lieutenant wounded; Mr Peacock, Boatfwain, wounded; Mr Jofeph Wixon, Mafter's Mate, wounded-fince dead.Captain, Major William Norris, Marines, killed; Mr Jas. Godench, Midshipman, killed; Commodore Nelson, bruifed, but not obliged to quit the deck; Mr Car

Capt. Dacres,

7 feamen wounded.

Prince George,-Rear-Admiral Parker, Captain J. Irwin,

teamen and I marine killed, 7 feamen wounded.

Total killed and wounded, 15. Blenheim,-Capt. T. Frederick,

10 feamen and 2 foldiers killed; 2 of ficers, 40 feamen, and 7 foldiers wounded-Total killed and wounded, 61. Namur,-Capt. J. Whitfhed,

2 feamen killed; five feamen wounded-Total killed and wounded, 7. Captain,-Commodore Nelfon,Capt. Miller,

I officer, 20 feamen, and 3 foldiers killed; 2 officers, 50 feamen, and 4 foldiers wounded.Total killed and wounded, 80.

Goliath, Capt. Sir C. H. Knowles,

4 feamen and 4 marines wounded,Total, 8.

Excellent, Capt. Collingwood,

I officer, 8 feamen, and a marines killed; 10 feamen, and 2 marines wounded.-Total killed and wounded

Culloden,-Capt. Troubridge,

I officer, 7 feamen, and 2 marines killed; 39 seamen and 8 marines wounded-Total killed and wounded, 57. Irrefiftible,-Captain George Martin, 4 leamen and I marine killed; 1 of ficer, 12. feamen, and I marine wounded-Total killed and wounded, 19. Diadem,-Captain Towry,

I feamen and I marine wounded-Total, 2.

Total, 3 officers, 59 feamen, 6 marines, and 5 foldiers, killed; 5 officers, 189 feamen, 21 marines, and 12 foldiers, wounded.

Total killed and wounded, 300.

Officers killed and Wounded. Blenheim, Mr Edward Libby, acting

ing the San Nicolas; Mr Thomas Lund, Midshipman, wounded.- -Excellent, Mr Peter Pefters, Boatfwain, killed; Mr Edward Auguftus Down, Mafter's Mate, wounded.-Orion, Mr Thomas Manfel, Midshipman, wounded.-Culloden, MG. A. Livingstone, Lieutenant of Marines, killed.-Irrefiftible, Serjeant Watson, Marines, killed; Mr Andrew Thompfon, Lieutenant, wounded; Mr Hugh Mackinnon, Mafter's Mate, wounded; Mr William Balfour, Midshipman, wounded.

J. Fervis.

Lift of the killed and wounded on board the Spanish Ships, taken by the Squadron under the command of Adm. Sir John Jervis, K. B. on the 14th of Feb.

1797.

San Ysidro, 4 officers and 25 artillerifts, feamen and foldiers, killed; & officers 55 feamen, wounded.

Salvador del Mundo, 5 officers, and 37 artillerifts, feamen and foldiers, killed; 3 officers, and 121 feamen, wounded.

San Nicolas, 4 officers, and 140 artillerifts, feamen, and foldiers, killed; 8 officers, and 51 feamen, wounded.

San Josef, 2 officers, and 44 artillerifts, feamen, and foldiers, killed; 5 officers, and 91 feamen, wounded.

Total killed, Total wounded,

261

and 70 men: Thofe veffels had, for fome time paft, infefted this coaft, and had captured feveral English Merchant veffels. I have the honour to be, &c. " Sir John Jervis, K. B. Edw.Marsh. Admiral of the Blue. From the London Gazette, March 4.

Admiralty Office, March 4. Copy of a letter from Capt. Yorke, commander of his Majesty's Ship Stag, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated at Spithead the ad of March 1797.

SIR,

I beg you will inform my Lords Com miffioners of the Admiralty with the arrival of his Majefty's fhip Stag, under my command, at this port, and of her having captured, near Scilly, the French privateers, L'Approcate brig, of 14 guns and 65 men, and L'Hirondelle cutter, of 6 guns and 45 men, the latter of which was deftroyed. I am, Sir, &c. Fof. Syd. Yorke. From the London Gazette, March 11. Admiralty-Office, March 11, 1797. Copy of a letter from Lieut. Henry Fefting commanding his Majesty's cutter the Nimble, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated Yarmouth Road, Isle of Wight, March 8. 1797.

SIR,

Be pleased to inform my Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that I failed from Dartmouth the 6th inft. with a convov for the Downs.

Yesterday morning, about 7 o'clock, off St Alban's Head, I captured a French privateer cutter, called L'Impromptu, Citizen L'Eccuyer, commander, with 4 fwivels, plenty of fmall arms, cutlaffes, &c. and thirty-one men; failed from Cherbourg the preceding night, but had taken nothing. She has the Ann of Dartmouth on her ftern, her original name, and was taken away from Brixham about fix weeks weeks ago by fome French prifoners.

Difcovering another fufpicious cutter in chace of a floop, I immediately hauled after her, and made the fignal for my convoy (as the weather feemed variable, and little wind to the fouthward) to run in through the Needles.

but French built, failed in company with the other, and had taken nothing. I immediately took her in tow, and fhall proceed to Spithead to get rid of the prifoners. I have the honour to be, &c. H. Fefling.

Copy of a letter from Sir John Warren, Bart. Captain of his Majesty's fhip La Pomone, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated March 7.797.

I take the liberty of inclofing to you, for their Lordships information, a lift of the enemy's veffels taken and deftroyed by his Majefty's fquadron under my com mand. I have the honour to be, &c.

By a letter I have received from Capt. Talbot, of his Majefty's fhip Eurydice, of this date, he informs me that at five A. M. on the 7th inftant, off the Flemith Banks, he faw on his weather beam, and, after a chace of four hours, took Le Voltigeur French privateer, lugger rigged, no carriage guns, and manned with 23 men. She had failed from Dunkirk the night before to cruize on the North Coat, and had not taken any thing. Sir, &c.

I am,

Jof. Peyton. From the London Gazette, March 14. Admiralty-Office, March 14. Extract of a letter from the Hon. Robert Stopford

Stopford, Commander of his Majefty's Ship Phaeton, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated Falmouth, the 9th of March. I have to requeft you will inform their Lordships, that, on the 6th inftant, Ufhant bearing E. by W. forty-fix leagues, 1 captured a French privater called L'Actif, a fhip carrying eighteen guns and 120 men; the failed from Nantes on the 16th ult. and, on the 27th ult. captured the Princefs Elizabeth Packet coming from Jamaica, in lat. 40. deg. 30. min. long. 14. deg. 30. min. the only English prize fhe had made during her cruize. Several privateers were fitting at Nantes at the time that the Actif failed.

From the London Gazette, March 18.

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Capture of French Frigates. Admiralty-Office, March 18. Extract of a letter from Admiral Lord Bridport, K. B. to Mr Nepean, dated Royal George at Sea, March 10, 1797. I am now to acquaint you, for their Lordships information, that on the 7th inftant, Sir Harry Neale, in the St Fiorenzo, recaptured the Cynthia brig from Lifbon to Poole, laden with fruit, which had been taken eight days before by a privateer brig. On the 8th inftant the Impetueux captured La Vatout, a fmall cutter privateer, armed with mufquets, having twenty-eight men on board, and only one day from Breft. In the afternoon of that day, the wind coming to the northward, I bore up for Ushant, and detached the St Fiorenzo and Nymphe to look into Breft; and I have the fatis faction to inform their Lordships, that, on the St Fiorenzo and Nymphe's returning to join the fquadron, they fell in with and captured La Reliftance and La Conftance, French frigates. The taking thefe fhips does Sir Harry Neale, with Captain Cooke, and their officers and men, the highest honour, and I hope their skilful and fpirited conduct will meet their Lordships approbation, as I warmly feel they have merited my particular thanks. Here with you will alfo receive a copy of Sir Harry Neale's letter to me on this occafion.

St Fiorenzo, at Sea, March 9. 1797.

Capt. Cooke informed me he faw two fhips to the weftward, ftanding in for Breft; in confequence of which we tacked, and made fail, close on a wind, for the purpose of gaining the weather gage, which being with cafe accomplished, we bore down upon the fhips together, having afcertained them to be two French frigates; and as we were not more than two or three leagues from Point St Matthew's, with a leading wind out of Breft, and the French fleet in fight from our tops, it was an object of great importance to be as decifive as poffible in our mode of attack. As the largest ship was the headmoft, we both engaged her very warmly, at the diftance of about forty yards, and compelled her to surrender, after a fhort refiftance. By this time the fmaller frigate had arrived up, and being immediately attacked by both fhips in the fame manner as the former, her refiftance, though better made, was not long: She ftruck her colours about nine o'clock A. M. The whole of the action was a running fight, and did not last more than half an hour,

I have great pleafure in expreffing to your Lordship that I feel particularly Obliged to my friend Capt. Cook, for his judicious and active conduct during the time we jointly engaged the enemy. I have long known his abilities and zeal for the fervice, and am happy to have this opportunity of teftifying it both as an act grateful to myself, and as a duty I owe to his Majefty's fervice.

I should be wanting in gratitude to all my officers and fhip's company, if I did not acknowledge myself much indebted to them for their steady zeal, and the affiflance I received from them during the action. Lieutenants Durell, Farnall, and Renwick, Mr Kitcatt the mafter, and Lieut. Caruthers, the officer of Marines, are particularly intitled to my thanks for their activity at their different ftations. Mr Durell, my firft lieutenant, who has been an officer eighteen years, merits my higheft recommendation. And it is with equal pleafure I exprefs myself obliged to the officers and fhip's company of La Nymphe; Capt. Cooke speaks of the affiftance he received from them in terms highly to their honour, and in particular of Lieutenants Irvine, Lawrence, and Mafters, and Mr Dyer, the mafter, and Lieutenant Campbell, the marine officer: In mentioning them to your Lordship I comply with their captain's with. I beg your Lordship will mention Lieut. Durell, and Lieut. Irvine

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to my Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty as officers deferving of the higheft commendation.

The fhips taken are La Refiftance, commanded by Monfieur Montagne, mounting 48 guns, eighteen pounders on her main deck, and manned with 345 men. She is only fix months old, built upon a new conftruction, and is in every respect one of the finest frigates the French had, and certainly the largeft, measuring 45 feet beam. The other frigate La Conftance, commanded by Monfieur Defauney, mounting 24 nine-pounders upon the main deck, and manned with 189 men: She is two years old, and a very fine fhip. Thefe are two of the frigates which landed troops in Wales. It is a pleafing circumftance to have completed the failure of that expedition. I am par ticularly happy to inform your Lordship that neither the Saint Fiorenzo or La Nymphe have had any men killed, or wounded, or the fhips hurt. The St Fiorenzo only having received two hot in her hull. La Refiftance had ten men killed, the first lieutenant and eight men wounded. La Conftance had eight men killed and fix wounded.

I have the honour to he, &c.
H. Neale.

Admiralty-office, March 18. Extract of a letter from Vice-Admiral King fmill, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's hips and veffels at Cork, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated on board his Majefty's fhip Polyphemus, in Cork Harbour, the 10th of March, 1797.

Please to inform my Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that his Majefty's fhip Alcmene arrived here laft evenIng from Lough Swilly to the weftward, and in her way has captured a French privateer fhip of 16 guns and 156 men, off the Skelligs, as will be further explained in the accompanying letter from Capt. Brown.

SIR,

Alcmene, Cove of Cork, Mar. 9. Be pleafed to communicate to the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that being off the Skelligs Rocks on the 6th of March, making the beft of my way to Cork, I saw a ship ftanding for the S. W. which I immediately purfued, and, after a seventeen hours chace, captured her; the proves to be the Surveillant privateer of 16 guns and 156 men; had been out thirty two days from Bourdeaux, had taken two brigs, the one from Lisbon and the other from Liver

pool; the latter of which, (loaded with coals) I had the good fortune to recapture, and have allowed her master to proceed to his original deftination.

I have the honour to be &c. W. Brown. From the London Gazette, March 25.

Admiralty-Office, March 25.

Extract of a letter from Rear Adm. Sir John Orde, Bart. Commanding Officer of his Majefty's fhips and veffels at Plymouth, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated the 22d March, 1797.

Inclofed I fend you a letter from Lieut. Elliot, commanding the armed lugger Plymouth, acquainting me with his hav fmall French privateer of 4 guns and 29 ing taken and brought into this port, a men, in purfuit of which I had ordered him yesterday, in confequence of a fignal from the Telegraph of an enemy's fmall cruizer being off the Start.

On board his Majefty's hired armed ̧· lugger the Plymouth, in Hamoaze, March 22. 1797.

SIR, In purfuance of your orders of yefterday, I got his Majefty's hired lugger under my command under weigh, and went in purfuit of the enemy's cruizer, as denoted per fignal, and I have pleasure to inform you, that the Start bearing north, diftant three leagues, I fell in with and captured this morning, after a fhort chace, La Epervier French privateer, mounting four carriage guns, two of which were thrown overboard in chace, three fwivels, and otherwife well armed with fmall arms, is floop rigged, and navigated with twenty nine men, Dick Poiffon, Captain, formerly an English Thrawl boat; fhe is three days from Breft, and had taken nothing.

I have the honour to be, &c. Rob. Elliot. Admiralty-office, March 25. 1797. Copy of a letter from Mr William Wefton, Collector of the Cuftoms at Weymouth, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated March 23d

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manned with eighteen men, which the fell in with the 21ft inftant, about eleven o'clock, A. M. off the Owers, fteering into a convoy, and after a chace of eight hours, captured about three leagues from Cape Barfleur; fhe is entirely new, never was at fea before, failed from Havre Sunday laft, and had taken nothing.

I am, Sir, &c. William Wefton.

SCOTLAND.

April 26. The Circuit Court of Jufticiary was opened at Glafgow, by the Right Hon. Lords Efkgrove and Methven. Alexander Campbell was tried for the murder of -M'Leod, cotton-fpinner, on one of the ftreets of Glafgow, by ftabbing him with a knife, on the morning of the 17th October. The Jury found, by a plurality of voices the prifoner Not Guilty, and he was difmiffed from the bar. Janet M'Dougall, accused of child murder, not appearing was outlawed.

John Pollock, portioner of Flender, and DavidHunter, fervant to Adam Reid, carrier betwixt Glasgow and Ayr, were tried for having been the caufe of the death of William Arbuckle, an old man who had been laid hold of by them and fome other perfons in the course of the night of Oid New-year's Day laft, as fufpected of having committed fome acts of theft in the neighbourhood, who next day was found lying on the high road, and afterwards died of a fracture which it appeared had been made in the foull; the Jury returned a verdict unanimoufly. finding the prifoners Not Guilty, who were therefore difmiffed.-Elizabeth Set. ter, accused of theft, was, upon her own petition, banified from Scotland, for fourteen years.-Donald Martin alias Cameron, Duncan Martin alias Cameron, and John M'Donald alias Kennedy, were accused of theft ; but on account of fome material evidence which could not at prefent be brought forward, the Diet was deferted pro loco et tempore.

May 17. The first battalion of the fecond regiment of Royal Edinburgh VoJunteers received their Colours in Bruntsfield Links, Edinburgh. His Grace the Duke of Buccleugh, their Colonel, gave the word of command, and the Colours were prefented by his Grace's daughters, Lady Caroline and Lady Harriet. The regiment then formed a hollow fquare, when Mr David Ritchie, their Chaplain, in a fuitable and elegant prayer, confecrated the two ftandards. The first regiment of Royal Edinburgh Volunteers attended, and likewife the Royal Edin

burgh Volunteer Light Dragoons in their drefs uniform, which had a very elegant appearance. When the ceremony was completed the three regiments marched through the city, by George's-square and the two bridges; and the new Colours were conveyed by the regiment to the houfe of Lieut.-Col. Crichton. Notwithftanding the rain, the number of fpectators was very great; and feveral officers of rank and perfons of diftinction were prefent, to whom the appearance of the men, and the regularity and order with which the bufinefs was conducted, gave much fatisfaction. Edinburgh has now a Defenfive Phalanx worthy of the metropolis of Scotland.

General Affembly.

May 18. This day the General Affembly of the Church of Scotland met at Edinburgh. The Right Hon. the Earl of Leven, his Majefty's Commiffioner, attended by feveral Noblemen and Genflemen, (amongst whom were the Duke of Buccleugh, Earls of Moray, Hopetoun, Lords Adam Gordon, Torphichen, &c.) walked in proceffion from the King's Arms Tavern, to the High Church,) the Breadalbane Fencibles and the City Guard lining the streets,) where his Grace was received by the Lord Provoft and Magiftrates in their robes. The Rev. Profeffor Greenfield preached an excellent difcourfe. After Divine Service, his Grace the Commiffioner, went to the Affembly Room, and the Members proceeded to chufe a Moderator. The Rev. Profeffor Adamfon of St Andrews, was unanimoufly chofen. His Majefty's commiffion and warrant for One Thoufand Pounds to be employed in propagating the Chriftian Religion in the Highlands of Scotland, were read. After which, his Grace the Commiffioner, opened the Affembly with an elegant speech from the Throne, to which the Moderator made a fuitable reply.

22. The Affembly had tranfmitted to them a petition for Mr John Yorfton, craving to transmit a reference from the Prefbytery of Penpont, refpecting a pre. fentation in favour of Mr John Nevifon, to the parish and church of Penpont.The Prefbytery were heard; alfo Mr J. Connel, Counsel for the Duke of Queenberry, and Mr Moncreiff Threipland for the Heritors. The Affembly found, that the Heritors of Penpont were not entitled to appear before the Prefbytery, to act against the prefentation, and remitted to the Prefbytery, with an advice to proceed in the fettlement of Mr Nevison. 23. The