Star. — London, England, 1802-07-06 00:00:00

• • • ••. r• NAUTICAL INTILLIGNICZ Admiral Lord KaITM arrived at iltaitien's tln Saturday evening in the Foe Dielf AM T. of So guns, Cain. SI AR Lk. Sbe failed from Gibraltar on the 20th of June, at which time his. Royal Highnef , the Duke of KRNT, and the garriton were in good health ; there was a free communication between the Englith and Spanilb officers; and mutual com p. li•nems aril civilities were continually exchang ing. Wc ar•! happy to katn that Lord 'aim is in gond health. The Founaorawr left in Gibraltar Bay the DRAGON, SUMS, EUROPA, and THUM. I the two latter were bound to England, with a bitta l.cn of the 4oth, and a detachment of the 79th regiment. The GRIMM'', with troops from h;inorca; for England, was going into Gibraltar when the Fouitoraav failed : the has brought home a detachthent of limited fervice men, f r om the ;th regiment. The following letter is from an Officer in the Garrifon GIBRALTAIt,IUNI 17. " This letter will go by the FOUDROYANT, hay. ing Lord Katim's flag on board. as his Lordfhip fails for England the SA fair windi , the Mind of Elba being now evacuated by our troops, and taken poreilon of by the French. " Lord Kaivu's orders were to remain here till be beard Of the evacuation of the Ifland of Elbit being peaceably eraied, as the. French troops continued in the trenches, within thtee hundred yards cf the fort, with all their artillery mounted in the batteries, the faini Ai (luring the fielce " By the laf accounts from Maita, Which are dated the silth of Mity; no preparations what ever were making for evacuating that idatiti, *Or was it fuppofed it would be done for a length of ' 1 time. As not a tingle Knight had returned; nor was them any appeiranee of the Mahe& attempt-' ing to raire their proportion of troops, ati fettled by the Definitive Treaty. " Sir ALEX. BALL is daily ignited here tin his way to M.dta, where he is appointed refident Diller to the new Order; which is to be formed. Such a choice is highly jedickini, is no Min could have been feleaed better qualifieci to enenteraß the intrigues of trance in that Mind, and the Maltefe are juilly attached to him in the highelk elegiac, itid look up to him as their proteaci and deltvertt ferret that former opprei: foes." PORTSMOUTH, JULY 5. LA night arriVed here the Ihip Lord Duncan, Capt. Tnost MIN, (and not the Abundante (tore: !hip, as reported,) ftem Lilbon, having on board between 7 and 800 troops, RoyAl Emigrant% who ree expeaed to be landed at Cowes, IfTe of Wight. Arrived alto the Elizabeth, FRENCH, form South !:atnpton.—Sailed the Europa • WHITS, for Lot-Ann.—Came into harbour his lgajefty's fhlp DREADNAUGHT, of 98 guns t Capt. VASHOW. COMMON NALL. mM...•mMa•nomib Yellenlay wa the day appoititedfor renewing the report of the Committee iiorhiltated th March lafi, to ufe every e ertion for the tepeal of the Income Tax, and for confidering the qualifications for Members to reprefent the City it the chfulng Par liament. Mr. Teems opened the mating, by calling the attention of the Livery to the Manner in which the Committee had extctited the truft committed to their care. He Ihortly detailed the mode of their proceedings j helm which it appeareds that a communicati t m had been eflablifhed With all the principal cities in the kingdoM, end that nothing but the declaration of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, of his intention to repeal the Tax, could hare prevented meetings for the fame purpofe in every part of the country. It was chiefly, howe ver, to the exertions of the Lwery of London that the repeal of this moll obnoxious and unconftftu linnal tax was to be tferibed ; and front their (*ne ed's in this instance, he hoped that they would be encouraged in their exertions to fuppork the great cattle of the rights and privileges of the people.— Mr. Travers, after reading the report, moved that it he adopted. Mr. WAITHWAII feconded the motion in a very neat and appropriate fpeech. Conlidering the na ture of the report, he thought it unneceirary to enter into any argument in its fu port. It was o: a nature to fecure general approbation, and af ti hied no plaufible ground for obje.tion. There wa s only one circtmaftance which was perhaps not Lenerzily known, as conneeted with this fubjed, , vl;ich he thought it necciTary to nate to the Livery. It had been, on a former occation, fuggefted that nothing fi milar to the principle of the Tax on In e me bad previoully bccn attempted in the hiftory of this country, on examination this idea turned out to 'ue erroneous. There was one inftance of t:ic fame fpirit which ought not to be forgotten.— occurred under the adminiftration of Cardinal Wolfey, that illtylriess advocate of defpotifm.— (Mr. Waithman - here quoted the words of the hif re, ian, recording the event. They referred to the propotition of the Cardinal for a Tax on Income on the Cleigy and Laity, in the leading principles funilar to that tax, from which we were lately fo happily delivered.) He then refumed, by (Mery jug that the Citizens of London then utterly refufed to atcede to this tax. It was a matter of deep rtgret, that the fpirit of the prefent times was much inferior to that difplayed in periods when the principles of lib:rty were dearer to the hearts of Englithmen. Had the fame noble fpirit of re ' • ' fifiance been difplayta to the ellahliihment of the income Tax as had been eihibited at the period to which he alluded, therewas no doubt that fo infamous an inquifition would not for a moment have been tolerateJ in this free country. The report was then unanimoufly adopted. Mr. TRAVERS again addreffed the Livery, and requefled to octopi their time for a few znomes, vhile be turned their views to a ruble& of she deepell importance, to a Coble involving the fatety of their cleared interefts. The Livery were now called upon to exercife the molt valuable pri vileevefted in them by the *kith Conftitution— the privilege of vetting in the hands of reprefenta- dyes the power of expreffing their fentiments in the great Council of the Nation. In conferring Co mterelling a trail, the grand point was, to fix on a Randard by which the Inuit of the refpedive candidates might be afcertained. To afcertain thefe merits, it was, in the Bra inflame, neceffary to examine if the ir retentions accorded with the qualifications necell ary for a Member of th e lm- ! pedal Parliament. Attempting the enumeration of thefe qualifications, he Ihould begin with Rat. ing, that the candidates thould be men of liberal education ; that they lhonld potters a laige and 1 comprehenfive mind ; men attached to the prin ciples of the Conaitution, and fixed in their de votion to the caufe of liberty; friends to. the Houle of Brizafwick ; lovers of the Sovereign; but ahove all things, lovers of peace, for it was by peace alone that the burden of our national debt could he alleviated ; lovers of jultice, for, to ufe the words of the immortal CHATHAM, "Jultice alone could be true honour." Having thus briefly &etched the charader of the proper qualifications of a Britiffi fenator, he next begged leave Ihortly to contrail the charaders of the preterit candidates (math laughter asul aptlau fi. ) In what he had to fay on this part of the lubjed, he hoped that it 1 would be fully underßood that he was adnated by no fpirit of revenge ; malice, h e w as c on f c i ous , 1 , was a failing which never for a moment found re-' fuge in his heart. Truth was his foie object, and, truth he &fluid advance , independent of th e con -, fequences. The fira of the candidates that pre fented himfeif to his attention was a gentleman 1 who, in Rating his pretenfions to the Livery, had boaßed that he was deeply engaged ,in commer cial concerns. He had no doubt that the com mercial concerns of this gentleman were as esten five as reprefented, and that the whole of his tranfadions were conducted on principles con fittent with the niceß honour: but were the habits of his life fuels as al fit him to be one of the Legit*- lators n r a Gee and enlightened country Was a man who had all his life been employed behind a counter, and in tying up parcels, 2 perfon whom the Livery of the molt confiderable City in the univerfe would fele& as their reprefentative crere abas a loud tweak oft hearing ibis feraiment..— Many of the political opponents of the Speaker wilhed.to ufe it as a handle for fcouring him off the Hußings. His friends, however, who were by far the alba numerous party, conlidered it very pro perly as a part of a general argument, and not as any afperfion on trade, and liteceeded in procuring him an opportunity to go on with his fpeech.)— He refumed by obferving, that the Candidate in quellion had obtained the Ration of an Alderman. He himfeif was far from witting to difparage this honour, if it was the reward of nfeful fervices and , aetive virtue. But he could not go fo far as to conceive that no one was It to reprefent the City in Parliardeht who had not gone through the office anil duties of the Magiaracy. On the fame prin ciple he could trot fandion; by his approbation, the obligation under which every new candidate' wa laid, of actepting ad Alderman's gown, if at the time of an eledion he was not adually in office. M44141'1, in his opinion, wait produc- Live of very ihjttrioul effeds. It confined the choice of the Livery within a very limited num bet-, and excludes! any exertions made in favour of Candidates whole only pretenfions were founded in iiiifdom and in virtue. He could nbt help agree ing with the late worthy Reprc(entative of the City (Mr. Luthiagton), that the ditties of a Ma. giarate necelfarily interfered with thole of a Bri tiff% Sthator, if to 'bete were added the purfuiu of a great commercial concerti. Another candidate had mentioned his indepen dence as a claim to the fupport of the Livery. For himfelf he would not difparage the advantages of an independent fortune. Riches might certainly, under certain circumltances, enable an individual to ea a more dignified, and a more honourable part. He would not, however, lay this down as a general principle. Much depended on the man net in which fortune had been acquired. It was nothing that an individual was rich, nalefs his wealth was acquired in an honourable Way.— ( Some of the friend: of the MhoArial Caroms es fasted to fe d fore at this afervatios, gad snore than au tithe if men stifetruered vslthle fyiepeau of naotimq.--Mr. Travers however proceeded. Much agitation, he obferved, had been exhibited, but eras it not true that great fortunes bad been obtained in the courfe of the late war by loans and by contrads?—(Leed apiskie/e.) In Rating this he meant no offence to individuals.—(liere there was a try of same, swam) No, he would not bring forward any names on the prefent occafioa. His obfervations were of that defeription, that thofe who felt hurt by them might make the application, and, to apply the proverb, " chore whom the cap fitted might wear it."— (Sone partia/ murmurs.) Symptoms of dilapproba• tion had in the prefent inftance been manifeiked from a few individuals, though he rejoiced in the generous fupport of the great body of the Livery. He did not appear before them to court their fup port, nor was he to be daunted by fuch infults He came before them to Rate the fentiments of a Patriotic and independent Eleftor. and be malt obferve, that a fortune accumulated in the way he had Rated was not by any means the moll honour ably acquired. It was a fortune out of which he thought that virtue and independence were not the molt likely to proceed. After a few more obfervations, Mr. Tuvalu; recurred to tome declarations of a new Candidate (Mr. Alderman Price) on a former occafion, that the Income Tax was unconftitntional, unjult, vex- SUM'S and oppreffive. Yet this Gentleman, wity had fpaen of the Ti!t in terms of fncit [meriting indignation, had hind himfclf out as a toil of the late.Adminiftration. (.4 good deatof torsi:ion. We bareve that the Wore)) , Member alluded so Mr. Pricgti Laving atria a: a Coma loner on this very Tax.) —.- Before he fat clown he begged leave to refer to an oblervation of a Worthy Alderman (Alderman Curtis) on a founts meeting. The oblervatinn he alluded to was one which, if praaically obferved, would utterly fubrcrt the whole reprefentative Cy!: tern. .It went to a denial of the right of the con- Rituents to give inftruaions to their reprefentative. When be obferved this, he meant no perfunal hof tility to the Worthy Alderman. On the contrary, he was happy to admit that the worthy Alderman was_univerfitily known for his domeltic virtues.--; He knew his many amiable qualities as A friend,. and from his heart he could fafely fay that he re. garded him with no feelings but thole of a ffeition. When he fpoke of his public charaiter he was tin der the neceflity of Kling a different language. If the principles which the Worthy Alderman pro. felled *ere once admitted, for what was it that our fathers had refilled olipreflion ? For what was it that they had bled and expired ? • Mr. TRAVE&S, after Mufti-kiting there ideas at Come length, concluded by moving certain Refo lotions (See theft) page., Ef this Paper), expreffive of the general fentiments contained in his fpeech. The firft Refolution being inn — Mr. WAITH MAN begged the Livery would in. dulge him with a (tort bearing. He entreated them to conduit themfelves with the dignity be coming their refpeitable body, in order that thofe Gentlemen might bear all that paired, and there. fore be prepared for their vindication. In making his obfervaiions on the Candidates, he should touch as gently upon them as he poesly could. He Ihould take rather a different ground from that of his Friend, for looking at their profeflions and their conduit, was the only means of forming an opinion of their refpeitive merits. Mary Common Halls had been held for the purport of petitioning for peace, as the Livery had never given their af fent to the war. Now, what was the conduit of their Reprefentatives? He would elk. whether they were fent to Parliament to reprefent the Li very or themselves? If they were rent to repre• fent the Livery, why, in the name of GOD, did they vote in a manner contrary to the fentiments of their Condiments? They all fay they are fond of the Conftitution; but he would with them to come forward and put their finger on that parti. cular they had done to preferve it. They have fupported. the war, the fending of money out of the country, and the Income rax ; and if by fo doing they fay they have been fupporting the Cnn•.. flitution, it naturally folloWed the Livery had been endeavouring to fubvert it. For himfell, he declared that he ihoulti not give his vote to any man who either direaly or indirealy had ftipport. ed the Income Tat ; and he thought thofe gentle. men ought to come forward and fay why they had fupported a meafure which they found not to be fo good a thing as they expeited He certainly thought, that out of the whole body of the Livery, ' men every way fuperiorly qualified could be found to reprefent the City in Parliament. He conclud ed by feconding the Refolutions. Mr. Alderman Cu RTI s then came forward. He mulled that the known candour of the Livery, and' the manner in which he had been called upon, would enfurc him a patient hearing. Public men, who receive public favour, were hound to give an account of their conduit, and he denied that he had ever (aid, that the proceedings of the Livery had been tumultuous. Such an expre@on had never paired his lips. Mr. TRAVIMS here raid, that Alderman Curtis had not been alluded to. The gentleman who bad made ufe of fuch an expreßion was Mr. Brtpk Watfon. Mr. Alderman Currie went on. Had this ex planation been given before, much mifunderiland ing .would have been prevented. When he had denied that the Livery had no right to inftruft him whit regard to his Parliamentary conduit, he had done fo in a moment of irritation. It was a text without a context, as he had done every thing in his power at all times for the beft interefts of his conitituents—(Here there was a general hifi ond green) witnefs his conduit with regard to the Wapping Docks.—He did not fee how a man could be fent into a deliberative affembly, filch as the Houfe of Commons, with his mind fettered, bin upon all occafions be was anxious to do his duty according to his confcience. 1 Mr. Ta arias here remarked, that it would teem that, upon great national q ue lli on s, th e w or thy Alderman would hold his opinion in defiance to that of the Livery. Mr. Ruwcaorr addreffed the Livery. Before ' the queftion WAS put. he wilhed them to bear a few words on the oppofite fide. lie lamented that force gentleman, snore fnited to public fpeaking, had nut taken that duty from him, as he was not I prepared to go much into the fubjed. It had been ; laid, that Members of Parliament ought implicitly to obey the diredions of their conilituents. The principle of the refolution to that effed was im. practicable, not only fig, but was a direct folecifm in morals. This was, however, the bare affertion i of a plain man, not fo well verfed in law as the mover and feconder of the refolutions appeared to be; but the houfe of Commons itfelf could not be a deliberative *nimbly, were inch a refolution to be generally adopted. He agreed with the Livery is thinking, that every Member of Parliament Should linen and attend to fuch diredions as he might receive, but if his own opinion was diffe rent, he was bound to give it by the Conftitution of Parliament. He willaed that he had a copy of Mr. Burke's celebrated fpeech to the Electors of Briftol upon the fame fubjea, as he would read it. The fpeech was handed up to Mr. Rowcaorr, , but a marked dilapprobation being fheWn, he did not read it. Mr. WAITHSIAII obfervecl, that the fpeech of Mr. Burke upon that occafton had loft him the election at Briftol, and.were be, or any man, to make fuch a fpeech to the Livery of London, he trolled that he might experience limilar treatment. Sir WILLIAM ANDIR4OIO, in a very num fpeech, which was molt unfavourably received, (aid, that • . , during the enstleltad been.in Parliament he has" alone his duty, 'ffiithfully, and:now hoped for a re• newal of the fuffra,,, ,, es of the , Livery. Mr. Alderman- CONDE came forward, and was received with motl.enthullattit applaufe. He faid, that the queltion ttaltoe the-Livery was, whether or not a Member of:Parliament ought to obey his tonflituents ? Certainly the , Houle of Commors • ought to be free and independent, hut he would with to know whether anr Lord t , f the Treafury or any man fent in by Miniflers ever voted againti thole men who fent him there; he meant ever voted againft the Minitter, nt difobeved any intirudiosta he might have received front him ? If any man buys a borough, that many according to the Rate of things lately, had more influence in Parliament than the Livery of London. There ought always to be a elute connection between confliruents and their reprefentatives ; fuch had ever barn his with and filch should ever be his praelice. Mr. PhItRING then attempted to addrers the Li• very, but was not allowed to proceed.:_ Mr. WA rot NAN then called upon Mr Alderman Price to come forward. Mr. Alderman Pk lc e e , in a (port fpeech, addreff ed the Livery. He Rated, that after he had been called on, it WAS his duty to addrefs his fellow-ci tizens. His fentiments were well known, fuffi. ciently fo, he trittled,p not to require any eluci dation at prefent. Th-morrow he should do him. felf the honour of addreiEng the Livery in a man. ner which, he trained, would entu're their good opinion. The refolutions were then agited to, and that of thanks to Mr. Alderman Comas was then put and tarried unanimonfly, as was that requefling Mr- Comas to difeontinue his . perfonal canvaf s .— To both of thcfe t efol ut i ons the worthy Alder man returned his acknowledgments in fuitable fpeeches._ _ _ _ The thanks of the Meeting were then unani moully voted to the Right Hon.the LORD MAYOR, for his impartial conduit in. the Chair. The Meeting, immediately after his Lordhip retuuted his thanks to the Livery, broke up. SourHtwaßK ELvorton.— The elation for Members to ferve in the eneuing Parliament for the Borough of Southwark commenced yefterday, when, at the clofe of the poll, the numbers flood as follow: Mr. TM otiennt 333—Mr.Titiisy 277 —Sir T. TURTON 201. Yeiterday the election for Marlow deed, when the numbers iloiod thus:—For T. WILLIAMS, E. 190, OWEN WILLIAMS, Efq. :114, A. BACON. Eli'. 4s. The two firft had many more to poll, but the it unnecelfary, after Mr. Bacon de. dined any fartherconteft. The Elation for Colcheffer . clofect yefierday morning about nine o'clock, in favour of Mr. THoapyros and Mr. DillhISON, without any op. polities. YellerdiY Sir J. C. Hip pas cyr, Bart. Recorder of Sudbury, and pHs PYTCH ts, Efq. of Crofton Hall, were eleded MemiJera for that Borough • witl , out oppolition. - Marrs. CALV ERT and FF L LOWS, the Members in the laft Parliament h r the town of Hunting don, were , yellerday re eleded, without oppofi. tion. The Eledion fur that County comes on next Saturday. The Flab° t for the county of Kent is fixed for Tuelday the 13th. The Oxford elation commenced this morning. WESTMINSTER ELICTIC4.—This being the day fixed by the High Bailiff.of Weftminller, tor elat ing two Members to reprefent that City in Parlia ment, the fevcral Candidates made their appear ance on the • Hußings, attended by a number of their refpeCtive friends. After the cullomary forms were gone through, Mr. WISMART came forward to propofe the re. election of Mr. Fox, and, in a (port fpeech, ad verted to the merits of his public life, to his entire devotion to the interells of his conitituents, to his ardent and unconquerable zeal for the rights and privileges of the people. He was heard through out with great approbation ; and Mr. Fbx was nominated amid thunders of applaufe. Lord Calumets was next put in nomination, by *Mr. BUCKMASTER, and was received with a Mix ture of hiffes and applaufe. A Gentleman, whole name we did not• learn, then came forward to propofe Mr. Joan GRAHAM, Andioneer, ChAncery.lane, as a candidate,— There was fuels a noire, that he could only make his motion, without prefacing it by any obferva tions. Mr. For then came forward and addreffed the Meeting in a molt admirable fpeech, of which want of time prevents our attempting to give any detail. It contained a declaration of the principles, which as a public man. he had ever profeffed and ever acted upon ; it touched on the motives which had induced him to delft from 'egular attendance in Parliament, and expreired hi, readinefs now, or in the courfe of the nest Parliament, to give way to any Candidate who fhould prefent himfelf, with adequate qualifications, to reprefent the City of Weiminfter.—The fpeech was received amidft thunders of applaufe. Lord GALT/111a faid a few words, in which he thanked the Electors for their pall; !import, and declared his refolution to devote himfelf to the in. terefts of his Conftituents. He was full , how ever, but indifferently received. Mr. pew Gealtan fucceeded his LerdfhlVit t A fpeech expreffive of the principles on which be meant to as if he fhould have the honour of being ele&ed. He drew from.his balm a very curious paper, containing his Political C ree d, w hi c h h aving read, he delivered. as his baud mut 'fah to the Gen tlemen by whom he had been nominated.. Thek reading of this paper gave rife to mach laughter, as did the obfervations by which it was followed. The High Bailiff proceeded to put up the Can didate§ feverally. For Mr. Fox the Phew of hands was prodigioes, and for' Lord GARANIII it wasfruty FOrMr. Joins Gasman therewas a veryfmall thew. Mr. Fox atyi Lord GARDnallt were returned as duly elected. Mr. GIt&MILM theVllo6 demtnded poll, which began at half pall' 12 o'clock, and will finally doh ea Saturday neat.