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Sir

I have communicated to my Lords Commrs of the Admty your Letter of the 11th inst informing them that the Somerset has been dock'd & the Raisonable taken into Dock in her room; that upon the Torbay's being order'd to Sea you have caused the Rebel Prisoners² to be removed to the Burford; that the Seven Prisoners on board the Experiment, who belonged to an American Vessel ³ taken by her on her Passage from Rhode Island, will be kept in safe Custody on board her 'til you receive their Lordships pleasure respecting them . . .