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Sent atulther Amp ,qc wi,r *his flatinn, In that laic no doubt, with she other ;reeds already equip-1 red in this port, apd the Reps adopted for she de fence of the ifiand. we &A be enabled tu pive al good account of the i4tencled ,drench equipment, when It arrives. In addition to the enrrnitrr?ted information I have ; received relative to thi' fOlect. Admiral Duckworth ;mentions. that the Fiettch lot ce under Gen. No4;lles at Baracoa amounted to between moo and tsoo pen ; that he was organizing and .encri:afing his force ; that he had been employinglecret agents for the purpofe promoting his plan aglinfl this iflaad (of which I had received good information), and mentioning the quarter where it was fuppofed they would attempt a lancl.ng.. Every precaution, how ever, has I think been taken, and it is extremely im probable that they ,C. 113 ar:ive without notice being given of their approach ; and cfrettual refillance made to their progref; tt,,y the yetr.k, witi,n-bave been employed for this pur;urfc. Indeed by an account received from the Coati of Cuba, I think that it is Itictly that General Noailles has been recently killed in an aftion which took place on that coati, with one of the armed private veffels ' fronts this port, the Captain of which very 414)111- )&14Y permitted himfclf to he boarded in the ntht time by a French veffr:l, having on board about 350 Patch foldiers; the Captain of the British veffel was killed, together with a great number of his crew, and the veifel captured. I underhand that eighty or ninety of the French foldiers were killed in the ac tion, and that General Ili:millet died of his wounds. wad of a Letter from Governor Heiken to the Right Hooourabk Lord Hobart, &c. Ste. dm dated Government Hoefe, Bahamas, nth February, 1844—Rescind gth of April following. I had the honour to inform your L,ordfhip, by the way of America, on the z&lt ultimo and 3d inflant, of an intended attack upon the Wand of New Provi dence, by a body of French troops, (amounting, by the lawn accounts, to from twelve to fifteen hundred men), who had fled from St. Domingo, and have been colleaing in various parts of the Wand of Cuba. The corroboration of the intended attempt, and the information of the quarter from which we ought molt particularly to look for them, had been fent to me by Sir John Duckworth from Jamaica. The principal part of the French force is now at the Havannah, and I have been under the neceffity of Lending a remonftrance to the Spanifh Governor there, with refpea to the tacit proteaion the enemy have been receiving in different places under his com mand, and demanding an explicit anfwer on the fub jea. I can allure your Lurdthip, that every Rep has been adopted here which can add to our fectiri!y and proteaion. I have hired all the armed veffels which we can poffibly man in this colony, and I think it likely that the preparations which have been made may prevent their undertaking what nothing but their fnperiority of numbers could have originally fuggefted. Ho simssEstroilt of a Letter front Governer Halkete to the Risk Hun. Lord Hobart, dated Government Hcufe, Bahamas, yth April, 1804.—Rseekred =0 June following. The condua of the Spanifh Government at Cuba, with refpea to the French, has been, confidering the neutrality, filament in the biglieft degree. To the semonarances which I thought it my duty to make to the Governor at the Havannah, lie anfwers, that nothing incontinent with the rules of neutrality had taken place within -his Government ; and that he confined hirofelf Maly to common alts of humanity or hofpitality to the French who had arrived there.— This be areas, altho' it is a notorious fall, that the whole of the extenfive coati of the ifl.nd of Cuba has for fevetal months been a (hiller and proteaion to the numerous French privateers who infeft thole teas, and has afforded them Life and evnvenient places of depofit for their prizes. In the Havannah itfelf, armed veffels have been fitted out by the French, have proceeded to Ita and immediately returned with va- Liable !irking prizes, part of whore cargoes have been difpofed of in that port without any queftions or in terference. There are now in the Havannah four valuable homeward bound Jamaica Chips, and four brigs, which they have recently captured and car tied to that place. They have been purchating vet Ids and aiming them there, and have been allowed a degree of licence and latitude which can be looked, opon as little (port of aaual huftility ou the part of the Spanifh Government. The French fquadron in the Havannah amounts to about ten armed veffels of different defcriptions, and they have purchafed three American !hips for trant ports. If they proceed towards Europe, I think it pro bable they will meet withAdmirallsfitchell's fquadron from Bermuda, as I have fent early information, to him of their probable motions. Ho. atm—Euclid *fa Utter from Governor Halkett to the Right Honourable Lord Hobert, dated Government Houle, B..hanies, 21th May 1804. I am happy to inform your Lordthip, that the French troops under the command of General La Valette have at length left the Wand of Cuba. Soots of them have, I believe, proceeded with the intention of joining the French, who, it is reported, Rill hold polkffion of the City of St. Domingo. ' Others of them, I imagine, have gone to Charlefton in their way to Europe. La Valette,togelher with Defhayes, the Commodore of this fquadron, and about 200 of their bell troops, have been call away oa one of the matt northern of the Bahama !hands, and probably all drowned, except one Officer and a few men, who were picked up by one of the New Providence veffels, and brought to this place. As I think we can have now no jug eatife of any apprehenfion of attack here from the French, I have &reontiaued the additional hired armed veffels; and I hope, befbre my departure from this ifland, I !hall have cleared off every expenee whatever, which has been incurred upon this neceffary occafion, and which was, in my opinion, the undoubted caufe o f preventing any attempt upon this illand. 14. p—ft of a Letter from Lieutenant Governer Nugent to the Right lioooetzble Lord Hobart, dated Jamaica, ash May 11164. The Governor of the Wand of Cuba having permitted the Wench troops which etesped from St Dunlop to affenthle and equip ebendelves for fervicc at the 11..vannalt, ece, and having silo given encouragement to the Attics out of privateers from the har bours of that Wand, to the injury of the commerce of Jamaica. Sir J. T. Duckworth sod I have thought It neceffary at length to write the cackled letter to the Marquis& Someruelos upon thu fubjed. -•t trigate bas not yet returned with an enterer. • of a Letter from Lieutenant Omer .kwirthlto the Gowntor of the Ha :. Jamaica, tgth April. 'BO4. orb. commanding the fquadron of kas, having in his truer of the 341 September, 11. h of Decanter, aod geth Of ineeerlobted.lo.lferer Ftcelit , r.cy the hrracbes °logicality that imee continually ;Sling ylace in the various outports of Cuba within your Extelltmey's Guve:ux.eht, even to the celledling and organizing a French force under the General of Brigade Noailleiaorehe purr* of .tacking his Majefty's iland of New Proeidense.or other of his fettlements, we had full reliance cv your Eseellency's high cha ratter, to put a ftnp to alts fo boftile as mutt evidmtly be deal uc- ti *e of that harmony which we thought happily fuhfifted between the two nations, and which we have endeavoured by every ratans to pref..n•e (4, portal good of both. It is therefore with great to- I get we fe, I u...e.dres called upon. im opt joint fituations as Governor and Naval Comosander In Chief, to reprefent to your Excellency tint we have recently received accounts from the Hasanpah,ch,e ewe of your Excefeacy's refidence, that the Frenctstroops already alluded to are allowed to amble there, and tb holdout the fame threatening afpcdt ; and that Britith veßcls captured by French privateers equipped M t!te Havannab(we may evenfay ;nyder your Exceilency's eye), are brought In and their cargoes taken out and as a proof, particularise to your Excellency the Brill& Queen, which is fad to be intended (or General Valente and part oi his troops ; add to this the brig George from New Bruniwiek, a flip from Honduras, a Brigand fehooner Fig from this illaud, are part of the captures. It confequently molt be obvious to your Excel lency a continuance of mealures Cu lioftile tot nation by whom the Reid:telt amity is refereed, mutt lead US conlequences molt dread ful to refl-d on. We therefore have difpatched his MO ft y s hip Fonimee to crows , our fentiments, and. if poffible, to avert the evils ,wkieb molt he the remit of a continuance of our enemy. We lave th e honour to be, dm. (Signed) NOO INT j. T. OVOILVIOILTI. 17. 1 is Excellency the Marquis de Sonterodoe, Captain Geniral,Stc. Ste. rice. No. 3 t.—Copy of an .Order from Sir Edward "dim, Ban. to Captain Wail, of his Majefty's Lip NaLpi, dated on beard the Tennant, off the Costa of Spain, the tots, Await, 1103. His Excellency the Captain General of eaficia, rodent at Co rium, having fignified to you, in reply to your relocit for refreez ing:lgs and water, that you were at libertyto flinty your wants there—You are hereby required and directed to proceed in his Majefty's Lip you command, into the outer roads of Coruna, and reqoeft of his Excellency the Governor permiffion to com plete your water accordingly ; and in cafe of refufal, you will lit nify your expedition of receiving that dadal, by which he do privcs his Majefty's hips of the rights of neutrality, in writing, that you may mortar it to his Majefty's Minifters in England. You are to permit es tittle commuoicatiois with the more as pof fible, and to be particularly cautious to rapport the good under iteocling which at pactit fubfilts between the tablet% of the two nations; and in every thing conform you , (elf with aria neutra lity, bolding yourfdf on guard and ready to come out, if any pidous eircumitances Lould ante to create alarm In your mind of any batik intention. Given on board his Majefty's Lip Tennant, off the cosh of Spain, isth Auguft 1803. (Signed) E. Pettier. Captain Wallis, H. M. Ship Naiad. No. 32 —Copy of a Letter from Captain Willis, of his Majefty's Lip Naiad, dated in Coronae, itith Aoguit. 1803. Sir-1 have to requelt you will fend me off, in Spool& boats, fifty tons of water, which Chaff be paid for in the goal Way ; as alto kens bed, if it sin be obtained ; Unwire vegetables, or any kind of refreflunents you may be able to procure. Pleat to fend me an anfwer in writing gm, Sr, Su. rice. fcc. J. Witt's. Io his Britannic Majefty's - Afting Conful at Corunna. No. 33. —Copy of a Leifer from 'Captain Wallis to the Captain General of Galicia, dated on Eng.& his Majefty's Lip Naiad, in Corunna, teeth Anne, del..' Sirl have not hitherto been able to avail myfeif of your Ex eellency'spermilhoo, given the 3tft of 'aft month, to water the King's hip under my command. lam new come for that purpofe, and I recut/ your Excellency will permit the Gentleman who was as Englilh Cattail to feud ow off between forty and fifty tons, in dpaniOs boats, which will complete the hip's water, and It hall be regularly paid for. I am very &firma of madifefting my refped to his molt Catho- HO Majefty, which I hall derby a falute of fifteen guns, when I Fee his colours hoifted on any of the forts or fortifications, and en Ohre= in writing from your Excellency, that a fimila; edited will be hewn to the nation I have the honour to WWI to, by re turning an equal number of guns. I beg your Excellency to believe me to be, with high rehed and due confideration, your Excellency's molt obedient fervent, Captain of his Majefty's hip Naiad. To his Excellency the Captain General of Galicia, he. Scc. No. 34. —Copy of a Letter from Patrick Morrogh, Efq. his Ma jelly's Cairo' at Corunna, to Captain Wallis, of the Naiad, dated t 7th Auguft 1803. Sir—ln aofwer to your letter of ycfterday's date, I have to In form you that the letter you weeta In the Captain General wu handed to him this morning, with its tranliation. He acmilefees in your demand, that you may have the neeeffary fopplies of In ter and retreat:nen ts, and that you and your Officers may come on Lore whenever you may think fit; but hi cannot in what you require of the falute, gun for gun, as this is only rallied by treaties with RuLa and France ; but he will return the falute as with all other nations in amity, with two puns left. I fend the bearer, with a boat, for the calk to be Lied with wa ter ; but I mutt obferve to you, it will take fame days to get the quantity you want. I !hall fend off this evening- five hundred pounds of fresh beef, and have fent into the country for two bul locks and thirty fbeep, as they are not to be had this dayin town, and expel to be able to fend them to you to-morrow evening.— You will pleafe mention what kind of fern-Moan's, and quantity thereof, you would have fent off, which mall be Immediately corn. plied with. I remain, Ste. (Signed) PAT. nOllOOll. James Willis, Efq. No. 33. —Copy of a Letter from Mr. Morregh, /kid& Conful at Comma, to Captain Jamas Willis, dated t tth Auguft 1803. Sir—Since wham to you this morning, I have received the en doted letter for you from, the Captain Genera. revelling I would find you a tranLition of it ea reading It, t immediately waited on his Excellency, and ufed all the arguments in my power to dif fuade him from the order he had given not to let case on Shore your officers, but could not prevail on him, as he lays his orders ;tea) pointed from Court, on the bead of wails, having had ' any intereourfe with any from the Weft India Mande. I told him that I did not know that you had captured soy front thence, and that if you did, you had taken every precaution as is always done; I think you had better enforce this point in your snfwer to his Excellency. I have got the calks put into Span& boats, and hall have them filled as loon as potable; until fame further determination, I Mall fend off in Spanifb boats what you char de inks& You will pink to exude hafte, as the Gentlemen have been kept too long in the boat. I am, ace. (Signed) . . PATRICE MORROnn. (Indofore in No. 35.)—Tranaation of the Governor of Corunna's anfwer to Captain Wallies Firtt Letter, dated Coruna', WI! ao3. . • , have received your lcttey of Velterday's date, and being defines to fern you in whatever lays in my power, I have .men dolled to the Bettina Agent here' that be may get you fupplicel with water, or whatever ' , dreamt:ln% you may require ; and thc fame will I do whenever it lays in my power. It bas been repeatedly reported bete that you have captured fe vers' rads (ruin St. Domingo, which, on account of the epidemic fever in that Bland, has fprtad univertal alarm throughout, and the Health Board, as well as myfelf, have received the itridtelt elders from Court to enforce a quarantine In all veffels coming front the Weft India lauds, or thole who may have had an Interoomfo with them : for which rake it lays me under the ceSty to inform you the Board of Health will not oinfella dint any of your officers or men come on Lore, nor have any Meer! courfe with the inhabitant+, nor can i permit your void to atter this port without he is to perform quarantine. in regard mac Witte, the orders we have, are to treat all men of war in amity with his Cathode Majefty as we do our own; and it is only by the late treaties with Raffia and France that gun fur pun la returned, otherwik 1 mould find great pleafure in king able to comply with your requeft, not only In this, but in my thing elle you think I can be of fervice to you; and remain truir, Sir, your attentive humble Servant. No. 36. —Copy of a letter from Captain Wallis to the Ca puft Ge neral of Galicia, dated on board his Britannic Ma) -Ws flip Naiad, in Commis, the nth Aura, dog. Sir-1 am to acknowledge the receiptof your Eseeneney's ktepr of this date, the contents of which 1 waft made =yid( at 4 Ws how to account for; and I think it abfohately requiem to cat'yotit Excellency's attention to the Intermark which has taken place be tween this alp and Co/untie, Once the goth of loft month, which ought to do away any impreilloa In your mind of my having any Weaken Warder on board. By your letter of the gtft to me, you eapided your radials to the to comply with my rennet., and as a neutral nation I had risky it being wady water and rffitihmcp4., thukalandins eouid et,t4nCe Moo with met Ratty at ?erred, i spieled to.the 430vem4r.41 that place; mho Melted me to go tp Comps% where might anchor, raid get whatexerl wanted Under all there eirecreAriem,d came offherniatt. analog, sod was piloted to an =Omer by a taut, authorized by you to do fo Before fun-fent I fent an Offira frOm this Ono nn there with the rank of Captain of.intantry, with a to your Excellency; this Nicer was treated with great intuit, and obliged to return tome with •ut bc.ing permitted to deliver Mileeter he was charged with, and tilts too in the pretence of the °tears belonging to the French ft:gite. • This morning at Si o'clock you fent off what WAs reprefented to me to be the Commandant of the port, and three Gentlemen tithe Board of Health ; they were with me near an honr,aiid made many profeiGns of friendfhip oo the part of your Excellerieysindanepo logy for your condo& to the Brit& Officer lilt evening ; from which I attribute the treatment he met with to human frailty guided by particular influence. They informed me likewife that the akficers adds (hip were by your Excellency's directions per mitted to go on there whenever they pleated, and your converth don fince that with the Britith Conful upon the totaled ,cdalirmed ire its the opinion that, if they were perMoted to go on Chore, they would be treated with that terra they had aright to atria. I lent two of them afterwards on dirty to get rein Minorite, but it would appear that your Excellency*i profegons of friendthip only led to with for free' opportunitiesto intuit the King's Officers un der my sommand, for, when they lauded, the centincis painted bayonets to their breaßs, and drove thin into the boat again, and madethern flay there for two hours, and then they returne d oft board, ma; this too istaid to be by your order, under a falfe pre tence of my births taken St. Domingo (hips. Sir, 1 told the Offi cers of Health 'hie morning, that I had not taken any fince 1 left England, and individually you dare not doubt my word ; in my path& Stuatlon you ought to place more confidence. I will not tapers much longer on your Excellency's time or patience, but I regret exceedingly you arc fo badly advifed. I mon therefore re smelt your excellency will inform me in writing, for the informa tion of his Mikity 's Mind:ere, why the King of England's Bap under my command Is deprived of the rights of Nutrality t I hope fincerely your Excellency's candied on this occafiew may not lead tomorequences of the molt redoes nature. Sir, I (ball conclude my eorrefpcodence with you, by expecting my forprife that you thould fuppofe an Emit& man of war would tuba* to any thing lets than an equal number of guns even from the soft powerful nation in Europe. I am, with doe confider:ado'', Sir, Re. Re. Josses WALLIS Captain of his iVlajefty's ihip Naiad. To his Excellency the Captain General of Galicia, Coronae. No. 38.—Copy of a Letter from Captain Willis, of the Naiad, to Mr. Morrogb, his Majeßy's Conful at Comma, dated nth Auguit, 1803. Sir—l have juft received your letter, and 1 beg you to expects my Moltke to the Captain General for his acquiefeenee to my re queft.• I ern lorry that what his Excellency lays refpeding the Wife, puts it quite out of my power, as my initrudtions Rritßly forbid my (eluting the flag of any nation, without a certainty of its being returned by an equal number of guns. You will have to hire for the water, as I with to prevent my men going on Sore. I 'hall give is little trouble as poftdale, and °brave the Reitheß neutrality; therefo, c, eh: left my officers and men go on (bore the better, es it is my intention to fag as foon as I can get the water, which I hope will be by to-morrow evening. I have fent the Pur fer oa bore to fettle with you for the bullocks, (beep, and vege tables —I am, Sir, your moil obedient fervent, J. We eels. No.39.—Copy of a Letter from Patrick Mo-rogh, Efq. Brides Conful at Coronae, to Capt. James Wallis, dated Aug. to, 180. I received your kind letter of the irk inftent, by left evenings Mail. I Informed his Majcity's Conful General at Madrid with the particulars, whisk occurred with this Captain General, on his not permitting your Officers to come net &ore, with Nth frivolous excures ; and 1 am fore Mr. Hunter will do the needful with more efficacy than any thing here.—Mr. Kearney carries the account of the ditherfancnts; every affiftanee and expedition has been done that this place can afford, sad thall be happy in bearing if it meets your approbation, and &all be at all times in receiving your even mands.—l sm. gee. Ike. (Signed) PAT. MORROW/. James Wallis, Erg. No. eo.—Eztradt of a Letter from Captain Sir Edward Pellew, Bart. to the Honourable Admiral Cornwallis, dated off Cape Prior, the seth of Auguß 1803. Sia—i have the honour to traiirmit you Copies of a Correrpon dame between Captain James Wallis, of his Majefty'sfhip Naiad. and the Captain General of the province of Galicia, evident at Comma, and my order to Captain Willis, for proceeding to that port to water, upon uffurance,thefoft given by the Captain General, of his mediocre to fund& the neeefferies that (hip Rood in need of. I am happy to inform you, that this eorrerpondence, although a lit tle awkward at brit, terminated at lift amicably, the Governor expecting his concern that he could not permit the officers to come en &ore, and excufing blmfelf of any intended direfra. The motives I tutted upon were two, the flrft to obtain a diced and digefted account of the proceedings of the French fquadron, and their probable objwis ; the other, to enable me to fupply the Mars with water, fo as to retain her on her Ration as long as her pawl , Sons tatted. In tide particular I have felled, the frigate getting only thirty tans ; and I do not thick, after what puffed, and the maid tat influence the Preach 011eas have over,the Captain General. that he will allow of the Naiad's watering again: On the former part we were more ruccerefol, and tioderitand that volitive orders have been received from Madrid, not only to equip the whole of the Spud& fleet at Ferrol, but to refit in every particular the French (quadrats, and to allow them to irnprefs all Frenchmen in their ports, to complete their complement'. We learn, however, by the throe means, that the arrenal is extemely low in every de partment ; and it is raid, they have not Roots (efficient to complete the French (hips alone. No. es..-Eztradt of a Letter from Rear-Admiral Sir itr.bert • Calder, Baronet, to the Hsoourable Admiral Cornwallis, dated on booed his Majelly% (hip Prince of Wales, off Coronae, the tads September, 1803. Captain Prow& reports the Spaniards have received orders to fit out bac four fail of the line ; and they further fay. that France has demanded their affiltanee, sod that they fear they (ball be compelled to join them in the war againft England. If I may judge from thdeconduet towards this fquadroo, I thould roppole there can be littievloubt but that there is romething of this kind in agitation hetet= Treace and Spain at this time ; I have therefore oonflandy given orders be the frigates not to anchor at Corrunna, when they have fent their hosts in to gain intelligence, Ste. &c.-- The other day I diredted Captain Previte to fend his boat into a Bay to get foam rand; when OM ladded on the beach, an Officer's party came down to order them off ; but on a little expottulation the Officer (who was an Irifitioan) laid," be might take the land, but that his orders were to order then offdireQl*.“ As a cony berating dreumftance of my 'minim' relpething.the hoftile appear ances of the Spaniards, I find they are very bufy het* in remount .loB their cannon upon their batteries; and they fay Cu French 'tbreeseu to mares eopao man into their country direddy, ; they 4evot join them. No. 42, , Estnet of a Letter from fir Edward Pellew to the Honourable Admiral Cornwallis, dated Totowa, Entrance of itceancos Bay, 7th January I have procured a mall fupply of teeth beef, which is in itfelf I cheap ; but the Spann' Government having demanded the duties, has nearly doubled its price. 'fhe French fquadron pay no duty ; and I mall therefore write to Mr. Frac, at Madrid, upon It. This fupply was abfolutely nor ceffary, and of infinite [mice to the people Co completely out of clothing. No. 43 •—Extradt of information from Sir Edward Mew. received in Admiral Cornwallies letter of the sith January 1894. A few days ince the Spaniards have been much employed in mounting cannon tin all their forts ; and the garrifoa at Ferrol is augmented to yceo troops. They have made no alteration with rtiped to their Sips, except the two intended for the Welt In dica, which are getting forward. N.. 440—Copy of a Letter from Don Diego Conradw, Governor of Ferrol. to Sir Edward Pellew, Bart. dated 14th February Alms. Sire-I am Informed by the Governer of the Cattle of Palm*, that a boat belonging to the fquadron under your command, and having an EngliL dicer on board, has pail Wallah the Mouth of this harbour. and entered it In the middle of the night, without obeying the Governor's orders not to proceed to their dcftlnation before day-light, according to the eftabliftied orders for all boats and (man v‘., either national or !bangers. I am 'No hammed, that the frivadren under your command boa anchored at the mouth of the harbour between the batteries; which greatly annoys the coming In or going out. Your Eminence knows that I have aridly conformed unfelt to the Laws of Nations and of Neutrality, not only by facilitating the Implying the finadron under your command with meat, bread, and all other proving= refreibtnents, and facemars, Scow ding to the Bales of borpiality, but that ewe !did not obJeCt to your Lips entabg the, harbours under nv command, when the WAIF the fa awl the Usages At 60.4 by the wisher' made it meffary ; but at It is eontrary to the fame taws any, rules of amorality that the boats of the fquadron under yo u r cons. mend thould enter this port contrary to ordt rs in the night. C.:ne. which is not allowed even with flags of truce; or that the fame Squadron without being forced to it by dilirefs of wcatht r, or any other Gettig - Ir,', Mould anchor at the harbour's mouth and in the ,eery entrance of it; I find nuyfelf obliged to rcqueft your end , ot=ce to acquaint me with the motive Which may have itnittc.d Y y ° o ll ur .t° E a rni: 4l l i en G th e is w m in an t o a e k r e , and ega n i i h pk av eno he n t y ub c t n t n il e a u t el lo..n a t7t ,d urw iai a t rd h . fully oafs. e I::: laws of nations and u‘utralay, by not fending your boats at night into our putt.i, and mail% tat; of the Spun* territories, harbours. ,and fuccours, but a; touch as !HA/it/lit, requires, and fo as not to give room to fufptdt that I connive at the abufe of that hc . fpitality to the prejudice of other nations, which are equally on terms of r.cutrality with this country, and have (hips of war in 0,4 harbour I beg, &c. &c. (Signed) Die u° CONTI Dot, To Sir SdAard Pellew, Bart. &,c.: Governor of Ferrol. Ike. No. ey.—..Copy of a Letter from Sir Ydward Pellew, Barr to Don Diego Contador, Goiernor of Ferrol, dated on board hie Majefty's Osi k i Tonnant, alf Ferrol, the t6th Yehruary 1.1Z4. • Sir...l was lilt evening honoured with intar Excellency a letter of yeflerday's date, and am concerted to find that it wears fo much the contpleziori of roal complaint. The want of a rrfon to traidlare the Callihan langUage his delayed my reply; arut I have to apprehend that we have not put a proper mart:dice en all its pans._ I did not, however, lore a moment in calling to account the Acisriwho bad broken my padre orders, by entering your harhour in the nizlit. His defence I enclofe herevekth, obferving only, that this young talker was actuated by no improper rotative whatever : it was the giddinefs of youth. The'boat was certainly not armed, and was the (mailed in the cutter. But fo little ant I differed to justify the opinion, that lhave pat him under arrrft, to be tried by a Court Martial, where he will meet the puddle latent due to his infubordination. ' • • • ' I bull., bowever (and have great plea(ure in the expeCtation),ftnat the perfonal inclination your Elliceliericy ha. fo uniformly evinced. by affording the fquadrun of his BlitaDtQC Majcify every fep ply conflftent with neutrality and friendthip, thin this tririal circum fiance (which I coull .me controal)will necked to dilturb the good underßanding and harmony fo happily commented. I mall manifeft by every means my Meng inclination fonts continuance, and my regret at any event which may ditturb it. With biped to the on calional anchorage of the naive under my command, your Excel lency has been misinformed. I truß it is not fuel. us can give um brage to your Excellency, or to the Span& thniuit lam fort upon its coati of Galicia by the King my matter, to protedt the Commerce of his fubjedts trading to the ports of Splin: In per forming thi. fervke, it cannot with truth be faid, that I have given trouble to the Mips of any nation, either emeriti. , or depart ing from them. I have adted up to the fpirit of ba lt . neutrality, and the tenting treaties; and, with the exception of the cutter; (to which your Excellency had given permilliou to go into Ferrel to receive (implies), there is no kip anchored within the batteries. but in the open ocean. In eagerly winds I occafiunully anchor to prevent being blown off, and in wilted) , winds 1 anchor to prevet.e being fhipwrecked upon the coati. I cannot give your Excellency two more powerful reafons; and I entertain no daillit that they will prove fathfaeloty, and that 1 mull continue to experience the fame attention and re fpu't to the flag of thy Sovereign as is fheivii to that of any other neutral nation enjoying thelenefit of amity and peace. I have the honour to be with the greaten refpcdt, • (Signed) ZOWAILD eattgw. To his Excellency Don Diego Contedor, Governor of Ferrol, Ste. dec. • (Inckfure in No. 43.)—Decbration of the 013eer in the Boat, in clofed In the Letter of Sir Edward renew Bart. to Don Diego Contadur, Governor of Ferrol,elatedon beard his Majefty's (hip Tennant, the tath Feb nary 1804. Having be .n fent on board the Nimble cutter, to be ready to go early in the mmning for provifions to Ferrol, it was difcovcrtd abort midnight that the buoy of the cutter's archer ass gone, and it Was doubted if it had not broke from the rope, an drift. d up theta:oone; upon which I jumped imothe boat with two men and two/ boys to look (Or it. The tide was feting ftrong into the harbour, and in a few minas the beat was hurried ep under ,Cattle Falmd, anchialled •by the faitry. and orderg t gb upon which I angtered In -French, that it was an Englifh haat, looking for a buoy broke from the cutter's anchor, and begged to go on; after calling, a lirjeant. I believe. raid (*might do fo. The boat was unarmed, and I returned in a few minutes. I had no improper motive whatever ; and I know the molt politive orders were given againit any boat moving by night. 'lie hurry of the moment, and the rapidity of the tide, gaie me no time for reßec don, and to that alone la the carcumitance cc. be attributed, and for which lam very ferry. Ira 46--Copy of a Letter from DQD Diego Contador. Governor of Ferrol, to &eV:Award Pelievi, Baronet, duct the art Fe bruary, 1844. Sir—l am informed by the Commanding Officer of the Poet of Muelle that a French Tailor of the Sip Hero his with a boat-kook, t h e limn of one of the 'boats belonging to the Rpm. drop under the command of your Eminence,' which was crofling the Pore.-In confequence of any complaining of it to M. Gourdtan. commanding the French Naval Forces tying in that port, he has afured me that the offender will meet with a puniftment premix.- tionme to his offence ; and I have put under arreft the Centric. awl ferjeants on duty at Muelle, for not abetting and bdnglng the ag grefor before me. In order to avoid the repetition of lintUar acci dents, I have &need that henceforward the Engllfb boats may go to the Southern, and the French and Dutch to the Northern fide/ of the Mudk ; and that proper direttions are given to the fentriell and other perfons on duty tact to Baer the Este& boats to be in kited in a territory of Spain, whillt it le a neutral nation. On dd. °baton M. Camden bat made complaints of the Englith boat which entered the harbour the other night, and that the fqua drop under your command has brought to anchor at the entrance of it, for the purpefe of efpying the movements of the French fqua dron, upon which points I have communicated to him what has paired between your Eminence and myfelf upon clack fubjedts ; and we mug hope that your Eminence, and the fquadron under your command, will make no movements in the ports or on the wafts of Spain contrary to neutrality, or that might give rife to difputee or complaints from any power allied or neutral with Spain, and which are In confeemence entitled to all fuccuun bdpitality and neutrality, although they may be at war and enmity withany otbet' Nation.—l am, Ste. Vitae Co NiADOR. Sir EdwardPellew, Bart. &c. No. 47.-Copy of a Letter from Don Diego Contador, Governor of Ferrol, to Sir Edward Palm, Baronet, dated the 19th Fe bruary, tik4. • Sta—l have received your valuable letter of the :6th ;orient. in anfwer to one I mine your Eminence on the I sth, in which you have the goodnefs to refolve the doubts which had occurred to me, and which I had requefted your Eminence to clear up. This letter has fully convinced me bow ftndUy your Eminence adheres to the principles of neutrality. And as for the trifling wipes of the young °Seer who commanded the boat, I bar to befeech your Eminence (and I beg leave to offer all the influence my mediation may have), not to bring him to any trial or punillunent for a fault which proceeded entirely from want of reflcdlion, and which has bad no bad eonfequence whatever. I mall look upon this as a great favour from your Eminence, who may be affured that by my endeaveura to oblige you and the fquadron under your command' (as far as iscompatible with neutrality), I mall thew you how ren table I am of the polite and obliging attention of your Eminence, and of the conformity of our willies to prderve the good . under. fbnding which (*Ms beeween our refpethive nations within the limits of neutral I remain, & C . (Signed) 01100 CONTADOD• To Sir Edward clitcv, Baronet,db. &C. dot:. No 48.--A Letter ?tom Sir Edward Pellew, Bart. to Don Diego Coated or, dited on board his Majefty's alp Toanant, off Ferrel, the aoth Febrary, 1804. the Governor for the interefts I - takes in protedbing the fubjedt.uf his Britannic Majefty from infult No. 49 ...Letter Men Sir Edward Peliew, Batt. to the Hon. Ad miral Cornwallis, dated on board shis Majefty's kip Tennant. off term!, the 9th May, 1804, Rates that he had received fun plies of fee& provifiuns from the Mum, and that the utmoft cor diality prevailed. No so.—Letter from the Honourable Rear Admiral Coch rune to the Honourable Admiral Cornwall., dated on board his Mak fty's Ship Northumberland, off Ferrol, the itch May 1804. relatesmerdy to the fupplies he had received from the Spanifhthore. • No y t.—Anotber letter from Admiral Cochrane, dated May • 113, xBO4, on the fame fubjeth. - A Gentlowan is arrived in Lonc%on from Cork, (via &Viol), which place he left on Friday lA, and reports that the day bel , r , , lye large Stipa were (ten near the Cove of Cork, and as they e_i poi anfurcr the fignals, it was fuppefod they were French, which awful much alarm in the neighbourhood ,k4DOT liUks -IN: Whited mad publilbed by LEVEL KENT, (et Cli , terbutritaLambetb), et the Stet Orme, No, i t eon s Mfg u *OITA% °tries, Taspicaw. I] . 1 • - -- . •- , --__Jr.... . hu► at It is eontrary to the fame i/W4 any, The Fortuncc frigate bas not ye I (Ineichre in No. 3o.)—eopy of woe Nugent and Air J. T. Du.l munnab, dated IMO Mak. SlN—ltear Admiral Mown' the Mpg our Malta in theft k