The Sun. — London, England, 1805-05-18 00:00:00

I f Ir' if V "N E . krs. Pt.vmoirrit, MAY lb.—There is a report cur. hotly cite,dat.ed that intelligence has been received of the Brest Fleet having quitted that Harbour, and that, when the account was transmitted from the British Fleet,. Admiral Lord GAR.Orisit had the sig. dying for saion. This intelligence wants con. fitreation ; but 'it is, in some meastae, corroborated; by seven of the .tine.of.Battle Ships, in Cawsand say; having made the signal for sailing this after. and their destination is"said positively to be tot the Channel Fleet, whereas they were intended to be filed fog the West Indies. Tht Nett's . ne t of 9 8 guns, this evening got un ler nil, and proceeded for the Channel neer : she was not to have sailed until Saturday, which is an additional reason to believe that the foregoing re. port may be entitled to some degree of credit. The Btitish Fleet are said to consist of 17 Sail o f the Line, the French of 22 ; St/ that, in the Brent of a battle, there i s t h e strongest grounds to P e tante the issue would be,glorious for the came of (ANOTHER LITTER, SAME Dm.) t ealne I n this mor n i ng f rom sea the Mal, of 111"ord gaol end) from t h e C hannel Fleet, Admiral l'4tltittlt, with D ispatch es f or G overnment :: "4 „ int ti , 14 guns, Li eut . GR liGaR Y• Which I"lt'arded diteCtly b y express. Whatever e ' rtcffite ets are, a Oroportionate degr e e • of hurry filtnn Sail ! rid hu stle is apparent in alt departments to get the Sandd tar the Li ne i n t Awsand Bay and the Ng re ady to sail direly to • reinfotce L or d G ARD .. 114. The C omm i ssioners for ViCtualling on the, utp ott Station ate here, also lending a hand to nPedire ever TW y thing in their department. M•—•.lt is now confidently asserted that " it •hfig b r i ngs a n account of the arrival of 10 0 GOAN A on Monday evening off Brest. The 0111 l?rigate in.shore, on reconnoitring again t""ttter•road, ob served it 'clear of Ships, and made trrePert to AA : —lira! Lord GAttDNlilt of their ohser- Vtatittaiiind . ne thertfote from this circumstance the must ha ve , f or a teinr, gone into the Inner t to deceive Lnd G. sod p ut him off his guard, Dr tht aavontiige of out Fleet being off (hat sta. 4 4444 48 hour, in the gale at N. N. W. made a ti /d Mil nut on rec eiving . intelligence of the return tidethe Toulon and Cat Squidron to effect a i4"c -t W ith them.. That the &tiny Was not in the i lit4 tea on Tuesday is certain; the next question 11 . / w here ate they ? time will develope this, All "wets ?tett on duty are ordered on board. ---- 0 , 11.4i ,,, 151 Ptat MAY IS . - - Arrived the As9;ve and G said to be Dispatched by Lotol 4ittitl aka whom they left last evening, about tit" aseltick, With the foll,lWing intelligence, viz. : ,het the French Fle:t, consisting of twenty -five suit .i . der Int Line', and several Frigates, had gut un. i it wel lliii and were standing nut of Brest, and , t i' l L 4l na were of an attack was entertained, Admi. s i nd7 id , 4ll DNLlt s With seventeen Sail of the Line ~,,- I"ivt Frigatesb had funned. a Line.of.Battle in ; 4 diltiajoni.ii , .14:". AiOTlllll, LtTTllat e CAMS DAM, ;ittd this evening two Transports ; they l e ft itiill.tt: Were.A .Dourkdke r leatds., t , gt eve ning.ulanldela vi: !bout consequence ant: f o'clocktjkoef; lice lest Putt i n t i: n'hote Squadron having come out, and made 110 "1 for the Enemy's being in motto). Soon after wa , t hrt had bore away froin the Fleet, the signal tornl made by Lord GARDNER, to form the Line in bivi.itrus. Arrive" A NI the foll ow i ng Vessels from the-Mediter. 4 aril under convoy of His Mjesty's Sloop Avetr -0:! lB a rhos : several others are in the Bay, but I), f ns 1 ° Ilte wind they cannot arrive' before to. o rro n W morning licrctileY;Paitrct from Gibraltar , for Lo ndon • illagues, 14 oP. k: t r:,'ln Zama 'fo r I o d —I-1.l 11 ar/i" front Pskr. Atli V 1440111- Ann - n I) °".'• t • ell ' -'1 l iar kill ; Mary t ,4C(.. fort!o. , iLt y, 1 .tr ,► pinto :km, 1.1.r64:(iuttr444t:11. t r r' Pl' Smyrna, ondon ; Inc us !14r ion' l l 'e 1 1° . r L '"Ooki i A ralrolnat.he, Spain, . !runt Sicily, l oncion ; I‘.tie,:atltler, I.ant*ien'ef •at n ' tlt i o l i c i t il'o i t i Ru NV i I t i t . l ii ' , ln t j r *r° I' l ta, for ai rl i ) 4 414 ban, Verouet, ifUr i ll Cephalonia, for Hull. 41 til t' Thais, ROS I? WEE k, for pcnguin. Y A .......-.. r ha -"IIIIT i H• MAY 17.--Yesterday arrived here i: 'POl4zde: butte Privatee r , ' mounting one Gun "4•Potinsit , i iftwith Swivel s and Sipall.arrna, taken S ) : oti4 'it3tY's Sloop of War Mosquito, and with I: o .Pcdil td the Eiiirrheth, 01 Guernsey, hide" wit b,' of Ipirits, And 70 6,114 Of tobacco,- taken 1 the trlt Vessel. , . t ti 16 borothea zii.t.berb, Folk B IR, from Amste . r. , t° Alicanr, with cheese ; and the .11.1enritilat aritis4l-Ititrt:iiirre":llAtlltinblieltydtait: ,t;,uoil-nattlrititer::: Xccilttehr.hop -, Ilett ille Pioluza, Catberina,V L oo lt I 1° Embdeni 11 wincs; [ . 11 Arrivcii i n d i 1 • • ;>. Shin Nein ar ~ 4, 4,4 ti . e toads His Niles') ' . and ''. y le Nnre, and remains, with the /helper -hlieior Sin,, (~,,,,,, ~, PII busker Armed Ship, I: ‘4llll.btigs, and 5ra,,34 Cut tii. Fer rat,. and - • • • - - • PeRtiMOIJTKI MAt 17.--Arriced -0e .Rz9 , 47/, ; flero t GRAY ; Melina, MAIN ; Alert, litt:L; Flanders, 111sriwsLi.1 and /lee, LEs - rrt;, from Jersey. Sailed His Majesty's- Gait-brig Cheeih:), on. a Ctuize• The Newfoundland Convoy still :re►uain at,St. Helens for a fair wind.. DEAL; MAY . 17.- 7 84iled H. M. Frigate, rata', and Bruizer Gum-Ell-1g; on a eruize tO:theVeirwaid. Tice Mariner Gun-brig came down from Ebel's:vire and remains: Came down from Deptford the Endo,/ and Mary hired Navy Transports. The ilecla Bomb has made shesignal fur Convoy to the Westward'. In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, ,Diomede, Iris, Utile, Discovery, Hecla, Volcano, Vesuvius, Zebra, six Glin brigs,Pltosphorus, Armed Transports as pet last I' Findtm and Mary hired Navy Transports. .. CORK ' MAY 13 —We congratulate the Public upon being able to lay before our Readers the im portant fat of that ableand and enterprising Officer, Admiral Lord NewoN, having returned from the Mediterranean, on receiving accurate information concerning the Enemy's Fleet from Toulon. His Lordship on' tl►e 9th dispatched the 48 itte Frigate, of 38 guns, Capt. MOWBRAY, to Ireland, with Littera for Government; and this day she arrived at Cove, from whence one Copy of Di,patches was sent by ►and express to Dublin,. and another ,to England in the Earl Spencer Cutter. Lord NELSON had not been able, on his arrival idf Cadiz, or in his subse quent progressi to trace the course of the Combined Squadrons, or t►► coiled any other intelligence of them than what is already known—but his Lordship, with his charaderistic zeal and ardour, pushed for. ward, and is now supposed to be, with his fleet, sisting of it Sail of the Line and several Frigates, a few Leagues to the Westward of Scilly, waiting for such orders as more acturate information of the Edemy may render expedient, The Aiiive, on the zBth, saw six Line of Battle Ships off Carthagena, which she kept sight of to the following dly, and 'then lost them --; she supposes they went into that Harbour ; but it is more proba. ble these were the Ships seen by Sir j: ORDb'S Squadron going into Cadiz. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CASTOR RACES. THURSDAY, MAY 9. The Hunters' Subscription Plato of ccl. Four-mile heirs; Mr. Samuel I larnew's b. g. Little Chines - 3 t t Colonel Culmingharn's hr. m. Maid of the Oaks • t 2. a Mr. Rickardson's br. m. Off She Goes - • • - a 3 dr lo Sne day, Mr. lohn Richardson's h. g. Now or 'Never, beat Mr. Welltitt's b. g. by Drone, 0 jA. tTtatch.. ' Mr. G. F. SOMERVILLE (son of Capt. Sohn trILLE, of the Nemesi,t), Sub-Lieutenant of the Nimble Brig, is promoted to he Lieutenant, and appointed to the Nemrsis, commanded by Capt. Some It VILLE. It is intended to appoint Captains.to superintend the Payment of the King's Ships at Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Sheerness, which is at present done by the Port Admirals at those places. Captains SAWYFR, HUNTEA, and LUMsDALE• arc to be ap. p:Anted to this service. • On Wednesday arrived from Yarmouth, at the Horse Barta.ks, Norwich, sixty Ditch and French Pris:mers, escorted - by do Fileahire Militia, on their route to Stilton Barracks. died Dr. BISSET, Who on Tuesday last, possessed a considerable share' of learning, and was a very powerful writer.. Histalertts Were chiefly calculated for historical resesrehes and discussions. He em. ployed his pen in'ihe composition of some novels, but not proportionatewith success' to his historical works. Soon after the death of Mr. BuHKE, Dr. BI %%ET presented to the World a life of that cele. braced man. Though the work was rapidly com posed, in order to gratify, 4 publie curiosity on the recent loss of a great charatter,' it exhibits a wild judgment, with much acumen;. and will hold a re. itpettable rank in the Biographical Department of British Literature. The best work, hovever, which,Dr. BISEET has produced, is his History . of , the Reign of our prescnt excellent Monarch. All the great and interesting events: •which have hap. F ermi during the period to which hi's views were tlireted, are related with perspicuity, pre. vision and impartiality., The whole, indeed, shews , a penetrating and comprehensive mind. He has traced effells to their true causes, and deduced such inferences as afford political .lessons of great utility. His charatters are well drawn,• and Judi. einusly contrasted. Dr. BIS JT• was an occasional contributor to some of -our periodical Reviewsi and all ;his animadversions Were marked by julgcncoll and a spirit of candour which is not Usual. with those who employ their 'critical powers •upon the labours of their competitors. He was veculially mild and gentle in his manners. The. DottOr .was very in. tlustrions in_ the, exercise of his pen, but he was des. titled to endure all the toil, anxiety, and misery, which toss often charaderize a life, devoted to lice. tame. He is said to have died of a decline, anti. • his end, according to report, was hastened by the sevcrity of a merciless Creditor. An amiable "widow and a hrge family aie thus_left to lament the loss of a goo&linsband and father, and a writer whose talents and attainments entitled hitn to a touch .better fate. • Last Sunday aft ernoon.three, persons in the neigh. bourhood of Evevhatn, in Worcestershire,' were struck blind. with a 11.1.11 of lightning. One h+s since recovered his sight., 4 1 :r GYNI•R AL lII' CAEN, CUrTAIII-OPIICR,A"OF THE 14AUlt StrIV,LIItIrr • • CI: THE 13TH DE.NII.JIRIGA'DE OF LIGHT IN. irANTit?.. . :Lord NVI;I.4E-q.t . ,' has deCidedly,banjuned his plon. of visiting Indostto a although he ilfiS given no reason,' it is errtain that it must have been occa. p lolled by pnpresetn events t • for a part or his,equi. page; which is very considerable, had ascended the Ganges with inc'of the two Regiments which were to accutursq him ; hii departure was delayed only: . till Alit.artival of his Brother, who was cowing from the'D:Can, anti it was a stoic- time afterwards • that, he gave tip his journey.—Yoti will see that here was no doubt it was occasioned by important events that have happened in Inilostan. • You saw by my last Letter, Geneial, the English,. masters of almost all Indttstan, on .the point of get. • ting possession of Rampour, and- 'of annihilatint HOI.K AR, with whom they would not enter into • any accommodation,. At that period the Mass of their Army was cantoned in the environs of Caun. pour and Futtighur, upo the Ganges ; their. forces were almost concentrated in • the fioab. — floLKAß seemed not to dare to shew ,hiraself any %here, and the English considered, and still consider-him, .as they say, " as an adventurer Who arrived at the legitimate sovereignty of the Country only by JC ekcesses of barbarity and cruelty." Yet whilst they were stating that their honour and their deli. buy did not` permit : them to treat with a man who had under him mine but robbers and -bri gands, the Maltratta Chief began to appear near . the Narbadda. He had before sent Amyr.Khan into the Bundlecund at the head of a body of Ca. yaks , . In that incursion, the, objel of which I am ignorant of, that brave Mahratta Offi,:er came up with, and cut to pieces, a detachment of sever, companies of Seapoys, one squadron of Native Ca. valry,'.and two companies of- Artillery, under Capt. Smrm sent by Col. FAwtrt (successor to Col. Pow 5t.3,) to take a 14',41 near Kook ; he penetrated as far as Calpee, in the midst even of the English cantonments; he ertdavoured, but in vain, to sur. prise 'that: Prince, and to pais the Jumna. A short time afterwards he quitted the Bundlecund to join I-fol./cast, and to watch the movements of Colonel MONSON, The deSign of the EragliJlt was, after the taking Rampour, to j yin CA..MoNsoa's Corps with Col. MtnittAlr'l, , who was coming from the.Crozzerat, With a large botlY, Of Troops; leaving Colonel Dote' in • i he. en v irons of that placv. Before I proceed, it will be proper to say a word about Ramprata, thlt.KAtt, and AMYtt•KHAN. , —.. - Rarripouyi which is.on the left hank of the Supra, is one of the strung ,placer of Radcpontel ; it had been besieged. for four rionths by C6l. DUOR ft WRY. It then belOngedtO an independent Ally of the 'R3- int! of Jeypoiir. General Paitßom and , Colonel Buy RQUI u,,'returning from making war upon this Hinduo Chief, took it' by assantt, and restored it for a sum of money to COlfgriel bUDItENEY I 'Who ; wai then in the service of LiOLKklt. The produce that .City and its dependencies was then iihout.three lacks. Oyoti eit wishing to quit 1161 1 ..yAit., to go into Scinnin's service,, gave 041 , thas / p4c; to pe., neral PEIRON for' a lack' of rupee... know :not. how and when it was taken frm pears that it was duritig the inyasi(in of' the 'Etig. , lisp. You know in what wajyr.it fell: into thahAo4,lY• of the English : it is at present blockaded by the M,lhraitas; having only a garris6riaS•,':aprlys. J ESW UNT RAO HO LLAR, $OlO is, rsally.all 4priler, is severe, cruel; and barbarous ; but heis verytae.,. rive, vigilant, deZtrous, and cunning. Fence'fils• ,„ • . wars with So and the trou b le s tits , pulpit:, he has been deprived.of a great part of his,revensies, which have been to lacks. At present betides not draw more than ten from .his tetrirc,rics,4 biit he makes-up' or it by laying all the tertitories he, can surprise 'ander Contribution': be only makts war p procut..; Money, which he loves tither too much. His Camp is his Capital, and his Troops his Re. venue'. He it now the only ' mad capable of - up.- , ... posing any resistance to the English ; he May be con. conquered, or overwhelmed by them, but lie' will never be made their dupe. Hence` the English, vho know him well, never Would:aCknowledge him as a Sovereign ; they consider him only as a brigand'and ~ robber. Their oNeiti in• the present. War against him appeart to he to draw him out nfAndostan, and to place in hii stead /CAW t 1146 ; Which for a time would ensure them' the 'dominion of all India, from . the lotus !is Bengal, and . from , Sertege to Cape Co.. But so long as HoLt4te and AMYR 1(11 AK live, the English must not .consider thenistives as the quiet possessors of their immense •conquests. Amv It ICHAts is very brave, generous; and liberal to. prodigality. ,He is,a l i .atark 'Adventurer, who is g reit in all actions.' He began his carter ,wi'th I to 1. K AR, whom he hasAerveit with a di4intefelftd -.IICS '.o, l ct fa elitronknown in those parrs..- He corn. , 1 mands a Paw Corps, Which is scmetimes consider. able. It is he who appears to dire& fioLK.A . i n hii military operatiJus i besides a great number of :idiom in' which Ite•has.distinguished himself, ,and which he appears to have manned alone, he has often overrun different parts of Intlostan as a par . tisan. lie appears to understand that kind of *de face tolerably well. Up to this time they have not been able ,to force him twin aaion, the issue of which could have been doubtful; • He is more desirous of reputation th an 1 : of a great fortune, which appears to have Ile charms for him, and he is often reduced by his liberality to have re c ourse to the purse of his friends. He likes Europeans ; but it will not do to go to Min nierely to arnasi rupees. Ilk goad faith and adhe. rence to his word may be relied upon, even when contrary to the will of iIoLKAR. He has saved European Priioners which the latter wished to put to death... I will Say nothing of the taking of Ramtlour:; I have already sent you the Gazette, with the details of the liege. It is the only event • of the War which the English have published : they have taken great pains to conceal ,the events which fullowed, - lhough they are known to all the wurld. Notwith'itanding the public rerorts Which must have reached cuitmel most,. and which ought •tU have put him on his guard, he suffered himself to be r taken like aschnol".buy. It seemed melt he wished, at .the commencement of the campaign, after tha taking of Rampottr, to.effeet 4 junetion with Col. MURRAY, to maintain a 'communication witn Cul. DON, who WAS in his rear, and who formed an in. termediati body •betwern him and the States of Scindia, whence he drew his provisions. For this purpose, be ought to have taken possession of and kept the important Pass of M ikundra ; but he passed it without receiving any intelligence of HoLKAto Who did nut appear in any guar. ter. Ac last, however, he mule his appearance, with all his forces, and , took a position to cut off his communication with ,the States of Scitidia and Rampour.. Cul. Dilptisors wa,s then reduced to great distress .for want of provisions, and was forced, when'be leastexpeden it, to defend himself against the attacks of the Aihrattas, who were always a uc: cessfal ; at last thy c.stne to a rei;ular action near svitere the. English wire coMpleteiy beat, and lost a great number in killed and wounded: Anion the latter was Lieutenant LUCAS, who had formerly been in.. the service of.SetNotn, - which he left' to 'enter "the English tiervisic. After this affair, Colonel Morlsom had no other resourse but to take tetugein Rampour, and to fall back and join Lieutenant. Colonel born ; but to accomplish this he had to traverse a very difficult Country. and hi • cUntendagainet a numerous and skilful Cavalry.—• lie soffered much from the Inhabitants, who rasa upon him as soon as he was forced to retreat. He was harassed in this milliner till his arrival at Rampuur, which he reached in the must wretched state, having lust his Artillery and Itaggage.—ta- He could not remain lung there on account of the. scarcity q( A provisions.—Aftee'having.kft a Qarri. son sufficient for-its defence, he left it to commence his second retreat to Agra, which was not less : d a ngero4 .titan the first. fie could nut elude rile vigilance:of the Mahrattas, nor surpass the quick. ness their movements ; they continually hung . upor(ffiti)'diaring his march ; and at last forced him to ankadiou, in which Jte ,was beaten, and lost a cethildefllble:number of men, 7;14. some of. his Artilo.7one entire'Corps of the Allies. refused to assist.h,im.,. .C o rps pi. Co . iairy, that general Lrolt a-tent to his succour, :was dispetsed. At last he reached Agra, having again lost all the Artillery he brOUglar.froM Rampiattr, , :One of his Regiments was' reduced tii9o men and an Officer. Upon re• aeivlriginteliigence of the route of Cul. MoNsorr Gen: , etkiltOnments C:ol. MtrItAAY hat, it 'is' Haiti, (teen attackeii acid deiciiteil brut this nt: ws wants eoi fire: tuon. .... his, General,: is al;- I have been able to learn of the aCtual situation of Indostan. lath Oaubei.—A.Letter from Agra states, that the English and Mahratta Army arc in presence of each other, and that they ; arc on the point of a ge. netal aetion. HOLKAIL commands ,intperson, and has AV pieces of cannon, It is to he hoped that he will not engage the Enemy, fot he must be de. leated in a pitched battle. The vacancy in the Representation of Coventry, • occasioned isy the death of C.lph. BAR LOW. is iikely to: be . Mr. Wit.usafortor ettto has publicly recommended Mr. Nltt.t.s, brother to the Member . for ..W.trwick, Got. Mmottorr is the other Candidate. • 1),, ti LIN. NIA Y 14.—Yeitemby the Lords, Cons. missiooers of the Great Seal delivered their uaatit. m a ul opinion agitiost receiving a plea to the return t hv Writ of Habeas Corpus itt the case of Mt. joitNsow. The principal glie, , tion upon the Legality of thet•orrest stands over to Thursday next, hor i . it is to h t ,itiguati Info .thc:tt LOtdshies.