Star. — London, England, 1812-02-29 00:00:00

uLI. No. trrie tiit,t 1 Si. he vhy no. uc.4 uld hat lad Dr. )- gas ,)Ty c.):t cial Ind of the ►S no ex alip ing ipetitiona ainst them t h e ir r elaxation. L or d HOLLAND, in explanation, asserted, that who s upported the motion, objected b o th to ibtle , te orders in Council and to the mode in which they ore relaied ; so that whether tht Petition was :Tama A t Orders, or their effects, was of no consequence. The Earl of WESTMORELAND exp!aioed. The Earl of LAUDERDALE contended, that th owas no inconsistency in the Speech of his Noble R i a u!. It had been suggested. that his Noble Friend ot ignorant of what was the Order in Council pro cd to be repealed. It was the Order of the 7th of r o mp, 1807. The Noble Earl, who had taken a' tot al view of the subject, had said, that the corn.' :ferCC Of the country in 1809 and 1810, under the e perations of the Orders in Council, had been in a o r i t hing state. Could it be called prosperous com- 1 %T ee when bankruptcy burst so frequen ly among t tetnerchanfs Could it be prosperous while the onufacturers of the country were starving ? Had t ot a sudden alteration taken place in the wages of poufacturers ? And ought not the phenomena, produced by the. Orders in Council, to induce the g o ose to go into a Committe to inquire into the sub 'pre? Much had been said of speculative trade un klicenses. It was true, that speculations had ex tended to great length ; but it was a fact well known, t hat goods had been sent to Heligoland on specula- 1 t ivond sent back again. He had himself seen pro.; p r icy .sold at half its price. It was not reasonable to ,oppose speculations would restore the commerce of the country. The source of commerce was a foreign o t art and a consumption. He had not heard, on the whole of the arguments, one observatioa that ought to deter any Noble Lord from giving assent to the Motion. The Earl of ROSS defended the policy of retalia tion, and maintained an opinion, tit .t the Orders in Council could not be repealed, while the Decrees of Bonaparte were operative. Viscount SIDMOUTH was an advocate for the policy of the Orders in Council ; but he did not ap• prove of the Order of 1807. That Order was not ret aliatory; but rather a branch of the Order of 1755, which had been issued not to allow neutrals to carry on trade in war, winch they did not carry on in peace. Tue order which made every neutral subject to the depredation of proceeding to a British port to pay duts was unjust, but that had been done away. The Noble Viscount denied that there ought to be any connection between the Orders in Courcil and the Licence system. The Blockading system might be better carried on if the Licences were done away, as far as the abolition was 'practicable. Great abuses occurred in consequence of those licences. The Orders is Council inflicted privations on the enemy, but the licences went to relieve them. On the question whether the negotiation with America would turn on the issuing of the Orders in Council, the great point would be, whether they would or would not repeal those Orders ? He could only say, on that aubject, that he would not be one to transfer to ether branches of the Legislature what belonged to the executive only. No one had more satisfaction than himself, with respect to forbearance towards America; but as this point had been intisted on, he was com pelled to declare against it. On the whole, the Noble Viscount opposed the motion. The Marquis of LANSDOWN rose to reply, and, without taking up a great portion of their Lordships' time, opposed the arguments against his Motion. A Noble Earl had said, shall we, at a time like the pre sent, when complaints are so general in all parts of the country, consent to go into a Committee to repeat sfiteni of retaliation properly maintained against the enemy ? Were their Lordships to be obstinate in' their resolution not to go into inquiry respecting the Ordets, because the people complained against'those Orders? Such an argument could not be supported. With respect to the necessity of going into inquiry, it was well known, that the Orders were not generally understood. Practitioners had been employed in Inking 4nd publishing the, meaning of those Orders, for the information of the Judges. In short, they were so defective and difficult to be interpreted, that they could not be mended. He remembered a story told of Mr. Pope ; that author had a habit of saying, "GOD mend me !" A Gentleman, displeased by the expression, observed one day, "GOD mend you! he bad bean make another !" The Orders in Council stood in the same situation as Mr. Pope; and he ex pressed a hope, that, if the House did not amend those Orders, they would abolish them altogether. Earl FITZWILLIAM begged leave to remind the House of the Petitions which lay upon their Lord- i (hips table, from the town and county of York, as veil as from many otter places, where the decay of 1 trade was principally felt, and the evil attributed entirely to the Orders in Council. In the county of Nottingh am t h e ev il was principally felt, but instead ' of adopting means for its rem o val, h e was sorr y to know that a Bill was at present before the House, the provisions of which would subject the sufferers to death. These facts being before the House, he trust ed the Motion would he acceded to. Lord GRENVILLE . shortly stated, that sboold not the present Motion meet the approbation of the 'loose, he trusted full attention would be given to a Motion whi c h a N o bl e Friend of his would found noon the different petitions then upon their Lordships table against the Orders in Council. A division then took place, when the numbers ap- P e ued---Contents present 66—Proxies 69-135. H Non -contents present 37—Proxies 37-74.—Majority against the Motion 51. Adjourned at Twelve o'Clock. : that from Huh was against HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER and several Members attended in the Lords, lo hear the Royal Acsent given to several Bills. Mr. H. MARTIN postponed till Thursday his Motion far re- Mating the Office of Registrar of the Court of Admiralty. The Drury-lane Theatre Bill was lead a third time and passed. Os the motion of Mr. WHARTON, a new Writ was ordered L 'lthe Borough of Plymouth, In the room of Lord Casilereadh, : 16 had accepted the office of Secretary of State for the War me Partinent. Mt. HUTCHIN SON postponed, from the 3d of Mareh to the nth if April, his motion fur the Repeal of the Union with Ife gm. on acroant of she absence of Irish Members on the Circuits. !On the motion of Sir J. NEWPORT, an order was made for mincing an account of the manner in which £.loo,tx:o, granted "*Promodug Inland Na v i gat io n i n Ireland, had been expended. ...I be House them went into a Committee on the Local Militia *lmo Mr. RYDER moved Several amendments, which wet adopted. in ‘ a t 6 clause providing that the wives and finulies of balloted ea sho u ld be relicted ou t of the parothial funds of the teepee polibhes to vilakh they belonged; LONDON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29. PRICE Ul.• S COCKS DAY AT ()NE O'CLOCK 3 pa Ct. Reduced 61162-4 per Cent. ;61 3 per Ct. Cons. tor money 6141—D0. tar acc. 61, G 2 5 per Ct. 023—Bonds 15s. —s. l r.—Long Alllll. l 0 5-16ths Exch. Bills I s. 4s. pre.--Ditto (31 1 , d.) —s. pre. The amount of Exchequer Bills funded up to last night, was Four Millions Eighteen l'housand.--1 his is the last day of funding. The Lottery was contracted for this morning by Rtru ax n .)N, GOODLIICK, & Co. ..sd Sw err S.: Co. at .e. 16. per We have this morning received C araccas Gazettes to the IGth of November. General MIRANDA, having been successful in est:- Wishing his new system of Government in Valencia, had returned to the Caraccas. The kingdoms of Car. thagena and Truxillo have been added to the Confe deration, and S. Martha was expected also to join. MIIIAtiDA is extremely popular. By the American Papers received yesterday we learn that the further consideration of the Commercial Intercourse Bill has been postponed to the second of March. A motion to postpone the subject to June was negatived by a large majority. In the House of Representativ..ts, on the 30th Ja. nuary, a resolution was carried (ayes 101, noes 6), callin& upon the President for correct information relatiq to the capture and condemnation of American property by the European Powers. The Mover, Mr. BIGELOW, stated, that he understood that no less than 500 vessels had been condemned by France under one Decree. An amendment to the above Resolution was also carried to bring before Congress, at the same time, "The Regulations, Orders and Decrees under which the captures took place, and how far these orders, &cc. are persevered in by the Nations making such cap tures ; and when abandontd," &c. A motion to postpone the production of these do cuments until the 2d of March was negatived, on the ground that it was highly necessary to possess the in lot mation called for previous to discussing the Inter course Bill,. to enable the House. to decide whether France or England were the greatest aggressor. The linguage of Mr. Wit inn r, in opposing the re solution, deserves particular censure He did not think it prudent to expose the wrongs done to Ame rica by France, at this time, when America Lad se• lected her enemy, and it might probably operate against her friend; and it was also possible that her Minister might, at that very moment, be con ; eluding an amicable arrangement on that subject." On the expression used by the Committee of Fo reign Relations, that "Britain captures every Ame rican vessel bound to or from a port where her com merce is not &Toured," a Federal paper says " Take the following proof :—British men of war conveyed '4O American vessels from Russian ports, which as sembled at Hanno, and departed thence October 4, under British protection, which they had sought, to prevent t! , eir being taken by the privateers of the warm fr;ends of America, the Danes and French." " The Senate have appropriated one million, instead of three millions of dollars, to carry the Volunteer 1 Bill into effect." The Bill for arming the Merchantmen had been taken Up again in Congress, but no discussion • had taken places The delay in the intended operations against Ba cialts was bceasioned by the unfavourable state of the meather ; but when the last accounts came away, it had become mere *Wed. • JAMATCA:MATI.S. The Princits Amelia Packet has arrived at Pal• mouth from Jamaica, with Mails, in 39 days. By this conveyance we have received letters and news papers to the 19.1 i ult. The BART %DOES leg :te, which sailed from Portsmouth on the 24th of November, with a convoy of 42 sal, had arrived at Port Royal on the 15th January. On the 2d December they el perheiced a very tempestuous gale, which candied them to bear up for Cork, alien twenty-three nil mutated; but the wind coming fair again the same night, the convoy pro ceeded for Madeira, on their at r off which is f and the trade for the Brazils parted, and the reina•nder arrived at Ba•- batioes on the Sih inst. consisting cat one vessel for that island. ten fur Jamaica, and his Majesty'. three-masted schooner Domi nica, of 12 guns. Lieutenant Hutchirbon, which likewise escor ted the fleet horn Portsmouth, and is to remaiii on the Wit.d. ward stail n. '1 he ships Mint, Dry:dale ; 1 - iawkeshary, Itad- Icy; Elizabeth, Stevenson; British Queen, C.coper ; Gyres, Wee. ren ; Venelia, Sininiond, ; West Indian, Wel's ; Argo, Barclay ; and AI: Linder, Ford, ford !Ferenc out p en. parted from tik , : convoy on the 13th. The Garland frigate, of fel guns, Calve Hutkinoti, had sailed from Barbadoes, and was ro touch at some of the Windward Islands on her passage to Jamaica. Off the Navassa, the Nautilus was boarded by the Sapphire sloop of war, of 1$ guns, on the i 1 th. The Helena sloop of war was to salt for England in about a week, and to call at the Havannah In her way. The Aralante sloop of war was to proceed to Bermuda and Halifax on the 110th, taking the packet under her convoy. —The ship Medway, Patterson, one of the London deer, (rein which she separated off Madeira,passed!viorant Bay for Savannah b-Mar on the 11th inst. The ship Emerald, Wood, from London, last Madeira, arrived at Port Mount oa the 11th inst. The ship Alfred, Clarke, from Glasgow and Cork, entered at the Cus tom-house, Port Antonio, on the 10th; and the schooner Jane, *Few, for St. Jago de Cuba, cleared at the same place on the I ilk —The ships Apn, Wylie, and Mars, Alexander, from Greenock ; and Volunteer, Barwise, from Whitehaven, part of the Cork Beet, have at rived at Falmouth. sloop Kingston, Robertson, has sailed from Falmouth fur Montego-Bay. The ship Columbus, M'Kirdy, from Greenock and Cork, arrived at Montego -Bay on the 10th. The ship Eliza, Dow (late Fergusson), anchered at Green-i-land on the 6th. The ship Jane, Buret, from Greenock and Cork, arrived at Lucia on the 10th. The ship Argo, Bar clay, one of the London Beet, has arrived at Old Harbour. She separated from the Ann Mackenzie, Oxley, bound to Antigua, off that is'and, from whence, after landing some naval stores, she was to proceed to Jamaica. His Majesty's frigate Alt F:TIWSA of 38 wins, Capt. CoFFIN, sailed from Kingston the 19Lh Janu ivy, on a cruize. The VENtrs, on the Ist instant, spoke his Wij-sty's ships INDIAN and RATTLER, cluizing of St. Mitt's, all well. Five leagues to windward of Jamaica, the John, Ntcnott., spoke the brig Agnes, GORDON, from King ston, all well. The whole of the ships for Jama;ra (17 in number) had arrive l, except five, viz. the Union island, 1.. m. SON ; Duke of Bedford, DROWN ; Maria, CAMPZELL Sarah, GAusurr ; and the Nesbiv, BUCHANAN. YesterJay, about two o'clock, Viscount CASTLE REAGH had an atdience of the PRINCE RFoFxT, at Ca:lton-Honse, when his Royal Hi:thnes, t. rleased to appoint hitif.ordship Secretary of - Stare f,.r eion Affairs, and delivered to him the Seals ut OilLe ac cordingly. Yesterday the Duke of Bruroan, the Earl of 14- v Furoot, Lord Elisio r, and Mr. PIERCEVAL I had au diences of the PRINCE Itlioawr at Carlton House. The Duke of YORK'S Military Levee was put ;IT again yesterday, owing to his Royal Highness not being sufficiently recovered from his sprained ancle; he was, however, we are happy to say, well enough to go out in the afternoon, in his carriage, to Carlton House, and had an audience of the PUINCi REGENT. A Naval Officer of rank having animadverted, perhaps incorrectly, on the late loss of one of his Ma'. jesty':. ships, it is understood that her late Comman der, tenaciousof his hcnour and character as an officer, demanded, and has obtained a misfactory apology. A letter from Amsterdam, dated Jan. 3, says— " The following people were saved out of the Flora transport, lost off the Texel on the 24th of December, and are prisoners of war : B. Woodland, Salisbury -street, Bermondsey, Ma.; W. L'ne say, Gower-stunt, Bedford-square, Second Mate; A. Gardner, King lare, Shadwell ; C. Carr, London, Carpenter; J. Hutchinson, Sr. George's In the East; J. Ellwood, Yeek-bire; J. Middlmtas, Bermondsey New-road; M. Byers, J. Roots, H. Glyclen, J. Gibson, H. Walker, C. Chantey, and J. Wallin, London ; J. Harper, Shields; J. Patterson, Berwick ; M. Erato( ton, Robin Hood's Bay ; P. Wilson,!. Carroll, and .1. Moses. " The Master left them at Amsterdam ; also .Jt.hn Brent, a boy, taken out of the Centurion in Wingo. Only five people were saved from the-Ro s i n a ; among them is the Mate. The Centurion is lust, and all hands, except E. Crow, of Whitby." . INDIA HOUSE.—Yesterday a Court of Directors was held, when Major-General THOM AS fits Lop was appointed Commander in Chief, and second in Coun cil at Bombay ; and Captain GEORGE HOOPER was sworn into the command of the ship Emu. Howe, consigned to Bengal direct. The Irish Catholic Board haie appointed a Com- mittee of eleven to prepare an Address to the PRINCE REGENT, in conformity with the resolution of the late Aggregate Meeting. The Board met on Wednesday, when Counsellor O'CONNELL submitted to them the draft of the Petition to Parliament. With the excep tion of a few verbal corrections, the Melting were unanimous in their approval. The Petition is short, mild, firm, and respectful—lt prays Inquiry into the late Judicial Proceedings—it grounds their claim to Legislative relief on their Loyalty--4their Valour— their Wealth, and their Numbers ; and prays that those concessions, which they would concede to all men, may, by the wisdom of Parliament, be conceiied to themselves. LYCEUM THEATRE. A new Play, entitled The House of Norville, and professed to be written in " humble imitation" of our older dramatic writers, was on Thursday night produced here. A prejndlced father, whose kindness is bestowed upon an unworthy nephews to the injury of a deserving son, but who afterwards sees his error, and is reconciled to his child, is the substance of the story. The piece, on the whole, was long and tedious,but it was given ont for a second representation without much opposition. The Oratorio last night was most brilliantly at tefidkds and the Selection gave universal satisfaction. • -z - MLLIGEAtC2. FOWEY, FEB. ss. Put into this port last night the Lion privateer, of 'Guernsey, leaky, having stove in her bulwarks, and split her sails in a gale. Arrived to-day the Princess Elizabeth paCket with a mail from Rio Julien), which place she left the Ist December last. FALMOUTH, FEB. 16. Arrived the Princess Amelia packet from Jamaica, with a mail, in 59 dAys. Sailed the Fartvirxr gun brig with a mail and dispatches far Lisbon. '1 EN o'CLock P. 14.—The Amel a ;s not pt cam* up the harbour, therefore c moot learn particulars.. The FErtvr_vr gun brig took nn board one of the mails that was ro 1..0 by the Marlborou4h picket, and was to sail at all events. It is ..u,spose'd her dispatclick are of impor:atice.—Wind %Vest. PLYMOUTH, FEE. se. Arrived yesterday, during the storm. the schooner Eleasiqr, helonging to this port. M.Doisaus Master, from St. Michaees, with a cargo of it ult. In g. tting into the harbour, she was drove en shore in Firestone Bay ; but, oa the weather becoming more moderate, she was fortunately got of, without sustaining much injury. —To-day, arrived the Dutch schooner Snei heyt, R. H&APSEI Mare?. to 21 days from St. Mi. awl's, with a cargo of fruit to this port for ord Capt. HA AIFsPN states, that yesterday afternoon, dur ing the storm, when off tilt Lizard, he •ssw many pa. is ut use wieck of a vessel, and a vast quantity of lemons and oranges floating about.; by which it is certain some vessel twist have been lost nest that ' place.—The Master of a vessel lying in the Sound during the storm repreicnts, that he saw the light ning issue from the clouds, apparently over the R head ; and, taking a-North direction, it struck the masts of his Majesty's ship . Tcniniaxr. as she lay ht Cawsand Bay, thence among the *faith at Mount Edzcumbe, where it sep mated, nem part taking a N.W. course. and Vie other E.N.E. the latter stri king the S.W. angle of the Citadel, whence it fell into Dead man's sy, in C.ttwater. It appelif.. the p-or fellows who were the sufferers on board the ToNsiaur rere employed aloo, whence tiler Were precipitated on the deck : out t'.. twenty four who were injured, nineteen, it is said, were killed.. • The ToXISANT is so much in jured, th.tt is ii.said the must come into liamoaze to repa r : DIANA is shoed. petted to come up harbour.—Anived the HERNIA 22 guns, from a cruise, and anchored iagawsand Bay.—Came up harbour the Hauttivt, tO-guns, to refit : she had five nifn struck by lightningymerday, fi.rtimately, how ev, T. none were killed.. FEBRUARY 27.—Arrived digraittigliztealtip Al. mirante Nels o n, Captain Peauzza, from Moranharn (Brazils) in 58 days, w:th a cargo of cotton and hides, lir I.,nndon ; nlso arr.veci from Mitha, last ti orn Torl s iy, And anchored in the.s , wind, his-Majes ts 's ship l'i.a KLEN. abith the. Big of Rea/Admiral Liovi.v s tiled the Lowe, 38, with a. convoy, for J'oromoinli ; the Lu.)Ninas, ty, and Httthrts, VI on sepaiate cruizes ; and the WIIITINO scheiuttat, fcr • Falmouth —Wind N. W. very fine. PORTSMOUTH. Fr.Bßuitv.ir Nothing arrived or sailed today. Sailed liis Ma jesty's ship Sr. DostiNno, tor the Downs: The Ow ,v came up to Spithead from St. Helen's instead oft)* VENZBABLE, as stall"•• 'esterdity. The FACIA line! Do.tor.vez were this day released from quarantine. FEBRUARY VA.--An-iyeti his MajLazy's ship Dan. WEXT troth a Mize. Sailed his Majevy's ships run. BAN, WoOLVIRIKE, and Virrena,:. On the '26th in. stant, off Portland, the Rose, revenue-critter, retook the brig Friends, of Sunderland, that had been cap tured but a few hours before by the Mercur..,Trencit privateer, Captain Collo', of and from Cberburgh but the day before. The Mercure had captured a West Indianian, (the Mentor, QUBLISII master, from St. Kitt's), who was then with **other privateer in sight, and the Greyhound, revenue-ciitter, in chase of them. The prisoners taken on board the Frierids report that, the Guernsey packet Chesterfield!la.ey taken from us, had beeii fitted out as a privates , and was to. sail in a few days to cruise off Po to land and St. Albans. The Ctiesiernelo w ab at fikt . tons, will have all new sails, and has been cutter rig ged by the French.—P.S. The Mentor has been re. taken and brought into Portimotr.h, by the Grey. hound Revenue curer. DEAL, PERSUAitY 27. The ROLLA sloop of war his detained an& sent into the Downs the O*en Caro'in.i, ffnrn C.ritne, fur London, with clover seed. C.tra.2 down from the River, the Marquis of Huntley E Ist-IndTamtn.— Arrived the NAIAD frigate from A Crli'LT ; and sailed the Lady Carrington, to India. Fa/SWART 28.—Came down from the River, his Majesty's ship COSSORANT and several otbe:s. Ar rived the Sr. Domtwoo, from Portsmouth, and, with the East and West-Indiameat and a large fleet of out ward.bound, are ail wind-bound. .The Lady Car rington East-Indiamaq is still at sea. —W;nd S.W. RAM9GATE, FEBRUAR7 26. Tie whole of yesterday it blew a he..vy gale froin the Southward, which forced several vessels into this harbour for shelter ; among which is one of the trench frigates taken at the surrender ot the Isle of Frazier, pierced for 44 uns, (she his since b een so ld, an d is bound for the it to be broken tip) ca ll e d la Manche. She grounded.' ming for the harbour, by *'hich she lost her radidr ; she has also lost both anchor. and ( cables, and was brought in by the Ramsgate boatmen. This is the largest vessel ever known to have been in this harbour. A deep-loaded brig, from Great Yee. "loath, was driven out of the Downs, and in coming for the harbour got on shore on the,Theak, wnen thy crew left her; she afterwards drove into Pe i Nell Bay, and was boarded by the Ramsgate boats and bro ught _ in here, with the loss of rudd er , &c. The brig DVa gon has also arrived, with the loss of forttop-mart a. .el bowsprit; a transport from Li bun is just come in, with baggage belonging to the lst Royal Dragoons, which is atm landing; about fifty other vessels have come in within these two days, which has increased the number in the harbour to near 204 sail • 1 is also a verylarge fleet of merchantmen in the How GREENOCK, lirilli. its. The Lord Gardner, Covenans, from Malta and Gibraltar, is put under qUarantiae. The Indastvie, Mowrcounour, of this port, which was captured, e the 21st oh. by l'Amelia French privatteri was • into Blest an the 27th. . . • • • Mr. C. VANSITTART proposed as an amendment, that It etould be provided that the stuns so advanced should be repaid t the respective parishes by the Receiver-General of the County; such a provision would have the effect of equalizing the burden, and facilitating the rellev ng the paupers. [ter some conversation, In which Mr. Rv ars, Lord De sAm r, Mr. H. sun N ER, Mr. KECK, Colonel IltsTA RD, &c.bore a port, it n as agreed that the - c's,se should be postponed. The remainder of the clauses were then gone through ; after which the House resumed, the Report brought up, and the Dill ordered to be rescommitted on Monday. The Mutiny Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. tifi I ;INGHAM WATCH AND WARD BILL. Mr. RYDER moved the Qrder of the Day for the committal of the above Bill, anti the House having accordingly reAlved itsa into a Committee, Mr. J. SMITH, in a short speech, expressed his approhition of the £lll. - - - - - - - . Sir JOHN NEWPORT expressed his regret that he was lift in Vie .House at the (Efferent readings of the other ra, which be w.iuld have warmly opposed in ever y stage. He was very much ag tinst the prin ciple of increasing capital punishments urged by tem porary causes. Ot'r penal code was already too bloody, and there was nothing more unfounda than the notion that the prevention of crime was to be ef fected by severity of punishment. Every page of the history of men infr.rmed us that it was false, and lie would cite, as a very prominent case, the fact, that, after the entire abolition of capital punishments in Tuscany, that country was by far the most free from offences against the laws of all the Italian States, and when contrasted with Naples in particu lar, where the greatest scverity was practised, afford ed a most instructive lesson. Mr. RYDER said, that the present was an unsea sonable time for the Hon. B.ironet to choose for the delivery of his sentiments. The merits of the Bill had undergone two very long discussions, and if it was not convenient for him to be then present, it did not seem to be quite in order that he should now ob trude his sentiments on the House. After a few further observations from Sir 'JOIN NEWPORT aad Mr. LEE KECK, the Bill wits ordered to be read a third time on Monday, and engrossed. Adjourned, at ELEVEN o'cLocK, until Monday. THE EVENIA6 STAR.