The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-09-09 00:00:00

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Drtaborde,Grrt. of I)irimTon infantry, 7014 infantry
Rrruirr, oe Brigade uftlir line, the. Au isa p-cuadiera
Thunder; ditto i. vultigruig, Wit lery , 6 pirce•

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rolirtae,t.en. alleigade.. ".2,11, ;bill, sod Bid istautry infantry
Chailut, Utt0............ the hue, artillery, 7 pieces.
CAVALRY.
Ditergeet.u, Gen. of Brigade. Artillery, it pieces.

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Tiallertniul, Gen. of /headed t ist and 2d regiment of grena-
diers; artillery, a pieces.
Ordered by the Chief of the Staff
It is ordered by the General cominandinr: the 2d
division, that the corps under his orders do provide
themselves with sixty cartridges each man ; ordered
that no horse nr mule, or equipage of any sort, ex-
cept such as am allowed by the regulations, be per-
witted to follow the arm:.

The Geiser:4 of Brigade, CH ALLOT.
M.* -Quartet, Fortes Vriiraii, Aug. 20, tills.

CALLA: 1' t. PLOIT.

In our pap.'r of Wednesday we mentioned the
unsuccessful attack which had been made upon the
island of St. Martin's. We have since received
some further particulars. The island liscrlieen
long considered as a shelter to the numerous
French privateer. which infest the West Indies,
and oostriict the trade of t!i:s country : it became,
therefore, a desirable object to endeavour to extir-
, pate this nest of depredators. Our men soon ob.
tamed possession of the lower fort, of six glint);
:which were instantly spiked ; their loss so far was
trifling ; but on ascending the rocky heights, co-
vered with the prickly pear, the superiority of the
raneiny was very severely felt, as a cumber of brave
.•fellows fell, among whom was Lieuteuaot Spearing,
their gallant leader, who was shot through the
*And within ten yards of the upper fort, and almost
instantly expired. His fall oceasiona much con-
,' isteroation among his com panions,„ ho reluctantly
retreated to their boats, but were, obliged to sur-
render. ('aptain Crofton, of the . Wansierer,
fiud-
f log the fire from the fort so tremendous and laces-
sant, sent a fin.. of truce on shore, which was ac-
cepted, and Use whole of the prisoners who, Could
be removed with safety were given up. '••
Thu* fell, in the prime of life, in a most daring
sail gallant attempt, a promising active officer,
whose long services in his profession certainly enti-
tled him to the notice of his country; in whose
cane lie had received eleven wounds, particularly
at the battle. of Copenhagen, and in the West In-
dies, and eliwed a career of glory, animating his
WM, by his example, on the batteries of St. Mar-
' tin's.
Nothing can better evince the admiration which
even his enemies entertained of his•conduct on this

occasion, than the tribute conferred on his re-

twins : he was interred with all the honours of war,
,the French Commandant himself attending. and
' also permitting port of the gallant crew of the
Subtle to pay their last sad duty to their beloved
Commander.
It afterwards appeared, that the enemy had re-
ceived information of the intended attack, and
were prepared accordingly ; upwards of 900 troops
beienr in the fart, while the storming party consisted
nob of 133 men. Out of forty-three sent from the
..SrWe, seven were killed and seventeen wounded.
The following is a copy of the eider issued en
the melancholy occaison. by' Captoin Crofton, of
R s Majesty's al* Iranderrrf
. _

4. Toffs; Coisernarairt 04fire,s rf Ili@ Majesty's tel.caoress.
and

N Toes all well know the mi lancholy though glorious death
of I.ieutettaot G. A Slain!. late Cuesasaailer of His Ms
jr.ey's Pr iI•10111PIP Sabdo, who fill fighting for his King sad
ICuwatry his corpse this ...Toms aso receive the honours of
war, rtd In his racemes, admirers of his enwrage and
nononto ion wit: join. on a signal trop prw, ',awn the Art
Own have tired a %hotted giou, to fire minute guns.'—Dated
nth Ist). alai St. 31artues.

if eNnitiples were wanting to ahem the glorious
superie-icy of the. navy of Great Britain, the. till-
;miring fact deceives con.pirtions rustier :—The
1;loire frigate, Captain CutTuaw, utrthe
coat of France, • few days since, dist-oven:4 two
of the largest etas. of French frigate'', near Cape
Bail at. NotwitlestamEng thee immense odds,
Captain C. with the nitino.t intrepidity, resolved
on attsekiag them. Ina few minutes the ship wits
des- fur action, every gun dualde ',hotted, sod it
was drought one brasnliide would so disabie the
'tot...meet ship. es to ramble lam to cut her off.
The enemy, nn perceiiing hi. intention., twine-
diatel:i t nas mud, a itli theassnitance of
a steam/ in-sf este carreiit, a .reeteel their meat*. into
(herb our=, tent not without receiving • hmatfeide
Con, the Gluier, its they entered the tweuth of the
Imetrour. Whit is still wore convincing how much
the enemy feel their own inferiority, the .4eapiii-
trge, a tine new fr.nrate, ready for se s at Cher-
bon t, Inver made the least movement; to
her n eveamiakees eusetreirks. or even to give them a