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promotion; and have sent her 

 under care of the Northumberland 

 and Alexander to Syracuse, to wait 

 your lordship's orders. I have the 

 honour to be, my lord, &c. 



Bronte Nelson. 



London Gazette, July S. 

 Admiraltij- Office. 



Copi/ of a Letter from Sir Charles 

 HamiUon, Captain of His Ma- 

 jesty's Skip Melpomene, to Evan 

 Nepean, Esq. 



Sir, 



Goree, April 23. 



^'ou will be pleased to acquaint 

 the lords commissioners of the ad- 

 miralty, that having been informed 

 that three French frigates were at 

 anchor, xmder the forts of Goree, 

 tliis intelligence, with the force and 

 situation of these frigates, induced 

 me to take his majesty's ship Ruby, 

 then watering at port Praya, under 

 my command, and, with this addi- 

 tional force, I proceeded immedi- 

 ately inquestof them. In the after- 

 noon of the 4th instant, I reconnoi- 

 tered the roadstead of Goree, but 

 not finding the frigates there, and 

 conceiving our appearance sufficient 

 to alarm the garrison, I dispatched 

 lieutenant Tidy, with a verbal mes- 

 sage, summoning the island to sur- 

 render (the enclosed letters having 

 passed between me and the gover- 

 nor): at midnight, lieutenant Tidy 

 made me the signal agreed on, that 

 my terms were complied with; the 

 marines of the squadron were in- 

 stantly landed, under the command 

 of captain Mac Cleverty, and the 

 ^rrison in our possession before day. 

 Their lordsliips will be well aware 

 pf the strength and consequence of 



this acquisition, which, I am happy 

 to state, has been obtained so easily ; 

 Mr. Davis, of the Magnanime, be- 

 ing the only person wounded be- 

 fore our flag of truce was observed 

 from the forts. On the 1 3th instant, 

 I dispatched Mr. Palmer, with two 

 boats and 30 men, to Jool, a factory 

 dependant on Goree; he returned 

 on the 22d, having executed his 

 orders most perfectly to my satis- 

 faction, and bringing with him from 

 thence a French brigantine and 

 sloop loaded with rice. 



I have the honour to be, sir, &c. 

 C. Hamilton. 



Goree, 1st Germinal, 8tk 

 Year of the French Repub- 

 lic, one and indivisible. 

 Liberty. Equaliiij. 



The Commander of Goree to the 

 Command er of the EnglishSquad- 

 dron off the Island. 



Sir, 

 I have received the verbal sum- 

 mons which you have sent to me 

 by two officers of your squadron. 

 Anxious to defend the place which 

 has been intrusted to me, I am 

 likewise so to spare bloodshed. I 

 expect, therefore, to receive from 

 you, to-morrow morning, the con- 

 ditions for the surrender of the 

 place, to which I shall agree, if they 

 are admissible. 



The commander of Goree, 



Guillemin. 



Mclpotnene, off the Island of 



Goree, April 4. 



Sir, 



I have received your answer to 



my verbal message to surrender the 



island of (Joree, and have to inform 



you, that the only conditions I can 



accept of are, to be put in possession 



of the forts and island of Goree 



