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LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1819.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, Aueosr 18, 1819.
HE COUNT ar oittncroits of the
T UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG-
LAND, trading to the EAU' INDIES, du hereby gibe
Notice,

That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the.
■aid COMPANY, appointed to be held at their House, in
Leailenhall-strrel, on WEDNESDAY, the 224 Septemlier
Next, is suede epeeist, for the purpose of laying before the
Proprietors, fur their approiration. a Resolution of the
Court of Directors, of the 14th July lam, greeting to Mr.

James Wilkinson, ander the CitelllNslllllllsl therein stated,
the sum of 75,000 Sicea Rupees, at 2s. the fairest Rower,
with interest thereon, at Six per Cent. per ■unam, from the
11th October, 1816, to tbs day when payment shall be

Copies of the Papers relatiox to the ease of Mr. Within-
soo, with the Report relayed lry the By. Law, cap. {,see. tO,
now he opts at .
Proprietors.

JOSEPH DART, Serreiary.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, Attewire 18, 1819.
THE COURT 11 DIRECTORS of the
UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG-
LAND, trading to Ike EAST INDIES, do hereby give
Notice,
That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said
COMPANY will Ise held at their House in Leadenhalt-
street, us WEDNESDAY, the 22J September next, at
Eleven o'Clork in the Formnion

And that the said Court is made special, for the purpose
of submitting for confirmation Ibe Proceedings of the Gene-
ral Court of the 234 June last, upon a Report front the
Consmittee appointed to inspect the Company's By-taws,
alteriug By-Laws, chap. 6, sec. 19 and 20, and chap. 7,
sec. 1 and ; repealiag By-Laws, clamp. 13, sec. 2,3, 4, and
5, and ordaining Bylaws jointed of those proposed to be
repealed.
The above.nientioned Report front the Coantillee of By-
Laws is open at this House for the luspectitms of the Pro-
prietors.
The Court of Directors do also give Notice, that the said
General Court is further made special, h.r the purpose of
subniiiiisig for roisfirenation the Resolutiort of the Gene-
ral Court of the S3(l issue, approving the Resolution
of the Court of Directors, greeting ID Sir George lidera
Barlow, Bart. G.C.B• a Peusion of 1,5001. per annum.
The Report required by the fly-Law, chap. 6, sec. 19, is
open at this House fur the isspection of the Proprietor*.
JOSEPH DART, Secretary.

GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY,

Loodoa, September 40,1819.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a SPECIAL
COURT of the PROPRIETORS of this COM-
PANY will be held on TUESDAY, She 12th day of Octo-
ber Next, at Eleven O'Clock is the Ftwentiott pretisely, at
the Crown sad Anclwr Tastes, is thaStrnart, is thtugownty
of 19Seldlesex, foi the puri, of 11.tItiai Ago consideration
the propriety of confirming a Calf upon the Shares of the
Second Capital.
By order of the Court of DEetors,
J. PEDDER, Secretary.
N.B. The Chair will be taken at Twelve utl.eck pre.

G RECUR'S 9XPKDITION.

[From the" Dublin Everting Post," September 16]

We have received, exclusively, the following me-
lancholy, we may with truth say heart-rending
narrative, relative to the Patriot Volunteers, who
sailed no April and May last, to join NPGregor.—
We have read it with horror and indignation, and
with the grief which every man must feel, when he
learns that so many of our brave countrymen
have been sacrificed to the plundering schemes of a
base and besotted adventurer. The fate of these
line fellows is the more to he deplored when we
reflect, that had they in the fir.t instance entered
into the honourable service of Venezuela, tinder
the President Bolivar, and our distinguished
countrymen, Generals D'Evereux and English,
the path of glory and of fortune would have been
open to them—they would have been received with
distinction by a regular Government, established
1111t1 recognised ; their wants would have been
supplied. and they would have been only subject to i
those privations and casualties which are inseparable
from the common course of warfare. NPGregor
was nut recognized by any of the Independent
Governments of Smith America—he had not a
foot of ground to stand on that lie could call Isis
own—he had no port, no asylum whatever for his
followers—thry were to fight for dwellings to shelter
them. When he did obtain a port, and a fine posi-
tion, by the valour of these gallant men, he quickly
and shamefully lust it by his incapacity and total
unfitness to command, while those who proceeded
to Chili, to Buenos Ayres, and to Venezuela, had
regular and well-established Governments to receive
and protect them, and to direct them in the best
way calculated to p•umote their interests, and their
chivalrous views of fame as well as fortune. We
have thought it right and jolt to mark thus
st gly the wide distinction between the honour-
able cause of the Independent Governments of
South America, and the expeditiou of 1114:regor,
as there are many who confound our with the ocher,
though they have mot the slightest selutiouship what-
ever.

‘Ve shall nog proceed to the narrative drawn lip
by an Officer of high character, who .ailed in the
Henry, and upon whose *memento we can rely ;
it also relates to the ships Mary-Eli:a mid Tu.
ropetula

" Agreeahly to the instructions given each Com-
manding Officer, WI board the above ve.sels, thry
were led to believe. on their arrived at Aux Cap.*
(ilnir place of tirstiostitni), in the Island of St.
Doiningo, they would find agents for the Govern-
ment of New Granada there, who would wittily
them with a small proportion of cash, proviiMitis,
and arms, accoutrements, and clothing for the men;

and that vessels would he sent to transport theirs to
the Main of South America.

'• On the 43d Juror, the Henry anchored off the
Isle La %riche, agreeably to instructions—not a sick
mail ors board—the Officers and men in a film state
of discipline, being drilled three or four times
day, when the weather would permit, sad only
wanted arms, accoutrements, and clothing to en.
able them to take the field—all being in great
spirits, and anxious to distinguish themselve.. To
our surprise arid mertificatioo, we found the Mary-
Elias at author, sad her ppople on shore, dying,

in • must distressed and wretched •rare. We their
go' the account of the loss of Porto Hello.
'l4 Our healthy state was !alertly to be attributed
to the very tine, judicious manner in which the
flee►y was fitted out and supplied, together with
the very humane. kind, •nd friendly treatment re-
ceived by every person on hoard, Gout Captain
Newport and brother, on all occasions, who made it
their study to make those on board cosofortuble ;
the former always had his clothes and money ready
for the relief of the poor men, who left their native
country to become slaves on the plantations of St.
Domingo. After we landed, it is natural to expect
the agent was the first person sought—lost no such
person has. or ever had been in Aux Cayes, no suc-
cour of any kind was to be expected there on ac-
count of M'Gregor, or New Gr.inad4 ; the Officers
who hod been in the Mary Eliza, %vete obliged to
sell their appointmetits and clothes to subsist.
M'Gregor was at this time at Port-an-Prince, and
was made setitibitsted with the sickly distressed
state of the first detachment, when he sent the fol-
lowing lIIIIIVIer :••••

" Port-au-Print?, 10111 June, 1819.
" Sta-1 have bad the honour to receive your letter of
the Ilth May, communicating the ■rrical of a detachment
of Colonel Eyre's rrginient, under your command.
"The Government of Hayti will nut permit the troops to
be landed at Alex Cayes; it is therefore necessary that you
proceed in the vessel, with all possible dispatch, to the island
of San Andres, where you will deliver the enclosed letter tee
the Governor. The island of Si. Andres is remarkably
healthy, and where, I have no doubt, t:.e sick will WOO re-
cover. I kave this in five days for the same place, where
I expect to find you and your detachment all well.

" I gave the liwouvr to he, Sir,
" Yuur most obedient Servant,
" GREGOR MAC GItEGOR.
" M. R. Fox, Esq. conimandiun Detachment,
Maria Eliza."

The following is M'Gregor's letter to the Cover-
3or of St. Andres:—

" Port.su.Prince, 19th June, 1819.

- - -
" SlR—This will be delivered to you by M. It. Fox, com-
manding a deiscliment of the 3d Regiment of Hibernist.
Yon will please to urdsr them lo be disembsrkril as souls as
they arrive ; ■ad it is desirable, as they may have msuy sick,
that Dr. Macdonel, of the lst light infantry, 911011101 eats.
blish a g I hospital on the hill, at Mr. Macß. an 's house.
1 shall kave this on the 24th, and hope to be with you by
the Ist of next month.

" I have the humour to be Sir, your humble grrvant,
" GREGOR MAC GREGOR.
" To Colonel Woodbine, 4ib RrEuneitt. Govrrour
of San Andres, and Deputy Adjutant-Gettersl to
the Forces."

" As the charter party of the Henry was nut,
Captain Newport served the Comma-ding Officer
with doe notice to that effect. 'rheie was not one
amongst us that felt the disappointment, or for our
distress, inure than he did. After the men lauded,
some got sick; Captain Newport used to accom•
patty the Surgeon going round the sheds where
they lay, and give the poor fellows motley. We hati
not beets long on shore till we were obliged to fol-
low the example of the officers of the .11ary Eliza,
and sell what things we could best setae for our
maintenance, and, after the most minute inquiiire.
we found we had nothing to expect hoist General
M•Gregor, so we thought it most prudent not to
involve ourselves into deeper Mfliculties, and rich
endeavoured to procure a passage to ally place off
St".*Douningo. The poor men (all of whom were
veteran.) were glad to get emplovinent on the
plantations, pickin,, coffee, Sc. On the 4th of
July, General bl• Gregor arrived in the Ilerto alias
General .'ll•Cregor, c 00000 magi:fed by Commodor:
Larturr, suc.-essor to Capt. Iltid.oli, part owner
of the vessel, and to whom Alf. Limner had been
Purser, having left Capt. Hodson sick at Port-an-
Prince. The General remained on board, being
aware of his unpopularity at Aux Cayes. The fol-
lowing morning the General was waited on by the
Commanding Officer and several other Officers,
they were received by his P.Jeellency in due
form, introduced by his only Aide-de-Camp,
Mr. Horner.

[The dialogue which took place between the
Officers thus introduced and M'Gregur, shall be
given in our next. It is very curious, but we re-
ceived it at too late an hour for this evening's pub-
lication.]
Captain Colclough having been left at Port-au-
Prince sick, without a dollar, only for the Rev.
Father O'Fl)mi. who took him to his 'bowie and
gave him every comfort while he lived, would have
died in a dreadful ewe. The Hun. Mr. Semple
died on the passage from Port-au-Prince to Aux
Cayes, rod was thrown over board at the mouth of
the harbour—his Excellency smoking a segsr!
The Tarantula arrived from London with 40 offi-
cers and 40 men ; she was chattered to follow
M•Gregor for six mouths.
" 0.6 the 8111 July a Council of War was held,
and the General, will. many others of the Taran-
tula, agreed to remain fur eleven days at anchor oil
La- Vache, to await the arrival of the Itraeha
11...W00er. expected from London with arm.; only
seven officers joined him out of 85 f
and only about 30 uncut. These %vete ; felloas
unable to work and were sick, and the greater part
of whom are since dead. He made many appoint-
ments, and had a very strung' Stair ; the chief duty
of his Aide-de-Camp was to carry his segars, and
bring fire fur the General.
" If it had nut been for the humanity of the
European merchant* the scene would hive berg
still more shocking, they having subscribed and
established an hospital for the poor men. The
Master of the Nary 1,./ita landed several of the
men when in a dying state, and left 16111 013 the
beach, unable to help themselves or get out of this
surf. Many of them are indebted for their liars to
the attention of Mr. Taw, who was constantly in
the hospital so see that the patients were taken care
of, kept clean, and received the medicine pre-
scribed by the surgeon. Mr. Coololiii, who had
taken 8114 paid fur ins passage to Quebec in the
Mary klists, being very ill, was lauded and left on
the beach about midnight, previous to the sailing
of that vessel ; he died the next morning.
" For the gratification of the friends of those
i young gentlemen who accompanied me on that on-
fortunate expedition, I beg you will be pleased to

publish the followie.g 11
disinbute►l :

Major.
Magee, 10 basaica.
. .

PER II

Captains,
Mockler, (Jock. c,
M ucbell, $l. Thomas's.
Skirl, do.
M.Doooll,
First-Lieutenants,

Smith. Aidc-de-Camp

ici M.Grevie,
Fry, New Branawick,
Snmerville, du.
Mills, Jamaica,
Qarbre,
Thomas, New lirarmick,
Emrich. Smith, do.
Tidal, jou. Quebec,
G. Naiiinis, joined 3l'Gregue.

Pit ICE Id.

'hewing how they

, EN RY.
Ii Irl'ir• ell, Jimmie*.
Kelly. joined Wlllregoe,
Wulfen den, Janice",
Riau, Ililtinwee,
Hanlon, juts. j..ined M'Gre-
I _ger, _
--

Cheinhers.E.irope, prr Flew y
Gleeful's, Jawsnir.s,
Dwdtey, New 11.uuswirk,
Newry, Jamaica,
Ru.kli do.
M'Ndistera, dn.
Connor. joitard;error,
Doberiy, New N. 11,1110 Irk.
(I,..riton, joined M 4; nzer.
l'Flahfriy, New lin' ew lat.,
JO I w.d %Min pr,
Hugh's, 'mimeo.

_
Nig rqpons,
Warbles, JAsiiasea,
M. M Duaall. io
prart.re al Assx-rayrs.
A nisfeßt-birgrows,

Second•Lierlexamls.
Thomas Hanks, Jsuisuca,
Samuel Hooks, Europe, per
Hrsiry,
VErnou, do.
A usegier, dn. Daly, Qui-4re,
I Jame% 31'Donald, Jamaica, Clark, Bailimore.
Two Soldiers dead siuce lauded.

PER MA

Majors,
Fox, Jamaica,
Sl'llutsugh. Quebec.
Captains,
O'Brien, &sawn,
Boren, joined M'Gregor,
Seyosure du.
Massafirld, Jamaica,
Callahau' New York.
Paymaster.
Digo or Eyrr, New York.
&orgasm,
Savage, Rosso,
Lieutenants,
Wooldridge, Boslou,
Frru, Oaltiossore,
Scott, du.
Hamm, du.
Caffery, do.
Kuspe, do.
A ssistaal—rwrgeon,
Smith, Baltimore.

Liesleotards,
Hay, Niw Hrunswick„
John Daly. inn. Antlzion,
" 21/12 Caro, Jody 11, 18:

Y. ELIZA.

RichArdnon, Antiei,
Maui phi, joined 11•Gregort
Tien finikritrile. du.
O'Laughlin, Pertru•Prtutter
Cons-, Umber,
Ku do.

I>rer, . flu.
(;113buse, do.

Alt, du.
Tulin, iki.
Flood, do.
Muurr,
Assisfait SurgvMs,
Sim 1.,,e.u• euchre.
OFFIC ERA DEAD.
Lierlenesulr,

Jolin Daly, sea ,;orti at Aux.
Cuyra, Javelin,
111.11nuald, Jaw, 27,
Usual ups Blown, July 5,
Pont
rtiel•har, July 8,
July 9
15 jive Women, and
four Clulkrrk.,,,l

The follow/4,g i. •n extract from a letter received
front s resiwctahle Gentleman, a merchant at Aux
Cayes, (Weil 201 h ink 1819
My Dean Fistrio—The Supreme Chief of New Gra-
nada as still bete; the Tarsidula is anchored Of IA tracts,;
the brig M•Grettur is on ►hore a little to windward of this
port. He has lost by sickness upwards of 36 Iltell and offi-
cers since yon left. It is reported that the yellow fever rages
•hoard of both vessels. He has no Doctor, au utedirioes;
his credit is still low, so estrous will advance bins • piesboy ;
all his pwvisous nearly exhausted. Twelve niro thrown
overboard Aunt the WC. egos this monist'', pr. voms to her
going on shore, but Ihr General, alas! was out g tic
number; all halals sick. From the numbers ilenov la ever in
the Imitator we cannot eat a bit of fish here now. A member
of persons perished in the wreck, who were sick. snit suable
to assist themselves; the whole are in a nits..r.tible Stale.
God help them! M`Grrgor areals as uncoucioned, and as
happy as if nothing was wrong. He wishes now to juin Bo-
livar, by the first opportunity. Ile is eutirely now put to
his shills.

" I remain, my dear F. irnd, your• very Italy,
"To Colonel C-, t-au. Pr ince."

The following officer..
PER TAR.
M‘Carthy, 406

11..41 *lure you left this
iNTULA.
M.jor Voiait,2l.l July,
R.-,iesask Capt.
Gurilue, without hopes of
re. CUM y.

July,
First Lieut. Leopul.l, 191 h,

Second Du. Kick, 844.1 f, 131 h, I
DebAl{:ll/ ill, 18th,
r Lit ti

Firot Licut Smith, IR, h July,

Secoud Du. Kay, I ilt is,

1 EN It Y.

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&Tun.] Lieut. Phelan, 16th

July.

Plat MAUI' EL:ZA.

Cliptaln Seymour, not expected to recover.

To thew how imootirobje Getrer.l Nliaregor he.
paved to Copt. Hudson, pint owner of the brig
;leru, alias M'Creior (wrecked), I give you on
extract born two of Column Hudersii•r. letiero

" Port-au-Priner, Jnoie 2, 1819.

" MY DEAR Our frirud M•Grt•Ror ••)
is totting evo ry to get pusseasion of the brig, and rob
ate of my propetty fur the **mug his worthless Itfe• by
g ■ray from toe troops at Porto [kilo; auy one. that
kilos his cause may expect to meet with a similar Lite."

" Sentuiter Josephine, off Cape Tiberour
Jaly 8, 1819.
" M Dealt Ibis letter fortunately reach
you and Towning in time, I trust yen will use your best es-
deavoUrs to demist the bri: Hero, at Ares-Cayes, till I Irma
Gum Jamaica with a fri:ate or sloop of war, Olt repossess
nsyselfof Ike. M•Grrgor has committed woe of the most
daring and audariou. piratical acts, in tans: pumeysituis of
my properly, (laths: the time I 1... y helpless in bed, at Port-
•u_l'rince. I therefore limit, as I sin the' o.testyible (euer
of the Hero, that you will use your hest eittleireoura for my
iffiest-at, fur which this letter will be your fall and sufficient
authority. I know that the MIMIC 1 sin 1111,1 C 11411411111 g will
hr the means of bringing M.Gregur and idle Purser to
justice. 1 cats with meat difficulty write, beirig so winwell...
It appears by the following lentil*, so highly
creditable In Admiral lb ion and Cei.rral
that iliese Other's hail rally opriiesl
coitioninton so" wills Si. I) go, Ili the hope
of rescuing our eistiiiirylll.4l trust the dnngCt they
hail Al•Ciregoe* serviee,,:itial of
ill icing Oleos wider the standards of Nreirtzitela.
It it smut ttirrrly with emote. of these valsoub,e 41(4.0-
nit-out we have bees, fornialied, the usigitarl *atria
are now us, OW !dial. :
Alorir.tninrcu—Jras Grilse, May 19, 181 P.
" Luis Brion, Ahutraute, died etc. •
" Ts, I) Mackintosh. E.q.
"Slet—l herein enclose you an Aodreya from Getoral
English In the lioglidt Others. and hoops alio may. yt t
remain at your Islsud, nom the expeditors of Genet al
ftllircgur. :should ilwre be any who may be !brinierh in
come, 1 should vomit you i4l pr.ivide them with a I
their ry id ..
n liars.
p u.ar la ismt p luarca%
azheie their passage shall be
p
"1 have great pleasure fu slate, that the Fkitish Brigade
its this island is sir the must brilliant slate, ',clog proluscir
provided with creiy thing to commence operations. Our
armies to the isiterror have been victorious sir 5.5101 C We Ca.
CUIIIaCCS *lib l lor enemy. r
/11111 tel. glees us remain
Cas will tint he ortorded.
" 1 have Wel.

u Island of Margiritto,
,' I am cumosaudeJ

my. which, cumin feed with other rirru r.
1..1.1 to bore that oar retry tutu Ouse-
tumour hi be, Sir,
" Your moat chariest fieriest.
" L IISION."
trigiritta, Jean Gringo, May 10, 111110.
m/ by the General of Divisive, 11
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