Star.
London, England, 1815-04-19 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHTS GAZETTE.

CROWN OFFICE, APRIL 18,1815.
Member returned to serve In this present Parliament:
BOROUGH ST EAST GRIN3TgAD—SII George Hope, Knight
Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Rear
Admiral of the Red, in the room of James Stephen, Esq. who
bas accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
COLONIAL DEPARTMENT.
DOWNING S fRF.ET, APRIL 'l7, 1815.

._ A Dispatch, of which the following is a copy, has been this day
recs.ved by E.sti Bathurst, one of his Majesty's Principal Se-
• rye iJiies of State, from Major-General Sir John Lambert,
K C. 13. collntrmling we the cs,ast of Louisiana. •

11..nr1ln:.rteta, Isle Dauphine, Feb. 11, Itlls.
'My T. rut?).—My cliTitch; dated January '29, will
the inhn'raed roil:. Lordship of the re-embarkatiod
.(7F ?hi> fort-o, which was crilvltted en the 30th ; the
W;•:1;!! ;r caul,. (in so bad on that night, and continued
5) t:7;til the .sth nbru.try, that nr, cornrnu:.icat;on
!,0 with the :,-hips at the inner anchotage,
a tlktliice of about 17 miles. _ _ _

_
. ft being azreett between Vice-Ad:niral t",;1- Alox-
ary.!Pr Cochrane and my t:: if that operations shri.d he
c:rried towards it was decided that a itlTt.:
$ll `1:1•I /.-e sent against Fort Bowler, sauatrd on the
c.it,;rll point of the entrance of tlle hay, and from
every iili•-irtnation that could he (Alt:lived, it was con-
•sidered a brigade would be sufficient for this object,
with a respectable fosse of artillery.
I oidered the 2,d brigade, composed of the 4th,
21st, and 44th regiments, for this service, together
-v ith such means in the engineer and artillery depart-
.vent. as the Chief and Commanding Officer of the
Royal Artillery might think expedient. The re-
main:l:r of the force had orders to disembark on Isle
Dauphine and encamp: and Major-General Keane,
whom I am truly happy to say has returned to his
duty, superintended this arrangement.
The weather being favourable on the 7th for land-
ing to the eastward of Mobile Point, the ships desti-
-red to move on that service sailed under the com-
mand 44 Captain Ricketts, of the Vengeur, but dui
not arrive in sufficient time that evening to do more
than determine the place of disembarkation, whith
was about three miles from Fort Bowyer.
At day-light the next morning the troops got into
the boats, and (300 men were landed, under Lieute-
nant .Coknel Debbeig, of the 44th, without opposi-
tion, is ho immediately threw out the light companies
under Lieutenant Bennet, of the 4th regiment, to
cove,- the landing of the brigade. Upon the whole
being disembarked, a disposition was made to move
en towards the tort, covered by the light companies.
The enemy was not seen until about I'2oo yards in
front of their work—they gradually fell back, and no
firing took place, until the whole had retired into the
fort, and our advance had pushed on nearly to within
3iti yards. Having reconnoitred the tort with Lieu-
ttnant.Colontis Burgoyne and Dickson, we were de-
ci•frdly of opinion, that the work was only formidable
.111 assault ; that ,batteries being once es-
ti:: I:.!_t'.l, it nitt•t speejiiy fall. Every exertion was
ride by tbe n.tvy to 1u d provisions, and the neces-
s.lty etihip.r,,ont of a bat•ei:ng train and engineers
;.?s. V.'e broke ground on the ni.tirt of the tit,
aod adranced a firing party to within roe hundred
yards (-; t'ne tort during the n t ht. The position of
tile batlet;cs being decided upon the next day, they I
were re.,,!y to receive thcr guns on the night of the I
on the morning of :ha 11 th the fire of a
bareiy of four IS-pounders on the left, and two
ila;izi.as on the right, each at about 10.,)
yar24 distii'v,ce, two G-pounders at about 500 yards. I
And eight small cchorhs advantageously placed on
tic rig tit, y:ith intervals between 101 and t!..to yards,
I urnished to keep up an isice.sant tire for two days,
e prepared to. open. Preparatory to commencing,
I siiminnyed the fort, allowing the Commant
Oificer half an hour for hes decision upon such terms
as were proposed. Finding he was inclined to con-
sider them, I prolonged. the period at his request, and
at three o'c:ock the tort was given tip to a British
guard, and British colours hoisted ; the terms being
signed by Major Smith, Military Secretary, and Cap-
tain Ricketts, R.N. and finally approved of by the
Vice-Admiral and myself, which I have the honour
to enclose.

I am hippy to say our loss has not been very great ;
and we are indebted for this, in a great measure, to
the eflicignt means attached to this force. Had we
been obliged to resort to any other made of attack,
the fall could not have been looked for under such
favourable circumstances.

We have certain information of a force having been
sent from Mobile, and disembarked about 12 miles
off, in the night of the 10th, to attempt its relief ; two
schooners with provisions and an intercepted letter,
fell into cur hands, taken by Captain Price, R.N.
stationed in the bay.
__

I cannot close this dispatch without naming to your
Lordship again, Lieutenant-Colonel ackson, Royal
Artillery, and Burgoyne, Royal Engineers, who dis-
oavcd twit usual seal and abili:itst and Lieutenant
_Bennett, of the 4th, who commanded the light com-
panies, and pnvbed op close to the enemy's works.
,Ca,,,t.tle lion. R. Sp,ncci. Royal Navy, who bad
been with a det.icliment of seamen under my
;71catl) facil;tat.:l the service in every way by

From C Rict:ctzs, of die Rnyal N ivy, wlr.
Jr/a; d with the lantlicig and disposition of t: e
naval .1 received every assiitAnce.
(S tined) JOHN LA afTlEtt.r.
111 c A+::;:..; .te the Gazette of Saturcl;:y 7.t

A Re't:rti :,r;lrrtrre.mtme.i.lt!ott, and rotes caprurod,
LLturn (.1 %u the army uoti r the ernattoand (.4 `.1.4.1
General Lambert, cull-loved before Fort Itowyet,betwcett .11e
gal and 14.:111 'l.:throaty, 1815.
Tut '2.7 N.:mini:ed.

(Signed)
S. St oven, D A G.
Re'trn of Ante.-:zan Gar, ison of Fort lidwytr, which sur-
rendoed to the .f)rce under Maj,..r-General Lambert, 11th
Febr.idtry, iBl5.
One iie.d ()Ts.- r, tiwee Captains, 10 Subaiterns, 2 Staff, 16 qe.r-
jea.:.ts, 16 cirurnmcr,, 3:0 rank and file, 20 women, 16 chit-
dret , 3 ser wants, not sokders. (Signed)
• • FRLD. STOiIIN, D. A.A. G.