The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-06 00:00:00

Adiniralty7office, July
.4, 1812.

Cotty of a Letter from Capt. Usher, qi his Maiestv,g. Ship
flyacintli,aadi-esSed to Commodore Penrose, at (iiiroltar,
ar-d tri.uiktuitted by the latter to Jobn Wilson Crolter,'.Esq.
His Majesty's ship ily9.cinth, off
Alinunecar, May 27, Itl2.

SIR,

Lhad the bonour.to inform you, in my.rciter
di the 20th instant, that the TertnagantlaOle-
str6yect the castle at- Nersa, and that the Gneril-
las came down from
,the'inountains and entered
the town ; I have now to acquaint you that I

went on shore with Capt. Hamil,on, and,waite'd
upon the Guerilla leader, who informed me that
the French had retreated to Almuncear, seven
miles to the eastward, and that they had three
'hundred men there ; and considering llirmelf,
strong enough to attack then?, lie proposed march-
ing:Ppori ;it without loss oftine. .As, I was, de-
sirott to render the'GueriNs every a:,,..ii.stante iii
'my pov,.'eq, I proinised him to anchor the ships
in a position. to place the enemy between our
tire, Which gave him great satisfaction, and his
men great confidence. I accordin-gly bore up
at four o'clock the folloWing evening (20th in-
' stant) with his Majesty's:. ships as per margin *.,
and anchored at point-Malik range before the
cattle, ivhich we silenced in less than an honr. 'AS •
the Guerillas were to have arrived at seven o'clock,
ritti there was no appearance of them at eight, Cap-
tain Hamilton volunteered to return to Nersa
his gig, to learn if any thing had occurred to pre-
vent their -moving forwa9l; and at four in the
morning he returned, and informed me that a re-
inforcement which they. 'expected had not
arrived, and that they waited for them before
they could adtance. At seven o'clock. the enemy
fi4ain opened his fire, having during the night
mounteu a howitzer . in a breach/ inside in the'co-
vered iviay to the castle ; but r by ten o'cLock he
was again silenced; and driven with great loss into i.
the town, where they fortified -themselves in the
chrirch and Desirous of sparing the un-
fortudate'inhabitantS, whom the Trench had thus

cruelly exp6sed, I-ec:l,zed ; and having de-
stroyed a privateer
_which I,v at anchoi under the
castle, I at two•o'clock weighed and ran down to
NeNa, for the purpose of concerting plans with
the Guerillas. On my arrival I had the_ satisfac-

tion to meet a division of Ballestere!s's Guetillas

commanded by Colonel Febrien; an officer of the
truest patriotism, who, partaking of all the zeal
of his General, immediately put himself and troops
at 'my disposal. The roadS, tbrongh the moun-
tain-s being very tedious, and as no, time was to
be lost, I. resolved to take the infantry, consisting
of about 6„-o hundred, on board`;, aid 1 'ordered
the cavalry to mewed forivard thrOugh the moun-
tains immediately;.and take aTosition in the rear
of the enemy, whilst the •infantry, with• all the
smallarm men and marines, were to land on his
flanks. I amsorq.that the delay of a calm gave
the enemy- time to learn our combined move-
ment, as he instantly fled,with great4recipitation,
and joining a corps of two hundred at
within four miles of Almane6ar, he retreated upon
Grenada.

As soon as I arrived at my anchorage I_ 'sent
Lieutenant Spilsbury anda.e4uerilla officer to hoist
the respective flags on the castle ; and inuediate-
ly began to demolish the works, which are ex-
ceedingly strong, as it is built on a peninsula of
high rock, scarped all round the p..face, and a
wall thirty feet high. At the land-side the rock is
excavated nearly thirty feet deep "and sixty wide,
with a narrow drawbridge, which is the only _en-
trance into the castle. I intend to fill up_as much
. of the ditch as possible by springing mines under
each bastion. I found in the castle two brass
twenty-four pounders, six iron eighteen pounders,
a six pounder and howitzer, which Werespiked:by
the enemy. He has left a number of deserters,
principally Germans and Flemin,?-,s, who inform
me that they were the whole of the foreigners in ,
this battalion of the 32d reghneat ; they likewise
inform" me that they haVe long looked fdr an op-
portunity to desert, as_they were dragged from
their families, and forced into the French service :

one Of them has been eight years from his country.
The enemy's loss has been very severe, but cannot
be Ascertained, as the Avounded were 'Carried of in
waggons:-

fieel greatly indebted to Captain Hamilton for
the able assistance he rendered me, and the judi-
cious; position he, anchored his shipin ; likewise to
Lieutenant French, of the Basilisk, who o.pened
and supported' a warm and well directed fire upon
the enemy,. while the .ships were heaving in their
springs to bring their broadsides to bear.
I am happy to• inform you that we have had no
loss, except the Terinagant one man wounded, and
the.BaSil!sk one slightly. The privateer. was one
of Barbastro's' small vessels, armed with two guns,
and thirty or forty men, cannot conclude- -with-

_ -
out informing you that the
came
ELO men
wounded so recently at Malaga came to their quar-
ters, Lieut. Spilsbury, whose wound is. still. open,
and Mr. Bell, the boatswain, who lost his arm,
did not spare themselves.
',have the honour to be, &e.
•
(Signed) 'l,'. •USIIER.
To Commo.iore Penrose, Gibraltar.
* Termagant, Basilisk.

Crown-Uce, July 3, 1812.
Memberreturned to serve in this present Parliament.
-Borough a Colchester.
~
/Hart Davis E.. q.-in the room of. Richard Hirt Davis, Esq
who has accepted the office of Ste-ward of his Majesty's Ma-
nor of East Hendred. • -

S.

Joseph Aspinall, Southowumny Halifax, stone-merchant, to
surrender ,Inly 16 and 17, at four, at the 'New Inn, Brad-
. bird, YorkSlAire, and Atigustls; at eleven at the T;,160t
Inn, Halifax. Attornies, tilr. Nettlo,fold,'Norfolk-strect,'
Strand, London,- or Mr. Alexander Ilalifax. .
Tho Mas• Dixon, Hultue, Lancashire, 'Odder, Jniv 20, 22, and
August 15, at eleven, at tile !kloseley Arms, Manchester.
Attornies; Me: Ellis, Chancerytlatir, London, or Mr. Card--
.
. Richat d Frost, Dog and Duck, Rothe:lithe, July I I, 18, and
August 15; at eleven, at Guildhall, . London. Attorney,
Hunt, WrieWickitourt, Grzty7,,,lnn.
James Howell; Daittnouth, Devon,. grocer, July 7,8, and
'August 15; at twelve, at the Globe Jun; Newton Bushel.
Attornies, Mr...T•:Bridginan, Dartmouth; or Messrs.
ford and Murray, Temple, LondOn.
Edward Worley,.- Bract:ham, Sutrey, dealer, Jnly'l 1 and 18,
at twelves and august 15, at elev,,n; a Guildhall, London.
Attorney, Me. Lee, Thrce-Crowu-squaro,Southwark.
Rally Benson ken. Martin's-lane, Cannon-street, sugar-
rotiner, 11, and August 1 and 15, at twelve, at. Guild-.
hall, London. Messrs. Collins, and Waller,
Spital-.stitsf,re. -
William Godvieh, Daventry, Northamptonshire, wine-flier-
chant, July i t, 18, and August 15, at twelve, at Guil,lb,.ll,
London. Attornies, Messrs. MIL ard and Kifig, Copthail-
court, Throginorton-street, London. .
William Boek, Liverpool, met-Omit, July 21, 22, and August
15, at o,le, tit the Globe Tavern, LiverpotA. Attornies, Mr,
Pratt, Liverpool, or Messri.Blackstock and inure, Teniple,
London.

Mart in Nelson, l‘lanche,ttyr, victnalley, July 15 and 17, at
el&en and August IS, at twa, at the Ilridgewater-Arms,
Nlancliester. Attorniet, Mr. Cunlifie, Manchester, or
Messrs. Tarrant, Clarke, and Richards, Chancery-lane,
London.