My Lord

My Lords Commissrs of the Admty having received Intelligence that the Lugger which lately took one of the Harwich Packet Boats is now fitting out at Dunkirk, & hath taken two more Guns on board, & that a large Cutter is also fitting out there by the same Person, with a view, as there is reason to believe, to commit farther depredations upon the Trade of His Majesty's Subjects, that it is expected they will be ready to sail in a very few days, when they are to proceed to Havre de Grace, or Nantz, where they are to compleat their Guns & Stores, that they are to be Navigated to those Places by Frenchmen, that their Commanders & Crews are to go thither by Land, And that the Latter are composed of about one hundred Subjects of Great Britain, amongst whom are seven Men who assisted in running away with the Speedwell Tender; I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you there­ with, and to signify their direction to you to make the same known to the Commanders of any of His Majesty's Ships or Vessels under orders to cruize in the Channel, or to the Westward, which may be at, or come to Plymouth, to the end that they may look out for, and endeavour to intercept the said Pirates. I am &ca