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in their masts, yards, and rigging, but nothing that will impede the voyage, or which cannot be repaired even here with fecurity.

The fate of the Infernal fire-fhip, and Terror bomb, deserves to be particularly related: they had come from the Isle of May two days before, and lay to the eastward, without all the hips, notwithstanding my orders in writing had been strictly given, and punctually communicated, for all the fmall ships to an chor within the reft. The Terror had sprung her bowsprit, and was fifhing of it, with her rigging loofe, when the enemy appeared, and one of the fixty-four gun fhips layed her on

board.

The Terror catched fire, and the enemy durf not take poffeffion of her, though often invited fo to do by Captain Wood. She then cut her cable, and drove to sca, where the loft her bowfprit and toremast.

One of the French ships again followed her in this miferable condition, and fired feveral fhot at the Terror; yet Captain Wood feeing us preparing to come out, would not flrike his colours, but bravely contrived to set fome Atay fails, and slide off in that shattered con

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The fire-ship went to fea, and was taken by the enemy, by what means I cannot relate; but I have good reason to believe fhe was afterwards either abandoned by the enemy, or re-taken by the crew, as the Jupi er faw her next day to leeward, and standing towards us, with her diftinguishing vanes and anfweringAag abro.d.

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The Fortitude India ship behaved with un common bravery. She was boarded by the Artefien, who fired many guns into her; fe veral of the enemy's crew jumped on board the Fortitude; yet in this fituation Captain Jenkinson, of the 98th regiment, kept up a conftant fire with fmall arms; feveral of the enemy were thot on the shrouds, and two were forced over board, and taken up again into the Fortitude, after the two fhips had feparated.

The Hinchinbrook was alfo miferably cut and mangled by the Artefien, before the wes taken. Many of the other India fhips tuffered confiderable damages, particularly the Lord North, Ofterly and Afia; and the Edward victualler was nearly funk and carried out to fea, though afterwards abandoned.

With great difficulty, after turning many days, we recovered this bay with the Fortitude, and we towed in the Hinchinbrook and Edward.

I have judged it proper to put Captain Sutton, of the Ifis, under an arreft.

On the 17th of October I failed from Ma dras-road, intending to proceed to the relief of Tellicherry on this coaft, (clofely invested by the Nairs, and a detachment of Hyder Ally's troops) and from thence to this port, to clean and refit the ships.

I arrived in Tellicherry-road on the 27th of November, where I found two of the company's armed fnows, and a transport ship. which had brought stores and ammunition to the garrifon a few days before: in the mean time, the a med boats of the fhips in Callicutroad, cut out and brought away one of Hyder Ally's fhips, and forced the other on fhore; but, in the course of their operation, the Sartine frigate being warped into fhoal water to cannonade the enemy's fhips, fruck on the rocks at low water, and filled, fo that she was totally lost.

After having left a Captain of Marines, with 4 officers, and 108 rank and file, with 1000 barrels of powder, at Tellicherry, for its defence, until a reinforcement should arrive from Bombay, I failed, with all the fquadron, towards Bombay, on the 5th of December laft.

On the 8th of December, being off Mangulore, the principal fea port of Hyder-Ally, on the Malabar Coaft, I faw two fhips, a large fnow, three ketches, and many fmalter veffels, at an anchor in the Road, with Hyder Ally's colours flying on board them; and, ftanding with the fquadron close into the Road, found them to be veffels of force, and all armed for war; on which I anchored as close to the ene my's veffels as poffible, with safety to the ships, and ordered the armed boats of the fquadron to attack and deftroy them, under cover of the fire of the company's two armed fnows, and of the prize-fhip cut out of Callicut-road, which were anchored in shoal-water, and clofe to the enemy's hips. This fervice was conducted, on the part of our boats, with a spirit

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On the 28th of December I arrived with the fquadron in this harbour, and immediately fet about the docking and refitting the fhips for fervice, which I hope to acomplish all in the month of March.

18. Captain Frederick arrived this morning with difpatches at the Admiralty-Office from Capt. Fanshaw, of the Egmont, whom he left, the 3d inftant, 35 leagues to the weftward of Tory Inland, going with the Jamaica convoy, all well, round the Mull of Scotland. Capt. Fanfhaw dispatched a fhip with the trade for Ireland. The ship taken by the convoy, is the Marquis de Fayette; alfo recaptured the James and Rebecca, of Liverpool.

19. Thirty feven publick and private bills received the royal affent by virtue of a commiffion under the great feal for that purpose. Admiralty-Office, June 19. Extract of a letter from Capt Fanshaw, of the Egmont, to Mr. Stephens, dated at fea, the 31ft of last month.

In the course of our voyage from Jamaica, the Endymion took the French hip le Marquis de la Fayette, Galletha commander, 1200 tons, mounting 40 guns, (pierced for 60) 200 men, laden with arms and cloathing on account of the American congreft, and bound to Philadelphia, after a handfome running action of about two hours."

20. Late last night the Farl of Harrington arrived at Lord George Germain's office, in Pall-mall, with difpatches from Governor Dalling at Jamaica, brought over in the Gren ville packet, Capt. Tankerfield, which failed from thence the 28th of April. She brings intelligence of a great many Dutch veffels being captured by the flips on that flation, and likewife of two Spanish transports belonging to the expedition which went against Penfaco Ja, being taken by one of our frigates, and carried into Port Royal.

20. His Royal Highnefs the Duke of Gloucefter, accompanied by Colonel Lowther, and Lord Malden, arrived safe at Oftend, on

Wednesday laft, at five o'clock in the afternoon, after a paffage of 14 hours, in a neutral veffel from Dover. His Royal Highness obferved the stricteft incognito, and was dressed in plain blue, without a far; but was notwithItanding, immediately recognized,

The Emperor had left Oftend at three o'clock in the afternoon, and was to lie at Bruges that night. The Duke of Gloucester fet out, after his Imperial Majesty, at five o'clock the next morning, and arrived at Bruges a little before seven the fame day, and immediately fent Colonel Lowther to fignify his defire of an interview. The Duke hearing of the honour the Emperor intended him, receiv

him at the foot of the flair-cafe, and after conducting him into his apartments, the most perfect intercourse of cordiality and friendship took place, which was fucceeded by a long conference.

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25. In last Saturday's Gazette there is publifhed a letter, dated Petersburgh, May 12, 1781, from Gen. Arnold, to Sir Henry Clinton, in which is given a detail of his opera tions in Virginia. April 25, marched to Petersburgh, were oppofed by 1000 militia, who were difperfed, with the lofs of 100 men. On the 26th deftroyed at Petersburgh 400 hogsheads of tobabco, one ship, and a number of fmall veffels on the flocks and in the river. Next day, at Cheflerfield Court House, burnt a range of barracks for 2000 men, and 300 barrels of flour. On the fame day at Of born's two thips, three brigantines, five floops, and two fchooners, loaded with tobacco, cordage, flour, &c. fell into our hands. Four ships, five brigantines, and a number of fmal veffels were funk and burnt. On board the whole flect, (none of which efcaped) were taken and deftroyed about 2000 hogheads of tobacco. At Manchester the 30th were destroyed 1200 hogfheads of tobacco. The fame evening we returned to Warwick, where we deftroyed a magazine of 500 barrels of flour, and Colonel Cary's fine mills were deftroyed in burning the magazine of flour. We alfo burnt feveral warehouses, with a hundred and fifty hogsheads of tobacco, a large fhip and a brigantine afloat, and three veffels on the flocks, a large range of public rope walks and forehouses, and fome tan and bark houfes full of bides and bark.

As foon as it is reduced to a certainty that Lord Cornwallis has crossed the Roanoke and is on his march for this place, the army will advance one or two days march from hence to meet his Lordship, and carry a fupply of provisions for his army. A confiderable magazine of flour and bread has fallen into our hands near this place, and the country abounds with cattic.