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London, England, 1803-04-08 00:00:00

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CooL for May, 63 624 634 63

• A mail arrived this morning from Holland,
From which we have given a few extrafts in
the preceding column. The • reports about the
march of French troops into Holland, feem to be
as coutradietory among the Dutch themfelves as
on this fide the water. • •• .
The private letter from Paris, laid before oar
Readers is this day's Paper, prefents an account
of a fplendid review at Paris.

The circumftance 6f both Ifoufes of Parliament
adjourning IA night for the, Holidays, without a
angle queftion being put to Minillers, or any thing
even hinted .at that 28oki provoke a dircuffion on
the (late of public affairs. may be held as a kind
of proof that fometbiog is negotiating about the
admiffion of hew Members into the Cabinet. In-
deed, this fubjedis: now the topic of general con.
verfation, and few doubt, that if war be refolved
on, both Mr. PIT r and Lord MeLvitt,s will
instantly come into pow% but Mr. WINDHAM
and his. Friends (called "Bloodbounds" by the efticte.,
conduilors of that &putt and tkritsfud diurnal
publication ycleped the True Briton) are to be
excluded. . : e , •
"The French Government Ades to.ohny that
?ray priparations are making in the Ports of France
or Holland, which ought to excite the fthalleft
alarm in this Country, but the fad.has been fo no-
torious for Tome time paft, that fom'e furprife has
been exPrelred that there preparations did not ikon?,
er aura& public attention here. From the infor.
*nation of Englifh Gentlemen who have paffed
through Flanders within therefor, weeks, we know
that Come time before his Makfty's Melrage toPar-
liament, alnioll the whole of the French troops
were drawn from thegarrifons and cantoned along
the lea coaft, and that the 'ovation of this country
was the general topic of converfation both with the
Officers and men of the French Army. We believe
further that the Frepch ports are filled with gun•
boats. and fang craft of different kinds, fitted for
the reception of trOopi. In tbefe they, may tranf-
-0021 o,oceo or 60,b00 men, and, if favoured by
circumftances, may land them on our Coat with.
put much interruption from our Navy. The irrita-
tion and anger apparent in a certain quarter we
believe to proceed chiefly from the French prepa-
rations being difeovered here toe four, not from the
there atertion of the exiftence of fuck preparations 's
the troops for alt Invafion are ready, but not
equally fo the means ortranfiviting them hither ;
sad hence it is thkt to much difpleafure is expreffed
it the detedion of the plan, and the means ulbd
here to render it abortive."—True Briton.

retietday tieing Maunday Thurfday,, in coins -
bsemoration of the Paffover,his Mat &sal'', Bounty
so as many poor men and women as the Leo. is
years bid, Was diaributed in Whitehall Chapel, by
the Rev.. the Dean of Weftminifer, Sub-Ahnoner
to His Majs s Tr. The Rev. Prelate delivered a
!hart explicit Exordium on the Royal bineficenee.
The poor were as nfual regaled with a platter of
ifh, a ratio of beef, and four three-penny loaves;
after Which, in the afternoon, after evening fervice
Was performed by the Rev. Dr. Moos, and Anthem i
by the Chorillers of the Chapel Royal, the Rev.
Dr. Vincasr, in the body ot the Chapel, gave to
every applicant who had a right to the benefac-
tion, cloth to each man for a coat and Mira, a pair
of thou and flockings ; to each Woman, cloth for
a lhif't and camblet for a gbirn, with two little lea-
ther bagst one containing a one pouad note, the
other as many Mier penny pieces as the Mao is
years old. After which each perfon had given to
them a (null wooden bowl of twine to chink the
Ktro's health—when they departed, well pleafed
with What ,they had receared.
COURT-Mattrist.—The report of the trial of
the two Officers, mentioned in our Paper of Wed-
nefday, was laid before his MArisry that day,
when the decifion cif the Court Martial received
the Royal fanaion. Captain Mixt. LLLLL (brother
to Lord KIILCODIIIO 14 ), who was the aggreffor
on the oeeallon, is difnsiffed his Majefly's fervice;
and Baligit Lt.oto is fufpended and deprived of
his pay for fix months. Both thefe Officers be.
longed to the Coldfiream Regiment of Guards.
Mr. BASTIDI, Banker of the French Govern-
ment, accompanied by two of his chief Clerks,
arrived in town on Saturday left. He is come
over, it is raid, to it:nit:lo tome financial bufinefs
with our Minifiers.

Etterrn /4 in the title of Mr. Lewis's aralpiece.
For Monodrama read Maarodratna.
_ _

Poor Nat. Lce, of mad memory, ufed to fay, that
it required fume talents to write file a madman, but
very little indeed to write hie a ,
Never was there filch a difpute among gOorro•
-ikh as at relent concerning the fore of ilrairs.—
Some fay that it is traera6k, others, that it in&
rates a ANIMA to quarrel. The ayes and the nom
are of a quite different charaaer. In this, how.
ever, all arc agreed, that it is extremely :kers,.
Wednefday fennight, about four o'clock after-
noon an alarming fire broke nut in a warthogs('
in Wilfon-fireet, Glafgow, which dcfiroyed a con.
fiderabk quantity of yarn and mu ilins--by the alert
exertions of the firemen, who attended with the
city engines, it was, however, got under without
dr,ing any further damage.—The above was octa-
1-toted by the suit of the garret forty talaig fire.