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Admiralq-Offices Jan. 30, 1808.

Copy of a Letter jrom Admiral the Eight Hot: \‘'
Lord Gardnei, Commander. in, Chief of His' Ma.
jesty's Ships' and Vessels in the Channel, Sound-
. tugs, &c. to. the Hon. IV. IV. Pole, dated, the zitlr
Instant.

SIR,

I inclose herewith, for the information of the
Lords Commissioners of the. Admiralty, the Copy
of Iv Letter which- I received from Captain Tower,
of the Iris, at Plymouth, giving an account of the
capture by that Ship, on the 24th inst. of the French
Lugger Privateer Marsouin, of 14 guns, {which,
with her anchors, it appears, were thrown over.
board) and having a complement of 60 men.
• I have the honour to be, &c.
GARDNER.
• His-Majesty's Ship Iris, Plymouth Sound,
. MY Loan, 25th Jun. iaos.
In returning from the Squadron =der. the Com-
mand of Sir Rictiani Kitig, Bart. I have. the honour
to intorm your Lordship, I tell in yesterday, off the
Lizard, with a French Lugger Privateer Marsouin,
armed with 14 guns and b 0 Men; which we cap-
.tured her guns and anchor* were thro n over.
board during the chace.
.It appears by the journal of her last cruize,
(dated 28th Odober, near Cork) and is corroborated
by the Role de l'Equipage, that in attempting to
board a Trahsport, the rroopi being concealed, A
volley of musketry killed the Captain and ten men,
and wounded live others.
I'rfliave the boom* tb be; &c.
(Signed) 5. TOWER.
-The Right Flan. Lord Gardner, tee.
•
• ildniirult e, Jan. 0308.
'Copy of•:o,Letier front Yica-4dmiral the Right lion.
Collingwood, (...'onitnonfier in Cll4* 'af his
- Majesty 's.Ships and Vessels- in the Mediterranean,
to the Hon. W. hole, dated on board His Ma-
jesty's Ship Ocean, at,Sca, A'ov. 10, 1807.

31R,
iIOOSC, to be laid before my Lords Corn-
, 'Tniujotters of the Admiralty, a Letter which I•have
11ilis day received froth Captain Rosenhagen, of his
Majesty's Ship the Volage; giving an account of his
'having taptured, on the Gth just. the French Cutter
Sticcess, of to guns,and a 9 men, commanded by
;Lieutenant de Vaisseau Board 6 Villehuet.
I aro, &c.
COLLINGWOOD.
ills tzjesty's Ship Yolng. eirGalitd Island,
MY LORD, ihe'tal'ACW, 180.
I have the honour to acquain't Yon that-being on
317 way to in!!) your Lordship, I had this iritrning
The good tortut,t lc, tall in Wit2l ;Ind c,iptltre liiv
:Preach 'Caner Success, of to guns and 59 men,
'etSrezniirickd by Lie Litt, t)a t dr. Wisseau BourdeS
Villehuit. She sailed only three days ago from
Teiolon, and had seen nothing. Officer pays he
*Ns going to cruize, but several circumstances in,
‘cline eise to think he was charged with Dispatches
'49t.lrime 'consequence, which, hoWesrer, he had
serfieient tune to destroy. The Cutter, I believe,
Was tormeily in his Majotar's service, under the
#6368 thtt Sussex. - ,
litave the horunlr to be, &c.
(Signed) P. L. ROSEN HAGEN, Captain.
o fice,ddinirai Lord Collotgareod, Oc.
Adniiralty•Offiee, Jan. 30, 180 t. •
'Copy .(f another Jotter front the'Right
lion. Lord Collingwood, Commando in Chief of
21144sty'e Ships and Vessels in. the Mrd.iterra-
nom, to the Hon. N. 11/.. Pole, doted on board
lis Muiesty's Ship Ocean, at Syracuse, Dec. d,
ltsst.'•
Having sent the Herald to • obtain information.
from. Captain Campbeil, of the I.JuittS, of the-state
of the Enemy in the neighbourhood of Corfu, Capt,
Holly, in the execution orthis service, observed an
Armed 'rrabaccolo at anchor. under the Fortress of
ptranto 5 and on the evening of •the ‘Zsth of toeto-
ber. he dispatched. the Boats under the direliob of
:Lieut. Walter roreman,-to' tiring her out, which was,
'Very gallantly done,. netwithstunding limy tire
titim the shore 'and the Vessel.
&IC proved, to
.be the, ‘,:xsar French Privateeri, of
lbw- six-pounders, bound with supplies to.Corfe.'..
inclose, for their Lordships' information, a Copy
of Capt. Hony's Letter, relating the circumstance;
and by Iv hie h it appears' that 'Mei James. Wood,'Ciir-
pewee, woundedni "the ‘Boats; and three seamen
oki board the~
.1-leruld, is the principal datnage sus-.
tamed. I am, Sir, &c.
(Signed) CULLINQW.QOO4
His .111ruesty's Sloop ileraid„.
MY:Lome, itiov. t t, tAO7.
In the execution of your orders, when .otf-Otrah-
to, with ,',His Majesty's Sloop under my (3:nutria:id,
on the oath of °ticker I observed an Arthed Tra-
, haccolo under that Fortress, anti conceiving:it prac-
ticablt- to.,,cnt her out under cover of eight, dis..
patched the Boats, direCted by Lieutenant Walter.
Foreman, who executed the orders given him, -with
the greatest gallantry, under a heavy fire of great
guns and musketry. both. from .the Vessel and
shore'.
She WAS shortly brought out, and proves to be. Le
.Cassar French Privateer, of four six-pounders, be-
t lenging to Ancona, having
on board a cargo of
rice mid 'flour on account of the. French . Gdvern-,
tent,' bound ,to Corfu. The crew- defended het
until the Boats were alongside, when all excepting
.
four escaped IN a stern hawSer.
The Stoop .has received some little inlay both ut,
hall and rigging, but atn happy to say my °bled was
obtained, with one Officer wounded in the Boats and
three seamen in the liip. I beresvhioitris Est of
wounded, and have the Honour to be, &c.
(Signed) G. V.,HONY, Conan:Oder.
Tike 'Right Hon. Lord CollingtFood, •
rice-admiral of the lied, t c.
• :Mr. .la-a-lei WiindsCarpente' r, dangerously.
John Swain, James Carmichael, Sarmiel flutter on
board); slightly.

ildiniraily Office, lan. 30, 1808.

Irael of rt Lefler from Vici-Adiniral the Right
Ron. Lord CuminalultpriA'aiefej
Ts Majesty's Ships (mil Yatest in the Meager-
rgnean, to the K. Pote, dated on Grit l