of the Indians having passed the hazel thicket, were in full view. It seemed, therefore, as if nothing could save heroic ranger; but relief was at hand. Our casion, which bent whenever the point struck a rib, or encountered the opposition of Higgins's tough muscles. From this cause, and the continued exertion of his hand and his rifle in warding off the The little garrison at the station, six thrusts, the wounds thus made were not or seven in number, had witnessed the deep, but his whole front was covered whole of this unparalleled combat. There with gashes, of which the scars yet re- was among them a heroic woman, a main in honourable proof of his valour. | Mrs. Purseley, who, when she saw HigAt last one of them threw his tomahawk; gins contending singly with the foe, the edge sunk deep into Higgins's cheek, urged the men to go to his rescue. The passed through the ear, which it severed, rangers at first considered the attempt laid bare his skull to the back of his head, hopeless, as the Indians outnumbered and stretched him on the plain. The them ten to one. But Mrs. Purseley deIndians rushed on, but Tom instantly claring that so fine a fellow as Tom should recovered his self-possession, and kept not be lost for want of help, snatched a them off with his feet and his hands, un- rifle out of her husband's hand, and, til he succeeded in grasping one of their jumping on a horse, sallied out. The spears, which as the Indian attempted to men, who, not to be outdone by a wopull it from him, aided him to rise; and man, followed at full gallop towards the clubbing his rifle, he rushed upon the place of combat. A scene of intense innearest of his foes, and dashed his brains terest ensued: the Indians at the thicket out in doing which, he broke the stock had just discovered Tom, and were rushto pieces, retaining only the barrel in his ing down towards him with savage yells; his friends were spurring their horses to reach him first. Higgins, exhausted with the loss of blood, had fallen and fainted, while his adversary, too intent on his prey to observe any thing else, was looking for a rifle. The rangers reached the battleground first. Mrs. Purseley, who knew Tom's spirit, thought he had thrown himself down in despair for the loss of his gun, and tendered him the one she carried; but Tom was past shooting. His friends lifted him up, threw him across a horse before one of the party, and turned to retreat, just as the Indians came up. They made good their retreat, and the Indians retired. hand. The other Indian, however warily he had fought before, now came manfully into battle. It is probable that he felt his character as a warrior at stake. To have fled from a man desperately wounded, and almost disarmed, or to have suffered his victim to escape, would have tarnished his manhood. Uttering a terrific yell, he rushed on, and attempted to stab the exhausted ranger; while the latter, warding off the spear with one hand, brandished his rifle barrel in the other. The Indian, unwounded, was now by far the most powerful man, but the moral courage of our hero prevailed; and the savage unable to bear the fierce glance of his untamed eye, began to retreat slowly towards the place where he had dropped his rifle. Tom knew that if the Indian recovered his gun his own case was hopeless, and, throwing away his rifle barrel, he drew his hunting-knife, and rushed in upon him. A desperate strife ensued, and several deep gashes were inflicted, but the Indian succeeded in casting Higgins from him, and ran to the spot where he had thrown down his gun, while Tom searched for the gun of the other Indian; thus the two, bleeding, and out of breath, were both searching for arms to renew the conflict. By this time the smoke that lay be tween the combatants and the main body and retreated across the ford at this moment three cannons were brought to bear upon them, and the broad river was discoloured with blood. AN EXAMPLE OF BRITISH COURAGE AND SEAMANSHIP. sician had settled within a day's ride of him, whom he went to see. The physician was willing to extract the ball, but asked the sum of fifty dollars for the operation. This Tom flatly refused to give, as it was more than half a year's pension. As he rode home he turned the matter in his mind, and determined upon a cheaper ON the 10th of January, 1800, a sinplan; when he reached home, he re- gular instance of British seamanship, quested his wife to hand him a razor, the valour and dexterity, occurred in the esexercise of riding had so chafed the part, cape of a pilot-boat from a French prithat the ball, which usually was not dis-vateer. The vessel was the Amity, becoverable to the touch, could be felt. With the assistance of his helpmate, he very deliberately laid open his thigh, until the edge of the razor touched the bullet, and inserting his two thumbs into the gash, "flirted it out," as he termed it, "without costing a cent." The other ball remains in his limb yet, but gives him no trouble except when he uses vio-ing: the master of the pilot-boat thought lent exercise. Tom, notwithstanding his injuries, is still one of the most successful hunters in the country. BATTLE OF CORUNNA. DURING the retreat at the battle of Corunna, a gallant achievement of a small party of cavalry deserves particular notice. It appears that the British, in their retreat over a river, had blown up the bridge; but the French cavalry discovered a ford above it, where they crossed. They then formed, and were nearly double the number that could be brought against them. Our brave countrymen rejoiced at the sight, and forgetting the disparity of numbers, they advanced smartly upon the enemy, who stood to receive them, and at a short distance fired upon the British! General Stuart, who commanded them, advanced sword in hand, beyond his line, and gave the words, “Draw"-" Charge." The British rushed on, the French received them firmly; and for a quarter of an hour, the clash of sabres " rung like a merry peal of bells." General Stuart was opposed to General Lefebvre, whom he made prisoner: several other French officers were also taken, and a great many men fell on both sides, but here, as on the plain of Maida, British courage proved more firm and determined than that of the French. The proud imperial guard, the officers of which said they had never before been beaten, gave way before an inferior number of British light dragoons, longing to Bembridge, on the look-out for ships. About ten in the morning they discovered a lugger privateer about two miles distance, which they could not perceive before, in consequence of the morning being hazy. There being little wind, the enemy were rowing with thirteen oars on each side, and fast approach it best to leave his vessel immediately, there being no other means of escaping, he and another man, therefore, got into their small boat, and desired James Wallis, the boy, to come also; but he bravely answered," he would remain by the vessel, whatever might be the consequence." Thus resolved, he gave them his watch and all the little money he had, which he requested they would give to his father; they promised to perform his request, and immediately left him to his fate, when the privateer was only a quarter of a mile distant. In a few minutes she shot up under his lee quarter, with an intention to grapple the pilot-boat; and having fresh way, lowered her main top-sails and lug-sail; the lad observing their design, just as they were in the act of heaving their grappling irons, put his helm down and went about, whilst the privateer fired small arms and swivels into her. This manœuvre obliged them to make sail and tack : when they had made all the sail they could, the young man with great judgment, tacked, and weathered them about the length of the lugger: the privateer having gained his wake, tacked also. The youth continued to tack every time the privateer set her sails, which was repeated sixteen or seventeen times they constantly fired when near, and particularly when crossing at a distance, never more than thirty yards. After manoeuvring in this dextrous manner for above two hours, a fresh breeze happily sprung up the pilot boat was on the last tack, and about a cable's length to windward, when she crossed the privateer, which, after firing| all their swivels and small arms, bore up and left him. GENERAL PICTON. soners, many horses, and two officers fell into the hands of the English Hussars. Lieutenant Cotton of the 10th, a very promising young officer, was killed in the midst of the enemy's ranks. Major Lloyd, of the same regiment, was also wounded and taken prisoner, but was SAILORS AT QUEBEC. THE following account of his appoint-left at Pedrosa del Rey. ment to the Colonelcy of the 12th regiment is taken from a manuscript in his own hand-writing, and we shall content ourselves with recording the anecdote as a lasting memorial of departed worth, and a splendid example of the Sovereign's bounty: "When Colonel Picton went to court to kiss hands on his appointment, having had the honour, after the levee, of being admitted to an audience in the King's closet, he addressed his Majesty with profound respect, expressing his most dutiful and grateful acknowledgments for the honour that had been conferred upon him. His beneficent Sovereign, with the utmost complaisancy was pleased to say, 'You are entirely obliged to Captain Picton who commanded the grenadier company of the 12th regiment in Germany, last war;' alluding in particular to the General's having had the honour of being thanked as Captain of the grenadiers, in the public orders of the army, by Prince Ferdinand, in consequence of the report of the then hereditary Prince of Brunswick, for his behaviour under his Highness's command at the affair of Zierenburg." TENTH ROYAL HUSSARS. On the 2nd of June, 1813, the Tenth | Hussars, under the orders of Major Robarts made a gallant attack on superior body of French cavalry, at a village near Toro: they charged the advanced hostile squadrons in the most gallant manner. The front line of the French made a most determined resistance, but was instantly overpowered by the irresistible impetuosity of the 10th Hussars, who being now supported by the 18th, reached their second line, and drove it with loss to the heights, two miles in front of Morales; a position which the enemy occupied with a large force of cavalry and infantry, and where the remains of their shattered squadrons took shelter under cover of their guns. The enemy's loss was great, and 210 pri THESE honest tars being ordered from their ships to draw the cannon up the eminences whereon they were to be fixed, performed this business with their accustomed dexterity and alacrity; but on their return to go on board again, observing the foot soldiers drawn up for an engagement, instead of continuing their route, they fell back into the ranks among the soldiers, some having cutlasses in their hands, others sticks, and some nothing at all. As soon as they were perceived by General Wolfe, he addressed them with great affability, thanked them for the service they had performed, and desired they would immediately repair to their ships, as their stay among the soldiers unarmed, and unacquainted with the discipline of the army, as they must necessarily be, would only expose their lives without their being able, in such a situation, to render the least service to their king and country. To this sensible and humane advice some of these brave fellows replied by crying, "God bless your honour, pray let us stay and see fair play between the English and French." The general could not help smiling, but again repeated his request, that they would return to their ships. With this advice some complied; but others, when the general's back was turned, swore that the soldiers should not have all the fighting to themselves, but that they would come in for a share some way or other, and actually remained in the ranks; and when a soldier dropped near any of them, they put on his accoutrements, charging and firing with the rest. London :-Printed by JoSEPH LAST, 3, Edwardstreet, Hampstead-road; and published by W. M. CLARK, 19, Warwick-lane, Paternosterrow; J. PATTIE. 17, High-street, Bloomsbury, and may be had, by order, of all Booksellers, in town and country. THE successes of the French arms against Austria proved particularly unfortunate for the King of Naples, who, by a treaty concluded at Paris on the 21st of September, 1805, engaged to remain neutral in the war between France and the allied powers, and to repel by force every encroachment on his neutrality: scarcely, however, had six weeks elapsed, when a squadron of English and Russian vessels were permitted to land a body of forces in Naples and its vicinity. This being considered by Buonaparte as an act of perfidy deserving the severest punishment, he issued a proclamation from his head-quarters, at Vienna, on the morning after the signature of the treaty of Presburg, declaring that the Neapolitan dynasty had ceased to reign; and a French army, under Joseph Buonaparte, VOL. I. immediately marched into Naples in three divisions. On the 12th of February, Capua was invested, and on the 13th that city, with Peschieri, Naples, and other fortresses, was surrendered by capitulation; Gaeta and another alone holding out. The triumphant entry of Joseph Buonaparte into the capital, to assume the sovereignty, was attended by those acclamations and addresses which can always be procured by power, and the change was received with pretty general satisfaction. The heir-apparent retired into his dukedom of Calabria, where General Damas, a French emigrant, was endeavouring to organize a levy en masse ; the province, however, was speedily reduced by General Regnier. About the middle of April, Sir Sidney Smith had arrived at Palermo, in the 2 U Pompée, of 84 guns, and taken the command of the English squadron destined for the defence of Sicily, consisting of five ships of the line, besides frigates, transports, and gun-boats. With this force under his command, Sir Sidney sailed to the coast of Italy, and began his operations by introducing into Gaeta supplies of stores and ammunition, of which its garrison had been greatly in want. Having performed this important service, and left at Gaeta a flotilla of gun-boats, under the protection of a frigate, to assist in the defence of the place, he proceeded to the bay of Naples, spreading such alarm along the coast, that the French conveyed in haste to Naples, part of their battering train from the trenches before Gaeta, in order to protect the capital from insult, and secure it from attack. It happened, that at the moment when Sir Sidney came in sight of Naples, that city was illuminated on account of Joseph Bonaparte being proclaimed king of the two Sicilies. It was in the power of the English admiral to have disturbed their festivity; but, as the sufferers from his interference must have been the inhabitants of Naples, and not the French troops, or the new king, he wisely and humanely forbore, and made for the isle of Capri; of which he took possession, after a slight resistance, and placed in it an English garrison, He then proceeded southward along the coast, giving the greatest annoyance every where to the enemy, obstructing by land, and intercepting entirely by sea, their communication along the shore, so as to retard their operations against Gaeta, which was the chief purpose for undertaking this expedition. On the return of Sir Sidney to Palermo, after the conclusion of this service, he was led, from the active turn and sanguine temper of his mind, to enter with eagerness into the projects of the court, and to second its views on Calabria to the utmost of his power. Finding him favourably inclined to their schemes, and anxious to distinguish himself by some great exploit, their Sicilian majesties invested the British admiral with the most ample authority in Calabria, and even constituted him their viceroy in that province. But, though active and indefatigable in the duties of his new department,and successful in distributing money, arms, and ammunition among the Cala brians, he soon found, that, unless an English army made its appearance in the country, there was no chance of his producing an insurrection against the French. It became, therefore, necessary for the court of Palermo, either to abandon the fruit of all its intrigues and machinations, or to prevail on the commander of the English forces in Sicily to invade Calabria with part of his army. After the evacuation of Naples, Sir James Craig had retired with the English army to Sicily, and established his headquarters at Messina, as the station best adapted for protecting the island from invasion. There he remained till April, when bad health compelled him to resign his command to Sir John Stuart, who was soon after entrusted by his Sicilian majesty with the defence of the east coast of Sicily from Melazzo to Cape Passaro, and with the command of the Sicilian troops in that district. The army continued in its position at Messina till the end of June, without attempting offensive operations against the enemy. It was of the utmost importance to England, that Sicily should not fall under the dominion of France; and therefore Sir John Stuart, when solicited by the court of Palermo to assist in its schemes on Calabria, hesitated long, and deliberated maturely, before he complied. He considered, that an expedition to Calabria, however it might gratify their Sicilian majesties, could not, on the most favourable supposition, lead to their reestablishment at Naples, nor even secure to them the possession of any part of their continental dominions; whereas, if it failed, it must weaken the defence and endanger the safety of Sicily. He was, therefore, averse to such an expedition, and refused to engage in it when first proposed to him. But, overcome by the urgent and repeated entreaties of the Sicilian government, encouraged by flattering accounts of the disposition of the Calabrians, and forseeing that, if success attended the first operations, he should be able at any rate to destroy the stores and ammunition collected in Calabria for the invasion of Sicily, he consented at length to land with part of his army on the continent, and make trial of the loyalty and affection of the people to their former masters. The enterprize which Sir John Stuart thus reluctantly |