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P;orti the LONDON GAZEITE, Nov. id, to I _ Prince of Wales's Council, NOV. 11, 18 1 1. County of Cornwall. The names of those who'were nominated 'for Si letiffs by the Council of his Royal Highness the Ptnc e of Walel, at his Royal Highness's - Council Chamber, Somerset-place, on Tuesday the twelfth 43 Y of November, in the fifty-second year of the r e l Bn of his M a j esty Ki ng George the Thi r d, an d i n the Year ()four Lord one th ousa nd eight hundred and eleven t Sohn Coleman Rashleigh, of Pildectux, Esq. of Prneakiineck, Esq. l iumPhry lerideaux, of fl e xwot thy, Esq. Carlion-House, Nov. 13, 1811. , I The Prince of Wale% teas been pleased to appoint e lt everend Daiid Willi am G arro w, A.lll. to be on w The Prince Royal Highnes s ' s Chaplains in Ordinary. .ne Prince of Wales has also been pleased to vi t i pt the neve/end John' Welbore Doyle, A. B. ole one of hi s !loyal Ugliness's Chaplains in f ulhary, i ddtnirdill'Otice, Novemter 16, 1811. Ch e i s u m,...,.hve Leung from Commodore l'ehrose to . [oho `-roket, ksq. dated at Gibraltar tine au' and zjih 'Month. • San juin, Gibraltar, Oat. U. all. ttti o -1444 110 1 11•10 form their Lordships, .thipt yes••• a xit ;, lll ,mets the French army quitted St. Roque nalfPast. seven, the advance hiving left Las rct°l ahoti; thre e . t "ok . the roetl towards trnenes, and' tho 14, 11 e)hgence- was; that the advance of General 1 11 1 / 4 " le roe cavalry were keeping si'glit of their rear. u. b e the opportunity of •the S cout (without delay ] . give you this Mforiiiation. • I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) .C. V. fENROSE. &lit' • " 7 ' '..• . r t at.l Irian, Gibraltar, Oct. 25, I S t !. i i 4 ,1 1: Stout being put back, owing to the westerly. I te . 'llad carrying away her ninin-boom in a squal l, q : r e . t ae opportunity of 'enclosing a :crater return : riv als and `airings, and state of ship , in the t;," an d 10 tequest you to lawn) their Luidiltit:s, i i , "le French army which lately appeared here, ti.: 1 11l11 divided to the several parts from whence it liyitad'etubled, alter Gdneral Ballaiceros, who 101- 1 1 ,1 tile:anent), with great judgment abdgallan- Iti: ° gained a considerable ad.V4ititge over their 004, 511a rd. on the QV, taking berm' prisoners 1 1 ! 140 bag t ,. i :rit a ii:letiaorst the batha haste le , o F t r . e , a n s c s b ei , u u bi n i eriagi.y obligedt the th e alive m I,„„ 4 .° ll llllasteicoi, at. (fur works;on the-island of 1 '016" 3 ,' assembled their lorce'in the hopes to crush 1 0 k i e ,lore 'his preparations were acivan‘4ci, and also ti llin ze Tallith before we were prepared for re ltth, and that want of wine and grain, owing I have the honour to be, &c. .. (Signed) C.V. PENIOSE. . . . _ . .. . cPie dldmitalty-Oeice, November 16, 181 1. t "I‘orn - n. t wQ Letters and their lnclosares from . Captain lo t e.---fg, of His Majesty's ship the Astr . wa, old h res_se s c e l 4 . Vv,\; -t"111 weaver, of the Nisus, Senior O t ff o tce tu r h a n t t h e Is l e 4 Ctoitcr, 1 1 ''''t twititnitted by the latter ttk . „ SI R, His Majesty's ship ASIM3, 04__ . Pout Point .. I h a d. i .. . , , MadagiViCar, May a t , 1011 . '4 ';l 'l° , 4 99hour of communicating to you, fro m , slati o ° 7- Island, - my determination to quit . t h at . ih tli n '„ n ' fi ° Wel' to follow the three enemy's . friga t es latl r t i t r i le n ort board, which had appeared of} 1 tt, - tisn: - un the 7 ih instant, and also my, reasons lia ' r ain ' I h' ld Sh far'a neaf point, Per' . 14 ~._ !.. ty wou pu 1, tanatave. ,• ila v ,, . , t to thitt. he eti ,;: 40 W the satisfaction tu'rePctr you;f . k e tOth 1 ,"IY were discovered on the morning . 0 , t it H ear far tO'windward, and well in with t h e N it Hear N ut p oint, madg i gascar. Th u signal to ll ' i PlP l k a4 promptly obeyed by his INTsidSlY's. ships . "fetti-,„. c ebes G alatea , and Racehorse sloop. . Pie a, Ilic i l e :, Iva* most vexatiously variable . dur . int. the i t h iflit;„ si re diy, which, combined with . the efforts dtibl e - , en lY to keep to windward,.rendered it im. Cr. 4,', ° close them until nearly four o'cl9Ck,.when iti,,,,,.., 4 ,e being about a mile a : ticati and to d . , tliti ce4 4 °) they Ovoro together, kCPt °W3Y1..31)_ Nth, the dia POSltiOn to .being us to anion. .J. .Iti 1111 '; tfien ellitiruenced firing'; I regret to say, at ; 11 411,141e, which soian, so vifeaually. produced a 1 ,1',41e - i e r via rd , as to render our squadron unman: ' 0 1:1 4 -" three hours. No exertant. was omit ted l 'il , v g h i, MilieSWS ships inio'close action, cur i ng . ttF,4:ri cliticarand trying period; but all was t.n -j Aili k l• 'rile ene m y' s re ar ,liigate neared t h e I '44 a l ittle, who lay 141 4 I, e .' ° IIIY occasionally brin‘ I'' s ail sail tind centre ship, on the Water almost trn t-iing guns t o . bear, p`reserving a light air, (14 ,1iti ttil In rounding the quartet of the Phm . be•and 4 10 4 ,"! raking i t i k , l4l . tt. aiern — .4,itii - consicfera' ble eflea, for, ttlai ud A hls, his favourite distanc'PJ _,. . re ...., the enemy • tabled the pi', ti, ota nearly dark; when a light ''''. r • cl ,,, • t i lior ) ; te ' L 'e to smite' the near frigate in a guou P°: '. i ota ;`,) °ring her to a decisive action. In halt an 'ili tt L t e was beaten. Her night signals drew . . 1 , 1 , i_ 'i1e 44 40 frigates to ber.assistancu, th e Phobt.. .t.' . 7 ' 4111 P h 4 r e q u etice Obliged to follow the Galatea,. whiLil 1 1. 4 1 - a i' L gitt up the breeze to Me. 'At this time t i . ~qt il l ' ,. e ,'" by Captain Losack, who .ini°rballeditiltlld i ' th i , - ` l 4-aatea had suffered vet) , constdera Y , ..,. rte • - Wai . • • lee , I .had the 111 ?`" at i , h , passing un d er my her t v re: ' 0 11 4 ," t ° ee her mizen, :and soon a fter , .„ J o 1 1 , 14 it' a ,:h t : f t ail. Having shot a-bead, . \ Ow' ° of 4 , i "ott l i ri -- signal -. at ' , distress, and being in ,want ...: , "littilte a ssistitice; I closed to asceriain. ll -w'cAu a r k l hi t t . 4 was again hailed by Captain I' ll °9 - dis: ;1 i ah le4 l : ll " ) trued that the Galatea Was ' t9ta 1 the fed to her head being put tow,ar •,' ~... Nei ' 4 ' renew the anion, as I before . naw +4.. 0 Y , t li i . "ter rf • • IL , 0 e d -atrial ion was immediately cominun_lctat,...., ~." Ph,: L Pt4i n Hinyar to recommence eaten, wau. , e•. .She was I- tr t , , -ate a , a i n a - - state to suppprt m • . ~ 1 l'ile,'"PtlY reported ready, although bled. I gl tivi t t ta then wore, end led towards - the :enemy, much dis a bkJ. ~.'' *ta l l the Racehorse and Phoebe; the , eondu a 6 t r `" all l ' - '" ship, as a 'British man of war, did bon a a an 6_, • • t i ff , 1 7.1ria. The enemy was soon discover ed i ' l st vb —ut att, 'and hit leading ship, the Coma I • " al btoutht to close aStiotl by the Astix.i. minutes site struck, and srlisle the signal fe that . effect, 111104 previously:attempted. to lay us athwart hawse, under a heavy fi re of grape and musketry from all parts of the ship. Another fri gate, on Closing, struck, and made the signal also: bat On a shot being fired at her, fr om her late Corn modore, she was observed trying to escape. Chace was instantly given, and continued till two o'clock in the morning, with . all the sail both ships were enabled, from their disabled state, to. carry when I judged k advisable, as she gained 'onat4, to Wear for the purpose of covering the captured ship, and forming a jundion, (if possible) with the Galatea. At this moment, the Pllmbi.s .foretop:mitti fell : sight of the Galatea or captured Alp was not re gained until daylight, 'when,' to the credit of Lieu tenants Roger (second of the Asttrea) and Drury (R. M.) vvha with five men were,all that .could be put on board the latter in a sinking boaf,..slie was ob,ervcd making , an effort to join us,- a petted wreck. . . The captured frigate proven to. be l e a Renommee of the first class (as are the other two), of 44. guns and 470 men, ' (200 . of whani were picked troops), corn Mended by Capitaine de Vaisseaul With Commo dore's rank) Roquebert, Otficier de la Legion d'Hon 'near, who fell when' gallantly fighting .his ship. The senior officer of the troops, ColOnel Barrels, Membre de la Legion d'Honnenr, is dangerously wounded. The ship that struck and escaped, was La Clorinde ; the ate disabled by the Ptirebe, L' Nereide, haviisg each 200 troops on board, - besides their crews.. This squadron escaped from Brest an the night. of she 24 February, and was destined to reinforce Afauritius,. having arms,and various other warlike. ; • stores on . board. I beg to apologize for so lengthened a detail; but few attions have been toughs under such a variety of peculiarly trying and vexations diffictilties. I am, however, called upon by , my feelings and a sense of '- my duty, to bear testimony to the meritorious con duel of the .officers and ships', companies of his Majesty's ships. Plicebe and Aston. • To . tha disci pline of the former I attribute much ;. hut as Cap. ! taro merit as ,an Officer is so generally, and,. by you, so partieuhrly appreciated, it is need. less for me to comment on it, further than to ob serve, that the separation of the Galatea was am ply ' coinpetisased by the exertion manifested: in the centluct of the snip he had. the honbui . to coin mond,' To the Officers, seamen, and marines.of the . As- • tia, I am-fswr ever indebted; their cool , end steady aoliduet wlrtiie in close Italian with the enemy, and co tiro in several, places from his wadding, merits my admi r ation (particularly having been so, recently formed). •A difference is the personal. exertionol each officer, was not distinguishable; but i cannot , anew the effort, and . jucighteut of Lieutenant John Baldwin, (first of this ship), to, pass without par ticulat encomium ; I received the greatest assist ance from him, and also from Mr. Neilson, the Master. - • ' • The moment the Phoebe and Astrma are in a state to get witOwaid,' the plisoners exchanged, and La,llenomm6o renqered.sea.vvorthy, I shall proceed off Tamatave• (or further inforMation, as I have sea= son to think it in poisession of the enemy; , ' I have the honour to transmit returns of the killed and wounded on• board his Majesty's ships. The loss on board-La Itenornm6e is, exces iive-1 45 killed and wounded. Galatea haying parted cum. *patty; no return: • I have the honour-to be, .&e: - • (Signed) C..M. SCI-lOMBERG, Captain. Captain lleivet, his Maidsty's ship 'Mins, SeniOr Ottil:er Av the fde of F ratite. • _ . . !Air of gilled .and Woundcd on board his Majesty's Ship • , 4atixa, in Action with the . Etiony.am the aoth day ut' May,'llltt, utiMadaga§car. —.-- . . 'killed, . • ' .:` - • Olin Williams and Richard Wharto n , 1, seamen. - - . - ' • . vWutinded. . • ' • Louis Canto (very dangerously), Thornas Finley, Michael Dunn, Marines. George ket, quarter-maitOr. COW*. Snook, caulker. George Cuthbert (very dangerously) ! , Stephen Brown; seamen. j ohn Wright, Thonlita Reit, Captains of the F o reastle. William Wilcox, Garret aurae, , Thomas Cordall, Wolf Debar, William Allen, seamen. tosepli Trotter, boy. !aim lialLfwin, 'First Lieutenant, a seamen killed, I..Licutenant, it seamen, 3 - matinee, z box, wounded. rotal killed and Wounded—ti. ,;.• • ( • - ' (Signed) ~.,•C..M. SCHONIBERG, Capt. List of the Killed and Wounded on board his Majesty's ship P licebe, in action with the Enemy, on the acitli day of May, ' du, ad' IVladagavar." ' . • . ' _Killed: . . _ lames . M'Mullen, srmourer. I ohn Wright, glinner's-mate. Thomas Gtielit,sait.inakce:,-irwte. lames War t able bea— Man. Peter Lockwood, ordinary seaman, Thomas . Smith, landman. " • • Severely wounded. • Mr. 191111 %Vilkey, midshipman. GeOrge ohn S carp'', at. ' swain's mate. • 'ohm Lee, 10lin Dixon, l Roberts lio abk .tieatitar, 'Henry enintenburne, ordinary 'seam:in. Alexis Bernette, lohn Citlon, lanilmen, WiMagi lames, Peter Swift, William Knight (since dead)* supernumejaries. Slightly Wounded. john Earl, lolin Thomas, yeomen ni the Sheets. John Smith, David LW' Lachlan, abh: seamen. fohn HodAkis, thew Scott, limy Carnell,. ordinary seamen. -"attics idellbone, K ichard Hughes (4, Doneatt Davidson land. men. William Itybotirtii, joint Roberta, boisr ad class. Edward Owens,.Chatles Lanps, marines. .7 seamen killed; r midshipman, at seamen, a marines, wounded'. Total killed and wounded— 3i. (Si gne d) lA'S, HI LYA It, Captain. . .. . . . List of Killedand Wounded tin bbatd his Majesty's ship Ga. latex. Woodley Losiick, ,li'sq. Captain, hi action with the yrvitcli Squadron oil the Isle of Madagascar, on the aoth !Way, tBit. a Kil l .• • • john Carroll, landman. John Roberts, able seaman. : 1(41i1 M 'earthy, landrnan. famesarmourer. lohn Hendrickson, ordinary seaman. William South (3) , p r mer's-mate, rimes Lyons, able seaman. john . Captain of the Forecastle. Hugh Peregrine, First !Acute of Marines,. Francis Shore, William Terry, David Gottgh, Murphy., Yalentee,_,private ma rine. Severely wounded. john I aims landroun ( since dead). Frede rick Webber, I?aulkner, George ordinary Patrick Grilliths,.landman (since dead). john k leer, Do mingo lor2, lames Atherton, able , seamen. Woo Al bert, Captain of the Mast. john Lewis (*Olin Smith, o'rdinary , seamen. lolin Scott, Anthony litualluel, ante seamen. George Hogg, Quarter-Master. Fictiry Lewis, Second Lieutenant f ai ines. Abraham - Scott, William Oatley, He r re s , -Hendrick. hiclandy* fames Key priv'ate marilies. Slightly wounded. ' Thomas Bevis, First Lieutenant. Henri Williams,. Alex ander Henning,. Midshipman. Peter Simmons landmin. A n thony Franc:ilea, ordinary seaman. , john darks, land man. jolter W, Perry, joseph Bailey, able seaman. Leo nard Crowdeb, landman. ltieltird Hart, orditisry seaman. David Clarkson, quarter-gunner. Williani*Fall, ordinary seaman. William )54114 earpenteres crew....Eduxard.Stis ., by, Williarn Cunintine l Kaman. VAlfifek. t.thtisto. plkt, roman or the slieetto.. Charles Daniel Lukar, Richard Mackwal, able,,seantan. Tbornaf Sell. !tic:lard Ashton, Bryan gooney, lul' Williams, private marine. George Nichol I, Supernumerary, helonging-to the Illustrious. Israel Harvey, folut Olden, Chalks Wit- Darns, bnys. t 6 as wounde.l. Total killed and wee.inded 6t, • tSigned) w(ycl Dt l V LOSACK, Captain. 24f • B. Transmitted by Captain I.lc,iver, of the Nisus. SIR. Hjs Majesty's . ship Astraemi a.t.apchori'Ta4 Madagascar,' 2g, -3 to !I In my Letter of the 20th instant; detailing: the, - ' Mien between his Majesty's ships under my ordefe and those of the enemy,, I had the honour to, ins fo-in you that it was my intention to reconnoitre pori; as I had ; received' information that the enemy had landed and surprized the garrison, on his first arrival on the coast. ' • The state of his Majesty's ships Astrsea and Phoebe, did not admit bf their:. beating up quickly against the currents and very variable' winds ; the :Racehorse sloop .was therefore - dispatched in ad vance, to sumtnon the garrison of Tainatave to inf. rnechately Surrender. On the evening alatlie 24th instant, Captain De Rippe rejoined me, reporting his having seen a large frigate anchored in' that port;. a strong, gale prevented his Majesty's ships from getting in sight' of her until 'the afternoon of the instant,' when every thing" being ready to force the anchoi . age,, I stood in, and observed an enemy's frigate, p i a t. e d i n a most judicious, is%ition within the reefs of the port, liar the purpose Of enfilading the riar 7 row paSsage between them, "supported by a 'wrong fort in her van, with half moslset-shot, full of troops; there were also new waits in forWardricss, to flank the anclicirage. Not having anybody of local knowledge in either of his Majesty's ships, and, it 'being almost imprac ticable -to sound • the passage between the Teets,: which was intricate', end completely exposed to the. whole conc.entrati-d fire . of the enemy within 'grape distance, I judged it -expedient, under existing cir cumstances (both ships being full of prisoners, and having a proportion of men absent in Ls Ilenomm6c, besides sick . and wounded), to deter, until necesssry, M risking his ajesty's . ships. I therefore summoned' the garrison and frigate to immediately surrender ; when, after th , ..• usual in= tercourse of.ag . ol truce, I have the honour to in- form the fort of Tarriatave, its dependen-' cies, thelrigati;, and 'vessels in the port, together with the late garrison (a detachment of r,ti4d ginient),. were surrendered to, and taken .possesSiOn, or,hy; his Majesty's ships.under my orders... ' I was induced to grant- the ter,ns (a Copy of which;: together with the suramons„ And answer thereto, I have the honour to inclose), iu order to prevent the . destruction of the 'fort of . Tarnatave,' the frigate, and. vessels—a measure they intended to adopt. • s • The enemy's frigate proves to . be La Nereide (one of,the finest, onlytWo years old) of t o riy.f,ul guns, and four hundred and seventy men (t wo bun dled whom we choice troops); cornmanded , by Capitaine le 'Maresqnier, Membre de la Le ion d'Honneur,..who full in the action of the 20th inst. Which she suffered very considerably, having had and wounded. • She -Was much en gaged by:the Phccbe. The crew of, La Nereide, together with the French garrison of Tainatave, I intend sending to the Mauritius as soon as possible, fifty eacept ed, who are too severely ounded to survive re moval. The whole detachment of 'his , Majesty's 22cl Re giment retaken, tieing .ill of the' endemic Bauer of this country,. I mean to embark on board the Ne reide, so soon as she is in a state to receive them ; when, after having dismantled the Fort, and em barked the guns, Sec. I shall proceed with hersms der convoy to' the 11 1 1autitius,,.in company with the Paretic, . I have the honour to he, Sze. • ` - (Signed) C. M. SCHOMBERG,Capf. Capt. Bc:t.ser., his Mojesty's cjiip Sruior 4.31141 at the is.eof France. • .4) SIR, Britannic Majesty's ship.Astm4 Britannic . ,ajc.cy utrTamatave, May'2s, 1811. • La Nereide has been defended in a brave_manner; La, Ilenomrni:e.;;lnd Clorinde' have struck after a brave defence; in aliickbaptain lloqueb..ut tell, and Major' liarrois was severely wounded ; I' therefore call !noniron, tor .the sake Ail humanity, to surretide: immediately to hig Brionnic Majesty's ships ender my ordeel. • . , Nothing can justify au unnecessary effusion of. blood ; :1- hope in consevence to have an Jaime , diate answer: - ' • ,• . _ _ I have ihe honour .to be, &c. (Signed) --• C.,INV. SCHOMBERG, • Captriip. .1 the Officer cornittatitligg the Freiih fOgate Nereide. (TRANsi..ktfLON.)r pp board his imperial Niajesty's frigate Nereide,' SIR,- ' Tan:wave, nth Nay, as 1. I ain, as well as yourself, able. to estimate the situation in which lam p!aced. It .is tittering to ta i llavo deserved your prises, by my defence Of the ship which his Imperial Majesty his beeP 'pleased to entrust to my charge. I shalt endea vour to, preserve her for his service ; or, if I am Com pelled to yield, not to do.so ingloriously. lam gen stble of the Weight of the proposals you are pleaSed to make to me; but I must observe to you, Btr, that it would beltshonaurable for me to accept them. I should also be desirous to save the.elfusion of ti!ood,_ but mi duty as an Officer precedes my duty as a man. The following, Sir,. are therefore the only and un alterable . conditions , can accede to desire that 01 Staff, my ship's Company, and the troops, shall have the certain assufaute of returning . to their own cOtintry, with ut being, made prisoners at war. .The wounded shall remain at Tarnatave, to be theretitken care 61 by a French surgeon. The fort and the ftioate.sball, upon these terms, be de livered -tip to you; they are. lite only terms I can accept ; 1 titistion will feet how painto) it is to me to inrcipose them l',and:it you are really governed by the diCiates ot littaanity, you will also feel that any other would be dishonourable. Whatever may be your d intentions, Sir, be assured that MY conduct, whether as an Officer or a man, will always• nave for its object to command your -esteem. • • fi• • With the assurance of my bight consideratiber, Sir, &c. (Signed) * PONEY. Ta tke Carnmariter the fagtisli squadron. Artistes of Car;iturat roe entered into between Charles Mash Schomberg, Captain of lids Britanuic Alajesty't hip • Astrma, &c. and M.nsieur Vonev, ;,n utenain' de Vass. scam, Chevalier de 1,1 Legion ti'llenncter, and Capitaino Communal* of :the French frigate Nettide, at Tamarave, 2/641.7visy isir, Afticlel. The Nereido frigate, together with all the vessels ancl.propert'y at , Tamatave, the fort, &c, of ,the said place, shell be surrendered Without in. jurytu his Britannic I.llajevty's le hips uncit r my scam- . 'nand. • IL The officers, crews, end troops, nowsolually at Tattunave of on board the Neteide, shall be sent as soon as pos,ible.feAlie Mauritius, and ftnm thence be cntivt,yed to France without being considered as prisoners of war ; ,the Officers and Petty Officers only shalt keep theirawprda. • 111. The wounded shall remain at Tamitave undrr the care .of a French Surgeon, until they are recovered, when They shall be sent to France by they first ohiport unity. (Signed) C. M. SCHOMEIEnG. PON.EY. . Admiralty Office, Nat tinter 16, is i i . Copy, of a•letter from Captain Gordon, of ills Majesty's s ip, the A;:tiNe, addrorwxilto Captain Maxwell, of the Alceste, senior Officer et Lissa, and transmitted by Vice. Admiral. Sit Edward l'ellew to fUilll ‘Viisoll Cue k W* His Majesty's ship ACtive, at Anchor enlist Town of Raw:urn za, 181.1. 1 hare great *acme in informing you that the h ots hi s m a it.,si i , 's ship under my' command, - With the sinall-arm men and Hoyal, Marines, the whole 'under the command of Lientenant [lender son, Ow Of; ibis ship), wete , detached on the sh , p's anchoring here, in order to attack a convoy which had ran above the islabd that the town of It Too. niza stands upon, and had taken shelter in a creek oti the main. Flom the• narrowness of the en. trance, and. three gun-boats protecting .it, with a number of armed men on each point, Lie utenant Henderson was induced to land witl, the small-arm men and Marines,. on the right, in order to take possession of a hill which appeared to command the creek, leaving the :boats ,under command of Lieu tenant Gibson, to push for. the gun-boats ` the mai, merit a concerted signal was' made from the top of. the bill. _On I l ientertant Henderson and hit party gaining the, top ,of .the hill (after dislodging svverak, Waters whe bred. upon them during their ascent),' be found himself immediately above the gun-bouS and:a convoy of went-eight sail ; he then, rna3e the signal for, the-.4oatti to advance, at the 'Arne time descended the hill , exposed to the fire acme of the gun-boa's and 'several soldiers; but. the. attack .was f! o well planned, nod so nobly exe cu t e d, that the bo a ts bearded ,the gun.boaii, rifler the party which landed had only filed twqyollies Into . thew. The men)) , finding ilieopielve.s. attacked so w:utnly, tied in all direaions, leaving behind born a numhtr ;A killed and Wounded. Th e crews of the boats (111 but three men), ; jumping overboard, and gcutng on shore as our boats boarded, The gotta were iminciiiately,turned art the flying enemy, anti •:!. the hosts took possesiton, w hole. .com oy, eighteen of which were brought out with boat 9,' and ten more burnt,.and I tun happy to *ay scithont.the loss of a man on our part ; tom only were wounded•in the boats. , • Lieutenantllenderson (whose gallant condun on this and many other occasions since the ship has been employed in the Adriatic, snakes it a duty in cumbent Upon me to beg you will recommend him in the strongest manner to the ~C ommander iti Chief) speaks in the highest terms of the aisist .anbe he received from Lieutenant George Haye (who, though an invalid, very handsomely volun teered), Lieutenant, Mears, Royal .Marines, and Mr. Charles Friend, Master's.. Mate, who landed with him. Lietatenant ciibson, who gallantly led she boats to the .attack, Speaks in praise of every man and ()Meer, whose names I beg leave to state to you, as I trust you will recommend them to the notice of the Commander in Chief. Messrs. -•lienry• Lew, Redmond Moriatty, Norwich aid', William Simpkins, Joseph Cammellier!:. Nat hasi;Ll Ilarwell, Charles lienthath, George' Moore, Wil liam Wood, and . William Todd Robidson, shiprnen. Lam informed by the prisoners, And several per sons whoth I have justseen, that the convoy arrived here the evening lidera) chiefly laden with grain I . (A* the garrison at Ragusa, And Were defended on shore by three hundred armed men, which, Con sidering the force opposed to a ship's heats, is s proof that every officer and man did his duty l'ke British' seaman. I shall proceed to join you at Lissa with the prizes, the mottent they are jut in order. • ' I have the hon Our to be, &e. (Signed) JAS. A. GORDON, Capt. Murray Maxwell: Esri. eietain of 'his • Majesty's ship Aleeste, Senior orti. cer at 1.145 a, &c. &c. arc. ' Admiralty Office, Nov. 16, isii. Extrlk4t of.* Letter from Captain Nicholas, of his Majost)l's ,sloop Pilot, addressed to Rcur-Admiral Boyles, amt traiis mitted by Vice-ndiiiiral Sir Edward Pelfew to loan Wit— son Croke'', b q. SIR, His Majesty's sloop Pilot,. Syracuse; September tl, ti. I do myself the 'honour of reporting to you, that • early on the morning of the 6th instant, an armed ketch was observed tif be secured to AO walls of the castle, Castellar, and that in order to' bring hei Lint or 'destroy her, his Maiesty'S sloop was immediately snOuired close•before the town, su as to drive the troops, that were coll a ted for her prute6lion, (rota their different positions, and having partly &scornn► plished it, Lieutenant -Alexander Campbell pushed oft` with the boats, and with great gallantry etleeled a landing under the ruins of the castle, and then with some opposition advanced to the town, from whence the few - troop; that remained there, pre.' cipitately fled.. ,Finding the ketch was bilged, ha. hove her guns, (six 6-pounders) overboard., an 4 set her on fire. Having now lull possesttion of Castellar, he stationed the Marines in the castle, and began to ship off - as much'grain and flax as our boats could convey to the sloop beiole t reinforeetnot of the enemy would oblige es to evaouato it ; and I have the pleasure of saxing, that we gal on bosrd • about fifteen tont of corn, and a quantity of flax, `byfour o'clock, when they mad‘” their appearance with about one hundred regular troops, twenty-five of whom were dragoons ; but as we 14W them early from our mast-head, oar people enibarked from the Castle by signa4.jast as the enemy entered the lowa ♦ "~