Star.
London, England, 1805-05-10 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

CLZMITITS, Efq. and M. RIDLIT Efq. (fon of Sir
El. W. Ridley, Bart) took the oaths and their eats.
Mr. C. DUNDAS breught op a Petition front the Nobility,
Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders
ift AL.
she County of Berke, on the
of the Tenth Repot t, erprt their indignation at the
abufes thereby difcovercd and brotobt to light, and praying the
Houle not to relax in their efforts, till thole found guilty were
brought to condign puniflimet.t.—Ord`ged to lie on the table.
Mr, COBB, fromthe Auditors 0 Mee,l.rought up feveral papers
relative to auditing certain Accounts,pir.luant to order.—Ordered
to lie on the table.

On the Order of the Day for the feco:l3 reading of tho Trim
fmall Debt Bill;
Mr. MAY objedvd to the Bill, on the groumi of ha throwing
too larr. a quantity of hofinefs on private Gentlemen, acting as
Magiftrates, who had already as much as they knvir what to do
with ; and as Caere Nal debts were recoverable at the Quarter
gefiloos.

Sir J. NEWPORT fuppnrted the Bill as highly wiceilary• He
Did that the recovery of !Mall debts was very precarious and un-
cgrtain at pi-dent, as it was attended with conliderable eipence.
Perron, might now recover I,6sthe amount of 31. Delors the Ma-
g ftratcs at the Qitarter Seffions; but many of them in the diffe-
rent couniies lived is or 20 miles from the Sefflon Hoare, and had
to carry their witruffes fo Lr, and to pay their erpences, which
rendered it a great hardihip on all, and aduAly 'precluded many
from purfuing their juR claims. He thought, therefore, the Bill
would prove very advantageous to the country, and as V.:chtvould
vote for the fecond reading.
41r. ALEXANDER and Mr. CARR (visored the Bill.
Mr. LEE fed, Magiftrates were allowed to try caufes of sl. for
wages, and why not for cammon occurrences ?
The Bill was read a (toad time, and ordered to be committed
to-morrow.

LORD IT. VINCENT.
L Mr. STURGES BOURNE moved that the motion of Mr. Jef-
fries refpwaing Lord St. Vincent's Adminiltration thould be polt-
Toned till to-morrow.—Ordered.
• TENTH ittPORT COMMITTEE.
. Mr. LEICESTER moved that a Msll*.ige be rent to the Lords,
yequeßing them to permit Lord Harrowhy to attend and give evi-
dente before the Select Committee.—Ordered.
CATHOLIC CLAIMS.
Mr. Alderman SHAW (Dublin) brought up a Petition from
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the city of
Dublin, again.( the RoMan Catholic Petition.—Ordered to lie on
the Table.
MIDDLESEX ELECTION.
Sir F. FANE prtfented a Petition from Sir W. Rawiins, Knt.
end,Robert Albion Cox, Efq. late Sheriffs of Middhles, Rating,
that by wrong advice, they had been drawn into the performance
of certain adta which had drawn on them the difpleafure of the
Houk. It exprefred their Gneere contrition for what they bad re-
prefented ; that their confinement was prejudicial to their private
cone-rns, and Frayed the Houk to take their cafe into confidera-
tion.—Oldered to E.• on the table.
Sir F. f ANL. then moved, that the raid Sir W. Rawlins, Knt.
and Robi rt Aibim Cox, I:rq. be tomorrow brought to the Bar of
the Houk in order to be reprimanded and difcharged.
Mr. ROSE Paid a few words in favour of the Petition, and con-
eluded by rewinding the motion.—Order:d.
HOME Fr,PHAM.

The CHANCELLOR of the F X.CHECji.IEit mov.d the Order
of the Day for proceeding to the ballot for a Committee to con
Eder the Papers, Sec. rt:ative to the repairs of the Romney and
Benfible.
Mr. KINNAIRD wished the Ballot to Rand over till to mor-
row as levet al Ilenibt re bad left the H.. tire before the was
ordered, and, he believed, were not apprifed of it.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER raid, one day
could make HO difference; and, as he witted every Member lbould
give in his lilt who &Bred to do fo, he bad no objedtion to its
Randioz over till to-morrovi.—Ordered accordingly.
IRISH ELECTIONS.

The Hot.fe tefolved itfelf into a Commute on the frith EleStion
Bilk In tbr Committee a fttort conrcrEdion took !dice hetvrten
Mr. Ler, Mr. Fitzg, raid, Mr. l'onfat.by, and Mr. Martini after
which the Cli reported progrito, and diced leave to fit again
on Wedoefday.—Agreed.
IRISH WAYS AND ?ARAN,.

Mr. ALEXANDER Mought up the Report of the frith Stamp
Dutk Blll.—The refoltiona were agreed ti, and a ordered
thereon.
.1 lie Bill to rrpentate the Wine Duty, and the Slate Duty Re-
pent Bill, were fort:rally read a fecund time, and ordered to be
commuted to-morrow.
Nlr A l it X ND I. R brought up the Report on the Trial Beer
Bill. which w read and agreed to.
Mr. FOS moved that the Houle will, to morrow, refolve
Itfelt into a Committee of the whole 1 ioufe to confider of giving
leave to brit% in a Bill for Warehoufing, Bonding, &c. certain
goods, tee. in Inland.—Ordered.
Ago to confider of certain Ads relating to the Witt Eateries.—
Ordered.

be Wilt P. Road Bill was read a third time and ',VIZI
M'. relented at the liar Copies of Letters Patent to
the Lords Co mniflioners of the Tredury iu Ireland, wham to
tlw Orders of the Hode.—Ordered to lie on the table. Adjourned

LONDON.

FRIDAY, MAY to.

PIIICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCKs
Conf. for money, 531—Ditto, May, 58H—Oronium
Eseheq. Bills par as. preen.
• PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 57: 571; India Stock
3 per C. Cunf. Ann. 58 57.1 58 India Bonds, as. as. dir.
4 per Cent. 74 73: Ezeheq. Bills, x s pr. as. dif. par
5 per Cent. Navy, 92 891 Omnium, ai preni.
5 per Cent. :797, 971 98 Exist& Tickets ral.
Long Ann. 16/ 7-t6lhs Cond. for ace: 5811:.

Two Gottenburgh and cue Hamborgh Mails have
arrived. We have alfo received fume Paris journal;
to the 3d, and Dutch Papirs to the sth ;pliant. In
rl:e preceding columns we have given tome interefl-
int articles from thee fourceF, but the following arc
more particularly :
" ITALY, APRIL 16.—We are now affured that
tree flat of Lord NELSON has returned fi om Egypt
to the ntighbourhood of Toulon. On the lath inft.
a fleet was ken near Porto.Maaricio, on the Genoefe
coafi, which was fuppofed to be Englifh.
" Some Englifh regiments are expeaed at Malta."
" MADRID, APRIL I3.—The French lquadron of
Toulon, which failed from that port about a lot t-
might agl, appeared on the 7th off Carthagena.—
Here the Commandant, Vice Admiral VILLENEUVE,
reqi.ired the jun(lion of the fix Sanilh (hips equipped
in I:iat port. Rear Admiral SALCEDO, who com-
rladuis that divifloo, declared he was difpofed to

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form a jnat;on with the 'reach ((padres, but. added
that he would require forty-eight hours to lake on
board the gun-powder which be wanted.. On this
declaration, the French Commander being unwilling
to fuffer fo favourable an opportunity to efcape, pro-
ceeded on without wailing for the Spaniards. The
Toulon fquadron arrived at Cadiz on the afternoon
of the gth in good order, and without having feen the
enemy. Immediately the Eagle, a French Ibip, of
74 guns, and two corvettes of the fame nation which
had remained in the port of Cadiz fince their return
from St. Domingo, joined the Toulon fquadron, and
in the evening five Spanifh !hips of the line, under
the command of Admiral CRAVINA, joined alfo the
French fquadron. A filth Spanifh veffel having
got aground in going out, was not able to join
the fleet till next day the loth, at which time it
began'to get under weigh. It was obferved, that
ww the latter veffel was aground, no perfon
wi''perniitted to have any communication with
her: betides, the Captain received from Cadiz the
moll Orifice orders th thtaw all his papers into
the tea, ,tin the lea* appearance of danger from the
enemy. There circumliances, which fufficiently
prove the importance attachEd to fecrecy in regard
to this expedition, have rendered the public curiolity
more lively is to its deaination, which is the übjeta
of a thoufand conjeaures. •

' We have received here no detailed account
of the force of the French fquadron, but we know
that it confihls altogether of 52 (hips of the line, fix'
frigates, and four corvettes,including the veffels which
were in the port of Cadiz. It is commanded by Ad.
miral Vit.t.sa soya, and the French troops on board,
which, according to authentic intelligence amount to
9000 liven, are commanded by General Latratsroa.
Admiral GRAV IN A, who on this occafion fupplies the
place of M. dc VILLANICENCIO, firft appointed to
this comrr:and, has under his orders the following
veffcls: the Argonaut and St. Raphael, of So guns
each; the Terrible and Firm, of 74; the Ametica and
Spain, of 64, and the Madgalena, of 34. The St.
Raphael is the veffel which got a-ground in going
out. The Spanith troops cn board the fquadron of
that nation, form a total of 2:80 men, t7to of whom
are infantry, and the reit artillery. They, are all
picked troops, felate!.; from alai corps molt efteemed
fur their bravery and difcipline."

Accounts received by the way of Falmouth corro-
borate in a great degree the above flatement. Accor
ding to the accounts alluded to, the force of the ene-
my, when they left Cadiz on the tzth, confilletf of
e Ships of the Line, French;
6 Ditto, Spanifi ;

6 Frigates;
2 Corvettes;
With to,ooo French Troops ;
3,000 SpAnifh ;
RegimentsSpanifhCaralry,dirmounted;
And 300 Artillery.

Advices were received at tht Admiralty from Lord
GARDNER yefterday. The fleet tinder his Lordibip's
command conilfied of twenty-eight fail of the line;
the enemy were at tingle anchor in Brea water, com-
pletely prepared for tea. The aBual amount of their
force is not Hated, but it is fuppofed to be from 21
to 25 fail of the line.
Extra& of a Letter from an Officer on board the
Channel Fleet, dated--

" Ramilies, April 28, 1805.
" Twelve fail of the line are expeeted to fail from this dect to-
morrow, under the command of Admiral CAlingwood ; this (hip
is to be one of the number. The Dreadnought, of 9R guns, Rear
ASmirl Coilingwood ; Foudroyant, So, Sir Thomas Grearts ;
Mars, 74 ; Minotaur; 74 ; Coloffus, 74 ; Wintlfor Cattle, 98 ;
Bellerophon, 74; Diadem, 64 ; and three others, names unknown,
are to compofe the fquadron. Before this reaches you, I hope to
be pretty far advanced on tho way to the Balt or Weft Indies."

A letter from Gibraltar, of the 3d alt. antes, that
the AVENGER (loop of war was appointed to convoy
the trade to EnglAnd. The fleet failed from Gibral-
tar on the Bth of April. The Doris tranfport, fup-
pored to have failed with them, put into Li(bon on
the 13th.

The following important particulars alfo, refpea-
ing the junEtion of the Toulon and Spanith lqua-
drons, have reached us in a latter from Cadiz :

" Cadiz, iath April, t Bos.
" I vr.mte ran lalt poll (the 9th inflant) all the news which ne-
tweed till ten o'clock at night, refpeding the Toulon fimadron.
That night, and the following morning, the Spanilh fleet of five
line of battle (hips, and a frigate, joined them. The St. lafael,
another Sprat line of battle Chip (a 90), ran aground, it is
ftrongly prefumed by dcfiga of the Commander, Moines. The
wind being moderate, and the fea calm, no hurt happened, but
Montcs appeared Nuts inclined to follow, when Officers from the
General of this Naval Department, as well as from Adriiiral Alava,
obliged him to fail about twenty-four hours after the others; fo
that yefterday, lit o'clock in the morning, the was mired' fight,
and her jundion with the fleet is of courre fuppofed. At eight
o'clock yefterday morning, an Englifh brig of war hove in fight,
but difappeared in the afternoon, and fence then we bay: feral 110•
thing elk.

4. It mutt be confeffed, that the French do not appear to be fo
great bunglers in navy affairs, as they wcic during the revolution :
all the 'hips appeared to be in the brit Rate; they came from off.
Carthagena in thirty hours, and in the morning of the day before
yc.ftrday, were Peen in full fail, and in great order, keeping their
one with much exadtnefs." •
We underfiand that Government has received ad-
vices of the arrival ofAdmiral CocHRANE'i Ititiadron
in the Weft Indies. Difpatches have alto been re-
ceived, which confirm the account of two French line
of battle fhips, full of troops having got out of
Rochefort, on the zit ;Ann'.

An order from the Privy Council was iffued yet.
terday to take off the embargo on all Stipa bound to
Ireland.

The outward bound Weft India fleet was getting
under weigh from Cork on the 4th infant.
The 32d regiment has marched From Louglrrea to
embark at Cork; the atft, 62d, and 92d have already
embarked. The 38th, 7111, and 72d, are on their
route to Cork to embark. This force is to be com-
.manded by Sir EYRE COTTE, as an Army de ChalTe,
to be in rcadinefs to follow wherever the combined,
fquadron may be (hereafter) afcertained to have
made an impreffion, in order to diftodge them. hi
is t.i icridecvous at Portfmouth.• Several of the moll
able and csretienced Generals are to be employed
under Lieutenant• General Sir E. Coors on this ex-
pedition.

The French, it is believed, have 74,000 choice
trovs on-board, and uur force will confifi of 8000
of out bell men. The 86, 4.2 d, and 91(1, it is faid,
are ali;.) to form a part of the expedition, but it i.
not yet known to a certainty if this will be the cafe.
The troops in Ireland commenced their march to
Cork in tilt 4th of May.

Yellerday at two o'clock, his Ma'am held a
Privy Council at the ueen's•Hnufe. which was at-
tended by the LORDCHANCELLOR, EatIIDARTINOUTN,
WINCIIELSEA,WESTMORELAND,CHATNAM,BUCKING•
Maim IRE, AYLEEFORD, Vifcount SIDMOUTH, and
Lord HAWRESBURY. Mr. FAULKNER attended the
Council as Clerk. The Council fat till four o'clock,
when Capt. Linn, of the Royal Navy, was introduced
to his MAJESTY by Sir S. COTTSRELL, and received
the honour of Knighthood.

Mr. Setjeant Bi•ar will move on Wednefday next,
for a licleet Crrnmittee to take into ennfideration the
Eleventh Report of the Coma:llialoners of Naval In-
quiry.

Earl MOIRA left Edinburgh on Sunday, and is ex-
pe,ll.d in town to-morrow.

T:tc Garter, vacant by the death of the Marquis
of LAN SDOWW, will, it is thought, be prefented to the
Marquis of STAFFORD.
The Marquis of LAwsnowN's extenfive entailed
Oates, amounting to more than 35,0001. per annum,
devolve on his eldelt fon, Lord Wycorsas, now Mar-
quis of LASSDOWN ; but to,oool. per annum and
near ico,oool. in fpecie, are willed to his other fon,
Lord IL PATTY.

Yelerday died at her hntife in Brnton.areet, the
Right Honourable Lady WALPOLE, wife of Baron
Wat rote, of Wolterton, in Norfolk. Her Lad)flii,t
was daughter of Witt:AM, 3d Duke of Devonthire.
Friday morning the Corporation of Reading Met
at the Guildhall, for the purpofe of cot:fez-ring the
honorary freedom of that place on EDWARD Si m sow,
Efq. of Salvadore Houle, in !scorn for his numerous
and important ails of beneficence, and for his con
Rant attention to the interells of his native town.—
This honour was prefented to hint in a gold box; on
which the arms of the borough were richly engraven.

ROYAL REVIEW.--The Brigade cif Volunteer Ca- I
valry was reviewed yellerday, by his Masssrv, in
Hyde Park. The Light Hotle Volunteers, with their
Dismounted; London Cavalry, with their Flying
Artillery; and the Weßminlier Volunteer Cavalry.'
The line was formed at 9 o'clock, and his MA) MISTY
appeared on the ground at so, accompanied by his
Royal Highnefs the Prince of WALEs, the Dukes of
YORK, KENT, &c. and a large Cake of General Offs.
cers. The Royal Bak Artillery. from Woolivich,
fired a falute of 2 t guns, on his 11.1aissry's appear-
ance, aad the field pieces belonging to the London
Cavalry an equal number on his departure. The
former were drawn up on the right, and the latter on
the left flank of the line. The evolutions were cnr-
rcaly and rapidly executed.—Previous to the Re-
view of the London and Weliminfter Volunteers, his
Mai STY reviewed the Bth and 28th Regiments of In-
fantry. They immediately marched off, on their way
to Portfmouth, to embark for the Welt Indies.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE SONS OF THE CREIEGY..-.
relladay the annual feat of the Sons of the Clergy
was held at Merchant Taylors' Hall, and, as utual,
they met at St. Paul's Cathedral, where an excellent
fcrmon was preached by the Rev. Mr. &arm, from
the 34th chapter of Exodus, sth and 6th verfes. An
Anthem, compofed for this charity, by Dr. BOYCI,
and feveral other pieces of facred mtific, was per-
fsrrne l by a vet y numerous band of vocal and inftru-
mental perfr.rmers. The mutic was condOled by
Sir %Vas. Pasant's, MtiL D. in a very mafterly ftyle,
and Mr. SHAW leader of the band. The Overture of
Wier, Te Deism Laudamus was moll beautifully
performed. The eloircis was uncommotly crowd-
ed with very genteel company. Amongft whom his
Royal Highnefs the Duke of Sussex and his fuit?.
His Grace the Duke of BEDFORD and Lord GRAN-
THAM ferved in perfon at Stewards. The Lord Mayor
and Sheriffs attended in Rate, with the Chamberlain,
and Aldermen AINSLEY, HUNTER and PaiNcer, in
their fcarlet gowns. Between two and three hundred
of the Royal Artillery attended at the church un-
der their commander, Colonel Le Mesuates, with
their full band, and lined the church-yard as the coal-
pany palled. The colleftion at the rehearfal, anni-
verfary and dinner amounted to near soool.

On Friday laft, Ann Davis, alias Gordon, convicted
at Lewes Aifizes of the wilful murder of her bafiard
child, and who had been refpitcd from time to dime,
on account of derangement of intellea, was exe-
cuted at Horfham. She had been, for the laa week,
in a found ftaie of mind ; and, we underfiando eon-
dueed herfelf at the gallows in a manner becoming
her unhappy fituation.
A woman, named Ann Ireton, has been committed
to York Cattle on a charge of horfiflealing. •
CORN EXCHANG to MAR K• 1, AN F, MAT
frefit arrivals of Wheat to-day are but few ; the Cup.
ply but middling, and little of fine quality, the fam-
ple,s of which are rather higher ; rime few Foreign
are arrived. Barley is fornewhat dearer. Malt at
little variation. White Peas doll fale, at lefs ;
nearly without Grey Peas. Beans of each fort rather
dearer. The late demand and ready fale of Outs
creates farther advance—a few foreign are come in—
Flout in good fupply at our latt prim