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I I a . u► ~, ~p 11'4 a ff i ". l . lit""!, (Pl i 'P ii"e‘ ; jott,: g „gi h~'' St/PPLEM t NT TO Tll LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDMIRt 'WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. Friday, Feb.ls, 1811. A Dispatch, of which the following is an extract, itas been received lions the Honourable Major 'General Abercrotnby by the Ea r l o f Li verpool, one. 'of his Majesty's principil, Secretaries of State, dated fort Louis, Isle of France, December 7, 1810. I have the honour to iniurin your Lordshi that p , the ! t i ent France. surrendered by capitulation, on 3 d iursidur to the milted force under the corn' Illtad 01 Vice-Admiral Berl ie and myself. must refer your Lordship for the: particulars of .11toopeistions which led to tins fortunate event to 114 copy of iny official letter to the Right Honour able the Governor-General, which, together with 'other oocunients, 1 have now the honour to liana. to your Lordship, lo conformity with the instructions which I . had 'theli h onour to receive mn Lsial Min t o , I have 1113c e ' d Mr. Fintinhar iii charge oi toe Govef nment ; andcohfidently iru.o, 1114 i n h aving re adopted this the 'k, I hhitil not incur the displeasure of his l‘iajtoy's Government. ties by ~+ptaiu dispatch ‘kill be delivered to your Lordship - Hewitt, toy lich Aide-de-Cnin :and I be your Lordship will find lino peileoly qualified to allurcl you ever "ire y information w ta c i t y ou May re force. in reaped to the late ope rat i ons o f this To the it (6 Honourable Gilbert, Lord Minto, acc. &c. etl CAIA' 141 Y 1.01(1), I fled the honour to inform your Lordship,. thetoy' dispatch of the 21st ultimo, that although the divisions from Bengal and the Cape of 'Good troth had not arrived at the rendezvous; it had• been determined that the Fleet should proceed to sus on the fulluwin law n of g mornin is , as from th e a d vance d the year, and the threatening appearance 1) ; ( :, the 1 weather,. the hips c o u ld no l onger b e eon '4(l s , !eui e in their anchorage at Rodriguez; and• 4A myseit the honour to state to j our Lordship the area:tures which it was my intention to purvue , d we should still be disappointed in not being r ° i'leJ by vo large' a part of the artname.it. 1 1 41 Y on the morning. of the 22d, V4:e-Admir4ißraunlteeived a cotrt mun i cat i on from Captain 411°uh l° 1 1, of his 4,jevty' a s in p ,Illustri.us, an :44'l'4 off the Island with 'the convoy h ad 1, t w'eighed. at daylight, as t h at day"etil , tiy, array.ged, and: in the CA....111 Se of jilki .klon having' bten furnitd with this iv il4l O the iLet note up tor. the Isle oh France. 14 The grease„ on , taties opposed to an attack .on this 6. 4114 w ide a considerable flee, have. invariab lyc4 t)h , LL ; . ,, ,..l to de petal uu t h e difficult of el klieS y a itinet..g, trom t he reefs which surround tv ii ery Part of t h e coast, and the supposed impusbl- i ' l lY of being eukled to find anchorage - for a fleet "41 4411511418, 11 , 1'6 'e difficulties were fortunately removed by 1 ; e : itkiel atigabie exertions of ComModore Rowley, k3te4 by Lieutenant Street, of the Staunch gun -I.ittiteneint Blickistoii, of the Madras En -4 and the M as t ers of his Majesty's ships hk aille and Boadicea. Every part of the. lee. ward si t l e 0 1 the isi anc i was minutely exainned and 14144 0, and it was discovered that a fleet might alanin the n arrow passage formed by the small 4 °t the Gunners' Coin and the main land 1 4 1, 14 that at this spot thers were openings through reef which would, admit several boais to enter Ikit 44 ' 1 . 'these obvious advantages . fixed my de althoughl regretted OM circumstances wild not allow of the diverhbarkation bein etTe6t tel at a shorter distance. from Port Louis. g 11 ° ing to g winds, th e fleet did . It Was light and bitil+ni . 444 4'e in sight Of the Island until th e - 28t h ; and the It-wining o f the following day, b e f ore y tl of the ships came lean anchor. 'very arrangement for the disetnbarkation bar d.% heen previously Made, the first division, con hing rd . the Restive, the Grenadier Company of t 69'11 Regiment, with two six-pounders, and howitzers, under the command Major i:4lal Wade, effekled- landing . in , the Bay of 'Oll, without the smallest opposition, the enemy lies retired from Port Marinstri, situated at the lel ti of Grand Bay, and the nearestort to us Which they, occupied. p l'iy aS a suffi c i ent part of the European force ea f ormed, it b ecame necessary to move for a ward, rhe first five mil es of the road lay through utmost vets thick wood, which made it an ohj e al o f t h e o portat , ce, not to give the enmity time to Lieutenant. tltcolonet Smyth having b een l e f t w i th 4t3l4ladu to cove r th e landinkplace, with or -01411" next morning, the coltaiLn Inuched about tour 'o'clock, and succeeded in gaining (lit more open country, without any efforts having been made by the enemy to retard our progress, a few shot only- having been fired by a small piquet, by which Lieut.-Colonel Keating, Lieutenant #sh of his Majesty's 12th regiment, and a few men of the advanced guard, were wounded. liaving halted for a few hours during the night, the army again moved forward before day- light, with the intention of not halting till arrived befo . re Port Louis but the troops having become extremely exhausted not only from the exertion which they bad already made, but from having been almost totally deprived of water, of which this part of the country is desti. tune, I was compelled to take up - a position at Moulin A Poudre, about five miles short of the town. Early the next morning Lieutenant - Colonel M'Leod, with his brigade, was detached to seize the batteries at Tombeau and Tortue, and open a com munication with the fleet, as it had been previously arranged that we were to draw our supplies front those two points. The main body of the army, soon after it had moved off its, ground, was attacked by a corps of the enemy, who, with several field-pieces, had taken a strong position, very favourable for attempt ing to make an impression on the head of the co lutnn, as it sheaved itself at the end of a narrow road, with a thick wood on each flank. The Eu ropean flank battalions, which formed the advanced guard, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Camp bell, of the 33d Regiment, and under the general direction of General Warde, formed with as much regularity as the bad and broken ground would ad mit of, charged the enemy with the greatest spiiit, and compelled him to retire with the loss of his guns, and many killed and wounded. This ad vantage was gained by the fill of Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, a most excellent and valuable Officer ; as well as Major O'Keefe, of the 12th Regiment, whom I have also every reason sincerely to }egret. In the course of the forenoon the army occupied a position in front of the enemy's lines just beyond the range of cannon-slot ;on the following morn— ing, while I was employed in making arrangements for detaching a peril to the southern side of the town, and placing mySelf in a situation to make a general attack, General de Caen proposed to capi tulate. Many of the articles appeared to Vice-Ad miral Bertiu and myself to.be pettedly inadMissible but the French Governor having, in the. course of ttig same day, acceded to our ierma,, a capitulation for the surrender i this Colony and tsoependent;es was final:y concluded. Your Lordship will perceive that the capitnlation ;s in strict conformity with the spirit of your in struetions, with the single exception, that the gar rison is not to be made prisoners of war. Although the determined courage and high state of discipline of the army which your Lordship has done me the honour to place under my command, could leave not the smallest doubt in my mind in rope& to ,ths issue of an attack upon the town, I was nevertheless prevailed upon to acquiesce in this indulgence being granted to the enemy, from the desire of sparing the lives of many brave officers and soldiers, out of 'regard to the interest; of the inha bitants of this island, having long laboured under the most degrading misery and oppreasion, (and knowing confidentially your Lulf,hip's further views in regard to this army) added to the late period of the sea Son, when etery hour became valuable; I considered these to be motives of much more national import ance, than any injury that coiild arise frOm a small body of troops, at so remote a distance from Europe, being perMittedtOeturn to their. own country, free from any engagement. In every other particular, we have gained all which could have been acquired if the town had been carr;ed by assault. During the course of this short service, the elle• my' has not afforded an opportunity to the army in general for displaying the ardent zeal and animated courage with which every individual is inspired; but it is nevertheleis my duty to represent to your Lordship,ln the strongest terms, the merits of every corps under my command. The officers and men, (European as well as Native) have cheerfully and patiently submitted to the greatest fatigues and pri vations. During the advante of the army, the troops were unable, for the space of twenty-four hours, to procure a sufficient supply of water, but this trying circumstance did not produce a single murmur, or the smallest unrrk of discontent or dis approbation. I feel myself particularly indebted to Lieut..Colu. nelslon, Gibbs, Kelso, Keatiug, M'Leod, and Smyth, who commanded the different brigades, es well as to Major Taynton, the senior Officer of the Artillery, of whose services I was deprived by a wound which he received on the day the army oc cupied a position betore this town; Although thave every reason to be satisfied with the teal of the Heads of Departments. I feel it a particular duty incumbent upon me to express in the most pointed manner the obligations which I owe to Dr. Harris, the superintending Surgeon, and to the Medical &aft in General„ for their un remitting attention, in discharge of the important duty reposed in them. • I have received every assistance from Lieutenant Gregory, my Military Secretary, and the whole of my personal Staff. To Major Caldwell, of the Madras Engineers, and who accompanied me from India, Pain indebt ed for the most able and assiduotis exertions. Since his arrival amongst these ilands; he has been in . &fatigable in procuring the necessary information, in resped to the defence of this colony; and through his means .1 was put in possession of an accurate plan of the town, some time previous to the disembarkation of the army ; and I trust your Lordship will permit me to recommend to your Lordship's proteaion this valuable and experienced officer. It is not in my power to do justice to the merits of Major-General Warde; I have on every occasion received from him the most cordial co-operation and assistance; and during the short operations of the army he was constantly at the bead of the column, direding the advanced guard, and animating the soldiers by lib personal example. The most poled harmony and cordiality have subsisted beween the navy and army ; and I have received every assistance from Vice-Admiral Bertie and the squadron unaer his command. The arrangements connected with the disem barkation were conducted in the most able and judi. c►ous manner by Captain Beaver, of - his Majesty's friate Nisus ; ,andduring the subsequent operations of the army, lam indebted to him for his unretnit: Ong attention and assiduous exertions in landing the necessary stores and provisions. To Captain Briggs, of his Majesty's ship Clorinde , and to Captain Lye, of the Doris, who were em ployed under the orders of Capt. Braver, my most grateful acknoWledgements are clue for the services they performed, as well as to the officers and sea men under their cottituan.l. A body of seamen was landed from the fleet, on , tier the command of Cairt. Montague; the exer tions which were used to brio; lon% art!' tie guns through a most dillicult country, were such as to attract the admiration of the whtle army ; and fully entitles Capt. Molita4ue, Lieutetimt Lioy4 of 11) . c Afticanit, and every ottie. r and sailor, 10 the etICO• albums lean pass on their condna. The battalion o! Marines, under the command of Captain Liarder, supported the reputation' of this distinguished corps. This aispatch will be' delivered to your I,lrdship by my Aide,•de-Carilp, Lieritenatit 141‘Murdo of the Bombay EstabliAment, who will afford your. Lott:- ship auy further inturtuation you may require re spetling the late opt...rations of the Army. I have &c. (Signed) J. ABERCROMBY, Maj. Gtn. True Copy. A. E. GREGORY, IVliMary See'retary to the Commander of the Fol *** For the Articles of Capitulation, see the Gazelle Extraordinary of Yesterday. Return of the Killed, Wounded, and Missing, at the Attack of the Isle of France, on the 3oth of Novaaber and ist bid 2d of December i 8 !o. Head. Quarters, Camp before Port Louis, December.}. 18w. Artillery--z Major, z rank and tile, wounded.. European Flank Battalion. 12th Foot -4 rank and tile killed ; z Lenten:nits, 3 serjeants, 23 rank and tile, wounded, 2 rank and tile triksiio{. 14th Font--1 rank anti tile killed ; 2 rank ;text tile wounded. 33d, foot--t Lieutenant Colonel, t serjea,t t rank and tile, killed ; t scrjeant, 12 rank and tile, won. .1. 56th Feat-- 3 rank and tile killed; t Lieutenant-Colonel, 2 rank ammo tile, wounded ; 2 rank and ti:e missing. Three of the rank and tile missing, 'Supposed to be killed. ' • Europeans: 'alit Foot- I Major, I drummer, r rink and tile killed rank and file wounded ; 3 rank and tile missing. 214 Foot . - 4 rank and tile wounded, 59 . 111 Foot- z rank and tile killed ; 4 rank, and file wounded. 84th Foot- 9 rank and Me killed; serjettOr. I drummer, 19 rank and file, wounded ; t drummer, 3 rank and tile missing, DeraChment Lytl► loot--1 rank and file killed. 89th Foot.-.t rank. and MC Wfmiltted. Royal Marines -a rank and tile wounded. Natives. Madras Flank Battalion—l rank and tile woudded r drum. • tiler wilsbing, Ist Bengal Volunteers...i Nally* Officer, 13 rank and file, missing. ad ditto... 17 rank and file missing. ' Madras Volunteer Battalion•-r Ilavildar ; 3 rank and file wounded; z rank and file missing. 2:1 Detachment of ad liontbay. Native infantry —I liavildar killed ; z rank and file wounded.' Aladrai Pioneers—a wounded. Toriii...l Lieutenant-colonel, .1 Major, Serjeant, a 11a. Viid4l3, drummer, 22 rank and tile, Eilkti ; t Lieute ' tenant-Colonel, r Major, 3 Lieuteinuas, s Jierjeants,, t drummer. Si rank and tile, 1 Piticer.wounded ; I Na. five Officer, 2 drummers, 42 rank and file, N. seaman killed and live wounued.itot intluded above. (Sigtird) W. NICHOLSON, Dep,Adj.Gen. Names of Officers killed and wounded. Killed—Lieutenant-Col. Campbell, 334 Regiment. Nlajoi O'Keefe, tall) Regiment. Wounded— Keating, 56th Regiment'', Ma jor Taynton. Mamas Artillery. Lieutenants Ashe and 14 ppock, tit • Regiment. Lieutia ant Icines s 84111 Kegi m nt, slight y. (Signed) W. NICHOLSON, Dep.Adj Gcn, Central Absiria Return or the titOurtiied Ortiothce in ' O 4 Town or Port Louis, Port South L'Ast, and the (Auer Pura; and Batteries in the isle or Fra nce. Port Louis, Dec. 6, iBfo. Isle aux Teimelier thirty.six.poundersoB twenty. Four. pounders, 7 mortars. Le:gnee de it etranehtti..n , —9 t wenty.fdor. pounders, 3 eigli.;• teen.poundcrs, 3 twerve pounders Batterie Datiphine—l Mortar, 3 eiv,hreen- noturs. Bat tale TunibC:iu —2 eighreen.poirwitrs, 'lt Ve.poundersi Batukrie Dartoes-1 mortar , 4 elgliteen.p-.:unders. Baru-lie Port Morteour —2 mortars, 3 t wenty-tuur-poundvs: Baye aux Tonne -2 eighreen-pounders, r twelve-poit:ler. Port aux Pernent --1 mortar, 4 ea , .:tireen-potinders. Port de Grenadier—t mortar, 3 tsvent). tow Iron:Acre; Port aux Camcorder— 3 mortars, 3 thirty-six -pounders, 9 t went} -lour- pounder's. • hed'ni Mel:lnce—a twenty-lour pounders. Redoubte 1 !act).- 2 eighteen pounder.; Bacteria Nlulte:wury- 3 eighteen-pounders. hie tie la Passe -.3 mortars, 4 tllirty.six-pounders, 9 tWertry. tour-pounders. Pond's mortars, 4 twenty-four-pounders. Grande lieveare Dupers -1 eigliteen.pounclar, 3 twelvei. pounders. Port Saillac..2,twelve. pounders. Port racote—t mortar, 2 eighteen pounders, 2 twelve pounders. Batterie ciu Cap.-2 twelVe.pounders. Batterie de SliarrnOnie— I mortar, s twenty.. four. pounders. Batterie ete Trouer-3 eighteen -pounders. Batterie Lie la Prenoarille—t mortar, 5 twenty.four.potuiders: File en Flac —a twelve-pounders. BatterieArguesott—t mortar, 3 thirty. six. pounders, 4twel ye pounders. Batterie Paul Mie—t eighteen. pounder, t twelve.puunder. Batterie Conte —l3 eighteen. pounders. .. !hurtle Conde —i mortars. Fort thane-4 mortars, 4 thirty-Nix•pounders, 9 twenty• tour-pounders, a eighteen. pounders. AbstraCt of ( lama:et 29 thirty.six•pounders, 8t t werlty.tOu I • ilininderSp 46 eightecti pounders, 22 tyrClve-p4unders, 31 mortars, Total Ordnance•••ao9. (Signed) 1). ROSS, Captain,' Senior Odivet of Artillery. W. CAItHOL, ' Assistant A dju rant• General. N.B. The ordnance are in excellent order, and the whole of the batteries completefy equipped With shot, atntiuutitiun i and every other requisite tor service. (True Copy) The prisoner, about whom Sir F 13.0RDETT and Mr. WHITBREAD hav44pade-sUch a noime, is J ch:r. rafter well knoWtilo Goternmeht. He itsrapeated to have been an agent,l?bilwo,ql Airrnui.O'CoNicca: and other well known 7ri.lt ltyormers. Them/011(10r is how Sir FEANcls.ahouid ' A k e ' such an inierest itt his tate ! ! . . • On Monday . n 4 was prnEtised tipne several tradesmen, by ai • rig goods to beystint to Mrs. Mayers's B..ardint School; at Fulham. • Mr. Beau mont 'and •Mr. Gardiner, booksellers, in M3ry-le bone, had orders ` send twenty p u U n d s w o rt h o f school books ; Clirtnn, licisier, of. Oxford , street, to send twenty pairs' of yolog ladies' stock ings ; a pastry-cook...was., to scud...ten ten-shillitig cakes, and ten live dield. The only tradeititen who were trot up to the hoax were a Perfuni4,„, - 01 %WT. .• wick-street,' Guldeit - square, with_ seer' twelviai pounds .of Wind%or"-licratri" And a paints :r from St. %.110, sent a--wan.. with' t web p. cif pint, one of green and the other of to Rabic two doors. Upwards of one hundred respettab:* tradesmen left town for Mrs.. Mayets's boos; to in quire whether the orders were correct. ~ ~• Colonel ROCHE, It:te.!y iTpointed to the Com mand of a corps of 800u.Spaniarcis, wi the rank of a M4jot-General, has been pr.-..sent at almost eteri afitoii during the present cont , !st in Fle teceived the raid; of a Colonel, thine several Ones tOr his condud. at Al the different affairs in the Ncir then' hovincil ,p 4: well as at the bittle of Rio Seco and 11ledellin.4:4k 'ter the tilemcitable bat ter of T,ilaveFa,.the Spaniards made him a Brigadier- General, and at Qom* he highly distinguished him self. Since that,ler'od he hips been in the different a6tions of the army of the centre with the French, under 'SaIIAsTiAN . I, and is now himself most de servedly, and no doubt tot the benefit of the com mon cause, appined to the command of a division in the pro Vince of Murcia. ROYAL ACADEMY.---1416 last of Mr. TURNER'S Series of Lectures was postponed till Tuesday, on account of the Election which took place en Iles prvceding night.--This Lecture was more general than any other of the course, and consequently was more gratifying to the audience at'large. . The in genious Professor chiefly directed his. attentiokto the nature and conduct of the back-ground, in which subjects of 'Architecture, and, of course, .Perspec tive are often prominent and i nterest i ng o bj ects. He frequently referred to the works of the older blasters on this topic, and evinced not ,only a pro found acquaintance with their respeCtive merits, but great taste and judgment in , the illustration of them. He concluded with some liberal compliments to the talents of GAINSBOROUGH, and pronounced a *warm, and eloquent enloginm on the genius of WiLsow. During the Whole of these Leetutts, Mr. TURNER 'proved himself a rate exumple of scientific knowledge and pra4ical excellence,: A short time since, two of the Old swans, and four of those of the Lust year, teathtoi Ivor about turning white, were stolen from the S.o.rprn tine River, in Hyde Park. The 'bottles were:fiuund tied to trees, without the skies and ie.ath e r s , have bee:: traced to a Jew Who resides in the ocigil. bourhood of Oxford street, through his sending them to a feather-dresser to be dressed. The .le,,v ha 'been taken into custody, and has nuclei - gone veral examinations sit,the Peblie Ott*, liew-str,,et. The skins and feathers have amen, identified by.: a tnan employed in the Park. Yesterday the Jew na derwent a final examination, and was ordered to find bail for having stolen property in his pu.ses !lion, without being able to give a satis'aetory ac. connt how he became possessed of the skit's, he left being able to produce the man of whom he said ha purchased them ‘...01114-rACHANGH, FEB. 1 5,r7The Market to-day has but few liarther arrivals of Wilco!, riot hand, and salts thereof pt httle variation,; Art.: bevetal arrivals of Barley and ibis trade. lower; Malt and • W'hite Peas at little v4riation ; New Tick BeanA lower, 345. to 40s as tiint!tr the siipplies of this arks again very shor t , trai.i-g the expected arrivals, r,tt , ,v cilei are knack and <tfio4.* at our 14s1 quoted advance; Flour retrains at prices. Vif'ile.it . Os a Szs a 92$ Tick,BdallS.(al , l) f. Aps a sos Fineditto - . 96i a YOGI' {Oats - ..; 24 A 26s a: loi Ry e (new) .. - iss a 401 Poland ditto - - 324 a- 3s , Barley , . -24 s a 414 Potidoe ditto . M • ii' 37 $ alt . . - taSs a 74a R a p e S tZt i - • 40. A co,!. white Pease • 4115 aSO Five roar .' '- 4C,; a liss grey ditto . • 405 a iiss Seconds . . . 7.z ., Beans (010 a . 44$ 50 4 40... 1 9- :.