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London, England, 1809-04-13 00:00:00

LONDON

THURSDAY, APRIL 13.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
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Exchequer Bills, 14s. prem.

Yesterday afternoon Government received the offi-
cial advices of the surrender of Fort Bourbon, Mar-
tinico ; and also-of the surrender of the French force
at Vigo to the Spanish .and British arms.—The Park
and Tower guns were fired on the occasion at four
o'clock ; and this morning the Dispatches were pub-
lished in the following
LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY,

TITURSDAY, APRIL 13.

DOWNING-STREET, APRIL i 2.

Captain Preedy, Aide-de-Camp to Licutenatin-General Beck-
with, Commander of his Majesty's Troops in the Leeward Islands,
arrived at One o'Clock this day, with Dispatches from the Lieu-
tenant-General, to Lord Viscount Castlereagh,one of his Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, of which the following are copies :

Head-Quarters, Martinique, Feb. 15, 1809.

My Lonn—l have the honour to submit to your
Lordship's consideration the details of our taking pos-
session of St. Pierre upon the 9th,'the occupation of
the French Hospitals in the town of Fort Royal upon
the 10th, and the surprise of a French picquet close
to the Bouille redoubt upon the night of the Ilth.
In my general report of the action of the 2d, time
did not admit of my exßressing my regret at the loss
of Capt. Sinclair, of the 25th light infantry, a very
respectable officer, who fell at the head of his com-
pany in the course of duty ; and Ensign Adamson,
of the Scl West India light infantry, was omitted to
be included in the list of the wounded. I have, Etc.

(Signed) GEo. BEX'KWITH, Corn. Forces.
Camp la Coste, Feb. 9, 1809.

Sin—l have the honour to transmit to you a report
from Lieutenant. Colonel Barnes, who commands the
third brigade, containing the particulars of his taking
possession of St. Pierre, with the Capitulation agreed
on between him and the Commandant of the National
Guards ; also copy of the summons sent by me ; this
I trust, will receive your approbation.
_ _ _ _

Lieutenant-colonel Barnes has executed this service
with promptitude and judgment, and I am perfectly
confident his measures will be productive of the best
effects to the public service, in that populous town.

I have the honour to be, dec.
(Signed) FRED. MAITLAND, Maj. Gen.
His Excellency Lieutenant-General Beckwith,

Commander of the Furces.

St. Pierre, February 8, 1809.

SIR—In obedience to the orders I had the honour
to receive from you, I proceeded with the detach-
ment of the 63d Regiment, commanded by Major
O'Rourke, on board his Majesty's sloops Pelorus and
Cherub, off Corbet, where the troops were disem-
barked, and marched without delay towards St. Pierre.
About a mile from the town, I found a body of the
Militia posted, and immediately sent Major O'Rourke i
forward with a Flag of Truce, offering them terms
on which their own surrender and that of the town
would be accepted, which I have herewith the satis-
faction to transmit to your Excellency. for the ratifi-
cation of the Commanders in Chief by Sea and Land.
I cannot conclude without acquainting you with
the very zealous and active exertions of Major
O'Rourke, and the steady and orderly conduct of the
detachment of the 63d Regiment, and of availing
myself of this opportunity of expressing my thanks to
Captains King and Tucker, of the Royal Navy.
I feel much pleasure in bearing testimony to the
very active attention of Captain De Courcy, of the
Quarter-Master-General and Barrack Department, in

taking possession of the barracks, as well as in pre.
paring an inventory of the ordnance stores,
—Likewise to the conduct of Dr. Burke in tali::,
charge of all concerns relating to the Medical I),'.
partment, and of Lieutenant Hamilton of the
Regiment, officiating as Major of Brigade, whn
all occasions merits my entire approbation.—l
.14N
the honour to be, &c. (Signed)
G. BARSk:St Liellt..ool.
His Excellency Major-General Maitland, &c. &c.

ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION,
Entered Into between Major O'RouaKt, 63d Reginwl:r, on !;
part of his Britannic Majesty, and Mons. dT...3rit
dam of the Town of St. Piefre, Martinique, on the Nr:
French Government, •for the Surrender of the .11, c.,l*
Pierre, and its Dependencies.

Heights of St. Mark, Feb. 8, t e.)
Art. I.—The troops of the line to surrender thentselve3 0.
tiers of war, and the militia or national guards to lay duwi. IL(c
arms and return to their domestic occupations.

Art. ll.—Tbe fortifications and public buildings of cr(:•
. •
scripticn to be surrendered in tle state kitty now are.

Art. public property on shore, and all ships and vt,s,:,
and property of whatsoever nature afloat, to be likewite sum;..
dered.

Art. IV.—The inhabitants and people of all descriptions to
duct themselves peaceably, and in conformity to the oak:, 4:;
regulations of the Commandant ad interim, under a full assurano
that their private property will be protected, and their true
terests considered, by the respective Commanders in Chit
sea land of his Britannic Majesty's forceb in their dcfinitt.i:
and
regulations,by founded on the basis of the proclamation already pul,.
lished. (Signed)
D'EsenEs, Commandant la Garde Nationale.
E. O'RounKE, Major, attached to Rti
(Approved)
LA Gn Kota ZRA tr, Corn. en 2de la Garde Nationale.

E. &taxes, Lieut. Col. commanding.
WILLIAM.FI 1 ROT, Captain of his Britannic Ma.-

jesty's ship Aulu4., and Senior Officer oft Saint
Pierre.

Camp la Coste, Feb. 8,18 u:;.
SlR—Lieutenant-Colonel Barnes, uho command!
a brigade in the army under the command of Licutc.
nant-General Beckwith, proceeds to St. Pierre, to
take possession cf the town in the name of his Britan.

nic Majesty.
I therefore summon you to surrender the forts and
batteries to the troops under his command, being
part of my division.
Inclosed is a Proclamation issued by the Comman-
ders in Chief. This Proclamation is the basis upon
which you are expected to capitulate ; but the de.
tailed conditions can only be explained when the c tpl-
tulatiOn takes plate, at the surrender of the
besieged.
In the mean time I require, by Order of the Com-
mander in Chief, that you receive the troops sent,
and that you observe a faithful and loyal conduct
towards the British Army ; and this I demand
under pain, in case of refusal, of severe measures being
taken against you. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) FIMLN. MAIT4.AND, Maj. Gen.
To the Commandant of A. Pierre.

Camp la Coste, Feb. 10, 1809, Six A.M.

SlR—Lieutenant-Colonel M'Nair, commanding the
sth brigade, was detached last night at twelve o'clock,
with 300 men of the 90th regiment, for the service
you had desired relative to the enemy's hospitals.
I had taken the necessary precautions to communi-
cate with Major Henderson, and that no mistak:s
should happen with cur outposts.
What was ordered has been well performed.
I have the honour to be, 8:c.
(Signed) F. MAITLAND, M. G.
ituten ant-General Beckwith, Commander

of the Forces, &c. ftc.

Martinico, Feb. 11, 18C9.

SlR—Having yesterday evening reconnoitered ti:c
enemy's advanced picquct, I decided upon attempt-
ing the surprise of it in the course of the night,
gave directions accordingly to Major Pearson, coni-
manding the light battalion, a copy of whose repert
upon this subject I have the honour to inclo!t: for your
Excellency's information. I have, &c.
(Signed) G. NEN-05T.
To Lieutenant-General Beckwith.

• February 11, 1809.

SIR—In obedience to your orders of yesterday, I
proceeded with the two flank companies of the 25th
Regiment, in order, if possible, to surprise the ad•
vanced picquet of the enemy, which, I am happy to
say, was effected after a very intricate and difficult
march of two hours. The enemy left five or six killed
on the ground, and the rest made a most precipitate
retreat to their fort.

I beg leave to state, that the officers and men of
the 25th Regiment behaved in a most steady and
gallant manner, and am happy to add, that no ca-
sualty occurred on our side., I have, Szc.
(Signed) T. PEARSON,
Maj.-Com. Light Infantry Bast,

Head-quarters, Martinique, Feb. 28, IPS.
MY Lotto—ln my letter of the 15th instant, 1 had
the honour to transmit to your Lordship the detaiic
of our operations to the 11th preceding, from th 4:
period until the 19th we were incessantly employed in
the construction of gun and mortar batteries, and in
the landing cannon, mortars, and howitzers. with
their ammunition and stores, in. dragging them to the
several points selected by the engineers, and in the
completion of the works, and in mounting the ord•
naace. The exertions of Commodoie Cockburn,
and other Naval Officers under his orders upon the
right, and of Captains Barton and Nesham of the
Navy upon the left, in forwarding these services, were
most conspicuous. The enemy during the intervil
fired upon our encampments with shot and shells,
but fortunately with little effect, and his picque:
when pressed, constantly fell back under the prom:,
I don of his works.

On the 19th, at half past four in tie afternoon, we
opened froth :ix points upon the enemy's fortre,,,

iourteen pieces of heavy cannon, and mentl.-
. ,nortars and howitzers, and the cannonade' and
I,,,,,,;,:sdrnent continued with little remission until
iota of tliti ..23,1, when the French General sent a
troinet with a letter to our advanced posts, near the
Dotti;le Redoubt, in the front of attack. In this corn-
rinication General Villaret proposed, as the basis of
r,zociati,n, that the French troops should be sent to
France free from all restriction as to future service ;
b,it this being inadmissible, the bombardment recom-
n...nced at ten at night, and continued without inter-
mission until nine o'clock of the 2lth, when three
%r:iite flags were discovered flyiag in the fortress, in
c., nsequence of which, our fire from the batteries im-
mediately ceased.
It is with the most heartfelt satisfaction I have now
the honour to report to your Lordship, for his Ma--
iestv's information, that, supported by the talents of
:he General Officers, and in particular of Lieutenant
General Sir George Prevost, and of Major-General
'.l, ;land, the experience and zeal of all the other Of-
and the valour and unremitting labour of this
aory, strengthened by the indefatigable exertions of
Rur.Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane and the squa-
dron, the campaign, notwithstanding incessant rains,
!Lis hcen brought to a glorious conclusion in the short
,;,.ice of twenty-seven days from our departure from
borbadoes.—The command of such an army will
constitute the pride of my future life. To these brave
troops, conducted by Generals of experience, and not
to inc, their king and country owe the sovereignty of
important colony ; and I trust that by a compa-
rison of the force which defended it, and the time in
,which it has fallen, the present reduction of Martinique
not be deemed eclipsed by any former expedition.

I have the Honour to inclose the Articles of Ca-
pitulation, as originally produced by the French
Commissioners, in consequence of General Villaret's
Application to me for this Purpose, during the Fore-
roon of the 24th, and acceded to by Lieutenant-
Central Sir George Prevost, Major• General Mait-
Intl and Commodore Cockburn, appointed by the
Rear-Admiral and myself to meet them. This Ca.
it:dation, which was mutually ratified the same
!light, will, I trust, be honoured with His Majesty's
A .'prr,hation.
I inclose also a Return of the French Garrison,
rhich :t is supposed will be in a State to embark in
the Course of a few Days ; from which it will ap-
pear that I did not over-rate the original Numbers of
the E my.
By the ritTt Conveyance, I shall have the Honour
to submit m yorr Lordship's Consideration the vari-
ous Detalls which are now referred to in general
Tcrms, and to repr.rt the Merits of the several Corps;
but :?.c. Scence of the Officers of the Royal Artillery
has ben :on conspicuous not to be particularly
noticcd, the Interior of the Enemy's Fortress being
torn to pieces by Sells ; his Works have also been
much injured by Shot him the Gun-Batteries, man-
ned Ly the Seamen under the. Direction of Commo-
dore Cockburn and other Naval Officers.

After the Embarkation of the French Troops, I
skill have the Honour to command the Eagles taken
from the•Enerny to be laid at the King's feet.
Captain Preedy of the 90th Regiment, one of my
Aides-de-Camp, has the Honour to be the Bearer of
this Dispatch : He is an Officer of Service, and I
;:,eg Leave to recommend him to His Majesty's Fa-
•rour, and to your Lordship's Protection.

I annex the following Returns—Ordnance, Am•
al.inition and Stores taken from the Enemy ; Provi-
!inns in the Fortress, with the Daily Issues ; the
.King's Hospitals. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) Gro. BEcKwyrn, Corn. Forces.

-Here follow the Articles of Capitulation, of which the follow-
.
rE is an ab,ti act :—The garrisons of Fort des Aix, Pigeon Island,
lc:. are so be -ent in British vess, Is to Quiberon Bay,there to be ex-
cr.anged. General Villaret Joyeuse and hia Aides du-Camp are to
tt sent to France without any restriction. The men and officers
be allowed to carry off or dispose of their property. (Miters
1..'0e allowed to remain six months in Martinique if they desire
ta stile their affairs. The laws, religion, and property, &c. of
ttt Colonists, to be re-pected, subject to such modifications as the
Govetzilitm may direct.]
[The Gaette contains, besides, a great variety of
Rec7rs, of which we can give little more than the
:.!Cs, viz.

List of men capable of being embarked, signed
l'ona.—Total-2 General Officers, 12 Superior Of-
i.ers, 111 Officers, 1827 Petty Officers or soldiers,
42 Marines.
Return of Ordnance and Stores found in Fort De-
Au and its dependencies—consisting of brass and iron
PT'S, mortars, howitzers, gun-carsizges, and ammu-
nition of various kinds.

Return of Engineers Stores.
A Return of the sick and wounded in his Majes-
'7's General Hospital at.Martinico, between the Ist
znd 27111 February, including 14 French.—Total—
":.-ounds 380, fevers 172, fluxes 244, ulcers
licasualiti.s 6, debility 4.—Total 815.
Discharged cured.—Total—Gun-shot wounds 121,
f`-.l`-rs 80,fluxes 112, ulcers 2, casualities 5 —Total 32().

Died.___Total—Gun-shot wounds 239, fevers BG,
illes 129, ulcers 7, casuality 1, debility 4.—Total

REMARKS.
Eight men were received into the Hospital in a dying state
r:cil mortal wounds.

° man of the West India Regiment died of a locked jaw, and
died of gangrene, in consequence of wounds.
fhe recoveries from operations have been very successful, the
men in general are doing welL
•tven Officers have been admitted into the Hospital of wounds,
1" qwhom we:e mortally wounded, Major Maxwell, Bth re-
' .:‘ and Capt....el Taylor, At ting Quarter Master General ;
' t has Leen dischari.d, Major Campbell the others are
'y I. (Signed) A. Ilax.Ect, Inspector of Hospitals.

Aihtit.turv-otncz, APRIL it
Captain Joseph Spear, of his Majesty's sloop the WoWrong ar-
rived at this Office, this morning With Dispatches from Rear.
Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander Cochrane, K. B. Commander
in Chief of his Majesty's ships and vessels at the Leeward
Islands, addressed to the Hon. William Weßede? Pole, of
Which the following are copies :
Nepturt,.• Fort• Royal Bay, Martinique, Feb. C. 5, 1809.
Sir —By a letter of the 18th, a duplicate of which
accompanies this, together with one of the 4th, the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty will have
been informed, that it was intended to open a fire on
the enemy from four batteries on the succeeding day,
in addition to his own guns turned upon him from
Fort Edward, which was accordingly done at half
past four in the afternoon, the time appointed. The
enemy at first returned the fire with spirit, but it gra-
dually slackened until the following morning, and
then entirely ceased, except at long intervals, which
made it evident he was beaten from his guns.
While the batteries were kept constantly firing on
the enemy from the Western side, Captains Bart( n
and Nesham, of the York and Intrepid, with about
400 seamen and marines, continued to be employed
in getting the heavy cannon, mortars, and howitzers,
up to Mount Surirey from the Eastern side of the
knt, which was a service of the utmost labour and
difficulty, owing to the rains and deepness of the
roads ; but notwithstanding which, a battery of four
24-pounders and four mortars was finished by the 22d,
and the gulls mounted ready for service.
On the following day several more guns were got
up, and ready to be placed in an advanced battery,
intended to consist of eight 24-pounders ; a similar
battery was preparing to the Westward, and the
whole would have been in a state to open on the ene-
my by the 26th, had not a flag of truce been sent
from the fort on the 23d, with proposals for a surren-
der on the principle of being sent to France on parole;
but Lieutenant-General Beckwith, the Commander
of the Forces, and myself, not judging it proper to
accede to such terms, the batteries which had before
opened their fire, recommenced the attack at half.
past eight o'clock in the evening, and continued it
without intermission during the night.
The next morning, a little past six o'clock, one
of the Magazines in the fort blew up with a great
explosion, and soon afterwards three flags of truce
were hoisted by the enemy, and hostilities ceased on
our part.

A letter was then received from the Captain-Ge-
neral Villaret Joyeuse, requesting that commissioners
might be appointed on both sides to settle the terms
of capitulation, which was agreed to, and Lieutenant-
General Sir George Prevost and Major-General
Maitland were named by the commander of the forces,
and Commodore Cockburn by me. These officers
were met by the General of artillery Villaret, (the
Captain-General's Brother,) and Colonels Montfort
and Boyer, in a .cnt erected for the purpose between
the advanced piquets on each side, when the terms
were settled and ratified before midnight ; a copy of
which I have the honour to incicse.

This morning a detachment of troops took posses-
sion of' the Bouille redcubt, and the ravelincs and
gateway of Fort Bourbon, on the land side ; and the
garrison (a return of which, as well as the rest of
the prisoners taken since the commencement of the
siege, is inclosed) will be embarked in the course of
eight days in transports, and his Majesty's ships Belle-
isle and Ulysses will proceed with them as a guard
to Europe.

I now beg leave to congratulate their Lordships on
the happy termination of a siege, which was, by the
uncommon exertions. of the army and navy, brought
to a close within 28 days from the sailing of the Ex-
pedition from B.Lrbadoes.
The fire kept up by the batteries was irresistible,
the enemy was driven from his defences, his cannon
dismount 4-1, and the whole of the interior of the
work ploughed up by the shot and shells, within five
days after the batteries opened.
Never did more unanimity prevail between the
two services than on the present occasion. One sen-
timent, one wish pervaded the whole ; and they
looked with confidence to a speedy and glorious ter-
mination of their toils.

I had on this service the happiness to act with
Lieutenant:General Beckwith, an officer I have long
been in the habits of intimacy with, from whose zeal
I had every thing to expect, and which the recent
events have so fully realized. He did me the honour
to consult me on various occasions, and his commu-
nications and co-operation were friendly and cordial,
which, on all conjunct expeditions is the surest pledge
of success.

I have already informed their Lordships, that I
entrusted the whole of the naval arrangements on
shore to Commodore Cockburn. His exertions have
been unremitting, and his merit beyond my praise.
He speaks in terms of high approbation of the able
support and assistance he received from Captains
Barton, N:bham, and Brenton, whom I had selected
to act with him. To all these officers, and the Lieu-
tenants and other officers, petty officers, seamen and
marines immediately under their commands, I feel
truly obliged for performing the arduous duties im-
posed upon them. The seven-gun battery at Folville
was entirely fought by seamen, from which the ene-
my suffered severely. ,

I have also the fullest reason to be thankful to the
other officers and men of the squadron employed on
the blockade and reduction of the island, fur their
general activity and emulation.

I subjoin a list of the several retinas and pontri
which I have been 'able to collect; and send herewith.
For any other inforthation I beg to refer their
Lordships to Captain Bpear, of the Wolverene, an
old and deserving Commander, whom I have en-
trusted with this dispatch. I have the honour to
be, &c. (Signed) ALEX. COCHItANE.

List of Men capable of being embarked.
Total--14 Superior Oicers, 141 Officers, 1827 Subberns
and Soldiers, 242 Seamen. (Signed) BOYER,

Chef d'Etat Major-General.
Return of Officers and Seamen killed and wounded whilst serv-
ing on Shore under the Orders of Commodore Cockburn, at
the Reduction of Martinique.
Nt. tune—None killed; t badly, 1 slightly wounded.
Pornpee—Three killed ; 3 badly, 3 slightly wo,inded.
Belleisle—None killed ; I badly, 3 slightly wounded.
Arnaranthe—Three killed, 4 badly, 2 slightly wounded.
Total—Six killed; 10 badly, 9 slightly wounded.
(Signed) G. COCKBURN, Commodore.
Names of Officers wounded.
Amaranthe--Mr. Thomas Wickland, Boatswain; Mr. Thomp-
son, Gunner, slightly.
Ponspee--Mr. James Scott, Master's-Mate, slightly ; Mr.
Thomas Mills, Midshipman, slightly; Mr. John Edevean,
Gunner, badly.
Names of Men Killed.
Pompee--Robert Rundle, Carpenter's crew ; Moses Butler,
able ; Patrick Mackay, Landman.
Amaranthe—John Kerr, Coxswain ; William Roberts, boy.
(Signed) G. COCKBURN, Commodore.
Martinique, February 25.

List of the Squadron employed in the Reduction of Martinique.
Ships of the Line—Neptune, Pornpee, Belleisle, York, Captain,
and Intrepid.
Frigates—Acasta, Penelope, Ethalion, Rolus, Circe, Ulysses, and
Eurydice.
Sloops, &c.—Coree, Wolverene, Cherub, Stcrk, Amaranthe,
Haughty, Express, Swinger, Forrester, Recruit, Star, Eclair,
and Frolic. (Signed) ALEX. COCHRANE.
Neptune, Fort Royal Bay, Martinique, Feb. 2.6.

CINERAL MENIORANOCNI.

I have great satisfaction in announcing to the
Squadron, the Surrender of the Fort Bourbon,
which event was finally concluded, and the
terms of Capitulation ratified, on Friday night ; and
yesterday the British troops marched in, and took
possession of the principal defences of that fortress ;
by which the sovereignty of this important Island has
been secured to Great Britain.
When I reflect on the labour and difficulties the
commodore, the several captains and officers, petty
officers, seamen and marines, have encountered, and
on the short time is which this service has been a©
complished, I am impressed with the highest sense of
their perseverance and courage ; and I shall not fail
to report the same to my Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty.
I have also viewed with admiration the bravery
and discipline of the army ; but British troops led on
by such officers as we have had the happiness of serv-
ing with in the reduction of this Island, are invinci-
ble ; and it is with no little pride I have witnessed
the cordiality which has so uninterruptedly subsisted
between the land and-sea forces, which, on all com-
bined expeditions, is the surest means of leading to
success.

I request that Commodore Cockburn and the se-
veral Captains will do me the honour to accept my
warmest thanks for their exertions, also the other
Officers and Petty Officers, Seamen, and Marines ;
and that the Captains will communicate the same to
the latter in a suitable manner. •
(Signed) ALEX. COCHRANE.
To the Commodore, the respective Captains,
Commanders, &c. &c.

ADMIRALTY OFFICE, APRIL 12, 1800.
Copy of a Letter from Captain George McKinley, of his Majesty's
ship Lively, to tke Hon. W. W. Pole, dated on board that ship,
Vigo, the 29th of March, 1809.

SIR—As I have thought it of importance that my
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty should have
the earliest intelligence of the Surrender of Vigo, I
have dispatched Mr. T. Furber, senior Lieutenant of
this ship, (in a vessel hired for the purpose), with a
copy of my letter on that subject to the Hon. Vice-
Admiral Berkeley. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) GEORGE NPKINLEY.
Lively, Vigo, March 29, 1809.

SIR—In consequence of a letter I received at Villa-
garcia from Captain Crawford, of the Venus, off
Vigo, informing me that the loyal peasantry were in
considerable force around the Castle and Town of
Vigo, and that the presence of another frigate would
very much contribute to the surrender of that fortress,
I joined him on the evening of the 23d instant.
The next morning I went to the head-quarters of
Don Joao de Almada de Sauzia e Silva, who com-
manded the Patriots. At the instant, a summons
was sent to the Governor of Vigo to surrender at
discretion, which led to a negociation between him
and the French, which continued till the 26th, when
Don Pablo Murillo, commanding a regular force
of fifteen hundred men, composed of retired sol-
diers in this province, arrived, and sent in a summons
to surrender. In consequence of which, on the fol.
lowing day, the proposals (No. 1.) were brought
on board by Don Pablo Murillo. accompanied by
three French officers. The answers to them (N 0.2.)
were delivered at five P. M. by Captain Crawford,
who concluded the capitulation which I have the ho-
nour to inclose ; and the whole of the garrison, con-
sisting of a Colonel, forty-five officers, and about
thirteen or fourteen hundred men, were embarked the
next morning.
I should be wanting in every feeling of an officer,
wer.?. I not to acknowledge the liberal attention and
zealous services of Captain Crawford.
It also becomes most gratifying that I am enabled
to inform you of the spirit and determination of the
Spaniards to expel from their country the invaders of
all that is dear to a br.ve and loyal pe pie. No doubt
of success could have arisen, had the enemy persisted

in holding out, frOtti the able and twat* to:4ot of
Don Pablo Murillo, and the good order:of Iris troops;
the strongest proof of his zesll the jtist case of his
King and Country, and the ardour of the p*asantry
is beyond all description. I have the honour to
be, &c. (Signed) GEORCIE IeKINLEY.

The Hon. Vice-Admiral Be keleyi &e. &c.
P. S.—l beg to inclose as coirect a statement cf
the French face as time wauid allow me to procure.
(Signed) GEORGE M`KINLEY.
[No. I and 2 we omit, being only the rough draft
of the terms finally agreed upon in the following]
CAPITULATION

Of the Totvn and Forts of \igo, occupied by the Dell& of the
Regiments forming Part of the Second Corps of the French

Army in Spain.

'Phis day, the 27th of March, 1 209, it sii o'clock in the even-
ing, we, Jaques Antoine Chikit, Chef d'Escadron, Governor and
Commandant of the French Troops in the Town and Fort of Vigo,
on one part, and James Coots Crawford; Esq,Ciptain of the
British frigate the Venus, deputed by George M'Kinley, Esq.
Commanding Officer before Vigo, and Don Pablo Murillo, Ctdo-
nel Commandant of the Spanish Troops before the Townson the
other, have concluded the Articles of Capitulation for the French
Garrison in the 'I own and forts of Vigo, in the following
Terms, viz.
Artic'e 1. The Garrison shall march out of the. Town and Forts
wi:h th it Ar.ns and Baggage, and with the Honours of War.
Answer.—The Garrison of Vigo will be allowed to march out
of the Forts, with the llonours of War, to the Glacis, where
they will ground their Arms, and surrender themselves Prisoners
of War, the o:scers keeping their Swords and their Wearing
App. rel.

Art. I . The Officer; and Men shall be embarked in English
Vessels, and conveyed to the nearest French Port, on Parole, not
to bear arms against Spain and her Al:ies until exchanged, or until
Peace shall take place.
Atisw•ar.—The Prisoners shall he cond':cted to an English Port.
Art W. The Officers and Persons employed in the Military
shall keep their Arms, and the whole of their Equipages; they
shall rake with them their confidential Attendants and Servants.
Answer.—Answered in the first Article.

Art. IV. 'The Money belonging to the French Government'
and destined for the Payment of the Troops of the Second Corps,
shall remain in the hand; of the principal Paymaster, who is ac-
countable for it. The Paper. relating to the Accounts of the
Rtgiinents shall be preserved.
Answer.—Public Accounts shall be preserved.
Art. V. The Troops shall not lay down their Arms till the
moment of embarking, and then under the protection of the
British ; that is to say, that each Division or Section shall success
sively lay down their Arms when respecivelj` embarking.
Answer,—Answered in the first Article.
Art. VI. The Inhabitants of the Town of Vige.shall be respected.
Answer.—Granted, according to the Laws of Spain.
VII. The Two Hospitals, containing about Three Hundred
Site:, shall be taken Care of by the Inhabitants of the Town, una
der the British and Spanish Protection.
Answer.—The Prisoners shall be treated as the Lem of Hu•
itianity require.
VIII. The Place and tke Forts shall only be delivered up at
the moment of embarking, to a number of the blockading
Troops, consisting of Three Officers and Fifty Subalterns and
Soldiers.
Answer.—Referred to the first and last Articles.

IX. The present Capitulation will only take effect when rati-
fied on one part by Mons. Chalot, the Governor, and on the other
illy the Commandants of the blockading Land and Sea Forcer,
and guaranteed in all its Articles by the British Commanding
Done at Vigo, the Day, Month, and Year as above mentioned.
(Signed) CHALOT.
J. COUTTS CRA.RPORD.
PABLO MURILLO.
Statement of the French Forces, &c. surrendered by Capitula.
- tion at Vigu, 87th March, 1809, to his Majesty's Ships lively
and Venus, and the Forces of his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand
the Seventh.

46 Officers, 958 Infi•rior Officers and Privates fit for Duty,
300 Sick—Total 1304 men.-447 Horses, 6 Carriages, Covered
Waggons, and Carts; Military Chest, containing 117,153 Francs
in Fren-h Specie.

The returns of the garrison, cannon field-pieces,
muskets, ammunition, ordnance stores, &c. &c. not
yet received, but the whole together, with the horses,
carriages, and specie, have been delivered to Don
Pedro Murillo, Commander in Chief of the forces of
his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand the Seventh.
(Signed) GEORGE AOKINLEY.
ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, APRIL is, 1809.

Copy of another Letter from Captain M'Kinley, of his Majesty's
Ship Lively, to the Hon. W. W. Pole, dated March 29, ) 809.

Sir—l have the honour to inform you, for the in-
formation of my Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty, that, in the act of embarking the French
garrison, advice was received of a French force ap-
proaching, when Don Pablo Murillo immediately
marched, attacked, totally routed them, and made
many prisoners, who informed me they were a. de_
tachment of 300 men from Fuy, for the relief of
Vigo.—l have the honour to be, &c.
( S igned) GEORGE MtKINLEY.

A Gottenburgh Mail arrived last night, by which
we learn that the Emperor of Russia has given his
sanction to a suspension of hostilities with Sweden,
conditionally, until an answer is received from Paris,
to the application made there also by Sweden.
Yesterd • y a Ballot was held at the East India-house
for the Election of six Directors in the room of JAcos
BOSANQUET, JOSEPH COTTON, EDWARD PARRY, THO-
MAS REID, JOHN ROBERTS, ROBERT THOktNTON, Esqrs.
who are to go out by rotation.
At six o'clock the glasses were finally closed, and
delivered to the scrutineers, who, at a late hour, *-
dared the numbers to be as follows :
sir FRANCIS BARING, Bart.
Sir HUGH INGLIS, Bart
JoaN MANSHIT, Esq.
Sir THEOPHILUS METCALFE, Bart.
GEORGE MILLETT, Esq.
GEORGE WOODFORD Tart.LossoN, Fri 766
ROBEItT WILLIAMS, Esq.
Whereupon the undQlmentioued Gentlemen were de-
clared duly elected, viz. Sirt FRANCIS. BARING, Ban.
Sir HUGH INGLIs, Bart. JOHN KINSHIP, Esq. Sir
THEOPHILUS METCALFE, Bart. GEORGE MILLET',
Esq. ROBERT WILLIAMS, Esq.;

PLYMOUTH DOCK, APRIL 11.—Arrived the Cuckooschooner
with dispatches from Vice Admiral Sir J. T. Duckworth ; they
contain nothing of importance. His squadron is hourly expected
hcre. Also arrived the Betsey hired cutter from Ro.shefort :
the Orestus, Captain Leponitiere, from Falmouth; and the Lord
Eldon hired ship from the Straits. tailed the Triumph, of 74
guns, for Portsmouth.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL t I.—Came in the Lord Eldon armed ship
from Cork.— The M2r: schu,ner, Capt. Tl.omcs, from St. Mi-
chael's for London, spoke on the sth inst. the ship Eliza of Loa-
don, from the South Sea, last from St. Helei;a, then in lat. 51. 0.
long. 10. 30. W. all well.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 19.—A-rived his Majesty's ships Tri-
umph. front Plymouth ; Hope, Weymouth, abd Lioness, from
the Downs; a galliot under Prus,ian colours, sent in by his Ma-
jesty's ship La Fische ; Jane, Sligh ; Austin, Hurter; Freedom.
Sharp; Fame, White; linen Hall, —; and Tucker, --; and
several other tranports from Lisbon.—The whole of the expedi-
tion have put back to Stoke's

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