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F, on the LONDON GAZ ET q, Jan. 13, 147.

Admiralty Office, Jan. 13.
Copy a Letter from Vice-Admiral Lord Coiling-
wood, Commander in aid' of His Majesty's Ships
and Vessels in the Mediterranean, to William
Marsden, ss.q. dated an board the Ocean, qff Cadiz,
the 20th of December, 180.
sin, .

I inclose to you, to be laid before the Lords Comp
missioners of the Admiralty, the Copy of a.Letter
from Captain Pearse, Commander of His Majesty's
Sloop thetlalcyon, informing me-of his having Wien
in with a Ship,
,a Brig, and Zebec, of the Enemy's
Cruizers, on the 13th inst. oti Cape St. Martin's;
and _after an'a6tion, highly creditable to this Officer
and his Ship's Company, succeeded in capturing the
Spanish Ship the Neptuno dios de los Mares, of 14
guns and 72 men, the Brig and Zebec making their
escape'after their fire was silenced.
I am glad of this opportunity of giving to their
Lordships, my testimony of, the spirited and skiltial
conduit OfCaptain Pearse in all the duties, in which
he is employed. The present instance of hislaving
attacked and succeeded against an Enemy so very.
superior, demonstrates what his ability is when there
is opportunity to exhibit it.
I am, &c. -COLLINGWOOD.
His Majesty's 'Ship Halcyon, Gibrctltar
MY LORD, Bay, December 18, 1806.- •
I beg leave to inform your Lordship, that on-the
13th•inst. at eight in the morning, Cape:St. Martin's
S. S.W. six-leagues, I perceived three Sail standing
out from the land towards me ; being 011'cootrary
tacks,, we closed, fast; when within four or five
miles, I discovered they were Vessels of War (a Ship,
a Brig, and a Ze.bec); and shortly after steered
reedy for me; . seeing :they. were superior,. and five
Settees seep :rom the tops comin from the same
cinarter, I judged it prudent (as they seemed deter 7
mined to. bring Inc to action) close with them as
soon as possible, and decide the contest before any
assistance could be given from the other five; at half-.
past ten (being nearly within musket shot) they'
hoisted Spanish.colours, and commenced action ;:.as
soon as I got abreast of the second Vessel, I got on the
other tack, and brought them to closer action, which
lasted till twelve o'clock, when their fire slackened ;
at half past, being nearly a calm, the Brig and Zebec
hauled away to the Southward, assisted' by their
boats and sweeps, the Ship then nearestus_endea-
vouring to do the same to the Northward; We swept
after her, 'and in an hour got close alongside,' when-
she struck her colours; she proved to be a Spanish
Polacre Ship (Privateer),' the' Neptuno dios de los
Mares, of 14 guns and 72 men, from Denia, going
on a cruize between Minorca and the Coast of
Africa, with the other two in company, who, I am
sorry to-say, made their escape, but not before their
fire had been silenced. The five Settees, when
within _ three miles,. seeing the Ship deserted, re-
turned to the shore, and went into the Port of De-
nia. Though extraordinary, lam happy-to say we
had none killed, and only three wounded, Lieute-
nant Briggs, my First, by a splinter in the arm,
whom I beg leave to recommend to your Lordship's
notice; Lieutenant Pearse, who has been acting
three years and a half in this Vessel, and one Sk:3-
man. The loss of the Enemy must be great. The
wounded from the Ship are doing well,..nine in all.
I give your Lordship the full particulars,6l this event,
and trust my attacking so very superior a force csee-
Mg they were resolutely determined to bring me to
action) will meet your Lordship's approbation, know-
ing I could depend upon my Onacers, and Ship's
Company, whose cool, brave; and steady conduit
on this, as on former occasions, almost ensured me
success before the action cornmenced—they merit
my-warmest acknowledgments.
I cannot omit mentioning my having four Passen-
gers, Captain Sullivan, of the 81 st Regitnen t,., ho
commanded the small arms i Messrs. Purvis, Crolskit,
and a, Neapolitan Messenger, were all of great ser-
vice, as we were sixteen short of complement.' 'The
-objed of the Enemy's fire was mostly direeted
masts and rigging, in which I am sorry to say Ave
have suffered very materially. . .
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The force opposed to the Halcyon as,' Neptimo
dios de los Mares, 14 twelve-pounders; and 72 'Men;
La Vergin,di Solidad, 14 twelve and eight-pounders,
.and 78 men; El Vives, 12 eight and six-pounders,
and t men.

I have the Honour to be, &c.
(Signed) H. W. PEARSE.
The Right ion. C. Lord. Collingwood. •

Admiralty Office, Jan. 13.
Copy•tf.a Letter from the .1.411 Honourable Lord
Gardner, Admiral of the. IFicite,'&e. &c. to Wil-
, lia►n lliarsden, .Esq. dated ?rent, Corp' Harbour,
6th January 1807.
SIR, ' . .

. I have the honour to transmit herewith, for the
intbrmation of the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty, copy of .a Letter from Captain James BriS-
bane, of the Alcmene, giving an accomat of the
captUre, by' that Ship, on the 4th inst. in 50.
deg. N. long. .11 deg. W. of Le Courier French
Cutter Privateer, 'of St. Maloes.
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1 have the honour to be, &c. .
GARDNER.
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MY tonn, Alcmene,
,at Sea,, Jan, 6, 1807.

, I have the honour to acquaint ) our Lordship, that
His Majesty's Ship under nay command, on the, 4th
inst. in lat. 50 deg. N, long. 11 deg,
,W. fell in with
and captured Le Cdurier,, French
,Cutter Privateer
(formerly His Majesty's hired armed Cutter Alert),
pierced:for 'fourteen guns, but now mounting seven,
of different calibres, forty-two and twenty-four-
pound brass carronades, and seventy men ; tour days
from, Morlaix, without making a capture.
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.1 have, Scc• • • •
(Signed) JAMES BRISBANE.
The Right Hon. Admiral Lord Gardnei•
&c. &c. &c.

P,ORTSMOUTII, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Avon Sloop

of, War, Capt. THRUSH, from America, and the
Inconstant Frigate, Capt. DICKSON, from the Guern-

• sey station..
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Went out •of the harbour the 'Dreadnought, of
guns-; Pelleisle and Audacious, of 74-guns
and the Zara Bomb.
Sailed Ulu Ant, Schooner on a CI-4i4e.

SUZERNUSS, JAN. t3.--Arrivea the Bold Gurw
Brig, Lieutenant \V. CHivnas, from the Downs,
having several French Prisoner.; of War on beard for
the Prison Ships at Gillingham.

Sailed His Majesty's Ship Jalouse, captain
STEW R;, to Portsmouth.

,Arrived His Majesty's Frigate .4Teleager from

Passed down an cut ward-bound st Indianan for
the Downs.

Sailed His Majesty's Ship Satellite to Deal.

Ships at this Port—Resolution and Defence, 74 guns „• Li'
Modesto, Solehty, Daedalus, and Seahorse rigates ; Hya.
cinth, Favourite' 'Redwing,'Fotrelitet, Falcon, 13Onattii,•Spy,.
Star, Satellite; Hermes, Vulture, and Termagant Sloops of
War • Sentinel, .Desperate, Pincher Bold, Fancy, Rifleman,
and'escott-G. un-brigs ; Zealand, ‘Vinchiliiea, and Ceres Re-
ceiving Ships-•, SuSseic Hospital Ship ; Magnanime 'Harbour
Duty'Ship Overyssel Victualling Depot ;• and Alkmaar,
with Stores to supply the Ships in the .Downs.

DEAL, JAN. 13.—Carne: down His Majesty's
Ships Sea Horse - and Satellite from Sheerness;
Mike of Montrose Castle Edeii Xast.lndiathen ;
Greenwich, littivroL, for the South Seas; Experi-
ment,•l3lssiT, for the Cape of Good Hope, and se-.
venal other outward-bound Vessels from the giver. .
Arrived the Orion Man of War, from the We.§t-
, ward,, and remains in the Downs with His Majesty'*
Ships as par last:

The Valorous Praam has a signal flying for a Con-
voy to the Westward.

FALMOUTH, JAN. 1 1 .-Sailed the 'lucklank
Packet, Capt. SCIWYLER, with Mails for. Lisbon;
Prince Adolphus Packet; Capt: BOULDEZBON, with
Mails foi Barbadoes and Jamaica ; and the Man.
chester Packet, Capt. DAVIS, with Mails for Amer.

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' , . emain His Majesty's Ships Britannia, Humber,
acid: tale llforristaign. . .

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COWX, JAN. 77-,7-Arrived His'Majesty's Brig Ama.
ranthe, from Portsmouth, with 14 Sail 01Transports,
with the gth, 14th,. and 91st Regiments on board,
His Majesty's Ship dlcmene, Captain BRISBANg?
arrived this morning .at Cove, from a cruize, with
the Courier -Privateer Cutter, from St. Maloes, of
7 guns and 72 men, which she captured off Cape
Clear.

The Ship Sally, of and from Baltimore,. Captain,
DEw, laden with staves, rice, &c. for this port,
foundered at seal crew saved by the George, Capt.
TAYLOR, frOm New York, arrived at Greenock.
Part of the crew were put on board a Vessel hotind to
the West Indies.