Sir./.

By his Majestys Ship Glasgow Captain [Thomas] Pasley, I received their Lordships several orders, and by the Packet your Letter of the 4th December last, with an Account of a French Armament fitting out at Brest, and destined for the West India Islands, all which I shall pay due attention to. I beg you'll inform their Lordships that from repeated Solicitations of the Merchants I have detain'd his Majestys Ship Maidstone from the end of last Month to the 31st instant, being persuaded by so doing, that a number of more Ships will be able to take the benefit of her Convoy which I flatter myself will meet with their Approbation. Agreeable to their directions, I have order'd a Convoy from Pensacola, and have sent the Hound Sloop Captain Robertson for that purpose, who is to Sail from thence the 10th April

I have also received your Letter of the 24th Deer by the Lord Amherst, Ordnance Transport, and after she has deliver'd her Stores at Pensacola, shall employ her in such manner, as I shall judge will tend most to his Majestys Service either in Cruizing, or as a Convoy

I have the pleasure to Acquaint their Lordships, that since my last, the Ships & Vessels under my Command have taken twenty three Sail of the American Rebels, which makes in the whole Ninety Nine, by the Maidstone, I shall transmit for their information an Account of my proceedings, from my last letters

I am with great respect Sir [&c.]

[Endorsed] Recd 12 May. Ansd 8 July