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I omitted, in my despatch of today, to inform you that Lord Suffolk yesterday told the Prince de Messerano that the quantity of supplies that the Americans draw from abroad is prodigious, and that he believed that it all came from the Dutch. He has not mentioned us since his little attempt with me. But if he is careful with us, he makes up for it with those poor Dutchmen, to whom they speak in a high tone here, and at the Hague, so I am told. Indeed, it must be admitted, that these Dutch browse in all pastures. Count Welderen has just left for Holland, on leave, which will protect him from the storm for a time.