Le Coureur French privateer of 14 guns and 90 men, the 20th of this month. Sir, Majeftic, off Cape St. Vincent, Nov. 15. I HAVE the honour to inform you, that chafing from the fquadron under your command, yesterday, I captured the Bolador, a Spanish corvette of 16 guns and 74 men, fchooner rigged, commanded by Don Antonio Rodriguez. He had been feventy four days on his paffage from the Caraccos, and charged with dispatches, which he had thrown overboard during the chase. Sir, I have, &c. J. B. WESTCOTT. Blanche at Sea, Nov. 21. THE officer who will have the honour of delivering this, is fent in with Le Coureur French privateer brig, of 14 guns and go men, taken by his Majefty's fhip under my command, in the night of the 20th inft. after a chase of three hours. I have, &c. H. HOTHAM. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 16, 1797. Admiralty Office, Dec. 16. Copy of a Letter from Rear-admiral Harvey, Commander in Chief of his Majefty's Ships and Veffels at the Leeward Islands, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated on board the Prince of Wales in Fort Royal Bay, Martinique, the 5th of October. Sir, BE pleased to acquaint their Lordships, that his Majefty's floop Bittern, commanded by Lieutenant Edward Kittoe, fell in with, the 13th ult. off Tortola, and captured the French fhip privateer L'Agréable, of 18 guns, nine and fix pounders, and 115 men, which had left Guadaloupe two days before, and taken nothing; had been just fitted out, is a faft failer, and coppered. The capture of this veffel, under her firft equipment, is of much con- · fequence; and the very fpirited manner in which fhe was attacked and captured in the night (although without resistance) does great credit to the conduct of Lieutenant Kittoe. I have the honour to be, &c. &c. HENRY HARVEY. * Copy of another Letter from Rear-admiral Harvey to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated the 5th of October. Sir, I AM to acquaint you for the information of their Lordships, that his Majefty's fhip Lapwing, on the ift of Auguft, being to the northward of Tortola, in lat. 22 deg. 20 min. captured the Le Regulus French privateer floop, belonging to Porto Rico, óf four guns and 26 men, which Captain Barton fent to St. Chriftopher; fhe had been out fifteen days, and had captured an American brig. I have, &c. HENRY HARVEY. VOL. VII. C Copy Copy of another Letter from Rear-admiral Harvey to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated the 5th of October. Sir, BE pleafed to acquaint their Lordships, that his Majesty's ship Scourge captured, the 28th ult. off Mariagalante, La Sarazine French fchooner privateer, belonging to Guadaloupe, of fix guns and 58 men, which Captain Warren fent to this ifland. She had been out ten days, but had taken nothing. I have, &c. &c. HENRY HARVEY. Copy of another Letter from Rear-admiral Harvey to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated the 5th of October. Sir, BE pleased to acquaint their Lordships, that his Majesty's fhip Tamer (Captain Martin) has captured and fent to Barbadoes three French privateers belonging to Guadaloupe, the force of which, with their names, and the dates of their capture, are as follow:-4th Aug. 1797, Le Pont d'Arcole, cutter, four guns and 48 men, off Marlagalante. 8th ditto, Le Renard, cutter, 10 guns and 71 men, off Martinique. 10th ditto, L'Utile, fhip, of 14 guns and 135 men, off Barbadoes. They had been out a very fhort time, and the two former had not taken any thing; but the latter had captured one English and two American veffels. I have the honour, &c. HENRY HARVEY. Copy of another Letter from Rear-admiral Harvey to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated the 5th of October. Sir, ENCLOSED is an account of captures and recaptures made by the fhips of his Majesty's fquadron under my command, as against their refpective names expreffed, between the 25th July 1797, and the date hereof; alfo an account of veffels detained under neutral colours, and libelled in the court of admiralty for the causes stated in the said account during that period. I have the honour to be, &c. HENRY HARVEY. An Account of Merchant Ships and Veffels captured and recaptured; likewife fuch as have been detained under neutral Colours by his Majefty's Ships and Veffels (respectively expreffed against their Names) under the Command of Henry Harvey, Efq. Rear-admiral of the Red, and Com mander in Chief, &c. &c. at the Leeward Islands, between the 25th July and the 5th October 1797. Brig Decifion, of 200 tons and eight men, from Cape François to Porto Rico, in ballaft, belonging to Cape François : recaptured by the Babet. Brig Schylkill, of 100 tons and eight men, from New York to Porto Rico, laden with flour, belonging to Philadelphia: taken by the Babet; detained; fuppofed to be Spanish property. Barque Eolus, of 180 tons and 10 men, from Marfeilles to St. Thomas, laden with wines, belonging to Copenhagen: taken by the Babet; detained, cargo French property. Brig Experiment, of 400 tons and 12 men, from Guadaloupe to St. Thomas, Thomas, laden with ftaves and ballaft, belonging to Guadaloupe: detained, cargo being French property. Brig Mary, of 158 tons and 10 men, from Wilmington to Martinique, laden with lumber, belonging to Philadelphia: recaptured by the Invincible. Sloop Telegraph, from Bermuda to Martinique, laden with pitch, tar, &c. belonging to Bermudas: recaptured by the Bittern. Ship Lyon, of 188 tons and 11 men, from Bourdeaux to St. Thomas, laden with plantation ftores, belonging to Bofton: taken by the Bittern; detained, irregular papers and contraband goods. Sloop Mary, of 104 tons and 10 men, from St. Thomas to Surinam, laden with cash and dry goods, belonging to St. Thomas: taken by the Matilda; detained, falfe invoice, crew confifting of enemy. Ship Rofe, of 350 tons, from St. Vincent to St. Pierre, laden with wine and dry goods, belonging to London : recaptured by the Vengeance. Schooner Blazing Star, of go tons and fix men, from Curaçoa to St. Thomas, laden with indigo, coffee, &c. belonging to New York: taken by the L'Aimable; detained, fuppofed enemy's property. Ship Mary, 220 tons, 10 guns and 17 men, from Demarara to Liverpool, laden with coffee, fugar, &c. belonging to Liverpool: recaptured by L'Aimable. Brig Abbey, of 230 tons, 10 guns and 13 men, from Demarara to Liverpool, laden with coffee, fugar, &c. belonging to Liverpool: recaptured by the L'Aimable. Ketch John, of 258 tons and 16 men, from the Ifle of France to Salem, laden with indigo, coffee, fugar, &c. belonging to Salem: recap. tured by the L'Aimable. (Signed) HENRY HARVEY. Copy of another Letter from Rear-admiral Harvey to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated the 5th of October. Sir, THE Alexandrine fchooner, of fix guns and 40 men, tender to his Majefty's fhip Prince of Wales, having failed from hence, under the command of Lieutenant William Wood Senhoufe, in queft of fome privateers that were faid to be off this ifland, fell in with, the 15th of Auguft laft, La Cocq French privateer, of fix guns and 31 men. After an action of three quarters of an hour the struck, having two men killed and five wounded. The fame evening the Alexandrine attacked another fchooner of greater force, which, after a running act on of fome time, escaped by the darkness of the night. The conduct of Lieutenant Sen houfe, the officers and men of the Alexandrine, on this occafion, was highly fpirited and meritorious. In have the honour, &c. &c. HENRY HARVEY. Copy of another Letter from Rear-admiral Harvey to Evan Nepean, Esq. dated the 22d of October. Sir, I ENCLOSE you for the information of their Lordships, copy of a letter I have received from Lieutenant William Wood Senhouse, of his Majefty's fhip Prince of Wales, commanding the Alexandrine armed tender. The very gallant and fpirited conduct of Mr. Senhouse, by the cap. ture of a privateer fo fuperior in force, together with his former fervices on a fimilar occafion, will, I am perfuaded, recommend him to their Lordfhips' particular favour. The Alexandrine's force was fix guns and 38 men, that of the French privateer eight guns and 74 men. I have, &c. Sir, HENRY HARVEY. Alexandrine, Fort Royal, Martinique, O&. 8. I HAVE the honour to acquaint you, that after delivering your difpatches to the governor of Demarary, and Captain Manwaring of the Babet, on the first inftant, we immediately, in purfuance of your orders, made fail for Barbadoes, and at daylight on the 4th, that ifland then bearing weft five or fix leagues, we obferved a schooner on our quarter, making fail after an American brig to leeward; we continued our course, but the discovering us to be an armed veffel, hauled her wind to the northward, as we did in chafe of her; and at nine A. M. brought her to a close action of fifty minutes, when the ftruck, proving to be L'Erpicharis French privateer, mounting eight carriage guns, and having on board 74 men, belonging to Guadaloupe. It is with regret I add, that this was not accomplished without the lofs of an excellent feaman, and four others wounded, one I fear mor tally. The lofs of the enemy I have reason to think was great, as on our taking poffeffion of her four men were found lying dead on her deck, and twelve feverely wounded. The mufter-roll of the privateer being loft, and the Captain's ac count not agreeing with the number found, I have mentioned 74, as the number actually counted by us when the ftruck. I have, &c. Rear-admiral Harvey, &c. Leeward Islands. W. W. SENHOUSE. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 19, 1797. Admiralty Office, Dec. 19. Copy of a Letter from Vice-admiral Kingsmill, Commander in Chief of bis Majefty's Ships and Veffels on the Coaft of Ireland, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated on board the Penguin, at Cork, the 11th of December. Sir, I HAVE the fatisfaction to enclofe, for the information of my Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, a letter to me from Captain Faulknor, of his Majefty's fhip Diana, giving an account of his having captured a faft-failing French corvette, La Mouche, of 18 guns and 122 men, fitted out from La Rochelle as a privateer, with which the Diana arrived here yesterday. I have the honour to be, &c. Sir, R. KINGSMILL. Diana, at Sea, Dec. 8. I HAVE the pleasure of acquainting you, that on the 5th instant, being in lat. 50 deg. 17 min. long. 21 deg. I fell in with, and captured, after a chafe of four hours, La Mouche, a national corvette, fitted in every refpect for a fix weeks cruife by the merchants at Rochelle; had been been from that place fifteen days, without making any English captures; the fent in, five days prior to my falling in with her, an American, from the Isle of France bound to Bourdeaux, which she detained on fufpicion, having no French pafs on board. La Mouche is a fhip of confiderable force, having eleven ports of a fide, but only 16 twelve-pounders on board when I fell in with her; fix of which were thrown overboard during the chafe. The Captain of her informs me fhe had a thorough repair and was new coppered in September laft. That the fails remarkably fast there is no doubt of, as, had it not been for her carrying away her fore-topmaft during the chafe, the determined way in which the continued on after that, notwithstanding the Diana's hot going over her, gave me reafon to fear, from the evening's coming on very thick and foggy, I might have loft her. She has run most of the war with great fuccefs in annoying our trade, which makes the capture of a fhip of her d feription add confiderably to the pleasure of, Sir, your moft obedient humble fervant, JONATHAN FAULKNOR. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 23, 1797 Admiralty Office, Dec. 23. Copy of a Letter from Captain Cunningham, Commander of his Majesty's Ship Clyde, to Evan Nepean, Efq. dated at Sea, Dec. 13. Sir, I BEG you will pleafe to acquaint the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that I this day captured the French privateer brig Succefs, from Bayonne, out fifteen days, having captured only one American veffel. I have the honour to be, &c. &c. CHARLES CUNNINGHAM. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 26, 1797. Admiralty Office, Dec. 23. Copy of a Letter from Captain Cunningham, of his Majefty's Ship Clyde, to I BEG you will pleafe to acquaint the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that on the 15th inftant, in lat. 44 deg. 40 min. long. 4 deg. I fell in with and captured La Dorade, a fhip privateer from Bourdeaux, copper fheathed, pierced for 18 guns, having 12 guns and 93 men on board. She had been out fifty days, cruifing off the Azores and Madeira, without having made any capture, and was returning to her port. I have the honour to be, &c. CHARLES CUNNINGHAM. 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