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w.r ; on which I anchored as elofe to rhe ene
rgy's vessels as pofOhle, with fafery to the strips,
and aund the bol s of the fquadioa to
attack and destroy them, under coker of the
lire cf the Company's two armed snows, and
of the prize ship cut out cf Callicut road,which
were anchored in Ihoal water, and close to the
enemy's Grips. This service was conducted on
the part of our boats with a spirit and attivity
that do much honour to the officers and men
employed in them ; and, in two hours they
to It 2nd burnt the two (hips, one cf 28, the
other of 26 guns ; one ketch of f 2 guns was
blown up by the enemy at the indane cur
beats were bcardig her; another ketch of
10 guns which cut her cables, arid endeavour
ed to put to sea, was taken ; and the third
ketch, with the firialler vcffcls were all forced
on shore, the ihow only escaping into the
harbour, alter having thrown ev&ry thi; g
overboard to lighten her.—On this fervico
I"c squadron IOR Li ut. Gomm of the Bur
- Ind, and ten men kifed: Lieut. Sutton, of
the Superb, Lent. McClellan of the Eagle,
and fifty one men wounded, many of them
£.nce dead.
krorn the Lo dem .G:ze te Extraordinary.
S'R J A M es's, June 8, 1781.
^Ar?A :f a Letter ft^, Ctmud^e George
jlorGne to tie Earl .f'Hitybirougb, or of bis
"i'^ s Principal Secretaries of State dared
R^U. in Port Praya Road, in the Ifarf of
Si. %L° .I,'R 3), 1781, drought by Gap.
tain Lx.fey,fthe Ports Sfo, of War.
My Lorri, 1
C^N me 16m cf April, at half pat nine o'clock in
, the m # rning, being at anchor In Pore Praya, in
the Island of St. jago, with the Squadron of his Majes
ty's mips under my command, which are named in the
margin, together with the EAt-India ffijpr, tra Sports,
and viable,', who farted with us from England, the
Isis fvnich hup lay the farther to leeward) made the
fi,ai lor feeing eleven fail in theoffi ng,towards the N.E.
I was men abfentin a boat, giving direction!? for mov
ing funs fhip= which had driven too near each other.
As toon as I lawche ngnal for so many strange ships, 1
Mftantly returned on board the Romney, and made the
fignai for all persons tocome from the fore, and to repair
ba board their refoedive dh : ps, having at that time not
4efs tian ipo pedons absent from the fleet, who were
em^by?.! in watering, fiAin„ and embarking live cattle,
wi.l r )iocr occupations pecuniary to to: dispatch in refit
ring so many ihips, besides a number of the officers and
troops who were taking the recreation of the ffiore.
As loon as this signal was made, and enforced bv the
repeated firing of guns, and after a boat had been dis
patched to the shore, to give more expedition and effect
to tie embarkation, a lignal was made to unmoor, and
another t) prepare for battle.
I went on board the Isis, £0 make my observations on
thp Grange ftps, as they could only he seen from that
flip, on account of the eatt point of land which Inter
vened..
From the Isis 1 pl inly difeove* J five large ships of the
line, and Several smaller ships, ftandinginfor the land ;
the large .dips being federated from the convov, and mak
ing fignak by Superior and inferior fiags, which plainly
denoted that they were French.
Upon this I returned on board the Remnev, calling
to the Bart-India ships, as I paled and rectified, to pre
pare tor battle ; for moi of them were as yet heedlels of
tuv signals which had been made.
At a quarter before eleven o'clock the Orange ships ap
peared, comms r.mnd the East-Point cfland drawn up
in a line, and leading into the, bay. His Majafly's ships
of war (^teptin, as to the people who were absent on
shore) w? a by tris time prepared to receive the enemy,
it they :h:ulJ order any insult.
,-,faiuly perceived they intended an attack bv the
forints ^hich were parted to their cables along the outside
of the ships ; and we knew the small regard which the
twe^en vfaady pay to the laws of nations, when they are
poffefled of ainperior force, or find it convenient to dif
penle w:th such obligations, and in this our expectations
were . not disappointed; for with much courage and
feeding determination the French Commodore led on
within two cables length of the Monmouth, Jupiter, and
Hero, pacing the Dkma, Terror bomb, and Infernal fire
fhip, who lay without the rest of the ships; here he boirt
rd his broad pendant, and displayed the French colours
then hauled up his courses, and fired two shot at th^
Iks atom his larboard bow as he Luffed no, and immedi-1
xy his Majesty's Sloop of V/ar Zebra, in 9'
Weeks from Spithead, (by Way of the
West Indies) and the Ship Fox, Captaini
Montgomery, from Cork; with the |
Ship Northumbrian, Cape Chapman, I
in 9 Weeks from Bristol, we have the
following Advices, viz.
Extract of a letter received the 12th Infant,
from Vice Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, K,
B. and Commander inChief of his Majelty's
Ships and Veffcls in the EaR Indies, to Mr.
Stephens, dated -at Bombay, Jaru. 2,1781.
C^N the 17th of October 1 failed from Ma
, drafa road, intending to proceed to the
relief of Tellic'eery, 00 this coaß, closely in
veiled by the Nairs, and a detachment of
Hder.AUy's Troops, and frem thence to this
v);, to clean and fit the ships.
, I arrived at feHicherry ro 4 d on the 27th of
Nov. where I found two of the Company's
armed mows, and a transport ship which had
brought Rorcs and ammunition to the garrison
a few days before ; in the mean time, the
armed boats of the drips in Callicut road, cut
cut aad brought away one of Hyder Aliy's
ihips, and forced the otheron shore, but in the
course cf th; ir operation, the Sartine frigate
being warped into shoal water, to cannonade
the enemy's flrips, struck on the recks at low
water, and filled, so that she was totally ioft ;
a part frier fail., top-mafis, booms, and some
other dores, being all that could be saved out
of her. 1 '
After having left a Captain of marines,with
four< .liters and 108 rank and file, with a 1000
lurr: Is of poxder at Fellicheiry.f&r its defence
until a reinforcement should arrive from Bom
bay, I foiled with all the squadron towards
Bombay on the sth of December last.
On the Bth of December, being off Mange
lore, the p incipai Sea port of Hyder Ally on
the Malabar coast, I saw two ships, a large
snow, three ketches, and many smaller velfes
at an anchor in the road, with Hyder Ally's
colours flying on board them ; and, Handing
with the squadron close into the road, found
them to be vcffels of force, and all armhd for
My anf/ver was, all this is no excuse for disobeying
my positive,orders; besides, I think his damages imma
etrial to a man of any resources.
Captain Sutton's Signal was therefore a^ain enforced
by another gun ; he then hoisted his anfivering flag, and
came out, after three hours delay.
All the ships being now come out, the signal was made
to form the line a-head on the, larboard tack. The
French ships had before this toileted and taken the. dis
abled Ship in tow, and they had raised a stump foreward,
and fixed a fail upon it, with which they had wore the
hulk, and put before the wind in a line-of-battle a-breast,
and sent off their convoy under all the fail they could set.
When the Disjoined us she run under our stern, and re
peated an account of her distress and her damages, parti
cularly the want of a mizen-top-fail-yard, which I told
the Captain was nothing at all.
The signal was now made to bear up in a line of battle
a-breast. At that instant the Isis loft her fore-top-mart
above the topsoil-yard, which yard was not injured by the
fall, nor was the fail hurt, or any other damage furtained,
to prevent the ship from working, the fore-top-fail being
close reefed and set.
This increased our distance from the enemy. As soon
as I saw the Isis could make fail, I bore up and set the
fore-fail, and made the signal for the line a-breast. When
we came near the enemy, I found the Isis and Monmouth
had dropt a-stern between two and three miles, though
both of them fail much better than the Romney : their
signals were therefore made to call them to their stations;
the Monmouth immediately answered, and made fail ac
cordihgly, but the Isis still kept behind.
By these various obftru&ions and delays, added to a
strong lee current, the enemy had drawn us far to leeward
of St. Jago. The fun was set; the sea had encreafed;
I could not propose a decisive action in the night. If I
followed until day-light, my profpeas were great and
tempting; but I must then determine to leave my convoy
in distress, and federate, from the troops, without any fixed
determination concerning them or their destination; and
I muffalfo have relinquished, the object of the present ex
pedition ; because, after getting so far to leeward that
we could not fetch the illands of Bravo or Fogo, it § a
well known faa that no /hip can beat up against the N. E.
winds and the S. W. currents which always prevail here,
much less after such an action as must be expeQed.
* Rodney, c,; Hero, 74; Minmouth, 64; Ju,iter,
s°i 4fo 5° i Terror fob weffel; Infernal fre-jbip
Rattlesnake cutter.
ately aftet permitting his ship to ihoot up in the wind, as
far as the force with which the, ship was failing enabled
her, he dropt his anchor a-breast of theMonmouth, and
began to fire away arhong the ships as fart as he could dis
charge and load ; his fails, however, were still hying a
bout in great confufion, so that his/pring on the cable
did not hoi^when the ship was checked to bring up, and
he drove a-breast of the Hero. After the two guns men
tioned above had been discharged, witli shot, the fire
from his Majesty's ships opened upon the enemy with great
power and effect.
The next French Grip which followed their Commo
dore anchored a-headdf him 1 the third endeavoured to
pass through for the Romney ; but being unable to wea
ther thh different ships, he anchored a-stern of his Com
modore, and continued rhere for a short fpact, driving
about with his fails loose, until he boarded the Fortitude
and Hinchinbrook Ealb-India ships, and then went to
sea. The fourth ship ran on different lines, luffing and
bearing up as he paired among the ikirt of our ships, and
tiring and receiving fire as he failed along, but seemingly
in great confufion also ; and at Lift, with much difficulty,
he wore clear of the reef, on the Welt-Point without us.
The fifth ship run among the merchant vefibls alfe,
firing at all, and attempting to board two or three as he
passed along, without success.
In a quarter of an,hour after the firft gun, several of
our Eire-India ihlps had recovered, the alarm, and were
firing at the enemy, and some of them in well-directed
lines; two or three however had struck their colours, and
thrown the Company's packets over-board, and others
prudently put to sea.
The Romney could only fire in two openings, and this
under a precision which was cautiously observed ; neither
could file veer away cable to open a larger space, as the
Jason lay right a-stern of her. Seeing the Romney was
like to have little share in the action, after the fourth
ship had parted her, I ordered the barge to be manned, to
go on,board the Herd. General Meadows and Captain
Saltern infilled they should accompany me, with a degree
ot generosity and good humour which I could not resist.
It is pleasant to be near the General at all times, but on
the day-of battle that fatisfadtion is felt in a peculiar de
gree. We were received by Captain Hawker with as
chearfiil and affable civility as if we had came to dinner,
while the Hero kept up a constant, aweful, heavy diR
charge of artillery.
The action bordered upon a furprize, and the nature of
the service in which we were engaged rendered us liable
to much confufion; yet upon the whole, until the enemy
were beat old, I saw nothing 04 our part but steady, cool,
determined valour.
Captain Alms, of the Monmouth, kept up a well
directed fire.
I immediately Shortened fail to give time to the Isis to
clear the wreck, which was done in half an hour or forty
minutes.
The Jupiter inftaztly followed, and we run between
war frittered ships and the enemy. Perceiving neither
the Ids nor Diana making any Signs to follow, though
both of them lay in clear berths for f. 5 doing, ther several
Signals were made. The Diana anfivered, and soon fol
dowed; but although gun after gun was fired to enforce
the Signal to. cal! out the Isis, She still remained without
any signs of obedience to my Signal then abroad. At last
the Hero came under our stern, with a meflage from
Captain Sutton, faying that his marts and yards, and
fails and rigging, were so wounded, that be could not
come out without repairing them, but that he would fol
low as fart as he could.
As Soon as the Jason was out of the way, the Romney
was cast by a Ipring on the cable, and she went out to sea
under the acclamations of the whole fleet.
Captain Palley had worked hard from the beginning of
the business, and had got a Ipring on his cable, by which
effort every shot told from the Jupiters
'I he French Commodore new found his situation too
hot, and he cut his cable in three quarters of an hour,
and went away through the ships, as his second a-stern
had done before him ; the other a-head Was now felt be
hind, an object to be fired at by all the Ihipsin our fleet,
who could get guns to bear upon him. In this situation
he remained for fifteen minutes, hardly filing a gun dur
ing the whole time : such ? /pelade or distress I never
.before beheld.
I am ihtislied myfelf he struck his colours, and that
they were.net merely shot away, as feme aliedge ; and
thi - i believe, because different thips thought he riruck at
the lame time; but it was importable to g6t ail the ships
to cease firing at once, and one gun being afterwards dis
charged from the enemy's ship, the firing began again even
troth such of our ships as had left off.
Whether his cable was shot away, or he cut the cable,
I cannot fay, but off ' the ship went round upon the heel,
her stern falling close to the broadside of the Isis; her
marts were tottering; her yards were hanging different
ways; her fails were flying about in rags, and full of
holes. .First fell the mizen-mari, next went the main
mast, and faftly the fore-mart and cater end of the bow
sprit tumbled in the water.
I instantly returned to the Rorarey, and made the sig
nal for till Captains, and after hearing the condition of
every ship, I directed the men of war to cut and flip as
fart as they could get to sea, to follow up the victory,
with orders to make any India ships who lay in their way
to cut their cables -also, that they might nut be impeded.
I ordered the merchant ships ' to-lie fart and repair their
damages, until we joined them again.
Since writing the above account,the Infernalfire Jhip has
joined us. The enemy bad abandoned her on our approach,
having ta ^ er# a^vay Captain Darby and five frames, and
nine foldicrs of the cfth regiment.
Lieutenant Hamilton ha s been ever free turning up to
gain this port, which foetus the impossibility of joining the
convey, if I had followed the enemy.
The fre-fhip has fullaired little or no damages.
Wefall failfrom this island to-moi-row, ; and the Porto
sloop will be ready to proceed for England the day after with
theft diffeatcbes.
I am, with the greatef refoefl,
M, Lord
1 our fordfip's mos obedient,
and mos bumble servant,
CEO. fOHNSTONF.
LIST of the KILLED and WOUNDED.
Total. ,16 Seamen or Petty Officers killed-, 77 ditto
wounded-, 4dittpjir.ee dead of their sounds; 11 ditto taken
prisoners.—2o Soldiers or Marines killed ; 63 ditto wound
ed , 4 dittoJince dead of r»eir wounds, 9 ditto taken pri-
J oners. _
Officers killed. George Keith, ts Lieutenant of the
Jason. —Captain Crawford, of the icotb regiment, on
ford the Oferly Eaf-indiaman—Lieutenant M'Dcnald,
Every pofible exertion has been used foiee to repair the
various damages which the flips had fufained, and the
whole convoy are new as completely reftted as circumfances
will allow ; in the execution of which service, I am chiefs
indebted to the indefatigable attention of Captain Puf?>,
whose zeal in this, and every other occafon, I wfh may be
represented to his Majesty.
To add to our embarrafmerits, the Porto foop, whojoined
us that da) we got back, run foul of the Heto, and loft her
forcmaf and bowforit.
I havejudged it proper to put Captain Sutton, of the Isis,
under an arrest.
The dilemma was great indeed, and I felt the cruel
situation with an anguish which 1 never before experi
enced; but after niaturcly weighing the fubjedt in all
its consequences, with those persons on whose judgment
I have mart confidence, I thought myfelf bound to re
turn to join the Ships under my protection, and to pursue
the object of the expedition, it being mart probable that
the enemy must either fend off two of their disabled
ships of war to the Weri-ludies, in which case I ihall
have' a fapcrior naval force, or they mart touch at the
Brazils for water and repairs; and perhaps they will be
obliged to do both; in dithe) of which cases we shall
have a great advantage by the preceding action.
Next day we retook the Flinchinbrook Eart-lndia ship,
with 25 Frenchmen on board; and I learn from them,
that the squadron who attacked us, was cempofed of
Le Heros, 74., M. de Sufferi;i, Brigadier des armes,
grand Co minander de Malta.
Le Hannibal, 74, M. de Tremigon, Captaine de
Vaiffeau.
L'Artefien, 64, M. de Cardaiilac, Chevalier de
Malthe.
Le Sphynx, 64, M. de Dachilou, Capitaine de Vaif
feau.
Le Vengeur, 64, M. de Chevalier de Forbin, Capi
t^ne de Vailfead.
LaFor tune, 16, Corvette.
M.de Carries, commandant de l'Armee de Terre.
Regiment de Pondicherry, deuxbattalions.
Detaohiaent du reg intent d'Audralie.
4. Vaiffeaux des Indes, viz.
1. Le Briilar, jet cinq Vaifleaux de trans
z.Les Trois Arais, ( p. rt Armee en Flute;
3. LTe de France, f all doubled with cop
4. Pondiche rry, J per.
The Hannibal was the ship which was difmafted ; the
Hero led in, and fuffcred damages next in proportion to
the Hanibal ; the Artesian. Sphynx, and Vengeur, came
in according ayhey are named, but the last three did npt
receive much injury. The Captain of the Artefien, to
which ship the prisoners belong, was killed by a grape
shot on the fhouldcr.
Ikefirefib went tofea, and was taker, by the enemy,
by what »@i;s Icannot relate; but I'bave good reason to
believefoe was afterwards either abandoned by the enemy,
or retaken by the crew, as the jiq iterjaw her next day to
leeward, andfanding towards us, with her diJlingufjirg
wanes end anfwerin, far off board.
The ft ortitude India Jbip behaved with uncommon bra
very. She was boarded by the Artefien, who fired many
guns into her ; several of the energy's crew jumped on board
the Fortitude ; yet in dis Jituation Captain fenkinfon, of
the sßtb regiment, kept up a confant fire with small arms,
several of tie enemy were foot on thefronds, and two were
forced overboard, and tatcu up again into the Fortitude,
after the two flips had ffearatedd
The Hincbinbrtok was also miserably, cut and mangled by
the Artefien, before fee was taken.
Many of the other India ships fuffcred ccnfderable da
mages; particularly the Lord North, Oferly, and Asa;
and the Edward vi&ualLr was nearly j'u^k and carried
out to sea, though afterwards abandoned.
With great difficulty, after turning many dpys, we reco
vered this bay, with the Fortitude, and we tewed in the
Hilichinbrook and Edward.
On the other hand, if the principal force of the end
my should arrive before as at the place of our destination,
it might prove equally fatal to the object of the expedi
tion.
They informed me, that they failed from Brest the
2zd of March, with Monsieur le Grass, and twenty fail
or the line, three of which are of three decks, bound to
Martinique, belles the Sagittaire frigate of fifty guns,
boudd to North-America.
That they feperated off Madeira, and their purpose
was to attack the squadron under my command, where
ver they could find it, of which they had received a cor
rect lift at Brest : That the Artefien firft difeovered us
lying in the road, and tacked towards Monsieur Suffrein
to acquaint him ofit ; that he instantly ordered them to
prepare for the attack; and being asked by Mons. Cardil
liac, th^Captain of the Artefien, what they should do if
the Portuguese forts should fire upon them? He desired
them to fire at the Portuguese forts aLb.
After an action of such a length, in such a situation,
in fmooth'water, with, large ships so near each other ; it
is surprising to find bow few men have been killed, and
what flight damage his Majerty's ships have received.
The Monmouth lying within a cable's length, had not
a man killed, and only fix wounded.
The Jupiter had two wounded.
Thelitis had four killed, and five wounded.
The Romney bar leven wounded ; and the other ships
according to me lift inclofed.
The Jason and . Latham Eart-India ships, who lav at
the furtheft distance from the enemy, had four killed and
forteen wounded ; among the num-ber of the killed is
Lieutenant Kieth of the Jason, a brave and worthy offi-
Scveral cf the East-India ships have buffered in their
marts, yards, and rigging, but nothing that will impede
the Voyage, or which cannot be repaired even here with
security.
The fate of the Infernal fire-lhip, and Terror bomb,
deserves to be particularly related : they had come from
the Lie of May two days before, and lay to th? eastward,
without all the ships, notwithstanding my orders in writ
ing had been Strictly given, and punctually communicat
ed, for all the small ships to anchor within the rest. The
Te,r ,r had fyrung her bowsprit, and was filing ofit, with
her rigging loole, when the enemy appeared," ana one of
the sixty-sour gun ships laid ner on board,
I he I error catched fire, and tii> enemy dur.l: not take
peflehion of her, though often invited so to do by Capt.
Wood. She then cut her cable, and went, to sea, wfoa
fire tort her bi^prit and fore-mart.
One of the french ships again followed her in this
miserable condition, and fired several shot at the Terror -
yet Capt. Wood, feeing us preparing to come out, would
not ftrixe his colours, but bravely contrived to set some
flay-fails and Aided oft in that shattered condition.
Admiralty Office, June 19, 1781.
Exfradl of a letter from Captain Farfhaw,' of the
Egmont, to Mr. Stephens, dated at Sea, the
3 yl cf lap month.
In the course cf our voyage from Jamaica,
the Endymion took the French flrip le Mar
quis de la Fayette, - - Gallethea, com
mander, 1200 tons, mounting 40 guns, (pierced
for 60) 200 men, laden with arms and eloath
ing on account of the American Congreh, and
bound to Philadelphia, after an handsome run
ning action of about two hours.
Advices were received from Peterfburgh on
Monday evening, by which we learn that
Admiral Grieg had taken the command of a
squadron of ten fail of the line, and hoiked
his flag on board the Jezekil, of 74 guns,
and will fail in a very short time. The ad
vices add, that though his destination re
mains to the public a secret, it is generally
thought it is for England.
Tuesday a commission passed the great seal,
appointing Robert Digby, Esq; Rear Admi
ral ot the Red, commander in chief of his
Majesty's (hips and veflels employed on the
coall of North-America, and a commission for
Sir Henry Clinton, for granting pardons tohis
Majesty's fubjefts in America.
There would arise, as a
surplus of grants, — £246, 171 I s s
And this ne thought would be no more
than it would be prudent to retain in the
Exchequer, as a fund to answer occasional
deficiencies. Here his Lorcfhip concluded, and
his several motions were agreed to without
oppofitior ; after which the House was re
sumed.
®f ditto; n board ditto.—Lieutenant C? ~ o^'t/.c §?t
regiment, on board the Pondicherry arrndt^mfrort. Lie
tenant Morris, of ditto, in, a boat coding from the Jhor&-
Left R^b, rafter of th Perfeoife armed trO}^.-
Tbc Surgeon of the ' fiery Etf-Indiafife.
Officers wounded. Lieutenant Donah! Caribe!!, ,
the Terror homb ^efel.—Lieutenant Hind, of thegßtb %.
men:.—Enfgn Scott, of ditto; on board the Fortitude L^.
Indiamaa.
, . .£--3,776,095 ,0 ng
i owaros raising this supply, cne ways and
meansalready voted amounted 1021,423 6511.
23. ^d. and there yet remained a good deal
more to be voted, which he would now pur
pose. His Lordship then moved, as relolu
tions, toat the following sums be appropriated
to the service of the year.
Surpluses arifir.g out of
the Sinking Fund, — 1,742,912 2 2
Balance in the hands of
the public Accountants,
reported by Commiffion
css Accompts, 400,000 o®
Ditto, net in the report
but audited and pdfed,
though not yet paid into
' hc f x^eg^er- - 29,701 17 9^
Balance to be paid by
the EaR India Company, — 402,000 0 0
Sum arising from the
file of ceded islands,
French prizes, &c. 14,000 0 0
Allthe articles amount
ed togetherto £2,588,613 19
Which, added to the
former grants, would
inike the total cf ways and
means, - — 26012,265 2 44 |
Now the supply a
mounting to no more
^ an 23,766,093 011|
Monday, sane 18. In a committee of fupvly,
Lord North moved, that the sum of 3,200,0001.
DC granted to his Majesty for the purpose of
paying off navy and victualling bills, which
was agreed to without opposition. His Lord
ship also moved, that 5,200!. be granted for
the relief of Sufferers by the riots. He observed
that a great many of those unfortunate per
sons had re imbuifed themselves by prosecut
ing the Magribates, or inhabitants of the Jif
tricts in which they lived; but several of those
whose damages were less than an hundred
pounds, were usable to afford the expence of
a lawsuit, cobfequently without this parlia
mentary relief they could never obtain any
fatisfadion for their losses, and though the sum
was a small one, it appeared from the estimates
given in, that an hundred and sixty poor Of
ferers would be relieved by it.
This proportion was agreed to, and closed
the supplies of the year.
The house being relumed, immediately re
solved itfelf into a committee of ways and
means, when Lord Nyrth rose again, and
finally wound up the financing business of the
session. He Rated that the following funis had
been voted for the services of the present year:
For the navy, - - 8,956,27) 5 8
For the ordnance, includ
ing the land and-sea service,
and both the estimates, 1,316,4.84 . 7 1
For the army, including'
ordinaries & extraord,naries, 7,815,540 113
For paying off Exchequer
b IL, c arged on the aid of
the present ; ear, 3,400,000 0 0
F^r paying the Exchequer
bills granted by a vote of
crc ,'> , ~ 1,000,000 0 0
For the civil establish
ments cf the plantations, 19,000 0 0
For miscellaneous services
and deficiencies of former
giants, in all 1,288,790 16 0%
Prisoner. Ga^tain Henry .D'aferre Darby, com
blander of bis Majeftfsfre-Jbi, Infernal,, taken prifono
y the French.
GEORGE JOHNSTONE.
HOUSE of COMMONS.
From the LONDON GAZETTE.