The National Register.
London, England, 1812-06-21 00:00:00

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the
Major Currie, my Aide-de-Camp, Wii!' ver to our Lordship
and taken front tht - my, and wig be ahie to
give you 4,,y fur :•'!i -.• —l,rs. j bcg to re,.N-nmend loin to your
bords...ip. 1. have toe 11611. K.,
(S.O, d) R. HILL, Lieut.-Gen
enclose a return of pt iionecs, nu.,l;er two hundred and fin nine,
incl•LAiing the gnvernor, one Lieu -..ena:,t and fitteen (sth 7crS.
I also transmit ,: return,of provisiotn: 1:.7!s rear the bridge, t,Lken
from one signed by the chief of th,.! Frenc.:, C:::-,:olisariat on the 18th of

Return pf Killed old Ir.itiz?!•-•1
• G-ntiral Total-1 Capt,i., 1 Licutenant, i St.). SI rank and
file, k:ll,fd ; p Captains; zi Lieuten tuts, 5 Ensigns, 10 serjcants, 1 drum-
Trier, I_o.rat,k and filt , .sounded.
.2Vto,.es gj Officers Kilt.:? and Wounded.
KiLLED.—King's c..ru an .r.iiiel-y—Lieutenant 'Thiele, blown up--
afiOt h . Rug.,---Ca, • ain Candler.
Won snen.—Ru;•al Engineers—Lieut. Wright, slightly.—:;Oth Foot,
• —Captain Sandys, severity ; Lieutenant Ilemsw orth, severely ; Lieut.
Patterson, slightly ; Lii.utenatic Ricl.aru,)n, severely; Eti ign God-
dard, severely; Ensigns Crofton wad Go;ltrey, sligtitly.-71st Pout, Capt.
Grant, da.ngetoutly (si• ce tic at); .1. ieutenant Lock wood, severely;
Lieutenant Ross and Ensign IVl'Kenzie, slightly.-6th Cacadures, Pe.
Hera Cotinbo, severely. •
tS'ictte of Provisions ia the Forts, 4-c..
Rations—bread. 33; biscuit, tt9,Pet I ; vegetable,. '2554 ; salt, '23,926;
oil, 44:t8 ; wine, 1718 ; brandy, ; live cattle, 16,813 ; salt meat,
13,086.
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SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, June 20.
Admiral Lord Keith has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq.
a lettPr from the Hon.. Captain Bouverie, of his Majesty's ship Medusa,
to Cai.tain Sir George-Ralph Collier, of the Surveillante, giving an ac—.
cou::t of the destruction of the French national store-ship I.a -11orade; I
of fourteen gunii.and eighty-six men, on the sth instant, In the harbour
-of Arcasson, by the bits of the Mednsa, under the direction of Lieut.
Josiah 'l'llATipmon. Notwithstanding. the enemy were prepared for the 1
attack and the boats were hailed before they were within musket shot, !
the ship was carried. after a desperate struggle, in, which the while
of the crew, excepthig twenty-three taken, were either killed or
. compelled to jump overboard ; the commander of the vessel (a
a..
• tem• de V •
*./ br • u) was amongst 'the latter, severely wounded. The
Medusa had none killed, and.only five wounded.
A. daylight the ship was got under weigh, but after proceeding'
!thatr.•a league down the harbour, she grounded ; and' the tide then
4 out with (treat violence, she was set fire to, after' the wounded
`lad been :Ars out, and sonic time after blew up.
• ,Restr Admiral Brown, Command. ri:‘ Chief at the islands of puern-
sey anti Jersey, has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Es -a letter.
from' Livutenant PralcP, cornmandFtg the Sandwich hired lugger,
giving an account of his having, or the 15th instant, captured the Cott-
. rageux French luQger priv.lteer, of two guns and twenty-four men, out
foul days:front Brehat, without make g any capture.

BANKRI.; vrs.
Leonard Duncan, of K••. 1, rminster, Worcester, shopkeeper, to swr-
render Junt: 23, 27. d August 1, at tt-n, at Guildhall, Louder). At-
' , Messrs. IcibLl,-white, Rowland, a: d Robinson, Gray's Inn-
place.
Robert Jenni .gs of Chertsey, bricklayer, June 23, July 4, and Au-
Est 1, at teu,.kt Guidhall, London. .Atturnics, Mestas. Clarke and
raze!, eok. , Chertsey.
James Tickrik..e. of i uke street. Westminster, dealer, June 27, July
• /, am. i• 4;1. 1, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Price, War-
wick-street, Golden-square.
milas Wyatt, of Kent, baker, June 27. ,Tuly 4, and Au-
.
gust ,at ten, at G kill, London. Attornies, Mr. Gould, Woolwich ;
,a itd IVA-. , hrner, R. d 1. ion-square.
‘-.4. 3 Smith, of I.,..!bury, Ht rerLrd, miller, July 15, 16, and Au-
. gust 1, -t eleven, at the Plume or. f athers Inn, Ledhury. Attornies„`
Ir. o.lbrohlt, Li.dhary; and VI- Edmunds, Lincoln's Inn, London. '
Re •er t Marsh, !ate of Old Broad-street, s,ik-broker,June 23, July 4,
and Augiist 1. ten, at Guild:l:di. Attor' e), Mr. V..i.shbrough, Sul:-
court, c•
Charles, urt, of Duke's Head-passage, Newnte-market, victualler,
;une 2a, 3%, uhd August 1 at el_lven, Attorney, Mr.
Lobbin's Purnival's Inn, 1:
Jolnt Swaby, of klytl.- 4ett. woollen-draper, June 23, 30, and Au-
gust 1, at eleven, at idhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Donnollon,
Cop thall-bui 'i'ht qmorton-stret:t, London.
Iklatthi.vt Burred, of King's Lynn, Norl3lk, July 3, at four, 4, at
elevelt. and
.A ;list 1, a funr, at Guildhall, King's Lynn. Attorniei,
/N'Essrs. Wil.is,l..Urthorne, and Clarke, Waroferd court, London ; and
i:1. Good.. ,11', Kinv: Lynn.
John Ward, -if Eirrnin:ltatn,factor, JUly 3, 4. at &even, and August 1,
at twelve, at the Itoyai Hotel, Temple-row, tlrmittgliarn. Attornies,..
111v,sirS. *Blcasdale, A1ex:44(414 New'and *Awe, Inn Lgadcon • intr.
Mr. Yatkur,

3l'Nr. 41.

Charles Grtig, - lac of Ne' Bridge-street, Blackfriars, ni:
jr;:isatnit:
June 23,27, at twelve, and August 1, at eleven, at Guil.lhall. Attofnies,
Alt:sirs Bell-and Brocirick, Bow-latre, Cheapsidc
Thomas Brounian, cif Mar gate, grocer, June 23, July 4, and
at eleven, at Guildhall- London. Atterni,-s, Ale'.ars. Sawkins aLd
Dering, Margate; and Mr. Taylor, John-street, Bedford-row,
Thomas D.iy, of We ,t Cowes, Southar•.►pton, :Irerehrtrit, July 20, 4
one, °I, at eleven, and Augusi. 1, at '..welve; at the Coach anil norm:4
Lin, Southampton. Attorney, Mr. Worsl,lr, Newport, Isle of Nt'ight.
George Thirkell, a Joe's CofCce-house, Mitre-court,
chant, June 27 ...t eleven, July 4, and .Auguat 1, at one, at Guildhall.
Attorney; Mr. G -:'•swell. Gray's-Inn-sqh:.n!.
John Brown, of Norn•an-street, Old• street-road, blue-maker, June
°3, July 4, and August 1, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attoruey, Mr.
Holloway, Chancery-la e.
William Ring, jun. of Rochester, grocer, June 23,July 4, and Auguit
1, at el -yen, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Osbaldeston, Litje
Tower-street.

THE LIEBDOMAD.-J1?1" ;
OR, EPHEMERIS OF THE WELK.

JUNE.
21. Fourth S'undrty Oiler Trinity.—ECstle, Rom 7. 18. Gospel, St.
Luke 6. 36. Sr. Lo•;t1,1:s, Bishop of Samosata, who stood, with nee
lution, against the d.-egns of donstantius, Arian an Emperor. He
was killed by the throw of a tile from the roof of a house, by a revenge-
ful Arian woman; but prayed that she might not suffer on Lis acme!.
—This is the longest day in the year, the sun visiting the utmost degree
of the latitude in the Zodiac towards us, according to astronomicai ate.
pearances.-1809. The French enter Corunna -end Ferrol. 1810. Sir
Francis Burdett, sneaks off by water from the Tower, and diaeeeints
the mob assembled on Tower-hill, to grace triumph. 1673. Was
laid the first stone of St. Paul's Cathedral. 1770. Expired Willien
Beckforct, Lord Mayor of London, in the year of hip second service
in that office.
The Sun rises at 3b. 43 min. Sefs at -8 h. 17 min.
22. Monday.—St.'Paillinus, Bishop of Nola, a man of great sanctity;
his charity towards the poor, the distressed, acid captives, was wonder-
ful. Virtues are never without enemies, acid Patilinus had many of
both. Flying from their persecutions he entered a (elven, ; had.: it is
said, that a spider, having instantly spread its web before the e mete,
made the pursuers naturally suppose that re) man had entered. lay
'Sa
means the holy- man escaped, and after having been fur mare- yroti
a light-to the faithful, he died in the year 431.-1791. Louis XVI. :ird
his family are arrested at Varennes, and brought back to Paris; they
had escaped the preceding night from the Thuillerits, where they were
kept as prisoners.
The Sun rises at 3 h. 43 m.. sets at 8 h. 17 min.
23. Tuesday.—"! he vigil of St. John the Baptist is celebrated in seve-
ral towns in Ro,n. n r atholics countries, by bonfires and other emote-
sions of joy, according to a passage in the Evangelist, which says, "nee
many will rejoice at Ins L'et.h." The constituted authorities, and dere -,
generally assist at the ceremony of setting fire to a pile of wood ereced
for the purpose in a sou ire, during which the Te Deem is solemnly
sung e and Superstition alw, ys busy where and whenever Religion is
most conspicuous, induces the vulgar to steal bits of coals frOW the
~7e, and to keep them at li .me as a sure preservative against witch-
craft, thunder, ettrthquakes, and other desolations. It is also the de;
of St. Ediltrude, daughter of the King of the East Angles, and wee is
King Egfrid. She is honourably recorded by Venerable Bede, f,er
lit
wonderful patience in the long illness with which Providence visited
her ; she died in 663.-203. Decollation of St. Alban, to whose me.
niory Offa, King of Mercia built a stately.monastery at Verulam. Ht 'is,
now St. Alban's. Some calendars have this commemoration on the 17L11.
The Sun rises at 3h. 43 man sets, at 8 h. 17 min.
24. Wednesday—Nativity of St. John the Baptist. Epistle, Isaiah
1. Gospel, Luke 1. 57. He was the precursormr foretrunner of (tree;
the wellcome dawn that preceded the Sun of our salvation ; and his bl-e
time, the ceremony of which he bestowed upon the Redeemer hints;';,
a type :if the redemption of our sins. We have it trout Cfrist's treith,
" thet amongst sll.that are born of women, there is none greater
Joie. the Baptist."—This is called Midsummer Day.-1346. Edward (IL
geined a signal naval vistory over the French' off Sluyse, in the lie'
therlands. 1494. Newfoundland is discovered.
The Sun rises at 3 h. 43 min. sets at 8 h. 17 min.
Full Moon at 8 afternoon.
25. Thursday.—St. Prosper, Bishop and confessor of the faith. Aha
the feast of Sosipater 'supposed a kinsman of St. Paul-1:14.
battle of Bannockburn was fought between Edward IL and R
aole
h'
r
Bruce. 1.750.. A weaver throws himself down from the top t
Monument, and is taken up terribly shattered.
The Sun rises at 311,44. mina sets at Bh. 17 min. The famous
26. Frithey.-St. John and St. Paul, two brothers breiught up in
'court of Constantine the Great, and by him appointed to watt In ;
daughter Constantia. They were afterwards 'Lofted to accept
under Julien the Apostate, but refusing to serve a prince wee)
renOtineed his faith they were aiii,i.efloidc:d and beheeded II':
ns• • eon tyr
359,. The filly ormuccence, Interikiil. With the -me of