Star.
London, England, 1808-04-20 00:00:00

It Ditto-.-Captain Peter O'Shaughnessy, from t)te Royal York
Ranters, to be Captain of a Company, vice Suiperland, who
• exchalges Langford William Redwood, Gent• io be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Lynch, promoted in the 6th Garrison

ADMIRALTY OFFICE, APRIL 19.
copy ot a Letter from Captain Parker, of his Majesty's Ship
Stately, to the Hon. Vs'. W. Pule, dated off Zeelands Odds
moth c 5, 1806.
sir...lnclosed 1 transmit to you, for the information of my
viral
of the Admiralty, a copy of my letter to
Lora
,n,L... droiral Russell, acquainting him with the capture and de-
.....ett.-- A•ns of the Danish ship of the line Prince Christian Fre
..--04 14 gun:, . the night of the 22d of March. I have the
u" (Signed) GEORGE PARKER.
boor tO bel
Hi, Majesty's ship Stately, off Zealands Odde,
March 25, 180(h,
Sit—It is with much satisfaction I lave the ho-
llow. to acquaint you with the capture and destruc-
tion of the Danish ship of the line, Prince Christian
Roderic, of 74 guns. Proceeding towards the Great
Belt, in company with his Majesty's ship Nassau, at
tip. M. on the 22d inst. we observed a strange sail ;
yid the signal being made to chace, at four P. M.
Greenall on the coast of Jutland bearin7 N. W. by
N. distant ten miles, we discovered that it was an
oetrir ; and at five P. M. ascertained the chace to be
2 Danish ship of the line. I now saw that it was j
evidently the intention of the enemy to run his shipi,
es shore ; and as the night was approaching, he might I
hope that, in our pursuit of him in the dark, we would
have the same fate. This, I have since been assured, 1
os his design. At 45 minutes past 7 P M. Captain
Dtopbell, in the Nassau, got up with the enemy, and,
anop
closed ; ied the action; and in a few. minutes after the
c
a running fight was now maintained
statelY
a considerable time, the enemy fighting with great
tor
• obstinacy, until we succeeded in getting very near,
and gave some close broadsides, on which he struck
et about half past nine P. M. At this moment the
ships were within two cables length of the shore of
itgana ; and before my First Lieutenant who took
possession of the Danish ship, could cut away her an- ,
chor, she grounded. Fortunately this ship and the 1
Nassau brought up near to her. Duringahe remain- 1
in part of the night we were employed taking out
the !scoffs ; and at day light of the 23d it was j
found impossible to get the captured ship afloat, the '
wind blowing strong on the shore, and that therefore
the only course I could follow was to destroy her.
The necessity for doing this, and for placing our own
ships out of danger, soon became apparent, as the
Danes were preparing their artillery on the coast, and
as our ships were at anchor only two cables length
from the beach, they would have done us great injury.
After removing the prisoners and wounded, indoing
which we experienced much difficulty from the wind
blowing strong, and a good deal of sea running, the
isemy's ship was set on fire in the evening of the 234
and in a short time blew up. lam happy to say our
Vossbasbeen small. It is trifling indeed when compared 1
with the enemy, where the slaughter was great, he
having fifty-five killed and eighty-eight woundedi
we have, however, received considerable damage in
outlasts and rigging. The Prince Christian Fre,
(kick was a very fine ship, copper-belted, com-
mended by Captain Jayson, with a complenlent of
ix hundred and twenty men, and had five hundred
and seventy-six on board. I feel much indebted to
Captain Campbell for his zeal and ability in the coal-
mencement and during the action, and to the officers,
ship's company, and royal marines of his ship. My
warmest gratitude and praise is due to the officers and
seamen, and the officers and privates of royal marines,
of this ship, for their brave and gallant conduct dos-
pug the action, displaying throughout the cool intre-
pidity of British seamen. Tte same spirit animated
, both ships. I beg leavelp recommend in the strongest
manner to the patronage of my Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty, Mr. David Sloan, my first Lie for to whom I am greatly indebted, not only for
his brave and spirited conduct in the action, butalso
for his =wearied exertion in removing tile prisoners
and wounded from the Danish ship, and setting her
.on fire. He possesses, in an eminent degree, every
quality requisite to form the offeer and seaman.
• Herewith you will receive a return of the killed and
founded. I have the honour to be, Etc.
• (Signed) , ow. itsorizr.R.
pat of the Killed and Wounded.
STATALT-2 Seamen, 2 Marines, killed; ed Seamen, 2 Ma-
tines,wounded. Total 32.
Nassau—i Seaman, killed ; 11 Seamen, 5 Mazines, wcianded;
1 Seatnau, misaing.—Togal,l7.
Officers Wounded.
&ray ELT—lieutenant Cole, slightly t Kr. Lemon, Boatswain,
severely ; Mr. Davis, Master's Mate, slightly.
• NASSAU--Mr. Edward J. Johnson, Volunteer, Ist Clan,
slightly. (Sided) G. T.
Copy of a Letter from Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, Bart.
Commander-in-Chief In the East Indies, to W. Marsden, Esq.
Culloden, Madras Roads, Oct. 16,1807:
Sir—i him the honour to transmit to you, to by laid before the
l'ight Hon. the Lords Commissioners of the Adneiralty, a letter
from Captain. Fleetwood Pellew, of his Majesty's ship Psyche,.
stating the capture of the Dutch corvette shirsSciFias of 24 guns,
in Samarang Bay, in the Island of Java, on the 51st of August Is'tst,
together with the Dutch armed brig Ceres, of 12 guns, and a large
merchant ship under their convoy from Batavia, which have sine
arrived in safety at Madras. I have only to express my entire
satidanion at the judicious conduct of Capt. Fleetwood Pelew on
that occasion. I lune the honour to be, Sec.
(Signed) .EIDIIA RD PELLEW...
[For Capt. Fleetwood's Letter, sec the STAR. df.Manday last.]
MILITARY PRQMOTIONS.
WA fl-07716R, APRIL .I 9.
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Josepb Gain, Gent, to be Ve-
. terinary Surgeon, vice Sander', deceased.
tote
17th Ditto—Lieutenant G. T. W. Wallace from the 15th Light
Dragoons, to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Roytraft,
promoted.
14th Ditto—Captain Philip Philpot to be Major, vice
White,
deceased; lieutenant Vincent Beatty to be Captain of a Troop,
vice Philpot ; Captain Thomas William Taylor, from the 56th
Foot, to be Captain of a Troop, vice Saar, who eschews;
•Comet Joseph Mice Caisson to be Lieutenant, Ace. Beatty ;
Charles Pelischodtly, Gent. to be C,ornet, vire Gibson; Lieu-
tenant John Tenon to be Adjutant, vice Beatty; Assistant.
Surgeon William Bean, from the 22d -Foot, to be Assistant.
Surgeon, vice Lewis deceased.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign Henry Dawkins
to be Adjutant, vice Wynyard, who resigns.
Ist Regiment of Foot—F.nsign William Fraser, from the lot Sc.
tnetut Militia, to be Faisign.
ssiDittes—tientenant Arthur Cordell to be Captain of a Com-
rally, by purchase, vice Hobson, who retires; Ensign 1140130
Houghton, to be Lieutenant, vice Gordon.
6th Ditto—lieutenant Richard Bishop to be Captain of a Coco-
patsy, by purchase, vice Way, promoted in the 29th Foot.
6th Ditto—Gamaliel Nightirgale, gent. to be Ensign, vithost
purchase, aloe Ramsay, promoted in the Sid Foot.
t 7th bitto—Serjeant-Major Cranford to be Quarter-MW
tee, vice Neil, appointed to the Ist Royal Veteran Bat _alien.
• Alb Ditto—Ensign G. C. Harpour, from Halt Pay of the'sth Irish
-Bit e, to be fessign, vice Knox, who exchanges.
tab Ditto—Ensign John David Moulds, from the East Eases AC-
Etta, to Ise Ensign.
rth i. .tto—Lieutenant Charles Wilson to be Captain of a Com:
parry, vice Radcliffe, deceased;; QeoW Peevur, Gent. to be
Fcsign, yice Compton, deceased. • .

Battalion.'
20th Ditto—Lieutenant William Smith, from the 7th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Dumas, promoted in the sth Garrison
Battalion.
21st Ditto—Lieutenant William Conran to be Captain of a Com-
pany, by purchase, vice Horsburgh, who retires; Second Lieu-
tenant John Sabine to be First Lieutenant, vice Colgan.
22d Ditto—Captain Effingham Lindsay to be Major, vice Prome,
. deceased ; Lieutenant Haddon Smith to be Captain of a Com-
pany, vice Lindsay.
23d Ditto—Quarter-Master-Serjeant Sidney to be Quar-
ter-Master, vice Burgess., appointed to the Bth Royal Veteran
Battalion.
24th Ditto--Lieutenant Thomas Powell, from the 29th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Lozen, placed on Half Pay of the 62d
Foot,
29th Ditto—Lieutenant Elliot, from the 4th Garrison
Battalion, to be lieutenant, vice Bell, who exchanges ; Ensign
Andrew Leith Hay, from the 72d Foot, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Powell, appointed to the 24th Foot.
34th Ditto--Captain Richard Egerton, from the 89th Foot, to be
it Captain of a Company, vice Ord, who exchanges.
98th Ditto--Lieutenant John Philip Perry to be Captain of a
Company, vice Rogers, deceased.
. 40th Ditto—'Ensign Robert Moore to be Lieutenant, vice Darby,

deceased.
41st Ditto—Captaln William Evans to be Major, by purchase,
vice Campbell, promoted.
43d Ditto—Lieutenant Carlisle Hull, from the 9th Garrison Bat-
talion, to be Lieutenant, vice Joynt, who exchanges.
44th Ditto--lieutetzult Thomas Peacocke, from the 20th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, Without purchase.
47th Ditto--Ensign Nedhain Dymoke to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Oakley, appointed' to the Ath Royal Veterat
Battalion ; Ensign James Hutthinson to be Lieutenant, with-i
out purchase, vice O'Regan, appointed to the 10th Royal Ve-
teran Battalion; Ensign James R. Cochrane, from the 61st'
Foot, to he Ensign, vice Hutchiriaon.
snehDitto--I.ieutena.nt Charles Wright, from Half Pay of the
691 Foot, to be lieutenant, vice Gumming, deceased.
54th Ditto—Ensign Edward Teesdale to be Lieutenant, without
Purchase, vice Gardner, dismissed the Service, by the sentence
of a General Court Martial ; John Sharp, Gent. to be Ensign,
vice Teesdale. •
55th Ditto--Lieutenant Allan Macdonald to be Captain of a Com-
pany, vice Robertson, deceased; Ensign David Hagan to. be
ieutenant, vice Macdonald.
56th Ditto--Captain James Sandy% from the 24th Light Dra-
goons, to be Captain of a Company, vice Taylor, who exchan-
ges; Ensign Napier Christie Burton, from the Ad Foot Guards,
to he Captain of a Company, vice Thorne, deceased.
57th Ditto—Ensign William Cairncross to be Lieutenant without
purchase, vice Price, who resigns; Henry Oulton, Gent. to be
Ensign, vice Cairiacross. •
61st Ditto—Assistant-SurgeonMorrice, from the C
aPB
Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Howell, promoted id
the Sicilian Regiment.
65th Ditto—Captain James Keith, from the 83d Foot, to he Cap,
tab of a Company, vice Dyer, who exchanges.
67th Ditto—Lieutenant David Browne to be Captain of a Com-
pany, vice Bodkin, deceased ; Ensign Moore Scott to be Lieu-
tenant, without purehastss vice James, promoted, and Licata
nant TZ. B. Harrison to be Adjutant, vice James, promoted. 11
72d Ditto--Mackay Hugh Scott, Gent. to be Ensign, without pair- I
chase, vice Hay, promoted in the 29th Foot.
74th Ditto--Archibald Douglas, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Lyster, promoted.
119th Ditto—Lieutenant Alex. Lumsden, from the 94th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Burton, who exchanges.
83d Ditto--Captain George Lemon. Dyer, from the, 65th Foot, to
be Captain of a Company, vice Keith, who exchanges, and En.l
sign John Ramsay, from the 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant, with.
out purchase,*vice Camel, Appointed to the Ist Royal Veteran
Battalion.
Ilith Regiment of Foot.
To be Lieutenants,
Ensign Edward Crater, by purchase, vice Medley, who retires.
Ensign John Fraser, vice Vincent, deceased.
Ensign John Warren Barnard.
To be Ensign—Arthur Bernard, Gent. vice Fraser.
85th Ditto--Captain John Gibbes, from the 4th Garrison Batta-
lion, to be Captain of a Company, withoutporehase, vice Mcln-
tosh, promoted, and Joseph Lane Manby, Esq. to be Paymas-
ter, vice Austin, who resigns.
89th*Ditto—Captain George Frederick Ord, from the 94th Foot, tq
be Captain of a Company, vice Egerton, who exchanges ; David
Chambers, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Clifford,
promoted in the 7th Garrison itattalion.
91st Ditto--Lieutenant Dugald Cainpbell, sen. to be Adjutant,
vice James Campbell, promoted.
92d Ditto—Lieutenant George Cooper, to be Captain of a Com-
pany,' by purchase, vice Maclachlan, who retires, and Ensign
Roger Aytoun to be lieutenant, vice Couper.
94th Ditto—Lieutenant W. K. Burton from the 80th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Lumsden, who exchanges.
24 West-India Regiment—Lieutenant Thomas Daunt Lord to bi
Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Dewguard, ap-
pointed to the 6th Foot.
7th Ditto--Captain Malcolm Turner, from the Royal West India
Rangers, to be Captain of Company, vice Annesley, who
exchanges.
Royal York Rangers—Captain Henry C..Sntherland, from the
16th Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice tiShauglinesii„
who exchanges.
Royal West-India Rangers—Captain Richard Annesley, from the
7:h West-India Reels/lent, to be Captain of a Company, vice
Turner, who exchanges.
Cape Regiment—Actistien-Surgeon CheistainWilliam Bach, from
the King's German Legion, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Mor-
rice, appointed to the 6th Fqot.
Chasseurs Britanniques--Ensign Silvian St. George to be Lieute-
nant, vise D'Amiel, deceased. ,
Ist Garrison Battalion—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas L'Es-
trange, from the 4th Garrison Battalion, to be Captain of a
Company, vice Reynolds, appointed to the 10th Royal Veteran
114ttalion.
4th Ditto--Lieutenant Charles Ccx from the 24 Foot, to be Cap.
twin of a Company, vice L'Estrange, appointed to the Gar-
rison Battalion; Lieutenant Lord Fitzroy James H. Somerset,
from the 4th Dragoons, to he Captain of a Company, viceGibbes;
appointed to the 85th Foot, and Lieutenant William Bell, from
the 29th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Elliott, who exchanges.
7th Ditto--F.nslgn Nicholas Clifford, from the 89th Foot, tp be
Lieutenant, vice Taylor, a?pointed to the lit Royal Veteran
Battalion.
9th Ditto—l.ieutenant G. J. Joyntl from the 43d Foot, to belien-
tenant, vice HUB, who, exchanges.
Ist Royal Veteran Battalion.
To be Lieutenants, •

Lieutenant P. P. Cornell, from the 83d Foot.
Lieu Cie°. t&V HAUT DirIVT, from the st Garrison Battalion.
Lieutenant Alexander NeLachlan, fom the 42d Foot.
Lieutenant John Tayler from the 7th GorrisonSattalion.
Lielitalant John Thome, from the 56th Foot.
Ensign Thomas figgisert O'Sullivan, from the sth Royal Veteran
Bs n.
Ensigitil John Page and Thomas Nonoington.
Quarter-Master William Miller, from the 57th Foot.
Quarter-Master William Leivock, frorn the 21st Foot.
To be Ensigus—Serjeant James White', vice Leard, deceased;
Quarter-Master Johtl Nixon, from the Ist Dragoon Guards,
vice Bernie, promoted; Quarter-Master John Nel, front the
7th Fott, vie:: Page ; Serjeant Major Gtauger, from
the cd Foot Guards, vice Normington.
sth Royal Veteran Battalions--Quarter Mastei Patrick Ferguson,
ft cm the 1701 Foot, to be Ensign vice O'Sullivan, promoted in
the Ist Royal Veteran Battalion. •
fitl4 Royal Veterart Battalion.
To be Lieutenants—Lieutenant Bartholomew Unlanke, from the
• 62d FOUL ; Lieutenant Charles King Oakley, from the 47th
Foot ; Ensign, --- Davis, ZaChariah Wilton, Phi,ip Dow-
ling, Thomas Gaynor, William Hughes ; Quarter Master John
O'Brien, from the 32d Foot; Quarter Muter John Johnson,
from the 36th Foot. .
To be Ensigns—Quarter Master Samuel Burgess, from the Lid
Foot, vice Davis ' • Quarter Master P. Burbidge from the 4th
prageeet., vice Wilton ; Quarter Master William Tensity,
from the :td DrigoollS, vice Dowling ; Serjeant Edward Grin.
ter, from the Ist Foot Guards, vice Gaynor ; Serjeant
Harrison; from the Coldstream Guards, vice Hughes. ••
10th Royal Veteran Battalion.
Tolle Lieutenants—Lieuteaant Donald M‘Crummen, from half
pay of the Provillciala; LiJutenaat Thomas Stanton, from she
. .