The National Register.
London, England, 1811-07-14 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.
AMMIRALTY-OFFICIrp JULY 9, 1811.
Copy of Letter from Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, Bart. Com-
mander in Chief of. his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the
Mediterranean, to John Wilson Croaker, Esq. dated on board
the San Joseph, off Toulon, lfith May, 1811.
st—The Lords Commissionersof the Admiralty will receive,
with much satisfaction, the accompanying report from Captain
Barrie, of a gallant and successful enterprise, performed by his
/Viajlemy's ship Pomone, under his command, and the Unite and
Scout, in the Bay of Sagone, in the Island of Corsica, on the Ist
of this month.

I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) C. Corrox.
His Majesty's ship Pomone, off Sagone,
IVlay 2, 1811.
SIIL-My letter of the 23d ult. would acquaint you with the
intelligence I had received of the enemy's force in Sagone. and
that it was my intention, wider particular circumstances, to at-
tack them.

I have now the honour to inform you, that on the evening of
the 30th I arrived oil the B .y, the Unite and Scout in comp Any;
the Scout joined in the morning, and Captain Sharpe having
volunteered his services to take arge of the landing party in
the projected attack, I consented to take the Scout under my
end,,rs. At sunset, the Unite made the signal for an enemy's
frigate at anchor. By day break on the Ist, the Pomone was
close off Liamone, and I had the satisfaction to observe the
enemy's three ships at anchor in Sagone Bay. It was nearly
calm, and the variable winds which prevail at this season having
thrown the Unite a long way astern, I abandoned my design of
attempting to take the tower and battery by surprise ; and it
was fortunate I did so, for as the day opened, we could clearly
observe the enemy in full possession of the heights, and ready
to receive us. Ho appeared to have about 200 regular troops,
with their field-pieces, &c. and a number of the armed inhabi-
tants; the battery consisting of four guns and one mortar, pre-
sented a more formidable appearance than I expected, and a
gun was mounted on the Martell() tower, above the battery ; the
three ships were moored within .stone'- throw of the battery,
and had each two cables on shore ; their broadsides were present-
ed to us. The smallest ship (I ,a Giraff;!) hoisted a broad pendant;
she appeared to be a sister vessel to the Var, at:d showed 13 guns
on each side the main deck. The other ship (La Nourrice) was
much larger, and showed 14 guns; her lower deck ports were
open, hut she had no guns in them. The armed ship was partly
bid by the Nourrice, so that we could not make out her force.

My pen 1$ too feeble to express my admiration of the zealous
and spirited conduct of the boats crews employed on this service ;
the same zealcnimated each ships company, and by six o'clock,
having towed into a position within range of grape, we com-
menced the action, which lasted without any intermssion till
ahvut half past seven, when smoke-was observed to issue from
the Giraffe ; soon al.:er La Nourrice was in a blaze, and the mer-
chantman was set on fire by the brands from La .Nourrice ; at
this time the battery and tower were silenced, and in ten mi-
nutes the three ships were completely on fire, I lost no time in
towing our ships out of harms way, where we waited the ex-
plosions, which took place in succession. The Giraffe blew up
about ten minutes before nine, soon after La Nourrice exploded,
and some of her timbers falling on the tower, eptirely demolish-
ed it, and the sparks set lire to the battery, which also blew lip:
the objact of our attack ling thus completely executed, I stood
out to sea to get clear of the wrecks, and to repair our damages.
No language of mine can do justice to the gallantry of those I had
the honour to command.

It is but justice to declare that the enemy kept up a very smart
ire, and behaved with great bravery. 1 can form no opinion of
their loss.

I have the honour to be, &e.
Oigued) • ROBRRT BARRIE.
Admiral Sir Charles Comm, Bart.
commander in Chief, &c.
A ilia of Killed and :rounded Men onboard his Majesty's ship
Poinone, Robert Barrie, Es q. Captain., in action with the Ene-
my's Vcipo find Plgteries in the Bay tf Sagone, May 1, 1811.

KILu=A--•Williani Junes (1), lantinlan; Edward Sutton, able-

seaman.
Woesten...44leorge Sihery, yeoman of the sheets, danger-
ousty; Thotassi:Holbreak, able •seaman, ditto; John Edwards,
ordinary seaman, ditto; Richard Roach, ordinary seaman,
ditto ; Thomas Kelly; private niarive ;ditto ; James Until', or-
dinary *eaman, severely; James Jennett, ordinary seaman,
ditto; Wm. RiCh, ordinary seaman, ditto; Richard Jones, able
oximan, ditto; Wm Govier, able seaman, ditto ; Wm. Jarvis,
able seaman, ditto; Richard Haines, private maelne, ditto;
Lard lobviry, private urine, ditto; Joba Royall, private

marine, ditto; Thomas Ralph, private marine, slightly; John
Wood, private marine, ditto; John Evans, private marine, ditto;
John V uod, boy, ditto; John Milligan, boy, ditto.
Total-2 killed, 19 wouuded.
(Signed) JOHN TURNER, Surgeon.
Return of Wounded on bonrd his Maiesty's Ship Unite, in action
oil the Harbour of' Sagone, May 1, 1811.
Mr. Richrd Goodridge, Midshipman, slightly wounded;
Thomas M'Bray, captain of the foretop and coxswain to the
barge, slightly wounded; John Day, private marine, ditto.
(Signed) JOHN PEGAS, Surgeon.
Return of Wounded on hogrd his Majesty's sloop Scout, 4. R.
Sharpe, Esq. Commander, in the Action of the lst of May,
1811, in the Boy of Sagone, I.slaud of Corsica.
Wm. Neame, First Lieutenant, severely wounded ; James
Stewart (:), boatswain, slightly wounded ; John Wallace, able
seaman, ditto.

RICHARD CARTER, Surgeon.
(Signed) A. R. iHARPE, Captain.
Pomona, oft' Magdalena, March 15, 1811.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
John Parry, of Quality-court, Chancery lane, scrivener, from
July 9 to August 20, at ten,• at Guildhall.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. •
John Byrne and Edmund Lewin, of Liverpool, beer. ;Lod
spirit-lnerchauti.

. BANKRUPTS.
John Wheatcrois, of Loughor, Glamorgan, dealer.
Richard Goodwin, of Gouldsitch Moss, Stafford, hawker.
Elizabeth Gregory, of Pilkington' Laiwaster, dealer.
James 011ivant, late of Liverpool, broker. •
Robert Smith Sharp, of Great Yin-moo/li, Norfolk, cliymist.
Richard hipkiss, of Birmingham, japfnner.
James Bath, of Cirencester, watch-maker and silversmith.
Joseph Welch, of Birmingham, bras-founder.
John Stephenson, of Kingston-upon-Hull, druggist.
Samuel Bowden, late of Li6keard, Cornwall, mercer and
grocer.
John Hewitt, of Bolton-le-Moors, Lancaster, money
scrivener.
Thomas Reed, of Globe-lane, Mile-end, victuaher.
John Kirkpatrick of Liverpool, merchant.
Edward Hatton Vt'ilson and John Westmoreland, of Liver-
pool, spirit-merchants.
William Bennett, of
.Merton, Surrey, calico-printer.

CERTIFICATES, JU LT SO.
William Thomson, of Manchebter-bilildings, Westrnin•
ster, merchant.—James Foster, jun. of Manchester, grocer.
—.Peter Beck, of Salford, common-brewer.—Rohert Bennell,
of Bernard-street, Russoll-square, coal-merchant.--Thomas
Bailey, of Hackney, factor.—Richard Bennett, of Hounds..
ditch, mercer.--Nelson Gibbon, of Judd-street, Brunswick-
square, grocer.—James Lyon, of Leadental-street, ship asst!
insurance-broker.

SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

BANKRI.TPTCIES ENLARGED.

Charles Sharood, of Brighthelmstone, Sussex, victualler,
from July 6, to August 24; at ten, at Guildhall, London.
Robert Wainwright, of Manchester, manufacturer, from
June 11, to July 23, at ten, at the George Inn, Deansgate„
Manchester.