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has been happily
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appearance of
After being invested by General Regnier's army
during seven weeks, and battered for six days by 14
pieces of heavy ordnance, the little Castle of Scylla
has fallen into his hands : but I have the heartfelt sa-
tisfaction es add, that not one of the gallant garrison
placed under my orders has become his prisoner.
In the latter end of, December, the arrival of
troops and ordnance stores at Seminara left me no
room to doubt the enemy's intention of besieging
Scylla, and parties of the peasantry were accordingly ,
sent out to render the passes of Solano impracticable*
and to creme obstacles to his advance, by cuts across
the variolis paths which lead from the heights of
Milia dawn to Scylla. This work, as well as the le-
velling of the fences, acc. proceeded rapidly and ef-
fectually under the direction of Captain Nicholas,
Assistant Quartes-Master-General ; when, upon the
31st of December, the advanced workmen, and the
out-posts of the masse,were driven in by three French
battalsons, and a detachment of Cavalry, under Ge-
neral Met, which took post upon.the heights above
us; and on the following day Regnier brought isp
two more battalions, and spreading his out-posts to
Favezzina, Bagnara, &c. completed the investment
of the town. At this time the garrison of the Castle
consisted of about two hundred British, and from
four to five hundred masse occupied the town.
The enemy's troops were now incessantly employed
in forming the roads necessary for bringing his heavy
ordnance from Seminara, while we laboured to ren-
der the approach to Scylla difficult, and harassed the
French by constant attacks on his out posts with
parties of the masse, and occasionally with boats. In
some of these partial actions the enemy suffered se-
verely ; particularly in a night attack at Bagnara,
where the voltigeurs of the 23d light infantry were
cut to pieces.
Owing to these checks, the French were retarded
until the 6th of February, when they descended the
heights in force, and came within a distant range of
our guns ; and from this gay they honoured ourTtttle
castle with all the detailed precautions of a regular
siege, in covering his approaches and communications.
The skirmishes between the enemy and the masse be.
came very serious : the latter displayed great gallan..
try ; and enjoying the support of the castle guns,
obliged the French to purchase their advance with
heavy loss ; but, on the 9th, were obliged to yield to
the numbers of the enemy, who assailed the town on
all sides ; our guns,loweveri covered their retreat ;
and I had the satisfaction of sending off these brave
peasants to Messina without leaving a man in the
enemy's hands.
The force which General Regnier had brought to
beiiege Scylla, consisted of a body of cavalry, the
23d light infantry, the Ist, 62d, and 101st of the line,
in all about six thousand men ; with five twenty-
four pounders, five eighteens, and four mortars, be-
sides field pieces.
On the morning of the 11th, he opened his batte-
ries, directing his efforts to the destruction of our up-',
per works, and the disabling of our guns ; while uuej
der cover of this fire, he laboured to establish twp
breaching batteries, at three and four hundred yards
distance. It was not, however, till the 14th, that our
parapet and guns.were rendered totally useless ; nor
till then did the slaughter abate to which their parties
employed on the breaching batteries were exposed
from our grape and shells.
From this time our defence was confined to mus-
ketry, as our guns lay buried under the ruins of the
parapet, and the close fire from five 24-pounders be-
came incessant. In the mean time we discovered him.
attempting to mine the right bastion, upon which be
continued at work for three nights, but I appreheeil
without the expected success.
In the night of the 15th, the French pushed rouusl
the foot of the rock, with the intention of destroying
the sea staircase, but we happiirdiscovered them, and
beat diem 'off with the slaughter to which their des.
perate situation exposed them.
The fire from the breaching batteries had been va-
riously directed till the evening of the 16th, when they
bent their undivided fury against the left bastion with
such success, that the breach would probably have
been practicable by the following evening. It was
under these circumstances that I received your orders
to evacuate the Castle, and have the great satisfaction
of reporting, that we accomplished this yesterday'
morning, in full view of the enemy, and without
leaving an individual behind. She approach of the
boats from Faro gave the French. full intimation of
our design, but the tempestuous state of the weather
obliged us to seize the short opportunity of an hour's
lull. Every battery poured its utmost fire upon the
Castle, and subsequently upon the boats ; while in-
fantry with field pieces tried the breach on either side.
The garrison was drawn off in succession, and the
embarkation effected with the greatest order, not-
withstanding the tremendous fire of grape, shells, &c.
Our loss in the operation was small ; and before we
were a musket shot distant, the French were in the
fort. The masterly arrangement of the transport
boats and men of war launches upon this occasion
does high honour to Captain Trollope, of his Majesty's
ship Electra, who personally superintended this ser-
vice ; and the conduct of the officers and men under
him was marked with all the coolness and dexterity of
British seamen. I regret to add, that one of them
was killed in the operation, and ten wounded, some of
them dangerously. The uniform good conduct of
the garrison which I have had the good fortune to com-
mand, demands 'my warmest
.gratitude ; and their
intrepid spirit during the siege is hardly more com-
mendable than the zeal with which they went thro'
the heavy fatigues that preceded it.
The detachment of the Royal Artillery was highly
conspicuous—the excellence of their gunnery was
proved by the severe losses which the enemy had sm.*
tained ; and I cannot too strongly express my sense
of the skill and indefatigable zeal which Lieutenant
Dunn has displayed throughout the siege.
I feel highly indebted to the exertions of Captains
Cruikshanks, of the 62d, Jordan of the 27th, and Prin-
gle of the 21st, as well as to the officers and men un-
der them.
From Lieutenant Dickons, of the engineers, I re-

and my Adjutant, Liente-
has been throughout in-
without expressing my par-
Nicholas, Assistant Quarter
abilities and activity Ten-
' useful. And I have the saps
_ or reflecting, that the support I have received
from sill ranks has enabled me to sell Scylla dear; and
that General Regnier has obtained possession of this
little heap of ruins with the loss of several hundreds -
of his best troops.
A return of our killed and wounded is annexed.—
We have lost some gallant men ; but considering the
weight of the enemy's fire, the number is by no means
great.—l have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) G. D. Ronannow,
Lieut.-Col. Commandant Scylla Castle.
Return,ot the Killed and Wounded of th; Detachments forming
the British Garrison of the Castle Of Scylla, in Calabria, froth
the 4th to the 17th of February 1806 ; vb.
Royal Artillery-3 Gunners, killed; 1 Bombardier, Gunners,
wounded.
27th Reg. Ist Batt.-3 Rank and file, killed; 14 rank and file
wounded.
Ssth Regiment-3 Rank and file, killed ; 6 rank and file
wounded.
624 Resin's:ET-2 Rank and filetkilled ; 2 rank and file, wounded.
Total-3 Gunners, 8 rank and Me, killed; I bombardier,
8 gunners, 22 rank and file, wounded:
(Signed) J. CA/MILL, Brig. Gen.
Adjutant-General.
Messina, 20th February 1806.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, APRIL 12.
Copy of a Letter from Admiral, isdoategsi, Commander in Chid
91 his Majesty's Ships and Yawls at Pertunouth and Spithead,
to the Honourable W. W. Pole, dated en board the Royal
William, at Spithead, the 11th instant.
Sir—Be pleased to lay before the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty the inclosed Letter from Captain the Honourable
D. P. Bouverie, of his Majesty's Ship Medusa, staring his having
on the morning of the 4th instant, fallen in with and captured
FActif, French lugger privateer. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) . ono. MONTAGU.
His Majesty's Ship Medusa, Ditnnose N. W.
E. W.ll Leagues, April 4, 1808.
Sir—l have the honour to inform you, that I have
this morning captured l'Actif, lugger privateer, of
Dieppe,of 1 ihnins. There‘iere two other French lugger
privateers in sight at the time, one of which'being very
near to leeward of us, I have every reason to expect
we should have taken, but that it was necessary to
examine four merchant vessels, among. which the
privateers were when we first saw them one of these,
a coasting sloop, we retook ; the otheis had not been
boarded by the privateers.
The three privateers left Cherburgh together yes-
terday morning ; and last night took a coasting sloop
besides the one above-mentioned, which we have not
seen. L'Actif, as it appears by her Log Book, has
made but one capture, a collier brig, during her dif-
ferent eruizes in the Channel, since her first fit out in
the beginning of December last. I am, &c.
• (Signed) D. P. BOUVERIE.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
ORDNANCE OFFICE, APRIL 9, 1808.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.
To be Second Lieutenants—Gentlemen Cadets Mark Evans, vice
Morris, deceased ; John Davies, vice Simmons, promoted; John
Pascoe, vice Harding, promoted ; George, T. Rowland, vice
(L S. Moore, promoted; Samuel Phelps, vice Syne, promoted ;
George Birch, vice Wookombe, ilromoted. Dated April 4,
1808. •
Commission in the Renfrewshire Regiment of Militia,
• signed by the Lord Lieutenant.
Charles Spooner, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated Feb. 5, 1806.
Commissions in the Argyll and Bute Regiment of
Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant.
Ensign Neil Sinclair to be Lieutenant, vice Kinigan, appointed
in the Line • James Mthstyre, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Sin-
clair, promoted. Dated April 2, 1808.
BANKRUPTS.
William Bran, of Dover, Kent, butcher, dealer and charism, to
surrender April 25, 26, and May 24, at ten, at the Marquis of
Granby Inn, Folkestone. Attorney, Mr. R. A.Webb,Folkestone.
Robert Daniel Clarke, of Wareham, Dorset, linen-draper, dealer
and chapman, Aprilel6, 26, and May 24, at ten, at Guildhall,
London. Attorney; Mr. Blapdford; King's Bench Walks,
Temple, London.
Jacob Joachim Levy, at. of Aldgate, High-street, London, fee-
theranerchantolealer and chapman, (but now a prisoner in the
King's Bench,) April 90, at twelve, May 10, and 24, at one, at
• GuildhalL Atturnies, Messrs. Getty and Redden, Angel-tour;
Throonorton-street, London.
David Puller, late of Cannon-street Road,. Ratcliffe Highway,
Middlesex, now a prisoner in the King's Bench,) mariner,
dealer and chapman, April 23, at two, April SO, and May 24,
at one, at Guildhall. At:orney, Mr. Aspinall, Quality-court,

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Chancery-lane.
Angel Raphael Louis Delaunay, of Blakeley, Lancashire, dyer,
dealer and Chapman, May 2,3, and 24, at three, at the Spread
Eagle Inn; Manchester. Attornies, Mr. Swale, Great °IMOD&
street, London ; or Mr. Wm. Nabb, Manchester.
Isaac Hartman, late of Liverpool, banker, but now a prisoner in
the 111Ing's Bench, May 3,6, at the Globe Tavern, Liverpool,
and May 24, at the King's Bench Prison, Surrey ,at twelve.—
Auornles, Mr. Woods, Liverpool, et Mr. Bladistock, St. Mil-
dad's-court, Poultry, London.
S ameel Sams, of the parish of Bathwick, Somerset, bookseller,
stationer, schoolmaster, dealer and chapman, April 16, 2.4, and
May 24, at eleven, at the Castle and Ball, Bath: Anomie., Mr
Edmunds, Exchequer Office, Lincoln's Inn, London; or Mr.
Miller, Bath.
Robert Stevens, of PercivaPstreet, Goswell-street, Middlesex,
silk skein-dyer, April 16, May 3, and 24, at twelve, at GM&
hall. Attorney, Mr. Benjamin Wilson, Devonshire-street,
Bishopsgate-street. • •
James Bartlett, of Whitecross-street, London, wool-merchant,
dealer and chapman, April 16, May 3, and 24, at twelve. at
Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. John Pullen, No. 34, Fore-strtvt,
Cripplegate.
John Dand, of Kirkby-Stephen, Westmoreland, banker ant ma.
nufactsrer, dealer and ebapman, April 16, 30, and May 24, at
ten, at Guildhall, London. Anoraks, Messrs. Bourdillon and
Hewitt, Little Friday street, Chmride.
Christopher Perkins, late of &names, Glamorganshire, shopkeer,
er, dealer and chapeaus, April 19, 26, and May 24, at one, at
Guildhall, Loads's. Attorney, Mr. Field, Fridarstreet.
Robert Barber, of Oxford-street, Middlesex, jewenw, dealer and
' Chapman, April 16, 2S, and May 24, at one, at Guildhall.—
Attorney, Mr Wild, Warwick-square,Nentgate-street.
Francis Feuton,of Shetheld, Yorkshire, merchant and factor, April
29, 30, and May 24, at eleven, at thff Tontine Inn, Sheffield.—
Attornies, Messrs. Sykes and Knowles, London ; or Messrs.
J. and J. Wheat, Sbeseld.
DIVIDENDS.
April 11. John Smith, of Manchester, cotton merchant, at three,
at the Dog tavern, Manchester.
April 9. Joseph Rowland, of Gu=ke-place, Fetter-lane, Lon,
ler era!, at ten, at G
Hanslip, of Stradbrook, Suffolk, tanner, at
twelve, at Guildhall.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
Richard Witte, men. of the Pageants, Rotherhitbe, 600 p-bender,
and John Robertson Bell, of Fenchurch-street, ship and ship-
insarance•broker. April 7, 1806.
George Mathews and Thomas Turnbull, of Laurence Poutney.
lane, Cumin-street, cotton-merchants: April 8, 1808.
Will= Sharpe, of Louth, plumber and glazier, Samuel Walker,
on Manufactory, china-manufacturer, James Wal-
kers of amifitemee, Benjamin Booth, of Gainsboroirgh, '
Arl
eta, and William Billingley, of Brampton Manufactorylor-jay, Lincolnshire. Nov. 21, 1907.
Jonas Whitaker and George Merryvreather, of Barley, Yorkshire,
cotton-sp inners. April 5,1806.

.e.IST-INDII INTELLIGENCE.

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relibeLelliotlieusaP"^--
vernlnoetellGcnigeneeace was received this ho
Faswadiaecivlied.ofatfiouse,
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dinay,eo:lliseee 9th ileisoftantzef. rreofmraethtneryßaignh tha
cos
duct of Doondea Khan, a zemindar and farrnet
-
land in the district of. Allyghur, in the conquerm
provinces, in having committed the most fa le;
acts of violence towards the inhabitants of the -
- Of, Ivinsrrtunnee, in constantly resisting the leg
I village
thority of the Judge and Magistrate of that aim;
and in contumaciously withholding payment
ajar,. •
sums on account of the revenues due from him
the Company, it was deemed indispensibly nee,„._
sari, that measures should be adopted for the --
re.
duction of the forts belonging to Doondea Khaa4ua
for the apprehension of his person, in order thar-rj;
authority of Government might be fully established
in that part of the district of Allyghur, that the pdb,
lie revenue might be secured, and that Deo; d.
Klan, ninth: his adherents, might be brought to trial
before the Courts of Criminal Jurist!'on ic , for oils
offences With which they stood charged.
For the' purpose of effecting these important oIN
jects, a force was ordered to advance to Commons,
principal fort belonging to Doondea Khan, in sup
of the Judge and Magistrate, and to proceed to the
reduction of the forts of Doondea Khan, and ohe
apprehension of his person, should be reface to cone.
ply with certain raqulsitions, which the judge and
Magistrate were directed to make to him.
Dooridea Khan having not only refused to comply
with the requisition so made to him, but having like.
wise adopted, to the fullest extent of his ability,
sures for resisting the military force sent against*
Major-General 'Dickens, with a considerable force
under his command, consisting of the
Company's troops, advanced and encamped before
the Fort of Commona, on the 12th of October last,
The strength of 'the works of Commona appears
to have been such as 'to have held out little hopes of
being carried by a coop de wain, and to have Ultimo/
the Major-General to adopt the slower, but mete ter.
min measure of regular approaches ; this mode of
attack was rendered additionally tedious, from the
unfavourableness of the country around Common
fin..stuarainx..tke WeS.Saerj lagerigSA and from the
great superiority in thenumber of miners in the set.
vice of the enemy ; the skill and zeal of the Officers
and the perseverance and gallantry of the troops,
however, overcame all the obstacles opposed to then.
and the breach being declared to be practicable, the
assault was made on the fort, and on the fortified
garden adjoining .it, at the same time, on the even.
tD4 of the 18th of November.
['he efforts of the troops employed on this maim
were not attended with that success to which their
distinguished "brailry and zealous perseverance so
well entitled them ; after a desperate struggle, which
cost the lives of many valuable officers and men, they
were compelled to retire both from the fort and gar-
den ; to the impression, however, made on the ms.
my by the gallant conduct of the troops on this oc-
casion, may fairly be ascribed the evacuation of both
places in the course of the same night, which woe
taken possession of the following day.
The following is a copy of the General Order which
Was issued at Calcutta on the receipt ,of the inter'.
gence of the fall of Commons. : as also retinas of tie
killed and wounded in the operations before, and is
the assault on that place, with a separate list of the
officers:
RETURN OF CASUALTIES AT THE ASSAULT Or TEE FOSS?
OF COMSIONA.
Killed-1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 5 Captains, 4' Liertenanu, tt
Subidalis and Serangs. 2 Jonidars and Thubls, 6 Sajeanu and
Havildars, 115 privates.—Total 134.
Wounded.-3 Captains, w Lieutenants, 4 Ensign., $ :mans
and Tindals, 29 Serieants and Havildars, 459 Privatese-Trealsl6.
RETURN OF OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Staff—Brigadier W. Duff, Lieutenant-Colonel Ist Battalion, Id
Regiment, killed; Brigade-Major 'O. Fraser, Brigade. Males is
Major General Dickens, killed; Acting Brigacher•Major
slant W. Fogo, Lieutenant lit Batallien, 9th Regiment, w 0 raid
dangerously.
ears Majesty's 17th Foe t—Captains Radcliffe sad.TEA kaki;
Lieutenants Wilson, Harvey, Campbell, and Dwiingsto2
wounded severely ; Lieutenant Harrison wounded dangerously.
. Grenadier Battalion—Captain Robertson, 212 Regiment lb
tine Infantry, killed ; Lieutenant D. Levingstone, 21st Illitnt
Native Infantry, and M'Carthy, llth Regiment Naive
fantry, wounded slightly.
lit Battalion 9th Native Infantry, Captain S. Brown and mks
.
tenant Sneyd, killed ; Captains Mathews and Fraser, woodS,
slightly ; Lieutenant Rolland, dangerously.
Ist Battaion 23d, Lieutenant T. Brooke, wounded slightly.
lit Battalion 27th Native Infantry, Captain Perkins and Lam
i tenant Dunsterville, wounded severely ; Lieutenant Corte

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LieuWNW Deo* lototuaded severely ; Lieuwnant Deng' slit*
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slie:—Easita Jo nes killed ; .Ensign Fordyce woundi
Lieutenant Swinton wounded severely; Liman*
Anima. slightly ; Lieutenant Ramsay • severely.
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Dube any with the Pioneers Corps.—Lieutenant Dine,
Batudielitikstd Native Infantry, killed ; Lieutenant W ilkir, la b*
talion Native Infantry, wounded severely.
Analer•fiLloutenant W. DA'Quhal wounded.
• Telt Meer is since reported to have died of his lauds.
GENERAL ORDERS
• Bit de Right Hon. the Gm/taxon Gni IRAL in Cowl
" Fort William, Nov. 30, 1/07.
" The Right Hon. the Governor General in Cat
cil performs a part of his duty which is highly gran'
fying to him, in giving public expression to the deer
sense be entertains of the distinguished braver'', dxP
cipline, and perseverance, displnyecl by that part dthe army recently employed before COMMOnat (Wring
the whole• p of the operations against that fast'
but more pecmutr:rslsy in the assault which took place
on the 18th instant.
" His Lordship in Council feels a perfect *Orange
that, if the formidable and unforeseen obstacles op
posed to their efforts were to have been overcome hi
the exertion of the best qualities of a soldier, the
eminent display of them on that occasion would'"
been crowned with success.
" To the deep impression, however, made be
on the enemy, and to the just apprehension els'
must have been excited, that such persevering le
lantry, and steady discipline, would prove WO
successful, his Lordship in Council confidently atm
butes the evacuation of the fort, and fortified rat!
of Commons, in the course of the same night. Ito
with unfeigned concern his Lordship in Council fulas
himself compelled to lament the loss of so marl*
luable officers and men, who have fall in the nsg?
of the operations which have called for this just ter

has been happily effected in open day, under the • ceived every assistance; an
enemy's fire, with much less loss than might teason- smut Medfield, of the 35th,
ably have been expected. I have the honour to ba defense* zealous.
kc. (Signed) 3. C. Suzattecemz, Maj. Gen. I can of conclude, Sir, v
Mambo, February 11, feel. ticukt &ants to Captain Ni
Sir—ln obedience to your orders, I have the ha Master General, whose a
noun to report the particulars of what occurred since dered him eminently usefu
faction of reflecting, that dthe first appearance of the enemy before Scylla.
fir= aU rants has enabled