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London, England, 1812-10-28 00:00:00

AMERICA.

$y hi. Royal Highnem the PRINCE REGENT, in the Name

and nu the Behalf of his MA3Z6TY.
A PROCLAMATION,
TOR GlIANTuse THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES DIMINO
TB PRESENT HOSTILITIES,

Grottos, P. R,— Whereas by Our Order in Coun-
cil, dated the l3th of October instant, We have or-
dered that general Reprisals be granted against the
Ships, Goods, and Citizens of the United States of
America (save and except any vessels to which his
Majesty'slicence has been granted, or which have
been 'directed to be released ftom the embargo and
have n t terminated the original voyage in which
they were domed and released), so that as well
the fleets and ships of his Majesty, as also all other
ships and vessels that shall be commissioned by Let-
ters of Marque, or general Reprisal, or otherwise, by
the Cernmissii nets for executing the Office of Lord
Actin:hal of Great Britain, shall and may law-
fully_stize all ships, vessels, and goods, belonging to
the Governmebt of the United States of America, or
to any person being Citizens of the United States
of Afgerica, or inhabiting within any of the ter-
ritories thereof, and bring the same to judg-
ment in any of the" Courts of Admiralty within his
Majesty's dominions, duly authorised and required
. to take cognizance thereof ; We being desirous to ,
gi4e due encouragement to his Majesty's faithful sub-
jects who shall lawfully i•e;ze the same, -and having
declared in Council,. by Our Order of the 13th of
October instant, Our intentions concerning the Dis-
tributions of all manner of Captures, Seizures, Prizes,
• and -Reprisals, of all Ships. and Goods -during the
present hmtilities, do now make known to at.his
!Majesty's loving subjects, and all others whom it may
coticerp, by Ibis Our Proclamation, by and with the
anyice and consent of his Majesty's Privy Council,
• that Our will and pleasure is, in the name and on
behalf cf his Majesty, that the net produce of all
Prizes taken (save as herein before excepted), the
• right wl.ereof is inherent in his Majesty and his
Chown, be given to the taker (save also the produce
of WO Prizes as are or shall be taken by .ships or
vesseis be:oi ging to, or hired by, or in the service of
the Ch nunissioners of Customs or Excise, the dispo- '
*ion of which We reserve to Our farther pleasure,
and alp save and except as herein after mentioned);
But subject-to the payment of all such or like customs
and duties as the same are now or would have been
liable to, if the same were or might have been im-
ported as merchandise; and that the saint may be so
given in the proportion and manner hereinafter set
• forth, that is to say—That all Prizes taken by Ships
and Vessels having Commissions of Letters of Marque
• and Reprisals (save and except such prizes as are cr
shall be taken by the ships or vessels belonging to,
pr hired by, or in the service of, the Commissioners
aforesaid )may be sold and disposedof by the merchants,
owners, fitters, and others, to whom such Letters of
_ _

Marque R,ncliteprisals are granted for their own use
pnd benefit, after final adjudication, and not before.
,find We do hereby further order and direct,' that the
_net produce of all Prizes which are or shall be taken
by any cf his Majesty's ships or vessels of war (save
and except when they shall be acting on any con-
junct expedition with Lis Majesty's land forces, in
which case We reserve to Ourselves the division and
• distribution of all prizes and booty taken, and also
save and except as hereinafter mentioned), shall be
for the entire benefit and encouragement of the Flag-
officers, Captains, Commanders, and other commis-
. sioned Officers in his Majesty's pay, and of the sea-
- men, marines, and soldiers on board his Majesty's
•• said ships and vessels at the time of the capture
and that such prizes may be lawfully sold and dis-
posed of by them and their agents, after the same
shall have been finally adjudged lawful prize to his
• Majesty, and not otherwise.

The distribution shall be made as follows; the
. whole of the net produce being tii st divided into eight
equal parts.
[Here follows the scale of distribution according to the previously
existing regulations of the navy.]
A PROCLAMATION.

By his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, in the Name
and on the behalf of his Majesty.

GEORGE R.—Whereas We are informed, that great
numbers of marines and seafaring men, his Majesty's
natur bun subjects, are in the service of divers fo-
reign Princes and Stat?s, to the prejudice of his Ma-
les, y's kingdom ; and whereas attempts may be made
to seitice some of his Majesty's subjects, contrary to
their alletance and duty to his Majesty, to enter on
board Vito or vessels of war, or other ships or vessels
belonging to the United States of America, with in-
tent to commit hostilities against his Majesty or his
subjects, or otherwise to adhere or give aid or com-
fort to his Majesty's enemies upon the sea; now We,
in order that none of his Majesty's subjects may igno-
rantly incur the guilt and penalties of such breaches
of their allegiance and duty, have thought it neces-
sary, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty,
and by and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy
Council, to publish this Proclamation, hereby noti-
fying, and declaring, that all persons, being his Ma.
jesty's subjects, who shall enter, or serve, or be found
on board any ships or vessels of war, or other ships
or vessels belonging to the United States of America,
with intent to commit hostilities against his Majesty
or his subjects, or who shall otherwise adhere or give
aid or comfort to his Majesty's enemies upon the seas,
will thereby become liable to suffer the pains of death,
and all other pains and penalties of high treason and
piracy ; and We do hereby declare, in the name and,
on the behalf of his Majesty, Our intention and firm .1
resolution to proceed against all such offenders, ac-
cording to law.--Given, &c.

[The Gazette contains a Proclamation, for further
continuing, from the first day of November next,
until 40 clap after the next
,Meeting of Parliament,
the Prohibition of the snaking of Starch from wheat,
barley, rice, grain, potatoes, flour, meal, or any other
article or thing used for the food of man.—Also a
Proclamation, for further continuing the permission
to all common Brewers, or retailers of Beer or Ale,
to make use of Sugar in brewing Beer in Great
Britain, until forty days after the out Meeting of
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WAX DEPAItTWNT.

DOWNING-STREET, OCTOBER U.
A Dispatch of which the following Is an extract, has been this
day received at Earl Bathurst's Office, addressed to his Lord-
ship by General the Marquess of Wellington, dated Villa Toro,
11th October, 1812.

The enemy have made two sorties on the head of
the sap, between the exterior and interior lines of the
castle of Burgos, in both of which they materially
injured our works, and we suffered some loss. In
the last, at three in the morning of the Sth, we hact
the misfortune to lose the Hon. Major Cocks, of the
79th, who was field officer of the trenches, and was
killed in the act of rallying the troops who had been
driven in. I have frequently had occasion to draw
your Lordship's attention to the coaduct of Major
Cocks, and in one instance very recently, in the at-
tack of the horn-work of the castle of Burgos ; and
I consider his loss as one of the greatest importance
to this army, and to his Majesty's service.
Notwjthstanding the efforts of the enemy, our
troops ate established within about 100 yards of the
enemy's interior line, which we have it in our power
to assault ; and we have effected a good breach in
another part of the same line, and our troops are
established close to the breach.

We are carrying on our works under ground, and
I hope that I shall have another mine in readiness iu
a day or two,
The enemy have not made any movement to inter-
rupt our operations ; they are still upon the Ebro.
By the accounts which I have from Lieutenant-
General Sir Rowland Hill, of the 7th instant, it
appears that Marshal Soult joined Joseph Bona-
parte on the frontier of Valencia and Murcia on the
29th September. A detachment of Marshal Souk's
army occupied Albacete on the 3d inst. and a small
detachment of cavalry was as far forward as Minaya
on the 6th inst.

I have not yet heard of General Ballasteros having
passed the Sierra Morena, or at all of his movements
since the 17th of September, when he entered Gre-
nada; nor have I heard from Major-General Cooke,
since he received my directions for the movement of
the troops under his command.
I have reports, however, that the troops marched
from Seville on the 28th September.
P. S. I have the honour to inclose the return of our
loss since the sth instant.

Return of KilltAl, Wounded, and Missing of the Army under
the Command of his Excellency General the Marquess of
Wellington, K. B. in the Siege of the Castle of Burgos, from
the 6th to the 10th Octal r, 1812, inclusive.
Royal Arillery-2 rank and file killed; 1 captain, 1 lieutenant,
7 rank and file, wounded.
Coldstream Guards, Ist Batt.-1 ensign, 11 rank and file, killed;
27 rank and file wounded ; 1 rank and file niis,ing.
3d Gum ds, Ist Batt.-4 rank and file killed; 1 captain, 2 set-.
jeants, 1 drummer, 10 rank and file, wounded; 1 rank and
tile missing.
tat, Foot or Royal Scots, 3d Batt—i captain wounded.
9th Foot, Ist Batt.-1 lieutenant wounded.
11th Foot, Ist Bart.-1 rank and file wounded.
24th Foot, 2d Batt.-2 rank and file killed; 6 rank and file
wounded.
32d Foot, Ist Batt.— 3 rank and file wounded.
136th Foot, Ist Batt.-1 rank and file killed.
35th Foot-1 lieutenant, 2 ensigns, wounded.
42d Foot, Ist Batt.-1 serjeant, 6 rank and file, killed; 20 rank
and file wounded.

58th Foot, 2d Batt.-1 staff, 1 rank and file, killed; 1 serjeant,
1 drummer,.7 rank and file, wounded ; 2 rank and file missing.
60th Foot, sth Batt.-2 rank and file killed.
79th Foot, Ist Batt.-1 m3jor, C, lank ainZ file, killed; 1 serjrant,
27 rank and file, wounded; a rank and file missing.
Ist Line !iatt. King's German Legion-w-1 captain, 19 rank and
file, killed; 2S rank and file wounded.
2d Ditto, Ditto—i serjeant, 18 rank and file, killed; 1 captain,
flit:men:int, 2 serjearits, 1 drummer, 45 rank and file, wounded.
sth Ditto, Ditto-1 lieutenant, 2 serjeants, 10 rank and file,
killed; 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 serjeant, 24 rank and file,
wounded.

Total British loss-1 major, 1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 en-
sign, I staff, 4 serjeants, 82 rank and file, killed; S cap•
tains, 5 lieutenants, 2 ensigns, 7 serjeants, 3 drummed,
200 rank and file, wounded; 7 rank and file missing.
Total Portuguese loss-1 captain, 1 lieutenant, s 4 rank and
file, killed ; 1 major, 3 captains, 1 'edema, 65 rank and
file, wounded; 11 rank and file missing.
Total British and Portuguese loss-1 major, 2 captains, 2
lieutenants, 1 ensign, 1 stiff, 4 serjeants, 116 rank and
file, killed; 1 major, 8 captains, 5 lieutenants, 2 ensigns,
8 serjeants, 3 drummers, 265 rank and file, wounded;
13 Tank and file missing.
(Signed) S. A. GOODMAN, D. A. A. Cen.
Names of British Officers killed and wounded.

KILLED.
Coldstream Guards, 7st Batt.—Ensign Buckeridge.
58th Foot, 2d Batt.—Adjutant Hobson.
79th Foot, Ist Batt.—Major the Hon. E. Cocks.
Ist Line Batt. King's German Legion —Captain Saffe.
sth Ditto, ditto—Lieutenant Witickler.
WOUNDED.
let Royal Scots—'Captain Stewart, Acting Engineer, slightly.
Stith Foot—'Captain M'Pherson, severely, (since dead); *En-
signs Lawrence and sTwigg,
Royal Artillery—Captain Power and Lieut. Flgie, slightly.
sd Guards, let Batt.—Captain Clitherow, severely.
9th Foot, Ist Batt.—Lieutenant Dumareusq, Assistant-Engineers
severely.
2d Line Batt. King's German Legion—Captain Langrehr and
Lieutenant Wynecke, severely.
sth Ditto, ditto—Captain Lodders and Lieutenant Goeben, se•
verely.

Names of Portuguese Officers killed and WODElded.
KILLED.
sth Cccadores—Captain Henry Perry.
Artillery—Lieutenant F. X. Parreira.
WONINDED.
12th Regiment of the Line—Major Arnott, and Cassias A. de
Madeira asd L. de Madeira.
16th Ditto—Captain Gama, Acting Engineer.
The Officers marked thus ( • ) were wounded on the evening
of the 4th and morning of the 6th, but the Return was received
too late for insertion.

'ADMIRALTY OFFICE, OCTOBER 27.

Dispatches, of which the following are copies, were received last
night at this Office, &Om Vice-Admiral Sir James Saamarez,
K.B. addressed to John Wilson Croker, Esq.
Victory, in Hawke, Oct. 17.
SlR,Herewith I inclose, for the information of
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a letter

from Captain Stewart, transmitted to me by Rear.
Admiral Morris, detailing the operations of the flo,,
tilla at Riga on the expedition against Mittau.
The conduct of Captain Brenton and the Liente,
nants under his orders, appears to have been highly
meritorious upon this occasion, and I trust will be
found to merit the approbation of their Lordships.
I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant,