General Kleist's corps was attacked by an advanced guard of a corps of the enemy, which had crossed at Meissen, and moved by Moritzberg to Konigsbruick, and a sharp affair took place, in which the enemy made no impression. A very brilliant rear guard affair at Weissig, also took place on this day, with General Milaradovitch's corps, in which the enemy suffered considerably, from the charges of the Russian cavalry.

It was now unfortunately ascertained that the King of Saxony had declared for the enemy. General Thielman was deposed from his command, and the fortress of Torgau delivered up. to Generals Regnier and Ney. This I fear will place the Saxon force at the enemy's disposal.

The head-quarters of the Allied Army moved on the 12th to Würzen, on the road to Gorlitz, and the army took up a position near Hoch-Kirch, which has before been so celebrated a field in the seven years' war. General Miloradovitch's corps was again engaged the whole of this day with the enemy, who entered Bishofswerder, having sustained a severe loss.

The whole army were in position on the 13th at night, except General Bulow's corps, which still remains on the right to form the appui to the Landwehr and levies of the Prussian States, amounting to about forty thousand men at the present moment, and is daily increasing.

General Miloradovitch is still in advance of Bautzen.

General Barclay de Tolly's reinforcements are expected to arrive in a day or two. The Prussians have got several new corps come up, and the Russians several thousand convalescents.

The Allied Army remained in position on the 14th, and made no apparent

movement.

General Sebastiani and Marshal Davoust are reported to be moving on Magdeberg.

I have only to add, having just returned from the outposts, that General Miloradovitch having been pressed by the enemy in force, this day has passed the Spree River, and the enemy has taken up a position within canuon-shot of our advance. CHAS. STEWART, Lieut. Gen.

The LONDON GAZETTE.---Published by Authority.

From TUESDAY, June 1, to SATURDAY, June 5, 1813.

Downing-Street, June 2, 1813.

A DISPATCH, of which the following is a copy, was this day received by the Earl Bathurst, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, from LieutenantGeneral Sir George Prevost, Bart. Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in North America.

Niagara, February 27, 1813.-MY LORD, In the dispatch which I had the honour of addressing to your Lordship on the 16th instant, I reported the close of the session of the Provincial Parliament, and my intention of proceeding on the following day, to visit the military posts in Upper Canada.

I accordingly left Quebec on the 17th, and, passing through Montreal, arrived at Prescott, the first frontier post in Upper Canada, on the 21st: there I found myself within less than a mile of the enemy, posted at Ogdensburgh, who had availed themselves of the frozen state of the St. Lawrence, in that neighbourhood, to carry on repeated nocturnal enterprises against posts of communication, which were occupied by the militia, and to commit frequent depredations upon the persons and property of His Majesty's subjects, carefully selecting objects beyond the the immediate support and protection of a regular military force.

Being at that time busily employed in the transport of ordnance and ordnance stores for the marine establishment on the lakes, and in supplying arms, accoutrements, clothing, and ammunition for the militia of the Upper Province, I deemed it absolutely necessary, in order to ensure the safe arrival of these essential articles at the places of their destination, to dislodge the enemy at Ogdensburg, to secure from interruption my line of communication with Upper Canada. I have now the honour of transmitting to your Lordship the report which Major M'Donnell, of the Glengarry light infantry fencibles, has made to me of the spirited manner in which he carried into execution my orders on this occasion.

I beg leave to call your Lordship's attention to the distinguished merit of Captain Jenkins, of the Glengarry fencibles, who most gallantly led a part of that new levy into action this excellent young man and very meritorious officer has lost his left arm, and has the right severely wounded; under these circumstances I most humbly recommend him to the favour and protection of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent.

It is but common justice to the merits of Lieutenant Impey, of the Dundas militia, who lost a leg in this affair, which has afforded a further proof of the superiority of His Majesty's arms, over those of the enemy, to entreat your Lordship, that the same benevolence may be extended to him as he would have experienced had he belonged to the regular forces; he being a very respectable and worthy man, entirely dependent on his bodily exertions in the cultivation of a farm for the support of himself and a young family.

Two stand of colours, which were taken on this service by the detachment of the King's regiment, will be forwarded to your Lordship, by the first opportunity, to be laid at the feet of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent.—I have &c.

(Signed)

The Right Honourable Earl Bathurst, &c. &c. &c.

GEORGE PREVOST.

Prescott, February 22, 1813.—SIR, I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of his Excellency the Commander of the Forces, that, in consequence of the commands of his Excellency to retaliate, under favourable circumstances, upon the enemy, for his late wanton aggressions on this frontier, I, this morning about seven o'clock, crossed the river St. Lawrence, upon the ice, and attacked and carried, after a little more than an hour's action, his position in and near the opposite town of Ogdenburg, taking eleven pieces of cannon, and all his ordnance, marine, commissariat, and Quarter-Master-General's stores, four officers, and seventy prisoners, and burning two armed schooners, and two large gun-boats, and both his barracks.

My force consisted of about four hundred and eighty regulars and militia, and was divided into two columns: the right, commanded by Captain Jenkins, of the Glengarry light infantry fencibles, was composed of his own flank company, and about seventy militia; and from the state of the ice, and the enemy's position in the Old French Fort, was directed to check his left, and interrupt his retreat, whilst I moved on with the left column, consisting of one hundred and twenty of the King's regiment, forty of the royal Newfoundland corps, and about two hundred militia, towards his position in the town, where he had posted his heary field artillery. The depth of the snow in some degree retarded the advance of both columns, and exposed them, particularly the right, to a heavy cross fire from the batteries of the enemy, for a longer period than I had expected, but pushing on rapidly after the batteries began to open upon us, the left column soon gained the right bank of the river, under the direct fire of his artillery and line of musketry, posted on an eminence near the shore; moving on rapidly, my advance, consisting of the detachment of the royal Newfoundland and some select militia, I turned his right with the detachment of the King's regiment, and after a few discharges from his artillery, took them with the bayonet, and drove his infantry through the town; some escaping across the Black River into the fort, but the majority filed to the woods, or sought refuge in the houses, from whence they kept such a galling fire, that it was necessary to dislodge them with our field pieces, which now came up from the bank of the river, where they had stuck on landing, in the deep snow.

Having gained the high ground, on the brink of the Black River, opposite the fort, I prepared to carry it by storm; but, the men being quite exhausted, I procured time for them to recover breath, by sending in a summons, requiring an unconditional surrender. During these transactions, Captain Jenkins had gallantly led on his column, and had been exposed to a heavy fire of seven guns, which he bravely attempted to take with the bayonet, though covered with two hundred of the enemy's best troops: advancing as rapidly as the deep snow, and the exhausted state (in consequence) of his men would admit, he ordered a charge, and had not proceeded many paces, when his left arm was broken to pieces by a grape-shot; but still undauntedly running on with his men, he almost immediately afterwards was deprived of the use of his right arm by a discharge of case-shot; still heroically disregarding all personal consideration, he nobly ran on, cheering his men, to the assault, till exhausted by pain and loss of blood, he became unable to move: his company gallantly continued the charge under Lieutenant M'Auley, but the se

serve of militia not being able to keep up with them, they were compelled, by the great superiority of the enemy, to give way, leaving a few on a commanding position, and a few of the most advanced, in the enemy's possession, nearly about the time that I gained the height above-mentioned. The enemy hesitating to surrender, I instantly carried his eastern battery, and by it silenced another which now opened again, and ordering on the advance, the detachment of the King's, and the Highland company of militia, under Captain Eustace, of the King's regiment, he gallantly rushed into the fort; but the enemy retreating by the opposite entrance, escaped into the woods, which I should effectually have prevented, if my Indian warriors had returned sooner from a detached service on which they had that morning been employed.

I cannot close this statement without expressing my admiration of the gallantry and self-devotion of Captain Jenkins, who has lost one arm, and is in danger of losing the other. I must also report the intrepidity of Captain Lelievre, of the Newfoundland regiment, who had the immediate charge of the militia under Colonel Fraser; of Captain Eustace, and the other officers of the King's regiment, and particularly of Lieutenant Ridge, of that corps, who very gallantly led on the advance, and of Lieutenant M'Auley and Ensign M'Donnell, of the Glengarry regiment, as also Lieutenant Gangneben, of the royal engineers, and of Ensign M'Kay, of the Glengarry light infantry, and of Ensign Kerr, of the militia, each of whom had charge of a field piece, and of Lieutenant Impey, of the militia, who has lost a leg. I was also well supported by Colonel Fraser and the other officers and men of the militia, who emulated the conspicuous bravery of all the troops of the line. I inclose a list of the killed and wounded.

The enemy had five hundred men under arms, and must have sustained a considerable loss.I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed) G. MACDONNELL, Major Glengarry Light Infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding in the Eastern district of Upper Canada. (True copy.)

(Signed)

NOAH FREER, Mil. Sec.

Return of Killed and Wounded in the Action of the 22d February 1813. Royal Artillery-2 rank and file killed.

8th (or King's) Regiment-1 serjeant killed; 1 subaltern, 12 rank and file, wounded. Royal Newfoundland Regiment-1 rank and file killed; 4 rank and file, wounded. Glengarry Light Infantry—2 rank and file, killed; 1 captain, 1 subaltern, 3 serjeants, 9 rank and file, wounded.

Militia-2 rank and file, killed; 1 captain, 3 subalterns, 1 serjeant, 15 rank and file, wounded.

Total loss-1 serjeant, 7 rank and file, killed; 1 field officer, 2 captains, 5 subalterns, 4 serjeants, 40 rank and file, wounded.

Names of Officers wounded.

8th (or King's) Regiment-Ensign Powell. Glengarry Regiment-Lieutenant-Colonel M'Donnell, Captain Jenkins, and Ensign M'Kay. Militia-Captain M'Donnell, and Lieutenants Impey, M'Lean, and M'Dermid. (Signed) EDWARD BAYNES, Adjt.-Gen., North America.

Whitehall, May 14, 1813.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant unto Lieutenant-General Sir John Stuart, Count of Maida, Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, His Majesty's royal licence and permission that, in compliance with the desire of His Majesty Ferdinand the Fourth, King of the Two Sicilies, he may accept, and that he and his descendants may bear, the honourable armorial augmentation, viz, in chief of his and their arms THE ROYAL SICILIAN EAGLE, with the royal cypher, ensigned with the Crown of His Sicilian Majesty on the breast thereof; and, as a crest, the same Eagle, charged as aforesaid; the said distinction having been granted by His Sicilian Majesty to the said Sir John Stuart, as a signal mark of his royal favour and esteem, and in order to perpetuate in his family, and to posterity, the remembrance of the great, important, and highly distinguished services rendered by him to the Crown of Sicily, on divers occasions, whilst commanding the British army, serving in defence of his dominions, and particularly in the year 1810,

(an era to be ever memorable in the annals of Sicily) when a most formidable attempt upon that kingdom, by a powerful enemy, was repelled by the valour and firmness of the British forces, in co-operation with the faithful and zealous exertions of His Sicilian Majesty's own brave and loyal subjects; the said armorial distinctions being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Heralds' Office.

And also to order, that this royal concession, and especial mark of His Majesty's favour, may, together with the relative documents, be registered in His College of Arms.

Royal Denbigh Militia-William Boates, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant. Dated May 1, 1813. Eastern Regiment of Denbigh Local Militia-Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Peers, from the late Western Regiment of Local Militia, to be Supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated January 7, 1813.-Francis James Hughes, Esq. to be Captain. Dated January 21, 1813.-Hugh Hughes, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated as above.-Quarter-Master Thomas Jones, to be ditto, by Brevet. Dated May 24, 1813.-Robert Parry, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant. Dated January 7, 1813.-Frederick Griffiths, Gent. to be ditto. Dated as above.-John Hughes, Gent. to be ditto. Dated January 21, 1813.-Samuel Evans, Gent. to be ditto. Dated May 10, 1813.-Joseph Nicholls, Gent. to be ditto. Dated as above.—Quarter-Master Thomas Jones, from the late Western Regiment, to be Quarter-Master. Dated January 7, 1813.

Western (late Centre) Regiment-Captain John Roberts, from the late Western Regiment, to be Captain. Dated January 7, 1813.-Samuel Holden, from ditto, to be Supernumerary Adjutant.-Surgeon Thomas Hughes, from ditto, to be Supernumerary Surgeon. Dated January 7, 1813.

SUPPLEMENT to the LONDON GAZETTE of
SATURDAY, the 5th of June, 1813.

Downing-Street, June 5, 1813.

A DISPATCH, of which the following is a copy, has been received by Earl Bathurst, one of His Majesty's Secretaries of State, from Lieutenant-General the Right Honourable Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, K. B. His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Sicily, and Commander of His Majesty's Military Forces in the Mediterranean.

Palermo, April 9, 1813.-MY LORD, I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship a report from Lieutenant-Colonel Robertson, commanding at the island of Lissa, stating to me the reduction of the neighbouring villages of Agosta and Cur, zola, by a detachment of the garrison under his command.—I have, &c.

(Signed)

The Earl Bathurst, &c. &c. &c.

W. C. BENTINCK, Lieutenant-General.

Lissa, February 23, 1813.—MY LORD, I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that, in consequence of information having been received here, that several merchant vessels bound to this island, had been captured by a French privateer, and carried into the island of Lagosta, Admiral Fremantle and myself judged it expedient to lose no time in putting an end to a system, which was likely to become very detrimental to the prosperity of this island, and to commercial interests in general. For this purpose I embarked on board His Majesty's frigate Apollo, commanded by Captain Taylor, on the 19th ultimo, with detachments from this garrison, amounting to about three hundred men, including artillery, with two six-pounders, two howitzers, and two mountain guns. The troops, together with a detachment of seamen and marines, landed on the island of Lagosta on the 21st, and marched towards the principal work, constructed by the enemy for the defence of the island, from whence the garrison opened a well-directed fire of shot and shells. As the work in question is situated on the summit of a high conical hill, commanding the town, I found it necessary to take up a favourable position; from whence I was enabled to forward the preparations necessary for the reduction of the fort. During this interval, Captains May, 35th, and Ronea, Calabries Free Corps, together with Mr. G. Bowen, First Lieutenant of His Majesty's ship Apollo, with a party of forty

men, succeeded in spiking the guns of one of the enemy's lower batteries, and in destroying a magazine of provisions, both of which were within musket shot of the fort. On this occasion a French serjeant of artillery and two soldiers were taken prisoners. Mr. Ullark, purser of His Majesty's ship Apollo, volunteered his services on both these occasions. Having received certain intelligence that a detachment of three hundred men, commanded by a Lieutenant-Colonel, had marched from Ragusa to reinforce the garrison of Lagosta, and being aware of the great difficulty which would have attended the attempt to get battering artillery on the only hill which commanded the fort, Captain Taylor and myself were induced to offer favourable conditions to the French commandant, who, after some hesitation, agreed to surrender (together with the garrison, consisting of one hundred and thirty-nine men) on the terms, a copy of which I have the honour to enclose your Lordship. I have also the honour to enclose your Lordship a return of the enemy's ordnance, ammunition, and stores, which fell into our hands. It is particularly gratifying to me to be able to inform your Lordship, that, during the whole of our operation, the inhabitants gave us the most unequivocal proofs of their attachment, and rendered us the most efficacious assistance.

Finding that the French privateer, together with the prizes, had taken refuge in the island of Curzola, Captain Taylor and myself immediately proceeded thither. We landed (without delay) the troops under my command, with one hundred and twenty seamen and marines, together with a howitzer and field-piece. Major Slessor, 35th, advanced at day break with the flankers, and got possession of a fortified building on the height, which commands the town within musket-shot. In this ●peration he was supported by a second party, under the command of my Military Secretary, Captain Ball, 81st regiment. The enemy opened a sharp fire of musketry from their lines, as also from the windows and doors of the houses, and endeavoured to bring an eighteen-pounder in one of the towers of the town-wall to bear on our position, which we prevented by a well-directed fire from the howitzer, six-pounder, and musketry.

Captain Taylor, in order to accelerate the surrender of the town, undertook to silence the sea batteries, which he accomplished in the most brilliant and effectual manner, after a continued firing of three hours, during which the Apollo was always within range of grape-shot from the batteries. This point being effected, Captain Taylor and myself judged it expedient to send Major Slessor with a flag of truce into the town, proposing that the women and children should be allowed to quit it before we erected our mortar batteries; the enemy availed himself of this opportunity to offer to capitulate on terms which, with certain modifications, we agreed to, in consequence of which the garrison, consisting of a Lieutenant-Colonel and about one hundred men, marched out of the town, which we immediately occupied.

We found, on taking possession of the town, that the French had packed up the church plate and bells of Lagosta and Curzola, for the purpose of sending them to the Continent, and Captain Taylor and myself experienced the most heartfelt satisfaction in restoring them to the oppressed inhabitants.

I have the honour to transmit your Lordship returns of the ordnance, stores, and ammunition which we got possession of at Curzola. I have also the honour to enclose your Lordship a copy of the terms of capitulation, which were signed at the moment that the expected French corps intended to reinforce the menaced islands appeared on the Peninsula of Sabioncello, only a mile distant from the town of Curzola.

To express my approbation of the conduct of Captain Taylor throughout the whole of the expedition, I fulfil a duty which is peculiarly grateful to my feelings. He unremittingly aided me with his advice, and promoted very considerably the success of the expedition by his personal exertions on shore with the troops. I have the fullest reason to be satisfied with the support which I experienced from Major Slessor, of the 35th, and the whole of the officers. Lieutenant Rains, who had the direction of the artillery, performed the service allotted to him, with the greatest zeal. The services of Lieutenant M'Donald, of the 35th, who had the direction of the gun-boats, which accompanied the expedition, were found of great utility.

I feel great satisfaction in communicating to your Lordship, that during the whole of this service, which was rather severe, owing to the unusual coldness of the weather, the conduct of the troops was highly praiseworthy, and they were ably supported by the seamen and marines, who acted with us on shore.-I have, &c. (Signed) G. D. ROBERTSON, Lieut.-Col. To His Excellency Lieutenant-General Lord William Bentinck, &c. &c. &c.