wnh trembling apprehenfion, that fifteen vef-- 

 fels were known to have been difmafted, or 

 otherwife difabled-^all of which, it is to be 

 feared, may not have reached even a fafe port 

 at home. Later than this date, the papers con- 

 tain no news of the convoy : nor have we any 

 through any other channel. 



At this very interefting period of fufpenfe, 

 if a ftrange veflel enters the bay, the whole 

 harbour becomes a crowded and moving fcene, 

 in confequence of almoft every fliip fending 

 off a boat to feek tidings of the fleet. You, 

 who can feel for our folicitude, will compaffiov 

 nate our difappolntment, when we happen to 

 find thattheflrangeris not direct from England. 

 This frequently occurs, and we return load-^ 

 ed with chagrin. Of two {hips which have 

 been this day thronged with eager vifitors, one 

 proved to be from Newfoundland with fifli, 

 and the other from the coaft of Africa with 

 flaves — confequently neither of them knew 

 fo much of England or th^ convoy as our- 

 felves, 



Nevv^s has juft reached Barbadoes that fomq 

 of our frigates have captured feveral priva-* 



