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N^o. 11—
My Lord—

Since I last had the honour of writing your Lordship, A quantity of Upwards of 200 Casks of Gun-Powder has been shiped on board of a Swedish Sloop at Marstrand; I have certain Intelligence that she Accompanys Cap'. Woodhouse Vessell¹ to Sea, where he receives the Powder, or if the Weather does not permit, he carrys the Sloop with him to some port in Norway there to Unload her—

In the Swedish Pasport which he lately got from Stockholm, he is called Capt. Trahus & his Brig the Sÿrene, she has now got quarter Cloths, painted blau & Yellow, her head (as formerly described) a Woman with a Secpter [Scepter]; he is very poorly manned; if he meets bad Weather in going North about, I think it probable that he will be oblidged to put into some Harbour in Shetland or the Orkneys—²

The two American Schooners are not offering yet to stir! The Herring Fishing on this Coast is very successfull this Season—. . . .