APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE, 
Landon Gazette, April 6, 1795. 
A dispatch, of which the following 
~ Is acopy, was this evening re- 
ceived from Vice-admiral Ho- 
tham, commander of his Majes- 
ty’s ships and vessels in the 
Mediterranean, 
Britannia at Sez, March 16,1795. 
Sir, 
yee will be pleased to in- 
- form their lordships, that 
en the 8th instant, being then in 
Jeghorn road, I received an ex- 
press from Genoa, that the French 
feet, consisting of 15 sail of the 
dine and 3 frigates, were seen two 
days before off the isle of Mar- 
guerite, which intelligence cor- 
responding with a signal made 
from the Mozelle, then in the off. 
ing, for a fleet in the north-west 
quarter, I immediately caused the 
squadron to be unmoored, and at 
daybreak the following morning 
we put to sea with a strong breeze 
from the east north-east. 
The ‘Mozelle previously re- 
turned to me with the informa- 
tion, that the fleet she had seen 
were steering to the southward, 
and supposed to be the enemy; in 
consequence of which I shaped my 
course for Corsica, lest their des- 
tination should be against that 
island, and dispatched the Tarle- 
ton brig to St. Fiorenzo, with or- 
ders for the Berwick to join me 
with all possible. expedition off 
Cape Corse; but in the course of 
the night she returned to me with 
the unwelcome intelligence of 
that ship’s having been captured 
two days before by the enemy’s 
fleet. 
To trespass as little as possible 
vpon their lordships’ time, I shall 
not enter into a detail of our pros 
ceedings until the two squadrons 
got sight of each other, and the 
prospect opened of forcing the ene- 
my to attion, every movement 
which was made being direéted to 
that object, and that alone. 
Although the French ships were 
seen by our advauced frigates daily, 
yet the two squadrons did not get 
sight of each other until the :2th, 
when that of the enemy was disco- 
vered to windward. 
Observing them on the morn. 
ing following still in that direc. 
tion, without any apparent intention 
of coming down, the signal was 
made for a general chace, in the 
course of which, the weather be 
ing squally, and blowing very 
fresh, we discovered one of their 
line of battle ships to be without 
her top-masts, which afforded to 
captain Freemantle of the Incon- 
stant frigate (who was then far ad- 
vanced on the chace) an opportu- 
nity of shewing a good proof of 
Ne British 
