298 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



giving an account of the destruc- 

 tion of the French frigates, La 

 Loire and La Seine, off Basse- 

 terre, Guadaloupe, December 18, 

 by the ships of his squadron. 



A letter from captain Ballard, 

 praising the captains, officers, and 

 seamen, employed in the above 

 service : and also stating the loss 

 of the Blonde to be, seven killed, 

 including the first lieutenant, Jen- 

 kins, and Mr. Freeman, master's 

 mate ; seventeen wounded, in- 

 cluding Mr. Richardson, and a 

 midshipman, severely. The Thetis 

 had seven men wounded. 



A letter from captain Bouverie, 

 of the Medusa, stating the capture 

 of L'Hirondelle, French|privateer, 

 of fourteen guns. 



A letter from captain Mudge, of 

 the Phccnix, stating the capture, 

 by the boats of his ship, and of 

 the Jalouse, of the French pri- 

 vateer brig, Le Charles, of four- 

 teen guns. 



Members returned to parlia- 

 ment. — Borough of Malmesbury, 

 A. Smith, of Woodhall Park, 

 Hertford, esq. in the room of sir 

 G. Bowyer, bart. — Borough of 

 Cockermouth, W.Lo\vther,esq. — 

 Borough of Miibourn Port, lord 

 viscount Lewisham, in the room of 

 lord Paget. — Borough of Camel- 

 ford, H. Brougham, junior, of 

 Brougham Hall, esq. in the room 

 of lord H. Petty (now marquis of 

 Lansdown). — Borough of Boss- 

 ney, the right honourable J. Ot- 

 way, earl of Dysart. — Borough of 

 Scarborough, theright honourable 

 C. M. Sutton. 



10. Order in Council of the 

 7th inst. for regulating the inter- 

 course between ihis country and 

 the Ferroe islands. 



Captures. — The French frigate, 



Cannoni^re, of 137 men, by the 

 Valiant, captain Bligh; Le Comte 

 de Hunebourg, of fourteen guns, 

 by the Piieasant, captain Palmer; 

 and Le Transit, of fourteen guns, 

 by the Clyde, captain Stuart. 



13. Dispatches from admiral 

 Bertie and lieutenant-colonel 

 Keating, giving an account of the 

 attack on the Isle of Bourbon. 

 " At five A. M." says colonel 

 Keating, " on the 23d of Septem- 

 ber, the troops were disembarked 

 to the southward of Point de Ca- 

 lotte, seven miles from St. Paul's, 

 and immediately commenced a 

 forced march, with aview of cross- 

 ing the causeways that extend 

 over the lake, before the enemy 

 could discover our debarkation 

 or approach to the town, which 

 we were fortunate enough to 

 effect ; nor had they time to form 

 in any force till we had passed the 

 strongestposition. By seveno'clock 

 we were in possession of the first 

 and second batterieSjLambousiere 

 and La Centiere ; when captain 

 Willoughby, of the royal navy, 

 who commanded a detachment of 

 about a hundred seamen on shore, 

 immediately turned the guns on 

 the enemy's shipping, from whose 

 fire, which was chiefly grape, and 

 well directed, within pistol-shot 

 of the shore, we suffered much. 

 F'rom the battery La Centiere, 

 captain Imlack was detached with 

 the second column, composed of 

 ]4'2 of the second battalion of 

 tiie second regiment of Bombay 

 native infantry, and twelve Euro- 

 peans, to take possession of the 

 third, or battery of Le Neuf, 

 deserted by the enemy. On his 

 way thither, he fell in with and 

 was opposed by the entire force 

 of the French, which had con- 



