Star. — London, England, 1802-02-26 00:00:00

PARLI4tMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. !lOU* OF LORDS, THURSDAY, FEB. 25. A Petition was prefented on the part of George Hoar, the Yotiovr, Efg. for leave to be heard by Counfel relati►e to ids Patin= for a HW for Ida divorce, &e.—wideh was ordered to lie on the Table. Private Bab wore broesht up from the Commis by Meffra. Ihaberu. Musks, and Calcraft—which were read a aril thee, sad tbok is the Table refpettively forwarded. :Totter v. stictut. The Loan CHANCELLOI left the Wootrack, and in order to prepare their Lordships for the judg ment he meant to move, as mnft advifable to be pronounced in the Appeal Caufe of Stuart V. Mil. ler, from certain interlocutors of the Court of Sef fion, touching the fees of the Deputy Clerk of the Bills, entered very much at large into the merits of the cafe, analvfing it with particular accuracy and minute precifion of detail through all its gra. dations, from its origin (its firlt introduttion into the Court below) to the Att of Sederunt that took place refpelling it previous to the interlocutors be ing pronounced, and its ultimately affurned fhape and form as an appeal to their Lordships. Hav ing traced its progrefs regu larly to that point which remained for the deci fion of the Honk, he Rated the quellion of law peculiar to the law of Scotland, as to the legality of felling the offices of Clerk of the Bills and Deputy Clerk of the Bills, the latter of which had been uniformly fold, and the former not unfrequently ; which flood invol ved in the very principle and ground of the whole oink ; and having referred to the precedents of Sir George Mackenzie, certainly a great and re fpeßable name, and of Mr. Sinclair, who pm-chat ed of Mr. Campbell, the prefent L ord: Prefident's father, to be found in the Reports of the Court of Salons' proceedings, he ezprefred his con cern that a queftion of Scotch law purely, and which bore no analogy to the law of England, thould not have been decided by the Court below, which was certainly me* competent to decide up on it. From the arguments of the Gentlemen at their Lordfhips' Bar, it appeared to him to be of infinite importance that in the judgment, room fhoold not be left for any fueh turn of- argument to be heard again from that Bar. The cafes of Sir George Mackenzie and Mr. Sinclair, together with others, had been Rated, but the main quef tion which appeared to have been waved by the Court of Seffion in one of their interlocutors had been avoided by the Counfel on the part of the Appellant, and the jet of their argument had gone to difpute the Meaning of the Court of Sef lion, and to contend that the Court did not mean what they themfelves declared they did mean.— His Lordfhip obferved, that in the bearing and deciding upon every appeal brought from the Court of Seffion in Scotland, it undoubtedly be came their Lordships to treat the Court of Seffion and their decifions with every degree of refped, and to con fi der that Court as not having decreed an interlocutor in any cat e l l i v ihtly or mconfider ately. They would not ore, he prefumed, affume to themfelvesnniteceffarily and unfitly the eight to pronounce upon the point of - Scotch law to which he had referred that would, in his humble opinion, be an unbecoming and uncalled for ap plication of their powers as a Court If Appeal ; and furely, if that were fo, it would be a proceed ing fosnevrhat too flrong for their Lordihips to take upon them to tell the Court of Seffion what they meant, when that Court had themfelves, in three alts of federunt, declared what they did mean. Having given the cafe bis unnoft confider anion, his Lorclfhip kid, he found it involved in great difficulties, but it had nevertbelefs at one time occurred that it would have been a wholefome meafure, if that Houfe were •to refer the whole back to the Court of Seffion for their further con fideration and more definite decifion, but he found that they had endeavoured to apply a prefent and temporary remedy to a prefent but preffing incon venience, and that the nature of the cafe was fuck as would not admit of the lots of time and delay, that a reference of the caufe to the Court of Sef fion would unavoidably occasion. Under all the eircumftances, dterefore (many of which his Lord fitip defcribed at tome length) the Lord Chancel lor Paid , he would recommend it to the Houfe to decide that the interlocutors be affirmed, refer,. ing the right to decide upon the point of law to the Court of Seffion entirely, and without preju dice to the parties interefted." Having thus dif pored of the judgment, his Lnrdfhip raid, the only matter that remained to be determined upon, WAS the queftion of colts; when an appeal ended in affirming the interlocutors complained of, the praßice ufually was to order that the appellants pay the cons, meaning tool. In the prefent cafe, the refpondents had fubmitted to the interlocutors of the Court of Winn, but -from certain peculiar features in the cafe, he thought that not the full colts, but that compenfative coils would be (offi ciate to order the appellant to pay the refpondent ; he should thereforepropore that the appellant ply the refpondent tool. which be conceived to be about the half of the coils. His Lordfhip pre mired what he Paid about the coils, with obferving that, though that part of the bufinefs of appeals had been fometimes ffightly treated._ it was very often a matter deferving of great attention. His Lordiltip was upon his legs (peaking to the yttrium( this appeal a fall hour and a half, and argued throughout that the Court of Seffion ap peared in all their proceedings to have held their duty ftriftly in view, contending that the rights of the Deputy Clerk of the Bills to certain mitigated fees were to be foftained only, inafinuelf as the furtherance of the public interefts depended upon them. [We have endeavoured to trace the mere outline of his Lordffiip's argument, and we are aware that we have been able to do it feebly, but we hope we have not done it unintelligibly.] An Appeal Glee and Hoare's Divorce Bell dlands for tomorrow —Adjourned. HOME Of 4201tMONS. ths dts *swim of Mr. Dump" Ms retherifog tbe purer of the grub_ of Ilemookos orated to be Omit. The Hook In a Committee wire through the Espiritu' Laws NIL sod the Report was aniseed to be received to morrow. Mr. Wu. refeeted a PaidoB from &Mal then [and Journeymen C0tt0114112,111111 in Scotland, of a nature limiter to that prefented, a few dart fince from Lane:Aire, Ike praying an arrangement of their wages. The Hon. Mem ber obferved, that he did not agree with the fentiments 01 the Petitioners, but did not, however, with to refute their requeft to prefent it —The Petition wto ordered to lie on eh , table. General Gascoiona prefented a Petition from the Debtors confined in the Gaol of Liverpool, praying relief ; and Lord Moarer■ parented a Ginner Petition from the Debtors in the Gaol of hiforpetL—Peations were ordered to lie an the table. OILMAN JEWS.- . Mr. Marne' Laid, he had a Petition in his hand from the German Jews refident in London. It would not be necetrary for him at that time to enlarge upon the nature of this Petition ; it would be funicient for him to [late, that the objea of it was to enable the Petitioners, by taxing themfelves, to raife a fund for the maintenance of their own Poor. The Petition was then delivered in and read : it (fated, that within the laft p years the number of German Jews had greatly increafed in this metro polis, and that many of them were in low and in digent circumilances : and although they were, in common with the ref of their fellow fubjeds, en titled to parochial relief, yet, from particular te nets and rotes of their religion, they were pre vented from deriving any benefit or relief from the Workhoufes : that the fame canfes alto flint them out from the Hofpitals. and prevented them 1 from putting out their children to ufeful trades. The confequence of this was, that there was no afylum for the indigent part of their community., or for thofe who from age or inners were unable to earn their bread : that the relief afforded from the Synagogue was very inadequate for thefe par poles; and therefore the Petitioners humbly re prefented, that it would be produ&ive of great advantage if the German Jews in the Metropolis were allowed, by taxing themfelves, to raife a fund for thefe object s. It concluded with praying for an Ad of Parliament for there purpofes. Mr. Timmer Paid, that at prefent he fhould do no more than mows that the Petition fhould lie on the table. He. mould, at a future period, move to refer it to a Committee, and afterwards move for leave to bring in a Bill. The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. CONTAGIOUS DISMISS& Mr. Wizszaroace rote to call the attention of the Houfe to a fubje.a which appeared to him to be of great importance. It was a Petition from Dr. Carmichael Smith, who appeared to him, from the fans fet forth in the Petition, to have a Ilrong claim to the confideration of the Houk.— ThisOentleman had been fortunate enough, in the courfe of his medical refearches, to difcover a re medy which cured and prevented the circulation of Contagious Fevers— si remedy fo efficacious, that it very fpeedily checked the ravages of that conta gious fever which lately appeared at Seville, in Spain I and if the fame remedy had been nfed for the fame diforder at Cadiz, many lives would have been fared. In bringing forward this Petition, he felt that he was difcharging his duty to the Public, as well as to Dr. Smith ; becaufe, though Parliament ought undoubtedly to be cautions of the expenditure of the public money, yet it could not be laid out to more advantage than by encou raging perfons from whofe labours and talents the Public derived the greaten benefits. It mull be admitted that many inventions and difcoveries, from which mankind reaped the greaten advan tage, were of a nature not to make any pecuniary return to the perfon whore time and talents had been employed upon them; and upon this fidget% that the national liberality was not fo great as it ought to be. But if this dikovery was as benefi cial as it was reprefented to be, the Houk, he was Pure, would make him Tome compenfation, and by doing fo, they would not only reward the Peti tioner, but, by fetting the Ramp of their Ruth°• rity upon this invention, they would snake it more extenfively beneficial. For his own part, he had ken fufficient evidence to convince him that this was a moll important dikovery, and had done much for the prefervation of the health of our . Soldiers and Sailors, who were unavoidably often ezpofed to contagious &orders. He thonld propore to refer this Petition to a Committee, who would have an opportunity of examining into the merits of this dikovery. This Petition being for public money, the content of Government was 'weary previous to its being brought up. Mr. Beacon faid, that in the brough t of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he was authorized to content to the prefenting of this Petition, upon the ground Rated by the Hon. Gentleman, that it should be referred to a Committee whether the beneficial effelts of this dikovery were as great as had been reprefented. The Petition, which was of confiderable length, Rated the happy ere& which had been experi enced in cafes of Contagious Fevers, from the rife of nitrous acid, Sic.—Referred to a Committee. SLAVS TSADS. Mr. Wit.szaroacir moved, That 'there IN laid before the Hook au Account of pH the Ve&b that have annually cleared out fropt Liverpool for the Coon of Africa fince January i 796, tinguithing each year, and alfo the Tonnage of the Velfels, and the part of the coati for which they cleared out.—Ordered. Mr. WI Lezevoace moved, That there be laid before the Houk an Account of all the Vetch that arrived in the Weft Indies with Slaves during the fame period, diffinguiffiing the Wands to which the Velfels came, the number of Slev;:e or tie brought, and alto the number of Slaves re ez Ordered. Mr. Wizsearoace moved, That there be laid before the Houk Copies of the Journals of the Surgeons of the Wails employed in the Slave Trade, tranfmitted to the Commiffioners of the CuOams, parttime to =t Geo. lll.—Ordered. 111T1$111 Colonel Swans piefanted a Petition from the Trußees of the Briuth Mufium feuing forth the infuffieiency of their Funds, and he for Par liamentary itelief.—Ordered to he on the Table. Col. Stoma moved, That there be laid before the Hoof. an Account of the Sams granted to the Britith ?Adam, and of the Expmdture ,thereof. Ordered. 1,171-110ATI. Mr. &Tama raid, he had a Petition to prefent from a perfon of the name of Greathead, who was the Inventor of the Life-Boat.—Of the great value of this invention it was not neceffary ft .3 bins to fay any thing, becaufe its merits were fo univerfaUy known. In confequence of the many lives that were annually loft in the Port of Shields, the Gentlemen in that neighbourhood ad vertifed a reward for models ; in confequence, the Petitioner invented thefe Boats, which had proved of infinite utility, becaufe Tailors now ventured out without apprehenfion to the relief of their fellow creatures in diftrefs, and many hundreds of lives had thereby been faved. All the allegations in the Petition could be proved, and therefore he had no doubt but that the Houfe would think the Inventor a proper objeB of their bounty, which would alfo have the effeB of making this invalua ble invention more generally known. He had only to Rate further, that the petitioner had derived very little pecuniary remuneration from his in vention, for he had liberally given models to all who alied him. _ _ _ ME. BRAGGE, on the part of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE•ap La, afented to the Petition. Mr. Ross faid, he knew that this invention had faved a great many lives, and if it was in general ufe, he was Cure that the number of perfons raved would be almoft incalculable. One cafe now oc curred to him : a veffel run afhore near where he refided in the country, about ten o'clock at night. It was found itnpoffible, from the violence of furl, to get any of the crew on chore , though they were fo near that the people on more couldtalk to them. They remained in this fituation the greater part of the night, and he was Pure that if any Lif eboats could have been procured, their l i ves would have been faved. He thought it right to fay thus much, becaufe he was fully convinced of the great utility of this invention. Mr. WILDERTORCR alto bore teftimony to the great benefit that had been found from the ufe of them on the coati near Scarborough. The Petition was referred to a Committee.— Atjourned. LONDON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 3 per C. Coot m0ney.6!4_607-_Apstl Reduced 691-0-4 per Cent Soft —Old $ per Cent. News per Cen.t ' , Dili —Long Ann. sot. TRICE OP STOCKS YISTIRDAT. Dank Stock z 904 Short Ann. 3 per COIL ROL 60 6 4 India Stock 2143 3 per C. Coni 69} 611* Imp. Ann. Ist 7-16 4 Per Cam 86 i trial 3 per Cent. 'oat 3pa Can. Ann. Too Excise% DUB is. to as. prem. s per Ct. 1797 to' Englith Tickets 16L Long Ann. aot 5-i Conf. for April 69133 The following articles from the North of Etc.; rope, we have received through a private channel : PITIASSUICH, Jaw. s6.—On Sunday the s3d,c the Nobility of the City and Country alrembled with both their Marthals, and took the oath of: Eleition, in the church of Cafan, in order to choofe from among their number the judges for three years. At noon, a fplendid dinner was given to. the alTembled Nobility by the Enrol:of:, in the Route of the Knights of St. John of Jerufalem, at which the Imperial Officers waited.—On the fame day the Merchants' Gild, and the Burgers were (worn, thofe of the Greek Church, in the Church of Cafan ; the Proteftants in the Lutheran Church of St. Peter.—A dinner was in like manner given' at the expence of the EMPSILOR to the Merchants. The Courts of Juftice here will foon be again put on the fame footing as they were in the time of the alpreff CATHARIIII. By the General Staff here feveral officers have been ordered partly to Volhinia, and partly to EffhOnia, in order to conftrua the molt correa geographical maps of thofe two provinces within two years. Twenty go with Colonel HASP& to Efthonia, and a greater number to Volhinia with Colonel MIITITZKY. A new Tariff of Cuffoms is now preparing, and will, it is Paid, be publiihed before the opening of the navigation. The Danifh Ambalrador here, Count Lowsm- DAHL, has, on the event of the acceffion of his Court to the Convention between Ruffia and Eng land, received, as a prefent, from the Emperor, a magnificent fnuff-box, worth lo,octorubles, with his Majetty's piaure. The Privy Counfenor, Count Mossta ais, is preparing for his journey to the countries between the Black and Cafpian Seas. This journey has for its obje&, betides literary views, the exami nation of the mines in Georgia, which has been committed to him by his hiajefiy, on which ac count he is to take with him Officers of the mine works. A journey undertaken by fo able a Che milt and Mmeralogifi, and fupported by the Go vernment, cannot fail to be of great ufe. JAN OMIT 59.--A young Officer of Police,named HITDII. who on the commencement of troa was Rationed on the quay of the Neva, to prevent any one from attempting to crofs over the ice, as yet weak, few a man in the middle of the ice, who bad eluded the vigilance of the Police on the other fide; by calling to him, and by threats and en treaties, be endeavoured to prevail upon the ralh adventurer to turn back, but to no purpofe. The man advanced forward, when the ice fuddenly broke under him, and he fell in: poor Hem cried out for help,s'but all the pailingers confi dered the danger as too great, to attempt to relieve him. The Officer then pullel nF Is;. coat, walked over the ice, drew the snail up, and dragged him to the bank. _ At this in. tereling moment, AL s x ANDER, the fiiend of man. kind, happening to ride pall, enjoyed the pleating fpeEtael of teeing one of his fubje&s refcued from death, in the arms of his deliverer. His MAjarrr thanked the Officer in the kindefl terms, and pre. tented him with a ring which he wore on his own hand, and appointed him, on the fpot, to a higher Office. STOCKHOLM, FEB. 2.—The important office of Prefident at War, which had been for a long time laid afide, is this day reflored by his Majefty, and Major-General Baron CEIISMITROM promoted to this high charge. It is, at the fame time, faid, that feveral changes will take place in the war de partment. BsaLta, FED. 9.—lt is tali, that the Spanifh Ambaffador here, Don GowzaLss O'Faati., on the defire of the King of Etruria, will execute the office of Tufcan Ambaffador at this Court, retain• ing, at the fame time, his prefent quality of Spa. nifh Ambaffador. nos U AP. Y 11. —On the Bth infant died here, in the both year of his age, Mr. LANGLAIR, Royal PrufEan Major General of Infantry, Affelfor of the Upper College of War. and Knight of the Order of Merit. He ferved the Pruflian Family for 47 years. The Royal Medallift, Aaiun:on, of this city, has received from the EMPEROR of RusSIA, for the Medal cut by him on the Coronation Feftival at Motiow, a molt gracious letter, and a prefent of zoo ducats. Every man who wi nes to ellabliflt himfelf here as a burger, mull, according to an order of the Cabinet, moles he be a free-born fubjea of the Canton of Berlin, give to the Invalid-Cis& zoo dollars. Yetlerday his MAJESTY held a Council at the Queen's Houfe, at which werep_refent the Dukes of PORTLAND and ROXBURGH, Marquis of SALTS. BUIL y, Earl of CNISTERTIIILD, the Bithop of Lox. DON. and Lard PIELHASt. The RECORDER made his report to his bfagyry of the convids under fentence of death in January Seffions, the refult of which will be found in our lafl Page. The Counters of WORONZOW an d L a d y T- CATH cART paid a viiit to the gyms and PRINCESSES yefierday at the Queen's Houfe. About four o'clock this morning died, at his houfe in the New Road, Mary-la-Bonne, at an ad vanced period of life, ALEXANDER GEDDES,LL. D. a Gentleman of great literary acquirements, libe rality of fentiment, and benevolence of heart. He was highly and jußly of eemed by a numerous cir cle of friends, with whom Inaikred in habits of in timacy, which enabled them to know his virtues, and to appreciate his talents. If his death will be I deeply regretted by thofe who had the pleafure of his acquaintance, it will be more fenfibly felt by merit in obfcutity, which he often relieved when in ditlrefs, and which he always endeavoured as far, and perhaps Further than his fituation would permit, to patronife and to bring forward to notice. The Dater never recovered the (bock which he received by the death of his Patron and Friend, the late Lord Pares. The Houle of Commons are perfealy fatisfied with their new Speaker, who is fo ready, perfpi cum, and eary in his new department, that they cannot believe him new in the Chair. It is to thole only who have long known the abilities, ap plication, and learning of Mr. Mawr, that his fo quick and perfea fnccefs caufes no fort of aaonilh• meat. The Subferibers to Lsoves Coffee-houfe on Wednefday held their Half-yearly Meeting, when it was propofed and agreed, that a Petition lhould be prelented to Government, praying a reduition in the prefect duty on Infurance Policies, which is ys. on every too infured ; a furn found highly detrimental to the interefts of commerce. Lord K2181'014 who we rejoice to learn is better, left town on Tuerday for his houfe in the neigh bourhood of Richmond, where his Lordihip will refide for a Ilion time. His Grace the Duke of BRAS/FORT, who has long . been under the Surgeon's hands, at Badmi. ton, m Glouceaerfhire, with a dangerous wound in his fide, from which teveral fphnters of bone have been taken, is now fo well recovered, that his friends are in great hopes of teeing him in town in the month of April. The tit:reader of NATTER TANDY to the French Government was in confequence of a perfonal plication made by M. OTTO to Lord HAWK'S sure. It was conceded as a matter of complai. fence ; for the French Minitler waved any preten. fion to him as a right. A letter from Strafburgh, dated Feb. 15, fags-- " The fituation of Kehl becomes every day more dangerous, from the encroachments of the Rhine. There now only remains a narrow piece of land, about 90 toifes in breadth, which divides the Rhine from the Kintsig. If this piece of land fhould be waffled away, of which there is great danger, Kehl will be feparated from the main land". We hear that Mr. Coo of Bath, who at pre fent refides at No. 30, London-ftreet, Fitzroy fquare, Drawing Matter, is in high ettimation, in eonfe4t►ence of a new Invention in the Art of Drawn, which hems to be in great requeft at the fame time, wa have the gratification to an nounce •o the Amateurs of the fine Arts, that he is likely to continue in town fome time, as he has the diffinguithed honour of being detained in Lon don by the Royal. FAMILY, who on all occafions molt graciontly condefcend to encourage the (man ta effort of genius, whenever they have an op 4rortunity of doing to. I