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I • .. ... , .. a a e Telt NM is published in time to be sant to the Country by the early coaches, except upon extraor occasions of Parliamentary Debate, and then it is pob lolled several hours .a•lier t' an any other Paper Ti.i+ priority is obtained only by extraordinary expenee and ever. :ions, and we are concerned to find, teat our Readers have not always the benefit of them. Upon complaint to the Office, accom-anied with the name of the Newsman who serves the Paper, we will be enabled to do justice to the pub lie, and to oiorsl yes. ••• T:te pressure of advertisements obligor to to defer our critique upon the paintings at Somerset-House, until to- morrow. THE BRITISH PRESS. iliyilt)ti, TUESDAY. MAY G. A letter from Bombay, dated lit December, I scs, gives the following statement of the distribu tion of the Naval force in the East lnd es : Sir h.u waco Pettsw keeps the following ships, and rakes the range of the CorumAndel and Malabar Co.ists, and both the Cul phs, viz. the Culloden, Russell, Tre mendous, and Allion, of 74 guns each ; Grampus and Corneertair, of 50 guns each ; ma, 0: 38 ; Terp sichore, of 32 guns ; Duncan, Concords, Dertn:vpuir, and the Pitt, of J 6 guns ; Velory, Drake, Rattle en.ile, and Staillower sloops of war. Sir THOMAS Tsowaarnoc has the Eastern station, with the fol lowing ships, viz. the Blenheim, and Sceptre, of 74 guns ; Lunen:ter, of 61 guns ; Phaeton, Caroline, and Sir Edsoord Hughes, of 33 guns each ; St Fiorenzo and In/he/mina, of 36 gulls ; Greyhound and Fox, of 3! guns each ; Dasher, Harrier, and the 4116atross sloops of war. _ The Prince of Woks packet, with a Mail from Lisboa, in eleven days passage, is arrived at Fal mouth ; the letters will be delivered this day. The grateful intelligence of the capture of the Morello and Balk Poule. was brought to Plymouth by the Job's Bull cute r. Early cn the morning of the 13th March, they fell in with Sir J. B. W.sit- EIN'S squadron, off the Cape de Verill Islands. The Londun and Amazon being the weathermost ships, the former soon got within gun-shot of the when a terrible battle took place, which lasted about an hour. 1 j So well directed was the fire of the !Amebas, that all the Officers and men on the quarter-deck of the Nfeeep were tither killed, or wounded. Among the killed was the Captain. Admiral LIROIS held his leg and thigh fractured. His son is also wounded. The rest of Sir JosiN WARREN'S squa dron, we understand, was too far to leeward to have any share in the action. Fr, m the following letter, however, received from an Officer on hoard the R.:millet, one of the squadron, it would appear that the Morello struck to that vessel : Majesty's ship Ramili I, Island of St. ]ago. 4th Aprd. " I have to inform you, that corning from the Island of Ma degra, to the above Island, on the 13th of March, we fell in I.lth the French ships Marengo and Belle Poule, know/ward bound, from the Mauritius ; we MI in wall tire',, early in the morning. The London engaged the Mareago ; the Amason engaged the Belle Poole. We being a good titling ship took the London's place. I have the honour to say, the Marengo struck to the shin I belong to. We have ;maned hot, and fitted her out a. one of our sluadron By information, we are going a run down the coat of Guinea—three of tire enemy are lurking about there." Admiral Ltwots, as we stated yesterday, was I,:son his retorts to Europe, aster a long and suc cessful cruise in the East Indies ; but it is appre. 'waded thAt he had previously trat,nsitted part of the floWs of it to France, in American bottoms.— l'he treasure on board the Marengo must, however, be considerable ; and the ship herself is a great ac quisition, as she is said to be the first sailer in the French or arty other navy. It was dark when LINO:3 fell in with the 3ritish squadron : he attacked the London, the headmost ship, whilst he sent the Pelle Penh , to take the other ships, imagining them to be Indiamen. It was expetted that Limon, who was known to be upon his return to Europe, would have fallen into our hands by patting into the Cape, un der the idea that it was still in possession of the Dutch; but a Danish East Indiamius informed him of its capture by a Bntish force, and he proceeded tFrea for Europt.. It is the general opinion, that if he had reached France, he would have had no reason to rej Ace on his safe return, as his affair with our Intliarnen, in which he was beaten off by the gallant Capt. Dance, bad injured him much in the opinion of Bow &&&&& ; and his wealth would afford that Chief•, and his Counsellor TA L L&Y kallo. a temptation to put him out of the ay. After the aaion, Sir J. B. WA easy put into l'erto PrAys Bay, in the island of St. Jar, one of the Cape de Verde Islands, with his-prises, to refit. •Inpatchrs are dated the froth of April, off that and will be published in this evening's f• • • , t. la the mean time, we are enabled to pre • seat attr readers with a eorrea List of the killed and Wounded. ON DOARO HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP LONDON: killed-4r. William Rorke, Midshipman; Jar es Murphy, Seaman; Henry Van Keyler, ditto; John Lay, data; James Slide, ditto; William Bryan, boy; John Moore, Landsman; Wi iliam Griffith, William Summers, and Thomas'. Tools, Fri sate Marutcs . Wounded, dangernus'y—vJohn O'Brian, Landsman; Wit ham Brow,, ditto; Thomas Witerson, ditto; Francis COS. o , dinars ; Joseph Skelton, Landsman; John Burdis, Ordinary; Patrick Fitiyatiick, Quarter-Gunner ; Francis Sut ton, Ordinary; John Dulforcc, Nab; William lirassile, Or dinary; William Roberts, 2d. Ordinary. Richard Hodges, John Hurcombe, John Shepherd, and R. Riley, Privates Royal marines. Wounded, slightly...R ;chard Poole, Thomas Cnue,and Wil liam Bruce, Rnyal Marii:cs H. NEALE. OFFICERS WoUNDED. Dangerously... Mr. Wm. Teddy, Lieutenant. W. Watson, Midshipman. (Signed) ON BOARD NIS MAJLSTY'S SHIP AMAZON. s ta Seymour, Finn Lieutenant: Edward Prior, Secoud •Iran; W. Gunny, able Sra111111; Geo Royal, PrlvAte Ma•rae Wounded, severely—dr:o. M-rint, Quarter-Master; %V. Lane, o.l3nary. Wm,.le.t, sl ghtiv—John Fox, Ships Corporal ; Richard BrOVIIi, able 5../mali ; liorster L-ander, Ordinary; Jniiatlian Curtii, able Seaman. , SigriPd) W. PA i:KER Between nine and ten o'clock yesterday morning, Government received, by EXPREIS, from Dublin, an account that the Dish Loan was contra&d fur in that city, on Friday last. Mr. Luxe WHITE, of Dublin, and Messrs. Rein, buriuo, and Co. of London, joined, and were declared purchasers The terms are 1391. in the St per Cents. for every 1001, in money. The bargain is considered a very advantageous one for the public. The Irish budget will, in consequence, be brought forward to-morrow, in the House of Commons. A Gottenhurgh Mail arrived yesterday. The last accounts from Germany state, that the Prussian troops had received fresh orders to match against Swedish Pomrrania ; but pri•ate letters from Berlin state an eroenatt-n, that the differences between Sweden and Prussia will he aecommo,'ated. We have also received Me kftidei G I:,fle of the 2d instant. A letter fro n Berlin, of the 22 last, states, that Count ICELLI , II, formerly Pi IS•101t4 ENVOY at Vienna, has been joined w:th Count Havnwitz in the Office of Minister for Forcio:n Affairs, and AN:minted third cabinet Minister. The Courts of Vienna and St. Petersburgh could not treat in confidence with a man so wholly °lry :red to the interest of France as Count 1-lat:owisz and we understand M, D'ALo►ves, the RUSSIAN MI. NIIITCR at Berlin, had actually declined to confer with him. This has probably led to the appoint ment of Count Kass. ra. The Lewlen Gmelte contain! the Paris news to the 27th. announcing the arrival of Prince sr and the Dutch Commissioners in that city. All the rest of the paper is occupied with the official cor respondonce repecting Hanover, laid before both houses of Firlismmt, in consequence of the King's Niessage, and the observations cop:ed from the Paris Journals upon the Russian report of the battle of Austerlitx. His MAJESTY will hold a Privy Council to-mor row. Letters from Bombay, dated SOth December, Iso, state, that the Carelna and A-Ilona French privateers have lately made raptures in the Bay of Benstal, to the amount of 250,0001. _ The french squadron under Jesoste RAMA TAI:II, it is said, was met by an American vessel, far advanced upc a its voyage to the Cape of Good Hope. A French Offizer belonging to the Squadron which S r John Duckworth destroyed, when on board the Donegal. has declared, that the destina tion of the squadron, which Jerome Bonaparte is on board of, is the East ladies; and Sir Richard Strachan's squadron, there is reason to believe, is gone thither after them. An order has been received to unload the ships lying at Dover, under Prussian colours, the crews of which were on Saturday examined by T. MAt TRL L. Fisq. Agent for Prisoners of War; the Cap- tains are to be allowed Is. 6d. the Mates, Is. and the crews, Vd. a day, each man, for their support, and ate to remain at present on board their retipec tree ships. A letter from Goree, in Africa, dated lOch March, states, that there has been much sickness in the African corps, and several deaths of late. The arrival of General FRASER and a reinforcement of Officers WAS anzionsly looked for. Major I.l.covD, for the present, commands at Gorge; ant till very lately, Lieut. Ocir..su commanded at Sierra Leone, Captain SHORT having died there in July last. Gn. vernor Dav, of Siesta Leone, is hkewise dead, and Mr. Lune...am, the first in Couacil, is now Acting Governor. A vessel from Antwerp passed Dover on Sunday, after landing at Dover a gentleman of the name of rya. The vessel left Antwerpen Tuesday last.— Mr. PT a, we understand, has brought an account of some regiments having lately been sent from Paris, destined for Italy, whither it i. asided Boa., ate is going. The Hon. Mr. Ea a °Lev is said to hare obtained permission to return home by way of Modal:. Other Gentlemen, It is added, expeet to receive the same permissiuo. The hang of Paussi A i 'unmet, iodisposed. • ‘ . U. • 41'Thitli k; 11 / 1 11.- MR. CRAMER'S CONCERT. • This Gentleman's Annual Concert was held last night, at the Great Room. King's 'theatre, and at tended. by a crowd of Nobility. Mr. and Mrs. auotrats sang a beautiful new lnet, • the Music by Dr. CLARICE, the words by Dr. DABWIN, Born is y , :n blaze of orient hky, Sweet May ! thy radiant form onfold, With great taste and sweetness. Mr. BARIUM Mr displayed his great powers to much advantage in " Angel of life, thy glitt•ring wings explore " Earths loneliest bounds, and ocean's wildest shore," by Dr. C•II.COT. the words from CAMPBELL'S Pleasures of Hope, and was loudly applauded. Miss Paaxe gave, " Infeliee ch'ic. wino giungo in Imp, Straiiieris di to mi fide. e to 'moigarini i" by Cr aiROSA. with great delicacy, taste, and sweet ness, and was rapturously applauded. Also in the Polacf a, Ritorna a queste Arene Rit.irila al ptioito she was extremely fine. The whole performance was admirable. 'the concerto on the piano -forte, by Mr. J B. CRAMER. the first movement by MOZART, 'he larghetto and rondo byJ. B. Ce•stEß. WAS grand in the extreme. Mr. F. CRAMER, we are sorry to state, is >till indisposed, and was not able to attend. We are always happy to see merit and talent rewarded, as these Cen:lcrnen were, last night, by the presence of his Ito% al Highness the Duke of ; the Docheves of 11 , il•nii, Somers', Lee.'., and St. Albans; tbu Mareiroirersos of licarlf,qt, Wellesley, and Downshire'• the Co .steoirs Porteseue, Darnley , Essex, Temple, Cork, garry more, Camden, and Sefton; Viseo•intess Castlereagh, Hinch inbßioke, and Cremurne; Lldbri Perth, Dame, Tayl9r, Lid ded, Press,nby, lidaton Butler, lkiforthgona , .ry Cathcart, Car rington, Clarke, O'er., ' Dowager Ch.ftti C ollier, Cotterell, Cornwall, COY., and Crawford; and ab , re lige nobility. Yesterday morning, His Miami Y, Princesses A.i.ous - ra a:,l SotNis, accompanied by Generals GWYN/It and HascoUnr, an t Colonel I•v Loa, took an airing on horseback in Windsor Great Park. Her Miugsrv, and the other Parrlcesscs, took in airing to Frogmore. Her MAJ CS rY is expesied to hold a Drawing Room on the 15th in , ta. , t. The Hon. Wrtt.r.x H MFR.!, third son of the Earl of Ca ERN A R VON, it is said, will immediately to eive th.r fair hand of the Hon. Miss Lattri 4 Doti:arms ALLIN, second daughter of Viscount At.t.err. Her Mairrry will give a grand Fete on the 19.11 inst at Frogmore. lire elegant taste of Her Royal Highness Princess ELIZABLTM will be dis played • is the nee 'win. .lie Duche's of Cu it/41)os gave a grand Rout last evening, at her house in Grosvenor-square. which was attended by upwards of five hundred Nobility. The Dowager Coo/gess of Essex gave a grand dinner yesterday, at her how... II zon-srreet, fait, to the Ma►quis and •iii mess of ,a . /5- auty.the Countessof S!?TO .e Earl and Countess of ESSEX, General and Mrs. fir. JOHN, and several other Tslobiltty. Lady CR Mt will have a small card party next Thrusd ry, liwuse, Lower Grosvenor-street. kits Highaess the Duke of Ctiastasce was in town, !torn Bushey-Park, at nine o'clock, }'ester day mulling, to attend the High Court of ['Atha ment. The Earl of Moue will give a rand cabinet di•ini-r at his house in St. dairies's-place, on Satur day next. The Countess of CA3HAMPTON had a Grand Rnut last evening, at her house, Bruton -street, which was attended by upwards of three hundred of the Nob;lity s amongst whom were— The Doehestel of Leeds and M.introus ; the Marchionestes of Salisbury, Ifearlfort, and Douoshire ; the Ida and Countess of Da , by ; the Countoss-s Barrymore, Camden, Cork. Alhe• made, Essex, and Chatham ; Lord and Latly Stanley ; Lords Maed"uald, rdmrose, and Widoughby de fLeke ; Srr John Shzlly, Mrs. Oluaiis, and 11V , f ti of the Fureg I N .►.lny. The Duchess of Goanom, we are sorry to state, was taken suddenly ill on Sunday night, a•terre turning from the Marchioness of SA 1. issue •'s pAr ty; Dr. Sastre was sent for, and her Grace, we are happy to state, WAS much better last night. The Duke and Duchess of Beauroar, , and a te le& party of Nnhility,dined yesterday with the Hon. Enwa an LASC L 1.% M.P. at his house, Lower Grosvenor-street. Mrs. BLaUMUNT will give a Grand Rout on the 21st inst. at her house, Portman-,quare. Oscar aid Aletttna was revived last night at Covent-Carden Theatre, after the tragedy of King Henry the Eig44, anal was very well received Thursday, arrived it Falmouth, the ibexes Ger- Yam, PLACe, from Madeira, with the Hon. Wu. ELLIOTT, his four children, and servants, and the corpse of Lady GEORGIAPIA EI.I,IIJTT, his wife, who went to Madeira for the benefit of her health, and died there; thy lsxly i.• in a coffin, perforated, and placed in a cask of rum for its preservation. Yesterday. the Court of Discillsrs of the East- India Company, gave their Grand Annual Enter tainment at the London Tavern, to His MAJ Err', 's Ministers. l'he Hon. Mr Etra INSTONS was In the Chair. The company consisted or the fullow ing Royal and distinguished Personages : Their Royal Highnesses the P•onre of Wales, the Dukes et York, CLamisce, Kent, Cumbedan Sussex, and Cambridge ; His Highness of Gionoeter; the Lord Chancel:or. the Speaker of tits Howse of Common., 01 Master or the Rie:ts, the At to•ney and Solicdor-General, the C•nd Adroc.itc and Solicitor- General of Scotland ; Marquimes of Rockingham and Corn ; Lois Spruces, Fitzwitlians, Mira, Temple, Eglitaion, Lauder& it, Buckinghamshire, Ho gion, as arystort, and Bread..lkohe ; L. odd Grensdle, Sid.rioutti„ Air kland, Selkirk, Howick,lleory Petty,Kensi, gtnn,W Rueell,Minto,Mitpoth, Cathcart, Tetra mouth, H dlaud , J Tnwnshend, Althorpe. and Donde.; the Right Hoot Charles James Fnx, W. Windham, c4ll. Fits,astrick,Win %%Athena, Ilea Addingtund.Suilivan, R U. &maiden, Sir IVrn. Scott, Sir J. Ranks, T. Grenville, and N. Vasuottart; the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Rank; the tf un. Messrs. Elliidt and 2..tsk.ne; Sirs p. Sreph. II :, F. Vincent, and Sheet A mite's Pete and Markham; Generals Walpole, Graavetter, Calvert ;Colonels Ger. don, e d Nevillz; Mater R..nineil 4 Mitsirs.Warre la I luting*, Courteney, King, Marsden, Tucker, C,imsev, ftiti• Summit, Cockburn, Tyrwhit, S Borancset, H. r. Adana, Wynne, Beck.: sad ?Celia!' ; and the Rev. b. Mole. HIGH COURT OF PARLIAMENT. TRIAL OF VISCOUNT MELVILLE. SIXTH DAY. About the same hour as usual, the Court engem. bled yesterday morning, with the same formalities which have been observed during the preceding week. In consequence of the expeeled examin ation of Mr. Tsotterr, there was an unusual at tendance in all parts of the Court ; the Peers were as numerous as on the first day ; and the seats in that part of the Court, particularly allotted to their Lordships, were completely filled; all the Law-Of ficers attended ; His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Dukes, were prera: of the sitting of the Court, except tile Duke of Susseni who soon afte: arrived. he number of Peeresses who attended, far excee led any of the precediug days ; and, before 12 o'clock, their extensive gal. lery would not have accommodated tO tersons more than were then present. The display or rank, youth, beauty, and elegance, we may verture say, has not beer. surpassed upon any former Feb. he occasion. The attendance of the Commons was rather in the early part of the day; but, before twelve o'clock, between three and four hundred AlerX:.er. were present. The Managers were nearly as nsu .1 ; Mr. Whit. bread, Mr. Giles, Lord Henry Petty, Earl Tern. ple, Lord Archibald Hamilton, the Acetone) and Solicitor• General, Mr. Calcraft, Mr. Jekvl Mr. Morris, Mr. ltain., &c. Mr. Fox and Mr. Sheridan did not attend Viscount fluwick sat it the Commons' Gallery, with Mr. '1 ierney, the grater part of :he day. the first witnesses, who were several times un der examination before, were eliefly examined b Mr. Gilet• ; their testimony related to evidence giver on former days. Mr. Whitbread then underwent a long examina Lion by Mr. Plomer, on the subject of Lord s,el vale's Speech in the Howe of Commons, explana tory of leis conduit; when, after a few preliatiaarj observations from Mr. NVhitbrea.l, he announce. the name of Mr. AL-Kander Trotter, u the nex witness he should call. A general buzz prevailed throughout the Cow at this moment. When Mr. Trotter appeared in tin witnesses' box, the oath was administered to him b ) the Clerk of th. Parliament, voile a breath scarce].) appeared to escape between the lips of the spec ta'ors, who all z•emcd to pant with expectation o some great event. He WAS examined in e.ief first, in a slow and firm tone, by Mr. W istbread but he soon became anima:ed and warm. Mr Trotter answered, on his direct examination, in th beginning, with much precision, and in an aufibl, tone; but towards the latter end, voice fell low that he could scarcely be heard in t:.at part t• the Court not immediately near the Managers His direct ex , mination continued for two hours, ant his cro..i.examination for about the same time, an; concluded a.inut half-pst four o'clock ; when th. Lord Chancellor asked vir. Whitbread, whe.he hi examina•lon would occupy much morn time which Mr. Whi bread answer-d, that it was liket t i would. It was then deferred until this day, an. th: Court adjourn►d with the usual formalities. TN • Stralig. Is . Gtiteries were crowd e d at a eel early hour, and ev r v pl ice WAS occupied b for: the proce.-dings commenced. l'he anzieiy an, bustle for admissi in were nearly as great as on t'• first day, and it was near seven o'clock before ttt whole of the Company had belt Westminster The following is the number or signatures on th several Petitions presented to the House of Lords against die Insolvent Bill s-- Pr.scni iterl hr the Right lieu. LorJ Eldon, on theredae April 24, 1•06 : SIVAT.Ite. FIOIII Weirrn•ll4, . - - - 257 - the City of Le don - - • 43 ---• the Bosuogh of Southw3rk . - - SA --• - 484 Twat - • • On Monday, 5111 May, 1806. By L 0 ,41 fldon—W-at 111 "ter . - - 704 Ry Lord Sheffield--qtr of I.•ionon . - Sol Ey Lord thilk-le,...Bcoligli of S mthwark - 119 5 City of Wore liter - 104 By tr,e Earl of Radnor i Toon of xf. nmauth - 78 City of He., crrn - ',., By Duke of Norf.*, Town .t Leominster - 81 ley of ti:oticyster - SS Ay Earl of Dartmouth, C r i , :i w. r .I,*Gtinenu:tni - - 1;4: i —,...... Total . with o• of signatures - 19- 7 His Marrsrv's ship Ls /-• C tNI _sr,, .'4 , 1,.. -.411'1. 4,'D has raptuied and brougs t .nto Cork the Prince ,'. peace Spanish nrivateer, p treed 1 , 14 gun., .1.1 One long 24-poundsr as onird. s d 6'l men S:. wis taken n. , .he 22d rst ; hail gas. run p., s r gt in Spain six d iv- before, but had made Th. capture. A col-b a. .1 Crim. t .o busiurss nab rateiy ex cited un- iderahle atty, i n as Bo •• r.. v . Lately died. at Cerney, in Gloucester,' is., th Right Hon. Lady Mania Pince, woe -1 13a taING TON Pities, Esq daughter of Jumps, late Earl t Sr it synsione, and sister of the present Earl. It Ladyship expired on Lee birth day, alter an ilines of only two hours, and in the 38:.. y ar of h. r age Although the yarrous experiments of hair ' r tins% alchymis:s to convert base !Intals into gots:, hat , proved nugatory, it does not follow, that a smal qustroy of .ilver ca - • b made n permitter hun & e ,l. ' , an d e v en ihno....nds 013 his . x.; lortt a \ n ot twenty-six shillings ca , and .... .. I re, 1:y .s vs a produetive ; .illr nu He .131 MOO, Jura volt nave lii. happiness, ....st undeniably, to experience, in tia rich Scheme of adventure, which will begin to dis- tribute its blessings on Monday next. One of the crew of a Harwich vessel is arrived a: Hull. who, with eleven ... h-rs, m *de his est a 1, from Embden, where the British ships had been riz si, ant the crews sent to prison, all their prop. r y bry./ taken from them. The above twelv- pers ns, and up wards of ..venty others ware placed wader a guars of nine centinels, wit( •.e vigilance esey contrived is elude, and seizOrg a sot ill boat, got dotes the rive. until they reaclsed a Bs itish transport vessel, which took theta nn board and landeu them at Shields.— The condat adopted by Prus.it stff. , rds a Wren. monist to that of our own Gorernment. who ht s l < cols. allow t 1...: Prnssian sailors detained here thvi half liberty, bet also tarnish them wish a handsom N:ttoWAHCC for their suppnrt.