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i 'loßßin : 21iLIRDh RS! ! - horrid '-and event, r/)e. murder of Persoas, happened in .the dwelling-house of r'motlty Marr, silk-mercer 29, .liatelitf-high; Siturday night ,- between the hours of I i 12 o'clock. The perpetrators have;not traced, nor has any thii.g hitherto tralspinek likely to l e ad to a discovery, The eirchnli e having created much alarm in the rieighbo9r; and it having been verjr, generally repeArted, he perpetrators .ate foreigners, it is neces!agxe ve the following particulars fr,ihn . the depot taken at Shadwelt Police Ottice, yesterday ing, which contain all the information that has 3 111pited respe6ing this shocking affair : Iv servant girl of Mr. Mare states, that on Sa evetting, about twelve o'clock, she was or- Iby her mistress to purchase a few 'oysters for 311'd pay the baker's bill. She left her Iris 'tickling- her child, about three months Old , ' e kitchen, and her master was employed be. the counter, arranging his= goOds preraratory ) iing the shop. She 'endeavoured, to p urchase-, oysters, but not succeeding, she relearned half an hour, and' found the shop shut OP, the door fastened. She rang violently at the b Ot no one answered. The watchman came 'n 4 inquired the cause abet - wanting to be ad. !d, when she answered,. that she belonged to, i The watchman assisted in' knocking , ringing, but to no purpose) and having pre ily seen. Mr. Marr and the servant ,lad put up itainw - shutters,'becaMe surprised, and Mime,. 'Y informed the next neighbour , of the singulir vin en fr. • Murray, a pawnbroker, w hose family "bad Mired to . rest, deposed, that the watchnian.lte7 "red hint of the silence in Mr , Marr's fam i ly.; that be went to .his back door, and was 16- to •- get over the yard' wall, and entered at the t entrance of Mr. Mart's house ; he was attract ') a fight on the. landing place ; he took the' t arid the first horrid .spettaele..w as the appren u°Y, James Biggs, about fourteen years of age, ,; °n Lis face, at the further pa rt o f the shoe, brains knocked out: 'Alarmed at the Vat scene, h e im mediately called for a ssi s t- , u 4le o the watchman , with seveyal other 411 , sealed the wall, and jdined hint. Mr. Mgr . btne ''''ded to thestreet door, where h e d,schvtir-, lj i Mat; ing on the floor, dreadfully, wounii ;``ll The party then proeeeded to tic, C l i t Pir leading into' the street. They went he t h t ', J e counter, and found Mr: Mart lying down, ,"„4:e(111) proltisely ab int the head, with no Wi , ness then proceeded to the kitchalr . 'P'intied with horror, saw' the little babOjh with one c)t its cheeks entirely kneeked!• "'II the violenCe of afblew, and its throat car , :;, 1 "r to e3r. It is supposed the mother, in her at hearing the groans in the shop, left the an 'the cradle to run up stairs, when her lite ‘acrifiee, a nd the murderers dis p atched the prevent its innocent tries ft oro alarrning the. T i lhour 100 (1. 2, 11 ' watchman deposed, ,that as he' was calrkg .;',", (4 4 of twelve, he spoke to Mr. Mary as he ta'as 4ing op the Shop, :v. tth the assistance . of the lad; ii ' 4 return from the extent of his roend, he exa "44 th e ,ins foUnd one of them loos e ; -he (It‘, , at the door, and heard a voice in the shop, 'a s .„"ttied them . of 'the circurnS tan ce;' when oe 1) er ; ?Wiled, " all Was right," and prnceed ed th. 1° again returned o n heatin g 'the servant girl s the b e 11. Th e „ b be above; relation of this melancholy affair is the p the 'whole evidence y et 'advanced. The. vr ei p - is °l 'he girl in so short a time alarmed the ?. who had not time t o rob the,premises, aa Sii 'cl ; P ert Y was lost, :end in searching the shop 'n cast) and note s was found in a tin'-box, be bate il/ ,, °° °Y On Mr';',Nl ar r. A ship/cai-Penter's.pin r 64 in9kon at the, point, and a bricklayer's long kt re r iPP i ng - chissel, about twenty inches in 'length, It' t " tend, the former covered With fre,h , the h i'llosed the murderers entered.at the . rear of e r 99se . , and concea:pd themselves in the yard.' (/ '"is'i;f ssthronged Ritcliff-highway ur ing - 51tthe u'hOle of ) esterday, and the, couutenances bittei'Y one cast's glcOm, rarely exhi.. 111 on the niostclistressing occasiotis. Ire they Police Officers and Overseers of the parish 'eV Baiv sol. has teen' offered y the L, A resvar o . 44i Parish for 'the discovery of the murderers,' b bills to thateffect d throuah the neigh otirboto aropeste 4) 4101 . ". These. horrid murdets must have been oth, ll ..ed in il:so . ut 2r minutes, the servant-maid wer e - , v ,,' ° g been loogCl: absent. Mr. and Mrs. Mart 1 • — "tit thirty years of age, and very reopettable 4 . 14 _ s • `lti!otts people. They had not, been married lictirt 11 kne than :a , year t he murdered infant being go tit t aria only child. t out ' inquest win he held on thetotliestof.the lAfottunate salerers this day. SMtT111711z1.1) MARKET, t.)se. 9. Thi s • • • o f . Majket afforded a good supply r to44prune 'easts, aud the show of .Cattleinzeneral l ast e ,. ra , t)le; B e ef ; Mutton, Veal, and .Pork, sold 4 014' . * ri es ; and the trade fur the most part was Vert ewhat S ilei in the Hay Market,. pric e d in lY lively j Sirlw and' Clover have droved in tice u ' 'lay obtained hot Pubjoia an ' a le statement of the prices and numbers:— 'le e r , ; To sink the ()Mt perstme of Slb. p Od. 10 SS, 4d. MUtt.oll,4). 411. ,i 0 ss. 3d, i ea :. oct. Veal, ss. to ,• • -**l 2670 Sheep, t Calves, 124. Pi gs, 310. 'th y SMITHFIELD' HAYMARKET. 0 :4 4 " os. od. to 51. os. od. Straw, 21. oS. od. to e l"or, los. od. to 61. iss. od. arri v ? i ll i bi ExellAivau,' Dec.9.—This day : the'fresh !ale s l , l of Wheat Make a middling supply, and on last ''' tills trade are quoted at a small , increase 'tria': ' , t/ ' 4 , k i d p' rices ; Barley in good s.updly, at,l. at i t i la , t ris its price ;` Malt and White Peaiie'lgirdlY 44e,last quotation ; Beans of each deseriptioti ,tre plie9 soniewhat higher ; .thrre .are but shor t '', I .P Iri ,:i f 9 3 t5 . , and, sales thereof fully support la *L W: -1- ; - iittur may be expected rattier _dearer.— . l 'ille u - - B os a 98s a 1 tits- Tick Beans - - 4 8 ; a 51$ t(y e ' l nto _ . .: isus a taks ' Dittu (title ill) -55 t; 4 )!, 1 11 , 4t iey ' - 525, a. SSI Oats - - tS$ a 3:)' . Ir , '.alt ' - -48 s a cs, Poland ditto - 35$ 4 , 3 ,, Oitit e p ' ~. -715 s a 86s ; Vutatoe data . -40 a -1 13 '," rey " i f .eirs•hboilersBos a 86, 1 Rape Seal . - S4 l - 3 .52' 1- 414 -1 " 41 - -56 s a 6zs 1 toe I ' • 95: a 1 * ' .. SSS it 6cni Seconds ' i. - .." cl' ti . 95 Tro'ilz the L 0 DON GIZ BITE, Dec. - I ta T 1-i r' Dpiz!4ing.,street, Dec.' 5, 1811. . • A Letter, of which the foliowing is an Extratsl, has been-received from Colonel Green, employed on a particular , service in Catalonia, dated Berga, OElnber, 1811. , Since my letter of the 9th instant, I have' thesa tisfaation to annoiin.ce to your -Lordship the surren der of the University of Cervera, which capitulated on the 11th instant ; three hundred 'and fifty men coruposed its garrison, and alrery considerable de pot of wheat was found. l have also received ,intelligence of the evacua tion of Monserrat, the enemy burning the Church, and every thing which could be useful in a re-esta blishment of that important point, taking the rents of Barcelona ; but froth the. great want of provi sions there, they were not received, and are gone to Villa-Franca, hupposed with the intention of re-in forcing Tarragona.. Go the 1 Bala instant I accompanied the Baron de roles to the attack of the Castle of Bellpuig, near Lerida, which was invested and summoned, but be ing determined to defend itself, was 'only ultimately reduced by, mines, and .one ten-pounder ; the Cas tle becoming-a ruin before: the surrender. There fell into the hands of the. Spaniards upwards of one hundred and sixty prisoners, so that now the whole of the space between Lerida and Barcelonais free, and the important consequences: Oily strew them , selves, as desertets and Quintus, from the before in vaded parts, are returning to their own stapdards. The indefatigability of General Lacy is extraor dinary he has inspired the greatest.confidence, and success appears very likely to fellow his exertions, if the nature of the enemy's force continues to limit his warfare to defensive operations for a short time longer. • • Medas Wands, from their peculiarly menac ing .itoation, added to the increasing sickness of Macdonald's corps, checks at present all the enemy's movements in Upper Cataluna, preventing the con froili passing to Barcelona, which place is nuw in considerable want of provisions. I have Cie honour to. enclose a Proclamation of General Lacy's, - will,. h Ims seen • issued in coiise. querice of many conscripts having entered tromFrance io,lo 'Catalonia, requesting to be admitted to join the Spanish colours, AO avoid being loreed into their ‘iwn armies against Russia.' Dpzlining-stree4 ,Dec. 3, 1,811! The followit g is an Extrao of A Letter, which has been • receiv6d by i EiTt 4 i Lv. rpool; from Sir HoWard Douglas , dated Coruund, 1611CNo ve.tnber I B'l 1 .. I. had closed 4tly dispatch of yesterday's date, %viler . ) his Majesty's slip Iris entered this port with intellig,tnce of the suecesslut isSue of Mina's move ment into Aryagon ;. and briugitig with her tour hundred prisoners, the frnitsof his enterorme, and of some seryicits which Captain Caristian has gal lantly executed on the Eastern Coast. 'Mina"s - principal of whit the enemy, was at Ayerve on the 17th ultimo, when he was attacked 'by body of eleven' hundred. infantry and sixty. cavalry, who had advanced to relieve a small gor rison .which Mina was besieging. The•.attack was received with great steadiness, repulsed with. gal-, lautry, and the advantage follooOd up with . such vigour,. that the whole of the , ttnetriv's force,- with the excep.ion of Once Wien, •were'lsilled, wounded; .o' taken prisoners. Nlioa tttok Six hundred of his prisoners to the coast.; and his Majvsty's•ship Iris being toontiately in sight,:Oaptain Christian took on • boarl l• ur'hundred. Mina's force was seven. bun tired infantry and two hundred cavalry, I will not rob the gallant Chi.tf is: account of any of its interest and therefore refer your Lordship to the enclosed details of that and several preceding operations. ~T Copy of a Letter from D on Fr3neisco Eipoz y Mina to Sir Howard Douglaa, dated Sanguesa, 2,4th.October, Att.. . ". Excellent. Sir, , . The great interest Which the British. Nation takes in 'lle prespority of the Spanish Arms, .and the partiCular esteetn which I and my: division owe to SO heroic a nation, lay the under the obligation of iubmitting to you the original connnunications re speming the events of the wiir in this Kingdoin.— f consider it a debt of gratitude and reTecA te'ptit into. your .•hands a ' series of . intelligence •- of all the military. and politial occurrences of this king. Own': (Signed) FRANCISCO ESPOZ Y MINA Troslation of -Letter from Colonel Mina to General Men. di4abtl, dated Sanguesa, lath octoner tai 1. Most gxcellent Sir, F o bserved in the beginning of Oaober, that se veral French to' were. e vacuating this king dorn,,some to proceed to 04 Cabt,lllo, soma to Ar ragoo.. I received intelligence at the Sallie time, that Generals Duran and Don Juan Martin (El Em pecioado),, were moving upon caldtuyud,. in order to drive some of the enetny's forces out of the king dom of Valencia. I held it a sacred duty to. direct my attention ..to this operation, which I considered' ;Was one of the greatest impoitance : and while the divisions of El Empecinado and Soriano were ma tireuviing on toe right baulk of the Ebro, I prOceed ed from Sanguesa to Sadava; (one of the five cities Of Arragon) with my cavalry and twu battalions (the Ist .and 2(1) of infantry, with the intention of „co-operating with them on the left bank.. mar On the 1 tat, at dawn of day, 'continued mymarch Id Egeadelos Caballeros; proposing to surprise the gar. 0 5014 which was composed of two hundred infantry and seventy cavalry, whom, however, I found Ye:. cured front a conp•de-main ; I encamped my troops, and went myself near enough to reconnuhre the strength at' the fortress. Tue enemy endeavoured to prevent this by firing, which they'kept up, with . - out interruption during the whole day and the fol . Icwitig night. Nothing particular occurred on the 12th. At !dark a male was begin, but in the middle of the 'night the enemy recotrimencd a brisk firing, which :they continued without interruption, forcing in the ;mean time the p asantry who ,Itad taken relive in !the place' . to demolish a very strong wall. Taking advantage of the obscurity, and the noise occasioned by the musketry, they opened a breach in the wall through Wilt is the seventy cavalry made their 'es 'e4tpe-; although I wondered at the instantaneous and total.ceSiation'oftha firing, bßitnesolved toind.ou the cause, it. was tflatiktjtilritialpAiSib,ip that; this should not have given them some tay.oureeleroo-' ments to make off, but theeiostent I had ascertainr ed their flight, I ordered one ,) linndred cavalry to pursue them; and rforwitlistanding the darkness of the night, and the fear ot any ambush !side). the t ; Oft ., my, 'rendered this-service on an unkpown road parr t iculariy hazardous, yet the troopiperfornied,it with the greatest intieptdity, killing thirty mete and making twenty prisoners.; the remeinder escaped tq Saratosa. Many articles of provisems were foetid within the fortress, and they were equally diStribut ed among my soldiers. ~* On the e ath marched to Luna, and proceeded during the night to Alyerve. Thienerny, who had fortified themselves *el a convent, were prepared tOr an attack. On the 'night of, the 16th we began to dig a mine, in.order to destroy one of .the angles_of: the place. While this operation was carrying ,ou with the greatest activity, and the remainder of the troops werestationedto observe the enemy's mover , ments, I received intelligence that a body,of eleven hundred infantry and forty` cavalry, were, 00. titer march from.Saragossito relieve the besieged, and destroy my corps; I therefore retired in the great-, est silence, placing the infantry on a hill command ing the road, and ordeting the advanced guard:to keep a vigilant watch. . , Early in the mornia,g of the leth,.the enemy made his iappearance. advanced posts Com menced tiring, and kept it,up'without interMissioe *lntl' they fell back upon the Main. bvdy. The French, full of ridiculous pride, reviled us; end.tesed many insulting expressions. • e So great was the indignation of my soldiers''. at hearing such bombast from men whom they highly despised, that they grew desperate to the extreme.. A considerable number of the enemy, despising,:the fite . of our musquetry, ascended our hill„ sword in ; hind, with true soldierlike courage ; they took pos. se ision of the lower, part of it, hut were instantly driven back by our fire, .and by the bayonet, leave ing behind them nineteen klled and forty-nine wounded,— HaVingehen concentrated into one.solid column, they Continued.their mareleto the town of Ayerve, where they were reinforced by twenty cavelry from the garrison,; and hating supplied themselves with aminnuition, thermatched to fluesca. i followed their rear-guard with.one Hundred and 'sixty cavalry, delaying their march in the plain, that the infantry under my second , in command;, Don Gregorio Cm ceaga, might come up, as I had before agreed upon Witle,him. I left two companies of cavalry acid in fantry befoto the. gapieon, ,to continue working at the mine, sending another detachment of equal sttength on the road to,daca, to pursue the celebrated Chatnoed, ,who, with . considerable supplies.entrust ed to his abarge, was endeavouring to 'throw him self into. Jaca with his detachment; but they could not come up with him, although the pursuit lasted for three hours. While. I was checking the march of the 'column with my cavalry, divided into three detachments, a pm of the infantry, under die command of the A:1- jutani Don Pedro Antonio, Harrena, overtook my rear-guard at the same time that my second in command, Lieutenant-Colonel Doe Gregorto Cre, ch iga, filed of tepidly on my right, ,threatening the left ot the enemy's column. This officee, With the ist bartalien formed s ections, filed off without firing a shot, to attack theeoeiny's rear. I order. ed the flank company to support this movement, and menaced the, right of the enemy with another detachment 04 cavalry, keeping the remainder 0: his front. I cannot but do the Justice to the French tosay, that their coulness and firm ,resistance•were ethnic able; they formed' into, an oblong square, and the infantry kept firing within haft pistol-shot.. This imprudent temerity , and the menacing bperatioe of Cruchaga, obliged them to retreate aid pen their march they famed into a - Siefard, continually filling up the losses in their ranks ; but, terrified by the Courage of :My, iercititry, which was approaching with fixed hayßti‘eis„end seleitl, at the discipline of my cavalry; they again 'retreated ; and having gone through the yjllage of Plecencie, they aearn„ tar the third time, formed into a squats, uthragain were they ConipellA to abandon the grotmd. acing in stantly charged by my troops, they for the fourth time, formed into a square, suppro fed by their caval ry. Ctuctiaga had by this time come up with their rear-guard, end his bettaliien„ atter a general die charged mesquetry, etietinced with the bayonet ; at the same moment the other detachment of in fantry executed a similar movement, an.l then cavalry began a dreadful slaughter,. • It is impossible to describe the horror of the French at this act of, Spanish valour. Such bold ness appeared to them impossible ; they. tiever ima gined that seven hundred infantry, with one hun dred and sixty cavalry, would have attempted to disperse - , kill, and make prisonera, a greater , trumber of their, enemies ferined into a sqUare,. Af.ere basing suffered a (heedful slaughter; their otesti nacy gaVe way; and itt last they - laid down their, arms. Their, infamous devalry behaved most dis loYilly, for; after having surrendered, :they drew their swoida, wounded several ,of my,soldiers; and endeavoured to escape, bitt they were pursued and all put to the sword, except live, •nfitehom, howe ever, two were attte %verde taken 'at the gates of Huesca. • Stich has been the fate of the eleven hundred infantry kid sixty cavalry, who came .40 in ult'us; Nine hundred nem of Navatre, under eenn mend, have annihilated teat haughty column', su. pefior in nembers. to them, and none hare they left. but three refugees, who have fled to Saragosa, to spread th.se news, and inspire with terror their compartions io arms in Arragou, and teach them to respect. the wens of Spain. We have made pri soners the Commander of the coluMn, seventeen officers, and six hundred and forty men, including Serjeants 'and corporals; the remainder were killed on the ot battle, or have died from their wounds..-. Oar - loss consists ht six killed, among the Com nander, ad interim, of the cavalry, Don Miguel Lizarr aga, and one serjeant, and in thitty-tour wounded; my horse received a wound iducti has made him unfit for service. • This day has covered , with glory my officers and soldiers ; I 'cannot sufficiently praise their valour, enthusiasm, and resolution, in the.bettlee and their obedience to my word of command amidst the greatest dangers, They have preserved the honour of •the Opainsti EkTFIV, 311 U. aviutrea a new triumpu, which! will. be read with pleasure in otn,mtlitary annals most particularly recortanenfi the brave . I.vinnera, of this v,ctory, who have entitled rfi'emselvcs to ;-very ,; , , 1 iinntediately,proce!..tled to Huesca, the garrison of u hich haS lied, from ~fe,rr ist.to, power. I tound.many useful 'etreZ.ls aritl five Spanish officers, whom t!,,ey i 'kept prisoners in the place; they, lia‘e.been reicuei),.ani hare procerded t , join their regiments ;( 1 fetUrned hither on the 2d, :and after . giving my troops 80111 d repose, I shall take a God preserve your Exceller cy many yeirs, • Most F.;xceileni Sir, , - (Sign , cl) FRANCISCO Y MINA. Od. "ro Don Gabriel ti Menlizabel (tin: aboye • for your Excellency's int , attatton.). (Sighed) FRANCISCO T.SPOL X MINA. To the Most Exvellent Senor Getier4 Sir Howard Douglas, on a MitiSiOß to the North of Sp.titt. Extra ft of. a I.cttur from Coloncl Mina to Sir Howard pnuglas, Bart. claled Sanguesa, 2611 t Oct : 181 i. Our army of Valencia _has been Several timers it.tecessful rigitinst the enemy. El Ernpecinado and General Duran 'reduced, on tile 4th 01 October, the garr - ilon of Calatuyud of 'eight buthlred men. 'A gnat quantity ,of,:gram, .with many 'valtrble neces..- ,aries, were 1010 within the ,wale; lot mer kV;Ii ilistril s 3uteA amongst. the farmers and . of the distriet, the latter attscing , t the soldiers. They likewise captured the garrison. of Fntsmo, consisting of one otlicer andsthirtine men; and attacked a VrenCh column marehidg ftom Altunnia to the relief of t3aktuyud, killing lintel,' cuirashiers, and making six pyisoners, among whom was Cotu. nelOuillot, the Commander. betferal Duron is, stationed near Calamyud ; El Edipecinadoat an,ll on ihe roads to l'etuel anti D;iroca ; Generals Main and the ' Cinde Oe•,. Montijo are, arrived, at , Cuenca with inx thousand men from the third army. ~ • ~~ ~ c '1 Adniiralty Office, December 7, 1811. Extraa of a Letter from Vice.Adiniral Sir Edward rellew, Dart. ConlManticr .Chief 01 tlifi Mdiestv's Olt» oilti vessels:in the: Mediterranean, to John Wllion Coker, Esq. dated on board the Caledonia, Port &lalion, id Nuv. A. I doubt . . - ~not.their Lordships will be Very I.le sirous of . intormation, as to the state ot, atlitticon, this side of Spain; I herewith transmit Copies.lor,; their satislatlion of the latest Dispatches I lwe re. ceived from Captain E. ) re, of his Majesty's ship Magnificent; detailing the matt recent iransaelions in the Provinco,of Valencia,: and al%o from t.::aptuit t Codringion, commanding Of the coast of Cata lonia. • • The cendU6Cof 'the Spanislt . Commanderat.Oro- • pesa, which is mentioned by Capinin 'has been well supportefi tyy the gallantly of Lieutenants Autry .and Hiatt, who, under the very judicious ordtrs of Captain Eyre, brought him .ott," with little giurse.to; • ;, r have to. express my complete npprohatvt) o f Captain Eyre's measures, and have much titistac t ion in employing the rierviCes of that excellent cer . 01 aid of the Vtdencian patriots. The more remote operations of the Ft ench tt pops under Sachet seem to have atfor,ded the Catalans an opportunity, of which they 'have new their exertions with considerable vigour, and toi:cpsies 'of no mean account have rewarded their enterprizes. Alignificent„ ofT Valencia , Utt„ 14, tail, 1)p ii my arrival at this place, on the Bth instant, , lost no time in assuring General Blake, of tuy readiness to undertake any, service in which I could, be useful in forwarding his plans for.the defenc'e o this Province, and the next day I receive(i'llon, hiq Excellency u Letter containing a fequebt, that would endeavoAr. to relieve the Castle of Oropesa, which wai ploJely, iuvettted by ibtt enemy, aildAnuctt SIR, • distressed for pro - visioua. ,cousequence'imenediately proceeded Ihither, with three gin-gotta which the. General had put under icy command, and arrived there on ihe en of the 1 Ith,, when 1 learnt that the Code had surrendered the preceding day, and that two thou,- sand ot the•enemy's troops were in the- town; a tower, however, about ,a tram ()ropes.), and only a short .distanc.e from 11)0 sea, had the, Spanish flag still flying, and ~the enemy were discovered constructing a strong battery against it,within musket shot. Having found means to communicate,with the Tower, I received a Letter fwm the Cdtnynandnnt, informing me, that , although he had refused to ca pitulate ti hen summoned the day before, it viou!d be impossible. , for him fa hold oat many tours agqinst such; a into) as the. enemy bad otonght against him ; =arrangement was con4equence. nwnrdiatt:ly made to withdraw the garrison. At play-Ure.tk t he' following morning the' enemy opened their, tire, which was terurnect „with ,Spirit.- train the tower but . it was not till near nine o'clock, when the breeze sprung tip, that I could proceul in with the 'Magnificent : I then anchored 'as close to the , shore . as .situation would admit, and sent our launch and pinnace, together .with the gun-boat-4 to bring oft the garrison, which consisted of two of-' fiteri end eighty-five soldiers, all of whom, I have the satistattion to inform you,'were, by the exertion and steady ...uncial of the orlicers,and boats crews; embarked by ten o'clock, Tire fire from the Magnificent kept the battery in check, but the moment the enemy perceived that the tower was abandoned, they chew down to the 'water-side, under shelter of a little polut of land, and amongst the rocks, in great numbers, keeping up against , the boats an incessant and . heavy fire of musketry, from which three of our men were wounded; one el them, I am sorry- to say, very dangerously. • , The Officers who cOmmanded the Magnificent's boats upon this occasion were Lieutenants Astley and Hiatt, and I have great pleasure in representing to you, that for every duty of danger of trouble, thy have always Voltutteeted their services, end their conduct on this as upon every former ocCaSiOti, has he. very satisfactory to me, nod highly creditable to Iticlusel4CS. • From the launchbeing obliged to make use of her carronade, in older to check the ,increasit.g fire of the enemy, the pinnace, alter taking 'a boat lull of Spanish soldiers to one of the gnu buals, was under ~~ IJ i a