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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. net of 98 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
of the Line, the French of 22 ; St/ that, in the
Brent of a battle, there is the strongest grounds to
Petante the issue would be,glorious for the came of

(ANOTHER LITTER, SAME Dm.)
tealne In this morning from sea the Mal, of
111"ord
gaolend) from the Channel Fleet, Admiral
l'4tltittlt, with Dispatches for Government
::"4„intti ,
14 guns, Lieut. GR liGaR Y• Which
I"lt'arded diteCtly by express. Whatever
e'rtcffiteets are, a Oroportionate degree • of hurry
filtnn Sail
!rid hustle is apparent in alt departments to get the
Sandd
tar the Line in tAwsand Bay and the
Ng ready to sail direly to•reinfotce Lord GARD..
114. The Commissioners for ViCtualling on the,
utpott
Station ate here, also lending a hand to
nPedire everTW y thing in their department.
M•—•.lt is now confidently asserted that
"it•hfig brings an account of the arrival of
100
GOAN A on Monday evening off Brest. The
0111 l?rigate in.shore, on reconnoitring again
t""ttter•road, observed it 'clear of Ships, and made
trrePert to AA :
—lira! Lord GAttDNlilt of their ohser-
Vtatittaiiind .
ne thertfote from this circumstance the
must have, for a teinr, gone into the Inner
t to deceive Lnd G. sod put him off his guard, Dr
tht aavontiige of out Fleet being off (hat sta.
44444 48 hour, in the gale at N. N. W. made a
ti/d Mil nut on receiving.intelligence of the return
tidethe Toulon and Cat Squidron to effect a i4"c-
-t With them.. That the &tiny Was not in
the
ilit4 tea on Tuesday is certain; the next question
11./ where ate they ? time will develope this, All
"wets ?tett on duty are ordered on board.

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0,11.4i,,,151Ptat MAY IS.--Arrived the As9;ve and
G said to be Dispatched by Lotol
4ittitlaka 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.
iitwellliii and were standing nut of Brest, and,
ti'lL4l na were
of an attack was entertained, Admi.
sind7id,4llDNLlts With seventeen Sail of the Line
~,,- I"ivt Frigatesb had funned. a Line.of.Battle in
; 4 diltiajoni.ii ,
.14:". AiOTlllll, LtTTllate CAMS DAM,
;ittd this evening two Transports ; they left
itiill.tt:
Were.A
.Dourkdke r leatds., t,
gt evening.ulanldela vi: !bout
consequence
ant:
f o'clocktjkoef;
lice
lest Putt in
ti: n'hote Squadron having come out, and made
110"1 for the Enemy's being in motto). Soon
afterwa,thrt had bore away froin the Fleet, the signal
tornl made by Lord GARDNER, to form the Line in
bivi.itrus.
Arrive" A
NI the following 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), fns
1° Ilte wind they cannot arrive' before to.
orro
n W morning
licrctileY;Paitrct from Gibraltar,for London • illagues, 14 oP.
k: tr:,'ln Zama 'for I o d —I-1.l 11ar/i" front Pskr.
Atli V 1440111- Ann- nI) °".'• t• ell'
-'1 liar kill ; Mary
t ,4C(..
fort!o. , iLt y, 1
.tr
,►pinto :km,
1.1.r64:(iuttr444t:11. trr' Pl' Smyrna, ondon; Inc us
!14rion'll'e11°.r L'"Ooki i A ralrolnat.he, Spain,. !runt Sicily,
l oncion ;
I‘.tie,:atltler, I.ant*ien'ef •at n'tltiolicitil'oiti RuNV i Itit.lii',lntjr*r° I'l
ta, for
airli ) 4414 ban, Verouet, ifUrill Cephalonia, for Hull.
41 tilt' Thais, ROS I? WEE k, for pcnguin.

YA
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ha -"IIIIT
i H• MAY 17.--Yesterday arrived here
i:
'POl4zde: butte Privateer, 'mounting one Gun
"4•Potinsit , i
iftwith Swivels and Sipall.arrna, taken
S): oti4 'it3tY's Sloop of War Mosquito, and
with
I:o.Pcdiltd 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 Loolt I 1° Embdeni
11 wincs;
[
.
11 Arrivcii in di 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/,
; flerot 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.-784iled 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,4publie 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.
Fermi 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.,

41: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 bUDItENEYI '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 11611..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 troubles 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 li.atark 'Adventurer, who is
greit in all actions.' He began his carter ,wi'th
I to 1. K AR, whom he hasAerveit with a di4intefelftd-
-.IICS '.o,lct 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 . in
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 than

1: of a great fortune, which appears to have Ile charms

for him, and he is often reduced by his liberality

to have recourse 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 cuitmelmost,. 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(Aprovisions.—Aftee'having.kft a Qarri.
son sufficient for-its defence, he left it to commence
his second retreat to Agra, which was not less:
dangero4 .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.,.
.Corps 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.
maul opinion agitiost receiving a plea to the return
thv 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,
hori
.it is to ht,itiguati Info .thc:tt LOtdshies.