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London, England, 1805-05-02 00:00:00

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The Qoe•tiun was then put, and the Enacting CLuee agreed

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER attended at half past three, and at lour
o'clock there bemg only 39 Member; present, includiag the
Speaker, the House of course arlioutned to tu-morron.

T illE B R I'M H Plt ESS..

I,ON DON,
THURSDAY, MAY 2.

We understand, from a most respettable author-
ity, that a private l►tter, dated Calcutta, December
1, has been received from a Gentleman, who went
out a passenger to the East-Indies, in the fleet under
Sir EDWARD Pet. t. Ew. Had any accident hafallen
my part of the fleet, the letter, no doubt, would
have noticed it. It is, however, not a little extra-
ordinary, that we should be without any official and
particular account of an event of so much interest
to the mercantile world.

Another expedition is fitting out at Portsmouth,
and will sail probably in a few days. It ma) be
truly called secret ; for. although more than half
equipped, this is the first puhlic intimation of it.
The greatest attivity is employed for its completion.
The amount of the force is not exactly known ; but,
we believe, it will be nearly upon the scale of the
expedition which lately sailed under the escort of the
Queen and the Drayox men of war, from the same
port.
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A letter from New York, dated the 25th March,
states, " that advice had been received, that the
French force, after leaving Dominica, had pro-
ceeded to Antigua."

The account in the French and Datch Papers of
the 'Toulon fleet having put to scv, and passed
the weights of Gibraltar, with intent to form a
junaion with the squvdron in Cadiz, now appears
to be correEt.—A Letter has been received at ,he
Admiralty, from Lord GARDNER, inclosiug a copy
of one from Vice-Admiral Sir Jo it Ono, SO His
Majesty's Minister at Lisbon. It appears that, on
the afternoon or the 9th instant, the Toulon squa-
dron stood in close to the harbour of Cadiz, and had
nearly brought the Vice-Admiral to a&ion.—Our
Plymouth Correspondent, as will be seen in our
", Nara /are/hit-we," adds the pleasing infotrnatioe.l
which we trust will prove cotre4l, that Lord NEL-
SON hid pursued the Toulon fleet close to Cadiz,
and was left blockading it in that harbour.—His
MAJESTY'S ship Defence was at anchor in Cadiz
Bay, with her mizen top-mast struck, and a vieu-
alter along side, when the French fleet hove in sight,
on which, immediately, the other ships with Admi-
ral Sir doors ORU towed the afence away in sight
of the enemy, and joined Lord NLv.sots. Another
report last night stated, that the Cadiz. and Toulon
fleets, having formed a junaion, had proceeded La-
Ferrol. Little credit, however, attached to it.

Some Calcutta Papers have been received, and,
though not of so Lite a date as the details from
Lord Lase, in Saturday Night's Gasettr, their
substance, which we have extrafted, will be found
interesting.

We have received New York P.irers to the 19th
of March.—The only ankle wHch they contaiu of
any interest, is given in a subsequent column.

Yesterday, a Court of Dreams was held at the
East-India douse, when Captain Jous MASSON, (.1
the ship Ann, took leave of the Court, previous to
departing far Madras and Bengal.
Mr. JOHN FOOTE, of His MAJESTY'S Dock-yard
at Plymouth, was appointrd Assistant ship-wright
at Prince of Wales's Island.
The Court adjourned at seven o'clock, till Wed-

nesday next.
The _ ,
is arrived at Falmouth, in fotirreen days.
The intelligence from India, in 1 ital. lay's GaTette,
wa's forwarded from the Cape by a Mr. Reason:, a
passenger on board an American ship from denol.
and who is now daily expefted its England with the
official advice, and private letters.
We understand the College of Physicians are
bringing all the would-be DoBors before them, tor
praElising as Physician% without the particular qua-
lifications of the College.
On Monday last the sth Malcom Guards were
reviewed by the Earl of Mot Pa, on Portobello Sande,
near Edinburgh, and made a very tine applwanee.
One troop marched yesterday morning for Ireland.
The rest follow by single troops, for accommoda-
tion on the road.
Tuesday the Bloomsbury and Inns of Court As-
sociation had a general muster; but owing. we sup-
pose, to the late unfavourable state of the weather,
and the general bustle in the Law Offices, yester-
day being the first day of Term, the attendance was
but small, not exceeding 200. The Corps were in-
spreted by Colonel MA RC fa, the inspefting offi:er
of the distritt, and were afterwards reviewer. by
General Witern ts, who complimented them for
the attention they had paid to the improvement of
their discipline during the winter months.: they are
to be brigaded on Monday next in Hyde Park. An
accident happened during one of theAcharge ene
of the Corps foot was caught in the stones, and in
his fall the hammer of his musket struck against his
ttmple ; he bled profusely, and was obliged to be
led off under the ears of the surgeon. .