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note Hospital. /note The French Ships have been very sickly. since their arrival. at the Cape. the Hospital return on the 16th. June amounted to 2,317 men. of the wounded. in the late action. a proportion. 7 in 10 have perished. from lock'd Jaws. and the daily number of deaths upon an average. of the last fortnight. has amounted to 23.

note Army.. /note The Spanish Army. under the Command of Don Galvez. originally consisting of 13,000 men are quartered upon the Inhabitants of the underline Plaine /underline . to an extent of near 20 miles. from the Cape. they have suffered much from sickness. particularly in those Regiments lately arrived from Europe. on one Plantation where 170 men are quartered. 83 only. were fit for duty.

The French Army of 6000 men. are partly embarked. in the Ships of War. and partly quartered in the Town. the Regiments embarked. are healthy. compared to those doing duty onshore. that of underline Touraine /underline alone having 327 men in the Hospital.

The Marquis de Bouillé sailed for France in a Frigate on the 3d. of June. and the Artillery. military Stores. &c. intended for the expedition against Jamaica. are landed from the Ships of War. and deposited. in the Arsenal. at the Cape. Willm. Augs. Merrick.