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heave the ship off before day 41t, hut all to no
elfeet. At- that tint," the Nerei'!e was a perfea.
wreck,,Magit itvitie in as bad a situation as Sirius,
no pi ssbil'ny of Iphigenia closing with the enemy,
the, whole .of the enemy on shore iti`a heap. We
then tried the last resource by warping the Iphi-
genia to heave us off, but mild nor get tier in a
proper situation, until the 25th 'in the forenoon..
I had a survay by the Captains, Masters, and car-
penters, in which they agreed it was iotpossible to
get the ship otf; I had the, same rep in 3,:•;:-rday •
froliceaptain Curti4, and that hi s- Melt- were _
very fast ; I ordered her to be ahand,ned at, dual(
and burnt.; and, as the enemy's friotes cannot gel
off, I thought it most prudent' to pi eserve 'Lisle de
Passe, by warping Iphig-ettia • for 'its support ;, and, -
hating. no prospect of any other immediate support,
I thought it most prudent to quit .my 'ship, then
within shot of all the enemy's posts and ships, and
only being able to return the.r fire -from two guns,
Atter seeing every tryin safe from, the ship, latent,
Watling aid myself set her on' fire ; and, I mist,
Sir, although mY enterprise has been truly OnfOr-
Innate, that no, possible blame can be attached to
aq one; anti never did CaritaittS, Officers, and men
go into adion with a greater 'certainty of viatOry ;
and, I do aver, that if I. could have got -alongside
the Bellona; all the enemy's, ships wouid.have been
in our possession in less than halt: an hour. My ship.
being burnt: I have gitenup the command to Captain
Lambert, and have recommended his sepportuig-,and
koteoting titiS Ishind with • hii ship and ships' coin-
paniew Of Sirius and -llagiciem*. Provisions- and
water will be immediately wanted. • •
I have, &c.

(Signed)
Commodore Rowley &T. Boadicea.
N.M. By other dispaiehes arrived at the Ad-
miralty it appear:, that his:Maje,ty's sitnis PiitxtrYe
arrived at the .Cape of Good Hope on the 25 tb of
-
Septetnber and that the-Mencrians sailed -front
St. Helena for the Cape on the 16th of October,
Admiralty Ogice, Dec. 15, 1810.

S. PYM.

Vice-Admiral Sir Eiward PeHew has transmitted
to John WllsOn Croker, Lag. a leiter hu had recrived
1.-ortfC4tain 1-lawtayne, of his liaje,t):; ship Que-
bec, giving an account of I3iv havnig-, in cottip:iny
with tli(;,‘ Kite sloop, capturd on the ;;d instant, tie:
French privateer cutter i.e Renard, of six guns and
24 men.

didmiralell-Odice, Dec. 5, 1810.

Adm;ral Rowley, COmmander in Chief of his
A.l.4jcsty's ships and cossets at JamaiCa, has trans-
united to John Wilson Croker, Esq: a letter he ,had
;received from Captain Bluets, of the Saracen sloop;
reporting the. Capture, off C9ba,,on the 12th of Oc-
tober last, ofa French Privateer, La Caroline, of one
gun and 42 men, last from Savanna, without inak7
mg any capture.-

fichreiralty-Office, I*. 15, 1 8 10.
Copy of a Letter /aim Capt. Hatvey, of his Majesty's sloop
the Rosario, at/tressed tp Coutolotiote Oven, and tram-
- mated to johtt Wilson Croker, Esq.
His Majesty's Sloop Rosario, at Sea oil
SIR, Dungeness, Dec. to. IS io.

I have the honour to inform you that, cruizing off
Doneness this evening, wind westerly, blowing
hard, I tell in with two of the enemy's lugger pri-
vateers, which evidently meant to hoard us; know-
ing their superiority of sailing, I immediately ran
the --nearest one alongside, and Lieut. Ti ei. llaws,
with.the boarders.in a short titue succeetW in car-
rying .her ; :we were then engaged on the starboard
side with the other bigger, rho etl-ted her escape,
having lost our jih-heom iu boa; ding the captured •
on,:. She proves 10 be Le i'vlainelouelt French
lug-
. ger privateer, of, 16 guns and 45 men, commanded
,by Norbez Lawrence, nine hours from Boulogne,.
and. had u4ade no capture. I have to regret that we-
have, five. 'won nded ; two severely ; the enemy seven
wounded. •

I have the honour to be, &c,
IL HARVEY, Captain.

C.',ol2.ll.olfice, Dec, ts, iSto.
mEmßra RCT&IZN.EI) TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT

• • PARLIAMENT.
- Borough of Yarmouth,
Thomas Myers, Esq. of Tilney-stget, in the County, of
Midalesex, hi the room of Lord Viscount Valentia, who
has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. •