Moderate and cloudy weather, with rain at times.

AM. The Launch employed watering.

Having agreed for the purchase of a Brig of 130. Tons and 12 Carriage Guns 4 Pounders; I this day commissioned her, in consequence of an order from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty of the 4^th. of June, to be employed as a Sloop in His Majesty's Service by the name of the Barbadoes with a Complement of 90 Men, and appointed Lieutenant Sir George Home of the Prince of Wales to be Master and Commander of her, with orders to get her fitted for sea with all possible dispatch.