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London, England, 1810-02-07 00:00:00

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Admiralty-Office, Feb. 6, 1810.

. The following, are, copies of dispatches which
have been received at this Office, from Vice-Adanral
the Honourable - Sir Alexander Cochrane, K.B.
Commander in Chief ot his Majesty's ships and ves-
sels at the I.4ew.ard Islands, adire'ssed to John
Wii-
son CrOker,

SIR,

Pornpee, Fort-Ro}al nay, MartUtique,
Pcc. tI, 1809.5, ,

I send herewith the copy of a letter from Capt.
Ballard, of the Blonde, detailing the particular‘ of art
attack on an enem,',i privateer.
have the honour jo be, &e.
ALEX. COCHRANE,.

SIR,

His Majesty's Ship Blonde, Saints,
- Scpt, 25, tBo9 -

The signal for an enemy's vessel,was Madefrom
the Hill, standing for &SSC Terre the boat's of
the vessels nainett n the trilrgin*, were sent in purer
suit of her, under the7orders,of Lieut. Richardson,
of this Alp.' On tl.lir,approach she ran on. shore
lit a ,‘bay hT.:tween t‘yo batteries, which kept up
a very heavy cross fire at the boas but that was
not an -.obstacle to prevent their getting. pc4'se4-
Sion of her, and attempting to_ tow. her out,
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though a very.laige body o: men with sptqll, .81-1115
were tiring at them out of bushes ; she was-bilged,
and they left bLi. ,
beg ,leave to recommend to your notice Lieut
Richardson, for his.brave conduct ; he speaks highly
of the cool .and determined valour of every indivi-;
dual employed on this tervice. , -
Mr. ThoMpson, Master; and one sailor of the
Blonde, were most severely wounded ; the-latter
soon after died; .Mr. Thompson's arm h.is
been amputated ; 1 hope he will do,well. 1 beg'to
tr.:Commend him to your particular notice.
• . I have, &c.
(Signed) V. V.. BALLAP.D.
to the Honourable Sir. A. Cochrane, K. B.
Rear-Admirai of the Red, &c. Sec.
* Blonde,. Facon, Scorpion.

Pumpec, Fort-Royal Bay, Martinique,
SIR, Dec. 12, tScl.
. The enclbsed.coi..y, of a letter from Captain Ca-
meron, of his Majesty's sloopfriamrd, addressed to
commodoie 'Faille, in my absence, I request you

to lay before the Lords Cormnissioner9-ot the -Ad—
miralty. The total clestly(tion of the schooner pri-
vateer mentioned therein, and the.slltucing of the

battcry under %aid) she wa's moored; wn4 accotn-
plislied, under ciatunstances of considernhle diffi-
culty, in the face of a fOrtniclab!e force, and is high-
ly honourable. to the pal-fit:s etni-ilol ed.
Our loss in this little dash has, I ata sorry to say,
been severe." I Ilay.e, Ott
-(Signed) ALEX. COCHRANE.
His Majcity's Sloop Hazard, ow St. Mary's.
SIR, Guadaloupe, Oct. 17, ISO 9.

• Crnizlng on my station blockading Point=a-Petre,
Pelotus in company, at day ,light this morning Lob-
Served a privateer schooner moored under the
battery of St: -'M'ary, I immediately determined.
on the capture or destruaio,! of her. Both ships
stood' in f•Ufficiently close to silen. e the battery
etfe6tuaily, and cover our brgs, which were dis- •
patched no der the orders of Leutei•ants 'll;ibertson
and Flinn, first of their remie6tive shins ; and I
atn i iipp tp say they succeeded in boat ding her ;
but as she was moored to the shore with a chain
from the mast head and each
,quarter, finding it
impossible to bring her out, they shortly after blew
her Up:
In 3nsiice to the officers and men employed on
thiS service, I cannot omit particularizing the very
'gallant manner in which they approached the,
schooner, under a very heavy fire of grape from
the battery, until it was silenced by the ships, and
of grape and musketry from the privateer, until
they were nearly alongside, when the enemy quit-
ted her, and joined a long line of musketry on the
beach, and two field pieces, to the fire of which they-
were exposed during the .whole time they were pre- ,
paring to blow her up, •at a distance of not more
than ten yards.
Thep; ivateer had one long eighteen pounder on a
circular carriage and two swivels, about one hundred •
tons, and appeared to have frorneighty to one bun=
died 'men ; she' was coppered, and appeared new,
and left Point-a-Petre yesterday on a cruize.•, Our
joint loss has been -fifteen killed and wounded, lists
of which are enclosed ; that o£ the",-enecify .4nlist
have been vt: y considerable, as the shore was com-
pletely lined with musketry; exposed to a heavy can-
nonade from boar ships, as well as from the small
arms in the boats. • - •
I should be very deficient in my duty was I not to
mention the eery gallant style Capt.. llnskisson, of
the Morns, supported me in totally destroying the
enemy's battery by a joint fire.
It is impossible for me to express my ideas of the
very gallant manner in which Lieutenants Robertson.
and Flinn condutied themselves on this occasion ;
.and they • speak in ths highest terms" of Me,isrs.
_Brisbane and Hunter, Midshipmen of 'this ship,
Mr. Ferguson, boatswain, and Mr. Scott, mate of
the Pelotus, who; as well as ,every individual •i-ri-
plOyed, were volunteers on the sere ice. •
I haVe the honour to_ be, &c. .
HUGH CAMERON.
To Commodore Fahie.

Report of killed and wounded on board his Majesty's slcop
Hazard, on the morning of the 17th October, -

' lames Murray, Captain of the forecastle ; 'rh-
o=s Fa thing, cotp marines,; of arines,; ditto.' William Pcrr.;. -
man, private .rn4rine;. ditto: Mr. fer7mon. boatsw.tu;
badly }rounded, blown up. 'illus. Giles, priv.tte mdrine;
dangerously wounded. William Tallowgrcen, rivare ma-
rine; severely wounded. fierce-Hestra, private marine, ;
slightly wounded.
(Signed)

HUGH CAMERON.

romike, Fort Royal Bay, Maninique,
December 13, iSz9. •

. SIR,

.I have to request that yon -will lay before the
- Lord i Commissioners of the Admiralty, the n, coin-
;.pariving letter from Captain Ballard, of Blonde,

Report of killed and wounded on board his Majesty's sloop,
Pelorus, tlle morning of rheltober 1809.

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Lieutenant Edward Flin ; much hurt by Wowing up the ii
enemy's schooner. Alexander M'Cardell, Capt. MzSt : ;
s,::::redleyavd;o)undlocdhL.4 Slim'hiol: .
killed. Richard Crumby, private marine :1k tstilittityo.
woNulii:elitei.l. , ,',
Lane, private inarinpeoLaweoru-rnodoemd
son,ri la S yeomanlteiisrav(e)l,..ryh'(fom;:n of title sheets;
John Livingstone., .Quarrer master; ditto. John. Swab,
coxswain.; ditto. ' , ,- . . . ,-. •