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fortnight, had expired; and it would be extremely indecent to attempt to proceed further in it, until the as..l,llcrs had the opportunity of carefully perufiog Ls contents. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Paid that it was not intended to read the fepatate claufes of the Bill until it fhould -appear before the Commit. tee on Thurfday next. With raped to the printing, be this moment uoderflood from the Officers of the Houle, that it would be prepared for delivery to the Members before the departui e of the poll on Saturday. General TA RLETON thought, that as the Houle had given authoi ity to proceed in the bufinefs, in a :natter of fo much confequence to the army, and to the country, the snore difpatch which (hould be em ployed, the more beneficial would be the effeets. General NORTON obferved, that it would be all the fame whether the Houfe aeled one way or the other, and therefore he attached no importance to the point at iffue. It was then agreed. that the Bill fitgarld4in toad a fecond time on Tuefday next. At half pall nine the Houle adjourned to shit day. LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH as. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE D'el.neln Cont for money 58H—fur acc.o}-.-emlllogo 4 4.1. Excbeq. Blab par to Is. dif. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Dank Steck but -- 3 per C. Red. Ann but 3 per Cent Conf. sBli 4 pit Cent. but 5 per Cent. Navy 891 s per Cent. 1797, but Dank L. Ann. dna Short Ann. Omit India B..nds Is. I. Imp. Ann. 91 o-a6tba Excheq. Bills is. dI as. F. par. Omnium 31 prem. Fngtina Tickets 181. to. ConL for au. 381 Early on Wednefdzy morning the whole of the Channel Fleet got under weigh from Torbay, and flood down Channel with a fine breeze at E. N. E. Mr. PITT lac t night defcribed the outlines of his plan for the Augmentation of our difpofable Force, by the more fpeedy Redußion of the Militia. The number of men to be thus obtained is to be 17,000, leaving 40,000 as the amount of the Militia Eftablifh =sent for England, and 8,000 for Scotland. Tice slumber of Volunteers from each regiment Is to be re gulated by the amount of the quotas for each county. Lifts are to be tranfmitted to the refpeitive Comman ding Officers, and if four-fifths of the original number volunteer for the Regular Army, the County is to be freed from all further charge. In this cafe, the whole bufinefs is left to the Commanding Officer. If fuch a number ()mold not, in the firft inftance, be ob tained, the Commanding Officer is to divide his re giment into two equal pans : the one-half is to be be wholly exempted from the operation of the Bill, and out of the remaining half, Volunteers to the amount of four-fifths of the whole number are to be obtained. On Wednefday,G•ves nment fent orders to Graver end,.Portfmouth, and the Downs, to detain all China and Madras (hips, which were ready to fail from thofe places, in order to embark troops on board of them. Ships of the large a flze are to carry two hundred and forty men each, and the others two hundred, or lef., according to their dimenfions. The China (hips are to difenabark their troops at Madras. The whOle number of troops feat cut will be between four and five thoufand. The 69th regiment failed from spit bead the Bth of March, in the &et convoyed by his Maier HINDOSTAN, for the fame deaination. —Thcfe troops have been ordered to India, in confe quence of the unpleafaut intelligence lately received from that quarter. The following are the Regiments which are going on the Secret Expedition, as it has been called, but which is generally believed, to be deffined for the l4edi;erranean :----Four troops of the soth Light Dra goons, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Tay Loa ; the 19th, 44th, 48th, 58th, and 8111 re giments of Infantry, from England; the 25th, 28th, and another regiment of Infantry, from Ireland ; feveral companies of Artillery, Engineers, Ord nance, &c. General Sir PAIRS CRAM is to be Corn inander in Chief. Under him General Sir JOHN STUART, and two Brigadier-Generals. Brigadier- General Cataract', Adjutant-General to the Expe dition; and Colonel Bussualt, Q2arter•Mitiltr•Ge. neral. That the Mediterranean will probably be Coon the fcene of tome enterprise, Teems pretty evident from the quantity of acres lately fent to Malta; and there, it is probable, the Ruffian auxiliaries will fir(} be employed. The expreffions made ufe ()flail night by Mr.Prrr in the Houle of Commons teem to hold out a hope that we (hall Coon have the co-operation 41 Come of the Continental -powers. Add to this, that more Ruffian troops, according to letters by the Hamburg,' Mails, which arrived this day, are daily expelled at Corfu. We have received Paris Journals to the t 7th, and Dutch papers of the zoih The latter contain the plan of the new connitution prefcribed to Holland by Boa-trait-re. We have given an outline of it in ant part of our paper. It is, however, of little importance by what name or under what form Ile,iland may be ruled, while a 10. reign Rate diißates every meafure that is adopted.— It will be teen that the Legifiative Body is to be new modelled, and the antient title of " i heir High 49P" reliored to it. Of the " High and Mighty LGrek" there are to be nineteen; and the Executive Power is to be veiled in the hands of the Prefiomeiry, who of courfe wills& as a-kind of Vice-Roy to Bo sarAzet. Scsitslissransimcs is the perfon ap. pointed to fill this latter fituatlon. He is to have a Council of State; the fleets znd atmies are to be at his difpofal ; he is charged with the fupreme police, and is to have the foie direetion of the Maury.— Tneir High Migbiialu, in whole name be is to aft, may approve or rejeta his plans. but they moil not alter them. An article from Frankfort, of the s 3th, contains the following interefting particulars refpetting what is flitted to have lately paired between the Courts of Ber lin and Stockholm, with regard to the negotiations carried on by Sweden with England : " The Court of Prufila, as has been already Rated, has declared, that in cafe Sweden fhould conclude a fobfidiary treaty with England, the Pruffian forces would occupy Swedifis Pomerania. Mr. de BRIM IC MANN, the Swedifts Minifter at Berlin, tranfraitted, upon this fubjeB, a letter, written in his Sove reign's own hand, to Mr. HARDINSIMG, the Pruf fian Minifter. In that letter, his Swedith Majefty declares, that as a Sovereign Power he did not think himfelf forced to give any account to other Powers of the alliances which he might think proper to con clude : that, in cafe any foreign troop, thould enter his territories, they thould be treated as ene mies: and that, at the fame time, he thould claim the affillance of the Ruffian auxiliary troops, con formably to the treaty concluded with Ruffia, oao ber 29, 1799." General BRUNS is arrived at Paris from Conftan tinople. According to letters from the latter City of t:.e 25th of January, every exertion was making by the Ottoman Potte to place the army and navy on the beft footing, and to provide for the regular pay of both. The navy is to be new modelled, on the plan of that of England. A letter from Vienna, of the 3d inftant, in the pa pers of the fame date, mentions that the Boys of Egypt have gained a decilive viaory over the Arnauts, commanded by Mohammed Aly, within two days journey of Cairo. The Arnauts, though tope. rior iu numbers, are Rated to have loft in this con teft about 3000 men, killed and wounded. Ibrahim Bey attacked them in front, while they were flanked by Berdizi Bey, and aft:tiled in the rear by Elfi Bey. The French Funds on the tsth were 59 f. to c. FRENC-1 AND DUTCH JOURNALS. PARIS, MAI CM 1 6.—Marthal Ba us a paired through Stralbuurg on the 18th Ventofe, on his way to this capital. He has employed three months in Ills jour ney from Conftantinuple. He brings with him a young man, whole father, a French merchant fettled At Conitaniinople, was imprifoned at the Dardanelles At the beginning of the 'evolution with M. Maavars, the French Conful, and who died in the bath. Ntcs, t t V104203E, MARCH 2.—Meths. LICLIIC and Ca. fhip owners of this port, received intelli gence 1i om Alicant the 4ay before yeaerday, that the Intrepid privateer has taken and concluded to a place of (day. two Englifh privateers. having on board shoo piaares, and different articles of merchandife, the whole valued at 40,000 francs : (he has taken 39 partners. lIAMIURCH, MARCH I.—We learn from Stock holmohat the Duke of Suderminia has fallen fud denly ill. The return of the King to his capital is Rill the oecafion of feveral fetes. The Chevalier de CORRIA. MiniQer of Portugal, has publifhed an Ode in the Fiench language, to celebrate this event. The Contul General of Kuala, at Dantzic, has received official intelligence from Berlin, that the prohibition of the exportation of grain from that port, does not extend to veffels of that part of Poland which belongs to his Majefty the Emperor of all the Ruffiss. MARCH 2.—We are allured that the Prtalian Am baffaclor at Paris has delivered lately to the French Minitter of Foreign Affairs, a, note containing an anfwer to the propofals made by the Court of Berlin to that of Peterfburgh, in regard to the differences which exill between Ruffia and France. They fpeak here alfo of a letter written by the Emperor of the French with his own hand, to the Emperor of Ruf fin, at the time when overtures were made by France to England. CUNSTANTINOPLII, JAW. 22.—The vielory which the Pacha of Bagdad has gained at the head of his troops over the Wehabis is confirmed by new reports. As the greater part of there vagabonds remained on the field of battle; as many of them were made pri foners, or feverely wounded ; and as f ew o f t h em efcaped, there is reafon to believe that it will be difficult for them to collect an army again. STOCKHOLM, Fas. oz.—This day, athalf after two in the afternoon, the (teen was happily delivered of a Princefs, an event which was announced by the firing of 128 cannon. About four o'clock the King, accompanied by the Royal Family, repaired to the grand church, where le Rum chanted on the occafion. The gneen and the new born Princes are in good health. The Duke of SUZ2AMARIA is Rill innifpored. FRAHCKFORT, MARCH 6.—The laft letters from Triefic fpeak of nine Ruffian tranfports which have I..ttly arrived with troops at Corfu, anJ which teem to he the fame that put into a Tull:ills port to be re paired. A new convoy of Ruffian troops whicii were to fail from Seballopol, is expracd at Corfu. `'fhele letters aad, it is hoped that peace will not be inter rupted in Italy. It is mindere.' as certain that the King of NAPLES will be a:sleto maintain his neutrality. MARCH 7.—We read in a public Journal the fol lowing article from Ratilbon :—" It appears that the aetivity which has prevailed in the Diet fence the be ginning of this year, will be again checked. The Au(lrian fslinitters have declared, that they cannot take any past in the new deliberation until the Col lege of Princes has received a different orSanifation. As the principal Courts of Germany have hitherto (hewn themfelves little difpnfed to adopt the princi• plea of the Houfe of Auftria in this matter, the pro grefs of the affairs of the Diet mull experience a Rag nation. unlcfs a remedy be applied by lather nrgo ciatioas." FamseavoLT, MAILCIII.—SeveraI Princes of the Empire continue to form a military slate, far lupe rior to that which they had before the late changes, which have taken place in Germany. Our neigh bour, the Landgrave of Hclfe Darmftadt, prnpofes to increafe his troops to to,coo men. Before thelail war of the Empire, the Princes or that Houle had no more than 6000. The different Princes of the Houfe of Naffau propofe alto to raife Come troops, and to give a better organization to the militia fyl tem already introduced into their Dates. Tht4 troops of the Prince of Orange Fulda, are to be organized like thole of the King of PrufGa. There levie', however, are not owing to any uncafinefs in regard to the tranquillity of Europe. MAR x-LANE. CORN ERCHANCT, MARCH 22. We have to-day a confiderable farther acceflion of: Wheat, and feveral arrivals from Scotland. Sales in general at full ss. per quarter lower fence Mon day. But fcw famples of Fine Old that reach our currency. Many arrival. of Barley from Norfolk ; that, with Malt and White Pias, 2s. lower. Ticl Beans in great fuppl y, and rather cheaper.—There are large arrival. of Oats, and many cargoes of foreign, alto at a redution of 25. per quarter.—Flour is in large fupply, and may be named ss. per fact. lets.—Sales of all articles appear at a general &den- GENERAL CURRENCY AS UNDER. Wheat. yos. 88s. 9E$ per tr. Grey Peafe 365. to 40a. Fine Ditto, 1004. 104 s. wt. Beans, 421. 48$. od. s Rye, 546.6 a. cd. Tick Ditto 4is. 478. od Barley, fits. 463. od. Oats, 231. 154.28 u Malt, 745. Bos. 04. Poland ditto, 295. 30s od. White Peak, 40$. 464. od. Cinquefoil, 365. 4p3 1 Rape Seed. 431. to 471. per Is tt. PRICE OF FI.OUR. 1. Fine Flour B,s. to 83s. Seconds yos. to Sos. pe: CAA. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. i MAILS THIS DAY.—Wind E. N. E. ARR. DUI. ARR. DUI. Dublin I I I Hamburgh a a Watcrford 0 3 I Gottenbirgh o s PLYMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Came in the Spann fhip No(lra Senora del Filar, alias Fortuna, horn Vera Cruz, laden with logwood, cochineal, and 432,0r.n dollars, taken about three weeks ago, by the PA ~[.As, of 32 guns.—Sailed the PaiNcrss ROYAL, of 98 grins, to join the Channel Fleet; and the P. AZ AZD, of tit guns, on a cruize. PORTSMOUTH, M4RCH 2 I.—Paffed by from Lon don, the Ann letter of marque, Capt. ATKINS, to the Weftward.—Ar&ived the Paisctss ROYAL man of war, from Plymouth ; Country Efqoire, ROBERT.. vur, from Newcallle, bound to Jamaica ; the Anna, Mornington, and Earl Carnbden, from London, boom! to the Lilt Indies. Dpat.,Mettcn 21.—Arrived yefterday evening the CFNTURION man of war, with the Lord Melville, Earl Spercer, David Scott, Britannia, and Euphrates Eaft Indiamen ; Michels of Portland, and William and Juno South Sea-men, a Spani(h prize, 8.7 c. under envoy from Plymouth, which are failed for the River. The CENTURION remains in the Downs with etc reft of the (hips as per latl.—P. S. Came down the VULTURE floop of war from Sheernefs. Sailed the Norfolk defence (hip for Sheernefs. Wind E.N.E. HAMBURGH MAIL. CADIZ, Vac 4. —Two English Blips of the line and a frigate lately paired the Straits, to reinforce Admi. ral Natsom. The lon fleet is ezpeded to form a junetion with the fleets from Cadiz and Carthagena, and aa a cOnfpicuousyart in the Mediterranean. Fria. 9.—The Englib' having now left our harbour open, feveral neutral Mips have taken the opportu nity to come in, with provifions and other commudi ties. A Chip from Vera Cruz, with 400,000 dollars on board, has likewife got in. Several (hips have failed in ballaft for the Mediterranean. MADRID, Fas.ro.—lt is believed that after the ar rival of the new French Ambaffaclor, General Ju Nor, at Li(bon, the Court of Portugal will declare more exprefsly againft England. Lao Hoax, Faa 13.—0 n the 9th inft. came in here two Englifh privateers, one of which the Ox, carried four guns, 24 and 18 pounders; the other had fmaller guns. They- brought in with them a French brigantine, carrying futirteen eight pounders. The fuperiority of the Engliffi artillery of a heavy calibre, had alone forced the French to furrender, after a moft obtlinate reliflance. The fiery with which they fought fufficiently appears from their being no lefs.than 63 men killed and wounded on board the three (hips. The two privateers landed the French crew here, and then put to fea with their prize the brigantine. VIENNA,•I 7 6II. 27 —Accorefirg to accounts from Naples, the King of the two Sicilies. at the requeft of the French Emperor, hac granted M. DAMES, the General in Chief of all the Neapolitan troops, his chi n.iffion from fervice, and has difarmed the Neapoli tan Militia. Yetlerday morning his hlatjavry gave audiences to the Dukes of Yoite and GLOUCESTER, at the Qeen's Houfe. • About twelve o'clock Captain Pao ET, of the royal navy, was introduced by hit father, the Earl of Ux- Burka a, on his return to England. • About twelve o'clock his Iviej astir held a private Levee, which was attended by The Arehhithop of Canterbury, the Whop of Norwich. the Lord Ch:mcellor, the Duke of Montrofe, Marquis of Hertford, Earls of Dartmo uth, Aylesford, Aberdeen, Chatham, Weftmore land, Vircounto Eidmouth, Falmouth, and Melville, Lords Mut grave, Hawkefbury, Rodney, and Gardner, and the Right Hon. William Pitt. Dr. &mutest. was introduced by the Archbithop of CMITIRISURY and Earl BATHURST, pn hi.; being eleEted to the Biflivric of Norwich, when the Rev. Prelate did homage before his MAJESTY upon the oc cation, and had the honour to kits his Mai s sreshand. The Reverend Dr. Maasmast, fon of Earl Rom way, was prefented by the Archbithop of CANTED.- BURY, upon his being appointed a Canon of Windfnr, on which occafion he had the honour to kifs his MA JESTY'S hind. _ _ The Reverend Dr. DRUMMOND was likewife in troduced by the Archbifhop, upon his preferment. Lord G•RDNSR was introduced to his MAJIETY by Lord Matortu.s, upon his being appointed to the command of the Channel Fleet, on which occafion he had the honour to kit; his MAJESTY'S hand. After the Levee, his MAJESTY held a Privy Coun cil, which was attended by all of the above, who are Members of the Honourable Board. When the Council had doled, his MAJESTy_gave audience to the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lords MUL GRAVE and HAWKESBURY, and Mr. PITT. Yeßerday, about two o'clock, her Metter'' , held a Drawing-room at St. James's Palace, which, on account of the report that the Court was to be in mourning for the (42 2N of Payssi A, was not fo nu• meroufly attended as expected. There were prefent, her MAJESTY and the five PRINCESSES ; the Duke, of KENT and CAMBRIDGE ; their Excellencie. the Danilh, Imperial, Turkish, Portuguefe, and Neapo litan AMBASSADORS, and a number of the Nobility. Sir CHARLES Pot.s was to have prefented to his MAJESTY the I ith Report of the 'Commiflioners of Naval Enquiry, but as his Meteoric was abfent, hold ing a Council at the Qtleen's Houfe, the prefentation of courfe did not tak‘ place. The following were among the Prefentations to her MAJESTY : Lieutenant Colonel HILARY, on his promotion; Enfign SDETON, by General Burton; Mn. SCOTT, on her 'marriage ; Lady Girths, on her creation to the title; Commodore Assarro, on his arrival from Italy; Lord Uteri's, by his father, the Earl of Weitmeath ; Sir V. Grass, on hii appointment to be Solicitor General ; Mr. DALLAS. on his being appointed Chief Juftice of Chefter ; Ear/ and Counters of CHICHESTER, on co,rdng to their title; Ladies C. and A. GALLI/LE, by their mother, the Counters of Warwick ; Ear; and Count& of CLONMELL, on their marriage, by the Earl and Counters of Warwick ; Colonel and Mrs. 000, to take leave of her Majefty, previous to their departure to India; Eatl and Cotuithfs of Lei r RIM. by Lady Sydney; Captain PAGET, of the Royal Navy, by his father, the Earl of Uxbridge, on his return to England; Mr. Hitt., on Ills being appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Mi Mitt r Plenipotentiary to the Circle of Franconia, and Minilta to the Diet of Ratilbon ; Enfign Bosyt tee, by General Wynyard ; Marquis CORNWALLIS tookileave, previous to his going to India ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sr not URN, of the Royal Reguneut of Ho' fe Guards,on his promotion; Lord ROHNar, on coming to his title ; The Rev. G. F. NOTT, by the Bifhop or Exeter, on his appoint. meat as Sub-Preceptor to her Royal lifghz,efs the Princers char lotte of Wales; Hilltop of Noftwicu, on his election to that Ste ; Mlfs Gtv is, by her mother, Lady Glyn ; Mfrs Strrrom, by Mr.. Manners Sutton ; Mifs Wassor,by the Cowles of Portfmouth ; Colonel BLACERURNE, by General Lumley ; Admiral TuoRNIOROUGH, by Lord Braybrook ; Lady LARIIIRET, by the Counters of Warwick; Sir THOMAS and Lady LIDDLL, on their marriage; Mr. Isar, by his father, Lord Belton; Dr. RoorasoN, by the Guilds Anthaffador ; Earl of Ausao as m, by Lord Melville; Mira Hite, by the Lady in Waiting ; Mira WI s Litv, by Lady Eftcourt ; Lord Go , by Lord Melville, to take leave, previous t Ms departure to take ;be command of the Chums! Fleet. BIR'T'H. On Monday, in Grofvcnor•fquare,Lady Loviin, of a d.wi,hter. LONDON: Printed and Pub►llhed by LEVEL KENI' (oi terbury place, Lambeth), atthe STAit Or: icr, No. t, Darcy- Arcot, rtiblacd alf9 at the STAN OTTICCp Temple-Bar. FROM LLOYFAI psi'. 011A11711rND, MARCU 21,—Paire4 b y the Juno, Richardi9n, and the William. Cottlet, from the South Seas; Ocean, Williams. from Waterford; Adolitho', Chrifti.n, from Rotterdam ; Ceres. Bennett, and the Edinburgh. Thomas, from Lifbun,—Sailed tlLu Providencia, Jacobfon, for Wilmi.gton. THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. The following Letter gives fume further particulars refpeting the Mediterranean Convoy, and proves that few of them fell into the hands of the enemy. Minchead, s 6 March, 1805. " The brig Johanna Frederica. Michael Fran. Calaiore, Mat ter, from Malaga bound to Embden, came to an anchor in out road ye ft erday morning, having miflaken the Channel. The Matter reports, that the crews of an Englilb poop of War, of a bomb, anti of a merchant brig, were landed from • French frigate at Malaga in the beginning a February; that the friia e no other communication with the than, except the landing of a large packet of papers for the French Conful, which were immediately forwarded to Paris. The frigate was full of foldiera s and the left Malaga Roads on the 13th with a Prong wetter'? wind. Calafore frequently met and converted with the Britith Officers of the Poop and bomb; and the Matter of a mer chant brig ai a CoffLe-houfe where they were permitted to go. He lays, chit the Matter of the brig reported of the Mediterra• near convoy as follows: " In the night (n'o date) preceding his capture. two French frigates attacked the b:itifh (loop of war and the bomb, which beat off the frigates. At cLy light the neat morning the frigates bore down on them, they being then off Alicant, and renewed the engagement The Poop and bomb maintained a running fight of roux hours, which gave an opportunity to the Beet to difperfe and died their efeape. Excepting his own brig, be declared to Calafore, that be did not believe any ()thir capture was made. His own brig was concluded by the other frigate, he fuppoies to Carthagena. " The Poop and the bomb were fought as long ac they could farim ; they bath hank after the crews had been taken out. None were killed or wound , d in the hood); a fee , were killed, and fe venal wounded on board the Hoop. Calafore law two Elie ill Officers with cpaulsttes. and five with white facings. The cross were imprifoned in a cattle, and he undetfL..od that the Officers were to be fent to Gibraltar. ' .` It was reported at ,✓Malaga that the two frigates had failed itt company with four others from Toulon. Cal :fore was fworn to this verbal report, the quarantine regulations not permitting e• to ,:ommunicate with him in writing. In my hurry I had like to have negledted an effential part of his report. namely, that he did not leave Bibby Roads till the tbth of bebruary." By intelligence from Holland we learn, that a flag of truce: by way of the Texel, is to be fent with Eng prifoners of war, to be put on board the (hips of Admiral Russ Les fquadron. REVIIIWQF TiIl• LIGHT INTANTIY BILIGADE..—Ye• terday morning the under mentioned Corps having firfi embarked at the Tower, on board the boats of the River Fencibles, under the command of Commo dore Lucas, at ten in the morning, proceeded to Greenwich, where they difembaacd, and marched up to Blackheath, whet: they were formed in the fol lowing order Right Wing, tft Battalit tt. Left Wog, 21 Battalion. COSIPS, Artillery Yagers. 6tll Loyal London. Loyal Southwark Sharp Shoot- Loyd Whi celapel era 2IGH r COMPANIES. LIGHT GOMPANILS. Old St.Genrges. Artillery Company. Loyal Southwark. St. Margaret and St. John's. Loyal Clerkenwell. Sth Loyal London. Loyal Lambeth. sit Tower Hamlets. 7th Loyal London. ad Battalion Royals. Prince of Wales's. sth Loyal Loooon. Colonel MARTON commanded the whole, as the Bt galling Officer, ar.d after having put them through all the various and difficult evolutions of a Light Brigade, which they performed with great celerity and precifion, complimented them much on their fol. dier-like appearance, conduit and fleadinefs, and then difmifred them. The corps afterwards returned to town by hod. The grot.ni was in a very bad (fate, and a compai. rative (mall number of fpeaaters were prefent.