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eras freitttently engaged with the batteriearand gitn•
boat% tttiir Baia ; captured a pi:sleet:a from thence
,erith inrop:destitted for Procula ;
landed Jiiiri-
Tarviporivil by some Sicilian guts-boat", and
e.tryyett a battery, with winch he had been tor
iprehtiato tine cligag.ii, iif four forty-two pounders and
a iflbertilea : nod, on the 37th of June, Cap-
taetrai Status and Mitforit attacked the enemy a
frigate and corvette, which, with a number of gun-
;pladipa, were mooring from Bois to the Mule of
91101eples. The action lasted front ve‘rii till half-
•p,„st Eight p.m. with th- frigate Otte csiArtte out.
tailing net ieoch,,sooti made the beat of her way to
Uunng the Kreuter part of the Mile. the
Cyaiie was Within poitol-shut of the enemy's frigate,
out from her beingUlb near the shore, and supported
by a 'number of On-boots unit batteries, was not
able to continue the action. It is with rincent eon.
cern I have to infotin your Lordship, that, during
• the ection, Captain Staines, arid both the Leute-.
acute of the Crate, were wounded; but tier ship
wee fought, the letter'part of the action, by Mr.
Joseph Miller:tie rthlirtereof whom Captain Staines
sustaks fN the highest• tallow, and beg" to recom-
mend to your Lordship. .The Captain speaks also
"way highly of the conduat of Lieutenarit James
Halt, first of the Cyane. sod of every officer and
man under his conunaust.
I luter the honour to transmit, ender soother co-
wer, a list of the killed and wounded on board the
Cynne, on the ifith and g7th of June. Captain
Swine, has lost his left arm out of the socket at his
alioulJer, and is wounded also in the side, bit, is in
a fair way of recovery. Lieutenant Hall is also se-
verely wounded in the thigh and arm, but there is
every reason to hope he nil! do well.
I have the tumour to &c.
(Sighed) GEORGS, MARTIN.
P. S. In risidit to the guaboate captured or
destroyed, eleVen smaller arinedffiessels were taken,
and four destroyed the sante day.
I will de myself the honour of transmitting to
your Lordship. lay the next oppoi twiny, a copy of
Vie articles of the caprtulatioo of the islands of
Iwhia.and_rt,thdi.
lAgtpotl) GEORGE MARTIN.
rice-Adosital Lord Collingswood, Cum-
, pmander-la:Ckier, Ste. lee Me.
£lll.l ef Often, !wawa, and Niacin's killed and wounded
fen NUirsty'm ship Cystic in article with the
an-buiti batteries in the Say of Naples, urn
' I • 'Ott.'"
i• oinnimu'esplais of the maiiitup ; Jobs
• Emma, boy 24 ditss.rso , _
Wumuleda.Daral Ispints.„thasteesdnate, dangerously ; John
. Pbtlhys,ordinary seaman, slightly ; 'Alexander Lawson,
wintery seaman, ditta,,:-Ftinmas is ilten, lanilman, ditto;
„lobo Sweeney, urdiellip seaman, slate ; J macs ‘latt!tews,
able sissencriete Julia Rellierforsi, aisle seaman, ditto.
_iraimets, and 31ariues, kilt. d mid sounded
iarti Hia4siMatyas ship Cyst's., Thomas Staines, Esq.
aptaia.M acmes witti a:. enemy's frigate, corvette' gun-
boats, and haw., ics, in the Bay of Naples, on the a 7th
June, itln9
ileel Josef, ordiuley seaman; Berry,
*r:v.it a wallet'.
W n. kst—TllnialAS Slain..., Captain, dangerously ; James
First la:lite,iasit, ditto; Thomas Brewer, laudrnen,
doe; Tkimas Deues, able seams, ditto; James Caes-
ium, ab e 'local', badly ; William Rieeronsi, ordinary slew.
Run .5.11., ‘Ulltbew B.pib, private of marines, ditto;
prirate of meanies, dale ; John Ferrier,
efJoad ,sii.idenset, slightly; John Taylor, 3lisisitipataa,
dlto Bowan, Quarter-Muster, dirks; William
trace Wisaiter-Master's Mate, ditto; Carlos Philately,
wonesseisc, ditto; James Haydn., aresourees-niate, ditto;
Walkain Kuhr, able seaman, ditto; iAilfiw Jackson,
hide selutius, ditto ; J mes l'esese, ordinary seamen, ditto ;
isher.strshur,hov, ditto ; Joan Negrito's, serioLoi of oil-
, Vies, duo; Juhu Wedge, private 54 marines, ditto.
Ville de Pans, a Two lea, July 31,1009.
1114111-1 inelnale a letter Irmo Clytiles Griffith", to
hie lam before in:. Lassie Cdoomissiotiert of the
Admiralty, Will% sit as nuul of an attack made
by the hoes of the Topsar, on Mio• of the enemy's
v.,7ssels, lying at anchor m the road of Urinate, on
the coast of ALiauim, which were wit i great gallan-
try boarded and brought out, trotwithstaaffing the
uppusitsou ofw NX7 superior force; three of them
being vesorlasqftslorly armed for war, and m com-
plete preriasstion for ntaistairce.
Tlik conduct and spirit of Lieutenant Hammond,
oar Ott occasion, it deserving of the highest praise.
Mr. Ilaescion the Acting Master, the Lieuteuants
Meeree anifdalsted, oftlie Royal Marines, and the
ettieroficers sad tocu,supiouried him in a manner
.10i :Of their character, as British Seamen and
d, I have the Senora to be, &c.
Tsar COLLINGWOOD.
Mel A W. role.
avlse Mspesay's ship Topaz,. off Pest),
Jane I, tang.
. observing nine of the enemy's
moos at anchor in the road of Dentate, behind the
roof of roam, under the fortress of St. Manna, and
tholes{ t;i shoo could nor, with safety, op-
prase+ near enough to destroy them, I dispatched
the boots, soder Mr. Charles Hammond, my First
Lieutenant, with the Officers named In the margin',
to bring them out.
They were olrhgrd to eon along. outside the reef,
(arid also after rounding it,) exposed to the galliog
fire of their whole force, and within half
shot, a period great anxiety to me, lint which hiss,
from great good tortoise, lire's uttesided with the
loss of only one marine killed, one seaman slightly
wounded. The enemy *offered much in their re-
treat when boarded.

This attempt, made in open daylight, speaks so
fircibly for itself, that I have only to inclose •
statement of it. result. I should be wanting to
every sense of dittyilif I did out mention my high
itdittirnti•n of the stohng gallantry of every officer
and seaman employed out this service, and in re-
conitneudiug Limon-arid Hamm 1, in the strong-
est manner, to mince. I may be permitted to call
to recollection my former reports of this officer, 9f
the severe wound lie received in capturing two *r
enemy's vessels on this coast, whereby his right
hand is all but lefties*, and to add the obit: support
I received from hies in the recent reucontre with the
I: tench frigate.
The conduct of Mr. George Gerson, the Acting
Master, who has pissed for a Lieutenant, while it
entitles lulu to every essenseedatiow I can bestow,
is but the coutierallim of that winch I have for
three years witnesses{ in him, and I hope 1 May be
allowed tea ashen attrationt Go his genuine merits.
1 ants Le.
(S* 10011) A. J. Gilt WIPITNI, Captain.
Gawp Wardbiaglea. moist, kilted.

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Heary Johnson, seaman,,aligistly wounded.
Captain Fyre, His slijesi)... ship
Magoiricent, Ice. ere..
List of the Enemy's Vase's raptured and destroyed by the
Bosie of His Majesty's ship Toliasc, tool,. at Maws,
May di, Isn't.
&beck, La imbed, of A rim, 6 swivels, and SS men,
Mona tdartin, Enseigse dt Venoms ; taken.
Cotter, Lo Menteur, of a gluts watt 11 men, P. Gabriel,
Enseigse dr Vaimeau , taken
Felucca, L'Espersoce, of 3 guns and 18 114C11, commander's
name aataawa ; token.
Gnu-bust, name uukuown, of I gun and 15 men ; de-
stroyed
Gas host, name uukaorn. of 1 gun and iy men ,
de-
atn, ad.
Trabaccola, name unknown, of sto tons; destroyed.
Traimscridn, name unknown, of do tuns; destroyed.
Balancelles, San Joao, of to two , taken.
lesbaccula Sau Nicolai, of 14 Ions; taken.
The above vessels, except La Joubert, loaded with tim-
ber and brandy, on goveraineat account, cargoes much need-
ed at Corfu. A. M. GRIFFITHS, C:,; tom.
Copy Oa Letter from Captain Barrie, of His Majesty's Ship
Putnam, addressed to Vice-Admiral Lord Collingemul,
nod transmitted by his Lordship to the Hon William
Wellesley Pule.
Ponamie, off Cape Bon.June 13, 1803.
MY LORD-1 am to acquaint your Lordship that
at eight o'clock this morning, Cape Bon baariag
S.W. diatom seven miles, after a short chair, 1 c.sp-
lured the Neapolitan privateer La Locieu Charles,
coininanded by Chevalier Charles Lucien Prevost
de.Boissi, Adjutant-General dc France, °nicer de
In Legion d'Hotineur. Le Lucien Charles is a new
brombarde of about sixty tons; shit mounts one
twelve and two orix-pounders, and is wag found in
small arias, with a complement of fifty-three men ;
she is ten days from Naples, mid has not made any
capture. Being much surprised to find an officer
of General de Boisai's rank in the command of a
smell privateer, I caused the must diligent search
to be made for papers; but moue were 4i:covered.
except those that relate to the Bonsbardo; it is for-
tunate the Pomona Ml to with this privateer, Hs
two very valuable Smyrna ships were in sight at the
time of her capture.—l have the honour to be,
Roarer BA RRIE.
Write of a Letter from Capt. Campbell, of His Majesty',
Ship the Nassau to the Hun. William Wellesley Pok,
dated off the Star; Polar, the bib umlaut.
Be pleased to inform Inv Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty, that, at daylight this morning,
standing up Channel with the East India tionvoy,
observed a suspicious lugger standing to the south-
ward, distant about time. miles ; made all sail in
chase, but the 'weep dying array, I sent four boats
under the command of Lieutenants Gregory, Pyile,
Drake, and Jackson, wbo volunteered ; and, after
a chase of two hours, mime op with and carried
her. lam wall lasialliede had she beeu of touch
greater force, they would have hoarded her.
She proved to be the Jean Bart, French lugger
privateer, of 'lour goos and twenty-five men, be-
longing to Saint Motives, commanded by Louis ()t-
-inier Pilvease, Enseign de Vaisseau, ere days out
from the Isle de Bus, and had made no captures.

We are sorry to state thin the fine new rope.
house, at Malta, took fire on Suuday, the 9th of
July, at about half-past seven in the niorning, and
in less than ten minutes it was in flames from oae
end to the other. The coi,flagration threatened
destruction to every part of the dock-yard, hut by
the prompt exertions of the navy sod army (front
whom there was immediate assistance), it was kept
under, and almost extinguished by one o'clock at
noon, with the loss only of the ropery and pitch
store.—l'lne flames were only six feet from the
hemp stores; hail they taken fire, every thing in
the %aril must have been destroyed.
We learn, by the arrival of the Pickle from Co-
ronas, which port she left on the :Sidi ult. that the
Defiance, Capt. HOMAN; Norge, Capt. RAI riga :
Derfieur, Sir Tuomas HARDY ; Zealous, Captain
Boys; Amazon, Captain PARKE& ; Ameba, Has.
Captain hay; and the Indefatigable, Capt. ROOO,
are tilting out the Spanish men of war lying there,
which, when they are ready for sea, are to be con-
veyed to Cadiz.—They are all tine ships, and
generally in good repair.—There are three of
120 guns, one of go guns, two 74's, two ,
fit's. three frigates, four brigs and corvettes;
there are also oar b 4 and a 74, in frame..
—The St. Magdalena, Veagerieza, and Esaieraida,
frigates. sidled from Comma nu the !td ult. 'rite
line-of-battle ships could net sail until men and
provisious were procured for them. Spaniards at-
tired there every day for the fleet, to prevent being
sent to the army. The arsenal of Ferrol is, as far
as beauty and convenience can make it, most cous-
kilete, and defended by a single-tier battery of 120
. pieces of ammo, of 32-pounders.—The stole-
houses are capacious and well-fitted; the basin is ex-
tensive and laud-locked, with slips for thirteen sail
. of the lbw, but there are two only now on the
docks, here they have been seasoning for nearly ten
years.
Several pieces of cannon, taken by the French,
hove been sent to Paris, by the Department of the
Mouse. Among them is one called The .Great
Frederick. weighing 70001 b a. and ornamented with
imocriptions.
On the morning of the 3d inst. the brig Viiurra,
of Liverpool, THooas SWAINSTORI. Master. from
Portsmouth, bound to Malta, laden with sugar. was
wrecked a little to the Eastward of the Lussnl ; the
Teasel went to pieces soon after she struck ; the
cargo is entirely lost, and two of the crew are
drowned.
The Lion, Reuel, from Dublin to Quebec. is on
shore user Dundrum.
The Ajar, of 74 guns, Capatin O?wAY, is ap-
pointed convoy for the Mediterranean.
Three hundred and five men, drafted from the
three regiments of Foot Guards, and a party of
horse, left town, on Saturday, for Chatham. where
they are to embark for Sputum.
The Speeds:se!? berg", from Arundel to London,
is lost in Euchinore Bay.
The Haltfax, MAT, from Scilly to Gibraltar. is
taken, amid carried into Algiers,
The CAorlaite. NICOLAS, frau Dublin to Ply-
month, foundered, on Bth December.
On Saturday morning. the guard and coachman
of the London Mail were brought before the Ma-
gistrates of Portsmouth, to answer a charge of
driving furiously and improiserly through the Pints-
mouth Gates, to the imminent danger of several
prisons. Upon consideration of its being their first
offence, and their expressing great contrition for
such improper conduct, they were discharged with
an admonition.