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Gton. Atewnles, Messrs. Sweet and stoke, Mlles Bench) Part of their crews no beard. Fully concurring in
andsibe from their
toaststtion, in order to give the transport
nwe, the
watts, 'relnele- the expediency and the absolute necessity of thismee opportonity ccour the Iphigenia, end favour
Thomas Dawson, of Higb-street, Wapping, Middlesex, grows',
dealer and charr.an, Februaryl9, 28, and March 26, at eleven, adoption of which, and the carrying into the escape of both, I again stood towards the French
at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Glutton, St. Tbomaes-street, effect with the least delay, is of the most serious im- frigates, whets they.resomed their trace, and cond.
Southwirk. portance to the ultimate success of the operation, now nued it until our arrival off St. Denis. From thence
John Ann Gibbs. late of Worthing, Suss'', plumber, February ripe- for execution, against the Isle of France, and I immediately dispatched ae express to Capt. Torn- '
16, 22, and March 26, at eleven, at Guildhall. Anoraks,
Messrs. Stratton and Anon, Sboreditcls, London. having found it fnrther practicable to equip the Ve- kinson to move with his ship's company on board the
stis in furtherance of this object, 1 have not hesitated Wyndham, end to join me off the island, the Otter
Henry Richards, of the Strand, Middlesex, gun-maker, dealer
and chapman, Frbruarg.i6; 26, and Match eG, at eleven, at Ito commission her for the time being, under the nhme b.:ing dismantled tor heaviihr down.
duo:than. Attornies, Messrs. hlurphy slid Cameron, Boll* iof the Nereide, in commemoration of the gallant de- On my arrival off St. Pal's, I found that Captain
verie-street, Fleet-street. fwenttchestaonfdhinigs Majesty's ship beating- drat name, not- Toinkinson, considering the Wyndham ttnfit for im.
John Morley, of Stewardwon Essex, illk-throwster, dealer and 1 .
chapman, February t 6, 23, and March 26, at ten, at Guild- , the very many locafdifficulties and dis- mediate service, hail declined the command of her ;
ball. An,
Messrs. Oregsorf, Dixon, and Gregson, Angel- . advantages with which we have neceaserily had to in consequence of which Captain Lynn had with
court, Throgmorton-street, London. contend in the execution of these plans. The stria- moat indefatigable erections fitted the Emma vans.
Jahn Hill, of Axminster, Devonshire, innholder, victualler, dealer dron now on the eve of sailine from these roads, con- port with her guns, and jpined me off the port.
andchaproati, February 22, 23, and March 26, at eleven, at
the Golden Lion Lytne.Regis, Dorset. Atusrnies Mt:4SM • sitting of the ships named in the margin*, exhibits a For the promntitude and expedition with *lot
Parma and Son, Pump-court, Temple, Landau; or 'Mr..John striking and no less gratifying instance of what may this aid was affnrded me, as. well as for the most ample'
Tautness, Axminster. be effected by British exeinon and British pereeve. assistance on everi thcasion, lam indebted to Colo.
ranee.
Harry. Fallows, of Eadleton-w:thin-Salford, Lancashire, dealer ,
and anima. February st"., lc, at two, and March 26, at ten 1 . net Keating, whet has spared neither personal exao.
I should_ aasne timebe
.very deficient, were I . tiaras, nor the resources which his situatiottconun ands.
la thi r4eorge,ln,Deartsme;urrauchester. Attendee, Mr: I
listaiky, Kaduna; or mune and parry. Tomrsisnot to avarffiself.o thiliagsportaiiiltynow afforded in facilitating the.aupplitteast the naval aerv' and
Leaden. . . . me of expressing the obligations of the service to the- assisiag.me.li y reinforctateitts nt Inv waterarave
ilenrybeeren, Late of Trlotfaran, Cannarthenshira, coal snit'•.; hieutenant Goarenetrfind Conuiantfer (If 'die 'Forces- Wire die Emma hoeOrtgesree, • - - Arida
tea,' on this island,Lieutenant
chat*, dealer and chaiman, Feb. 28, at tour, 'March 1, at Crarrinil 1i eating, whom towards the isle'of licence; but tiniNnlet ' Am could.
and 26, at three, at the Ship Ins, Mere, Wilts. Anoraks 1
Mr. Popkin, No. 20, Dean-stress, Sob°, onde*: or Mr. up.; it is indebted not only for hii:co-operatiop, as well at not keep company, i detached her-to windward from
l that of the %hole military force, not only for the ap-. Round. Island to Roderigtietie anale'rio give nieke
meor, Mere.
Zaward.Gibmn, et Great St. Helen's, London, merclant.dealerat '; plieatiest of every civil means et his command, hat to any of our shipc shidriiig meet. anise etenpa. no.
' and chatniun, Febnlary 16, 23, and March 26, at twelve, for that spirit oftealout ernuletion, Wherever the navy. ire state of our naval.'
, Guildhall. Alonany, Mr. Dawes, Angel-court, Throginorton- I - - - '
' stftet, Lention. lis concerned, which hls rno.,. anxiously anticipated- I then proceeded witiv
willtao, Gibson, of Edgware-road, Middlesex cheesernonger,! the a epropriation of every reentwee to its service, and Passe, end rin our arsii
dealer and chaizaw, February 16, est, and Marab' 26, at twelve ' the influence of which. his been extended throughout gone, and fotieships 4t
at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Richardson, Fisher, and Lakes', • •• •
this division of tale army. . we leave since leer-hie/
. Bury-street, St• James's. .
Jowl% Taylor, of Winchester-rw St. Marl-la-Benne, Mid. , Among other vestith ea by tile enemy, I re- 'Nertide, aml Cte:ylt
dleux, cheesemotiger; dealer tudehapasan, Febreary 16. as, pet tn mention the Ceylon and Wyn4ent, Honour- top-gallant-yards i
' and March 26, at elevens a GoltdialL Attorney, Mr. Fiske, able East Ind 4 Company's ships, 10 the Ranger ready for sea : the
Palstrave-place, Strand, London. I, transport, from the Cape, having nn board provisions the third with lull ...1
Demme Parker, of Great Saffron-hill. Middlesex, ironfoueder,
and stores fur the squadron :I am happy to add, that alioeindersteo4 liottl'Oir
dealer and ehapman, February 16, 23, and March 26, at one, I
at Guildhall, Attendee, Warn Jones and Raynal, Mayor's the Wyndham has since been retaken, and is arrived Venus, that they
Court Ofice, Royal &doer. - here, and the Yenta was forind to have on board the Port Louis, and that-the I
Francis Simpson, of Lancaster, merchant, dealer and chapman greater part of the stores and provisions taken in the had been very great.;
March I, at five, 2, and 96, at eleven, at the King's Arms Inn
Ranger, both of which circumstances have been par- •F:nding that noth:
Lancaster. Attornios, Messrs. Blakelock and Makinsen, No. 3,then stood, I returned holhis port, .
Elm-court, Temple, London ;or Mr-E. Manson, Lancaster.
'ham`y advantageous, the bower Vests of the Wyatt-
Chsrles Brooke; now or late of High' own, Liversedga, York- having been applied to the Africaine, and th • '
on the llth of September. •-•- .
shire, butcher, dealer and chapman, March I, at three, u the victualling of the squadron being, by means of the Captain Lambert is said. to . 'l4 0 g p". i; cibil
re! f e
New Court-House, Wakefield; 2„ and 26, at eleven, at the
provisions found in the Vents, completed to four ' the Inhigenia and Isle de la PasSe The die • W
George and Dragon Inn, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Atternles, first arrived off there, oil condition that all the Offieel
Mr Evans, Huron-Garden, London sor Mr. Carr, Goner- months.
sal, near Leede. It is further of still greater moment that.l should and men should, in one month frotn thedato.tif ti
capitulation, be sent from the lale -of Vence to sow
Abraham %shelve, of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturer, a i7e • f . f •of
ppr . you, or the in oematton their Lordships,
dealer and chat man, Much 1, at three, at the New Court- that Major-Generel Abercromhy, who with his whole
House, Waktfiekl; 2, and 26, at eleven, at the George and part in the dom:nions 'of his Majesty, 'rho. to. sort
against France or her Allies till exchanged.
Dragon Inn, Dewsbury; Yorkshire. Att'oralee, Mr. Rylab, staff was embarked in the Ceylon, and who is entrust-
Dewsbury ;or Mr. Cm*Y, No. Is, Holbors-court, gay's- ed with the command of the Expedition against the I have the honour to be, Ike. '
Inn, London. • Isle of France, nets recaptured in that frigate. (Slgned)
As the squadron will proceed to
.sea in a fete hours aroo..Aarahai :..ft,, ea,. &e. &c.
JtT4nUA nowt V.
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, FEBRUARY It.
after the closing these dispatches, I trust I shall stand
Copy of a Letter from Vice Admiral Bertie, Comma deb in His blajestf s ship Boadicea, St. Paul's Read
Chief of Isis Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the Cape *mead excused to their Lordships, in deferring to a future , Isle of Bourbon, Sept. 2; 1210.
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Hope, to John Wilson Croker, Esq. dated Oa board his Ma- opportunity the several returns and details of the Sntew -weigoed atiebrir firm the Pi;y of Sidi
squadron, as well as a statement preparing of work Paiil's off the morning of 4112 12th of •Septinsber, I
jesty's Ship the MTh:sine, et. Patin, Isle de Benthen, the Itth
October, 1810. . performed in each department, which, in the short company with the Otter sloop, and Staunch- gial
space of three weeks, through the unremitting and brig, in order to attack two of the enemy's trigtte
Sta-Following the intentions communicated by
unwearied exertions that have been displayed, has ' the Astrea and Iphigenie, v.Oui cl cse its the ofiir3 !
my letter addressed to you of the e6th August, I have
been such as to complete the equipment of the squa- windward. When under Way, I received ar. inran,
the honour now to acquaint you, for the information
dron, and to render the whole thoroughly effective, non from Colonel Keating that an Eaglios kips
of your Lordships, tnat having made the necessary.
dispositions and arrangements previous to my depar- I should add, that the light brigade of the troops was said to have arrived at St. Denis, and as westia
onrclear of.the bay, ,I load the satisfaction or recto
from hence are embarked, to the numlier of 600 men,
&zing the Africaine, who joined with me in the chat
cure from the Cape, r hoisted my flag on board the
Nisus. and Sailed on the 4Th ultimo in that ship.foe on board the five frigates, and are doing duty as ma-
titles, until their services shall be required on shore. By superior sailing, and hieving the'same breeze
the Isle of France.h7J-ling made the hind on the
62d instant, I proceeded to reconnoitre Port South I hive, &c. (Signed) A. DERTIE. the enemy, she was enabled to arise with them het
East, and from thee to Port Louis; where,liavie.g Ins Majesty's ship BOADICIA, Paul's Head, dark, and led by her signals the Boadicea was gal
t
cruised 48 hours, and not falling in with any ship of tale of Bourbon, Sept. ^I, 1110:
iiiingg FZass uobPnstelretehr b,2tmistenn athtethirreiegat .s,M.ata thellhatv:yti
the blocicading squadron, I proceeded to this anchor- Si2,-I had the honour to transmit to you on the
age fur infotmation Of them, where I found lying his. 31st of August, Capt. Pym"s report of a gallant and
"Majesty's ships Boadicea, Otters and Staunch gun. successful attack 131 his boats on the Isle :le la Passe,
Wig, together with his Majesty's ships Africaine and and I beg leave to second his recontmendation of
Ceylon, which had been taken, and recaptured from Lientenants Chads and Wading for their conduct on
the enemy, and the Imperial French frigate la Venus, that occasion. Under 'the same cover, I also trans.
also captured from the enemy. mined 'Captain Pym's detail of his subsequent opera- batween four and five miles abe,osi et the Boadic
I concluded that it was Captain Corbett's intend
merely to attempt crippling the enemy, in order
enable us sooner to close with them ; hut tilor.
stately at that moment the winds became light a
(tileno s ti ng
variable, eed the Africaine becoming uumanitgea
a lal
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to
though
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The details,
tcniiii of which I have the honour to dons at Grande Porte. The urgency of the service
/ transmit herecena, viill fully explain to their Lord- we were then engeged, prevented me from entering
ships the circumstances of the occupation of the Isle I more minutely into particulars ; the Boadic
de la Passe, as well as the subsequent unfortunate re- then under weigh, proceeding to Grande Porte, In
suit of a very gallant attack made on the enemy's hopes of relievingthelphigenia, the only frigateleftto morning.
ships in Port South East with the Sirius, Captain me by the disasters which had befallennur squadron. -
Pym ; the blagicienne, Captain Curtis ; the Iphige- It is now my duty to give you it More detailed ac-
nia, Captain Lambert • and the Nereide, Captain count of our operations. .
Willoughlsy : which ended'
in the unavoidable de- I had acquainted you with thelnUations of Cola- ttrvetrakilitel':preosoitfiolliihaftr4an
ea was
_eq.ual edutest, was obliged to out last
aud
firingeceased at about 15 rniuutes after four, in
Day dawned, and shewed us . . .
the result; the one
appeared to have suffered little; the Africaini wa
• their possession, with no apparent loss but that of
miienhopmast; such a sone did not appear ec kis
riot, particularly in the present critical sittratini
struction of the two former of his Majesty's ships, and eel Keating in .cnncert with final! ti),eatablish a my commencing in attack on a force so much le
our affairs, when mine was the only British fei
the surrender to the -enemy of the Iphigenia an strong military post at Flat Island. after Occupation
reide, the latter after a glnrious resistance almo tun- of Isle de la Passe. For this service 'the' Bombay
paralleled even in the brilliant annals of the British iMerchant transport was prepared with water and
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NAV y . provisions sufficient for the supply of both p'lacis; and
. A momentary superiority thus obtained by the ene- the, flank battalion, wider the command of Lieute-
my, has been promptly' and derisively crushed by the nant-Colonel Austin, *Atka proportion of artillery,
united zeal, judgment, perseverance, skill and intrepi- were in readiness to erobark,' when, on the. evenin in those seas, and 'We knew of twn*othei frig*
the enemy and a corvette cruizing in the neign
hood ; I therefore made sail tai Bring up the I
and Stanch, then out of sight, and having 'soon reji
cd them, I led towards the enemy, who at Our
roach abandoned die Athicaine, leaving an o
, &its, of Captain Rowley, in his hlajesty's ship Boadi- of the 22d of August, by the arrival ef the Wye .
I, cons the value and importance of whose services, long ;ham recaptured Indiaman, I learned that the &none
1 and nine Frenchmen. in charge of her, with mss
the wounded, and about eighty:three of her c
Icnpicuous and distinguished as they have, been, have ' and Minerve, French frigates, Victor corvette, Rd
fully justified the selection and datention of him as Ceylon, captured Indiamano had forced the passage
the Senior Officer conducting the blockade of this by Isle de la Passe into Grande Porte, and that it
siation; and' who, in the present instance, almost was Captain pym's intention to attack hem there.
alone and unsupported but by the never-failing ener- Two of the flank companies and a deta:hment of
gies and resources of his active and intelligent mind, Artillery were immediately embarked on board the g
under circumstances, as may be easily imagined, of Boadicea ; the transport with the romainder of the
extremest anxiety, mortification, and disappointment, force was directed to follow 2S expeditiously as pos. whom they had not time to remove. The cite'
her loss in killed and wounded I have not been
to ascertain, but it Must have been cionsiderable.
is with deep regret 1 have to mention the loss of
allant friend • plain Cm-lieu; he was won
early in the action, and cli.cd a few hours after It
coaled ; in him the service has lost one of its
in a few hours not only retook his Majesty's ships sible. From baffling winds our passage was very te. Officers.
.kfricaine and Ceylon, but captured also the largest dious ;on the morning of the 27th we picked ilp a I cannot conclude without mentinning, in
frigate possessed by the enemy in these seas, and has boat with an officer and fourteen men dispatched with apptobation, the steadirress and zeal manifest
thus restored the British nivel pre-eminence in this letters from Captains, Pym and I.ambcrr, which I my First Lieutenant. Mr. Langhorne, the 0
quarter, which his talents have long so succe3sfully transmitted to you ; these made me acatiainted with and ship's company under my command, and
contributed to maintain. the unfortunate result of the attack on the frigates in leave to recommend them to your favourable
Nor can I omit to offer the tribute so justly due to Grand Porte; next morning at day-light .I m tde Isle I have die honour to be, &c.
the memory of the gallant Corbett, of his Majesty's de la Passe, and perceived two of the enemy's frigates (S
igned) JOSHUA RoWt.
ship Africaine, whose meritorious eagerness to check close orf the Porte we stood nearly within gen-shot To Vice-Admiral. Berth. G.c. &.c. &c.
the triumph of an exulting enemy impelled hiin to of one of these, and within five or six miles cf Isle .the.o under-inertionod E. teenseet of the Killed atss, W
. belonging to tins Atrisame sis as cot rectas I low been abe no
an unequal contest, in ',hid; he nobly fell, defend- de la Passe, under which the Iphigenia was anchored, •
24 seamen, 2 matinee 4 , whiter', .1111 ed ;51 searert,
in g the cause of that country, to whose service his j making signals to her, but a third sail, which we ad- Tines, 8 soldiers, wounded-total, es ate ae, 71 ehit,r,d
valuable life had been most usefully, most honours- I terwards learned was the Astrea frigate, appearing as
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bly devoted. I windward, I thought it prudent to tack off, and was anthoottonert Cotten, 1:el Ca. • h ' fuel
. titans ; .er. Frit. r, k .
Under the pressure of these events, the arrival of I immediately chased by the French squadron ;of these Wou T'ullitlgo, Si. nior Lieuterant. Woes* a prise
the Nista was to be considered as most opportune, as itheVenus, from her superiority of sailing, might soon the Isle of Fry's:- I- C. Foreer• Second Liettansaar, 11
with *I
every exertion had been already employed, h.vve brought us to action, but appeared to wait for (2), ilelltt nano o. V alines, Mr. mod, beteete.ls.
itletieti Mr. Mertles Mile'. Inman, are at the ''' ''• II
hoopital A. I
view w the emaipment of the African* and Ceylon, her consort (la Manche). .
Mr. noes, Miasairmae, a prison, at the Isle DlA:a*
which ships, hlitlogh severely cut up in the masts and Towards day-break they hauled nit ;but as I Leech, Midshi,plWaile at the Isle of Femme.
rigging (the loser Mass being unfit for farther set- jodged it adviseable to draw them down as far as pos. Ohtned) JOSHUA ItO'WL
Viathhasla fartunatelg, at the nose or astir recapture, • Beesinsts, Aftlaine,Celion, Nisus, Nordin. [For tha retaainsles of tbs Game* see dir It
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aval film, and that of the enewav'se
with. the
.boxelitett'dff she Men& la.
r arrival'tbere ifoupa the l'philenia
ips at anchor Z 9 trablic,Porte ; these
!dried were the
.B6Otbe, Itn.Frve,
!on, (t4st todia shirs), i,:ae taikarith
across, sails bent, AnCappileintlr
ile secosbiil Ivilltjtarptweist sit andl
ary r9ri 116/I.l.2liiellfal. t have soap' tip:fliers Tit4Vatten, in Lbs
y ere " oath to Or 111,
o •-i! :eoit*l to
thud* slaughter Ott 10,p(peni
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aothing was to be cffeetw4c4 wifaira
tined to-this port, where I anchored