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Difpatches were this morning received at the Ad-
miralty from Admiral DRURY ; they bring no news
of importance : his Majettj',, 113ips Ism and Est ascLa
have joined him.
The lafl accounts room Admiral Cosuwat.t.is's
fleet, are dated the 2oth init. The intrepid Admiral
had then taken a flretch fiom Brea to the latitude of
Rochefort and Cape Finiflerre, but had received no
account whatever of the enemy's fquadrons.

A vac! arrived yeflerdo from Malta : loan after
it was known a report prevailed in the City, that
Lord 2slaLsoles fleet had arrived off Cadiz, having
miffed the Combined Fleet. This intelligence re-
ceived little or no credit,

Yefterday afternoon a Note was tranfroitted from
bfr. NSPICAN to a Merchant in the City, informing
him that• the two line of battle (hips which failed
from Rochefort on the ift of May, arrived at the
ifland of Martinique the day after the re•failing
of the Combined Fleets. Thefe two (hips are
reported to have one thoufand two hundred troops
on board. It is added, that the Spanifh part of
the Combined Fleets, under the command of Ad-
miral GRAVINA, had been difpatched to Trinidad ;
but in confequence of the very fatal ficknefa which
had broken out among the crews and troops, they
were under the neceffity of abandoning the en-
terprize, and had proceeded on to the Havannah. It
had been afcertained to be the intention of the Com-
bined Fleets, conjunctively with the above two fhips,
to have ravaged, or in their own words, to have
fwept all the Weft India iflands of every article of

commerce previous to their quitting that quarter
but their intention was happily fruftrated by the in-
terference of Paavinsmcs. The NOILTHUMBEILLAND
and Sosarlars are on the Windward nation, and of
courfe a match for thefe two fhips ; and Ihuuld Ad-
miral DACRES fall in with the Spanifh fleet bound to
the Havannah, no doubt is entertained of a favoura-
able refult on our part.

We have every reafon to believe that Sir EVAN
NAPIAN'S communication above alluded to, was
founded on a Telegraphic difpatch from Portfmouth,
announcing the arrival there of the STAUNCH Gun
Brig from Jamaica, and that at the time the failed,
viz. the ; 7th of June, all was well in that quarter.
So many rumours have been circulated this day,
and with fo much confidence, that we fhould not be
furprifed to find tome of our contemporaries imprifed
upon by them. One report in particular has received
great currency—that advice► have been received from
Lord Zslst.soa, brought by the SratrucH gun brig,
Rating the return of the Combined Fleet to Ma ti-
nique, whither bis Lordfhip had followed, and was
blockading the enemy when he fent off his difpatches.

We believe there is no truth whatever in this re-
port. indeed, from the dates, the thing appears
impoflible. The STAUNCH, as we have already
Rated left Jamaica on the 17th of June. Lord NE 1.,
SON was off Antigua on the toh, and the Cuataux
pailed the Combined Fleet on the t9tll.
American Papers of the 26th June mention that the
French fquadron had been reinforced by two (hips of
the line, two frigates, and a Roots. This intelligence
probably alludes in fame way to the fhips from Roche-
fort, which failed on the tft May, full of troops. But
thefe could not have been with the Admiral when he
Mt went into Martinique, and he certainly went in
with fixteen of the line. If he has been
.aanally
joined by thefe he molt have eighteen of the line
with him, unlefs he has left one behind, which is
probable, as the CURIEUX, on the tgth, raw liven
teen fail of the line. We apprehend there may ,
bea clerical error in the copy of the Admiral's dif-
patches publilled, and that Admiral GaAvru♦
went away with four fail of the line inftead of fir.
This would reconcile the different ftatements of
numbers. It appears, then, that the whole force of
this armament would be twenty-two fail of the line,
fourteen Frencb and eight Spann.

His MAJZSTY has given dirations for the town
gaol, fituated in St. Alban's-ilreet, Windfor, dire*.
before the Manfion fitting up for the young Printers
of WALES, to be pulled down, and another to be built
in George-ftreet, at his own expence, the foundation
of which was laid on Saturday.
On Sunday the Duke and Dnehefs of YORK, with a
numerous party of friends, %tithed Witidfor. They
viewed Cumberland Lodge and Frogrnore, with
which the ft rangers appeared highly delighted. They
dined at the Cattle Inn. Soon after nine o'clock
they fet off for Oatlands.
The tali Monieturs contain two curious notes, one
upon the rumour of the Queen of Etruria having
been folicited to accept of Prince Elwin, Blau sue-
note in marriage ; and the fecond upon BONAPARTei
genealogy. In the firft note it is contended, that the
1 idea of marrying the Prince to the Queen, with a.
view to getting poireiGon of Etruria is abfurd,
be-
canfe her Welty having children cannot carry with
her the kingdom as her dowry. In the fecond note
the recurrence to Boaisraara's genealogy is ritti
culed, and we are told that we ought not to go farther
back into the hiftory of the Bonearra family than
the lith Brucipire.