Star.
London, England, 1805-05-22 00:00:00

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCig
Confab, for money, 38H—Ditto, for are. AI.—
Reduced 37H--Omniuni 3i }--Eichrq. BIM !A. M.
Ezelicq. Bills, as, dtf.--5 per Cent. Navy mil.

This day a Mail arrived from the Leeward lands,
in 39 days to Falmouth. By this conveyance accounts
have been received which (fate that Admit-al COCM.
RANE paffed Tortola for St. Domingo the day pre-
vinus to the failing of the packet from the former
;nand. It was generally fuppofed that the French
fquadron had gone to ftrengthen the Spaniards againft
the attack with which they were threatened by Dia-
s/tut: tz.

The former accounts left it uncertain whether the
French had aaually been at Montferrat. We now
find they were there, and that they extorted 4.0001.
tri)m the inhabitants.

An American veld arrived at Tortola, pretious
to the failing of the packet, which reported he had
fallen in with the ELK brig cf war, with the Jamaica
fleet under convoy, and afterwards with the Roche-
fort fqtradron in purfuit of them.—The French were
about roo miles a-ftern. Admiral CocHaares's fqua-
dron were feen in the offing of Tortola on the.suk of
April at tight A. M. (leering to the wellw,ad.
A Mail has alfo arrived from Jamaica, bnt the
packet, having been nine weeks on her ;mirage, brings
nothing new--.lhey bad only heard of the arrival of

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I this Freed) foutdron tsto days befbre the packet failed,
and were then making prepirationa to rtpell any at-
tack that might be. made on the Oland: His Ma.
jefty's %hip 'Fafnir:, of 74 gang, was the only fhip
of war !Ting there. . • .
No faither intelltlienCe bail been receiied from any
of our fleets; of courfe, the general converfation has
nothing but conjeraures to reit upon. Lord NeLson,
it is fuppofed, is by this time crvizing off Cadiz,
watching the motions of the combined fleets, and
waiting for reinforcements ; hist it is the opinion of
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many, that all we have heard of the return of the
enemy into Cadiz, hits been founded on force miflake,
and that they are Rill purfuing their original dellina•
tion, whatever that may be. On that point, opinioni
Hill continue much divided—The Eall Indies, the
Vieft Indies, the Brazils, and Ireland, are Rill in-
filled on with an obainacy, which only goes to prove
that we are in complete ignorance of the plans of the
enethy.
On this inkjet more may be gathered from com-
paring the operations of the enemy in the different
ports that belong to them with each other, than from
a confederation of the comparative Arength of our
own vulnerable points. The combined fleets failed
from Cadiz on the t ith of April, and we now know
that the enemy's force at Ferrol was at the fame
period attempting to get out, iiz. on the loth, when
prevented by the pretence of Sir Roam!. CALDER.
It is, therefore, but reafonable to infer an intended
co operation ; that the previous junition of the
French and Spanifh (hips was part of the plan;
and that the bringing nut of the Dutch fleet was alto
a part attic objelt in view If fo, this would not be
attempted by the enemy endeavouring to force his
way up the Channel—To rifle an engagement is no
part of his prefent policy, but to unite his foice, and
then attempt his main enterprife, whatever that may
be. But if the Dutch face is to be united with the
othrs, how is this to be effeCted ? Only by attempt-
ing a paffage round by the North.
Sould it turn out that the Combined Fleets-have
not returned to Cadiz, we would not be furprized to
hear of their having borne away to the Weftward,
then gained a high North latitude, and come round
Scotland into the North Sea. Should they fuceeed
in this, they would carry the Dutch Fleet with them,
and might then come down the Channel, bring out
the Boulogne fleet, and proceed where they pleafc.
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We !hall not dwell on this; but we conceive it a
duty to point out what may poffibly be attempted,
that meafures may be taken for counteraaing the
plans of the enemy.

A Hamburgh Mail arrived this day. The letters
by this conveyance confirm what was before report-
ed refpeding the increafing mifunderftanding between
the Courts of Stoctholm and Berlin. M. Von Tea-
RACK, the Pruflian Minifter at the former Court, is
about to return to Berlin.

The accounts tin Holland, nate, that when Gen.
Ju nor was at Madrid, 'certain military arrangements
were agreed on between him, Gen. Btu/anonyms'',
and the Paws of Prince, relative to the places in
Spain whete Camps'{hall be formed, confining of
French and Spanith troops. There is to be one near
Cadiz, and another at Ferrol ; and it is propofed to
have a body of troops always ready for embark-
ation, whenever a favourable opportunity may offer.
This plan is likewife connefted with the difpofitions
making in Holland.

AMSTERDAM, MAY I t.—Onr journals contain ac
counts from Paris that the combined French and Spa-
mills fleet has arrived at Lifbon, taken the Engin
(hips ani prizes there, and confifcated the Engin pro-
perty. This intelligence washrought to Bourdeaux
by an Ataerican chip ; bat as no date is affigned to
this event, and no official account of it has bcen
received from any quarter, the truth of it is doubted.
We rather incline to believe, from our not having re
'ceived any certain accounts of this Sea, that it has
fteered its courfe for the Weft Indies.

The Amfterdam Gazette, under the head of Paris,
Rates, that Locum BONAPARTE will be appointed
Viceroy of Italy. The refidence of the King of Italy
will, it is fail, be fixed at Rome, and the Papal See
be reMoved from Rome to Avignon.
According to Tome accounts, the Government of
Algiers it on the point of declaring war againft
Spain ; the Spaniih Conful has already been fent into
confinement.

ITALY, Aram 23.—The Senator Lucian Bona.
mess has arrived at Penfaro, from Milan, with his
family, and has taken up his refl.:knee at the palace
of the Marchefe Mofea. On his arrival, he received
the compliments of all the civil officers and clergy.

Private accounts from Marfeilles mention that the
Toulon fleet met with, and took off Cape Maria (to
the Weft of Marfeilles) an Englifh frigate.
Tollll, Artist. 29.—The Pruflian Ambaffador, the
Marquis Loccussitio, is arrived here from Paris. It
is faid that he will go from hence to Milan to be pre.
fent at the Coronation but this is not certain. Yell
terday he was at the play, which their Imperial Ma-
jeflies honoured with their prefence.
The Emperor has prefented the Mayor of Turin
with a fnuff-box fet with diamonds, and ornamented
with his cypher. The Commandant of the Imperial
Guard, M. de ST. MARTIN, has received a fimilar
prefent. To the parith priefts at Lanfleburg, Na-
valaife, &c. the Emperor has given Soo 11117 CS each,
Co be diftributed among the poor.