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adverfe to the other, that they both came into 

 Carlifle bay at the fame moment. 



The Clarendon, we are told, left the har- 

 bour of Cove with a fleet of 132 fail, having 

 10,000 troops on board ; but fhe parted from 

 the convoy, in the courfe of the firft night, and 

 has not feen any fhip belonging to it fince. 

 She has brought out nearly 200 men of the 

 99th regiment, who, we are forry to find, have 

 been far from healthy, notwithftanding the 

 favorable palTage they have made. From this 

 we are led to fear that thofe who are longer 

 detained at fea may arrive in a very fickly 

 ftate. 



The fafety of the General Cuyler fpread 

 confolation among us, and very much augment- 

 ed the great and general joy diifufed by the 

 arrival of the commander in chief. You will 

 feel that I had real pleafure in felicitating my 

 friend Nichol, who was one of the pafTengers, 

 when I tell you that it had obtained univerfal 

 belief that this fhip was lofl at fea, or, at befl, 

 taken by the enemy. Indeed, for feveral 

 weeks paft, fuch had been the defpondent feeU 



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