The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-16 00:00:00

NA 1' A L N EVP'S.

Flom the .LONDON GAZETTE, '74 ts, IEO6.

Admiralty-Qffipe, July 16.

Copy of a Letter from the Ecirl of St, Vincent, X.B.
Admiral and Commander in Chief, &c. to Mit.
Marsden,'Esq. dated on board the Hiliernia, off
Ushant, the i 1 tit inst.
•
SIR, ,

. .
I transmit herewith
.copies of a letter, with its in-
closure, from Rear-Admiral Harvey, reciting a very
neat exploit, conduEted by Lieut. Mulcaster, First
Of the Minerva ;, whom . I feel great pride in ac-
knowledging as an eleve of My own.
I am, &c. ST. VINCENT.
Tonnant, off Cape Pinistare,
June 23, 1806.

MY LORD,

The weather being hazy,, we did not see the Mi-
nerva when the Princess Royal. parted ,company this
morning. As we stood in shore the Minerva join-
ed 5, and Capt. Collier sent me a letter, of which
the inclosed is a copy. It displays an enterprizing
spirit on the part of kiis Officers And men, employed
upon this service. lhave.the Honour to be &-c.-

ELIAB HARVEY.
The Earl of Si.. Vincent, K. H.; &c. tec.
Minerva, off cape FiniVcrre,
June 23, 1806.

SIR,

The particular part of your orders having been
accomplished, by my falling in with His-Majesty's
Ships Renown and Warrior on the. 2 Ist inst. I felt
it my duty to dire6t my attention to the annoyance
of the Enemy's trade carried on along this coast to
the Ports,of Ferrol and Vigo, and having reason to
believe there were some Lugger Privateers 'in Finis-
terre Bay, under the prote6tion of the Fort, last,
night, it being calm, dispatched two boats from His
Majesty's Ship under my command to scour the Bay.
From among the Volunteers for this service, it
fell to the lot of Lieutenant Mulcaster, First Lieu-
tenant, accompanied by Lieutenant Menzies, of the
Royal Marines, to command the Cutter; the .Barge
was dirk:led by Lieutenant Ogle Moore.
This forenoon I had the satisfaction to see the
Boats returning, acconapanied by five Spanish Lug-
ger; and Chasse Marees, as per margin *, mostly
laden with wine, bound to Ferrol and Corunna.
Lieutenant Mulcaster speaks very handsomely of the
support he received from the Officers and Petty Sea-
men and Marines employed on this affair.
I 'feel I should be deficient iti my duty did I omit
to state the circumstances attending the execution of
this service, so creditable to Lieutenant Mulcaster
and his companions. •
The first objea was the Fort, mounting eight
brasS guns, of twenty-four' and twelve pounders,
which commanded the Vessels. This was carried
in a most neat and masterly manner by the bayonet
and pike, before the Guard had either time to raise
the drawbridge, or discharge a twelve- pOunder,which
had been brought to face the gate (a 'Fishing-boat
having apprized them of the approach of ourßoats);
part of the Spanish Guard laid down their Arms, and
are now on board ; the rest escaped.
As the day began to dawn, and as the men were
much harrassed from a long row to the shore, and a
fatiguing march over a heavy sand,. the party weto
obliged to confine themselves to spiking the guns,
and throwing some of them into the,sea, e'er they
took posSession of the Vessels.,

. .
Tbe. circumstance from which I derive most plea-
sure is, that this service was executed without a Man,
being hUrt,.on either side, although the Boats in
their return, during a calm of near three hours, were
exposed to the dire of a two-gun battery from a hill
to the southward of the town.

I have the Honouur to be, B,:e.
GEORGE. RALPH COLLIER,
Rear-Admiral Harvey, &c. &c. &c.

* Angel de la Guarda, rattan Antonio Anemas, Santa An-
tonio Anemas Nostra Senora del Carmen, and Santa Christ°
j anemas.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 15 .—Arrived the Rosario
Sloop of War, Capt. MOUNSEY, from the Downs ;
and the Dove, HENNING, from London.

Sailed'the Locust Gun-brig on a Croize, and 'the
Elise, SCHNELL; for Bremen.

The Orpheus Frigate, Capt. BRIGGb, is appointed
to take Convoy to the Mediterranean and West In-•
dies, and is expe&ed to sail in the morning
The Diana Frigate, and the Favourite, are re-
leased from quarantine.
• The Union Frigate.will come into the Harbour
• this evening.

SHEERNESS, JULY 15.—Sailed the Su#t Sloop of
War, with the Trade under convoy, for the B-altic,
with a fine breeze at W. S. W,
A Convoy for the Baltic is appointed to sail from
the Nore on the 20th instant.
Ships at this Port—the Zealand, Theseus, Princess of
Orange, Winchelsea, Ceres, Amelia, Naiad, Argo, Emerald,
and. Magnanime ; Swift, Orestes, Gamier,: and Bonetta
Sloops of War; Quail and three other Sehoonvirs • Chap-
.. man Armed Ship Ignition Fire-vessel, with several Bomb-
tenders, &c.

DEAL, JULY 15.—Sailed the Avon Sloop of War
to the Westward ; Swift East India Pilot-vessel for
The River; and the Russian Ship Areva. for Elsinore.
Arrived the Fury Bomb from Portsmouth with a
Convoy, which are sailed for the River; and the
Astrea Frigate from a Cruize, and remain-in the.
Downs with the rest of the Ships as per- last, and
several outward-bound Vessels.