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_ _ . .V • O - This was Tre® the W. S. W. direWy on the Thort, ■which gave me much concern for the fafety of the squadron, for tKp Elizabeth and Falmouth, who were only in four fat no m water, and, as I Have fmcc been informed, with the fend of the sea, liruckj bat the bottom being mud Jhnd foft'to a confidcrable depth, they received no damage.. On the 4th in the morning the General opened the battery, which was so well managed, and fecondcd by the ships be fore the town, that in mar hoars the defences were taken -off, and the next day in the evening the .breach wap made praltfc&bid. On the 6th, tt day-light in the morning, the General's regiment, with the sea battalion, mounted the breach, made .the attack, and loon got poflefßon of!all the balKons, which com pleated the conqucft. , I immediately went on fliore, and, with die General, had a meeting with the Spa nith Governor, and fome of his principal officers, when a capitulation wai agreed on, that the town and part of Ca vite, with the i(lands and forts dependant on Manila, Ihould be given up to his Britaanick Majesty, and that they should pay four millions of dollars for the preservation of the town and their elFefts. [A copy of which capitulation I have inclofcd. ] * On the 12th, I .sent Capt. Kempenfelt in the Norfolk, with the Seaford and Seahorse, to take pefleffion of Cavite, Agreeable to the capitulation. By this acquisition we are in pofleffion of a very large quantity of naval (tores; and besides the advantage of almost every convenience*.for refitting a squadron, the people are supplied with frefh meat arid ve getables in great plenty. * . The siege, though lhort, was attended with many diffi culties, and great fatigue, in which both.the officeis and men exerted themselves with the atmoft chearfulnefi. We had constantly frefh gales, a lee shore, and consequently a high iurf to contend with, which made it always difficult, frequently hazardous, and fonu.times impossible to land with boats. The rains fell verv heavy, and our little army was surrounded and harrafled by numerous#bodies of Inaians. who, though undisciplined, and armed only with lances and bows and arrows, yet, by a daring refolntion and con- of death, they became not only troublesome but for midable. I have the fatisfaftion of acquainting their Xordflupa, that, throughout the whole expedition, the mod merfea harmony and unanimity has fobfifted between his Wajedy's land and sea forces. You will receive with this an account of the number of mmcers and men, both seamen and marines, that were land ed from the squadron, as likewise ofthe killed and wound ed in each corps, ft is with concern I acquaint their Lord ships with the loss of Commodore Tiddeman, who, inat tempting to enter the river in his barge, the mowing after the reduftion of Manila, was drowned with five of his pco- St C nc^ nh o a S 4 " ident hi ‘ ,oft * brave Kempenfelt, by whom I fcndthis, (and will pre- Jent to you, for their Lord (hips, a plan of the town of Ma- Un<* P "‘ °l CaWt ') h ? ! b “” greatelffiL ** nc ? *° I du ™g thc course of this enterprize; he is verv Capable offurmlhing their Lord (hips with many particulars ***&? tileir information, and his great merit makes *my duty to recommend him as a very able and good offi ccr. I am, Ac. S . CORNISH Bxtraaofa letter fremote Admiral Cornijh, to Mr. Cleveland, dated in the Bay of Manila, the loth of November, 176a. vTN mv letter of the 31st of Oftober, I acquainted you of l my having font Capt. Parker with the Panther and Ar lo:-ndrMa°nila heßalfe ° n ,rom A cap u ,co. letter from Ki " 8 inth . c Argo returne<l with a letter from Capt. Parker, acquainting me, that, in confe rence of my orders, having, on the 30th of Oftober o-ot EmborSe ° r C i pul, ncar lhe entjrancc intofhe T** In . pinrfuit u of the St ‘ Philli Pna, where the T h r If* “ Mch * intended to do J gh * anda X closed, saw a fail (fond to the northward, at eight in the evening he got fight of the chace. about two leagues to leeward, but unluckily by the rapidit? of a counter current to what the chace was in .Hj*, Naran £ o ' s in the atmoft danger of being loft and obliged to anckor; the frigate having escaped thfdan £r# got up with the chace, and engaged hcr~near two hours, tut was lb roughly lundled* that Capt. King obliged to bnng to to repair his damages. 6 - By this.time the current (lackened, which enabled Cm, Parker to get under fail with the chace in fight* about P * the next morning he came up. with her. am? battel” her two hours within half mu/ket (hot, (he (truck Th nemy made but little resistance, trusting to th* *r thickness of the sides of their (hip, which the Panther’s ifW was mot able to penetrate, excepting her upper woli Capt. Parker was no less disappointed than furpdfed, when the Genend came on board, to find that, instead of the St Phtmpina, he had engaged and taken the Santiffino Trini* dad, who departed from Manila the ift of August f or pulco, and had got 300 leagnes to the eaftwardof the Em bocaderoi but mating with a hard gale of wind, was difl and put back to vefit; (he had 800 men on board, and pierced for 60 guns, but when Capt. King engaged her had only 6 mounted, and but 13 when takonj (he drew feet water, and is much larger than the Panther. I cannot nfnlT n ‘W Vahie ,° f h U n Ut Uto the amount of one million and-an half of dollars registered, and (he i. reputed to be worth three millions. Capt. King left the Panther with her prize at an anchor about three leagues south of the Corrigedow, at the mouth of this bay j and as I have font a reinforcement of men with launches and warps, I hope very soon to have them in fafetv 1 am &c * 5. CORNISH Officers killed and wounded, idc. belonging to the Norfolk • Mate “killed f POrtCr> *** Mr, Whilc Surgeon’s Second Lenox i Thomas Spearing, Second Lieutenant of Marines, wounded. * ~ f . Killed, Wounded. Total officers, sea- 1 men and marines f 10, 7 A7 17 X . Weftminfier, April 19. HIS day his Majesty came to the House of Peers, and being in his royal robes seated on the throne with the folemnuv, Sir Septimus Robinson, Knt. Gemlema. u mer of the Black Rod. was feut with a meOage from his Majesty to the House of Commons, commanding their at tendance in the House of Peers. The Commons being come thither accordingly, his Majesty was pleased to give his royal assent to the fereral bills that were ready. • W* Majesty was pleased to make the follow* mg moft gracious (peech. My Lord) and Gentlemen, # JF Cannot put an end to. this fffion of parliament without txprejfmo thanks for the signal zeal and difyatcb which you have ma mjeJt •*u your proceedings, and which Make it unmeeffary for me to c jitsnue it any longer . atyourfrjf meeting that preliminary articles were fisncd by my Minister and thyt of France and Spain ; 1 ordered .toemto belaid before you, and the fatisfaSion which I felt at the approaching re-ejla of peace , upon conditions so honourable . o *9 andfo beneficial to me people , was highly inertofed by my receiving from both Houses of Parliament the firongeft and mod faithful exbrcjions of their intire approbation . Thtfe articles have m ejlahlijbed and cvn renderedfill more advantageous to my fub je v j y the definitive treaty , and my expectations have been fully axfiivered by the happy effeSs which the several allies of my irovm have derived from thisfalut ary measure . The powers at war with up got brother the King of Prujfia ha ve been induced to ayce to J ucb termscf accommodation us that great Prince has approved, and * has attended my negotiation has ncceJTarily and d'jfofid the blcJpKgs of peace though every part of Eu l acquainted you with my firm reflation to form my government CN r /l <xconcmy. The reductions necejfary J ‘or this pur pojtj all be comp seated with all pojftble expedition ; and although the army maintained in thefc kingdoms will be inferior in number to that uJuaUy kept snformer times of peace, yet J truf that thefierce pro rY '*** cfiablijhment of the national militia, (whejit fir "ave experienced, and can't too much commend) will trove ajupetent fccurity for the future, cr^ cmen of the House of Commons, /ha vefeen with the highefl concern the great anticipations of the revenue, and the heavy debts unprovided for during the late war, which have reduced you to the unhappy neccjfity of tmpofng further burthens upon my people. Under tbefe circumfiancei, it is my earnef wtjh to contribute by every meant te their relief. The utmefi fru -