Note 127. Lift of the Fleet under the command of the Hon. John Byron, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, in the West Indies, and his Line of Battle in the fea-fight off Grenada, July 6th, with the French Fleet under the Comte D'Estaing. The Suffolk to lead with the Starboard, and the Grafton with the Larboard tacks on board. Van Divifion. Commanders. Rear-Admiral Rowley. 74 617 Capt. Hugh C. Christian. Herb. Sawyer. T. Fitzherbert. Prince of Wales, 74 600 Capt. B. Hill. Magnificent, 74 600 SV.-A. hon. S. Barrington, j. Elphinstone. 8 Prudent, 64 500 A. Ja. P. Molloy. 60 420 W. Affleck. 4 The killed and wounded on board the Lion not known with certainty, but faid, by Capt. Fanfhaw, who spoke her after the parted from the fquadron, to be as above stated. Officers Befides the above mentioned fhips, there were the following ships appertaining to the squadron on this station, fome of which joined Admiral Byron after the action. Joined the fquadron the end of the season from Africa, Note 128. Lift of the Prizes taken on the Leeward Island station, when under the command of Rear-Adm. Hyde Parker. Ships. L'Alcmene, of 30 guns, 220 men, by the Cornwall and Proferpine. L'Hercule, do. 550 tons, 30 guns, 160 men. do. do. do. L'Henriette, merchandize, La Catharine, wine, oil, candles, &c. 100 Chavigny, fire, wood, brick, &c. St Jacque, do. Sally, lumber, Nancy, fish and lumber, Fair, rice, and tobacco, Total, fixteen veffels, carrying 252 guns, and 1489 men. Bought into the fervice, and named the Albemarle. On 30th August 1779, the Boreas took, after a smart engagement of twenty minutes, in which she had 4 men killed, and 5 wounded, a French flute, called Le Compas, of 20 guns, and 140 men, from Martinico, laden with fugar. What lofs the enemy sustained was not mentioned. Note 129. Lift of the Fleet under the command of Vice-Ad. Sir Peter Parker, Knt. Note 130. Copy of the Convention between the Hon. John Lutterell, and William Dalrymple, Efq; on the part of his Britannic Majefty, and Don Simon Defnaux and Don Juan Daftiex, on the part of his Catholic Majefty, for the Officers and Garrison of Porto Omoa, October 24, 1779. Don Simon Defnaux, Lieutenant-Colonel of infantry, engineer in fecond to his Catholic Majefty, and heretofore commandant of the fort of Omoa, and Don John Daftiex, engineer, commandant and captain of infantry, having earnestly folicited the commanders of his Britannic Majesty's forces by land and fea, the Hon. John Luttrell, and William Dalrymple, Efq; to treat for the exchange of the Spanish garrifon at Omoa, on the part of his Britannic Majefty, have fet forth, that they are ready to treat on the part of his Catholic Majefty for the fame. The faid request is complied with upon the fol lowing terms and conditions: First, All the Spanish officers, which bear his Catholic Majesty's commiffion, fhall be prifoners of war, and admitted upon their parole, that they fhall not ferve directly nor indirectly, against the King of Great Britain, his fubjects or allies, during the prefent war, unless they are before exchanged. Secondly, That all the faid officers shall be permitted to chuse their place of refidence, provided that they are not found beyond the diftance of 60 leagues from Omoa, nor nearer to Omoa than 40 leagues, until they be exchanged in the manner hereafter set forth. Thirdly, Thirdly, That all the Mulattoes and people of mixed colour, whether men, women, or children, as well as the artificers, shall have liberty to return home, provided none of them take up arms against the King of Great Britain, his subjects or allies, or be found within thirty leagues of Omoa, until this agreement is fully accomplished. Fourthly, That the said Don Simon Defnaux and Don Juan Daftiex, doth engage for the governor of Merida, in cafe the English prisoners captured in the bay of Honduras are within his district, and if not, for the governor of whatever Spanish district they may be in, that he shall return an equal number of Mulattoes or people of mixed colour, to those that have been liberated at Omoa; and of this number fuch as were taken in the bay of Honduras by the Spaniards fhall have the preference. And it is further understood and agreed between the parties to this agreement, that all the subjects, of the King of Great Britain, taken in the bay of Honduras, and now in the custody of the faid governor of Merida, shall be exchanged, by giving Mulattoes for Mulattoes, men for men, women for women, children for children; and this exchange to be made the moment the faid governor of Merida can be made acquainted with this convention, but at all events not to exceed the space of three months. Fifthly, The ferjeants and foldiers of the regulars fhall be exchanged for an equal number of ferjeants and foldiers of the British army; and if the King of Spain fhall not have fuch in his poffeffion, then to be exchanged for the principal merchants and traders, taken at George's Key in the bay of Honduras; provided a fufficient number of white people cannot be fent from Omoa to exchange them, and a receipt to be given by the English Commiffary for fuch number of men as may have been captured by the Spaniards in the bay of Honduras, fhall exceed the number delivered from the garrifon of Omoa; fuch receipt for the furplus to be given by the Spanish Commiffary, if the balance is in favour of England. The Spanish feamen to be exchanged in like manner for English feamen, as is fpecified by the parties refpecting the ferjeants and foldiers. Sixthly, the Hon. John Luttrell and William Dalrymple doth covenant, that the Spanish garrifon at Omoa fhall be embarked within the space of three days, on board of veffels properly provided, and fhall be conveyed without lofs of time, to the Caftle of St Philip, within the Gulph of Dulce, or to fome adjacent Spanish poft, and there delivered at the fole charge of his Britannic Majefty. And the faid Don Simon Defnaux and Don Juan Daftiex doth covenant, that the officers, foldiers, merchants, artificers, Mulattoes, and people of white, or mixed colour, fubjects of his Britannic Majefty, which fince the commencement of the prefent war with Spain, have been taken in the bay of Honduras, shall be embarked within the space of three months, from the day the faid Don Simon Defnaux and Don Juan Daftiex fhall be landed in the Gulph of Dulce, and fent to Omoa, or the next nearest English fettlement, at the fole expence of the King of Spain; provided the faid English prifoners, or any |