The Cambrian

:"l T¡Ù:1lSI),\Y, Apri!19., I THRreport of the Dutch fleet having put to sea, appears to have/ been unfounded; no official accounts ot their sailing having reach- ed the Admiralty. It probably originated iu souk? oi our cruizers having been mistaken for the ene- my's fleet. A letter from Amsterdam of the 4th inst. states that the French have taken possession of Meppen, near Kmbdeu. No other way tor introducing goods into Germany remains now open but through Hol- stein and the Baltic pons. Thft Marengo, French cartel, has arrived at Fal- mQUth from Gorec, alter a passage of two months, and has brought home Colonel Eraser, late com- ^laandant at that settlement, and the soldiers who formed the garrison. Bv private accounts received from France through a respectable channel,-the indignation of all parties has rlsen, since the foul murder of the Duke d'En- ghien, to a height which portends (if any depend- ence niav be placed ou so frivolous and volatile a people) that a new rcvo-lution cannot be far distant. One sentiment, and one only, has hi.herto sup- ported the Consular throne; and that is, the re- membrance of the horrors of anarchy, the cruel- ties and atrocifles which have attended every phaive, and the little substantial good which these Changes have produced. Thatdegree of individual quiet and security which was felt at first under Bonaparte's -government is now, however, dissi- pated. The irequent arrests have caused an alarm in the minds of all; while the greater and more noble passions are excited by the horrid acts which the tyrant has lately committed. The reports 01 the plots are not bdn-ved; because no satisfactory proofsof them have been afforded and had Piche- gru been allowed publicly to enter on his defence, tile invective (which it is" understood he had plan- ned) against the usurpation and tyranny of Bona- parte, it is thought, would have created a consi- derable sensation. On this account, too, it is sup- posed that Moreau will "not be brought to any pub-: ..lie trial, but will either be privately taken olf in prison, or, under colour ofan act of mercy, be trans- r ported to Guiana, where he will be carefully disposed t!.{ The fate of the Duke dlEnghien has done more for the restoration of the Bourbons than any other circumstance could have effected. Even, those who were formerly among the most devoted -idolizers of/a Republic, now look to that; family as the piily hope of franco; and to their restoration, as the only means of -ultimately, establishing the tranquillity and happiness of tfyat miserable country. Admiral Gravma has been appomtcd Ambassa- •'dor from Spain tb-the First epn-suH' ■ The volunteer bill passed the".H'o.usc of Lords last i night.—In the Commons, the discussion ot the army of reserve suspension bill was deferred till to- morrow, on account of the indisposition ol Mr.. Pit t, and the bill was read ,ase.eaud tltne, wlt-hoot: opposition, Mr. Fox's motion respecting- the ha- rional defehefe was postponed till Monday, the ar- my estimates till Wednesday, and the budget till. Monday •se'nnight.—In aCOrnmittee oi'Ways and means, the Chancellor*of the Exchequer said, he had intended to propose the replacing of. the elc- ven millions ofexchequer .bills voted to. be .paid off on a former day, by a. frésh, issue: ta that amount;, "but the Bank having agreed to postpone the pay-" --a p mentofa million and a halftili n,ext :year, it was- pnly necessary to raise nine halfi, which .he proposed to do by two hills, one for rais- ing eight millions, aDd the other for a million and; a halt. It.was Wbt intended, he observed, "tofund' any part 6f the bills now outstanding, there being none of an older date than the 5th of April 1803 and he concluded by moving resolutions agreeable to his statement;—After some remir'.s by Mr. Johnstone, OH the necessity of restraining the i-sstifes of exchequer bills, the motions wereagrecd to. A gentleman in a mixed company had lately the ha;di- ieod to vindiQatfcj the character of the First Consul—He bas," said flf, incurred much blame but, in the mean time, let's give the'Devil his due.'• I will," rejoined his antagonist, I will give hint Bonapaitt; Ul) Lite a Ducal Reclvc.-—I he foIlow.mg account is given of the manner in which that Nestor ot Fashion, the Duke of Quecubtiry, hAs to extend- his days to his presentgreen old aire. His Grace's sustenance is said to be thus daily administered i—At seven iu the morning, he regales in a warm nift bath, perlumed with almond powder, where he takes his coffee, and a buttered muffin, and afterwards retires to his bed;—he rises about nine, and breakfasts on cttffe an lait, with new laid eggs, just. parboiled at eleven he is presented with two warm jellies and rusques; —atone he eals a. veal cutlet, a la Mainterwn .'—at three, jeUics and eggs, repeated; at Rve, a cup of chocolate and rus<pi £$'t at half-after s: ven, he takes a hearty dinner from high-seasoned dishes, and makes suitable libations of Claret and Madeira.; ^t ten, tea, coffee, and muffins; at twelve, sups off a roasted pallet, with plentiful dilutions oflim-e,putich, at one in the morning he retires to bed in high spirits, and sleeps till three, when his Man-Cook, to the moment, waits upon him in person, with a hot and savoury veal cuilct, which, with a potation of wille and water, prepares him tor his further repose, that continues generally uninterrupted till tile morning summons to the lactean bath. In this rou- tine of living comforts, are the four arid twenty hqurs invaria- bly divided; so that if his Grace does not know with Sir Toby Belch, "that our life is composed of the four elements" —lie knows at least, with Sir Andrew Ague Cheek," thai" it consists in eating and drinking FRIDAY, April 20. A letter from the North* of Germany confirms the account of the stoppage by the French of the neutral passage by Embden into the interior of Germany. It is to prev nt. our rendering the French manufactures a mere drug at the great fair at Frankfort, by the superiority of our manu- facture's, that the French have.-shui up the. passage. A letter from an officer on board our squadron off Boulogne, dated the 14th inst. says—" His Majesty's ship Immortalite, with the stone ships, bombs, and cutters, under the orders of Captain Owen, sailed from Dungeiiess on the morning of Thursday the ISith inst. and anchored off Bou- logne before the close of the day. On their ar- rival, Commodore Morris made the signal for the boats of the blockading squadron to assemble on board the Leopard. There had been a moderate breeze from E. N.E. all the day, but as evening approached, it gradually died away, and at mid- night it tell calm: nothing, therefore, could be attempted—the ships that sot under weigh were obliged to anchor, and the boats returned on board. Had the breeze continued, every thing would have been as favourable for the expedition as its projectors could have desired. The spring tide was at its height about one o'clock—the water smooth, the night dark, and onlv ten of the ene- my's gun-boats were without the harbour but the Boulognese were doubtless fully apprised of what was going on, and well prepared lor resistance, as we observed lights at their numerous batteries lone a iter midnight, and the' wxt morning we found that they had an additional force of ten brigs, and fort' -two luggers, making in all sixty-two sail, which were moored across the mouth of the har- bour in the strollgestposition for its defence." DeaL April 18. Yesterday arrived at Dunge- ness, his Majesty's ships Illustrious, Itmnortatite, Sulphur, three and the stoiit-, I lips from Boulogne. The first discovery of a large body-of troops at Bouiogue was ou Sunday, wueu there was a siranri revs*« "f I'1*? 1,1,000 men on the bills above -)Lill liny remained 011 the ground from ten o'clock tin past five, and perform- ed a irreat many evolutions. The whole of the affair was a- grand display of rapid, manceuvres. There were a great number ol spectators, parti- cular! v women, but,a very few-cavalry. The two new basons at and Vimereux- are al- most quite finished, and .have a considerable num- ber of gun-boats in them. The opinion is, that- they have a great advantage over Bouiogue as har- bours. Fourteen gun-boats came out of Amble- teuseon Saturday in less than ten minutes; so that it appears clearly, that from the three har- bours they can send out.600 sail in a. tide. It is supposed," from the observations made upon the force that remained in the harbour, that about a third part of the enemy's fighting force was out- side, as nearly one-half of their vessels are not armed. The Leopard, Euryalus, Leda, Seine, Harpy, Lark, Autumn, Fury, Zebra, Explosion, Volcano, ilecla, Archer, Bloodhound, and Locust, gun-brigs f,)uchess of Cumberland and Swallow cutters Fly-by-Night and General Coote luggers, were left off Boulogne. On Monday evening the gun-boats all got under way to get into the har- bour. The brigs were obliged to work up along- shore, and several of tiie,,ii missing,* sta)" the Leda, Euryalus, Lark, and Harpy slipped, and during the confusion annoyed them, greatly. The Harpy got very close, and must have done damage to them. None of our ships were hit. In the House of Peers yesterday, Lord Carlisle, conceiving Ministers had been remiss in their com- munication of the war, with France to our naval commander in the East-Indies, moved for an ac-j count of the dates of instructions sent to Admiral Rainier before and after the actual rupture,, with the dates of their arrival in India, The noble I Lord's motion was supposed by Earl Spencer, who observed, that greater vigilance had beenshewni by the French Government, as was evinced by the circumstance of Admiral Lihois slipping his cables in.the night, and sailing with his squadron from! the station in which it was anchored, between Ad- miral Rainier's tlectand the land. Lords Hawkes- J bury and Hobart objected to the motion, and as- sured the House, that every possible degree of ex- pedition was used in forwarding the dispatches in question to India. Lord Jlobart stated, that Ad- miral- Rainier, in consequence of important in- formation he had received, was actually deliberat- ing upon the expediency Of taking steps to secure the -French squadron, when-the latter slipped their tables, and got away.—Lord Carlisle, however, pressing his motion to a division, Ministers were left in a minority of one, the contents being 31, and the non-contents 30.The second reading of the Irish' militia-offers ''bill' being then moved, a further debate arose, in the course of which the measure was strongly opposed as emanating out of military deliberation, as injurious to the militia. establishment, and in itself unnecessary, consi- dering the large'milit&.ry force of this country. •Oil .the other hand, it was; contended by the;advo- cates "for the bill, that independent pf its setting free a disposable force'-of-1-0,000 men, it was es- sentially connected with the safety and welfare of the two countries, "SS'/it would tend to establish reciprocity both in sentiihent/ and practice, with- out which th be consolidated.— .on-a division, there appeared for the Second read- ing 77, against it 48—majority was accordingly read a second time. $«fO business was done in the Commons last night, there* not being a'sufficient number of Mem- bers present. • The-Loa-n.—Mr. Abrpcham: Newland yesterday went tronLthe Bank to. the Stodk Exchange, and delivered message from the Chancellor of the ExelteOtferj' th £ t he be ready to see sv^ch I gentlemen as might be disposed to bid for the loan, in Downing-street, on'Wednesday morning next, at ten o'clock.. The partLes, it is said';i are to go prepared for the whole sum of 16,250,0001. at least, for both England and Ireland. There are nominally five lists i*Qw forming. SATURDAY,-J/N'I/ 21. R This evening's Gazette contains a mass of intel- ligence from India, chiefly duplicates, or repetitions of former accounts. Ihese- dispatches were re- ceived bv way of Bagdad, and contain,, first, two letters, from Gen."Lake to the Governor-General, giving ait account of -his. having -marched with the army ti-om Agra, on the ??th of October, and, on the 1st of November, came up with the Mahratta force, where, in the General's own words, The enemy were totally DEJEATED, with the loss 6f aU their cannon, tumbrils, and baggage; but this important advantage-has. only been gained by the-ld#3- of many va- luable ■ twicers,• the principal of whom are Major-General Ware, Col. Vandeleur, Major Griffiths, Major Campbell, the Deputy Quarter-Master General, and MY Aid-de-Cam^ Lieut, L^uval.vvho gloriously felt i'n this honourahle .contest." In a postscript to the General's second letter, dated He id-quarters, Camp nearSuswaree,Nov. 2, 1803, he adds, In the hurry which I wrote my dispatch of yesterday's date, I fear I did not explain to your Lordship, that the ene- my's corps, which we have defeated, comprised the whole of the filteen regular battalions which had been seht from the Decan, under the éOI111I1and.ofl\ronsieur Dvderncg, and two battalions of the same description; which had 'escaped from Delhi. I therefore have the satisfaction of congratu- lating your Excellency, upon the annihilation of the whole of the regular force in Scindiuh's service, commanded by French officers." Here follows A list of killed., and wounded amounting to 112 killed, 652 wounded; 553 horses killed, wo utided, and missing. Likewise a return of ordnance, &c. -captured: viz. 71 pieces of can- non, of different calibres,' 64 .tumbrils complete, laden with ammunition, and 44 stands of colours. ..{'I'he OLLU-ERI killed,.and WOUNDED^ exclusive of tho'sc r above-mentioned, were—hided, CAPFITW Storey, 8th light dragoons; Cornet Fitzgerald, Quarter-masters Philley and/ JT'Goughy, 29th ditto Cornet Coxwell, l,st native cavalry Lieutenant and Adjutant Meulh and Lieutenant Hurd, 76th foot; Lieutenant Lambert, 15th native infantry.—Wotted, Lieut.-Gen. Gerard, Major Lake, Captain Campbell, Lie. tenant Ashurst; Lieutenant LyHdon (since dead) and Lieutenant Willard, 8thlight dragoons; Capts. White, San- dys, Milne, and Lieutenant-Gore. 27th ditto Lieutenant Halstead, (since dead) Captain Sloane, Lieutenant Thorne, and Quartei-master Fallen, I?YTH ditto; Lieut. Cornish, 1st Rati vecavalry Lieut, lleid, 4th ditto; Cornet Dickson, 6th ditto; Captain Robertson, Lie tits. Master, Witmer) and Smcfair, 76th foot; Ma jor Gregory* Ensign Dalton, Capt. Fletcher, Lieutenant ltvan, LIFIH native infantry; Col. III, Doititid, 1.5tik ditto; Lieutenant.-Col. White and Ensign Heathcote, 16th ditto.] Severe as was the loss which we sustained in the atchicvement of thia complete victory, that of the enemy was far greater. With the exception of 2000 taken prisoners (of which number we only de- tained the principal officers, "amounting to 48), there is reason to believe that very few escaped, the general slaughter. Next follow two letters of General Wellesley, transmitted by the Bombay Council to the Secret Committee of Directors, which convey the impor- tant intelligence of Colonel Stevenson's having taken possession of the city Berhampore, on the loth of October, of his having marched to Aseer Ohur, a strong lort in the vicinity, on the 17th, ta- ken the Pettah on the lath, opened a battery against the fort on the 20th, and obtained posses- sion of it m the morning of the 21st. Asseer Ghu'r was the last fortress belonging to Scindia iu the Decan, and General W ellcsley ob- serves, that tiie fu ture t'i troops would be directed against the Berar of Itajah.—'lhe dis- patches wind up with an extract of a letter from the Governor and Council of Bombay^ dated the 31st of December, to the Secret Committee of Di- rectors, in which, they say, they have not received any advices of the operations ol the army under General Wellesley, subsequent to his report of the victory obtained on the plains of Argaum, on the 29th of November, which they had, are now for- warded with this address," bitt neither have yet been received at the India-House. Dutch papers to the 14th inst. were received yes- terday.—By an articie. from Zurich it appears, that the disaffection of the Swiss to- the Government im- posed upon them by France has broken out into i open insurrection in three compunes, and that an action has airea-dy taken, place between the insur- gents and the troops sent against them/which occa- sioned the necessity ot reinforcements to the lat- ter. "■■ [ By accounts from Egypt it appears the Mame- lukes had retired to Up per Egypt, and commenced their hostile operations against the Turks. A gentleman, who lately effected his escape from France, states, from his. own knowledge, that the armyI encaiiiped along the coast of Pi cardy have begun to manifest great discontent at the delay of the projected expedition against this country, which they had so often been assured, by their principal officers, was to be put in execution before this time." Letters received from our squadron ofr Havre, dated the 13th inst, state, that our boats had en- tered that harbour in open day, and, notwithstand- ing a heavy fire from the batteries and gun-boats, succeeded m burning one of the enemy's armed vessels. We had but two men sl ightly wounded. Accounts were yesterday, received at Lloyd's Coffee house, of the capture of a valuable London vessel, on the coast of Africa, by a squadron of five French ships, which have now the entire dominion of those seaslarid which are likely to commit im- mense depredations on our trade. „ By the Townshend packet-boat, arrived at Fal- mouth, from Lisbon, we have the disagreeable in- telligence of the capture of the Wolverine sloop of war, together with several of the .Newfoundland fleet which sailed under her convoy (16 sail) from Falmouth about three weeks since. The news was brought to Lisbon by the mate of one of the fleet, ] which was captured and sent into Vigo. Two large French privateers are. said to have made, this capture, about 130 leagues West of Scilly, Soon after the engagement, the Wolverine sunk, but we are happy to add the crew were all saved. .The Bavarian Minister at our Court, has, it seems, presented a remonstrance against the conduct im- puted by the French Government to Mr. Drake, in which he requests, ir* the name of the Elector, his Master, the recal oi/that ge.ntlemai| from the Court of Munich. It ia added, that in the event of a re- fusal on'thc part of out Government/he has, receiv- ed instructions to demand the necessary passports; to enable him to return home with all porible ex- pedition. Such is the abject and deplorable state to which, under the domination of the Gallic ty- rant, the petty states of the continent are now reduced. Considerable interest was excited by the expec- tation that Mr. Pitt was to deliver his sentiments, last night, in the House'of Commons, on the state of the national defence; and that the whole force of the parties in opposition to the Ministfy, was: to be mustered against them: but Ministers proposed to defer the Committee oh the army of reserve sus- pension bill, (which was to be the subject of dis- cussion) till Wednesday; next. The reason given for this procedure by Mr. Yorke was, that two new clauses were intended to be added, which were not yet ready. An additional reason offered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was, that several Mem- bers having had it intimated to them by Mr. Yorke, that the business was to be deferred, had not at- tended, and were ^enL Mr. Pitt, who was pre- sent, and prepared for a discussion, declared that < the reasons offered by-the Ministers for this con-1 duct did not appear to him satisfactory; but that he had no wish to; urge the .business^ if a delay would either tend aqcQin'modate the Ministers,i or to improve th^ me^,sure;rt-Mr. Fox also thought that no adequate ground had been stated for delay: I but the question of postponement was then put and carried.—On the motion of Mr. Kinnaird, accounts of the dates of dispatches transmitted to India re- spectingthe present rupture wj'ttv France, (similar to those inoved for by Lord Carlisle) were ordered, without opposifi°h.Ou the question for agreeing with the resolutions of the Committee relative to the new issue'/of.exchequer bills, Mr. Johnstone considered 24,8OO,p0Ol. the sum in this form now in the money market, much.too large to answer the purposes of national expenditure, and was of opi- nion the loan* should beTnefsased and the bills di- minished,-—After a few words fro in Mr. Vansittart and Mr. Addington in defence of the exchequer bill system, the resolutions were carried, and bills ordered.—A Committee was appointed to try the merits of the llchester election petition, and the House adjourned to Monday. The Irish milifia augmehiation bill was read a second time yesterday* hi the upper House. Iiord Grenville preferred discussing it in some future 'stage at which the Lord Chancellor expressed his surprise, observing, that Ministers felt within them all the strength and spirits of giants refreshed, and challenged the hoble Lord to the contest. Lordi G. said, his reason for postponing the discussion was, to accommodate many noble Lords who wish- ed to be present when the principle should be de- bated; and added, that those; ou the same side with him did not feel, from any thingthathad late- ly occurred in"the House, that they had been, dis- comfited.—The third reading was then fixed tor i Tuesday, on<whick,dby-; the Lords wer^ ordered to be summoned. ) > i be summoned. ) > i MONDAY, April QS. Dispatches were received, on Saturday, from Ad- miral Cornwallis, which not only brought intelli- gence of the Brest fleet remaining in harbour, but that the Ferrol fleet were in the same situation on the 10th instant; and further, that the Toulon fieet had made no attempt to come out up to the 12th of March. By a Lisbon mail that arrived on Saturday, we are concerned to learn the capture of the Sally and Rebecca, of 22 guns, and the Itawlinson, of18;let- ters of marque, ladcnwith coffee, cotton, &c. from Demarara. for Liverpool, off the coast of Ireland, by the Blonde privateer of So guns. A French ship of 16 guns and 100 men has been cut out trom under Fcrt Edward, Martinique, by four of our boats and 70 men, after s desperate con- flict, in which we had two Lieutenants and nine men wounded. Letters from Holland mention the execution of several persons at Paris, who had' lodged or con- cealed the pretended accomplices of the pretended conspiracy. They complain of the emigration of most of the richest Dutch citizens, at a period when the contributions demand such immense sums. All the young men capable of hearing irins among-the English prisoners detained at Verdun; expect te be forced to join the French armies. Jt'is rumoured that Government -have refused the passports demanded by the Bavarian Minis- ter, being resolved to detain him as a hostage for the safety of Mr, Prako. j J We are assured that au expedition is now quite ready, and will immediately.sail to the coast of Africa, tbr the purpose .of retaking the island of Goree,lately captured -by the French. His: Majesty assisted, in person at a. Cabinet Council lield this day- at the Queen's House. Luke Whitc and Co. have taken that part of the loan for the service of Ireland, which was to be raised tbefe, at 89 5 per cents. The amount is 1,500,oool" Several foreigners were arrested during last week, under very suspicious circumstances, two-ofwhom, it is said, had a design upon the life of a. certain august personage. The French Princes now in this country have j according to report/some parti- cular information upon this interesting subject, and have recently given orders to their attendants,, not to suffer any foreigners, who are strangers, to enter their houses, or have the. least intercourse with them. Mr. Tierney has resigned his commission as Lieutenant-Col. Commandant of the Southwark volunteers, and is succeeded by Lieutenant. Col. Ale,ock. Lieutenant Bowen of the navy, sailed from Sid- ney/New South Wales, in June last, with the rank of Lieutenant-Governor, to form a new settlement on Van Diemeu's Land, which, it is supposed, will soon be of great value and importance. 'TUESDAY, April$t The Gazette of this evening contains dispatcher p from Col. Frasqr, late Commandant at Goree, an- nouncing the capture of that settlement by the French. The eremy's force consisted of a ship and five schooners, fitted out at Cayenne and Se- negal, and carried upwards of 60 guns and 600 men. A detachment of troops landed, from eight: boats on the morning of the 13th of January, over- came the torccopposed to them, penetrated through the town as far as the main guard, of which they gained possession, and though* afterwards driven therefrom, yet having obtained possession of the. hill, and appearing in such numbers as left no rbdm tohope for success by further opposition, our force being reduced to 25 soldiers and three offi- cers, and the inhabitants "having given way near.' ly on ail sides, Col. Fraser capitulated, ou condi- tion that the garrison should be sent to England,, with their baggage and effects, and the property of the inhabitaiits respected. The Britisli troops em- barked on board a cartel on the 22d for Senegal; but notwithstanding the articles of capitulation, theinhabitants, oflicers, and even soldiers, (Col; F. adds) were shamefully pillaged.—Our forceamount- ed only to 54 white men, ineiuding oncers: we had nine men killed, and two officers (Dr. Heddle and Captain Lloyd) and ei^ht mea wounded. The enemy's loss was three officers and 40 men killed; or since dead and tw o officers and upwards of SO men wounded Admiralttj-oflu-e, April 23.—This dav, in pnrsu- ance of the K s pleasure; .'the following Flag-j Officers of his Majesty's fleet were promoted, viz. Admirals df tJ»c l>lue, Sir R. (Onslow, Sir R. Kingsniill, SirH. Parker, B. Caldwell,, and Hon. Wm. Cornwallisy to be Admirals l>f the. White. Vjce-Adniirais of the Pied, Mackenzie, Sir R. Curtis, Sir H. Ilurvey, Man, Cn!'nady, BonJinuster, tMr-C. Young,' Henrv. Bli^h, Gr;enie, and Kcppel, to be Admirals of the Bine. .Vict ldnarals of the White, Prescott, Bazeley, Spry, Sir J. OtdC, Young, Gamhier, Sir A. Miteheli, ..(L-tiaaih'cr- layne. and Iiainier; and Vice-Admirals df'the' Blue, Par-, kcr,P&ttcn,'a.Rd StrC. iVf. Pole, to be Via!-Admirals of the Red. Vice-Admirals of the Bine, B.r6\ynr Douglas, Swujfy,' Nugcnt, ilaniiiton, I)od, Vise. Nelson, and Sir C. Cotton; and Rear-Adipii'als. of the Red, Thomas, Brine, PaKen- ham. SitE. Gower., and to be Vic<i-Aamirals uf the White. -■ Rear-Adinirals of the Retl> Wilson, Sir C-. H. Kuowk-s, Hon. T.; PiikenhainV Peans, Collirigwood, Wliitshed, Kernpe, CMd, Lord Lecale, Taylor, Sir T. Duckworth, and Six Rj-Caldpr, to be Viccr^ddndr.als of .the Bllte: Rear-Adnyrals of the. White, Dacres, H.m. (J. Berkeley, West, Douglas Aplin, Savage, Rowley, SirR. Biekerton, Botven, Montague, Fergusson, Edwards, Sir J-, B. War- rC!1, Smith, SirT.Gravest Ruis^ili "Mdriarty, and Sir Hi Troffi»pe'j and Rear-Admirals of the Blue, Sfanhope, and M'DouaH, io be Rear-Admirals of the Red. Re:ir-Ad.minsls of the BIlle" Doughs, Tpglis, Fish, Knight, Thornborough, KcmpthMHe, Ldwards, Cairipbell. CJio'mwell. Phillip, Sir W. C». Fairfax, mid Sir J. Sauniarez, to be Rear-Admiruls of the White. The under-mentioned Captains were also ap- pointed Flag-Ofiicers of his Majesty's.fleet;-— T. Drury, A. Bertie. Earl J>Tortliesk, J. Vashoiii Sir, W. H. Douglas, 'f. WeU-s, Sir E. IV-llew, and I. Coffin, to be lleur-Admimh of the White. J. Aylmer, S- Osborn, R. Boger, J. Faulfcnor, J-. 0'. Pur, vis, T. Jones, W. Doniett, W. Woiseiey, J: IManley, G. Mur- ray, J. Sutton, R- Murray, Hon. A. Coehrane/Su- 'f. I'rou- y, -Bowater, -G) bndge, J. Markham, H. d'Esterre Darby, E. Bowiter, Gi Palmer, W. O'Brien Drury, VV. Essinglon, and T. Louis, to be Rear'Admirals of the Blue.. The Kin"- has been pleased to appoint G. Mar- tin, Esq, Sir R. J. Strackan, and Sir W. Sidney Smith, to be Colonels of the Marine Forces. Coun- cil was this day pleased to appoint the following Sheriffs, viz. Leicestershire, Henry Otway, of Stanford-Hall, Esq. Monmouthshire, William. Adams Williams, of Llangibby, Esq. v. Salop,. Robert Burton, of Longner,F.sq. Suffolk, Sir: Robert Pocklington, of Chelsworth, Knight. v And his Majesty/N^iis pleased to make the follow- oil roll: ing amendments on tl^e roll: > Glamorgan, Ricluird Turberville Picton, of Eweri- ny, Esq. made llichard Turbervill Turburyill, of Ewenny Abbey, Esq, The Gazette also contains two proclamations for a General Fast, to be observed in England and Ire- land onFndaV the 25th of May, and in Scotland on Thursday the rth/of June; to implore the Di- ,vine blessing and assistance on our arms for the rej storation of peace and prosperity. It is said, that Government have sent orders to all British Ministers at the several Courts upon the Continent, and to our Minister in America, to dis- avow the late pretended correspondence of Mr. Drake, and to* complain of the conduct of their re- spective diplomatic agents at Paris, who have de- clared their belief in it, and by so doing, contrary to the laws of nations, have criminated this coun- try, though in peace with their respective Sove- reigns. Thetnotton of Mr. Fox, in the House of Com- mons, which previously excited so much interest, as the occasion on which all the force was to be displayed which could be combined tn opposition to the present Administration, was brought for- ward lastnight.. Nothing which bears the mark of great novelty occurred in the discussion. Mr. Fox took a comprehensive view of the situation of the country, and our means of defence, but chiefly confined his observations to the military, system, of which he expressed his disapprobation, pre- ferring a regular force to the army of reserve, and an armed peasantry to the volunteers; the latter, however, he admitted, were entitled to the great, est praise for their zeal, arid the high state of dis- cipline they had acquired. After dilating at con- siderable length on these points, he concluded by moving, that it be referred to a ComnUttee-to re- vise the several hills passed during, the last and present session of Parliament for the defence of the country, and tG. consider what, further mea- sures are/necessary to render such defence corn" plete and'pefmanent.—Tlie Chancellor or' the Ex* chequer opposed the motion, considering it as'cal- culated to comprehend all the floating opinions which could possibly be entertained in the House, and that, not for accomplishing its apparent oh" ect, btit, in order, to all impression un- favourable to Ministers,, in the hope of being able to remove them.—-Mr. Pitt followed in support of the motion; he did not think our naval, de- fence $uch as the country had a right to expect; contended that the Volunteer system was inade- quate the army of reserve susceptible of essen- tial improvement and' urged the advantages of local fortifications. In no one branch of delence, he said, was the country in that state of security with which the House .ought to be, satisfied, nor had he any hope of improvement from the exer- tion's of/tlie present .Ministers:-—Mr. Yorke, Sir W. Pulteney, Mr, Varisittaft, Mr. Tierney, and the Attorney-General,, defended, the conduct of Ad- ministration. The latter entered at considerable length into the arguments' advanced by Mr. Foi and Mr. Pitt; and violently attacked the former for his general opinions on politics, lie depre- cated in the strongest terms any union between these two gentlemen, as an event that would be disastrous to thecoÜÏltry;, and disgraceful in the highest degree to themselves.—Mr. Windham siipfc b ported the motion, and observed, iii reply,tii the ttorney-General, -that the learned.g;eatisma»;had uiopted a-course ektreiTfely/diffbi^^nt/ifoin' that of the other friends of Ministry. They In mpurnlul >»triins had sung, ■ 1. Fallen, fallen, fallen, from thelt high Estate, but he, on. -the, contrary, had blown a. rattling peal e'f thunder.—Mr. Fox made a, most pointed reply to the ohjectiohs'urged against tile, motion, but more particularly to the Attorney-General He disclaimed, all idea of "a, ^oalition, of which nothing wits true tha^ might not be proclaimed at ('ha.nnLg-cross there.was nothing in-the union oa the present motion but the fair unbiassed- co-ope- ration of men acting on a sense of public duty. If the present Ministers (who Were'fc'curse'to the country) were removed, they would "be removed by-the constitutional act of the ilovise | and as to those who might form a new Ministry he kLieNV no- thing.. If th-ey were not succeeded by betrtet men, he should oppose" them too.-—The question vva$ called at three o-cloek, and on a division the num- bers wpre—for Mr. Fox's motion 204, against it 256—majority 52. The Ilchester Fiection C ommittee have reported J. Manners, Esq. duly elected, and Col. Ogle's peti- tion against him frivoio-us and vexatious. .1 WEDNESDAY, April 25. French papers are said to have been received in, town of so late a date as the 16th inst. which state, that the trials of Mpreau, Georges, and the other persons confined <?n a charge ot having conspired against the First Consul, were to take placedn the 20 th inst. It is with the greatest pleasure we lay before the pubhc the following intelligence received'.by ex- pressat a late hour this morning • Plymouth, April H3r "■ The Belle armed brig, from Calcutta, is thii moment arrived with dispatches for of which Colonel Nicholson,is the hearer. He is stated- to have brought the pleasing intelligence of the reduction and capture of the whole of fendia's army, with all his cities, towns, and fortresses; and when the last accounts left India, upwards of r0,<X>0 of his troops were prisoners in the hands ot the English. We are happy to announce the arrival at Ports- mouth y»sterday/)i tht- following homeward-bound East>-IndisMnenthe Harriott, Devavnes. Lord puncan^oiid Herculean, all from BeagaL-ittieRc- becca dnd Mary also arrived yesterday from the South with the cyrus, Ganges, and Aaron, prizes, t\ omM. Helena. Another French prize which O'Tl sailed wilji them is supposed to have been re-taken. We are sorry -to say that the accounts brought: from Bengal, cetmrm'the account of the capture of the Countess of Sutherland East-Indiaman,and two other ships in tncChina Seas, by the squadron un- der Linois.;—We fcai that that squadron will do mucH inischit-l to our,China trade. Ciit aooa has surrendered to his Majesty's arms, —By the'Mary Ann, Thompson, arrived at Liver- pool from Barbadoes, whence she sailed on the 12th March, we liave jeceivcd intelligence of the surrender, of that settlement This island was ta»» ken by a squadron from Jamaica, without any los-s on our side; a-large Dutch frigate was lying in the harbour, aftd his .Majesty's late ship the-Surinam, Of 18 guns. Captain Tucker, which went into that port, and was seized, m>t knowing'of the war, as s a number- of merchantmen. Several of the ships which sailed under convoy of the Courageux man of war, and were dispersed in a severe gale, had arrived at the different islands, previous to the Mary Ann sailing.. The Apollo frigate, of 36 guns, Capt. Dixon, and ten of the West-India convoy, have been wrecked in a dreadful storm on the coast of Portugal. It is rumour that only ten of the crew of the Apollo were saVed.. • The Minerva cutter, with seven transports, have sailed for Ireland, Avliere they are to take in troops for a secret expedition. Orders were received at Deal on Monday for the Inunortalite frigate, and the stone-ships, to put to sea. the first fair wind. The .Loan's—The parties- inclined to hid fol* the Loan waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer this morning. Mr- addington informed them that he w.an,tp.d»fiJuHeen millions and adialf-^one mil- lion and a half of the remainder of the sixteen millions having b^en taken in Ireland). The terms stated by the Minister were 1001. in the Reduced, and the bidding to be in Consols.—Mr. Addingtou also informed the gentlemen, that he might, per- alsqillfoJmcd the gentlemep, that llC might, pcr- haps. want., two nulUons, and a half m' exchequer bilK — The p irties are to go up again on Moi>da -when tlwrn vr^\in will be finally conchided. The, two Irish militia, bills passed the House ofc ,Lord, y.(,st.erda.,)-. A division took place on /both, and llu linnontv on the augmentation bill amount- ed to (il.—in tiie Commons, Mr; Dent brought fbr- ward a motion for the loyalty loan act to be refer- -red to a Coiiujiittee of the wholedlouse^ in grcler to -determinc.whetherthe holders had or had not a ni e,.wli ther. tli right to demand-payment in two years after the ra- tification of :tlie;definitive"treaty.' The act not'ex- actly conforming to the original resolutions of the Committee on the terms of the bargain, Mr. Pitt, NIr. Fox, and other gentlemen contended that the former ought to be construed in favour of the sub- scribers; while the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Vansittiirtj Mr. Tierney, and the Attorney-Ge- neral argued against the claim of the holders for im- -'mediate' payinenti, as not only contrary to the axieanhig-.of the-act, but would be productive of great puWic incynveUience-. The House thendi- videdf-fbr the motiun 76,-aga.inst it lôO-majori- ty !•}. Yesterday morning Mr. Mansfield was sworn tp Chief J ustice.-of the Court of Common Pleas.. PRICK OF STOCKS; •'v' Baifik'Siijek. ;149| '.$pe'r C. Tied.5. '.3'ifar C. Clins. 36-r 4 f,-er C ?i j 5perQ«'N;a'vv. 90-V a per C. J Lone Ann. 16|- India Stock ;• 16i> ) tudia B()n<i< is. a. Os. 3is. S-Excheq. Bills; par. Is. Oniiiiuii) (30 disl- LoUerv Tick<;t>ri87; 06s,- Uaona—bx'vuange Q11 i.onaoii, 10;