Star.
London, England, 1821-10-15 00:00:00

NAVAL INTZZLICENCE.

daring intrepidity up to the walls of the fort, under'
a heavy and most annoying 'fire of musquetry ; find-
ing himselfainable, after repeated attem ts, to force
an entrance by any means, and considering that all
farther efforts would be tinavailing, and only tend
to increase the great 10-,s which they had already
sustained, he felt himself under the necessity of re-
treating to the boats ; which operation was covered
in a very handsome manner by Mr. Charles Napier,
Master's Mate, and Mr. Francis Sewell, Admiralty
Midshipman, in the barge and launch of the Topaze.
When I remark to you, that every Officer disem-
barked on this service from the Topaze was either
killed or wounded, you will be able to appreciate
the gallantry and devotion with which they led their
men to the attack; and though it was not crowned
with tl.e success it merited, their conduct deserves
the highest praise.
Amongst the killed I have to regret the loss of
Lieutenant R. G. Atkinson, of the Royal Marines,
a most gallant and meritorious Officer ; Mr. C. P.
Gill, who had conspicuously distinguished himself;
and Mr. F. S. Burnett, a young Officer of the
highest promise.
In the number wounded are Lieutenants Wright
and Moriarty; Mr. Alexander Morton, Boatswain,
a most zealous Officer; Mr. William Stephens, Ad-
miralty Midshipman, and who has served long and
with credit, and whom I beg leave to recommend to
your protection ; and Mr. Robert Ward, Admiralty
Midshipman, mortally, since dead, a deserving and
gallant Officer.
The skill and attention which has been shewn by
Mr. James Foy, Surgeon, and Mr. William Porteous,
Assistant-Surgeon, towards the wounded, merit my
warmest praise.
In the evening I had ordered the Benares and An-
telope, cruizers, to shift their birth, abrea,t of the
town, to protect the bomb vessel, which had been
throwing shells half-hourly during the day. The
precision with which the mortar had been fired was,
at nine o'clock, mat ked by the breaking out of the
flames in the town. It continued burning until SO
minutes past three in the morning. The conduct of
Lieutenant and Adjutant Jacob, of the Artillery,
was highly prai,eworthy, and claims my grateful
acknowledgments. He speaks most highly of the de-
tachment of artillery under his command.
On the morning of the sth, at thirty minutes past
seven, the enemy again hoisted a flag of truce, and
in consequence of the Dula having delivered hos-
tages to ensure their compliance with cur demands,
I consented to a truce of fourteen days, and have
every reason to conclude that everything will be sa-
tisfactorily settled as soon as the courier who has
been dispatched to Senna can return.
During the whole course of the operations at this
place, rendered extremely arduous from the violence
with which the wind has blown, and the consequent
difficulty of carrying them on, I have derived from
Lieutenant Wilkie, First Lieutenant of this ship, all
the assistance which I could have anticipated from
an Officer of his abilities and experience.
To Captains Faithful and Robson, commanding
the Honourable Company's cruizers Benares and An-
telope ; Captain Jones, commanding the Ernard,
Company's store-ship ; and Lieutenant Elwin, of the
Thames, Company's mortar-boat, I am highly in-
debted, for their zealous and active co-operations.
They report most fully of the conduct of their crews.
In calling your particular attention to the distin-
guished conduct of Lieutenant Moriarty, I feel my-
self quite unable to render justice to his merits, and
I therefore take the liberty of requesting you will be
pleased to recommend him to the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty. (Signed)
JNO. R. LtimLEY, Captain.
To Rear-Admiral the Honourable Sir Henry
Blackwood, Bart. and K. C.B. tee. &e.
His Majesty's ship Torre, off Mocha, in
the Red Sea, January 20, 1821.
SlR—ln continuance of my letter of the 13th ult.
I have the honour to congratulate you on the success
which has since attended the exertions of -the squa-
dron under my command, and the satisfactory termi-
nation of its labours at Mocha.
The anticipations I had indulged in, of being able
to adjust amicably the differences subsisting between
the Government of India and his Highness the Imaum
of Senna, and which I had been induced to form from
the apparent anxiety expressed by the Dola to coin-
cide with all our wishes, gradually 'dissipated before
the evasive delays by which he endeavoured to pro-
long the term of the time, and which, out of a spirit
of conciliation, had drawn from me a concession of
five days beyond the stated period.
Sufficient having been done on my part to evince
the friendliness of our disposition, it became my duty
to strew that we were not to be made the dupes of
Arab cunning, and everything being prepared for re-
suming hostilities, should it become necessary, at four
o'clock on the afternoon of the 25th, I ordered the
Bag of truce to be struck, with the intention of re-
commencing the attack as early next morning as day
light would permit.
The interval of the truce had been well employed
in ascertaining the best approaches, and on the 24th
the Benares, Antelope, and Thames mortar-boat had
been warped into the channel, round a spit project-
ing from the north fort, and placed on its rear face,
forming a battery of five long eighteen-pounders
and an eight-inch mortar, the distance from 950 to
450 yards; his Majesty's ship Topaze was likewise
warped as close as her draught of water would per-
mit, bearing on the sea face, with a battery of sixteen
long eighteen-pounders and eight thirty-two-pound
carronades, at a distance of 700 yards.
Thus prepared, on the morning of the 26th instant
Mr. Russell (Master), with a party of seamen to work
the guns of the Thames, the launch, and barge, for
the purpose of enfilading the beach, and at ten minutes
past six, A. at. the squadron opened its fire against
the north fort ; it was instantly returned from the
north and south forts, bunda, five-gun, and north-
gate batteries. The peculiarly destructive effects of
cross fire were in ten minutes made manifest by the
silence of the fort, and by ten o'clock compelled the
enemy to abandon it; they retreated, to the number
of 150, exposed to a most galling fire of grape and
cannister from the in-shore squadron, under which
they suffered severely.
At twenty minutes past ten I went in-shore on
board the Benares, and Lieutenant Jacob having re-
ported that there were two practicable breaches, I
made the signal for the boats, and sent them with the
detachment of marines, Bombay artillery, and se.
pop of the squadron, ender the command of Lieu-

The Ganges East Indiaman sailed on Wednesday morning
from the Motherbank, having on beard 300 passengers, agroat
om"- •en of whom are females. The vessel has been detained two
may, by contrary winds between hence and the Downs.
The ROSIARD, 10 pas, Captain W. Gao. MARTIN, will pro.
reed from Portsmouth to Jamaica on Wednesday, by way of
Darbadoes.
Sunday se'unight sailed from Portsmouth the HIND, Captain
COAILm, Begaattn, on a cruize : on Monday the ALLIGATOR,
el, Captain WILSIE, for Woolwich; and Lim, Captain BLACKED,
for Cork. Captain Rem, arrived at Portsmouth on
The Dawes, 18,
Thursday, from Leith, to be paid off.
The keavaaus, 4u guns, fitting in Portsmouth harbour, is
ordered to the Mediterranean: Captain Curroso will COIII•
Nand her.
The Coartamx, 18, bas been commissioned, and L fitting at
Deptford for the Portsmouth station. The Puarrox, 46 guns,
Captain W. A. Motrranue, is also placed under the orders of the
eornmander.in-Chicf, Sir JAMES WHITSUED, K.C.B.
The Diem an, Hon. Captain DUNCAN' will be paid off at
Portsmouth about Thursday next, and will be immediately re-
c°anaisaioned by Commodore C. GRANT, for the East Indies.
The GSECIAN schooner, Lieutenant Moartx, will be paid off
at Portsmouth on Wednesday.
The Fraser sloop of war, of 10 guns, was launched on Fri-
day at Portsmouth Duck-yard.
The station of the GILEYMUUND revenue cutter is transferred
from Weymouth; and that of the Lion revenue cutter from Jer-
sey to Plymouth.
Friday, his Majesty's ship Nrwann, Captain Netsow, brought
into Greenock the American schooner Vulture, GREEN, from
Cents Amboy, captured after a chase of five hours and a half,
off Insterhull. She had but one hale off tobacco on board when
taken. The crew were to-day lodged in Bridewell.
afollthy the Barn, 't) guns, Captain BLOIS, arrived at Ports-
mouth trim Jamaica, from which she sailed on the 13th August.
Ilse Baas touched at the I lavatinah, but being there called upon
to perform quarantine, in consequance of not having been at sea
eighteen days, she had no communication with the shore. She
mod from the Ilavannah on the 2d of September, for New
York; from whence she proceeded on the 14th for England. The
&nor, Captain J. R. Jitmaar, was taking on board a freight at
Vera Cruz for Campeachy and Havannah. The NAUTILUS,
Ciptaio CHAPMAN, was fitting at Jamaica for a three months
emu. 'the TAlNflity Captain Wit.Loccootr, C.B. was at Porto
Cabello, The PAUTIIIAN, Captain Itorn, sailed on the 4th of
August for Minim as, and was afterwards to return to England.
TiteTanalt, Captain Sir Was. Wiss:MAN, had sailed for Sava-
cilia. The liatrtcsr, Is, (.'apt tin BLACKMAN and the °STALIN
18, Captain J. Lauor, were to proceed to England on their ar-
tied at Jamaica, where they were daily expected; the former
from Cahellootutt the Later from the Nassau station. The BANN
sailed ea Friday for Chatham, to be paid off.
°coma I‘2.—A t rived the Andrew Mat vel, from Da-
vis' Straits, with 18 fish, 550 butts. A letter ceceived here
this morning front .Ibercleen states that the Achilles had passed.
that port, from Davis' Straits, for Dundee, with 9 fish, and gave
the following accoont :—.lurura, lust 27th August, with 10 fish,
crew saved; Albion, full; Aril, 9 fish; Egainton, 5; Friend-
ship, 7; Ingria, 27; Kirkelk, 6; Kiero, 4; Lee, 12; Lord
Wellington, 16; Mary Frances, 1.51 Margaret, 7; Progress, 8;
Royal George, 9; Thomas, 9; William, 12. The Dexterity, of
Leith, was lost the 27th August, with 22 fish, crew saved.
humeri', 13.--Wind N.—Arrived yesterday the
Anise, CNA ALTON, from London tot- New South Wales. Sailed
the Prince Ernest packet, with Mails for America ; and Trafal-
gar, Wawa, fur St. Many's. Sailed to-day, the Sophia, Hoorea,
for Faro; Duke of Kent packet, with a Mail for Lisbon; and
the Linnet, WADDELL, for Waterford.
Patuotau, OUT. 13.—Wind E.—Arrived the Hero, %1/11/.
DWI, from London, and sailed for Waterford ; Chance, Nauss
from Malden ; and Francis and Ann, Tooxas, from Calibar, in
ton weeks for London. A fleet of coasters and colliers are cow
coining in.
Poarsnoorn,Ocr.l4.—Wind S.—Arrived the Ceres, Timmy-
sou, from the Downs, and sailed for Africa ; also sailed the Ceres,
NAISMALL, for Sierra Leone.

Drat, Ocr. le.—Wind W. - Arrived yesterday =id sailed I
for the River, the Am Dorms, from Trieste,—Came down
from the River and sailed, the Lucy Davidson, Goonwrie. for •
Jamaica; also sailed the Louisa Wilhebnina,Tairrox, for Oporto;
and Nicoktte Jeanne, Koos, for Surivam.—Came down from
the River to-day and sailed, the Kelly, Rotatreo. for Honduras.
Doves. °cr. 13.—The crew of the Hope, BLAND (stranded
en the 6th inst. between (staples and Boulogne), have been landed
kte to-day from Boulogne. The vessel has become a total wreck.
%OLDS, Ocr. 13. Arrived De Jong Jacob, Saw Aleru., from
Vleurdingen, with the crew of the Nestor, Dame' from Liver-
pool to the 13altic, which vessel sunk in the North Sea.
Ocr. i 3.—Ships Entered Inwards: Atalanta
and Ant, from t latuburgh ; Magnet, from Almeira ; Julie, from
Calais; )Isrlicini, from (het ; Tom Cod, from Malaga; Steady,
from Campeachy. Cleared °awards : Alfred, for Trieste ;
Semui, for Tobago; Richard, for Demerara; Emerald, fOr
&Hag; Express, for Gibraltar; Neptune, for Ostend; Julius
friar, for Honduras; Baptista, for Bilboa ; Duke of York and
Prince of S .xe Coburg, tor Rotterdam; Prosperous, for Calais;
Lady Backworth, for Honduras ; Nelly, for Lisbon; Hero,
kr Seville.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, OCTOBER 9, 1821.
Reai-Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood,
Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's ships in the
East Indies, has transmitted to John Wilson Croker,
Esq. two letters which he had received from Captain I
Lumley, of his Majesty's ship Topaze, dated off I
Mocha, the 13th of December and '2oth of January '
last, of which the following are copies :
Ills Majesty's ship Topaz:, oil Mocha, Dee. 15, 1820.
Ste—l have the honour to inform sou, that having I
received the communications of the Honourable the ,
Governor in Council at Bombay, for the guidance of
my conduct in demanding satisfaction for insults and
indignities offered by the Government of Mocha to
the British flag, I sailed from Pombay on the 19th
of November with the expedition which had been
equipped, and of which I had assumed the command.
On my arrival here on the Sd instant, I imme-
diately communicated with Mr.,Bruce, the Honour-
able Company's Agent, who had been appointed to
assist me in this service, and finding from his repre-
sentations that he had abandoned all hopes of paci-
ficatory arrangement, and that none but coercive
measures would have the effect of inducing the Go-
vernment of Mocha to accede to the demands of the
British Government, on the receipt of his letter, re-
commending the adoption of those measures to me,
and considering that it would tend to the benefit of
the British interests, I lost no time in placing the
squadron in the best possible position ; and through
the assistance of Mr. A. J. Russell, Master (of whose
professional abilities I cannot speak too highly), in
laying down buoys, I was enabled on the same after-
noon to see the squadron advantageously disposed of,
beyond my most sanguine expectations, off the forts
and town of Mocha.
At forty minutes past seven on the morning of the
Us, I commenced action, and kept up a spirited and
well•directed fire against them until thirty minutes
fast twelve, when the enemy sent off a flag of truce ;
then ceased firing, and gave Fukee Hassain, the
Dols, two hours to consider of the terms that had
been proposed ; at fifty minutes past two, the terms
snot having been answered, I recommenced action,
and the enemy having abandoned the north fort, I
directed the boats of the squadron to be manned and
armed; and at five o'clock they left the ship, under
the command of Lieutenant William Moriarty, of
t. Topaze, for the purpose of spiking the guns and
blow sag up the north fort ; before, however, the
boats could reath the shore, the enemy succeeded in
teposscs,ing themselves of it, and occupied it in
force. Lieutenant William Moriarty, notwithstand-
ing, proceeded to 140 d, awl advanced with the most

I'HE ARMY.

tenant Moriarty, to take possession and destroy it :1
the whole fire of the enemy was turned on our people
offiacyernesit.uthlie 17dth instant, viz.
ilittatta.:hed Pay of Ge-
neral employed on this service, but the feelings which The undermentioned services will be in Course of payment an
gave energy to their conduct were not to be impeded
by any difficulties; and the celerity with which they nwerell
Adjutants of Officers, Full
anirloLt• rq.
Pay
of
pulled to land, the cool, deliberate style in which The Loyal Briton transport, Lieut. J. W. amni;,,Lib. :Agent,
they formed on the beach, and the steady order in arrived on Friel.), at Portsmouth, from Malta and Gib-al:at:,
which they marched into the fort, in two divisions, with detachment- of the 18th, 26:h, 35th, 64th, sods, and 90th
by the different breaches, excited my warmest admi- Carolineßll,7"t'and lntegrity transports with three companies
ration. lat noon enjoyed the satisfaction of witness- of the s•ah ltcgiment. sailed from Portsmouth, on Tuesday, for
waiting
ing the display of the British flag flying from the Plymouth ; the remainder of the Regiment is at Gosport wai •
battlements ; at three our people again embarked, for conveyance.
having spiked all the guns, destroyed the carriages, walhruersdawye.da
osqnnandrons ofd the Bays, or 2d Dragoon Guards
hwaltetYvlt
formed and sprung three deep fougasses, which atFOrritAili;
.....S.2IERSCITe. The troopst waent,thnroeaurg
twenty minutes past three burst with a dreadful ex. evolutions with a promptitude and precision that called forth a
plosion, reducing the whole to a complete mass of warm compliment from the GeneraL
Lancershlonday last, Lord EDWARD SONCeni inspected the 16th
shapeless ruins. The Thames was employed this
whole night throwing •shells, with an effect torte- ftwittolaztienhgesmtero,rapiringorretovitheir d
ewed tersrtflanree stay next,
g the a
sponding to the precision with which they were. pro- Ouse-End. Two Troops of this gallant Regiment marched into
jetted. The demolition of the north fort having been York on Friday last, from Leeds, and are to remove into bar.
thus accomplished, it became my next concern to rafckhs on Weiresday, after the departure of two other Troops
turn our force against the south one, but the ex- ThesaStnsse ua .fttergnienmtenfatroff Militia having completed its term of
treme violence of wind prevented my getting the training, was disembodied on Wednesday. by the Colonel, his
vessels into position before the evening
.of the 29th, Grace the Duke of Ru:tissoan, in the llroyle Barrack-yard, and
and the depth of water would not admit of the To- the men returned to their respective homes. The high state of
discipline which they attained in this short period, and their uni-
paze's being hauled sufficiently close to batter it with form good conduct when off duty, are themes of general Sodas
advantage ; her fire was, however, useful in keeping and .
in check that of the enemy from the different batte-
ries in the town ; and the brisk one preserved by the
cruizers required no addition to obtain the desired end.
During the days of the 27th, 28th, and 29th, we
had been partially engaging, an I on the 30th at sun
rise again opened our cannonade with effect, an-
swering in description to that practised before. It
was returned from the south fort, bunda, five.gun,
and south mosque batteries. At thirty minutes past
nine the enemy, to the number of two hundred or
three hundred, were constrained to retire, as formerly,
under a galling fire of grape.
The different detachments were again landed un-
der the command of Lieutenant Moriarty, whom I
sent on shore for that purpose; and at thirty minutes
past ten, by hoisting his Majesty's colours, I observed
he had gained possession of it.
The work of destruction was once more proceeded
in, and perfected a faw minutes before .one, by the
explosion of five fisugasses which had been sprung,
reducing the fort entirely to a heap of rubbish. The
Thames was employed throwing shells (in conse-
quence of Lieutenant Jacob having been severely
wounded), under the superintendance of Mr. Russel;
On the morning of the 31st the enemy commenced
firing from all the town batteries at the squadron,
and a partial engagement was sustained. As I, how-
ever, had no longer any object in exposing the squa-
dron, I ordered the cruizers and bomb out of range,
and in the afternoon shifted the Topaze out also;
The submission of the enemy relieved me from any
embarrassment as to my further proceedings. Ameer
Fathullah, who had been particularly deputed by the
Imaum to treat with us, arrived on the 26th and as-
sumed the Government of Mocha. Having evidenced
the inutility of opposing us, and foreseen the ruin
impending over his country, through the removal of
its trade, and the interruption of its supplies, he be-
gan to consider it wiser to adopt every means of re-
gaining our friendship, and with a view of obtaining
this end, sent off, on the Ist inst. a deputation of mer-
chants to entreat a cessation of hostilities, and at the
same time to say, if acceded to, he would himself
come off the next morning to wait on Captain Bruce
and shew the powers under which he was autho-
rised to act.

The returns of the killed and wounded you will
receive herewith. I rejoice to say they are not so
severe as might have been expected from the oppo-
sition we experienced : and the wounded, through.
the skill and attention of Mr. Foy, surgeon, and Mr.
Porteous, assistant, are all doing well.
I have great pleasure in acquainting you of the
cordiality which has subsisted between Captain Bruce
and myself, and the great benefit the public service
has derived from his aid. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) J NO. R. LU M LEY, Captain.
To Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart.
and K.C.B. Commander-in-Chief, &c. &c. Bcc.
A Return of the KILLRD and WOONDED on board the Ships and
Vowels of the Squadron employed on the Espedition under
the Command of Captain JOHN RICHARD Luxter, of his Ma-
jesty's Ship Topaze, in the Attack against Mocha, on the 4th
of December, 1820.
Torese—Killed—Lieutenant R. G. Atkinson, Royal Marines,
Mr. C. P. Gill, Master's Mate, and Mr. F. S. Burnett, Mid-
shipman. Wounded--Lieutenant William Moriarty, Royal
Navy ; lieutenant C. M. M. Wright, ditto; Mr. Alexander
Morton, Boatswain, ditto; Mr. Robert Ward, Admiralty Mid-
shipman, severely, since dead; Mr. William Stephens ditto,
wounded; William Neil, Boatswain's Mate, ditto; John Bren-
nen, Quartermaster, ditto • William Stewart, ditto, ditto; one
seaman killed, 10 wounded; five severely, two of the latter
since dead.

East India Company's Cruisers and Artillery—Two seamen,
two of the Bombay Artillery, killed; one seaman, three quarter
gunners, one private of Native Artillery, four sepoys, wounded.
—Total, a killed, 27 wounded.
Additional Return of KILL= and Wonsan on board the Squa-
dron employed as aforementioned, in the Attacks which took
place between the 26th and 51st of December, inclusive.
Torsze—One private marine killed; five seamen wounded.
East India Company's Cruisers and Artillery—Lieutenant H.
Wilson, of the Company's Marine, wounded severely ; Lieute-
nant William Jacob, of the Bombay Artillery, ditto; three isea-
men wounded.—Total, 1 killed, 10 wounded.

The gale, which was so violent along the west
coast on Thursday week, was a perfect hurricane
along the French northern coast. At Havre, parti-
cularly, it was Co tremendous that the inhabitants
rose from their beds, supposing it was an earthquake.
A large Swedish ship foundered on the coast, and
other damage Was done.
An experiment for saving lives from shipwreck,
on Mr. TREGROUSE'S principle, which promises to be
of great utility, has been tried with success in Yar-
mouth Roads, by Rear-Admiral SPRANGER. It con-
sisted in throwing, by a rocket, a line from the ship
to the shore, and when the, communication is once
established, binding to that a deep-sea line, or any of
the running rigging, and when these reach the shore,
a larger rope, sufficiently strong to bear four men in
a chair, which is pulled on shore by means of the
small rope, and returned empty to the ship for a
fresh cargo. The chair was on shore in five minutes
after the firing of the rocket.
The " Affair of Honour," near Hornsey wood, be-
tween two Gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, which
appeared exclusively in an Evening Paper of Satur-
day, and has been copied into all the Papers of this
morning, is, we are assured, an entire fabrication.—
Travelkrs have a license to tell strange things: the
'Walking corpse of Chelmsford, and this a unfortunate
business" are quite of a piece.