The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-05-23 00:00:00

NOUSE OF COMMONS.

Lori CLENPER VIE in.o.cd an Address to Ifis Majesty for
♦ copy of the proreediny,s of the Consmi,s.oners for the sale of
the redemption of the Land Tax.-o:dertd.
C.. 1 STANLEY preurnted a Petition from Mr. William
Stairs, and another Merchant in the 1.1:• of M.in, in supdort
of dude= of the Duke of Athol.—OnLned to lie on the
Table.

Mr LOVEDEN tto•rett that there he laid before the Houle an
Account of all Moneys, Stock, Funds, and Securities for filo-
ney, in the hands of the Ai countant Gencial, and Deputy Re.
xneipbrancer in the Coon of Exchequer in trust (or the autos
of the said Court.—Ordered.
The Poor Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed this day sennight.

Mr. BEICIA hi) movjci, " VIA! a Committee be appoint
ed to enquire into the 'Polls of the Grand Canal of Ireland,
and what meworrm had boas adopted, of may be adopted, tlir
their rednftion "

Mr. AirLotman ?RINSE? seconded the Motion, and said,
that the expences incurred in the formation of the Grand Co-
nti, already amounted to more tlon two mrlhori of which,
one rullion four hiend..:4 thousand pnands ha.l been paid by
the proprietors Hr h.td, howevor, author ty in sty, that the
Proprietors srlsited for such a Committee, Anil therefore he se•
conded the Motion.

/Iv Coininotte was then arced to, and it was ordered that
Ow! thuWd mice a report entreat, walls tutu o:wereotiona, to
the linage.

Mr. WILBERFORCE pre<enteda P.tition from th in-
hahitants of Wakefield, and Anottor tram tines of Sabine.
worth, both in the County of York, Agshot the COIN R‘ll
()related to be referred to the Committee, IA II hlrik the other
Petitions ham bees refenerl.

Th. gram! Tunyac A metiflmrtie Bill. and the Irish Foce.te
BM, rev-rally went ti,rouglt a Comm...tee, and tbst Reports
were nrdestd In ►e received to-morrow.

Colonel BAGWELL basauht up the A-rcot of the Ili.
F.l-etioa Wit ; which was agreed to, an I the 16111 ordered to be
read a Chord ?isle en Friday.
The Comm may on th.: Irish Distillery Rill was pn4poned to
to as'en,ght.

The Irish Split Lieeuce Bill waa teal a thir.l ties ssol
passed.

Tke content, of the I laueburgh Matl, and our Law it-port, aro
Ili the htst p.ge.

lus i.l.t —A icausiiiis—llultday at the Public Olficoi.
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THE BRITISH PRESS.

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HURSDAY, MAY 23.

An application having berit made by a respeft-
able body of Merchants in the City for some in-
formation relative to the combined French and
Spanish Fleets, the Lords Commissioners were yes-
terday pleased to diren the copies of reports of
His MAJLSTY'S vessel., tf.e Kap and Viper, to
be communicated to them, with an assurance that
they contain all the positive intelligence receiv-
ed at the Admiralty upon the subjeft. These
reports are by no means satisfaflory, and the
principal part of their contents is already before
the public. The /rasp says she counted, on the
22d last, twenty-eight sail of the line ready for sea
in Cadiz /toad; while the rger, on the eftd, being
the day after, observed, off St. Mary's, near Cadiz,
only two ships of the line and several small vessels.
If these reports be correft, they would induce the
supposition, so frequently hazarded, that the com-
bined fleets had returned to Cadiz, and sailed again
in the night of the 22J, but this opinion appears to
be now exploded, and it is generally conceived that
the combined fleets never did return to that harbour
since they left it on the 10th of April. Private
letters, we understand, have been received from
France, which state, that the combined Toulon and
CaJis .quadrons are not intended to aft in concert,
or to pmceed to the same destination ; that the ob.
jest of the French was to get out the Spaniards, that
the latter might proceed to the West Indies; but that
the destination of the Toulon Squadron is the East
Indies, and that the Squadrons having sailed toge-
ther till they got into a certain latitude, were then
to separate. The Toulon Squadron is said to have
about 5000 troops on board.

The Prioress Eissoiretri packet arrived on Sun-
day at Falmouth, in thirty-nine days from Tortola,
having lift that island on the loth of April.
A:t American vessel from Grenada art ived at Torto-
ja,presious to the sailing of the packet. The Captain

reported, that on the 21st March, he pissed throng%
the Jamaica Fleet, under convoy of the VI brig ,f
war, which sailed from Barbadoes on the igc,
March ; and that he passed the French Squadrea
on the 24th, in much the same Latitude and long.
tude, steering West by N.Olll —Wind Not ther::.
Ile adlid that, from the best of his calculation
the proves, of the Jamaica fleet, which was rather
slow, on account of there bmi ; several heavy slips
in the fl..et, at thu tint? th..! Squadron
passiog him, they were .5 not itt miles a-stern.-..
lie accounted for his meeting with the enemy's
squitiron in the same latitude and longitude from
the circumstance of the wind being light, during
the interval. A passenger on board the Princ,,.,
Efisaloeib says, that Admiral Cociseasit's
dron had proceeded fur St. Domingo, in pursul
of
the Rochfort squadron, which was gone to reit.
force the Spaniards. A letter from Yuma, one
the Bahamas, of the 3d April, makes it very pie,.
bable, that the enemy steered in that dire:hon.--
It says, a It is reported here, that eight or nine
sail of the line, French, with sloops and brigs, ill all
twenty-five sail, had arrived at the flavannah."
These must have bten the Rochfort squadron, with
its prizes. The number is, perhaps, exaggerated.
If this account be true, we may presume that ti e
squadron grew afraid of exercising any longer its
predatory system, and had withdrawn to a place of
safety with its booty. The packet confirms the re.
port of the enemy having levied a contribution et.
40001. on Montserrat, and also announces the safety
of the Vanguard man of war, and the Pri4re.t
Charlotte frigate, both of wli:ch were reported LJ
have been lost.

The Chcqufrei.' picket hat also arrived, with a
Mail from Jamaica. She left that Island on the
19th of February, and therefore cannot hare
brought any thing new. Upon the 15:h accounts
had bten received there of the arrival of the Roch..
fort squadron in the Islands, and that, un.lcr the
idea that some attack might b.. intended against
Jamaica, every precaution had been taken to us:A
and repel the enemy. The nelems, of 74 guns, was
left at Port Royal by the packet.

I.etters from Gibraltar, dated the (.!Dth
were received in town yesterday : they mike no
mention of the Combined Fleet having returned to
Cadiz, or of Lord NELSON havin; patsed the
streights. •

We have received the Carrells CA:eite Iron.
ordinary, of the loth November, from %hicks we
have extraaed some interesting military d,-tails, con-
taining an account of the operations of the combil.
ed force of Lielt.-Colonel WI Li.t• ms, and 1:0'.1.
ten int-Colonel H•LIDURTOW, in the aeighbeee.
hood of Chandore, and of their capture of that itc-
portant fort.

A H.imburgh Mail arrived yereriay with
letters and papers to the 15th inst.'They coi:ta4
no news of importance.

Yestertl.ty, a Court of Direaors was held at the
East India House, when Captain Num, Hesstor
was sworn into the command of the Empirelea (iri
the room of Captain WELsre•o), destined to
Madras and Bengal.
The ship+ IV dtions Pt!, of 600 tons, and TrUi.
rhtrr►y of 465 tong, proceeding on a ♦oyage to
Botany Bay, were engaged to bring home teas from
Ch:na.

The Court adjl.urned at six o'clock, till Wednes•
day next.
A heavy firing was heard at Dryer, on Tuesday.
from the Bouhtg. e coast ; hut the canto could not
be ascertained. It was perhaps in honour of the
Coronation of BONAPARTI as King of Italy.
The armament, which sailed under Sir Isar,
CRAIG, remains. at least fcr the present, at Lisbm.
The Qoon and Drapo men of war, which esrortei it.
being ordered to join the fl 'Lai under Sir R. CALD I.
'I be Mr, heiAs man of war, with the lie .t uni r
her convoy, for the Indi •c, wh eh sailed from Por s-
mouth on the 24th Apr 1, were all well on tt.e ;"111
inst. in lat. 41. long. '4l.
Letters just received by the Jersey pack7ts
state, that the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey ate
in a most re'pe'l4ble state of defence. In Guernsey
there are the 39th, 44th, and 67th Regiroentge
nearly completed, and fit for any service. The
18th and 58th Foot, at Jersey, have of late re-
ceived numerous volunteers.
The Kiss° will review, to-morrow, in
Park, the East-Indian brigade, consisting of the
three Eta-India Regiments, and three regiments ti
Loyal Loudon Volunteers.
Yesterday the Annual Eleßion at Westminster
School ended : the Gentlemen who attended from
the two Universities were, from Christ Church, Ox-
ford, Rev. Dr. Rvstoot.rn. and Rev. Mr. Ilsv
from Trinity College, Cambridge, Rev. Mr. 1) sus,
and Rev. Mr. Lott ...Ls. Gentlemen elencd:
To thi..r.i—Mr. Smyth, Mr. C:earr, Mr. Brickdale, Mr.
' Green, and Mr. Onslow.
Smalley, Mr. Ellie, Mr. Johnsen,
T..lk.
The new coinage for Ireland, which has I e:n
completed by Mr. Boxt ots several morths, stia
remains at his Mint at Soho, on account of some
misunderstanding about the official warrant nevi•
saty to be nude out, previously to its being issued.
'l'he public distress for want of silver coin in Ite-
land, is hourly increasing I the army, throughout
the province of Ulster, ate obliged to pay from Is.
61. is 2s. before they can torn ass Irish Guinea Bank
Bill into specie, and without which !Ise troops cannot
be subsisted. No allowance is Made by GuveruslOt
tor this depreciation.

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FROGMORE THE 4TR (CALS.

The entertainments at Frogmore, on Tuesday
ening, consisted of two German comic musical
Phew, adted by two German girls, and two German
bos, who supported several charatters each ; one
of the boys was so extremely comic, that he pro-
dyed peals of laughter even from those who did
Rot understand the language. They execute 4 the
songs very correalv, and were accompanied by the
Qetts's Band. The performance took place in the
barn, which was fitted up as a temporary theatre
for the occasion. Tnere were three scenes, which,
with the stage and decorations, were fitted up by
an artist from London. A box was prepared in
the front for Their Mai est ts and the Pa s c i.s, as.
.thoutfitty persons of distinelion sat in the Pit. The
Dukes of CUNIBERI. AND, KENT, SUSSEX. and CAM.
NUDGE, sat in different parts of the Pit. Being
mastersof the German language, ' ['heir Royal High-
nesses very condescendingly explained to those
who were near th-m the subjet of the perform-
ances. A great number of seats were provided on
each side, which were occupied by the principal in-
habitants of Windsor. who had received cards of
invitation from the Ps ISIC6 MS. Their MAJ EST IZS
appeared much entertained with the exertions
of the prenile performers, particularly with the
boy, who aged the charaßer at atiehoo/inatter and a
B,rbo. Their dresses were extremely chara.9erestic.
The performance commenced soon after eight
o'clock, anciconcluded about eleven.
During the performance the ROT AL FA 14 ELY, and
mans of distiation, were refreshed with tea and
lemonade.
At the conclusion, the principal inhabitants of
Vs'aithor and their friends were supplied with an
abonclana cf wine and cakes.