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London, England, 1807-08-31 00:00:00

FRO3I SATURDAY NIGHT'S a4227T1

AtiiiireinpOjrare, alagitst 29, 11107.
Copy of a latter front Admiral the Right Honour,lde Lord
Gardner, Coonsandesuin-Chief of His Majesty% ships and
vessels in the Channel, Smash ,gs, he. to the Nonnutablv
W. W. Pole, dated on board His Majesty', ship Villa tie
Paris, off Ushant, August 21, 18 .7.
Sta—l inclose herewith for their Lordships' in-
formation, a copy of a letter which I have ju.t
received from Captain Malcolm, uf the Narcissus,
giving an account of the capture by that ship of the
Cautela schooner, belonging to the Spanish navy,
bound from Rivadeo to South America with tits-
patches, which, it appears, were thrown overboard
during the chase.
The pr:ze has passed through the squadron for
gucland ; and the letter for Captain Malcolm was
fonveyed to me by the Rose sloop, which I sent to
munine her. I have the honour to be tte.
GAIDNItIt.
Hu M.:.jesty'e she? halcosus, Attica,
August 19, UM.

Me Lotto-1 ha►e the honour to inform your
L,, that yesterday, after ten hours chase,
so Jar. L 5 deg. 39 min. N. long. 10. 20 min. W.
I captered the Spanish mar of war schooner Can-
tele, pierced for twelve guns, but only carrying
six, and twenty nine men, commanded by apt
Joseph de 'Toledo, a Lieutenant in the Spanish
tray. She was charged wigs dispatches for South
America, %voids. with her guns and a boat, she
threw overboard :hiving the Liiase, she sailed from
Rivadeo on the 16th inst. and was bound to the
Dearest port she could get to. Sct is a fine copper-
bouoused •essel, perfectly new, being, her first
voyage, sod sails well ; is wall Lund, and appears
calculated for His Majesty's service.
1 have the hon. tut to he, &e.
CusaLrs Mat.cotst.
To Ow ight Honourable Lord Gaulocr, drc .te s.

Copy ofa letter from Vics•Admiral Rowley, Cu .iiiianldr in
Claim of His Mitigated ships god 'vistas in the Downs,
te the H•tnottrable Wiliam Wellesley Pole, dated the dlith

Wawa.

Sta—l have the honour to transmit, for their
Lordships information, a copy of a letter which I
have receiver& from Commodore Owen. giving an
account of the capture of a French coercing sloop,
under circumstances, which. I have no doubt, their
Lordships will contider highly creditable to the
officen and men who were employed in the Clyde's
boats. I have the honour to be. &e.
B. S. Raw Lev.
Clyde, off Fecsov, Aaiun tar 7.
Sta-t--I this morning observed • coasting sloop
passing along the enemy's shore from the westward,
with a very light brebte, and iskiered Lieutenant
Strong with the boats of this sluop to intercept her
between Ypont and Fecamp.
She ran on shore near ni.t former place, the bat-
tery of which opened a fire on the boats in ap-
proaching; blve was, Uesidts, defended by two par-
ties of men with me.ketry, one Slaiinred on the
beach, the other on the cliff., as well as by a field-
piece and 1110/111T•
The fire of musketry was sil.toced, and the men
disp rwd, by a few steady Tellies tram nor boat ;
z. ugh it were rtr IRA in several pl.tces, the
sloop was towed off w t em a ni4n on cur bide
being hurt. notwithstanding the tide Forced them to
coo. w..ii :.er u e Moot the batteries at Fecamp
at point blank distance.
She is oausel Les Trots Santry, of Caen. laden
with Plaster of Paris, and hound, I believe, to
Boulogne ; but no papers were found on boatel
tar.
1 cannot praise too highly the condua of Lieut.
Strung in this hula affair ; and I learn from him
With the greatest saristaftion, that every commen-
dation is deserved by the other officers and men em-
ployed. 1 hare the honour to be, Ice.
(Signed) E. W. C. R. Owes.
ViorsAdenind Rowley, due. ice.
The Honourable Rear-Adrniral Sir Alexander
Cochrane. Commander in Chief at the Leeward
l-lands. has traiismi•ttd to this office two letters
which he I:ad received from Lie•reunut Stewart.
ening Commander of His M 4jesty's shop Port
d'Esp.gme, a:.l Lieutenant Er :syn. commanding
the Eclair Schooner.

The former givii'g an account of tl;e capture of
a Spanish privateer, the Merced •, carrying two
guns and two swivels, with this ; y men, in the
Culph of Paria, on the ti:h of Ju:ie I tst, by Lieu-
tittant Hall, of the above sh.np, with tw:nty-five
men, in a Itnocer disguised AS a neutral. Lrethe-
nant I Lai, an a very c, nl ht.avell.Arlner, Li.; the
privateer on board after t xdrangi,ig musketry, and
receiving the fire horn Iwr gu:,.; and his cundua,
as also that of Mr. Sutherland, midAripaiati, and
the seamen and marines einphyed un the occasion,
is highly recommended to notice by Lieutenant
Stewart. Tao men were wounded on the side of
the captors. 'llse privateer had three killed, one
drowned, and three wounded.

The latter, stating the capture, on the 9th of the
Same month, off Voint Cedar, rit a Spanish' armed
row-boat, manned with ten men, by the cutter of
the Eclair, commanded by Mr. Dividion, mid-
slripman, with six men ; the crew of the row-boat
mating their escape on slu.re at.rr au hour's heavy
firing,
Inc Rear-Admiral also stater, that another row-
boat privateer had been cai Lured in the Liulph of
Palle by the Attentive gun yowl.