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CAPTURE OF THE SPANISH SQUADRON.

To the account of the action fought °X Cape
St. Mary, whkh we gave yesterday, we are en-
abled to add several new particulars. Our squa-
dron, consisting of the bide:l:24: .6!e,, Capt an
Moore ; the Wipe, Capt. G ; the Li • Capt.
Hamond ; and the Awphian, Capt. Suttiin ; had,
in consequence of secret intelligence received by Go-
vernment, been dispatched from the Channel fleet
(-it Brest to cruise tilt Cadiz. Of the nature of
sir instruelions we have already informed our
r: iders. When the Spanish squadron tell in with
tileni, Captain Moore, who age,! as Commodore,
sent an Officer on board the Admiral's ship, to COM-
sotinicAte to him the orders he had received ; and re-
questing him, as the question of peace or war de-
pended upon the issue of the negotiation carrying
on wish Spain, to accompany him with his vessels to
an English port until the result should be officially
known. The Spanish Commander expressed his
surprise at the communication, but employed the
time allowed him to co:isider of it in attempting
to elle& his escape. Continuing to keep his course for
Cadiz, a gun was tired ahead of him to bring him to.
No attention being raid to it, but on the contrary
the Spanish frigates crowding all their sail, our
vessels pursued, and a running fight commenced,
the event of which we have already mentioned.
The Adel, having a Rear Admiral on hoard,
was engaged with the AdrfativiVe; the Mercedes,
engaged with the Arephirm, blew up; La Fania, bear-
ing a Commodore's pendant, was engaged with the
ifeidiise. to which she struck; but, on the latter
getting out her boats to take possession, she made
sail, and WAS getting ahead, when the Lierly, to
which the Vara had struck, chased, and having come
up with her, atter a smart aftion, in which she lost
two men, and six wounded, and La Few; four
men killed, and forty-seven wounded, the !after
struck her colours. The Spanish frigates fought
with great bravery, and every thing was ready for
anion, as they had about an hour to make the ne-
cessary preparations. 'llse amount of treasure on
board, consisting of draws, bullion, tee. is esti-
mated at upwards of a million sterling. The whale
of the crew of the 31,-ref/es, which blew up, we la-
ment to say. perished, to the number of three hun-
dred. She fought for half an hour with peat in-
trepidity before the fatal explosion. Neither of the
other two captured vessels bad arrived at Pnri.smouth
when our letter of yesterday morning came away.
Three more frigates were expeete.l to sail from the:
river Plata in the course of a fortnight after the sail-
ing of the Spanish squadron.