The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-12-27

which published in the last County Post.
London Gosstte, Extra, Nou. 10.
ADMIRALTY OFFn;E, Nov. 10, 1927.
Dispatches, of which the following are
copies, or extracts, have been this day re-
ceived at this Office addressed to John Will
son Croker, Esq. by Vice dmiral Sir Ed
ward Codrington, K. C. B. Commander in
chief of his Majesty's ships in the Medt-
terranean
HIS Aa'''fy' 'A' "a At - 1a the port N@O1'"0
SIR have the Honor of informing his
Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral,
that my colleagues, Count Hayden and
Chevalier de Rigny, having agreed with
me that we should come into this
port, in order to induce Ibrahim Pacha to
discontinue the brutal war of determination
which he has been carrying on since his re-
turn here from his failure in the Gulph of
Patras, the combined squadrons passed the
batteries in order to take up their anchor
age, at about two O'Clock, yesterday after
noon.
The Turkish ships were moored in the
form of a crescent, with springs on their
cables, the larger ones presenting their
broadsides towards the centre, the smaller
ones in succession within them, filling up
the intervals.
The combined fleet was formed in the
order of sailing in two columns, the Brit
ish and French forming the weather or
starboard-line, and the Russian the lee
line.
The Asia led in, followed by the Ge-
noa and Albion, and anchored alongside of
a ship of the line, and large double bank
ed frigate, they each having their proper
opponent ia the front line of the Turkish
feet. The four ships to the windward,
part Of the Egyptian squadron. were allot-
ted to the squadron of Rear Admiral de
Rigny; and those to leeward, in the blight
ofthe crescent were to mark the situations
of the whole Russian squadron the ships
of their line closing those of the Eng'igh
line and being followed up by their own
frigates. The French frigate Armde was
directed 70 place herself alongside of the
outermost frigate, on the left hand entering
the harbor---and the Cambrian, Glasgow,
and Talbot next to her, and abreast of the
Asia, Genoa, and Albion; the Dart
mouth and the Mosquito, the Rose, the
Brisk and the philomel, were to look after
six fire vessels at the entrance of the Har-
Dor. / gave orders that no gun should be
fired unless guns were fred first by the en-
emy and those orders were strictly obser-
we'd. The thu ee English ships were &C"
cordingly perrnitted to pass the batteries to
moor, as they did with great rapidity with
out any act OF open hostility, although there
was evident preparation for it on the side
of the Turks, but on the Dartmouth send
ing boat to one of their fire vessels,
Lieut.. G. w. Fl. Filzroy and several of the
crew we're shot with musketry. This pro-
duced defensive fire of musketry from
the Dartmouth and La Syrene bearing the
flag of Rear Admiral De Rgny /; but that
was succeeded by cannon shot at The Rear
Admiral fror, one of the Egyptian ships,
which of course, brought on return, and
thus very shortly afterwards the battle be-
came general.
The Asia, although placed alongside the
ship of the Captain Bey, was even nearer
to that of MOharem Bey, the commander
of the Egyptian ships; and since his
ships did not fire upon the Asia, al
though the action was begun to windward
neither did the Asia fire at her. The lat
ter indeed, sent message that he would
not fire at all, and therefore no hostility
took place betwixt our two ships, for some
time after the Asia had returned the fire of
Captain Bey.
In the mean time, however, our excel
lent pilot, Mr. Peter Mitchell, who went TO
interpretto Moharem my desire to avoid
bloodshed, was killed by his people in our
boat alongside. Whether with or without
his orders, know not but his ship
SOON afterwards fired into the Asia, and
was consequently efectually destroyed by
the Asia's fire, sharing the same fate as his
brother Admiral on the starboard side, and
falling to leeward mere wreck. These
ships being out of the way,the Asia became
exposed to a raking fire from the vessels
in the second and third line, which carried
away her mizen mast by the board disabled
some of her guns, and killed and wounded
several of the crew. This narration of the
proceedings would probably be equally APP
plicable to most Of the other ships of the
Aeet.-The manner in which the Genoa