Star. — London, England, 1801-02-13 00:00:00

I,in hid )rn, pm to d e fift. until he had itecomplithed his wifties. Knowing, indeed, the order of the Lord Lieutenant againft his admiffion, he had not till yefterday ventured to attempt an entrance; err it could be no agreable circumstance to him, or an Member of that Houfe , to receive proteet • tilt from a gaoler. Yefterdiy, however, he did g o, in company with other members, and he found all the Itatement he had made on a former n ight verified.. He had feen a handkerchief fleep ed in the blood which iftued from the flight fear, t h e pimple, the Hon. Gentleman had ken on the face of Hudfon ; and he was extremely happy that the other fide of the Houfe had at length thought it time to inveftigate this fubjed, and he molt hear tily feconded the motion. The SPEAKER obferved, the motion he held in hi , hand did not appear to him to be perfeelly re gular. Inftead of being called before the. Houfe, he thought the motion ought to have been to order t h e Governor of Cold-bath-fields Prifon toattend the Houk on a certain day, for Tome fpecific purpofe. Colonel ELFOILD wifhed, as the motion was thought irregular in the manner of its being brought before the Houle, and informal in itfelf, to have leave of the Nonce to withdraw it. The SPEAKER raid, it could not be withdrawn without the content of the Honourable Baronet who feconded it. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT pofitively refuted to give his content. Mr. Ryon Paid, he had entertained a hope that the motion would be withdrawn in confequence of its extreme irregularity; as that hope, however, was now at an end, 'and as he thought it highly improper to difcufs a motion of ibis nature with out any previous notice, and without the oppor tunity of forming a juft and deliberate opinion upon the queftion, he felt it incumbent upon him to move the previous queftion. Mr. HosHoo se admitted that it might have been more proper to have given previous notice of a motion of this nature,but the motion had ori ginated with the Honourable Baronet on the other fide of the Houle. If there was any depar ture from the eftablifhed praltice of the Houfe, it belonged not to his Honourable Friend, (Sir F. B. Jones). He would advife his Honourable Friend, who had fo long and fo laudably endea voured to bring this fubjed more immediately be fore the Houfe, not to content to the abandon ment of this motion. He fhould certainly fup. port the propofition for bringing,the Gaoler to the Bar of the Houfe, as the belt mode of coming to the truth of the affair, at leaft one Rep towards it, which he would with to be followed by another motion, to bring the other parties forward, and by enlarging the enquiry, enable the Houfe corn. pletely to afcertain the truth on a fubjea which had fo much occupied public converfation. The condua of the Gaoler he was juftified, from the report of the Committee of the Houfe, and the inveffigation of the Magiftrates, in pronouncing extremely exceptionable, and that was good ground for a prefumption againfi him on the particular queftion before the Houk. He rejoiced in the opportunity which offered on this occafion fully to probe this bufiners. It concerned the charader of the Honk, and the adminifiration of jufticc, to perfevere in the motion for enquiry ; the im portance of the cafe demanded that the evidence Ihould be examined by a Committee of the whole Hotife.. The SPIAIER fubmitted whether the mode is which this motion was propofed was not incon fi Rent with the general forms of the Houfe ? When the attendance of any man at the Bar was defired as an evidence, was it not ufual to precede inch motion with a refolution, upon which fuch evidence might be neceffary ? He fabmitted it to the candour and confideration of the Honour able Baronet, who feconded the motion, whether a different mode of proceeding from that then be fore the Houk, would not more completely anfwer his purpofe ? Sir F. B. Jonas was not unwilling to fubmit to the fenfe of the Houfe. Mr. Hosmouse was of opinion, that before the motion which his Honourable Friend had feconded thould be withdrawn, it would be necerary, in point of form, firft to withdraw that for the pre vious queftion. Mr. Reim thought the Houfe fbould firh con tent to his withdrawing his motion. Sir F. B. Jonas faid;he had fo long ineffedually Itruggled to bring the conduet of Governor Aris before the Houk, that if the motion before the lioufe was not irregular, he (hould be happy in its adoption. Had he introduced any motion re• fpei!hng that Gaoler, it would have been that the Scijeant at Arms should take him into cuftody, and that the Monte fhould refolve itfelf into a Committee to inveftigate his condua. Sir V,' i L Liam GRA d?fapproved of the original motion, and exprefted his refolution to fupport that for the previous queftion. Mr. MARTIN declared his furprife, that though the mifeondua of this Gaoler Teemed almoft um. verfally admitted, and though all the inquiries which had been inftituted relpeeting it prefented fads againft him, he had Rill been Tuffered to re. Lain the fituation. He knew not with whom the power of appointing or removing a Gaoler for Coldbath-fields Prifon rehed, but he would not heti tate to pronounce it a fcandal to the Government of the Country, and difrefpeetful to the feelings of the Public, that fuch a man had not been difnuffed Irons the office. Mr. PIACITAL confidered it irrevlar to prers a motion of fuch a nature as that of the Honourable Colonel.--It certainly could have little operation to promote the °Ned: of thofe by whom it was fupported. He would a& the Honourable Gen tleman whether, if Governor Aris was at the Bar for examination, they would rely on any Rawer be fbould make refpeaing his own alledged mil condud ? could the Houle tweet or look for re plies from ar.y man to criminate himfelf? He dif approved of the views and arguments of thofc who were difpored torfift in the motion, and thould therefore vote f or the previous queftion. ' Mr. Hosmou se denied that it was inslifpenfibly necefary, though ufual, to give previous notice of any motioo , however important. Mr. FIOWARb thought the Timmer in WhichL the Gentlemen on the other fide had aged rather unfair towards his Honourable Friend (Sir F. B. Jones). The Honourable Member who brought forward the motion, averred that he propofed it merely to procure the liberty of making a fpeech in anfwer to that of his Honourable Friend on a former day; and when the fpeech of the Honourable Baronet oppofite was finithed, a Noble Lord (Hawke(bury) rofe to fay the motion was irregular without a pre vious notice, and the Gentleman who feconded it, influenced by the fentiments of that Noble Lord, repented, and revoked his fupport of the motion, which it was now attempted to get rid of altogether by the previous queition. He con feffed he faw more of ingenuity than candour in fuch contrivance. Lord HAVIRISEVIT defended himfelf againft the charge of unTairnefs. He was not, he laid, lefs averfe to the motion at the commencement than at the conclufion of the Honourable Baronet's fpeech, and the ,teafon was, becaufe he thought Gentlemen fhould not be fuffered to take the Houle by furprife on fubjeas of the utmolt im portance, by bringing forward motions without the ufual notice. The precedent would be improper, and he therefore had oppofcd it. Mr. W. DUNDAI did not conceive it by any means difhonourable to plead guilty to the charge, that he was induced by the arguments of the No ble Lord before him to withdraw his Yupport of the motion of his Honourable Friend. tie was influenced by a proper confideration of the fupe rior knowledge that Noble Lord had of the rules and forms of the Houfe. It was complained that his Honourable Friend fhould attempt to make a fpeech when no queftion was before the Houfe, but no fuch complaint was urged when the Ho nourable Baronet, on the oppofite fide, on the fame fubjeet, occupied the Houle with an account drawn up by Goo knows who, and having no mark of authenticity about it. Mr. PIER/11.01NT eenfured, in very Itrong terms, the condull and charafter of the Gaoler of Coldbath-fields Prifon, who ought, he faid, to be held up to public execration. Sir WILLIAM ELLIOT prefented the Report of the Lords Commiflioners of the Admiralty former ly given into the Privy Council refpeeting his Ma jetty's Dock-yards.—Ordered to lie on the Table. —Adjourned till Monday. LONDON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY FAST Daordootha bands dose at the Stock Exchange. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY t Bank Stock 1/51 Long Ann. 17 5.z6 } 3 Pcr C Colus 57437 In"- Ann. 111)74 3 per C Red. 17 57 lei& 5 per C. 732 4 pa Cont. 76. 771 India Stock C. per Navy 911 ConL foram 561571561 57 3 pa C Ltlaki 9z444 Omniunt The new &Vilifiers find it more difficult than they perhaps could have conceived, to fill up all the necegary departments, and of eourfe the ar rangements are longer in being officially an nounced to the Public,than was generally expelled. Many attribute the delay to the prudential fore fight of Tome of the individuals who have been invited to take a share in the Adminifiration. They like Mara well enough, but they would like the chance of a longer leafe than they think they can promife themfelves by taking prefent polTeffion, and flatter themfelves that in a fhort time the loaf and, ib market will again be new tenanted when they may have a chance of a more permanent bargain- Earl Sr. Vancerr has been offered the Admi ralty, with the Command of the Channel Fleet. His determination is not yet known. Yellerday evening at nine o'clock, the Gentle men who propofe to offer terms for the enfuing Loan, met Mr. PITT by appointment at his houfe in Downing-fireet, to fettle the preliminaries of the bidding, and to hear the amount that would be re quired for the Cervices of the prefent year. Mr. PITT opened the bufinefs by Elating, that he mould want Twenty-Five Millions for Eng land, and Two Millions Three Hundred Thou rand Pounds for Ireland. The latter turn might either be contraded for feparately or not, or the greater part of it might be railed in Ireland. Mr. Parr obferved, that Mr. CORRY, the Ira Chan cellor of the Exchequer, had attended to give any explanations refpeCting the Iri(h Loan. It ap pearing to be the general opinion that the whole Loan fhould be taken at once, it was agreed . to round the fums, and to fay Twenty-Seven Millions and a Half, or Twenty-Eight Millions, as Mr. Parr (bould decide when the Loan fhould be finally taken, and after he had investigated more minutely the public accounts. He laid he was authorized to give them an affurance, that there would be no other Loan within the year; but that the Chancellor of the Exchequer mull have the power of afking for a vote of credit, if neceffary, to the amount of about Three Millions. Mr. Parr then Paid, he wiffied to take the bid. dings on asst. Confols, and the reit in Reduced; the higheft bidder on which was to be the pur chafer. He wanted the firfi payment to he made on the moth intl. but this was objeled to on account of the fhortnef, of the time. Mr. PITT, however, enuld not poftpone that date. Ike next obferved, that he lhould require that all the payments (hould • be made in the course of die month of November ; but this was alto objefted to, as the Contradors urged, that the Public could not digeft fuch a large Loan within fo fhort a period. Mr. Prrr laid he was furprifed at this remark, as forty mil lions had been before railed within one year' when the country was not nigh in fo profperous a tituation as at prefent. The objection was, how ever, carried, and the laft payment adjourned to the 11th of December. A difcount of 5 per cent. for prompt payment having been propofed by Mr. Pirr, it was obje6l - to by Mr. BOLDE CO, on the part of the Bankers, as it would tend to leave their balances low; but this was over-ruled by the other Contradiors, and the j per Cent. accepted. The following is a Lill of the Six Parties who are to bid : sit. Meffrs. RODARTS, Cuarts and Co. and their Friends. 3d, Mars. SMITU, PATNE and SEEI7I4, and Ditto. 3d. Sir FRANCIS BARiaa and Co. and Ditto. 4th. Sir THOMAS EVERIT, and Co. and Ditto. sth. The COMMIT rat of BANKERS, and 6th. The COMMITTEE of the STOCK EXCHANGE. The following are the periods of the different Inliallments February zo, • • to per Cent. April 7, - • • 10 May IS. - - a to June zo, - - - so July 17, - - - Is Atiguft 11, - - • 10 September rB. - - so (Mabee irk - - is December xi, - - zo It was fixed that the bidding fhould be made on Monday, at ten o'clock in the morning, in order to prevent the exceffive gambling in the Funds which generally prevails on the day the Loan is taken.—Mr. PITT laid he would be ready as near the time as poffible. In confequence of the largenefs of the Loan, feveral bargains in Confols were made late lall night at 55k, which is one and a quarter per Cent. lower than the price at three o'clock. Yefterday the Q2KEN held a Drawing Room at St. James's Palace. Previous to the company arriving, the KING re ceived on the Throne the congratulatory Addrefs on the Union from the City of London, which was prefented by the Right Hon. the LORD Mayo', accompanied by Aldermen BOYDELL, Coaris, WATSON ... , Sir J. ANDERSON .? Sir J. EAMER, Pat- CHARD, Ls Mistretta, the Sheriffs, Mr. Chamber lain CLARKE, the Recorder, Common Scrjeant, the City Remembrancer, and a Deputation of the Common Council; to which his MAJESTY re-1 turned a very gracious anfwer. At two o'clock her MAJESTY, accompanied by the Petecassas, entered the Drawing Room, which was attended by her Royal Highnefe the Princefs of WALES, the Dukes of CLARENCE, KENT, and CUMBERLAND ; their Serene. High nelfes the Prince and Princefs of ORANGE, the Foreign Envoys, the Dignitaries of the Church, the Cabinet Minifters, the Noblemen and Gentle. men who were at the Kislo's Levee on Wednef day, and the following Female Nobility;— Ducheffeo..-Montrofe, Leeds, and Mancha:tier. Marehioneffes—.Buckingham, Hertford, Salilbury, Town 'bend, Blindford, Bath, and Donegal. Countrifes—Radnor, Lincoln Clem, Darnley, Chefterfield, Marlton, Mansfield, Leitrim, Lincoln, Shaftfbury, Dowager Purtfmoutb, Northampton, Harrington, Carhampton, Temple, Ely, and Oxford. Viaounteffes—Hatburton, Billkeley, Bridport, and Power& court. Ladies—E. Montague, C. Montague, A. Cumberland, C. Herbert, Buxton, Kenyon, De Blaquiere, Carrington, Carleton, Somerton, C. Darner, L. Putty, Grenville, Folkeitone, A. Osman, Patrons, 0. Murray, Loughborough, G. Villiers, Boll" Hales, Popham Bayning, M. Winyard, M. Ofbome, Somerville, H. Parker, old Willoughby. Miftreffm—Markham, Bott, Middleton, Methuen, Agar, Hlncbeliffe, Wheeler, Combe, A. Stanhope, Winkfield, Wind ham, Tarieton, Crew, Darner, Walpole, Nugent, and Corn wallis. Miffes—A. and E. Markham, Buxton, Illaquiare, Erfkine, Smiths, Hinebeliffe, Wheeler, Caeribe, De Laney, Jeffries, Chelter, Hales, Martham,Damer, and Townibend. The Prefentations to her Majarry confifted of the Noblemen introduced to the Riao on Wednef day, with the addition of Mr. GWILLItt, prefented by the Hon. Mr YOR a a, and the following Ladies : Barooefs N , Marchionefs of Buck inghini,who killed hdeerg Majeity's hand, on being created a Peercfs in her own Lady SOMERTON, by the Lady of the Archbillsop of Camel; Lady Potearrosta, by her Mother, the Counters of LID. coin; and Lady Grose: Musick?, who killed her Majefty's hand, as bV Lonithip's promotion as &bop of St. David's. At five o'clock the Court clpfcd, when their MAJESTIES retired to the Queen's Houle. Her Royal Highnefs the Princefs of Waits was attended at Court by the Counters of CAERNARVON. Lady GERTRUDE VILIARRE - was at Court for the fire time fince the death of her father Earl GRANDISON. The Earl and Countee of OZFORD were at Court for the fire time this feafon. Vifcountefs Be Drove attended her Majefly's Drawing Room. A Council was yeflerday held at Lord Gaga- Office, at which the Duke of PORTLAND, Earl SPA/Will, Lord GRINVILLI, Mr. PITT, and Mr. DUNDAS, were prefent. The Patent, appointing Sir john MITTORD Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, was yefterday ligned by his MAJEETT The Right Hon.Gende. man was introduced to his MAJESTY atSt.James'b, accompanied by Mr. ADM moron. Lord SEATORTN embarked on Wednefday at Portfmouth, on board the Topaze, Capt. CH tract., for the Weft-Indies. _ _ _ The meafures taken to flop the laft remittance of the.Englith fubfidy, have proved ineffeCtual. It arrived at Vienna in the evening of the syth, in nine waggons, under a very (bong efoort of Auf tries folthers. NAUTICAL INTELLIOENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—Wind N.B AR RIVE 0 Dug. o Hamburgb, o Dublin I Waterford, Feb. 7. 3 Donnaghathe, Feb. so, o Guernfey, O Jerky, YARMOUTH, FLRRUARY The Marta Packet, Capt. OssoP ws, with tke Mails for Hamburgh, of the 6th init. is 11 in the Roads waiting a wind to fail.—Wind E. FALMOUTH, F..BRUARY In. Arrived—the Princefs Elizabeth packet, Capt. KIDD, from Plymouth; the Norfolk privateer, of 26 guns, Capt. GOODNALL, from London, on a cruize ; and the Danifh dogger Two Brothers, Capt. KEAROFF, from Bcrgen for St. Croix, laden with gin, hams, &c. captured by the Istraruauz, Captain Sir EDWARD PELLEW, Bart. Sailed—The fhip Ritfon, Capt. FAWN, far Rot. terdam ; the THAMES (Exit India fhip), Captain ELBEC, for the Eail Indies; and the ALCMENL frigate, the Hon. Captain DIGIT, on a truize.-... Wind E. N. E. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY tz. Came in the June, a French privateer, of St. Maloes, of 14 guns, and 70 men, captured on the sth initant, by his Majefty's fhip Ast'L►*, of 33 guns, Captain H taker the privateer has loft irer foremait, and maintop-waft, which werts carried away by her running on board the Amara* at the time the was captured, it being then a very thick fog : the Julie had been three weeks at fea, without making any capture, and was on her re turn to L'Orient. Came in the VILLE DE PARIS, of t is grins, Cap. tain GREY, from Torbay ; and the POLLY tranf port, from Jerfey, with troops. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 12. This day the Well India fleet, under convoy of the HE URE X, Captain O'BLAND, the TOPA ZE, Capt. CHURCH, and the PLOVER, Capt. GALWAY, failed µ•ith a fine breeze from St. Helen's. Sailed the BE LL !Int, Capt. DOMETT, for Tor bay; and the EMERALD, Captain °taiga, for Cork ; alfo the ,Jason, Capt. YOLKS ; LA LGial, Captain NEWMAN, and the Soma; on a eruiae. ABERDEEN, FEBRUARY 3. By a letter from the mailer of the Charlotte of this place, we learn that the was taken off Flam. boroagh Head on the third day after the left Aber deen, by the fame privateer which took the Com mercial Packet. The mailer and mate were taken on board the privateer, which landed them at Ca lais. We have not yet learned to what port the Charlotte was carried. The Jennies, GEORGE Item, failed from Gib. raltar on the to ult. under convoy of his Majef ty's chip Sr. Doom-ruse, with a fleet of me•chant chips for the Mediterranean, put into Lifbon, on the Bth ult. the DOROTHEA having met with da. mage. A Danifh !hip, valued at upward of to,oool. having put into Bowmore, Iflay, in diarefs, was about ten days ago detained by Mr. SIMPSOW, of that place. The Fox frigate arrived at Ellineur on the a4th ult. The Dolphin Wissisms ; and Three Sifters, —, from Ne wfoundland to Poole, are taken by a French privateer. The Expedition which lately failed from Ma dras, is fuppored to be deflined for Manilla, lie chief of the Philippine Viands belonging to the Spaniards. Accounts have been received of the departure of all the Spanifh flips of war from that port. The ifland is full of valuable commodities, which have been warehoufed for Tome time, for want of Chips to convey them away. The feeret Expedition which ;failed from Portf. mouth on the 9th intl. under convoy of the PROSE. LYTR frigate, had on board the Bth Royals, com. manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Niciloi.som, and the 64th regiment, commanded by the Hon. `LieutenantZolonel Paccar , ' max. The Peascor frigate has again on board, at Portfmouth, 224 Irith women, wives of foldiers, and Ise infants. Of there .miserable women so are pregnant, and they are tent to Ireland, where there is no charitable eftablifhment or poor's rates to afford them parifh or other relief. The Shrewibury Chronicle of Friday left, has an Advertifement, in which one George Robinson humbly begs pardon, for having barged the wife of a Publican, of Wellingborough, with waking in the midll of divine fervice at church, and ling. ing the fong of Tally_Heie 0 the Grinder l'r COVERT.UARDIIIO.The Poor Gridleamao, con. fiderably improved in his circumfiances, reap. peered taft night on theca boards, and experienced another molt flattering reception. His merits, indeed, are well calculated to render him alike creditable and _profitable to his patrons. TIIRATRI, DRORY-LAIIII.--Laft night SHARI. SPEARS'S C/M6eline was revived at thisThcatre in a very splendid Rile, the principal scenery and drclres being entirely new, and beautifully appropriate to trftioiso—Among the former, the bed-chamber of Intro was particularly tafteful and magnificent— Ka sines Pgibwesa is a very finifhed and .inimat. ed performance. Mrs. &DOORS'S !sours is al. together equal to what it ever was ; and BARRY. MORI'S loctiam, were it lets pompous, would be an energetic performance ; his *ding in the bed chamber was the bell of the evening... —The rest were highly refpeaable. The introduflion of fing. ing,anda ballet at the end of the fecond aft, length. enedlthe piece felt night very conliderably. Yellerday the prifoners in the feveral gaols in the city and county, were removed to Newgate, in order to take their trials at the enfuing feffions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, which commence on Wcdnefday next at the Seems. houfe in the Old Bailey.