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guns (6 pounders), afford the best 

 proofs of the manner in which 

 both services did their work ; very 

 few of the enemy's cavahy es- 

 caped. 



The determined manner in 

 which major Stewart led his men 

 to the attack of the enemy's posi- 

 tion, did him infinite honour ; and 

 the army will share my regret at 

 the loss of this brave officer, who 

 fell by a musket-shot, while with 

 me pushing off from the shore, 

 after the troops were embarked. 

 Lieutenant Campbell, of the 75th, 

 who commanded the advanced, 

 was particularly and generally no- 

 ticed. I cannot sufficiently express 

 my admiration of the very exem- 

 plary conduct of lieutenant Le 

 Hunte, who was the observation of 

 sailors and soldiers. 



Colonel Robinson superintend- 

 ed the debarkation, and was very 

 active. The army flotilla officer, 

 Don Luigi Muallo, is always dis- 

 tinguished on these occasions : 

 Captain Imbert, of the Neapolitan 

 navy, placed his division of gun- 

 boats in a manner that did him 

 much credit. I solicit your lord- 

 ship's recommendation of this offi- 

 cer, with don Gesolmino Patella 

 and don Pietri Trapani, to the 

 notice of his royal highness the 

 hereditary Prince. I have the 

 honour to annex a list of our killed 

 and wounded on this occasion, 

 which your lordship will observe 

 is very trifling compared with the 

 enormous loss of the enemy. This 

 of itself speaks more for the dis- 

 cipline of the 75th than any eulo- 

 gium, which, as an officer of a dif- 

 ferent service, I can presume to 

 bestow. 



(Signed) II. Hall, 



Captain and brigadier. 



1 boatswain, 1 seaman, killed; 

 7 seamen wounded. 



(Signed) R.Hall. 



His Excellency Lord W. C. 



Bentinck, &c. &c. &c. 



Palermo. 



From the London Gazelte, 

 March 23. 



Copy of a letter from the hon. 

 captain Irby, of his majesty's ship 

 the AmeUa, to John Wilson Cro- 

 ker, esq. dated at Spithead, the 

 22nd instant. 



Sir; — I beg leave to acquaint 

 you, for the information of the 

 right honourable the lords com- 

 missioners of the admiralty, that 

 when I was about to quit Sierra 

 Leone river for England, in his 

 majesty's ship under my com- 

 mand, on the 29th of January, 

 lieutenant Pascoe arrived there 

 with the chief part of the crew of 

 his majesty's gun-brig Daring, he 

 having been obliged to run his 

 vessel on shore, and blow her up at 

 Tamara (one of ths Isles de Loss) 

 in consequence of having been 

 chased by a French frigate, in 

 company with two other ships, ap- 

 parently frigates : he reported hav- 

 ing left them at anchor off the 

 islands on the 27th. I immediately 

 dispatched Lieutenant Pascoe in a 

 small schooner to reconnoitre the 

 enemy (he having volunteered his 

 services) ; and on the 3rd of 

 February he returned, having as- 

 certained their force to be two fri- 

 gates of the largest class (L'Are- 

 thuse and Le Rubis),and a Portu- 

 guese ship, their prize ; that they 

 had nearly completed their water ; 

 and, after unloading the Portu- 

 guese ship, intended to give her up 



