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rif _.~,: bfrERIAL P,4RLIAMENI: MAIO: OF LO:lLS—Tutiosv, JCIT 2. e Cotemittee of Privi'cr:es, their Lordships made Glebe, • rogiess in the consideration of the case of the Royal Dukes, claiming th'ir rights tt vete as Peers of lerLind at the Etectosn of feels to sit Olt thilri of 'lretond io the lfiJtnl Parliament, dre. to pro:ool again to-noirti•e, Lied CAHIF.R, one of the irdth Representative Pee”, was in and took 1114 I.C.a. The Rural Assent was given Commission to the Cilil Wit ; the Iridt Loyalist Cotrtniissioners Kill, th. L.Lat TZ.`'..'ims•oliditi•iii, the Expiring 'Awl. Mr. ritt's indentoil the Wooten Maettfacturers, the Pam Clergr Relief, the Coin Et ponatYiun, the Coating Trade, anti to several Ads of a poi. Tate or local description. The Lord. Cain • iesioners wcre, the LORD CIIANCEL LOR, LurdWALIIINGITAM, and Lord FLT.I.I4IIOiIOUGH. The Wilt upon the Table were forwarded in the* several site Among these, the three Exchequer Rita 134 - 4, and the realer no , ober of he Bills hriught up yesterday fruit the CO.IIIIIOIII, were read a second t.tne, and cJininittel for to- illOrntrw. the Dublin Harbour BM, the Mlitia Offirem Provia;un the Pa:ace-ye:a Buildiusa Bill, and the Or n Acts Anie4d.uetat wee brought up from MA the Commons by r. UX AN nr R. and severally read a fir.: time; u was etc', a Private itell presentA by the Earl of E'JSTON. ST PANCRAS POOR BILL. The order cf the day, for the third reading of thi: 1311, being moved, Counsel for the Petitioners against the Bill, and those fur the Petitioners in sup port of the Bill, were called to the Bar. Mr. ADAM (on the part of the Petitioners against tort Bill) displayed his usual ability and argumenta. tire elrapence against the measure. In the course of his olnervations, he urged the propriety of re. esmtbitting the bill, in order that farther evidence should be heard, and to enable their Lordships tho. mealy to investigate the subjea ; and contended, that a Bill, whose principle was contained in the Preamble, and such Preamble capable of being proved physically impossible to be true, WAS a legis lative us:asure not fit to be entertained. Mr. Ptom ca (as leading Counsel in support of the Bill) contended, on the contrary, among other points, that the greater part, if nut the whole of his Learned f'riend's argu rients. zpplied to the provi sions and dezailed con , iderations of t! . .e Bill, which were fit to be discussed only in a Committee of their Lordships t that such an opportunity had been amply afforded to the parties, by many of their Lordships sitting in a Committee on the Bill, for a number of days, and during several hours each day, they should have then brought forward all their evidence, aid adduced every thing they could in argument ; and that, at soch a very late period of the session, the Bill should not go back to a Committee, to its almost certain loss ; that the measure was founded in the necessities cf the case ; that it involved no 111 , 17 aims, n3r did it trench upon the rights of the parishioners. Ar:er tie Learned Counsel had concluded, The question was put for the thud reading of the Bill ; on which 1 Ire E ill of SUFFOLK rose and made a variety of observ.itinns upon what had fallen from the Learned Counsel, at the Bar. fie was ho‘tile to the 11.11 in its present shape. and adverted to certain points of evidence. a hich he considered as very material, wilicli the Committee upon the Bill de clined hearing. His Lordship repeated sortie of his former objeftiorr. to the measure ; and stated that the affairs of tie poor in the parish of St. Pancras were much Letter administered than those of St. Pancras. After touching upon several of the points, in which he conceived the measure, as it then stood, to be highly cirjetctionable, he expressed his cl,r viiition, that at least the Bill ought to be recur:. ottitted ; and concluded with a motion to that effea. The Bishop of ST. ASAPH followed the Noble Earl, and at some length, repeating most of his ob j.•clions on a former night. 'expressed his decided dia'aisprobarion of the Bill, in its then shape. Though the Bill had undergone some alterations in the Com mittee still his opinion of its effeds was unchanged : the Bill west to re-enall all that their Lordships thought proper, after much labour and considera tion, to expunge from the na of 1803 ; and the &ilea was to biting the affairs of the parish of St. Pancras back to the former plan of administration. It may be matte: of surprise, tit? Rev. Prelate ob served, to the aristocrats of St. Pancras, on the one band, or the democrats on the other, that Le should take such a part on the present occasion as he had done ; but his condua in that respea was regalated by his opinion of the intrinsic merits of each par ticular legistative measure, for whatever C'eati they may be, they had a right to have their properties and rights secured by the Legislature: but by the operation of the Bill, would be neither aristocrats nor democrats, but would become aristocrats by means of their power of perpetuating themselves. After adducing a vatiety of detailed oblations against the 'Measure, which the Reverend Prelate exhibited in a strong and forcible point of view (which our limits do not allow us to recite), he concluded by arming his op:nion that the Bill ought to be recom mitted. The Earl of WESTMORLAND expressed him- self bra. y, 'out decidedly in favour of the Bill. He conceived it 171 a great degree to grow out of the ne ctssities of the case ; he particularly adverted to the present miserable state of the poor of the parish in tinestirm, which principally arose from the circum stance t.f their having no proper adequate work house ; this, the present Bill would give the parish the means of crating; and deeming of the measure as he did, the Bill should have his support. Lord HOLLAND, at some leng:h, spoke in sup port of the objestions of the Rev. Prelate, and of his Noble Friend (the Earl of Suffolk), against the Bill. With the former, he contended, that to adopt the Bill, wauld be to enae, without adequate grounds, that which, after a long and stria examination, their Lordst.ips thought proper to reject the year before last. In the course of his detailed objeeions, the Noble Lord adverted to certain proceedings which occurred in the Committee ; and, adverting to the principle of the Bill, he contended that the parish loners of St Pancras were lett by it without a suffi cient controul over the administration of their al. • fairs, or the due application of their money ; a cons'. deration, which was best secured, he thought, by popular eleeions, and the controul of those by whom thc money was paid. Duke of MONTROSE, in one point of not stirptioNi at floe Noble Baron's Ire the Bitl recommitted: tetanse atteatled the Committee pretty closely, once the op l asttenity 61,t consulting the 'n upon the Conunittee. But though t l The Duke - view. Wig nt wish to hai • he. who lirkt had nut one Noble Barcno % sach may be,e reason with him (Lord Holland) for w.sltingl the 13.11 should go a second tinte to a Com mittee, it was n inducement to tho.e Noble Lords whii , had attended upon that stage of the Bill. Lord HOLLAND shortly explained ; said he had twice attended in the Committee ; but did not conceive it his bounden duty to assist in discussing the detail; of a measure whose principle he strongly disaprroved. Lord WALSINGHANI, principally in reference to what was said of certain proceedings in the Com mittee, made some observations in support of the Bill. The question was then put; when the House di• vided ; when there appeared for the third reading of the Bill 17—against it S.—Majority in favour of the Bill 12. TRUST MONIES. The order for going . into a Committee on the Bill for the better securing of Trust Monies being read ; The LORDCHANCELLOR, after a few words were interchanged across the table betweet? Earl &riot:tore and, the Duke of MoNtadse, quitted the Woolsack, and adduced a variety of olsjeitions against the Bill, framed as it then was. No man could be a greater friend to the principle of the Bill than himself; hut he seemed to consider the measures in its present shape, inefficient as to its professed objeet, and by no means comprehensive enough. Neither did he think a Bill so framed could, with all the amendments and amelioration of phraseology a Committee could give It, be ren dered sufficiently unexceptionable for the acknow ledged purpose. The best advice he could give the Noble Larltherefore was, to withdraw the Bill for the present ; and he shoulde—who was perfealy aware of the importance of the subjett, had abundant oppor. utilities of being legally infarmed upon it, in those short intervals of leisure, which the approaching re cess would allow him,—tutb his best and anxious attention to the topic, and endeavour to suggest some legislative remedy therein. Earl STANHOPE argued shortly, but decided ly in favour of the Bill's going into a Committee, for the purpose of seeing what remedy could be afforded by it. for a known and acknowledged grievance ; after that, he thought the ohje&ions advanced by the 'Learned Lord may be considered. Lord HOLLAND said a few words in support of what fell from the Noble Earl, who pressed the order for committing the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that it driven to a vote, he must give his negative to such a Bill's going to a Committee. Earl STANHOPE persisting, their Lordships divided— Fir going into a Committee, 2 —Against it, EL—. Majority against the 841, 6. After SOMO routine business was disposed of, the [louse adjourned till to.tnorrnw. HOUSE OF COMMONS: A new writ w.itiirdered for the 11..roitith of New Rot., in the room of endrie3 Tetteriinain, ho, his rlrt, [too, ha. accepted the Mice of one of the Stewards ol the Cusitern Huotheis. A Mirage front the HOW, of Lords announced dot they had agreed to the Civil List Bill, the Land Tax dedentoton h.II, th.. Corn I.ttercutie Bdl , the Poor ClTrgy Bid, the Wool. o Manufacturers, the: Seamen's Enron' agethent, and several Pinata ails . Mr. ROl:E, brought in a Bill for indemnifying 311 persons oh, had actrd contrary to certain Orders or Cou:rcil rartive t.l the grra•a.rrine to be observed by sto l e comnrg from abroad llr trern after brought up the 11111, which was mad a first awl order,l to be rvirl * at. 00114 ton 2 to.morrow. Lord BROOKr pre,ente+l a Petition from sevrra! person• at Milford II en, irfainat the Southern Whale Fishery Silt—. Laid on the Table. The Irish Infaniaries Bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time ti -morrow. _ - ...... The Irish Revenue 8,11, aryl I i,h Cu4,.ev, Reevlatimt BiU, were severally reported, and ordered to Ice re. 4 a third time to• sonrrnw. Thu ;tenon of the Dublin Paving Bill was taken into (Luther consideration ' and agri•eri to. The Bill was then Passed. . 'the Englis h and Scotch Distillery Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. ItOSE brought up a Bill fur the better regulation of Pilots navigating the British Seas, which was .ead a first tome, and orilerrd to be read a second time to-morrow. . - Colonol SCANI.EY presented a Petition from 'ruler Chat mer, praying a Repeat of the Aa of the Ist of tb•Ling, 1/11- 1 , 04411 g a Middle Daly on Corn imported and search used, when taken out for home a mbutopttan.-..Ordered to Its en die Table. The Leith Harbour Hill was passed Mr, Serjeant 1:11-.:8 fro, d li:s mo•ion on the Report of the Select Cominithe on the Eleventh Report of the Fount of Naval Enquiry till neat tebsion. On the third reading a the Duke of Athol's Bill ; Mr. JOHNSTONE entered his protest against it, and the system of canvassing which had pervaded the Members of that House for the three last weeks. Earl TEMPLE also protested against the Bill, which he could not denominate otherwise than as a Ministerial job. It was, be believed, the only mea sure of the kind which had ever been adopted with out either a previous recommendation from the Crown, or an aldress from that House. Colonel STANLEY said, that he considered the Bill as not only onus of liberality but of justice. Mr. SHERIDAN observed, that when the No ble Bail (Taunt) called this proceeding a job, he could only consider the Noble Lord as esing strong words to supply the want of argument. Mr. CALCRAF I' said, that his Hon. Friend (Mr. SHIRI3AN) took great credit to himself for a knowledge of the subjeS, which he could not allow him to possess; fur, he observed, instead of refitt ing to public documents before the House, he had only spoken from the private statements made by the Duke of Athol. He did not believe that the Hon. Gentleman had ever read are public docu ments. Mr. Witaearoace and Mr. Fettowss spoke against the Bill, and Lord De Bt.aquter for it. On the division there appeared, for the Bill 41— Aagsinst it, 12—Majority SO. The Bill was then read a third time, and passed. Mr. Will I'BREAD brought in-a Bill for indem nifying Mr. Trotter and all other persons employed in the Navy Pay °Mee, fur the evidence they may give on the impeachment of Lord Viscount Mel ville during , the time that Noble Lard was Trea surer of the Navy. Sir WILLIAM ELFORD wished to know to what extant tl.is Bill was meant to go? Mr. WHI rBREAL) replied shortly, that the Bill was only meant to protth all persons ss ho shall give ev:.:ence against Lord Melville. The other Orders of the 1)..y were disposed of, and the House a,;:joaraed. '~,! 17E ST pervEs. lAM !tic ' ST. JAGO DS LA ♦ERA, 1 , 4 AY I I. We Are informed, that his H meor the Lieutenant Governor has appointed Monday the 2nth current, for receiving the Petition to continue the interzoursc with the United Stares. The following Circular Letter was issued from the King's House, on Thursday, in c•ussequence of the id spatehes received by His Majesty's frigate Meratry : " (CIRCULAR) • King*Hoti. , z, May In, " The Lieutonant-Onveravor directs ins ts acquaint you for the information of the parish of that the Mercury frigate arrived pester-lay at P srt Royal, with dispatches to His Honour, from Vics Admiral Sir John Ordo, Rant. nnmand ing His Majesty's ships of war off Cadiz, dated oil the 10th of April last, of which the enclosed is an extract. ine Oavernur being apprehensive that the &reedit nitration, if des tined fur an attack upon this Wand, make 'its appearance suddonly on the coast, His Honour desires that you "nil call a meeting of the principal inhabitants of the parish to consider of the best means to he adopted for preventing the enemy from subsisting themselves, d:e. Sec. thetain, should they erect a landing b lonia sufficient force can be collected to oppose them, as well as for the security of the shipping and property iu the harbour and downs in the palish, or at least for provinsting them from felling into the hands of the enemy. • cr have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, is CUSTOS, or Chief Magistrate of " UTRACT Of A LETTER FROM VICE ADMIRAL Silt JOHN °ADE, DATED MIS MAJESTY'S SHIP GLUEY AT SRA, APRIL 10. "I have dispatched the Mercury fririte with thin, to ac quaint you that yesterday I 'was compelled to quit my station beforetidie, by the sullim appearance of the Toulon fleet, emanating of 2 . ) or 24 sail, eleven or twelve of them certainly of the line, the rest heavy frigates at least. " In the waning the fleet was close off tine harbaur of Ca dls. when one French ship of the line, and six or seven Spanish, were ready to join them in an hour, and three or four more of the latter in twenty-four hours. " What the desturatien of this force, afire Its junfslon, may be, I cannot tell, but judge it to be westward; it was reported that the Saanistt ships woe hound to the Havanitah ; whether any troops were oil board these ships !cannot ascertain." A Privy Council is suinmoned, we understand, to meet on Wednesday. By order of the Governor-General, the sailing of the Hamilton packet, from Kingston, Jamaica, is postponed till Monday, the 20.. h. EXTRACT FROM • PRIVATE LETTER. it We had martial I iw, and during the time the alarm• lasted, were getting every thing in readiness to receive the enemy, brit tinee martial law has erased, every .thing has again go.e to 'deep On the Lae alarm, when the state of toe wink. at Fort Royal were examined, the greater part of the cues carriages were found unfit Ca service, and there was ori.y one rammer and sponge in the fort. Had the French made an attack upon us in the state we then wens, they might have da.heil intr. Port Royal, and taken ere town without much trouble. Our forts are still in a reinore. state; bat, thank God! we have now plenty of arms arid ammunition, between five and six thousand regulars, and about lit,OU i miiirra. Should the Tou:on and Cadge Beets now conic here, they will make little or no impression. They may destroy Sonic yonfertv, arid cave mileh alarm; but it would reeurre at least a force of 25,000 men to gave them any chariot of success. Were our funs in a proper state of de fence, we might defy any force whatever" • Alarm of the Rochefort Slitadron. EXTRACT PROM A LETTER wATED RARIADOES, MAY 21, 1805 " You will have heard with astortishin-,st that we have got another Fr•nch and Soanish fleet in our Sieighb mrh,“.).l, of much superior force to M MaoseSmi's squadron, and what the erinseqrience array be is hard to foretel. We must expea some mischief to be done Were any Rees from Eurnpr can anise to oppose them ; but such a fleet must undoubtedly make its eppearaiice, end I hops to be prepared for it. Should the French remain for any length of time in these seas our fleet will most probably make St. Lucia Head Quarters, in oeler the better to watch their ntoticnis ; but it is to It,. supposed, as soon as a fleet from England arrives, able to snipe with them, they will fo low M. Meueissi's plan, and lead our fleet a dance hack to Europe in pursuit of them, so that we may again be left as defenceless as we were, wth scarce as many ships as complased our squadron in time of peace. We are all tinier Martial Law here, arid such apprehension entertained of a visit from the enemy, that our books awl ;opera arc placed security either under-ground or in the country." EXTRACT Of A LETTER saws ISARRADOES, MAY 25. " I wrote a letter at the 21st, by the Princess Royal packet, for England. Our link island is under martial law, in conse quence of another fleet arriving at Martinique, consisting of 16 sail of the line, eight frigates, &c. reported to have 12,40 troops, on the 14th instant. By a schooner from Dominica, we are informed that Ge neral Prevnst experts another vial. General Maitland is gone to his Government at Grenada. Our farce in these seat at present fit for service are the Spartiate, two frigates, and two sleepa of war. We are all ready to receive them here when they come. My station is • at Ormand's Battery, where this is wntten on a 21-pounder. Rations ware issued yesterday for P 5,000 Whites and Weeks. All the Laded ships are moored in Carlisle Bay, the masters of ships' companies doing duty. Admiral Cochrane is atilt in pursuit. We have heard no thing of him since he left this, which is seven weeks since. I kill In, our homeward bound flew. The vessels at St. Viii cent's hare gone to Grenada ; where they stow themselves in the Carenagv. Ours and the rest of the islands are in im minent danger, as they have threatened us with a Tern. Ac counts have been received from Martinique down to the 21st, at wh eh time the French fleet remained there at single arthor and had not commenced any op rations except four frigates, which were tent to cruise amo•.g the island,. The enemy were reported to be very sickly. The Surinam ships h.ore joined the ships at Demerara, where the whole are hauled cline in O and. They have planted SO pieces of cannon at the month of Ass river, and at the whole of our islands every ex eiti.in If melt ing for defence." Tire enemy's arrival in these seas has been authe••tieahy confirmed by dispatches which arrived on Friday, ere St Lm• L a, frowaahe Dienasiod Ruck, stating that their fa c emulating f eleven sail of the liar, seven frigates, an or Ire 1,1 fiats, arid lasi brigs, French ; arid five rail of the line, one Grease, and t..-o brigs, Spanish; were, en the 14:h instant, wrirkieg into Fort Royal Bay, with His Majesty's ship Cyan., a pn, , company; and that, on their passing the Rock, Capt. Maniire (who commands there) had a partial admix with then. It tun been since socertained, that this fleet ea nc to only atingle an. char, and bore every appearance of :mending speedily t o put to sea again; th it they have about 12,000 troops on board, and leave not the laast doubt of their undertaking an immediate ex pedition ; that their views may be direfted towards Mis enno• try seeing justly to be apprehendad ; and a suspici ms brig, which appeared off our coast on Friday, as if rft s„.„ no;tering, strengthens this conjecture. On the sa me the Island was thrown into alarm, in consequence of all the men of war in the Bay suddenly dipping their r,. blea and putting to sea, and a signal made at the tune by Sir Francis !.:storey for them to prepare for battle. It sir-, seems that the Beaulieu discovered in the N. W. qulrt-r sail, and afterdards eleven were seen from the Spart a n;,.:. though, at a great distance, they were apprehended to best*. enemy, and Sir Francis stood to windward with his Nairn*. Ten or eleven sail were about the same time seen trinii Gta heights in St. John'a parish; and although no ye sell ha t , since arrived, nor any gi moally seers nut a ditibt can be et , tertained of a fleet being off our cunt—whether the tesemy, is left entirely to conjeaure. It is nut improbable; however, that the entrants with unfavourable wind, might have seem them farther than they hit-haled ; and tiie , ° destinatioa hare beam St. Vinceitea or St. Lucia, at the time they were Eel,— if it be them. " 51AV 19. " A mail boat arras-t 1 yestertay from Leeward ;tt wei not known nn the 12th hiat. at Antivua, that the enemy had acia appeared in thess teas At Dominica they had obtained inlets 'nation of it, and, nith Clair accultamed promptness, .e. preparin: to r-pet their muck. On the 13th the danger %at unknown at St. Vincent; but at St. Lucia, every latecamian was adopted. " Respecting the enemy's views or preparations we are eat in posse.sinti of a single data, by any sub—Nein a:counts to our last, to found evert a orijectrtre upon, unlecs we rise their continuance at ltlartirtique as meditating same innortant operatirm which requires system nil minute arratrgernent la this light we certainly sue led to con.ider their stay at Fort Royal, where, aeco.ding to the only further ir for:math - di to .that received front Captain Maurice, at the Diamond, wry remained on Friday last ; for so formidable a fleet as they now fouls cannot he conceited to Intend only the plunder of ir islands, and the destruction of our commerce, whet, tw r may rather ptesue • roots ho mutable plan, by aenkrog the of tort iarinds. irEat• COCCUS may attend CiCal this, depends so greatly upon ouroeives (the internal mreagai, resources, and valour of the colonic.), that it needs no art,,. merit to vominno our loyalty, or entire our exertions—We fe..l a strong reliance on the King's regular troops, and look to the examole of Dominica for a brave cud manly co operation e( the Col 'al forces throughout all the islands ; and we ara con. Intent that, be their attack where it may, tire united ilird of France and Spain will find, that the union of discipline and Courage will form a bulwark of defence that s' al: c.ot them more loss and labour to overcome, than (ii they sur_Teed) eau reward their conqueet. With respect to this individval r.nlony, if the enemls designs be against it, we c.rnnot from th..- d".tant conjecture of . arl prropea City eon pansibly hare of sti-teeding Against a powerful garrison and an exte:hive on. prriation—a valiant •rmy aid a ',fat peopd•—what SucCele can they hope fur Without tattling into their view., or our re source., we shall only farther add, that we are pulsated to re serve theta, and deteranool nut to be ‘o.iquered:' PROCT.kMATIONS IT HIS EXCELLENCY TIIE GOVERNOR, Ste. (L. S.l SRAFORTIL Cytherea: there is the most undoubted intelligence that the Enemy were seen in great force upon the Crest of this laland las• night and tins day ; and whereas from those circumstances, and the knowledge we have of the great strength of the Fussy lately arrived in the .e bras, arld:d gosh* melt awkward circum stance of then) being no existing Hon , of Asscinbly, it be comes necessary to the existence of the Colony that effective and vigorous measures should be instaisly adopted. I do, by and •aoth the advice and consent ef His Majesty's Council, make trse of the power and authority vested in me by Hu Majesty, and for such eases pf011(1...d ; arid I hereby de clare this Wad to he under Martial Law, (loin the mo uiag of trion.vew, till the evening gun firing nn Tue‘day nest ; declaring, during the above space of time, that this island is and-r ant I able to the laws and usages in similar cases cot• tomary in Fin Majesty's Colonies; of which all caner :tea will eke due notice, under pain of the ti-ual penalties; 3,4 f or no longer a space of time is Mutts' Law, on any pretence, to prevail, unit-xi, from the continuance of the circurnatances above, I snail ies fit to renew this my Proclamation. Given under my !land and Seal at Arms in Council Chamber at the Town ?Lill this 18th day of Mae, lubb, and in the fotty fiitii yeas of Ilia Majesty's Reign —God save the King By HI; Excellency's CooxamanJ, JOS. D. lIDSEANDS, Dep Sec. 11 AITIAL LAW CONTINUED• 71 4 2 8 4 oncs--Ily lia. Ex , ellency the Gur,rdor, &c &c &c. SEAFOKTII. Whereas tho circumstances of ;tattler attending this Wand, which caused me to issue my Pr.:relent:diem of the 18th instant, are SD far front being diminished, that they are rather increased: I du hereby, by and w.tlt the advice and Lunsent of Ills Sla ji-sty's Council, continue nav above mentioned Plo.dainaliba in full twee until gun fire on * Saturday eat:ding next Anil it is hereby emitimsed in full force, of which all concerned ar: re quiver' to take irotay. Given ;miler any hand And .cal at arms, In Council Ciamber, at Pilgrim, thi. ktilav of \lay, I ao, and in the 45th year ui Ilia Majesty's Reign -- - -(1od S.M.! the Krim By his EN.O •Ilencv's Coltman:l, JOS. 1). HUSBANDS, Dep. SI. ST. LUCIA. EXTRACT TROY • PRIVATE LETTER, PATO sT• LUCIA, 21sr MSS. " Should the eaeiny attempt a lauding, it may e.s. th.: island a number of lives, but we are conSdent as to the re , i • The works are undergoing a revision, and nothing is inter to be left undom:, which can posstbty add to the defence. a: the island." EXTUACT 11011 . ANITHEIll raa, fAlla DA . 111. " The French farm were at .ingle anchor in fort ;loyal , Martinique, except bur iaz,to, which were emit go Lrele a among the INlantis. 'foe troves were mooned sa ' * awl o n healthy."