Folios 267-268: Edward Griffith, HMS Diamond, at sea [Position given]. Took the opportunity...

Folios 267-268: Edward Griffith, HMS Diamond, at sea [Position given]. Took the opportunity by the L Hipolite French Letter of Marque Brig bound into Cork of sending you a duplicate of his letter dated 26 June 1799 as also of acquainting you that the said Brig bound from Cayenne to Nantes was yesterday captured by [?], she mounted 14 Guns (ten of which were thrown overboard in the chase), and had 36 men on board. She had been [24?] days from Cayenne and had captured two Americans. Has not yet got any intelligence of the Frigates he is looking after.

Folio 269: enclosure with folios 267-268. (Duplicate) [Cap G130 - Folios 265-266]. Letter dated 26 June 1799 by Edward Griffith, HMS Diamond, at Sea [Position given], to the Admiralty. Embraces the opportunity (by a Lisbon Pacquet which he has just fallen in with), of acquainting you that after having seen the India Men to the Southward of Madeira, he was on my return, when on the 16 June 1799 at [Position given] he was chased by four Enemy Frigates, which from their conduct R had reason to suppose were cruising on that ground. On the 24 June 1799 he fell in with HMS Dryad and HMS La [Le] Revolutionaire, and the Captains of those Ships agreeing with him in opinion that we should go in pursuit of the Enemy. He has returned to take them off their under his orders, and am now on my way to the Position which he last saw the Frigates