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1114.PERML 1)41ZLI,1111:ESt - . - ' YIOOSE OF PEERS. 'Fa rimy, MAY 24.. Illtintlellt was deferred till Thursday next, he the appeal 4:11115t kediligt on v. Redington. The I.ORD CHANeItLLOR stated, that he had 'received a Letter from Earl - St. Vincent, which e x p resse d hi s Lord- Ship's readiaess to att en d before the Seled Committee of the House of Commons. Lord A vek LAND moved, That a Messenger be sent to t he . Coat moas, to ii quire Pespeeting What points it wa s th e to - . te„ion of th e Committee to examine his Lordship.--This Motion was agreed to. The O r d er of the bay was then read, for the MotiOn of the i.otte CHANCELLOR, reSpeaini the time, place, and man. tier in which Mr. rustic:e I.ox should appear to answer to the matters alledzed against Jilin. kficr some conversation uon the mode of pi.oceeding.be- t ween the U n k e of CLAR R N c e and the Marquis of Anza esNN, the Motion was deterred till Tuesday next. ,The %lotion for the appointment of a Committee to exa. n mie ihto the validity of charges brought againit 1 udge r o ,%% likewise deferred till Thursday ; for which day their Lordships were summoned to attend. NAVAL. AFFAIIZS. The Order of the Day being read for the. discus sion of the different N, val Documents that have for Some time hen on the Table, Lo rd DARNLy,y rose to call the attention of the I - louse to t Cond o heir c on te nts, w i th an ' intention of ding with a M ot i on, that they be referred to the eat,,,i,tenttiun o f a Selea Committee. He should ' 1 ti"t„rtnv detain their Lordships' time with any, .nieflures whateve r on t h e motives which caused the refusal of tone of the P.ipera in the first instance, or why the P‘apers which were at first, !elated were' afterwards granted. These were 'tes,Piel which would come - again under discus. : I ' i his motion should he agreed to. What he i ' d w , had to state, would have no reference to any ' ,i n irii 'lds but would be indiscriminately aresa. • ;74)41 those who h,, d the good of mi the nate Publi dd c Ser. ' ic e and thePrinei Eton, of their Country . at heart. The oa l ' , • - l ad i paints upoti which h e should more 'milieu- , ir Y dwell, we re the ar,raparatitie meri tit of the pre ec't and of the late Board of Admiralty ; and to far, "'non what ground ships, useles's as men or . n umber had heen plat into commission ; why a certain Mercha nts of slips had been built or ' repaired in the anderch,ants' Yards preferably to the King's Yards; tva w uieli of the , two places for building fillips of „.., r were more useful to the Country. 12,11 e Pa. r,," on their Lordships' '1 ble did not furnish . on the ~e . their, all the infOrmation he eXpett-d ; theY would, ,„,,, lath „' , - , ev er; he .fo(nt t l to contain enough to min e.then, rl 'e to aptioint a Commit tee to exit thiti'''''); ; IV to c dl for what more might h,e , re-, m id ''' ille N,)ble Lord then. it ry poiritelly•ani ..' c. , v erced on the en irm:us ti ,rice alit building hr'alr,epairing of ships ,i: war in the Merchants' yards . tin,,volved ; it am mnteti . to somewhat flare that) .. ,--r ton, an d to „serfinn, he in. prove this .i. ..,. e , do vo , I , ,i n eapence attending building of the Hirt._ incu rr e d' 3 '‘' 111 e Mediator, all a which expence was •th.,le:i a n l ain, for the Mediator was not long since of th e unfit for service. The same might be said A bi ter Ilindostan;to prove which the N dile Lord read Perfen ter fr " n Ca Pt-ivi I t raser, setting forth the im. r,,, 10b anti unserviceable *tate of that ship. , The but our i ndeed, of the ships of' war was encouraged, mi n i `,"' sir d, and the efFeet of it seemed to be di '"ed. Tw a Ithe Pot t r „ liel . ,( 0 hostil e squadrons had already' 1 the i r , h ~' th . ll l ll te of our boasted vigilance, and one of In t l 3 " with impunity ravag ed several of, our Weat a /. 1. , , ~ arid ''""n• The Noble Lord next adverted to ; had la m ented.d., the', number of excellent lands that sine, ?,coarged.theinselves from the King's Yards th e Plesent Admiralty was in po\vcr ;.-ifideecl the/,,w.efe a nu ober stAficient to have completed all t ree% the ra per; on e been t niPs that 4 1. had promised, as appears : one third o pers on the Tabte, and would have saved Rang y e 1 the money that had been so extrave. Ist„hi. i x Peniled in the 'Merchanta' yards. The ' r.rt 1 . • pli eti, , t taststed very forcibly on the impro. Pie r , l i n ": the 'winner now adopted, of -mixing the ateardirs 'e'dock•yards, instead of separating them Ileit,t )i g to their talents and abilities, 'lf they were doubleY cast according to their.respeltive talents, do th e wotk In'. I ni l e !, , mi ght be performed that was . now t he S i x, ~,,'" le had only to refer th eir Lordships to fOrni at i l , ' o '‘ o eport . in. of the Naval Comtiers for . l i ners of , '' th i s material point, ai d for nuniberless NIL, t „s.ttention to the service, and of the me .. r . vney . , i ,„ 14:44; a" 11111Pr"i'lent expenditure of the Public under the 'flat Report he should also wish to coma tain e d 4"e tonSideration of a Committee ; for it Con. reeltr,ll!elious Matter, and would excite at serious Ten,ll 4 R d ' earl' well have been awakened even by the Was u o 14)". Ind eed it would appear that there th, ch eck, no rfre6ual controul whatever over ' 6 ...InefiditUrp 1 ~,, • 'IS tv,.. i. - - of mite Navy Board. 'The public eapen„,", !lense incalculable. - The enormous sums , ---ieti in -- . Wi tte „ ext 7 :rPairS, as e xettplified in the Amethyst, ' • 4 Varlt. 014„"erted to by the Noble Lind, who read in k f tlet Y h t p asse from the Na vat Report, hold. extraordinary ~xpenec of the extent to' which the - ent th at „_ 1 'eat repairs was. tarried. It was evi. v ols In ti dr e moot minute and severe investigation [: tru4t ed o.y._ .!illed fi,r into these matters ; and , he !Cat otni u tt ‘_ ttuuse would nut delay in ap pointing. 4e did rp ,,:e, to ptosectne that Irquiry. ,Although altiteared 4 1 tr,r., "'nu to descend into 'any thing. that ik 14Irii oP 1ri3n0,.. nil a 1 A Ire taw not but. ad ve . r! to the 4 r. ve bee r , v s 1 r" and libellous scnrrilities that • ti ln eent) t v i nt abroad against a Noble Earl (Si.. 1,,a wars eve ° Presided at the late Admitalty Board. 41 4 r , n tre ated, by no mean authority, as the tin t a, a rn, his e t , - ~ ' • 4, 4,i1 c i y, untry ever saw, But after what 'Pil e litteh ‘ .' z ' 3l.l had achieved, he 'might well de. lt th IMPAent invettives ; but; if his services et ..e A t i,, i ki "re gi noait'traitY were only -to be ootisidered, he I itrotaif the .rest that the Nohle Earl might approve allairt.l,7_4eat ftiend his country. ever-had, by Rat P " h ntelf th e d pl a i t uu ltht h ay . etertnined enemy tlf•the abases • N he r t undermined her best support, and si.L very, h k r ntd agairsreYe exiatenee at stake. .1 - le yetis in. l ik het n found use he was the only man that ha t l L lndith e v E l ° tear asunder, with a rough sailor. . cane l I° °R furl: uilde r w hich these inveterate abuses ti ee lYtit t of „ . e d• But he did not attempt to be the 14,,,'_, 4 114 hi s 4 ';',.. e „Nuhle Earl ; he called only for jug. I„ t i'_ te Lord woli.vt'ea SpOke fur themselves. The ei 'te of 1, "'" nut now -trespass farther on the 'll this t h e How ie sin g , uday tou c h es • The points on which he . 11 0 44 app0,,,,, t he had had on former occi. , ~ ute al * '"ltY to speak ilitl e us' h e st .more at large. The neeese motile of the urgent and intlispen. It/ u 1 incluiring into the abuses that i!iitritade: all the departments of the N av y, The capers on the Table - afforded Much matter; but lie would add to them -the 6th Report of the ..Natial Commisstonera. He had now only to move their Lordships' that a Select Committee be appoiTed to sake these Papers•into consideration, and to, report their opinion thereupon - to the House.—Among • other, the Noble Lord mentioned the following Peers as Members ro forin the committee : His Royal Htgimess the DUKE of Ct./saerice, the Mar. quis of BUOKINCHAM, EarIiFOKTESCUE and TAN. KERVILLR) Lords ROMNEY and KING, &C. Lord MELVILLE . rose in reply to the Noble Lord. The chief objeet of the Noble Lord's in. quiry seemed to be the comparative merits of the ‘late and the Present Board of Admiralty, and the charges of miscondal which might be fixed upon the latter. He first accuses the Admiralty Board of having. purchased a number of useless ships, ships not at all a•Ppficable to the service of the Royal Navy. • He also.accuses them of gross misconduCt, in building and ,repairing. shiOe in the Merchants' yards instead of the King's yards. The ,Noble Lord likewiie complains that many of the Papers he moved far had been withheld.. To all these charges lie had listened with attention; and in,. the first place he - had only to say, that he had ai. rented to the produition of .rnost -of, the Papers moved for. Those that, had been refused were refused on the ground of their " nature, and of the immense extent to which they would swell. — One Paper alone would fill three large volumes, and after consulting it, nothing to the our_ pose could he discovered in it, Indeed, the No. ble Lord seemed to haVe. mistaken the object of his Inquiry ; for in his very outset he tends to , nothing less than ,to pass a Vote of Censure on every Board of Admiralty that has existed for these twenty years pest ; and the Board, of which he so loudly complains, has only followed the example set to them by the most approved of their pre. decessors. . He includes . the Sixth Report in the Papers into which lie- would institute an inquiry, and from all that he could observe, the Noble Lord's Motion might as well have been made six months ago as at present, for the Sixth Report . has been on the Table Since the very beginning of the Session; and ouw only it appears urgent to the. Noble Lord to appoint Committee to in. quire- into it. But to the charges against the pre. sent B.)ard of .Adinitalty—they have bought up a number of useless ships of a small kind ; they have built and repaited 'ships of war in the Merchants' Yards. The Noble Lard dried not forget that a M own ha.-I been made respeaing the want of small ships, arid the necessity-of immediately providing them, es the fittest to counteract the attempts of the t nemy at levasion, which at that time seemed to he considered as very . serious and alarm. ing. On this subjea he bestowed the earliest attention; and he felt it his first duty to make an immediate inquiry into the benefits to be derived from such vessels, and how far they would be real. ly serviceable under the then circumstances of the country. He did het fiial they were many, anti it appeared that they would be intlispensibly necessary, Those, however, that ,had been contratted for, vioukl not be ready till a distant period,_ too long to .14 safely waited for ; it was therefore thought ex. pedieot to Purchase some. The amount' in alt of those purchased, built, and repaired, .was-no less than 176 eeroels ; almost double the number fur: airily employed in the North 'Seas. The es:pence was about . 3oo,oool. - The expence hedid not, and never would regret, for in such a state of the Coun. try no- mode of defence, was more necessary and in. dispersible, and it seemed to be the sense of _the Country that—it should be employed. These ships are now e mployed in the North Seas as Convoys, -and they have the additional advan. cage that they allow other ships; fitter for. harder service, to be employed elsewhere where their pre. sence is more dreamt!. Whether the conduct of the Admiralty is praise or blamew orthy, if was not for him to judge ; but certain it is, that k was adopted agreeable to the feelings of the Country, and to the dangers that threatened it. If, biome was imputahle-to him, it would appear from 'the measures he adopted on first corning to preside at the Board.• On entering upon that Depart. ment.. he felt that his'first care' and duty was to exert his best endeaveurs to restore the British Navy.— He accordingly examioeti into all its branches, and colleted .an accurate report to Made oo high of the amount, the nature, and the strength of all the ships in commission. He found from the - Report, that there were then 81 ahips of the litie,• :7 of which were for home service. Was that a state- of the Navy such as.avai Called for by the alatining situa. tion of the Country ?" That number Might be ade.• quaze to the force of the Enemy, who were said to have 70 ships of the lirtel 'nor, indeed, all ready for sea, but which might soon be not much lac. rior to them, as our ships- Most -be considerably worn down aftei a hard service of ten years, when their decay most be rapid. Under such circont. stances, connected • with- the circumstances of the Country, was a force of 81-ships of the line a force any way adequate to support and maintain our na. val superiority anti pre.etninence ? t With every en. dievour to increase the number, it still, however,- remained neatly the same after ten :menthe ; because whitt was added was little more than what could he a substitute fur rho - se which there was not time to repair. This eitcumetance led me to further inquiry into thitnost effettual means Of keeping up the Navy. By that inquiry it appeared that on the teth of May. 180+, there were building only six ships of the line, which were undertaken at different periods, hot some, of which would not be ready till t896,0r even z 867. It further appeared, that of those ships which were to be ready in May t 84, the keels bad not yet been laid down. Where the blame lay it was not for him to say; he Only -stated the simple tads, and the House would make their ownob. nervations upon :them. S u ch Were the ' reso urces which he found upon coming into -the Admiralty, and upon discovering their scantiness and inadeqeacy, was not the Admiralty justified in looking out for some other means, some 'more adequate resources ? He was fully sensible that some other means must be resorted to; he, therefore, a•tvised the building of ships in the merchants' yards; and thuogh there was great authority against him, yet he •was.,pot dildcot as to be discouraged, and enticavoUred to • avail biaiself of tie Merefaants' piths He masse a. survey of 64 ships., §. of theM were to be of the line,: and so of other . different descriptions ; Many"; of those were now coming forward. Indeed, - in order to keep up, the _Fleet, at least ten, Seventy.fours L aTioultl be built•yearly in the Merchants' yards.--- The Nuble Lord` acknowledges that such an- in. crease is necessary to replace our loss and, decay of ships, but how-eatild they be Wit in the King's yards, since the five or six so long ordered have but their keels yet laid down ? Indeed it .. was utterly impossible to build and repair a stifficient number of ships in the King's yards- only.- But the plan and prole& upon which he bad . aded under these cit., cumstances of the Navy and of the Country arose from no wild fancy Of his own. if he was in error, he had only adopted the error of Lord Sandwich, LorclKeppel, Lord Howe, Lord Spencer, Lord Chat.. ham, Sec; Indeed. such was not only th e or:eion, but the pradiee - cf every Board of Admiralty for ,a number of }.ears'; and there could, oat b e - pointed out a period- in our naval _history, when groat ex ertions were 'to be made, that:recourse w as n ot had to the merchants' yards e orewhieh, indeed, ;he great. est reliance was often placed. This posititSti . the 'Noble 'Viscount confirmed, and illustrated by ‘ the condu& of Lord Sandwich and his succesiters from 1 771 till 1794. In times of profound P esee . it was net necessary to have recourse to such taeans, and accordingly -it appears that in years of Peace scarce. ly any ships were built in the merchants' yards, while in years of war, and when great exertions were necessary, the number oiships built in the merchants' anti in the Kiiig's yarde wots its The pro.. portion of r 7 to 5,, or about 3 +ths of all -the ships of. war came from merchants' yards. Such was the system aeteti upon 00111 1771 till I.3th junco goz, when a prohibition was pus against it by-the Noble- Earl who presided over the Admiralty.,,The Noble ,Viscount then reed a number of passages from a p asse d upon this sUbjed correspondence which rween the Nuhle Hod and .Sir A. S. ilattunol,and proved from them that at one rime at leaet o 'be had even the -authority of the -Noble Errs it+ favour of .his conduct, although the Noble Earl, after. wards very suddenly changed his opinion tespeding the employment of the .merchants' yards; lett the, inconsistency of coodud -and . measures which at that time prevailed at the Admiralty might have, 'arisen from the Noble Earl's indisposition, and his consequent ,inability to attend ; but the Noble Earl , would, tso -doubt, assign reasons for Isis very ,abrupt change of and cooduel, and for the state in which the Navy was left, at sq doubt. ful a period, and under totes eritical.eirettmstatices of she Country. - For his part, he would content himself with stating the simple fads, and he would let them speak . for' themselves. Much had heen said of the expdnet attending the building and repairing of ships in the merchants!. yards. It the, correspondence on that head be duly examined, it Will be found that-every possible pains were taken to being down that cape:lee, but they were inelfec. ival, and no alternative remained hut either to forego the service, or to comply -with the terms upon which it could be performed. • Great stress had been laid by the Noble Lord on the; ciretimstance. of the Enemy's Fleets haVing got oat, and that one of them had done much demage in the West Indies..--- Will those curnolain, of such events who cry down the system tel blockades'? --Under various eircum. Stances that sYstemmay be proper, more especially while we are preparing means of defence at home ; bat when once they are eempleted, the system -of blockade is in vain adhered to. To make -it effic. tual, you' must-discover the - -ppwer vf 'Commanding the wind's- and waves. A complete blockade is im. possible ; and were it possible, it wouldi be on. wise ; it cduld only wear out our-ships,. anal Sleepy them in a manner not easy to- be repaired. • In order to enjoy security at home, security must also be granted to our distant 'rossessioes. Onamir Colonial possessions we have much to-depend, and eve cannot place them in a state of security 'without .a very numerous and poWerful fleet. Thesewere the grounds and motives upon which he aired, in makicg every effort - to restore end serengthen the N avy. Na loa than ; ts or 120 a4l) of the line would be found ade. , ()nate to preserve all •we had at stake. These we. should be in posseision of, and not trust to any means - . that may be etuploYed for eSeerteining the course and destination of ate hostile fleece Whenever it heps pens to get to sea. We must laeotliery where: eke. pared toaneet and defeat them---without such Naval strength we Fan never be great or- haoy nit sjtat strength must ever depend our National greatness and happiness.,The reports of the Surveyors of the Forests had shewn that greatAcficienciestaisted with respeC:t to the supply 'of timber .at home. This defici enc y. requited every exertion dust could • with - propriety, be made to remedy it ; leut arising principally from the extension of agrieulthre, which was the greatest public benefit, could net be expeded that lands would be planted with a View to the distant-profit of the timber, when much . more ample emoloment was to be had from the immoderate produce of corn. The Cemmissioners for cOosidering the best , means of carrying into •tffra the reforros suggested by the Reports of the Naval Inquiry, wets likely to do much inure effectual service than any Committee or their Lordships. • . Earl ST. VINCENT maintained that it was poseihle to build ten ships of the line every year in the King's dock-yards ' besides performing the no. cessdry repairs of the Navy. With rasped to the necessity of canimunication between the First Lord oldie Admiralty and the Comptroller of the Navy, he had to observe, that that Officer was subject ro no responsibility. It, had been said that he might have dismissed the Comptroller of the Navy ; it he, could, he would have thought it improper, para. Ciliatly as he was sure .such inatter would Ceille out on the Reports as would render it necessary to di,. miss him. He called for the Committee, and, thought great inktstice would be done to'hirn if it should not be gone into. As to what applied per. sonally to himself he hatl,'too great It contempt for it to give it any notice. II;s Royal Highness the DL XE of CLARENCE way satisfied from his eadie3l - acquaintance with the naval service, that the greatest abuses'prevailed in - the - doek.'yaids. Cif goo° Shipwrghts, which was the whota number inane kingdom, half was in the King's yards. In the Nterchanis* yards forty men could build, a 74.g0n ship in 312 days. It r: *jut Owing to *Atli t iirepeit reinfitiurts' that yrb:, portionatedispatch was not Used in the-King'i yards: „ The deficiency of timber had been complained !:rf ever since 1785. His - Royal Highness even went through the history _of the Naval Con i struCtionit since the Administration of Lord Sintiwich; he provetrof the condikt of Earl Si. Vincent in every part; particularly in his exertions for Reforrti. He would vote for the Committee. Lord S/DMOUTH said, he had heard nothink to induce him to alter the opinion with which ha had entered the House, that there seerc m po grounds for going into this Committee, and that no , good .could result from it. He-did not think it necessary to the justification of his Noble Friend..(Eerl St. Vincent), nor that of the Noble Lord (Melville) ; even: though there ware diffetenvopinions as tt the systems of both, this difference was not made the matter of any charge against either.- His No. ble Friend; when, with a view to reform abases, he visited the Dock Yards in Igtee, reterned with a determination that large •additions shoold be nude., to the Navy ; 7and that more Shipwrights should be employed, and' that they should he better classed.. It was intended that additional Ships should be built at once in the King's Yards, and in the Merehanti" Tads; but as this would keep up the monopoly of timber, his Noble Friend 'proposed for that rime building in the King's Yardts only. His- Noble Friend at the same time applied . to the East Indie, Company, who agreed to desist for two , years from building large Ships for their Trade. He mentioned this to show the exertions of his Noble Friend in these pointa. His Noble Friend deserved credit, but more for his other services ihart for his eff'orts to reform . Abuses. He thought a good u:.derstatid. ing at !cart ought ,to subsiit between ,the First *lb Lord of the Admiralty and the comptroller of the Navy, and that frequent communicetions shoidd take' place between them. He lamented that this •had nut been the case in the Noble 'Lord's Ad. ministration. It we's the disposition of she at ,the head of the Geeernmenr, and all his Cal. leagues, to ati..pt every possible rrisiesote4 reform. lieschintglit it shatild; be,lefi to the el)minissi , m;rs appointed for that purpose to suggest what reftirins could .be adopted on the tnatterof this as vvell the other Reports. LordIIC.eLL,AND remarked, that the Noble Lqrd who spoke last -gave fair words without giving his vote for going. into it Committee which would prove these words. The return of the Noble 10 • Otfie'"e may have, in some degret, removed the cell.. sure which attended' his rem 'viii from Offis:e. The Noble Lard who presided over the Naval DepArt.," meet of that Administratien could rem4tie any share of that censure that may have:attached to him only by this Committee. He saw no change' of system in the Admiralty, for the blockading system was c7intintied, unless,' indeed, it was the catamaran system. The very- doubt of whether it was better 'to build in the King's or in the • Merchants'. was a reason for going into the Ccitninittee. it was besides a fact, that - a Tender from the Merchants for building 7 - f gun Ships!et 261. per Tort in three years, had bean .rejected in a 863, anti- the N.,t):10 Lord (?Melville) bad comrade(' rot such Ships in 28 °S , at. 36 1 . a tong difference was another reason for 'going into a Committee. The 'Noble Lord had entered into Office with great prounis:s, end lie w-nt out of Office with promisee He promised that it a year we woold have a, Fleet to meet the Enemy in the East- and in the West, and in every quarter. When the mtiney promised by , the Noble Lord to the Public, from the 'Fonds of the East India Campany, should be paid into the Exchequer, he would exped to see t:lis promised Fleet.. At.ptebent, we:had reason to tear in the East and the West, 'and at home ;. and lie latnente. 4 y • that the ill.advised War with Spain added 3U ro'ndt to our embarrassment. • Lord HAWKESBURY said, .the observation s 0 f fair words, ed s not a vote, would. ' , apply much better to the condad of they other aide of the,H.,usu relative to the Noble Vincen't). idered it 'flitter of dvitci.try to the I nterest CO go routs tt (A' nn , li;tate on sonioy.,rhont 11.4ttlif. What would arpear- itt'such Comanitee. mils( be knowdnot only to the Public here, . btit to. our Enemies also, built- thought :as Yard, lnd4 litiS Supt 5 t in Fnsssibl,e : should ire time of war it: was necessary to build. in - the Met.. . Chums' Yards also. • The'Earl of BUCKINGI-13111SHIRE was sa's tisfietl chat no part of WI Noble F r i en d' s (L,.. )r d .Vincent's) conoat liernaptied inquiry, ea wanted josrification, It there. was a mull Force in the Leeward Islands, it Was beCallie the Enemy had nu Force• there at that ; where their Force was, our's was also. • 7',6e Earl of SUFFOLK argued at length in sup. pot t ' 4 ,t: t h e &lotion. He dropped some vbser via t ions on thepppointment of a relation of the Noble Ln - ti (tVielville) to a. Nava) COniruaild, and tlic proceed. Ingo wi t h respeet to the Rochefort Squadron. These t hings, he .said, had reached him only by report, and he did nut give.,cretlit to them. Lard MELVILLE said, he could not vote fir the Motion without a breach of public duty. With re. Bard to sending out a Fleet to follow the Rochefort Squadron, there was .no delay whatever on the pari of theCovernnient of this Country. Ortipoints of this nature their Lordships . must. be aware that he could nut enter upon a detail without giving hn. proper information ; but he was glad that this par. multir and specific point was capable of being stated without public inconvenience. " There are near me (said his Lordship). those who know the instructions under which the Channel Feet we Enemy's Fleet should sail from It other Port, the in hi tU,...08S to OtO id to that objet. These inetrutlioa tirnc in sending a detachment After struetions were not late inst rudions so f.ir beck as the month of August fort Squadron sailed Ix day ti befoire any 4ti41144ii in the Channel Fleet. after it was the first 6,1144 next morning I sent the ovdrit, w t illation, 0. - a detwthrnent of our flee, and it did follow them to the Welt lutlict v l it tvni therefore there was no delay on my pa..t--.and'the Noble &al must forgive me i if I tell him he should speak nut much [title plainly, or insinuate much lass.—Agasitat the former I. can meet hius agairsi, :re to ad. If the LoclielettsoriVio:, Fleet we osai wert,„A thew. t tif e;j: „ theY ki* List. 4. , it w, . 1 4y 71 1, heard Alt , * titout et to follow tbern,