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Admiralty-Office, May 9, 18 07

Cop, of a Letter Pim Captain 111‘ Kinley,
,of His
• ,ilajestis Ship the Lively, to Marsdtin;
Esq. ; dated in the Tagus, the (24th OfAPTii, 807.

,Be pleased to inform my Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty, that, baviug-reoeived information..of

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a small Spanish Privateer tilunderino- a Dane off the
Burlings, I .direeled Lieutenant 'Linings, of /the
IlichMond Gun-Brig, to proceed, off there, and en-
cieavour to take arid destroy her. And I haVe much

pleasure in ihdosing a Copy of Lieutenant Hemings's
.tetter to me, of the Qoth instant, inforriiiiig me of
his having done so; ar.d much credit is to his
Sub-Lieutenant, Mr. Bush, for his gallant condda
in elleaing it, against a' Superiority of forOe opposed -
to, and ready to receive him.
I have sent eleven of the prisoners on board the

Fortunee, to be sent to Engla-nd by the first convey-
ance,• the other, being badly wounded, retrains on
boaid this Ship.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) GEURGE M'KINLEY.
His Majesty's Brig Richmond,
April N.), 1807.

SIR,

Agreeable to your order of the Pah, I lost no
time in proceeding off the Burlings ; but the wind
blowing hard, with a heavy sea from the North-
ward, I did not reach them before the ibth. I con-
tinued to beat to the Northward, towards Cape Mau-
digo, till the t 9th, when, seeing a Digger with Spa-
nish colours flying, at anchor in a little Bay (not
laid down in any of my charts), about six leagues to
the Northward of Peruehe, I immediately began pre-
parations for destroying her ; f nd having ordered
the Gig and Jolly Boat to begot ready as soon as it
was dark, I sent them away, and, about ten o'clock,
the bdats returned With 'the Lugger. Mr. BuSh, my
Sub-Lieutenant, arid Ebehezer Lyons, thy
swain's-Mate, who commrinded the-Boats, inform:-
ed me that the Vessel was pert-et-11y prepared, and
that she discharged lbur large.guns at them as soon.
ai she perceived they were within her
,reach, by
which, I airi sorry to say, three of our men were
wounded, one, I fear, dangerously.
I must beg leave to recommend the forbearance
of the Officers and men on this occasion ; who, not-
withStandlag the heavy guns that were opposed to
them, carried her sword in hand. She had thirty-
six men 6n -board, all of whom jumped overboard,

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w'emothetwlse ttsposed of, ekCept tweiv:t, whiCh
are made prisoners-, some of whoa) are badly wound-
ed. She proves• to be the Gailiard, of Vigo, four
4-pounders, and thirty-six men s has been cruizing
on this Station two months, and is, no doubt; the
Vessel that has committed so many depredattons on
the trNle of England, as well as other Nations. Her
Captatn is a Prisoner, and amotig the wounded.
According to your Orders I destroyed her as soon
as I possibly could after possession.

I have the honour to be, &c.
S. S. HEMINGS.
George McKinley, Esq. Captain of his
Majesty's Ship Lively.
List of Men wounded in the Boats of ttis Majesti's'Cun-brig
Richmond.
Richard Hiscock, Matine, badly wounded in the thigh. _

WO 'lam Tames, Seaman' wounded in the shoulder with ball.
Rob. Cook, Seaman, slightly wounded in th 6 thigh witil
Am. Peter, Seaman, slightly wounded in the loot with a
sword.
John Sampson, Seaman, slightly wounded in the loot with
a sword. .

Ccinmiiaion tit the Royal North Battalion 'of Gloticesterihire
Militia, Aigned by the Lord Lieutenant.
Lieutenant John Cooke to be Captain, vice Sir Win. Guise;
-resigned. Dated April 24, iho7.
Commission in the 38th, or Ayrshire Regiment of Militia, signed
Gy tbe Lord 'Llet(tenant.
Assistant-Surgeon John Clark, to be Surgeon, vice William.
Donaldson, resigned. .Dated April it, 1.807.
Connthsie....v in the Canterbury Volunteers. signed 4.),' the Lod
Lieutenant the Ctiunv of Kent. '
Ensign John Robert -Sprakeling to be Lieutenant, vice Col-
lard, resigned. Daten A pril 29, 'BO7. Ensign George Sim-
monds to be ditto, vice LuLkh,urst, resigned. Dated as
above. Joseph Tyson,Gent. to be Ensign, vice Sinunonds.
Dated as above.