The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-26 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov. 26.

This day's Market vas amply supplied with prime
Beasts, and the show of Calk in tither respects wa's
very good ; Veal is, cheaper than our last repot ;
Beef, Mutton, and Pork, support last prici."6,- and
.the trade in general was pretty brisk. The sales iii
tht. Hay-mat ket were somewhat lively; Hay, Straw,
and Clover, obtained last prices.7-IVe annex an ac-
curate statemLnt of the prices and outubers.:
'l'o sink the cad pet•stone of glb.
Beef 4s. od. to. ss. ad. Muttchi to Ss. ed. Veal
is. ,cl.. to os. od. Pork ss. od, to 7s. oil. Lamb os, od, to
os.

Beasts 2100. Sheep 15,Z00. Calves 230. . Pigs 250.

SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET

Hay sl. os. od. to 9!. os. ed. Straw zl, los. otl, to 31.
os. ed. Clover di. os. od. to 9!. los. od.,

• CIEN-EXCHANOE, Nov. 26.—The fresh arrivals
of Wheat to-day make a considerable supply, with
part of last weeks arrivals ; of foreign (upwards or
twelve thousand quarters) ; sales dull at rather
lower prices; Bailey somewhat dei:rer ; in i\ialt
little vat iation ; Whice• Peas cheaper ; Grey, and,
ficans\ of the two ,k-aids, are dearer ; Oats in short
supply, and fully at the late advanc; Flour without
alteration.

r, cm Iht LONDON GilZ ET LT, Pov. 24, 1810.

Admiral ?.77-cfiice, Nov. 04, j. 310.

Cripy of a Letter trorn Ae.miral Sir Charlea,Cotton, Bart •
Conn.:ander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessel'
in .theNlciliterranean, to john Wilson Croker, Esq. dated
on hoard the Sun jOstpil, otiTottlon,..:ept. fz, 181.).

SIR,

I cannot desi-t Iron) forwarding to the Lords,
C omwi;sioners of the-Admiralty, the inclosed
1&1c:d' accooLt,of a gallant enterprize perlornied by
the bo.:t,'of- th 6 Ainphion, ACtive, and Cer6erus,
which tesuite I in the turtender of the garrison of
Gran, and the capture and de,tru6ion of a convoy
of the enemy tro:n Ti;este.
I iwive the honour to be,
(Signvd) ' C. COTTON.

SIR,

Amphion, Guivii of T mste,
tune 29, told.

A convoy of several vessels ,from IZ-este- were
chased inio the harbour of Gia6 by the hornss-of Ulu
Am. pinup yesterday. morning, anti the Officer (Lieu-
tenant Slaughter), On his remit', reported they
Avet:ci.talen. with naval 'stores ft.ir the arsenal at
the tahao Governmevt are making
cg.telr
marine
s- Ile present- moment to fit -out'
liieir at that port, the c.-spiore of this convoy
became an'obiett Of impoilancr, and I as the more
induced to tp,enipt it, as its. protecthin (it was said)
con isted duly in 14'enty-five soldiers stationed at
Grao, an openlown in the mule.; the sequel will
show tlii3t we were built deceived as to the number
of the garrison !i:iti the strength off the place;
and. if t should ewer too much into detail in re-
lating to you ihe cireurnstances attending its cap-
ture, I tryst, Sir, you will consider it on my part
no only an anxious desire to du ju-iiice•to the:gallant
exertions of those who were empioyed oI the oc-
casion.

The shoals of Grao prevent the near approach
of shipping of burthen ; ttie capture of the con-
voy their-tyre was necessarily vontined to boat ser-
vke,.a-o; I tele:.;raptied to his Majesty's ..hh,p,
Cer-
ti Amy,: evelong ur toe .i2"stir, (Nit
their't,t,ats and tnarinel Shoultt nion4side
the Anilmott b; twelve o'clock ihat night. It tell
calm in the e.drly part of the e% ening, aod.conceiv-
ing„_trota our. elistfince from Grao, that the, boats
ot. ti 2. Attive ,(who was con.iiderably in the of-IMO,.
would not arrive in time, I wrote to• Captain Glar-
dot“o relut'st they tnight b.: sent immediately; I
mention this, as it will occouht..why t hat ship's boats
and Marines were not in the station assigned them
in the attack, and that no possible blame can be
imputed to the officers and men employed in them
for their not being present, _as distance -alone pre-
vented them., Capt. Whitby, of the Cerbeius, very
handsomely:volunteered his sers ices on this occasion;
but' I considered it as,a-fair opportunity for my Se-
cond Lieutenant (Slaughter), (the First Lieutenant
being- absent, having been detached on other 'ser-
vice in Inc barge the day -before), to thsringnish him-
self, and lie.bads-Jolly,in.every.way justified the con-
fidence I had in him.

The convoy were. moored in a river above the
towmi of Gaio, and it was absol,aely nece,sary to
be first in pot,session of it ; the defences of the town
were two old .costles,, almost in ruins, w ith loop.
.hates for - titostpaetry, and a deep, ditch in their
bout, extending boat one castle to the other.
The boats from the Aniphion and Cerberus put off
from the ship about !nay minute!, past eleven,.
and ,the marines of both shivs under Lieutenants
M ,ore, and Biattle (of marines) and Lieutenant
Dtcltensbn of the Cerberus,, the whole under the
command of Lieutenant Slaughter, landed without
mw,quet-shat 'to the right of the town before day-
light, and' instantly advanced to the attack, the
launches with carronadeS under Lieutenant Olitien
(Third of the Aniphion) accompanying them along
shore. It had been imended that the A mphion's and
ALlive's'shou:d have landed to the ri,;ht of the town,
and the Get bhus to„t he lett;but the funnel boats not
arriving,, Lieut.,- Slaughter very prop: r:y took the.
Cerb-rit3:6•With linnv and kit the gig to tilted the
Active's to the ;of course they had ninth fur-
ther. to row, and, much to the regret of all, did not
get 01) shore till after the place was taken. A very
Heavy firm Fig commencetd about daWn of day, the
enemy considerably stronger than was imagined,
and, assisted by a nuinerbus peaNantry, kept, up' a
very destrUctive fire 'on our men whilst _advancing,
Who purposely retired a little to the lett, taking
shelter under some hillocks, and what tli uneven-
ness of the ground afforded; 'they were followed
by the Fumch troops, who, conceivins this to be a
retreat on the bolts; quitted their advantageous po-•
sition and charged•with the bayonet. It no longer
beeame a contest to be decided by musqUetrY ; they
were 'received with. the steadiness and bravery in-
herdn in Englishmen; both officers' and men were
ptrt,nally engaged hand to hand, air.;-our of t!.e
number hilted of the enemy in this encounter, eight
were bayonet wounds, whiah will convince you,
Sir, orthe4latnre of the attack..

A struggle of this kind could not. last long, and
the French I.roops endeavoured, in great contusion,
to tegain their former position; they
,Xere'cis,.7l3,
pursued, and charged in thei“urni Which decided
the - business,i and the whole deiaclunent of the
enemy,' cunststing ot a Lieutenant, 'serjeant, and
thirty -eight privates of- the 81gt • Regiment (all
Frenchmen), were made prisoneri, leaving our brave
!Ilea in possession'
.of- the town, -.and twenty-fire
vessels litden • with stores and merehandize. The
Adive's.boats landed at this moini.nt, to the left,
and her Marine,, under Llentenant Foley, were of
great use in completely seeming the advantages'
gained. EVery
IN.';AS now made to get the
convoy out of the rivet ;' but it being almost "low'
water, it was late in the etening before they could.
be got afloat, And much iabour and fatigue -was'
occasioned, being ohligetf to shift the cargoes into
smaller vvstels to get them over' the Bar. About
eleven o'clock in the forenoon an attack was ,made
On the town by a parr), of 'French troops coming
from Martin, itt the ulterior; the force
neatest them under 1 iolit,o.wfs-,Slaughter, Moore,
'and Meats, of the Active; ins;antly attacked,(assisted
the laiiiichs in the iver, and the enemy finding
te,i stance inettlillral, atter, losing two killed,-
threw down their . arms and surrendered. In this
igter.husiness a Lieutenant - and twenty-two -men
of the Ath regittwnt of light itilankry,• French

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tronps) were '.--rverde
dity 'which IL!cl insured sueeess bf 4
..conspicuo..'s on this second 4) ca.i,p, About
in the evening I bad the satisfaction of siting thy:
whole ,detachment coning oft, to tine squaf'ron
which. I had anchored abultt lone nalles oin the
town diredly the wind tdiowe!li and, et ry thing;
was secured by eight °Mod:. A service of this pa-.
lure has nut been perfotmed without losL ; but
every thing' considered; it talis short of what night
have been expeaed trop i the, obstinate resistance
met with,. Lientennyt Brattle, of t ";royal Mat ineS,
of CetberuS, is severely i.voundtd in the thigh,.
and f trust, recover' \ctith every Of-1
ficer and roan. in the. parry" distinguished hiniself
greatly. No credit ecrn attach .itself to
tile success of this 'enterprize ; bet I hope I may
be allowed- to point out those to whose gall Ant
exertions it is owing s;'• nor can I suitidently
press my thanks_ Jo commanding Lieutenant
Slaughter, whi) has on, this, and in frequent in-
stances before,: givete proofs c..erate Conf,
ciud, which merits every encouravinetn, and I
beg leavt to reconitneed_ him, in the strongest
terms, to yonr consideration. He .expresses him
self in the handioinest wano,er of Lieutenant,
Dickenson, of the Cerberos, an,) Moore and L.:rattle,
of the Marines, and every letty otficer,o4 Mao
employed. •
'lt is. hard to particularize where all distint!uished
themselves, but ii conduct -.or Lieu•el.ant Moore,
who commanded tnernarints, till Litt' .M7uve's land-
ed, .i 4 spoken of in such nigh terms by all, that
feel it a duty to mention him, and 1 n tt
,in that
confidence of his worth which his exemplary beha-
viour, during fire years service together, has long
insured him.

Opportuoitirs do not often occur where officers
arc personally engaged, hut in the one I have en-
deavoured to de,crine the commanding Lieutenant,
and his two gallant associates, Moore and liicken=
son, owe their lives to their I,wn individual ht..v. ty
and. strength. Indeed, the conduct •of evety one
cu./1)1(10 merits the ivarmest ei,cymiums; and .1
re,get I cannot have it in uty I.ower :o particulartzo

\ The vessels captured are cliialv la lea with steel,
iron, and tnciellandiz p:isoners in all, aid.
two -Leutenlnls., two serjeaws, and riity.six pri,'ates
of thenth' and 8I st rtlitnents,. which ci.nn :psod
part of General Marinont's army, and disting nslied ,
themselves in the 'lace war with Austria, ali.l the ,
battle oll(Vagram. -

I
enclose returns of_the killed and wot.mle.l, and
have 'to regret tour vahlilile marines amongst 016
former. I alsolor ward the Plums 61 Officers em-
ployed on this service, with the ve,se.ls captured,
and

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loss Of one man killed arid six 'wounded,
Plihouo all the vessels composing the convoy were
I.lpon the beach,• from whence they were
d by the crews of the Thames, Weazle,
though exposed to a heavy fire .of mu,ketry
i!,e, persons in the convoy (nearly the whole
\vtioal wade their escape), assisted by some
near Amanihea,
• I have the honour to be, &c.
• (Signed) GEORGE MARTIN.
j To Admiral Sir C. Corton,•ilart,

~•1 • • Bustard, off Contessa, July 24, ara.
I. have the pleasure of informing you that the
armed' feluccas which. you had intelligence- of last
night were cpipplutely destroyed this morning by
Dilitj,..st's. sloops Halcyon and Bustard,- under
'Cape del Arlrne where ,they were for a long time
&fended b. their crews, some soldiers, and the neigh-
. bowing peasantry.
lb.iire the honour to be, Bc:c.

(Stg'ued) )01-1N DUFF MARKLAND.
To: I. W. *ranger, Esq. ,

His Majesty's ship Thames, Gialph of
- ' St. Euphetnia, July zo,
A convoy of thirty-one vessels laden, with stores
and provisions for Murat's army at Scylla, to-
gether with seven. large gurt-boats and five scam-
pairjas proteCting them, have wholly fallen info our.
hands.
This is an event of such Impo.fance.at the pre-
sent moment; and the circtunstanees attending the
capture's° highly honourable to the Otfibers'and teen
empleyed oit)this service, that I May he allowed to
detail the particulars.
At day-light yesterday morning, standing along,
this coast with the Pilot,
.1 saw the Weazle, Ott
Amanthea,' With.the signal for a convoy in that di-
reCtion. The enemy, on seeing us,-haeled the ves-
sels on the beach, under tve town, when. they
were flanked by two small bateeries-, tv hile the gull-
-boats and scampavias were drawn up in 'a line for
,their preteCtion. Being nearly, calm, it wag two be-
fore we closed, this ship and the,two brims in a close
line•then run kg. along within:grape, 'drove the
enemy front their vessels and auchered. Capt,,in
Prescott showed the example 'of:pushing off with nis
boats I instantly supported him • with our, and the
Pilot's, under the orders of Lieutenant Collier, ,Fit'St
Lit this ship. The Marines were lauded under Lieu-
tenant Macadaiti,of theTßoyal Marines, to cover the
seamen launching the vessels ; the ships all the time
firing on the batter ies, and w herever. musketry was
cillected- to oppose the party on shore, for the
.erietuy had not oily thrown trp an einlynikMent,out-
e!e the tesst4ls to pieve,it our ge;ting them Litt, but
alse one. within them 'tor atf:rd shelter for the nu-
merous tr,ops C :Ilectvd, who,, whet, drivian iroin
ttisse entrenchmentS, still annoyed us gre.tly Irvin
'tire Walls cat the td n;
At leng.h every chiliculty was surmounted,
_and
by-six all the vessels were brought off, except'otre
ladenWrith bread, which, was burnt; it we, have not
tarW possession of her and the others de.,i'h.}eci as
pre;; list, it is only trout). Oleic. having been too,Mucti
Shattered by our destrndivelite to float.
•By the result of this'successful attack, you will
jii,dge better than from any thing I could add, what
in.n.,t•ihave been the- conduct of every individual.
# Gratified as I. feel at an o;pottunity ot testifying.'
the gallant.ry and 'zeal of Captains Prescott and
Nicholas, and Lieutenant Coi;ter,
the Officers and clews ot 'die ships, (inure particu-•
larly those in the boats,) tfir their sakes I c iuuot
help regretting. it should nut hay.e-:allen to their !tit
to have been ut.der the command of ::ne, whose t,s-
titnony would -have gleat:r Leight ii, ensuring theta
that applause and reward to winch such conduCt so
justly entitles them.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) G. G. WALDEGRAVE.
George Martin, Esq. kear-Adrniral of ,
the Red, &c. &c. &c.
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A List of Officers employed •in the Boats on the above oc-
casion.
Thames.
First Lieutenant Edvi-ard Collier. Second Lieutenant Fran-
cis Nlolesworth: Lieut. Macadam;-Royal Marines. Messrs.
Lidd6n, Veal, Murray, Honourable Trclosi;; Corn-
wali. and Wilkinson, Minshipircaa,
,Mr. IVlullens, Boat-
swain. . Mr. Becket.
Weazle.
Captain Prescott:- :Lieut. Davis. Mr. Cayme,.Master.
ttfessrs. Holmes and Golding, Midshipmen.
Pilot.
Lieutenants Annesly and l'enruddock. Mr.Thos. Herbert,
toatsvvain. Mr. Leigh, MaSter's MatO,

A. List of Armed Vessels and-Transports taken and dethofed
by his Majesty's Ships Thames, WCaZie, and' Pilot, -at
Arnanthea, 25th July, laic,.
Armed Vessels and Transports taken,
• Gun-boats—No. 20. 25, 36, iron 18-pounders. No. Ig,
45, brl(s,S 6-pounut.r. No. 64, irau, i - pvtilider. S cdrrot v
-brass 9-pats; der. Scarnpavi-, brass 4 pounder. Arnica pin-
nace, s‘yivels,
'rota} taken-6 gun-boats, 3 armed vess4 and .23 trans-
ports.

Ardied Vessels and Transports destroyed. -•
Gun-boat, N0..37
„ irdlB-pounder, sunk. Scaidpavia,
iron 6-pounder, sunk. Scampavia, iron 4-pounder, suink.
Transports, flute in number.
'rota' taken and destroyed—Seven gun-boats, 5 armed ves-
sels, 3t transports, Coasting vessels.
(Signed} Q. G. WALDEGRAVE.
'N. B. Commandant of the Fiotilla, Slgnior Carracci, Cap
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rain of Frigate:
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List 'of Officers and Men killed or wounded on board his
Majesty's ship Thames, .Weazle,arrd Pilot sloops, in an
Engagement with the enemy offL fimantlied, thd 2.5 th
luly •
Thames., Captain the HotnoUrat le G. G. Waldegrave.•
Fatrick l'inucane, private Marine,. killed. Thomas Dyce,
private Marine, :vounded. Richard Barris, Landman, ditto,
Edward Boswell, able's-eainan, severely wounded.
,Weazle, Captain Henry Prescott., •
Robert Rooke„ ordini.iy seaman; dangerously wounded: •
Pilot; Captain I. T. Nieho4s.
lohn Kelly, able seaman, wounded. George
poral of marines, ditto. .• • • ,
Several A t the 'enemy 'killed and wounded, 'number not
as,.:ertatued prisoners and deserters fourteen in number.
(Signed) G G. WALDEGKAVE,
• •N

Admiralty-office, Alv. 24, 1810.

'Extra& of a Letter frorr. Capt.llen, of his Mijestv's'Ship
Vol:int:tire, to Admiral Sir.: elwles Cctton, 13.1 a. datedotl
. St. Sebastkan'si.the 2.Sth iSto:
Fearful my Letter of the 2,2 d . instant may not

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