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ble that more than fix thoufand troops, and up- 

 wards of fixty fliips, many long fince arrived, 

 may have ftill to wait through another tedious 

 period at Barbadoes. 



We find it among the reports of the day 

 that honors are to be conferred on the Admiral 

 for braving the weather, during fo many weeks 

 at fea, and returning to port i?i England with fo ' 

 great a number of the convoy in fafety. On 

 reading this the captain of our fhip wittily afk- 

 ed— What honors are thofe to receive, then, 

 who fought through all the perilous ftorms, 

 and have made good their paiTage to a port 

 ^ in the Weft Indies 



Some fay that it is likely Admiral Chrif- 

 tian will not agam attempt this inaufpicious 

 voyage, and that x^dmiral Cornwallis will take 

 command of the fleet when it next fails : but 

 concerning this you will have the beil informa- 

 tion- in EnglaoiL Our prayers are that, let 

 who will command, you will fend out the 

 convoy, and not withhold from the troops 

 their long-expeSedj and much-honored chief. 



If we are to give any credit to what vvc 

 read in the papers it would feem that the pro- 



