INTELLIGENCE OF IMPORTANCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES.

Admiralty-office, March 25. Copy of a letter from Admiral Kingfmill, commander in chief of his Majefty's ships and vessels on the coaft of Ireland, to Evan Nepean, efq. dated at Cork, the 9th inftant.

Sir, in my letter of the ad inftant ! acquainted my Lords Commithioners of the Admiralty of the arrival of the French brig privateer Telegraphe, fent in by his Majefty's loop Kangaroo. 1 now have the pleasure to inclofe, for their information, a copy of Capt. Brace's letter to me, giving an account of the particulars. The very gallant and beneficial fervices of that excellent officer, in capturing the enemy's privateer at an early period of her croize, and retaking two valuable merchant-hips, deferve every recommendation; but it will, I truft, he needlefs for me to attempt pointing out to their Lordships conduct, which has on this, as well as on former occafions, fhewn itfelf to be fo highly meritorious. The French prifon ers, who were on-board the Kangaroo, affert, that the French big which made her escape was the Grand Decidé, of 18. I conbrafs 12-pounders, and 150 men. clude, the two officers of the army, Capt. Hearnes and Lieut. Bournes, fo handfomely mentioned by Capt. Brace, were re-captured in the thip Chance. R. KINGSMILL. His Majefly's floop Kangaroo, at Sea, Feb. 25. Sir, it has been the good fortune of his Majefty's floop under my command to cipture and re-capture the velfe!s named in the margin*, The Telegraph is a fine French brig privateer, quite new, and fails remarkably faft; mounting 14 carriage-guns of different calibre, and having on-board 78 men. I am pleafed with ha ving captured her in fuch weather, with no other accident than the first Lieut. Mr. Thomas Toulerton (a good officer) having received a violent contufion in the face, from the chace-gun being trown off (by the motion of the flop) whilt he was pointing her. now beg leave to refer You will perceive, you to my jurnal. that I carried away the main boom on the 23d ult. in chace of a thip privateer; and that I parted company with Le Telegraphe, Lieut. Thompfon, in chare of a brig to leeward. In addition to that, I have to

* Minerva, an American thip, laden with tobacco, re-taken on the 22d, inft. in lat. 49 deg. 44 min. N. and long. 12 deg. 37 min. W.-Le Telegraphe, 20 days out from St. Maloes; had, on the 11th inft. taken the Elizabeth brig from Lisbon, laden with fruit.-Chance, Weit-Indiaman, from Martinique; re-captured on the 24th in lat. 49 deg. 48 min. N. and long. 13 deg. W. and in company on the 25th ult.

acquaint you, that at eight A. M. on the 25th inft. in lat 50 deg. N. long. 12 deg. W. I brought to action a French brig privateer, of 18 guns; which, after a warm conteft of an hour, 50 minutes of it fought in good ftyle, clofe to each other, he began to make off, having damaged the rigging and fails fo as to prevent my clofing with her again, though every exertion was made on the part of the officers and men; being at the time short of 44 officers and men, away in prizes; 6 men unable to attend their quarters; 6 wounded, and 4 centi. nels over 78 prifoners in the hold: that confidered, I trust it will appear to you, that there is much merit due to the officers and men on-board. I have to acknowledge myfelf indebted to Capt. Hearnes, of the 43d regiment, and to Lieut. Bournes, of the ift Weft India regiment, for their affistance; and I beg you will be pleased to recommend to my Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty Lieut. Toulerton, and E BRACE. Mr. Verling the mafter.

Lift of men wounded in action,
Mr. William Allen, Boatswain.-Tho-
mas Marks, William Johnson, Henry Pitts,
George Moore, feamen.-William Mil-
hard, marine.-N. B. None killed.

Copy of a letter, from Captain Barlow to
Admiral Kingmill.

Sir, Phoebe, Kinjale Harbour, March 9. I have to acquaint you, that on the 5th inft. in lat. 50 deg. 2 min. N. long. 14 deg. 43 min. W. his Majesty's fhip under my command captured the French thip priva teer Heureux, of Bourdeaux, mounting 22 brafs 12-pounders, and manned with 220

men.

She bore down to us at 3 in the motong, her commander taking the Picbe for an Eaft-Indiaman, and not difcovering his error until within point-blank muíquet fhot, when he wore on our weather bow, and hauled to the wind on the fame tsk as the Piche. In this fituation, the began a fpirited well-directed are, which was kept up a confiderable time, in the hope of fcaping, by difabling our mails, fails, and rigging: an act of temerity to be regretted, as it occafioned a lofs to his Majesty's fhip of 1 feaman killed, and 5 wounded, 2 of whom mortally, and fince dead; and to the enemy, a lofs of 18 killed, and 25 wounded, moft of which have loft limbs. The Hereux is the most complete fluth-deck thip I have ever feen; coppered, copper-faßtened, highly finished, and of large dimensions, viz. Izs feet long, 32 and a half broad, and admeatures near 600 tons. The accounts given of her fail. ing are very extraordinary; the will be confidered as a moft defirable ship for hus Majesty's fervice. She had been out 42 days, and had taken only a úmall Portu

but it was mot till the morning of Nov. 1,
that they could effectuate this operation.
This delay gave time for the enemy to col
lect a force more than double that of the
firft divifien landed, and to be ready to at-
tack it before the return of the boa's with
the remainder. The French advanced to
the charge with bayonets. The Turks
completely exculpated themselves from the
fufpicion of cowardice having been the
caufe of their delay, for, when the ene
my were within ten yards of them, they
ruled on, fabre in hand, and an initant
completely routed the first line of the French
infantry. The day was ours for the mo-
ment; but the impetuofry of Olman Aga,
and his troops, occafioned them to quit the
ftation affigned them as a corps of roterve,
and to run forward in purfuit of the fugi-
tives: European tactics were, of comte,
advantageously employed by the French at
this critical juncture. Their body of re-
ferve came on in perfect order, while a
charge of cavalry, on the left of the Turks,
put them completely to the route in their
turn. Our flanking fire from the caftle
and boats, winch had been hitherto phed
with evident effect, was now neceffanly
fufpended, by the impotlibility of pointing
clear of the Turks in the confufion. The
latter turned a random fire on the boats,
to make them take them off, and the fea
was, in an inftant, covered with turbas,
while the air was filled with piteous moans,
calling to us for atliftance; it was (as at
Aboukir) a duty of fome difficulty to afford
it them, without being victims to their
impatience, or overwhelmed with num-
hers; we, however, perfevered, and laved
all, except thofe which the French took
prifoners, by wading into the water after
them; neither did the enemy interrupt us
much in to doing. Major Douglas and
Lieut. Stokes, who were with me on this
fervice, gave additional proofs of their
zeal, ability, and bravery, and the boats'
crews, as uful, behaved admuably. The
lofs in killed, on our fide, cannot be afcer-
tained. The French General, in his ofler
to exchange prifoners on the general ac-
As to the
count, affures me has 1,100.
enemy's lofs, we have no mears of etti-
mating it, but it must have been fufficient
to convince them, that fuch victories as
thefe, againil troops which, though, irregu
Lar, will fight hand to hand with them,
ruft coft them dear in the end.

.W. S. SMITH.
I am, &c.
Admiralty-office, March 29. Copy of a
letter from the Right Hon. Lord Keith,
K. B. Vice- Admiral of the Red, and Com-
mander in chief of his Majelly's thips and
vetels in the Meditteranean, to Evan Ne-
pean, Efq. dated on-board the Queen Char-
lotte, off V-lette, Feb. 20.

Sir, My letter of the 15th acquainted you, tos the information of their Lord

ships, that I had received intelligence of the
reported approach of an enemy's fquadron
towards this land; and, although I had
confiderable difficulty in perfuading my
felf that they would hazard the attempt in
the face of fo fuperior a force, I neverthe
lefs confidered it incumbent upon me to
take the neceffary precautions of recon-
noitring the quarter in which they were
to be expected, and as the time time,
guarding molt particularly the entrance of
the harbour of Valere, at the only poist
in which they could fecure themselves, and
debark their troops and stores. The wind
being strong from the S. E. and accompa
nied with rain, I could only communicate
by fignal; I accordingly cenoted the rear-
ing, and the reputed force of the entis,
and directed the Foudros ant, Aud.c
and Northu the land, to chace to wind-
ward,
and the Lion to look out off the
paifa e between Goza and Malta, while
the Queen Charlotte was ke, t as clofe in
with the mouth of the harbour as the bat-
teries would admit of; the Alexander, at
the fame time, was under weigh on the
S. E. fide of the island. On the 16th I was
joined by the Phaeton, from Palermo; and
the wind having thifted to the N. W. which
afforded a favourable oppЯtunity for Led-
ing the Neapul tan troops at María Siruch
I accordingly embraced it, and in the after-
noon returned off the haubour of Valete:
fignals were made, from various parts of
the ifland, of an enemy being in fight; and
with the Queen Charlotte, Phaeton, Serena
Neapolitan frigate, and Mmorca floop, I
anx ufy continued to maintam a pofriga
near the thore, to prevent the enemy from
paling within us, and to expose them to
the attack of his Majefty's fhips that were
in purfist of them. On the morning of
the 19 h, El Corfo joined with a line
French armed ftore-th.p, which the took
poffeffion of at 4 in the afternoon of ste
18th, by fignal from Lord Nelion, whot
fquadron was then engaged with the
French: Capt. Ricketts reported this thip
to be the Ville de Marfelles, loaded with
falt meat, brandy, wine, clothing, ftores,
&c. &c. the failed from Toulon on the
17th init, in compan, with the Genereax,
74, Adancal Ferrée; Badine, 24, and two
Corvettes, having near 4000 troops an
board for the ref of Malta. At 4 P. M.
the Foudroyant and Audacious joined me;
and was acquainted by Rear-Adaal
Lord Nelfon, that the Genereux 1 far.
rendered without any acton, and tht the
three corvettes had efcaped, from all the
line of battle-fhips having anxiously presied
after the French Admat. I have the la-
nour to iuclofe a copy of Lord Nelion's
letter. His Lordship has, on this occauen,
as on all others, conducted hitelf with
fall, and great addrefs, in comprehensing
my figuals, which the Rate of the weaker

led me greatly to fufpect., Capt. Peard bas evinced excellent management, from the moment he first difcovered the enemy off the S. W. end of Sicily, until the period of the capture; and Lieutenant Wm. Harring:on, commanding the Alexander in the abfence of Capt. Ball, has thewn great merit in fo ably, conducting that ship, in prefence of fuperior a force, previously to the appearance of Lord Nelson; I beg leave to recommend him to their Lordships' confideration. I have detached fhips in all directions, to endeavour to pick up the ftr.gglers. KEITH.

At

[This Gazette likewife contains a letter from Captain Bowen, of his Majesty's fhip Caroline, to Lord Keith, giving an account of the capture of La Vulture French privateer, a remarkably fast failer, pierced for 22 guns, having on-board, when captured, 137 men.-Captain Ballard, of the Pearl frigate, reports by letter likewise to Lord Keith, his having chafed, and forced on-fhore, off Narbonne, a Genoefe fhip Polocre, of 14 guns, where the was totally loft; her crew ftepped from the veffel on fhore, and the few fettees fhe had under Convoy got into Adge.In this Gazette alfo, Capt. Wollafton, of the Cruizer, informs Lord Duncan, of his having captured the French cutter privateer Petfeverant, of 14 guns and 47 men; and the Flibuftier, of 14 guns, and 54 men. The former is a remarkably fine veffel, copper-bottomed, and has captured an am zing number of veffels in the North Sea. Lieut. Murray, of the brig Sea Flower, in a later to Mr. Nepean, ftates his having captured the Chafer lugger privateer, of St. Maloes, mounting 14 carriage-guns, and 30 men.]

Doruning-freet, April 12. The Right Hon. Lord Keith, K. B. Commander in Chief of his Majesty's fleet in the Mediteranean, having, by proclamation, dated in Leghorn roads on the 12th of March lafl, declared the cities of Marfeilles, Toulon, and Nice, and the whole craft of the Rureva de Ponente, to be in a state of blockade; and the commanders, as well of his Majefty's fhips of war, as of the fhips of war belonging to his Majefty's allies, and ferving under his Lordship's orders, having been directed to enforce the fard blockade, hy detaming and proceeding, according to law, against all fuch veffels as may be found attempting to infringe the fame; notice is hereby given thereof, in order that all m. fters and owners of neutral veffels may govern themfelves accordingly.

Foudroyant, at Sea, off Cape di Corve, 8 leagues W. of Cape Pajaro, off foore about four miles, Feb. 18. My Lord, this morning, at day-light, being in company with his Majefty's fhips Northumberland, Audacious, and El Corfo brig, 1 faw the Alexander in chace of a line of battle thip, 3 frigates, and a corvette. At about 8 o'clock the fired feveral fhots at one of the enemy's frigates, which ftruck her colours, and, leaving her to be fecured by the Ahips a-ftern, continued the chace. I directed Capt. Gould, of the Audacious, and the El Corfo brig, to take charge of this prize. At half past 1 P. M. the frigates and corvettes tacked to the Weftward, but, the line-of-battle fhip not being able to tack without coming to action with the Alexander, bore-up. The Succefs being to leeward, Captain Peard, with great judgement and gallantry, lay across his hawfe, and raked him with feveral broadfides: in paffing the French Thip's broadfide, feveral hot ftruck the Sucoefs, by which I man was killed, and the Mafter and 8 men wounded. half-pait 4, the Foudroyant and Northumberland coming up, the former fired 2 fhot, when the French thip fired her broad fide, and truck her colours. She proved to he the Generenx, of 74 guns, bearing the fig of Rear Admiral Periée, Commander in Coef of the French naval force in the Mrditeran an, having a number of troops onboard trom Toulon, bound for the relief of Malta. I attribute our fuccefs, this day, to be principally owing to the extreme My Lord, Amethyst, at Sea, April 1. good management of Lieut. Wm. Harring- I have the honour to acquaint your Lordton, who commands the Alexander in the fhip, trat his Majefty's hip und r my comablence of Captain Ball; and i am much mand captured last night the Mars Frencla pleafed with the gallant behaviour of Capt. fhip privateer, belonging to Bourdeaux, Peard, of the Succefs; as alfo with the menting 2012-pounders, and two 36al city and good conduct of Capt. Martin pound carronades, and manned with 18o and Sir Edward Berry. I have fent Lieut. men; the had been out on a cruize, had Andrew Thompson, firfi Lieutenant of them de feveral captures, and was returning Foudroyant, to take charge of the Genc- t port. I feel peculiar plafme in horeux (whom I beg leave to recommend to... ving made this capture, as he was esteemyour Lordship for promotion); and have ed one of the finest privateers fitted our at fent her, under the care of the NorthumJOHN PON berland and Alexander, to Syracufe, to wait your Lordship's orders.

I am, &c.
BRONTE NELSON,
GENT. MAG. April, 1800.

Admiralty office, April 12. Copy of a letter from Capt. Cooke, of his Majefly's hip Amethyst, to the Right Hon. Lord Bridport, in Torbay.

Bourdeaux.

[This Gazette likewife contains another lever to Lord Bridport, giving an account of the capture of Le Cabarre French fchooner