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ANNUAL REGISTER, JS13. 



His Majesty*s sloop Scijlla, at 

 Sea, Orf. 2i;i8i3. 



Sir ; — 1 have the honour to ac- 

 quaint you, for the information of 

 the Lords Commissioners of the 

 Admiralty, that, at one, a. m. the 

 18th inst. in longitude 9 deg. 10 

 min. W. and latitude 47 deg. 30 

 min. N. I fell in with a French 

 national frigate, under jury main 

 and mizen masts, apparently mak- 

 ing the' best of her way for Brest ; 

 and judging it not prudent to at- 

 tack such superior force (as in the 

 event of our being crippled), I 

 should not have been able to have 

 kept sight of her, from the seve- 

 rity of the weather, I had the good 

 fortune, on the 20th instant, to 

 meet with his majesty's sloop 

 Royalist, when captain Bremer, 

 in the handsomest manner, volun- 

 teered to join me in attacking her. 

 At half past three, p. m. we bore 

 up in close order, the Scylla on 

 her quarter, and the Royalist on 

 her bow, and commenced the ac- 

 tion nearly at the same time, which 

 continued for an hour and a half, 

 when our sails and rigging being 

 very much cut, and mainmast se- 

 verely wounded, the Royalist near- 

 ly in the same predicament, we 

 hauled off to repair the damages, 

 the weather being very squally, 

 so as to endanger our masts. A 

 man of war appearing to the north- 

 ward, I ordered the Royalist to 

 apprise her of our situation; at 

 day-light this morning, I observed 

 a large ship to leeward, which 

 proved to be his majesty's ship 

 Rippon, and as you, sir, was an 

 eye-witness of our proceeding this 

 , morning, I beg leave to refer to 

 you for the subsequent events. 



Any encomium I can bestow on 



captain Bremer would, I am con- 

 vinced, fall very short of his de- 

 serts; and I beg leave to return 

 him, his officers, and ship's com- 

 pany, my warmest thanks for the 

 gallant support they afforded us 

 during the action. "To the officers 

 and ship's company of this sloop I 

 shall ever feel indebted for their 

 gallant and persevering conduct in 

 the action, and during the time we 

 kept sight of the enemy, in the \ 

 severest weather I almost ever ex- 

 perienced ; and beg to recommend 

 Mr, William Speck, senior lieu- 

 tenant of this sloop, also Mr. 

 Thomas G. Cooper, master's-mate. 

 Captain Bremer speaks in the 

 highest terms of his officers and 

 ship's company. 



I am happy to say, that we ^ 

 have only two seamen slightly I 

 wounded ; the Royalist, I am sorry 

 to add, was not so fortunate, hav- 

 ing two killed and nine wounded. 

 1 have the honour to be, &c. 

 (Signed) C.Macdonald, 

 Commander. 

 To Sir Christopher Cole, 

 Bart. Captain of his Ma- 

 jesty's ship Rippon, &c. 



ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, 



Nov. 2, 1813. 

 A letter from admiral lord 

 Keith, K. B. to John Wilson 

 Croker, esq. dated on board his 

 majesty's ship Sultan, in Cawsand L 

 Bay, 30th October, 1813, encloses P 

 the following addressed to his lord- 

 ship : — 

 Androviache, Oct. 25, 1813, Scilly, 

 N. N. E. distance 22 leagues. 

 My Lord,— As the day opened 

 on the 23rd inst. the Andromache 

 gave chase to a frigate under jury- 



