Star. — London, England, 1803-02-17 00:00:00

FRANLE. FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. BE EN F .Fl:s:—W;llave not yet learned the fuh ftar.ce of the p!an communicated from the Firit Con• girl to the Commons from the two Sections or theCongrefs at Paris. That pi in would, however, as we topple, exhibit both Conflitutions for the different Cancans, and a central ore, inizati in Of the whole. The town of Friburgh s ill con' Oke the fird diet. On the /cth January, the two C,,m. mitlions had an aiLlifjtce of the FUR cunrul. Ci• tizens cl'Arrav and Nlosion, were the ipeakeis upon that occation. Gener.d NE Y has made complaints to the Hel vetic Government, in regard to the fmugg:ing trade which is carried on, through Switzerland, 0 France. To fatisfv tire Genes al's the F. recutive Council has addrefTed the follow inz pro. carnation to the Prefects of the Calitons of Valid, I ; iburgh, Berne, Soleure, and pafle Citizen Prefeet—The Executive Council calls y. n r attention, which both of itftlf and in its con. Lquences isa matter of great concern to the whole lielvetic Republic, more particularly to the Can ton over which you prefide. M. Ney, Ctirnman (ter in Chief of the French forces, and bliniiler Plenipotentiary from that Republic to ours, has adekreired to theCk , uncil lonic ltrong remonftrances ai:tain If the bungling of Englifh goods into Franc , - torough the Swifs territories. His letter, of which a copy is frthj+•ined, will thew how urgently he preffes for the inflant retires of that evil. It will make us aware of the danger that threatens the incluttry and commerce of Switzerland, till - earns, perhaps, other interells not lefs important ; if tire authorities now exifling do not auS with that vigi lance, 1 ptitlide and feverity which the French Government requires. You know, Citizen Fie f:a, better than the Executive Council, both in what parts the finuggling trade is chiefly carried on, what mercantiie houfes are engaged. and what tifices ire employed to elude the vigilance of the French Cullom Houle Officers. It is fufficient to aid, that the Government is exceedingly anxious, that ow powerful neighbours fhould have no fur ther came for complaint in refpeet to this fahjen. —Let the greateft vigilance be employed on the frontiers. Eliablilh, in conjunflion with theCham brr of Aiminiflration, regulations for examina tion, for verification, and, if neccffary, for cor• reaion. Let every warehoufe, that is under fill• picion, be examined. If there he found in it Eng lifb goods not intended for rife in Switzerland, let them he provifionally fequeßcred. Let all the merchants in the Canton, more particularly thole who may be fufpefled of a concern in tl.e imag. gling trade, know, that if they do not give it the fupreme authority of the Republic, whatever that (hall be, mull adopt the moll rigorous mea: funs againk them. Let them know, that if they perfift, both themfelves and the whole trade of the country muft be ruined. It is to be hoped, that fuch warping will render them more careful is future. HOLLAND. NACU!, Fry. B.—Citizen SE/AO/MILLI has not yet done with poring over our plan of a new loan. It appears that he cannot yet get it to his mind ; for although the outlines were publilhcd more than a month ago as good as officially, there is at pre. fent no likelihood of feeing the tiniffiing hand put to it. _ _ The Government of State has at length declar ed in favour of the merchants and lhopkeepers, whoa have petitioned againd a part of the law etl.tc- Ted on the 26tfi of Februatty left year, with refped to the. yank through this country of certain woollen msou feel ures,and the prohibition ofothers. The law, it feems, was paffed at the inftance of the manufaeurers, who allured the Government, that they couli produce from their manufaElories a fofficient fupply for home confumption ; and that by excluding foreign articles, our own mann failures would flourith, and we he enabled to rival every other country in the goodnels, dye, and du rability of our cloths. In a letter, however, to the Legiflative Body, of yefierday, they feemcd con vinced of the Whey of the alTertion of the maru. faeurers, and allow that general, not particular good, mug be confulted. They do not will' to ea with precipitation, and therefore propofe, that the points of the law which were to have been tarried into effelt the latter end of this month, be fufpended for a limited time, till the matter can b.: maturely canvalted, and a judgment formed without being influenced by the complaints of the Merchants and fhopkespers, or the advice and prang folicitations of the manuftaluret s. They conclude with fubmitting the form of a Refolution to the Legiflative Body, for fufpending, or totally repealing the aforefaid law. The Englifh merchants in this country have been particularly active in obtaining a repeal of this law, which would have greatly operated a-ainit their interefts, as well as thole of the Bri. manufacturers, who will ever be enabled to furl:oafs and to underfell all predations of the Lind which may be attempted in this Reprblic. Batavian retetiptions, payable after peace, are at 64 6g per cent. ELI. I I.—The French expedition to Louiliana, tlirtl delayed by the bankruptcy of the houfe in Paris, which had the contra& to fit it out, ar:(1 fince by Remits and frog, if nothing elk, is Rill lying in the port of Flelvoetfluys. A courier ar rived here the day before venerday, who had bccn ilifruttehed from the Mit,ifiec of Marine, and after deliveting l i difpatches he fet off for I lelvosttluys; returned fo , m thence yeflerday, and then (et cif for Paris. with extraordinary expedition. It i s guefTed than his art gal is conneaccl with the inllant departure of the expedition. On the flth, a propofition was Tent to the Legi flat.ve Body horn the Government of Stet., lot granriag ALIStRT vat, Ryst.sc, (et;eral in the ferviet of this Republic, an anneal gratuity of :441:ic oo lir i kskipence tr,r his ~Lc Notion which F: al- id, for iiiiewing union 444 the ~~ F.e Republic, on tl:e payment oft per cent. of the value, by reafon of the ceffion of the ifland of Ceylon to the Englifh, and the interefk which com merce has in bringing that article to market in. this country, and to prevent the importation of other goods under the name of cinnamon. The fame day an addiers from the municipality of the city. of Leyden was read, praying that the law of Feb. 75, tBc2, comprising a prohibition of, woollen roaotifa&ures r.ight be dill kept in full for:e and eti'c:l, as a sucans to encourage the decaying :Ib-izs. This ad:3l . th is meant as an antidote to the petitions of the merchants and shopkeepers Sc ho pray for its repeal. The Leyden Addrefs was ordered to lie on the table. The order of the day being read, a letter from the Government of State, containing a prepiifition r for the pailing of a regul ttion framed in that letter, reipeeting the right of voting, fixing the property of the Eleelors, and dividing the Republic into Ar rundiffements, the President pot it to the Affembly, if they could conform to ;be laid propolition, and the further alteration made in it the day before by the Government of State, in a private meeting. Citizen C FAS laid, that he conlldered it his duty, without waiting for further e‘planatton, to declare himlelf againfl the propodzion of the Go vernment. The Prefident inflituted the ,aN;tl nom;r:al, when the prororition was carried, with the alterations that had been fitggelled. Citizen GILDANILESTEIL, in name of the Corn- million which had been appointed the day before.] leported, that the Affembly ought to adopt the • ptopolition of the Geyer:mica of State, for de daring the general importation of cinnamon free in this Republic, on the payment of one per cent. of the value. And it was concluded accordingly.' An idea is got abroad, that the Batavian—re fa iptions, in conicquence of fume alterations mak ing in the plan of the loan, will Ihortly advance from is to 12 FA- cent. ; fo that no fellers are now to be foi:nd, and the buyers are extremely numer ous. Should this be the cafe, one gentleman in this place will clear 800,000 guilders by fome late nurchafei which he made in thefe refcriptions •' but in all probability the whole is a plan to anfwcr particular purpofes- PARLIAMENTART PRuCtEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, WE IVESDAY, RE B. 16. Ahout a quarter before four &deck the Lorr. CIIANCE :.• LOR rare dcn•n to the Houk, and Prayer, wen: ••cad by thi. llil of Hereford. A Bill for Natut.ilizing J. C. H. Vingotton, was brou;ht in and a tirft time. _ .... he Ltihop of Oxford (Dr. Randolph) was fwetn and took his feat The Loan CHANCE Limn flated,that with refpeCt to the Committee of Privileges which Hood for to morrow, he had a proprifition to mac :—The principal bullnefs of that Committee related to the Chandos Peerage—a cafe which had already occupied the attention of their Lordfhips three or four years. The various hearings had hitivirlo bean regularly attended by two Noble and very Learned Lords then abfent, and who, perhaps, would be unable to attend the propofed dilcuffion to-morrow. The necelTary abience of two other Learned Peers, now engaged in the erercife of ?heir Judicial funElions, was alio to be regretted ; and perhaps, the only profeffional who could attend fo loon, was the perfon who then had the honour of adds effing their Lordfhips, and of whom, he thought it fair to °Verve, that he bad the ho nour of attending as Counfel at the Bar on the very cafe in goeftion. Under all thcfe tircum ilance,, lie tho,;glit it would be inkleniLle to poft p ‘rie the confideration of the Wine's innii fume the obitacles he had adverted to, were obviated. He fliorild therefore propofe, that the Committee of Privileges to lit for the farther confideration of the Chandos Peerage, be deferred until Thurfday fortnight. While be was on his legs, he felt it ceffary to trouble their Lordlhips with a few words relpeeling a circuinflance in fome degree conneet ed with the above proceedinz. On a former day, he had appt fed the Houle of his intention to rub mit to its confideration fome obfervations refoeCt ing the difficulties which (truck him, as fill re maining, with refpeCt to the inning of Writ', or fummuning to the Imperial Parliament the Ira Spiritual Peers--thefe, he had faid,he thould bring forwar-t in it, enmmitree of Privileges either to-, morrow or Monday. His intention now was to give notice, that he Ihould bring forward thefe propulitions on Monday next. Before lie fat down, he lhould add, that it was his intention to move that the farther cotilideration of the appeal CAUIe, which flood for this day, be deferred :id Friday. Thefe obfervations of the Noble and Learned Lord teeming I irlly to meet the Italie of their Lord ,' ships, he pot the neceltary rpreilions front the Wool rack, which were fever-ally paired in the ailirmrive. Mr. 11LACR811,00. attendod by feveral Mem bers, brought up the 11 ink Reflriciikin liill from the Commons, which was read a lira time, but no fpecitic day moved for the fccrind reading. The Hattie was then adjournedolining pl-afure, for fame time ; and thortly after its returning, Lot d Pr E.H.1•1 entered, and delivered a Meirage from the King regretting u new arrangvrnetit of the affairs, 3cc. of his Royal I lighnets the Prince of %Vales, iimilar to that delivered to the Houfe of Commons, and to which we refer. Atter the Meirage %V A S read in the anal way. Lnrd PEL HA M moved that it be taken into con nderation this day fennight, and their Lordihips ilimmoned thereupon, which wa, ordered accord itik„if.--iliiournsd till to-morrow. HOUSE. OF COMMONS. Th. • !inure proceeded to forfora C:mmittee os try the merits of the Petition tdp.Eting the Ektii.in tor Bantam) '!'be hlembtab cl:-.7fcr, to form the Cornm:ttce %. ere, I. At. As, Ts+liam Maatiirg, Vfl. a F.,11.e., Bart. J. %Vbirmorr. F.ty. .Sir L. "4, pc..n I.nr3 V.:enut.t M•ncl.:nbtolle Airy. Ni Karate, Fig. G. I h... 4 ;:a4, fiat.. I,V. C. P. dues, Erg ' v,- r•urtn Ceplrrte, C Portman, Y.fq. I :y. R I. Han. J. Stearlet, Mad Gwrge GarLinJ, 11. Altuncler, Colonel STANLIT brought up a Petition from the Cotton and Woollen NlanufaClurers of the Counties of Laneaßer, York, and Derby, praying relief anainll the Ad of laft Salon, for fettling difput es between Malt;rs and Servants in thole Ma nufactures.—Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. it carol. Diymn spr,tentedaPetitionforleave tobrin g in a Bill for the repair of certain turnpike roads in the county of hdielburgh.—Referred to a COMpli:tef. A Petition was prefented front the Grand Jundllon Cla] Company, praying that the Houfe might mpower them either to rail,: money by fubfcription, atnons; theinfelves, or by the iffiling of new Shores.—Referred to a Committee. Colonel Sr oevt brought up a Petition tom the Troller , of the Ilritifh Muf. um, praying for Pafaanientary Aid.—Order ed to lie on the Table. Colonel SLOAN I moved, that an Account be laid before the House of the Sums unially granted to the Britith Mu cum, and atfo an Account of their Expenditurc.—Ordered. Several Petitions were prefent• el from Brewers in different parts of the Kingdom, againit the Malt Duty BiU.--Ordered to lie on the 'Fable. Mr. Wictcr.txt brought up the Bill for preventing certain Revenue Officers in Ireland from voting at Yledtions of Mem- bin of Parliament.—The Bill was read a flrfl. time, and was ordered to be read a fecond time on Monday. MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY. The CHANCELLOR of the ESCH 01 , ER delivered at the Bar a Meffage from His Majefly, to the following effed ; " His Majeßy having taken into confileration the percd which has elapfed lince the adoption of the arrangements which the witdom of Parliament thought neceffary for removing the incumbrances upon the affairs of the Prince of Wales,and &lo in adverted to the progrefs male in carrying them into effeet recommends the fituation of the Prince to the attention of the Houfc of Commons; and noterithftanding the rcluetance zawi regret which His Majeßy ortuß always feel in fuggeßing any additional burthens upon his people, he cannot but retort with confidence to the experienced liberality of his fai,bful Com mons, tnilling that they will adopt fueh mcafures as are heft calculated to promote the comfort, and fupport the dignity o: fo diftinguilbcd a Branch of hi: Royal Houfe.' The CHANCELLOR of the Exciacciput fail, that the Meffage which had jut} been read could not fail to call for and recciue the ready attention of that Houfe. it was his with to abflain at prefent from entering into any obfervations upon the full. jea, he fhouid therefore content himfelf now with moving a day for taking it into confederation ; hut it was necelrary, in point of form, that he fhould iirft move that his Majefty's Meirage be referred to a Committee.—Ordered. l'he CHANCELLOR of the EIC H E fly K a then mov ed, that the Houle (hould on Wednefilay next re lJvc itfelf into the Paid Committee. WOOLLEN MANUFACTURER'. Mr. DICKINSON, jun. rofe, in putf lance of the notice he hid given, to move, that the different Peti;i.ms which had been prefinted from the Wool len Manufanurers of Glonceiterfhire, Somerfet. flare, &c. fhould be referred to the confideration of a Committee. The complaint which the Peti tioners had fubmitted to the Houle was againtt the operation of fume Ads of Parliament which had been made in the infancy of the Woollen Menu faCture, and which threw feveral impediments in the way of the Manufalturers at prefent, particu larly in the employment of Apprentices, in the tile of Machinery, &c. by which confiderable injury was fu ft ained by the Manufatturers. Several ac tions had been commenced to recover penalties, tinder thole Ails, and the Manufatturers had been advifed that, under the prefent circumftances, no ordinary means of redrefs would fuffiee, but that they oug:::. to petition the Houle of Commons to refer the laid /Os to the confideration of a Com mittee. lie fhauld, therefore, without further fervat ion, move that the Paid Petitions be referred to a Committee.—Agreed to. Adjourned at fix o'clock, till to-morrow. LONDON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17. PRICE OF S rOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK t 3 per Cent. Red. 7r 11 3 per C. Conf. money, 721;1—for ace. 71 Olds per Cent. rotei--New 5 per Cent. Ic4ll. Ommum dri. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY: Bank Stock 189} I Short Ann. 3 per C. Red. 72; 7s I Imp. 3 per Cent. 70.111 3 per C. C-nt. 71! Imp. Anu. 11.16 4 per Cent. Conf. itAi 88 I.:wheel. to 21. CU. S per C. Ann. ror- 4 1 Oninium 3 }i} p. r C. 1797. 1..)41:1. EngliCh Tickets 171.1.5. Bank L. Ann. t3-i6 Conf. for acc. ti 47S The following arrangements were yefterday nounced at the Bank of England : The "'twofer Books for the following A nnuities Reduced 3 p‘.: tents—Shut Tudday, March T. open Fri day. Apnl Annuities for ill rears—Shut Saturday, March 5, opel Sa tuniay, April 23. Four per ern:. Annuities..-ShutTliutAtay, March 3, open Ttuiday, April 26. Long Annuities—Shut Wednefday, March 2, open April 27. Fire per Cent. Annuities 1797—Shut Friday, March Ir Wen !WIT, April sy.--For the Dividend due April 5, 1803. Into Five per Cent. and Terminable Annul ier—Sbut Sa•un. dry. March, , open "churfday, April 7--For the Dividenl duo March 25, 1803. 13a%K Norts.—An Account of the amount of the Notes of the Bank of England in Circulation c•n tht ill of June, the tit of - Augufl, the tit of OaoLer, and the tft of December, iBo2, and the tit of lehroary 1803, diftinguilhing the Amount of thole that are below the value of O.: — Amount of 11.,14. of England Notes of Five Pounds each, and upwards, including Bank Putt Bill,, payabk Seven Days al it- Sight . Un the 1R June, tftn.....s - 13,257,6c* la Aug. iSo2 - - 14386,640 Olt. tBO2 13411310 tft Dee. 1802 - - 11,075,020 lit Feb. 1203 - • 12.874430 Amount of Bank of England Notes of al. and tl, titeh: Ota the tlt June, tSe - - 3413,610 sit Aug. - - 3442,520 sit O.R. raos, • • 3.415. 1 3 e rft Drc 1802 - - 3,236,530 lit Feb. 403 - - 3.134.5.10 Bank of Log;and, ra.. 7, 1803. W. WA LT ox, At. CC). Yellerday the CtIANCiLLOIL of the Excnsosts brought down a Meffage to Parliament, relpelting the all tirs of the Patties of WALLS, which oar Readers ill fuul in the proper place. W e h.tvc received American Papers to the t ith of January By them we are put in pareffion of the State of St. Domingo and its dcraltncits to the soth of December, wlica it appears - the nen..h were more face from alarm than they had been for fome time before. Ro c,' ametnu is fpoken of as a very conciliating Ge. ncral, and every thing, has profpered in his hinds fince he fucceeded to the chief command. Trade at the Cape is likely to become brifk, and the daily hope of reinforcements from France infpires the inhabitants with confidence. A Proclamation was iffued by General RocuastsEau on the t9th of December, permitting the importation of wares and merchandise in foreign bottoms, on paying a per tentage. The Governor of the Miffillippi territory has received an anfwer from the Governor-General of Louifiana refident at New Orleans. It is Paid to be underftood. that the Spanilh Governor is fo far from difavowing what has been done by the In. tendant at New Orleans with refpeel to the naviga tion of the Miffiffippi. that he has attempted a formal vindication of the Intendant's conduit. Yellerday, foon after twelve o'clock, her MA JESTY and the PRINCESSES, attended by Lady HIIKRINGTON and Lady CNAILLOTYC WYNN BEL. LASY SF, took an airing in two coaches and four. About half pall twelve o'clock his Majarry came from the Queen's Houfe to St. James's, where there was aLevee, at which were prefent The Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dukes—Portland, Somerfet, and Roxburgh. Marquiflcs—Abercorn, Douglas, Hutto:4, Titchfield, sad Salifbury. Earls—Morton. Egremqnt, Esthurft, Suffolk, Mansfield, Effingham, Glendere, Macclesfield. Warwick, Dumfries, Malniefbury, Chatham, Harrington, Suffolk, Coventry, Well. Courtown, Darnley, Sandwich, Caftlereagh, Forte& c le, Ormond, and Moira. VifeountaLWentworth, ?le lron, Sydney, and Fahhooth. I.ords.,Hobart, Hawkcfbury, Seßea, Selkirk, Morton, C. Spencer, Newburgh, Leflie, Bruce, Andover, Harcwood, Am r Willoughby de broke (in waiting) Somerville, Farnham. Grenville, Northampton, C. Sornerfct, Bolton, Pelham:. lieu_ Icy. Mountnorris, and Byron. Archblfhop ot Dabitn. &Mops—Oxford, Chleheßer, and Durham. Sirs—H. Munro, S. Cnttere, J. Aubrey, W. Fawcett, J. Orde, J. Nbihols, W. Hamilton, P. Hale, S. Smith, J. Saumatz, R. King, and G. Pownal. Ambaltdom—Bavarian, French, Batavian, Swelia, Dana, Portuguefc, and Ruffian. Admirals..-Cornw. , ll4 and Young. Generale.—Chrrice, Reed, Craddock, Chnrehill, and Stephens. Colonels—Hope, Bolton, Monfou,and Blygh. . . Captaios—Marhhain,Leue,l.. cover, iad artier. The Sheriff. of Landoll. Mears. 7 —lirook, Dupre, Pore', York, &ley, Sturdier', Elliot. Witartoo. Portman, rotteVlU. Oat, Fatima., Merry. and Davfen. The following prefentations to his Ma lt :Tr took place : - • Mr. WICKHAM, on his return from Ireland. The Duke of &Malt Str, on his return from Frame. Sir G. PuWWAL, by Mr. Fawkner. Mr. To as y i by his Father. General enuaeataa, on his rctum from St. Domingo. The Levee was over loon after three o'clock, when his Maisory held a Cabinet Connell, at which the report of the convittion of Col. Defiant and his affociates was 14id heart 1)11 Maitsvv.-. The refult has not tranfpired, though a Morning Paper has listed, that " the Law was ordered to take its comic upon the Colonel and fix of his fel. low confpirators, namely. Broughton, Francis, Writs, tax, Blood, Grabens, and Matnantara. 012 Monday next, q i the top of the County Prifoa in Horfe. monger-lane •' and that the (entence of Newman, Tpsdall, and Lander, who were recommended to tr.ercy the Jury, has been fufpended." We can 00,- fay. that fa many 'applications have Caen rn in favour of Dr . #Aard and fcme other of the miLttals, that the conhderation of them may take opTengsr time; and that if Monday had been fired to, as Rated, form notice would have been fent to the High Sheriff, which we know bas not been the cafe. After thetouncil broke up, theChevalierSousa, the n:w Portngtiefe AmbatfAdor, was introduced to his MAJESTY by Count LENA, the late Am• bafrador, condOled by Sir STEEN EP! Corvallis, Kitier of the Ceremonies, when the Chevalier de• lircretl his Credentials to his Welly. MAJESTY then gave dole; audiences to the Lord Chancellor, the Chancellor of the Each*. quer, the Secretaries of State, and the Secretary at War. A Chapter of the Knights of the Bath was then held, for the purpofe of difpofing of the Red Ribbon, vacant by the death of Lord Beau Li IC. which was attended by his Royal Highnefs the Doke of YOU. Sir WM. FAWCETT, Lord Has• Lev, Sir Hacrua Morino. Lord NI Lienl, andfe. mat others of that Noble Order. The proper offi cers from the Herald's Office likewife attended when the ufnal ceremony being gone through. hie Kijefty was gracioufly pleated to invell General CRAIDDOC a, now Sir J. Ct•DDOCa, with the honour. He was inverted with the Garter accordingly.—T Sir F. M , LLYNCAUX attended the Chapter, at U(hsr or Cie Black Rod.—This is confidered as an honorary mark of his MAMMY'S royal approba tion for the brave manner in which Sir joas tinguifhed himfelf in molt of the battles in Egypt. The Levee was more numeroufly attended than any this featimi, particularly fo by Noblemen and Gentlemen from Ireland. Mr. 11. ADDItio roe was fworn in one of hit HA jeay's Mull Honourable Privy Council. His Nfaitrev returned to the Queen's Houfe about half pall five. Yeaerday a Committee of the Corporate Body of .London Clergy waited upon the Lo ret Mayor at the IdanGon Houk, with a Copy of their Pe tition intended to be prefented to Parliament. for tome increafe of revenue to the 5o churches which were rebuilt after the fire of London, the (Upends of which were found fo fanall, as to make them the objefls of Queen Ass a's very limited bounty. Pi Rao' or railed to the dignity of Earl of Lintasca. Yip count Dusto, Earl Csmsentry : Baronets New coma, to the dignity of Vircountefs Newman'. and the heir male of her body by her 11404 Sit W. Gi.sisiewe NawcostiN B Dam. I 1.)1 . ...1 ..0 r.n All 21( Ur: Ha r bto CDC