| Description | Sir Stanier Porten has just been here to communicate the following intelligence, that 3 battalions of French, lately in garrison at Lisle, were ordered to be at Brest on 22nd Jun to embark for the West Indies, four more battalions from France to follow, the Spanish fleet sailed from Carthagena on the 23 Jun but on the 24th they were only three leagues from the coast, owing to the easterly winds, Monsieur Bulkeley and Count D'Estaing have requested of Monsieur de Muy to serve on board the Spanish Flota but have been refused on the ground that the Court of France does not know the object of its destination |