The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-03-18 00:00:00

• • %S wol thy* • •euirieno, to.morro to the ch:ttia,rtent

et the Jacobin P•uu.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

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TUESDAY,

A dAsate took place lest night in the Hasse of
Commons, upon the Ordnance Extraordinaties, in
which. to use the words cf Mr. WIIITOREAD.

General TAU stew showed " a determined and
manly up,•osition to His MAJESTY'S resent Mi-

nisters." Viscount CAITI lIRIAGH, Mr. CASS,Nc..

rued Mr. Ptacrea 1., adopted the same course.
We are, therefore, well warranted to repeat, that the
Ne•.a Opposition is still in bring, and that the re-
port of its dissolution is illusory. A long con-
versation also took place upon Mr. PAUL Mi-
U
for India Papers ; in the course of which, he an-
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ncuinced his intention to arraign the condua of Mar-
quis WeLtast.av, upon the three following heads,
vis his conduel in the Carnatic, his condua in
Osde, and his treaty with the Rajah of Butner

routs. Being pressed, towards the close of the
conversation, to declare the specific M. ..on
which Me meant to make against the Noble Mar-

(pus, he answered—" For wasteful and profuse ex-
peultute of the public revetfise committed to his
charge, for his own convenience and splendour."

Thr Atlantic, from Barbadoes, is arrived at Mil-
ford ; by her has been received the following letter,
dated liarbadoes, .nth January, 180 ti : Con-
jeaures are entertained that the Rochefort squad-

ron, or part of the Brest fleet, are in these seas,
and have prozeetled to pilaus:or the neutral islands
W leeward. as five strange sail were seen, on the
18th intr. by an English scheo t-r, !tinning down
the latitude of Martinique, UI::C!1 was chased
the tam. night, hut escaped. Admiral Sir J.
Macao/TX's squadron, j iined by the Atlas and
Brortbantifr..,u/ m•n of war, were off Marti.

*ism on t':e ;Tench squadron, which
tell in with the and WIN/mine, con-
voy from Cork, on the 7th December, consist-
epd of the of SO pins, Sun:whinge brig,
and Sybide, of 40 guns each, front
tient."

The Prince nr Tra!:: ;mike, with • m4il from
Lish.in, is arriveJ at i•alinwth ; she sailed on the
2.1 inst.

The Mediterrani-an and W India convoys are
ordered to ail. this day, fr-rn Portsmouth.

I• The S•e J...sr, Vice Aimit al C,, ryes, with the
Petaros Ro6l, p.,,,,, Gi,,T,, 8.,.,,,,, Gory, and
, aseePse, arrived at Falmouth On Ft iday, from off
Ihest.

Sunday evening, 'Mir MaJestres had a ult.&
piny to tea and coffee.
Yesterday morning, a Messearr arrived at
Windsor, with dispatches from Ministers to His
MAJBST Y.
The Duke and Duchess of Iltrienno are eapeCied
to leave town neat fhersday for Woburn Abbey,
where they intend passing use day, and then pro-
ceed to Ireland.
Yesterday Mr: ADAM, Chancellor to the
Prince of Witt. Es, transaded business with the
Duke of YOUR at his thee.
Vaster-J:ly, Baron JACOB!, the Prussian Ambrs-
trader, came to town friim his seat at Barnes, in
Surrey, and immediately attended at Mr. Secre-
tary Fox's Office, in Diiwning-street.
CM•iLLS O'idAaA, Esq. member for Sligo,
and a Governor of that County, is appointed ore et
the Lords of the Irish Treasury.
We are happy to state the safety of the Dragon,
of 7-i• guns, Capt. Galeria-it ; and bile Latina fri-
gate, Capt. Cosset's, for which much anxiety had
been frlt. Advice, have been received by the Nara.
caviar (which it arrived at Plymenth, with the
Parnir and Re:du/nun/4v.), that they are both cruis-
jng in the Bay of Biscay.
Late on Sunday sigh: an everland Packet was
rec, iced et the East India Hou.e ; we learn, it dues
ant bring any news, and only contains triplicates of
the advice' by former conveyances by sea and land.
The Bishop of Los DON has appointed Mr. Goss
(a L..y Vicar of Salisbury Cathedral) to be one ef
the Gitntlemen of His Slafurv's Chapels Royal,
in the room of Mr. Guist, deceased. Mr. Gnus is
also eleai•el a Lay Vicar in St. Paul's Cathedral, to
EN the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr.
GILES.
In the discourse addressed by the Flee:tor Arch-
Chancellor, to Prince Etio erre N•P•L1011, and the
Princess ALGUST A, on :serfnrming the ceremony of
marriage, is the: fullowing passage :—.4 Avouse
Royal Princess, you are about to unite your destiny
to that of a husband, who, in early youth, followed
the footsteps and shared the dangers of that here,
wh:, was vested with a mission f rom Divine Provi.
dence to repress the anarchy, which threatened to
consulre the world. The illustrious Prince EL:GIEN
N ...totems likeveisebeholdsin that great man, the ex-
atop'e of that felicity so pure, so genuine, which is to
be found only in the return of the ardent affection of
' a consort dearly beloved, and worthy of being so.—
Son of the Empress Joss PII I ma, his heart resembles
' that of his ay ,po Tetv4iiir, whore sole existence is
concentr.,,,e, 1.4•4 beneficence and an
togiour thing that can con-
<Y. "I •Zivr 's • sublime object of