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110 L L 4 N D. LEYDEN, Ftc. 14.—1 f the plan h-.. purfued of felling our EaR India returns before their arrival home, the holders of AlEgnations (,n the Spring and Autumn tales (which ale always drawn for monies previoufly paid into the Company's theft, at a lofs of 13 to 14, and more, per cent.) will lofe all their fecurity, and of conkrilicnce great obflruttions and dicerecrt be occafioned in the trade to our Afiatic pollen - ions. But it cannot be expeited that our Government will take fo unjuft a Rep with regard to individuals we flatter our (elves that a provifion will be made for the holders of there A(ignations in the Loan of thirty millions recently decreed, and the credit of our Eaftern commerce remain nndiminifhed. I !ACV a. FEB. 3 s.—lt is well known that there is a fort I , f clafhing in the Government of State, but the caufes which led to it have been hitherto concealed from the public. There is fo far a divi lion among the Members of this Board, that two pit-ties can be dillinguilhed. The one conceived that the newly projeCted plan of Contlitution ex ttnded to them the power of aging at their plea. fure : the other, being paffive with regard to this opinion. refolved to wait for the declaration of the full, who, hearing that fome emiffaties of the fal len party, as well Patriots as Orangifts, had re- Bpaired to Paris, and were paying their court to ONAPARTE. undertook to reprefent to that great Perfonage, the deception, the danger, and the prejudice, which might be expeCted from a per feverance in Inch a line of condud. BON•PARTE wrote to the Government of State on this fubjea; the above party then propofed either to call in, or to cleft a Supreme Head, by which means the afcendan:y of the French would be curbed, and a greater (hare of independency obtained. This not on:y met with oppofition, but gave birth to atual differences. Pr MAN declaimed manfully ; but his opponents urged, that as he had a (hare in danc ing the puppets with ANGERIAu and SRMoNVILLe, it was but fair they fhould have their turn. He underwent reproaches, and was fligmatifed as hay. ing made ufe of artifice to throw them, his oppo nents, into the ()lade. SPOORS, another celebrated Member of the Government of State, Lffered him felf as Mediator, and a Secret Committee was ap pointed to reconcile thefe differences ; hut, as yet, nothing has been effected. This is attributed to dif contents which are finothering in Azdterdam, and which are confidered of fo ferious a nature that the military arm is judged neceffary there ; the Provifional City Governments kern afraid to a 8; the interference of the Government of State has been viewed as indifpenfible ; and orders are ac cordingly iLfued for calling in the aid, not only of the Military and the Armed Burghers in the city, but alfo that of the troops quartered in the neigh bouring places. The exilling difcontentsitreafcrib ed. and not without reafon, in the firß place, to the plan lately publifhed, of a Voluntary Loan, by way of Lottery, which is regarded as tending to the intereft of the monied men, and to the pre judice of the lefs affluent, fince it is pretty certain that the whole furn thus t squired will not be furniffl ed, and that the inferior claffes will be obliged, by way of don posit, to contribute the reficfne ; fo that the firft, by their intereff, will acquire the va lue of their advances, and the latter nothing. The other exifting grievance is, the monopoly, lately fanaioned with refpea to coffee ; and a report that the tea, to the amount of 15 millions of flo rins, now lying alfo in the Company's Warehoufes abroad, is alfo to be difpored of in the fame arbi trary manner. PARLIAMENTART PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, FEB. 2s. The rebus Rills before the Houfe, which, in genera], Rood for commitment, were forwarded in their refpedtive *ages. One private Bill was bromght up from the Commons by Mr. Dickenfon, which was read a firit time, and force private bufi ads difpofed of. SCOTS APPEAL. Cnunfel were heard at confiderahle length in continuation, relative to the castle of Scott s.. Bro. die. After which their Lordfhips deferred the further hearing till to-morrow. Lord PELHAM. pitrfuant to the notice he had' given, moved, That the confederation of his Ma jelly's relative to the (late of the Civil be deferred till this day le'nnight—which, on the quellion being put, was ordered accord ingly. The Duke of Noel-out took the opportunity to fuggefl the propriety of having the Accounts re lative to the Civil Lift, which were laid upon the Table, printed. This propofition of the Noble Duke's gave rife t 6 a conversation between the Lord Chancellor, Lords Pelham and Thurlow, and his Grace, which, as relative to the point iu quellion, was to the following died The Loan CH ANClttoa obferved, that he made inquiries refpelling what had been the general ulage and curium of their Lorilfhips' Houle on fuch meafions, and the refult of thefe inquiries was, his finding that the general ufage and prae• tice was against the printing Papers of the de• feription of thefe in quellion, namely, fuch Papers as had been gratilitoufly communicated from Ms Majefly, as was the cafe in the prefent instance.. With regard to fuch Accounts as were laid upon the table, in confequence of Addrefles of the Houle, it was the cuftom frequently to have them printed for the information of their Lordfliips ; on thefe general grounds, in the firft inflame, the Noble and Learned Lord limed oppofed to the proceeding fuggefled by the Noble Duke. The Duke of NOltiOLlt, in general terms, con tended for the conveniency which would refult Strom printing the Accounts, by • giving indivi dual Peers a due underftanding of theTubjed: and Seeming to conceive that the general pradice was in favour of printing- fuch Accounts—he fubmit ted his propofal to the Houle in the &we of a regular :notion. Lord PILIIAM expreffed his difference of opi nion from the Noble Duke on tbi pretest occa- Pion, feenUogly on the general grounds adverted to by his Noble '.yarned Friend, and parti• cularly on the coulkic-aii , a that the Accounts in queflion were not of that complicated or volu minous nature, but that any individual Lord could, in a !lion time, make himfelf matter of their contents. The Loan CHANCELLOR repeated what he had before laid, that thc. belt rcfult of his inquiries was, his finding that it was not the general ufage or cuftom of the Houfe to order Papers commu nicated to them gratuitoufly from the Throne to be printed. Another confidcration adverted to by his Lordfhip, was, that on filch occafions as the prefent it might be a matter of difcretion on the part of the Houle, (not meaning now to lay it down as a general principle or ground upon which to argue the fubjet%) to fet its face againft the printing of loch Papers, with a reference to the abide to which that proceeding would be liable by means of further publications. He was aware that their Lordfhips, at any time, had the power of preventing the publication of their proceedings, but he feemed to fay, that in fuch cafes as that in queftion, the Houfe having in contemplation the abufes which may refult from the printing, in the way he had adverted to, might be induced to re (train from ordering that which, though their ge neral ufage and cuflom was againft the proceed ing, they had a right to do. Lord Tiitiatow teemed to concur in part of what fell from his Noble and Learned Friend, but not to fee info (hong a light the difference between the means by which papers were laid on the Table, whether in confequence of Addreffes of the Houfe, or fpnntaneous communications from the Throne : undoubtedly in the latter cafe it may be a ground for the more fpeedy and refpedful confideration of the refpedive fubjcfts on the part of their Lord (hips ; but when once papers were on the Table, he feemed to fay, their difpofal was a matter of difcretion in the Houfe. The proceeding adverted to, therefore, may be regarded as a queftion of ex pediency, to which certain confederations, as the expence of the printing, for inftance, might apply; and he ()Nerved, that when there papers were printed, there was the greater chance for their be. mg generally read. The Duke of Noavota, in explanation, contend ed for the convenience which would refult in the prefent inftance from having the papers printed, by enabling their Lordfhips individually to inform thernfelves of the fubje& As to what had been raid of reftraining the printing, he conceived it might be done without violating the orders of the Houfe, notwithltanding, as in his idea, any Lord could regularly obtain a copy of the papers from the Clerk, and afterwards have it printed for his own private ufe. The LORD Ciancletoa (poke in explanation, particularly with refped to what had fallen from his Noble and Learned Friend, to whom he obferved, he did not mean to lay down a principle, or matter of argument, but merely gated what was, on par ticular occafions, the general cuftom and ufage of the Houfe ; and proceeding further, he obferved, that when papers were ordered to be printed, it was for the information of their Lordthips indivi dually, and not for the purpofes of publication. The queftion was then put on the Duke of Nor folk's motion, which was negatived. Lord PILKAM prefented fame papers, which were accounts relative to the Population tn vari ous parts of the country ; they were ordered to lie on the Table; and, fhortly after, an order was made, that thefe accounts, when complete, should be printed for the safe of the Houfe.—Their Lord fhips adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. ?antes brought up a Bill far cradling a New Gaol is the County of Galway, In Ireland, which was read a Mk, and ordered to be read a faced time. PILINCI OW WALES. Mr. Ma emits SUTTON (aid, that in confequence of what had patted in the Houfe refpeding the claim of his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales to the revenue of the Duchy of Cornwall, and parti cularly from what had fallen from a Right Hon. Gentleman who had delivered his tenements on the fubj ea, he now rote to inform the Houfe it certainly was his intention to bring the queflion as early as poffible before Parliament. But as a quer lion of the utmoft importance to his Majefty had already been fubmitted to the Houfe, his Royal Highnefs, from a principle of deference and re. fped, was defirons that the confederation of a fob jed referring to his intereft, Ihould not interfere with that which related to the more ferious con cerns of his Majefty. He had accordingly been expyefsly directed by his Royal Highnefs, to poll pone the queftion refpe!ing his claim to the Re venue of the Dukedom of Cornwall, till the difent fion with regard to his Majefty's Civil Lift 'Mould have taken place, and the refult have been made known. He fhould be extremely gratified if Gen tlemen would avoid introducing the fubjea of his Royal Highnefs's Claim into the debate upon the excels of the Civil Lift Eftabliffiment till that quef- Lion was finally determined. If the Houfe felt that his Royal Highnefs, in wifhin4 to difunite the quellions, had been aauated by his feelings as a `on; and the duty he owed his Sovereign, he trufted that every Gentleman would acquiefce in the requeft of his Royal Highnefs, and abltain from any allufion to the fubjea of his claims. CIVIL LIST. Mr. Baaocs moved, that the Aft of the 21d Geo. 111. c. Bi, relative to the Management of the Revenues of the Civil Lift, fhould be read, which being read by the Clerk, Mr. &AGO: Paid, it appearing by that ad that a book was dire/led to be kept for the purpofe of entering all monies ailed out of the revenues of the Civil Lift, under the heads of Special Service and Royal Bounty, which book the mittee to whom the accounts relative to thNIS Lift were referred, was defirous of examining; he therefore moved, si That the book kept in purfuance of that Ait for the entry of the ftirns illued out of the re venues of the Civil Lift, under the heads of Spe. cial Service and Royal Bounty (timid be laid be fore the Houfe."—Ordered. Sir Wm. ELFOiD moved for an account of th • duties paid for the laft two years on all printed books imported into this kingdom, diflinguilhing thofe bound and unbound.—Ordered. IP/CO/4 E TAX. Mr. Joists faid,its;;;hisintention, if the Chan cellor of the Exchequer had been in his place, and he lamented extremely that the Right Hon. Gen tleman was not, to have moved for certain Papers relative to the Income Tax. He should now, how ever, defer his Motion till to-morrow, unlefs it was fated by Come Hon. Gentleman on the other fide, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not then likely to attend, in which cafe lie had no objeaion to p9llpone it ilia further. Mr. HILLY IIDDINGTON laid, he had at prefent no realms to doubt that his Right Hon. Relation would attend in his place to-morrow. DEBTORS. Mr. W. WYNIII moved the Order of the Day for the fecond reading of the Bill to enlarge the powers of the Lords' A. The Bill was read a fecond time. On the queftion for its commitment, Mr. NICHOLLS Paid, he was not prepared to go much at length into this fubjeB, but it appeared to him to be of confiderable importance, as the Bill, if pallid, would aid a change in he Law, of which many Gentlemen could fcarcely have an idea. He would fuppofe the cafe of a perfon hav ing a mortgage upon his elate, and having given, as was ufual, a bond to the mortgagee. Upon this bond he might be arrefted, and compelled, under the prefent Bill, by the Juftices in Quarter Seffion to fell his elate for the benefit of his credi tors. If this we r e fo, all the effea of the decifions of the Court of Chancery for one hundred and fifty years, for the purpofe of preventing the equity of redemption from being brought to fate, would be completely deftroyed. He thought fuck a fubjea ought to be thoroughly inveftigated, before the Houle contented to pals a Bill of this nature, as it fhould be remembered there were fraudulent Cre ditors as well as fraudulent Debtors. He h sped that thofe praaifing Barrifters who were Members of the Houfe, would attend in the progrefs of the difcuffion upon this Bill, to prevent the Law of the land from being incautioufly and unjuftly over turned. Mr. Sruacsa Paid, he could not ditcover that the Bill was in any refpeet contrary to Law, nor did he think it could produce thofe prejudicial con fequences which were feared by the Hon. Gentle. man. The Houfe well knew that the objeet of the Lords'Adt was to provide againit fraudulent Debt ors, who were polkaed of property, throwing themfelves into gaol, and there living in comfort and luxury, whilft they refuted to pay the rums juftly due to their Creditors. This was certainly a wife and politic regulation, but the objeet could not be accomplitheof by that AIL The AEC only extended to perfons in cuftody for any rum not ex ceeding 3col.—a turn fo final!, that it was not to be fiippoled that any perfon of the defcription al. luded to by the Hon. Gentleman,poiliffed oflarge landed property, would chute to live in a gaol merely for the fake of refuting to par to trifling a fum. The Ail was therefore in this refpeet per feltly nugatory ; and he remembered, when an in• quiry was made, Come years fince, upon this tub set, it was found that theAEt had not been in this refpeet enforced, as no perfon of property had chofen to remain in gaol for filch a fum. The ob jeft of the prefent Bill was to extend the provifions of that Alt to any rum whatever, in order to pre vent Debtors, in any cafe, from living luxurioully in prifon, and refuting to par their Creditors.— It alto extended the powers given by that Ad to Judges of Affize, unto the Juffices in Seffions, in order that perfons might not be compelled to wait a year, as mutt be the cafe in Tome of the North. ern Counties, before the Judges of Affize came down. Mr. Nicuocts explained, Mr. WYNN/ faid, with refpeit to the Bonds given upon Mortgages, alluded to by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Nicholls), he could not con ceive of what ufe thofe Bonds were, unlefs they could be ated upon. Mr. Jonas raid he had formed pretty much the fame opinion of this Bill as his Honourable Friend (Mr. Nicholls). He had been afraid that it might prove highly injurious to the Landed Intereft, but having liftened with attention to what had juft pa Ira, be confelfed that the ObjeCtion, which at firft appeared to him to have great'weight, was entirely done away. He with d, however, that the future progrefs of the Bill might be flow. His reafon for expreffing this with was, that when the left Bill for the relief of Debtors pared the Houfe, he refinefted that force delay might be granted to afford time for the prefenting of Petitions againft it. Had time been allowed, he would have had to prefent Petitions from many thoufands of re. fpeetable tradefmen. He hoped, therefore, that the remaining Rages of this BiU would not be ID battened as to prevent Petitions from coming forward. He was well affured, that a vaft num ber of honeft and induftrieus tradefmen were sp atially ruined in the metropolis by IVauddint debtors. Mr. Beacios faid, he doubted how far the ob jeaions of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Nicholls) to the Bill had been fatisfaaorily anfwered. the complaint of the Hon. Gentleman was, that the power of the Court of Chancery, with refpet to Equities of Redemption, would be, by this Bill, transferred to the .tarter Seffions. A cafe had been ftippored, of a perfon, having a Mortgage upon his Elate, being arrelled upon the Bond which accompanied that Mortgage. The Quarter Salons, upon fuch a Bond, would have to decree the tale of the Elate ; the hardfhip which might arife in that cafe was evident—the Court of Chan cery knew of the Mortgage, and aged according. ly ; but the Quarter SelEons, having a perfen be fore them in cuitody upon the Bond, muft order the immediate Pale of the Elate. He thought this objeaion had not been fatisfadorily anfwered ; it might, however, be provided againft in the pro grefs of the Bill. Mr. ALIXANDIIto Sir W. ELIPOILD. Mr. New- IDOLT, and Sir HINRY MILDMAY each faid a very few words, and Mr. STUILGES explained, obferving that the Bill did not give any additional powers t o t h e Jodices in %tarter Seffions, but merely that pow, r which the Judges of Affize before poffdre:i rela tive to this objea. The Bill was then ordered to be committed to a Committee of the whole Houfe to-morrow. Mr. ltottsott raid, if there was no objeftion to a Motion he held in his hand, he would make it then ; if it was objeEted to, he would make it to morrow. He then moved for an account of ►he produce of the 41 per Cent. Leeward Mind Doty. Mr. N. VANSITTART Paid, that in the abfence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he did not exaCtly know what objeftion might be made to the produCtion of the Paper alluded to by the Hon. Gentleman. He believed the fame fubjeCt w• time time (ince brought before Parliament. Mr. RoasoN laid, as there appeared ihme ob. jation to the motion, he would withdraw it, and give notice of it for to-morrow. Mr. ALE:awl:ma brought up the Report of the Committee of the whole Houfe on the Report of the Scle& Committee of Expiring Laws, which was read and agreed to, and Bills ordered. ■ :connt or the notice Pee.- be re- II . He F ill to- )Cir tor;, em. 1. 'As to which c. Pro. rernor IV. 25, ce the power to en- bliged of the mow., to all obedi- .o Ge- e con- lufand all oc- he fa- n that ill of ras re. ; that pelt a tinueS e, and lions? o the sofa 3 7r he (flout, hed in a 'ed for The !, and them rot be ;eneral ointed :h Go• IL , c o t cntuaacn: .11 t i:l l agoi a orfa t un i ta. i tii e lnoh r aodnes t , .21 yeateft FINANCE. Mr. N. VANSITTART laid, he rofe to move for certain Accounts, with a view of laying the foun dation of certain Refolutions in the Committee of Supply. He then moved for an Account of the Deficiency of the Sum of saoo,oool. granted by Parliament for the Service of the Year ;Soo, after deduCting the Sum of 2,000,0001. for paying off certain Exchequer Bills, in purfuance of two Alts of the 39th and 40th Geo. 111. An Account of the Deficiency of the Sum of 3,g00,0001. granted out of the Confolidated Fund, tor the Service of the Year ;Sot. An Account of the Exchequer Bills iffued ir. purfuance of an Mt of the lalt &Ilion of Parlia ment for the ferviee of the Year iBol. Thefe Accounts were feverally ordered. Mr. N. VANSITTART moved, that the acconnt of the difpofition of the Monies granted for the fervice of the Year fBoi, fhould be printed—Or dered. BOORSIRLIRS AND PRINTERS. Mr. SHAW LIFEVRE raid, he had given notice of his intention to move this day, that the Peti tion of the Book&litre and Printers fhould be re ferred to the contideration of a Committee. He thould now however defer that Motion till to morrow. Adjourned till tomorrow. LONDON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY s 3. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK; 3 per C. ConL money, 611 4 :—Ditso, ace. air Reduced 69H-4 per Cent 2 New 5 per Cent. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 191 India Stock at al SI3 3 per Cent. Red.69f 69 , 1 India Bonds its. prem. 3 per C. ConC 68f . Imp. 3 per Cenes.6S+ 4 per Cent. s6f % frith 3 per Cent. too 5 per Cent Ann. 924 i Exelteq. Bills Is. as. prem. $ per CL 1397 toot tot New ditto 7s. dif. Long Ann. Sof 3-16 EVA Tickets t6l. t6s. Short Ann. 3 I-161 Coot for April 6541 This morning we received French Journals to the i9th inaant, inclufive, extraas from which are fubjoined.—Tierr Cossfefidi are at sg E 7s c. The Monism, of the s 7th contains a long Pro. clamation by Tou SSA IN T LOUVERTURE, Governor of St. Domingo, dated Cape Francois, Nov. as, stilos :—lt begins with Rating, that, ever fince the revolution, he had done every thing in his power to bring back happinefs to the colony, and to en- Rare lib:rty to his fellow-citizens. Being obliged to combat the external and internal enemies of the Republic, he had done it with courage, honour, and loyalty. He had always recommended to all the military fubordination, difcipline, and obedi ence. Such is the language which he held to Ge neral MOY3E, for ten years, in all his private con verfations, which he repeated to him a thoufand times in the pretence of his comrades. On all oc cafions he endeavoured to explain to him the fa cred maxims of religion, and to prove to him that man is nothing without the powcr and will of GOD ; that the duties of a Chriitian who has n• ceived Baptifm ought not to be neglefted ; that when a man braves PROVIDENCE he muff cape& a terrible end : Is What have I not done," continues TOUSSAINT, "to recall him to virtue, jußice, and beneficence, and to change his vicious inclinations' Goa alone knows ! Initead of liflening to the councils of a father, and obeying the orders of a Chief devoted to the happinefs of the country, he fuffered himfelf to be guided only by his paffions, followed his own fatal propenfi ties, and perilbed in a miferable manner ! Such is the fate referved for thole who may with to imitate his conduit. The juftice of HEAVEN is flow, but it is infallible, and foon or late Rrikes the wicked, and crufhes them like a thundcrLolt. " The cruel experience I have had will not be ufelefs to me; and after the mifcondu4 of General Movsx, no General of Divifion will be appointed till the arrival of new orders from the French Grp vernment. General Ds SSAL IN ES, however, on ac count of the fervices he has rendered, will retain his rank of Divifionary General. " In one of my proclamations, during the war of the fouth, I traced out the duties of fathers and mothers towards their children; the obligation they are under of educating them in the fear and love of GOD, having always confidered religion as the bafts of all virtues, and the foundation of the bappinefs of focieties : who are thole indeed who, lance the revolution, have occafiuned the greateft