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Unanimity in their King and Country's Caufe; and I feel myfelf under great Obligations to them, as well as the Officers and Men of this Ship, for their Exertions upon this Occafion; which will, I hope, recommend them to their Lordships' Favour.

I left Captain Thornbrough after the Action; with the Magnanime, Ethalion, and Amelia, with the Prizes; and am forry to find he is not arrived; but truft they will foon make their Appearance.

I have the Honor to remain, SIR,

Your moft obedient humble Servant,

JN. WARREN.

P. S. The Ships with us in the Action, were the Canada, Robuft, Feudroyant, Magnanime, Ethalion, Melampus, and Amelia.

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The Anfon joined us in the latter Part of the Action, having loft her Mizen-Maft in Chafe the Day before...

I have fent my Firft Lieutenant Turguand to take the Command of the Hoche.

BY a Letter from Lord Viscount Caftlereagh to Mr. Wickham, Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, dated Dublin Caftle, the 18th Inftant, it appears that the Melampus had arrived off Lough Swilly, with another French Frigate in Tow, in Purfuit of which he had been fent.

BULLETIN

FROM THE

LONDON GAZETTE OCTOBER 23d, 1798,

Admiralty-Office, October 23, 1798.

Copy of a Letter from the Earl of St. Vincent, K. B. Admiral of the Blue, Sc. to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated off Cadiz, the 30th of September, 1798. SIR,

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ENCLOSE Two Letters, reprefenting eminent Services performed by Officers and Part of the Crew of His Majefty's Ships the Goliath and Alc.

mene.

SIR,

I am, Sir, &c. &c. &c.

ST. VINCENT.

Goliath, off the Mouth of the Nile, the 25th August, 1798. 1 HAVE great Pleasure in informing you, that at Half after One this Morning, the Boats of His Majefty's Ship Goliath, under the Direction of Lieutenant William Debufk, attacked and carried, after an obftinate Action of Fifteen Minutes, the French National Armed Ketch Torride, of Seventy Men, commanded by Mr. Martin Bedat, Lieute

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nant de Vaiffeau, mounting Three long EighteenFounders, Four Swivels, and well-appointed in Small Arms: The Castle of Berquier, under the Guns of which the Torride was moored, alfo fired for her Support, but the Skill and Courage of Lieutenant Debusk, and those under his Command, were fuch as to baffle every Attempt to fave her. The French Captain is badly wounded, I have therefore fent him on Shore with a Flag of Truce. Lieutenant Debufk is flightly wounded, and One of his People likely to fuffer Amputation of his Left Arm; the Prize had Three killed and Ten wounded; feveral of the Prifoners escaped to the Shore by fwimming.

I have, &c. &c. &c.

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I BEG Leave to inform you that La Legere French Gun Boat, mounting Two Six-Pounders, fome Swivels, and Sixty-one Men, was captured this Day by His Majesty's Ship under my Command.

Though every Preparation was made for running along fide and boarding her, to fave any Difpatches fhe might have for Buonaparte, we could not prevent their being thrown overboard, which was however perceived by John Taylor and James Harding, belonging to the Alcmene, who, at the Risk of their Lives, (the Ship then going between Five and Six Knots,) dafhed overboard, and faved the whole of them.

Both Men were moft fortunately picked up by the Boat that was fent after them, and I conceive it my Duty to make known the very spirited Conduct they

fhewed

fhewed on this Occafion, for the Good of the Ser

vice.

I am, SIR,

Your most obedient Servant,

GEORGE NOPE.

Fo Samuel Hood, Efq. Captain of
His Majefty's Ship Zealous.

La Legere is Forty Days from Toulon, bound to Alexandria with Difpatches for General Buonaparte.

Admiralty-Office, October 23, 1798.

Copy of a Letter from Captain Graham Moore, Com. mander of His Majesty's Ship Melampus, to Sir John Borlafe Warren, dated at Sea off Lough Swilly, the 16th Inftant.

SIR,

I HAVE the Honor to inform you, that on the 13th Inftant, at Midnight, being well up towards St. John's Point, we difcovered. Two large Ships clofe to us on our Weather-Beam; on feeing us they hauled up on the oppofite Tack; as I had not the leaft Doubt of their being Two of the Enemy's Frigates, we tacked and clofed with the nearest in an Hour, going Ten Knots. After hailing and ordering her to bring to without Effect, the trying to get away athwart our Stern, we opened fuch a Fire upon her as completely unrigged her in about Twenty-five Minutes, and forced her to bring-to, and furrender; fhe proved to be La Refolue French Frigate, commanded by Jean Pierre Barqueau, mounting Forty Guns and Five Hundred Seamen, and Troops on board; the other Frigate was L'Immortalité, of Forty-four Guns, Twenty-four Pounders on the Main Deck, and Six Hundred Seamen and Soldiers; she made feveral Signals whilst we were occupied

occupied with her Confort, but gave us no Difturbance.

Both on this Occafion, and during the Action of the 12th, the Officers, Seamen, and Marines, of His Majesty's Ship under my Command difplayed the utmoft Degree of Zeal, Alacrity, and gallant Spirit; Mr. Martin, (the First Lieutenant, an old and good Officer,) with Lieutenants Price, Ellifon, and Hole, of the Marines, conducted themfelves much to my Satisfaction, and I experienced very great Affiftance from the steady good Conduct of Mr. Emory, the Master.

As a very heavy Gale of Wind came on imme. diately after our boarding La Refolue, the Second Lieutenant, Mr. John Price, with Twenty-one Men, were all that could be thrown on board of her, with the Lots of our Two Cutters. That Officer deferves very great Credit for his active Exertion in clearing her of the Wreck of her Mats and Rigging, and in keeping Company in fo violent a Storm; as our Object was to difable our Antagonist before her Confort could aflift her. La Refolue had only Ten Men killed, and a great Number wounded; but I am inexpreffibly happy to add, that in the Action of the 12th, we had only One Man wounded; and the Affair of the 13th did not deprive their Country of the Services of a fingle Man of the brave Crew of the Melampus.

I have the Honor to be, &c. &c.

GRAHAM MOORE.

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