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London, England, 1807-06-22 00:00:00

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Admiralty' -Office, 'June cd;''
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Copy 917aLetierfrom- Admiral ner,- Com- t.,wi
manderiii`Chief shipS and Pressets"
employed in the Channel]
Marsden, Esq.,; dated the igth
,instant.
SIR-I desire yon will be pleased to lay before
their Lordships, the inclthed letter which I haNe re-
eeived this .morning from Rear-Admiral Sir Richard
Strachpn, -accompanying 'one to the Reat-7Admiral
from Captain Barrie, of the. Pomone, giving, an ac-
connt of/his having taken. and destroyed, part Of a
convoy of the Enemy, from Nantz, bound foßOche-
folt, laden with naVal. stores; 'in 'Which affair
great credit is derived by Captain -Barrise,,as.. well as
the Otficers,and men ernp)oyed on this. occasion:
I have the tionnur.to be, f&e7

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(Signed). . QAIIDNER.
ecesar, di' the lutioche,
June. 7., 1807..
MY LORD.—I inclose a-letter from Captain Barri 6,
tying an account of his having taken part of a' con-
voy of the Enemy, from Nantz, botind to Rochefort,'
laden with various articles and naval stores. Capr.
tarrie's zealous conduq,as well as that of .his 011i-
tars And Ship's Co, Opany, is highly meritorious.
,I have the honour to be, &c. '
(Signed) R. J. STRACHAN.
Ili ohOurdble Lord Gardner,- Adrniral
Of the iPleite% &c. Etc. .

Pnynone, June 6, 1807.
SIR—I have the honour. .to acquaint you, that
Yesterday, when Working up to -Windward, in order
to gain the station you had pointed, .out to me by
gigtial,-at about half past-seven o'ClOck A. M. three
Ve&sels,.were reported from the mast-head, beating.
X. E. ;: these we soon Made out to be armed vessels.
(Brigs), As the distance of the Squadron ron-
dered it itnposiihre-fOr me
.f6COmMunicate this cir-
cumstance. to you, 1 took Unbti mys'elf to .give
dace tot:these Brigs, conceiving"it tiny duty to do
so, as I thought I could cut Thera riff before they
could
.get';intoihe Sables- d'Olonne. As we •ap-
proached 'the shore, a convoy was observed tinder
escort of At about nine d'cliiCk Nii`r
got . within .ranclam-shot of one of ;the Brigs
Vain the breeze unfortunately failed u!., and, .1 had.
the mortification 'to-observe that we should not tae
able;' in the Ship, to cut off the Brigs; espeCially
es we were obliged to make a tack* to clear the,
Barges, which were only about two cables length
from us Some.of our shot reached the convoy,
two of which, AuPpo,ed to be. Naval' paqsportb,.,
tan on shore a third ~.(a Brig) was deserted by
her crew ; I therefore dispatched Lieutenantlonei,,
in the six-oared CUtter, to take pos'sessiOn:of the
deserted—Brig.„- and of any other of. the .convey
that were not close -to the shore.. This service'
Lieutenant Jobes performed-wAh great judgment
and gallantry, and fortunately without loss, though.
the grape from the shore and Gn.rOirigs passed
through' and through his Boat. One of .the Gun-
BC4p,o34kirig a shew of
.pulling out with her sweeps,
I-sent Lientenant Gahriel,lFirst of this Ship,
with thr
.Boats, to meat him ; but as the Brig re-.
treatcd'under the proteEtion of the batteries on shore,
and also within musket-shot of the numerous
dlory which lined'the beach, I wonld.n9ti allow my.
i„oallant friend to make the attack tiDder such great
disAvantage, brit direeted • hini to proceed 'with the.
13)ats towards St. Gilles's,, where several
.vessels
were observed'nearly becalmed. At about half
past eleven o'clock the boats got ,Iv with the
easternmost Brig, and by half past two they were
all (fourteen in %number) in our possession, •cxcept
one, which drOve 'on shore. and was lost. -The
crews of the Enemy's Vess'els took to their boatS
but I fear, as the sea ran very high, some of them
were drowned in attempting to land.' Had the breeze
fortunately continued, I have no doubt, .hut.
should havestaken and destroyed the whole Con6bv,
which, excluve" of the:qi:in'-brigs, tippears.to consist',
of about 27 Saih;ai:Bri,, Stoops,.. at L, Clunsse iii
tees. I have the pleasure ao add, that the Oificers,
4nd Seatnen employe!.l on this service performed it
to my sati.sfaotion and.to t;:eir own credit.
lea list of 'the Vessels "taken and destrdyett With
their cargdeS,.
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I have the honour to he, .&c.
ROBERT BARRIE.
To Rear-iidinirai Sir Richard '..3..rnelion; •
Bart. and K. B. &c. &c.
• [Here follows a list of Vessel, row-tail of which were
Captured. and seven destroyed. They were chiefly, laden
with flour and wheat.] . .

PLYMOUTH, .11./NE 26;—Salted the Mari', 4!)f 74
gins, for Portsmouth; and Penelope Fri„ote _6ll a

cruize.
Arrived the Prince of Wales, Capt.,Powris, froni
Memel, with timber, for this Port.
' Sailed the American Brig Pedlar, WILLIA.Dar, for

FALMOUTH, JUNII 19. Arrived the Auckland
Tatket, Stnnyt.zn, with. Mails, from Lisbon, in 14
,days passage : left lying in the Tagus his Majesty's
Ship Tribune, from a Cruize ; the Brig Raven, with
Convoy from Fahnoufh, in 9 days; and the Princess
;Elizabeth and Wolsinghani Packets.
Yesterday sailed, the Princess Elizaleth, -Packet,
Capt. FORRESDAILE, with Mails of the.2cl.lllSt.. for
Gibraltar, Malta, and Messina ; and this day the
Townshend Packet, Donn, with Mails of the 9th.
. and 16th inst. for Lisbon ; and the Ship Minerva
and Hope, M'CaoWE, for the West Indies.
The Noacm.Packet, Capt. BLIGHT, is expeEted to
sail on Sunday next, with the Leeward Island Mails
of the 17th inst.

PAQSZNGERS I'ER THE AUCKLAND.—Mrs. Hetley and
Scn ; Messrs. Mahoney, AVGregor, Preston, Berg, SarnadA,
and Stevens.
PER THE PRINCESS ELIZAZIETH.—Capt.White and Mr.
PER THE TOWNSHEND.—Mr. Bctthen Mr. Perez.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 2 1 .—Sailed yesterday the Ant
Schooner, Lieut. .i3tan, for* the Downs, with a coa-
- ralso the Abundance Store-ship; for Woolwich;
sad Mountaineers, GAYFORD, for Tonuingen.'

yrived yesterday thc_dnne and Maria; 13Loom-
from the bowns, or Liibon,
morning His MareS-67ssShip St. jlbans
the East Indiamen, -dropped to St.
i`-re-
and will sail as sOon.asithe \x'ip.szl is fair.

"rived His Majesty's, Ship ImpregnaNe, with a

co+oyfrOni ih6'bowris. ' •
Sailed His M4je*y's, Ship La Seine, Capt. AT-
ku,is, for Ireland.

APPOIN'tMENTS.—Capt. FORBES to the Coquette,
-a large fine,s.l9op C4t. FISHER to the Racehorse
srib; Capt. FANCOU.RT tO the 'Zealand; Mr. BUR-
AEU: to be Purser of the Batavia; and Capt. GOR-
OW: to the illercuiy Frigate.

COWE'S', JUNE 20 .—Arrived the Daniih Brig Foren
de Haab, BOE, from Salon, bound to Tonningen,
with brandy, detained by the Mars Privateer, be-
longing to Plyrnouth.

The 56th Regiment, under the command of Col.
KEATING, embarked from henceyesterd7 on board
the (Parley `audßoy al George- East India Ships, for

Ceylon.

SHEERNESS', .JUN,E 20.—The Cheruo Sloop of
'and-Sentinel Gun,brig, sailed, with several
Merchantmen under convoy, libr the Baltic.
JUNE 21.—Arrived the Resoltdion, of 74 guns,
CaPt. BUR l'ON; and Falcon Stoop, Capt. SANDERS.'
The Namur ,is gone to Chatham to refit. ,

All the Transports, hero are getting , under weigh
for the Doming ; upwards of twenty Sail being or-
*dpred to that Nrt. • •

The Sparrow takes the Tonningeil, Ca.hvoyiand
-
sails the 23d.

The Faicbn had twenty-fiVe Sail under convoy
from *Baltic; fifteen Sail parted in a gale of wind.
and have not been seen since.

DEAL, . JUNE :2 .---Saiteci His Majesty's Ships
Stork tor Sheerness, Zel•ra on a Cruize, and the
Argus, with the outward-bound, &c. under
;Convoy
to the Westward..,

GREEtIOCK, .31.rgE ig.—The -Brig 'Lima Maria,
asts; from Newfoundland, arrived hzae. on Wed-
nesday; after a .passage of thirteen day s.. It was bnt
in 'our lastAllat We announced the arrival of this yes-
sel,out, She brings with her Capt. CAWN and.thr.ee.
of the crew of the .General Scott (American); from
Liverpool,:for Philadelphia, whi:: n-vessel foundered.
at sea, Bth.May last, in lat. 456 long. There
were 23 passengers on board, who went Jowl) with
1110 ship; the crew, consisting of 14 ill nutither,
took thernselyes to the boat,. with only SIK gallons of
water, and: a,small quantity oLbread, which got wet
with salt water, and,becanw uNeless,-in which situa-
tion they remained for eight days, the last of which
theyhad a drop of water .on the 15th ult. they
were picked up by the Argo, .of Teignmouth, and
landed at Newfoundland. ~

Arrived also in the Anna Maria, the mate and
thre'e.of.th-2 crew of the Quebec, Capt. ANNA, from
Peterhead to Quebec., which'Vessel also foundered
at sea, on the 29th April last; in 1at.,.31.. 22. long.
34:38 and the crew picked up by a Vessel 'belong-
ing to PO3le, Row, Master, and landed at New-
faundl Ita Capt. ANNAN was washed off the deck,
and drowned, before the Vessel foundered.

We have received a PaCket of Antigua and St.
_Kitt's 'Papers, to the 20th ult. by which we learn,
that, Capt. WALKER, of the' Asia Transport, and
eight 'Officers of the 161 h and 64th regiments, cap-
thred oh the 20th of February; off the Marawine,
arrived at Grenada on the 20th of March. 'The
Transport, it appears, was attacked by La Friponne
Schixiner Privateer, of 'one king 18-pounder trairers-
ing 'on her rain-deck; and four 18-pounder car-
ronades, and 80 men :-,a.gallant aaion 'was sustain-
ed for three quarters of an hour, during which En-
sign LIVIN4STON, of the 4th West India regiment,'
atid'twO 'Sailors, were.killed, and Lieut. Col. Sind.
WARDLAW, of the 64th regiment, and the. hief
:\late of the Asia; dangerously wounded. The Asia
mounted two 6-'ponticrers and four te-poundcarron-
z,des the 'CreW consisted. of 22 men and boys,. who,
viertrgallantly- assisted ,by ten officers and two pri-
vates, passengers, who kept up a brisk fire on the
enemy till their cartridges exploded by the wadding
of some of the enemy's guns falling into the box; af-
ter-which, the wheel-ropes being shot away, and the

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enemy in the ad of boarding, 11C:1alternative remain-
ed but to strike, and prevent further bloodshed.—
Col. SVAROLAw, on, account 'of his wounds, was
left:at
,Guadaloupe, but he was declared out of dan'-
-ger. A liberal subscription was raised at Grenada
'tor the ,widow of Ensign LIVINGSTON, who, with
two-infga children, came in the cartel. !.

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LItERARY FUND.—TiIe last meeting for the sea-
son, of the Members of this excellent Institntion, is
annually held at Greetiwich, and it took l lace'on Fri,
day r A considerable number assembled at the..
Ship Tavern, and enjoyed ran admirable feast, resulting
more from the consciousness of the meritorious pur-
pose of the Instittifion, than from the' good dinner.
provided for thein.• The dinner, of-course, was at.
'the expence of the Members present. ..Mr. HOB-
HOWSE, M. P. took the chair. The day was enliven-ed by animated recitations, from Mr. FITZGER.LI.D,,
who is never tired, and who is always ready in the
cause.of humanity. A Poem in honour of the Insti-
tutioit, written by Mr. Bosc wEN, Translator,of
H9RACE, was' read by the learned and. ingenious
author; and another on the game subjeal written by
Mr. Alderman BIRCH, a Gentleman whose worth
and talents may dety the assaults-of. party
,spJeen,..
was recited by Mr. TWEEDY. Mr. T.DIBDIpI, and
Mr. NIXON, whose facetious powers are well
known, diversified the entertainment, and gratifieri
the • company by several humorous songs„ The
usual loyal, patriotic, and convivial toasts were gisen
and received with great applause, and die company
retired in due time from a scene of festivity
1 heightened by the "noblest feelings of benevolence.