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is a Copy of a Letter found in the waistcoat pocket of the deceased,
a ore ct to his wile :
66 MY DEAREST G R ACE-1 must leave you for ever—the Great Su-
preme Being, I trust, will take you to his care ! With my latest
breath, I have to beg the Almighty to bless, preserve, and keep yc u!
Oh, my poor distracted brain ! What shall I do ? Can I live to hear
my name stigmatised as a • • • * * • •
The few remaining words were unintelligible, the ink being appa-
rently smeared with the finger.
FATAL. oac.—On Tuesday, the Roth October, there was buried
at Leek, M. Le Courbe, a French naval officer, who was oil parole at
that place.—The circumstances which led to the death of this young
man are truly uncommon. About ten days previous to his decease,
he was out beyond the hour when prisoners ought to return to their
lodg ngs, and on this account the boys collected about, and pelted him
with stones Hi, behaviour on this occasion made one of his brother
officers observe, " that he was soft—that he would taint at the sight
of his own blood." Le Courbe gave him the lie, the other struck
him, and the consequence was a challenge. Each party had his
second; but as they co-ld only procure one pistol, they cast lots who
should have the first fire ! It fell on Le Courbe. Ten yards was the
distance measured out by the seconds. Le Courbe fired, and his ball
went through both the thighs of his antagonist, who fell on the
ground, declaring, that as Le Courbe had now got satisfaction, he
should n-t take his chance. The seconds, however, insisted on his
firing, arid, helping him up and supporting him, he, in this shocking
situation, (the blood streaming from his wounds,) took his fire, and
his ball went through Le Courbe's neck. Le Courbe died on the
lith, and on the 20th a Coroner's Inquest was held on the body, and,
strange as it may appear, the Jury brought in their verdict— Died
by the vis;tation of God !" The officer who was wounded in the
thighs is recovering.
The Jury summoned at Portsmouth to decide on the death of Lieu.
tenant Bagnell, re-assembled on Wednesday, and heard the examina-
tion of Mr. Madden, the surgeon who extracted the ball. The Jury
returned a verdict of wiltul murder against Lieutenant W. Stuart, and
against Lieutenant John O'Hanlon who was second to Lieutenant
Bagwell, for aiding and abetting the same. No part of the evidence
legally ascertained the second of Lieutenant Stuart. The parties con-
cerned were bound over to appear against Lieutenants Stuart and
O'Hanlon, at the next Assizes.

TUESDAY': LONDON GAZETTE.

ADMIRALTY-011E10E, NOVEMBER 27, 1812.

The following is a copy of a bulletin of the operations of the Russian
forces under General Winzingerode and General Essen, transmitted
to John Wilson Croker, Esq by Vice-Admiral Sir James Saurnarez.
•' Adjutant-General Baron Winzingerode to his Imperial Majesty,
26th September, from the village of Dawydowka, as follows :—With-
out leaving the Twer road, 1 still occupy this village with the greatest
part of my detachment, daily making reconnoissances with small par-
ties on the roads to Woldomir, Yaroslaff, and Dimitroft, and even
to Moskrekensk and the neighbourhood of Moskaish. Every thing is
well at all the advanced posts, and the enemy has shewn no disposi-
tion to advance. The detachments on the Wolodimir road, reported
to me on the 25th September, that the enemy had appeared at Nowaja
that day, 24 wersts from Moscow, but they had retired, and the Cos-
sack patroles had reconnoitred on the Moscow road as tar as the village
of wanotl. The Fredch picquets were five wersts from us; on the
27th September nothing new had occurred. On the Yaroslott. and
DimitrotFroads, the enemy had made no movement on the '27th Sep-
tember, and our Cossacks maintained their posts, nor had the enemy
moved on the St. Petersbureh road. Colonel Howaisky (12) who
commanded my advanced guard, requested my permission to attack
the French advanced posts, on the 26th, which he did at the village
of Chimka, repulsed them, and pursued them one werst, taking one
officer and two hundred and seventy men prisoners ; their loss in
killed was heavy, but on our side the loss is not worth naming. Col.
Benkerdort, who is stationed between► Wolokalemsk and Moskaisk,
pushed his patroles right and left on the road to Smolensk, and has
sent in about 100 prisoners."
General Essen reports, on the 30th September, from Mittau, as
follows :
" The enemy bad resolved to decline opposing our attack on Mittau,
and withdrew, retreating twelve hours through Wurzaw and Bauske,
pursued by our cavalry ; fifty men were taken prisoners, and the ene-
my abandoned 190 men in the hospital. Fniar battering cannon, a
considerable quantity of provisions, and a magazine of fur coats
which had been collected by requisition in Courland, fell into our
lands."

Vice-Admiral Sir lames Saumarez has transmitted to 'John Wilson
Croker, Esq. two letten from Captain' Chesham, of his Majesty's
ship Hamadryad, dated the Ist and 14th of last month ; the former,
giving and account of the capture, oft Langeland of a Danish row-boat
carrying two brass guns and a swivel, and about SU men, by one of the
-shove ship's boats, under the command of Lieut. Pesky.
The Iltteisgaiwitjtclapture, by the boats of the Hamadryad and

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Clio, under I.leUtellailiS PCsi ) anu Cutter, oft tv.-..inertn, of a French
lugger privateer, called Le Pilotin, carrying tour F 2 pounder ‘arro-
Ludes, and thirty-one men ; three Danish luggers, of two guns each,
came out from Rodlye to support her, but retreated on the advatke of
the boats.
Captain Cheshdm highly commends the conduct of Lieutenant
Peslty, and the others engaged on these occasions, in which one man
only was wounded.
Sir James Saumarez has also transmitted a letter from Captain
Bowles, of his Majsty's ship Aquilon, reporting the capture, by the
Sheldrake sloop, oil Meen Island, of L'Aittiable D'Hervilly, t icnch
privateer, of four swivels, and between 20 and 30 men, who es..aped
on shore.

NEW BARONETS.
WHITEHALL, NOVEMBER 3.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the
name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to grant the dignity of a Ha.
ronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the fol.
lowing gentlemen respectively, and the heirs male of their blacks
lawfully begotten, viz.
William Congreve, of Walton, in the county of Stafford, Esq.
lieutenant-general in the army, and colonel in the royal regiment of
artillery.
William Payne, Esq. lieutenant-general in the army, and colonel of
the 23d regiment of' light dragoons.
Albemarle Beale, Esq. vice-admiral of the red squadron of his Ma.
jesty's fleet.
Sir Henry Russel, knight, chief justice of Bengal.
Sir Ewen Bailiie, of Portman-square, in the county of Middlesex,
knight, major-general in the army, and fate provisional commander of
the forces in Bengal.
Barry Close, Esq. major-general in the service of the East India
Company.
Right Honourable Claudius Stephen Hunter, Lord Mayor of
London.
Frederick John Falkiner, of Abbotstown, in County of Dublin,
Esq. with remainder to his nephew, John Crosbie, of Kitlarney, Esq.
Benjamin Hobhouse, of Chantry—house, in the County of Wilts,
and Westbury College, in the County of Gloucester, Esq.
Stewart Bruce, of the City of Dublin, Esq.
1 ohn Owen, of Orielton, in the County of Pembroke, Esq.
aided Brenton, Esq. post captain in the Royal Navy.
everend Henry Bate Dudley, of Sloane-street, Chelsea, in the
County of Middlesex, and of Kilscoran-house, in the County of Wex-
ford, Doctor of Laws, and Chancellor of the diocese of Ferns.
Gilbert Blanc, of Blanefield, in the County of Ayr, and of Culver-
lands, in the County of Berks, doctor of physic, and one of the phy-
sicians in ordinary to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent.
John Lister Kaye, of Grange, in the County of York, Esq.
sir Charles Ormsby, of the City of Dublin, knight.
&fleas Mackintosh, of Mackintosh, in the Shire of Inverness,
Esq.
George William Leeds, of Croxton-park, in the County of Cam-
bridge, Esq.
William Knighton, of Hanover-square, in the County of Middlesex,
doctor of physic, and one of the physicians in ordinary to his itoyll
Highness the Prince Regent.
George Jackson, of Forkillan, in the County of Armagh, Esq.
Everard Home, of Well-manor-farin, in the County of Southamp-
ton, Esq. serjeant-surgeon t.., his Majesty.
Edward Kennedy, of Johnstown-mount Kennedy, in the County
of Waterford, Esq.
Richard Nagle, of Jamestown-house, and Castle Donate, in the
County of Westmeath, Esq.
, James Caleb Anderson, of Fermoy, in the County Cork, Esq.
James Galbraith, of Shannevalley, in the County of Donnegall.
i Esq.

BANKRUPTS.
T. Sowerby, Bond-street, milliner, to surre.lder Nov. 7, 17, ana
Dec. 15, at one, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Chambers, Farm-
val's Inn.
J. Calloway, New Bond-street, upholsterer, Nov. 7, 21, and Dec.
at ten. at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Greenwood, Blaiultord-
street, Mahcliester square.
1. Alvey, Blackman-street, Southwark, haberdasher, Nov. 7, 17.
and Dec. 15, at one, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Woods, New Cord
Exchange, Mark-lare.
D. N. Shury, Berwick-street, printer, Nov. 14, at one, 24, at
twelve, and Dec. 15, at one, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. bind.
Man, Basinghall-street.
R. Powis, Grosvenor-mews, horse dealer, Nov. 10, 21, and Dec.
15, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Matthews and Randall,
Castle-street, Holborn.
R. Bicknell, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, paper-hanger, Nov.
10, 21, and Dec 15, at one, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. 741+t.
thews and Randall, Castle-street, Holborn.
G. Robertson, Little St. Thomas the Apostle, ward's:ottoman, NOl_

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