Star. — London, England, 1803-07-13 00:00:00

IF' ga na the i. C I 01 L. rAIILIAMENTARr PRuCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, JULY is. Counfel were heard at eonfiderable length, relatfre teethe Scotch Appeal, Aoderfon v. Cadelf,vir• Meffrs. Romig, and Grant, for the Appellant, and Mr. Adam, as leading Counfel forthe Refpon dect. The further hearing, was aljeaumed till Tburfday. feveral BSL upon ahe Table were read in their refpeetive AsuLtaf-Among thefe, the Five Millions Exchequer Bill, the Mi litia Pay, and the Adjutants and Serjeant Majors' Allowance Bak, were read a third time and palled. Lord W ALMI :C.IAM prailltCd a petitiall from certain Clothiers and Manufadurers of the town and neighbourhood of Leeds, in Yoridisire, againit the Waage's Manufadurera Bill, and praying for leave to be bran, by their Counfel on the fccond reading there of —Ordered. j.ord Pet PA at prrfented a mealy from the King relative to I rearauneratinn to the heirs of Lord Anther ft, eec. Bmilar to that delivered yelterday to she Common% After the Mcßae was read, Ms Lordfhip moved a eorrefponding Ad led's to his Mikity on the potation. which was forthwith age •tel to by their Lordthips. Mr Atari At 4 or, and others, broneht up from the Commons t'ae A Beget! Taxes Confolidatlon Bill, the Dublin Port, the Irim L.:salaams and Eitel& Colledtion, and Lower Clergy Profigon Bill. b . "" 21 Private Bina were brought up from the Commons by Ca donel end other Gentlemen, which, with the above, as ere feferally read a flat time. 'TheOatha Ahllegianee and Fidelity being duly adminiftered to Mr. Cluiftoya* (Lucile, the Bill for his Naturalization was read a ki:ood time, and ordered to the cnntde►ation of a Committee. Adjourned till to when, at half pat dine o'clock, the Loen Cnianeat.t.oa prepol'ea to come dowoto the Had& SOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Coat, moved for leave to bring in a Bill fey rend.ring Juf s'ees of the Peace, and Governors, and Deputy Governors, to !+ _land, more fafe in the erccution of jultice in that Country, and b•r indentni(yivg Conftables and o:bers udUng by the ordsrs ofJur- Cay of the Peace intended u counterpart to the Mt of ad G eas IL—Lenve gi;tus. Thal!! for Improving the Highlands of Scotland was 'cad ird time, and ordered to be cstmni ted t.-morrow. 1 he Hoofe rent into a Committee on the Bell Rock I.*ht. I rink Bill; the Report was received, and ordered to be taken into further amilderation on Friday neat. Mr, datt senora pretested the Report of the Committee on the Ha Matting and Raillery Regulation BBL The Bill was ordered to be read a third time tomorrow, and then engroffed. The Houle refolved into a Committee as the Friendly Societies' F.ii • the Report sat reeeived,and the bill ordered to be engrefed. The Grenada loan Bill wee read a fated time, and ordered to he committed to.marraw. Mr. ALZIANDIM prefented a Report of the Port Wine Emme t than hill. The Amendments were agreed to, and the pan or d•red to be read a third time to-morrow. Mr. Apar brought up a Hid for the prevention of frauds committal by Bum Boatmen and others plying on the River harms, and for othavrife Amending the Pollee of that River. 11 Neb Dial pas mei il!rft glut, aid ordered to bc reads fecond time to-marrow. irtr Vat.Scerr brim* op bis BM for the better emourase. anent of demon. and de better Manning of the Navy. Read a lint, and ordered to be read a Wed tine to morrow. The Mb Skip Whoa's Did from the Lertisorros read a ftrft and ordered to be read a foond time to-morrow. The Coanemitea of the Est, coot a brined op certain pa ? pen relative to the Grants of Lands te Lord Amberft. ordend to lle on the table. A Me lfege trees the Lord" tothetned the Houle that the Lords tad agreed to the Isfib iveportedao Duty Etn, the mili t i a p a y Bin, *Woe tafillotis Exchequer lose WW, sod teyeral othey bWa. MAQIITII/1716 1 raoTscr:ou The Hook having rehired KW *in • Cugunktgo pa the bk. Orates' Proudlion Mr. Open fiennit e4tlled to it, on the wood of its taking away tito poem maleririleges of Juries in cafes whkh hitherto were deeded by *Mooed Jury togetker ; he then wessud a elude, for Ike purpsfloNviiis to Pirko the MI ewe& of their power. Mr. HOW spoofed the bresufe he thought Magi/irate, were already protseled, sad did not require the protec tion Weeded to begirds by this moarsna Sir RAP tn , Brans bad. that a moit salmi* Magiftrate of his orgeolotgooe kat reigned his anat. Went( a penalty was awarded yds* him for a eenvidlon he had made, on account of that ereviogiso gee levlog bent draws up Ma the legal form of feudal cereatg Gentleences, who. without soy aw ls. ist e dsibugod I. am* their *Ng to the pular ferviee in the eittiladltr of Maglarotes, were not to be proteded spintt Misr matins" and 'Midge. woe would be found to ell la am capacity. Air. patrataa Wd.lie OXlGA tr e e l 0 4 2 bas Bata attack ce the rtglgo gad Wedges egories. f he Arrgatptiv 0 (aid, the objed elf the NU was so tblog mare than this : tfet'when a eonriAlm made by a *legit note ems draws op Informally or iseorrealy. the Judges, in cafes of appal, gulled have a entered:wary power, If they thought there bad hoes no improper condo!! on the part of Meant., to , rtereat soy damages from being 'warded agsbeft them. They was to base the power 'Medi% the freaks vide* felldin lite* Jam sir. fierjeust EMIT appoted the ma. Mr.Eeesses ttotalt. Ike Houk divided as the amendinest....Ayes 23t—, 4, TM 1W then west through the Committee. cnnacoss, CILIFILS, &C. Mr. Basta. morel foe leave to bring in a Bill for the better providing, building, and repaving Chapels, Cburches,ite. for Militias, and for providing Church yards and glebes. and enabling Mittillers to recover ISOMMinaj by will or deed. Mr. Hoerr had no doubt but thst the Learned Gen tleman was attluatesl by the bell motives in moving for Inch a Bill i bat he mull be aware that in fo late p period of the Sergio, s mature of this importance could not sseeive an adequate difeuilion : and there fore he would recommend it to him to have the Bill printed. and put off till pest Sealon of Parliament. Ma. fitrarou Paid, he meant to move that the Bill be printed ; and be trailed it would be found to be a *mature that did not require a long difeuffon, nor menthe any obJeitionable matter.- - Leave r.cs then given; the Bill was brought up, read a fell time. Or dered to be read; feeoud time to-morrow, and to be prissiest. CHATHAM! CUM. Mr. C. Pots moved, that the Dill for improving the funds of the Chatham Chell, removing its admt. niftration to Greenwich, and ameliorating the condi tion of the Penfioners, be read 4 &II time. Captain Halms urged the extreme utility of the inaitution, and hoped that the Hnn. Member would poftpone the meafure till nett Seffion, when Gentle. nten ;night be better enabled to form an opinion re (peeing the need - sty of an alteration in the fyftcm. The Arroaner G faith that one material cbjetft of the Bill was to free the Petitioners from the power of agents, who frequently fleeced them by charging 35 per cent. for what they had done for them, It alto appointed weekly meetings inilead of monthly. to prevent the expence to which thefe poor, but molt trafttable fet of men were frequently fubjee when they came, perhaps a day or two beyond the time of the Committee meeting. It was alto intended that the lame or infirm fkould be relieved, as well by fending from difiant pats r‘f the kingdom. as it they had been a: the pain and expence or attending in mfr.*. Thefe were cabjchs to which he was eonfidrnt Abe •Ilant Admiral wool.' as readily give Lis fupport al ly iither member in that hoof,. Mr. C. Pots nWcrved, that it five 11$4111 equal to hurinefb of managing that fund could be found Greenwich 11440, he thought it was the mon ,per 1 I.tc: ; at any sat,: lie th•,ught it had be:t:r Laken out o the Lana u: a it: of *attain ogters who came accidentally or protnifcuoutly into the ma.i nagement of it. Captain HAMMY explained, His objedlott -Fes only to the removal. The queßion was then put, and the Bill read Afire, and ordered to be read a fecond time to-morrow, and alfo to be printed. LONDON QSOTA OS Tin ARMY OF RIMY'. The Loan MAYOR brought up a Bill for enabling the City of London to raise a certain quota of men for the better defence of the country, which was read a firß time; and on the motion for the fecond reading, The LORD MAYQR laid, he hoped the Houfe would indulge him while he laid a few words, in order to vindicate the City of London from certain imputa tions that had yone abroad into the world, concerning the number of men that were to form its quota of 'the new Army of Referve, and in which it was faid that the City did not fupply a number proportioned to its population. It was faid, that London eon ' tained one-ninth part of the population of the whole kingdom. So far was that from being the fad, it would appear from the returns made under the late Population Aft, that the population within the walls of the City did not exceed 74,000 perfons ; and that without the walls it was not more than 54,000. In fad, it would be much nearer the truth had it been Rated that the inhabitants of the City did not exceed thofe of the peril's of Mary-la-bonne. The number of men, therefore, as a part of the Army of Referve, to be railed by this Bill, was fufficiently great in proportion to what was railed by the refi of the coun try ; but he believed it would be found at all times maR cheerfully to contribute and to maintain its quota of the public force, in proportion to its popu lation and its ability ; and it would appear, by refo lotions recently entered into, that the City of London had (hewn a t;egree of fpirit and determination which proved it did not deferve the imputation of apathy or backwardnefs thrown out againit it; but that on the contrary, the Citizens would always be ready to bear their portion in contributing towards the public de fence; that they would be ready to (bed the lan drop of their blood, and fpend their fall chilling in the de fence of their country; that they would ever ad in a manner which became Britons, and by their conduit preferve that character which they had ever main• tained as Members of the firft City in the empire. The Bill was then ordered to be read a 4;00 tips to-morrow, LATE FRAUD ON THE BANK, Sir Feancis Biomes,. laid, he had given notice of a motion on the preceding day, the queilion con cerning which lay in fo very narrow a compafs, that he would only trefpafs on the time of the Houk for a few minutes in what he had to fay. It was neeef fary that the Houk fhould be in poffeffion of certain falls, to obtain which fhould be the objea of his mo tion- He felt that it mutt be extremely irkfome to animadvert on the condua of others, however repre henfible that might be. Bnt after a fraud of raft ex tent had been committed on the Bank, under cit.- cumflances which affeaed the credit of the Govern ment, it was of the utmoft importance that the blifinefs fhould b: enquired into. A great criminal had baffled the juflice of the country, and efcaped from punifhment, on account of the negligence of a high officer, who had a great falary for performing very trifling duty : it was merely on account of his negligence in performing that trifling duty, that fe veral millions of the public fecurity were rendered of no value, and Parliament was afterwards obliged to pals an Ail, to repair and folder up that great error that had taken place, and, the great evil that was likely to wife from it. The Aa pared through that Houfe without any explanation, or without any body knowing what its objea was; and it was not until a late trial, that the nature of it was under flood. This circumflance muff have had a moll otifcbievous cffea on the pubic mind,and makes men look with dißruft on the proceedings of that Houk, which Gould ever be confidered the guardian of the public property. He limpid have thought it to be the duty of the Attorney-Comerat to take notice of the negligence of a public officer, as an offence punifbabli in the Courts below..—But as no fuch thing had been done, be felt it his duty to call on the Houfe to cane* its inquifitorial power, and to enquire into that condua of public officers, in order that chafe guilty of criminal nee gerce might be made examples of, and that its mil: chicyous effeas might be cured. Although the fraud that had been committed was of fuch magnitude, yet it was a matter of much lighter confideration than the quenion of negligence on the part of an Officer. It was of the utmoft smportance for the Houfe to foe, that the public money was not walled on older; offices, and 'bat it fhould not appear to have connived at the neglea of public officers. It was more im portant teen than any confideration of the public credit having been endangered by the impunity of the m *nitrous criminal in quellion. Punifhtnents had frequently beau inflifted on pertain for much lefs of fence that; this all of negligence. In the year 17119, the Lord Mayor of London was fined and difgraced for certain %silences of neglea in times of great dan ger and difficulty, in times when men hardly knew how to ea, and while he held an office, not of his own choice, nor attended with any emolument. The Houfe had very lately. .deprived an ancient Corpora. tiro of its pi ivileges, for no other rearm but becatife the Magifirate of the place had not been able to preferve the public peace dining the time of an elec tion, which was the only occalion on which the peo ple had an opportunity of expreffing their fcntiments on public men and public meafures. He would these fore ails, whether the Houfe confillently with its for• mcr practices, could pars over without notice or quit y, the ad of criminal negligence in queflion ? It ever there was a time when fuch enquiries were neceffary, it was the Feint ; when every man in the Country was making facrifices, and when all unne ceffery wafle of public money ought to be put a flop to. Nothing was now heard of but vigilance and economy on the part of public officers and although the Auditor of the Eschcquer had a0c;01.4 year from the public, no notice, it feemed, wes-to be taken of his negle4 of duty. After the Ikea* pekalties coo tinualty inffilted for tilting infringements on the re venue law., and for trifling negletils, was this thing to he Pared I if's man happened through negligence to put a Utile powder in his hair, be wait liable so a penalty of twenty times the amount of the Hair Powder Dut. When all this was labositted to he the fake of t he public, it would be a link 'too much to fairer to crepe , a:thou anisnaxlverflon s that nie.. gfigericepn the pact of an officer, which had nearly endangered the public credit.and had enabled a great criminta to elude public Suffice, He would therefore move, " That a Committee be appointed to enquire into the eircunifiances of the recent fraud on the Bank, fo far as the Lone relates in Robert Aftlett." The ATTORNSY GENERAL Paid, that had it not been for the Ipeech with which the • Hon. Baronet prefaced his motion, it would have been impolfible to know what the objea of the motion was. As to the degree of blame which might attach to thole who had lately introduced the Bill for making valid the iffne of Exchequer Bills, the Hun. Baronet mutt take his !hare of. that blame, inafintich as he fuffered the Bill to pars the Route, without making himfelf ac quainted with its contents. Had he read the Pre. amble of it, he mull have been fati.fied as to its &jell ; for it exprefsly Rated the oniZon of the proper fig nature to the Exchequer Bills. It was undoubtedly a fubjed of lamentation, that the offence againft die Bank had been committed, and that the omit Eon of the proper fi gnatures bad enabled a perfon to efcape from parliament : but he would fubmit it to the Houle, whether that omiffion partook of that maim, animas neceffary to juftify the interference of Parliament ? This was not a cafe that bore the flighteft refemblance to the affair of the Corporation of Nottingham, which the Honourable Baronet alluded to; when he Rated that an elation was the only place where the people bad an opportunity of expreffing their fentitnents. The faa was, that the Peace cf that town had been diftnrbed in fych a manner, as to prevent the true Reprefentative of the place from coming into that Houfe; and if the Aft for reftoring the peace of that town was made the fubjeft of cenfure, it was a cenfure he had no hefitation to take a (hare in. The cafe now brought before the Houfe certainly was not without blame; but the Houfe mutt feel, that it was not one which required the interference of Parliament. On that account, he would move the previous quellion. Sir FRANCIS lINRDETT, in reply, aid, the queftion was, whether tome perfon was not refponfible for Tome great neglect which had produced a great public evil, by nearly !baking the credit of Government. and fuffering a great criminal to efcape Suffice ? With refpea to what he had faid, as to the people having no other opportunity of expreffing their femiments, except at elation', he meant that great body of the people from whom the right of eleetive franchife was withheld. The previous quellion was then pot and canied, by which means the original motion was luff. Adjourned. LONDON. WEDNEMDAT,JULT:s. PRICE OF STOCKS MS DAY AT ONE ortocz s 3 P ly oest• opeob for opg• ssilltesteent.ble i• Oasis= s 4 ISE MCI OF STOCKS YESTERDAY I Sank Stork s4sf Long Ana. A t - ti as is- s 6 MI 3pa C. SAL s 4 5014 Short Asa. 3 3 per Cam Cant {}f Imp. Ann. 9 s3 -IS 4 per Cent. Osmium ss UM $ Per Cent- ilee/Ysitt Coda t sir cirs. ssf of 55H 3 Per Cont. A. zny,Spif p• Dwain, Jinx v—s pot Coat One. Debentures 14. Coale of Ficbenco...Dabila On Ueda* 14 * 14i. The Triton. arrived at Liverpool, left Standees on the t tab of June s an embargo was laid on all vefels there. Two French tranfports, with zoo foldiers, are taken and carried into Carling Bay, a French tranfport is reported to be carried into St. Vincent's. A Bill was laR night brought in by the LOU Mayoa, for raitlng.an additional military force by the City.—an example which we hope will be gene rally followed. The Gazette of lan night announces the appoint ment of the Field and other Officers for twelve Bat talions of the Army of Referee ; and thofe for addi tional Battalions to thirteen of the old Regiments of the Line, which are to be formed from the new Levies. The balloting is already in a Rate of great forward nets, and in a few weeks the defenfive force of the country will be fuch as to remove every apprehenfseta with refpelt to its fafety, even though &failed by the whole of the difpofable force of France. Some of the Paris journals, upon the authority of the German Gazettes, (peak of the Court of Berlin being concerned in the mediation which Ruffra bad offered between this country and France. They add. that a plan has been aftually formed by the Court of Berlin, for fettling the difputes between England and France; of which the follosiing are the principal ar ticles That Malta (hall be occupied by Ruffian troops for ten years, and that they Shall be paid by England and France jointly :—That Malta &all be ceded to the Order at the expiration of the ten years. and (hall be garrifoned by Neapolitan troops ;—and that the ifland of Lampedofa Shall be ceded to Great Britain."—We believe that tome overture of this na. tare has adlually been made to our Government. but no one who underßands the real ground of the war between the two countries, can believe that it would be finned to for a moment. It is poffible, how. ever, that the offer of PTA& may revive the negotia• ton for a little, which before was confidered as at en end; but we can promife little from it. Neither Ruffin nor l'ruffia bare given any proofs as yet, that they enter. lain proper views of the danger *ith which Europe is threatened by the infatiable ambition of France.— To perfuade the hoitile Powers to relinquith all views of war, is ant the only °Nat which ought to occupy the attention of Mediators—lf they do not induce or compel the Aggraffor tp abandon that fyflem of ambition mid aggrandizement which threatens the relay ambers, they do noshing—Nor is there any force in the argument they may ufe, that this Country is not put into greater danger than any other by the tncafures fo ll owed by France. U they do not fee their own danger; or if feting it. they confider taaaact as rain s is that any scatoa why this Cuuntry, which feet the mikhief aimed at it, and which pofetfes ample means to repel! every aggref fion, and even to punifb thole who dare to intuit it, fhould allow itfclf to be fo loft and degraded, as tamely to (offer France to purfue, uomoleited, a (yr tem which threatens the more danger the longer it is allowed to he perfevered in ? On the contrary, does not the call become more imperious, in proportion as we fee others made the dupes of rnifplaced eon& dence, or the paral . fed viaims of their own pitfalls. ninnity, to make a noble Rand in favour of the rights of nations—wren if it fhould involve us iniodilities with thofe who aught fupport us in the Meted. If Malta alone were the object of difpute, the me, diction of RuCfia and Pruffia might adjuft it. But. in truth, Malta is only one of the points on which two governments, irritated againtl each other, have ehofen to make a hand. Though Malta had never elided, this war, in all probability, would have take* place a few months fooner or later. The two coon. tries of France and ingland have not yet aequi:ed that relative politico in which they !hall both remain at ret. The one will brook no equal—the other no fuperior. While the one difplays a Wiles, turbulent ambition, which the other will not endure, the quer. tint' of houour and of dignity mull be tried ; and war lough as it has frequently done. before, redoes both parties to ; more accommodating temper. Till this country is fully prepared to Meet the French, and confident of beating them with cafe on the foil of England, fhould the war be transferred there, we thould, in force refpeets, regret any peace erupt fuck a peace as clearly demoaftrated itfelf to be p peace of choice and policy, and not of ;meaty, beau& any other peace would be to France a complete tri s umph. Nay more, the condo& of this country would be imputed to the terror of invafino. jt is fad, perfectly well known to every perfect who has !penis France Race the peace, and who has taken the trouble to obferve the temper of the people. that the frrencls foldiers and the inhabitants in general aferibe the lad peace to the tenor of invafion. This fentinsent has been artfully inculcated into the people of Franiy and the armies. If the armies believe that we nand fop much in dread of them. and that they are fo foe.. midahle, they will become formidable., They will acquire an akendant over as. It is now infinitely deferable that the French &mid feel that we have no more reluaance to fight them by land than to fight them by tea ; that the fame courage animates every clefs' and that in defenesofehis freedom and indepen, deuce, every Engliihman is ready to be a fiddles. When this fen im:a is ftrongly felt by a groat people with arms in their Lands, there is no danger to be feared. We will not retort the bravado of the EIVII44s that we could allow them ten days to land.—.We are not to be taught by the enemy how. *Stu and where we are to fight but we have not a doubt that t 4 phyfical ftreagth sold the courage of the people of this country are adequate to repel the iavafion of France, though Frenchmen could trots the Straight of Dover as they can trots the Rhine. Even wets the people of England callous to the generous fends menu of national dignity and glory, they would infpircd with courage to defend themfelves by due moll fordid calculations of prudence. The people of England are aware of the confequences of being con. quered, not by generous rivals, but by an army of freebooters animated by the hope of plunder—and by a Government, whole enmity nothing could faddy but our utter deftruilion. It was the maxim, and the with of the Great Lord CHATHAM, that every Engßatman Ihould be ac quainted with the ufe of arms. If ever fuch a menfure was necelfary, it is at the prefect erifis ; if ever it was pra(ticable, it is mesh when the beans of Batons aro' es knit together as the hurt of one man," in shelves of their country, and the fupport of its Covenants!. It vsill infringe little, either on the bufinefs or the pleafures of individuals, to devote two or three hours iu the courfe as week, to learn the ufe of the matt+, and bayonet. The difeipline, which is really add in battle, is very Pimple, and may be acquired is a very thort fpace of time. By inch a plan, (and, we under and, it is (meshing of dais nature which will be fithmitted to Parliament on Thurfday), we Oa prefect to the enemy a wet of iron behind oar weeks mak. He Will have a double conqueß to atchieve he will fee the abfurdity of his threats, and will be glad to abandon his hoßile intentions. Mr. FITZIII/011, of Milbrook, Hants, is elated for Tiverton, in the MOM of Mr. Demmer Rupee, now, called up to the Houle of Peers as Lord HARROW/11T. Mr. BlllplllllllB GOI,DINID had a long interview with Mr. Aommaros yellerday in Downintareen Yellerday fe'nnight a meeting was convened at the Exchange, Liverpool. purfuant to adverafornont, to take into confideration the bell means to be adopted for the defense of that town. It was pc/poled, that application Would be made to the Admiralty for a Ihip or (hips of war, to be Rationed at the mnutb of the river for theproteSion of the port t a Committee was appointed MT drawing up the requefi, and concerting ether meafures of tecurity and defence. The Duchcfs of Sy. Atm; 's gave her Lill An Supper for the (salon on Monday evening to am perfous of fathion, at her houfe in Bruton•ibeet. The Students of Cambridge gave a Ball and Sup per left week to a filer" company ; mason; whoa were feveral of the firß CORN MARBIT, MA1111.L.11611. JULY 13.•••• We ban had no new arrivals this moaning, and there is no variation in the prices Rom lad Miaiday. Assize or Baaati.--Yefierday the Loa. Mares ordered the prigs of Bread to in eoutioocd the tams as ha teak.