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London, England, 1814-01-24 00:00:00

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noi./:tl, SAT. g3.—AffiVed the 11fargAret; LA=
Moan, from Heligoland; bound to London
during the fast nine days she has been driving
klimit the Channel, -anti was last night at anchor.
.v•itli tivettniles of Nienport. The Master states,
that seven `vessels were *reeked at Heligoland,
having been driven ftvtti their moorings and
that after he sailed (Whilst lying in the Roads),
the colours were hoisted on board the ships lying
in the harbour, and upon the forts and principal
places in the town; but the weather liras so bad
that it was impossible to send a boat on shore to
ascertain the cause.

DEAL, JAL 23.—ATrived yesterday his Ma.=
jesty's ship Prospero with dispatches and letters
from Admiral YOuNG's fleet in the• Scheldt, and
his Majesty's schooner Pioneer .'from the same
destination. Put back by contrary :winds. the
Flying Fish hired alined schooner. Came down
from the River (to-day) the Royal Charlotte East
Indianian., with his najesty's ship Glutton, and'
sailed to the Westward—and not the Winchester;
as before stated. Arrived the Meteor bomb with
dispatchei from the Scheldt. His Majesty's ship
Dictator, with a detachment of the Guards for
Holland, is still detained.--Wind N. E.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Prince Ernest.
packet, Captain PETnE, from Passage, in five
dlys, with a mail. The Queen Charlotte packet,
his. Majesty's schooner Mackarel, and the fleet
from this place, arrived out.

JAN, 1 .—Art ; ved his Majesty's brig Espiegle,
Captain TAYLOR, from the West Indies ; Lady
Louisa packet from Passage, in 10 days ; Swift-
sure packet from Scilly ; his Majesty's ship Sylvia
from Cadiz, and is put under quarantine';, and his
Majesty's ship Whiting from Cadizi—Wind E.
fresh gales, and dirty weather.
JAN. N.—Arrived the Lady Arabella packet
from Lisbon, in four days.

PORTSMOUTH., JAN. 2.--:Arrived his Majesty's
ship. Seahorse from off Clierburgh.
PLYMOUTH, JAN.. 1.8.--Arrived his Majesty's.
ship Marlborough from the West Indies, lastirom
Scilly.

The Gainsborough packet is arrived at Hull
fiom Heligoland.
The port of Cherhurgh was reconnoitred on
Friday by the Seahorse, when it proved that two
frigates, two brigs, and a corvette, had recently
escaped out.
Sir ALEXANDER COCHRANE is daily expected at
Portsmouth, to hoist his flag in the 71,
Wm:stwi: IGHT. The Asia, Superb, and
Bulwark, have taken flat-bottonieci bOnts on board,
for service on the American shores. The Tonnant
is to be Sir ALEXANDER'S permanent flag-ship.--
Captain RAGGETT, who is following her out, is to
have the command of the Asia.
Tice Mediterranean convoy sailed on Friday af-
ternoon from Portsmouth, under the protection
of the Blenheim, 74, Captain WARREN. Sir J.
BRENTON, Commissioner of the Navy at Mahon,
and Captain Maitland, to join the Bade or,
%vent out passengers.
Upwards.of lOa West Indiamen, all laden, are
frozen up it the West India Docks, In the Thames.
The sailing of the West India Convoy from Ports-
mouth has, in consNnence been delayed. The
Gloucester, Rota, Carnation, and Hazard, were
under orders to, sail yesterday : they are
,now to
Itait for further orders.

ADMIRALTY SESSIONS.

CHARGE OF MURDER.

On Saturday Abraham Reeve stood indicted for
Having inflicted (livers blowS, with his fists and a
handspike, on the body of Ramsamtnee, a Lascar,
on board the Java, on the 10th of May, in the
.52d year of the King, on the high seas, thereby
occasioning his death.
Mr. ADAM addressed the Jury, and stated,6that
this prosecution was instituted, •if not at the in-
stance, yet under the guidance' of the East India
Company, who felt it to he their duty to use
every means in their power to preserve from in-
jury those natives of India who were employed,
not only in navigating the ships 'immediately en-
gaged in their own service, hot those which were
employed .by private individuals. For this pur"-
pose, a depOt was prepared for them, where, on
their arrival in this country, they were received,
and provided with every necessary comfort. The
circumstances of the present case were, as far as
he had been enabled to collect them, as follows :
—The prisoner was second mate on board the
Java. On the 10th of May, 1812, this ship -was
lying in Sao,Yur Roads, :Calcutta. Previous to
this 'period, the deceased had come on board .the
ship as a seaman. On the morning of • the 10th,
he was, sitting ia a squat position on the deck of
the vessel, which is the mode in which the Las-
cars usually place themselves when labouring un-
der indisposition. The prisoner went up to him,
and desired hint to go to his duty. The deceased
did not stir, but complained of illness, and said
he was. unable to do any work. Prisoner, after
repeating his orders, and finding theth not obeyed,
struck the deceased with his fists, and afterwards
went for a handspike, with which he struck him
several blows. The deceased from that time he-
came worse. There was no surgeon on :board,
but such aid as his shipmates could give him was
administered. He refused any sustenance, and at
night was covered with a blanket. In the moen-
ing he was fotud,dead. His countrymen, in pur-,
suance of their custom, washed the body during
which they perceived several bruises on the de-
ceased's head and body. After .this ceremony,
application was made for a boat to.. take the body
on shore, which was only three miles distant, for
burial. The chief mate, however, refused. The
Lascars were ordered by the prisoner to throw the
body overboard, but they refused, as did some
Portuguese sailors, who had received similar in-
structions. The same evening the prisoner him-
self , threw the body overboard. The learned
Counsel then stated, that the Coiut of Directors
h'aving heard, through the medium of the public
prints, or.otherwise, that the conduct of the of-

ftail of the iata had heed iliiiifbpef; tbeV hit ft
their dirty to instititte inquiry off lioard;
instructed their SdlicitOr kir that purtibse:
gentleman,: the c mnpetence of ‘idiose jtiOgthot
corild mit be questioned, proceeded to the ship;
and Made the inquiries entrusted to his prndenee.
After the most minute investigatlon;• he fnund
that, one or two circumstances had occurred add
improper complexion, but nothing of 6 nature to
require a public charge. This was In -the month
of July. In the Month of August folloWing, Soffit'
information having been given at Bow-street, the,
prisoner was taken up, and underwent sevelal
examinations ; and although the present case was
onehad which alreadv been been deemed by the:
Solicitor of the East India Company not to re-
quite public investigation, yet for the sake ofjus;•
stice; the Diteetorsshad thong-lit it their duty td
give every facility in their power to the- inquiry,
and to adopt the proeeedingg no,t, instituted.
To prorethe fact's of •the case, tont Lascats
were callea;wito were sworn by their Pries
on the Koran, according to tbe forms of the 111si
hornerianyelig!on. These men, in exarni-
nation, in Chid e&ifirined the statement of the
Learned Counsel ; but,' oh their cross-examina
tion, they said they made nO complaint of the,
ffi
murder to their native Ocers; of to any other
person in India, although they had the oppvtu-
nity of so doing; and some of them., although
particularly examined as to any complaint which
they had to make resrcting their treatment on
board the Java; by order of the Directdrs of the
East India Company, on their arrival in Engl:pd;
did not even hint at the charge which was now
preferred against the prisoner.
Mr. Ahernethie, a Surgeon, depoSed, that from
the imperfect description of the blows, no medi-
cal_opinion could be given, whether they caused
the- death of Ramsammee.
E. Lawford, partner to Mr. Smithj the Com-
pany's Solicitor, deposed, that though' he went
on board the Java, and desired the Lascars to
make cc mplaint of any ill usage sustained by them,
during the voyage, he heard nothing tending to
'implicate the prisoner in the crime imputed to
him.

• .
Abrabain Gole, superintendant of the Lascarsa
deposed to the same effect:
H. Newberry, carpenter, deposel, that in the
Spring of 1812, he went from the Surrey East
Indianian on board the Java, to work. He heard
. • of the death of Ramsammee, which was invariably
attributed by all the Lascars to the ill-treatment
of the boat wain, whose lite was in conseqnence
in danger.' He even beard one. of the Lascars ad-
dress the prisoner at the bar, while taking him by
the coat, thus :—" Come see ; boatswain bent
man too much—he sick—he die." The prisoner
went with the Lascar to Ramsammee:
H. Harris and John Briggs, seamen, deposed to
the same effect.
•
Thomas Brown, the chief mate, was the •next
witness. He remembered the death of Ramsam-
mee, and that the Serang had told, bin) that the
boatswain had killed hint. Nothing was said
against the prisoner Reeve. In answer to a ques-
tion from Mr. Bolland, ,said be heard Ramsam-
mee had died of a fever and dysentery. Had no
recollection of being applied to for a boat to take
the body on shore.
Mr. Justice DALLAS summed up the evidence
It MIS probably rumecessa-r'y for him to tell the
Jury that express malice was not necessary to con-
stitute the crime of murder, as an act of barbari.
tv occasioning death would imply malice. He
might with.. propriety have prevented the cause
from prOceeding, after hearing from a profes-
sional character, eminent both by his practice and
his writingii' that it- was impossible to form- any
opinion as to the cause of.tke death of the de-
ceased. The evidence for the defence had abso-
lutely contradicted the statements of the witnesses
for the prosecution ; and it was very extraordi-
nary (which was the material point for the cha-
racter of the prisoner), that these same witnesses
• had at an earlier period preferred no charge
against him.—The Jury instantly returned a ver-
dict of Not Guilty.

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First Day's. Drawing, 18th January.—No. 1120
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making it a Prize of 11,0001..; No, 8,211 a Prize
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Men WHEEL.—AII the Grand ,Prizcs are yet to
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Next 'Wednesday the Lottery finishes.

• The treatment recommend •d for Bilious Com-
plaints and•Distirders of the Stomach, &c. in the
friendly letters of an eminent Doctor to an Eng-
lish COuntess, (.just published), appears was
first employed by a Physician of ' Bengal. It is
entirely new, and unlike the prevailing practice
of administering drastic medicine to carry off re-
dundani_Bilc (the frequent use of which must do
serious mis-chief to the stomach and bowels), it
effectually removes Obstructions of the Liver and
Spleen, restores tone to the Stomach and Intes-
tines, and so materially imprOves the general
health, that the person is rendered secure against
a recurrence of the complaint. In a late number
of our. Paper we published a remarkable instance
of the salutary effects of this Treatment in the
person of a respectable Divine, who had been a
great sufferer, for fourteen years, from Indiges-
tion, Irregular Bowels, and Redundancy of Bile,
and who continues entirely free from any symptom
of his former complaint. In compliment to the
discoveier, the Pills are termed the Bengal Anti-
Bilious, stotnachie, and are bold by Mr. Baco.ft,
of 150; oxfOrd-road.

Eso tmt LONDON GAZETTN, JAN. 22, 1814

WAR DEPARTMEIP'

bowning-street, Jan. 20:

. . . . .
A Dispatch, Of which the following is an extifdct, has bete
-this day •received by Earl- BaTiitias-r, addressed to hiS
Lordship by Field-Marshal the M4i-4juess of WELLttiozoN,
dated . .

St. Jean de Luz, Jan. 9, 'lt 1

The enemy collected a considerable force on
the Gave iu the beginning oldie week, awl on the
inst. drove in the cavalry ,pictittets betwveenthc
Jbyeuse.and Bidonze rivers, and attacked the post
of MiajOr-General Buchan's- Portuguese brigade
lin the J o yeuse , near La -Bastidc; and those of the
3d division in• Bouloe. Thai" 'turned the right of
Major-General Buchan's brigade on the height of
La Costa, and obliged him to'retire towards
Briscons -; and they established two divisions of
.infantry on the height, and in La Bastide, with
the• remainder of the army on the Bidouze and
the Gave. .

Our centre and right were immediately •concen-,
trated, and preparedlto move; and. having recon-
noitred the enemy on the- zith, I intended, to have
attacked them on the sth inst. 'but was obliged
to defer the.attack till the 6th, owing to the bad-
ness of the weather,- and the swelling of the ri-
vulets. The attack was made on that day by the.
Sd and 4th divisions, under the command of Lieu-
ten.tmr-General 'Sir Thomas Picton and Lieut.-
General Sir Lowry Cote, supported by Alajor-
.
General Buchan's. Portugueie brigade of General
Le Cor's division, and the cavalry, tinder the
command of Major-General Fane ; and the -ene-
my were forthwith 'dislodged, without loss on
our side, -and our pbsts replaced where they had
been.

My last reports from Catalonia are of the 24th
ultimo; nothing extraorplinary bad occurred.

didmirafty-Office, Jan. 22, 1814

Copy of a Letter, from Vice-Admiral Sir,Edwahl PeDew; Bart.
to John Wilson Croke'', Esq. dated on bOard his 11.0jesty's
ship Caledonia, at Port Mahon, the 2.lth Dec. 1818.

SIR,—The inclosed narrative xvill-converto
their Lordships, the details of a gallant enterprize,
*cry ably directed by. Capt. Sir Josisas Rowley,
and most zealously executed by the force under
his command, in co-operation with the 'battalion
f Col. Catanelli, who made a descent on the coast
of Italy, under a hope' of surprising Leghorn.—
The loss sustained in .this affair has been inconsi-
del able, when compared with thitt of the' enemy.
m
a sure their Lordships will do ample justice to
the merits of Sir jo- sias, and the captains, officbis,
seamen, and marines, engaged in thii spirited
service. I have the honour to bq, &c.-

(Signed)

EDWARD PELLEW.

1114 7.l4ifsty's slip-America, off Leg;iorn, Dec. 15.
Stet,7---1 have the honour to inform you, thatin
pursuance of my preceding communication to you
_ front Palermo, I sailed thence on the 29th ult. in
• company with the Termagant,. and anchored .at
Melazzo on the following night, where having
- joined the ifidinburgh, Furieuse, and Mermaid,
'end embarked on board them on. the following day
the troops of the Italian Levy, amounting. to
about 1000 Men,.untier the coramancl of Lient.-Col.
Catanelli, we sailed the same evening, arid arrived
on the coast of Italy, off . Via Reggio, on the 9th
inst. ; having fallen in with the Armada and hn-
perieuse, off the North of. Corsica, 1 detained them
io assist us in getting the troops on shore. 1-lav-
ing anchored with the squadron off the town, the
troops and field-pieces were-immediately landed; a
small party of the enemy havingevac.uated the place
on a summons that had been sent' in, and.posses-
sion was taken of two eighteen and one twelve-
pounder guns, titich defended the. entrahee of the
river. The Lieut.-Colonel proceeded immediately
to Lucca, which place was surrendered to hiM,at
twelve the same night. The following day a de-
tachment of forty royal marines front this ship,
'under captain Rea, was sent to a signal .station
to the northward, which on his threatening to
storm, surrendered to him, and eleven Men who.
defended it were made prisoners ; ,he found it to
be a castle of considerable size and strength, wall-
ed and ditched, and capable of containing near
1000 wen. On receiving this report, I sent Mr.
Bazalgette, senior lieutenant of the America, who
with a few barrels of powder completely destroyed
it, bringing off a brass. nine-pounder gun, which
was mounted in the castle. Parties•from the lin-
perieuse and Furieuse also•brought Off two other
brass guns front the beach to the northward and
southward of the town, those at the landing place
having also been embarked.
The Lieutenant-Colonel not judging it advisa-
ble to continue at Lucca, had given me notice of
his intended return to Via Reggio, where he ar-
rived on the morning of the 12th, and signified
intention to proceed in another direction.
Not conceiving my .stay with this ship any,
longer necessory, Iliad made arrangements- for
leaving the Edinburgh, Foriense;arul Temagant,
under the orders -of Captain Dundas, to- keep up
(if practicable)'a communication with the troops,
and purposed sailing to rejoin your flag as soon as
it was dark, when towards ,sun-set we perceived
a firing at the town, and .found that the troops
were attacked by a force of about 600 cavalry and
infantry, with ashowitzer and two • field-pieces.
They consisted of a detachment from the garrison
of Leghorn, which had been pined .its march
by some troops at Pisa ; the Lientenant=Colonet
completely ronted their, with the, loss of their
guns and-howitzer, and a considerable number of
killed wounded, and prisoners ; , the-remainder
retreated in much confusion to.wardsTisa.
Information having been obtained .froM the pri-
soners of the weak slate .of the garrison at Leg-
horn, the Lieutenant-Colonel proposed tome to
intercept the return of the routed troops, by pro-
ceeding immediately. off Leghorn, in the kapes
that by shoving ourselves in as much force 'as
frossible, the inhabitants, who, it was supposed,
*ere inclined to. receive us, might make 'tome
movement in our favour, anel•thatave might avail
ourselves Of any practicable opening to force our
way into the-place. I acceded to this proposal,
and the troops were • immediately embarked in a
number of country vessels, which were towed off
by the,boata of the squadron, and the whole be-
ingtaien ;in tow by-the ships, we proceeded the
;mind night for 'Leghorn -Roads., where we 'an-:
ehorcd about o'clock on the following day, to

the tiatiiiktrai'd of the the liiiperithse
ping reconnoitred the best spot for landing, the
vessels were immediately towed iii shore; and the
troops and field pieces landed witotit Opposition.
The -boats then proceeded to 'land' the marines ;
brit the weather, Which.had beeh hithertd favour-
able, in' the course of the evening tiecame sd bad,
that only tl part could be got on shore ; and
I regret to state that the pinnace of the Atuel•ica
was swamped, and Lieutenant Moody, (a most
valuable Wilder) and two seamen, were drowned.
Early in the morning' the remainder ‘vere landed,
and proceeded- to the positions assigned -them.
The corps of the enemy which liad been defeated
at Via Reggio, was a second tune reinforced
at Pisa, and at this period made an attack on
our niarineekvithout tlielofver. I beg to refer yoti
to Capt. Dundas's report, for the particulars of
theirdefeat. 'The Lieutenant-Colonel suggested,
as a propel._ time„afterthis advantage, to summons
the Commandant, which was accordingly alone,
but an answer returned that he would ttefend
The-gateS of the town had been closely ex-
amined during 'this day and the preceding . night,
to Ascertain the Bracticability of forcing an en-
trance, but that or any other means of immediate

attack not being considered practicable, against a
place so strong and regularly fortified, and there
not appearing any movement of the inliabitants`„
bur favour, the precarious and threatening state
of the weather, a change of which would have
prevented all communication with the si►lps, ren-
dered it expedient to re-embark the whole witi►
_out delay : by .very great exertions this was ef-
' fected in the best order during_ th.e night, and
early the following horning,. in very severe wea-
ther, without any molestation frog► the enemy. On
retvriiing from the sliore.: to the Ainerica,•ac: sun-
'set, I found a deputation from the Mayor and in-
habitants of the town, who had been permitted by
the Ccinn»andant to come off with a flag of truce,
to petition us, to cease our firing from .the houses,
he having tin eatened to dislodge us by setting tire
to the suburbs ;, as arrangements were already
made for re-embarking, I consented to a cessation
of firing onboth sides till eight ti►e next morning:.
a favourable circuin►stance for us, the troops on
their march to the boats being exposed to a fire
from the ramparts.
[The dispatch conOudes by speaking in high
terms of the zeal and good conduct, of All the of-
ficers, seamen, .and marines employed on the
above-mentioned services. Colonel Catanelli is
particularly spoken of, as well as the troops of
th.e Italian levy. Also, Captain Grant, the lion.
Captain Dundas, Captains, Banrilton, Dimcan,
Mounsey, and Dunn ; Lieutenant Baialgette, and
Mr. Bromley, !burgeon, who volunteered his ser•

, .
vicds on shore, with the troops. The prisoners
taken are .supposed amount to upwards of three
hundred.]

I have the, honour to be, &e..
(Signed) JOSEPH HOWLEY, Captain.
Vice-Admiral Sir E. Pellew, &c. &c.

His Majesty's slap Edinburgh, offteghorn;
Dec..ls, 1813.

• .SIR,--In obedience to yOur directions, Captain
Hamilton and myself landed on the evening of
the 13th, with the marines of his Majesty's ships
America, Almeda, Edinburgh, Imperiense,
Fit-
ricuse, Rainbow, 'Termagant, and Mermaid, to
en-operate "with Lieutenant-Colonel Catanelli.
,Ilre pushed on that evening with the advance of
the marines and Italian levy; and' got posses-
sion of the suburbs of the tawn of Leghorn.
The extreme darkness of the night, and the road
being neatly impassable, prevented- the body of
the troops joining until ' the morning ; the mo-
Ment a sufficient number had come up, in coin-
, plianee with •the Lieut.-Colonel's arrangements,
the Italians occupied the suburbs and buildings
close to the 'ramparts ; the marines occupied a
position on- the Pisa road ; as soon after day-light
• as possible, we reconnoitred the town ; Just as
we had finished, and were returning from the
southern part of the town, a firing was heard
in the direction of the Pisa road, whe:e we. pro-
ceeded instantly, and found that the marines
were at that moment attacked by a considerable
body of the enemy's troops, consisting of at'least
seven hundred men, cavalry and infantry, support-
ed by two field pieces ; the charge of the cavalry
was received with great coolness by the marines ;
they opened and, allowed them to pass, killing all
hut‘about fourteen, who, with two officers, suc-
ceed in _getting through, but who were all killed
or wounded, excepting one officer, by a small
detachment of the Italian levy, that was •formed
at the entrance of the suburbs of the town.—
. After the charge of the cavalry, the marines in-
stantly closed and charged the enemy's infantry,
arid lint them entirely to the rout ; they lost in
this affair the officers commanding their cavalry
and infantry, with about from two•hundred and
fifty to 300 killed, wOunded,,and prisoners ; the re-
mainder retreated in the greatest disorder to Pisa,
In .this affair my most particular thanks are due
to Captain -Hamilton, who lam sorry-to say is
'slightly wounded, as well as to Captain Beale, of
the Armada, who.connminded the marines as also
to Captains Rea and Mitchell, of the America and
Edinburgh,; to the, other officers, -non-commis-
sioned officers, and privates, all possible credit is
clue for repelling the attack, 'and putting to rout.
the enemy, %vim Were certainly double their force ;
the marines lost on this occasion, .one killed and
seven wounded. , .

The Italian levy, who were on the houses close
round- the ramparts, as well as those in the ad-
vance, were indefatigable in their exertions, and
their bravery was truly conspicuous on all occa-
sions. The enemy -suffered By the destructive fire
they kept up on-the ramparts, killing. or wound-
'-ing those who attempted to come near the guns:
It being arranged between you and the Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, that' we should re-embark, the
wounded and prisoners, with our two field guns
and ammunition, were embarked at twelve o'clock
last night, marched off in the best possible order,
through had roads, and incessant rain.
I beg to offer my thanks to Lieutenant-Colonel -
Catanelli. for his attention in pointing out Whit
he wished to be done by us to forward his plan.
My thanks are-due to Captain Dunn, of the Mer-
maid, for forwarding every thing from the beach
to us in advance ;• as- well as to Lieutenants Ma-'
SOD, of the America, and Mapleton-and:Leach of
this ship, and Travers, of-the Imperiet4se ; and to