Baldrey Chories, Framlingham, currier, May 1 Barker Kichard, Wellingborough, common carrier, May 12 Brewer Thomas. Chippenham, I nen draper, May 23, final Bewdley Mofes, Mancheter, victualler, May 16 Bowker George, and James Chapman, Manchester, corn dealers, May 8 Copp John, and William Walker, Stratford, calice-priafers, May 16 Crane Wiliam Charles. Kenfington, brewer, May 1 Colwell Charles, Rathbone place, upholderer, April 18 Caftell Samael. & Walter Powell, Lumbard Areet, banker Chadwick James, Stow. calico-printers. April 23 Dawes John, Camomile street, mariner, May 9 Emerson George, and Richard King, Jun. St. Thomas the Learon James Peter. Upper Grafton street, dealer and chapman April 25 fal Fawcett Thomas, Old Change merchant. April 14 Gwillim Robert, worth p @reet, dealer in fpirituous lie quors, April 28 Gandon Peter, Wentworth freet, cooper. May. S Heydon Benjuria Robert, Plymouth, bookfeller, April 25, final Houlding Ralph, and John Houlding, Piefton, dealer in liv quors. April 14 Hudfon Thomas, New Bond areer, tavern-keeper, April 14. final Howett John, St. Martin's lane, carpenter, April 15 Hube John Chriftian, Deptford, pot er. May S Hughes James Fletcher, Wigmore treet, Rationer, Apri 1 25 Hitching Samuel, Kirgland road, vi&ualler, May 5 Hume william, Berwick-upon-Tweed, corn merchant, May 7, final Hesketh Jofeph, and William Jones, Liverpool, groceri May 11 Harris Robert, Maidenne, woollen draper, May 9 Ifard Wiliam, Eat Grimstead, breech mater. April 21 Johnfon William Edgeware road collar maker, May 12 Ifaacs George, and Michael Ifaacs, Revis-marks, mer chants, April 2: Lindlay Peter, Greenwich, baker, May 1 Lewthwaite Jan, Liverpool, merchant, May a Lewes Jofeph, Westminster bridge road, victualler, April 28, final Lloyd Hugh, Middle Temple lane, money fcrivener, May 16 Life George. High Harrowgate, innkeeper, May 11 Leach Benjamin Juha Curtain road, horse dealer, June 9 Miles Samuel, Bristol, cornfactor, May 7, final William Wright, Liverpool, May 2 Morley John, Sewardtone, miller, May 9 Noble James. Kenfington Gravel Pits, brewer. May 1 Oakes John, Union treet, coal merchant, May 16 final Phillips Benjamin, and William Baron, Ewer street, druggrinders. May a Pritchard Jone Storey. Wigmore treet, grocer, April 19 Phillips Michael, Norria trect, grocer. May 5 final Ruffell John, Moorfields, broker, April 21, final Rofs Alexander, Minories, merchant, May 9 Rovfe William, Worcester, filversmith, May 4 Rofs Bernard, New City Chambers. merchant, May 5 Schneider Richard William Ulric, White Lion court, merchant, April 8 Sratterd Thomas, Lindley Jabez Stutterd, indley and Thomas Littlewood, uf Od Field. merchants, April 20 Scott John, and George Scott, South Breet, merchants. April 14 Smethur James, and Tames Mangnail, Bolton, dimity manufacturers, April 18 Smedley Ifaac, Maiden lape, boßer. April 14. Sergent Francis, Wakefield, innkeeper. April 30 final Southard George. New Boad freet, lisen draper. May S Scurry Francis, Kent road, coal dealer, May 5 final Treadgola John. Portfea, cabinet maker. April 25 Tydeman John Simpfon, Colchester ironmonger, April 0 Tinkley George, and John Rifk, Meard's court, leatheriel lers, May 2 Wilkinfan James, Leeds, dyer, April 23 Winch Wiliam. To hill freet, butcher. April 5. final wright joha, Kebroyd Mill, cotton spinner. April 23 Wilfon William, Colcheter. merchant. Aprit Wheatley John, Mark lane, cornfactor, Apri. 25 Willacy John, William Willacy, and Thomas Willary, Liverpool, millers, April 27 Wilfon John, Kendal, tallow chandler, May 9 Wilkinfon Sam el, and Jofeph Burrough, High Wycombe, A STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN APRIL. GREAT BRITAIN.. Dispatch, of which the following is a copy, was received on the 12th of April at the office of Viscount Caftlereagh, one of his Majefty's Principal Secretaries of State, from Brigadier-General Auchmuty, to the Right Hon. William Windham : SIR, Monte Video, Feb. 6, 1807. I have the honour to inform you, that his Majefty's troops under my command have taken by affault, and after a moft determined refiftance, the important fortress and city of Monte Video. The Ardent, with her convoy, arrived at Maldonado on the 5th of January; and I immediately took under my orders the troops from the Cape commanded by LieutenantColonel Backhoufe. On the 13th, I evacuated that place without oppofition, leaving a fmall garrifon on the Island of Gorriti. On confulting with Rear-Admiral Stirling it was determined to attack Monte Video; and I landed on the morning of the 18th, to the Weftward of the Caretas rocks, in a fmall bay, about nine miles from the town. The enemy were in great force, with guns on the heights, when we difembarked; but they did not advance to oppofe us, and fuftered me to take a strong pofition, about a mile from the fhore. A trifling cannonade, and fome firing at the outpofts, commenced in the afternoon, and continued occafionally during our stay on that ground. On the 19th we moved towards Monte Video. The right column, under the honourable Brigadier-General Lumley was early A oppofed. About four thousand of the enemy's norfe occupied two heights to his front and right As we advanced, a heavy fire of round and grape opened upon us; but a fpirited charge in front, from the light battalion under Lieutenant-Colonel Brownrigg, difperfed the corps oppofed to him, with the lofs of a gun. The enemy on the flank did not wait a fimilar movement, but retreated. They continued retiring before us, and permitted us, without any further oppofition, except a diftant cannonade, to take up a pofition about two miles from the citadel. Our advanced pofts occupied the fuburbs, and fome Imall parties were pofted lofe to the works; but in the evening the principal part of the fuburbs was evacuated. The next morning the enemy came out of the town and attacked us with their whole force, about fix thousand men, and a number of guns. They advanced in two columns; the right, confifting of cavalry, to turn our left flank, while the other, of infantry, attacked the left of our line; this column pushed in our advanced posts, and pressed so hard on our outpicquet, of four hundred men, that Colonel Browne, who commanded on the left, ordered dered The lofs of the enemy was confiderable, and has been eftimated at fifteen hundred men; their killed might amount to between two and three hundred; we have taken the part of the wounded got back into the town; fame number of prifoners, but the principle I am happy to add, that ours was comparitively trifling. The confequences of this affair were greater than the action itself. Instead of finding ourfelves furrounded with horfe, and a petty warfare at our pofts, many of the inhabitants of the country feparated, and retired to their feveral villages, and we were allowed quietly to fet down before the town. From the best information I could obtain, I was led to believe that the defences of Monte Video were weak, and the garrifon by no means difpoled to make an obftinate refiftance; but I found the works truly refpectable, with one hundred and fixty pieces of cannon; and they were ably defended. The enemy, being in poffeffion of the Iland of Ratones, commanded the harbour; and I was aware that their gun-boars would annoy us, as we apprehended. A two-gun battery was conftructed on the 23d to keep them in check, and our pofts were extended to the harbour, and completely that in the garrison on the land fide. Their communica tion was ftill, however, open by water, and their boats conveyed to them troops and provifios: even water for the garrifon was ob tained by these means; for the wells that fagply the town were in our poffeffion. On the 25th, we opened batteries of four twenty-four-pounders and two mortars, and all the frigates and finaller veffels came in, as clofe as they could with fafety, and cannonaded the town. But finding that the garrison was not intimidated into a furrender, I constructed, on the 28th, a battery of fix twenty-four pounders, within a thoufand yards of the South Eaft baition of the citadel, which I was informed was in fo weak a state that it might be cafily breached. The para pet was foon in ruins, but the rampart received little injury, and I was foon convinced that my ears were unequal to a regular fiege; the only profpect of fuccefs that prefented it was to erect a battery as near as poffible to a wall by the fouth gate, that joins the works to the fea, and endeavour to breach it. This was effected by a fix gun battery within fix hundred yards, and though it was expofed to a very fuperior fire from the enemy, which has been inceffant during the whole of the fiege, a breach was reported practicable on the 2d inftant. Many reafons induced me not to delay the affault, though i was aware the troops would be expofed to a very heavy fire in approaching and mounting the breach. Orders were iffued for the attack an hour before daybreak the enfuing morning, and a funt mons was fent to the governor in the evening to furrender the town. To this meffage no answer was returned. The troops deftined for the affault confifted of the rifle corps under Major Gardner, the light infantry under Lieutenant Colonel Brownrigg and Major Trotter, the grenadiers under Majors Campbell and Tucker, and the S8th regiment under Lieutenant-Colonel vaffal and Major Nugent. They were fupported by the 40th regiment under Major Dalrymple, and the 87th under Lieutenant-Colonel Butler and Major Miller. The whole were commanded by Colonel Browne The remainder of my force, coniting of te 17th light dragoons, detachment of the 20th and 21ft light dragoons, the 47th regiment, a company of the 71ft, and a corps of 700 marines and feamen, were encamped under Brigadier General Lumley, to protect our rear. At the appointed hour the troops marched to the affault. They approached near the breach before they were difcovered, when a deftructive fire from every gun that could bear upon it, and trom the mufketry of the garrifon, opened upon them Heavy as it was, our lofs would have been comparatively trifling, if the breach had been open, but during the night, and under our fire, the enemy had barricadoed it with hides, fo as to render it nearly impracticable. The night was extremely dark. The head of the column miffed the breach, and when it was approached it was fo fhut up, that it was mistaken for the untouched wall. In this fituation the troops remained under a heavy fire for a quarter of an hour, when the breach was difcerned by Captain Renny of the 40th light infantry, who pointed it out, and gloriously fell as he mounted it. Our gallant foldiers rushed to it, and, difficult as it was of accefs, forced their way into the town. Cannon were placed at the head of the principal ftreets, and their fire for a fhort time, was deftructive: but the troops advanced in all directions, clearing the Atreets and batteries with their bayonets, and overturning their cannon. The 40th regi ment, with Colonel Browne, followed. They alfo miffed the breach, and twice pafled through the fire of the batteries, before they found it. The 87th regiment was pofted near the North gate, which the troops who entered at the breach were to upen for them, but their ardour was fo great that they could not wait. They fcaled the walls and entered the town as the troops within approached it. At daylight every thing was in our poffeflion except the citadel, which made a fhew of refiftance, but foon furrendered, and early in the morning the town was quiet, and the women were peaceably walking the streets. The gallantry difplayed by the troops during the affault, and their forbearance and orderly behaviour in the town speak fo fully in their praife, that it is unneceffary for me to fay how highly I am pleafed with their conduct. The fervice they have been engaged in fince we landed, has been uncom→ monly fevere and laborious, but not a murmur has escaped them; every thing I wished has been effected with order and cheerfulness. Our lofs during the fiege was trifling, particularly as we were not theltered by approaches, and the enemy's fire of fhot and shell was inceffant. But it is painful for me to add, that it was great at the affault. Many most valuable officers are among the killed and wounded. Major Dalrymple of the 40th was the only field officer killed. LieutenantColonels Vaffal and Brownrigg, and Major Tucker are among the wounded. Iam deeply concerned to lay that the two former are feverely fo. The enemy's lofs was very 'great, about height hundred killed, five hundred wounded, and the governor Don Pasquil Ruis Huidobro, with upwards of two thoufand officers and men are prifoners. About fifteen hundred efcaped in boats or fecreted themfelves in the town. From Brigadier General the honourable W. Lumley and from Colonel Browne, I have received the moft able and the moft zealous affiftance and support. The former protected the line from the enemy during our march, and covered our rear during the fiege. The latter conducted it with great judgment and determined bravery. The established reputation of the royal artillery has been firmly fupported by the company under my orders, and I confider myfelf much indebted to Captains Watfon, Dickfon, Carmichael, and Willgrefs, for their zealous and able exertions. Captain Fanfhaw of the engineers was equally zealous, and though young in the fervice conducted himfelf with fuch propriety that I have no doubt of his proving a valuable officer. Owing to great fatigue he was taken ill in the midst of our operations, and Captain Dixon readily undertook his office, and executed it with the greatest judgment. From the heads of corps and departments, from the general staff of the army, from the medical, medical, and from my own perfonal staff, I have received the most prompt and cheerful affiftance. It is infufficient to fay, that the utmost cordiality has fubfifted between Rear-Admiral Stitling and myfelf; I have received from him the most friendly attention, and every thing in his power to grant. The captains and officers of the navy have been equally zealous to affitt us; but I feel particularly indebted to Captains Donnelly and Palmer for their great exertions. They commanded a corps of marines and famen that were landed, and were effentially useful to us with the guns, and in the batteries, as well as in bringing up the ordnance and ftores. This dispatch will be delivered to you by Major Tucker, who was wounded at the affault; and as he has long been in my confidence, I beg leave to refer you to him for further particulars. I have the honour to be, &c. S. AUCHMUTY, Brigadier General commanding. To the Right Honourable Wiliam Windłam, &c. &c. &c. P. S. I am extremely concerned to add, that Lieutenant Colonels vaflal and Brown rigg both died yesterday of their wounds. I had flattered myself with hopes of their re. covery; hut a rapid mortification has deprived his Majesty of two moft able and gallant offi. cers. Return of the killed, wounded, and miffing of the forces under the command of Brigadier Generel Sir Samuel Auchmury, between the 16th of January, the day of landing at the Punta De Caretas, to the 20th of January inclufive. Between 16th and 20th Ult.-1 Lieutenant, 1 drummer, 18 rank and file, killed; ma jors, 3 captains, 1 lieutenant, 2 ferjeants, 1 drummer, 119 rank and file, wounded; 1 rank and file, mithing. During the fige1 captain, 3 rank and file, killed; 1 lieutenant, 1 enfign, 12 rank and file wounded; 71 rank and file, milling. At the affault-5 majors, 3 captains, 2 lieutenants, 2 ferjeants, 2 drummers, 105 rank and file, killed; 2 lieutenant-colonels, 3 captains, 8 lieutenants 4 enfigns, 4 staff, 18 ferjeants, 5 drummers, 235 rank and file, wounded. Total-1 major, 4 captains, 3 lieutenants, 2 ferjeants, 6 drummers, 126 rank and file, killed; 2 lieutnant colonels, 2 majors, 6 captains, 10 lieutenants, 5 enfigns, ftaff, 20 ferjeants, 6 drummers, 366 rank and file wounded; 8 rank and file, miffing. Captains Willgrefs and Crookbanks, and 51 rank and file, included in the above, have fince returned to their duty. J. BRADFORD, Dep Adj. Gen Officers killed and wounded. Killed upon landing-Lieutenant Fitzpatrick, of the 40th. Slightly wound dupon land ng.. Major Trotter, of the 83d. Major Camp. bell, of the 40th. Captain Willgrefs, of the Royal Artillery. Captain Crookshanks, of the 38th. Captain Rogers, of the 40th. Lieutenant Chawner, of the 95th-Killed during the fiege. Captain Beaumont, of the 87th. Wounded during the fiege.-Lieutenant O'Brien, of the 87th. The Honourable & Irby, Midshipman. Killed in the affault.Major Dalrymple, of the 40th. Captain Rennie, of ditto. Lieutenant Alston, of diteɔ, Captain Mafon, of the 38th. Lieutenant Irwine, of the 87th. Captain Dickenson, of the 95th. Wounded in the affault. Lieutenant Colonel Brownrigg, of the 11th, fince dead. Lieutenant Smith, of the 40th. Ear fign Cancern, of ditto. Lieutenant Evans, of the 87th, feverely. Lieutenant M'Rea, of ditto, feverely. Lieutenant Colonel vafial, of the 38th, fince dead. Captain Shipton, of ditto, feverely. Lieutenant Brownton, of ditto, dangeroufly. Enfign White, of ditto, feverely. Enfign Willfhire, of ditto, flightly. Enfign Frafer, of ditto, fince dead. Paymafter Willshire, of ditto, feverely. Adjutant Hewill, of ditto, dangerously. ant-Surgeon Garrat, of ditto, flightly. Captain Whetham, of the 40th, feverely. Lieg tenant Wallace, of ditto, dangeroufly. Lieutenant Johnson, of ditto, feverely. Lieutenant Ramus, of ditto, feverely. Major Tucker, of the 72d, lightly. Affiftant-Surgeon Wildair, of the 87 th, feverely. Lieutenant Scanlan, of the 95th, flightly. Lieutenant M'Namara, of ditto, flightly. Affift Captain Donnelly, of his Majefty's thip Ardent, arrived on the morning of the 12th of April, at the Admiralty-office, with dispatches from Rear-Admiral Stirling, cominanding a fquadron of his Majefty's flips in the Rio de la Pinta, of which the following are copies: Diadem, off Monte Video, 8th Feb. 1807. I have peculiar fatisfaction in congratulating my Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty on the capture of Monte Video, as well from the importance of the conqueft, as from the ho nour which has thereby been acquired by his Majesty's arms Immediately on the arrival of BrigadierGeneral Sir Samuel Auchmuty, at Maldonado. it was determined to invest this place, and and having affembled our force off the Island of Flores, a descent was effected on the 16th Ultimo, near Carretea Point, which is about feven miles to the Eastward of the town. The enemy had affembled in confiderable numbers, and with feveral pieces of Artillery feemed determined to oppofe our progress. The navigation of the Rio de la Plata, with the strong breezes which we have experien.ed for feveral weeks, rendered the landing of troops, and aflifting their operations, very difficult, but the place chofen was happily adapted to allow the covering veffels, under the direction of Captain Hardyman, to approach fo clofe as to command the beach, and notwithstanding the weather threatened, and was unfavourable, the fuldiers got all on fhore without a fingle accident of any kind, and were in poffeffion of the heights before fix o'clock, with fuch things as the general wanted. On the 19th the army moved forwards, and as an attempt to harafs the rear was expected. I directed boats to proceed clofe along thore to look out for and bring off any wounded men, whit the covering veffels were placed to prevent the enemy from giving annoyance, and I brad the happiness to hear that all the fufferers were brought off in defpite of well directed efforts to destroy them. In the evening I dropped, with the fleet, off Chico Bay, near which the army encamped, within two miles of the city. I had landed about eight hundred feamen and royal marines, under the orders of Capt. Donnelly, to act with the troops; and, as I faw no advantage could refult from any effort of hips against a strong fortrefs, well defended at all points, and which, from the thallownefs of the water, could not be approached within a distance to allow fhot to be of any ufe, I difpofed the fquadron fo as to prevent any elcape from the harbour, as well as to impede a communication between Colonna and Buenos Ayres, and confined my whole attention to give every polible afliftance in forwarding the Lege, by landing guns from the line of battle fhips, with ammunition, stores, provifions, and every thing required by the commander of the furces. The distance which the hips lay from the fore, with the almoft conftant high winds and well we had, and the great way every thing was to be dragged by the seamen, up a heavy fandy road, made the duty exceJively Laborious. The fquadron had almost daily fourteen hundred men on shore, and this ship Was often left with only thirty men on board. The defence made by the enemy grotracted the fiege longer than was expected, and reduced our stock of powder to low that the king's hips, with all the tranfports, and what a fleet of merchantmen had for fale could not have turnished a further confumption for more than two days, when a practicable breach was fortunately made, and on the 3d instant, early in the morning, the town and citadel were most gallantly carried by storm. In a converfation with the general on the preceding day, I had made fuch difpofition of the fmaller vefiels and armed boats, as appeared most likely to anfwer a defired purpofe, and fo foon as Fort Saint Philip was in poffeffion of the British troops, lieutenant WilLa Milne, with the armed launches, took poffellion of the Island of Rattones, mounting ten guns and garrifoned by feventy men, which furrendered without any refiftance, although it is well adapted for defence, and might have given confiderable annoyance. A very fine frigate mounting twenty-eight. guns was fet fire to by her crew, and blew up with an awful explosion; as alfo three gun boats, but the other veffels in the harbour were faved by the exertion of our people. It has been much the custom to speak flightly of the reattance to be expected from the Spaniards in this country; and with confidence of the facility which has been given to naval operations, by a prior knowledge of the river, but the battles lately fought prove the former opinion to be erroneous, and experience evinces that all the information hitherto acquired has not prevented the most formidable difficulties. The conduct of the captains, officers, feamen, and royal marines of the thips and veffels, which I kept with me for this fervice, has met with my entire approbation; and I feel perfuaded that I should have had occafion to exprefs my fatisfaction with the exertions of the officers and crews of the Diomede and Protector, if I had not been obliged to detach them on other service. CHARLES STIRLING. Total-6 feamen killed, 28 wounded, 4 mining. The fhips taken in the harbour were 57, befides 15 loop-rigged gun boats; 6 row boats with guns. Nothing but fome affairs of outpofts have occurred between the Ruffian and French armies fince the bloody battle of Eylau. The fiege of Stralfund has been railed, and the Swedes have gained confiderable advantages over the retreating French. Admiral Duckworth having passed the Dardanelles with an English fleet, anchored before Contantinople, with a view to give weight to the negociations with the Porte. The foreign journals in the French intereft have tails of this butinefs, not worth repeatfome degiven ing; but official dispatches from the Englith Admiral are daily expected. out in India, feem to call for the exerVarious infurrections, which have broken tion of more wildom in the Euglish government than it is feared appertain to the prefent administration. At home we have to record another event, which has excited great alarm among the friends of their country and the principles of its contutution-we mean the SUDDEN DISSOLUTION OF THE PARLIAMENT AFTER IT HAD SAT BUI A FEW MONTHS! 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