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but we are ftill without any late news of the 

 fleet, which failed on the 9th of December; and, 

 fingular to tell, the Liverpool (hip, now arriv- 

 ed, made the whole palTage without happen- 

 ing to fall in with any one of the convoy. 

 We learn that, previous to her failing from 

 port, the Admiral had again written to Eng- 

 land, mentioning that ninety fail ftill re- 

 mained with him, at the date of his let- 

 ter ; but that, from the repeated gales they 

 had met with, he feared the others had 

 been obliged to put back difabled. It would 

 feem, from this, that he has no idea of fo con- 

 fiderable a number having reached Barbadoes, 

 We, who are here, obferving on the other 

 hand that very heavy and bad-failing vefTels 

 have made their pafTage, are furprized what 

 can fo long have detained the remainder of the 

 convoy ; and what can be the caufe why we 

 are fo long without any dire£t and accurate 

 intelligence of its fituation. It is now thir- 

 teen weeks fince the fleet left England, and we 

 know about as much concerning the great body 

 of it, at this moment, as if it were failing in the 

 moon. 



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