ABSTRACT

Commander-in-Chief, &c." Letter from Vice-Admiral Dacres, Commander-in-Chief of his Ma-

" It is with pleasure I transmit, for the information of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, the copy of a letter which I have received from Captain Hall, of the Malabar, enclosing one from Captain M'Kenzie, of the Wolf, whose conduct on this occasion I feel highly meritorious. Their lordships, always ready to reward merit, will, I am sure, shew their approbation of Captain M'Kenzie's zeal and activity. " I am, &c.