The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-16 00:00:00

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4ettyn of General Officers employed on the Expedition.
XI • '
aJor.General Hcslop. Brigadier-Geri. Gledstanes, Qp3r.,
ter
.and Barrack,Alaster- eneral tirgadier-GeneOl Oar-
c'ourt. Briodtet.:(;erieral 'Maclean. Brigadier-Ge:,eral Sir
.t.;,sharles Shipley, Chief Engineer.. Brgadier-Genewl,
bßarnsly, Adjutant-c;ltneral.. Brigadier-L.eneraP
.4rrovv. Brigadier-General lolin Skinner, Brigatitert.4o-
t. haries Wale. ; • •
(Signed) G. W.,kAMS•AY,
%Cc: I !Brigadier and Adjutant-General,.
deekwith, K. S. eottimaittler of the forces.

Admirults-Offlce, llicafh 15, 1810.
Dispatches, of which the following are copies,
'ete this morning rece.ved at this Office, by Captain
plale% of. his Iviajesty's sloop the Scorpiun,., from
ce'-Adknrral.lite il'Onourahle Sir Alexander, Coch-
ehnk., K. 13. Cotninancker ;in
~Chic ' of his ',Majesty's
Ps and vessels at the Leeward &ands, addressed
to John Wilson C'roker.,.EB4.

- • - lompSe,,Bassecare, Guadaloupe,St R,
...•. , February, 8 ?filo.
Haying on the loth January. left the charge
blockade of the Island of Ghadaloupe to 'the senior
t',.aptain then .preseal,. I proceeded- to, Fort Royal
42y, Martinique; where I arrived on- the. following
fight; and upon consulting. with his Excellency
Lieutenant-General Sir George Beckwith, the.Com7
!laander of the Forces, no time was lost in eplaarit,
'rig the artillery- and stores', and in sending,' the
sfitps of war to collect • the troops from_the
,several
lands and Colonies Ina his Command, intended to
s't employed on the aitack of ‘Guadat.A!f e. all of
Zilch I directed to- rendezvous iu Piiuce Rupert's
Y, Dominica.
On the Zed of January; our ntrangernents bring
tupleied, and the Lieutenant-Genetal with -his
11.rembarltrcl on board this ship, together with
aior-Genral Hislop, Brigadier-Geotral Harcourt,
od all the Heads" of Departments, we proceeded
Itwtb. several transports and hired armed ye sell. to
the
1e rendezvous, where; on my arrival on the'24th,
: had the pleasure to see all the ships a?senibiedorin
3ight of the anchorage, With the exception': of .three
four transports having troops on board 'which I.
tlawever sent
,out frigates' to tow in, and they.allaaaet
3 at Guadaloupe in time to give their assistauee.-
The army being divided Iwo two tlivlaions and
reserve, I ordered Cimunodure Billard, of the
Sceptre, about eight o'clock on the vbtli, to -go on
tv eh Saintes, with, the second division, command-
b,y Brigadier-GeneralHarcourt, to :tinge 'there
r the debarkation.
Os soon as the second division bad left Prince
• `'aPen's, I ordered the first to get under we gh
".z1 follow the Porupee ; and about noon of the 27111
hi anchored off
,Gosier,_ Guadaloupe, where having
2sted oat all the boats, the troops-of this citiasion,
tler the command of Major-Generalaislop; and
tinder the immediate superintenciane.e of the Com,
under of the Formal- left the ships about four
o'clock in the morning of the 28th, and proceeded
"ader the Orders of CommodoreFahte, to the. village
of St. Marie, wherelhey landed withobt opposition
4tnine, and soon after moved'onwards to Cabesterre,
ii the road to Trois Rivieres..
While this division was advancing, I sent direct
Ebbs to Commodore Ballard to get under weigh.
tont the Saintes with his division, to draw the enc.-
kY's attention, by'a feint, UITOII Trois Rivieres, 'by
thich, the enemy was deterred from opposing the
ogress of the troops through-the difficult Pass
rochien and after the cloie of the day he was.
Iltdeied' to land the troops to the-Northward of
;'asseerre,. which he effi:Cted, . without, opposition,
dout three leagues distant from the: town, when'
eY'rnarched Hi a direaion for the enemy's right,
followed along th.i shore in 'this ship the ittii,tei
the principal division which enabled rue t0..,..k0p
a 'constant communication with Sir GeOrgea
ckwith, and 'about noon- anchored in the bay, 6f,
bmis Rivieres, the enemy having evacuated all 414:
‘atteries as the army advanced.
i.'013 the 2(1 Of February, five days provisions hay,.
;log. been prePared, for the troopS, they., proceed!d on
the heights of-Pal-niece, and the shipping anchor,.
again about ' two miles to the northward of
zassverre. Af.lialf past six o'clock in the atter-
titi)", on my appearing off the-town, the Chiefs of
toe. Provisioaal GOvernment sent off a flag of truce
'lnplore t for themselies and, the town 'to
h‘
I replied by assuring the inhabitanti
,that
'heir
Persons and property should be proteitecend
;94 provided 'they gave up, the forts
fiflie oti comma:Wed he town,. but on theit.aending
t a second time to say they had no power on CCM-
tZtUi over the troops larriaonitij them, and that
i were only peaceable and detenceiess inhabitants
asseterre, I forbore to 'lire on the forts for fear
t2liaring the town ; buf.on the following day,- at
o'clock, I sent Commodore Fable with detach-
.ints of Marines from the ships to match in
"thr rake possession
.of and to guard all th#ialve-
qt nes leading-to the forts,. so as, to keep the eneny:a
tiro°°Ps in them in check, ,ydlich service was,,iek
tined greatly to my satisfadion.
In the forenoon of this day (3(10 we saw frpm
ships
.trigadiet-General Harcourt's division
rnlY -engaged with the enemy, who was beaten
Eckthe
.with considerable • and in the evening le Reserve, under Brigadier-General Wale, having
all.tned and beat the enemy's left in the mountains
Marouba, end gained this most important pass,
b 31 caned- him so much; and also being astonished'
the vigour of the attacks of the 'British troops on
eoh side, he on the following' .inolning fthe *b
it)
C2sted *flags of truce in all his positions; .
Atait -C4neral Ernouf sent his aid-de-canetilith ,
if opus ls.for the 'surrender of the Island. liiebn-
-6"9.llence of this. I immediate proceeded to-the

'rEIE SUN.

50r.E1 QUIS UICHRY F.ALs'qm AVDSA.T ?

LONDON,

FUJDAY, M.1:,C1- 16, 1810.

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I'# ccrs Woe&leci. Read Quarters of the tritsh camp, and it was
trigarfier-general Wale.
~ agreed that Commissioneis should meet at ten
Royal York Rangers—Major Henderson; Captains Stirelt. , o'clock on the bth, to settle the terms of capitu-
Darling, filmset, and Were.
Bth West India Regiment--Captain Grey, Assistant,Quarter . lation.
114 aste- General : • ' - .-.
'' i Brigadier-General Harcourt, and CommodorelSlh Foot—Captain Greirson, slightly. lst West India Regiment—Capt." Cassidy. ' I Ballard, were named for the purpose by the COM-
' . . .
3d Dine— Captain Ross, Lieutenant Gloster, M.r., Minn, wander of the Forces and me, and Colonel Faujas
' Quatter: Master. , , !till • . -"::- and Lieutenant-Colonel D'AlVymare were named
4th Ditto—_l:' Re'd. 4ti, Batt. 63 1 Foot—Lfentenani Renr.ier and Lieuted i ,',l 'at- ~,bn the part of the French, and the terms agreed on
11 -
u dgoaii, slightly. ~
I being ratified the next morning at eight o'clock,
4,1 ' -
:-,zo 1-,-,0r.. Lieutenant Campbell. I'l have the honour to enclose a ,cdpy of them, and-
t,',0,-.-} SA.e.i.er .4 the 34 West India itegiment,died,of fatigue. ! congratulate the Lords. Commissioners of the Admi-
N B. Besides the - abm;e, there were .oirty ! ralty on the accomplishment of this important con-
s,„7ess'l ly w,wliiit,tt, who joined their- corps, when . quest, achieved in. the short space of „eight days
'rmd (lb:ling 'the action. Many of the .men are frfrom the time of debarkation, by the skill and va-
-I"verely wounded, but the wounds in general look
- I -
'lour of the army.
. (Signed) . . • .
'Lveli: From the nature of the service, the seamen could
' ...
A.. BAILLIE, Inspector. not be much employed in actual fight with the ene-
' ' . .- -.' - :11)y, bui their exertions in conveying howitzers,
tfield-pieces, ammunition, provisions, 4c. to the
•i• troops, de.erve my reporting them to their Lord-
kl]ips in terms of the highest encomium.
-'i !" COrnmodore Ballard, and Capsiins Stanfell, El-
',liot, .and Flin, with detachments .of seamen, were
attached-to the second division of the army; and
Commodore Fahie, and Captains Dilks and Dowers,
to the brst division, with all of whoM the General
• is highly satistieu; as he is with the niariues landed
under Captain Abbot, belonging to this ship (who
is slightly wounded).„, I am also much indebted to
Captains Watson- and Vashou Ballard' ant' the
other Offi,7er, employed, for their great exertions;
as well'as to Captain Kempf, the principal Agent
! for Transports. And it is with peculiar pleasure
. r have again tn r,epurt to their Lordships the cor-
diality which ha, uninterruptedly obtained between
.:- the two services during the Whole of this Expe-
dition.
II send .herewith all the reports and returns I have
been able to col;ect. The only loss I have yet heard
''of in the' Scitiacirott is Lieut. Elliot, of the Sceptre,
killed' by a , cannon-shot in the advanced battery,
where he was a volunteer.
I have entrusted this dispatch to Captain Stan-
sell, Coinniander of his Majesty's sloop Scorpion,
woo, has been 'actively employed on this service,
and will conseqUently be able to .give such fur-
.
their payticulah as their Lordships may require;
and 1 take leave to mention him as an Officer
whose zeal and merits entitle him; to their Lord-
ships' protection.
f have the honour to be, &c. -
(Signed) , A. COCHRANE.

AftltlV AD-1 Dublin, t Gottenburgh,
Dublin, z Waterford.

We are this . day enabled to Ly. before our
readers the official account of the capture of Guade-
loupe, which was published this morning in a Ga-
..
zette Extraordinary. it would be an insult -fo the
understanding of our readers to comment at length
upon the importance of this conquest. BU6NAPARTE
wished fur colonies and .commerce, and he has now
lost all the numerous and valuable foreign posses--
sions that belonged to France, with h.e exception
of the. Mauritius. I-Te has 'no longer any, po—ses-

pions in the West Indies : there is no' longer any
shelter in that quarter for the privateers that used
to prey upon our trade ; and one ground, at least,
of our diipute with America is removed, viz. whe-
ther a Neutral had a right*to carry on the trade
i)etWeeß the Mother Country and her Colonies.

The Opposition in this country will, of course al-
low Ministers no credit for planning this expedition :
,they will continue to act
.upon their old system;
.they will exaggerate every failure, and depreciate
.ievery success; But the people of this.country will
!nct,..suffer themselves to be made the dupes .and
;tools ola party, clamouring about public.evilswith
the view only of promoting' their private interests,
iaddcreating, by their own conduct, many of 'the
;very tyili of. which they street so loudly to corn-
plain. The people of this country will do justite to
the wisdom with which the plan of this Expedition
was formed, as well as to the skill and bravery with
which it was carried into. execution.

The Gazette is so very long that we' can only►
giVe the more important parts of it to-day ; the Ar-
ticles of Capitulation and some of the minor details
'we must reserve till to-morrow.
f

We are unable to communicate to our Readers
any further particulars respecting the capture made
by the Horittia frigate. 3'he only account which
has reached the Admiralty is, that she has ,arrived
at the Needles with her prize.
When the Hazard left Ouadaloupe, the French
frigate Aertide, of the largest class, which escaped
from St. Maloes some time ago, hove in sight off
Basseterre, where two of our frigates and two
tad Ops were lying at anchor;
.diacovering the Island
to.be- in our possession, she stood back, which our
squadron perceiving, immediately. slipped their ga-
bles, and all four were in close. pursuit when the
Hazarc4 came away, and there is little doubt of her
being captured.

'''C'l7Atn.o.ug'tite latest rumours from the Cantinent
Ifirnoio
Li -extraordinary one indeed, Importing that the
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41,',.;t1.7011.21PARTE,- bad Eiddvaly -withdrawn from the