Sir

I have received and read to my Lords Commissrs of the Admiralty your Letter of this date enclosing by Lord Weymouth's direction a Copy of a Letter his Lordship had received from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with an Inclosure relative to another Privatier which had appear'd in the Irish Channel; 2 And in return I am commanded to acquaint you for Lord Weymouth's information, that their Lordships having yesterday received advice of the Privatier aforementioned, they immediately sent orders by Express to the Captains of His Majesty's Ships the Fowey of 24 Guns at Portsmouth, and the Burford of 70 Guns at Plymouth, to proceed without a moments loss of time in quest of her, or any other Privatiers that may now infest the Irish Channel, the latter being required to go as far as the Mull of Cantire and to use their best endeavours to take or destroy any of them they may happen to fall in with; protecting at the same time the Trade of His Majesty's Subjects in the said Channel, calling at Corke or Dublin, or any other place they may think convenient for Intelligence, and governing themselves accordingly.

I am likewise to acquaint you for Lord Weymouth's information, that the Captain of the Burford is ordered after cruizing three Weeks on the aforementioned Service, to return round the West Coast of Ireland unless by the Intelligence he receives he finds the Rebel Privatiers still infest St George's Channel, in which case, he is to return to Plymouth the same way he went. I am, Sr [&c.]

P.S. By Letter this day received from Kinsale dated 6 instant, the Torbay of 74 Guns, & the Wolf Sloop have both put into that Port, & it is therefore hoped that they will hear of the Privatier abovementioned & that they may fall in with and take her.