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tity at &Ur .zit board, intended. for the pitriaes 01
Guadeloupe. ,I have the honour to be, Lc.
(Signed) A tza. Coca Salt&
Rosamond, at sea, Dec. tot meg.
Sr—al have great satiallt.tion in acquointing you
that, on Sunday, the 17. h instant, while running
down on the North side of Granterre, I received
informatiou from tile boat of a small privateer be.
lungiug to Antigua, eoiniitoud,si by a Mr. Morris,
that a French uatiunal brag was netweea Guade-
loupe and Montsertut; on which I immediately
proceeded in the direction pointed-out, and at noon
was fortunate enough to get sight of her, and; after
a chase of thirty-mght hours, she surrendered to
His Majesty's sluop under toy command, close in
with Santa Cruz. She it the national brig Le
Papillon, command by Monsieur de le Grottier',
Capitailac de Frigate, mounting fourteen twenty.
four-pounder carronades, and two long sizes, with
one hundred and ten men oil board, Unity of whom
are troops. She was from Bourdeaux, bound to
Guadeloupe, had been thirty-thrre dabs out, wills
three hundred barrels of dour on board, eighty of
which she threw ovyrb4ard during the chase. The
Papillon is a vessel of large dimensions, two years
old, sails fast, mad appears to me to be well valets-
hated, in every point, fur His Majesty's service.
It is a pleustug part of my duty to represent to
you •the alacrity and zeal sheen by every °Ricer
and man under any command during the chase,
and I beg to intr., lure to your notice Lieutenant
Henry Loney, First Lieutenant, who chewed him•
self on this and all other occasions, a most setae
and zealous Officer.
I have the honour to be, Ac.
(Sighed) B. WALLER.
rose-Aaltairal the Hon. Sir AWL Cochrane,
Pontine, ender Marts Galaate. Dec. as, mem
Sta—Betug at anchor iu Fort It royal Bay. Mar-
tinique, on the 16th instant, a man of war brig,
far in the offing, to leeward, appeared with a signal
flying that she had been chased by the enemy's fri-
gates; I immediately made the signal to the Per-,
len, then on her way towards Go rdaloupe. to speak
the brig. and to proceed according to the intelli-
gence she might obtain ; the Aktuene• was ordered
to weigh sod follow ; anal the Sceptre, Alfred, mid
Freida. whirls had at that moment joined swei were
not allowed to anchor, but to leave their flat boats,
and proceed also.
Somme as I heard from Captainli'etherall, of the
Ohservatenr' the brig wh:ch ma-le the sissal, that
die enemy'afrigateN four in number. had captured
and bona Majesty's ship Juneau (beleogns,; to
ti:e Halifax Squadron), obnet 150 mile. to aunt-
ward of Guadeloupe, and that the Olwervatrur had
escaped by superior sailing, I proce.ded to sea with
this 'hip sod the Aberenisuble. sand arrived off the
Sainte, early in the morning of the loth; and Ghost
woos 1 wan informed by Captain Elliott, of His Ma-
jesty's sloop Pettisk, that two of the cloirsy'isfrt.
gates were at anchor about three leagues to the
northward and westward of the town of Basseterre ;
1 thee directed Captain Fahie. of the Abercrombie,
to remain nod guard Point-re-Petre, and Captain
Watson, of the Altred, to guard Ir iseterre, and
made all mil its this ohip.with ea intention of attack-
mg the euerny ; but, ma approaching nearer. i rtia.
roratsid the Bearer, of the line, the blonde. Tools,
Freija. an. Castor. frigates, and Cjgot, Hazards
and Itisgdure, sloops, and Elizabeth ischotiocr.
renaly to cf.:mener the attack ; I therefore did last
interfere soh Ina judicioao arrenaeroamt riff C4tleio
Ballard of the Scepttc, the senior Capita* sari had
only an opportunity of vaitorsata:g she engagement;
balling and light winds prevensing the Potence
from getting withiu gun-shut until the echos had
ceased. and the tate tngates old Nutmeg,. which
defended tin• ancheroge, completely destroyed.
The Blonde. Thetis, Cygnet, I latarri, anal Ring.
Jere, bur the brunt of the amien Irma tt.eir being
o-head of the other Skip*, and by the animated ire
kept up from them. one of the enemy'', forties
was eery soon rlisnalsted, when the men began to
desert their ships. and km.) after set fire to them.
Upon this, Capt. Causeron, of the /lizard, with
the boats of the squadron, gallantly landed and
stormed the buterie.s, which were still annoying
our ships both with cannon and musketry, mud in
the act of hauling down the enemy's colour*. he fell
by a swivel shot. In him the service has lost r brave
and distinguished officer, and ebb, with Lieut.
Jenkins, First of the Blonde. also killed, have left
earls a widow and family to lament their lose.
The names of the frigates destroyed are, I un-
derstand. the Loire mid Seine, pierced for forty
guns each, but had sionemiounted on their gamma..
decks or forecastles; they were moored in a strong
position in Agee La Barque, with their broadsides
toward the gamester, which was defended by a heavy
battery, now demolished, and the megazines blown
up.

1 am informed by the seven primmers brought off
fruin the *bore. that these .hips had not their full
complement of seamen. but that they had four
hundred troop. on hoard, and 61 y artillery-men,
which all ...cared. with the exceptioa of the above
seven. and twenty others taken in a recaptored-
vcs.el ; lint all the warlike stares and provisions.
ioteoded for the garrison of Guadeloupe, were
Wows op in the frigates.
I inclo.e • list of killed and wounded ; the
Blonde's loss is rather severe, and so is, I have rea-
son to believe, the enemy's, who had time to save
nothing but their clothe..
I had every rea►on to be highly pleased in wit-
nev►lug the emnlatino and bravery displayed ivy the
several shire in clos.ng with the enemy ; and I re-
quest inn to make the same known to the Lards
Commis ionerw of the Admiralty ; also Capt. Bal-
lard's report, which is sent here. oh.
I have not yet been able to fall in with the other
two frigates ; but I am in great hopes of prevent-
ing their arrival at Guaaaloape. I hare,
MA:. COL MIA N

!moire, of GoadsWiwi, Dee is, 1609.
St ft—The moment I took barge of the wiltinlion
you did me the honour to glare nude, any command.
1 that instant rejected the eneuiy's truce. coo-
ci tying it a mere French finesse. to proerastiliate
our muck on their frigates, at an anchor iu Port a
la Duch..
The Copt.ans of the squadron most readily eater.
ed into my plans, which. and that res.ly seal toa.
nif•-sted throughout the Nostiton. claim me most
grateful thanks. To Captains and Muller,
all possible ruse is due for so judiciously placing
their ships. us • situation nearly amiihilatiog the