of fending this Letter, which ought to have gone by the last Prize, but by fome Accident was leic behind. Lieutenant Denman will be able to give you every Information refpecting both Ships you may wish for. The Ceres is now in Chafe, and has made the Sig. nal for an Enemy which we take to be a Privateer Brig. I have the Honor to be, &c. &c. RICHARD LANE. Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Knt. SIR, Regulus, Cape Nichola Mole, I HAVE the Honor to inform you, that on the 11th Joftant, having difcovered Five Veffels at An chor in Aguada Bay, at the North-weft End of the Iland of Porto Rico, I manned La Pouline, a French Schooner, of Four Guns, and Thirty-two Men, which I had captured a few Days before, and fent her, together with the Boats of the Regulus, under the Command of Lieutenant Good, to en-. deavour to cut them out, proceeding in with the Ship for their Protection and Support; the Wind unfortunately failing, neither the Regulus or Schooner could get in near enough to be of any material Service, the whole Effort confequently fell upon the Boats; and it is with great Satisfaction I have to add, that, through the judicious Arrangement and very fpirited Conduct of Lieutenant Good, well fupported by Lieutenant Holman and the junior Officers and Men under their Command, Three of the largest Veffels, confifting of a Ship, a Brig, and an Armed Schooner, were brought away, and, had there been the fmallest Breath of Wind, the fame would have been the Cafe with the other other Two, both which were also boarded, and in our Poffeffion for a confiderable Time; but it falling a dead Calm at the Moment the Cables were cut, and not having Boats fufficient to tow To many Veffels, it became neceffary to quit fome, in order to fecure those which appeared of the moft Importance. I have great Pleasure in representing to you the very good Conduct and determined Bravery which was confipicuoufly fhown by every Officer and Man in the boarding and towing out thefe Veffels under a very heavy and inceffant Fire from the Batteries, clofe to which they had previously been brought as a Security from fuch an Attempt. I am forry, in concluding, to be obliged to acquaint you with the Lofs which we have fuftained in Mr. Thomas Finch, Mafter's Mate, a very promifing young Man, who was killed by a Grape-Shot from one of the Batteries, and was the only Perfon hurt upon this Occafion. I have the Honor to be, &c. GEORGE EYRE. Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Knt. Downing Street, October 9, 1798. BY Letters from Switzerland, of the 18th September, it appears, that on the 8th and 9th of that Month the Troops of the Canton of Underwalden were, after a moft obftinate Resistance, totally defeated by the French Army. The most horrid Carnage enfued. Stanz, the principal Town of the Canton, has been reduced to Afbes, and old Men, Women, and Children, put to the Sword without Mercy. The French had to contend with Sixteen Hundred of the In habitants habitants of Underwalden, who were joined by a few Hundred Volunteers from the neighbouring Cantons. A fmall Body of Peasants from Schweitz performed Prodigies of Valour, and was the Means of faving the Colours of the Canton. The wretched Remains of this unfortunate Army have taken Refuge in the Mountains. BULLETIN FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF OCTOBER 21st, 1798. Admiralty Office, O&tober 21, 1798. EUTENANT WATERHOUSE arrived here late L laft Night with the Duplicate of a Dispatch from Sir John Borlafe Warren, Bart. and K. B. Captain of His Majefty's Ship Canada, to Vice-Admiral Kingsmill; of which the following is a Copy : ·Canada, Lough Swilly, Ireland, 16th October, 1758. SIR, TN purfuance of the Orders and Inftructions I received by the Kangaroo, I proceeded with the Ships named in the Margin *, off Achill Head, and on the roth Inftant, I was joined by His Majefty's Ships Melampus and Doris, the latter of whom [ directed to look out for the Enemy off Tory Ifland, and the Roffes; in the Evening of the fame Day, the Amelia appeared in the Offing, when Captain Herbert informed me he had parted with the Ethalion, Anfon, and Sylph, who, with great Attention, had continued to obferve the French Squadron fince their failing on the 17th Ultimo. the Morning of the 11th, however, thefe Two Canada, Robuft, Foudroyant, and Magnanime. In Ships alfo fell in with us, and at Noon the Enemy were discovered in the N. W. Qgarter, confisting of One Ship of Eighty Guns, Eight Frigates, a Schooner, and a Brig. I immediately made the Signal for a general Chafe, and to form in Succeffion as each Ship arrived up with the Enemy, who, from their great Distance to Windward, and. a hollow Sea, it was impoffible to come up with before the 12th. The Chafe was continued in very bad andboisterous Weather all Day of the 11th, and the following Night, when at half-paft Five A. M. they were feen at a little Distance to Windward,. the Line-of-Battle Ship having loft her Main Top Maft. The Enemy bore down and formed their Eine in clofe Order upon the Starboard Tack, and from the Length of the Chafe, and our Ships being fpread, it was impoffible to clofe with them before Seven A. M. when I made the Robuft's Signal to lead, which was obeyed with much Alacrity, and the Reft of the Ships to form in Succeffion in the Rear of the Van.. The Action commenced at Twenty Minutes part Seven o'Clock A. M. the Roffes bearing S. S. W. Five Leagues, and at Eleven, the Hoche, after a gallant Defence, ftruck; and the Frigates made Sail from us the Signal to purfue the Enemy was made immediately, and in Five Hours afterwards Three of the Frigates hauled down their Colours also; but they, as well as the Hoche, were obstinately defended, all of them being heavy Frigates, and, as well as the Ship of the Line, entirely new;. full of Troops and Stores, with every Neceffary for the Establishment of their Views and Plans in Ireland. I am happy to fay, that the Efforts and Conduct of every Officer and Man in the Squadron feemed to have been actuated by the fame Spirit, Zeal, and Unanimity 03 |