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the tidings of England, of Europe, of the Weft 

 India Iflands, and of the great body of our ar- 

 my, only as conveyed to us, indire&ly, via 

 Barbadoes. 



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Two vefTels have arrived from thence, 

 and by thefe we learn that the Commander 

 in chief, and the troops did not fail until the 

 Sift of April, being fix days after the time we 

 left Barbadoes. It was not publicly known 

 whether they had gone againft Guadaloupe, or 

 St. Lucie ; but, from all the circumftances of the 

 armament, it feems now to be the current opi- 

 nion that Guadaloupe is not likely to be attack- 

 ed during this campaign. 



We are told that Admiral Chriftian arriv- 

 ed juft before the troops failed from Barbadoes, 

 bringing with him twenty-feven fail of vef- 

 fels, the remnant of the immenfe fleet with 

 which he originally failed, in the month of 

 November : and it now appears that the (hips 

 which were in fight .off Carlifle bay, at the 

 time we left it, were only a divifion of the 

 convoy, and that the Admiral did not reach 

 Barbadoes until fome time after. 



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