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AN 'OpOn Boat, front the Fleet off Brest, arrived.
at Scilly on the 2ad inst. 'and reported, that the
w of It jV2 .et, except three Frigates aria' two
Brigs, aro gone. to the Westward, under a heavy
press of sail, in consequence of dispatches received
from Ply twuth.

WI; flattered ourselves that we should this day
live been enabled to lay betbre our Readers some
Latisfaaory intelligence respecting Lord Nuesorr and
the Combined Fleet, but our hopes have been dis-
appointed. Tho accounts brirught byl the Decade
leave no.doebt whatever that his Lordship was on
1.0 'ticay to Europe, and 'unless he his been fortu-
nate enough to come .up with the French Fleet, it
i me t 'probable that he has arrived before this time
cif Cape St. Vincent. If, however, an A&ion has
taken place, there can be no doubt but it was a severe
one, and the injury which the Fleet must necessarily
have suitained in their masts and rigging, of course
would very much impedeits progress; but in either
case we think that seine intelligencelnay be hourly
expeeted.---11 is very satisfaaory to know, that Lord
NELSON .was gaining from 50 to tiO miles a day
upon the Enemy, because to have reached the Lad-
tilde in which he was left by the Decade on the
19th cf Jube, he must have sailed at the rate of.
about 140 miles a day ; whereas, by the same mode
of computation, it appears that the French Fleet
did not sail above ninety.—With resped to the
cortjeftures which have been, hazarded of the
Enemy having shaped' their course to the Coast
of America, we think them very improbable.—
Lord NgesoN had, we have no doubt, obtained in-
formatien upon which he knew he could rely of the
intended return of the Enemy's Fleet to Europe,
because he certainly would not have returned upon

mere speculation, ,
It is reported, but we have not beep able to as.•
certain upon what authority, that the French Adrnh;
ral YMLENSI:rrn died at Martinique' of the
which made such droadful ravages on board his
Fleet.

It is stated.in some .Letters from Lisbon,.that.a
' report in-milled there of 13 Sail of the Line having,
passed the Streights, which were supposed to be Ole'
Toulon

'We do not think this report entitled to any cre-
dit ; because it i,5 improbable that they could have
reached the Streights so sort ; besides the numbers
clo not agree with those Of the Combined Fleet.

It v4lso mentioned,' in Letters from Lisbon, that
strong alit r,.:`oensions were entertained there that
nance atul Spaia would 'insist upon the Ports
of Pcr,ugal being shut against the, English.—
We have reason to believe that Government have
received no intelligence to that effe&, and there can
be no doubt but that the English Minister at Lisbon
would lo ,e no time m sending home Dispatches to
prize Ministers, if such a meaure was likely to
b adopted.

STI4CE writing the, above we have received the
following intelligence, which leads us firmly to
lielieve that an -Aaion has taken plat between
tOrd Niiz,oll and the Combined Fleet. The Fair
ibncriean arrived on Saturday evening at Liverpool;
a ,d brings an account that on the 26th of June, in
la N. they heard a very heavy firing,
which continued without interruption for, six hours,
1711::! weather was very thick and, hpxy, so that
it tas impossible to see the Vessels that were
en,vgal ; hut the Captain is of opinion that
from tl':e heaviness of the firing, It proceeded from,
t2N01ri1e:345.--,-We lay before* our Headers the Extract
fro 61 the Log Alook Of the Pair American, which
thr above intelligence, and we have only to
n,'Lci, that ahhont.lh the longitude isnot mentione,d, yet
this ,:f n!, is represented to /411vp taken place.
about the latitude in. which it is probable Lord
vox would have overtaken the Enemy,
We trust that a very short time will elapse bcCove
we shall have it in our power to announce n Wen-
did Vidory..,