The National Register.
London, England, 1809-09-10 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL /MG ISTER.

off. ;he • inber, a seriennt, twit corpornl•, and twenty privates;
Came on board, deserters fr.on the French army.
Lord Collingw nod at the same time communicates an account
he had received from Captain Daman. of the Mercury, of the
destruction of a number of Trabhaccolos and other vessels, ()is
the beach of Itotti, near Maaredonia, by the boats of that
ship, under Lieutenant Gordon..
A letter from 4:ript. ltaitt, commander of his Majesty's
sloop the Seont, gives an account of the boats •of that sloop
having carried an enemy's battery mar Cape Croisette, and
captured nod • destroyed seven sail of the enemy's coasters,
which had takiNt shelter under it.
A list of Officers and men killed and wounded
:--
Killed.--John Marshland, landinan. —Wounded.--John
boalsnain ; John Gage, landman ; Alexander Rosily,
landmaii ; Rotwrt Evans:, volunteer lit class ; liar-
ber, cerporal of marines. 'Total--I Lilted, a wounded.
Vice-Admiral Lord Collingw nod has transmitted to the
Haa, William Wellesley Polo, :mother letter troin Capt. Itaitt
of his Majesty's 6!tiop toe scitut, giving an account of a gallant
attack tn.l(le on the 1514 Juts, by a party of st'affiell and
suarilies, under the direction of Lieut. Battershy, on a strong
battery whirls commanded the Port of Carry, between Mar
t cities and the phone. The fort oils carried o ithoat any hoes
on our side, and all the guns in it spiked ; five of the enemy
were killed, and seven made prisoners.
A letter also front Capt. Brenton of his Majesty's ship the
Spartan, gives an account of the reduction of the citadel and
batteries on the island of Lussin, On the coast of Croatia, ow
the 10:11 of May last., by that ship acting in concert oith a de-
tachmeut of Austrian troops, wider the continaild of Lieut.-
Col. Baron Ocharuick. The garrison, consisting of Lio met.
was compelled to surrenderat discretion, after sonic oppnsilitm
to the attacks of the allies, in which the ereawst gallantry was
displayed by the latter, and in w hien they had only three men
wounded. The conduct of Lieut. Wines and Batting:lldt of the
Spartan, and Lieut. Figen of the mariaes, is particularly no-
ticed by Capt. Brenton.
Lord Collingw nod h•is also enclosed a letter from Captain
Bullet) of the Volontaire, giving an accotipt of the destruction
of Fort Rioux, on the coast of _Fruncer6o/1 the capture of tivc
vessels which it protected, by the boats of the above ship. un-
der the committal of Lieu:ell:tot Shaw, of o hose gallantry Capt.
Bullet' speaks in high praise. 03 The side of the English there
Were only two wounded, the enemy bad live killed and eight
wounded.

Another letter from Rear-Admiral Martin details the proceed-
ings of his squadron iu the capture of the Islands of I,4:hia and
Procida. A. flotilla of 47 gun-boats, coming from Gaeta along
Shure, were attacked by tileltritish squadron, IS of which were
captured and four destroyed, in addition to which eleven smaller
vessels were taken and four destroyed. On the/7th of June,
Captains Staines and Milford attacked an enemy's frigate and
corvette, which with a number of gun-boats were moored in the
Baias to the Mole of Naples, they escaped. Carp. Staynes
and both of the Lieutenants wete wounded. Captain Staines
)las lost his arin out of the socket at his shoulder, and is wound-
ed also in the side, but is in a fair nay of recovery. Lieut.
liall is also severely wounded, but is doing well. Admiral
.llartin says, •• no language can convey' an adequate idea of the
pliantly., judgment, and good ,cnittirt displayed by Captain
Staines, and tbat nothing could exceed the gallautry of the whole
squadron."
A list of officers, seamen, and marines killed and woatided on
board his .%indesty's strip t. an., in action with the enemy's
gun-boats and batteries in tae hay of ,Naples, on tile 26th of
June ISO 9.
Killeil•—thwiel Young, captain of the rt4intop ; John Evans,
boy 3d class.
Wounded.—David Jones, master's-mate, dangerously ; John
rhillips., ordinary seaman, slightly ; Alex. Lawson, ordinary
seaman, ditto ; Thos. 11, it ton, lanaiiian,. to ; John S %versa)
ordinary seataan, ditto ; Alattitetv:., able seaman, ditto ;
oho Rutherford, able seaman, ditto.
List tif officers, seamen, and marines killed and wounded on
,Majesty's ship Lial. Cap-
tain, in wlUi an enviny'A Frigate, corvette, gun-boats,
• and natteries, is Lae Bay of Naples, on tde 927th Juliet
Jtineb,, ordinary seaman ; Berry,
private of marines.
Wounded—Thomas Staines, •cn passio,. dangcronsly l ItotiNo
Mail, first-licuenant, ditto ; Thomas Ilrfrit.e.r. lanilTAID?
'4' humus w es) able-seitai• it 4•4 ditto ; 3.4ateo =4-.)
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