Admiralty Office, October 3, 1797. Extract of a Letter from Sir Peter Parker, Bart. Commander in Chief of his Majefty's Ships and Veffels at Portsmouth, to Evan Nepean, Efq dated on board the Royal William, at Spithead, the 30th of September, 1797. ENCLOSED is a letter from Lieutenant Thomas Newton, commanding the Telemachus armed cutter, giving an account of his having yesterday captured the Jean Bart, French lugger privateer. - SIR, Telemachus, Spithead, September 30, 1797. I HAVE the honour to acquaint you, that yesterday morning, off Portland, his Majesty's armed cutter under my command, after a chafe of five hours, captured the Jean Bart, French lugger privateer, of eight fwivels, coppered, and manned with twenty-four men; had been three days out of Cherbourg, and had taken nothing. THOMAS NEWTON. From the LONDON GAZETTE, October 7, 1797- Copy of a Letter from the Right Hon. Lord Bridport, K. B. to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated on board his Majefty's Ship Royal George, at Sea, the 1ft of October, 1797. SIR, I THIS day fell in with his Majefty's fhip Unité, Captain Rowley, having under his protection the Indian, a French privateer of 16 guns, and the Egmont, one of the Leeward Island convoy, which were taken by the Phaeton and Unité, on the morning of the 24th ultimo; and herewith I tranfmit, for their Lordships' information, a copy of Captain Stopford's letter to me on that subject. I am, &c. MY LORD, BRIDPORT. Phaeton, off the Roches Bonnes, Sept. 24, 1797 I HAVE the honour to inform your Lordship, that the Indian, a French privateer of fixteen guns, together with her prize the Egmont, a homeward-bound Weft Indiaman of 450 tons, were taken this morning by the Phaeton and Unité. I have the honour to be, my Lord, &c. From the LONDON GAZETTE, October 10, 1797. Admiralty-Office, October 10, 1797 Copy of a Letter from Admiral Peyton, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's Ships and Veffels in the Downs, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated on board the Overyfel, the 9th inftant, SIR, I HEREWITH enclofe a copy of a letter I have received from Captain Horton, of his Majefty's floop Fairy, giving an account of his having funk a French lugger; which you will be pleafed to lay before their Lordships. JOSEPH PEYTON, SIR, On board bis Majesty's Sloop Fairy, the 8th of October, at Sea. I HAVE to inform you, that on the 5th, at day-break, being off Blanchez, I difcovered three luggers to the S. W. and one brig to the weftward, which proved to be a prize to them; and, after every effort to cut them off from the land proving unfuccefsful, about eleven A. M. a little to the weftward of Eftaples, I anchored a-breast of the brig, one of the luggers having regained her, and, after heaving as clofe in as I could, and attempting to drive the lugger's crew, foldiers, and people affembled about the brig, from her, as well as having fent my boats in twice to fee if it was practicable to board the brig, in vain, I was under the neceffity of leaving the brig, though not before I had the fatisfaction to fink the lugger, which, from the manner they dismantled her at low water, I conceived to have rendered totally unferviceable. As the tide flowed, the enemy moved the brig close in fhore under the batteries, and got her into Bologne. The lugger appeared to have from thirty to forty men on board, mounted swivels only. J. SYDNEY HORTON. Admiralty Office, October 10, 1797. Copy of a Letter from Captain Barlow, Commander of his Majefty's Ship Phabe, to Evan Nepean, Ejq. dated at Falmouth, the 6th of October, 1797. SIR, BE pleased to inform their Lordships of the arrival, at this port, of his Majefty's fhips Phoebe and Melampus, under my command: the Melampus joined me off the harbour this morning, having, on her return from feeing the Janus and her convoy fafe into the Downs, capturred a French lugger privateer; for the particulars of which I refer you to Captain Moore. Sir, ROB. BARLOW. Melampus, Carrick Roads, Falmouth, October 6, 1797 I HAVE to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that yesterday, at four A. M. Casket lights bearing fouth fix leagues, after a chafe of four hours, we captured Le Rayon, a French privateer lugger, mounting fix carriage guns and eight cohorns, and fifty-four men, commanded by Jean Baptifte Leonard Goffelin. She failed from Cherbourgh ten hours before, on a fix weeks cruife, between the Lizard and Cape Clear, was well appointed, and fails remarkably well. GRAHAM MOORE. Admiralty Admiralty Office, October 10, 1797- Copy of a Letter from Admiral the Right Hon. Lord Bridport, K. B. to SIR, HEREWITH you will receive, for their Lordships' information, the MY LORD, BRIDPORT. Phaeton, off L'Ile Dieu, Sept. 18, 1797. I HAVE the honour to inform your Lordship, that the Unité last La Brunette had failed from Bourdeaux only two days, and is com- Right Hon. Lord Bridport, K. B. &c. &c. &c. ROB. STOPFORD. INDEX. INDEX. A. ADAMS, Mr. His fpeech to the Con- grefs, Page 339-His meffage refpect- Addrefs Of the citizens of Aux Cayes to America, the United States of--Communi- cation from the Prefident refpecting the to the Directory, 144, 145-His address Answer of the court of Rome to General Antraigues, M. d', documents found in his Archduke Charles-His reply to General Arret of the Executive Directory respecting Aubry--His report to the Council of Five Audience, public, given by the Directory B. Barras, his fpeech at the ceremony of Bernadotte, General, addrefs of his divifion Blount, Mr. report refpecting him, 384- His Britannic Majefty-Treaty with Heffe letter to Cardinal his answer to the the Carinthians, 59 his letter to the his letter to the Exe- cutive Directory respecting the armistice, |