300 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



Return of the guns, ammunition, 

 &c. found at Port St. Paul's, 

 Island of Bourbon, 1809. Total, 

 thirty-seven iron guns, twenty- 

 four-pounders ; sixteen iron guns, 

 eighteen-pounders; nineteen iron 

 guns, twelve-pounders ;tvvelve iron 

 guns, nine-pounders; one iron gun, 

 six-pounder ; nine iron guns, four- 

 pounders, fourcarronades, twelve- 

 pounders ; eight brassfield-pieces, 

 six-pounders ; t wo thirteen and half 

 inch mortars, two eight-inch mor- 

 tars, one five and half inch mortar, 

 5,170 balls of different sizes, 155 

 thirteen and half inch shells, 135 

 eight-inch shells, twenty-four five 

 and half-inch shells, 320 one to 

 four inch shells, 260 bar shot, 

 seventeen boxes of ammunition, 

 eight barrels of ammunition, two 

 barrels of fuzees, twelve barrels of 

 gunpowder, 290 cannisters of 

 grape shot, 127 rounds of grape 

 shot, 320 pikes, forty rammers, 

 forty spunges, one stand of arms. 



Subsequently to the making out 

 of this return, a battery of five 

 eighteen pounders was found and 

 destroyed. 



Return of killed, wounded, 

 and missing, of the force under 

 the command of lieutenant-co- 

 lonel Keating, 22nd September, 

 1809, Island of Bourbon. Royal 

 marines : seven rank and file, 

 killed ; two lieutenants, seventeen 

 rank file, wounded. Firstbattalion 

 56th regiment : one serjeant, five 

 rank and file, killed; one serjeant, 

 twenty-six rank and file, wounded ; 

 one drummer, two rank and file, 

 missing. Second battalion of the 

 second regiment of Bombay native 

 infantry • two rank and file, killed ; 

 one lieutenant, one soubaltdam, 

 two havaldams, one drummer, 

 seven rank and file, wounded. 

 Total: fifteen killed, fifty-eight 

 wounded, three missing. 



17. Captures. — Le Gascon, of 

 sixteen guns, by the Unicorn, 

 captain Kerr ; and L'Amiable 

 Josephine, fourteen guns, and 

 Le Duguay Trouin, fourteen 

 guns, by the Narcissus, captain 

 Aylmer. 



Appointment of W. Manley, 

 esq. to be a commissioner of the 

 excise, vice C. T. Maling, de- 

 ceased. 



An order in council, dated 

 the 7th February, for prolonging 

 to the 1st of December next, 

 the allowance contained in the 

 orders of council of the 12th of 

 April and 16th of August, 1809, 

 and 10th of January, 1810, for 

 the importation into the West 

 India islands, of staves, lumber, 

 live stock, and provisions (ex- 

 cepting beef, pork, butter) by 

 neutral vessels, till the 1st of 

 December, certain duties being 

 chargeable upon such of the fore- 

 going articles as may be the pro- 

 duce of the United States of Ame- 

 rica. 



24'. A notification from marquis 

 Wellesley, his majesty's principal 

 secretary of state for foreign affairs, 

 to the present ministers of friendly 

 and neutral powers, that his ma- 

 jesty has judged it expedient to 

 blockade the coast and ports of 

 Spain from Gijon to the French 

 territory. 



27. Caj^tures. — La Modeste, 

 eighteen guns, by the Raleigh, 

 captain Sager ; and the prince 

 Eugene, fourteen guns, by the 

 Royalist, captain Maxwell. 



MARCH. 



3. Member relumed to parlia- 

 ment. — Borough of Plympton- 

 Earle : Henry Drummond, of the 

 Grange, in the county of Hants, 



