The National Register.
London, England, 1811-08-11 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RF,CI4TEII.

ders of Lieutenant John M'Curdy, senior Lieutenant of the
Belle Pottle, accompanied by the Officers and petty Officers
named in the margin,* and took possession of the island with-
out oppsition With incessant labour and the most extraor-
dinary exertions, a defence was thrown up, and a bluer/ of four
guns (two howitzers and two nine-pounders,) mounted on a
commanding position by five o'clock. A field piece was also
placed at some distance to the left to divide the attention of the
enemy, who, aware of our operations, had been busily em-
ployed during the night in-planting guns in various parts of the
harbour. Soon after five A. M. the French opened a cross fire
from four different positions, which was immediately returned,
and kept up on both sides with great vigour for five hours when
the brig being cut to pieces and sunk, and of course the object
of our landing accomplished, the guns, ammunition, &c. were
all re-embarked, with the most perfect order and regularity.
I bave only to lament that this service has not been performed
without some loss, but considering the deterniii‘ed resistance that
was made, and the peculiar situation of the place, it is less than
might have b-en expected. We have had four killed and as
many wounded belonging to the two ships, a particular list of
whotn is herewith transmitted.

List of Killed and Wounded belonging to his Majesty's Ships
Belle Poule and Alceste. when destroyir g a French Brig of
war, in th:: harbour of Pdlenza, the 4th and sth May, 1811.
Pr.x.t.t POULE.—Mr. Richard Kelly, gun"er, killed on shore;
'William Joh.;son, able s aman. Thomas Griffiths, able seaman,
slightly wounded, on board; !obi, Wilkinson, private marine,
(lath, on shore.
- ALc EsT e.—John hort,private marine. kled on shore; Henry
Collier, private marine, ditto, on shore John Matt. Betts, yeo-
man of the sheets, wounrled on board; John Jones, able seaman,
sightly wounded on board.

• Btlk Poule.-I,ieu, f-nants R. Boardman' It A. Chartres,
and A Morrison; Messrs. Blair, Chapman, Finlay, Maxwell,
I iall, and Grose, Mid sh:p nit n.
Alceste.—Lieutenant Hickman, Mr. Moore, Master, Lieut.
tenant Lord; Messrs. Adair, Croker, and Reding, IVlidship..
men.

SOt

boats of the Belliqueux and Su. Francis Drake, under the cl:rec.
tion of Lieutenant Joseph Prior, of the former ship :
And one of the Ist October, 1810, transmitt ng an account of
the capture or destruction, by the boats of the Sir Francis Drake,
at different times between the 0:1) of August and Bth of Sep.
(ember, 1810, of seven B:►tavian gun-boats, five piratical prows,
and thirty-five Dutch trading vessels.

DOWNING-STREET) AUG. 10.
A Dispatch, of which the following is an ex•ract, has been this
day received at the Earl of Liverpool\ Office, athirt ssrd to his
Lordship by Governor Farquhar, dated Pit Louis, Isle of
France, VI April 11311.

I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that his Majesty's
ship of war Eclipse, Captain Lynne, returned to th:s port on the
.6:11 ultimo, after having taken possession of the French Port of
Tamelasi, at ‘ladagascar, on the 18th February, gnd landed the
detachments from his Majesty's 22. d regiment ar.d Bourbon
Rifle Corps, for the garrison of that island. The Fre::ch Com-
mandant accs pted. without opposition, the' terms upon which
the lsle of France capitulated. The result of this 6urvice has
freed these seas from the last French flag, and secured to us an
unmolested traffic with the fruitful and abundant island of Ma.
dagascar.

BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED.
Richard Howard, sen. John Rivers, Richard Howard, jun.
and James How rd, ut 'Mitcham, Surrey, calico-printers, trim
Aug. 10, to Aug. 28, at ten. at Guildhall, radon.
Phill4p Felix I.e Brun. of Old lioncl-mreet, chy mist from Aug.
17, to Aug. 28, at ten, at Guildhall.
John Dunks rley. of Pitt-. ank, Oidiham, Lancashire, cotton-
manufacturer, from Sept. 7, t? Sept. SO, at. ten, at the Mosley
Arms Inn, Manchester.

Edwarti Lewis, of 80-cl street, haberdasher, from Aug. 3, to
to Sept. 31, at ten, at 4 • I.i:dhall.
13.1111 i RUP I'CY SUPERSEDED.
Joseph Stanley, of Deal, Ke- t, ironmonger.
8.-> NKR U PTS. .
Peter Mather, of Cborlton-row, Manchester, roller and ma-
chine-maker. .

Thfnnas Barnett, late of Whevtlon Beck, Northamptonshire,
butcher.

Arrowsmith, late of PreAcot, Lancashire, but now of
Stoke, Staffordshire, and John Arrowbmith, late of Preseut, but
now of Peningt.,n, e, con-non-brewerP.

'l'homa Salter cif Bagnigge-Wells, victualler. •
Andrew Clegg, of Falsworth, Lancashire innkeeper.
Peter Mathews, of Copthall-court, merchant.
John Vt'il,l3 rley, of Manche ter, draper.
James Wilsen, of Manchester, gruccr.
Edwat d l'antit.r fit.rhert anu Richard Crouch Penfold, of
West Smithfield Itlacking-manufacturer..
John Scoq, of Fe:videre-plac,e, St. Gtsorge's-fief's, Surrey,
and latt. of hull's-Pridge-wharl,Soutliall;Nll.lrllese x, Neliarfm;er.
Thomas Barber, of Beheaston, Somersetshire, dealer.
Charles Turner, of Milibank-street, Westminster, colour-
pvilter.

'I homas Nicholls, of Plymouth, merchant,
Nintan Hay. late of Charles-st t, Covent-garden, and since
of George-strteT,l\irtman-square,
Samuel Shaw, of Brunswick-square, underwriter.
Robert Kendall, late of the ad Change, and now or late of
Cheapside' warehouseman.
Richard Carter, of Stephen street, Sr. Pancras, carpenter.
CERTIFICATES—.jun.

William Blanchard, of the Seven Dials, dealer in paper and
rags.—Thomas Harrison "acleod, of Tokenhouse-y.irct, men.
chant—George Cass, of fitiklershury, wine.merel)agt ....Robert
Senior, of Bristol. clothf..l .-4‘ Allem WrexWorthy, eof
North-row, St. James's-market. wine-merchati.r.-INtrilliam Tho-
mas Pass. late of Dockhead. Bermondsey, Sur,rey, hr. wer.-:-
John Sims, of Neath, Glamorganshire,
Whitworth, of Sowerby,. Halifax, y,nicshirei votton-inanufac.
turer.—John Luckratt, of Plymouth carp..titer.—Thoma, Scot*
and kVilliam Jordan, of St. Pancras, builders.--4.11:n Worrail. of
Manchester, silk-dresser.—Thornas Peirce, of Cant.-, hury,
brazkr.—Benj,,min Allen of 14c.l.fora, A.Vi roam
Lewis, of Abergavenny, Monmouth-hire, c rdwait t r —Rich-
ard Ashton, of Bi Devonshire, lint-n dr pr. --John
Smith, of Bridgewatt r-square, n Ru-by, of
kin-
ner-street, neolie m:ther.—Willi a Swan j n. of Lit/. rpool,
tnerchan.„—H- adiry Acklann of I.eadenhail-rmrket, at •,1 of
Birchtn-lane, provision-mercharn.—James k.elll:ird, of thy Old
South Se.t I- louse, Br .ad-street insurance-brol -r
Bourtltilon, of Walthamstow, essex, insdrance-broker.--Gewrk
Welsh, of Liverpool, broker.