The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-29 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Arrived the brig Volun-
teer, Crpt. FoxasspAcE, from Lisbon, which place
she left on the 9111 instant, in company with about
0 sail, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Leopard.
On the
,16t1i, in the afternoon, the Volunteer was
chased by a French frigate, off Cape Finisterre,
from which she escaped during the night. On the
following morning the frigate was again discovered,.
and shortly afterwards the Leopardwas seen in chase
of her, but unfortunately was obhged to give up the
pursuit, the enemy hating out-sailed her : tie chase
!awed about 9 hours. The greater part of the Leo-
pard's convoy were dispersed. The Volunteer was
chased, about the 20th instant, by a French schooner
privateer, the former hoisted a pendant when t.vithia,
gun-shot of the enemy, and the latter made off under•
a press of sail.

Arrived the ship Caledonia, Bpc master, from St.
John's, New Brunswick, with a cargo of timber fOr
that dock-yard ; sailed at-out the beginning of De-
ember, and elate a rundng ship : the Comet, Eu-
DINGTON ; Mary, HARVEY ; Diligence, SIAMON.S;
together v. it h al-out seven sail of merchantmen, were
left at St. John's, all which were etpeOed to sail
from thence in about ten days after the d:partute of
the Coled n'a, with ea: goes for England. Lieute-
nant Colonel CHARLES M`CARTITY, of the Royal
Af ican Corps, came passenger in the Caleeonia..
Pissed op Channel yesterday, the liosino, POT-
TER, from St. John's, w.ith timber for Pot tstnosith,
which vessel sailed in company with the Catedohia.

FALMOUTH, JAN. 26.—Arrived this day the Md.
singham packet, Capt. 11.0BARTS, with Dispatches-
from Lisbon, in t t days passage. It is supposed
that they relate o the fall of Ciudad Rodrigo, as the
packet Was ordered•otf without a Mid.

115 Majesty's ship Euryalus sailed the 11E1) ins 6.
from Lisbon, wiih a fleet of merchant vessels and

transports for England. The Princess Elize.dix
packet was expeard to leave, with a Mail for Eng-
land, about the (20th inst. ; the wind being fat our-
able, she may be soon expeeled.
The Lord Hobart packet, WILLIANTS, from New
York, with Mails, itt also arrived alter a passage of
Qj days: she did not touch at Bermuda. We do not
learn that she brings any news.

Also arrived the Endeavour schooner, Captain,
WEnKs, from St. :Michael's, Wits a ca:,t;&) of fruit

for a market.

Sailed the schooner Furne, Cat t. LONG, \% it h fruit

for I,6mion:.

The Darlington- packet, Captain.HAlvEY, witt'Y
the Leeward Nand INT9ils, it detained tin the t.-:8
instant ; the Arabella i:acitet, with Mails for Lis-
bon, sails the fist fair wind.

A dism3sted ship in tow of a frigate, passed this

post last evening.
The Duke rf Montrose packet, with Mails from
Falmouth, had arrived at Cadiz, previous to the 'sail-
ing of the Speedy packet from thence.
The Windsor Castle), from the Brazils, and the•
Sandwich packets, from the Mediterranean, are hour-
ly expested.

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 29.—The schooner Maria,
arrived at this port from Gibialtaiand Lisbon': spoke'
on the 7th inst. in lat. ag. 41. N. long. 11. 21. W.
the sloop Friendship, LB QUAY master, out 17 days
Trott) Jersey, for "Madeira, all well, and on the 15th,.
in lat. 45. lona. 12. saw about 21:1 sail to windward,.
supposed to be part of a dispersed convoy, standing,
to the EaSi Ward, under a press of sail and in eviient-
confusion, and on the following morning saw tv,
frigates, apparently French, standing to the West-.
ward.

THREATENING LETTERS.....-011 Monday night
Miss St. Julian, a female of elegant and prepos—
sessing appearance, was brought up to Bow-street
Office, together with a Mr. Harrison, charged with
sending threatening letters to the Honourable Basil
Cochrane. It was stated that the lady bad beery
under the protection of the Honourable prosecutor
for seven years, dui lug which time she bad several
children by him. In consequence of his being dis-
satisfied with her coodttld, he separated nom her,
which separation 'minced her to apply for a settle-
ment. This b my ,etas d, Miss St. Julian threßt.
cued, in letters, to exrose Mr. CQchrrine, by ac-
raising him of havng wanted her to go into a steam
bath t., cause abortion. Ther, appearing sufficient
ground fot con,ideting Mr. Harrison implicated in
sending the threatening letters, they were hot 4
taken into custody. Alter a long examination; the
patties were admitted to had, and they are to take
their trial at the mating assizes fur the county ut
Kent.

CoI),N. EXCHANGE, JAN. 29,—We have this day
but few fresh arrivals of Wheat, owing to the law
contrary ‘vindi coastwise, fine samples .dull sale,
nearly at last prices, inferior rather give way; Bar
ley in short supply, and fully keeps its price ; Malt
likewise; Pease and Beans Of cod] description con-
tinue to flueuate but little ; there are but short
supplies of 0 fits, and the trade brisk in sale, fu
Is. dearer ; Flour heavy sale, and hardly mainniius
Monday's reduction of bs. per sack.

Wheat - sos a 725 a 965 Tick Beans (new) 44s a sos
Fine ditto - ',ls a t ios Ditto (fine old) - sis a 53s
Rye - sos a 55s Oats - -26 s a 305 a 32!
Barley . 56s a 495 Poland ditto -34 s a 37s
Malt 78s a Ess Potitoe ditto 58s a 3s
WhitePeas,boilers 75s a 82s Rape Seed . 601. a 651.
Grey ditto -55 s a 6,3 Fine Flour Bss a os.
Beans . . s:s a 56s • Seconds 4,, - -75 s a Bss

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LONDON GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY,

TUESDAY, JAN. 28, 1212.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

Downing-street, Jan. 28, 1812.

Captain O'Donoghue, Acting Aide-de•Camp to
Colonel Skerrett, has arrived this morning at Lord
Liverpool's Office with dispatches from M..jor-Gen.
Cooke, of which the following are copies.

MY LORD,
I beg to congratulate your Lordship upon the
Complete failure of the enemy's expedition against
Tarifa, and to refer you to the inclosed copy of my
lt-tter to General Loid Wellington, convey tog Co-
lonel Skerretes repotts of the French having been
iepulsed with great loss ii. asiaulting the breach
'Which they had effeCted in the wall, and of their
heavy artillery, and a quantity of stores on the
ground,

Your Lordship will see that Colonel Skerrett, and
the brave troops under hiS command, hare tho-
roughly done their duty. He has ex essyd his sense
of the effectual co-operation of the Sp tnish troops
under General Copons, who in his report, gives his
full approbation of the conduct of Colonel Skerrett,
and the British troops under his orders, upon this,
!s he has done upon former occasions, dining the
last Zhree months.
Captain O'Dotroghtte,. of the 47th Regiment, a -
mg Aide-de-camp to Colonel Skerrett, has charge of
this dispatch, and will give your Lordship any details
telative to the late events at Ttrila.
I have the houour to be, &c.
(Signed) GEO. COOKE, Maj. Gen.
The Earl of Liverpool, &c.

WIN, LORD, • , Cadiz, fan. to, 13,2.
1 last night received a dispatch fiom Colonel
Skerrett, da'ed the Ist inst. ul which I have the ho-
nour to transmit a copy, reporting the defeat of a
itrong column of the evenly on the day before, in an
assault of the breath, which they had made in the
wan of Tarifa.
I received at the same time intelligence from
l'ieut• Gen. Campbell, th.it the French had broke
biP from beiore the I.l:ce the.night of the 4th,
I' yin; their artiller;,, &c. and retiring by a pass of
Lallena2 under the tire of the navy.
,
have this morning received Colonel Skerrett's
report of that most satisladory event, by his Aid-
-CriV, Capt. O'Donoitue, and I beg leave to
refer your Lordship to the copies of them.
I have, &c.
(Signed) GEORGE COOKE, AlJj.Gen.
ten, Lord Vis. Wellington, Sce.

SIR, Tarifa, fan. r, iSiz.
e my last I had the honour to state that the
I.)'enlY commenced to batter in breach on the -29th
1
ecember, since which pi riod until yesterday he
e•Pt ul) a hea' y fire of cannon on the breach, and
of
shells on the town, causeway, and
eight o'clock on the mornif,g of the 3 s I December,
b strong column was seen rapidly advancing to the
titch;- our musqueity 3everal.-timt s checked the
enemy ; and the firm front and intrepid behaviour
1, the troops, in less than an hour, gained a corn- '
tele victory. The most b id of the enemy fell near
e foot of the breach, and the mass of the column
ti
clt: a precipitate retreat.
'the situation of the enemy's wounded, with
and
the ground was ce.:ered between his battery •
14nd our fire, where they must inevi'ably have
induced me, from Moti,es of minpassion, to
hoist afltg of truce to carry them oft. Some were
brought., into the place over the breach, but from
"s" eX t reme difficulty attending tl)is, '1 allowed the
,netry to carry the remainder away. 'General Leval,
lioe French Commander in Chief, express'ed his _ac-
'nowledgenient for the conduct of the British and
Spanish nations on 'this occasion in the ino,t feeling
and grateful terms. We, have made prisoners ten
ffierrs, and t went), or thirty soldiers ; the enemy's
It'lss has been very severe. The column that at-
tacked the breach was two thousand [nen, corn
posed of all the grenAdicrs and voltigeurs of the
army. The enemy invested this town on the 20th
t 1 a-cember, since which period, one thousand
tritish and seven or eight hundred Spanish troops,
ith only the defence of a walh-which appears to
flue been built as a defence against atchery, and
before the use of gunpowder, have resisted an
army, of ten thousand men, with a regUlar battering
train of artillery, and have at last defeated and re-
pulsed them.
The wall of the town has the additional disad-
vantage of being commanded within half-musket
stint, and flanked or taken in reverse in almost
every part.
he conduct of all•the troops has been admira-
ble, and that of Lieutenant Colonel •Gough, and the
Id battalion of thel37th regiment, exceeds all praise.
.tqual credit is idue to the indetatigahle exertions of
Captain Smith's royal engineers, to whom much of
our success is due. I have on all occasions received
tile greatest assistance from the military experience,
1,4tfl the great exertions of Lieutenant Colonel Lord
.troby, second in command.
We have to regret the loss of two officers, killed,
Longley, Royal Engineers, and Lieutenant
Mall, 47th Regiment.
I have, &c.
(Signed) J. B. SKERRETT, Col.
To Major General Cooke, &c.

Return of killed, wounded, and missing. in the Aaion at
Tatifa, on the 31st Dee. 1811.
Royal Engineers—x Lieutenant killed.
111 Batt. 47th Reg.-1 Lieutenant, t rank and file, killed ;
Lieutenant, 2 rank and file, wounded.
2d Batt. 87th Reg.-5 rank and file kilted; t Lieutenant,
Ensign, 2; rank and file, wounded.
ad Ban. 95th Reg. t rank and file killed ; t rank and file
wounded.
Total-2 officers, 7 rank and file killed ; 3 officers,
rank and file, wounded.
Names of Officers killed and wounded.
Royal Engineers— Lieutenant Longley, killed.
24 Batt. 47th Reg --Lieutenant Hall, killed ; Lieutenant
Hill, slightly wounded.
Zd bait. 87th Reg.-- Lieutenant M. Carroll and Ensign
Walter, slightly wounded.
(Signed) T. BUNBUR V, Bcigade- Major.

SIR, Tarifa, lan. 5, 'Six.
In my letter of the Ist instant, I had the honour
to relate the particulars of our proceedings here, and
of our victory at the 13G-each. Since that period, the
enemy has kept up a paitial fire, and the breach was

for a space of tv.er.).

yesterday elmpletely open
five or thirty yards.
From the movements of the enemy last night, I
was induce:l to suppose he intended another as-
sault. and the garrison waited in eager expetiation
to give him anotler proof of.. British valourN_Tn
our astonishment, this morning at day-light the
.columns of the enemy were already at a distance,
having taken advantage of a dark and stormy
night to make a precipitate retreat, leaving. in .our
pos•ession all his, artillery, ammvnition, stores,
&c.

I immediately ordered Major Broad, with, a part
of the 47th regiment, to follow the enemy ; he
took possession of his artillery, waggons, and a
quantity of stores, time enough to save them from
!he flames, the enemy having set tire to them. We
have made some pt is mers. From the number of
dead found on the ground the enemy occupied, his
loss on the whole wust have been very great.
Marshal Victor was present in the French camp
to give orders for the retreat.
We have thus seen the greatest effort the French
are capable of making, frustrated by eighteen hun-
dred British and Spanish troops, with only the de-
fence of • a paltry wall ; and an army of ten thou-
sand men, commanded by a Marshal of France, re-
treating from them silently in the night, after hav-
ing been repulsed and detected, leaving behind all
their anti;lrry aod stores, collected at a great ex-
pence and by immense eiceiiinns.
I inclose a return of atilt:l-y and stores taken
from the enemy.
The unremitting vigilance and exertion, the zeal
and intrepidity of every individual of this gallison,
is above praise. . „.

have- the honour to dispatch this by my Ading
Aid-de-camp, Capt..f.YDonogline, of the 47th regi-
ment, who is in possession of every information re-
lative to my proceedings at this place, an officer of
great Merit and considerable lenw h of set

have the honour lo be, &c.
(Signed) J: B. SKERRETT, Cul.
To Major-A.:corral Cooke, &e.

Tarifa, Januarys, 1312.
•
Return of Ordnance, Ammunition, and Stores, kit by the
Enemy before Tarifa, on the sth January, 1812.

2 brass eight and a hall-inch howitzers, 5 brass sixteen-
puntlers, 2 twelve do„ with travelling carriages complete.
4 Lars for conveying 'wavy ordnance, -la ammunition wag..
gons, I gin, t forge cart ; various other carts, limbers,
spare carriages, &c. several thousand shells, round and

grape-shot for the above ordnance.
Great quantities of powder, hand grenades, rockets, rope,
iron, small stoles, and implements of all descriptions;
also entrenching tools fur live hundred men.
(Signed) 1). I. HUG 11ES, Captain command-
ing Royal Artillery.
C. sMII tl, Capt. Royal Engineers.
(Signed) 1. B. SKEKRI FT, Colonel.
(True copy.)
(Signed) EDW. GROVE.

SIR, Tarifa, fan. 9, iSit.
In my letter of the .sth instant, I omitted to
mention the unremitting exertions, and the great
assistance al-larded to this place ior a c msiderable
time past by Captains Dickson, Searle, Pal, and
Carroll, of his Majesty's navy, the last of whom
commanded the division of gun-boats, and has on
many occasions materially annoyed the enemy, alio
impeded his progress in bringing up wins fat th
aiege, in which service he has been ex, used 10 con-
siderable danger, which I request may be added to
my report.
I have the honour to be, &C.
(Signed) J. B. SKEItitETT, Cal.
To Major-Lit...lei-4 Cooke, &c. &c. 6.1 c.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

Downing sheet, Jan. 28i 1812.

A Dispatcti ut which the following is an ex-
tract, has et en this morning received- at Lord
,Li-
verpool'. Wier, addressed to his Lordship by Lieu.
tenant-Generai Cainpbell, dated Gibraltar,
,3d
nuary,l 812.
An incessant fire of cannon and musketry at in-
iervals, continued at Tarifa on the 30th ultimo, and
during that night.
Oa the 31st, between eight and nine o'cloek in
the morning, the enemy (having effected a breach in
the east wail of, the town) advanced with two
thousand picked men, grenadiers and light infant
tp assault the place. Eight companies of the 87th'
regiment, under the orders of Lieutenant-Culonel
Gough, were stationed on the walls in that &stria
of the town. The enemy was received by them
when near the breach, with three cheers, under a
steady discharge of musketry. From the spirited
behaviour of this corps, aided b. a well cire6ted fire
from two field-pieces mounted on the north-east
tower, under the command of Captain Mitchell, of
the royal artillery, which flanked the column as it
advanced, the enemy was broken and dispersed,with
great slaughter.
Contrasting our lass with that of the enemy in

the defence of the town, it appears that ours
amounts to two officers killed, three wounded, se-
ven non-commissioned officets and privates killed,
and twenty-four wounded ; whilst the enemy have
lost, from the best reports, at the smalle,t caleoh,
lion, three hundred men in killed and wounded, be-
sides ten officers prisoners, many, dt serteri, and a
great number of stck,which are lett without ilCCOM-
inociation. Fifty deserters reached Aigesirds yester-
day in the most deplorable stale, and they assure us
that many would come in but for the difficulty which
they experience. .