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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
ROUSE OF LORDS—S.47O.OAT, Jute 6
The LORD CH.ANCELLOId ss..olt his seat on the %Yoe-
seek shortly after One o'clock; and, Otter Prayers were read,
th, House resolved Into a Cninmlttee oh the Smuggling Pre-
vention 113111—Lord WALSINGH AM in this Chair
Mr Adam was heard at considerable length, as second Coun-
sel, on brhalt of the Petitioners in the I Ida of Guernsey
and Je:sey,sclinst eeriain clauses iii the Hill.
After the Learned Counsel load concluilid, a short converse.
tion took place between Lord HOLLAND and the Lon l)
CHANCELLOR, relative to the causes in question. The
former Psier thinkiiig the points they insolvs d of so notch im-
portance. as io require the attendance of the Judges, when the
Rill should h• next taken into consideratirm, which was piss
prised t r he on Monday. To this priscr•Asng the LORI)
CHANCELLOR objeCted :at the sine• tinic admin.:A the
importance of the points adverts:4 to, either as they respected
exercise and leg stative power, relative to die Islands in ques-
tion ; if, by the law andsonstitution of the enontry, no ouch
right existed, or, oil the other hand, the ahaudimment of the
exercise of the right of it d d exist ; up in these pninn, he
meant then to offer no opinion : futiee opportimni-s would
arise in the subsequent stages of the Bill ; as also for the dis.
cussion of the clauses ribjefted tn.
Lord HOLLAN D, who spoke hi a very low trine of voice
throughoin, wisher the question to be put upon his proiiini- •
(inn for the attendance of the dodges rest Monday, which was
accordingly done: it was negate ; het the result, as we
criadd collect, was, that the farther consideration of the Rill,
Ili a Cunimittee, was fixed for Monday.
Jodynesit on thy Irish Appeal Cause, Redirigton tim.
ton, was postpisited till Monday.
The Bel, "pun the table. which were very numerous, were
forward el in their respective stages. Among these, the Irish
Revenue Regulation Rill, the Dish Assessed the Snipe
Duties Drawback, the Public Accountants, the Irish Spirits
Warehousing, the Irish Linen Duties Drawback, the 'Plate
G ass Duties, were severally read a I:cued time, and ordered
to be commented.

The Dublin Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing Bill, went
through a Committee et the whole Howe; received sumo
amendments, and was ordered to be reported on Monday.
Lord MULGRAVE, by command of Ilia Majesty, pre
seined a Copy of the proceedings in the Privy Council, Svc on
the Petition of John Duke of Athol, which, on the Motion
of the Lord Chancellor, was ordered to he prinfrd.
Some Orders were made with respect to the judicial businers
of the House; after which, their Lordships ad,ouriied till
Monday.

FROM S47'URDAT mcirr, GAZETTE.
Adua;relte-Office, Jade 6, 1805.
Cope of a Letter from Rear Admiral Drury to William Mars-
den, Esq. dated on hoard the Tresn, in Co, k Harbour, June
29, POW
SlR—This morning arrived here His Maimtv's ship Loire,
bringing with her the Valiant, a formidable French privateer,
which she captured four days ago, as related in Captain Mait-
land's letter, herewith enclosed, far the information Of my
Lords Commissioner. of the Admiralty.
lam, &c W. Oil. DRURY.
Majesty's Ship Loire, at Sea,
SIR, June 25, 11105.
I have mach pleasure in announcing to you the capture of
the Valiant of Rouideaux, a frigate privateer, carrying thirty
guns, and two hundred and forty num, by Hi; Maiesty's ship
under my command, in lat. 49 deg. 30 min and long. 16 deg.
20 min. after a very hard there of twelve hours ; when nearly
within gunshot, the Melampus and William bore in sight on
the weather bow, which obliged her to bear up, and threw her
into our hands about two Minot soon-r that, she otherwise
would have been. She Is reckoned vane of the most complete
ships ever bumf out at Rourdeaux, and is perfettly calculated
to be taken into His Majesty's service, sails incomparably fast,
carries twenty lour eighte-n pounders on her maiii-deek, and six
sexes (which she threw overboard in the chine) 011 her quarter.
deck The Valiant had been twenty days from Bounleaux, was
victualled and stored (or a four months' cruise ; the only capture
she hat made is the Lord Charles Spencer, Halifax Packet.
I have the honour to be lee. FRED. MAITLAND.
To Rear-Admiral thins, dlc kc Cove.
Cupy of a Letter from Cam Dashwoud„ of His Majesty's Ship
the Bacchante, to Wiliam Marsden, gag dated off the
Havanna, Nl:iv 19, 111:;5
SIR-a 4 transmit you a Copy of a Letter which I have written
to Rear-Admiral Dauer, Commander in Chief, giving an ac-
count of my having captured, on the 1 ttli instaitt,the Spanish
Letter of Marque Schooner I.a Felix, Francisco 1,111C4, Master.
I have the honour to be, &c. C. DASHWr )OD.
Bacchante, off the Ileums%
SIR, May 14, 1805.
beg to acquaint you, that the Spanish schooner La Felix,
a Letter of Marque, pierced (or ten guns, but only six mount-
ed, with a complement of forty-two men, commanded by Fran-
cisco Lopes, laden with coffee and bees WAX, from the Havanna
to Vera Crue, was this day captured by Hi, Niej.sity's ship un-
der my ceminand, after a chime of four hours.
She sailed the preceding evening, and was permitted to do so
fmrn her very great superiority of sailing, and is the 6r,t vessel
t lilt has quitted that anchoraee since the embargo was laid on.
I have the honour to be, &c. C. DASHWOOD.
Rear. Admiral Dams, Jamaica.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
Counaissiews Oval try the Lard Lieutenant the away of
Middlesex.
Royal East Middlesex Militia.
Charles Barker Turner, Gent. to be Lieutenant; dated May
'lt, 11105
Edward Hetherington, Gent. tube ditto ; dated June 15, 1805.
Edward Rowland Stephenson, Gent, to be Lieutenant; dated
June 20, 1105.
Joseph Bigg, Gent. to he Ensign ; dated June 15, 1805.
Royal York Marina-bonne Volunteers
Lieutenant Frederick Thomas Harvey Foster to be Contain,
vice Carnet, resigned; dated May 13, 1805.
T. Bonham, Gent. to be Finn Lieutenant, eke Foeter, pro.
meted; dated May 29, 1805.
Lit utenant Hopper to he Second Lieutenant, vice Chapman,
resigned; dated as above.
Lieutenant Andrews to be Second Lieutenant, vice Hopper;
dated as above.
Ensign Thomas Little to be Second Lieutenant, vice Bullock,
prat:toted ; dated May 13, 11105.
St George's Volunteers.
Thomas Alexander Harvey, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Crau-
ford, promoted; dated May 29, 1005.
lit Battalion Queen's Royal Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Dingle to be Captain, vice Lane, resigned;
dated June 3, 1205.
Second Lieutenant H •nry Rollevton to be First Lieutenant,
vice Dingle; doted as above.
James Dickens, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, vice Rolfes-
ton; dated as above.
St. James's Lnyal Volunteers.
Ris hard Henry Croft, Eel. to be Captain, vice Gore, re-
signed; dated June ft, 1505
John Amick, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Harper, resigned ;
dated as above.
Doeni Frazer, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Brown, resigned ;
dated Si above

Royal Westminster Volunteers.
L entenant George Pierce to be Captain, vice Cragg, resigned ;
dated Jute 1141805.
St. Pattern Volunteers.
Captain Robert Hamliton to be Maio!, vice Scott, promoted ;
dated May T.S. 11105.
Lieutenant William Hughes to ►e Captain; dated as above.
Lieutenant Jaws Mil:ler to be Captain ; detail as above.
Lieutenant James lbtsrks to be Captain; dated at above.
L eutenant Francis John Serie-ant to be Captain; dated as
abase.
James Lee, Gen!. to be Ensign ; dated as above.
Prince, Gent. to be Rn.ign ; dated as above.
Croat Britons Volunteers.
Lieutenant Gordisit Urquhart to be Captain; dated Juno 13,
1803.
VEn.L.ii Donald M. Donald to be Lieutenant ; dated as a'iove
Richard Askew. Gent to be Lieutenant; vice Urquhart;
dared as strive.

Gaut. to be E.ss;in ; dated as lIISOV3
Bryan Sad to be Enstgo, Nee M'OesaaiJs pummel:le dated as
above.

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LONDON.
MONDAY, JULY 8.

The report transmitted by Captain R A Cc, of the
Gannet, of Lord NELSON'S arrival off Martinique,
in the first week of June, is generally considered
prematine ; but we enrertlin the most sanguine hope
that the result will finally justify the expeaation
The full-ming letter was received on Thursday, at
Plymouth, from Captain Hoenen, of the Neptwee,
dated Barbadoes, the 26th May last:

" Barb-Woes, May 2S, 1805.
" wrote ynu in my last that we were going to sea
that erelong or the next morning—Sin a few hours afterwards
there was a general embargo laid on all vessels, and has been
ever since the 16th inst. We were expelling the French fleet
here hourly, but we have now an amount that the French
Meer is still at Martinien, well up the harbour, moot...din line
of battle, as they have had an account that Lord Nelson's fleet
Wit here. They have not done ace mischief vet to arty of our
Wands. NVe are expecting hourly an English Beet out here—
if they come before the I lomeward.bound !lest calls we shall
be kept out. Captain Kemp is not yet arrived, therefore can-
not send you the necessity Certificate in this Letter. In my
neat I hope you'll receive one from,

•• Sir, your nao..t ontdient Servant,
'• WM. HOPPEN."
A letter from St. Lucia of the '27th, corroborates
the above account. It thus appears, that the com-
bined fleet had continued at Martinique twelve days,
without attempting any enterprise; and Lord NCL.•
SON may be reasonably expelled to have arrived
about the sth of June ; his Lordship having been,
on the 16th of May, according to the last letter
from the Vdlarn, to the westward of Madeira. If
we suppose then that the combined fleet sailed from
Martinique on the 25th of May, they would not
have more than ten days the start of Lord NELSON.
But, from the Barbadoes letter of the 25th,It is pro-
bable that they continued much longer at Marti-
nique. Their disposition at Fort Royal was not
that of a fleet that meant speedily to put to sea.
Admiral Daeitas had not, at the departure of the
Mercury frigate from Jamaica, on the 14th May,
received the advice carried out by that vessel, of
the sailing of the Toulon fleet ; but the Marne For-
twee brig had been sent in quest of him with the
intelligence. His squadron, at that date, was scat-
tered along the coasts of Cuba, Hispaniola, &c. ;
the Northumberland was off Cape Tiberon ; the Van-
guard off the West Caicos; L'llercule (flag ship),
Centaur, and ThISCIU, off Cape Francois; the Si.
George, Eagle, Atlas, and Veteran, under the or-
ders of Captain Da COLSILGY, off St. Domings, ate.
A very short period would, however, be sufficient
for their re-assemblement, except the Vanguard, or-

dered to Bermuda. We have the pleasure to add,
that they arc all well manned, and excellently ap-
pointed.

Dispatches were on Saturday receive.' at the
Admiralty, from Lord GA NoNs a, dated on Tues-
day last► the state of both Meets nearly as for some
time past. By the same conveyance we receiv-d
the following letter :

" H. M. S. Hibernia, off Brest, July Y.
" The Nile lugger hat this day j,iined the Fleet, from toe
Southward, with I,ifor.natiois to the Admiral, of Trinidad be-
ing taken by a division of the Spattidt Fleet."
The Nde was attached to Sir R. Cisco& a's squa-
dron, and probably received the intelligence in ques-
tion from the Spanish coast ; if so, the present com
munication may be the echo of the one which reach-
ed town some days since, to the same elfeet. The
account was mentioned in numerous letters received
on Saturday from the Channel Fleet, and the me-
dium through which it comes, obtained for it a con-
siderable degree of credit in the City.—We still,
however, hope it may prove unfounded.

We have received New York Papers to the 21 of
June. One of them states, on the authority of an
American vessel, which was boarded by a frigate be-
longing to the Taulea squadron, that the latter hal
7000 troops on board. It thus appears that not only
the West Indies, but the Continent of America,
bare been apprised of the visit of the Combined
Fleet.

We have received Dutch Papers and private
letters to the 3d iast. '('heir contents are not cf
much importance.
The Senate of Ilamburgh, it appears, has de-
clined adopting the measures preposrd by Monsieur
Ds Bousirttric, against the French Emigrants.
The French Minister, to the States of Lower
Saxony, has issued a fresh notification, that all
British manufactures passing through llanlver, on
what destination soever, wiil b 2 seized and con-
fiscated. The following is, according to a private
letter, the state of the naval preparations in the
Dutch ports :

At Antwerp, ►uild.ag, 6 ship, of the line, and 2 friptei.
At Arnsteirdim, I vhiii of 74 guns, just launched i 1 ditto
poise to the Texrd.
At Rotterdam, 1 ship of 90 guns, to be launched in about
three ItOillitis and one frigate of 32 guns.

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In the Teaet, '6
sllijoe of die Ilse, yids several Notes ;
from 40 In 00 ItAnsperts, Otani 400 to 820 tons bmln.o.
The follnwing estimate of national expellees r,:
been Jail before their High Mightieesses, by g,
GeArroPanstoes A a Y, for the seven remaining moat
of the present year unprovided fer, and which,.
the Ist inst. was vote) as follows :—..
Florins.
h /leer
GG. Administration 623,107 Hume Department 69,-,ai
rtreign Deiartinent 460,630 Rivers and Dykes - :: 3;M
Marine • - - .9,768,84 SiktPuns - - - - 414),i6
Army - - - - 14,231,897
—.....,
Tote! 0t,..,)1,4
The manseuvres of the Expedition Army, in
Dutch camp at Zeyst, began on the I vtlr ult. is 1 the presence of the French General Nlaamostr.

We on Saturday announced the arrival of the
homeward bound Windward Island convoy in the
Downs. Our Portsmouth Correspondent states, that
of the whole convoy, amounting to 102 sail, one
ship only is miising, having got a-ground on coming
out of Port Royal. An extra& of a letter from a
passenger on board the Pursuit, from Jamaica, dated
off Falmouth the 3d instant : " The ships fnr L.
verpool, left us three days since, with a fair wind ;
we are about five ships short of the number whelk
we sailed from Port Antonio, and it is apprehended
they went on shore in the Crooked Island Passage;
but that is only a surmise, as we had very tine weas
ther at that time."
The L'Espoir sloop of war, from St. Helena, is
arrived at Portsmouth, by which we received the
following extra& of a letter from St. Helena, duel
tote tOzh of May
The Mediator man of war, and the AV men Hietnegs Pad
Indianian, from r gtnnnuth, arrived here on the2l inst. The
China snip er. in hourly expectatinu of being di, 4itche'
England wader ennvoy of the Me liatnr—ha I no late moms
from India, uor any whalers. The Cnyornatid from Entry
Bay and China, is reported to he captured and earned into the
Mauritius."
The report of the capture of the aroma 1414
must he a mistake, as she arrived safe at St. II&
lena, with the China fleet, in April last; it the,..1..+
must be the Ocean or Erperiment, Botany illy
ships, which left Canton in January without conv,l.
There were not any ships from Bengal, M is,
or Bombay, at St. Helena, on the 2.1 of May.

Mr. VANIIITTART does not set of this da fe
Ireland, as he proposed, and it is now gene- a,r
understood that he and the Earl of BucittuodA...
fillet have both resigned.

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Saturday morning His MAJESTY, Prino-sses A
ot'srA, SOtHI A, and AMELIA. accoruprcA •R
Generals GARTH. Fr Tao ov, and Colonel Dc,a ROW,
took an airing on horreeback in Windsor Great Pas*.
Her NI A est v and PRI ocessa took an airing to
Frogmore.
The Duke of Yore it arrived at Windsor at twelve
o'clock on Saturday.
The ROYAL Fa mitt,. leave Windsor for Weri
mouth, next Friday evening.
Yesterday morning His MAJL,TY, Princesses Ate.
GUST A, SOPHIA, and AsskLiA, accony oon by
Count Mottsr ea, Generals GARTH end Frizaovi,
walked to St. George's Chain!, and 1) ird as excel•
letit sermon, preached by the Rev. 'r. IVloatoors.
from 116th Psalm, 1 Ith an i 12th verses 1 after Jr.
vine Service the Ro Y• L FA 4ILY todt an ii;ri 1.• o
Frogmore.
On SAturday Sir HARRY BUR !RR!, Fleets
waited upon His MAJES ry at Windsor. and reoeiv-
ed his orders for the sailing or the ltayal Yacht•
which will proceed to-morrow for Weymouth.
On Wednestry the Royal Mail will hrgin to tax
from London to Weymouth.
The Kier° has been I.leased to arpoint AMMO.
towew Ficae, Esq. to be His Manic v's Secre-
tary of legation at the Court of Bi-trUn.
The KINO has been pleased to approve of Mr.
Coorsroeitam HUSSY MARICRS to be on,ul•
General for the Emperor of Grass A.:7 ani Here-
ditary Emperor of AUSTRIA, in Great Britai i.
JAMES MiDorta t.n, of Langdale, Esi. in the
county of Sutherland, is returned to serve in Pe-
Lament for the Burghs of Dornock. Taia. Dine-
wall, Wick, and Kirkwall, in the room of the Rieit
Hon. JOHN CHARLES Vititres. who bath aceep'cil
the office of St •w.trd or Bailiff of His NIAJIST‘'i
Chiltern Hundreds.

'The long pending Treaty of Commerce between
France and Switzerland hal at length been cue-
eluded.

The French en..arnpntents in Hanover are to
break up the first Neck in August.
A further promotion is, it is said, about to tate
place, and Colonels LAVE, C 'comma, P Socee,
and Yo R K IC, of the Itoyal Artillery, are immedia e-
ly to be appointed Brigadier-Generals, coistruaadtag
Distrifis.
Lord GARD NIEN, we understand, dues not imme-
diately resume the command at Cork, the state of
his health tendering a short period of relasatiaa
accessary.
The successes which for a short rind attenlrl
the operations of Hotea R, have given occasion 5")
new troubles in the southern parts of India. Ow
Poligars in particular have, in unmerous iastasee%
been encouraged to express the hatred they bear to-
wards our Government. The t'd battal no et :i
poys, in its march from Vellum for the Pullamssicl
greatly harassed by those people. One of lair
Chiefs, named AP/Qv Cot.llette, after toile smi4
skirmishes, in which he was beaten, WIC rifts. r
a mud fort, and for three days it; I:trainer' airs 3
with the greatest desperadea s bet (being k•ilesl bf
the fire of a sit-pound-r, which was plasised ens
neighbouring eminence, his tolinums sareesaiereis
Ansi numerous P miva,wl tw re a, C &slim: for :ma
sticcour, in c,nstrpience ispetsed.—Oor troop
during their lout!, f,und teverli sterns et smaa
arms al the jungles, cone ad uy dm PIO AP( la