Sir

I have received your Letter of the 8th instt inclosing a Copy of an Article of Intelligence respecting Virginia and Maryland, which I shall endeavor to make a proper use of when occasion offers. ー I have also received the Duplicate of your Letter of the 8th instt giving an Account of the return of the Triton to Plymouth, dismasted, and that their Lordships had order'd the Milford, which was then at Spithead, to carry the Dispatches &ca. to Rear Admiral Shuldham. The 16th instt I inform'd their Lordships of the arrival of the Actaeon, Carcass Bomb Tender, and the Earl of Darby Ordnance Ship. ー This evening His Majesty's Ship Solebay arrived here, and also the Friendship Arm'd Ship. ー Inclos'd is the State and Condition of His Majesty's Ships under my Command at this Port. I am Sir [&c.]