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I have communicated to my Lords Commrs of the Admty your Lordships Letter of the 25th Inst inclosing the State & Condition of His Majts Ships & Vessels under your command & Copy of a Letter from Captain Robinson of the Queen Stating the Case of Wm Wright & John Williamson two Prisoners on board that Ship taken on board an American Brig by the Experiment; And I am commanded by their Lordships to signify their direction to you to order them to be enter'd as part of the Queens Complement (but not to be allowed the Bounty) if they were not taken in any Armed American Vessel but one solely employed in trade; With Respect to the Six Rebel Prisoners late belonging to the Lexington Privateer who have been brought from Falmouth in the George & Molly Tender; It is their Lordships direction that You order them to be confined on board one of His Majts Ships under your command until further Order. &c