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*lie+ they hat% as epporldnity of *es
Nutting by dieleiadnetty. The question w.t* sim-
ply, whether they would bead him• there to enjoy
sloe honour, and be as independent as the proudest
Per amongst them, or whether he should bike
Iles seat as a dependant on the Crowji It it lad
scut him there, depending on it, lie would be the
first maw to enter his protest against it. coo-
eluded by saying, he weulil give hie vote fur the
proposition, beeanie it would bring that I-louse
into a share of the military glory ecliiveeit by
the Nolde Lord ; and that hue great exertions had
put the army of this country to a better situation
tban it was three years ago.
Strangers were then excluded, arid the Commit-
tee divided, whew there appeared
Ay. I 4ll
Nara.,
Majority to 4r.mr of the treat
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Strangers were not rmrdenitted. but *r uuder-
stead the House resumed, when the other orders
of the dry were dirposea of.
Adjourned at one o'clock. till Nlotit

TILE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
SATURDAY, Fesaumir 17.

A Message from His Mii.terry was delivered,
'last night, to both [lnners of Parliament, request-
ing them to cackle His MAJ MITT to maintain an
. alai of .30,000 men in Portugal. This is the
'Portuguese army under General Baaasroso.

the Earl of CIIATHAII IS to be exetninecl, on
Monthly, in the House of Commons, open the
Wal,:berro bigotry. As it would be cuntrary to
the law of evidence, to call It altars, to criminate
isitoself, we presume that, in the opiiiiuu of the
Holm of Commutes, his Ln-dship stands free from
ell blame, in the fatfore of the Expedition.

A Mail is arrived from Jamaica. with letters and
papens to the 9'h of January; but they contain as
sew. of any interest.

We have received llambiirgh Papers to the 4th
instant, from which we hare made mine extracts.
A private letter from that city, says, " We have
lust received iuforrnation, from unquestionable au-
thority, that Boharawire has declared his deter-
*roiustion, though not yet officially, to iLeorporate
the duchy of Oldenburg and the e:cctorate of
Hanover with the kingdom of Westphalia."—This
•extension of territory is alluded to by King
Jeauwe, in en.address to his subjects, fiom which
we have given au extract.
Another account says. that part only of Hanover
.will bf incorporated with IVevitphalia, and that the
part thus suriesed wilt form three new Dep.art-
sweats, via. the Drpartmeiit of Ilaule-Leyne. of
'Cotes•Maritircea, sod of the Aller ; the chief
'places of which will be Hanover, Stade, am( Lunt:-
bourgi _

• We treat Lord Cut.l.lllowoue h*. ere this* given
• rand aro•nt of the Toulnis Fleet. A letter his
beef received from his Lerdeliip, dated on theta'
-of last mouth, in whi,h he says. he has joet heeu
telogrsphet by one of his frigates, informing him
Abet be might expect to See the Toulon Lei next

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• he sec-ousts which the Portuguese Papers give
tsf the progreas of the French in the South of Spun
ere vague and indefinite; hut all uncerhauty, with
lespect to the sucevuel of the enemy, is removed
'lty private lettersCordova.y suite, that Cordova. !Ur-
-priireed without even a *hew of opposition; and
'that on the ltd intact, the eivemy were every too-
taunt expected to make their oppearence before
*Credit, an insurrection having broken out at Se-
-trifle, the only place that was likely to obstruct
their progress. The fortifications et Cadiz are un-
finished end not rep:dile of effectual resistance. A
division of I Loon, the van of the Duke of ALM:.
linniggeler army, Mil urrived in the vicinity for ita
•protection. lu this alarming stele of things, the
-Supreme Junta has been dissolved, Rad its powers
nee transferred to a Regency, evii.isting of tine
IRenthers, which was to enter upon its office em the
pi instant.
We announced. teetirday, the arrival of CapteM
&MUM of the Lily, seromrsisnieti by a Military
OS, el', eilh dispatches from Span. The lat-
her is the Hon. Mr. Pontoon's.. Hr came from
'Carburise higate, dint reached Lymingtooken Wed.
esseday terming. At his departme from Cadiz; the
Trench were said to be within a few miles of Seville;
from whence the people were flying in all directions.
Ca.liz wan crowded with refugees to en excess that
had excited appreliesparnis of a famine. The dig
reindict' frons Lord tortititowoun and Admiral
'Peeves, brweight l,v Capt. tilleafFV, state that t 414
mem* ay precinitiems here been taken to awe the
• Spanish fleet from Whin( into the hand. of 'he ene-
my, in the event of tlwir getting 1,0661e..19• emilix.
The whale of the ships have been moved from
the inner to the outer harbour, and the more ef-
'factually to prevent the enemy obtainiarz p owes-
non of them, they have all been moortit outside
the British squadron, while the battens., which
command the harbour ate so completely in our
power, that they may be blown a t whenever
necessity shall require that expedient to Ile re-
sorted to. A. • still further ineiwure of pre.
scontirm, all onerehent vessels have hreo putt
is requisition, to bring ow, in case of emergency,
not only the Members of the Junta, lint such of
the inhabitants as may he timorous of reinoviiig
from thence with their property.
Two battalions of the Hush Regiment of infantry.
whieh were on board the French fleet, in the battle
of 'Trafalgar, are new at Erlang. It *no w grena-
dier of this regiment who killed Lord N stiner.
0:s the 10th of last month, eight boats of the
British squadron. moored in the great road of
Brest, chs.ed several of the enemy's vessels coining
from the south, .f which seven were driven on
shore. They :•-•rried off nue, and set fire to the
rest. Two of the ve,sels were saved, the M*3 bes-
tow succeeded in eelingoitshing tut flames, and the
clews of all escaped au bhote. •

TIIr.IIIRE.

covert-ekNout.

A new rare, intitled A Bu7ls:eiof bluadets,
wu produced here, for the first time, last night. It
is upon the hrolid English luau, sod consists, as the
title imports, of a series of langliable blunders.—
Among the must ludicrous is tke scene between
Mr. MbCDCN and Mr. LISTON, in which they mis-
take each other for lunatics. Their drollery kept
the house in a roar of laughter. It is impossible
to aiieisk m term% of adequate praise i.f M.. Muir-
DFlell acting. Mr. Futt.av, as the Keeper of the
mad-house, was also very happy. Indeed, all the
Performers did ample justice to their respective
parts. The piece went off with general applause,
but some partial disapprobation was expressed at
the dose. The house wa• crowded with hod.ion.
The piece, we understand, is by the Author of the
favourite Farce of The Portrait of Cesvantes.