The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-11 00:00:00

but. owing to light variable winds, and tl.e tide set-
ting to the .Wen.watel. was nut able vs g:t. within
gunshot of him- telore five p re. Ac that time
he had his vessel mooted with springs on his coulee,
and a stream anchor on shore. that kept hint ead
on ; he had two hang twen.y-four-pnenders i•
how, which went over and river us as use were work-
ing in shore. Ac -half-past five opened nut fin:
on him; and in ten minutes forced him to cut his
cables, and tun on shore. I min'. that sonae of
our shot must have stuck Win between wind and
water, as he was not two Minutes on :shale before
she was full of water, and WI on her broadside ;
that time our grape
snot was going over loin She
was one of the arrest privateers on the sr ttinn ;
I am informed m meted ten guns, two long twenty-
four pounders, and two 14OR sea peundeis, and as
twelve pounder ra•ror.aden said en have betwixt
ninety And ore lotni'red men on hr Afd, of wnich he
must have lost a great number, as the sett was
high no the beacn, which prevented me from
sendite, my boats in to cut away his masts, which
was the only thong that could be done, as the sea
was going half-mast up on laniard of him ; they
brought a heavy gun down on shore to lieu on us,
but I am happy to inform your Lordship did us no
damage ; I have nn person hurt on bu.ivd. On the
28t1), I stood into .he bay, to see what was become of
him ; found him a coneilete wreck, with his mizen
mast over :he s.de.
I have the honour to be, &c.
('.igred) \V. ItAITT.
To the Right lion f..rn Co'lingwood, Com-
mander in Chief, tlct.. arc.
Copy of smother Lett ,r from Vicc-A4rnind Laid Csitingwwwl
to ‘l.3fAe.i, dated e• hma.d t Oman, of
Cad's, Ayr- a. 184,7.
Sts—l inrln,e to you a letter from Captain Sec-
etimbe. of His Majesty's slop clue Glatton, jrd-rnv.
ing me, test the boats of that ship. under the orders
of Licureastit Watson, had au,cked and captured
a Ti.rkish ship t.t ten gun , I}i ig in the Pert of
Sigri. lam sorry to add, Litutiniant %Vetoers and
four marine:were kill:Ain ntract,ard nine men
wounded; • list of tlien I Indus**, and ans, Sir,
&c. ice. the. (S.gned) Cho incwoon.
lin Silajcsty%SlipGliaton. ~ft .
sth blarcli, 101.
St a—l have the honour to acquaint you, that,
from infnemuion I had of talned of one of the an.
anal Turkish ships from Alisantilria, bound to Con-
stuntinople, heir& at an -anchor in the Port of Sipti,
li felt it my duty to 37 ustutio it the Ist instant, the
boats of His Majesty's shot Giattop, under the
orders of Lieutenant kldwaid W*tson, for the pur-
pose of surprising and capuirtng her, covered by
H's Majesty's brig L'ffivelathelle, in'whicb I have the
satishiglion to infoirp you whey rely
cOnte succeed-
ed, and have, this nvenlng, *Ought her to an an-
chorage off Penedos.
On this oecasi.o. 1 am sorry to add, the service
has to lament the Ira of Lieutenant Watson, wha
commanded the boarding party, together with that
of one ionje.nt, one corporal. and two private ma-
rines, killed; and four seamen and five marines,
wounded.

Fo•t y stir fuller information I have, to state, she
proves to be a veg,t! um:shad formerly bees a French
C.AiVeltfg of eighteen guns, ten of which Jive
mounted.

The enndua of Lieutenant Skinner, of His Ma.
jesty's or.g L'llirordelle. as aliso that of Liente.
nants Tsu.hon •nd Sandwith, of the Royal 17111flOtio
and nt the semen and marines composing this de-
tachment, Vas been such as to mere!' he highest
commrndation. 4 hive the hor nor to he. &c

'biomes Sacceatm
Vice-Adati:al Sir J. T. Du kworth, K H.

&c Sc. ac
Itevam or Offi Ale, Sea site, urd 14.1ar;.te. kilfrd and wn.tri:.•4
in the service u: editing out a 'Eurkt.in Chip ifa tUx Pe,V

Sigri.
Edward Watson, lieateuanr, WJlrrn Wrgiot, slejeent of
Jahn eurpo-rr of mum-d, CII.UIe• Whole,
pro•ate of 01.1,1.4 ed, John Norwood, p oy.te of .aa.imr, kits! I j
Wit Hamilton, seaman, William Williams, (i) stamen,
ll;aut Leigh, .eaman, Wi liaw Jat k on, reammt, Roiliest
Sea e, korliatu of In pigl.f, !MAC 110Ibi.ost, pri•atal of ma
nog, J.o.tosi U private of ma nee, .1.. h !frown, oriv..te
of uu fines, Ch away Kittle, private of marines, wounded.
lidad awl 9 wounded...l4.
THOMAS SECCUM#E. Captain
Fln Majesty's ship Clanton, Mateo S, IMO.

C.' of • (Ate r from C1,1t41.1 WEinli, of His Mr:tsty's
ship tn.. Lmete, to W die O Illavatru. LA. ; dated ti, two
Tll., the 24t • AOl,l, Id 7.
tits—He pleased to inform my Lords Commis
sinners of the Admiralty, tat. having received in.
formatien of a small Spoils's privateer plundering
Dane ta the Borlingv, i direttr.d Lieutenant tie-
mii,gs, of Or Richmond gun-tuig, to preeeed od
apd endeavour to oak- And destroy her. And
I have much pleasure in inclnsing a Coy of Lieu-
tenant Heiriiiigs's Letter to me .1 the 20th iastant,
informing me of his having done .0; and much
credit is dos to 11;s Sub. Lieutenant, Mr. Bush, for
his gallant coiteufl in efTening it, against a sope-
riority et force oi.posed to, and ready to remise,

L have sent eleven of the prisoners on hoard
the Fortune., to be sent tit England by the first
conveyance; the other, being badly wounded,
remains on board this s!, op.
I have the honour to be, dec.
(Sigurd) GEORGE hi.Krst.ev.
11., Majesty's Brie Richmond,
April 20, 15117.
Sm.—Agreeable to your order of the 12th, I to -t
no time in proceeding off the Burlings ; but the wind
blowing bard, with a heavy sea from the northward,
I did not reach them before the 16th. I continued to
beat to the northward. towards C tpe hlaudir, tilt
the 19th, when. seeing a lugger with Spanish colours
flying. at anchor in a hula bay, (not laid down in any
of my charts,) about sit leagues to the northward of
ter ache, I immediately began pro lumina, for de.
sir oying her ; and having ordered' the Gig and
Jolly Boat to be got ready as won as it was dark. I
sent them away, and, about ten o'clock. the boats
retutned with the Liner Mr. Bush, my Sub•
Lieutenant, and Ebenezer Lyons, my Boatsvrain't-
Mate, who commanded the boats, in:ormrd me that
the vessel was perfe&ly prepared, and that she dis•
discharged four large Enos at them as soon as she
perceived thy were within her reach. .by which, I
am sorry to say, three of our men were wounded,
one, I tear, dangerously.
I mug beg leave tn recommend the forbearance
of the officers anii men on this occasion ; who, not.
witt:stauding the Leary pus that time opposed to