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sixteen, which, after a severe 

 action of two hours, made all pos- 

 sible sail for the shore, and, owing 

 to the damages sustained by the 

 Tribune in her sails, and the want 

 of wind, escaped amongst the 

 rocks. Eight men and one boy 

 were killed on board the Tribune, 

 and thirteen men wounded. 



JULY. 



2. Order in council of the 16tli 

 ult. farther prohibiting the export- 

 ation of gun-powder, &c. for six 

 months, from the 6th instant. 



5. Licence toFrancisBrianHill, 

 esq. his majesty's secretary of le- 

 gation at the court of Rio Janeiro, 

 to wear the insignia of a knight 

 commander of the royal Portu- 

 guese order of the tower and sword. 



Dispersion of a Danish flotilla, 

 by the Raleigh, captain Sazer, in 

 company with the Alban and Prin- 

 cess of Wales ; destruction of a 

 Danish privateer by the boats of 

 the Woodlark, captain Watts ; 

 capture and destruction of seve- 

 ral armed vessels in the Vlie, by 

 the boats of the Desiree, Quebec, 

 Britomart, and Bold. 



9. Destruction of a Danish pri- 

 vateer of three guns by the Wood- 

 lark; and capture of two Danish 

 privateers, of three guns each, by 

 the Prometheus, captain Robinson. 



16. Capture of three chase 

 marees, under the batteries of 

 Belleisle, by the boats of the De- 

 fiance, captain Hotham. 



19. Captures. — The Juliana, 

 Danish privateer, of six guns ; 

 Zuka, ditto, of six guns; a small 

 schoonerprivateer, ofonegun; and 

 a privateer, of two guns, under 

 French colours, by the boats of 

 the Fisgard, captain Mason. 



23. Dispatches from sir J. 

 Stuart, with inclosures from gene- 

 ral Oswald, detailing the proceed- 

 ings of the expedition against St. 

 Maura. The troops, with the 

 naval forces, under the orders of 

 captain Eyre, of his majesty's ship 

 Magnificent, with the Belle Poule 

 and Imogene, sailed from Zante 

 on the morning of the 2 1st of 

 March, and reached the Island 

 of Santa Maura the same evening. 

 Early the next day the army dis- 

 embarked to the southward of the 

 town. The enemy retiring from 

 the batteries on the approach of 

 his majesty's ship Imogene and 

 gun-boats, the troops immediately 

 moved forward. Lieutenant-colo- 

 nel Lowe, commanding the ad- 

 vance, a portion of which (Greek 

 lightinfantry) under major Church, 

 was kept u()on theflank, and drove 

 a party of Albanians from theadja- 

 cent heights. The town was found 

 to be evacuated ; the French gene- 

 ral, Camus, having with his whole 

 force (above l,OOOmen)retiredinto 

 the fortress and strong field-works 

 contingent thereto. Lieutenant- 

 colonel Lowe being left to watch 

 the enemy's movements from the 

 town, supported by colonel Wilder 

 and two battalions, general Os- 

 wald proceeded with a portion of 

 light infantry to reconnoitre the 

 isthmus. MajorChurch,he found, 

 had already, with four companies 

 of the Greek light infantry, gal- 

 lantly carried the first redoubt; the 

 enemy retiring upon his next en- 

 trenchments, where he remained in 

 force,assiduouslyemployedincom- 

 pleting its defence. It was obvious 

 that no time ought to be lost in 

 carrying this work. The line to be 

 attackedextended from sea to sea, 

 mounted with four pieces of can- 



