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so be preserited a. cop* of a title+ frbm award
Coke, Eia. to William Marsstent Esq. upon that
%Ori* which was agrei to.
Message Iron) the Lords announced, thst the!
;lad agreed to the Bills for allowing an indemnity to
the witnttss;s emplo,,ted in the Navy Pay Office, due
:ng the administration o. Lord Viscount Melville,
on his impeachment; and that, providing that the
aroceedings had in the impeachment of the said Nil.
ole Viscount should not he discoktinned, noiwith-
standin7 prorogation or dissolution (41sPasliallleat.
-Sir A. HAMMOND moved, 44 That there he
laid before the House a copy of a letter from the
Commissioners of the Admiralty, including their
Memorial, in answer to the Third Report of the
Naval Comm:s-loners ;" which, after a few observ-
ations from the CHANCELLOR of the Exca A.Rur a,
Sir C. POLE' the SECRET ARY at WAR, Mr. Jun e.
s-rotiir, and Mr KIN A I an, was agreed to.
Mr. KINNAIRD then moved, " That there be
laid before the Hone, an account of the number of
apprentices and ship-wrights employed in His Ma-
jesty's dock-yards, and discharged from thence from
the Bth of May, 1803, to the lsrof June, 1804."=1-.
Ordered.
He then moved for an account of the expence of
the fortificar;fms and garrison of Bomb Ay. Agreed to.
Mr. JOHNSTONE moved the consideration of
the adjourned debate upon his Financial Resolu-
tioos : to which the CHANCELLOR of the EX-
CHEQUER said he had no objedion, but to the
10th, which he altered by a resolution, 44 that the
public debt of the country amounted, on the sth of
January last, to the sum of 567007,0001. ;" which
amendment being agreed to, the House aJjourned
ta!l to-morrow.

•„ • no length of the Law Report obliges us to defer
" Ptctune GALLIIIf, No. VI." until terniermw.
THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
FRIDAY. JULY lg.

3lic expeßation is now upon the stretch for
news from Lord NEtsui:. A crisis of this kind is
ever fruitful in rumours, and the speculators in the
funds generally contrive to turn it to their advantage.
Yesterday they played off a hear, which, for a few
hours, made nearly as great a noise as the celebrated
stock-jobbing trick practised in S:r CHARLES Pitices
Maycralry. Between twelve and one o'clock, after
Mr. Easittee had stated the case for the Plaintiff,
in the case of-Dr. TROY, titular Archbishop of
Dublin, e. the Pu:dis!ier of The Anoi4seain Review,
of which we this day present a full report ; and,
while the Learned Counsel was in the aftuf examining
one of the witaesses, a slip of paper, folded up like
a note, and addressed to him, was sent int.) Covet.
—As soon as Mr. Easels E received it, he left
off his examination, and, having taken a rapid

view of the paper, he a!dressed the Court., ob-
serving, that an anonymous note was put into his
hand ; the writer, or the person from whom it came,
he knew n,,t ; hut as it announced news of g•rat im-
portance, he would lead it, with the permi- it of
the Court. The Court having assented, Mr. ;la -
:KIN' read the note aloud. It stated, that a paper
was posted up at Lloyd's Coffee [louse, announcing
a vidory by Lord NELSON over the combined d':ets
of France and Spain, in which eight ships of the
enemy bad been taken ; and that at the time when
the account came away his Lordship was left in pur-
suit of the rest of the Combined Fleet ; adding, that
upon the receipt of this news in the city, the funds
rose, and the 3 per Cents. were then at 6c." A loud
and universal buzz succeeJed this communication ;
several of the Jurors began to clap, and the liveliest
joy pervaded the whole Court. The papa was
handed up to the Bench, and the Loin CHILI Jus-
TiCE, having read it, observed, that he was not sur-
prised at the sensation which such news had excited.
In a very short time, however, the buzz subsided,
and business was resumed. 'the public will acquit
the Counsel avid the Court of all precipitancy in this
case. Mt. ERSE'S:: could not have prefaced the
communication With a stronger cmition, and not a
word fell &Om the Rench in favour of its authen-
ticity. The actor; in the gcc.ke r.evef tipeetM tr
forward the plot b) the ere/Inlay :,1 Ow Court or the
Counsel ; all they wilhed, c. all they w4i,te,i, was
to have the note received and read in Cou. t by a
gentleman of Mr. LISKINE:II high character and re-
putation. This point once attained, they relied
upon their own activity, and the weakness of the
idle, whom curiosity had attraned to the Court, to
complete the business. The Court was uncom-

mord), croudcd, and, even on the outside, a great
number of people pressed about the doors. One
half of the persons in the place, of course, did not
distinctly hear wh it really passed, bur all saw the
piper, and the general report made was, that the
Loan Curer .11;s-rice had received a communica-
tion, which he read from the Bench, of a great vic•
tory obtained by Lard NaLsotr, and that the whole
Court of King's Bench rang with acclamations.
The persons interested in promoting the boas im-
mediately ran off with the news of their own fabri-
cation, and were followed to the city by a crowd of
credulous idlers, all ready to vouch fot the truth of a
great vi Rory, opon no less authority than that of the
Loan Curse Jusrrea of the King's Bench, and
Mr. ils,ar NE. The report spread rapidly through
the Man. In every street, in every coffee-house, it

wit die tabled of Conversation; end, though ffib
discerning few saw kin its true light, dr erinsidered it
onlyan anticipation of *hat we had t tight to repot' ;
it obtained, fora short time, credit to an extent stiffi-
cient to sensibly aie,ft the funds. As s /Owe-
ver; as inquiry could be omie at the Admiralty ;ler d
other public offices, Arid Cie te.il contents of the
paper, received by Mr. Eit!,F,!%:, were ascertained,
the bubble burst, and the inn,: fell into contempt
and ridicule. Indeed, Mr. EIISKINC shortly after
stated, he had received an intimation, that it was an
impudent Imposalre.

The Prince of Water. in 14 days, And the tutimahend
packet, in nine-days from Lisbon, are both strived
at Falmouth. The former sailed from the Tagus on
the 23d ult. and brought the mail of that date ; the
latter brought that of the 30th.

The following is an extra& from a letter, dated
Lisbon, June 22 :
" Th.• Rochfort spladmo hat ca i I ogl earl with more trop.,.;
it is snimosed for the Cape of Good Hope, and the Isles t.f
gumboil."

Some think that the writer of the Lisbon Letter
has confounded Missiessy's squadron with o,e se-
cond squadron of four new 74 gun ships ‘...l.ich
sailed from Rochfort. That, however, does not
appear to be the case, as the latter sailed on the Ist
of May before Mis!iessT's squadron rettuned from
the West Indies.

We have received New York Papers to the 11th
last. A Paper of the leth contains the following
article :--.• Capt. CL AR K, of the brig Merchant, ar-
rived on Saturday, from Honduras, informs, that the
same restridies, in the exportation of mahogany, is
still cuntinu.d, and that tut ther instru(tions have been
transmitted to Col. Gortnon, the superintendant, to
allow no greater quantity of logwood to be ship-
ped in American bottoms, than two tons to every
ten thousand feet of mahogany ; in consequence of
which order the Alerrimt, was refused a clearance,
and was compelled to land all the logv,•ood she had
on board, although laden before the receipt of the
instruCtion. LoiMser, provisions, and naval stores,
are permitted to an entry, other articles are deemed
contraband, and will sulijeCt the vessel and cargo to
seizure."

We have reccieed Pit is Pipers to the nth instant.
Their contents are of no importance.

It was generally understood last night, from the
orders given to the OiTicers of both Muses of
Lords and Commons, that the Parliament will be
prorogued by Commission this (ay.

The report of a dissolution of Parliament, which
we noticcd yt.stlrdry, continues to gain ground.

On Wednesday, at one o'clock, a Cabinet Calm-
-61 was held at Lord Met.cliavi..'s Office, which
seas attended by the LORD CHAN cu. toa, the Duke
of Nloi•ir host, WRSTMORLL AND, and !midi
HAWKESSI av and HARROWS Y ; at half-past two
the Council adj turned to meet the Kim a at the
Qt.r.EN'S I I,,US
Yesterday, Mr. Willi. as can, and others of the
Committee of the House of Commons, for con-
cluding the impeachment, of Lord Al4tvi ti.t, went
to the Bank, and examined the books of accounts re-
lating to the service of the Navy.
Lord L AITLF.R anya retains the Presidency of the
India Board ; an Office, the salary appointed for
which (2.0001. a year) is considered inadequate to
the situation of a Cabinet Minister, and his Lord-
ship's merits.
Dispatches were on Wednesday received at the
Admiralty, from our fleets off Brest and Fetr.Jl,
but they contain no news of importance. The ene-
my have not yet made any attempt to put to sea.
The Eurydice frigate, with the fleet Under her
convoy from Portsmouth, is arrived at Gibraltar.
The A et from St. Kitt's were all well off Kin-
sale on Saturday last.
Rear-Admiral STIRLING, in the Glory, of 98
guns, is detached from the Channel Fleet, to take
the command of the squadron off Rochefort.
A letter front Lord Iltasott to his brother speaks
with the greatest confidence ol his Lordship's fall-
ing ;n with the Combined Fleet.
Captain WILLIAM ATHOL, late of the ship Mar.y,
of Greenock, and Capt. Jos Picas, late of the ship
/1,1,e, of Workington, were landed at Torbay on
Monday last from France. Capt. ATHOL reports
that he sailed front Virginia in the above ship, Mary,
in the month of April last, that on the 18th May
he was chased by a French privateer the whole day,
and lost sight of her in the night ; that on the foL.
lowing morning, the wind having died away, she
was soon alongside, and gave three cheers, which
was returned, and an aelion immediately com-
menced, which lasted 45 minutes, when lie was
under the necessity of surrendering to the privateer,
which carried 14 twelve pounders and 100 men,
while the ship Hope had only 6 four-pounders and 2
three-pounders and 13 men, exclusive of Mr. Stew.
A RT, the owner's son, who behaved with the great-
est gallanty during the aelion; fortunately there
was not a man either killed ar wounded on board
the Hope, but the ship was much injured in her Lull
and rigging. Captain ATHOL was carried into
Bayonne, where he was with Captain Pious seven
days. On the 25th June, they both got on board a
neutral ship, secreted them,elves five days previous
to her sailing, and were on Monday pit on board
one of the Torbay fishing•boats, and landed at
Torbay in the evening, with upwards of 100 letters
and packets, which he had secured from the enemy.
Capt. ATHOL also reports, that an English packet
from Halifax, bound to England, had been taken
and carried into Passage, in Spain ; she had on
board the Captain of an English man of war and a
lady, who were coming home passengers.

TIIE ST. JAMES'S ROYAL. VOLUATEEItS,

•
This excellent corps, commanded by Lord Am.
herst, mustered yesterday at nine o'clock, at Bur.
lingtomhouse, preparatory to a sham fight aad
grand field day. Thirty cars, each drawn by lout
fine hones with postillions, conveyed the Corps, to
the amount of 400, through town, and down the
Kent Road to New Cross Turnpike. 'The sal
company and light infantry, forming the French
party, proceeded ro Blackheath, and took possession
fields the elds between Shooter's Hill and Woolwich;
while the grenadiers and the other companies,
forming the English party, took the Lewisham
Road, came upon Blackheath by the village of
Lea, and dismounted from the cars near Mots
den College. The affirm then began. It lasted
three hours ; during which there was much Lai i
fighting ; the enemy, though dtiven at the is,
onset from their entrenchments, rallied kr:J.,
times, and at last took refuge in a neighlsoiMie,
castle, which they deferided with great obstieJcs,,
The English divided themselves into two coluivis;
in pursuit of the enemy, one of which was obl;r4
to defile through a morass and a wood, where it
encountered many difficulties ; but at length sat.
ceeded in joining the other column, sviich it foaul
attacking the castle into which the enemy had re-
treated ; and, by their united efforts, it wan at law
obliged to surrender. The French were command-
ed by Major Dow's, the English by Lord Au.
sense ; and when in two columm, the second by
Major Ho ARC. After the battle, the corps partuck
of a cold collation, at the hall Inn, Shooter's hill,
The day being very fine, a great number of car;
riages, full of elegant women, from London and
the surrounding country, were upon the ground;
and also many officers from Greenwich, ‘VoJlwich, '
&c. About hall past six, the regiment re:notated
their cars, and ari ived at their Parade, Dutoues-
place, about nine, when they were dismissed, v‘ith
an appropt late speech kyr', his Lordship, upontheir
order, discipline, and good conduel. 'I he eArs
going and returning, formed a beautiful cavalcule,
and were cheered by the crowds which so iote,e,t-
ing a spectacle culled-led in the several streets
which they passed.

Yesterday morning His MAJLtry and the Dub
of KLPIT, attended by Count Muting,. General
Ftrzacilr, and Colonel DISOKOV/, walked tl the
Barracks, and inTeccled the Royal Horse Guards.
Her MaJscr y and the Palm c gssc; took an airing
to Frogmorz, accompanied by the Duke of SUSIA
on horeback.

Yesterday the Duke of CAM uttnoc left London
for Weymouth.
Their MA,eart re and the Pt. INcgsses leave Win•l-
sor this day for IVeymouth.
*lke hlarchioness of Sat issues. and Lady G.
Cacti. are expeaed in town the 19th, to atte.al
Lady Louisa M ' • s's Grand Masquerade.
Lord and Lady DoriALLv are gone to Lath.
Lord HA It/WOOD arrived in town on To.niay
for a few da)s.
The Earl of ROYINtY and family are at Moat,
the seat of his Lordship. Viscount Maasnist juiced
them on Tuesday.
The Marquis of &Amt.:air is hourly expeaed in
town from Bath.
The Marchioness of STAFFORD, with her sot,
th... Earl Gown', arrived at 1)C1:11411CICS
at Edinburgh, on Friday morning.
Major General STYWART is an in Edinburgh
from Perth ,hire.
hli-s SMITH takes leaves of the Bath Theatre to•
morrow. The entertainments—Wwie.l is tie Mae?
lOliowed by
Mr. TaorT FA has taken a small house near High-
gate. He was probably n there, as he did not
take the firer houiz, until he had lost the large
house in the Strand.

Sir Asitau ast lir me came to town on Tueday,
and returned yesterday.
The Duke of 11a.cHesTee will leave town in a
few days for Kimbolton, previously to his journey
to Scotland.
Colonel V Ell FK ER has left town for Ireland.

Mr. !tonnes. in St. Jarnes's-rlace, gave a grand
dinner on Vs'edi.e4ay last.
Mr. Jeavoist CLERKS and family leave town
this day.

J. P. BAST A au, Esq. M.P. and family, left tow*
on Sunday, for their seat in I)evonshire.
Mr. Cooke excelled in his performance of elt.
/Mint Mao; at the Brighton Theatre, on Satutaay
night last.
We are aspired that the sew change of Minis:rf
first transpired at Mrs. Fc FIT() n's Masquerade ; a
fit scene for a change th tt only amounts to a rkint
of ehariegers.
The Prince of WA ere was so much delighted
with Mr. WA 1.111 PORTER'S Villa, at Fulham, that
His Royal Highness has determined to fit vp and
furnish Carlton House anew, under the auspices of
that Gentleman, and according to his elegant taste
and fancy.
Vauxhall was crowded with fashion on Wednes-
day evening. The fireworks are most beautiful, as
is the transparency of Wimbledon Camp. Every
box had an elegant party. In one we observed, the
Hon. WILLI .Vl,l SPENCER. ANACREON Moo Rl,
Montt Lewis, and Mr. Roos's.
A stronger impression could not he made upint
a British audience than what is effeeled by that
spirited and well-conduCted Spedlacle, T.4c Faut.'h
Jane; or; Maros Bay, at the Rto t•L CIRCUS. This
arises from the very interesting situations and clia-
rafters which are so happily introduced ; amongst
these, the I'rison Scene deserves particular notice,
throughout which Mrs. ROVEZY and Mormn-
MERY, in harry Cerstera and Samba, are peculiarly
happy; and the wand elfeEt of the last scene; the
manning the boats from the La Loire; its sailing
up the Bay ; the storming the tort, &c. A molt
crowded audience, who yield the loudest p!audits•
are attra3eJ by this proddaion : the beautiful and
impressive piece of hive, ; the highly amusing
Hatlequinadc of A Alai Tale; and the superior
feats of Equestrian agility and skill displayed by
M•ti I. IN.