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BERLIN, JULY 21,--A Royal Ediel haS been pub.
lisped here, which suspends the commeleial 14T:
liens with the United States of North America.
G 1; eels that no vessel coming from any of the Ame-
rican ports, or owned by an American,'shall be 011-
milted into a Prussian port, but on the cuntrr.s",
that all' such vessels. entering the harbours or poll'
of Prussia,,shall be compelled to depart. '
On the 25th ult. hee Majesty the Queen arrt-ved
at Hohenzierietz, :at the country seat of her father,
the Duke of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz; On the 30th
her Majesty was attacked with a lever and an Pi).
pression in the chest, and three days after, it Wag
discovered • that she had an abscess in' the lungi,
which had broke. All the means. in, the power'°f
medicine were carefully employed; hut her ditheoltY
of "breathing daily increased, ectompanitd willl
spasms Which atiength terminated thtaily.,,
On the 18th, his Majesty was 'wormed by 3
special messenger, that the' recovery of tile 'Coe"
was despaired of, and,that she vs as extremely do'''.
ous to see her spouse and Ler children. once wore*
His Majesty and farr!ilyarived at ',nearly hour on ti,c.
I9t h, and totted his spouse already in the ~gontes-ol
death. —She saw; hint at,d her children, lilld•urekttli'
ed her last at nine o'clock in the morning. Toe .n-Hi%
returned to Charlottenhurg deeply afilieted at 1.1i4"
calamity. The body will be conveyed to tiats ea,itte",
for which purpose a detachment of the Boey
has already warthed to the terti':-(TrrotICCI.I:.O-,
burgh. Her Majestywas born on the tour` 0'
Match, 1776, and married Cee c.:141-111 of .Deceinber,
1793: .•

juLy 25

DISPATCH FROM THE PRINCE OF ESSLING, TO •--

PRINCE OF. NLUFCkIiIyFL, MAJOR-GENgliAl,, &C.

Monseigneur—l. !Live the honour .to•
your.l-i4;hness of what passed oft the loth, preP4l3.
tory to the taltit,g of Clod Li
`‘ At tour o'clock in Ow inuri.ing we began t°
play !tom our 'built-lies wit Ii 45 pet:Ls n, u‘in;lo`),
mortars• or howitzers, which kept up a'. ury
and uninterrupted fire, both on the: biac

the defences of the besiegers, until four in the
noon, During this period each piece Of artUierC
discharged from 12 to 15 shots every hour. Tbe
enemy for some hoursireturned our tine in a vt-'1
feeble manner, and SOQII ceased firing —altogether.
• " At four in the afternoon General Ruty, Cour
mandant of the Battering Train, the ietnef of 13,11 i
tation and Commandant, of Ligineers Couche,
the Chief pt Battalion •Pelet, toy first Aithtle-CaroP'
were sent"to make a final examination of the breach'
:Three volunteers. were required to try wheiliertb°
breach was praaicable. Thirion, corporal. of We'
nadiers, in the 2d company of the 50th
.regiment
it
carabineer in the 2d battalion of the br
light infantry ; and chasseur of the 41°
company ,of the 2d battalion of the same regiment,
,
instantly offered themselVes. Theie brava
having climbed Ihe.t wo bleaches in the space ot,
few minutes, and gained the top of the second wall
discharged their pieces at the enemy, shouting
the same time " Long live the EmPefor," and de"
scended again with the same cool resolution. - 1 50:
licit for them the insignia of the, Legion of Hallo-1,.
This; gallant Icat, performed. in the sight of the
whole army, made the columns has'ten theis advito'
to the assault. The:columns consisted of -the
si chaseurl, miller the command of CalO'i
SlVrungting,:Adjoint 'of the Staff; 300 voltigeors
and 300 grenadiets, commanded by Ales.rS. I-M°l/i,
jj
(-Nei of Battalion of the 6th. Light Regiment, at
Duloyat; Chiet.ot Battalion of theVth
These troops reached the to:rt of .the breach, alie_
were just mounting to the asSanlr, wi.t.in the, vat
tinged hung out the white .flag• and serren,..oed
discretion.

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” The General of Division, Count Loison, """„i
mandaut of the '01: Marshal the Doke
Elchingen's corps,
,who commaA,d the
marched .at the bead of the B: igade oiSimon; '
passing_throtigh the-breach., immediately toolcOss-
sessioa of' the toWn, the'ramPartS,•hatterk's; Ote:
and place -of arms,. and posted guards at the tll4l-1;
zines of provisionS and military stores, and also-4°e
the public chests. Getrefal..Simon, at the saulc
Made the 4anishfgairison deposit their arms to.
arsenal; after which they returnedto their qtPrte
This operation befog ,terminated, General
himselfLoiO,
established himself on the ramparts, with the 800
jade of Simon, and there passed the night.
'Adjutant Commandant ilippert, to whom the ccle
nand of the 'place,. was confided, maintained t
greatest tranquility in it., • „
" The Spanish garrison consists of' bent',ed
and 7060 men, who will' he marched :in 1-I',
columns, to Bayonne; the first set oUt this oi°ro,
ing, and to-morrow and the day after will
be ,o l'
3
lowed by the other two. The hospitals eonta.lllely
great number of wounded, who will•be.successoc,4
retrieved. Wt....'have 'found in the 'place. 15
of artillery, a pretty large quantity of powder, yLde.
lead, and cartridges, which will be accurately'
tailed the inventory now making, .‘-tud
ba transtilit:ed to your Higiniess the. moment
finished.
a/
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, " According to the,: accounts of the Spanish
yernor himself, the gar rison, therownSlTKlP, °O,l
the peasants, have suffered considerably doribg '1;
siege. states t. 's4 Idieritßiiic` 11d
anis of 1000, .and that of the inhabitants) ,c
says, is still inure eiinsidemble.
tll
Itinistlf and, the garrison world' have BurreoLle,i` •
sooner, hail- they nor been ill-treated' by 11,1 e JO
bitantS. Moreover, all unite in complaining 0' de,
perfidy of the English, wfm,having promisedlol3,
.tour them, made them prolong their defence,
'at last, 'abandoned thew.

loos of

• Having 'hen present at all the operam
the siege:, I have been a crtostant witless or the c „,1
rage, zeal, at;d• perseveracce which tris INlajc'suir,
troops tipp, sed to -the t.h,;!acies,they had to 50e,
mount,. and the qevotion bravery of 11;e.Gc
ral a:,d the Otlict-iS ot the Ett,;;iP P- r{ 1„.1111
Artiile.ty. I 1,1}&1 „ay.: the 'Alotiour of Iorti1":"
addressin.t:;,tO-you-pr.titosa:t; ot rc',4ards
such Generals, ..Otticers and sOlrlier;;, .110e00
pared to me ware particularly ucs'..:rving of ld
jesty s bounty.
The'Lae,"ent .7-cpt'irt-,is the !-erittel aryl, coo
of those. which I have datlV taken ere ter
nil( to )o,t, respecting the operations of the
ltoerigo, I
tq
• ",I line the honour.to be, w th re4Ve—

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our Highness's most humble and obedient

!` The•Nlarsii,d, Prince of Essling, Commander
in Chia of the ArMy in Poriuo-ai,
" MilsgENA."

Flis tligheesethe Marshal, Prince of Essling, ad-
On the 12thJely, to his HightiesS the Prince
,'Artilchatel, a Summary report relative to the
,I)arations of the siege. The following are some of
ta,
_concluding passages
r. The
Governor flung out the white flag, and-
. Y surrendering at discretion, prevented the horrors
I.l4eParable from all assauit ; and thus, after the
~.„oit obstinate defence, and a terrific fire of 16 days,
j"l't this fortress, whidli was one of the last bulwarks
ti'f the insurreetion. It tell in"the 'presence of the
who hive dOne nothing for its relief, and
-1‘1.,'0 have excited against them the indignation of
garrison. and the inhabitants, to'whom they had
Ised their assistance. -
It is•imposSible to
,form an idea of the state to
t14i11e,4 Ciudad
.Rodrigo is reduced. Every thing is
ha„l*.l„red down and ruined, nut so meclias a single-
a;.-"se standing entire. There -ta‘e been upwards
D! 2000 teen killed, 'including the troops and inha-
The garrison, consttlng of 7000 men,
tlOwn their arms in the arsenal, on the entrance
• • our troops. Among the prisoners are, the Go-
. 1.1."" al
r, Doti Andre Herrasti, a Brigadier Coman-
(
pj',llt of Artillery, and two superior Officers of En-
F;ll,ee-rs• We have taken in the place 6 stinds of co-
, Lir'. 125 excellent pieCes of artillery, the.greater
t;art of, thembrass, 200,000 weight of powder,
cartridgaS; ar.d a 'considerable quantity of
and artillery stoles.
,1" The Marshal, Duke of Elchingen, condo6ted
• ' 'heoperations of the siege. His military talents,
!nd Ilia former services, are sufficiently known, to
iel'ider 'it necessaty for me to say no more than that
'e lists done all that could have been expectec-from
ti
Captain.
Marshal the Duke of Abrantes, who corn-
itilanded the troops of the two corps established on
left batik of the Agueda, made the best disposi-
lia"s to, watch and hold in check the armies of Lord
Oellington.
, General Eble, Commandant in Chief of the
4 rtillera, tiirecaed, in the Most distinguished man-
, 161 e, `r: all the oterafions of this branch of the service..
e,neral •
linty, who ••ommanded the besieging artil-
t"Y, diretted it with Much aniltry. All the Officers
n
'l'a' etc
,;rtment manifested great `..-vfavery. •
d C010,.el Valaze, Cotnmrindattt of the Engineer,
et4tirlei,t of the army and Siege, trianilested footlev
'4alltry 10 the direction of the vv..otjus; and, whilst
t`ialacling them with his usual 'activity, was
;:°l'nded on the crowning 01 ihe coutiterscarp.7-
lent.-Col.Couctie, who commanded the Engineers,
I),:evious to the arrival Of Col. Valaze, and afterafter his
1
,-"1'.4 Wounded; anev.'ed himself ticsa-Zvieg of that
sirable command. The Officers ef tlo branch
distil-goished theinselveslay tile Ing!test' The
08,je5 suffered, both by them and the Officers of the
•Arellery, atiord an incontes4.ole proof of the ob
r -:
, Irncy wt Winch both the attack and defence were
-onslucteti. •
• • .
'The highest pi ai,se is, chie:to the cOndoCt of Ge-
%
erid Soisnh, who took a great share in all the
.OPc-
Te„'t,i()ll+ of the siege; to that (ki GeneralNkrinef,s
''o cootplated the inveatment of the ilace under
• .'l'cutTnances of dffi ; cultvGere-ral Simon, who.
,
arrirtl ineeonvents and suburbs ; an•l G• o.
• ah t 4 General and ;superior Oiliatrse who hate
h
• conducted theMselves in the different ope-
uoi confided to them." '
Letters from Limoges, dated .the 15th July,-.men.
e(), ilia, arrival of the-Duke of' Castligione (Atige-
- cal) in that town.
naPrince Esterhazy and snite.passed through Nancy
P the 21st instant, on, bis return to Vienna from
;We learn frorn',,Madrid, that the Royal Guards
`lich are there assembled, are most- superb. They,
acre select torps formed on the plan of. the Inaperial
Their artillery is numerous, well disciplin-
c all'i commanded by experienced (..)fficers. .The.
a‘ 'airy is well mounted. •
JULY' 15".--It was. reported that the
in despair, had fought a general engagen'ent
int' „the Russians 'and obtained the vietory. This -
is which arrived by. the'way of Hungary,
.
Pat a•t confirmed ; it wants date anti cirettms..aaces.
elent of this' importance must- be soon
11;,°\`.'"- It is, believed, 'on the contrary, that- the
pursued their advantages. The first news
that quarter will be important.
'''ltarte from Tansvlvana, that General Collo!.
ralll4 "'hi) has the.colinnaod there, has, in conse-
T,'''nue of the military Operations belween.the
RI,Z,c It and Itissians, ordered sonic regiments to
frotn he interior of that Province towan!a
i„ 4114chia. Field-Marshal Sinda3ch&n, who 'corn-
, ,e-altda Seat:mike has also taken oleasures to co-
' rthe ..I\..cwri;in frontiers on that stile. There is' a
"t Austiians on tie side of Servia. These
`'"l3' to be considered as measures of precaution.
•
restArlidias,. JULY 20.-The Senate held a meeting
Y•
The Prince Arch-Chancellor presided.
-kCount Marsani, Envoy• Extraordinary from.
l le" to Prussia
tat , arrived yesterday- in Paris, on his
, tiro from Berlin.
, fA
elo--I)lrlvatee'r from Boulogne has ca ,tired at the
Nv* IP'
of the- Thames, three English vessels :laden.
h coals. g
a'tii 'he Dutch
,troops under the command of .General
tp 111,3ticeati, at the Hague, took the oath of fideiity
t,a..'' Majesty on the 21st and on, the 24th the.
oataTltt"l.gnard of the city of Amsterdam, consisting
Arch- °lit 3000, took -the oath in the presence of the
Treasurer.' General _Molitor is employed in
trtr izilstering it to the troops in the departments of
Gueldres, Overyssel, &c. The trews of`
''',l2lperitil and Royal squadrons lying in the Meuse,
ex(4l and before AmsterdaM, were sworn in
Naa ,P, resence of Admiral Count Haesaen, atter
of t,,'" the Imperial flag
•WaS hoisted in the place
Dutch, and saluted with-several discharges of
lilac amidst
The_e_eretuouy on all these occasions took
ahlidst reiterated exclamations of " Long. live
.the //t• •
. ,
I,lmi.l.4l,ccet, instant,
C:ao;sr,i_&,, under the head of TheAe,
hi, t vr . e air antoortae to an-
tht - 'at tileatratie with .Turkey will be open in
l'ace of a few days. The Government has taken
.tf dußist proper measures to Ltrour it-. Mag-Az!mv-s
•e13f31 are t<) be established at. C4l.l,!acit,Si•iseli, aiad

other platel. This commerce holds out inestim:ClAe
-advantages."

SC' LLA, JULY 9.—The two opposite shores pr&
sent a superb coup-dwit They are `covereci %vith
ttoops and batteries, and the coasts are lined with
ve,sels. We are it, momentary expectation of some
geat event. .. , . .

•
Brigadier-General Decons has arrived frCril:
many to take a command in the army here.

ROYAL CAMP OF .PIALB, JULY 9..—The eneniy
still continue to torrify themselves, particularly front
Messina to The-tower of the Pharos.: The English
had strcing an alarm yesterday, that they struck
their ca:np; zind s'ood to arms tilithis morning, when
they re-pitched their•tents."

BAYONNE, JULY t2...----General Reille, Aide-de-
caMp to his Imperial Majesty, has arrived here,
on his way. to Pampeliana, to succeed General Do.
four in the government, of Navarre: His division,
consisting of between 8 and )0,000, men, began
their march from this plaCe, on the Bth iriktant for
Spain. .
This morning arrived 'here between p.0r.400. of- -
ficers of all ranks, who escaped from.the Old.Castile
hulk at Cadiz. To-morrow
,we expect the privates,
and other individuals, who•were on board the same
vessel.

The arrival of numerous corps of troops is an-
nounced to us.

The Spaniards,
,to the number of 2000; under the
command pf Marquesito, who were lauded by the
English at the petty ports of Santana, Plenzia,and
Bermeo, did not make a long stay on Shore. In less
than 48 hours 10,000 men were-assembled to march
against them. To their great regret, the enemy
slid not wait for them, but, on :the contrmy, fled
with the greatest precipitation. . .

AVGSBURGH, JULY 520.--,Letters from Vienna
confirm
.the previous reportsfrom that capital re-
speoing the entire rupture of the negociation
tween the Grand Viz:er and General' Kawensky,
and the resumption of hostilities. ( The young
Greeks, who were studying medicine at. the new'
sent nary at Constantinople, 'have been sent. to join
the Grand 'Vizier.

BAYoNNE, 'JULY 18..---,The King of Spain has
not yet lett Madr d, but is daily expected- to set
out for Saragossa, from
,whence he proceeds .to the
3d corps of the army,' which has made preparations
to advance against the iilingdom.of Valencia, and lay
,siege to that city it it does riot AllbUlit.
We learn that of the three divisions of thecorps
in Arrtigon one has remained in the interior of that
„province; another has advanced upon Tortosa ,for
t lieporpse of besieging it. The third corps covers
the siege. 'An advanced guard of some thousand
men occupies the neighbouring, distri& of the
Nt_ri thern, frontiers of the kingem of Valencia,
The communication of the corps of Arragorvand
Catalonia is perfedly secure. The Catalonian in-'
sargems are driven into the almost. inaccessible
imiumains of their province. Marshal .Macdonald-
waS expected at Barcelona ; it IS supposed that he
intends to.cOncentrate his troops. .
. - The head-quart,-rS of the army are still at Seville,
.whew the Due of Dalmatia principally .resides,
and the central military administration s are .esta-
blr!.heti. •

General Sebkitiani relwins with his corps on the
borders of the province of Granada; he, also ()cm-
,
Fj,es the dtji:e, and, pa,ses.leading to MnrciA. The
.I),t,kopf TRVISO covers the approaches to Cadiz, as
wed on the side: of Algarve and. the Sow!) of Inc
pro,.tuce of Alt-ntajo as towards the chain of the
tnowit:lins of is reinadura: , . .

HAERLEII, JULY 31.—A newspaper published, at
Bud:), ii. liiingary, says, that on the I 4th uh'. during
the stay. 91,t1, Emperor. Francis at 'Mariszell,. he ra-
tified an otfenstve and defensive treaty, concluded
b.etweEti France anti Austria:

-i...l3Atltc,' to the latest ac-
counts iron) Naples,,theenemy attempted nothing
against ttte flotilla since the.27th June.. His -t Ma
jesiy on the 7th July,reviewed the division of Ge-
neral Larnarque, consisting of ten thousand men.
Tile enemy etnhcacech this oppo'rtuni,y ot sending
'out eight gun-bolts from iNless:,na. were,sut.::
.fervd to apprOaOU within grape-shot range, u hen
three field-pieces, manned by the artillery ot the
Royal Guatd, opened oathem, and soon coMpelled
them to a disgraceful retreat. '

We learn from Spain, 'that the insmectionary
war is carried ut, With'gretit2ctiviry in Estremadura,
where the insurgents are favonicl by the nature of,
the.coutitry. They are. not,, however, sufficiently
numerous or.discipline'd to attempt a serious attack,
and Genetal Regnier is always master of the p'fo-
Vince. 1-Ifs corps makes part of the Spanish armies
of 'Observation. •

. • .
SALTSButcGB, JULY 1 7.—Le: fers froin Teme'swar
dated the'stit mist. speak of a check which the Rus-
siattsh,ive experienced. Tim: Russians, it is said,
were pursuing their successes; -and considert-d
thertistdves as victorious in the battle riglitist the
Grind „Vizier, whena Paelo; Ibrahim, son of
Paella of Janina, arriving uncspetledly 4000
Annaibliart but-flanked the Russian army,
decided the ati-Itir.

•,
LYONS, JULY 18.—The marchitt of, troops to
Spain .has now ceased, ,wikh the exception of d,..-
tachwent;•.to Cotnplete the corpj of fn,ops and the
divi-i,ns of, andirry alreauty t tire. Eyen sonic: re-
giments of cavalry, that were already ott'teir march,
bavo been, ordered to halt for the present:

A young woman, who was at service in a family
at Gorleston, came to Norwich onTtlesday morn-
ing last, and procured a letter to be written for her
to tier parents, who live at Rackheath, in which ;
shetakes leave of them, declaring herself to be " in
good health, but very unhappy."-4n the course of
the same d y, she was seen walking at a quick pace,
along the Rackheath road towards the oprO-yard,,!
where she was found, ~hour an hour after; in a state
of total insensibility, reclining, with her head rest-
in- on her arint, against he grave of .a young man, ,
who had recently. died 9f a scarlet fever, to •whom
it was known hfl- aactions had been engaged, and
whose name (Nichol!) was signed to the letter above,
mentioned, as if She had been married to him. She
was,conveyed home to her parents, and shortly ct fir
ter expired.—An inquisition was taken on Thurs-'.
day; -wlttn' it appeared that,rthis unfortunate crea-
tUre,_ who was 'only. 19 years-of age, 'had destroyed
he: self by -swallowing a quantity' of laitdanum.—`,
Vettlict, Lunqc.g.

LONDaY GAZETTE, lag. 4,, 1810.

Downing-street, Aug. 2, I C 10.

. .
- fik Dip itch, of which the following is a CopV, iv'ai
this Inornia4 reee:ived at Lord Liverlaiol's Office; ad-
dles9ed to his Lordship by Lieut. General Sir J.
Stuart ; dated Messina, JUly i I, 18.10..

MY LORD,LMessina, lune It, vgio.
It is- with much pleasure-that I have the honour
of transmitting to your Lordship the within report
from Captain Read; of the 27th regiment., emplPy-
'ed in the command of the flotilla of gun-boats at-
tached to the services of this army; and-I hope the
vigilant zeal and a6tivity of this officer op, n the pee-
sent occision, in which an essential service has been
rendered, arid the 'gallantry td the officers and men
under his orders; and which was qt.:Ay displayed
by .those 'of his Sicilian Maj&sty; «rill appear to yoUr
Lordship entitled to favourable
I have, &c.

. .
.. • J. STUART.
, .. .
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•
' . SIR, . - Messina, lane ii, Oho.
Itv'sonsequenCe:of a report, receised frbrn the
Faro Telegraph on the e% ening of ti,e gth instant,,
that 'a convoy of enemy's Ft:.ssAs were in .sight off
Cape Vaticano, steering for Bagnara, I have the
honour to inform your Excellency, that I •got the
'flotilla under weigh, assisted by Captain Robilson,
Lieutenants Bass and Fhaine, and - stood diseCt for
Bagnara; accompanied by a division of his Sicilian
11lajesty's flotilla, under the direCtion- of Captain'
Vatoli. - .

At day-light thefullowing morning .we fortunate •
ly fell in with the ei.,:tny close to the Matisa, be-
twixt Bagnara .and l'alrni.; we attacked them in-
stantly, and I have great satistaßion in •aying.t hat
we succeeded in capturing fourteen large boats,
three of which are regular go n-boats, each carrying a
ctn. eighteen pbundei-; the :remainder ace store-
boats, laden with field:pieces, arhomnition, and prw.
visions; eight gun-boats that were ploce,l in front
of Bagnara, at a distance of Ont: hui:dr‘d yards from
each other, for the protection of the boats that were
drawn up on shore, were suck by the 'heavy anti
Well dieeded fire of our

I beg to, report the good conduct ,of the
,officers
and men; British and Sicilian ; they behaved with
a degreeLof coolness that dOes them great credit.
Our loss is trifling; considering we were obliged
to make the attack within 'grape-shot distance of
three batteties; it consists in one. man wounded,
and one Scampavia sunk, the crew saved.
During the engagement one of the Sicilian gun-
boats, (which' had got on shore. at the Faro Point
e;:rly in the morning,) in endeavouring to join us
was attacked, oti by three French Scatnpa-
vias, and I .am-sorry to say was captured witliont
the smallest resistance.

The. convoy, which ,consisted of four gun-boats
and forty store-boa'ts, .Were twenty; five days from
Naples.
_

I have the honourte be, Sze.
; , 'l'. ,READE, •
Captain comataudinglla:

Admiralty-Qffice, Augtot 4, 1 8 10.

Copy of a- Letter from Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, Rart
Louttniu4l,in Chief of his Majesty's ships awl vessels.
'int'he kletliteiranean, to Iohr) Wilson Croker,
oo board Inc San luset; 011,1 onion, I une 3, tBio,
SI It;

- I inclose herewith for the information of the
L'n-ds Commissioners of the Admiralty, ,cony' of a
let ter front' Captlin. Brenton, of the Spartan, giving
ttti account of ii''V'ery'gallant fought by that
111) against a • squadron of the enemy, in the
Bay 'ot l\laWe's- on the '3A ultimo. Any comment
ofkinine this,occasion would be supeifluous,
-after the clear and &Mina account given by
Captain Brenton of the a&ion; and the. manner in,
.which he enticed the enemy out ; I have, however,
to. lament a' severe wound this gallant' officer , has
received by a grape shot? though Ftrust not clan-
L,'rously.

___ .
I have no doubt their Lordships will duly appre-
ciate the condna of 'Lieutenant Wines, first of Olt
Spartan', who fought the ship after captain Brenton
was wounded.

I have the hom,ur„to be, &c.
(Signed) C. COTTON.
Spartan, offithe Bay of Naples,
May 3, 410.

SIR,

On the., Ist instant his 'Majesty's ships Spartan
and Success chased the squadron, consisting:
01-• one frigate of totty-two guns and three hundred
and fitly men; one corette of. fwenty-eight grins
and two hundred and sixty tuen,.one.,hrig 6f eight
guns and ninety-eight men, one cutter of ten guns
and eighty men.; .they succeeded in getting into the
Nlole of Naplc3,. fivourt d by light and partial
breezes ; as I- was sensible they would never leave
that place of refuge whilst two British frigates. were
in the-bay, I directed Captain.Ayscough' to Jemain
on my rendezvous, trout five to fen leagues south
west of the island of Capri, continuing with the
Spartan in the Bay of aiples.- - . ' •
At daylight this Morning we lia(11-11e plea-Sure of
seeing the et,cmy's.squadron. as before-Mentioned, •
re•inforced by eight standing towards us
in a close line.. The action- -at fiftysix.
minutes after seven-with the enemy's. frigate, cos-
changing'bromdsitie4 wheffyithin pistol-shot, pasiiug
along their tine. and culting• Of their; cutter..and
gnu-boats from the body 'of the squadron.. -The:
cue was under the necessity of wearing, to renew
jun6lion; but: -was pickented by. the S.dartan
taking tier. Motion On their weather I)C.3lrli, a close
and obstinate contest .ensued ; light and Variable
winds led u 5
.near the
.6.atleries or Biia4 the ene-
my's frigate making all- sail io take advantage _of
their shelter. The crippled state of the Spartan not
allowing her to,follow, we bore up, raking the.fri•- '
gate and corvette as we pa4sed them, -and suc-
ceeded in cutting off the brig.. The cor'eute,.
having lost- her. foretop-mast, effeCted her. escape
'with the assistance Of tine gun-boats; the : latter
bad,::during the,.aelion,.. galled us excessively by
laying on our quarter, -and. the severity..ot our
logs, having ten killed. and nineteen wounded,
may , in some measure- be attributed to this c.ir-
.cumstance, •
I was myself wounded abOut the middle of the
at-tion, which lasted two hours; but .my place Was,
most ably supplied by Mr..Willes, my First Lieute-
nant, whose merit becomes more brilliant by every
• , .
opportunity he has.of shewiug it ; he is without •
ception one of the best and 11. t gallant officers I
ever met with.To Lieutenants Baumgardt and Bourne. •

. • r • r .
I feel 'equally indt.t.t.ea for toncli"t
attd gallantry. • • Captain I-Xortq, a the Itoyal tngiiieFt'sf h d b :•.2n
sent with to e for the pnrpO,e of rectihnottrng
enemy'S Positions on the coast. (Jou this
I p•quested him, 16 take the command of the
ter=dei.k gun:, foreseeing that the,whol, at; ntion
of the Lieutenant and myself would be re-
quired in •.manceuvring the ship (luring thei-Ari: tJ
of Scq vice" we were likely to c'xpeet. .
was truly worthy of the, rel„nonship he, bea,s- to
my'distinguished friend Captain Horte, .of the Am.=

The intreillity and judgment of Slender. ehe
Ina.ter kkai ais,)vety cons,Ucuons. Nor Must I for-
het Mr. Dorm, the. purser,..l,yi:o took.ch rge et' a
of guns on the main deck in place or theft
officer, absent in a ptize with.eighteen men, (Which
reduced our nUniber to tkvo hundred
,and fifty-ight
at the cotnmencement of the W;tion), Nhere
;rc al5-
played the greatest gallantry. 'Ph:: aritest
is atsi du- ei,aii gan'and FAterell, of the
Royal Marines, whose eonuuct we.it truly deserving
of admiration,

I'he warrant. and petty r,ificers and ship's company
evince] a ilegiee of enthusiasm thst ass :red me of
success at the earliv:t. period Of the- a6tion. - • - •
To The light and fluttuating, winds, to the enemy
being so near then- own shares,
batteries, 'they are indebted. for the safety of ih.it
whole squlldrin, which at'a gfeater dist ,11ce 'from
the shore I do not iteiiitte in say ine, inustiliive fallen
inio our hanis.

Among theirtlied we have to regret. the I')s, of
Mr. Robson, th g.lste.i's Mate, a -young Joan of
great promise.

, .
I inclo,e a'Vst of the killed .rid wounded, and the
darnage3 cve hive oTherWise su4tained.•
I :rive the hoooiir to bey &c.
•
(Signed) ' . J, 131

List of, Enemy's Ships, &c. 'engaged by his ,Mijesty's
Ship beattitn, in-the bay ut Naples, on.-the:3(l of eddy
18io

•
Ceres Friote! of 42 guns and 33, men; severely •cripplcd,
escaPed ut,der the hatteritrs. •
Faint Cur ette, or 2,S.guns and .260 hien ; lust her foretop
mast, and otherwise severaly,“ippled.
Le Sparviere h ug, 0(8 guns and g inen; taken.
Achilles Cutts; of to guns 314 b.. men ; escaped under the
batteries:
. •
Eight gun-brats, each with i twenty-four pounder and 4a
men, ditto.

R ecapit u tion

. „
':tom he► and the gun-boats; the enemy abandoned
{he'll, as he also did. two other batteries which.corn-
nia !,!.d the entrance of •a large lake that extends to
the tower and citadel.

The-citadel of St-Maura is 'situated•upOn a low,
narrow neck-of land, prpj,-!klit* into-the' sea on. the
North-eest end of i he island, ancl-tliouh nearly Sur-
rounded by the sea, is, from its etnbayed position
and-shallowness of the water, unassailable by ships.
The wait of secure anchorage on that side .the
'island obliged me to place The transports in a port
six or seven miles from whey' e the operations were
to be Carried, on. As soon as the troops were landed
they began their, march, towards the town, which,
was giken up without opposition, and taken posses-
sion of bl:giotr;o,;Lo.tye and a body of troops ; ano-
ther diOsioCceniinued on its route towards the
citadel. I thought it necessary, to accompany the
General in order to -facilitate' such- supplies, and
co-operation from the ships as the circumstances of the
moment might Make necessary. When ws reacheil
the Northern shore, it was diScovered that the ene-
my had constructed two strong redoubts upon the
neck. of land, a considerable distance in advance
of the Citadel, -and which it was necessary to drive
kin) from, before any thing could be undertaken
against the -principal work. A battery of two guns,
still further in advance,- the enemy had been forced.
to abandon by a detachment of troops under the
command of Major Church. The Leonidas was then
only a few miles from the shore, and the weather be 7
log fine it was judged- a favourable opportunity to
make an imlnediate arid, joint attack upon the first
redoubt. Captain Brisbane, Who was with me, ever
anxious to render Iniuself of use, volunteered to take
any eaters to the Leonidas, and I therefore sent di-'
rections by hint to Capt. Griffiths to anchor as, near
to the redoubt as possible and cannonade 'it, which
was executed with his .usual promptitude. The
troops, at the same time, with the General at their
bead, .advanced,undet a very heavy fire of grape and
Musketry to the assault, (hove the enemy from its
entrenchments at tie point of the bayonet, and fol-
lowed him so close that he. had not time to rally at
the-second redoubt, bit tied through it ,Aittiout
stopping, and was pursued close to the walls of the
Citadel. The acquisition of these posts, which.
from that tuotnent we retained pos‘ession of, was of
the greatest importance to the future operations.
Being (n)sell woundt:d in the head, I was under

the nrcessily, for a few days, of giving up the naval
arrangements to Captain Brisbane, to whose zealous
ardour, whatever service he is employed upon,' it is
impossible-for me to do snfficient justice.
On the 250:), finding myself able to give all such
directions as could be necessary for the service go-
ing forward, and that it was very essential to' in-
crease the force on the Northern side of the Island,
I.dirthed Captain Brisbane to proceed there in the
Belle Futile, taking with him the linogen and gun-
boats.

,Captain Stephens had been wounded in: the foot
at the 'storming of the redoubts, but too zealous
to allow it to interfere with his personal exertions.
•1 am,soriy to say,that he still suffers 'from it very
.considerably.
Ten of the Magnificent's guns were landed, and
one lowdred and fifty seamen, under the command
of-Lieutenant Astley, whose assiduous attention and
ativitytin-performing every duty entrusted to him,
the General speaks of in strong terms of approba•!
Lion.

On the 30th the Montagu joined me. Captain
Mowbray by the greatest exertioris had.re-hung his
rudder at Zinte, and lost not a moment afterwards
in following us. On her arrival two of her lower-
deck guns were landed, and one hundred of her
seamen, to do duty on shore. lat the same time
directed Capt. Mowbray to superintend all the ope-
ra:ions that wtre going forward, that no assistance
• which the ships could give might be omitted.
On the-7th of April I left the transports under
the care of tie Montagu, and proceeded to the op-
posite side of the island, where our batteries opened
the following morning. The seamen of the Mag.
"nitiLent, in consequence of the ship going to. sea,
were withdrawn from the shore, and an additional
number sent from the Montagu, the whole being
then 'under the command of Lieutenant Lyons of
treat shy.
The only way that the citadel could be approach-
ed with cannon, being by a narrow neck of land,
and which is composed principally of a loose gravel .
thrown up by the sea, the difficulties in erecting
our batteries had been very great, but the ardour
and energies of the soldiers and sailors, animated in
every danger and every fatigue by the continual pre-
sence of General Oswald, rose in proportion-as the
'obstacles presented theMselves.,
Captains Brisbane and Griffiths, with the masters
of th'eir ships, took great pains to, sound about the
citadel, but it was found impratticAle to carry the&
ships nearer than a mile. On the sth the 'Kings-
fisher joined from Malta, and information having
been received that the enemy had made great prepa-
rations at Corfu and Parga, to throw in supplies to
St. Maura, I directed Captain Trilion to keep under
weigh at a short distance in the offing, and Captain
Stephens to anchor in the Imogen, just out of gun- .
shot of the enemy's works. The vigilant attention'
paid by those Officers w that important piece of
duty is highly creditable to them, and-I believe not
a boat made its way. The Citadel kept up a spi-
rited fire till the night of the !bill, when a detach-
ment of troops, .under the command .of Colonel
Moor, drove the enemy from an advanced entrench-
meta, and-lodged itself in their place. A very heavy
tire of grape and musketry continued for many hours,
but the 'enemy finding that the British troops were
immovable, and that his own men were picked otf
in the embrazures, he sent a flag of truce to propose.
germs of capitulation. Captain Mowbrdy and Co.
tonel LOy,-e were authorized by the General and tny-c
'self to treat with' the Governor, and in a short time
the term' which I haste the honour la inclose
were agreed upon, and that night the gates put into
Our posses,ion.
It is a great pleasure to me, Sir, to represent to
you the flattering terms in which the General speaks
of the uninterrupted good con;tuCt of the seamen
-atnl marines employed on shore during this siege,
and which is sb creditable to the Officers who were
with .them ; and though the part which the ships' •
could take, from the.pecoliar situation of the place,
was very limited, yet I am sure you will readily be-

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neve, Front the know► . chArsaer of those t
had the, hUnrour to' have under my command, that.
the Greatest zeal and anxiety Was shewn by them
to (lo every thing that t. as possible. .

The assi4ance-I 'received from Captain Mowbray,
and his unremitting attention ro every piece of
duty that w,s going forward, demands my warmest.
acknowledgments.
To Lieutenant Elphick, the -First Lieutenant of
the Magnificent, a very gallant and zealous Officer,
I am much•indebted for his avention and assiduity
at a tinie when I was unable to exert myself as
usual ; and it would be injustice if I omitted to men-
tion the readiness and alacrity shewn by Lieutenant
Russell, Agent.of Transports, in attending any duty.
which was required of him, when the. Lieutenants
of the Magnificent were employed on shore. .
I transmit herewith the Capitutlation signed by
General Cantos, as also Returns of the artillery and.
ordnance stores, taken in the Oadel and advanced
batteries, anu Lists of the billed and wounded be-
'hinging to hi Msjesty's ships under my orders.
I haVe the honour t., he, &c.
(Signed)' GEO. EYRE. -
To George Martin, Esq. Rear-Admiral
of the Red, ace.

:A return of Officers and men belonging to hit Mijery's ships
Magnificent, Montagu, Belie Ponle, Leuni,:as, and I inugen,
killed and wounded at the siege of St. Mauro, between the
?.tst Mach and iftit April, 124.,0.

Magnificent, 3 killed, 9 wounded. —Montagu, 4 killed, zr
wounded. —Belle Poule, 6 wounded. --Leonidas z wounded.
Imogen, I wounded.
Names of Offi,.eri.and men killed and wounded.
Maguificent.—)gilled'.— Bart holomew Murphy, Private Ma-
rine. Charis Green, erivate, Marine. - rolui Doyle, Pri-
vate Marine.

Wounded.

! George Eyre, Captain, severely. Joseph Allen, Marine,
t ditto. Thomas Webster, Marino, ditto. Daniel Wilson,
Marine, ditto. Robert Brown, Marine, slightly: 1 has.
I Minshaw, Marine, ditto. Cohn liaAot, Marine, thrto.
George Wilson, Marine, ditto. Richard Benton, Marine,
ditto.

Montagu.—Killed.

William Quinn, Quarter-Master's-Mate. john Williams
(a), Marine, Thomas Seaga, Marine. Charles Gay,
rice.

Wounded.

W. H. Snowe, Captain Royal
,Marines, severely. -James
• Jeffery, Landman, ditto. Thomas Lackey, able Seaman,
ditto. William •Bickerstatt, Landman, stightly.' Patrick'
Calaghan, ditto. William Cockhain Landman. severely.
Samuel Adams, Landman, ditto.. )ohn I taggarty; Set-
jeant Marines, ditto. William Lowe, private Marine,
ditto. John Charles, private Marine, ditto. I,,seph
Oply, private Marine, .ditto. William Prnwn, private
Marine, ditto. Daniel Hallacy, private Marine, ditto.
Samuel Logan, Corporal Marines, slightly. botin Sower-
by, Captain After Guar ditto. Paniel Blake, able Sea-
man, ditto. George Hi‘tchinson; Qu rter.Master, ditto.
William Ball, Landman,-ditto. Min Brown (I), Land-
man, ditto. William Stratton able Seaman, ;ditto.
Henry Holman, Ordinary Seaina,o, ditto.
- Belle Poule.—Wounded.
Arthur Morrison, ad Lieutenail Royal Marines, slightly.
• William Baker, Private Marine, severely. James HOoper,
Private Marine, ditto. William Millard, Private Marine,
slightly. Nicholas Allard, Private Marine, ditto. . lames
Bowden (t), Private Marine, ditto.