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GEORGIA GAZETTE. Number 14. Fran tie LON D O N GAZETTE. Ci Admiralty-Office, (Whiteball) April 19. flcpy (if a letter from Vice Admiral CorniJh y to Mr. Cleveland, dated in the Bay of Manila, the 31// cf October, 1762. is with the greatest pleasure I have the honour to acquaint their Lordfiiip* with the success of his Majesty’s arms in the g4s! j BSs redu&ion of the city of Manila, which was taken by storm on the morning of the 6th inil. In my letters of the 23d and 31st of July, I acquainted their , Lordihips with my proceedings to that time; after which I used every poflible means at Madras for dispatch, the decline of the S. W. morvfoon making it of the utmost importance. To promote this end, I compleated the Elizabeth, Grafton, Lenox, Weymouth, and Argo, with such of the troops and military (lores as they were to take on board,, and oh the 29th sent them aw ay under the command of Commodore Tiddeman, to proceed to Malla ca, with a view that they might compleat their water there by the time I (hooki arrive with the remainder of the squa dron. * \ ‘ Having accomplilhed the embarkation of every thing de igned for the expedition, with a dispatch much beyond my expedition, as we had the whole time of my being there a violent furf to contend with, I failed the ill of Au gust with the (hips undermentioned, viz. Norfolk, Panther, America, Seaford, South Sea Castle florefhip, Admiral Stevens’s (lorefhip, Ofterly Company’s (hip, leaving the Falmouth, at the requeit of the President and Council, to convoy the F.fTex India (hip, who was not ready to fail, having the treasure to take on board for the China cargoes, and to bring to Manila such of the company’s servants as were#o be put in poffeflion of that government, if the ex pedition fucceedrn. The 19th, I arrived at MalJaca, and was diiappomted in not finding Mr. Tiddeman there, who did pot join til! the 2ill, having met with long cahns. The dirficulty of watering the squadron at this place made it the 27th before 1 covld leave the road. On the 2d of September I arrived off Pulo Timean, and was joined by Capt. Grant in the Scahorfe, whom I had de tached upon mv firft arrival at Madras to cruize between this ifiand and the ilreights of Sinoapore, to (lop any veffcl he might fufped going to Manila. On"the 19th, I made the coail of Luconia, hut was drove off again by a (Irong N. E. wind, which separated fome of the"fquadron. The 22d, the gale broke up, and the wind lnifting to the S. W. the 23d we recovered the land again 4 the next day entered the bay of Manila, and, in the ciofe of the evening, anchored off the fort of Cavite with the whole squadron, except the South Sea Callle and Ad miral Stevens, the Falmouth and Essex having joined me off the conll. In the night 1 lent the mailers to found about the fortifications of Cavite, and, by their report, found that it might be attacked by Ihtns. The *sth in the morning, the wind not being favour able to attack the Cavite, I took two of the frigates, and, with Gen. Draper and fome other officers-, reconnoitred the (liore about Manila, and obfei ved fome churches and other buildings to lland near the wcrk> cr the south fide of the toy.n, particularly towards the S. Vv. ballirn. e had fome dong'll of attacking the Cavite rir.l, to have had tnc conveniency of that port for the (hipping, but comlJcred that though the attack ihould be attended w':tli ail the iuc oefs we con Id hope, yet it would caute a delay at lead of two days before W'e could lard, at Manila, which time w ould afford opportunity to ;he :? detnotilh the buildings T H U R S D A Y, July 7, 1763. near their works, and to prepare many obftaqles to our landing, and perhaps recover from that conllernation our unexpected arrival had thrown them in* and farther, Ma nila being the capital, if that fell, Cavite would in confe quencc. From those confidcrations, I joined in opinion with the General, to take advantage of circumilances, so favourable for a defeent, and land the troops with all dispatch, and endeavour to get poffe(Turn of fome polls near their works, which, if effeded, would greatly facilitate the redudiou of the city. * In conlequence of tlrcfe rcfolutions, I immediately made the signal on board the Scahorfe for the squadron to join me, and for the troops to prepare to land. About seven in the evening, the 79th regiment, with the marines in the boats under the direction of the Captains Parker, Kcmpenfelr, and Brereton, pulhed for the (hore, and, under the fire of the three frigates, effeded the land ing at a church called the Moratta, about a mile and a half from the walls. We had no opposition from the enemy, but fome difficulty from the furf which run high, and bilged all the long bo ts, but happily 101 l no men. The next morning the General took an advanced pod a bout 200 yards from the glacis, and there, under cover of a blind, intended his battery again 11 the face of the $. W. ballion. The number of troops being finall, I landed a battalion of feamcn, confiding of about 700 men, under the command of the Cap.ains Collins, Pitehibrd, and George Ourry. / The 25th, I dispatched three armed boats after a galley coming up the bay tp Manila; they came up with her, rc folulely boarded hc4, ar and took hec, not.vithllanding (lie kept up a smart fire with pattcraroes and mulkcts. She mounted two carriage and 17 brass swivel guns, and had 80 men. By letters found in her, we difeovered die was dis patched from the galleon St. Phillipina, from Acapulco, and w hom (he had left the loth of September at Cajayagan, between the Embocaicro and Cape Sp ritu Sante. Upon this difeovery, I came to a resolution to fend the Panther in quell of her, but it was the 4th of October before the weather permitted their failing. The 28th of September, the General acquainted me that he was beginning to work, on the battery, and that if fome (hips could get near enough to throw (hot on the works of the town opposed to it, it might take off fome of the ene my’s fire and attention, and thereby facilitate its conllruc tion. In conlequence of this, I ordered Commodore Tidde man, with the Elizabeth and Falmouth, towards the town, as near as the depth of water w ould permit, and to place the (hips in such a position as w uld bell anfwcr the purpose intended, which was accordingly done the next day, and their lire had good effed. On the 30th, the South Sc* Castle arrived with (lores, w-hich were much wanted, the intrenching tools, for want of which the army had been so greatly di llreded, that I was obliged to employ ail the forges in mak ing of spades, pickaxes, See. for them. Iheut of Octo ber it began to blow frcih, and in the night increafcd to 3 hard gale, which drove the South Jea Callle aihorc near the Pulvcriila, a little to the fouthw'ard This ac cident, however, had fome confiderablc advantages attend ing it, as the situation (he lay in made her cannon a pro tedion so;- the rear of our camp; it was likewise the meant that all her military llores were got on ihore with fafety and dispatch, and the arinv supplied with the provisions (he had on board, both which'articles they irood in immediate peed of, and which could not have been supplied bv boats, as it continued blowing weather for lever.d days after, as : the furf breaking very high on the beach.