The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-05-21

Early on "wednesday morning the whole of the
channel Fleet got under weigh from Torbay and
itood down the Channel with fine breeze at E.
N. E.
M Pitt Ian night delcrbed the outlines of his plan
Tor the augmentation of dfpoiable force by the
more iPeedy reduction Of the nlilitia-The number
OF men to be thus obtained is to be 1000, LEAVING
10000 as the amount Of the militia Establishment for
England, and 5000 for Scotland The number of
volunteers from each regiment is be regulated by
the amount OF the quotas for each country LIS are
to be tranimitted to the REFLECTIVE omIsanding OIL
GERS and if four fths OF the original numbers volun
teer Tor the regular army, the country is to be freed
IRON all further charge. In this cafe the whole bu-
iinets isef to the commanding officer If fuch num-
Der ihoud not, in the frn ntance, be obtained the
commanding officer is to divide his regiment into two
equal parts; the half is to be wholly exempted
from the operation of the BILL and out of the remain
ing halt, volunteers to the amount Of fo.:T-fifs of
the whole number to be obtained.
On "Wednesday, government (ent orders to Gravel
end, Portsmouth, aud the Downs, to detain all Chi
ma and Madras ihips, which were ready to fail from
thee places, in order embark troops OH board of
them Ships of the Target lze are to carry two hun
bred and forty men each, and the others two hundred
or leis, according TO their dimeniions. The China
ihlPs are to dilembark their troops at Madras The
whole number OF troops fent out will be between
four and five thou(and. The 69th regiment failed
from sphead the 9Th of March, in the feet convoy
ed yhis Maeay's 0hip HindoGan, for the fame def
tination. Thefe troops have been ordered to India
in conequesce Of the unpleafant intelligence lately
received from that quarter.
The following are the regiments which are going
on the iecret expedition, as it has been called, but
which is generally believed, to be defined for the
Mediterranean -Four troops of the goth Light
Dragons, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel
Taylor the S9th, 44th, 4sth, 5sth, and sin reg-
ments of Infantry from England the 25th, 18th,
and another regiment Of Infantry from Ireland Se
veralconpaHies of Artillery, Engineers Ordnance &C.
General Sir James Craig is to be commander in chief
Under him General Sir John Stuart, and two Briga-
dier-Generas Brigadier General Campl ell, Adjutant
General to the expedition and Colonel Bunbury
Quarter NIaiier-C General. That the Mediterranean
will probably be foon the fcens of fome enterprise,
ieems pretty esden; from the quantity Of flores lately
ient to Malta and there it probable, the Ruian
au1iliares will fra be employed.
The expeditions made uie ofla night by Mr. Pitt
in the 1oufe of Commons feems to hold out hope
that we hal foon have the cooperation of forne of
the continental powers.
Add 10 this, that more Rulian troops, according to
letters by che Hamburg Mails which arrived this day
are daily expeSled at Corfu
We have received Paris Journals to the Itch, and
Dutch papers Of the 20,h inn.
The latter contain the plan Of the new contribution
preieribed to Holland by Bonapsrte. It is however
OF bttle Importance by what name or under what
form Holland may be ruled while foreign flste die
ta,es every nleafare that is adopted. 1t will be feen
that the legislative body is 10 be new modelled, and
the ancient title Of" Their High MghtineiIes" ref.
tored to it. OF the" High and Mighty Lords" there
Is obe nineteen and the Executive Power is to be
veted in the hands of the pcnGonary who Of courfe
will aa az kind OF Viee-Roy to Bonaparte. sohim-
mePenniiek is the perou appointed to I'LL this latter
ftuaton. lie is to have council OF Gate the feet,
aud armies to be at his difpofal he is charged
with the lsPrene police, and is to have the oIe dree-
tion Of the Treafury. Their High MghtineiIes, ~
Whole nsue he is TO a3, may approve or reject his
plans, but they n,oa not alter them.
An article from Frankfort, Of she 18th, contains
the fologin. inteTeaag particulars rsipce3ng whas