I hope this valuable officer will soon be able to return to duty.
Permit me to congratulate you, my lord, on the complete destruction of this most pernicious cruiser of the enemy.

So effectual has it been, that not a spar or a fragment of wreck remains.

We have reason to think every soul on board perished; and though this fearful loss of human life is to be deeply deplored, it has been made in the service of good government and religion.

The lugger was filled with loose women; our people hearing them singing their philosophical and irreligious songs, as they approached with the fire-vessel.

I shall search the coast for any rafts that may be drifting about, and then proceed to Leghorn for fresh provisions.
I have the honor to be, my lord, Your lordship's most obedient servant, RICHARD CUFFE.
To Rear Admiral the Right Hon.