The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-05-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P./NEI/WENT.

HOUSE dF LORDS=S •41r, Met 11.
About half past Three o'clock their Lordthipi retooled
from the High Court of Parliauscntown Htnis•,
where they reinatiiM b4)1114 li me in clew discuepoti, and the
itlaogers were of course viand Yeiidtng t.iji,
we wale.
stood, an Order was toad: for their Lordship• tattoos the
Case on elinpachetent Lord Vtsconnt iiito
farther co thnsigeratieiiii, in di. Cilatilbet r,f Par iament, on %Nil
mode', the etch umlaut.
This, as in former cases of Impeachment, will be a close
discussion; the Liwds being then on the prelicainent of a
Jury deliberating on the evidence add read upon trial.
On our ado-ninon to tie House, their Lorddit,s were en
gaged hi forwarding the Mills upon the Table, which weir
chiefly priests. Among the Public Ac.s the Scene 4Anina:ty
Judges' Salaries Rill was mad a Seco d 'Time ; and the
Itnh
Loan, and Treasuty Debentuiez RM.; and the Teupoiaiy
Mutiny` Aft, were severally posed art ugh Conic inters of
the whole House, end were repotted without anirieLuent.
The LORD CH ttICELL. tit teed e Letter tio.n Lor.l
Collingwood, dated o* board the Queen, and a Lett,' from
Lord Nottliesk, nit bond the Dreadnought, addressed to his
predecessor an office, Lord t lion, acknowledging the-re:sip'
of the Vote of 'P hanks of that If .use to them and the.,
Illicers and ailors of the t leet under the comnianil,,,f the
lte V is.ounts Nelson. for their conduct in the glorioi,s Butte
of 'frafaigar' and retooling Thanks fur the hill humour I
thus enstfetred upon them by that
FUBLICAT.ON OF
MELVILLTHE A E
L OF VISCOU.,:r
A few words, in the way of conversation, were
interchanged on this topic, between l.erl Stanhope.
the Lord Chancellor, and the Earl of Rosslyn ; the
first mentioned Peer suggesting that doubts sternest
to be entertained respecting the time of publication
of the l'rial, with reference to the Order previously
made by the House upon ahat subject, and an ides
appearing to he conceived, that the "Erial being
over, publications of the Proceedings may now freely.
take place ; he thought, therefore, the sense of the
House should be known to the Public on drat head.
The LORD CHANCELLOR agreed with the
Noble Lent, that the sense of the House, on an
affair of the kind, should be publicly known, and
clearly expressed. Such an ideas his Noble
Friend alluded to, had been entertained, as appeared
from a paper put into his hand by one of the Re.
porters. It appeared to him, however, to be eon-
trary to the sense and intention of the House in
framing the. order; and his opinion was, which be
thought should be generally known, that all publi-
cations of the trial were strictly prohibited, until
after the House should deliver its final judgment.
The Earl of ROSSLYN entirely concutred in
the sentiment expressed by his Noble Friend on the
Woolsack, and farther, he thought, an express
order should be made upon the occasion, in order
that all doubts upon the point may be set at rest .
His Lordship then wrote an order at the t ,ble, which
he "moved forthwith, for the adoption of the House,
and which being read from the Woolsack, ran
nearly as follows :
Ordered That so person whatever shall.
presunae to publish any account of the proceedings, '
&c. laid before this House, touching the Impeach-.
went of Henry Lord Viscount until after
this House shall have delivered its final judgment
upon the said Impeachment."
The Question being
,put. it was ordered accord-
ingly, and a Second lime read, in an audible
voice, by the Clerk at the Table.
Some private busineis was then disposed of; after
which the House Adjourned till Monday. wnen the
Lords stand summoned on the Second Reading of
the Defence Ad Repeal Bill.
NeUSE OF COMMONS.

A Message from the Lords informed the House
that their Lordships had agreed to the Slave Trade
Restrietion Bill.
Wilt were brought in to regulate the offices of
Receiver-General I,f the Excise, and Receiver-Ge-
neral of the Post-Office, to the end that they be ob-
liged to pay into the Bank all balances in their pos-
session, in the same way as the Paymaster of the
Army and the Navy are obliged to do by a recent
regulation.
These Bills were ordered to be printed, and read a
second time time on Monday.
Some papers from the Secretary of State's Office
for Ireland were laid upon the table, and the Frank-
-1 ing Aft was read a third time. After which the
House adjourned to Monday.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
MONDAY, MAY 19•

The most pressing letters have been sent by Go-
vernment to the Treasurer of the Irish Post-Office,
and to the Cullettors of the 1 ports of that
prat of the United Kingdom, to pay up their at-

Man.
The Gazette of Saturday night contains a letter
from Sir Hosts Poeta•st, dated March 4, giving
as account of the capture of the French frgate
irderstairs.—lt appears that she was chaceJ into the
Cape by the Raisonabie and Narcima.—The British
troops which she had on board were detachments
of the Quite's and 54th regiments, consisting of
270 men, taken in two transports in the Bay of
Biscay. Sir Howe Foveae immediately dis-
patched a frigate to Admirals Pct.'. rw and T OW-
BRIDGE, to apprise them of the circumstance, and
with such farther information as he could colledt
from the Volontaire, respeding the object and desti.
nation of the French squadron to which she belong-
ed. The British naval force at the Cape consisted of
Diadem Raionsaile 64, Diomede 50, Nareissas sg,
and another large frigate. Sir Howe POPI4AII im-
mediately manned the rolontaire from the other
ships, moored the whole with springs on their ca-
bles, under a battery of 32 gun!. He then hoisted
Dutch colours on buard his own ship!, and French
on board the Voiontaiie ; while the battery was
supplied with red-hat shot to welcome the enemy in