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| KOCEFORI SCOHDkON.
Capt. Conn, who has arrived here


from Nahdu, New Providence, has


furniilied Us with the Nahau Royal
Gazette, Of The If Of January, con
tanning the following further infor


mstion Of the French fquadron of
five fail of the line, two irigates a


brig and cutter, commanded by Ad-


miral L'Almane, from RochefOrt, viz.


Nassau, N. p JAN. I, ,sc6.


E.traa5 from The Journal kfPry Capt.
Reilly, aftJe brig Eliza o Mar.
"Sailed from New York the 10th


of September, and arrived at Tene-
rife the 9Th of Nov. where he learnt
the following intelligence.-That the
Roehefort fquadron, conlilting Of
five fail Of the line, three frigates,
and two brigs Of war, with the Cal
cu,ta Englith 50 gun flip, and fix
Euglifh merchant hips, prizes to
the fpuaJron, had arrived at Santa
Croix on the Sd ul:. which caufed an
embargo TO be laid on all veilels d.
re6tly, which was to continue while
the fquadron was in port. They
had funk feveral Englifh fhiPs that
had very valuable cargoes, on accouut
of their bad falling, not being able
to keep up with the fquadron-that
they had uniformly funk or burned
all Neutral vefels they fell in with at
fea, that were either bound 10 or q
lsng the COATS of Europe, to prevent
intelligence getting to the Engli(h
feets-that they had taken out thair
crews and told them they mutt go
with them to France, and fhould be
paid by the Government, the full a
mount with damage sc. that among
the Neutrals, were the following A
merican vehels, viz. brig Minerva,
Salter, of New-Y ork, brig Two
Friends, Fenwick, Of Charlefon,
with valuable cargoes, were both
burned fch,-, tucker, Of Bottom,
fchr.-, Sergeant, of do. The num-
Der of Neutral vefels, taken and
deltroyed by the fquadron, amount.
ed to 26, the captains Of which, dur
ing the day, were allowed the liber-
ty of geing on fkore, but the fame
privilege was not extended TO their
officers or crew. The Commander
in Chief, Monheur lie Almane, had
taken all their papers, and given to
each a certificate, Eating he had de-
Rroyed their vefTels and cargoes, and
that they NUT apply to the Minifter
at Paris, for a remuneration"


Capt. Conn adds, that on the 9Th
December the French fquadron left
Teneriffe +; and that an American
vef1el (the Eliza-and- Mary Reilly, of
New Y ork) fell in with them on the
7th, Ieneriffe then in Gght, and faw
them capturing the outward-bonnd
Cork fleet, conGaing Of about 40
fail, one of which being fat lailer,
fpokc the American vellcl and in
formed, that it was probable mott Of
them would fall into the hands Of
the French.