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Admiralty, of ihe fafe arrival of his Ma-
jefly's Hoop Abacore at Barljad'.^s, vviih
her prize L'Atlienienne, Fri.-nch national
corvette, of 14 guns : for a more particu-
lar account of Capt. Wiilrhrop's pioceeil-
ing-^, I tmnfmit a copy of bis letter to me,
j4ihac^re^ Curlif.e-Bay, Barbados, May g.
Sir, I have the pleafure to inform you,
that, in tlie lat. 14 tleg. 43. min long. 47
tleg. 39 min. I fell-iii witli :ind captured
L'Atbchieniie bng, Fiench national cor-
vette, mounting 14 4-pounders, and 83
men, commanded by Monf. Gervais, Lieut.
tie Vaiff'.aux. During our ciiace, which
continued for fix hour', (ho tlnew over-
board 10 of her guns. 1 beg leave to ob-
ferve, flie is a new velfe), well fuund, ,nid
eVery thing new on-board her, and fails
remai:kablv well. Rob. Wint hrop.
Cdpt. Hmnilto'i, of his Majefys JJ^if Melpo-
mene, to Ei>an Nepean, ILf'j.
2ilclf6mcnc, Peymiut Ij- Scund, Juh 14.
Sir, You will be pb'aftd to ;iccjudint
their Loriifhips, liis Majefty's Ihip Mel-
pomene, on the iitli inlf. at three P.M.
Ufhani bearing N. N E. fix league?, dif-
covered an enemy's fhip in the N. E.
quarter. After a chace of five hi.ui s, and
her making every effort ^o efc.ipe, flie
ftruck her colours, and proved to be La
Kevanche, of 18 guns and 167 men; flie
had left Breft only a few hours, with a
view of intercepting the Brazil convoy. 1
have the fatisfadtion to add, that, though
feveral guns were exchanged, no lives were
loft, and tliat the officers and men I have
the honour 10 command behaved with the
gre.itelt zeal and propriety. I judged it
adrifable to return to the firft port, on ac-
count of the number of prifoners ; and
Ihall fail again immediately, to fulfil their
Lordfhip's orders.
Charles Hamilton.
July 16. Extrait of a letter from Col.
Graham to Loid Grenville.
Ciifyliano, "June zr.
" Early ill the morning cf tlie 17th inft.
^the enemy attacked the moft advanced ports
€>n Monte Baldo, towards Ferraia, and
obliged the voluuieers (the befl: m^rkfmen
of the different reiinicnt<^, formed into
companies of chafreni?) to retire.; but
thefe uniting, and being fnpportcd by two
companies of Cro:!ts from Artiglion,
quickly drove back the eneiTiy, with fome
lois, afid re-occiipied tlieir poll''. The
Anrtrians had one man killed, and about
30 wounded."
Sir John Jeniii, K. B. to Mr. N<'p:an.
P'i^ory, cfTou/on, Juns ic, 1 796.
Lafl evening, having obferved a French
cruifer working up to Hleres Bay, within
the i.Oands, I called Capt. Macnamara, of
his Majefly's fhip Sou'.liamptbn, on-board
ti e Vitlory, pointed tlie (hip out, and di-
jefled him to make adafli at her, through
the Grand Pafj, vvhicii he performed vvuh
admirable fpirit and alacrity. I beg le;
to refer their Lordfhips to his ftatem 1
inclofed, for the de ail of his gallanfafti ,
Southampton.^ off Toulon, June
Sir, In obedience to the ordei s I
ceived from you on the Viftory's quart I
deck laft evening, I pufhed th.roiigh
Grand Pafs, hauled up tinder the hat'.ei
on the North-Eaft end of Porqueroile \v
an eafy fail, in hopes I (hould be taken
a French or Neutral frigate, whicii I h;
great reafon to believe hicceeded ; for I j
within piflol-ftiot of the enemy's Ihip t
foie I was difcovered, and cautioned I
captain, through a trumpet, not to mak>
fruitlefs refinance ; when he immediati
fnapped his piftol at me, and fired
broadfule. At thi'^ period, being very nt
tlie heavy battery of Fort Breganfon', 1 1;
him intlantly on-hnard, and Lieut. L
diard, at the head of the boarders, with
intr«p dity no words can defcribe, enter
and carried her in about ten minutes, ;
though he met with a fpirited refiftan
from the captain (-vho fell) and 100 mi
unJer arms to receive him. In this (he
confliift, the behaviour of all the ofhee
and (liip's company of the Suutiiamptt
had my full approbation ; and 1 do n '
mean to take from their merit by ftating
yon that the condudl of Lieur. Lydi.vd w;
above all praife. After lafhing the tu
(hips together, I found fome difllculty i
getting from under the battery, whici
kept up a very heavy fue, and was -ni j
able to return tliiough the Grand Pafs bej
fore hrdf pad one o'clock this mornioj .
with the L' Utility corvette, of 34 gtm.
French 6-pounders, commanded by citizc
Francois Veza, and i 36 men, feveral (
whom efcaped on (hoie in the launch,
am happy to inform you that I only loi
one man, William Oirtoti, marine, wh :
was killed by a piftol-(hot near me on th '
quarter-deck. From the bell informatioi
I can obtain, the enemy had killed ai.
wounded 15. J. Macnamar/.
Farltament-Jirect, June 19. Letters re-,
ceived at the office of the Right Hon j
Htii. Dundas, from Capt. Drummond
of the tgth reg. of light dragoons, am.
Lien:. Da vies, of his Majefty's fiiip He-
roine.
Lar.arctto at Bocche de CaterrOf ir.
Dalmutia, June 12.
Sir, I have the honour to tranfmit a,
copy of the terms of c.ipitiilation on which
Colombo and its dependences lurrendered
to his Majefty's and the Honoorable £alt
India Company's fea and land forces,
under the coa.mand of Capt. Alan Hyde
Gardner, and Coi. James Stunt. My
orders were, to proceed to England, by .
the route of Suez and Alexandria, with
C'>1. Sm '.rt's difpatches ; ant^, if detajiieJ
to pcrfonn a nuaiaiuiti?, 1 was directed