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PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 28. The Astrea and Rotterdam men of war are ordered for America, and the Nemesis, with a convoy, to the westward, and from thence with the trade to Ireland. > >Arrived the Mutine cutter, from Dublin, and the Griffin and Rambler cutters, from the Eastward. > >Sailed the Scourge sloop on a cruize, and Africa of 64 guns, for the Downs. > >The Warrior, of 74 guns, is in great forwardness, and will be launched the 15th of next month. > >The independent companies lately raised, and now quartered in Gosport and Hilsea barracks, are embodied, and called the 101st regiment. > >— Salisbury and Winchester Journal, Monday 01 October, 1781 (source)