Gazette Of The United States

London Gazette Extraordinary.

HORSE GUARDS, November 3.

Extract of a letter from vice admiral, the hon. Sir
G. K. Elphinstone, K. B. to Mr. Secretary
Dundas, dated on board his majesty's ship Monarch,
Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, September 23.

"I have the honor to inform you, that on the
3d inst. the India ships from St. Salvador, arrived
in False Bay; his majesty's ship Sphynx, which
sailed with them, having met with an accident was
obliged to return to the former place for repair.

"On the 4th, Gen. Clarke came into the harbour,
and on a conference with him, it was determined
to land the troops without a moment's loss of time;
but, notwithstanding the utmost exertion of the
troops and seamen, it was the 14th before provision,
guns, ammunition, &c. could be collected to enable
the general to move forward from the camp at
Muizenberg.

"On the morning of that day the army marched,
each man carrying 4 days provisions, and the
volunteer seamen from the India ships dragging the
cannon through a deep sand; the country being
difficult to proceed on, they were considerably galled
by the enemy during a fatiguing march, performed
in hot weather.

"At Wynberg, the bulk of the Dutch made
a stand, but were soon dislodged by his majesty's
forces, and nearly at the same moment, commodore
Blankett, whom I had previously detached for the
express purpose of alarming the enemy, and giving
a diversion on the Cape-Town side, appeared off
Camp's Bay, with the America, Echo, Rattlesnake,
and Bombay Castle India ship, and performed the
service in the completest manner.

"At eleven, P. M. the commissary Sluyter
sent a flag of truce, to demand a cessation of arms
for forty eight hours; and on the following morning
the colony was surrendered to his majesty."

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE.

It having been represented to us that the utmost
confusion must ensue in the colony, and that it
would, in all probability, be attended with the entire
ruin of it, if the paper money now circulating in it
were deprived of that security which can alone give
any effect to the eighth article, we therefore consent,
that the lands and houses, the property of the Dutch
East India Company, in this settlement, shall continue
the security of that part of the money which is not
already secured by mortgages upon the estates of
individuals, by its having been lent to them. This is to be,
however, without prejudice to the government of
Great Britain, having the use of the buildings, &c.
for public purposes. And we will further represent
to his majesty's government, the infinite importance
of the subject to the future prosperity of this colony,
and request that they will take it into consideration,
in order to make such arrangement as may appear
proper for its further security, if necessary, or for its
liquidation, if impracticable.