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Staie of PuhUc Affairs in Augiiji, 1S05, 



173 



No accourts have been received re- 

 fpefting the lofs on toard the enemy's 

 {fleet, but it was proSubly very conlider- 

 aHle, as in the St. Rafael, one ot rhe cap- 

 tured (hips, there were 300 killed and 

 wounded. 



From the latter part of Sir Robert Cal- 

 <3er's letter, and from the afl'ertions cf 

 i'eilienant Nicholfon, who brought home 

 the intelligence, the public were ltd to 

 anticipate a fecond tngagement, and a 

 more dccifive viftory ; but in this they 

 Jiave been ftrangcly dil'^ppr inied. On 

 the 26th the enemy's fleet difappeared, 

 and it is now known they firft got into 

 Vigo, and, after rtfirting, marie for and 

 obtained the port of Feriol, where there 

 are, at lealt, thirty-feven fiil of the line, 

 befides fhips of inferior force. The fol- 

 lowing letter from Sir Robert Calderwas 

 jnferted in the London Gazette cf the Cth 

 inft. without any comment :— 



Admiralty-Offue, Augtifi 3, ICO'). 

 Copy of a Letter from Sir Robert Caldcr, 

 Bart. Vice-Adrairal of the Blu<?, to the 

 Hon. WJiHaiii Cornwalli.s, Admiral of the 

 White, &c. dated on board flis Majefty's 

 fliip tiie Frince of Wales, July S.'i, 18^5. 



Sir, 

 1 arn induced to iendj by llie Windfor 

 ;CHftle, a triplicate of my difpatch of the 

 S;3d inftant. (Iwing to a very great oniiilion 

 •of my Secretary, who, from iiidifpofilion, 

 »nd an inlerhrieation in my firft Ivtter, ne- 

 glected to iiifert the name of Rear-Admiral 

 Charles Stirling in my piiblic thanks ; I am 

 therefore to requeft you will be picafed lo 

 Caiife the mlftake to be corrected as early as 

 poffible. I have the honour to be, &c. 



Rob. Calder. 

 Admiral Cotton, with twenty fail of 

 <he line, is appointed to the blorkade of 

 Ferrol, and Sir Robert Calder is leturning 

 ■tiome. 



The intelligence from the Eaft Indies 

 ha« been rather of a gloomy nature. The 

 war with HoLKnR has n^t been finifhtd, 

 but has been carried on with confiderable 

 Jof« on our part. In our extrafls from 

 the Calcutta Gazette will be 'ound a de- 

 lad of the repulfc of General Lord Lake, 

 Jn five fuccefiive attacks upon the fort of 

 Bhuitpore, the la(t and ftrongeft hold of 

 Holkar. It was aCiiled and defended 

 vith equal obltinacy, and though fav<;ur- 

 able ttrms were offered to the Biitifli 

 ormy, it feems to have been the r^lblufion 

 •f the Governor Geneial and Lord Lake, 

 to accept of nothing (liort ci an abfolute 

 •nd unconditional (urrender. Pnvioudy 

 io thefe bloody combats, the Rajih, for 

 ihe ikke of |>eac«^ offered to pay the ex- 



pences of the war, and made other corj- 

 Ciiflions. Thefe were refufed, anl the 

 Indian Prince prepared to Hetend himfelf. 

 No regular account has ye! been pub'ilhed 

 of QXLx lofs ; but it is Itat^d to nave been 

 not lefs than three thoufand men kiiletj 

 and wounded, including more than a hun- 

 dred officers. 



This Gazette concludes with an ac- 

 count of the taking of the fort of Bom- 

 rnon Gong, by Captain Hutcninfon, with 

 lifle loi's. 



Bhurtpore is an important fortrefs, ia 

 one of the finelt dilfnfts of India. The 

 force with whirh Loid Lake fat down be- 

 fore the town d d not exceed twelve thou= 

 fand men, and the v.'orks w-re of fo great 

 an extent that he was not able to mafque 

 more than about a fourth part of ihem.— . 

 All the other parti of the girri! n had 

 communication with the open c un'ry, 

 and the adherents of the Rajah are very 

 brave and faithful. The General attick- 

 ed the fortrefs at finl under many difad- 

 vaniages, being unprovided wi li motars 

 and a proper battering train. Tnee de- 

 ficiencies having been fupplied, it was 

 hoped that the jefiftance of Hc^lkai could 

 not be protrailcd much lo.ngcr. The 

 f>ege might be cmnnMed f'x 'teks, alter 

 which the feafon would compel the be- 

 fiegers to abandon it. 



FRANCE, RUSSIA, &C. 



The negotiations between the Emperor 

 of Ruflia and Bonaparte, which at ire 

 period excited confidrrable expeflatior, 

 as leading to a general pacification anionj^ 

 the Powers of Europe, has b'eo termi- 

 nated, and Baron NovofiltZ' ff the Mini f- 

 ter appointed by Ruffia to this important 

 office, delivered ihe fallowing Manifefto 

 upon his qunnng Berhn. 



Note from his Excellency Baron No-voflfzoff, tt 

 his Excellency Baron Hardenberg, Minijler of 

 State. 



" When His Majefty the Emperor of all 

 the Ruffias. in corapliauce with liie wiflirs of 

 His Britannic Majefty, had relblvcd to IVnd 

 the Uiiderfigned to Bonaparte, to mi et the 

 pacific overtures which he had made to (he 

 Court ol London, his Ruffian Majpfty wa» 

 guided by two fenliiiiLnt!) and motives of 

 equal force, with which you are acquainted, 

 namely, his defire, ou the one hand, to fiip- 

 port a Sovereign who was ready to uKikc ev- 

 priions and facrifices for the i^enoral tr:iiu]iiil- 

 lity, and, ou the other hand, to proi.iire ad- 

 viiiitages to all the States of Europe from a 

 pacific difpofition, which, from the formal 

 manner in which it was announced, muft hs 

 confidered as very fincore. 



" The cxifting difagrecment between Ruf- 

 lia 



