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ADMIRALTY-OFFICE. JULY ag.
Co •T of a Letter from the Rlgtht llonmtrahle Lord Keith, K. B.
Admiral of the White, Fee. Ste. to William Matiden, El+ dated
on board the Edgar, off Ratirgate, July sT.
Sir—l have the farisfeetion of ernifniirtiag. fee their Lord/hips'
information, • copy of • letter which I have remitted from. Captain
Lavie, of his Makfty's ihip the Blanche. acquainting me with the
capture in the latitude of the Ferree Mends, of the Freneh frigate
Is Goerrirre, one of the eoemy's fquadren that has been harden,
our aim empl. yed no the Greenland Fiffierles. Their Lordfhips
will have gnat pkafure in nhfrrvmg, from the lift amend en Cap-
tain Lanie's report. that in mettle...tee of his good &midst& , this
large frigate hasheen carded with Vert link alias our pert. and
did he (peaks in terms of bleb commaidatios el Limt. DOOM
end the reR of the blanches Akers and Ws emepany. I been
the homer to be, &e. (Signed) ICIIITII;Adnaltal.
Hi. Ma)efty's Skip blanche, Yarmouth Roads, July 16. •
Mr Loan—l have the honour to acquaint you of
my return to Yarmouth Rords, having in company
Ia Guerriere French frigate, commanded by Mon-
fieur Host ST, (of the Legion of Honour) whom I
captured on the ,9th inflant, in latitude 62 deg. N.
off the Ferule Mantis. after a (harp-conceit of 45
minutes. La Guerriere is of the largeft elate of fri-
gates, mounting fifty guns, with a complement of
three hundred and feventeen men, but there were loon
fadly reduced by our della-Olive fire, and the Chiphas
. alto Colleted very leetrely, while the damages of the
BF act's are confined to the topmafts, rigging, and
tails. It now becomes a pleating duty to beg you
to recOmmend Lieutenant Hussy Toomas Davies
to their Lordatipe notice, and to (peak latter= of re-
(pea of his general good condua,as alto of Lieutenant*
BASTIN and Attar ; of Mr. ROSIRTSON the Mailer,
and Lieutenant Pow Caiirastt., of the marines.—
The Warrant Officers, Mitifhipmen, and dip's cum.
pany are hkewife entitled to my Imola praife.—
Underneath you will obferve the lift of killed and
wounded. I have. &c. (Signed) THOMAS LAN'S.
Itlanc.bn—None Med.
Wcaroded—Licutinaat Bain, not slanged:Judy; Thomas Mi-
lani" James Wilkins. marina, not danicroutly; George Mor-
ley, soarkse,daimeroufly.
La Goerriessu•s•Twanty Idled; thirty mounded, tea dangereully.
(3111F•d) T. LAM.
The felarMni Letter from Rear Admiral ittr Within Sidney
Sark addreffevi to Viol Admiral-Lord CeMarrood. has hem
i detmlnided to the Admiralty in his Ler4Dires Lwow of the ad
' litame.
Pompee, at Amboy ea Sal* May 14. ittoo.
t. My Lord—l arrived at Palermo in the Poore' on I
the sift of fail month. and took on me the command
of the fqoadron, 'your Lordfbip bas done me the
ilasagr to place under my orders. I found things in
'lute that may be well imagined on the Govern-
kl Mat being cliff:heed from its capital, with the lots
of one of the two kingdoms. and the• difperfion of
the army aferobled in Calabria. The judicious ar-
rangement made by Captain So-ilium( of the (hips
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smiler his orders, and the polition of the Britifh army
' - ender Sir JOHN STUART, at Meffina, had however
prevented further milchief. I had the fatisfation of
learning that Gaeta (till held out, although a's yet
without fuccour, from a raillakcn idea. much too
.i prevalent, that the progrers of the French armies is
irrefiftible. it was ray firft care to fee that the ne
11P,..- teeffary fupplies &mild be fairly conveyed to the Go.
emetic. I had the inexpreffible fatistatlion of con-
veying the molt effential articles to Gaeta, and of
communicating 'obis Serene Highnefs the Governor
(on the Breach battery. which he never quit.), the
affuraiwe of further fupport to any extent within my
oawer,for the maintenance of that important fourth
hitherto fo long preferved by his intrepidity and ex-
ample. Things wore a new afpeft immediately on
the arrival of the ammunition, the redoubled fire of
the enemy with ted hot (hot into the Mole (being an.
fwered with redoubled vigour) did not potent the
landing of every thing we had bt ought. together
with four of the Excst.i.sere's loom- deck gunk, to
anfwer this galling fire, which bore dlreftly un the
landing place. A fecond convoy, with the tweet-
Pin, placed the Gat tifon beyond the immediate want
of any thing effential, and the enemy from advanc-
ing his neareft approaches within two hundred and
fifty yards, was reduced to the defenfive in a degree,
dreading one of thole forties which the Prince of
Hesse had already (hewn him his Garrifon was equal
to. and which was become a much Infer operation,
now, that the flanking fire of ei,thr Neapolitan guar
home, I had brought with me in addition to four his
Highnefs had already ufed fuccelsfolly, would cover
it, even to the rear of the enemy's trenches. Ar.
eangements were put in train fur this purpofe, and.
according to a wife fuggellion of his Serene High- .
nett. meafures were taken for the embarkation of a
(mall party from the earrifon to land in the rear of
the enemy's batteries to the Northward. I confided
the execution of the naval part of this arrangement
to Captain Rtemeaoson, of his Majefiy's (hip Joao,
potting the Neapolitan frigate ;sod gun boats under
his orders. His Serene Highnefs poffeffing the ex-
perience of European wet fare, and a molt firm mind,
having no occafion for further aid on the fpnt, I felt
I could quit the Garrifon without apprchentiop for
its lately in filch hands. with the prefent means of,
&fem, and that I could bell co-operate with him
by drawing fume of the attacking force off for the
defence of Naples. I accordingly proceeded thither
with the Poor's, Exe LLLLLL , Avoseisn, and Is.
TR E rip. The enemy's apprehenlion of attack occa-
finned them to convey (ome of the trimming train
from the trenches before Gaeta to Naples. The city
was illuminated on account of Piste,' B
proclaiming himfell King of the Two Sicilies I The
jut:llion of the EaGLe made us five fail of the line,
and it would have been miry for their fire to have in-
terrupted this ceremony and thew of feftivity, hut I
confidered that the unfortunate inhabitants had evil
enough nn them; that the relloration of the capital
to its lawful Sovereign and its fugitive inhabitants,
would be no ;pacification if it tbould be found a
heap of ruins, tithes, and bone*, and that as I had
an fotet to land and keep order, in cafe of the French
ottry reusing to the Orwell-es, I Ibould leave an
opulent city a prey to the licentious part of the com-
munity. who Would not fail in profit by the confu-
ono the flames wank' ocearom ; not a gnu was fired;
art no Inch ecnfideteki tttt oper.t!,tl on my mind to
merent me dillodgirg die !trench tarril;in from the
;11 rt d 1,1 Capri, which, from /IS 61 uAtion. firdied•
ing4 et aging C‘Slanlua.L.iti..:l firsiti,u,,,d, was a

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