ANTICIPATED iNFH-S !
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A gentleman came to town yeiterday,
from Newyork, which he left on Sunday
morning laft He informs rs, that the Brit
in Packet arrived at that place on the pre-
vious evening, and brought accounts. that
A SECOND NAVAL ACTION had taken place
of Cadiz, Setween the Englilh and combin-
ed French and Spaninh fquadrons, in which
the latter loft Gail of the line. Our iufor-
= mani adds, that Hand-Bill was publihed
at Newycrk, on Sunday morning, contain
ing the outlines of this intelligence but
the papers and leuers, bro't by the Packet,
. not having been delivered at tne Poit-Ofice,
no particulars were Rentioned, either Of
the time when the action was fought, CT
the name of fhe Britilh Admiral who ar
chieved the victory.


J- If this naval action proves to have 6een
fublequent to the one in which Lord Mellon
was engaged, we think it mutt have occur
xed between the diviGon Of the combined
aofquadrons which efcaped into Cadiz, and
the Britilh felt, under Admiral LoHi5, who
refumed the blockade of Cadiz, the latter
--en of efO6tober, at which time, tits beiev-
ed, Ad. .ColIingwood had repaired to Glib
raIter, for the purpoic Of repairing his that
tered ihips The force which compoled
Ad Louis's fquairon, confGed, If We re-
/. collect right, of 7 fail of battle fhips, and
the number Of the enemy, who were in
ftuation to encounter the danger OF an
other battle, was about o (hips of the line,
2 or 3 frigates. With this fuperiority Of
force, they might have been tempted to
come out-with the hope Of facceeding a.
gainlt an enemy, 70 lately deprived of their
commander and tutelary hero. -Bafo8 Ga=
