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CHARITABLE DONATIONS

Mr. 'ABELICROMBIE, ift the name of an Honour
able Friend'of his (Sir J. Newport), postponed un-
til Monday the motion which stood for this day, re-.
lative to, amending the Ad of the both of Geo. 111.

•
by exempting Ativei-tiienients.respeaing Charitable
Donations trom Duty, &c.

HIS NIAIESTY'S HOUSEHOLD.

The CHA :7CELLOR.Of the EXCHEQUER, in•a tone
of voice, at times wholly inaudible in the gallery,
proposed two instru6lions to the Committee ap-
pomted to consider that part of the Lord.; Conunii-
sioners speech which related to the plovision 'to be
made for his Maje,ty's Household, the exati ten-
dency of which We could not learn ; but from a
subsequent conversation between the Chancellor of
the Exchequer and Mr. Freemantle, who objected
to the sum of 70;0001. being specified as for any
particular class, we understand that these proposi-
tions were merely to remove some obstacles in point
of form,and they were agreed to.

The CHANCELLOR •o the EXCHEQUER then
brought in a, Bill to make plovi,ion for the better
support and arrangement of his Majesty's House-
hold, and for the security of his Majosty's private.
property during the continuance of his Majesty's
indisposition.: head a first tirne.—On the ingtion
that it be read a second lime,

Mr. TIERNEY made a variety of observations on

the papers conrietied with this subject, which were
laid before the House on Friday, and 'On one in
particular, which contained an estimate of the ex-
pellees of the Civil List in (804, together with the
actual disbursements of that List for the seven fol-
lowing years. it appeared to him mated d, before
the. House entered into any discussion of the Bill
just introduced by the Right Honourable Gentle-
man, that they should fully understand the nature
and extent of the arrangements to which it referred,
in order that they might be competent to determine
whether the sums proposed to be thereby granted
were ultlicient, or more than sufficient for the or.
poses to which they were to be applied. On the
tace-of the papers, it appeared that there had been
an exceeding of (24,0001. in the Civil Li,t, since
the period he had mentioned; and he recommended
that the state of the Civil List should be ref.rred to

the c,,htlsideratlon of a.distit,ct Committee. At atly
rate, he i-usted, that the Right livnotarohL Gt:n-

ports .abroad'of abuses existing in that department
of the Household; he would not peremptorily 'as-
sert that those reports .were well founded, but he
trould repeat that the matter &mantled inquiry.--
Another stall snore extraordinary occurrence was con-
- neaecl with the Lord ChtiMberlain's drpartmtnt.---
The estimate made by Mr. Pitt, or rather _by the
House, on Om. .5,h July, 1804, of the sums' t hat
would be required to meet all the tradesmen's bilis
for the year in that department was 05,0001. litth3
succesclitig:Vily this expence was more- than doubled;
for then it appeared s hal those billwrequired 133,8001.
In the year slier, the sum paid was .135,0001. Itt
the following year, it sunk to 124,0001. It then
sunk to 94;0001: ; it suet wards rose to „I 49,0001;
.was the. year before last 118,0001. ; and the last
year! 101,0001. What all this ritidu ition arose froci
lie knew not, but it was fitting that Parliament
should be informed. There were many bills under
this head of the Lord
.Chamberlain's departmenP,
which seemed to him to open gates of expence in the
most improvident manner. There wereottiers, such
as for buildings, furniture, .Bc.c. which did not seem
likely to rectir, and consequently such outgoings
could not afford just grounds for future estimates.
The department of the Master of the Horse seemed
to have. been managed economically ; and that of
Master of the Robes related to too small a sum to
talk-about. He wished, however to call the attention
-of the,House to the Accounts relative to what were
called Special ServiCes and Royal Bounty. In 1804,
the estimate for the expencti was 10,0001, The
next year the expenditure was 14,0001. ; and the
year after it got up to 50,0001. Now what.the cause
of this could be, he was at a loss to guess; and if
the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had no objec-
tion, he would move for papers illustrative of this
circumstance;.: There was another Account relating
to the disbursements of Foreign Mittis,ers. 1n.1804
the ordinary disbursements of this description were
estimated at 112,0001. Owing to the discontinuance
of most of our foreign rrlat ions, this sum subse-
quently diminished. In 1808, it was 59,0001. In
1809, 44,0001. In 1810, 67,0001.; and last year,
it was 77,0001. In 1804, Parliament thought
10,0001. enbugh (or the extraordinary disbursements
of Foreign Ministers. This sum in subsequent years
toe to 50,0001. to)56,000I. to 77,0001, to 49,0001.
to 83,0001. and ultimately, to 53,0001. to which it
then stood. To what cause this great increase since
1804 was attributable; he knew not. The different
situation in which ihecountry was placed with
sped to Foreign powers, would n. rurally lia%e sug.
gedecl an anticipation of a very different stature.---
The same consideration would have induced. aiw
One to imagine, that the-presents to Foreign Mini- •
stt rs must have very Much diminished, . What %as
the faa ? In 1804 these presents Avre estimated at
10„0001.. In the present year they amounted to
33,0001. This was a circumstance which might
perhaps be explained, and he trusted that it would.
be so. After the motion before the .House shoulki
be disposed of, and he hoped the_ Right Hon. Gen.
tlem in would not propose too early a day for the se..
cond reading At the Bill, he should move for the fol•
lowing accounts •
" An Account, slu;v,ing the amount ofcharges On the
vii List. Revenue, so far as related to the disbursement .of
Tradesmen's Bills in the department of the Lord Steward of
his Majesty's Household, from the sth of luly; 18,4, to the
sth of luly, 18z t ; specifying the sums disbursed in-enCIL
year, &c. - •
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" A similar account of the Disbursements of Tradesmen's
Bills iti the department of the Lord Chamberlain, specifying
the di Werent. heads under which paid, and the service to which
applicable, where the amount was above 2001,
An Account for the same period of the charges on the
Civil List Revenue-IM. Foreign Ministers, under the carious
heads of Ordinary and Extraordinary Uisbursements,
Pre—
sents, and Equipage Money."

The CHANCELLOR of file EXCHEQUER, as lie
trusted that the B 11 would pass through the Corn-
mittee on Friday, meant to propose that Inc second
reading should take plate on Thursday.. had
no objection whatever
.to the proJuation of the Pa-
pers. for which the Hon. Gentleman had expressed
his intention of moving, and indeed would he happy
to furnish 'any further information on the subteCt
that might be deemed desirable. Her recommend,
ed, however, to the Hoti. Gentleman, to substittitts
the
.sum of 5001. for that of 2001. in the 'motion
relative to the disbursements in the department Of
the Lord Chainbejlain. This alteration, he was
perstroded, youll meet the object of the Hon. Gen-
tleman, as be was satisfied that the excess resided
in sums-above 6001. each. He would_ not ettt
into a discussion of the subject but l►e wrilld
just observe, with reference to the great ineteise of
expence which had occurred.. in the seat-immedi-
ately succeeding that in which the estimateSalluded
to- by the Finn. Gentleman were frmed, that there
might be many suspended payments, to which the
ectmomical anangetnents of the year were inoppli-
cable—in tact, in a sear or two after the eipences
did appear to be din:knitted. With respect to the
presents to Foreign Minis ers, it frequently happen-
ed, from suilt:en cessations their missions, thitt
great losses were- Stistiined, which it was but just
to supply repeated his Vtish that Atte lio,rse
should receive al): • possible infcgmation
cast the
stlbject. .
Mr. TIERNEY WAS anxoti.S that Papers which it

was his intention to move, should be laid before the
House a sufficient time before the secfmtireading of
the Bill, to enable Gentlemen to.ey,ipe4ly inform-
ed to the disinssion. He inquired,' wheiher the
Vice-Chamberlain, who was to haw atieffiCe in the
new Household, was to retain his old salary and ac-
quire a new _ •
The CHANCRLI,OR of the EXCHEQUER said, that
his idea wa that' th'e Officers who were to be trans-
' 417r-e—lTlonv. one 4-.tafalriiittneurxn-the 011 w-should. be
transferred. with tliv same salaries which they had
hitherto enjoyed. He trusted that lie should be
able to lay the papers moved for by the Hon. Gent.
befora the House to-tnoirow.
A conversation ensued seiween .Mr.TIERNEY and
the. CHANCELLOR of the.,E4Ckie(llll3.ll.raiiketing the
day on 'which theßill should be,read.a second time;
the course of which Mr. Tier,ny
.ptated, that- he
tiatiersiOo.d the iinpurtant motion"- taiich s• ood for
Friday iri,another place would be ptiktponed,- in con-
sequence of which, he-believed th-4 a Right Hon.
Friend of hid would posipone„,the motion on the
same subjed; of, which he had given: notice for
Monday next, in t name ofa.• Noble Lord.—
(Theie motions were respecting the stale of Ire-
land.

Eventually, the Bill was ordered" to be read a se-
cond time on Frid iy, with an understanding that it'
. sh-onld also be conunitted on that day..
eee COMMITTEE. OF .SUPPLY...
The ..accounts pteseuted to the House .by Mr.
VuARTON on Satnrdave with the exception of those
, ralated to the War Taxes, having beets refer-
-
Sed,treihe Committee of Supply, the House resolved
to.the COmmietee.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in con-
sequence of his notice, and in pursuance of the ar.
rangernents which he had recently detailed to the
Committee, moved
" Tien a sum not exceeding too,Ooot. be granted to his
Maj.:sty, in order to make
.provision for the expellees in-
. curled by his Koy.:l Highness the Prince Regent, in come-
-mouse of his assumption-of the exercise of the Royal Au..
thorny."
• Mr. TiERNEY wished to know veletlaerthis sum
was to defray the expences litie.liegent had
incurred, or those which he wakabout to incur. If
the latter, in his duty to the public,_ he must say
that it was a strong measure to Call on Parliament.
for a sum as an . outfit; for the Regent, which had
D.etrer been granted as an outfit for a Monarch.
Knowing as he did the great expense to which his
10.01 Highness had been.subject for the last twelve
months, his dispo-itton was to asses to the mo-
tion ; belt he objected to the mode in which it
was weeded, lest the House should be -involved in
.the recognition of a principle -unprecedented and
dangerous. . •
T:teCHANCELLOR of the D.t.ctfg%tiEft replied, that
lie had iri-teuded the words .to apply both retro-
spetelively and prospedively, aniPtesd no objection
to introduce those expressions in his motion. He
certainly meant. that the sum should cover the ex-
pences both of the temporary Regency, which his
Royal Highness bad passed tisrough, and of the per-
- tnanent Regency into witch he was about to enter.
No dangerous precedent could poSsibly be.affolded,
. biicause in toe event of the demise vt the Crown,
the Regent would of necessity succeed to the pro-
perty of the Crown, and no Parliamentary grant
could then be required.
Mr. tERNEY apprehended,. that at least his
Royal Hi6liness should have been advised to send a
message to the House on the subject. He did not
think Parliament. were justified in asking his Royal
Highness to accept of .100,0001. u'iless they offi-
cially {crew that he required ire He m. st willingly
admitted the delicacy of the Regent's conduct &Ire
. ing the early part of his Regency, in declining
'making any addition to the natictisal butthens by the
acceptance of an increased' Pieyenue,, and. he al-
lowed that his Royal Highness's.. subsequeet ex-
penses must have been very-coniiderable. Portia-
enenteaught to behave towards him with liberality
but it was to the mode in which the measure was
proposed that he objected, and he recommended to
the Right Hon. Gentleman to withdraw his motion
until Wednesday, in under to word it in a tuaunea
snore satisfactory to the House ; for he confessed
that he did not like the words " prospectively and
net rospec, ively ."
Tee CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER proposed,
after the word " Expenses," to iritioduce the words,
" that had been, or that might be."
• Me WHITBREAD was Of Opitlioll,_t hat this motion
• ought to .hate been preced .ZIIIXX- Me..ssage from his
Royal Hig, ness ; and bowev6PiltYfhtoui the step
• • might seem, he felt it his they to oppose the mo-
tion, until such an Address should be presented.-
-He gave great and just Credit to his Royal Highness
for the Message, of which the' Right Honourable
Gentleman had been the bearer last session, and in
which his Royal Highness declined, by the accept-
ance of any nether revenue, to be the cause of
im-
posing additional burdens upon- the pe-ople; but
"stow, without arty intimation froM his Roy sl
High-
ness on the subject, the House was calreti upon to
• rote him too,ouol. for the expences he had incur-
led, and which he might incur. How was this
money to be kilt ided ? What portion was to 6fray
past expense,, and what the future \Vlsai
appointments had been made by his Royal liegh-
eness ? What visible expences had he incurred :
He repeated, that he could not consent to the
Resoluiiou, until his Royal Highness had been
advised to send a :.`,les,age to Parliament on the sJb-
jet*.
Mr. Secreiary RYDER observed, the Hen Gen-
- ileinan had entirelyenistikets the ealure of the ease.
t lie ought to recolledi, that hiss Royal High-
. !less the Prince Regent declined occepting from the
country, his Royal Highness Imrlicipited in. the ge-
neral expectation entertained at sitar period, teat
the recovery of his Majesty, althetigh•perhaps it
would not be immediate, was not 'very far distant.
'the llegetyy„ however, had now existed above a
year, an,: his Royal Highness had been thus unex-
p •ctedly put to a very consiJetable expellee, al,.
tteough he had made no regular appointments.'
Mr. ADAM concurred in tie opinion of. the Right
Honourable Gentleman who had just si oken, end
in iintained thst itewouid be .unhecoming in his
. Royal 'Highness to • send .. any. Alessige: to the
House on the subject, „unless • the striet ceders
at Parliament required it,e. persuaded
, that they requited ne It was per-
- fectly competent, to the House, to originate such
1.1 pronositton,, without any intimation from his
Ilespe Highness. His Ri,' al Highness must hate
aeseeiy iacurrea considerable expellee. To that cir-

cumstance the Ant branch of the motion • was ap-
plicable. With respect to the other br inch, lt,was,
obvious that his tutu•e expenditure could not be,
_the • subject of a particular estimate, although 'it
might be that of the bounty of the House: His
Rival Highness would be placed in a very different
situation, were he assuming the sovereignly- of the
country on the demise of the Crown. He would.
then have occasion to consider the great question
must- be -determined at the commencement
of a reign. But at present his Royal Highness was
iii a very different situation. • He was, it he might
so express hit-Well, 'a stipendiary, with a fixed. in-
come. Under these circumstances, lie thought it
the duty of Parliament, to his Royal Highness, to
the Constitution, :ind to the coumry, to come for-
ward-in the first instance, and, without any con►-
tnunication from his Royal Highness, to accede to
the proposition made by the Right Hunourable Gen-
tleman.

Mr. HURST thought when the expenses which
must necessarily have been incurred by his Royal
Highness in the situatiodof Regent, which situation
it had been found necessary for him to fill for a
period.so much longer titan had been at first ex-
paled, the grant they were called upon to make
was but an at of strict justice. It was not a bounty
given by Parliament, but only a sum voted to pay a
jUst.debt.
Mr.. WHITBREAD was not satisfied either by what
had fallen front the Hon. aid Learned Gmtletuan,
(Mr. Adam), or by what they had learned from the
last Speaker, that the sum proposed shotild be voted,
without a message from the Prince.—When the
Hon. and Learned Gentleman last year brought
down a message from the Prince of Wales, that he
wished no expense to he incurred by the nation on
his account, the communication as then made, from
the situation in which that Hon. and Learned Gen-
tleman stood to his Royal Highness, as Prince of
Wales, could be received : but circumstances were
.different now, and he Was the proper channel for
such a communication no longer. He •should,
therefore, put aside all the information they bad
had from his Honourable and Learned Friend, as
the Regent could only sperm to that House by-
his Minister: With respect to the sum proposed,
he did not know whether it was too little or too
Much, he only wished for documents to shew
what had been the expellee incurred. His Ho-
nourable and Learned Friend had said, that at the
titre the Regent assumed the reins- of Govern-
ment, it was expected that his Majesty would
soon recover, and that his continued indisposi-
tion had thrown greater expellees on his Royal
Highness than could be anticipated in the first in-
stance. It was, however, to be remembered, that
the sam proposed to be granted was merely to
outfit," to pay the expences of his assuming the
executive power under such restriaions,- and to
meet those to be incurred by his taking it now as
it was, to be permanently established. To him it
appeared more.than ever indispensable, that before
the• sum was voted,_ a communication train the
PrinCe should he made by his Minivers to Parl
a-
went, and he, for one, would not consent to the
grant if such a communication was not made,
Mr. TIERNEY said, he was bound to 'keep his
faith with the Right Hon. Gentleman. • He should
keep his word, and give him his vote ; but, from all
that had been said, he was More and more convinced
that be ought nut to have given the promise he had
made. They had no document before the House, no
statement that the sum proposed to be granted was
wanted ; and, therefore, it appeared as it' the House,
were to give away' the public motley where it was
not required, as granted merely of their own accord.
He had a gratuitous cont idtion that considerable ex-
pences must have been incurred by his 11 •yal
Highness, and so when it was, proposed to raise
Lord Nelson to the Peerage with a pen,ion of
20001. per annum, he had a conviEtion that he
(Lord Nelson) had no private fortune of hi, own.
But what then was the Mode in which Parliament
had proceeded ? Why, it was -thought proper to
come down with a message from the -Crown, as
usual.. It had been said on the other side:that the
subjeal was brought before the House by a passage
in the Lords Commissioners Speech. This he de-
nied. The Speech confined itself to recommending
it to them to make a provision for the King, and
he could not see that the Prince Regent ought to
have a moment's hesitation in sending a message
down to that House on the subject.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would
be sorry to improve the advantage which the Right
Hon. Gentleman had given him. He should be
Old of the vote of the Right Hon. Gentleman ;
hut On this, as upon all ocher occasions, if a Gentle-
man inadvertently promised his vote, and conceived
himself to be bound in honour to an individual to
tce-rn his promise, though he misunderstood the
question, he thought he should nut behave with the
same honour if he were to take advantage of the
pledge so given. Though, as contended by the
Hon. Gentleman oeposite (Mr. Whitbread), the
Learned Gentlemah (Mr. Adam), might
not stand in the same situation with the Regent,
as that in which he had formerly st od with the
Prince ofles, he (the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer) could not see that there was any reason
why that Hon. and Learned Gentleman should not
give his opinions, and submit his arguments to the
House. A message, he contended, on the present
occasion was Vile unnecessary. In the Lords
Comieissioners Speech they had been told, that
" the Prince Regent had dire Ned copies of the last
Reports of her Majesty the Queen's Council to be
laid re-_eore them, and lie was satisfied that they
would adopt such measures as the present melan-
choly exigency night appear to requite."-f-Than
this, he thought nothieg farther could be wanting.
He thought that pat t of the Speech was quite
sufficient for Parliament to ptuceed on, as there it
was recommended to them to make every requi-
site provision. Confident that they would do all
b.lt was necessary, his Royal Highness had ab-
stained from speaking particularly of himself, and
left it for them to decide what was proper to "be
done, though he had thought he might with pro-
priety call upon them to make a sui able provision
for his Royal Father. Under all these ci'cum-
stances, be trusted vbe Hoese would s:e that their
le, hugs, as well as those of the Prince, were best
consulted, by the mode in which
,this subject had
been brought before them ; and that as it was not
dewed that the expences of his. Royal Highness, in
assuumi& the Executive Power, and continuing

L 0 N D OA,

TUFSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1812.

Dispatches were this day received from Lord
WELLINGTON, dated Frenada the 25:1) ult. One di -
v4.ion of the. French army had retir-td beyond Pla-
centia, in the (lira:lion of Madrid.

Dispatches were also received from Gibraltar,
dated the 29th. The French continued thei► ope-
rations against TaritTa ; but it. did not appear that
they had brought up their heavy artillery. There is
Nothing new fiCtu Valencia.

This morning a Gazette Extraordinary was pub-
lished, containing the official details of the news the
arrival of which we announced yesterday. We are
only able to give a small portion of it.
Copy of a Letter from Lieut. Gen. Sir S. Aucts-
mum addressed to the ni _gat .... H 011.,Lord MINT°,
and by him transmitted to the Earl of LIVER-

FOOL,
On board his Majesty's ship Modeste, off
MY LORD, Sarnarang, Sept. 22, 1811.

I have the honour to submit to your Lordship,
.a
continuation of the report which it is my duty to
lay before you, of the proceedings of_ the army un-
der my command.

Immediately on receiving the intelligence. of
General Jansen's retreat horn Bngtenzorg by an
eastern rouse, and the occupation of that post by
our troops, I placed a force, consisting of the 3d
battalion of Bengal volunteers, and a detachment
of artillery with two•guns, under the orders of Co-
lonel "Wood, and directed his embarkation, in com-
munication with 'Rear-Admiral Stopford, who or-
dered three frigites on th'i service, for the purpose
of occupying the fort of Cheribon. TraesPorts
were at the same time put in a state of preparation
for a force, consisting of the detachment of the
Royal, and a company of Bengal artillery, a troop
of his Majesty's eed dragoons, his Majesty's 1401.
and 78th regiments of foot, the 4th battalion of
Bengal volunteer Sepoys, the Madras pioneers, and
a.small ordnance equipment, with which it was my
intention to embark, 2nd accompanying Rear-Ad-
miral Stopford with the sqnadr.,n, for the attack of
Sourabaya and Fort Louis, towards which place.it
was supposed the enecny had retired.
A lerge part of hii M+jesty's 14th regiment, the
royal artillery, and six field-pieces, were by the
kindn ss of Rear-Ad.niral Stopfori received on bo-trd
his Majesty's ships of war, and they with the trans-
ports sailed as they could be got ready for sea, with
orders to rendezvous off the, point of Sidayo, near
the western entrance of the harbour of Sourabaya.
I embarked on the 4th of September, and early in
the morning on the sth, sailed to join the troops in
his Majesty's 'ship Mudeste, which the Admiral in
attention to my convenience had allotted for roy ac-
commodation. • • •

On the 6th of September, when on the point of
hider-may°, I learned from an express boat, which
had been boarded by Commodore Broughton, that
Cheribon was in pOssess7On oithe frigates detached
on that service, having separated from the transports
on board of which ail their troops but the Com-
modore had embarked. Captain Bearer, the senior
officer of the squadron, had landed the seamen and
marines, and occupied the fort, which surrendered
to his summons in time to make a prisoner-of Bri.
gadier Jamelle, while passing-on his,roure from Bog-
tenzorg, with many other officers and troops. Let-
tersintercepred on this o' Gaston from General Jan-
sens, announced his inten.ion tocolle6l his remain-
ing force near Samarang, and to retire on Solo.---7
This intelligence determined, me to sail for Cheribon,
where I arrived on the evAing of the 7th of Sep-
tember, and finding that no troops had yet arrived,
that a detachment of seamen and marines-had
marched inland on the Bugtenzorg-Road, -and been
sucCe,sful in securing great numbers of the fogjfivisl
from thence, and gaining 9osgession, on terms of
capitulation, of the post of CarongSambong on that
route; I se:.t ith mediate orders for the march of

reinforeettiedts . from the distri& of gatalAa." The
cavalry, half of the horse artillery, add the detach•
mew of his..lllajesty's 89th Regiment, from Bug-,
tetvzorg, were desired to join me at Samarang, by
'Ore tote of-Cheriban, and the light infant'', vo-
Inteer battalion wtii ordered to embark at Batavia
for the same place.

I ob.ained from Captain 11-aver., of his M iiesty's
ship Ni us, the dispatch of. vessels in every di-
rection, to meet the straggling. transports on their
route to Sourayaoa, and direct them all to rendev
vows at Samarang, addressing a letter to the no,
nourable Adm'ral Scspford, to Commodore lkough,
ton, and all, the Captains of his Mai •sly's i psi
requesting them to give similar orders. I sailed the
same eveßing in the MOdeste, and, after meeting
the Windham transport, and ordering her with the
pd volunteer battalion to Cheribon, dit coed my
course to Samarang. I arrived there, on the 9th,
and was shortly after wards joined by Rear-Admiril
Stopford, the Commodore, and a few transports,
having on board a part of his Majesty's 14111 regi-
ment, half the 78th, the artillery detachr.ents, six.
field pieces, and the detachment of pioneers.
To ascertain the fact of General Jausens'
ire-
se and fed how tar ',he capture of (koeral
melle and the troops from Bugtenzorg mi;giit have.
changed his plan, I repeated to him on the toth,
in concert with the Admiral, an invitation to sur-
render the island on terms of capitulation, and Cap-
tain Elliott and Colonel Agncw were charger[,-with
the communication. They saw the General, re-
ceived his reply, ascertained that he had 'still vvitt)
him at least a numerous staff, and that be piolesstd

a determination to persevere in the contest.
sm•ill force with me did not admit of tny atternplitql,
to assault the place„ while it was supposed to be
thus occupied ; but an attack was made that_niglit
by the boats of the scuachon, on set,etal gun-vessels
of the enemy moored across the entrance of the ri-
vers leading lo the town end : the preiip:tation.
with which they were abandoned gave a charaeles
of .probabi;Uy to accounts, whieh reached us fruiri
fishermen and' others, that the Gentrsl was
oc-
cupied in withdrawing his troops to the interior, and
had fortified a position at a shoit distance on tiro
road towards Solo or Soeccarta, the residence of the
Emperor of Java.

'~7:=~

On the 12th of September, as no other. troops
had arrived, it was to attack the tui4n
a summons was first sent to thy Commandant, and
it apreared, that the enemy had (as at Batavia)
evacuated the place, leaving it to be surrendcred.hy
the Commander of the Burghers. It was that night
occupied by a detzchment under Colonel Gibbs, and
all the troops I could collect were landed on the fel-
loWing.day.

It was ascertained that the enemy had retired to
a strong position about six miles distance on the Soto
Road, carrying with him all the Chief, Cittl, as
well as Military Officers, of the district, and that
he was busied in completing batteries and intrench-
tuents in a pass of the hills, where he had colleCted
the residue of his regular troops, some cannon, and
a force, including the auxiliary troops of the native
princes, exceeding 800 men, cavalry, infantry, and
artillery, commanded by many European Officers of
rank.

As any check of the attempts of our troops at
this important period might have been produCtive
of the worst effeds, I (bought it prudent to wait
the hourly expeded arrival of a larger, force, but
after two days passed at Satnarang without theic
appearance, I resolved to risk an attack with the
slender means at my disposal, rather than to give
the enemy confidence by a longer delay, or .aft'ord
ilirm time to complete their works, which were
said to be still imperfed.

For these reasons, on the evening of the 14th, 17
had directed preparations to be made for an attack
on the following thy, when intelligence arrived
that the Windham bad sailed for Cheribon wit ti
some tro'ps, and several vessels were Ken in ,-thcs
offing 1, therefore, countermanded the orders, in
the expectation of succours, but the Admiral,
anxious, on account of the approaching unfavour-
able season, to secure a sate anchorage for the ships,
sliled in the morning, ‘A ith two ships of the line
and three triples, to attack Fort Louis, and if suc-
cessful, to occupy the harbour of Sourabaya.

. The Windham alone arri-.ed in the course of the
night, and tyro the very slender reinforcement
which she brought Was, situated as we were, of great
importance, an(l it enabled me to withdraw all the
European garrison from the fort of Semarang, and
io add a company of Sepoys to the field force, which
thus strengthened did not exceed I t oo infcintry„ and
the necetsary artillery to man four U-poundes, %WI
some pioneers..
•,

I d,d not think it proper to assume the dire
command of so small a detachment ; I confided it
rtty Colonel Gibbs, of his Majesty's 39th regiment,
proceeding, however, with the troops, that I might
beat hand, to profit by any fortunate repalt of the.
attack.

Experience bad warranted my reposing the fullest