Star. — London, England, 1802-03-10 00:00:00

lagi.: of the ChancellOr of the Exchequer—that Cos motion ought nut to be acceded to, though feveral bills might appear to be in the fame fitua tion, merely becaufe that Hon. Gentleman knew but one bill when he made the alfertion which ori ginated this difcuffion ; that logic he trulted would not be conclufive with the Houle, to per. Made the refufal of an account which was to be made the ground-work of a meafure for the regu- Winn of thofe offices. The Right Hen. Gentle. man teemed to think the refufal of this bill a thing of no account, becanfe the amount was trifling, but that was an aggravation of the refufal, for bad it been a large bill there might have been fome exeufe. For the credit of Government and of the Hon. Gentleman, he thought his motion ought to be adopted, as the Hon. Gentleman ought to he allowed to produce proofs in vindic,t lion of his own charater. If the motion fhould be rejected, it will very juftly he furpeeted that many fats could be adduced which it is withed to keep back. With refpelt to the demand of an g e olo g y from the Hon. Gentleman on the floor, he rather thought an apology due to him fiom the other fide, for the manner in which he had been treated, and for the mifreprefentation of his words. Mr. Alderman CULTIS laid, that as the Hon. Gentleman who introduced the motion for the ac count, expreffed a with that the City Members' Ihould deliver their opinions on this fubjeß, he rofe to (late that of all things in the world he liked Government bills : he always found them to be well paid, though the clerks in the Government offices were not generally fo exalt and accurate as thole in merchant's counting Iruifes. Mr. N 10401.1.3 trulled to the rood fenfe and good humour of his Hon. Ftiend that he would withdraw his motion, as the faet he before Rated was now admitted, and of courfe no further evi dence was necerary to jullify his alTertion ; for he thought him incapable of charging the Govern ment with infolvency, an inference not at all to be drawn from the fact alluded to. • Mr. BRAGGE anfwered the obfcrvations of the Hon. Gentleman on the other lide (Mr. Courte. nay) who, he laid, had been long wont to entertain the Houfe, but whore imagination on this occafidn Ltd run away with the accuracy of his judgment, particularly in animativerfions upon the logic of denying a Member the right of faking for evi. denct to futla:n an alTertion of which he Was not awat e when he mule it. He was prepared to ad mit that the art - et-thin itfeif was of no importance, unlzis it was confidered t!'at it came from a !dem bee ei that Hoak, whole name had of late very freciucntly appeared in the Newfpapers, and of court:: it might have weight among people who }id twt the fame opportunity of judging that the Gentlemen of that Houfe had. As to the fad re focaing this bill, it could be really nothing more than the neglect of an inferior clerk, and not at all injur:ous to the politic. Mr. A Reit DA LE faid, that the alarm excited upon this occafion among the Gentlemen on the Mini. tLrial benches, did not appear fit much to proceed from the a'fation of the Hon. Gentleman on the floor refpeaing the infnlvency of Government, as from an envy of the riling reputation of that Hon. Gentleman. It really did not teem fair that a Gentleman who was daily in the habit of exhibi ting arithmetic againf figures--chronology again II dates—:end eloquence :Tahiti grammar, lhotild be to fevercly attacked for the firfl good hit he had happened to make : a Gentleman who was al. ways particularly forward to provoke the Mini fiers to debate, either by interrogatory, motion, or Ihrewd commentary. With retped, however, to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, he would ob. ferve, that be had heard Tome learned Memb er talk of fuper human abilities, which in truth he (Mr. A.) did not fisppore the prefent Miniflers to porefs—lie thought them plain lioneß men, fin. cerely difpofed to do their duty, if the country will permit them to carry their intentions into effect ; but their abilities mull be fuper-human indeed, if they ern be anfwerable for the negleft of all the inferior Officer. in the different departments of Government. Mr. Joie r. s (aid he was not prefent when this rub jea was firli under difcutlion ; but in truth, when he heard of the fall Rated by his I lon. Friend, he, as a plain ignorant man, thought all was up ;" and et the Right Hon. Gentleman on the Trea fury Pencil was ignorant of it, as he probably was, that the people now gave two-pence for the loaf they toighr have had for a penny tome years ago, was Al owing to the prodigality of his pre cieceifor. He was prepared to deny that his Hon. Friend had by any means Paid that Government was infolvent—no fuck word had efeaped him.— Ile himr,ll was ready to difavow it. The word firil cAnic from the other fide. With refpcift to the of the Hon. City Member (Alderman Curt:', that Government bills were fo highly valuzd in the City, he could f a y, f rom t h e bell - au thority, that many of his conllituents differed in opir.ii.n with him—that many of them complained i.f the evil to which his Hon. Friend tithed to call the attention of the Houfe, and that feveral pet i;II1C had :men ruined by the want of punduality in the Government Offices. Oa 01411CI , LLOR or THe EXCHKrge. in ex lay.ation It'd, that from the bell of his recollec r( r,crniltnied by the recolledion of all the Len ..), kind him, the Hon. Gentleman did, on f Inter evening, Rate, that the Government was ifiledvent, bccattfe the payment of a (mall Go v • acceptance was poftponed. He called l - Ln. Gentleman to declare upon what glr)unds he ("fated that this Bill was prefented for ..iyment by a pupa., as that teemed .tn aggrava tion. Tr. ALiIAVDIIR obrervid. that thi conduet and ter.dei.cy of the language of the Hon. Gentleman cri the Figlit he brought forward his charge, jufli :icd him in demanding him either to avow his ea rl-A(lw or enntradid them. Mr. I I T. L Y ADDINGTON faid it was not poffihle P I - tile Tteafury Board to be acquainted with the tircumftaoce of a Bill having been refuted pay ment, either at the Sick and Hurt Office, tn. any Niter public of ;'there was not, however, an "..ti.:nre of the Board having been informed th:tt 'L::-.dl innobtcr.;encc had alien from a public office nut being provided with money, in which it had not immediately diretted a fum•to be Wiled to the amount required. Dr. Laws sues contended there had not been a Tingle fyllable advanced, (hewing that it would be attended with the kali advantage to grant the pa pers—the Hon. Member was proceeding to explain an obfervat ion made by hind - elf in a former debate, refpeeling the fuper-human wildom neceffary to conduEt the public affairs at fuch a critis as the prefent, when he was called to order by The Sf EAR FA, who faid, he was deviating even beyond the former deviations which had occurred in the condi of the debate. _ _ Mr. WiLBERFORCE obferved, that if they were a party of Gentlemen, met at a dinner, they might as well have fuch a converfation as the one now before the Houfe as any other. He thought that in the prefent !late of the Empire the time and attention of the Honk of Commons was extremely ill employed—he had not heard the whole debate, but he had heard enough to convince him it had occupied a great deal too much time, and, really, it would be a joke to carry it any further. Mr. Roil sots repeated his rearms for wilhing to have the papers laid before the Houfe. He laid, he could not do otherwife than take the fenfe of the Houfe. The CHANCELLOR Of the EICHEIVIR Rated, that the Hon. Member had admitted on a former night the words imputed to him refpeeling the in folvency of the Government. Mr. VANSITTART (aid, that the credit of the Sick and Hurt Office was not if the kali injured by the affertion of the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. MARTIN declared he did not hear his Hon. Friend (Mr. Robfon), in the fpeech which brad produced the prefent difcuffion, make ufe of the term infolvency. Mr. DEN T fail , he had, on a former night, called the Hon. Gentleman to order, in confequence of his conceiving he had afferted that which implied the Government was iniblvent. The Houfc became extremely clamorous for the girefliori, After a few nbfervations from Mr- ARTHUR MOORE, againit the original mo tion, a divifion took place upon the motion of the CHRaczt.Lott of the Excatgy R, for paging to the Orderof the Day.—For the motion 79—Againft it 2—Majority for the motion 77.—Adjourned. 1.01•11) , )IV. WEDNESDAY, MARCH zo. PRICE OT STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK s 3 pa C. ConL money, 6,7 if 4--(or *cc 6$ t PRICE .)F STOCKS TFSTIKDAY. 3 per Cent. Conf. 671,1 63 lmp. Ann. tai 5-16 s per Cent. Ann. st9if Excheq. 33. 43. prem. Imp. 3 per Cent. 67. cola. for Ace. 63i I COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Hamburg's 3s 3 si U. Madrid 39i Sec. Alton 32 42t U. Mhos Cadiz 3 in paper Leghorn 511 Ditto 39 See - live Naples 44# M Madrid Jo In paper COS 48 Wake Linn. : 9 Oporto Dublin i s This morning we received Paris Journals of the 6th init. from which we have taken the fubjoined extrais. The article prohibiting in the Cifalpine Republic the ufe of Titles, forms a ftracing con. trail to the Swedifh Proclamation we laid before our Readers yellerday. Tier: Catformies 56f. 45c. MILAN, Fasmtar 22.—The Knitter of the Interior and General Police has tranfmitted the following circular letter to all the Public Func. tionaties :-- The reviving abufe of titles which contain dif. tin Lions of birth has excited the attention of the Vice-Prefident. I am charged on his part to re. mind the conftituted Authorities, all the Chiefs of Adminiftration, and all thofe who by their place are charged to anfwer for the conduet of thole who depend on them, that, as agreeably to the 116th Article of the Conftitution, in the eye of the law, no other Civil Superiority will be acknowledged than that derived from the exercife of Public Func tions, they muff watch with care to prevent this abufe from being renewed. They will con• fequently take care to anfwer for their fubordi natcs, who may offend in this refpelt; either in fpeech 'or writing, and even to fufpend them from their employment if they Chew wilful and deliberate obftinacy. They will be particularly vigilant that no aet or petition Ihall be prefented, in which individuals belonging to the Italian Republic Ihall be deigned under any other title than that of Citizens. COPEN HAWES, FAISZVARY 20. — The Cabinet Courier BRUNIM, who carried to Peterfburgh the acccffinn of our Court to the Convention of June 17, arrived on Tuefday laft with the ratifica tion of the Court of Ruffia. This morning a Mail from Hamburgh alto ar rived. The articles it brings, and which we have given in the preceding columns, are not, generally fpeaking, of much moment;—The following, how ever, is worthy of attention. Psr t ass uRC H,FI t 2.-Our Emperorhas made a propofition to the Courts of Vienna, Berlin, Lon. don, Madrid, Naples, Drefden, Munich, and Lif bon, to unite with hint to procuie an eftabliihment for the French Princes of the line of Bourbon, fuit able to thcir rank. The Prutlian Ambalfador has laid before our Court the plan of Indemnities of his Sovereign, which the Emperor has received with approbation. The Ukafe on the Reform of the Houfehold was figned by his Majelly on the Both of De cember, and publithed by the Senate on the la ofiehruarr. In the introduElion to this Uhfe addrzEd to the office for condo Cling the accounts of the Houfehold, it is On the ExAmina. ion of the Receipts and Expenditure of our Htmf::- hold, in all its parts, we havc almoß throughout found a difproportion ate number of officers e aid i th ed. and Rill more difproportionate and ufelefs ex penditure, which exceeds confiderably the yearly turns allotted for (it, from whence no little debt has been contraeted. On this confideration we have found it neceffitry to examine all ,;thofe ex pences by a Commiffion particularly appointed for that purpofe, and in conformity to the rule laid down by us, to caufe a new houfehold to be formed, which we have confirmed by our figna ture, and accordingly order as follows."—Here follows t 3 articles to the following purport : t. The Chancery of the Houfehold, Which does nothing elle than receive the money of the Houfe. hold, and deliver it out to the different Depart ments, or pay it according to their direltions, without even being obliged to examine thefe expen ditures, is, together with its fubordinate office at Mofcow, wholly aboliffied, as fuperfluous and al together ufelefs ; the bufinefs of this Chancery is divided among the other branches of the Houfe hold.—z. Of the Churches reckoned to belong to the Court, and maintained by it, with their Clergy and attendants, only thofe (hall be any longer man tained by the Court. which are here, in Mokow, Peterhof, Zarfko- ztlo and Tfchermc, attached to the Palaces; the remainder are again transferred to the Holy Synod, in order to be fupported from the ge neral fums allotted to the Clergy.— 1. After the fup preffion of the Chancery of the Houleltcld, each de partment of the Court (hall in particular receive its appropriate fum, and be refponfible for the cecc nornical adminiftration of it without one depart ment being dependent on another. -4. The firm fet apart for each department by the new regula tion is fo liberal, that his Majefty expels no ar rears, but rather hopes, by means of an ceconomi cal adminiftration, a ffirplus ; and therefore per mits no department, under any pretence whatever, to exceed the appropriate fum, of courfe neither to appoint perfons beyond the limited number, nor to give to thofe who are appointed snore than the allowed falary . In extraordinary and preffing cafes, where an addition beyond the allotted fum is required, a report muff be immediately made to his Majefty, and a particular Imperial ukafe be required, without which it is not permitted to make any extraordinary dilburfement, nor to contras the fmalleft debt, which can be tole rated in no meafure.---6. At the conclufion of each year, each department mull make out a full account of its receipts, difburfements, and overplus, tranfmit it to the Accountant's Office, eftablifheeby the Conuniffion for managing the accounts of the Houfehold, which, after a corn. parifon made with the original documents, (hall draw therefrom a total balance, and prefent it to the Treafurer of the Empire, who (hall deliver it to his Majefty, that he may fee with what cecono. my each Department has aCted.-7. The overplus flail be referred for cafes of unforefeen difburfe menu, and shall by no means be employed with out his Majefty's fpecial permiffion.-8. The dif. tans ellablifhments of the Court, Ex. Gr. at the Palaces in Riga and Revel, hall, for the greater convenience, deliver in their accounts to the Go_ vernments there, and alto receive their money from the fame.-9. s 2. With refpea to the Marble Quar ries at Tiflis and Rufkol, it it prefcribed that they endeavour, by a free Pale, to accompli(h the objet of maintaining themfelves by the produce.— Hence it follows, that the (urn fet apart for this purpofe (hall continue no longer than 'till that undertaking be completely eflabliffied.-13. The excution of thefe new regulations than commence on the :ft of January, rBoa. The allotted fum for the Houfehold of their Royal Highneffes the Grand Princeffes MARIA PAWLOWII• and CATHA RINA PAWLOWNA, (hall be iffued from the Ap panage Department; but for the remaining parts .of the Houfehold, from the Exchequer of the Empire. Notice has been given in the Court of Common Council of a motion t• petition Parliament for the repeal of the Income Tax. A requifition has like wife been figned by feveral of the Livery, requeft ing the LOILD MAYOI to call a Common Hall fcr the fame purpofe. We hear it is in contemplation to propofe an Ad of Parliament to indemnify Englifh artificers, who may have been induced to quit this country, under the fallacious hopes of improving their Situ ation, by eilahliihing our manufactories in foreign parts, uron the condition of their returning home within a limited time. Such a meafure has been fuggelled by many of thefe deluded perfons them felvei, who arc fully fenfible of their error, and are extremely defiroiis of returning h ome . On the ill March the following Gentlemen were refpedively elected to the offices after:mentioned, in the MarifchalCollege and Univerfity of Aberdeen: Alex. Baxter, FN. of (Maffei, Lord Re tor. Ake. Irvioe:Efq.. of Drum, Dean of Faculty. ASSISSOIII. roue. lladden, Efq. Provoft of Aterdeen. John Gordon, Efq. of Craig:Wk. John DoLglas, Efq. of l'it!t quhiile. Andrew 1 tr , nifon Efq of Vanchorr. Mr. Gaimeow is 1, much indifpoied as to be un able to attend bisprofeffionalbutinefs on the Home rnmon:• CORN MAR 'CET. ERR A TUM..--In Monday% p:i. 5. at Y..Tar!-.-I..l:l?—rur ec to r..-:!t1 4r. to 2;s. A1.1?..K-LANE, maact; 10. There is no alteration this day from the prices mentioned in this Paper on Monday Ltd. BREAD.—Yellerday the Mailer and Wardens the Company of Bakers attended the lop.o MAsolt at the Mantion Houfe to fet the Mize f Bread, when his Lnrdlhip ordered the price of .rrad to continue the fame as lait neck, viz. toad. the iinar tern loaf. NAUTICAL. MTEL LIGENGE. MAII.S THIS DAY.-WIND W. •RRIVRD. Dubl!”, Wnterford, Hamhurgh, t French, DUP. 1 0 PLYMOUTH, MARCH 8. Came in the Countefs of Cardigan, Capt. ISAAC HILL, from Bourdeaux, laden with brandy and wine, for London ; the Lord Nelfon, Captain THOMAS Wootoarrroa, from Jerky, for South hampton ; and the Danifh brig Margaretta, Capt. N. JoHnsom, from Longfound, for this port, with deals ; alfu the RENARD, of ;3 grins, Captain SPICER, from a entice ; and the kady Charlotte, of Plymouth, Capt. Err. s, from Tmeritie, laden with wines, for this port. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 9. This day failed his Majcfty's ti.ip Worn.vEars for the weaward ; and the Swedith Ship Crown Prince Frederick, Captain N ir. JAcossoN, with deals, for Lifbon.—Arrived thrce Coops with (tone from Swanagc.—Wind E. by N. SIILERNESS, MARCIL 9. An exprefs arrived yefterday for the Cambrian frigate to fail immediately for Plymouth. Came into dock the Arrow floop of war to be repaired. The frigates and (loops here arc fitting out with the greateff difpatch, and are expedvd to fail every tide. The greateß belle and confufion we have feen fcr fume time took place hue on Saturday morn ing LR ; the Royal Invalids Rationed here had previoufly received orders to march for Dover Cagle on that day ; the baggage waggons were loaded—the drums beating a march and at the moment an exprefs arrived for their remaining : what the caufe might have been we have not been able to afcertain. Report fays, that they are to be conveyed by water, and gun•brigs are coming down from Deptford for that purpofe ; a ftaff of marines, it is added, are to be Rationed in the barracks to do extra duty in the dock-yard, and the ufial duty in the garrifon. FROM LLOYD's LIST. DEAL, FEB. 9.—Came (Imo the CAMBRIAN frigate, and failed for Portfmouth.—Wind N. blows hard. GRAVESEND, FEB. 9.—Paled by the Three Bro thers, BONE, from Embden ; Twee Gebroders, —, from Bremen ; Good Hope, YANKEE ; and Hannah, FLACK, from Rotterdam.—Sailed the George, BLAIR, tor St. Vincents ; Venus, NICHOL. SON, for Hamburgh ; Cybelle, BARTON, for Bar badoes ; Jonge Handrews, —, for Amfterdam; Hoop, PLUG, for Rotterdam ; Emily, Hem DE RTS; Vrow —; and JengeCornelius, for Havre de Grace. The Suffolk, Mi.ller, from Balsa! to London, that was on fhore near Falmouth, is got off and carried into St. Ives, much damaged. AU the bale goods are raved, alto tome rice. The Betty, Jones, from &tad to Liverpool, is kit at Pe narth. Cargo laved. The Neptune, —, from Barnftaple to BrifLA, is 101 l on the eoaft of Wales; (even people drowned. The Eltfir de la Paix, Vihert, from Briftol to Guernfey, is on those in Liriftol river, and full of water. The Lord Macartncy, Alaekie, (runs New Brunfwick to England; has fprung a leak at fea, and put into Halif...s. to nfit. The Conftantine, Mare, that was co 'hare near Whitby, is got into that place with little damar ; and the lnduftry, Cook, alfo on fhore, is lince broke up. The Amity, from Rochelle to Virginia, foundered at fca in November. The New Hope, Anya, from Amfterdam ; Cito, Anderfon, from London, in Dalian; the New Invention, B. from Lon don ; and the Star (Spani/ barque), from Mahone, were loft near Malaga, 24th January. The Fad Spencer, Craft, from Newfoundland, is loft at Gibraltar. The Anna Elizabeth, Water., from Bergen to Sot:I - Jenny, is carried into Whitftable, by Come 111:-;at: boats, eta being on the Long Sand, and loft her rudder. The Haabet, DAM, from the Mediterranean to Hantburgls, is wrecked near Maim ( FRENCH CHRONOLOGY.—WC have feen a letter from Paris, dated February the thirty : fidl. The Strawberry-hill Comedy was read on Satur day in Drury-lane Theatre. The Honourable Mrs. DANE% is the author, and attended at the reading. At the end of the play at Drury-Lane Thcatre lalt night, Mr. KEMBLE came forward, and, by defire of the Proprietors, informed the audience, that the funeral of the moil Noble FRANCIS, l.ue Duke of BEDFORD, being fixed for Thurfday next, this Theatre would be doled for that evening. The funeral of the Duke of BEDFORD. agreeably to his own carnet requeft, will be as little norm pouf and of entatious as pofEble. The corpfe, at tended by Mr. Govosho, as chief mourni.r, and a procellion of his agents and principal domellics, will fet off in three mourning mac:, from Woburn Abbey, between eleven and twelve o'clock this night, and expeet to arrive at Cheynies. in Buck ingliamthiic, which is about 36 miles from Wo burn, about twelve o'clock to morrow ; and this will be all the procefflon. ENGLISH STATE LOTTERY -.EighthDay.—No. mow:. a Plias of coL _ _