The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-03-06 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

I.ON PON.
WEDNESDAY, MaacH 6.

The Irish Delegates, recently arrived with the
Citholic Petition, have very full and precise in-
struClians ; but they have no discretionary power.
In case, then, of any new matter arising. in which
their line of condu.t has not been clearly defined,
they must correspond with the Committee of twcnty-
one Members now sitting in Dublin.

At a quarter before two, yesterday, Lord MAI.
SHAM, Chairman of the Committee appointed to
try the merits of the Middlesex EleiStion Petit; 11,
read the Resolutions of the Committee, as foil( .. •

That Gdurge Soultott Maiunwiring, Esq. was i.at
eleetett.

That Sir Friineis Bolden, Bart. Mil duly eleitted,
ought to have been returned.

" That the Petition again.t the said return Wein% fr:lll'nit
nor veuatiOu:,"

The passages to the House of Commons wets
crowded soon after eleven o'clock, And contnlced so
till after the decision was given. The tumult was so
great that Lord MARSHA it was obligees to inform tee
crowd, any person behaving amiss would be commit-
ted; but they could scarce tastraiu themselves t:2
they got clear of the room.

Earl Foe rescue's motion was postnened
night, in the House of Lords, un:il 1.:.i• evenly., it
consequence of the absence of Viscount Met v
It appears to have excited great expeacio, , s •he
number of Peers who attended was consider..n • ,
and a crowd of Commoners, including Mr
were behind the Throne.

A proposition from Mr. Justice Fox's Lo ..-
mittee will be also agitated this evening, respaling
the power of reporting from time to time. It now
appears that the House will entertain tlr. ga 1•
tion, and not send it to the H use of Commons.
'This determination must prove very gratehl
to Mr. Justice Fox, as relieving him from the ex.
pence, anxiety, and delay, that must attend a cr-1.
trary course, and affording an eaily opportunity rr
that full, public, and minute investigation, am
became so essential to his happiness and his fame.

The public attention being a good deal drawn to
the Wrest Indies, by the probability of one of the
en-my's squadrons, which lately sailed from France,
being destined for that part of the world, we
thought it our duty on Monday, to take a brief
view of ti,e military strength of our possessions in
that quarter. The Morning Chrome& yesterday,
commenting upon our statement, makes the follow-
ing observation :
" A Paper of yesterday (Teo nett 1511 Nuts) says,"-a' Is
Burbasl es, Dominique, St. Lucir., innithi, Surinam, and
their several depeuticrients, there is an &le • hie f .fett of law
than 14000 ass, well appointed, and ably ronsmandua; and
this force Mahout to be segment 11 l y neerte 3,000 .34n1 new
on their pease to the West lach•rs '--', Wes venture t" aced
that there ere net 5,000 elfective mall in me Itlanaa *hoer
menioned Inriaed, lamer were our Was India Settlement'
in a more unpesteltesi sate. Should t're French squashes hum
rm.! Ova We wUI be bur too fatally preyed."
When the strength, policy, and prudence of tit
British Government, are in .4uestiun, the public
have learned tolerably well from experience, how to
appreciate the assertions of The Marais; Chrevicis.
If, however, it preserves the slightest regard tor
truth, it would have become it to have made some
inquiry into the grounds of our statement, b fore it
hazarded so dire& a contradiftion. But, lest it should
sot have any sources of intelligence of its owns
we assure that paper, upon the credit of ours, which
are original and authentic, that so far from 111
Islands of Barhadoes, Dominique, St. Lucie. 'lris
niJad, Surinam, and their several dependencies, met
having 5000 effeaive men, the three Colonies of
Barbadoes, Dominique, and Su, imam, contain an ef-
fedive force to full that amount. If then, as is the
facll, Great Britain po7;:esees eight other settlrm:nts,
some of them very extensive, rad all of them pits of
the Winiwnri and Leeward Islands, The Araid
Ch-onade will feel less surpriseat the number of rrraeu
spread over the whole, being as great as 12,0C1, and
will learn perhaps tomake another assertiou that may
beinearer to the truth. Had our Contemporary ad.
vanced any thing but a bare general amertica, ire
should hive thought it our duty to enter minate.l
into the subjedl ; but as this course would ansNti es
purpose, at present, except that of exposing the
ignorance of others, we shall only observe that
there arc eighteen regular battalions in the
settlement', exclusive of garrison companies, ti
tillery, &c. aad that of these eighteen, two c
sist of 1850 effeitive men. Doe, 'l'ke Mlrnl
Chroviele mean to say that the other sixteen
bas
taboos are in such a deplorable state, that they
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not contain, upon an average, 200 men each ! We
shall ba anxious to see how that paper will overt, 111
this statement, and account to its readers hil
its attempt to lead them into error. It is sterpeisiel

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not hazard come assertion ..spedins Ja.naica, the
mos: important of all o'er West 1,. iia settlements.
Surely they might h eve represented that iei•nel in a
stale as de f —ccles a. th. utllrr colooi.s, and re.u. fly
asserted, that, instead of a force of six battalions, it
had only a few invalid c imoa-les for its protedion.

It xrai said yesterday, tha' Lori Roc rOTTEN••
fiAst, B'shop of Killaloe, will be removed to the
See of Ferns, and that 1)r. CLIAVIR, the present
Bis.hop of Ferric, will succeed the late Bishop of
Eta Hot ; but a report, much more prevalent, and
which, if true, will give much more satisfation, is,
that Dr. Home will be made Bishop of Cork ; and
that Lord JOHN BLia.VORD will be removed from
that Sae to Itaphoe. Dr. Home is the son of Sur-
geon 1-11.:.ie, of Dublin, and married to the niece
rf Ear'. M tc tRTNEY, by whom he has a large and
a:niable family.

We stated in a former paper that the Hon. Geo.
linox had vacated his seat for Trinity College,
Dublin. This has been occasiossed by his appoint-
ment to the place of one of the Lords of the Irish
Treasury. He is said to be sure of his re-eleaion„
as out of 58 votes, 30 are promised to him, and
the remainder are divided between his two com-
petitors, Prime tierjeant Birowee and '`lt. FOSTER.
We understand there are three candidates for the
•tzh Honiton. viz. CAVENDISH BRADSHAW ;
the Gentleman who distinguished
in the eatly part of Mr. ADD,NO-
•icn ; and Mr. CHASSRERS, who
ußion against Capt. C A ut.r t LE..
Ie !tochfort squadron'are various.
returned to that port, other a,
'to Ferrol, others into Brest.
Itlemen arrived in town, and at-
,gn Office, with intelligence from
le Enemy's Force in their Har-
British 'oast ; in consequence of
eye last night tot warded tmm the
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..seledetl, on Saturday, Leiurer
Hanover-square.
H•'n. and Rev. Dr. MAISFIASI
one of the Minor Cannons of St.
Woldsnr, and took possession of
. the Earl of CRAVEN succeeds
Litatsux (who is gone to Exeter) in
ighton ; and &igadiar General
la Earl of Ca roma at Lewes.

rigadi.r General BA LFOITIt has
wimand at HAlsham ; a 1,1
is ,4 to b.stationt at H.nting
of GP guns, whit h has been .ont:
Gayle ',repair atChathani - II
days. when she will be put int I
Esq. of Moliury-hall, has ve-y
oat! the Millbury Valunteet- wi:
an example of liberality worthy
lam Militia have marched from
:ks at Lewes were last week mi.

by the Surveyor General of th:.
Lent, anti are in coisequence to un-
h repair. The new barracks, we
unierstand, are Shortly to he fenced in like the old
ones, and, to render them more dry and comfortable,
it is rya, the water that runs flora the declivity of
the bill, and alter hcavy rains into the soldiers apart-
ments, is to be diverted into a large hole to be sunk
far :flu purpose, communica•ing with under drains,
through which the water will pass off, without in-
j.:ric or annoyance.
On Friday the 15th ult. the Pickering Lyth Vo-
lunteers, a very fine Corps of 420 men, marched into
Scarbro', for the second time, un permanent duty ;
and, on Monday the 18th, their Colours were pre-
sented t 3 them by their Colonel, Sir Geo. CA L EY,
Bart. with an appropriate Address at some length.
in which he apologised for his Lady. on account of
h:r mu being able, from indisposition, to ah in per-
son upon the occasion.
Yesterday the Lotto MAYOR, RECORD/It, am%
two senior Aldermen, met at the Chamberlain s
Office, Guildhall, in examine petitions from young
Freemen, wha solicit the loan of money tinder the
will of the late Mr. Wilson. This Gentleata
vested a large sum of money in the Chamberlain's
Office of the City of London, to be lent cot to the
amount cf from 1001. to 3001. to young Fr, mien.
at a reduced interest for three yeast, upon their
coramemieraent of business on their own account.
The petitions of two young Freemen wt re approved.
Yesterday the Right Hon. the Loan
MsYn... after having examined the Mealweighers'
rectum, ordeted the price of bread to be raised halt
an Assize, or one pear; in the peck loaf, to take
place to-morrow I'he qamterr. loaf, wheaten. will
tam be 16d. and household
Sir W. M. MILNE 4. Bart. and the Hon. L.
Uusums, Representatives for York, have cause..l to
txdistributeet amongst us? poor freemen of that city.
.luring the last month, 44b0 mets of coals.
A very extraordinary and embarrassing dilemma
has occarred, in the most interesting cases imagina-
ble, to several respyhable persons and families, con-
fined by the perfidy of Bomar sr e. as prisoners
at war, :It Verdun. Shortly after these unfortunate
travellers were shut up in that town, they applied to
the French Government for permission to eree or
hire an edifice, for the uses of a Protestant chapel ;
tteuded Divine Service, and

ages have been celebrated, from
lidren 4iAVC Oren born. In con.
events, the state of mach proper•y
seversiein is atTeded its this country,
-t.ockr contest the validity of
the ground of their not hav-
according either to the law
' not being cons.•crated, nor the
for some other legal defeel),
ranee. It is with infinite con-
that the plea of those relatives
reversion is likely to prevail,
best, or at least the highest

. .

WILLIAM AND BERTHA.

rowidert on a Feet, and written at the express desire of a

Young Lady under similar

INSCRIBED TO COL. NZIVNIIASS.

Oh use ! save me! deadly anguish
Preys upon each lifeless vein ;
Ti," I faint, I languish—
Gliding o'er von ghastly plain,
Speak ! is thy life no wore
Is thy minion from above ;
Art thou still in love pers;itieg,
Sioce the world is lost to love!
Wiry fly one, when I would embrace thee?
That form of thine distracu me quite!
I sew the plund'sing Frenchnten chase thee,
I saw thee fall—Oh bluely slight !
You Iled—l fullow'd--througheach winding,
I brav'd a deluge from ar‘iove ;
Yet are those ties of love still binding,
Since the world is lost to love.
Speak, Bertha calls, are words deny'd thee,
Since thy sorrows are no more ?
But death will lay 'smarm,' beside thee,
1 es my IMO. Shia boon implore
Farewell, farewell, and art thou going!
Farewell, the soft Assyrian dove;
Loud tempests rise, dread winds are blowing,
Since the world is lost to love.
Swansea, Feb. 27, 1110 S. J. DELL.

Sunday evening the sacred Oratorio of ',rad in
Egypt was performed in the Music Room, Windsor
Castle, before the ROYAL FAMILY.

On Mon lay evening Their MAJESTIES had a
Vocal Concert in the Music Room, Windsor Castle,
by the Gentlemen of Windsor Choir, when several
favourite glees, &c. were performed.
About half past eight o'clock, yesterday morn-
ing, His MAJE:TY, accomp:inied by Count MUN.
arra, Generals M•wmaas and FITz '.olf, and Mr.
v L LEES, left Windsor nn hnrs bark, and rode to
Hampton Court; and, after in•p ing His MAJ t.-
ST V.'S stud, they remounted their horses and rode to
Kew, where His Mciesyr dined; after which His
MAJESTY and suit•.: proceede.i London, and ar-
rived at .he Queues Ho. soon after four o'cloc!:.

To-morrow Her MAJESTY will hold a Drawing
Iti.om.
The last Bath arrivals are—

Lord Mr lord, Lord Stair.•l, Lad• LiSir& Lately WA ham,
H C. H P.errepont, Hon Mr. TOIIIIIIOIIII, Sir 1 Milan.
Ceorrcl Smoke, Cotunel and Mrs. Frammenti., Wood sod
Mr:. Acker, Lieut. Colnnel Firagerald.
In the list of recent arrival, at Clifton, •re—

Maim' Gen 111M,gaii. Ikria•lier Woutresor, Colonel
Dashgro Mk.. Armstrong, Caps. Homy, Capt Mills, Hon
Mr µ •nost, Sir John Gifford, Su Win Johnson, Lady LIZ
crie,fe.

The Countess of C A *tut is has issued cards for a
grand rout -)n the 20th, at her Ladyship's house in

riington-,treet.
V come Metvt..t. I will give a grand dinent.nn
the 9th, the Eari of 13.:t. I NON ANM I ite another on
the loth, And the Marquiss of Silo° another on the
17th.

Mrs. Titosse‘nm removed yesterd +y from her
house in Hertfird•street to Portland p....-
The wits ought to put some of the in their
paragraphs upon the salt Lot, if they mean glut they
should L.,p.
The Earl of WILTON left town yesterday, for
his at in . leashire.
The Earl of Rt,,SLYN arrived at Dalkeith House
near Edinburgh, last week, from London.
The Earl of HA a DWICKII honoured the Dublin
Theatre with hi• pre3e::ce on Saturday sermicht,
and was loudly cheered o:i his entrance. The Play
was Mr. Mouton's new Comedy of The Scheel for
Allures.
Thd Drenne is announced at the Portsmouth
Theatre for this t!rtming. for the benefit of Miss
MORTIS* T

The Doke of IC:. -thy Ince, the Marquis of
Dotal. v, the lariof KA 4R Y NOR E, and Viscount
Caastay, vette among the fashionable visitors of
Hyde-patk yesterdai.
The Ornubrk Kowa, made his first appearance
lag night, at the Manchester theatre, in the charac
ter of Frederick, in Lacer* Vows. He w.ll appear
at the Prescot theatre. in the chaster ef NPFL7I, on
Thursday, and at the Chester theatre on Monday in
the same ebarader. _ _

The York Theatre opened on Thursday last with
tad If Esser, The tiritaos, and The /lowst York-
ahiretnan.

S.r 4n oa and Lady GOMDOII are expelted in
tow.: .his evening at Faarom'a Hotel, from Bath.
Crunt Runyon° has hit upon a very aavin; plan.
He has married a widow at Paris of 80001: a year.

General LLIMOZ has disposed of his house in
Harley-street, to the Dowager Dueness of BS•1.1
FOkT.

Sir ROtEt T l.v ace l3tosss, Ban. who came of
age yesterday se'nnipr,ht, and into the possession of
clear es'ate of 10,0001. per annum. gave a grand
entertainment the same day, at the antient family
seat, called Lloblathian, near Cowbridge, in Cla-
morgaushire. In the evening, the Baronet give
a grand ball at the principal Inn, in the town of
Cowbridge. which was honoured with the pr.sence
of all the neighbouring gentry, &c. A very elegant
supper followed the dancing, of which nearly 200
persons partook. From the great philanthropy
wh'eh has always charafterised- Sir Rosana., the
most happy presages are formed by the tenants and
the neig.sbnuring poor.
We near, that it is His Mans? *es intention to
make some alteration in the ronal liveries, against
h's birth-day. viz. The great coats ate to have
blue capes and cuffs, ornamented with broad gold
lace, instead of plain scarlet, as they now are.
The footmen's riding jackets are likewise to be trim-
med with gold lace round the collars and cuffs, and
some little alteration is to tike place in their frocks.
We have always considered the dress coat and
waistcoat 01 the footmen to be the richest in any
Court of Europe. We would therefore have rather
heard that an alteration was to have been made in
their dresiobreeches, and cocked hats, which in this
respea are certainly infinitely inferior to the liveries
of the other branches of the ROYAL FA MIL Y.

borringh or Honiton
Mr. eoasotr, the I
nsell so much in t
ros's Adminiaratic
Laely brolight an aft
The rep, irts of the
Sane say they have
that they have put Int
Momlay tw • Gent
tended at the fureig
France relative to ti
boars opposite the 13
which diipatches wa
Adnuraltv to Lotd I
(r. C ~NllOl4 Wit.l
O' St. Gerrges, liar
0 da y the I
read hietwlf into on
cr", Ciapelt W
1.,t. • •t -l'it Stan acs4
G 'rural L
Lien. G
hi. •oasm no: at in it
HabliTlll4
We hear t!..it
:.ten appnitred to a
tats t .ener.:lofsi
T..e ifedretss, at
tiro, onderg MIT A
Li. hnishe I in a few
commission,
jou?. Pali ties, 1
ladsomely praente
- flannel wakciia:s ;
• of general imitation.
The Nt,:titigham
Tenterden to Rye.
, • 'The old barrack;
timely inspeded by
Barrack Dcpartnicu
dergo a thorough

wher
e that c regularly atti
where various marriages
th some of which, children
sequence of these events,
c in Possession and reversi.
and the persons ill
OW' these ..aairiages, upon tl
en been pert°, Inca acco
hey ngland (the Chapel no
gyman ordained, or
the laws of Frauc
wort' n we have heard, tha
leis er devisees in re,
•', , ion of the be
asais