APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
without acknowledging the conso- 
Jation I have derived from the 
friendly assistance and advice of 
Major-general Craig during a tedi- 
ous sojournment before this place, 
under many distressing circum. 
stances ; and it is a real pleasure to 
add, that, with him, and also since 
the arrival of general’ Clarke, the 
same sentiments seem to have a¢tu- 
ated the minds of the officers to 
whom his majesty has been pleased 
to entrust the conduct of the expe. 
dition. 
** IT beg leave to notice the emi- 
nent services of captains Hardy and 
Spranger; the conduct of the offi- 
cers, and of the sea and marine 
corps, is also truly praise-worthy, 
and will be: acceptable to his. ma- 
jesty: the readiness with which 
the seamen of the India ships, un- 
der the command of captain Acland, 
of the Brunswick, offered their 
service, gave me the highest satis-. 
fastion ; irdeed all ranks of men 
bore this long service, during bad 
weather, with the utmost cheerful- 
ness, though often unavoidably ill 
fed, and attended with great fa- 
tigue. 
«© My anxiety to dispatch the Or- 
pheus, and the short time since our 
obtaining possession, will, I hope, 
plead. my excuse for not: transmit- 
“tung, by this opportunity, a return 
of the naval stores taken, which I 
understand are considerable; but 
the variety of other circumstances 
at present occupying my mind have 
hitherto prevented my attending to 
‘that point.” 
. Admiralty Office, Now, 23, 1795. 
A dispatch, of which the following: 
. is an extraét, has been this day 
received from vice-admiral the 
hon, sir George Keith E\phin.. 
25 
stone, K. B. dated on board his 
majesty’s ship Monarch, in Table 
Bay, Sept. 23) 1795+ 
‘© T have the honour to acquaint 
you, for the information of my 
lords commissioners of the admi. 
ralty, that on the 16th instant, the 
colony and castle of the Cape of 
Good Hope surrendered by capitu- 
lation to the British arms, in con- 
sequence of which I proceeded in 
the Monarch to this bay, whither 
I had previously dispatched com. 
modore Blankett, in the America, 
with the two sloops and an India 
ship, for the purpose of raising an 
alarm on the Cape Town side, in 
which he succeeded admirably. 
‘© This event has:given me great 
satisfaction; not only from thé for- 
tunate termination, but also from the 
relief it affords to the officers, seay 
men, and marines of the fleet under 
my command, after a laborious 
service for a length of time, where= 
in they were continually fatigued, 
and often unavoidably ill fed. 
They merit my warmest thanks, to 
which the volunteer seamen from 
the East India company’s ships are 
also entitled, for their readiness in 
undertaking to draw the. cannon, 
and the cheerfulness with which 
they performed that duty; and I 
must more particularly beg leave 
to. notice the eminent services of 
captains Hardy and Spranger, 
which, however, are more fully 
described in a letter from major. 
general Craig to me, a copy of 
which I have the honour to enclose, 
together with a list of promotions, 
wherein you will perceive I had 
given the command of the Princess 
to capiain Hardy, whose acknow, 
ledged merit will, 1 trust, justify 
my election, and recommend him 
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