The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-11 00:00:00

Ttit, STATESMAN.

lag of the 25th'; and that' night I tlecze.itristbefotitatto
tiun that a flotilla of gun-boats, kr..vai tbining;
'ftom Gaeta along shore; in consixpeeneet if lefileh4
tlte few gunboats near its were &MAW lo' that
*cairns, amid at day-light of thi2eth, thollotitlai-
ainnunting to furty-seven nil, was seen, and a sig.
Mal made to Captain Staines, of the Cyane (whom
Chad before detached to the &Mission! bit Ischia
gird Ptocida with the Espoir Ind some of this. Si.
agian guu.boatr, tb endeavour to hinderteinforee-
, rient4 .and supplies being thrown into those
Wands), to prevent the gun-boats from entering
the Bay of Naples.
• Captain Staines executed that service with the
shine ability and judgment which lie has shown
Upon every other occasion ; and by turning the
gun-boats, and preventing their mending the
point Of Bain, they were brought to detfbn by
Ole Sicilian and English gunboats, supported by
the Cyane and Espoir, and eighteen of them (gun•
boats) taken, and four destroyed.
No language which I am master of can convey
to your Lordship an adequate idea of the gallan-
try, judgment, and good conduct displayed by
Captain Staines. From the time of our arrival
before the Bay of Naples, he was frequently en-
gaged with the batteries and gun-boats near Hair;
captured a polacca from the to with troops des.
tined for Procida—landed himself, supported by
some Sicilian gun-boats, and destroyed a battery,
with which he had been for some time engaged, of
`four 42-pounders and a ten-inch mortar; and on
the 27th.of June, Captains Staines and Mitford at.
tacked the enemy's frigate and corvette, which,
with a number of gun-boats, were moving from
Bale to the Mole of Naples. The action lasted
from seven till half-past eight P. M. with the fri.
(.the corvette oat-sailing her much, soon made
tli% Lest of her way" to Naples), during the greater
part of the time the Cyane was within half pistol'
shot of the enemy's frigate; but from her being so
near the shore; and supported by a number of guff-
boats and batteries, was not able. to continue the
action.
It is with sincere concern I have to inform your
Lordship, that during the action Captain •Staines,
and both the Lieutenants of the Cyane, were
wounded—but the ship was fought, the latter part
of the action, by Mr. Joseph Miller, the Master,
of whom Captain Staines speaks in the highest
terms, and begs to recommend to your Lordship.
The Captain speaks also very highly of the con-
duct of Lieutenant James Hall, First of the Cyane,
and of every officer and man under his command.
I have the honour to transmit, under another
cover, a List of the Killed and Wounded on
I board the Cyane on the 26th and 27th of June...-
Captain Staines has lost his left arm out of the
socket at his shoulder, and is wounded also in the
side, but is in a fair way of recovery. Liente.
nant hall is also severely wounded in the thigh and
arm, but there is every reason to hope be will do

I have the honour to be, ece;
(Signed) GEO. MARTIN.

P. S. In addition to the gnst.boats captured or
destroyed, eleven smaller armed ♦essels were taken,
and four destroyed the seine day.
I will do myself the honour of transthitting to
your Lordship, by the next opportunity, a Copy
of the Articles of the Capitulation of the Islands
of Ischia and Procitla.

(Sired) GEO. MARTIN.
Vice-Admiral)ard Callingwond, Commander

is Chief, ikr.
4 Lit of Q,lieers, Seamen, and Marine, killed and wonaded
on board his MoAdy's ship Cane. action with the racing's
Gani•boatit and Betterios in the Bed of Soples, ass the 21ills
June, IStie.

tallihg it* of. thole whale forge, and within half'
Aiusket.shot, a period of rest antiety to me, but
4hich hu, frcies..great `good fortune, been at.
ded Seltlt.the lam of only one marine killett,
+e seaman slightly wounded. The enemy suffer.
flit idle% in their retreat when boarded.
TMs attentp4 made in open day-light, speaks so
"lbreibly for itself, that I have only to iuclose a
statainent of its t wilt. I should be wanting to
every sense-of duty, if I did not mention my high
adoileittiots of the sterling gallantry of every 0.11.
.cer and employed on this service ; and in
'recolnfaending Lieutenant Ilammoad, in the
strongeit manner, to notice, may be permitted
to call to recollection • may former reports of this
Odicero, of the 'mewls wound he received iu cap.
turing two of the enemy's vessels on this coast,
whereby his right hand is all but uselesc, and to ,
add the able support I received from him in the
recent rericontre with the French frigate.
The conduct of Mr. George Garcon, the acting
master,- who has passed fur a Lieutenant, while it
entitles him to every commend own I can bestow,
is but the confirmation of that whirl, I have for
three years. Witnessed in him, and I hope I may be
allowed to solicit attention to his genuine merits.
lam &,e.

(!Shied) A.J. GRIFFITHS, Captain.
George Worthingtna, marine,
Hairy Johnson, featia.vt, slightly trminded.
Captain Eyre, tans Majesty's ship Alag,nitleent. he. /tr.

List of Ike Enemy's Vessels captured and destroy'ed by the
Buds of his Majesty's ship repass, under SI. Maur*, May
SI, 1609.4
Z:berk. La Jouhert, of S gans. 6 swivels, and 53. men,
Mons. Martin, F:tweis.ne de Value:in ; taken. .0
Catteg Moslem% of 4 guns and 2.3 men, P. Gabriel,
Emeigne dc Vaissenn ; taken.
Felucca, L'Espemme, of 3 gam and 18 men, Commander's
name unknown; taken.
Gan-basat, same unknown, of 1 gas and 16 men; de-
stroyed.
Gua-boat, name unknown, of 1 gun and 15 men; de-
stroyed.
Trahaccola, mama naknowa, of 19 toss; destroyed.
Trabaccola. name unknown. of SO tone; destroyed.
Halancelles, San Juan, of 111 tons ; taken.
Trabsecobt, Man Nicolai, of 14 tons; taken.
The above vessels, except La Joabert. loaded with timber
and brandy on Governaugat account—cargoes much speeded
at Corfu. A. M. GRIFFITHS, Captain.

Adniralt,y-Officer Sept. 9, 1809.
Copy of a Leiter from Captain Barrie. of hi. Majesty's ship
Poosnae addressed to Vice-Admiral Lord C ollingwood,
and tramistitted by his Lordship to the lion Willi:uu Wel-
lesley Pole.
Ponume, off Cape ROO, June 11, 1809.
MY LORD--I am to acquaint your Lordship
that, at eight o'clock this morning, Cape Bun
bearing S. W. distant seven miles, after a short
chafe I eaptured the• Neapolitan privateer Le
CICO 0144139 commanded by Chevalier Charles
Lucien Prevost de Boissi, Adjutant-General tie
France, Officer de la Legion d'Houneur. Le Lu-
cien Charles is a new bombarde of about GU
tons; she mounts one twelve ant two six-pound-
al, awl is well found in small arms, with a coin.
plessent of fifty-three men ; she is ten days from
Naples, and has not made any capture. Being
much surprised to find an Otficer of General, de
lioi6Si's rank in the command of a small pave.
tee.r, I caused the atust diligent search to be made
fur papers 4 but none were discovered except those
that relate to the *mbar& ; it is fortunate
the Pomona fen in with this privateer, as two
very valuable Smyrna ships were ht sight, at the
time of her capture.
I have the honour to be, .

RUB.E.RT B.%RRIE.
Ettract of n Letter fi,on Captain Campion, of
tr'l ship the Nuiaan, to the llokuurahle %Vilna= IVelleale;
Pole, dated of the Mart the bib hrttaN.

Be pleased to inform iny Lords Cominissione.cs
of the Admiralty, that at day.liglit this oncoming,
standing np Channel with the F. ist India convoy,
observed a.slispiciuus lugger standing to the South.
want, distant Aunt tire mika ; made all sail in
chace, but the breeze dying away, I sent four
boats under the command of Lieutenants Gregory,
Pyile, Drake, and Jackson, who volunteered ;
and, after a chace of two hours, came up nit!) and
carried her. lam well satisti.zil, had site been of
much greater force they would have board.;tl her.
She proved to be the Jean Bart, French lugger
'iris Meer, of four guns 411,1 23 men, boloti.zing to
St. Maims, cnmman:led by Louis Pilvesse,
Kiiseigne de Vii,,seati, fire days out from the isle
du am, and had made no captures.