The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-11 00:00:00

.eldatiralty-Ogice, May 9, 1 6 iv.

Copy ofa Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew.
Ham Cointnander in Chief of his Majesty's ships and
vessels in the i'vlediterraitean, to W. Croker, Esq dated
on board the Caledonia, at Port Mahon, the 29th March,
SIR,

Having, by my last report of the state of the
enemy's ships, apprised their Lordships that the
Rivoli, of seventy-four guns, recently launched at
Tenide, was in reAdiness to pat to sea; I have
now great satisfaMiori in announcing her capture
by his Majesty's ship ViEtorions, after a severe
contest of five hours, on the 21st ultimo, and
have the honour to enclose a leiter from Captain
Talbot, detailing the particulars of this very gallant
affair.
The great disparity of Irt.ce sufficiently bespeaks
the merits of the capiars, the Rivoli having eight
hundred and sixty-two men at the commencement
of the aCtion, while the crew of the Victorious was
reduced to five hundred and six, of whom GO were
in the sick list. _ _

The lt7i,s bad beret very severe on both sides,
_up-
wards of four h9ndred having been killed and
wounded on the; part of the -enemy, alid lorty-two
men killed, and ninety-nine wounded on the part of
the Vi&orious.
Their'Lordships will observe that the Weasel had
a share in this Brilliant vaion, engaging a French
brig of war until she blew up alongside ; the con-
duct of Captain Andrew and his men has been ex-
treriael; creditable. .

,
I congratulate their Lordshipson this achievement,
and from the zeal and vigilance which I have the
satisf to'perceive ihionghout the fleet Under my
command, I (rust it may bt the prelude (obther
portaut successes.
I have the honour to be, &c.
• (Signed) E, PELLEW.
1, AV. Croker, Esq. &c.

His Majesty's snip Viaorious, Port St. George,
Lissd, Mardi 3, 18rzy

On the 16th ult. I arrived off the port of Venice ;
the weather was very foggy at that time, and conti-
nued till the 21st, which prevented me reconnoit-
Iring the port.
At hall past two o'clock, P. M. on that day, a
brig was seen E. N. E. ; at three o'clock a large
ship, %lib two more brigs and two settees, in the
same direction ; all sail was made in cliace ; at four
o'clock-I made the Weasel's signal to prepare for
anion; at this time I was co*rinced that the ship
seen was one of- the enemy's line of battle ships,
proceeding from Venice to the port of Pola, in
Istria. -, _ . .

The enemy were sailing in a line of battle, with
the two gun-boats and one brig ahead, the other two
brigs in 3 ling astern.
At half-past two o'clock, A. M. I perceived that
the line of battle ship had shortened sail to allow her
to close again. •
I hailed the Weasel, and ordered Captain Andrew
to endeavour to pass the Vidorions, and if p-Ossible
to bring the brig astern of the Commodore to action,
in hopes it would induce him to shorten sail; which
had the desired effect.

Ata gnat-ter past four o'clock, his-Majesty's. brig
Weasel commenced the action with the two brigs:
At half-past lour we commenced action at the dis-
tance of half pistol shot with the line of battle ship,
neither ship having fired a single shot during that
time.

At five we perceived a brig blow tali"; at da) light
I perceived 'he Wea•el in chase of the brio, the
gun-boats not ip sight. I recalled her, as she did nor
appear to-close with the chase. We wire at this
time in seven fathoms water off the Point of Graci,
and 1 was fearful we mightlwant assistance from her,
it: case either
,of the ships had got on shore on the.
bank. •

Captain AndreW, on being recalled, placed his
brig very judici'onsly on the bow of the line of battle
ship, within pistol shot, and in that situation he gave
her three broadsides.

The enemy tor nearly the last two hours had been
rendered perfectly unmanage•+hle, and had 'kept up
a very slow,fire, and that. chiefly from two guns on
the quarter deck -; her mizen-mast fell over her side
about a quarter before nine o'clock. At nine they.
h ailed us, and said they had struck ; I sent oil board
Mr. Peake, the first Liuetenant, to take possession of
her. _ _

I found the squadron we had engaged consisted
of two gun-boats, the Maineluke brig of ten, guns,
and Jena and. Mercure of eighteen guns each, with
the Rivoti, of 74 guns, bearing the,broad pendant of
Commodore Barre, the Commander in Chief of.the
enemy's forces in the. Adriatic.
From the lepgth of the action, and the smoo!h•
ness of the water, the loss of men, and the damages
on both sides, Lam sorry to say, has been very great
indeed, neither ship having been above half musket
shot distance from the other during the t hole of the
'actin; which only ceased at interval 4, wizen the ships
were hid from each other by the fog and smoke,
and and were not even able to see the flashes of each
of guns.
I feel. great satisfaction in. saying that the conduEt

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of Commodore Bane, during the Whole of the ac-
tion, convinced me I had to deal with a mast gal-
lant and brave man, and, in the manoeuvring his
ship, a most experienced aud skilful officer. 'He
did not surrender his ship till nearly two hours after
she was rendered unmangeabie, and had four hun-
dred killed or wounded his Captain and most of
his offieets either killed or wounded.
By th:t returns you wilLperceive, Sir, that our los,
too has been very
.severe. ,
I have to regret, as well as the service, the loss
of two very fine young men, Lieutenants Thomas
H. Griffiths mid- Robert S. Ashbridge, of the It yal
Marines, who were mortally. wounded early in the
anion, with many other brave and good men\,'both,
seamen and marines.
The condua of the officers has been through-
out highly meritorious, both
, during the a(-tion., and
also in scenting the, rnaS s of the ship, in the very

hed weather we 'met before we gl7ned Cce port ot
Lissa.

Having received a contugon from a Splitver early
in the aaion, for some days.aften.varis I have been
deprived nearly of my eyesight ; a'l which ,ime the
exertions of Mr. Peake, my senini L,,titenant,, pre-
vented mylitabilitf from being-of any det invent to
his Majesty's service.
The !by li, in crossing the Gulph of Fiume, lost
her fore anti main-mas but by the exertions of
Lieutenants Whyte and Cotho, who h d ch'irge of
her, she was brought safe into the Port Of Lissa un-
deriory-masts.
I feel parliculitly indebted to Captain Andrew,
of the Weasel for his exertions during the aMion,
and also for the aSSiStahee -be gave tp the Itivoli‘af-
terwardc

I have sent inclosed a copy of his letter, report-
ing to me h'is condutt, and that of his officers and
crew, during 'he night of the action. He ow ticu-
larly mentions his senior Lieutenant, • whom he
str.ingly recommends to the notice of the Coln-
mandrr-in.:Chief. •

, The numbers of wn9ndetl, and the severity of the
wounds, has caused Mr. Baird, the Surgeon, and
Mr. O'Meara, the only Assistant on hitard, very
great fatigue, the conntuCt of Mr. H.
Gibbons and Mr. John J Keeling, MaAter's Mates,
deserves notice. The conduct of Capt,)in Sieven4,
of ihe Rlyal Marines, I armor avoid mentioning,
and that of Mr Crawford, the Master, was perfectly
to my satisfaction. N

During the whole of this severe action not a
single explosion took place on boric!, or a man
brat, either through carelessness or accident ; bot h
the officers and men, for their steady and cool con-
Auer, deserve every credit.;
I have sent herewith the returns, as far as I have
been able to procure, of the killed and wounded oa
board the-Riva.

I landed a great numbed °Fate wou ided prisonz,rs
in Istrir,• having sent a Aag of truce.to the town of
Pirahg, to request the Commandant of that port
would send off boats to receive_them, which, ac-
cordingly, he did. `I have sent the remainder of
them from this port-by a schooner to Spalatto, in ,
Dalthatia. '
When we commenced the action the Victorious
had only five hundred and six pi-rsong actually on
board, sixty of which Were in the sick list, but Most
of the sick were able to assist in tti6 action_ The
Rivoll had on board eight hundred and sixty-two
persons at the commencement of the action.
I have the honour to be, tc:i-!.
(Signed) JOHN TALBOT,
C-aptaiti of his ivlajesty's snip Victiriou,,,
and Senior Officer in the Upper Part of
the Adriatic, • •
To Charles Rowley, Captain of his
Majesty's Ship Eagle, and Swint
Officer in the Adriatic.

His Majesty's sloop Weasel, ♦IA
day of February, s 2,C.tp.:.• Sal -
yore, S. E. by the thstanLe iz or
14 Miles.

SIR,

In pursuance of your directions this morning at-
half-past two, ordering me to go a-head and bring
the enemy's brigs to action, I have the honour to
inform you, that at a quarter past four A. M. I ortre
up witll two French brigs, one within half .pi:dol
shot, which we immediately engaged, and, alter an
action of foity.minutes, she blew up without doing
us any damage. I am sorry we saved only three
men from her, and those much bruised and wound-
ed. • She proves to have .been the French. brig Lo
Mercure, of eighteen twenty7four pounders cart u-
nades, commanded by a Lieutenant de Vaisseau.—
During the greater part of this time the other brig
engaged us on ourbriiv, but seeing the fate of her
companion, and frOm the darkness of the morning,
and our rigging being much cut, she made her es-
cape. At daylight we observed this brig and a«-
other, the first about three miles a• head. At sx
'o'clock made all sail in chace ; answered the signal
of recall ; bore up. At eight o'clock came across
the Rivoli's bows, within musket shot, and gave her
a broadside, Wore and tacked as necessary to con-
tinue raking her ; at nine she tired a gun to lee-
ward, when we ceased firing.

The whole of itte aforementioned service: lam
extremely happy to say, was pet formed without Ulu
loss °la Man on my part, from the steady, deter-
mined,7and cool behaviour of every officer and man
On board. And I most earnestiy ruquost you will
be p;eased to recommend to the commander in
Chief. Mr.. George Elliott, my First Litutettant,
and every other officer and man on board his
Majesty's sloop which I have the honour to com-
mand.

I have,the honour lo be &c.
•
(Signed) JOHN W. ANDREW,
,
, Coinmand.r.
To john Talint, Esq. Captain
of his Majesty's ship Vic-
torious.

• Zairniraltzr Off iilqy 9, 19 19
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Copy of al.ettdr from Rear-Admiral Foley, Cenimancler-in
Chief in the Downs, to lohn Croker, Esq 601 i 4—
stant.
SI R, _ . .

Referring to my letter of the 4th,instant, giving
an account of the loss of his Matesty'•sloops penes
and Sk) lark, I. feel great sa_tisfaciion in transmitting.
to you, for the information of Their Liordhipq, an
account of their Lordships, an account of the recap-
ture of the former by Captain Cunningham of the,
Bermuda, who stiCeeeded in cutting, out iha! sloop
whilst in possession of the enemy, from under a
battery to the eastward Etaldes, and uthicr the
fire, as well of that battery, as ttie
.field-pieces on
shoe.

. I beg leave only to add, that Captain Cutwing-
ban) has always she' n himself a brate, zea-
lous, and active officer, and I t►ust that his cdnduct
on this occasion will testify the same to the.ir Lotd-
ships,

I have the honour to be, Ste.
(Signed) I'l-lOS. FOLEY,

His. Majesty's sloop Bermuda,
at Sea, May 4,

SIR,

'I pave great satisfacti,n in defailittg the ciicuni-
stanct,s attending the recapture of sit.),l3
Apelles. . . . . _ .

By a telegraphic commrmicotion from the Cas.
lian on the afternoon of the-3d at Dungeness, 1
learned that
.his,Maj&ity's'sloops Skyla,k and Al el-
ks. were 90 shore to the westward of Boulogne,
as the tate of the Apuhes was id particular extreme-
ly unce.rtaip, I weighed,
,wati the Atuldo iii lona-

pany, steerilg towards : the.:'F4tach,t Oast:, ,in the
hope of rendering her some assistance. •At break
'o: day we observed the itinahro in chace_ of the
Aiwirs, which had been got afloat about five miles
to the t as ward oettap4s,,, and under ji;ry sails, the
enemy ziarigating her albng shore. AboUt
A.M. we both came up, and'dfOVe her on shore with
a fem, broadsides, under a bat lery about three nodes
to the east ward of Et a pies, As the .1 ide was fat
I discontinued the attack, in t onsegt,:nce of the aCI-
- the enemy. wou:d have in planting his-field
pieces and small arm men close to her at low water

Mark. • •
The Castilian and Phipps joined before the tide
served to recommence our operations, and with this
aiditinn-,to our force, at about half-past two, PA. I
renew d the attacik, leading in close order under the
kutery, with the wind N. E. by N. the other sloops
following, and as they came up giving their broad-
skies, by which the enemy's troops embarked in the
Apelles, were soon driven out. The boats'of the
sjuadron, as - had been previously arranged, wete
then immediately sent in under the command of my
First Lieutenan't, Saunders,who most gallantly board-
ed her, .and though lot a considerable-time expn-sed
to a galling fire,of shot and shells from the battery,
and a colletlion of field-pieces,' she-,was-got afloat,
and brought out in safety about four o'clock, during
'which lima the sloops used their utmost endeavours
to cover
.the boats, and prevent as much as possi-
ble further annoyance from the eperny..
I feel greatly indebted to Captains Brainier,
Wells, and S'r W. Parker, their officers and. men,
particularly` those employed in the boats. I am
hapy Act add an acknowledgment of the meths of
my own officers and crew, particularly-of my First
Lieutenant, Thomas Saunders,-and the volunteers
thing under him in the boats,' who gallantly un-
dertook the service, when the advantageous situa-
tion of the enemy led me to expel a mach more

• sanguinary result.
The loss of the enemy it has been impossible for
me to determine, but I am happy to state that the
service has been, performed without even a wound
on our part, though at the commencement of the
attack the Apelles was full of troops, and the de-
fence frorri•the shore obstinately maintained. I trust
this circumstance will not only b: speak
.our ex-
tremely good fortune, but prove more strongly than
I c,-.n express, th# the plan of attack 'was well -laid
and, judiciously executed by the officers and men
under my orders.
The boats gave the'soldiers,so little time .to es-
cape, that four I.veA left on board, calling them-
selves part of the King of RQroe's body guard, and,
bearing the insignia of their corps. 'We found the
Apelles much cut up from our :fire, and she after-
wards sustained great damage from- the enemy :
she has seven guns, and most, of her stores and
provisions remaining on board. The Skylark
was completely destroyed, . lying some distance
to the
_eastward, still smoking. , I have great sa-
tisfadiou in stating that the crews of both Vessels
escaped in their boats, with the exception of Cap-
tain Hoffman of the Apelles, and nineteen of his
people.

I have the homiur to be, &c.
A. CUNNINGHAM, Capt.
Thomas Foley, Esq. Rear- Admiral of •
the Red, Downs. '
•

Carlton-l-loue, April 3, IS 12:
His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Lord Lieutenant of
c)x,f)rd, having appointed the Ritht Honourable Lord Francis
Almaric Spencer, one of the Deputy Lieutenants of the said
county, to bz. his Vice Lieutenant for and within the county
of Oxtord, has Royal tii.ghness the Prince Regent, in the
name and on the behalf of his Majesty, has been pleased to
approve thereof.

April 18 18.1.
His Royal Royal Flightless the Prince Regent, in the name
and on the behalf of his Majesty, has been -pleased to signify
his approbation, that the Right Honourable Lord Francis
A lrnaric Spencer, Vice Lieutenant of the county of Oxford,
should hold the rank of Colonel of the First Regirnettt of
Oxfordshire Local Militia, during the time he shall ad as
Vice Lieutenant of the said county.

Office of Ordnance, 1110 5, 1812.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Brevet-Major Charles C.
Bingham to be Major, -vice Newhouse, retired upon the
Invalid Battalion. Second-Captain Peter Wallace to be
Captain, vice Bingham. First Lieut. C. Napier to •be
Second Captain, vice. Wallace. Second Lieut. R. G rimes
to be I list Lieutenant, vice Napier. Adjutant W. Wylde
to be Second Captain. Major-Gen. John Ramsey to be
Colonel Commandant, vice Davies, deceased. Lielitenant
'Col. G. Cookson to be Colonel vice Ramsey. Major W. ,
Dixon to be Lieut. -Col.- vice Cookson. Brevet-Major
John Dyer to be Major, vice' Dixon, Second Captain'R.
lopes to be Captain, vice Dyer. First, Lieut. C. Gordon
_to be Second Captain, vice Jones. Second Lieut. .13., E.
C;
Hill to be First Lieutenant, vice ordon.
Otte of Ordnanc4, -May 7.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.—First Lieut. W. E. Maling
to be Second Captain, vice Cowley, retired. Second
Lieut. W. B: Ingilby to be First- Lieutenant, vice Mal-
lug. 'Second Captain and Adjutant John E. Jones to be•
-f Captain, vice Massey, deceased. Second Captain R. B:
Hilo to be Adjutant,. vice Jones. First Lieut. Mark
Sorar'ville to be Second Captaid, vice • Hunt. Second
Lieut. I'. o,Cater to- be
.First Lieutenant; vice Somer-
ville.

Commissions signed by the Vice Lieutanant of the county
of Surrey.
Ist Regiment of Royal Surrey Eolvco
Clialloncr, Gent. to be Ensign, on a vacancy.
2d Regiment.—The Honourable Thomas (-Tapley Onslow
to be Colonel, vice Thomas Lord Viscount Cranley, re-
signed. •
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Commissions signed by the LordfLieutenant of the County
of Essex.
Thorn. s Barrett Leonard, Esq. Edward Harvey, Esq.
'G. Rush, Esq. W. Tolbutt, Esq. Sir R. Wigram,
Bart. Z. Dutton, Esq. j. Lodwicic Esol. I. Crosier,
Esq. P.. Denys, Esq, I. Russel, Esq.—To be Deputy
Lieutenants.
Tit Regitnent of Essex Local Militia.—F. P. Werry, Gent.
to be Ensign. G. Pocock, Cent. vice Clark resigned.
2kl Regiment,--C. Butler, Cent. to be Lieutenant., resigned,
I. Macqueen, Gent. to be Ensign.

•
Commissions signed by the Lord 'Lieutenant of the County
of Renfrew.. _
William Napier, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Rentrewshire Regiment of Militia\ —R. Swinton, Esq. to
be Major, vice Mackay, promottdin the Argyle and Bute
Regiment.
Id Regiment of Renfrew Local Militia.—W. Cochran, Esq.
to be Second. Major. W: -Stevenson, R. Watt, and R;
Hodgart, Esqs.' to be Captains.- K. King, J. Brown,. H.
l‘PAlpine, Gents. to be Lieutenants,. I. Baird, john
M'Alister, Latta, Cents. to be Ensigns.
Commissions "signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County
of .Berks. _ _ .

Royal Berkshire Militia.—G. G. Grenfell, Esq. and 1. G.
• Doran, b.sq. to be Captains, W. Booth, Gent. W. S.
Hodgson, Gent. 11. Stephens, Gent. T. Prestayn, Gent.
to be Lieutenants,. G. Grubb, Gent. C. Atkinson, Gent.
F. N. Newbo!t, Gent. G. Darnant, Gent. I. Heath,
Gent. to be Ensigns.
Tat Regiment of Local ylilitia.—E. Woodcock,- C, Slocock,
and C. Eyston, Esqs. to be Captains.. A. Croft, and \V.
Druitt, Gents. to be. Lieutenants.

Reg:msnt
Ee Lie-Inel ;Ant.;
-:-to be- Ensigns.
3d, or Rt-w:d Isegitment.—H. G.-TraytOrrens, Esq. George
E-,rl of Snoderl, onfiNr. Blou:lr, Esq. be Captains.
1. S. -Cmith.- G't'.nt. to be Lieutenant. • T. Workrndn and
(";iinuel,-Cen'o' Ensign.
tat Bt•rks Ca.c.Ory. - Gent, to be Lieutenant.
B. W.rougi-,tc.o an,l A. Sio,,,ck, Gents. to be Corn;:ts,
Wargra, kebisle, Gent. to be Lieutenant.
1. Sw4ilo,-, c.;;:nt '-,,rnet.
White'Flor(e.Vol,lnteer. rit:lntry.,..-1.• King-, W. Church, E.
Hiscock, B. Smith,' al‘ctk, Belcher,. Gents. to be t ieu.
,tehantS. kV. I) Beer.?:-r, 1. Ivey, and-li. Palmer, Gents.
to be En!zlj.-,ns.,
. .
Vpinn«.-!er Infa•itry.— G. Brown: E. Poiingdon,
R.-Slice:m.4n, and R.: •Blnunt, Cents. to be Lieutettanfs.
Commissionsio the .ts,t, or Wetcrn Itegirnetira Local Ali.'
litia,
signed
.by tkle Lord Lieu;tenarit pfrthe County of
o.xfortl.: T ' - •
H. F. Mayor, Gent. to be Lieutenalt. .T. Stevens, Gent. '
to be Surgeon.

and T. F.l.Powden,-Gent;,
S. Butler, aild-Vii. 11. Baldwin, Cents.

CominisSions in the:North York Local Militia, _signed by
'the Lord Lieutenant of the North itidicg of the County
of
4th Regiment..—E. G. Homer, E. Walker, and W. Smirth-
Waite, Gents. to.be. Lieutenants.. , •
6th Regiment.—T,.Steele, Gent. to be Ensign. .
Commissions signed by, the Vice-iieutenant of Ole County
of Oxford. •
Ist, or Western Regiment —C. Walsh,' (&-nt.- to be Lieu-
tenant. T. F. Robinson, Gent. to be Ensign.
3d,- or Northern Regiment.-,Ensigns U. Roberts
.and W.
Robinson, to be Lieutenants. ,-

8 ANKR ICY ENLARGED. -
James Slater Fall, Stock-Exchange, Spread Eagle-court,
Threadneedle street, broker, from May S, to June 23, a;
ten, at Guildhall, London.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Henry Kelletvay, Longhorn, Southampton, naltster.

BANKRUPTS.

amen Harrnrm, Bush-lane, London, wholesale ironmonger,
to. surrender May r 2, t 9, and tune 20, at eleven, at Guild-
hall. Attornies, Messrs- Tilson and Preston, Chatham-
place, Blackfriars.___

William Lane, jun. Birmingham, Warwickshire, iron-dealer,
May 19, to, and tune 2.6, at two, at the Royal Hotel, Bir-
mingharn. Attornies-,„ Messrs. Devon and Tooke, Hal-
born-court, G ray's-inn. London ; and Messrs. Barker and
Unetti Square, Birmingham.

, -
Timothy lotdan, CruLtf:v.lane, Borough. of Southwark,
Surrey, vidualler, May r. 3, at ten., it, at one, and I one 20,
at ten, at Guildhall, -London.- Attornies, Messrs. Vander-
eom and Cornyn, Cannon. street.
William Field,, Mill•street, Hanover-square, apothecary,
May 12, 19-, at ten, and 4 une 2-, at twelve, at Guildhall,
London, Attorney, Mr, A. Beckett, Golden-square.
Abraham Carrington, Crutched-ftiarS, London, lighterman,
. May-i 2, at twelve, 10, and. lune 20, at eleven, at Guild-
. London. Attornies, L. Williams," Cursitor-
street, 'Chancery-lane. ,
Benjamin 'tones, Ratcliff-highway,
.May 19, 29,
and lune 20, at twelve, at C.:uildhall, London. At-
torney, Mr. Finchett, Great Prescott.street, Goodman's-
fields. „

Jahn jiin. Pristcl, baker, May tz, 26, and June zo,
atone, a. the Gre,,,linund Iran, Broadrpead, Bristol. At-
tornies, IVlesrs. Whitcombe and King, Serj:ant's-inn,
fleet,street, London; and TvILI. H. Prankis, St. John-
steeet, Bristol.

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John Lander, Birmingham, Warwic.kihire, merchant, May
22, 23i and rune-2,; at eleven, at the Royal ll&d, Bit-
iningthm: Attornies, Messrs. Webb and Tynthill,
;.and Messrs. Tarrant, Clarice, and Richards,
Chancel-lane. ' --
Thornas,Kidwell, 1 tehenor, - Sussex, ship builder, May i 6,
23, at twelve, and tune z,), at one, at Guildhall, London.
Attorney, Mr, Ninds Throgmorton -sr reet,

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William Llewe4n, Fencburch.street. London,.and Hack-
ney, merchant, May 12,13,42nd Lune zo, at one, at Guild-
- hall, London. Attorney, Mr, Setree, Bell.court, Wal-
, brook.

Samuel Turner, Stone, Staffordshire, butcher, May t 5, 16,
and fune se, at twelve, at the Bell Inn, Stone. At-
tornies, Messrs. Willis and Co. Warnford.court, London ;
and Mr. Vernon, Stone, Staffordshire. _ •

Matthew Newham, Falkingham, Lincolnshire, carpenter,
joiner, and cabinat-maker. lune 4,5, and 2.0,- at eleven, at
the Greyhound Inn, Falkinghain. Attornies, Mr. B.
Smith, flprhling, near Paikingham -; and Messrs. lohn-
son and,Gaskill, Holborn court, Gray's-inp, London.
Richard Anderson, Birmingham, Warwit kshire, cutler and
edge-tool-maker, May 19, 20, and I une 20, at elcven' ,at
the Swan Hotel, l3itmingham. Attorney, Mr. Lowe, Ra-
venhurit, Bordesley, near Firmingham.
Nathaniel ,Carkeet, Skinner-street, Snow hill, upholsterer,
May 12: at ten, 26, at eleven, and lune 20, at ten, at
hall, London, Attorney, Mr. Pearse, Salisbury-square,
Fleet-stteet.

Charles Chapman, West Tilbury, -Essex, draper, May 19,
29, and lune 20, at twelve, at Guildhall, London, At-
torney, Mr. Webb, St. Thomas-street, Southwark.
Robert Swaine and Benjamin Stephenson, Leeds, Yorkshire,
merchants, May 25, a 6, and June 20, at eleven at the Bull
and Mouth Inn, Leeds. Attornies, Mr. W. H. Bradbury,
Leeds, Yorkshire; and Mr. Battle, Chancery-lane.
William Masters, Wareham, Dorsetshire, innholder, May
22, at two, 23, and June 20, at eleven; at the Red Lion,
Wareham. Attornies, Mr. IL R,owden, Wirnborne Min.
stet.; Dorsetshlre ; and Messrs. W. and' J. Allen, Clif.
ford's-inn, London.
James Chapman, Bakewell, Derbyshire, mercer and limn-
draper, May 22, 23, and dune 20, at eleven, at the Rutland
Arms Inn, Bakewell. -Attornies. Messrs Brace and Plo.
mer, ,Essex-court, .Temple, London; and Mr. Bossley,
Bakewell.
John Chittenden, ralsover-street, Oxford-street, byilder,
pluMber, glazier, and painter, May !2,.30, and June 21. at
twelve, at Guildhall, London.. Attorney, Mr.:C. liar-
man, Wine Office-court, Fleet-street,
Richard Mdryweather and Richard Brain, Ardwich, Lanca-
shire, brewers, lune 5;.6, and 26, at two, at the Star Inn,
Manchester. Attornies; Mr, 1. Walker, Back King-street,
Manchester ; and Mi.-Ellis, Chancerv,lane, London.

Charles Powell, Pwil y Cwn, Rockfield, Monmouthshire,
timber-merchant and maltster, May :8,
.19, at ten, at the
King's Head Inn, Monmouth, and lune 20, at ten,- at the
Black }lock Inn, Portskewett, 3flomnouthshire.- At-
toroies, Messrs. HoMies and Lowden,Clement'skinn, Lon-
don; and Mr. Gabel!, Crickhowell, Breconshire.
• [Dividends, ece. to-morrow.]
•

SUPPLE EAT to the LONDQN GAZETTE

OF SATWIDAy, MAY 9, 1812.

WAR DL-PAVRTM ENT.

Powningwstreet, May 9, 'l-812.

A Dispatch, of which the following is an extra6l,
has been received by' Lord Liverpool, addressed to
his Lordship by the Earl of Wellington, dated Niza,
16th April, 1812. ..
I\l.4rshal goult colleae3 his army at Villa Franca,
in E.treinadura, on the Bth inst. and having theie
heard of the fall of Badajoz he retired before day-
light on the 9th towards .the frontiers of Andalusia.
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Grahain.diretied
Lieutenajg-General Sir Stapleton Cotton to, follow
their rear with the cavalry ; and he attacked and
defeated the French cavalry at 'Villa/Garcia IA jib
Major-General Le Marchant's and Major-General
.Anson's brigades, the latter under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel. the -Honourable F. Ponsonby,
on the niorning of the lit Or inst. I have the ho-
nour to inclose Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Gra-
ham's letter inclosing Lieutenant-General Sir .Sta-
pleton Cotton's report, and the return of the killed
and wounded on this occasion; and I have only to
add my commendations of the condba of Lieut.
General Sir Stapleton Cotton, -NLljot-General Le
Marchant, and the officers and troops under' their
command.

The enemy retired on that day fr9m Llerena;

and, &co, entirely from ale Province of E,krt -
rnadura.

I have not yet heard ivhe!her General Ballastero3
lad entered Seville. The Conde de Penne Ville-

iur, with a detachrrient—of the sth army, :which

had bten sent fromf4stremadura 'into:the Condado
de had approached that town by the right
of the Goadalquivt.r, and was' engaged with the
enemy's "garrison of Seville, and of the fortified
convent on that side of the river, on the sth inst.
and had obliged themlto retire within their works.
The Conde de Penne Villernur retreated on the
10th, according to a s4ggestiOn which was made to
hitn by me in consequence of the fall of Badajoz,
and the certainty that I had that Marshal,SoUlt
would re'urn inmiediritely into Andalusia, without
risking an action, to which it was not in iny.,powcr
to bring hini; and I trust
;that the Conde de_ Penne
Villemur will have Communicated to Gen. Ballas-

teros the intelligt:nce and suggestion which 1 desired
might be conveyed to him.
Since I wrote_ to your Lordship on the 7th inst: I

have' received reports of transactions in the neigh-r
Imurbood. of Ciudad Rodrigo_only to the gth
The enemy still kept the place blockaded, but had
made no attack upon it, nor had repeated their
to Almeida, having suffered some loss
.in the-recon-
noissance of that place on the 3d instant.
It appears that on the 7th, the greatest number of
the troops in the neighbourhood of
_Ciudad Rodrigo
broke up, and matched towar6 Sabugal, whele I
believe that-Marshal Marmont came hiMself.

jar-General Alten, whom I,had kept in front
of Ciudad Rodrigo, with the. Ist Hussars, till the
end of March, was tollowed(altliough at a diatance)
through Lower Beira, by Marshal Nrarmpnt's
advanced guard ; and hAving quitted Castello Branco
on.the Bth instant, they moved on ; and the ad-
vanced guard, consisting of two thousand"five hun-
dred Men, of which six squadrons of cavalry en-
tered Cast.ellp Branco on the evening of the -1211 h
Brigadier-Gen. Le Cot,, with his brigade of militia,
.hay..ng been obliged to retire upon Sainadas, when
he saw the enemy-advance.
In 1116 mean time, havingheard.thar den. Alien
had retired across the.Tigus, I or.clered him to cross
that ri'er again,. Which he 'didon the 12th, and the
.enemy retired from Castello Branco before daylight
on the morning of the 14th, and BrigadieriGe-
neral Le Cor and Major-General Alien entered the
place.
The enemy have as usual, in this expedition,
robbed. and murderod the inhabitants of coon..
try. But the injury which they have done, as far
as I can learn, has been confined to ihelb. 36i of
-
atrocity ; all the stores in our 'magazines at Udirello
Branch, and our hospital there having bten removed
to this side of the Tagus; , •
I Cannot sufficiently applaud the firmness and
good condua of Brigadier-General Le Car. He re.
mained in Castello -Branco, till* he'saW a' superior
enemy advancing upon him.; and he then reared in
good order, np further than.was.riecessary.

'As soon as I heard of Soult's retreat from Vifla

Franca,, I put the army in motion towardS' Castille.
The advanced guard has arrived at Castillo Branca
this day ; and I shall go theee myself to-trifOrow;
I have heard of no movement in the north.

Santa NI attlia, April t 2, ,1812.

MY Lottn,-1 have the, honour to transmit to
your Lordship the inclosed report of Lieutenartt-Ge-
neral Sir Stapleton Cotton, giving the detail of a,
very briliiaut and successful attaek.against..the ene-
my's rear-guard. It must be unnecessary for me to
call your Lordship's attention to the distinguished
ability with which the Lieutenant General planned
and condutled this enterprize, so, admirable second-
ed by the gallantry and judgment of Major-General
Le Marchant and Colonel Ponsonby, as well as by
the great exertion.of the officers and men of the two
brigade's employed on this service.
I have the honour to be, Ste.,

(Signed)

THOMAS GRAHAM.

SIR,

Villa Garda, April U, 113 m.

•I have the honour to report to you, having re-
ceived itifortnation last night of the cavalry of Ge-
neral Dronet's corps .(amountineo 2500) being en-
camped between Usagre and ink place, I ordered
Major General Anson's (commanded by the Hon.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ponsonby) and Major-General
Le Marchant's brigades to move in the course of the
night,- from Villa Franca and Los Santos, so as to
arrive before day break, the former at 'Usagre, the
latter at Bienvenida, determining to attack the ene-
my with General Anson's/brigade in front, whilst
Major-General Le Marchant's, by a flank Move-
ment from Bienvenida, should cut off his retreat
'upon Llerena. The advanced guard of Major-Ge-
neral Anson's brigade drove in the enemy's.-piquets
from near Usagre, two hours sooner' than I intend-
ed, and Genet it Le Marchant's brigade had not time
to get into the rear of the enemy, who tell back,
upon the alarm being given, a sufficient distance to
secure his retreat upon Lierena. .
.Lieutenant-Colonel Ponsoeby followed the enemy
soon atter day-break through Villa Garcia,.and was
skirmishing with him when General La Marchant's
brigade, arrived on the other
.side of the-heights be.
tweet) the Llerena Road and 43ienvenida I dessred
C.Aonet Ponsonby would show only three sgu'adron3,
and endeavour to 'amuse the enemy in front, !.;nt;l
. Major-General Le Marchant's brigade (wilic4) I had
sent 'Colonel Biley to conduia under cever of the
height's), was prepared to attack_ the t.,nezuy' in
flank : this Succeeded admirably ; and_ the eneiny
being vigorously attacked, at .the same mna.ent, iei
front anal flank, retired in thegreatest confrision anti
disorder. I pursued him with Major-Gneral
son's brigade, and one tegiment of Major-General
Le 11,1atchant:s! (the sth dragoon guard-); supported
by the ad and 4th dragoons, to -near Llerena, a dis-
tance of four miles, during which the enemy's loss
in killed was %ery,considerab'le, and about 150 pri7
soners, including a Lieutenant-Colonel, two. Cap,
tains, and one Lleutenant, with about 130 horses,
were brought offthe &etd.
The enemy'S cavalry formed on the right, and in
the rear of sesen guns, and between eight and ten
thousand infantry, which had taken up a position
on the left of, and close t.) flie town. The whole
snon afterwards retired upon Barlanga,-'and Asuaga
to the former of which places my patroles followed
then.),
.`"

I

.
I cannot say foe much 141 prase of t! e lallanf!
and regularity of the. four regiments wh'clt attack,
and 'pursued the enNny,, or. could, any
.Ciing hail
excee.l._-d the st,,,acliness and good discir,En! displA.,
ed by the 3i- and 4th , dragoons ..(collorna‘ided )!
Colonel Lord Elward Somerset and Major Clowcq
Who supported them. .
I have ,to recommend strongly to your no,ic'.l
Major-G,:ner,il Le Mai-chant, and the Hon. Lie' ~,
ter:lot-Colonel Ponsonhy, who commanded the 0" '
bligades witli s, much galantry'and juclgrntknt
.; xid '
1 have r,reat pleasure in assuring you of 'the good .'
coudu& of Lieutenant-Colonel Hervey, command'
, ing.tl.-:.2 ,t 4th dragoons ; MAjor Prescott, cornov,j."
ing`the sth :dragoon guards ; Captain Dicken-, -\,
commanding the I2:h light dragoons; Capla";
Murray, comovandin,' the -16th light drago'Jus i Nl'
the Hon. Major,- Cocks, coaimanding d.,,tach:n,2l. '''
of the t ,20.1 and 14th light dragoons..
- T.) Lieutenant-Colonel ElleY, my Assistant A‘t•
ju.tant-General, I am much indehtCd for the reel
great assistance which I' &tired from him, particd? -
larly in concluding my right colurim to the point of
attack. -I beg also to 'recommend to your notices „-
Captain White,
,my Deputy-Assistant Q.-tarter' ,
Genetal, and Calltain 13,ffon Decken.
- Hefewit It I send a list of the killed and wounded'
which lam happy to find k not -great,,considering '
they superior force of the.enemy.
(Signed) STAPLETON COTTONS
Lieut.-Gen-. Commanding the Cavalrf.

Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the First Cl,:,
valry Division of the Army, under the ComMand. of 11" '
Excellency General the Earl of Wellington, K.B. in an at,
fair with. the Enemy's Rear Guard, near Llerena, on Inc
tith of April, ate..
. " ' 1-lead-quarters, Niza, April ifir 1812. r
sth Dragoon Guards— 12 rank and file, .1 horses, killed; ,
major, I liehlenant, 3 setjeauts,. 23-rank. and file, .a hors 7
wounded ; 'l2 horses missing.
4th Dragoons—t rank and .file wounded. :
tzth Light Ditto—l serjeant, 2 rank and file, horse, 1011041
serjeant, 4 rank and file, 3 horses, Wounded ; , L rank
file, 3 horses, missing-.
14th Ditto-1 horseltil led ; z rank and file, 3 horses, viottri. •
cif,; r rank. and file, 1 horse, missing.
Otli Ditto-1- horse, killed ; t rank-and file, 2 horses, wonnd'
ed ; t, horse, missing.
Total. serjeant, 13 rank and file, t 8 horses,
'major, i lieutenant, 4 ?erjearits, 36 rank a"
fijc, 0 horses; wounded; z rank_and file, 17 horses,.
missing.

Offices Wounded.
stl.9)Tlgoon Gua-ds—lVlajor Prefeot, slightly ; Lieetell?Pt

- .
Walker, sev.rely.
N:. l.t, -Of the:horses returned missing, ,several strayed i4ll,
to the courifry and ethers' folitywed-the -defeated
when their riders foil from, them, killed or se;c"
(Sigued) jOHN
Lieut. Col. and Assist, Adj. Ge

rti
Return of Prisare•-s ',lnd Horses taken 'from' tlie.Enc`l'
. . . . e1:11 April., :V Iz, .. -.-
z? iittsSarS-3 corpferais,:mci zo priy..tes. ' , • ‘ •
~t,
17th PpgOGIAS.-- 1 l!c4zienayt-,•c n oloel, I captain, i lieuter',' 1
. 1 serjeant, 4 corporals; anq 42 privittes.
21st Cqadores—i private.'.
"
2.7th.Draoons—J, ~ip;ain., 2 serjeantS, 3 orpqrals, ar•`l 4/ . .1
pr.iv:ces. ; . ' ,
Ilories-ind r&rles-,-121 Imfie,•r-intle. ' '1
r-t
:Total.— i lieutenant:colonel,' r... captAis, r fiew ~en'-'
3 serjeants, .r..osi.poralf, tit privates; ias ii'-'l'
a rnul:',. .
~. -'•' , .'. (Signed) I, ;': t,!'..', ~e; p,
._.., .. .. , .. Lieut. Col. zulds,i-t.. ,:',,..i,i, '''' .
of --C,vti,y. . . . .
5,
An 11.k= has been .pulilished in Pii•;sil (or
„ . 4
.„. . ,-,!, 40,
new ,levy ol t..vopert•out
_ot every 500,
bears &ate ihe 2iyai of March,. Tne c7.put (alio'', e. :
wheat has been. prohibited from the Russ;an (61 ',
Tories. . • „ l
ti
41,EcuT1ow.—On ALlnday, David 77110 Pc t
•,' --
;flyers, late- linen draper; in Stamford, uncler",,
the sentence of the law, at the usual place of e c:‘ 1
cution, near Peterborough, in the preseL:ce 01 ,11.
}east six. thousand spectators, for an onnatu: .
critne. - • •• -