The Sun.
London, England, 1805-08-17 00:00:00

wail of the LEnc, mak'ng altogether a rrtost• fo.rtn'da-
blc Meet indeed (upon pai:er) of 02 Sail of the Lino.
Having efle6ted this important operation, it is in-
(erred that Admiral CaitzzwALLis must retreat be-
fore the'tn ; .and the Enemy, thus superior af sea,.
may sailup the Channel, and convoy over the Bou-
logne &-c. &c. Our Readers will not, we
are inclined to belibive, be much alarmed by these
speculations, because they will recollea that the
Combined Fleet, after a voyage to and from the
West Indies, and afteran at-lion with the British Fleet,
will not be in a condition immediately to put to sea
again, and that Admiral CORNWALLIS, reinforced by
Admirals CALDER and STIRLING, and probably very
soon by the Fleet under the Command of Lord
Ntsox,, will have a force nearly equal in point-
of Numbers, and superior in every other respect
to any Fleet the Enemy can send to sea.—As
to the supposition of the Combined Fleet ven-
turing into, the British Channel, nothing can be
more absurd, sunless indeed they had acquir-
ed a Naval superiority, because there is not
a single Port on the whole of the French Coast,
from Brest to Calais, in Which they could take shel-
ter, in case of a defeat or'of tempestuous weather.

We yesterday stated a variety of important par-
ticulars respeelipg the operations of our Army in
India. In addition to what we have already commu-
nicated, we are informed that the Force with which
Lord LAKE sat down before Bhurtpore did not origi7
nally exceed twelve thousand men; a number which
did not enable him to mask more than one qiaarter
of the works of the Fortress. Bhurtpore is situated
in one of the highest cultivated, distrids of India,
the inhabitants of which are all of the same trifle,
and intimately conneiled with each other, brave and
faithful to the Rajah. Lord LAKE could not pre-
vent great part of the Garrison from communi-
cating. with the open Country of this Distri6t,
and this eccounts tbr the obstinacy with which the
place was defended. Many disadvantages attended
Lord Lnizr. ilvhen he first attacked the place,'as be
• was witol'iy unprovided with either Mortars or
r Battering l'rain. With these, however, he had
been supplied when the Belle Packet left Bert
bid, and it was in consequence expeaed that the
Fortress could not hold out much, longer against
the, skill and gallantry of our Troops, particularly as
full six,weeks remained' for our -operations previous
to the periodical commencement of the laud winds,
which would cempel , Lord LAKE to discontinue the
siege, We have heard -,nothing further respe&ing
the conclusion of any Treaty, but it is probable that
the Rajah, seeing the danger of his situation, wet:id
gladly accede to some- modification of the original
terms. It Was ratnoured at Bengal, previous to the
sailtng of the Belle, that some satisfa&ory intelli-
gence had becu received from the scene of nation,
but nothing further has transpired.

It was confidently reported this morning, that
Lord N11.30N had arrived at Plymouth with his
Fleet ; but we are much inclined to doubt the truth
at this report, because our Letters from Plymouth
a,re silent upon the subje6.l, and no Dispatches have
reached the Admiralty from his Lordship. -

A Morning Paper which is now singular in its
fulsome panegyrics upon Lord Sr. VINCE:;'T'S Naval
Administration, has this day made a most indecent
attack upon the Board of Admiralty, on account of
the terms in which the communication was given
which was yesterday sent to the Committee at
LLovp's, respdting the entry of the Combined
Fleet into Ferrol. The Communication was as fol-
-

" The Combined Squadrons of .the Enemy are stated to
have arrived at Ferrol,"

In ft6l, the Bulletin from the Adiniralty Could
not with propriety have been written in more positive
language, because Admiral CALnEtt had not joined,
the Channel Fleet, and Admiral C'ottNwALLis, who
sent home the account, was only apprized of their
arrival by signal. The Admiralty, then:fore, could
not communicate more than it knew ; and we have
every rw sin to believe that the Gentleaten at
LLovo's are fully sensible of the attention of the
Admiralty in making the Communication.

. The: report that Lord KmTit bad sent his Family
away from tile Coast is without foundation : his
Lord.;ihip'3 'Daughter, Sister, 4e: .are now with him
„t b.),;IN, Dear 13,amsgtte, .Which the Fa
rpily .havo quitted, except in their daily exettr,
sions off hanet and the neighbourhood.
The Di:KC of YoReS Birth-day was yesterday ce,
leer red by 'Noy ofjoy, both at Oat-
lands,. aid 1...(»)(1.4t. At the former place, the

amiable Ibv,chts.; made the inost handsome display,
by of var,ion4 kinds; atld, at the latter, His
tr;ulestnen met in convivial partinq
,)!* day. In the evoninolicro wertA
brilliant

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Sir SIDNEY had yenterday en intervivw
with :!gr, Psyr, at his ,ho‘4,sc ia Downing-street,