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way quietly to Barbadoes — the Have fliipliar- 

 ing fuffered confiderably In her rigging. 



The Madras Eaft Indlaman and a packet 

 are this day arrived from England. They 

 failed, the one from Falmouth, the other from 

 St. Helen's, on the 23d of February, and have 

 made the voyage within a month. The Ma- 

 dras brings a cargo of ordnance ftores. She 

 failed alone, and made a running paflage. Se- 

 veral perfons availed themfelves of the oppor- 

 tunity of coming out In this flilp as paffengers ; 

 and fhe has alfo a fmall party of artillery ~ men 

 on board. 



The arrival of the prefent packet has not 

 caufed fo great afqnfatlon as v^as produced by 

 the appearance of that which I mentioned to 

 you before, although we are much pleafed and- 

 gratified to fee it. We have now an ample 

 fupply both of Englifli and American papers, 

 and from the arrivals being more frequent, and 

 the commander in chief among us, the fad 

 torpor of preceding weeks no longer reignsw 

 Adtivity prevails, and the fufpenfe of waiting 

 is alleviated by bufy preparation. 



