An item dated London, England the 5th referred to tidings received from Alvarado reporting the squadron of the Independents still blockaded the harbour of St. Juan d’Ulloa capturing some vessels. The guns of the castle bombarded the town Vera Cruz. Officers were appointed to bring the former Spanish ship of the line Asia and the gun brig Constantia to the Gulf of Mexico and according to rumours were a corvette and a frigate expected from England.
