The National Register.
London, England, 1809-01-08 00:00:00

Wiz rd was -el:t in, aided by the Wizard, when it was found
impossible to bring; the enemy out without landing, the vessels
hel fa:tened to the shore by their keels and mast-heads. The
boats pulled to the beach with great resolutien, exposed to the
tire of three guns, two field piece., and a continued fire of
musquAry from the houses. One gun was taken and spiked,
and a con:ikh.rable force of regular troops that defended the
field-pieces were dislodged and the field-pieces taken possession
of; the whole of the vessels were captured. James Runner.
Captain of the foretop, was killed. and William Palmer
wounded, is. all the loss sustained. Since the abase: action the
boats of the Wizard and Kent, have brought out,• without
mischief, from wider the guns of a fort. uely Leghorn., three
laden ‘e.,els, and burnt a fourth.

Captain Pigot, of his Majesty's ship Circe, states the capture
of the French corvette Patlineur Captain Cockburn of the
Potnpee, also gives an account of the captive of the fylatles, a
French corvette of 16 guns.
A Letter from the Master of his Majesty's late brig Maria,
give. ::n aeconnt of her capture, by a large French corvette
shin, of twenty-two heavy•guns.
git'iteliaria was a, small.brig, of (9;4NT 12 pounder caronades,
and to u long four,, and sixty-five men. The officers and crew,
however, fought her well, and did not strike until she vans near
sinking Wlteta the enemy took possession they were obliged
to run her on shore end destroy her. The loss on board the
wa,, James Bennett, Liutetiant, Commander .4. Robert
0:Donnell. Midshrproan ; and four seamen; killed ; and nine
wounded, now iu Pixiaka ,Pftrg 44ospik411, in & fuir.way of re-
eoyery.
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PARTNE"„It's mssoLvEn. _ ;orrir.v. •r:
Smith and Hodges, Fore-qtreet, Laritheth, barge-builders--
J. and 1) Daniel, Basing-Line, Loi:don, cloth-workers—Stagge-
meier and Weteher, VitlieTs-street, 'Strand, Iznaokbinders—
Sttxtherd and Payne, Maldon, Essex. merchants—Spooner and
Sherman, Ipswich, stablekeepers—Pottell and Barnett,. St.
John's-street, carpenter,Hill, Fearnall, and Goldie, Depford,
coal-merchants—Blake and Bennet, Liverpool, soap-manufac
tisivrs—Davies and Lees, • A Ihemat le-street, hatters—Schofield,
Littlewood, and Ball; 'Sheffield, merchants—Lea and Pratt.
Birmiligha.in, ivory box-makers—Campbell, Ricards. and
Rishiirdson, St. John's-strict, tobacconists—Robinson and Leigh,
Sutton-Heath, Lancaster, coal proprie(ors—Robinson and
A islabie, Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland, schoolmasters—Hill,
and Sturdy. Coventry, staff-mantifocturers--Hookhani and
Ebers, Old Bond-street—Stanley and Emctt, Blackburn, joiners
—R.. a‘c: J. Parkin, Kensington, grocers—.llinchin and Com-
Gosport, .ittornies—flirch, Bramwell, and Calow, Shef-
delu. nierchants—Po*rcher, 'l'. and H. Redhead, Forbes, Wil-
kin-o K and Fletcher, Devonshire-square, East India
Agents—Fuller, Chatteris, Yapp, llarrison, and Langton, Lon-
don—Oates and Johnson, Bradford, wine-merchants—J. Hat-
chett, see:. and J. Hatchet;, Jun. Piccadilly, tavern-keepers—
Robi a,oe And Curry, N wcat pm! Tyne, common-brew cri—
a 1 Brancker, Liv,rpool— Bound and Greensinith, Ray-
stree stoye=grate-makers.

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

JAN. 8.

and Rowland• t;i11, Bristol, linen-drapers, at eleven, at the
Rummer Tavern, Bristol.
Feb. 7. Jeremiah Parkinson and John Stork, St. Saviour's
Church-yard, Southwark, merchants, at twelve, at Guifclhafl.
Jan. 28. Thomas Francis, C(lodman Francis, and Thomas
Francis,
.tun. Cambridge, merchants, at eleven, at the Black
Bull Inn, Cambridge.
CERTIFICATES—JAN. 28.
William Piddock Roper, I,otichn,. merchant.
An;,•el Raphael Louis Deianney, Blakeley, Lancaster, dyer.
George Elliott, Winchester-street, London, merchant.
George Babson and John Walmsley, Liverpool, merchants.
George Forster,- Easter Dichesfield; Northumberland, miller.
James Ai?,, New 'Bridge-street, London, straw-hat-manu..
facturer.
John Trafford, Frcidttinghatn, Lincoln. beast-jobber.
William Smith, IVolverhampton, Stafford, butcher.
Henry 'Henry, Liverpool, tailor.
Richard Mnrdey, Bishop•Wearmouth, Durham, ship-owner.
William Havvksey, Liverpool, merchant.

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