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London, England, 1805-08-24 00:00:00

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After ofir paper was at ptefs yetterday, the fol_
lowing crm-nnnication was fent from the Admiralty
to LLOYD'S Coffee•Hoafe : • -

" AD NII R A LTY-0 FFICE, AUGUST 13.

" Dirpatehes from Admiral Cos NWALL is, dated the
19th inn. received this morning, inclofe a report
from Capt. BRACE, of his Majefly's fhip his, of his
having on the 13th, in the evening, feen the Combined
Fleet of the Enemy outfide the Harbour of Ferrol,
confiding of 27 or a 8 fail of the line, five frigates,
and ihree brigs, fleeting about W. N. W. and beating
to windward. Captain BRACE fuppofes from the
confaion they were in, that they mutt have come
out of the Harbour chat evening."
" .Tu the 111aftcrs of Lloyd's."

The above is certainly the lateft authentic ac-
counts refpefling the combined fleets, though it has
been laid they were reconnoitred by the NAIAD on
the t4th nearly in the fame fituation. Some newf-
papers add that the enemy never had been in Ferrol,
and that they were endeavouring to get into it ; but
this is completely contradiaed by the' intelligence
previourly received, as well. as by the above commu-
nication.

It was on the t7th that Sir ROBSRT CALDI6III was
detatchcd from the Channel fleet with zo fail of the
line, amoilg which are Lord NELSON'S Ships, to
blockade Ferrol. It is, therefore, plain that Admiral
CoßNwArtis was not at that time informed of the
fki:ing of the enemy, and probably it was not till the
19th that he received the intelligence; for he worald
con(l2er it as too important not to be'tOmmtritisated
with the fhorte(l delay pofEble.

The enemy having remained fo (bort time-in
Fel col, it is extremely probable that they left titer:
the (hips mai crippled in the late aftion;-and have
brought out the frail !hips that were in harbour there,
keeping the bed feamen. But it is not eafy to diko.
"ter what can be their objeEt. From the courfe they
were (leering, it is the opinion of many that they are
bound for Ireland; but if fo, where did they get troops
for the c:pedition ? They could not have brought
from the Vv-ell Indies men enough for fuch a purport.
If there were troops at Ferrol ready to be taken on
board, we fhnuld think that from the beginning the
Admiralty ought to have known it, and could have
little doubt for what port the Combined fleets, in re-
turning from the Well Indies,were bound. Ferrol, un-
doubtedly, is by far the bed port from whichheinva-
fon of Ireland could be attempted. But ifthtre were
no troops there—have the enemy gone, perhaps, to
Rochefort to take them on board, where, doubtlefs,
there has been an army of embarkation ? The delay
that mull necefrarily occur in the operation of going
from one port to another, and in taking at board
troops, would endanger the fuccefs of the defign.—
Rochefort is at to fmall a dillance from oar chief
blockading Ration, and from our own ports, that
means of defeating the enterprize would be found;
and a Inperior fleet he brought againtl them.
From the were ciicumftance of the enemy (leer-
ing W. N. W. and in the fight of one of our frigates
too, nothing can be inferred rcfpedling the courfe
which they mean to purfue ; for every perfon,
at ail acquainted with nautical matters, knows
that a fieet on coming out of harbour mull Er!L gain
an offing before it can even begin to Shape its courfe.
We (hail therefore be more likely to form a corm& opi-
nion by attending to other circumflances, than from
their movements immediately on quitting harbour.
What has been the plan purfucd hithetto by the
enemy ? To unite his naval forces. This has been his
principal ni,jea, and" unfortunately he has' in fume
degree fucceeded far beyond what could have been
cape:led. It is reafonalele therefore to conclpde, that
foine,liing of the fame kind is now intended.

Is the deflinatkr: tLcu to the Nurthwat d or South-
ward ? It is well known, that when the French fleet
quitted Cadiz to proceed to the Weil Indies, fome
flops we, c left there which were not quite ready for
feu, and we know that in that port they have
fuch a force, that it has been thought advifable to
'keep a fquadron off there under the command of
Admiral Cozzirowoon. To get oat thefe ihips, and
add them to the ten, is an objeft of fome importance
to the combined fleet. They might then proceed into
the hieditesianen, attack Admiral BICKERTON, who
has no force that could oppofe them, and raife the
blockade of Carthagena, by which means they would
gain an acceffion of feveral fhipb of the line, and could
then proceed for Egypt.
But if they follow an oppofite comic, they may
have hoped to reach Bred before the return of Lord
Meioses fleet, and before a fufficient force could be
afembled there to oppofe them. lithe !hips in lhat
barbonr be prepared to co-operate,which is extremely
probable, they might count on forcing Admiral CORN..
vrazzos's fleet to retreat, and being enabled in con-
Sequence to come .4 the ' Channel, and cover the
tranfport of the Boulogne Leviathan to our &on&
t• • . ,

, . .

This isAll mere eonjeauye ; but if the Corfican,
in fpite of the efonds that hem around him on the
Continent, means to rifque the attempt at all, he can
haidlfever hope for•tireumfiances more favourable
so his with s. , And when we compare prefent events
with tie twnfnal a&ivity and baffle that has for fome
time bethasbferved on the enemy's coals, it appears
far frgm being impoffible that fuch may be the de-
fign of the Corfican at the prefent moment.
-Indeed if we could infer any thing certain from
the movements at Boulogne, we would con-
dude that this is certiinly the prefent. °Ned of the
enemy; for it will be Peen by our Dover letter (in
another part of this paper) that on Thurpay 141 the
enemy': flotilla bad nearly all got out of the harbour of Bou-
logne into the Bay, with troops on &lard, and that it was be-
lirocd they were preparing to ottani), creing the Lbannd at
Jean as the windfhould permit. •
To the above we have alfo to add, that a report
has juft reached us, that two neutral (hips have ar-
rived at Jerfey, from a French port .(what port we
have not heard) which they had spitted in hafle to
efcape an embargo that was expected to take place.
When they failed, French troops were embarking, or
preparing to embark for route important expedition.

But whatever may be the intentions of the enemy,
at the prefent moment refpeaing the force at Bou-
logne, Hill it it poflible the Combined Fleet may have
fome objea in view very different from what we have
mentioned—as to intercept fome of our fleets, of
which we have feveral very valuable ones on their
way home at the prefent moment. The Eaft India
and China fleets from St. Hele,na alone, may be
efiimatect at from fifteen to .twenty millions Reding.
—There is a molt valpable Jamaica fleet, and alfo
a Leeward Wand fleet on the way home. All
thefe may be expeatd in ten days or a fortnight. It
is not very probable, however, that this could be
the primary °Ned of the enemy in quitting Ferrol,
though it is not impoffible they may Rumble upon
fume valuable fhips, as they did on the Antigua con-
voy, without looking for them.
• 'The enemy,latrwever, could have no knowledge
of Sir R. CALDER being on his return to his old Ra-
tion with an augmented farce ; and it is extremely
probable he may fall in with them. Ifhefhould, we
have no doubt he will do his duty, for we are not
among the number of thofe who doubt his having
done loin the battle of sad July, though he does not
feem to fix:* t in writing difpatches. We with, however,
that he had more (hips with him, and we doubt not
but orders have already been if:rued to reinforce him;
for it is madnefs to undervalue either the (kill or the
courage of the foe_WiOs whom we have to contend.
One pot of the policy of BONAPARTE teems to have
been bat little attended to in this country. Unlike
the mad rulers that have preceded him (ince the com-

mencement of the French Revolution, inßead of be-
lieving that he can create naval commanders in a
day, he has fought out, and has now in his employ
fuch of the Naval Officers of the old fchool as
have efcaped the devouring guillotine. We mull
not, therefore, count upon any of thole advantages
that arife from blunders on the part of the enemy.—
He knows what caufed the deltration of the French
navy, and he has applied the only proper remedy.—
Nor mould the abfurd idea be encouraged that he
cannot find failors. One of the prime objeels of the
laR expedition teems to have been to make them out if
foldiers, and hence one reafon for fending out fo many
to the Well Indies. All his boat work at Boulogne,
embarking and difembarking his foldiers, and carry-
ing them from port to port, which in the eyes
of many appeared to be merely idle gafconade,
has had the creation of Jailor: for one part of its object
—and there can be no doubt that familiarifing
l-
diei•s in this manner to nautical movements is a good
preparatory Rep towards their converf'on into failors,
of which BONAPARTE will Coon need a confiderable
number, for at this moment, befides the !hips of war
which he has already fitted out, be has upwards of fifty
Apt of the line budding in di ren4

•A Mail from New York arrived yeflerday, which
was brought to Falmouth by the PRINCESS AMELIA
packet. The letters trom New York are dated the sth,
and thole from Halifax the 29th ult. The packet
arrived at Halifax on the loth of May, and found
lying there his Majelly's (hips LE•NDEIt, CAMBRIAN,
MEP:44%ID' CLEOPATRA, MILAN, BUSY and DRIVER;
failed for New York on the I;th, where fhe arrived
on the 23d. She was (truck with lightning on the Isth
of June, which carried away the maintoi.gallant ma 9,
fhivered the topmatt, fplit the pumps, 'defcended to
the hold, and fplit feveral of the fhot boxes.
About the latter end of hall month arrived at Hali-
fax his Majefty's Royal Newfoundland Regiment,
under the command of Major CHARLES SUTHER-
LAND, of the laid Regiment, and was infpeded by
Lieutenant-General BowvEß, who expreffed himfelf
in the highelt terms of both Officers and Men, from
their foldier like appearance and good conduct.

A letter from his Majefty's (hip PALLAs, which
failed from Portfmouth on the 26th of May, an-
nounces, that-the reached the Banks of Newfound.
land after at Voyage of 20 days, when fhe difpatched
the greater part of her culvoy for Q.tebee, under con-
voy of the HARPY, ketejag with her only a (hip and
a brig, which were bould with her for Halifax.—
On the aoth of June the PALLAS made the land, but
was beat off by contrary winds till about the 3oth of
the fame month, when the got into Halifax. The
Captain of the CA' overaA and one of his Lieutenants
was on board the PALLAS when the letter came away.
The CLEOPATRA, our Readers will recoiled, WaS cap-
tured force time ago by the Ville de Milan, and after-
wards recaptalcd by the lemmata. :

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