The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-03-01 00:00:00

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The CHANCELLOR of the El
said, hr did not rise 4) speak on t!‘e
nnly to %Ay a few !wird' iinfiev
which had been contideptlrmer
as to a 111.ick c, rps. It lad be
contraft for 3aoo-African
Government, with certain

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of being employed as a black eorps its the Wcc,
India Islands. He aspired the fintfseliit sea. an my
stranger to any such contra& he did b 4rr
was certain it could not be. That a body of 54)0
negroes, who are not slaves. are contracted for, w,
true, but that any negnoes who are staers are to b
employed in it. was the craft reverse. I le could
tell from what source such terms could ,pri0;7,1,.,
he though: it n:cessary to put an end to them or
assurance lie had given.
Mr. WI allitliFOltCh replied.
Earl TEMPLE said his Right Hon. F. itl•rid (;;:,
Chancellor of the Exchequer) had suited it wa.s nut
the intention of Government to bring a number
of Slaves from Airica for the purpo e of having
them trained up as soldiers. He bad since math. .
quire; about it, and found, that Clough
not in no sent direAly to Africa fur them, y.
had contracted with merchants to procure t, e ;
and he understood there were now at Livtrpoul
veral ships ready fitted out for that purpose.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
explained, and said, he really was unacquaiiiter
with the circumstance the NoWe Lord alluded to,
The question being loudly called for, the Howe
divided :
For the Amendment. 77—Against it, 70. Of
course the Bill is lost —A !Owned.

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I:OItitESPoNDEN fS.
Thu Editor would he glad to coo Mr. DAVID Scstsstr.
l'he Linn upon the Budget, and Esther (BMWS, shall be in.
serted with all possible dispatch.

Teti DA.TST. DAY ID—Holiday at the Pubtx

THE BRITISH PitESS.

I.ON DO N,
• FRIDAY. MARCH I.
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Gottenburgh Mails arrived yesterd.!y, Ani
have brought Hamburgh Papers to the fish. A
letter from Venice, of Jan. 12, stares. that Franc:
sloes not persist in her demand, that the Sicilian
ports should be shut against the English. A
new cause is assigned for the angmentation of the
Austrian cordon upon the Italian frontiers. A
letter of the 27th says, it is not only for the purpose
of security against infe&ious distemper, but to
relieve the Provinces of Bohemia and Moravia.
where a great scarcity of provisions prevails.
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We have also received Dutch Papers to the 19th,
which state, that M. SC*IMstELPLNSINCK had takes
leave of the Court of the Thailleries on the 12th,
preparatory to his return to Holland. These Papers
also captain a long Note of the Executive area
tory of the Batavian Republic, complaining of,
the publication of two speeches, alleges' to have
been made by M. VAN HASSELL HOdWIENGAAIDLN.
in a close Assembly of the Legislative Body upon
the subjea of the present oppressed and me.
lancholy state of Holland. " It is given in the lad
. page.

The Bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
was lost last night in the House of Commons.

The Channel Fleet remained still' at Torbay oa
Tuesday last.

Yesterday, about two o'clock, His Marsrr
held a private Levee, at the Queues House, which
w-is attended by the Prince Casr ELnICALA ; their
Excellencies the WI SITES( acto„ Port uousse, 5%.•
nisii, and Istrtatat. Awaags*oons; MalltikeS
CiaGELLO and HERTTORD; Baron NOLCREN ; CIS
LORD CH A IicELEoR, Earl POULCT, Lord in waiti.o
Lord Mt:to:tam Admiral C•str, Sits S. Snits,
and S. COTTZRPI.I..
The following Presentations to His MAJESTY
took place: Sir SIDNEY SMITH, who appeared is
Military uniform, in consequence of his late prom''
Lion to be Colonel of Marines, was pretested to Hli
MAJCsTY by Earl POUI.ET, on which occasion, he
had the honour to kiss His MAJESTY'S hand. Ad.
mural CAMP from Pot tit3al, by the PORTUOUSIR Au-
easssook.
After the Levee, His MAJESTY gave a private
audience to Lord MULSRATE and Mr. Pitt.
The General Augeresr, French privateer, of :I;
Rung, and 87 men, was captured, on the 13th ult.
in lat. 45, long. 5, by the Topa:chigoe t she bad
been out 17 we As, and had captured nothing.
Captain Goes is shortly going out Gcvernor
ct
Bermuda.
Yesterday was settling day in Consols. It pro-
duced only one defaulter.
A Court of Dittetors was yesterday held at the
India House, when the undermentioned Con-
molders took leave of the Court: viz. Capt. H.
WILSON, Worley, Capt. J • w SI PINDERGRAss, tleilEt
Cape. T. J. H ARINGTON, Ganges, for China; and
Capt. JAMES Mutest, Deronsh,re, for Ceylon and
Madras. The Court adjourned at an early hour al
this day.
The Court Martial for the trial of LieutamiS•
Colonel COEN* ARE JOHNSTONR, late Goversur of
Dominica, will commence this day at Chelsea.
President, the Earl of HARRINGTON.
It is said that all the Light Infantry Companies,
to the amount of 2,000, in the Eastern Dion&
will, in a few days, embask at the Tower. under
Commodore Lucas, who will land them at Wool-
wich, where they will have a grand field day, Pl'
paratory to their being put upon permanent duty.
The Commissioners of the Navy have, within
these few days, contra/led with the several ship
builders in the river Thames fit the immediate
building of MI ships of '4 guns cacti.