The French Governor and all the Dutch inhabitants are prisoners on board the Drake. At this moment there is not a French or Dutchman on the island; and the union is planted on the three districts Bancalang, Samanap, and Pamacassam, I have thought proper to leave the Samanap district in charge of Mr. Brown (late Master of the Modeste), and proceed hither, that I may be at the principal seat of government, in case of French intrigues endeavouring to mar all that has been done during the last 10 days: two Colonels, one Lieutenant-colonel, and three or four Captains, all Princes of the blood, with from 2 to 3000 Maduries, have come over from Sourabaya. The Prefect cannot keep a man by him, such an effect has the revolution of this island had.-It is my intention to request a garrison for Fort Bancalang (which is very complete) from the frigates in the offing; and I shall wait on the commanding officer without delay. The Sultan promises 4000 men to act against Sourabaya, but having only arrived here an hour since, I am cautious in accepting his offers, and tell him to keep them ready to protect his island. In a day or two I shall be a better judge, and if, with the advice and assistance of the Captains, a dash can be made at Mr. Prefect Goldback, it shall be done.

Extract of a farther Letter from Capt. Harris to the Admiral, dated Bancalang, Sept. 13, 10 p. m.

Since my having the honour of addressing you this morning, with the assistance of the Maduries, there has been captured 10 long 24-pounders, battering cannon, that were going to Sourabaya: I shall use them to form two batteries facing Fort Louis and Sourabaya, that the pass at either entrance may be effectually blocked up. I am convinced the Enemy are making both Gressie and Sourabaya as strong as time will permit them to do, and Jansens will eventually fall back to them; it is his object to procrastinate the total surrender of Java until the wet monsoon sets in; and it is said he had intended to retreat even to Samanap; but in that measure I will take care he shall be disappointed; there is not a Maduries left at this end of Java in the service of the French; 300 and a Major have joined me since the morning; the only number of them I know to be now in arms is at Samarang, under the command of the Rajah's son of Samanap, about 2000; I believe they have been recalled, and would gladly escape if conveyance could be offered them. If he has received the messenger I sent him many days since, I should not wonder if his army came in fishing-boats; at all events you may depend on their laying down their arms previous to the attack of Samarang,

Jan. 21. This Gazette contains a no-. tice from the Foreign Office, that the Prince Regent has caused it to be signified to the Ministers of Friendly Powers residing at this Court, that measures have been taken for the blockade of the islands of Corfu, Fano, and Paxo; and that of Perga on the coast of Albania. It also contains a letter from Capt. Taylor, of his Majesty's ship Apollo, stating the capture of the Edouard French Polacre of 14 guns and 123 men.

Downing-street, Jan. 25. Dispatches from Maj.-gen, Cooke, addressed to the Earl of Liverpool.

My Lord, Cadiz, Dec. 29, 1811. I beg leave to refer your Lordship to the copy of my last dispatch to Gen. Lord Viscount Wellington, with the papers enclosed in it, relative to the situation of af fairs at Tarifa. I have not received any thing since the 24th, at which date the French had not brought up their artillery; and there has been so much rain during the last two days, that they may have met with great difficulties.

GEO, CGOKE, Major-general. To the Earl of Liverpool, &c.

Extract of a Letter from Maj.-gen. Cooke to Viscount Wellington, dated Cadiz, Dec. 27.

I have the honour to transmit copies of dispatches from Col. Skerrett, to the date of the 24th. The Enemy's troops, in addition to those employed immediately against Tarifa, extended across the plain to Veger, where Marshal Victor had his quarters with a strong corps. I do not learn any thing of Gen. Ballasteros since my last. Tarifa, Dec. 24.

Sir, I have the honour to report that, on the 20th inst. the Enemy invested this town with from 4 to 5000 infantry, and from 2 to 300 cavalry. As it was not advisable to fight so superior a force, I resisted him for an hour with the cavalry and infantry, Spanish and British picquets of the garrison, reinforced by a company of the 95th, and two 6-pounder field guns of Capt. Hughes's brigade. On the 21st, Capt. Wren, of the 11th, destroyed, with his company, a small picquet of the Enemy. The 22d I made a sortie at the request of Gen. Copons, and in conjunction with his troops, with the intention to ascertain the numbers of the Enemy, by inducing him to shew his columns. His light troops suffered considerably from our shells. The Enemy is now making his approaches at a longmusket shot from the town: but the ground so completely cominands us, and is so favourable to him, that our small guns have little or no eífect upon him. J. B. SKERRETT, Col. To Major-general Cooke, &c. &c. &c. My

Sir, Melazzo, Nov. 8. In compliance with your desire, I beg leave to transmit a statement of the Enemy's forces at Palinuro, under the command of Gen. Pignatelli Cercero, together with a brief account of the action that took place upon our landing. The force we had to contend with, as far as could be scrutinized into from the questioning of prisoners, &c. were as follows: three companies of the 2d or Queen's regiment, two of which were rifle, and amounting to 350 men; Corsican regulars, 60; artillery, 45; civic guard, 80; with at least 400 peasantry, armed as light troops, and particularly serviceable over the kind of ground they had to act; thereby making the total amount 935 men. This force was acknowledged; but from the reinforcements known to be continually accumulating, the Enemy are supposed to have been stronger. I disembarked with 50 of the royal marines, the grenadiers and skirmishers of the 62d regiment, at about half past 3 o'clock, p. m. on the 1st inst. leaving Capts. Pollock and Irving's companies to follow. Upon landing, I immediately commenced ascending the heights, when Capt. Oldham was unfortunately severely wounded; and after some firing, in the hope of opposing our progress, we completely succeeded in gaining them; whereupon I threw out my skirmishers, and formed the remainder to advance upon the Enemy, reserving a part to attack (and storm, if possible) the telegraph tower, and another division to keep in check the Enemy, who menaced my left, as also to maintain the commanding position on the heights. The te legraph tower, and fine adjacent position, we shortly got possession of; when my attention was particularly drawn towards the front of our advance, where the Enemy had concentrated his main force, and, under a heavy fire, was endeavouring to force his way to the heights, huzzaing and drumming as he advanced, while his rifleman had the same object in view on our left; but the steadiness and superiorly gallant conduct of the officers and men defied the most daring intrepidity; and, after allowing the Enemy to advance within a very few yards, and whilst coolly lying on the ground to receive him, like British soldiers, the Enemy was charged, and routed most completely; when ended the action, without his having the temerity to renew it again. About this period I had to lament the severe loss of Lieut. Kay, 82d, who was gallantly fighting his skirmishers; and shortly after, Lieut. Popon, of the royal marines. The loss of the Enemy is supposed to be between 60 and 70 in killed and wounded; but I am rather inclined to imagine it more. Lieut.col. Matsciola was severely wounded, with little hopes of recovery. I hope, Sir,

you will excuse any inaccuracy that may have escaped my pen in this very hasty sketch, and beg leave to add, that we enbarked in the afternoon of the 3d inst. without molestation, being covered by the fire of his Majesty's ships the Imperieuse and Thames.

EDW. DARLEY, Major 62, commanding a detachment of 62d regiment.

'To Maj.-gen. Heron, &c.

Captain Oldham, severely wounded; Lieut. Ray, ditto, since dead; 2 rank and file, killed; I serjeant, 1 drummer, 5 rank and file, wounded.

[A letter from Capt. Griffiths, of the Leonidas, states the capture, on the 17th inst. of the Confiance French privateer, of 14 guns (thrown overboard during the chace), and 68 men, by the Dasher sloop, after she had been chased by the Leonidas. The privateer was from St. Maloes, and was, when discovered, on the point of boarding two merchant vessels.]

[The following is an abstract of the details of the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, and of the movements of Gen. Hill's corps, which were published in the Gazette of Jan. 28, and which our limits compel us to postpone till our next number:

Downing-street, Jan. 27. A Dispatch is received from Lord Wellington, dated Gallegos, 9th Jan.-His Lordship invested Ciudad Rodrigo on the 8th. The Enemy had increased the difficulty of approaching the place by a strong redoubt constructed on the hill of St. Francisco. It was necessary to attempt to take it: it was stormed on the night of the 8th, by a detachment of the light division, led by Lieut.-col. Colbourne. The work was carried in the most brilliant manner, and all the garrison either killed or taken. Our loss was only six men killed; Capt. Mein, and Lieut. Woodgate of the 52d, and Lieut. Hawkesley of the 95th, with 14 men wounded By this success Lord Wellington has been enabled to break ground within 60 yards of the place, the redoubt of St. Francisco being converted into a part of our first parallel.-Gen. Hill entered Merida on the 30th Dec. He had hoped to suprise Gen. Dombrouski, but his approach was discovered by a patrole. The French General retreated from Merida, leaving magazines of bread and wheat, and some unfinished works. On the 1st, Gen. Hill marched to attack Drouet's corps d'armee, at Almendralejo; but the Enemy retreated to Zafra, abandoning 450,000 pounds of wheat, &c.→→ On the 3d a detachment of our cavalry beat a body of the Enemy's horse at Fuente del Maestre, taking 2 officers and 30 men prisoners, Gen. Drouet retreating to Llerena. Gen. Hill found it useless to pursue him, and returned on the 5th Jan, to Merida.] INTER

Narrative by a Person on-board the Grasshop per, of the circumstances attending the Loss of that Vessel and the Hero. (See page 75.) "On Wednesday Dec. 18, 1811, we sailed from Wingo Sound, in company with his Majesty's ships Hero, Egeria, and Prince William armed ship, with a convoy of 120 sail or upwards. The Egerea and Prince William, with the greatest part of the convoy, separated from us, in the tremendous weather we had shortly after leaving the Sleeve; and on the 23d, we found ourselves in company with the Hero, and about eighteen sail, mostly all Government transports. At half-past eleven on that day, Captain Newman made signal to come within hail; when he told us, as he conceived we were near about the Silver Pitts, he should steer S. W. after noon, which was accordingly done and at the close of the day, we steering that course, running at the rate of nine knots per hour, at about ten o'clock, the night-signal was made to alter course to port two points, which was repeated by

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At this time only four of the convoy were in sight, and they were shortly lost sight of in the heavy squall of snow and sleet. At half-past three the hands were turned up, the ship being in broken water we found we were on a sand-bank, the pilots imagining it to be Smith's Knoll, The Captain instantly ordered the brig to be steered S. S. E. thinking to get out to sea; but she continued striking so hard for a length of time, that we had almost given her up for lost, when suddeuly, and very fortunately, we fell into three fathoms water, upon which the Captain caused an anchor to be let go, when we perceived the Hero again (as we then thought) also at an anchor, though she fired several guns and burnt blue lights: but, alas! when the day broke, we had the mortification of witnessing a most horrible scene. The Hero was totally dismasted, and on her larboard-beam-ends, with her head to the North East about a mile from us, upon the Haeck': Sand, as we then found we were inside of it, off the Texel Island; the ship's company were all crowded together on the pop and forecastle. As soon as day-light had well appeared, she hoisted a flag of truce and fired a gun, which we repeated, and very shortly after saw a lugger, two brigs, and several small vessels, plying out of the Texel to our assistance; but owing to the flood-tide having made, and the wind blowing a perfect gale at N. N. W. the lugger was only able to come within two or three miles of us by two o'clock in the afternoon. In the mean time we hoisted out our boats, and made an attempt to get near the Hero; but the surf was so high, that it was all ineffectual, and we were

under the cruel necessity of seeing so many of our brave countrymen perishing, without being able to render them any assistance. The Grasshopper at the same time was constantly striking very hard, though every thing had been thrown overboard to lighten her, except the guns, upon which it was feared she would have bilged. The Master was then sent to sound in every direction, for a passage to make our escape by (though I have since found out, that an escape was totally impossible); but quarter less three, and two fathoms and a half, were the only soundings he could meet with. The Captain, therefore, with the opinion of the officers, agreed, that we had no chance of saving ourselves but by surrendering to the Enemy, who were at this time, as I have before mentioned, coming to our assistance, and that of the Hero, from whose wreck, I am sorry to say, not one soul has been saved. I observed, likewise, about five miles to the Northward of us, a vessel on shore, with her foremast standing, and another some distance from her, both of which I took to be the transports that were under our couvoy. The commanding officer here has since informed us, that the telegraph has reported that eight or ten vessels were wrecked upon the coast to the Northward, on the 23d instant, and had shared the fate of the poor Hero. transport, called the Archimedes, beat over the Haecks as well as ourselves, with the loss of her rudder; but has since been wrecked, though the crew are saved, and now prisoners of war, as well as we. close of day, finding the weather threaten. ing to be worse, and the brig striking so repeatedly, we cut the cable and ran for the port in view: when we approached the lugger, which was by this time anchored, she sent a pilot to us, who took us into the Texel, where we surrendered to the Dutch squadron, under the command of Admiral de Winter, who, I must in justice say, has behaved to us in the most humane and attentive maaper. They also used every means in their power to save the crew of the unfortunate Hero; but the badness of the weather rendered it totally impossible. We lost but one man, Mr. King, the pilot, who was killed by a capstern bar which flew out as we were heaving in cable to put service in the hawse."

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sand; and the one which was made on board to replace it, was too weak to steer and govern the ship, in a gale of wind in the North Sea, and which might, probably, cause the ship's stopping. - The Defence first took the ground; and on signal being given by her of the accident, the St. George immediately let go her anchor, but in bringing up with the anchor she took the ground abaft, so that her forepart, which had deeper water, and was confined down by the cable, was, in a short time, under water. To save them by boats and craft from the shore was impossible. Such as were hoisted out were immediately driven from the ship, with the exception of one single boat, in which about 20 men attempted to save themselves, but it upset alongside the ship, and they were all drowned. On the afternoon of Christmasday, when the last of the eleven men left the ship, on a small piece of plank, Admiral Reynolds and Captain Guion, the Commander of the ship, were lying dead aside each other, upon the quarter-deck, as were also about 508 men of the crew, who had died through fatigue and cold, and from the sea breaking over them; only about fifty men remaining still alive, whose cries were only heard until it became dark, when it is to be hoped that an end was put to their misery. Two days afterwards, when the gale was abated, and the wind, being Easterly, was off the shore, a Danish boat, with two of the English sailors, went on board to bring away the corpses of the Admiral, the Captain, and several other persons; but they found the deck was washed away by the sea, with all the bodies lying on it. It is supposed the ship must now be broken right athwart, although both ends of her are still perceptible, and that it must be the ammunition lying in the bottom, which holds her together. Among the ship's crew, which is said to have been no more than 750, about 40 were reckoned in the class of officers; and of these, exclusive of the Admiral and Captain, teu were Lieutenants, one Secretary, one Captain, and three Lieutenants of Marines. The Secretary, who was a married man, was half dead when he came on shore, and expired immediately after. A quantity of gold coins found upon his person, such as whole and half guineas, Dutch Ducats, &c. and likewise some English Bank-uotes, is, so far as yet known, all the money saved. According to the report given by the survivors, the Admiral must have been a most gallant man. He would not quit his ship, but died on board her. He was a widower, and has left two daughters behind him, and a son, who is a Captain.-A great number of dead bodies have been driven on shore between Haushye and Nessum, all of which were interred with military honours. 47 barrels of gunpowder have been saved out of the Defence,"

Dispatches from Admiral Legge, at Cadiz, dated 30th Dec. contain an account of the loss of the Ephira brig, of 14 guns, on the 25th, in Cadiz harbour, by striking on the Porpoises reef. The crew were all saved.

French papers have brought intelligence of the loss of another British ship of war, the Manilla, of 36 guns, Capt. Joyce, on the Haak Sand, on the night of Jan. 28. The crew, excepting 12, who were killed by an explosion, were saved. The particulars of this distressing event will be found in the following letters addressed by Adm. De Winter to the French Minister of Marine :

"Texel, Jan. 31. The fishing-boats, &c. which set out at day-break of the 29th inst. to the assistance of the vessel shipwrecked upon the Haak, approached her; but at a cable's distance the sea was so strong, and the sands had collected to such a degree, that the boats struck violently upon them, and immediately the row-boats became useless; nevertheless the chief pilot, Duynheer, risked the sacrificing of his life to save some men, and ventured on the shallows and sunken rocks, whilst the English, having made a raft, by tying empty barrels together, let it down. This bold measure placed Duynheer in a situation to receive 35 men, all sailors, and two pilots. This pilot's boat was already half filled with water, and it was with difficulty she withdrew from so critical a situation. One of the Enemy's sailors expired in the boat, and two are dangerously wounded. This position hindering them acting on either side, ou boats retired. On the 30th in the morning, it blowing from the Southward very fresh, the frigate again began to fire, and the fishing-boats, &c. returned to renew their efforts. The vessel proves to the Manilla frigate, of 42 guns and 250 men. She struck upon the Haak at seven at night of the 28th of January, when the Capt. endeavoured to have an anchor carried out, but did not succeed, and lost in attempting it five boats and 36 men. The 34 prisoners are marched for Amsterdam."-" Feb. 1. The boats have succeeded in saving all the people on board the frigate, amounting to between 170 and 180 men. I shall order them to proceed directly to Amsterdam. Three of the five boats belonging to this frigate, supposed to have been lost in carrying out an anchor, have arrived upon Texel Island with some men. A small part only of the prisoners' cloaths has been saved, it being with considerable difficulty that the crew were taken off. I beg to place under the observation of your Excellency the exemplary conduct of Lieut. Jacob, who commanded pilot® Duynheer's boat, which executed the bold manœuvre I stated yesterday. All the prisoners overwhelm him with their

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