The Sun. — London, England, 1811-05-20 00:00:00

_ ~~ _ _--~_ i (vac*: CONCISO.I •" ; I CORTES. SITTING of APRIL 18. The Comolittse of Commerce and M'aribei bad thought proper to grant permis•lon to D. Ricardo treacle to export 4000 head of Merino slieel,, the rchase-money being paid, agreeably to the:con 'eat given by the Provincial Juntas, and becatise the breed of these sheep is a species of territorial richei pecaliir to our climate., amt. vt hich will not s , icceed ill other countries . This report was strongly' op . Po'eda art(' ulttrmtely d.sapproved of. : On the. pro . position of the President, the privileges of the Co' un-. cil of the Mesta were referred to the examination of If teCoamittie e of Agrkulture. represented a The Sccretal y Z imaldcarregui Erievance which had been suitaintd by 1), F. Aevg -110, in having been confined five days, without cause ass igned, in the castle of S. Catalina ; and on being let oat, he was ordered ce leave Cadiz in 24 , flotirri, ender ' I' . penalty of utsiiig sent to the fortress of Ceuta in cats of non•opliance (i). . He proposed, that 164 Regent)! should be required to explain its, ino,, t irte for sucha proceeding, 'Senor Hiterta demand... edi that the order. of commitment should a6o be• 13 : °th leseti, for the aka h o oposition f greate r regularity. This O Pr ,' as well as that of &war Zutudfacarre . was appfo;ed.of. ' . SITTING op APRIL 19. h it Wail agreed, that th ere should be printed in the m ores de Cartes the- plan ot a law trutn the Coin-- "I atnnn lvb of Jusime, contai n i ng var i ous proposition+, 84 '111 be ttlti g others th e following :—" No Spania r d inViitiobCd but for an Defence; w hick met - its s'i punishment co'iporis dirictiva: nor without a pre `6t)ti judicial exatninalion and order, unless he is t v4 , ll Allt in the lad, in 11(,,prante. He shall not be b l 4 ':n into custody for verbal injuries. No one p , i ! jinPhsoned MOre !h art 24 hours, without taking i theantinatit.o, and being contronted with his ac , tt4eri Whoevtr is in confinement with° agika 5 1kall he set at liberty ; and the Judge w ho pt cause elutes in do so shall be displaced. ' -No house to be 'take into but for'the.purpose ot taking some person ICCu4ecl, and in that case theJudgesshall do it them- it 4 4". No criminal cause to last mote than 120 " a Y s i n the first instance. Every act o 'proesS '4:Jud gment shall be public. The accu f sed, c the v and .:7. eus'ru apply t anti the witnesseswitnesses ar e to put quest i ons, and Nil the m . verbally. E very four ' months there h e' . printed in the Capital a list 01 persons itri,- 13644t1(1, containing the grounds'of their imprison :hall"l,Nll and tile. state of the cause. All . the tribunals rnake weekly visits of their prisons; and the every tributtli, by one of their members, shall . I' ''Y tour rnonths make these visits in the subordi alejurisdidiutts. It 41)33 not remain at the discre -0"1?" of the jiilur, or of any othr person, to punish 4. 4111itt persns• conlimacl, but conformably to the t ir ',, ion (*the Judge. The goody of the prisoner NII hot be sequesttatz:d. tce. • ' tiy(hier Fropoitions on toe same subjea were 4"ll'4luntetu the Coin toil tee of the Constitution : dittle(iing°'ller4e—l'here shail be no - privileged juris -01 t ',"l there 6 1411 ' be one sole juristfitlion,—that 1,119" e Supreme Tobunals et Spain .amt Ille Indies. i 45:taillitY Jildgel all4ll be comen f rom the in..' c.,,idts uf their- towns ; mid 441 the; ,gf6ter AI -17114.,1 thall be suppressed. I'lier:-.. shall be juges . riy"kits cognizanceco of the NO, and . jultrs to' ap 'lt PersOnal rights,hieing ti ,e most im- Portant. . !.. • . 6, , hit criminal rankerphit shall bu those of ' P rin. - 'IN Itbportanee arid . sirrpm or APRIL 24. ThA 0 - %-onimittee of Justice presented the law 4 / / f ilh regard to the abolition of 'the torture, which, ah le n r are th5OUSSion, and various amendments, !Ara, `ji r°44 of, Intl is' as follo w s :---" 12Pe. torture. is °l the to- be for evir abolished in 411 th e dominions, b!hc apanish monarchy, anil the practice abusive ' in`dl.4l;4l4ccd a what is know the the name of -o.,l`llcoMpulsion,suc as manacles, spring -catches, th"El dungeons extraordinary, however employed ; li- it " Pdge, hover privileged his jurisdiction, irrforth order the torture or these kinds of Jo- . cl 1 compolsioo, under Penalty of being displaced, I nd wri' MI clifne ma b r sevited by ?il knll, y 4 P M • popular . .. ' ~_ . , ' • lIITTINO OF APRIL. 25. , o.the discussion began. o n the propositions from the '-ottnnittee of Justice, which we have Ili van iatd- particular! , this • ' if That no' ' Spanish citizen be iinkson •I ) •"'" h above, litho..e, ct. unimis, he committed an Plien.ce I' ',ling c,apitai ponistinient, or Otiecarporis offizc-. - . - , 0 - . Soil.lorTs'aiLaos oongratulate4 41 th the Cortes a -t!1‘;-- l ' iLici i'... The brink dawn . .of the civil horny 4_tittanisli9ple hal now appeared. We ate ecilicilger in—tq-pttiod.of desPottkm Itewer,w4en,th -0 illollarell Wii3Jordof our. ives and and' . arbitrary ri'()Per'lr'; the eiiiii- of which w etc Pec'AiallY Mt 1 Y i 0.1141..,H4aP00p1D who were called - the low P, a nP e oat igllotnk. i • I. • .d. ...on of ,the 114‘114U l‘PtiAil "7/ W Wit' a. •tliggrA ‘1,l . Sell 4t tia'oKt. hA thougltt, that in a meas ure of a° ttnuch ittiptirtance, more infortnation and:light --. litc,ll7.thin !he Qortes possessed : that, if that c06,41'11)u Y il ad the -authority °Utile 11,4:1 tiot wit,rnAe innovations on . the laws, nor publis i King, yet even lie k441-!4; -..1()" e014 it)II I notie Conned of esstik, and ,(4414,11g.thsir tinanituous conkent, or at least the • 4i)oZil/t,"l. Iwo.thirds. tie proposed that the matter ikue *ol4onecl _till the. Council.of Castiltt was 41,1,4 on t he' au hied. trine 4:,littotirtcLas attacked with energy the: doc" to itielti'rolida., w Web he pronounced clelo6YotEtlr.Y. roll h. 4'44) who being. chosen by the p e oPle, . i n,a," , rAtts I i. 1041ifillka:. . c.) iorthe, ;04-cline, or alter laws. in*. ,1'1,7,14 414(110 I - , Al inherent in the national 1 ,, 4ws w - tin t ti ,„ - ;, 1 , ) - r i, and tlae Congress were not inclined ni t hi 1-"ibertvet of that attribu Ele recurred to An a °I oth- Lgislation, auctobserved, that the th e 6; 4 , ut the tins. of Atirlia into Spain had been still p-rrgesieß._ttlolt of Spanish liberty ; which, hoWe!er, of t i . 'vetlitself in ,ippeatince after the disperst s o tit level! - ' *Charles V• 14c .11u , . yrs in the •reign ot • V. • ‘I) In th e , , . . ' ed Wilk„,, .rortrio of the- !say, similar ibuics-yvere notic tittn -711,14'1141K iodiviiluais i' 4. . `tilq.fliLll Wiiitill NMI(' U b 6 , 1 ‘; 4 1.:1 it" t il.l, n'''kv. t,t mixioculsviyi‘l,Jok C.,rw4rd tothe mo' 4 p7:l ( 4 - (; , - , !a c L-.1.(8, tqilovviiig up- thtir 111-,,n*_'l l'iv4". ("hi. 11."111' t '., tliv ',1.-;,:.1.1, i,voi.k tIL, 14w 0 iiiisap litNii 1.1 only 4111:iti (4 tilt tit. 410 .aliaiw,t 4tt:,. ix pru- pup w porg 411 F, prOpililltPOllli RS !oboe ird just&e and ftie tigheifol man. .4 - ( This t übjett seems to have been disoosed for se. , vurai days, but no de:ertninatiou come to;] SITTING OP APItiL 27TH. ,•.' Senor BURRIEL, of the staff of General Blake, ac quainted itie Correa, That that General wa: in Cai'. 10 1 14 , i, Gtineral Zias in Ayanionte, tilt: v inguard rwnder the intriim connuand.ot Biigadier,•Ctiz 'ill eneral Lirdizihel had joined ; itte artillery and appers pr6vidonally . in Hut-lva till theta junction ithßallasteros who was in Fregenal. The liberty of the press has been beneficially ex-. lercised in pointing out and'probably in remedying Isoine gross abuses whiCh look place in the military "hospital, of Sau Carlos, at Cadiz. The matter %as first brought before the public by, a letter to the Editors of the Concise, from a person of lhe name of Villariho, in which he stated that, sortie of the .brave men who were wounded in the battle of Bar. rasa had a6tually died hi the hospital for want of nourishment'r that for three days they had w ante d hand, meat, wins, and that they wanted phials tor the medrcines, &c. This public appeal seems to produc e d a strong Sensation,. and the Wiliness was warmly .taken up in the Cortes. On the Senor ESTE/lAN eatled.lheir aitention to the wants of the military hospital of San Carlos; if they were shell, he observed, as were represented in a, public print, they Oierc,ed his very soul, " Let it pot be said that.thet4ans of relietTare vitauting; the sick and wciumteti soldiers ought to be attended to itl pre ference, even though we should all die of lairogel !" After a good deal of warm discussion,,and,reflection on the neglect of the Government, Senor ARGU ELLES suggested that it was not proper to take up the matter on mere newspaper authority, but that two Deputies should be sent to exAmine the hospital, and rePort to the Cortes. Scums Estevan 'and Vit• lanueva were accordingly appointed, pit immedi ately sent out to make the necessOry Next day the Deputies' made their' roport„ They had visited,' without preVious notice, all the chew ber,s of the hospital, in, :which there *tine - 8'27 -sick, and had .made inqeiries into their shOotion. Th e y found that there was an Absolute want of utauy or, tides, and that those 'which they had were nut of good quality ; in short,' that there was much L'.isor tier and horrible diapidatico. They,added, after various other representations on' the ..sul.tjeCt; that they did nt ,wish to say more, lest they should aug the afflictions of his. Majesty Cortes.) The whole sii!iieel wiis referred to the Committees of public Heattil and of Justice, with orders to sug gest, measures for remedying these abuses, and pre venting than in 'future. lu the mean time liberal subscriptions u ere entered into tor relieving the im necliate %emus of the sick. The Editors of the Conchs justly felidtate them, selves on baying been the instruments of chiLlosTig such abuses, by the insertion of Senor \Till iripo's !titer, .svisiell the . establialneni •of the political li•. berty of the preSa enabled them to do. DUINFRIESI, MAY 14.—0 n Sunday and Monday last betwL'en'Ave aid seven in the evening,: two of the..most trementlaus storms of thunder and light ning were experienced in this place 'and neighbour liorid ever bttlore remembered, en her for the Gin stant'. and unreauting Hashes cif lightning ,or it e Inudne.tit of the thonaer, which was. ticcom,i':ihiet: With very heavy shoAers of fain ohhoth 4441 v); si and yeenliy, doling the tim e of t'lle‘storm, aluati tity of hall, or ,ratli(!r. pieces 'of ice, fell, soma of which weroofa large siz/. The Gehl lernen amateurs of the pugilistic art have had aineeting, at the suggestion at Mr. Jackson; mint fixed on Friday next fora grand display of sparring at the Fives CotyrA, Si..Martiles-street, the-be • Uefit of the suffering Portuguese. The Fives Court will hold-3001. in hall-rrdwn sicken!: Asa proof of the encouragem l / 4 .iit which the arts receive in this country, Mr. 130NR" has dispoied of his enamel copy of TITIAN's niCtore, - .47:iudge„ for t,500 guioeas., The original picture . belongs to Lord KINNALaD. , • - The eulogitini pronounced by Dr. ViNcaslii the vendable Dean of Westininst.er, on the late Mr. ,CumattaLotso, at the interment of thit gentlt'mau, on, Tuesday Li i t, i s rep resente d b y all -who heard it . as a most affecting and .elogot-iit tribute of ft lend ship. The DoCior spoke in . high but not exaggerated praisellf the ta:cnis, leiirning and hterary laboUrs, of his friend, grounded, as he stated, upon a knowledge "of him io eady life, and an uninterrupted inter con,rse. with him till the . lion awful separ at i on , At length the f ee l i n gs o f the venerable speaker entire- . ,ly overcame his powers, i tind a burst of 'grief obliged him to colicliKle, amid t0.t.1 symp.ithy of the auditors, who were hardly lees affoeled than himself, Mr. WALTES SCOTT; much to the honour of his feeling, has assi gne d the purchase-money for the copy-right of new 4. l oent. which he has nearly . fi nished, entitled.".7* k'isionq/ Dols Roderick," to the Fund for the retierof the untOrtuhate Portu guese. We doubt riot .that . this Poem will be as 'honourable 04 his I;:niLlia as to his hUmanity. SMITHFIELD MARKE r, ?V o ile 20. This day's ISelmiiet was . 'tolerably wed supplied With Primts Beasts, and the'show of Catile in tsi her respects was middling ; Beef, Veal,Perk,andLaib, ;old at last plict , :s; Mution is dearer ; and the trade in geiseral was pretty bilik—Tha sales in the Hay Market were,somewhat 'lively; Hay, Straw, and, Clover, obtained last ptiees.-- 7 We 'annex a correct statement of the prices and numbers To sitik theolfil per storm 61 Mb. Beef 4s• 40 , to 6s. 4d. Mutton 43. 4d. to 6s. 6d. s. c.d. to pi. ma. Pork 55. Od. to ; 7s. od. Lamb ss.ol. Ss. 4d. Beasts 1410. Sheep and LaMhs r 0,400. Calicos Bip.' piEs 3 to. • • SMITHFIELD HAY-MARAFT. Hay sh 03. ott. to 81.0.. W. Straw 21. tos. oil. to 31. 1.3. oil. Clover 61. os. cd. to 111. _ . CoIIti•EXCLIANGE, Moir 20.—The .fresh arrivals. of W to•clay makea middling supply, not much tine, which Ole:num le,t pri ces ; other qualitiai heavy sale,---Barley .! in request, and' so m ew h at dearer ; - Malt likewise- in demand, and keeps" its rrice. 11,':ans and Pe as, of each d e sc r ipti on , . near ly last prices:- 'There are . not many fresh arrivals of Oats, , but tolerable quantities, nu hand, arid sales ti,ereot wined ilt little duttuatione4—Fleur at late 0-tcc6. ,tdrent cne Lt).i.v.utrhy Qv:l4E4l e, May. tB,, 1811. Downing street, Alay Id, 811.1 A ditOntch, of which the following it an extra6l, was on the 15th instant received at Lord lave; pool's office, addresStd to hi, Lordship by Liruttm'Attt• Ce neral Viscount Wellington, dated Villa Formosa, tzt May,"te 1. • Having received intelligeri'te from Lieutenant.. General Sir Brent Spencer on the 27th Aril, 'two days after I addressed your Lordship' last, 'lathe enamy .were increasing their force: on the Agueoi, I art ived here on the . 2Bi h. The: enemy had on the' 23d atiaCkedour . piquets no the Aiava, btu were te nulied. Captains Dobbs and Campbell, of the 52d Regiment, and Lieutenant Eeles,- ofthe 95th Regi- Meta, distinguished themselves . uptin this occasion;' in which the :tilled troops defended their post against eery superior ,numbers of the enemy. One Liewe , nant (Lieutenant Pritchard) and seVente.l soldiers warts wounded. The enemy, repeated their attack upon our piquet& on the Azava on the 27th, and. wet e again reputsed;;and , this day again ti,ey imatred the Banks of the. river with .eight squa drons of tavalry - ited three battalions of intan try._ They did not ,m,dte any 'attempt to' pass the river, nor did they attack the picvets upon the bridge of Marialya. They: have ct.lleeted a very large force at: Ciudad Rodrigo, , Marshal,Nas., sena and the .bead-quarters ,of the army are at that place, • • • The river Agueda is not yet fordable for infantry„. bnt is so,for cavalry. Sir William Beresford has taken up the position which I had proposed for him in Estremadnra ; taut I have not vet heard that lie had re-elitahlistted the bridge at Jararnenba. 41diniraltg -Office,' ll lay 18.,181i. opy of a Letterfrotn Adini . ral Sit Charlei ''Cotton, 11;u.t.' Commander in Chief of tr s :Uajesty's ships and vessels in th e tvleuitprfanean , to loi n Wilson Croker, Esq.idafol on board the San loser at Sea,. the 17th April, itir 1. . . . . , Although the Lords Corninissioners' . of the Ad miralty., will be easily atApiainted ) through tk me dium of Reat-Adinital Bayles, with the 'gallant Winn fought on the 13th ultimo in tine Adriatii:, by his Majesty's ships minted in the inargiii*,:ai ; iiin,t a squadron of the enemy's tri,,yites,' Con,isting of five in numh;er, one corvette, a brig; t.o schooners, and a xebec', and 'one gun-bnat, 'which terminated - it. the :opiate Of o.tiD of the enc. - I - ifs frioie3 and the dcstru.L•tion of another; I newelllit-less dila it , right to transinitil)eac - etinnt of this briltratit affair to their Lordships,,, The event spenicirig tot n'self, I shall briefly temark that the..stiee,;-;s or hm AlajrstY's ,stittadroir hay been no other could be expeetFd from ships in the 114;11 order and of discipline of.ttiew in question, and led on by an Officer of the reputationot, Capt. poste. I - have be ordersto CapaTo..te, with the Art- Ono mid Volne, (which al,pear to have suffered a' great deal and uteri in• this c6tt.:try the longest), to ,take the priies to ,Spithead. .Lhave the' honour to be, &e. (Signed) ' C. COTTON. • Amphion, Cerbertii, Atlive, Magnificent, oft' sa, st • all It is with the greatest satisr a‘ 6t ion I...herewith trans mit.Le i aLetter I, have received.frotn Captain Hoste, giving an account of a rues! Ohm action, has beeti fought in the ALiiiinic between a detach ment of frigates named in the inaigiti*', under his command, and the enemy '47quadron from Ancona, the result of!Which is, that two of the enemy's fit -I..;ates Isave been,caiitured ? , and one deatroyed ;. the remainder owing - their escape 16 tiie crippled state, of 114 e .masts and rigging of his Majeitya ships. When the great ,disparily. of .force .in `hi considered, the . smoothness of the water, which - enabled thtt,elitny's small craft. to take a put, and, , .troth his being to windward, .enahled to choose .hia„ . own plan of attack, I think, - Sir, the, sbOeriority in brsvery, and professional knowledge em* lsibited by t.he tititlsh (inject's and seamen never was 'more i-received by-a- nentral *cm!, when UT C9rfu, a 'tew lines train Captain lioste, written iminedi :itely . ..after the action, which mentioned thlt the ships which had escaped had taken refuge in the Wand of Lessirta, in a very' d cabled state, and where he thought they twy be destroyed, I there tore tunnediately proceeded hither-' in the Magnifi cent, but found on my arrivel that they had sailed and tone to Itilusa. . "have the'llonour to be, &c. • (Sigtterl), GLO. LYRE. Amphion, ecrbertts,..kEtive, Volage. His Majesty's Ship .Arriphion, ow the sl-R," - . . boiled or Lissa, Maio, i q , tBt r. . Jt is with much pleasure 1 have to acquaint you A that, efier an action of six hours, we have, cotn pletely defeated the, combined Freilela and Italian squadrons, consisting of five frigates, one corvette; one brig, two schooners, one gen-hoot, ancl',one xebec; the force opposed to them was, lux Majes•• ry'eships Amphiee, , Cerberus, Ae,tive, and On the moining of the, 13th, the Active made, tae; signal for a strange - ticet.to windward, and daylight discovered to is the enemy's squadron lying to, off, the North Point e.r oic - 10.0tul of Lis it ; the wind; at that time wasr from the north-west' a'fiae lneeze. The enemy having, formed in two disisiona;,' stonily bore: down to attack us under. all possible, sail.. The /knish line, led .by the Amphion, was formed by signal in the closest order orl the star.` board tack to receive them. At nine A. M. the action commenced by our tiring on the headmost ships as they came within•rativ ; ;he intention o t the enemy:appeared to be to break our hue in two Irlaces, the. starboard division, led by the - French Commodore,' bearing , upon the Amphion and h ie. tive, and the Wboard divition 'on the Cerbei us Volsge ; in this attempt tie foltki ('bough almost aboard of us), by the well directed' tire and torn pact order ot our brie. lie "then enJeavoo t . round , the vine ship, to engage to leeward, and thereby place- us between two fires, but .vas.s o warmly, received in .the micro ; t, :old rendered so to. tally unnagnageable, that in the. act of wearing he went. on shore on the rocks of Lissa in the greJtest possible confusion. The hoe was then wore to renew the action, the Amphion not half a cable-length irval tt thiltele the rethainder of the erfemy's stsihoard passing under our stern and engaging us at ward, whilst the larboard "tlivisio , , ifickkl and ,re= inained to windward, cri,.:Nrog the Cs.ttb...ris, si,d Active. In t i n . im , tiesiroo the AL,tit#ll Com tneeced with treat furi,:hisdl4.ajesty's ships tr e .. - (petal . ); in pOliiikini uhavoid,:bly exeosed then) to it takiiki:.fire ot.the enemy, %she superiority ot -rmr.tb;:rs liad ability to take .advali rage of it; but. nottitu,g, Sir, could: wn,w and the stpiairon I hail life bunour to command. At twenty nuputes past ele.en A. M. the Flora slat.* her colours, and at t welve the lieiiona folic - met:lite! example.,. Toe ettallt to . ‘A itiiivia:d now etis.lea`- voured to make off, but were followed up 'lli CloStt OS the disabled state ot his Majesty's ship; ,w 0,41,1 admit of, and the Active' and' Cerberus were en a -. bled at three P. M. to compel the sterntnost of them to surrender, when the action ceased, leaViligns'ilt , I:o33vssion ot the COrona of 44,tutis; and the &A lona of 3lf, guns (the French Coinino.lbre), Ihe Fd +O6 e of 44 guns on shOre,' who shorty. after blew trp %,vith a dreauhal explosion, ' the contact: DI the tritethy"inAking alt pOsible sail to the naafi-w e:i t, and!Cwo frigates crowding sail for the poet of 'L es , drag,the brig imiting otf to the south-east; stud the smiill cratlllyiirg in every direction ; nor was it in my I,owt;r to pr'event tbpcit,• having no ship in a Cate to follTw : theat. ' 1 tilk.,;l now scent:int for the I.lort's ,r(r!!!ing away' fitter having snuck be 6•14111.. At t!io time I wus bi. , aited with that 'ship, the I;cilotri 1.13; ;Ind when she struck . ; no (101%1, , sibly' take possession of - •tie,r. "I ilicief:re . preft-it:d dosing W ith the:lle2ona and,takinp- lice, to losing ..thtt . Flora; Winch atret:ly cons-idercd belbrging to tis. I calison the UtTit. rs 4, my o:„,vii Nuallinn well as lhoie'Of the . my assertion. The; corre.spoodence 4 five lOot on this stitijed with. tie rti'renco Capt.iiii of the (now tileieCon)tuudore),:and which,binclose hero. ~.vt!lt, is convincing, and. even theft own oitOrs ,(prisoners. here) .acknowledg e the fae imieLui I might have .. sunk licr u anti,so ,inigt%t the.4ttiviii out as the Colours were-down, and all: , tiriug trotti.her had long ceased, both Capiatu: Gordon,, and myscli considered her 33 oUr Owtli the delay tit' gittlit4 a boatun book! the klellona, aid the anxious pursuit of Caplan' Gordon alter the beaten enemy .enJhied„ hint to steal oti, till too late . .for our Sllkitteled ships to come tip with hint, his rigging anal sails adparentlx not,much injured; .but by the laws 01 .was i;:ver,maintain he belongs to us. The enemy's sqoa- Aroa; as per inclosed return, Was commanded by f..ylOnsieur:Dobourdieu; a.,Captain de Vaiss‘eti, and, ~. a Member of the Legion ot Honour, who is In justice to.abrai,e man I must bay, .he set a noble example of intrepiditif-to ilmse tweet him. They toiled, from •Aticona the I ill) instant, • wilts .five hundred troos on, board, — iiiid every thing necessary for (ortitying and gartiicii,ing the Island 41 ilyipstit Thanks iu.Provicience.we h IVO this time prgveoted them. , . I iiaie'frilaiiient the Joss of many valunble 011. "cers and 'men but, in a contest of; t i.is ktiid it war to be expected. Ii is no* my duty to viitlcavout to do,juiLice to the Wave officers and tueti I 'llJd toe tion , )ur to comma - mi.' I ti.ci myself' wieijuiii to the ta : ik nothing from toy pen atu add to Weir merit. Fro a your own •knoWledge of Caplailli Gordon, Whitby,. and Hornby, and, the disciplilio ut thi.ir snips, every thing )ou knew, Sir, La 4c,x peckd; and if an oftiCir near w the same nook as ihemselses my be permitted to give ah IShould ssy they exccuded my most : sititt;uitio ea Deciatiut), ;mil it Ora) , t UcVa all to c.:Xi.Jres6 ithe most public manner my grateint senso of tiAl prays and gall oh c..witicf of 'every ciipt.tin*, otfico, aud..,4t4ai irine anipiviyed,un this. ut.4:a* Frotn,,tny First I ientenaot L ir 13.1 . t id Dunn, lI received overy lasseta nee, that might be ex,pbtatid 'from a . zealous, breve, Anti intelligent .otlicer, .and his.exernons(thongh wounded) in tepairing our da. .tuage, it as praiie l i..vo; thy as his conduct iu, tlte ac e ion, particujarly,a?, I have,. . been unable to as`sist him horn a wound in my right arm, and severill-se yore contusions. C:apt. Moore, at the ltoyal Mariu r s, of thissitip , rc.ce.ved a wound, but returned to lair quarters itumed'iately it was dressed. ~ The Captains of thesquadron speak in tie warmestlorins tat thetc officers and mtn, pal ocularly their First Lieutenants Dickenson, Hendersoh and .Woiridge } and t h e behaviour of nay own o ' fficers and ,ship:a company, who have been with rue so long, was every thing expected from their tiled worth; but I must nut particularize Where, ail -were equally monitor out. . I am now .on my way to4,issa,, with the squadron and pt,izes. The damage the ships have sustained : is.very eonside:ah!e, and I fear w.ll render us total* ly incapable of keeping the sea. .1 enclose a : 'tate mem of .fhe enemy's tone, together with a return o f . killed apd . wounued in the squadron, and deeply -larneht they are so great. I bare ,the honour to he, &c. (Signci.i) WILLIAM HOSTU. To George Eyre, Esq. Senior Officer of his Ividjoiy•ii snips eau vaiiClS ire the Attridtic, &v. &cc. ke. Order of battle ot the - English and combined French and on the 13th of Mach. sktu, Jo the ad. twoland ot Lissa, an the AtifidtiC. English Squadron, Amphion, William Hoare, Ilsq. Captain, of 32 guns and 254 ttiau,. • Active, 3. A. Gordon, tog. Captain, of 3g guns and 3eo mem, tialaAo, e. Hurls y Etozi. Captain, of 23 gun* inltl :75 Corberus, ki.yntrby, E1,c1: 4 .-aptain, ja gun* ahu 4,4 Wen. .•• Cilantl. Men. 1 4 94.1 rrct.tal - Dodua flap* ilbart of complement Total French Squadron. - - - 7 ./ , La Favorite', MonsieunDoubordieu, Commandant de OM. sion, captain ihilanialherc r ut 44 guns rind Ikr Melt ; burnt, Fiore, M. Peridier, Captain, . . of 44 guns and jso men ; sttuek, but escaped. llanae, of 44 gunk andjso men t:c4(•%4Ped• . . Corona. M. t'abquilago, Cap9in, Eli 1 4 24 • pounders and 140 Incti ; taken. - • Bel iOIIA, M. lludon, Captain, 013 aguns end 224 men 1 taken. Caroline,, M. baratavic*, Captain, ut all guns ...1d aa4 saacni 'escaped. .. - , . Schooner, of to guns and 6o men ; escaped. Sdlootier, of two guns and 37 inen ; escaped. Xetet:', ut b guns and 7o men; escaped. - , t.un.boat, of a guns and 3; moo; est:aped. Tivapb entbarketi sot). 'Total —373 guns, 265$ men. (Signed) WILLIAM HQSTE. Captain. Kilied•and Wounded. led, 1. It. Spearman, mitisitipt.nan; , Charles tiaycs (at .1,.0rn ) , ditto; itichard .- Untlidak, boatawatn. —Waurided, W. Wi ts, fiteq. Caption ; "i;.