Star.
London, England, 1814-10-26 00:00:00

FROM LAST N thll7'S GAZETTE.

COI ONLIAL DEVAATMINt.
- • DOWNING-STREIT, OCTOBEn..sa.
A Dispatch of which the following is is copy, Ad-
dressed- to EMI Satin:rase, by Lieutenant-General
Sir J. C. Sliaßithatak K.B. Was yesterday received
at this Office. ' Halifax, Septeeiber as, set 4. -
KT LoSia.—Havinrisow. received Lieutenant-Cola
nil Pilkintyon's'ufficial report of the c.ipture of Ma,.
thias, I do naysep Aikidos'. of forwarding -it for
your Iditilsbiee inforinallen.
I lig bow taatil the 'attention of your Lordship
to the: seall•and aCcieity *splayed by Lieitotent.Co-
lent ?illogic's OS this occasion, as well as the ditei
Ciplotte and gcioduendeet evinced by the Officers and
mops' sitter his eMitotaud, in the execution of this
serritliolf4 Well* liphour to be, Etc.
J. C. lIMUISROCEE.
Machias; /arta:saber la, tat&
. 1111.4. an was' fineour to acquaint. your Excel.,
leach that I smiled from Penobscot. Bay, with ibe
balacka.ltall was pleased -to- place under my com-
ma* tionsistihgof a detachment. of royal artillety,
*lli a halciterre the battalion companies of the 29th
tigiamacsattil elany of the 7th battalion of the.6oth
feat, on *Outlining of the 9th instant ; and arrived
et Sucks H kw, about ten miles from thivplace)
Oh the faille% evening.
afrig
As. the ene y fired several alarm guns on our sp-
Machias the jhore, ii was evident he was apprehen-
sive of an attack, I therefore deemed it expedient to
disinibatk the tluops with as little delay as possible ;
and Caps* Hyde Parker, commanding the naval,
1°254 aftcauttd. Caßtain Stanfell to superintend this
dniyousktit was _urinated by that officer with the
utmost promptitlade and decision.
UP* reaching the shore, I ascertained that there
aas Daly *pathway through the woods by which we
tonlil advance and take Port O'Brien and the battery
le reverse; and as the guns of these works tomman-
did the passage of the river upon which the town is
situated, I decided upon possessing ourselves of them,
it practicable, during the night.
We moved forward at ten o'clock, F.M. and after a
most tedious and harassing march, only arrived near
to the fort at break of day, although the distance does
not eiceed five miles.
The advanced guard, which consisted of two com-
panies of the 29th regiment, and a detachment of
ritleasitn of the 60th regiment,:imder Major Tud, of
the former carps, immediately drove in the enemy's
picqnets, and upon pursuing him closely, found the
tort had been evacuated, leaving their colours, about
Eve minutes before we entered it. Within it, and the.
battery, there are two %a-pounders, three 18-pope..
dens, several dismounted guns, and a block house...,
l'he party which escaped amounted to about 70 tutees
of the 40th regiment of American infantry and SO al
the embodied militia : the retreat wain) rapid that I.
was not enabled to take any prisoners. I understand
there. were • a few wounded, but they secreted them-
selves is the woo&
Having secured the fort we lost no time in %dna-

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Point Battery—a e „
earrages, eompl s.
Eau ‘lachias7-2 brass fourlemoders, 'mounted, and harneu
complete.
Machias-2 iron four-potioden, on travelling carriages, com-
plete; D twenty.four-pounders, toeigbteen-pounders, rendered
partly unserviceable by the enemy, and completely destroyed
by us.--Total 26.
'
' 161 muskets, 96 bayonets, 100 pouches, 41 belts, a drams.
Asissuatrioa.
fld barrels serviceable gunpowder.
IS paper camelditilleed tor eighteen and twenty•fourieunders.
Ina mullet WI cartridges.
II bonsai et pipe and case shot.
‘53 realsit shot for eighteen and twenty-foar pounders.
'Viler, *sl¢s. upek,
111 piper' died for tosespsendeis.
( • " J. DzusszziLimsteoant, Royal Artillery.
• •
ADMIRALTY-01,10k
.00TOBIlt
The undermentioned letters pit liana transmitted by Vice
Admiral SirAzczameta Coeitzauas le JeenWitseuClozsit,
1111%. viz.— • . .1. • ••
Prom Captain Phillot, of Ms Majesty'e sloop Primrose, ailed
eE 4seaonsis, the 45th of August, stating, that be had: aiii
*ore and &sowed With his boats the American
almoner Pike, of Baltimore, mounting metier 12-pounder '
candor andlndies long nine, and having on board 25 men, MI el
whom escaped ea shire. . •
• From Limas* Rkkard Crawford, acting Commandos et
his Majesty's sloop Wisp, dated at sm, the tat\ el Augur.,
itiviog an account Of his having maraud bb hiajeety's cutter
Landrall, taken in 'billionth of My, eller a severe idiom by
the Americo privateer Siren, of seven guns and SO men.
From tbo bas Sir Peter tarkt, Captain of his. Meleaty's ship
Meaelsos,dened of Poole's Island, in the Chesapeake, .tbe *9th
of kaput, .slifilksg, that with the sealers Ind 'marines of that
Obit,M latrareed a party of the enemy's nigularsasidi
EasildtrleaSiMdefeice- of aWO deistwof 'stores, on the an-
[Ompoores etMaryland, and totally destroying the depot, coa-
-1 *deg of awn, hemp and flax, to an 1111131,1111 amount.
Fromtieutenint Henry CM/Ai, the Mob* Lieutenant of the
Menelaus, dated the 'Rh of September, 117,0fting that ha boats,
' under the' direction of Lleutthant Peoria, on the sth ceptand,
at thalami et Busk River, two large dawn and a schooner, laden
with wand; the latter of which was brought out, but the sloops
having grounded, were destroyed,

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We have already given the names of the Members
comprising the Court, a copy of the Charges, and the
opening Speech of Colonel PALMER, the prosecutor,
in the STAR of October 184
Before Colonel PALMS* proceeded to the evidence,
the witnesses were ordered to leave the room, and to
appear only as they were called-
The first witness called was Brigade Major Jones.
He said he was Brigade Major on the 9th of Janu-
ary, 1114 I he produced the entry of the general Or-
der, by which it appeared that the 7th,. 15th, and
10th Hussars were directed to forage on the 10th of
January, in the valley of Macoy, in France, and were
commanded to respect the depots of forage which
had been made by the Spanish General Murillo in
that neighbourhood. The witness sent a copy of
this Order to Colonel Quentin in the afternoon of
the 9th.
Crowexantitsed.—He said it was about fc..or o'clock
in the afternoon when the Order --- could
not tell exactly—the roads were
Lieutenant Fitaclarence was
'posed, as follows s'•••••" I moved
day on which it foraged in the
- Colonel Qumran'
occiapied
luence, and found
-glen a Spanish
to them, and a,
it, they having connected it with their own mules. I
then went away in the direction of this 'outpost* of
General Murillo, and proceeded .to join the regiment.
I found two troops, and part of a third,foragiag near,
the outposts. 1 saw the Spanish piquet turned cud.
denly out, and immediately afterwards private Hag-
gerty and three others gallopping up towards me
with their carbines sprung. One of them said that
the enemy was advancing in the valley, both cavalry
and infantry. I then heard and saw several shot :
joined Mr. Fitzgerald and the foragers, and the
troops were formed about 300 yards distance, and
facing the enemy, who were evidently advancing.
The Spaniards were by this time broken, and the ot-
flews flying; but they took refuge behind two houses,
land the French, not knowing their strength in that
situation, did not like to come cn. Had they known
their numbers, they might have come on and fired a
volley into us." - •
JUDOS ADVOCATZ...." That is your opinion?'
Lieutenant Fitaclarence—,4 Yes; I have no doubt
of a."
JUDGE ADVOCATE—" Yon must give us facts... Arm
.It is for the Court to draw inferences..
your opinion is not evidence."
Lieutenant Fitzclarence-4, Very well ! If it is not
evidence—it is part of my narrative.—We then went
and succeeded in rallying the Spaniards, and two
companies of their Cacadores coming up, the French
went away, having taken some men and horses."
Cron4wamitted.—He said that the regiment paced
him as he was foraging : when he joined the main
body of the regiment, after quitting the Spanish pi-
gment was more than a league in the rear, in the
direction of Cambo. The apparent strength, of the
enemy was about 400 men, chiefly infantry—there
were very few cavalry, so few, that very probably
they were only field officers.
Queitioaed the Cowl. —He did not report the at-
tack on the Spanish piquet to Colonel Queptin: does
not know whether any report was made.
Captain Lloyd was next called.—He deposed, as
follows :-0 I moved with the regiment on the 10th
of January to forage. I received the Order at eight
o'clock in the morning. I was directed by Colonel
Quentin to apply to General Murillo for a party to
protect the foragers. I asked Colonel Quentin what
number I should apply for ? He said, two compa-
nies, or whatever force I thought strong enough. 1
then proceeded to the head-quarters of General Mu-
rillo, and mentioned my business to the Chief of his
Staff. The General expressed surprise that Colonel
Quentin should have commenced for +ging, without
giving biro notice, but gave an order fur a couple of
companies, with a Colonel el Casadores. On pro-
ceeding towards the outpoelte I suet part of the 10th
moving off. 1, was afterwards met by a man at.
cached to the regiment, who told me that it bad filed
off towards.the mountain. I overtook the rear, and
found: Colonel %wain, who asked me it I bad seen
the affair of Spanish piquet 1 1 then got an order
fronslins to the Colonel of Casadores, to say that
-clam was no necessity for the party. The firing, by

enemy . / _ _ - perceived . incing, ap.
peered to be skirmishers, but there were others
posted in a lane. He could not state how long Co- •
lonel Quentin remained' where he left him. nor wbe•
ther it, was possible for him, in his situation, to ob. '
serve the operations in the valley He /Sid not ascer-
tinned' whether cherepeort of his situation, when at-
tacked, transmitted by him through an orderly, bad
actually reached ColOnel Quentin.'
Captain Viticlakence was theta called, and dfposed ' '
to the following'effecir—He'vill detaihed with his
troop on the TOLli of January, 44 forage In the ialley •
of Macoy, Without being advised of stay point of Oh.
dezvuus or retreat in case of atfaak. He bairn° rob- '
sequent communication vitth Colonel Quentiii till die
time Of his return with hii troop to the regimenf..4..
His troop occupied, the front of the valley, when he
sent Serjeants to eiamine whether forage could 'be
procured ; And on their return, ant reporting in the
affirMative, he placed piquet: along the front of the
position, and commenced lorag7,fig. After a short
time be went to the 'advanced posts, and saw the
enemy approaching, and inclining rovrarsis his left.
He sent an orderly to enquire of the Spanish Office,
what was his intention ?—who replied, he had been
ordered to retire. Having, in consequence of this,
withdrawn his troop, be fell in with the troop of Cap-
! tain Stuart, and formed his men on their it ink. In
this situation they remained icr a consi-erable beta
without any orders ; till at length Captain Stuart put '
them upon their retreat. He found Colonel Quentin
about, two mai' from the scene of foraging on the
top of a hill, with the regiment.
Crorr•examinatices.:—He had no communication dur-
ing the time his troop was employed in the valley, oe
until his return to the regiment, with Col. Quentin.
He remained under fire about ten 'minutes. Should
certainly have engaged the enemy's cavalry if attack-
ed by them, in the expectation of being supported by
Colonel Quentin • and must have suffered severely
from infantry had not the piqnets nutinuined their
posts. He sent notice to Major Howard of Hs situ-
ation, as commander of the squadron to which his •
troop WAS attached. The third troop belonging to
the sp.adron was not near. He lbst no men nor
'horses in the affair. The ground was very difficult
oind much intersected. It was impossible to say whe-
ther Colonel Queritin from his situation could see
what passed in the ialley, as there was a ;peat deal '
of wood in the intermediate space. He received no ,
instructions .fter his orders to forage in Macoy. In
answer to a qUest;on, s',hetlier tie ground Adm;tted
of the whole regiment being drawn up ? he replied in
the negative ; but said there was certainly room for •
one troop to hart dome to *their support. He did
not know that it wai always usual to appoint piaci:
of rendezvous on tending out eetachnunts to thrAge.
• Captain Harvey deputed, that he noosed with the
regiment on the 10th of January list, oil which day
the Seijeant-Major reported that he had found Image
in a house about a league in advance, in the valley
.of Macoy. Coionel Quentin ordered hill to conduct
-hie troop to the spot ; but before he proceeded it was

PiWorms, 1 ith September, i 814. . day nn which it tol
911DNANCIL, v•iw employed by t
po,t o'"iais—pa al~preopfe, eil—ea ;Verbs* ,tom the tittattdrs
ruse-, complete; refibtortimmostoreirtoonde, tuonnted do :
gamin° carriages, coMplere ; 1 movietlibie dismounted trreoty wento consequen
four-pounder; 1 dismounted serviemble elesteen-poander jog to report it, tin
tarronade. - . that it belonged to
Point Battery-2 twenty.fouriounders, mounted on garrison it, they having con

: was about four o'clock a“ i....^.... ——-I - -
der was sent—he could
have attacked the enemy, supposing their force to
ere very bad. . have consisted of cavalry, upc.,l the presumption of
as nett sworn, and de: being supported by Colonel Quentls, the witness
ed .with the regiment the answered,. . .:17, certainly." .1f the pigoets had not
he valley of mile„).. 1 given time. • 'support tqAffrivc, the loss to his
j„ok for. future osrn tr • ...._ .' . .:, • 'lmp zallar When it the house
moral Motillo. wr whirctitiforintirtilie w..--
inset 400 yards dis-
and forage, and wAs go: tance frOmr.iildnel *mein, to the best of his belief.
nish officer informed me lie sent a man at this time to apprise C9lenel Qik:ll.,
1 that we could not have tin of his situation, but received no answer. The
..,:th th.:l, nom reliant_ t enemy's cavalry; sshoan he perceived advancing, ap.