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In my Letter of the 4 Inst I wrote you, that I had received certain Intelligence from a Mr Hutchinson & others, that 2 of the 5 Regiments from Cork were arrived at Hallifax, one at Boston; & the 2 others had sailed for Quebec, & had not been heard of ー I am now assured as a matter to be relyed on, by four Captains of Ships, who left England about the 2d of November, & who appear to be men of veracity, That the whole of these Regiments (except the three Companies that arrived at Boston some time agoe) when they sailed, were at Milford Haven, where they had been obliged to put in by a violent Storm the 19 of October ー that they would not be able to leave It for a considerable time, as they were under the necessity of repairing their Vessels & getting some New ones taken up. Such is the Incertainty & contradiction in what I now hear, that It is not possible to know, what to believe or disbelieve.

I do myself the honour to send you Sundry News papers I received from the above mentioned Captains, as they may be later than any you have seen, & contain some Interesting Intelligence. I have the Honour to be [&c.]