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LETTER XXXIL 



A packet arrives at Barbadoes, Carlijle Bay^ and Bridge^ 

 Town one great Jcene of confufton. High feajl of perU" 

 ftng the news-papers, The fleet fo long expelled at Bar- 

 badoes Jfill in England. Seafon growing late for military 

 operations. Report that honors are to be conferred on Ad" 

 miral Chriflian for his great exertions in taking care of the 

 convoy. Admiral Cornwallis expeEled in the Wefl Indies. 

 Hope of peace vanifljed. Aufrian armies checked and 

 defeated. Scarcity of corn and fpecie in England. Gre^ 

 nada in danger of being taken by the Brigands. — St. Vin- 

 cent ^ - b^ the Charibs, A French fpy deteEled at Bar-' 

 hadoes% 



Barbadoes, March i^. 



W HAT a day of hurry, confufion, and foli- 

 citude ! a packet has at length arrived ! From 

 December the 9th, to March the iGth^ have 

 we been feparated from you without hearing 

 one word of our friends, or fcarcely of our 

 country. How fliall I convey to you any juft 

 idea of the fcene this day has produced by the 

 impatient muhitude crowding in anxious ea- 

 gernefs to obtain letters^ to fee the papers^ 

 and to hear the news ! 



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