by Colonel Trant; with other skirmishes. Colonel Trant writes from Coimbra, October 7, that intending to join General Miller and Colonel Wilson, he advanced to within three short leagues of Coimbra-was happy enough to surprise the French advanced guard of horse, and not meeting with any other troops of the enemy, I ordered the cavalry to advance at a gallop by the principal roads, and that crossing the bridge of the Mondego they should take post on the road to Lisbon, for the purpose of cutting off all communication with the army; which was executed with great spirit and bravery by Lieutenant Doutel with the loss of only one dragoon killed. I ordered that the divisions of infantry should march towards the principal places in the city; in doing which they met with a resistance that lasted one hour. Our only loss was two killed and twentyfive wounded. There are about eighty officers among the prisoners, as well as I can judge. Nothing can exceed the state of misery that prevails in this city. The enemy, not content with having plundered every part of it, and robbing every one they met, set fire to some houses, and have heaped up in the streets, in the greatest disorder, all the provisions that the army could not carry along with it; so that it could scarcely be expected that about 800 soldiers, natives of this city and its vicinity, surrounded by their wretched relatives and acquaintances, could be patient witnesses of a scene of devastation in which their property was destroyed in so iniquitous and scandalous a manner. However, I beg your excellency will believe that I did all in my power to protect the French that fell into our hands; and after the two first movements of violence, I succeeded in securing them against insult. 24. Captain Hoste, of the Amphion, relates an action by the boats of that ship, the Cerberus, and the Active, in the Gulph of Trieste, June 1. It was necessary to row from several miles out at sea, because of the shallows which obstruct the port of Grao; and to pass that town, in order to get at twenty-five sail of vessels, which lay above it, and were protected by a party of French troops. The boats quitted the ships at about midnight, and landed before daybreak. The French fired heavily at them, and mistaking a movement to the left, for a retreat, charged with the bayouet: they were soon defeated, charged in turn, and surrendered; a second party of Frenchmen did the same. They were troops which had distinguished themselves at the battle of Wagram. Prisoners taken sixty; killed ten; vessels burnt eleven; brought out five; laden boats fifteen. The party was commanded by the second lieutenant, Slaughter. Loss, four killed, eight wounded. 27. Admiral Drury gives an account of the destruction of several Malay prows, and pirate vessels, in the Straits of Sunda, in the month of April: also of the capture of several Dutch vessels laden with artillery, &c. Also of the dismantling the fort of Pulo, by Captain Tucker, of the Dover. The French privateer ketch Glaneuse, of fourteen guns, taken by Captain Hotham of the Northumberland. DECEMBER. 1. Danish cutter privateer the Bornholm Bornholm, captared off Bornholm their stations alongside the enemy, by Captain Acklom, of his majesty's ship Ranger. November 10. Danish cutter privateer Danneskiold, captured off Anholt by Captain J. B. Perlet, of his majesty's gun-vessel Wrangler. November 14. Member returned to serve in Parliament.-Borough of Agmondesham, William Tyrwhitt Drake, Esq. in the room of Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt Drake, Esq. deceased. 3. Extraordinary-from Lord Wellington, informing that Marshall Massena, after having been a month before the British lines, at Torres Vedras had suddenly broke up and retreated towards Santarem. The French threw several bridges over the river Zezere; and appeared to have designs on Abrantes, and the southern bank of the Tagus: his lordship had taken measures to render such attempts fruitless. lordship praises Lieutenant-Colonel Fletcher, and the officers of engineers, who had brought the enemy to a stand. His 8. The French privateer Le Roi de Naples, taken by Captain Dowine of his majesty's sloop Royalist, off Dieppe. December 5. 11. Member returned to Parliament.-Borough of Milborne Port. The Honourable General Edward Paget, in the room of Lord Viscount Lewisham, now Earl of Dartmouth, called up to the House of Peers. 14. Admiralty Office." Intelligence has been received, that on the 23d of August, his majesty's ships Nereide, Sirius, Magicienne, and Iphigenia, stood into the barbour Sud-Est, in the Isle of France, with a view to attack an enemy's squadron, of two frigates, a corvette, and an armed Indiaman, lying at anchor there. In pushing for the Sirius, Magicienne, and Nereide, unhappily grounded, and it was found impossible to get them off, though the utmost skill and gallantry in endeavouring to save the ships, under circumstances of peculiar disadvantage, was displayed. "After two days unremitting but unavailing exertion, under the fire of the heavy batteries, Captain Pym abandoned all hope of being able to get off the Sirius and Magicienne, and they were in consequence burnt by their own crews. "The situation in which the Nereide grounded, enabled the enemy. to turn the whole fire of their ships on her; but even in this unequal contest, Captain Willoughby continued to fight her to the last extremity, till every officer and man on board were either killed or wounded. "All the enemy's ships were driven on shore, but one of the frigates was afterwards got off, and being joined by three others from Port Louis, they blockaded the Iphigenia at her ancorage under the Isle of Pas, on which island (it having been previously garrisoned by us) the crews of the Sirius and Magicienne were landed." This gazette also announces the capture of a French privateer, Le Renard, of six guns and twentyfour men, by the Quebec, commanded by Captain Hawtayne; of the French privateer Le Caroline, of one gun and forty-two men, by Captain Bluett, of the Saracen ; and of the Mamelouck privateer, of sixteen guns and forty-five men, by the Rosario sloop, Captain Harvey. 25. From Lord Wellington, December 8, giving an account of a panic-struck retreat of General Gar danne, danne, with a body of troops from an advance to the southern bank of the Tagus into Spain. They were followed by the ordenanza, who did them much mischief on the march, and took much baggage from them. The enemy destroyed many horses and mules which could not keep up with them; and this march, if it was ordered by superior authority, and is connected with any other arrangement, had every appearance, and was at tended by all the consequences, of a precipitate and forced retreat. Capture of the French privateer Le Hero du Nord, off the Texel, by Captain Douglas, of his majesty's ship Bellona. December 18. PROMOTIONS in the year 1810. War-Office, Jan. 2. LieutenantColonel George Vigoreux, of the second royal veteran battalion, appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Scilly Islands, vice Major-General Hewgill, deceased. Foreign-Office, Jan. 9. Charles Stuart, Esq. appointed to reside at the seat of the provisional government of Portugal as his majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. Whitehall, Jan. 9. Rev. George Gordon, B. D. Dean of Exeter, promoted to the deanery of the cathedral church of Lincoln, and also to a residentiary's place in the said cathedral, both vice Kaye, deceased. War-Office, Jan. 20. Garrison. General the Hon. Henry Edward Fox, to be Governor of Portsmouth, vice Pitt, deceased. Whitehall, Jan. 27. Rev. John Parsons, D. D. appointed Dean of the cathedral church of Bristol, vice the Rev. Dr. B. E. Sparke, promoted to the see of Chester. Treasury Chambers, Jan. 27. The king has been pleased to appoint Thomas Alcock, Esq. to be treasurer of the ordnance, vice Joseph Hunt, Esq. resigned. Treasury Chambers, Feb. 2. Alex. Osborne, Esq. to be a commissiouer of the customs in Scotland, vice Alex. Cochrane, Esq. deceased. Whitehall, Feb. 10. Rev. John Garnett, M. A. deanery of Exeter, vice Gordon, resigned. Treasury Chambers, Feb. 13. Wm. Manley, Esq. a commissioner of excise, vice Maling, deceased. War-Office, Feb. 27. His majesty has been pleased to approve of the following officers being appointed, and formed into a board for superintending and conducting the whole medical business of the army, viz. John Wier, Esq. from half-pay as inspector of hospitals, to be direc tor-general.-Charles Ker, M. D. an inspector of hospitals, to be principal inspector.-Theod. Gordon, M. D. from half-pay as inspector of hospitals, to be principal inspector. War-Office, March 10. Rev. Archdeacon John Owen, chaplain-general of the forces, vice Gamble, resigned. Foreign-Office, March 10. Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary at the court of the King of Persia. Foreign-Office, March 14. James Morier, Esq, secretary of embassy to the King of Persia. War-Office, March 24. Rev. Wm. Whitfield Dakins, LL. D. chaplain to the forces. March 3. At a chapter of the most noble order of the Garter, Marquis Wellesley invested with the blue blue ribband, vacrnt by the death of the Duke of Portland, Whitehall, April 7. Peter de Haviland, Esq. bailiff of Guernsey, vice Robert Porrent le Marchant, Esq. resigned.-John Dumaresq, advocate-general of Jersey, vice Joshua Pipon, Esq. resigned.-Right Hon. Francis Napier, high commissioner to the general assembly of the church of Scotland. War-Office, April 7. George Jenkins, clerk; and Sam. Briscall, clerk; chaplains to the forces. Downing Street, April 16. John Henry Newbolt, Esq. a judge of the supreme court of judicature at Madras. Admiralty-Office, April 21. Sir Richard Bickerton, Bart. major-general of marine forces, vice Collingwood, deceased. Downing-Street, April 27. Hildebrand Oakes, Esq. major-general, his majesty's commissioner for the affairs of Malta. Whitehall, April 28. Right Hon. George Earl of Glasgow, lieutenant and sheriff principal of Renfrewshire. Whitehall, May 1. Right Hon. Henry Baron Mulgrave, master-general of the ordnance.-Right Hon. Charles Yorke; Sir Richard Bickerton, Bart. Vice-Adiniral of the Red; Robert Ward, Esq. James Buller, Esq. William Domett, Esq. ViceAdmiral of the Blue; Robert Moorsom, Esq. and Viscount Lowther, commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral. Downing Street, May 2. Robert Gordon, Esq. Lieutenant-Governor of Berbice. Downing-Street, May 4. ViceAdmiral Sir John Duckworth, K. B. Governor and Commander-in-chief of Newfoundland. Queen's Palace, June 20. Captain James Lucas Yeo, R. N. commander of the royal Portuguese military order of Saint Bento d'Avis, knighted. Whitehall, June 23. Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, Right Hon. John Forster, chancellor of the exchequer in Ireland, Hon. William Brodrick, Hon. William Elliot, Snowden Barne, Esq. and Hon. Berkeley Paget, commissioners for executing the office of treasurer of the exchequer. Right Hon. Charles Yorke, Sir Richard Bickerton, Bart. Vice-Admiral of the Red, Robert Ward and James Buller, Esqrs. William Domett, Esq. Vice-Admiral of the Blue, Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Knt. and Hon. Frederick Robinson, commissioners for executing the office of high admiral. Board of Green Cloth, June 27. William Kenrick, Esq. master of his majesty's household. Whitehall, June 30. Right Hon. Robert Dundas, Earl Camden, Earl of Liverpool, Right Hon. Richard Ryder, Marquis of Wellesley, Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, Lord Lovaine, Lord Teignmouth, Right Hou. Thomas Wallace, and Viscount Lowther, commissioners for affairs of India. Downing-Street, July 3. ViceAdmiral the Hon. Sir Alexander Forrester Cochrane, K. B. gover nor nor and commander in chief of the Island of Guadaloupe, &c. Whitehall, July 14. Captain R., Moorsom, R. N. surveyor-general of the ordnance, War Office, July 25. His nrajes. ty has been pleased to appoint Major-Generals P. Sinclair, W. O. Huddlestone, G. Fead, J. Sowerby, Sir T. Blomefield, Bart, G. Maun, D. M'Donald, J. Pratt, F. Champagné, J. Champagné, H. Calvert, G. Cockburne, E. Dunne, J. Drummond, W. Dowdeswell, A. Mackenzie, G. Moncrieffe, T. Meyrick, T. Graham, C. Craufard, G. H. Vansiltart, Hon. C. Fitzroy, and F. Hugonin-to be lieutenant-generals in the army. Staff-To be aides-de-camp to the king, Colonel H. Davies, twenty-second light dragoons; Colonel D. Pack, seventy-first foot; Colonel Lord R. E. H. Somerset, fourth dragoons; Colonel G. Wilson, thirty-ninth foot; Colonel F. W. Buller, Coldstreaing uards; and Colonel R. Ross, twentieth foot. Foreign-Office, July 27. J. Parke, Esq. Consul in the Island of Iceland. Admiralty-Office, July 31. This day, in pursuance of the king's pleasure, the following flag-officers of his majesty's fleet were promot ed, viz. Admirals of the White-Skeffington Lutwidge, Esq. George Montagu, Esq. Right Hon. George Lord Keith, K. B. James Pigott, Esq. Right Hon. William Lord Radstock, Thomas Mackenzie, Esq. and Sir Roger Curtis, Bart-to be Admirals of the Red. Admirals of the Blue-William Young, Esq. Right Hon. James Lord Gambier, Philip Patton, Esq. Sir Charles Morice Pole, Bart. John Vol. LII. Leigh Douglas, Esq. William Swiney, Esq. Charles Edmund Nugent, Esq. Charles Powell Hamilton, Esq. Edmund Dod, Esq. Sir Charles Cotton, Bart. John Thomas, Esq. James Brine, Esq. Sir Erasmus Gower, Knt: John Holloway, Esq. and George Wilson, Esq.-to be Admirals of the White. Vice-Admirals of the Red-Sir Charles Henry Knowles, Bart. Hon. Thomas Pakenham, Robert Deans, Esq. James Hawkins Whitshed, Esq. Arthur Kempe, Esq. Smith Child, Esq. Thomas Taylor, Esq. Sir John Thomas Duckworth, K. B. Sir Robert Calder, Bart. Hon. George Cranfield Berkeley, Thomas West, Esq. James Douglas, Esq. Peter Aplin, Esq. Henry Savage, Esq. Bartholomew Samuel Rowley, Esq. Sir Richard Bickerton, Bart. and George Bowen, Esq.-to be Admirals of the Blue. Vice-Admirals of the White-R Montagu, Esq. John Ferguson, Esq. Edward Edwards, Esq. and Sir John Borlase Warren, Bart. aud K. B.to be Admirals of the Blue.. Vice-Admirals of the White-Edward Tyrrel Sinith, Esq. Sir Thomas Graves, K. B. Thomas Mac namara Russel, Esq. Sir Henry Trollope, Knt. Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, Bart. Robert M'Douall, Esq. Billy Douglas, Esq. John Wickey, Esq. John Fish, Esq. John Knight, Esq. Edward Thornborough, Esq. Sampson Edwards, Esq. George Campbell, Esq. Henry Frankland, Esq, Arthur Phillip, Esq. and Sir William George Fairfax, Knt.-to be Vice-Admirals of the Red. Vice-Admirals of the Blue-Sir James Saumarez, Bart. and K. B. Thomas Drury, Esq. Albermarle Bertie, Esq. Right Hon. William Earl of Northesk, K. B. James Y Vashon, |