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This morning captain Delavall came expresse from the earl of Peterborough, with a letter dated the 12th, N. S., which says, sir George Bing joined sir John Leak the 1st, and commodore Walker the 3d, making 50 sail of men of war in the line of battle; that they arrived the 8th at Barcelona, and [...] »

From the Hague, that all the letters from Franca confirm the raising the seige of Barcelona, and the duke of Anjou’s retiring to Perpignan. »

We hourly expect an expresse of raising the seige of Barcelona, and routing count Tesse’s army. »

Yesterday the lord treasurer sent a letter to the lady Peterborough, which he received from France, advising that her husband had so harassed the French camp, that they were forced to quitt the seige of Barcelona by sea and land; and that our fleet were landing their troops, and our rear pursuing the rear of [...] »

Yesterday we had a Dutch post, which brought letters from the duke of Marlborough to tho lord treasurer, as also several other letters, advising that the French king had an account from Barcelona of the 4th of May, N. S., which say that count Tholouze, having taken on board the marines, sailed from before that [...] »

This morning came in two Dutch posts, which advise, From Paris, that they had letters from Barcelona, that the French entred fort Montjoui the 26th past, the garrison having quitted it for fear of a general assault; that they were preparing their attacks against the town, which still makes a stout defence: that conde do [...] »

No news from Barcelona since my last, more than what the Paris letters have mentioned, viz. that the French, after a sharp fight, took one of the forts of Montjoui, in which was 900 men, 500 of them killed, among them coll. Russell, of the English guards, and 300 taken prisoners, with the lord Donegall [...] »

Mr. England, aid de camp to the earl of Peterborough, is arrived here in 21 days from Barcelona, who says, that count Tholouze has but 25 men of war before that citty, and 15,000 land men; that they had made 3 attacks on fort Montjouy, and 4 on fort Angelo, but repulsed with great losse. That [...] »

From Paris, that their last accounts from Barcelona were kept private, but own their chief engineer Lapara was killed, and succeeded by brigadeer Villars. That the beseiged in a sally had cut off the regiment of Maine, and that provisions were dear in the camp, the Miquilets intercepting their foragers, and that they had taken [...] »