no returns of killed and wounded demanded, nu efficient commissariat formed, no parades, no guards, no barrack ; in fine, nothing was done that ought to have been : every - class seemed to be pervaded by the indolence of •the Commander-in-Chief, whose-conduct could only be defined by.negatives, and it might with more propriety be said, what be did not do, than what he did.-- About noon, on the 7th, a schooner, bearing. Spanish colours, appeared in the oiling; the Commander-in-Chief took 'his telescope,looked at her for an hour, and then turning about, smoked his segar with a degree of tranquillity that would have been admirable in the middle -of an action. Colonel NOrcott, who did not possess so much artvfroid, rowed off with three boats, and, boarding the Spanish schooner, brought her,knto port, and receired the thanks of his Excellency. During the whole of the transactions which hare been hi• therto detailed, Sir Gregor M'Gregor betrayed sad) a total want of those requisite qualities which should distinguish Commander-in-Chief, that every body felt astonished at the • reputation he bad for some time maintained ; but the distarce Of Europe from the seat of his operations, and the miserable , Creole troops with whom he has been engaetl, arc circum stances which have materially favoured the ;tad giieu to him a degree of celebrity which he has been faF frbin we- At Porto-Bello, his indolence, his want of military tal ,, its, • of decision, and even of courage, caused the loss. of the pl,,ce and the destruction of his miserably dFluded troops ; and, in stead of appearing to profit by his experience, his proceed ings at Rio-de-la- kache were so palpably similar, that even the meanest soldier saw and expressed his opinion of his in capacity, and with melancholy countenance prophesied a simi lar result. Riot, drunkenness, and confusion, continued to reign amongst the soldiers, who acted as it they had no Com , mander-in Chief, and considered themselves free from all re. straint and military discipline. A few exatualt s were made by individual Officers, but no legal measure• were taken to put a stop to the growing evil. Alarms of the approach 'of the• enemy were given day and night, and yet dot a single plquet was ordered, not guard established, except the one at the fort, to the protection of wln. h the Commander-in- Chief was the first to fly on the least arpearancc of alarm. But it was not •from the Creoles that the,gri Are danger was to be apprehended, altl °ugh he) were in force in the neighbourhood; it was from e rlyot three thousand Indians who were assembled amongst the brushwood in the ontshirts of the towri, ready like vultures to pounce: upon their prey Their leader Francisco, a wild and savage wretch, came into town_and assured Nl‘Glegor that his Indians were friendly to his cause; but when two of our Officers at (fir: rent times went out to •nem, they were fired upi.o iosta!, - !y and obliged to retreat, and those of our sold i ers who ventured a short distance into the country were murdered. These lvtqi: bad specimens of Indian amity, but the blirfd confidence 4.4 t . M'Gregor continued. Affairs drew to a crisis every moment. Instead of the 300 cavalry, of which AM'Gregor had so confidently boas`ted,. not one appeared ; nay, the few miserable natives :lilt had re mained in the town, fled after plundering several pauses. The Priest who appeared,to have been in our interest di:fap peared, as also did the Commandant of the place.' aman ap pointed to that situation by M'Gregor tritni•elf. The Indians flocked in in large numbers; and commenced 'a scene. Of pil lage and drunkenness, which threatened to bring matters to a speedy conclusion : discontent and dismay appeared in every countenance. Colonels Norcott and Rafter-incessantly repeated to M'Gregor the alarming posture of aff.C•rs. T o advance into the country was, from the most obviqus causes, impracticable ; to remain at Rio-de-la•Hache was certain de struction; and to retreat by means of the shipping wag ins possible, for .there were neither water nor provis:ans on board. WGregor was entreated frequently to come to s m i te certain resolution, but in vain: he appeared to be in the si tuation of a . man under the opt ration of the night-mare, woo beholds indistinctly the most horrihic s;glits, birt is ren. dered incapable - , by-some invisible power, of flying from them. At this moment, the undersigned Officers, who had borne the principal share of the dangers and fatiluok - since land ing, seeing on one hand a Commander-in-Chi e f tltally in competent to the duties Of his sitnation, and, un the ether, a disorderly and mutinous soldiery on the point of being de stroyed by an overwhelming enemy, resolved, to quit a scene where they could be no longer of any service, and Mier° their future stay would only increase the number of victims. With this intention they embarkeA on board the schooner which had been taken by Colonel Norcott, and which (by desire of the Coniairder-in•Ohief) had been named after him, and has continued under his especial command; .and taking with him the remains of the Salai , rieta regiment, in cluding several wounded men, they sailed from ftio-de-la- Hache ou tire morning of the l Ith of October, and bade adieu to an adventurer,' whose capabilities are in every respect in adequate to the desperate state of his fortunes, and who, throughout, the whole of his career, has evinced a total ab sence of talent, a selfish and'unfeeling want of attention to the existence of his deluded victims, and a base pusillanituity in the hour of danger. WILLIAM NORCOTT, Colonel M. G. C. W. MU -TER, CL:oiie: M. G. C. G. W. S. Gilbert, Huun PowELL Cox, Captain of Artillery. J. Low, Captain. TnomAs ELLWOOD HUNT, Surgeon. • W. DAVIES, Ist Lieutenant. Jots MULLION, Lieutenant Salahrieta. List of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, in the Action at Rio de-la•Hachc, on the sth of October, 18t9, Killed:—Major Atkins on , Lieutenants Mi ddleton and Hal pin, of the Regiment of Hibernia. and 20 rank and file of the Guard of Honour, Regiments of Hibernia and Salabrieta. frounded.—Col.De Ulna, Adj ntant.General, ('ol. Beridge, and Captain Metosa, of the Staff, Lieutenants West, Upton, Gahan, Moran, Lafey, Cray, Cavannah, and Suter, and Adjutant Smith, of the Regiment of Hibernia: Liei:tenants Mitchell and Mullion, of the Regiment of Salabrieta; and .31 rank and file. Miss7Ny,—Captain ..vlalier ; Lieutenant Conroy, and 4 rank am.! file, •f Gram• nder 0)4 ding 11)1 Borough n, and is in a ca. Hirgage' e test of lot :"--' and log round, 1 ded pro• f Repre C 430 tiSe t of in- that he r Paper, —since s I, that I wbereia Teak of I ; eon' izee nO ratione• educe ttion, if intctt 'sit lief 00(1 oia hilling s ,re 0140 manef !lilBills i we li a ve 14 at we which nv face 'angled rained id, `ir a I shall former bow. ,e d oc- -retisio will 01 egiiht mean/ but 1 Ist will About lin 0 Pr' 1i Re- impli- it Go (1 pr°' rigliff I third Dthing leither fli an/ ,i e of nd 1 0 a be * I ill :- er, gs ng. oritfi i Caf ' e his iinesS gate, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1819. JAMAICA,rAPERS. Additicinal Postscript to The Royal Gazette, Saturday, Oct. 23, Relation of APGRaGoR's Proceedirigs, from the lime of his Departure from "lux-Cayes, .to the Capture of Rio- de-la-Hache, with 'a . Protest against (is Conduct, by Officers who had embarked in the Expedition. We, the Undersigned; feel it a duty incumbent upon us to give publicity to the following circumstances, not only ;%s justification of the line of conduct which we hirve been obliged to ado, but as a warning to others, who, from inexperience, or a spirit of enterpise, might feel inclined once more to fol low the.fortenes of a needy and spiritless adventurer. From a variety of causes, the detail of which is here unne cessary, we were induced to enter into the. service of Sir Gre gor M'Gregor, who, under the specious and honourable pre text of liberating an enslaved and suffeling country, but really to further his oo n selfish views, has seduced to total ruin an immense number of veterans who had frequently fought under the banners of Wellington, and brave young officers who, in the legitimate service of their own country, would make distinguished figures in the road to honour. In order that the public may be fullyaware of the ruinous system, or rather want of system ; pursued by M'Gregor, it is necessary to state, that after the re-capture of Porto-Bello, and his shameful desertion of his unfottunate.troops at that place, this adventurer proceeded to the town of Aux-Cayes,. in St. Domingo, where several vessels arrived- successively from England and Ireland, laden with troops, whose bril liant hopes of victory and wealth were stink in a premature grave, the result of famine, sickness, and want of medical attendance. To detail . the sufferings of these miserable and deluded wiTtehes at Aux-Cayes, would be to fill volumes of unheard of calamity; upon which . the meretricious cause looked with lack-lustre eye, and a Mind totally sunk in inanity and stupe faction. Let it suffice to say, that of 1,250 men and officers, who at different times arrived at Aux-Cayes, sihee The loss of Porto-Bello, M'Gregor, when lie found himself at length obliged to quit that place, could only muster 200, the remain der having died miserably, or engaged themselves on the plantations. With this small force, half naked, and very scantily snp plied with provisions, M'Gregor sailed from Aux-Cayes on Sunday, the 27th of September, on board a schooner, a cor vette, and a cutter, and after two'days beating about the mouth of the harbour, without end or object, lie shaped his course for the Spanish Main, and, on the morning of the 4th of October, cline in sight of the town of Rio-de-le l:Liebe, where we had a melancholy specimen of the courage of our Commander-in-Chief; for a Spanish schooner appear ing ia the offing, it was fully expected that the vessel in which M'Gregor was (the only armed'one in the fleet) would give chase, instead of which she immediately stood out to sea, thereby Leaving his other two vessels unprotected, arid. affording an opportunity of escape to the enemy, which was, fortunately, not a vessel of war. This' circumstance tended very much to weaken the confidence Of the troops in their Commander-in-Chief,' whose conduct at Porto-Bello now no longer remained doubtful. About noon Mqdregor stood into the harbour under Eng lish colours, which acre of course respected; but, upon his hoisting the New Grenadian flag, he was fired at from a battery on shore, which obliged him to make a precipitate re treat. During the whole of the day, the fleet continued beat ing off the mouth of the harbour, and towards evening came to anchor about three miles from the town, when the troops received an order to hold themselves in readiness to land at . midnight, receiving an assurance from their Commander-in- Chief that they would meet with no opposition whatever, as the inhabitants were all Patriots, and had frequently invited him to come to their deliverance. About one o'clock no the morning of the sth of October, tire troops began to disem bark, under the command of Lieutenant -Colonel Norcott, whose orders from M'Gregor were of the most indefinite de scription ; namely, to laud the troops, and wait his arrival on the beach ; an obediencb to which subsetprent events proved would have been fatal. • To the astonishment of every body, the landing was undisputed--a circumstance which appeared totally inexplicable; from the lengths of time afforded to the enemy to prepare themselves. About two o'clock our videttes were attacked by a piquet of the enemy, upon which the bivouac of the troops was bro ken up, arid Lieut.-Colonel Rafter's Rifle Corps of Salabrieta was ordered to advance. To understand the subsequent movements of the troops, it is necessary to say, that the coun try, -for several miles round Rio-de-la-Hache, consists of an almost impenetrable forest of brushwood and brambles, Which, as it is well known within the tropics, form a defence of a yery formidable nature. This forest, intersected by ra vines and hollows, and peculiarly unfavourable to an attack ing army, ends in an abrupt precipice on the shore, where a very narrow beach is washed by a violent surf, unfavourable, and frequently dangerous, to the landing of troops. In consequence of the attack, Col. Norcott advanced his force along the bench, while the *Rifle Corps scoured the wood, and dislodged some parties of the enemy, with whom a light skirmishing continued until day-light, at which time a position was taken up about one mile and a half from the town—the General's Guard of Honour on the beach, and the Regiments of Salabrieta and Hibernia in the woods. 'Here Col. Norcott determined, according to order, to await the ar rival of the Commander-in-Chief, whose absence was loudly complained of by the troops, and appeared entirely unac countable to all those who were trot aware that his Excel lency was at that tiine.enjoying a sound sleep on board his vessel, unconscious and undisturbed by the passing events on shore. For two hours we continued in this position, enjoying a deceitful calm, and impatiently expecting the:arrival of the Commander-in-Chief to lead us against the town, when sud denly a simultaneous attack was made upon our little force by an invisible enemy, upon all points except the sea-side. After the first fire, by which' we suffered considerable loss, Col. Norcott advanced the whole of his force into the wood, and attacked the enemy, who continued a very smart galling Are as long as concealed ampngst their native fastnesses, but amessmanni ' fled in confusion. on the appr oac h o f the British ` bayonet' Our little force now advanced upon the town, overcoming with matchless fortitude the difficulties of the country, and the opposition of an enemy treble our own numbek assisted hythe fire of a battery, from which round shot and grape played upon us with destructive rapidity. Our men began to falter ; difficulties and dangers seemed to increase at every step, and the absence of the commander-in-Chief struck a damp on all hearts, and destroyed every ray of confidence. In vain did Col. Norcott and a few of his officers cheer the men for ward. The cries Of " Where is M'Gregor?" and " We are betrayed," resounded from 'all quarters, and no less than three times did the men retire towards the beach. Retreat howeVer, would have been total destruction to the,whole force. In this conviction, a few officets generously devoted themselves, and in a moment of enthusiasm rushed into the battery (the fire of w'aich had been so destructive), and car ried it with rapidity; about 50 men followed, and in the course of an hour the town was completely cleared of the enemy, and the flag of New Grenada hoisted amidst shouts of joy and victory. Thus, after a continued action of 5 hours, was taken the town of Rio*tle-la-Hache ; but our victory was like one of Philip's —such another would hare ruined us. Our loss (out of about 170 men, which were landed) . consisted of 3 officers, and 20 rank and file killed ; 14 officers, and 31 rank and file, wounded ; and 2 officers, and 4 rank and file missing. The batteries and military stores taken were as follow : I lst Battery, mounting two 36-pounders, six 9-pounders, and two 6-pounders; middle battery, mounting three long 9-pounders; and a fort, mounting two 36-pounders, nine 9-pounders, three 4-pounder brass field pieces, an- immense quantity of ammunition, shot, shells, grape, cannister, and db9ut 300 stand of arMs, ,besides 2 schooners at anchor in the harbour. When the delirious of victory had in some measure abated, and guards were placed, our attention naturally turned to wards our shipping, which, to our inexpressible astonishment, we beheld under weigh, arid Standingtiut to sea. Thus we saw our little force nearly destroyed from loss and fatigue, on the point of being totally deserted by their Commander-in-Chief, Who, apparently in the design of acting over again the catas trophe of Porto-Bello, was evidently withdrawing the only means of salvation remaining for the miserable remains of his deluded •ictirtis. -At this crisis Colonel Norcott jumped, into a boat with a feW men, and rowed off to the Comman der-in-Chief's vessel, for the purpose of re-assuring his Excel lency, and reducing to a stale of calrunes - , his agitated spirits. The presence of Colonel Norcott bad the desired effect ; our vessel stood in shore and came to anchor, but the Common det•-in-Chiel did not make his appearance. r In the.mean time affairs began to wear a gloomy aspect on shore; the town was totally abandoned by the inhabit ants; the soldiers, and several of the officers, exasperated at the resistance they had experienced, broke o?ea some 'stores of wine and spirits, and a consequent scene of ine briety, confusion, and even mutiny, ensued; and at this -moment, had the enemy again attacked, total destruction to our little force must inevitably hare ensued. Fortu nately, however, the dirtily were disheartened by the de termined obstinacy of our attack, and the loss they had suffered, which was considerable, and - they did not again snake their appearance. On the morning of the 6th the Cow mander-in-Chief having sent for Lieut.-Cols. Norcott auk Rafter on board the schooner, received them with the utmost affability, paid them many compliments, and conferred on them the rank of full_ Colonels, and the title of Members of the Green Cross, an Order which had been established ou the taking of Porto-Bello. At the conclusion of these ceremo nies, which cot his Excellency a little superfluous breath, these Officers thought it their duty to represent to him the injury his absence had caused, the critical situation in which he and his troops were placed, and the absolute necessity of taking some immediate measures to allay the discontent of his soldiers, and frustrate the further designs of the enemy ; upon which his Elmellency, after having sipped his coffee, smoked a few segars, and adorned his person, resolved. to venture on shore. The presence of Sir Gregor M'Gregor on shore, from which such happy results were expected, produced no very favour able effect; he was received with most palpabl4 signs of con- tempt by'his soldiers, many of whom even expressed an in tention, of shooting him : discburaged by such a reception, he sought relief in another quarter i• and, getting round him a few miserable ragged inhabitants, some Indians, and women, whose insignificanee was their best protection from the riotous soldiery, he wasted the day with them in fraternal embraces, cries of " Viva la Patria," and in thinking healths " nine fathom deep," to the success of the glorious _cause of patriotism. In the evening all the Officers dined with the Commander-in-Chief, when he assured them that all the inhabitants were enthusiastic in his favour, and that the next morning he would hare a force of 300 native cavalry at his command, which, he added, would render him indr pendent of his.own.troops, whose further assistance he was totally careless about. Elated by the sound of his own bombast, his Excellency became, in vulgar phrase, " pot-valiant," and marched at the livid of his officers, into the fort, where, under the safe guard of his unfortunate troops, who still would hare been happy to die for him, he slept in profound repose till morn ing. , The assurances.of the Commander-in -Chief of the preced ing evening, of the assistance to he expected from the inha bitants, inspired the troops with,a little hope, which was, however, totally destroyed next. day, when we learnt that amongst the enemy who had so obstinately disputed our en trance, there had been only 80 Spanish Soldiers; a circumstance at 6rst view almost incredible, hut which, from the most un questionable evidence, we found to be a certain fact, the enemy having consisted of about six hundred inhabitants of the town, and a number of Indians; in fact, the whole popu lation of the place. Upon inquiry into this circumstance, we learnt from several natives that they were induced to resist us, under the supposition that we had been pirates, and not friends. This explanation Was sufficient for the Commander- . . in -Chief, woo Continued his blind'confidence, notwithstanding the damning proofs we' every day received of the inveterate opposition of the natives; amongstseveral instances of whit!) AL toyia 501, ion i re t° ' y e ti. P'Ved - - -A ,d y of King► ) Ik. ...--e ;rest sus deo,