The Sun.
London, England, 1805-05-16 00:00:00

ADVOWSON BILL.

The third reading of the University Advovvson
Bill being moved, a long conversation took place
on an additional Clause proposed by Lord Sin.
MOUTH, fur restraining Colleges from making addi.
tional Purchases till their present Livings should be
raised to at least asol. each.
Qn this Clause the House divided, when the num.
hers were, Contents 9
Noa-Contents 9
When the LOW° CHANCE,LLOR declared the
Amendments to be negatived.
The Bill was accordingly real a third time.
Adjourned.

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LONDON,

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1805.

Wz yesterday announced the return of the Com.
bined French and Spanish Fleets to Cadiz ; they
arrived La that Port on the zzd ult. Official intel.
ligenee of this event was yistertlay received at the
Foreign Office, from Lord ROBERT F;Tzctaiii.Dl
at 'Lisbon. The causes which induced the knimy
to return to Port without making any attempt what-
ever are not known, but there are innumerable con-
jennies on the sub:ieet.
.We mentioned 'yesterday
that a strong report prevailed, that the Troops
which were embarked, finding 'that they 'were des-
tined for the West Indies, had mutinied, and refus-
ed to proceed on the voyage, Vie have no means at
present of ascertaining the truth of this report; but
it is clear that it 'must have been some very
pressing and urgent cause, indeed that induced
the 011jcers to abandon the :I,:,,t.pedition which they
were entrusted to command, and to return quietly
to port, BONAPARTI i$ not 3 man liksly to be

tatlsfled with light at trifling excuses : we have
therefore no doubt that the cause of their return),
whatever it might be, was of the most urgent na.
ture, and left them no alternative. Same accounts
say, that they were overtaken by a storm on their
voyage, and that they sustained so much damage
that they were forced to put back. This we
think very improbable, because they were re.
connoitred by 'the Amphiese and .by the Wasp
immediately after their return to Cadiz, and
they then had no appearance of having suf.
feted severely from a storm ; on the contrary,
they appeared to be ready for sea, with their
sails bent. Another reason assigned for their
return is founded upon a report of an anion having
taken place between Lord NELSON and the Com-
bined Fleets, in which the latter is said to have
been defeated; with the loss of four Sail of the Line.
We wish it were in our power to confirm this re.:
port, but, standing upon the authority it does at
present, we cannot give much credit to it. We
know that ever since the first sailing of the Toulon
Fleet, the Foreign Papers have, from time to time,
contained accounts of desperate engagements between
the British and French Fleets,in which the latter were
defeated, and, we fear, that the report which was cir.
culated yesterday was
.founded upon one of these
statements. It is said, however, in confirmation of
this report, that the Prussian Ambassador at Paris'
the Marquis LUCCIIESIN,I, wrote to his Court on the
z7th ult. stating that a rumour was then very ge-
neral in Paris that an,Engagement had taken place :
andsas a still further confirmation, it is asserted that
a Moniteur of a very, late date had reached Town,
which states that there had been an indecisiVe Ac.
tion between the Fleets. We have nut seen the Mo.
Iliumr alluded to; and we have the strongest reason
to believe ihat there is no such Paper in Town.
The arrangements we have made to procure the
French and. other Foreign Papers are such, that
we always receive these Papers at least as soon as
any persons in this Country, and certainly no such
Paper has reached us. Perhaps the report of such a
statement having been inserted in the Mortiteur arose
from its having appeared in a French Paper printed
in London. We have thought it our duty to lay
before our Readers these various reports, to enable
them to judge for themselves upon this interesting
subjeCt. But whatever may have been the cans; of
the return of the Combined Fleet, the faCt is cer-
tain, and all the apprehensions which have been ex.
pressed for the safety of our West-India Possessions
are, for the present, at up end. We consider it,
however, as a fortunate circumstance that the
Detachment under the command of Admiral Cot,.
LINGWOOD has not sailed, for it is not impossible
that the whole has been a ruse de
,guerre on the
part of the Enemy, that they circulated reports of
their being destined for the West Indies, and put to
sea in such force, in the hope of inducing us to send
out very large detachments to that quarter, and
that then they might return, in the hope of obtain.
ing a temporary superiority in the European Seas
while so large a portion of our Fleet was in the
"Veit Indies. But whatever their objea might be, it
is frustrated for the present, and as our Force in the
West Indies is now much superior to the French,
we entertain the most sanguine hopes of receiving
the most favourable intelligence from that quarter.
On the 30th ult. the Orpheus, Captain Hue,
fell in off Oporto ,with the Queen and the Dra.
pa, convoying the Transports with the Troops,
under the Command of Sir JAMES CRAIG, anti corn.
municated the intelligence of the return of the Corn.
bined Fleets, in consequence of which it was sup-
posed he would put into Lisbon.

Sum a writing the above, we have received, ny
EXPIZR9II, the Paris Papers to the 9th inst. and the
Dutch Papers to the r h. They confirm the opinion
we expressed in the preceding article, that the report
of a Paragraph having appeared in the Illeniteur,
stating their an 4,6lioeLlid taken place between the
Fleets, was unfounded, The Moniteurs are per.
reedy silent respecting the Combined Fleets—
they neither mention their sailing
,nor their re.
turn to Cadiz, although the latter circumstance
roost have been known in Paris previous to the
911). The Gazette de France of the Bth instant
Contains a Letter from M. MBYNERS, the Ba.
tavian Envoy at Madrid, to his Government, con.
raining an' account of the arrival of the French
Fleet at Cadiz, of their juntlion with the Spanish
Squadron, and of their sailing : it contains, how-
ever, no new information upon the Subjeft. It is
stated in a Letter from Marseilles that ' urders' had
. •
been issued at Toulon for pioviding an immense
quantity of biscuit and Other sea stores 6 from
'which it was inferred that a large Fleet was cx.
petted in that Port.' Those who think that the
sailing of the CoMbined 14'leets, apparently with an
intention of proceeding to the West Indies, was only
a manoeuvre to induce' this Country to send a large
Noal force to that quarter, while their real in.

Will
tension was to make at attack upsn Egyp',
perhaps derive some confirmation of their opinion
from the article to which we have alluded. The
other intelligence in the Papers we have The
is of little importance. The capture of Le 14llt
Milan, and the re-capture of the Cleotatra, is Oen-
tioned in the Paris Papers; but, with their usual ad•
herence to truth, they assert that La Ville drAfilatt
did not strike to the Leant& until after a most des.
perate Mlion, in which almost the whole of the
Crews of both Vessels were killed, and wounded;
whereas we know that the French Frigate its to

the Leander without firing a gon.
BONAPARTE left Turin for Alexendria oa ttle
3oth April.
We subjoin two Letters which we receivit
ed th
morning, brought by the Lisbon Mail :
" lasso t, MAY 4.—The Combined Srjustketi. I
have returned to Cadiz Bay, where they wagtail
on the 22d ult. and were counted zo Sail of the Lies
(amongst them eight Flags). As only eight°
sailed from Cadiz, it is coniraured that 1101"
additional Ships must have joined them at to!'''
I id ti,
g' Sr. LVCAR, APRIL 210-.-YESICII4 7,-,
stis Of°
day several pieces of wreck, broken me
0 it*
&s. have been thrown ashore at this places
several dead bodies, in so mutilated a sole as /11
I b fe
eme en'
give rise to the supposition of an engagn' -1
ing taken place between the two host
ilefiquos'
............. ,,,,
This day Hag MAJESTY Will bald a Drsealli
room. ?O°
Yesterday His MAJESTY dined with the 1
of WA ES, at Blackheath, and arrived et thetras
House about five o'clock. stela or 111$
Yesterday a Court of Direllors was so,
India-nooses when GERARD BYRNE, el 111 r
' pointed the Company's Agent at Cork. pods
On Monday last His Royal Highness tlige rado
of CAMBRIDGE reviewed the Ist and ia 1.01,11 g•
of the
_Cavalry any Wes( Kent Volunteers/ jono.
ing of the Loyal Greenwkh, Blackheath. laelf Os
Deptford, Woolwich, Crayford, ants. Begl°l!,hibs
Highness expressed himself much satisfied lisha
carted conduct and soldierly aPPeara°4,llo4
whole, in particular with the Loyal Green"ortia
the Witter Fencibles, who together olosiet;or
of moo effective men. The Ist Brifts,46:loref"
mantled by Colonel CAM? a et,t.,_of (141'10,040
wich, who informed them, by His Hig""mostilf
the MAJESTY would review the whole °soils(
the 3d of June. The day was very iinef with 0
Royal Highness the PRINCESS of Whl4
_i'
ittihoueinbNefrororabLadies, graced the circle. roolaisnr
Lieutenalullrtne.lGlaanneddriii.DYnoirct,isiapppothient;idocitaloivissto
Gen. GARDINER. Itlifia II
On Monday last the Marquis of Stir tool Sh
at his how; off Stir
James's. extent'°ll/11,ati
In consequence of a previous attangroad
Is- '
ing took place on Friday sennight, 011'1:64,14...."
ling from Derry to Strabane, between"' sA.j,°,l
Esq. of the Downsbire Militia, and D; 71 by 01'
Esq. of Derry.--TwJ shots were .0,4'=1„0 it lc'
without efea, when the Seconds irdetterl °
conciliation took place. tot
1 of lite' • 1
Notwithstanding the severe %color' ac,,,,,a11ti
crops in general bear a healthy oPPeara"v
particularly. lila
01 e 0510
The following is an accurate ,
00
under the command of Lord New°l44 I'
Cott. . f 0
Viaory - - Ito MAIO . $
i
Royal Sovereign - 310
AnOn . '
. . 0
Canopus -,. 74 AmaVni .. 4
Tigre - 74 Dv:a& • . . ;6
-
Donegal - - 74 Se:that:
Excellent - . 74 Adive 7 ~
k i Ida 36
LeVitlt hail . . 74 A itivuic # 4
Spencer • - 74 IlYclova " ' P,
Belleisle - - 74 ono
• • '
Conqueror - 74 ig" • 36
Renown ~
S Uperb
A Gottexbisrgb Mail arriveu Y „i.gocg if
licn-Sloocni-, alifouliPrtliodbelniieDe•Yie':::::s:ls;
h'fillo,
following is the only article of inte" b l
it brings : 14. ~.-1.116 kg 4
Sr. PETERSEITROK. fir large fund
Government have been making .f. ond r.frti
provisions in the Crimea, huth "r .. I:: their kir
which in that country are exceller"lthere to Poo
and have employed a number Ss,lie.n" mos lifili
pc `s ItOUndi of I(
pare it ; these purchases have,
rate of three.farthings sterlitl, o,,wordi „ ,
English Agent there has sent
.I,a, fort to) PP
sail of Transports laden, to M'lt Itc
the Fleet in the Mediterraneans Scc' 'fibs Ilit
Bement 0' - rid °
The Committee for the manage. hid OP
1, Ili
atrical Fund, according to rePor'wo olio pertliiih,
Mr. BETTY requesting that be_,.. beitcnt nos
Son to perform one night for t`refasiai, ohs
Institution, but have met with a, twelve 'non
Barry in the course of the la'` ascot otl 4'
with the engagements he has at I
it: Mrs.hiet ris bsMeani°deitNliTkaACtilYDN tthottardcYl-calicrnre°2:iP4::oll:torCeleilttf:llllllllll
was The Soldier's Darighttr• Di, Ctllls'ilier"
titled, 411 for Faris, by
oiccoion, 100
A,!tor, stias• introduced on chic
anoino the lot, 1
Were some good strokes in P abna Allrelri 00
absurd flip' for infantile Atiortl_ic 010)01 ',owl
afforded good loope f"r fret:A° folo"'09
IVlouriTAto. A Mt. FITZS "of
' ha','bate D raot Ir) poi
sung, " No, 'equal nut ofincd 1 1 iv, te 1
' the end of the Play, and Per „ „oil (0,1!);g11001
Poor 'Soldier, He Polocs„11"1;:i'lastt.
voice, and bings' With tlrtaf!Cl• CO'
was very well attended. of theivii
ortrou'eg• of li
Music.--The eleventh per
, _
j,,, fog
,gis ri
the CV.
40, ion ~,‘
001
Cerr 4 Antient Music took pil,o:l`scsist. 1; obili
IVIAI‘EsTIIIB and tour of the 0.0 vial %:,1, ilif -1,,
sent. The Earl of DAgD",,, $ll Direttos, 01,
Cute for Lord FiTzwlLL"'.:. weie, , wool
night. The Vocal Pertoirrint:;;ll,ll, adookoir..
i I. 1 NGTo N, 13ARTWAtrt P" #ifecti, aP _44110
SON. The Music W.'s Wen s' out 117 Y
performed, Its mitlicoo w" nu°

'ro,it the FRRNII Mill DUTCII PAPERS.
PARIS, Max 8.--The write from Marseilles
that from the great quant ,
ity of biscuit preparing at
Toulon and the adjacent Country, it is eonjedu red
that a Fleet will arrive there to be provisioned In
that Port.
Their Imperial Majesties, and the whole Court,
left Turin for Alexandria on the 30th ult. at eleven
in the reaming.
lierHatt ELea, MAY 3.—The cargoes of both
At Vessels stopped at Cuxhaven have been sold.
There is no news from the North ; and notwith.
"skiing all that has been circulated, there is no
viail)le sign of the proposed Coalition. It is even
tald that Pacific Negotiations are on foot between
gland and France, under the mediation of Prus.
sits In support of this it is said, that the King of
Sattarela is to get as indemnity the. Seven Islands
Intl Malta, with the Grand Mastership of,that Or.
der. One of the existing difficulties between France
antlitlllSi& was; as is well known, an adequate in.
tittnnity for that dethroned Monarch.
i The Russian Count CAZARNPY arrived on the
I 2611 ationningen
IPgles , from London,* in the Prince of Cutter. He is going to Sr. Peteraburgh
44'
traPettant dispatches.
itt4strtnna they write, that an epidemy had
c alliffetteditaelf in the Mores, and particularly at
4 '4°141 it is said to have been communicated by
, mu 4180 which strived there from Constantinople.,i
the taking throughout the Murea to stop "1
t e Pilresinf this fatal Malady. It is not yet as.
ettained robe the yellow fever.
Oneof
ha, the French Princes of the former Dynasty
Palled through Husain on his way to England.
it "ciltipaaa, IVlty t0,...-We hear that his Excel.
tinny the Peosionaty, on Monday last, made a no_
itlithan of the persons who are to form the College
er Nit •ta•
toi "Igh Mightinesses representing the Ba.
la Nation. This nomination is as follows :
AvGadderior-..W. G. VAN Rlit mEN, and VAN
•1414, of Nitynen.
i 11.1144"*N1M BO 'Tr 6L;IA It , of Kyflinek t J.
b.4Diell' C‘ Van Ft/Rata; J F. Van LEY DEN, of
IVlStbahtldteCht ; LHA It LRSSI X) J. VanStyaln4a,
led A• p,..,
a, • I %NT, oi Raaphotsts
Iserdetvat--VV, t. tit.A.N RI,
UN:4,H. J. Vail ii E tin IT.
it tr;4l€lesL.R. L. VAn At; atztroA 13E KIN" I'
AaSI and E. S. G. J.Van Bustramixt RINGE"
). ti,"-inel..-C. Da Vos' Van ST& E N WYX, and A.
aseTz.
Creii;
bib. L'!esee itIIIEPPo Cattail., and Van ALIIIII Dili
hJased
Orgiot
tinais *-41). J• CUT t Ilth and J. F. R. Van
orderitte of th •if 1 Mightinesses, J. Coy.
1,11.e1f is i g
The
tepiv Gentlemen nominated have been requested
to ;4ake their attendance in the hlague the 'ph inst.
' 110 e the oaths and to enter on their funtlions.
et 1.44 I MAY 2.--.llle Ship La Marie,'
pt4inki.,4l
toff,e .7 NI, from Ncw.York, laden with sugar,
der ' Intilbs &,... is arrived here and placed on.tilsrantitie . 414,1, • She announces that the French
. tine Qn
his c3Ptute,l st. Christopher, St. Vincent,
lattrat s„, .
tigo4. $ 'Nevis, Dwoinica, St. Lurie, and An.
P -410 Ampat s P
Cihlgall. *2.---They write from *the
hltr l' It''che, that the English Governor of
41Vears to be still of opinion that we are
PreParie.
fort 4t° make an immediate attack upon 1114 t
rela by lapd 4 d • , ofthe Gar-
s_ 'men is redo n sea. The vigilar ee
ted I übletis the intrenchments the batteries,
' tile
Pallisadea, ill't every Where augmented, tau
ro
and
114 essere has been taken which are usually
pted ~„,._ .
the Troops
a siege is expeaed. On our side
try 01114 in the Camp of Si. Roche are kept upon
tipii ve end SeVere service, and military die.
ne is 0
The tnbiserved in all its rigour.
ruitil c. & ish Squadron under the orders of Ad.
tow "aai oruizin off Ferrol, suffered much
"tit the e g
li end of March by contrary winds.
, aolitja
Inert is 4"' APRIL 26.—1 t is asserted that
?- nnw on th .
s bit 4 on she con: Idlna a .Projet for maintaining
Y husii4 'nem, which has heen approved
coat 1, anti sent bY a Courier to Milan. Great
tuit. '4l
Bret
it is said, made to remove the dill.
let tvhich .
twee oppose the re. establislimerlt of Peace be.
Rol n R, 1
ishog 4,n4 14'11 Prance ; and it is stated that
Law `44teadY agreed OR this Is* d with Fn st3tl stver .
SU Je •-• •
hiliiljo,„ Points, with the exeeptionof that
ta: . 4t° M4ll, 1., ,
Arl to
I,_ • oe tatter Power does not
tive,
tram eneunce the advantages which she tie.
44 the possession of that Island, and
%foul f
I:l4'4ler °,
'at les" Preserving there a eonsiderable
'''st %,:t n""111e other side, they will not consent
atal 4,1 i. ttiAln alieuld preserve these advantages,
lit), .‘ On 4 Jtai '
v.,. ()141Tkoit 1 4' 40. It is said that M. DI
:Ith full
on_ idl returned to London, furnished
. sv,te ~...
'file ean, ti "14 new insituaions, to restore,
t 4,,,, le Peace n 1 p
L -1(4,, . - +UrQbe.
..ert '''S eiPkt. '
ItYeqttal
44 Th , 300..Prillee Jostotr arrived
t ist ''''- telledted discharge
~ , s of artil.

fiery. This nierning he *lll review the Troop',
an►j visit the Port.

MADZ ID, Ape 2.—As there is a scarcity of
Seamen in this Country, the King has issued a De.
cree, charging the Tribunals to set at liberty those
who are nor accused of murders, burglary, and other
capital crimes, in order that they may be employed
in the sea.service, the arsenals, Sec.

For same time past this City has been greatly
annoyed by robbers ; and scarcely a. day passed
without a btrglary, or some similar offence. At
length, however, the Police has discovered the
ringleader of the gang, who appears to be a person
that never could have been suipelted if an acci-
dental circumstance had not brought the transaaidn
to light. He was formerly a Daaor of Divinity at
Murcia, a man of a good family ; he has travelled
frequently into Foreign Countries, and had admit-
tance here to the best families.

MADRID.-It appears certain that our Govern.
ment has combined, in concert with that of France,
a vast plan of military operations, the execution of
which will give a deadly blow to the power of
Eogland. The secret is hitherto perfectly preserv.
ed, and the extent of these plans will only be known
at the moment when it will be out of the power of
the Enemy to oppose them. The Armament of
our Fleet at Ferrol was entirely completed on the
z6th of March. This Fleet consists of twelve
Sail of the Line, without including Frigates and
Corvettes, and French Vessels.

lIAGUIN MAY 28.—Our Government hae pub.
fished .a Letter trom the Envoy Extraordinary of
the liatavian Republic to His Catholic Majesty, to
the Secrctary of State for Foreign Affairs at the.
Hague.

The Letter dated April 13th, from Madrid, after
stating the sailing of the Toulon Fleet, its appear.
ance off' Carthagena on the 7th, and its junetion
with six Spanish Snips of the Line from Cadiz, and
the French S'.ip L'Atile, states also, that the sixth
Spanish Ship which went out run aground, but was
gfit off, and proceeded to sea the next day. Whilst
the Ship was aground no person was permitteo to
communicate with her, and the Captain was express.
ly ordered to throw his Papers. into the sea on the
least appearance of danger from the Enemy. The
Envoy (M. G. ME YNEKS then proceeds to state—
" This proves evidently the importance attached
to the secret objed of the Expedition, and has given
rise to a variety of conjcetutes.

" I shall not stop to notice these reports, or lose
myself in conjeCtures respefting the destination of
the Combined Fleet. I shall speak only of its force,
of which I am informed with certainty. It is posi-
tively known that, comprising the three French
Vessels which were at Cadiz, it is composed of
twelve Ships of the Line, six Frigates, and four
Corvettes. Vice. Admiral VILLEIUUVC Com-
Mander in Chief. The Troops on board; and which
the French Ambassador residing here estimates at
goon [nen, are under the orders of Gen. LAU klsrux.

" AdiTl4.ll GRAVINA, Wht) replaces M. VILLA
VICENCIO; who 'was originally destined for the
c:rnrnai.d, has under his orders L' Argonarrie and
Le Saint Raphael, each of 8o guns, Le Terrible
and Le fernrr, each of 74., L' America and L'alispa-
nuila, uf. . 64, and the Frigate La Madalena, of 34
guns. It was the Saint „Raphael which run a.
ground.

‘i The Spanish Troops on board these seven Ships
of War farm a WO of 2280 men, amongst which
are 17m Intantry, and the rest Cavalry and Artil.
lery. AU these Troops compose a Corps consisting
of picked men from cur Troops of the Line,"

INDIA.

CALCUTTA G.A4F.TTE;

FOIT WILLIAM* Nov. 22. 404.
GENERAL ORDERS.

by lttS ZXCIULLNCY Tlllti COMMANIHIR 114 DATCD

HLAD•QUA,RTIRS,,FUrTY-aillJti, NOV. LS, 1804.

The Commander in Chief returns his most cordial thanks
to the Officers and Men of the Cavalry and Horse A rtill, ry,
lot the conspicuous gallantry in the action of yesterday.
His Excellency is unable to express his admiration in terms
sufficiently strong, for the active courage, steadiness; anti
daunted resolution which was displayed, by the whole after
fatiguing march of near 6o miles in the preceding 24 hours.
Ws Excellency shall ever remeiralfer with heartfelt grati-
tu.le the obligations he owes to Col. Madan, Litut..Col.
Vandeleur, and Major Need, eominatitling the ist and 2d Bri-
Pries. Cavalry, Lieut.-Col. 'Loons, who commanded the Ad-
vanced Guard; Capt. Abercrombie, 01fieersinci Men of the
Bth Dragoons; Capt. Plitiptat and Officers and Men of the
27th Dragoons; Major Wade and Officers anti Men of tile 29111
Dragoons Capt. Welsh and Officers and Men of the ast Na-
tive Cavalry; Capt. Elliot and Officers and Men petite 4th
Native Cavalry ; Ltpt. SWinton and Officers and Men of the
6th Native Cavalry ; and to Capt. Urewn stid Officers and
Men of the it,rse Artillery, for 0'44 highly meritorious and
intrepid behaviour in the engagement of yesterday.
His Excel kiicy c.innot avoid to embrace this opportunity
of noticing the uncommon perseverence and praise-worthy
condua of the Reserve, which eflOied a march of upwards of
300 miles in 17 days, anci.which bore the unusual wipes to
which it has heen so long exposed, with the utmost cheerful
-
netts. The Commander in Chief begs Lieutenant-Colonel
lion, commanding the Reserve, to accept his best thanks, and
desires he will signify to the Officers and Men of the Detach-
ment of Artillery, to the Officers and Men of the Hank
Com panic.; of Ills Majesty's 21t1 Regiment, and x i Battalion
of the alst, the great sattsfae-tion whiat he has derived 1(01)4
the zeal, alacrity, and patience which they have uniformly

On Frichy sennight a boy of only . 12 years of
age, aptrentice to Mr. Chipman, of Bosoarne, near
&Amin, hung. himself to a beam
_in his master's
WainebtAlSC, .Curoner's verditt—lamarja