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London, England, 1809-02-06 00:00:00

Adliziralty-Office, Fel . 4. 1809.

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Copyt of another Letter front Rear. Admiral the Hen. Sit .
Alex. Cochrane, K.B. to the Hon. W. W. Pole, dated on
board the Neptune, at Barb Aloes, the atst of Dee. MA.
SIR, 1
I inclose, for the information of the Lords Com.
missioners of
.the Admiralty, the Copy of. a Letter
from Captain Sanders,. of his Majesty's Sloop. Bel'
lette, acquainting me with the capture of a French
Letter of Marque, laden with provisions, fronx
Bourdeaux.
I also inclose Capt, Spear's Letter, of the Gore%
which I had not before received, giving an account
of the capture of a French Letter of Marque hound
to Bourdeaux from Martinique.
1 have the Honour to be, Eitc.
. (Signed) • • ALEX. COCHRANE.
His Majesty's Sloop !toilette, at sea,
SIR, . Vac. S, dolt,•
I have the honour to inform you, that his Majes-
ty's Sloop Bellette, under my command, has cap-
tured the French Brig Letter of Marque Revanche,
of six guns, twelve. pounders, pierced for eighteen,
with a complement of forty four men, laden • w
provisioni, from Bourdeaux bound to Guadaloupe•
She has been a very successful Privateer all this Wor,
and was intended for a Cruizer in those seas.

I have the Honour no be, Sec.,
(S)gtted) GEO; S A NDEAS.
To the Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, 1.13. Rear_
Admiral of the itt.ti,
1-14 Majesty's Sloop Ci;rce, EatbadOes'
SI R, 3oth Nov. iLti.
I have the honour to acquaint you, oil the C4th
inst. thirty leagueq west of Guadal.upe, I captured,
in his Majesty's Sloop under ray command, the Ad-
miral Vintner, a French Ship Letter of Marque,
mounting eight guns, four of which she tore`'/
overboard M the uhace, and a complement of
two wen, from Martinique bound to BourdeinOtt
laden with sugar, coffee, and cotton.
I am, Bcc.
JOSEPH SPEAR.
Itear.:Adiniral Almt. Cochrane, K. 13. &c.
Admiralty-Office, Fek. 4, 1809.
Copy of a Letter troni:Admirat Lord Gambier, Commode
in Chief of HIS Majesty's Ships and Yesscla in the Chan.
net, Soundings, &e. to the Hun. W. *W. Pole, dated ea,
tioArd the Caledonia, in rortuy, the 3oth of last Month.
SIR,
1 inclose herewith, for the information of this
Lords Commissioners of I
Admiralty, a Leiter
have ;this day received from Captain Broke, .dated
the 27th instant, acquainting me with the capture
of ,ti.e. French Cutter Privateer l'ommereuil, of too"
teen guns and sixty taco, by his Majesty's Ship Shiite
non, under his command.

I have the Honour to be, &c.
G AM BIER,
- His Majesty's Ship Shannon, callsle: 1144'
• MY ,LORD, - 17th On.
1 have the honour to inform vou •the Shantioo
captured this day, after a long dace to leeward, the
French Cutter Pommereuil, of fourteen guns 3iu
sixty men, commanded ,by Felix L'Alleinaude
fourteen days out ,friaM Havre-du-Grace, $"(.1,
only captured a Transport with Troops,
released.
I have sent the PriZe to Plymouth. she is aOa
new Vessel, coppereu, and well found. •
I have,the Honour to be, etc.
P. B. V. BROiCs"
To the Right Honourable Lord Gambier,
Commander In Crud, tec.

PLYMOUTH, Fsn. 4.-Arrived the French Brig

Courier des Indes,, laden. with a very valuable cargo.)
consisting of entree, indigo,, sugar, peppet,
from the Isle of France, bound to France; captured
by the Alcmene Frigate, Captain TREMLBTT I t°
Vessel was formerly the American Brig Caroline, be'
longing to Boston, having been sold by the Altai'
can Captain, to the French in the Isle of France, -in
consequence of their telling him that a war had CO,. •
.menced between England and America. A large Leg
licit South Seaman was about to sail for France, et 111
time the French Brig left it, having been caPtilrA,
and sent in aere by a French Print. A WV'
French Frigate was also about sail nt tbatigti°
time for France, laden with * very valuable Dors
pldndered from several English vessels that hod tWlttts
captured and sent in there.
Arrived the Spanish Brig Saint Joseph, from a°
Havannah, last froM Corunna, put into the Wet

session of it, but finding it had been capttired by the
French, she was.obliged-ta, mitt her cables and stand

out to sea.

his Majesty's; Ship Revenge, of 74 guns,
, •
from off Ushaq ; and Plover Sloop of War,: from a

cruize.

Arrived a Portuguese Schooner from LisbOn,bound
to Oporto, laden.with gunpowder, captured by L'Hete
French. Corvette; of 20 guns and 10 men, bound to
'St. Domingo, in lat. 41, long. Go, and given up.to the
Portuguese. She had previously. taken the Lord
Mo/grave Transport, from COrunna, bound to Vigo,
and an English ' Brig, from LiverpOol to Oporto.
The Masters'and Crews of those vessels are arrived
here in the Schooner. The Corvette was bound to
St. Domirto with dispatChes.

PottTsmouTn, FEB. s.—Arrived the Viaory, of
ipo guns, Capt. SENELL, from Plymouth ; Coquette,
Capt. FORBES, from the. Downs; and the Phipps
Sloop of War, Capt. BELL, dismasted vs she sailed
from Cork On 'the 22d ult. with a convoy for the
West Indies, which have been all dispersed in suc-
cessive gales of wind.

Sailed the Saturn, of 74 guns, to rejoin Sir E.
STRACII AN'S Squadron ; and the Albion Cutter,
Lieut. WEIR, on a cruize.

DEAL, Tin. s.—Arrived his Majesty's Ships''Scb.
turn, from Plymciuth ; and Challenger, from
'cruize, and remain in the Downs'with his Majesty's
Ships, *as per bit.

Sti63ll NESS, Fan. s.—Sailed up .to Northileet
hisilibhusTy's Sloop Lynx, Capt. MARSHA Lt, to
refit; the Havotk Gun-brig for Yarmouth, .and the
Bravedageren for the Dons.

Arrrived the Glommed from IS. iart;ate, wit'h the
ifull'of the Appeßes Sloop, 'east away sometime ago
on Margate beach it a gale of \viri.

,Capiain is appointed Pay-Captain
nt this Part, vice. Capt. MANsriELD, who retires from
ill health.

Sailed his Majesty's Ship ifound to Woolwich.

GiEENOCX, li'En.3.-'—:ekrriVed on Wednesday the
Pomona, Mi&AUGHT, from Grenada—sailed tad
bec.--the packet for En ;land sailed three days be..
lore. The outward bound Jamaica fleet froth Cork
passed, Grenada 18th December. On the 16th ult.
the Pomona spo'co the Coh2m, a sloop of war, on
her return to Bermuda, having accompanied the ex-
pedition under Sir GemtcE PIOSOST, consisting of
:3500 men,' from Halifax, and parted with them on
the 29th December, to windward of liarbadoes ;
and immediately on their arrival there) the expedi-
tion was to sail against Martinique. Previous to the
sailing of the Pomona, General AlikiTLAt4o-, rt►ith
the 15th 'regiment, from Grebada, sail to join in
the attack;

•CoRK, 30.,—The 'Sarah and Henry trap=
Sports, two of the Beet *lila sailed from Spithead
with General Sattannootta's. kmpalition.; have ar-
rived at Cave with part of the 88th regiment on
board. The ileet sailed ,under convoy of the !viole
frigate, and consisted -of between thirty add forty
sail. Their destination was Cadiz, The Sarah and
Henry parted company on the 24th inst. in lat. 46.
32. long. o. 9. in very stormy weather.
The Decade Frigate, Capt. Sim/um . has ar-
rived in Cove, having 'seen the West India Fleet
that,sailed from this Harbour on the 4th November,
• Mnder convoy of the Sparrori,, as far as Madeira.
Since that period she has been cruizing, and
captured a Schooner from Bourdeaux bohnd to
Martinique with various sorts of Merchandize. The
Schooner had on board a splendid Order of the Le-
gion of Honour, a present train BUONAPARTH to the
French Admiral commanding at that Island.
Seven Sail of the West India Fleet which left
Cove on the 2 ISt insant, under convoy of the Fyita„
have returned7to Cove. Those' Ships parted com-
pany on the .26th, i n lat. 49. to. N. and long. 10. b.
.The Commodore had only then ten sail itt com-
pany, • ~1

The Jose Vianaller arrived at Cove; she sailed
with Provisions for the Squadron in the Tagus,
which sailed under convoy of bis Majesty's Gun
brig Virago, on the 20th iii t, whet; the Jane lost
the Virago, they were oloie off lit!?st.-