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

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tams. From the 14th to the 16th ,evcral French tumbrels anti
qinmunition waggons paused the sun, to join the French aroi.
The Vienna Girletlt' already-- itoetts aft the Salzburgh articles
under the head of kingdom of
FRA N KFORT, A u G. 123.—The King of Wirtendoirgh has pub-
lished in the Official Gazette of Stittgart, of the latlt instant, a
Decree of the follow ink; tenor :
" As his Majesty ha; heel: plea-'d, for special reasons, to de-
cree, that those %%ho are guilty of speaking uu!)ecroningly of the
person of the King should be considered as mad, and therefore
go unpunished; it is nevertheless ordered, to prevent such per-
sons from doing any mischief to society, that they shall be de..
dared unfit to fill any public office."

TUESD LO.l DO GAZETTE.

Downi►►g-street, Sept. 4, 1809.

Dispatches, of which the folio w ing are copies, were yesterday
morni;:g received at the office of Lord Viscouut Castlereagh were
of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of Slate, from Lleut.-lie-
Hera' Sir J. Stuart, dated Ischia, sth and 9th July last.
M Y LOUD, Ischia, dilly 5, 1809.
In my dispatch to your Lordship of the 9th ult. from Milazzne
I did myself the honour to acquaint you with a project which I
had formed, in concert with Rear-Admiral Martin, to make
such a movement as, although it should produce no issue of
achievement to ourselves, might still operate a diversion in favour
of our Austrian Allies, under the heavy pressure of reverse «iih
which we had learned at the period they were bravely but Lin-
eqcilly struggling.
The first measure that suggested itself to our contemplation was

menace upon the kingdom and capital of Naples; and the arm v
as 'w ishin detailed being entharked, we sailed ender convoy of
his Majesty's ships Canopus, Spart late, Warrior. and some fri-
gates and smaller vessels, on the. I Ith of last mmith, leaving or-
ders to the division of his Sicilian 'Majesty's troops, which had
been placed under my conduct, and were waiting my instructions
at Paltaano, under the command of Lieut.-General de Bourcard,
to proceed to a given rendezvous. His It.iyal highness Prince
Leopold, I found at oursu3sequent junctiL,a, bad embarked with
this division.

Oar appearance on the coast of Calabria, which we reached
on the morning of the 13th, had the effect of ladodor, the body
of the enemy stationed in that province, to :4h:int:lon, for the pur-
poses of immediate concentration, the greater part of their posts
along the shore,. when those upon the line opposite Mrtlina %vele
seised and disarmed b' a corps under Lient.-Colonel Smith, wins
had been detached from the fleet immediately after our sailing
front Milazzo, kith pro Visionary orders for that purpose.
Major-General Mackelizie, who had sailed with mr, us de-
signed to hear a part in this e pedii ilia, returned also at my re./
quest about this period, for the general sit perintendans e of these
services, as well as to hold the general command in Sicily, w bleb
becomes a charge so important during the term of our present
operations.
On the 24th ult. the advanced division of the British and Sici.
flan :feet, namely, that which contained the British troops, an•
chored off Cape Sliseno, in the vicinity of Baia, ivhen our pre-
parations were immediately made fnr debarkation .upan the
island of Ischia; and the necessary arraugerneNts aud disposi ti4ms
of boats being intrusted by the Admiral to Sir Francis Lafolvy, a,
descent way forced on the following inaiiii neeal i%.
noilug_ubeythe trtoo.tao.sr ilia
am-
el in the parginio, commanded by m;
under.the immediate fire Of his Majesty's Oil), Warrior and Suc-
cess, aided by the British and Sicilian gun-boats, in the face of
a formidable ohit;ii of batteries, with si hich every neci•ssihle
part of the shore was perfectly fortified. These were turned and
successively
.abandoned as our troops rained their
About 2A/ or 30Qtnen, of the Ist Legere, in the first instance, fel
into our. hands. General Colonaa, who cortionacdcd, remirea
with his
,principal niece into. the cas4le, where he reje.ted a
summons friths -Major-General M`Farlane, and. held out until
the 30th ult. Wien a breaching battery hawing been erected
against his worts, he surrebdereo upon terms of capitulation,.
As it willoojecturell by the Admiral and 'myself that-the nieces.
and promptitude with:oo,o Iltelancliug upon gchinwas effected,
might probably ciperitn4n influence upon the *Aliment garrison
Of Procida, yottlinediatily_sent to- the COMlllaUtim