• • , ..ilaiimertnir ap THE NATIONAL RF,CI4TEII. ders of Lieutenant John M'Curdy, senior Lieutenant of the Belle Pottle, accompanied by the Officers and petty Officers named in the margin,* and took possession of the island with out oppsition With incessant labour and the most extraor dinary exertions, a defence was thrown up, and a bluer/ of four guns (two howitzers and two nine-pounders,) mounted on a commanding position by five o'clock. A field piece was also placed at some distance to the left to divide the attention of the enemy, who, aware of our operations, had been busily em ployed during the night in-planting guns in various parts of the harbour. Soon after five A. M. the French opened a cross fire from four different positions, which was immediately returned, and kept up on both sides with great vigour for five hours when the brig being cut to pieces and sunk, and of course the object of our landing accomplished, the guns, ammunition, &c. were all re-embarked, with the most perfect order and regularity. I bave only to lament that this service has not been performed without some loss, but considering the deterniii‘ed resistance that was made, and the peculiar situation of the place, it is less than might have b-en expected. We have had four killed and as many wounded belonging to the two ships, a particular list of whotn is herewith transmitted. List of Killed and Wounded belonging to his Majesty's Ships Belle Poule and Alceste. when destroyir g a French Brig of war, in th:: harbour of Pdlenza, the 4th and sth May, 1811. Pr.x.t.t POULE.—Mr. Richard Kelly, gun"er, killed on shore; 'William Joh.;son, able s aman. Thomas Griffiths, able seaman, slightly wounded, on board; !obi, Wilkinson, private marine, (lath, on shore. - ALc EsT e.—John hort,private marine. kled on shore; Henry Collier, private marine, ditto, on shore John Matt. Betts, yeo man of the sheets, wounrled on board; John Jones, able seaman, sightly wounded on board. • Btlk Poule.-I,ieu , f-nants R. Boardman ' It A. Chartres, and A Morrison; Mes s r s . Bl a i r , Chapman, Finlay, Maxwell, I iall, and Grose, Mid sh:p nit n. Alceste.—Lieutenant Hickman, Mr. Moore, Master, Lieut. tenant Lord; Messrs. Adair, Croker, and Reding, IVlidship.. men. SOt boats of the Belliqueux and Su. Francis Drake, under the cl:rec. tion of Lieutenant Joseph Prior, of the former ship : And one of the Ist October, 1810, transmitt ng an account of the capture or destruction, by the boats of the Sir Francis Drake, at different times between the 0:1) of August and Bth of Sep. (ember, 1810, of seven B:►tavian gun-boats, five piratical prows, and thirty-five Dutch trading vessels. DOWNING-STREET ) AUG. 10. A Dispatch, of which the following is an ex•ract, has been this day received at the Earl of Liverpool\ Office, athirt ssrd to his Lordship by Governor Farquhar, dated Pit Louis, Isle of France, VI April 11311. I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that his Majesty's ship of war Eclipse, Captain Lynne, returned to th:s port on the .6:11 ultimo, after having taken possession of the French Port of Tamelasi, at ‘ladagascar, on the 18th February, gnd landed the detachments from his Majesty's 22. d regiment ar.d Bourbon Rifle Corps, for the garrison of that island. The Fre::ch Com mandant accs pted. without opposition, the' terms upon which the lsle of France capitulated. The result of this 6urvice has freed these seas from the last French flag, and secured to us an unmolested traffic with the fruitful and abundant island of Ma. dagascar. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. Richard Howard, sen. John Rivers, Richard Howard, jun. and James How rd, ut 'Mitcham, Surrey, calico-printers, trim Aug. 10, to Aug. 28, at ten. at Guildhall, radon. Phill 4 p Felix I.e Brun. of Old lioncl-mreet, chy mist from Aug. 17, to Aug. 28, at ten, at Guildhall. John Dunks rley. of Pitt-. ank, Oidiham, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer, from Sept. 7, t? Sept. SO, at. ten, at the Mosley Arms Inn, Manchester. Edwarti Lewis, of 80-cl street, haberdasher, from Aug. 3, to to Sept. 31, at ten, at 4 • I.i:dhall. 13.1111 i RUP I'CY SUPERSEDED. Joseph Stanley, of Deal, Ke- t, ironmonger. 8.-> NKR U PTS. . Peter Mather, of Cborlton-row, Manchester, roller and ma chine-maker. . Thfnnas Barnett, late of Whevtlon Beck, Northamptonshire, butcher. Arrowsmith, late of PreAcot, Lancashire, but now of Stoke, Staffordshire, and John Arrowbmith, late of Preseut, but now of Peningt.,n, e, con-non-brewerP. 'l'homa Salter cif Bagnigge-Wells, victualler. • Andrew Clegg, of Falsworth, Lancashire innkeeper. Peter Mathews, of Copthall-court, merchant. John Vt'il , l3 rley, of Manche ter, draper. James Wilsen, of Manchester, gruccr. Edwat d l'antit.r fit.rhert anu Richard Crouch Penfold, of West Smithfield Itlacking-manufacturer.. John Scoq, of Fe:videre-plac,e, St. Gtsorge's-fief's, Surrey, and latt. of hull's-Pridge-wharl,Soutliall;Nll.lrllese x, Neliarfm;er. Thomas Barber, of Beheaston, Somersetshire, dealer. Charles Turner, of Milibank-street, Westminster, colour pvilter. 'I homas Nicholls, of Plymouth, merchant, Nintan Hay. late of Charles-st t, Covent-garden, and since of George-strteT,l\irtman-square, Samuel Shaw, of Brunswick-square, underwriter. Robert Kendall, late of the ad Change, and now or late of Cheapside ' warehouseman. Richard Carter, of Stephen street, Sr. Pancras, carpenter. CERTIFICATES—.jun. William Blanchard, of the Seven Dials, dealer in paper and rags.—Thomas Harrison "acleod, of Tokenhouse-y.irct, men. chant—George Cass, of fitiklershury, wine.merel)agt ....Robert Senior, of Bristol. clothf..l .-4‘ Allem WrexWorthy, eof North-row, St. James's-market. wine-merchati . r.-INtrilliam Tho mas Pass. late of Dockhead. Bermondsey, Sur,rey, hr. wer.-:- John Sims, of Neath, Glamorganshire, Whitworth, of Sowerby,. Halifax, y,nicshire i votton-inanufac. turer.—John Luckratt, of Plymouth carp..titer.—Thoma , Scot* and kVilliam Jordan, of St. Pancras, builders.--4.11:n Worrail. of Manchester, silk-dresser.—Thornas Peirce, of Cant.-, hury, brazkr.—Benj,,min Allen of 14c.l.fora, A.Vi roam Lewis, of Abergavenny, Monmouth-hire, c rdwait t r —Rich ard Ashton, of Bi Devonshire, lint-n dr pr. --John Smith, of Bridgewatt r-square, n Ru-by, of kin ner-street, neolie m:ther.—Willi a Swan j n. of Lit/. rpool, tnerchan.„—H- adiry Acklann of I.eadenhail-rmrket, at •,1 of Birchtn-lane, provision-mercharn.—James k . elll:ird, of thy Old South Se.t I- louse, Br .ad-street insurance-brol -r Bourtltilon, of Walthamstow, essex, insdrance-broker.--Gewrk Welsh, of Liverpool, broker. ADMIR A LTT-OF FICK, AUGUST 10, 1811. Admiral Lord Gi.mbier has transmitted to John Wilson Cro ker, Esq. a letter fioni Captain Parker, of his Majesty's ship the Amazon, giving an account of a gallant and succes•Aiul attack made, on the &WI ult. by the boats of that sh;p, tindt-r the three_ Cons of Lient. Westphal!, on an enemy's convoy near the Pt marks One of the enemy's vessils, having been cut off by the Any eon, uw remainder, eight in number, ran on shore u; d‘ r pro.ection of a battery, and of a considerable number o; troop, ; notwithstanding the fire from which Lieut. Westphiill succeeded in bringing out three and destroying the other ! five, without any loss on our part. Vice-Admiral D'Auvergne has transmitted to John Wilson Croker Esq. a letter from Captain Sutton, of • his Majesty's sloop Derwent, giving an account of his having, on the 37th sah. captured Le Rafleur French privateer, of Granville, manned • with 20 men, with small arms. The Vice-Admiral also reports that the Violet Lugger had sent into Guernsey two small enemy's privateers. ADMIRALTY ()Met, AUGUST 6, 1811. Captain Byng, of his Majesty's ship the Belliqucux, has trans mitted to John Wilson Croker Esq. three letters from Captain Harris, of the Sir Francis Drake, containing the following re ports of the capture or destruction of enemy's vessels iA the Indian Seas, viz. One G 1 the Ist August, 1810, giving an account of the ca-ture off Java, of a Batavian ship of eight guns and thirty-three men, a schooner of six gun, and thirteen men, and a coasting Vessel, by the Sir Francis Drake, One of the .5111 August, 18' 0, stating the destruction, in Ban tam Bay, of a French privateer, (the number of men and guns uuknows4) and two gun-boats carrying four guns Ga4h, by the ~,,. ,L ./.