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QTAYS, by the KING'S ROYAL LE'll'Eßg PATENT, which arc not to he ha l hut of Mn. LLOYD GIBBON, the Inctntor, and only Pcrhm its Fngl4ll,lthat has oh, tai ed the Grant of his IVlajcP.y'F. Rayal Latta. Patent for 'Stays or Corfets, at hrr Houle, N.l. 7.Sackvill.: area. Piccadilly. AA• - - _ - _•- - PERPE rum.. ADVOWSON •,) he SOLD, tuate in one of the Midland Counties, ennfirting of an Al lotment of Land in lieu of Tythes, of the annual value of pool. with a good Patronage Houk, fubjeet to the life of an Ineumbent far adv mead in years. For particulate, and to treat for the fame, apply to Mr. Tyndale, Solicitor, Lincoln'. Inu-fiolde. TO BE LET OR SOLD, AN extremely defirable LEASEHOLD ESTATE -I- 3 - cemprifing a neat and convenient HOUSE, calculated for the reception of a fmall genteel Family, comptifirg three parlours, a kitchen, wafh-houfe, and pantry on the ground floor, four good bed roomi on the firit floor a falsll:r one and a garret above; de tached is a two-ftallcd Stable, uith a Servant's Room over it ; a Coac le Heufe, Wood Houle, and Store Room above, adjoining are a good Carden, a (moll Orchard, and between three and four .A:res of Pafture Land. The Premifes, of which immediate pol 1-re n may be had, are in excellent repair, having been built only a kw years, and are Stout- in the Fair mile, near Henley upon Thames, Oxfordfhire, in ens: of the molt beautiful parts of the county, and are well worth the attention of a fportfonan. The pretnifes may be viewed with tickets, which with further particu• lays may be had, by applying pertonally, or by letter (volt paid) to Medirs. Owthsvaitc steel Wightwick, Audioneers, or Mr. Cooper, Solicitor, Henley upon 'names. PARLIAMENT.IRr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORI'S, TUESDAY, MAY 7. In the Appeal " Rowe v. POWER," the SOLICITOR GLNER AL and Mr..4DAM were heard for the Refpondent. Farther hearing peponcd till Monday. Lord HOLLAND took the oaths and his feat. VACATION OF A STANDING ORDER. Lord MULGRAVE, agreeably to a notice which he had given, rote to move, " That the Order, No. 30, fhould be vacated from their Lord(hips' Jour nals." His Lordfhip, at confiderable length, enu merated all the inconveniencies which mull inevitably refult from enforcing that Order, which was in dire& contradiCtion to another and precedent Order of their Lordfhips ; he alluded to the 19th. which fpecified, that no Member fhould he allowed to fpeak more than once in a debate. The Order, No. 30, accord ing to the interpretation which tome Noble Lords were inclined to put upon it, would give the privi lege to any Member to put the Houfe into a Com mittee, and confeqnently afford him a facility of (peaking as often as he pleated in the count of the debate. There was alfo another inconvenience, and that no flight one, which might be produced by ad. tiering to the letter of the Order, and that was a mo. nopoly of debate, or throwing it entirely into the hands of two or three fpeakers. It was no novelty to their Lordfltips that two Noble Friends of his ( Lords Hawkefbury and Grenville) made it a point to anfwer each other. As (iron as the one fat down the other got np ; and, under the proteetion of this Order, he taw nothing to prevent them from manag ing between themfelves whate%er matter of ditCrif• Finn might mile in that Houfe, independent of the alliflance of any ether Noble Lord. They might, with the Heroes in Chevy Chace, fay to each other, " Let you and I the han,;:.. try, " And put our men If the Order were !Wetly enforced, and the incon venience and inconfillency of it was manifeft from this, that it was feldom done, a complete flop might be put to the bufinefs 1)::C:ie their Lordihips. His Noble Friend (Lord Grenville) once forwarded a Bill in that Houfe which wai opprohrioufly denomi nated the Gagging Bill ; but that Bill, in point of re flraint and inconvenience, could not be oppofed to this gagging Order. Hii Lordfhip, after urging many forcible arguments againa the continuance of the Or• der on their Lordfhips' Journals, moved, that it be vacated. The motion was ably oppofed by the Earl of CAR. NARVON, who contended that Minillers derived greater advantage from its exiflence on the Journals, than their opponents. It was fupported by the Lord Chancellor, Lords liarrowby and Hawkeftmry, and oppofed by Lords Grenville, Radnor, and Spencer. The LORD CHANCELLOR wifhed to propofe an Amendment ; but, on its being intimated to him by Lord Grenville that he had fpob'n f..forf, he con ceded to the point of order, and put the queflion, on Lord Mulgrave's motion. Contents t¢ Non contents t¢ Proxies 15-29 Proxi,.ts 8—.22 Majority 7. —Adjourned till to morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. On the motion of Mr CALCRAFT, * a new writ was ordered to be iffued for the eledlion of a Reprefentative in Parliament for the City of Coventry, in the room of Francis William Barlow, Efq. ski•cAcd. Mr. FOSTER gave notice that to-morrow he would move for a Committee to confider of the confunsption of Beer in Ireland, and of making an allowance to the retailers of Spirits in the Cities of Dubliu, Cork, Waterford, and Limerick, for the fares which they ty in,nr in conlequence of the new regulations. He mould alfo move for a Committee to inquire into the Stamp Duties Adt fur tire pay of the United Kingdom. Hie Irith PoR Road Bill was committed, and ordered to be re port,d to-morrow. The 1 rith Promiffory Note Bill, ard the kith Bank Tokens Bill were reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The frith Loan Bill was read a third tune and pad. The Paymaftcr General's Office regulation Bill was read a fc ond time, and ordered to be referred to a Committee on Monday we= . . Colonel BAGWELL moved the fecond reading of the frith Election Regulation Bill. Mr. G. PONSONBY, Mr. R. MARTIN, and Lord TEMPLE, objected firongly to that principal part of the Bill which goes to =ad that 4chs. Freeholders [hall he registered, and mall have a !tamp affixed even to an agreement for a kale. Mr. NEWPORT and Colonel BAGWELL obferved, that that was a point more proper for dikuffion in a Committee. The Bill was then read a fecund time, and ordered to be com mitted ou Thurfday. Mr. G. PONSONBY moved for leave to amend the law now in ettiftence for authorifing the repairing of County Roads in Ireland. The prkcipal objea., as Rated by the Hon Member,was to leave a fufhcient [nal in the hands of the Overfeers for the renewing of the Surface of the Roads after they may have been warned away by heavy fah, of rain, which is frequently the cafe in the hilly pans of that country.—Leave gtanted. Fir J. W. ANDERSON prefcnted a Petition front feveral Vint- Mrs, Porters, and others in the City of London, rraying fur the Amendment of the Wet Dock Ad, as far as relpe sls their lute. veil s.—Ordered to be laid on the 'l' able. The Hon. Member then moved, That the Paid Adt, together with the Petition thereon, be refs 'TA to a Committee. Ordered. The Houk went into a Committee on the Stipendiary Curates 311, which after being reported, was re.committed for to.morrow. The 1-louk weird into a Conorittee on the Property Duty Bill. Erevicully to its commitment the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sated, that the Claufes he pieissifeei to introduce into this Bill were merely of a verbal nztu.7e, or fuels as related to regulation only, and not fur% as world iroduce any alteration in the rates or quantum of the duty. A mupber of claufes were then fever.ily read, and, after a good deal..! eonverfAion. :w t . e t : to. Th e Re port was utdeteal to be received on Friday next. = Mr. ALEXANDER. brought up the Report of the Conunittee on the Deficiencies of the Civil Lift, wilco the Refoltation grant ing to his Majrfty the (um of IcA5Bl. is. bid. for tie purpok therein, mentionr(l, wa s read and ageeed to. The Committee on the Irish Land Partition Eill was poftponed till to-morrow. DEPTFORD STROND. Mr. CALCRAFT moved for the following Pa pers, which were ordered : " For a Copy of the Grant or Charter of her Majeßy Queen Elizahcth, to the Corpnration of the 'trinity Houfe of Deptford Strand, dated a nth June, in the 36th year of her reign. " For a Copy of the Grant or Charter,of hisjate Majefty King Charles 11. to the Corporation of the Trinity Houfe of Deptford St road, dated 24th June, in the 17th year of his reign. " For an account of the quantity of all the &Halt on the River Thames, which has been Blipped from the fevcral wharfs within the jurifdidlion of the Corporation of the Trinity Knife of Dept• ford Strond, for the laft thirty year:, particularizing the quantity fhipped in each year, and fur which the faid Corporation received one penny per ton, and diftinguillting the kind or quality of the Ballaft thsppcd. " For an account of the quantity of ballaß taken from the bot tom of the River homes by the Corporation of the Trinity Houk of Depttord Strond, in each year during the laft 30 years. " Fur an account of the quantity of Sall.it taken by the Corpo ration of the Trinity bionic of Deptford Strand, in t'teir lighters, out of yards which have entered the Port of London, in each year, fur the hail thirty years, whether fuch vcifels were partly laden, or in ballalL" WAVY BOARD. Sir A. S. HAMMOND prefented a Petition from the Commitlinnets of the Navy, expreffing a moil* anxious with to vindicate their honour, and praying that two Letters of theirs to the Admiralty, dated the 4th of May, 18(35, written with that view, be takes into confederation. The Hon. Member then moved, That thefe Let• tors be laid before the Houle. Mr. KINNAIRD was apprehenfive that the pro. dation of papers fo recently written by the Navy Board, might be conneaed with the queilion of which he had given notice for to morrow, refpeding the Repairs of the Romney and la Senfible. If they were of great importance, extending much further, and at the fame time were connefted with the fubjeft of his promifed motion, he fhculd think it neceffary to move, that another day be fixed for the dircur fion of the general queflion ; otherwife he fbould fubmit to the Honourable Member whether it might not be more proper to withhold the papers fur the prefent. Sir A. S. HAMMOND Paid, that Sir H. Popham had written to the Admiralty in his own exculpa tion ; his letter was on the Table ; and, as thefe letters were vcry fhnrt, he fhould fuppofe that Mem bers might very eafily read them to-morrow. The Navy Board had certainly as fair a right to the in dulgence of that lloufe as any individual. Mr. TIERNEY thought that to-morrow was too loon for the difcuflion of the great queftion, of the proper or improper conduit of the navy. The CHANC . ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was of opinion, that the quetlion had now become a great and conaitutionil one, involving not cnly the charafter of Sir H. Popham, whom he had a right to fuppofe an honourable officer, but alfo involving the charafter and conduit of many other molt refpec• table individuals ; it was a quell ion, on the fair eluci dation of whit.h in a great mieafure depended the ho nour and fecuruy of the State; he therefore fruited that there would he no milunderitanding as to the time and manner of bringing it forward. The letter: were at length prefented, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. KINNAIRD then laid, that he thoull not abandon his charge, but the letters and the inclofures were fo very long, that he was apprehenfive that he would be under the necetlhy of moving the poßpone- Bunt of his motion. MOTION FOR PAPERS. Mr. JEFFERY (rf Poole) moved for the pro du Lion of a great variety of papers, which he thought neceffaly to prove the Rate of our Navy at various periods within nearly the fpace of the lafi 20 years. This was with a view to account for the pre lent Rate of the Navy, to which the Hon. Member was pleafed to apply the epithets of depraffed and de graded. This he imagined would be proved to be tolely attributable to the condue of Lord St. Vin cent, while at the head of the Admiralty, and if he had continued in that office, we fhould have now had (lilt fewer !hips in aeual commiflion than we have at prefent. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER de. clared that, as the produeian of Papers of loch ex tenfive nature as thofe now moved for might poifiblr be detrimental to the public firvice, he could not give the motion his fupport. Admiral MARKHAM was confident that the Noble Lord himfelf w ill cd the whole of his conduit to be inquired into, and was equally confident that, if fuch a general inquiry did take place as the Ho nourable Member teemed to with for, it would be found that there was no blame attributable to Lord St. Vincent; in fad he courted inquiry. But, as to the (late of our Navy, he denied that it was filch as the Honourable Member had ventured to defcribe. Mr. GREY, as a friend of Lord St. Vincent in private life, and venerating his public character, as he had no doubt the Britifh public univerfally did, wifhed that the molt full and extenfive inveßigation lhould be had into the whole of his conduct. The Navy of this Country, in his adminiftration, was, as he milled it always would continue to be, fuperior in number, in Itrength, in difcipline and courage, to that of any other power in the world. However, he did not think it right that fuch a long firing of Refo lutions, and of fuch a nature, fhould pats that Houfe, he therefore hoped that the Honourable Member would fhape his Motion in fume other way. Mr. JEFFERY repeated his affertion as to the Rate of our Navy, and the conduct of Lord St Vin cent, but laid that he would content to withdraw his motion for the prefent. Mr. TIERNEY called on the Hon. Member, :n behalf of Earl St. Vincent, to name fume day, on which he would certainly bring forward a (pacific charge of the nature of that which he had made ufe of in his fpeech again(' that Noble Lord. 14e called on the juftice of the Houle to fupport him in the de mand for inquiry. Mr. JEFFERY had been reading the refolutions there four or five days pat. He had not introduced them idly into that Houfe, hut en the molt deliberate contideration, for the more he read the better he liked them. He thereto' e withdrew them for the prefent, with leave of the Houle, and gave notice that he would on Thuriday make a fimilar motion, after which it would be in the power of the Houle to adopt what other mode of procecdii.g it might think fit. Adjourned. Fram the LONDON' GAZETTE, May 7. DOWNING-SYRCET, MAY 6. iBos. A Difpatch, of which the following is a copy, has been this day received by Earl CAMDCNI, K. G. one of his Majaty's princi pal Secretaries of State, from Lieutenant-General Sir Wll.l in si MYERS, Bart. commanding his Majefty's troops in the Wi.id ward and Leeward 'Bands : Barbadocc, 11/Ircli 9, 1305. My Loan—l have the honour to enclofe to your Lordfhip, Copy of a Difpatch from Brigadier Ge neral Paevosr, dated Dominica, tft March; the details contained therein are Co highly reputable to the Brigadier-General, and the fierall portion of, troops employed againli fo numerous an enemy, that I have great fatisfaaion in recommending their gal lant exertions may be laid before his Majefty ; the zeal and talent rnanifefted by the Brigadier-General upon this occafion, is k my duty to prefent for his royal confidtration ; and at the fame time I beg to be permitted to ezprefs the high fente I entertain of the diftinguiffied bravery of his Majefty's troops and the militia of the Colony emplOyed upon that fervice. The vigorous refillance which the enemy have expe rienced, and the lots which they have fuflained in this ittack, mutt evince to them, that however inferior our numbers were on this occafion, Britifh troops are not to be hoftilely approached with impunity, and had not the town of Refeau been accidentally de ftroyed by fire, we fhould have little to regret, and much to exult in. Your Lordfhip will perceive by the returns that our las in men, compared to that of the enemy, is bin trifling ; but I have fincerely to lament that of Major NuNia, of the di Weft India Regiment, whofe wound is reported to be of a dan gerous kind; he is an excellent man, and a merito rious officer. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) W. MYERS. Head-Q2arten, Prince Rupert's, Dominica, March r. Sir—About an hour before the dawn of day on the 22d ult. an alarm was fired at Scotthead, and loon after a clutter of (hips was difcovered off Rofeau.— As our light increafed, I made out five large (hips, three frigates, two brigs, and fmall craft, under Bri tifti colours—a (hip of three decks, carrying a • flag at the mizen. The frigates ranging too dole to Fort Young, I ordered them to be fired on; and fobn after, nineteen large barges full of troops, appeared com ing from under the lee of the other (hips, attended and protected by an armed fchooner full of men, and feven other boats carrying carronades. The Engliffi flag was lowered, and that of France honied. A landing was immediately attempted on my left flank, between the town of Rofeau and the pon of Cache cow. The light infantry of the Ili Well India Re. Igiment were the frrft on the march to fupport Capt. &SANT'S company of militia, which, throughout the day, behaved with great gallantry. It was im mediately fupported by the grenadiers of the 46th Regiment. ' The fire boats were bear off, but the fchooner and one of the' brigs coming dole in Shore to cover the landing, compelled our troops to occu py a better petition—a defile leading to the town.— At this moment I brought up the grenadiers of the St. George's Regiment of Militia, and foon'after the remainder of the 46th, and gave over to Major Nue N there brave troops, with orders not to yield to the enemy one inch of ground: two field pieces (an amuzette and a fix-pounder) were brought into action for their fupport, under the command of Ser jeant CREED, of the 46th Regiment, manned by ad ditional gunners and tailors; Thcf,.. guns, and a 24- pounder from Melville Battery, thank the French advancing column by the execution they did. I fent two companies of the St. George's Militia, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel CONSTABLE, and a company of the 46th, to prevent' the enemy from getting into the rear of the pofition occupied by Major NUNS. On my return I found the Majef ttretix, of rao guns, lying opperte to Fort Young, pouring into the town and batteries her broadlide ; followed by the other feventy-fours, and frigates do ing cite fame. Some artillery, feveral Captains of merchantmen, with their Tailors, and the Artillery Militia, manned five twenty-four pounders, and three eighteens, at the fort, and five twenty-fours at Mel vibe's battery; and returned an uninterrupted fire. From the firft poll red-hot (hot were thrown. At about ten o'clock, A. M.-Major NUN, moll unfor• tunately for his Majetty's fervice, whillt faithfully executing the order I had given, was wounded, I fear, murtally.—This did not difcourage the brave fellows. Captain O'CONNELL, of the ill Weft India Regiment, received the commanci,-and a wound, al mod at the fame time however the lag circum Rance could not induce him to give tip the honour or the firs, and he continued in the field animating his men, aild refining the repeated charges of the enemy until about one o'clock, when he obliged the French to retire from their advanced pofition with great flaupter. It is impoflible for me to do junice to the merit of that officer. You will, I doubt not, favour ably report his' conduct to his Majefty, and at the fame time that of Captain JAMES, who commanded the 46th, and Captain ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, who commanded the grenadiers of the 45th. Foiled and beat off on the left, the right flank was attempted, and a confiderable force was landed near Morne Da niel. The regulars not exceeding two hundred, em ployed on the left in oppofing the advance of their columns, confining of upwards of two thoufand men, could afford me no reinforcement : I had only the right wing of the St. George's Regiment of Militia to oppofe to them, of about one hundred men. They attacked with fpirit, but unfortunately the frigates had flood in fo dole to the (bore to protect this dif embarkation, that after receiving a deflrudlive fire, they fell back and occupied the heights of Wood bridge Eftate. Then it was, that a column of the enemy marched up to Morne Daniel, and normed the redoubt, defended by a (mall detachment, which, after an obninate refinance, they carried.— On my left, Captain O'Coss Ext. was gaining ground, nntwithaanding a he'll fupply of troops and feve ral field-pieces which had been brought on fhore by the enemy. I now obferved a large column climbing the mountains to get in his rear. The town, which had been for fome time ' in flames, was only protected by a light howitzer and a fis pounder Oche nigh' , , fupported by part of the light company of St. George's regiment. The ene my's large (hips in Wood Bridge Bay out of the reach of my guns, my right flank gained, my retreat to Prince Rupert's almon cut off, I determined on one attempt to keep the fovereignty of the Wand, which the excellent troops I had warranted. I or tiered the Militia to remain at their pnfls. except firth as were il,clined to encounter more hardfhips and vere fervice ; and CaptailO‘Com N El. L, with the 46.11, under the command of Captain Jam Es, and the light company of the tlt Welt India regiment, were di. reacd to make a forced march to Prince Rupert's. I then allowed the Prefident to enter into let too for the: town of Rofeau ; and then demanded from the French General that private property !Mould be re fpeded, and that no wanton or difgrace;til piltge (lipoid be allowed. This done, only attended by Brigade Major PREVOST, and Deputy gnarter Mal ter General Hope I v, of the militia forces, I croffed the ifland, and, in twenty-four hours, with the aid of the inhabitants, and the exertions of the Caribs, got to this garrifon on the 23d. After four days con;intic I march, through the molt difficult country, I might almoft fay exiling, Captain O , Cosir:ELL joined me at Prince Rupert's, wounded nimfelf, and L-inging in his wounded, with a few of the Royal Artillery, and the precious remainder of the 46,h regiment, and the ift Weft India light company. I hall no fowler got to the fort than 1 ordered cattle to be drove in, and took meafures for getting a (tore of water from the river in the bay. I found my fignals to Lieute nant Colonel Barron H TON, from Roleau, made foon after the enemy had landed, had been received, and that, in confequence,he had made the molt judicious arrangements his garrifon would allow for the de fence 'of this important poll. On the 25th I received the letter of fumnions I have now the honour to tranfmit, from General of Divifion La GRANGE, and, without delay, fent the reply you will find accompanying it. On the 27th the enemy's ctuizers hovered about the head; however, the CENTAUR'S tender (Vigi lante) came in, and was raved by our guns. 1 land ed Mr. list:mast:a, her commander, and his crew, to affift in the defence we were prepared to make.— As far as can be colleSed, the enemy had about four thoufand men on board, and the whole of their force was compelled to difembark before they gained an inch of ground. I entrult this difpatch to Capt. O'CONNELL, to whom I beg to refer you : his Ler vices entitle him to confederation. lam much in debted to the zeal and difcernment of Fort Adju. tant GUALT, who was very accefFary to the due ex ecution of my orders. I cannot pals unnoticed the very foldier like condo& of Lieutenant Waceis, of the 46th regiment, to whom I had entruited the port of Cachecrow, or Scotflteact ; perceiving our retreat, he fpiked hie guns, deftroyed his ammunition, and immediately commenced his march to join me at Prince Rupert's, with his detachment; nor that of Lieutenant Straw, of the fame regiment, who ailed as an officer of Artillery, and behaved with uncomr mon coolnefs and judgment, whilli on the battery, and great prefence of mind in fecuring the retreat of the additional gunners belonging to the 46th Re giment On the 27th, after levying a contribution on Ro feat'', the enemy re•embarked, and hovered that day and the next about this poll. This' morning, the French fleet i, Peen off the fouth end of Cruadalonpe. under eafy fail. Our lots, you will perceive by the returns I have the honour to tranfmit, was inconfi derable, when compared with that acknowledged by the enemy, which included feveral officers of rank, and about three h.indred others. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) GEORGE PREVOST. Lieut. Gen. Sir William Myers, Aare. P. S. As I find I cannot fpare Capt. O'CONNELL from the duty of this garrifon, I mutt refer you to the mailer of a neutral veffel, who has engaged to deliver this difpatch. (TRANSLATION)—From the General of Divifion LAGaANG &a. to his Excellency General l'arvorr,tec. Head Quarters, at Rofeau, the sth V,:utore, Year '3, February 25, dos. The General of Divifion La Grange, Grand 05,ecr o' the Legion of Honour, Inipedlor General of the Gendarmerie, s. (m -aunder in Chid of the Troops of the Expedition to the Leeward !Rands.' General--Btfore 1 commence any military operations mina the Fort, into which it appears that you have retired, I fhall fulfil a preliminary duty, autharifed and pi-added by civilized nations. You are aware, no lets than myfelf, of the nature of your pofition, and of the entire inutility of occafioning any farther &Mien of blaod. You witucfred with grief the melancholy fate of the Town of Rofeau—my firtt endeavours on entering it were to iffuc orders for flopping the progrefa u the conflagration ; bct, unfoetunately, confiderable deftrudion had already takes place. Pie want of ::e• eeffaries is ever attended with the molt zru.:l confequencc:, the evils of which can catty be cal_ulated. This coldlderation alone is more than fufficient, withou; reference to the. prtiallar circum fiances in which you are placed, to induce you to a ;cept the ho nourable conditians that I am ready to grant you, and thou to pre ferve the intending inhabitants of this Colony trowt troth calami ties, which are irliparable from the occurrences of war. I beg you, General, to make me an earl/ communication of your an fwer ; and, in the mean time, to receive the affurance of the high confideration which I entertain for you. I haY.! the honour to falute yot:. (Signed) 1.1.1 C:RANGE. Head Quarters. Prince It uren's, Feb 2c. Sir—l have had the hcnour to receive yuur Letter. My duty to my King and Country is lo foperior to every other confirltratlue, that I have only to thank you fur the obfervations you have been pleated to make on the often inevitable confecuenee: of war. Give me leave, individually, to exprefs the greated gratitude for your humanity and kind treatment of my wife and ch'.l.lren•!—and, at the fame time, to requeft a continuance thereof, not wily to her and them, but towards every other (-bled you may meet with. I have the honour to he, .5.4. c (Signed) GEO. PREVOSF. Return of the Killed and Wounded in the adtions of the 22d of February, 1805, at Point Michxl, MOrne 11.niel, and Rofeau, in the Ifland of Dominica. Royal Artillery-3 rank and file wounded ; Captain, r Ser. jeant, and 6 rank and file taken by the enemy-46th Regiment; Scrjeaut, a drummer, and ro rank and file killed ; r Captain and 7 rank and file wounded—aft Welt•lndia Regiment ; 9 rank and file killed; a Field-officer, I Captain, and 8 rank and file wounded, dar,eant, I drummer, and 19 rank and file killed-- 1 Field officer, 2 Captains,aud 18 rank and file wounded-4 Car tain, a Serjeant, and 6 rank and file taken by the enemy. Names of the Officers wounded. _ _ Captain Colin Campbell, of the 46th Regiment—Major Nuna and Captain O'Connell, of the ail WeR India Regiment. N. B. Three failora wounded, exclufive of the Militia, from which no return has been received, but whore lofs was confider able. (Signed) JAS. PREVOST, Major of Brigade. Brimltone Hill, Saint Kitt's, March g. Sir—l did myfelf the honour of writing to you on the 27th init. by the mail boat, to fay that intelli gence had been received here, on that morning, of the arrival of a French force at Dominica, and the fleps I had taken to make fuch circumliances known to Government. I loft no time in placing this gat rifon in the belt flat= to repel any attack that might be made by the enemy, and encreafing the provi• lions to a quantity fufficient to maintain a gars icon of five hundred men for three mnths, which was, by the exertions of the Refident Commiffary, effdted rn the ift inft. I have now to inform ) au, that on the morning of the sth init. a French fquadron, collo& ing of five line of battle (hips, (one a three decker) duce frigates, two brigs of war, and a tchooner,