The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-09-27 00:00:00

,MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

The lion. Gen. Fos will leave town to-morrow,
for the Isle of Wight, horn whence be will pro-
ceed to Gibraltar, to take his station as Lieutenant-
Governor of that garrison, in the room of Lieute-
nant-General Sir Titoism' Tames, now on his re-
Hun to be Governor of Chelsea Hospital.
Major-General B , who tided as Briga-
dier-General of that garris rn, is also on his way
home, and will be succeeded by General Daum-
motto, who is also on his return from Malta.
General DscarllOND will be succeeded at Malta
by General RA usAv. who lately left England to
take the command of that Island.

BEigaldiel6lElleriiSCH4ll;l7; B. Bovoicrom is
appoi.,ttil to the command of I.Linchester, in the
room of Major General Basso*, removed to Liver-
pool ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Huai. BAILLIE, In-
qeding Field Officer, in the room of Lieutenant-
Colonel Ihrrcisissou. Brigadier Fiassea is at
cached to the Brigade.

A report is in circulation, that Lieut. Walnut.,
who was confined in the Temple at Paris, has been
released ; but on what conditions we have not yet
learned.

Mr. MA Ronan, under Secretary of State to the
LORD LILLT S of Ireland, has arrived in town
Iran Dublin Castle

DetachM;nts of troops from regiments in the
neighbonrhood, under the direttion of able and ex-
perienced Olken of Engineers and Artillery, are
now employed in strengthening and repairing the
forts and batteries along the Flats of Essex.
The Duke of Yon it has ordered an alteration to
take place in the firelock exercise, or rather the revi-
sion of a former system, for which prrpose some re-
laulations will be forthwith issued. The changes re-
te principally to priming and loading.
Litters Iran Deal, of Tuesday, state, that the
numrrous armed vessels, of every description,
driven by our cruisers into Calais harbour, where
they ate crowded together, constitute the right
vin; of BON APA nres flotilla, and are commanded
by tae Batavian Admiral Velment, who, during
tt.e last easterly wind, always accompanied with A
g, on the French coast, stole away with them
Ostend, where they had been kept blockaded
by our squadron, since last May. Their present
:•:stination cannot be Calais, but Anibleteuse or
Lotalgne, at which our ships will probably prevent
their arrival, as a heavy tiring was heard in the di-
/slims of Calais, on Tuesday morning, and the day
brtore, supposed to originate from a bombardment.
--During the who!e of Monday, the wind was
N.N.SV and of course blew into the mouth of Ca-
Larbutir, which, being very narrow, and only
sw:ended by Fort Rouge on the right, may easily be
-'preached, and considerablyannoyed byour bomb-
et...h. Tuesday the wind was more to the north-
., ard in the Channel, or rather inclined to the east ;
;r1: a-, it continued to blow on the French shore,
:01 the wat: r 4 lint clear ; the firing could neither
heard nor teen distinaly in the Downs. The
toast our Calais is, however, very shoal, and the
`, 'ad :ming very high, it is prohable that our cruisers
to approach sutficicntli near, to operate
etrea upon the enemy. These circomstanees
v'"4 therefore, probably save the French ettne4
7c...ds ft ons skarrutt ion.

EAST INDIA ItOUSE.

A Quarterly Court of Proprietors was yesterday
held at the East India House.

After theusealferms,tie CH Alltt4 A (the Hen.
William Elphinstone) rose, and acquainted the
Court, that the Diretgtors had, on the 27th June
last, come to the resolution of recommending to the
Geiter.4l Curt to concur with them, in permitting
Mr. James Henry CasamAjor to return to Madras
with' his rank in the Company's civil service ; and
the Chairman also stating that the A& of Parlia-
ment required that the same should pass by way of
ballot, in consequence of Mr. Casamajor's having
been absent from India above fire years, it was
agreed that a ballot should be taken on the question
on the sth of next month.

A letter, written by the Chairman and Deputy to
Lord Castlereagh, was then read, requesting the
sanaion of His Majesty's Ministe:s to such mea-
sures as might authorise the Court of Direaors in
paying the tax on the profits of the Company, out
of their ordinary outgoings, without deducting the
same from the dividends to the Proprietors of Last
India Stock.

Lord Castlereagh's answer to the above letter was
also read, in which his Lordship stated it as his own
and Mr. kitt's opinion, that it could not be done
without an express AEI of Parliament for the pur-
pose, and hinted at the impropriety of urging such
a crestion at so critical a moment.
fhe CHAIIMAN then rose, and stated that he
was sorry to inform the Court of the- renewal of
hostilities in India, with the Maltratta Chief, Hol•
kar ; but it was with pleasure he could assure them
that there did not appear any probability of its
being of long duration.
A letter from the Government of Bombay, dated
in May last, which contained the only intelligence
received by the Directors on the subject, was then
read ; this letter stated very• little more than what
has been already before the public through private
channels, viz. that in consequence of the encroach-
ments of Holkar, the Governor General had
thought proper to order hostilities to be com-
menced against this chieftain: the particular was
of aggrevion were not mentioned, as no dire&
dispatches on the sullied had been received from
Bengal, the communication having been made
from General Wellesley. Orders had been issu-
ed for the British truops immediately to pene-
trate into the province f Maliva, and General Wel-
lekley was about to depart front Bombay imme-
diately, to resume his situation. above the (lhauts._

The Cli Alla AIA th,n called the attention of the
Court to the remuneration lately granted by the
Court of Dirators to the Captains and crews of
the China ships, who so gloriously signalised them-
selves in the aElion with Linois.
The unanimous Resolutions of the Court of Di-
reetors were accordingly read, in which the Court's
thanks fot their gallant condua were handsomely
expressed, with the remuneration granted to the
Commanders, Officers, and seamen, for their ser-
vices on this occasion.

The CHAIRMAN then paid the highest compliments
to the several Commanders and crews, for not only
defending themselves, but even potting to /{;ht a
fleet of ships of war, purposely sent to bring them
captive into a French port; and, after a very able
speech, in which he stated, he was convinced that
the Proprietors would not think the Direanrs had
gone too far in remunerating the services of these
gallant heroes, who were resolved to conquer or die,
in defending their property; he concluded with
observing, that in consequence of Captain Sir Na-
thaniel Dance's ill health, that Gentleman was not
able to take advantage of a favourable voyage,
which the Court of Direants had complimented
him with ; and it was therefore the intention of the
Dire lots, as soon as they should meet again, to
grant a pension of 3001. ter antral" to this gallant
Officer, for his long and meritorious services in the
Company's service, which he so nobly wound up by
his unrivalled vi Cory over Liaois ; and stating, that
he felt perfealy confident, that when, at a future
time, he should have the pleasure of laying such a
Resolution before the General Court, the Direaors
would receive their entire approbation.
Mr. ROCK then rose, and observed, that though
he was decidedly of opinion, that the remuneration
panted by the Direaors was well merited, yet be
wished to know how the Court of Direaors con-
sidered themselves authorised to give away 50 or
Cso,ooo pounds ? To which the CHAIRMAN replied,
in the most satisfaaory manner.
On the rise of the Court, Sir Fa steers BARING
begged leave to call the attention of the Court, for
a few moments, to the situation of Captain Timins,
who had likewise been complimented by the Direc-
tors, with a favourable voyage. and observed, that
the same necessity compelled him to resign the voy-
age. Sir FRANCIS concluded with observinip that
he hoped the Court would also consider Captain
Timins in consequence.
No further business offering. the Cit•tam x de-
clared it to be a Quarterly Conn, summoned in pur-
suance of the Company's Charter, and moved the
question of Adjournment.

On Saturday morning was launched atDover, a 20
gun sloop of war, burthen 352 tons, built fur His Ma-
jesty's set vice by Mr. loms limo, an eminent ship-
builder at that town. She is named L'A4liate.
hursday, the Amerkan ship, Swam, sailed from
Dublin for Philadelphia, with a valuable cargo and
a number of passengers on board.
The D ,amond, .1 A lin Nasal r, master, from Dub-
lin to Limerick, was driven on shore at itossglass, in
the dist, id of Strangford, early on the morning of
the 4th inst.—the crew all saved. As the vessel is
laden with ordnance stores, a guard of yeomanry
has been placed upon her.
The grand Meld-day and sham-fight of the Bri-
gade of 110, al East India Vooluntestts, on Saturday
next, is to be entirely under the command and di-
re.'lion of general Gitosverion, who, on the con-
clusion, gives an entertainment to the Field-Olfisers.
Should the day prove fine, this military spedacle
will be extremely brilliant.
His Majesty, the it,:w Emperor of AUSTRIA, has
lately sent to his elder dead:cr. the Emperor of Mo-
rocco, a superb litre of chrystal. valued at 2,500
dui xi. This pre.,ent was accompanied with a
namber of gold v....tchea, valuable snuff boxes, rare
stuffs, and a large supply of fine liqueurs and re.
served frui:s.

TILE 177R1P.

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Ells Majesty's five of 100 gs. free for all horses, &c.
four-yestr oldl to carry lOst. 41b.-6ve-year olds
Ist. si -yeir olds I Ist. —and aged I 2st.
?lb.—One Four-mile Heat.
Str II %Wham: • C. Sr r. Sowlong, 4 gni. rolot . .
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Mg BrAndling% b to A:004 o, g; . . . dr

10 to I on Starling.
Sweepstakes of `2lgq. each, for then two year olds;
Colts Bst.—Fillies 7st. I Ilh.—Two-year Oids
Cow se.
Lord F.tv.yi!liarn'i dart h e be 114m!)1..toisian . 1
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Mr. W. N. W I:,%ett% llorcio;.c Tat
Mr. coat anion
Mr. Melli.h's ell e. 11 ri e.tv
.5 to 4 against liewetl's blare, the winner the last
favourite.