The Sun. — London, England, 1811-02-15 00:00:00

.; NIA4 Aft RIVED-1 I)tibl.n t 3 WJteriord. Dux --1 Waterford. pt:tcE ()F .6TocKs tt I O.IY AF TWILV IL O'CLOCK. Consols 651 661 Red. Ann. - 667 /1 t ' 1110LILM QUIS DICIk t VA1.51/N1 AUDEAT? L OND 0 t, FRIDAY, 711BRVARY 15, 1811. is Wlndsor Castle, Feb. Is, 4‘ There is little difference in His MAJESTY'S state billCO yeSteiciay. (4 M. BAILLIS. " R. W11..1.I8." We feel the most lively satisfaCtion in communi cating to our Readers another brilliant conquest achieved by our Arms, The Island of Banda has been reduced, without the loss of a single, man on our part, although the force of the enemy was im mensely superior, and placed in a fortress which is uncommonly strong both by nature and art. Our Readers, will, we are sure, feel equal delight and astonishment when they read the following plain and modest narrative of this most gallant exploit. Banda is one of that cluster of Spice-Islands, called the Moluccas, from which the Dutch, in , the days of their commercial prosperity, drew such im menseealth. It 'is abotit 20 miles broad and 10 long, and produces both nutmegs and cloves, but the furinvr in gt eater abundance. It was taken in 1796 by a squadron under the command of Admiral RAINIER, and restored at the peace, ofilcial details of this event have not yet been received by Gwernment, but we pledge oqrselves to the authenticity of the following statement : " His Majesty's ship Itstracoutta, Indian Ocsan, (libber 8,18 to. " Having Met 'a merchant ship on her way to England, I aViit my pelf of the opportunity of stnd. ing you the eat Nest account of the capture of Bauch, And as the public dispatched cinnot reach England for some ti,oe niter this, T take the liberty of giving you a detailed account of the attack. " Ca , o/ine, Piedrnunta is4•, Barracouita, arrived air Banda (its the Bth Angtto, rind hnve too • at a r:onsidrr►►hle distance (min the kid, to avoid being s.eeo (a hope which was fro:or:fled by come . fi.hint; bnat4). At ten at night beitig about (our ni:ics troni the lui;bour, the boats were ',pitted out, 3 - u►ul asternbittii aluogside the Caroline, conta►ning 390 men. At twcite the boats shoved off, under the command ref Ciptain Cora, the weather being then tolerably tine, it soon however became' dark, and squally, intended With . a boisterous sea, whichltba sioned tie separation of the boats ; and on arriving at the appointed rendezvoux, Capt. Cots found the original force diminished to tBO men: After re 'nettling until three o'clock, in hopes pfbeing joined by the itiising boats, it became necessary to push o n for Used Netra, still three miles off, or return to our shies, mortified and disappointed. " Capt. 011.11 fortunately determined .to gteOn, end c n approaching the shore, we found, by several alarm got a wing fired, , that the enemy were ex petting us. The badoess of the weather, which had before acted agdanit us, now became our proteeilon, for the boats, grounded undiscovered in a beaky squall of wind and rain within tOO yards of a Lie. tery of ten 24; pounders, which was stormed in the rear ; the sentinel was killed by a pike, and Gu men were disarmed without filing a pistol. " leav'mg a guard it, the battery, the storm ing party, headed by Captain KUNCII, and the re serve by Captain Ceeit, proCeeded to' Fort Belgica, by a narrow path on the skirts of the town. Ti,e bugle % , 1111 then sounding the alarm of our landing— The enemy in Brlgiea reserved their tire until we got close to the walls, The scaling ladders were then placed between the guns, and mounted wish a rapidity exceeding all belief, notwithstanding a very 1111 Art tire centre .the citadel and the surrounding bushes, bol) very ill•dire4ted. Atter pining posseHion of the lower works, the ladders were hauled up and placed against the intact wall ; tbe interval occasioned by this seemed to give the enemy fror.h courage ; but when they s , l w the ladders firmly fixed, they seemed panic-struck, and fied in all direCtions, leaving the Colonel-Command. Mit and iu men killed, and two Captains and thirty men prisoners. The guns near which the ladders were placed fortunately burnt priming, owing to the heal, y rains, stud thus we fOttnd ourselves in possess i on a this strong citadel, without the l9ss of a single man, just in time for the, sun to rile on the British flag, and to phew us our commanding siLation ; having Fort Nofsu and the town imivediataly under our guns. A ibg of truce was dispatched le the Governor, offering protedion to private property on the sur render of the island, which was refused ; however, a shot from Belgica, and a threat of storming the town and forts, produced an immediate and uncon ditional surrender, and 7fio disciplined troops and 300 militia grounded their anus to us. ‘‘ Capt. COLE'S feelings at this moment must have been, in unison with his foiloweri, proudly grateful. The enemy had notice of the squadron's approach . at six o'clock in the afternoon, and dis patcheda great liart of their force to the place whet e Admiral RAINIER landed, an event which Captain Cott had foreseen. " The enemy taking advantage of the flag of truce whiCh we had flying in,l3 , lgica, opened a fire on the shipping just entering the harbour, but a few shot from that commanding fort ,drove them fiom their guns. Fortunately the nature of the attack recjuired no firing from the assailants, as the' boats grounded at some distance fiotn the shore,' and the men had to wade up to the middle in water. The enemy were drawn up at their guns, with lighted Matches. " 11,inda ,Neira and its dependencies export 900,0001. worth of spices annually to Batovi3 ; we fuuncl about 400,0001. worth of spices at the time • of the capture. " The Piedmontaise remains at.Banda, in chdrge of she Island, until ? she I►►dian Government send to garrison it. We Are now , on our way to Admiral DitiblY, with dispatches, and the Carolint , is mak ing arrangements to supply provisions from the neigh bun ing Islands. EPD4UNDLYONS, , " Lieutenant ut the U4rractitta." The City Address was yesterday presented to his Royal Highness the Prince REGRNT, with the usual fearer ; it will be found, together with his Royal Highness's answer, in a subservient column. We believe that the Answer of his. Royal Highness has very much disappointed the promoters of the Ad dress, and indeed the Party at large. Those who flattered themselves that the Plittlcti of WALES, in • the discharge of the duties of his high office would be governed by Party feebugs—those who hid the esumption to assert that him Royal Highness would endeavOnr to embarrass the public business, by trying with how little of the itoy'al Confidence the Ministers could perform their tssk," naturally hoped that in the ii4iWtr ICI the Address, they wdorld find their exper:,iations realised. The Address was evi dently drawn up, in the hope that it would produce an MIS% er that would gratify the wounded feelings of the Party ; but that hope was not realised. His Royal Highness has disappointed the views of a set of men who seemed in have considered him merely as an instrument by which they might obtain, power, but he has answered the hops and expect ations of the Empire. We mentioned yesterday the interview which had taken place on Tuesday last between his MA , JESTY and; the Prince of WALES. We then stated that these illustrious cliaraiiiers had parted in mutual happiness, but we since learn from indis; , utable ilioriti a that there never was perhaps a more a(- leding and gratifying meeting between Father and Son in any rank of life. Nothing; we are assured, could surpasir the reciprocal proofs of regard,; and tlria regard was shewti in the tenderest as well as most ardent manner on both sides. His Ms.JESTY embraced the PRINCE with all the energy of pa.. ' rental regard, and the PRINCE returned it with eve ry emotion of filial affedion and respctl. We have the pleasure to add, that not only are the public re ports of his Ivliserery's improving health abundant, ly confirmed by all the private accounts which we received from quarters that jwitify the fullest confi dence, but' that the improvement of his Nlikaksyy's sight also.itt an unquestionable fad. The.first proof (.f this extraordinary circumstance, we understand, rook place a few weeks ago, when 165 MAJESTY observed to one of the Physieiatis in attendance, who was' potiring out a medicine, that be thought ho ' could discern the colour of it. The Physician re quested that his MAJESTY would describe the ap pearance, and his MAJESTY did so with the utmost . accuracy. When the Physician confirmed the unit) of the impression, his MAJESTY, with his chant:, truistic piety, immediately returned thanks to the Supreme Being, for having restored in any degree so great a bIVSSIIIg. The Portuguese papers recommend the general adoption of bread formed of a mixture: of flour and otatoes. They observe, that the excellence of it has boon proved by experience, and if generally used, there would be no want of bread, as they have happily abundance of potatoes and that by thus .torning to advantage the produce of their own coon. try,, large sums would be spared which are sent abroad for wheat. They add, that according to all accounts from Spain, not a third part of the land will be sown this year, from the want of cattle, of hands, and olcoatidence ; far who would like to sow that the I.:teuch might reAp ? NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Fen. 13.—Sailed this day the Lap. wing Revenue cutter, Capt. FRAZSR, Oiith the came extra ship, tram Bombay, last Irani Cork, under convoy fa- the River. Also sailed the Charles hired armed brig, with a fleet of transports and tnerchanitnen under convoy for the Dawns, consisting of about 40 sail. Among them are the following vessels, viz. William, Gilchrist ; the American vessel Victory, Rich ; Orb, Hill ; ZEolus, Sendry ; Robert and Mary, Richards; the American ship Washington, Grigg; Adventure, tiol land ; Eliza, Bridgeman; and the Supply naval. transport, for London, DEAL, Fen. 14.—Came down from the River the Castle Eden, and Metcalf, East Indiamen, :for Madras and Bengal. FIVE o'CLoca..—Tbe whole of the outward bound are getting under weigh. PoIiTSMOUTif, FRB. I 4,—Ar rived the Mapper from a cruize; Ellen trathport from Cork ; Lord CoUirtgivoud, di to, from Lisbon, with the loss of her main-wait. • Yesterday the !mid Mayor,. about twelve o'clock, attended by Mr. Alderman Combe, Mr. Alderman Thoma 4 Smith, Mr. Alderman Domville, Alderman Wood, and Mr.. Alderman Maoay, the Aotorder, Sheriffs, and City Otfle‘n-s, together with a considerable number' of Commoners, went trom Guildhall to Carlton House, and presented the tollo.ving' Address to his , Royal flightless the Prince of WALas, as. Regent 01 the United King dein. TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, REGENT OF TII,B UNITED KINGDoNI OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,. The Putiful and Lo)aliAddress of the .Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City or London, in Common Council assembled. MAY IX PLEASE YOUR BoYAL HIGHNESS, We the I.lord Mayor, Alder.nen t and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assem bled, most humbly approach your Royal Highness with the warmest assurances of affectionate attach ment to your Royal Person, and unshaken adhe. rence to those sacred principles which seated your Family...upon the Throne of the Realm, fully con vioced that those principles afford the beet security to the honour and dignity of the Sovereign, and the rights and interehts of the people. Whilst we offer to your Royal Highness our sin cere condolence upon the severe visitation with, which it has pleased Divine Providence to aillitt our 111051 gracious Sovereign, %%filch. has occasioned a suspension of the Royal Funttions,..it is with heart- felt consolation, that in conmion with all ranks of our fellow-sobieds, we behold in the person of your Royal Highness, a Prince highly ennoved.and eunneittly qualified to,exercisothe Regal Datiesi. a Prince who has so greatly emit:wed himself to the People by his moderation-and forbearance on various trying oceisiuns, and toe attachment be has so uni formly shewn to their Rights and Liberties. Had indeed the desire and expettation of the United Kingdom been realised, by.vesting in yoUr Royal Highness the full powers of the Executive Authority, we , hould have had just cause tor eon-, gratulation, confident as we ff,ll.lhat those .powers would have been wisely and beneficially exercised to enable us to meet the extraopdinary exige n c i es o f so perilous a crisis. • • - Deeply impressed With a sense of the many and 'great difficulties which, with pow e rs so 'kilned, your Royal Highness. must have to encounter in the discharge el duties so arduoui, and ,feeling towards your Royal HighneSs" the fullness of that loyal affec tion which in deeds as well as words we have so long demonstrated toss Ards your Royal Father and Fa. ably, we would fain have forborne to cloud the dawn of our intercourse with your Royal'Highness, by even a glance at our grievances, manifold and weighty es they are—but duty to our Sovereign, duty to onr country, the example of our forefather's, justice Co posterity, the tame and the safety of our Kingd)m,. all, with voice imperious, forbid us to dis'..,uise our thou g ht s or to smother our feeli ngs . Far be ii :trots us, insulted as the Corporation of this auciar i i (and, 'at all former times, respected) City has recently been, ,by the Servants of the Crown, tar be it from us to indulge in complaints of grievances peculiar to ourselVes, teddy and willing as we are to share in all the necessary burdens and all ihe dangers of our country. is of general griev;encesz , ••••grievaocestierely felt in all ranks of life, of accumulated and e.er accumulating taxation, rendered doubly grievous by the oppressive mode of exaetion, and of the increased and increasing distress and misery therefrom, arising out of the improvi• dent expenditure of the immense Millis thus wrung from industry Bed labour—uf the waite of life and ut treasure, mu ill- con tr ive d and ill cond ucted expedi tions—uf the attempts which for many years past, and especially within the last three years, have been made, and with but too much auccess, to crush public liberty in all its branches, and-especially the of . freely discussing the conduct or public men, and the nature and tendency of public urea- SOWS. Can we refrain from humbly expressing our corn plaints, when we have seen those Ministers who have so !Ong usurped the Royal Authority ; g and who, it is n ow discovered, hav e b y praetisin the most criinivalsdeception upon the Parliament, and the People carried on the Government during his M nfl ajcity's for mer . i ncapacity, exerting their iu• ence to degrad e t h e Kingly office —when we have seen 111CLIStitTS adopted evincing the most unfound ed jealousy and mistrust of your Royal Highness-- when we have seen the Prerogatives of the, Crown curtailed and withheld—when we" have seen a new Esta u te rico ta establishe d lstiitiga k i i2 w w he it t l i ea vv l me have , highly dangerous seen' pcm er, influence., and embluntent, thus set apart to con trout and embarrass the Executive Gosernment at a time of such unprecedented difficulty; when all the energies of tbelttite /tre necessary to enalite °l surmount the clingers with which we grr r r 's, ed, both at home and 3 bioad, we confess, 11)3l," jog as we do the 'most unbounded gralitale tal Royal Highness 'for undertaking these arclo.dilo at a moment of such peril, and und e r such OP stances, we can discover'lM cause fur congrituj on the contrary, we should be filled with dill, and the most alarming apprehensions, were ;ilo.o for the known patriotism and aryiliiv which your Royal:Highnes pOssessec, source which we trust your Royal flighlos find in the zeal, ardour, atfeaiusi, and 1 0 111 a tree and unitt . d people. Numeroui other grievances we fotheiir mention, but there is one ,so piomineai it' 61 1' ousness of its nature as well as in the i i t e s tr rr a r i i n se f h r i: ro vols a c t r k m i rs n e g n i u t c o n u ve t s a t a ha i t , : i v i e ic a ;':i b to . Our complaint and of your Royal tuous abt.orrence. The present the Commoni House of Pirrliaintlit, a fc'd}:bc'ilp meet the hands of the Mini , tei forth,' 1,i".10,, whether for ,th e p urposes n ullifying dien't 1, gatives of the Crown or of insulting 3:11 " )P ii0 in wield' llcprrs acitsilrettoihwPei independence e i r el e ' en r a ri i t i r e ir :c l p t a ei t ol i t t l ,f li s i t :n ol r e: f m . r ic k; Reposif ii rg ig fully rely Highness's benefic e nti)to ii° ''''„"l,,rti ,t that a t fu u l i n :: e t r c c o i n dence Ya' ao f vie vs and i only deplore the present unfortunateretunslances so embarrassing, every measure which der l l,4 l : sonally upon .your Royal Highness will IY . towards extricating us from our pte , ent and for promoting the peace, happiness, 3il -000nie: s i r t st l ifi l l i rl e t: va C s cet ot ;:o n u a;s i r i i i v e i t i tb r i u t y u l ct g . itilo l e e npo o airat u ic.pci r i ner%givxnipelfirhisep.sist,e t h eon; otyl o toi, f pinu c e ; ;1;; Ak s affeEtion with the voice of 'complaint, V gn'licit efraLt. and 10 , e g , etoofasill'o:n otifttegrnsetlviir i i e l s l o ta f k l e ra p Pi p a ; c y a e: a L d o e : . vdon ryal Highness from being greeted by I.'l Rtai, i n any voice but content and ,gi Signed, by order of . the CottrlF 10 , HENN Y NV OOOll° which his ROyal Highne ss Wo 10 to Ike the tollowing reply : GENTLEMEN, - Chn °t I thank you and f or the assurances of your Ato . er y of your confidence in the sincerity of col, yours to promote the welfsre and s.fcurity of '.,„,% jit,sly's dominions, by the faithfra adtininistr.!li:,t, mst. l a: l l, l yi l dr a .iti e ltyo powers w whent tt which by ihe 1 b a ie rn i si:lridg,r a:trod:4l,.oll, lamented n f i tr tlre arduous indisposition situation of 1 lilne' K wi h n i g cl) I ' 4lll F :iill st n iiw , of m y assure yon, that it will be she h ' Pijie4t ' L ' i!'el ' lv I ,:art be call e d upon to , e8 i,, 0 trio re,,e,14 1 i j legated to ow, in.() t e hind cf illY b ' l44' ' re , ered Father and Sovereign. i ' . . •ittlrl d , y, awn di§position, no less than the, e" r e'rf Father, will •rnake me al illi li-nr !iii''' :t"l° the corn Joints of those %coo ll o ir PI 0 themselves. aggrieved, and will deterniiaLli OP , L ,. e ',""fi 1 0 re! , nlate my'ci ndwa LIP" I lo tCo"' B b t o t s n e . d principles of tfiat ancient and ex(e ' c olol .la i v ution under which the Feople of ,' Prosl I e hitherto enjoyed a state e t untistrillgii c i o lo l u d y u eNt l iz e: laA i a p l ust : : ;: e l A n e trh A . B : :: e t ' e s r l — att t o :l e , l e r u m C t orEo.osukis.)niaili hisre etslrilivs‘Allalyt.roAllliilL:ci,4l-ilitr,l.;l:B .1 1 ICI ° pint: ji t t m il n is lan ß d O s Yi up in on " 'ome military firr angcn''' C tit i t ti m u i: ROYAL FI -C t il o i t e t f t:rEss then . held a C°ll-;11 1 c l i ' lel:fl' c :l,l e .e i_ o_ v r e g t .,, lie Recorder of London's Itepolt °I first 5 sloes, under sentence of death at the t''', l) ,,,di,;#' 11 kb l e l 7 ol n, t o g w re e t i r l ' l s o e:J t f ed o u r l July o a b during n b 4 . S g e, h r l i i t B s e t t n i‘l u b a 4 e 4 t r i :::;:::1; 11 ;, sos i o a i w o o:, i .. 54 ,ailebe'ster-r,treet, Manchester•square ; t o 0 1° ciliarm Ane, for a An After the »stances of a most detestable niiture, Advocate, who to M o so li r: e kil l tiered cui for execution on .Wednesdase tte ° ' 4 l ' )/ proceedings ot C r . , hc,, t i The case of a girl of the name of iii4l'iveore'' highwarrobbery, c"l lnc , v oio' attempting to poison her mistress, vio Iwt t o it' s Advocate, who laid be , C t A l o h r t4 r u i e ls4 r ß l i i s li i ' . l s 4 :l: S tl i Au u r i:l t y ' i l. 3 : Bl i ..) . 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