The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-03-25 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHTS GAZETTE.

Admirnlty-Osloe, .111areh 24, 1607.
Catty of it Leiter from Rear.Admir4l St/ &lewd, renew,
Hitt. Commander in Chief of Ilia Mtietiro Shige and
Ve.szit iu the East M d .tc.l
on board the Cailuileis, Lt Madras Romig. 1,4 e 27th Au-
gust,

inclosed letters from Captains Plampin
and Lord George Stewart, will convey to their
Lordships, intelligence of the capture of 1.1 Bel.
lone, La Heariette, and Isle de France, Priesteers
from the Mattri!ius.

I relled, with much pleasnre, on the capture of
La Bellone in particiar, as well from her superior
sailing, as her uncommon success in the r res:nt and
preceding war, against the British Commerce, in the
Indian aad Europan Seas. The commercial interests
of this country aie particularly seemed :iy 1,VI" cap-
tive. which could not have been cape:l:Al i,at under
very favourable circumstances.
1 have the honour to he, ke. E. Patiew.
Witipy's Ship, regretful, God: Ray,

elk trinconiale, 16th July; 15.
I have the honour to infortn you, that on Wed-
nesday, the !XII instant, being at anchor in this Bay,
I received information, by a ship from Colombo,
that La Bellone privateer had retired to her old
cruising ground off Dondra Head ; in consequence
of whica I instantly put to sea, and sent direSions to
Captain Bastard, of the Rattlesnake (who was in
the Inner Harbour, taking in the iron ballast of the
Sheerness, agreeably to root orders) to follow, and
join me off the Basses, which he did the next morn-
ing at day-light. My intention was, if possible, to
heat up as far as Tengall, into which place La Bel-
lone had chaseS the drip above mentioned; but on
Saturday insuring, being to the soutbse.ard of the
Great Basses, I taand s4l much wind and such a
heavy sea, that the crippled state of nay masts
obliged me to hear up and run for the Little Basses,
intending to keep close in shore under their Ice.
The morning being very thick, the Rattlesnake Lad
fortunately separated in the afternoon; about a
quarter past three, being about seven miles to the
northward of the Little Basses, a ship was disco-
vered on our weather-beam, steering free, and steer-
ing sails set ; we were soon convinced it was La
Belone, and very shortly after we had the pleasure
to see the Rattlesnake broad on Its weather quarter.
so that he could not haul his wind from us, without
being forced to aaion by her, he therefore preferred
the ciunce of crossing between us and the shore,
having at that time a strong land wind, ar.d we
lying nearly bec alined ; in this hope he was decei es d,
and was by five o'clntk within gan.shot of us, at
which time he hoisted his colour:, ard fired a broad-
side at sts, and estottered a running fire until a quar-
ter before seven, at which time, finding there was no
possibility of getting from us, he struck his colours
an,l brought-to.
I am s,-rry to add, we had two men killed ant:
eleven wow) lad I the enemy acknowledge only one
kiilei, and six or seven wounded.
I have the honour to be, icc. R. PLAM era.
Rom Acumal St( E. pentra, Bart. Ste.

MR,

His Idajetty's Ship Pauarf..3l, Eueit•3
Tosite4..lnale, Jobe !!, 1806.

I have the honour to inf. um, that, pursuant to
your orders, I left Madras Roads early on the 4th
instant, and arrived at this anchorage in the Inre-
no is of the 1 I th. Having received intelligence that
the privateer, whose de.ciiption you favoured me
with, had been seri, bat a few days since in the
neighbourhood of liatecato ; I put to sea again in
the afternnon, and being el, se in with the land,
a-breast of Friar's Hood, the follawirt3. evening, I
continued standing to the Southward, undkr easy
sail, all night ; at day-break of the. lath, we disco-
vered a snip on the lee quarter. with the courses up,
on the opposite tack, and bad soon the pleasure to
be convinced, by her appearance and manoeuvres,
that it was the ship we were in seatch of. After a
chase of eleven hours, during the last hour of which
she continued firing her stern chaces over us (hap-
pily without effed). the enemy :wick his colours,
and brought-to. The ship proved to be La Hen-
riette, mounting twenty guns, four twelve-pounder
earronades, two nine-ponaders, and fourteen six-
pounders (four of the latter were hove over during
the chase) having on boardone hundred and twenty-
four men, including Officers. She sailed from the
Isle of France, on the-TM-of Apra. • .
I have the honour tube, &c. R. Ps.• stns.
To Rusr-Admiral Sir E,lward renew,
Rut. ac. are. Ac.
His 1114jrny'r slii; Denten, off the I,le of
SIR, Fr.t.ice, April ItS, 18c6.
I have the honour to infirm you, alter having
spoke His Majesty's ship P.valut, and delivered
your orders to Captain Wooldridge, for his further
proceedings, on my return to join you, I fell in
with. and captured, on the ath instant (after a chase
of five hours), the French brig privateer l: Isle de
France, mounting six twelve-pounder carrmadc,,
and two long brass nines (the former of which she
hive overboard during the chase), manned with
seventy-one men, and had only been out twenty-
four hours from port N. W. She is a very fine ves-
sel, almost new, cer-bottomed, and well found
in every thing (bottle to India).
1 have the honour to be, acc.

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(Signed) G. STUART.
Captain CanlAeht, Hit Majesty's snip
Remelt, AM. &c. &c.

Copy of snothos Letelf fres Rbr•Adai•alS.r Edwi,' Pelle.,
lisr•. to Windup Marsden, 64. skied on tiosrd 11. s Ni-
yo.ty's ship Culloden, Mad Roads, aituSer 1, 1606.
SIX—Yon will do me the ho.tour to lay btoore
their Lord+liips the :oclosegl Extraft of a Lgttet

• - ; - • •
from Captain Cote, oi s Nisiesty's i! t7rtdez
matins the capture of the k'retick correct
te 1
hen, of eighteen guns, sod one hundrrd and f!
men. I have the lioi:onr to be, &c. E.
utros ett
• Loner rr,ns Camara Crto.thwltee Cote I, 7,4
Si E. r Chia. • .
&t ail His Misissti's Skip Culludi.g, at Svo., Septetutt
t"
Fare the honour to report to you the capto-e
L'Ernilters ship corvette, of rig' teen Runs aroi ale
',mere& And fifty men. by His klaiesry's elip
der my coMmend, atter a chase which las'ed two
daps and It night. At two a. 111. on the 25,h,
got po,secsion of her doge cif the sho.rli ofIN,
wt
GoAdAveti. We tcand that ire had driv-n her ir
there the night before, and th.tt she had hove-set,
board twelve of her gun., and hail 10-t her ands's'
asd hors, bc(ore eke gut aft at itgrii:..
WAi formerly His M.riesry's et,,p
Ti int:ma'Emihi
le; is co formerly
xnd %TA,: c;insidit •
to he oar rrf the finest cruisers nit ef the :r
Fr
eit liicelam.—She
Li c ire;hetwet
oforheu.tniol;ay:dnii. fire. t
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tures size leaving the Isle of France, two
ago.

Co.s), of another Letter Irmo Rea, A,l,n,rai S., r:
to K•duan Vta.ootroo, fl ,r, d 0,1
A.:.;ahty`a Shio Pare lai, itto4l4
Ita."6

S,ll-1 have the honour to inclose a L•tter
from Captain Cramer, of His Maj-s,s's ship
Concorde, stating the cap!ure of a small Frectft
brig privateer, at Muscat, mounting two eig!itara.
pounders. I have the }mount to be 44.
(Signed) P
}(,; mip,ty\ch,..co,44, ~., ..v
SIR, Jeir , b
I have the honour to inform ps, that on my in.
rival at this place, I found a Fiend prita:eet brig
lying in the Cove, having been there nearly Lie
week's, and refitting for a era-se. f immechstiv
represented to the Sultan how wrong it was to.
allow French piivateers to conic into his (loft, Ind
to relit their vessels to cruise agtinst the Lnglis:s,
and requested he would send her oat ; after :a.
staining there three days, hr promisee, i; I wecia
go out of sight for twentysfour boor;, he secald
send her out, which I accordingly did ; hut is .4
dusk of the evening sent all my boats in, uniffe
orders of Lieutenant hideout, who fail in
at daylight, when she hau'ed down her co!-nr-.
She is culled the Vigilant, mounting two eighteens
pounders ; has been cruising See months in Ca
Arabian Gulph, and had captured one vessel, br
longing to Surat. --I have the honour to be, tkc.
J. Conan.