Star.
London, England, 1806-05-17 00:00:00

MILITARY RIPCIRT.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
role to more that the Houfe lhould go into a I:UM-
Inittee of Supply, but before he did fo he would take
the opportunity of giving a more fpecific notice
than he had as yet given, refpeding an affair which
had for tome time back engaged the attention of
the Houk and the public—he meant the Report of
'he Military Commirrion, now lying on the table.
Ile before hated that the attention of Minillers had ,
•en turned to this fuhjea, and that a general fyftem
was• preparing for the management of the public.ac-
coun.'ll. He now dated that on Wednelday next he
would
,oropofe a new Military Commiflion For inveßi-
siting a bufes committed in the Wert Indies—bin as
that only formed a part of the genusl fyffem, he
trulied be would be allowed on that day to enter
fomewhat at length into the nature of the nicafures
relativetothe public accounts which Government had I
in contemplation. He alfo gave notice that on Mon.
day next he would, in the Committee of Ways and
Means, propofe a new tax in lieu of the Iron Tax.—
Tie concluded by moving, that the Houfe go into a
Committee of Supply.

PILI•ATS CLAIN'S.
Mr. WM. SMrni tyre to Rate the dams of hleffra Chalmers
and Cowie for cnmenfation in eonfequeoce of the ids they fut.
taiocd by the blockade of the Baltic. 'at Honourable Gaitlama

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at 4:adders/de *ph fated die raft et the petitioners. wise bad
•sperlokod • bli of 35.noei. by thobe~sti et a time ems°
et ihrodils lenbps. which they bed iteaoeed roe the _Leo"'
1 sesekst ht Os gee dos, at • Om of erase (earthy. An em•
beep we bid wpm nise Ilipplog b Os Beide. sod the herring.
Woe it , solosoed.isobse low% ite embargo
ism take.' et. Tbe Oral--u laving Rated the care.
raidit mu Ids bionebo bar Camiere to prepare • gram of the
I (von of 3.l4:rnt bo Mao. Chebeen mod °eyrie to make good
OrdHe dosheislailossd. that the Kapott open tSc petition
to connodnon
• . Mr. LONO hohnesod his hoteidnied the 'grant, at
Ina As Cs yew is sossiest. The assdetoan obrav-
sd, do /fah wee le Ws (does not
_big tarry Member. pre-
ilst_)AllstAaggetnodes. It o•llolleasenikle Mahar. wfweber he would
parn lb

After Iwo ontweitioa between Mr. Rafe, Mr. HuGdffon,
lard Halrf..Potrpt Mr. Vaildisteet, and Mr. Smell, the latter
tionouroble Goothows coPfeated to vrlthdraw his mutton fur the
prdan. . . . .
The Houk, pilimards went Into the Committee. Op the,roo•
tion of the Chancier of the Eschequer, his Majelty's Menge,
relative to -Jan% a provifwo for the Family of the late Lord
:plink
Vltcoost N woo Wooed to the Committee, arid the fame of
to.oocL owl sooxl. were •oted to the Fundy ; the lat-
ter fon do of Ito '4 two niters-. The Report
was nedvede—Adeoprood at Mee ce . _

t. SATURDAY, MAY zy.
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PRICE OF 3TOCKIt THIS DAY AT OXII CFCI,DCZt
Coeds. for atwitter, 64—far May fol—Ontalum 4
mice OP STUCK YASTERDAY. 0. .
Bask back aoyft Isis Peed% Var 11... t Pam
3P. 00.-Rid. AnNs9.ll he. 3p• OWL silt
3 per Cent. Cad. not Imp. Ann. If . .
4Mr Cent. itif . _ tack. litna to. dr. la. pr.
siper CCM. Navy 9311 Onuttantitts srantooL
Leap Au. ty 3-14 , __

The Etravitcs, of 34. guns, has arrived At Ply-'
mouth, with s convoy from Gibraltar, mofily Swedes.
She left the Bay in company with the Itat ralitita, of
Ito guns; s aowouc NT, Orsto guris, and three
(Prizes, which would probably reach Fortfitiontli lift
night.
AU the outwird bound China fleet of f•ea. fon,
Confifling of th fail, ire underhand, arrived at Can-
too on _
the
lb to M 24_ o_ ber.
. The EA India Mips which left England with Sir
1-1430 r Nan, j• 11, bDC/I ;SS OT GORDON, STtaaTlSalet
EUROPI, WILLI/1/7t PITT, COMIT, TlOlll4
DIANA, GLORY, NOiiH•M P Tail, SARAH PRillitkailit
Sir WILLIaM Pumier and U stow, for the Cape
of Good Hope. we're ordered, on the 7th February
lag. to weigh immediately, and proceeded from
thence for India, under conidy of hit Majelly's (hip
Beataccusuk.

It appears !hat the French fquadron to which the
Volontaire belonged, had been cruising" in the lad-
tuck of St. Helena for about fix weeks. They were
teen lijr the DOtothea, an Americati Vella, on the
4th of Febriary, abdut rso leagues from that inane!,
and by the Cartel on the Both of the following
month. Had the fquadron failed from France with
Any intention of anticipating an expedition, which
Was kno*n to have proceeded from this country
*jai that fettlement, it is riot likely it would loiter
fo many weeks in the latitude of St. Helena. From
what we have heard, the anival of the Volontaite at
the Cape, does not jellify the conflation, that the
remainder of the fquadron intended to follow her.—
That frigate failed from Bra; in company with
the fquadron under the command of Admiral Vie.-
, ttawsi. and paned front him off Teneriffe. She
intended to put into one of the Cape de Verd Wands,
brit (acing a arange fail thtre, the French Captain
conceited that be was chaced, and made the bell of
his way for the Cape of Good Hope: Seeing the
Dutch eolotirs flying, he was induced to go in, and
was taken in the way we mentioned yetlfiday.
The Volontaire had two hundred Englilk folciiers
on board, which the French fquadron bad taken in
two Englifh ttanfports, that had failed from Gibral-
tar, under convoy of the PotArnem us. and parted
company

The reffel In Which LieuterlantMaasstr. cone home
is not the cartel that fell in with the French fqua-
dron, Rated In the Bulletin, but the Ann, Captain
Winatirsom, a South Seaman. She failed from the
Cape on the t lth of March, touched at St. Helena,
failed from thence on the 26th of March, and faw no
fquadron whatever during the paffage. Lieutenant
Mai sits. was taken out of her at lea, in lat. 44. 30.
N. long. to. 47. W. by the Aeries frigates and con-
veyed to Plymoath, where he landed on Wednefday.
If it ever was the intention of the French fquadion
to proceed to the Cape, which is very probable, they
would alter their plan, after learning from the cartel
(bound from the Cape to Holland) that the Cape
was in oar paffelfion. This circumilance might in-
duce them to mire in fuch a latitude as might give
them fame chance of falling in with our China fleet.
The latter, it is fuppofed, however, might be capable
of oppofing confiderable refinance, as they are s a to
z 5 fine (hips, under convoy, it is believed, of two (hips
of the line, and perhaps a frigate. The reports of the
French fquadron having been off the Cape and paling
on to eaflward, and of the Foam rut, detached by
Sir Jona Duca worn' to the Eaa Indies, are unfup•
ported by any authority whatever.
Whatever might have been the objens of the Com-
mander of the French fquadron, whether to take pot
fellion of the Cape, or intercept our outward or home-
ward bound EaR India convoys, we have the fatif.
faftion of knowing, that there is little probability of
his lucceeding in any of them.

The intelligence which we gave yefierday of the
Devaynes and Carmarthen, homeward bound India-
men, and eight whalers, having arrived at St. He
lens, was brought by Lieutenant MANSF

The General Stuart, which failed h m Benpl in
December, in company with the Carmarthen,
got mind at St. Hcicna on the astia March.

The Brzt.nteaux man of war. with the fleet for
India, failed from the Cape the beginning of Feb.
Sir Joan Boazace WARR 61e.; lquAdron has been
forced to return into pm t, but Government will im-
mediately (end off another, in quell of Jseciass and
his Meet. Th'e ftradron under Sir JnNN encountered,
on the 23d ult. nee of the moll violent gales ever
remembered, in which the Marengo, whole rigging
was very old and rotten, got totally difmarled ; and
the Ramillies 101 l her mizen malt and main top mall.
SelleYouie, by the very great exertions of Mr.
WESTPHALL (late a Lieu,tenpnt of the Amazon),
who commanded her, and timely attention to the
fecurity of her rigging, farcl,ber mails. There dif
alters hurriA the Iquadron in, before they received
(from a cartel from the Caieso Holland), the intel-
ligence that the French fquadron of fix fail of the'
line was cruising off St. Helena.
Sir 11.1C/lIIAD STR/ICHAN'S kuadron is named as
the one to lx fent in quell of the enemy, and will be
ready to fail in a day or two. We have no doubt
likewife, that detached fquadrons will be fent out in
different diretßions to intercept Jeaoms, &Mild be
endeivoyr to return home, 'finding nothing to be
done in India. We have the firongeß hopes that his
fleet never will again reach a French port io Europe.
The fubjoined, letter will put our keadets in Pot-
feffon of the rumours at Plimouth refpeBing the
French (gnat:lron : . .
41 PLYMOUTH, MAY 15.
" It appears that Coinmodore Sir Hosea Pop MAK
bad with him in the Bay at the Cape the Duna se, of
64.gnni, itiibonass.s. 64, DUMMY, 50, ••••••••••••••••••
54 Niactssus, tit, and Vozoaritis, of 4.0 guns
(prize); that with this force he intended t? attack
the French twiadron, in the event of their coming in:
the forts and Enghfh (hips were to hoilt Dutch co-
lotip, and the VOLUNTAIIti French colours, and the
furnaces on the forts were to be heated with red hot
(hot, fo that the enemy are in a fair way of being
taken or dellroyed. The Vozogrataa had two hun-
dred Englith foldiers on board, that were taken out
of two traisfports, which were landed as a fupply to
the garrifon. The Vozom iallt parted by accident
from the fquadmn, and fleeted fur the Cape, expeet-
ing to find tC:m there."
To Slily all difmay, and (hew how formidable our
army in odr Eallern Empire is, we exhibit the fol-
lowing Claim:trot of our force at the Cape and in
India :—Caval!y, 19th, 20t11, sill, sad, 242 h, and
25th Reginients.—lnfentry, sath, 17th, 19th, 22d,
24th, 30th. 'Ad, 34th. 47th, 50, 53d, 56th, soh,
.65th, 66th, 67th, 69th, 72d, 7sth, 76th, 77th, 78th,
Both, 8114 83d, B'4th, 86th, 93d, 94th, and the Regi-
ment De Meurnn.—Total 6 of Cavalry and go Regi-
ments of Infantry. With loch a force we may defy
every attempt of the Corfican to tranfplant his hordes
to our Afiatic PotlifUns.

Another Eaft Ipdia fleet is forming at Portf-
Mouth ; the Indus, Ha►riet, mod other Indiamen, and
feveral Chinainen, hefidis Rote (hips, South Sea
whalers, and tranfports fit the Cape, will compote
this fleet, which is apnninled.to fail in three weeks.
The frigate with Ea►l LA VOIRDALI, his family and
fuite, will fail before that time.

Yeßerday the Royal Family left town for Windfr.
The Loan Cmantit.Lot was not able to attend the
Drawing Room on Thurfday. on account of the trial
of Lord Kw,' t.t.e ; but his Lordfhip's family were
prefented to Her Ma'am in deep mourning for their
mother. The Hon. Davis and Mrs. EMIN a, and the
Hon. Mifs tasking, by Lady E LLLLL ottouott ; the
Hon. Mrs. HoLLANn, by the Dbchefs of GORDON ;
and the Hon. Mrs. E. Moaats, by the Duehefs of
NORTHUMMLAND.

Among the other prefentations to Her MAJairy,
at the Drawing Roim, were--.
Serpents BeR and I en s.on :Mir bring appointed King's Ser.
jeants—M r. Dummy aid Mr. Hargrave, on their being appointed
King's Courifel—Chevalier Loewenßer, by Sir Stepht n Cmteri.l--
Mr. Hume, by Colonel Morgan—Two MiG Kinnovis, by Lady
Kinnettl-4dlis Blackburn, by Mrs. Blackburn—Mrs Horton,
by Me, Davenport-..MiG Leg,, by Mrs. Burroughs—Lieutenant
Colonel Ware, on his being appqint ed in Colonel Rawlin's Hero
Itqlreent or Volunteers—Captain and Mrs. Wheatley, on their
manse Dearrby by Lonl Craven.
Test, OF LORD rvi ILVJI LE—The trial commenced
yefterdsy morning at the Mimi time. Mr. PIGOTT,
the Attorney Genera, addrelfed their Lordfhips in
the firtt inllance, upon the law of thescafe, as let forth
by the Noble Defendant's Cnunfel ; after which, Mr.
WHITBREAD entered upon his reply.
There was a very nornerotts attendance of the
Members of both Houfes I and the difplay of beauty
and (Albion, in all parts of the Hall, was highly gra.
tifying t it was crowdel at a very early hour.
This forenoon died, at hi, houfe in Trinity fquara,
EFFINGHAM LAWRENCE. Efq. one of the Elder
Brethren of the Trinity Houfe.
We are authorized to corral an error in the Bate-
ment that appeared in the papers, refpelting the bid.
ding for the Loan in Ireland, in which Meffrs. Rein,
lavinc, and Co. and Mr. Lux& Wmint were flaked
to be the bidders—the biddings were by
Thomas Cope, Ng. soot. Money for 143 L 101. 34 per cent. Stock
p.urrrs Reid, Irving, and Co. do. 1391. cs. do.
Mehra. Gibbons and Williams do 1391.
The two latter biddings being the fame, the Loan
was divided between them.
Yelterday ftveral Running Matches were decided
in Lord's Cricket Ground, but the conteft which ex-
cited the greatest attimtion was between Lord E.
Sousassx and the Hon. E. Has 110103—the diltancc
was one hundred yards and the flake 100 goinfas—
The competitors tan rurt and era until within fifteen
yards of the winning port, when Lord E. SOMENSFr
falling, it was fubmetted to unvires that be had been
jostled by his opponent, aosi after a long eonfultation
between Lord F. Bsaucnrac. Lord Baoosc, and
flmuld boconr,av,it.:,•alesaavg thetinlengtsod option to for.idedthat Fish;
Rffeaokar:
d
of running the matc:i apsin at y period within fix
months upon girwg fix weeks precious notice.