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children, at their own expence. The Russian,
Polish, and German languages, must necessarily
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From the year 1808, no person shall obtain a
place in the magistracy who does not know how
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language. The Jews are to be divided into four
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BRITISH PRES:*

LONDON,
SATURDAY. Aran 20.

The Mediate, fiigate, with the Royal George,
floury A.Orgion, Warr. ,u Hastings', rr,,fo,d, and
the Bombay Castle, East Indiamen, which sailed
from Portsmnuth on the I7th iit February, arrived
at Mad irk the lUth of March.

The nw,,sheruf packet, with the Mails from Lis-
bon, attired at Falmouth on Tuesday, after a pass-
age of eleven days. By her advices have been re-
ceived at Ltov o's, that Admiral Cocirk r, with
his squadron, consisting of the Sr. Gross, 96 ;
Nortkuntkrlnud, 74 ; Eagle, 74 ; .1,'1n5,74 ; Spartter.
74 ; and Veteran, 61,, had arrived at Madeira on
the 11th March, and sailed the same day in pursuit
of the French Fleet. Another account states, that
the squadron stopped only two hours off that
I land. Now it further appears, that the Rochfort
squadron passed to the westward of Madeira upon
rlyr 2.1 of February, and arrived at Martinique upon
the 19th. Admiral C -OCHRA NE% squadron sailed
from off Lisbon upon the Bth Match, in conse-
quence of advice of an enemy's fleet having been
seen upon the 17th of February, 100 leagues to the
westward of Cape St. Vincent, lat. r. 5. which
fleet is supposed to have passed the north-east end
of Madeira about three weeks before his arrival,
which would bring it to about the 18th February,
the day preceding the arrival of the Rochfort squa-
dron at Martinique. If these premises be corref,
it follows of necessity, that a second French squa-
dron is gone to the West Indies, probably part of
the Toulon fleet; a circumstance which we have
more than once urged as a very probable conclu•
si.m, from the accounts in the Pari; papers. •I'he
squadron seen on the 17th inierr,, have also escaped,
with equal probability, from Brest, during one of
the intervals of interruption in the blockade of.that
port. The report spread by the Rochfort sepia-
dron. upon its arrival in the West Indies, that it
expeled to be immediately joined by another squad-
ron from France, is another strong feature in the
case, which will not escape the notice of those who
speculate upon this interesting stilrjea: The fm9 al
the sailing of this second squadr ,n, if clearly as•
certained, would greatly change the aspelt of affairs
in the West Indies. There is no chance that Ad-
, mind Cocf4R ANE, who passed Madeira on the I It!,
March, would be able to overtake a squadron seen
100 leagues to the west of Cape St. Vincent, three
weeks before ; and the Rochfort squadron, which
consisted of five ships of the line and five frigates,
if reinforced by this second f1..2t, must prove more
than a match for Admiral COCHRANE. These
doutrts and fears had yesterday a considerable in-
fluence in the City. The report of the capture of
St. Lucie was still in some degree of credit, and 25
per cent. was refusal upon insurance from that Is-
land. Many, however, treated the rumour with
contempt, upon the ground that we have an effeltive
military force of 600 men in St. Lucie. Defended
by flou British troops, it would, we believe, be to-
lerably safe ; but we must not forget that many of
these troops are French, who would probably seise
th first opportunity to join their countrymen. In
uric ye: r 1763, St. Lucie was ceded to France. The
English took it in 1779, but restored it at the peace
in 1783 ; and, in the year 1794, it was again taken
by tile English, under the command of Sir Cri•RIES
GREY and Sir JOHN icavis. Thus, of the last for-
ty-two years, it has been twenty-five he the posses-
sion of the French ; and, from the nature of its po-
pulation, must be liable to receive the impression
of French influence. Several well-informed per-
sons, who know the West Indies by experience, and
speak from local knowledge, are of this opinion.

The report of the evacuation of Dominica by the
French gains ground, although it rats upon merely