Star. — London, England, 1803-11-30 00:00:00

r+ PARLIAVENTART PROCEEDINGS. 1-10"..."5E OF COMMONS. NOV. 29. Mr. Ku K 5 1 b ought up the report of the Cemonttee of I:wir ing laws. It was ordzit dto lie on the table. and to Lc printed. Sirßuatarßt rnomovedthat there belaLibeforett.cHoule an accuslorof the z•trorg Ale,Table Beer. and Small Beer, brewed in this Countryind liable to duty, from the sth of January, iScz, to the sth of January, 'got. Mr. \'.t..l r rAST faaelled the propriety of wording the mo- Coo in loch a way as to enable the Officer, to whom the order was to be duelled. to comply with the debar of the Houle, and with the with., of the Honourable Baronet, which it would be irupolii• ►le forth •m to do if the motion remained as it at prefent Rood. us they could have cognizance of fuels beer only as actually paid the duty. Th• rionan,ammded according to this ftt...geftion, was put and ago•-d to. The Bill r, , e preventing the Defertion of petty Officers and Sea men WWI reed a fecond time. ard ordered to a Committee of the whole Houk t " I'hertday rear. Mn !TV VI appear...d at the Bar. ard informed the Houle they his Maielty had been waited upon with the Add t.l, vnt. d year, - thy, for the produetion of certain filial:tot to the I joule, and that his Majelly ha I been gracionfly neared to nice the Lm'•. Mr. ':II,IINLY per Tented a Petition from the Debtors confined in ise County gaol of Surrey.—lt was ordered to lie on the: Table. Mr. ADAM , brought up the ?mecum of the Eitiniatc, of the Ordinary and Extraordinary F.:int:lc:, of the Navy for the year A0..1 —Ordered that there Eltini....es be taken Ida confide:aim) ou Friday neat. PLICATE PETITIONS. The Catawca t Log of the Excusgysit laid, he thought it neceffary to fix upon fooie Ipecific day, be yond which private petitions would not be received b r the Houle, in order to prevent the inconvenience which frequently took place in confequence of the too long weld; on of the time generally allowed 'or that parpofe. He wifhed, however, to put of. ftch na tation to (uch 4 day as fbould leave no room for c• in plaints or excite to any perfon defiring to petition, and he at the fame time was anxious that it lhould he generally underflood that no further time would be allowed. This arrangement he was urged to pro pole, from a recollalion of the trouble too often oc• cafioned by the great overflow of private btifinef; at that ptaiod of the li:ffions, when a quantity of im• pnrrant public affairs was to be attended to. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded with moving, that the 24th of February next flamild be the hit day lined upon for the acceptance of private ; , etitiona. Tkis motion wasagrLed to. T 145 BASK. The CHANCELLOt of the Lx CM EVER gave notice, eat he would to.morrow move for leave to btinx in a. Bill to continue further the rtittiaiun of Ipecie from the Bank. Mr. Coital , gave notice of a fimilar motion with ufpea to the Bsnk of IrclAnd. ELECTION COMMITTEES. Mr. Drearax role to move the indulgence of the Houfe nn behalf of John Bedley, Efq. a Member of the,Committee on :i;e Waterfo.al Eleflion, whom lie dated to be urgently preffed, by private bufinefs of importance, to proceed without delay to the ifland of Jamaica, for which place he had taken his paffa, n rm on board an outward bound veffel now in the River, f- the Captain of which he had received notice to immediately to Portfmouth, as the veffcl was ics fail. He therefore hoped the Houfe would ly be induced to difeltarge Mr. Bedlcy from attendance on the Committee above-men bat likewife fanCtion, by its permiffion, his for a few months, on account of the urgent $, which rendered it indifpenlible on Iris part. SPEAKER informed the Hon. Member, that ;Oar way of proceeding, in fuch cafes, was to o the table, (late his reprefentation in writing, :rift' it upon oath, and then, upon the (tate ' verified, to found his motion for that pur ready mentioned. DELAVAL having complied with theft inflrue. made his motion accordingly ; when ATTORNEY GENERAP rofe, and expreff,d the sinful reluetance in the talk of urging a fingle oppofe a motion for fuch an indulgence to inourabls Member, founded upon filth a re. tation of private bufinefs ;—but he mug beg oobfkrye, that if gentlemen hallotted to terse ration Committees were allowed to ple id the -y of important private concerns, in claiming iarge from their attendance on fuch Commit would tend to an aln.oll infurmonntable noon Each eleCtions, to the very great : and concerned. He therefore, that, ling the urgency :aft jull pleaded by the :_ . ' Member, rile would paufe before it recedent foprcgnant with ferrousconrequence., it looking forward and duly confider:ii:4 what be the refult in a variety of cafes. The Wa• I Committee had already been reduced to :rs, Ly a similar indulgence of ablence granted to one Gentleman. By agreeing to the e nion, their number would be reclined to t t ; the tcdnelion of two Members more, from lure, the Committee would be incapacitated ectfion at all. The Houfe would therefore lee -edicament in which the granting of this ma. auld tend to place the petitioners. From there rations lie was indirect:, if not decidedly to re• motio•:, at lead to OVIVC for fome further time i.:*er of its tendency, in order that the Home , not be urged to a deciliou, under the filddtri ,region of feelings excited by the flatement now • by the Honourable Member. He therefore that the deb.tte upon this motion he adj-.urn io.nrorrow.—Agreed to. BARRACK CoNTRACTS. Imiral BLIERL:.'Sv tole and obterved, that re , ing lon. Secretary now in his place (Mr. Bragge, ary at War) he (horrid beg leave to mere it a in which he allied la fl nyht, which Member (Mr. lianfittart) who role to arnwrr teemed not clearly to have 'andel-lino:I, munch ther the expence of building barracks w a , in in the climate for arr..v fel vice , . i;.:-nied to before the Committee of : SICKETARY at WAR Paid, he was by rd to -"•I'' ce the queLion ; r ,it the barrack eitirnalc was no. in t;,.t !Inv fel:vice, lira to be bronchi lxfotc the of Supply. (mitiAl B. a .riry rrpiie I, that the T to-, who ante e:_tl his n laic . i.„ ; 1 to fay, the irarrat s Mt; Cto be incliftleth and 1: flitoild think it rieceCiry, betore the Houle be ~•11y prciiared to il;;;- irs the Arr.v that ciip:r th: f , try vftv ent-rci.l rune flnuld be inclined to move for Inch contrans, more elpecially thole entered into for that part of the country where he refided, namely, the county of Suffer ; and he thought thole for the whole country Ihould be laid before the Houk; for if they were all upon the fame Enormous fcale of charges agreed on for SufTex, he did not hefitate to fay it was a robbety on the public. The SECRETARY at WAR rejoined, that thongh it had been heretofme ufual to rote the Barrack Efli mates along with the other charges for the military let vi..es of the year, they would this year be polipon ed to .t (Winn opportunity. With refpeet to the MD tion intimated by the Hon. Admiral, when became to lay the ground of that motion before the Houfe, it would be for their difcretion to decide on the pro priety of complying with it. But with refpel to the fcale of charges upon which the contraCts for build. ' ing barracks had been concluded, it was not intended to deny, that the prices in molt cafes had been very high ; and from the nature and prang exigency of the public fervice at the prefect critis, and the great price. on labour and materials, high prices mutt be treceffatily espeCted. At the fame time it would be found, that thole bargains had been concluded on the hell trims that could potlibly be obtained under exift ing citcumaances.—Adjourned. he generally under; be allowed. This a pole, from a recoil. anfioned by the go: that petiod of the pnrtant public aff. Right Hon. Gentle the 24th of Febru foxed upon for the ; Tkis motion was The CHANCELLO that he would tons :a Bill to continue from the Bank. , Mr. CORR y gar ufpea to the ILA KLEE Mr. DEL•TAL if , Hattie on behalf of the,Committez on Rated to be urgent importance, to pro( • Jamaica, for which board an outward . fi nen the Captain of proceed immediate] t u . about to fail. He I f not only be induct further attendance tioned, bat likewifi abfence for a few n btifinefy, which rem Mr. SPEAKER in ; . the regular way of come to the table, I . . and verify it upon ' • ment fo edified, to 1 pore already mentit Mr. DELA•AL hi tiont, made his mo 'MP, ATTORNEY I : 1 moll painful reluela word to oppofe it TT' any Honourable lvl prefentation of pri' I leave to obferye, th; QS Elation Comm urgency of imports a difcharge from th WS. it would tend lay of 4:f.:ifi , n itt , or L.:peace and t; j untied therefore, tl I of the cafe OR plea. the Houle would 1 1 twee t:recedent fora without looking for 'right be the refult let ford Committee Members, by a fina already .o one Gen ; t i t cent monort, their r * I and by the Ictlaeli ; any caule, the Cu fr. qn (1 rutic,ii at all. 1 (he predicament in than would tend to 1 confide:anon% lie w fall the niotio , , at h . to conii;:r of its tc t I might not be urge,: impretiGon of feelin made by the Hon moved, that the de ed till to•ritorrow.— DAR 1 Admiral BLILICL: liin Hon. Secretary Secretary at ‘Var) queftinn which he ' ' Hon. Member (Mt him, teemed not cl i . --.....hether the exp eluded in the elltm. . , be laid beir,re the The SICRPTARY I . prepared to ...oh. . 1 tfiought the bait ...a. for army ferYicet 1i roi•oee uf Supply. Almiral B. tt , ..ri t ro-crctars, who at I •emeti to fay, the it In, h.. I:timid chi; ~ , it'd be ; 1 .11 y pre !sate , . that c..pie% •1.. :dal bat i at...a: r LONDON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30. Sr. ANDIILW'S DAY.—Holiday at the Public Offices. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 144 143 144 I India ;'tock IGO 3 per Qrt. iLd. c 34 :4: 53i inlp. 3 per Cent...Siff 3 per C. Lori id 53 34} 91 1.16 4 per Ceut. 644 t 6.1 77! dif, s per Cu.nt Ann. d 9 BSif Engin Tickets s7L 3s. Ditto, 1797. 89i 9n Conf. for opg.3sjr4 54/1 Long Ann. t t. 16 Uust.lN, NovemT:c?. 26.-5 per Cent. Gov. Debentures 1381. Courfe of Exchange—Dublin o, Luudoa 13i. The capitulation of Demarara and Efrequibo has already been given in this Paper. The terms on which Ber hice furrendered, are given at length in our fubk spent columns. _ _ The capture of the French and Dutch poffeflions cannot but prove fattsfattory, not.only to our com mercial men, but even to the inhabitants of the colo niesthemfelves, who will now be fupplied by the former, with thofe European necefftries from which they were cut off by the war, while, at the fame time, they will enjoy the privilege of trading with the Britilh fettlements, a right which they could not 'otherwife potrefs. To all this let us add, that by en• joying the proteCtion of a free Government, they are lived ftom French etatlions. We have received Dutch Papers to the 17th infl. From what they are allowed to make public, we may infer the deranged date of the Dutch finances. In. dzed they make no fecret of the deficiency being . great, and it is pretty plainly intimated that vigorous meafures will fpeedily be retorted to, to extort the money wanted fur the execution of the prajedts of France. Here we fee the reafon of Hambnrgh and the Hanfc towns being threatened lk ith a French loan, or in other words, a lawlefs requifition. France, which was to occation the ruin of this country by the expellee we lhould be obliged to fubmit to by bring forced into a war, having eshaulled her own finances, and thole of her allies, carried off every thing that could be tranfported from Hanover, has so longer any means left for maintaining her armies but by extorting money from weak and belplefi States. The refinement to which the French carry their extortions in Italy is worthy of notice. There are About fifteen thoufand troops in the March of An cona and Kingdom of Naples. They are in the pay of the King of the latter country, who iffnes to their Commander in Chief tl:c neceffery ditburfements f•r that purpofe in . I;•)grie. It might now he fuppofed thi, money is re.itined in the ; that for the m u 1; ..;‘otting, &c. it finds its way back again into circulation ; and thu,bchcfits in fome fmall degree the community which fupports them. But no fuck thing ! The Commander in Chief pays thole men in Ilcu (Fr ench paper), yllich he compels—at the point of the bayonet—;he %%retched inhabitants of the country in take in payment for their bread, their wine, their meat, the produce of their looms, in fhort, for every article neceffAry to the fupport of fuch an army. And this the Great Nation calls Alliance and ProteCifm. We fubjoin an interefling article from the fiague, with forne other extrans worthy of attention : HAGUE, Nov. 14.—Very dilagrecable fubjeets of deliberation are accumulated to the Legiliatire Body in corifequence of the prefent circun:illances. Befides being occupied with a painful drieuffion on the means Of providing for the expences of a new year of war, they have lately been obliged to turn their attention to the mcafore4 alre tdy adopt:d for railing the funds neeelTrt v ior defrayiag the expences of the arms• merits the I'4 - OZ:It year. The extraordinary con triloition of two per cent. on property, decreed laft fummer, as yet produced a fum very far below whpt G-o:•crnrent expeeted, and very inadequate to the wants of the moment. The receipts of the qrft r f the four periods, as far a: they were known to Government at the beginning of laft week, have c )nrificcd o.l:rn u f the evil, and of the neecifity of ut delay, the cor.cithence of the Cody to apply A remedy, Wigiell it did on 1 1 the by a re -y miti:::e Icier wi . ...ten on the fr.h it a. According to On: letter, Goy -r: : rnent confiders tl-e r.cra`, evert.; i.. A :cw dif ~..._ proportioned to the abi:lty of the inh ihitants, and thinks the chief caufe of the deficit is the dillance of the period for taking the oath prefc:ibcd for con firming the exaChiefs of the payment, after it is completed, as well as for removing all d:subts that might arife in the execution of the laid law which requires the oath. It has therefore propofed to the Legiflative Body "to remind in the moll expref mari ner the contributors of their duty, and to allow them to make up for their negled at the fecond term of pay ment; to exaft the oath after that period, and to caufe it to be repeated at the fourth or IA term of payment ; to proceed againft thole who ref:tfe to take the oath, either by perfonal arrell, the fequalration of pro perty, or other means judged proper by Government, for t fecuring the public treafury from 10E. :—while perfons who, after thee meafitres, (hall perfill in re filling the oath, (hall be confidered as not hating paid any thing at all ; but without prejudice to fuch farther and more efficacious difpofitions as the law may order, in regard to difirifts which, at the end of the fecond term of payment, may have fill been found wanting in their obligation, notwithflanding their having taken the oath." Thefe propofitions re ceived on the gth, the approbation of the Legiflative Body, in a fecret fitting. Another remarkable deliberation of the Legifla tive Body, which took place on the 28th ult. in ano ther fecret fitting, has alto been made public. The object of it was to favour, during the war, the trade of neutral bottoms, under the Swedifh flag. The Legiflative Body approved the fame day, the propo fal of Government " for fufpending till t 8 months after peace with Great Britain, the ordinance of the States General, dated December 5, 1748, which forbids the fubjeds of the Crown of Sweden to im port into this Republic, on board their own, or fo reign (hips freighted on their account, any merchan dize, %inters they are the produltions of Sweden or of its Colonies." It is to be regretted that the new Maritime Code, efablifhed between Sweden and England by their late Convention, may deprive our Republic of the fruit of this concefllon. Hemovaa, Nov. 6.—A1l the horfes in the city have been marked, in order, if necetlkry, to be ufed with. out diftindiun. It is laid that so field pieces will be immediately conveyed from hence to Nienburg. Nov. 7.—A great quantity of artillery has been conveyed from Hameln, on the Wefer, to Nienburg: it is indeed raid, that the French will entrench them. (elves very flrongly at Nienburg, and that fix regi ments of the !Wave Army will come thither from France. On the fide of Fort St. George, at Hameln, the French are railing a new work : it was deligned in the plan of the filmes, but never executed. Nov. B.—A Hanoverian Officer, who has enlifled about so men for England, was attacked the night of his intended departure, in the neighbourhood of Haarburg, by a French troop, and making a defpe rate refiftance, was feverely wounded, and at laft kill ed. Ten of his recruits are Paid to be taken, and the raft to have efcaped. Another convoy, of +8 cannons, went yeflerday in waggons to France t many were not bored. A Hanoverian Captain is to be tried at Nienburg before a Court-martial for recruiting for England. Some fay that the half of the French army will thortly return to France : other reports affirm, that they will concentrate themfelves in Lauenbnrg, eva cuating all the ►ei of the country, after they have received a contribution of two millions : all this wants confirmation. Balms, Nov. T.—Princes LOUISA of Fru(Ea, Princefs RAurtvtl., is happily delivered of a daughter. Princes A IN• of Sweden has continued her journey to Sweden, where her Royal High:leis pro pores to Ray two years. Count BAUDIS&IN, the Dana Minifler ; General OFFAL:LC, Spanifh ; Baron Carrsoa. Hanoverian ; and Baron von Lurzow, Mecklenburgh Schwerin Minifter, are arrived here lately. Nov. S.—Lieutenant•General von BISCUOFFSWER ore is lately deceafed. The Duller. of CouaLaso is arrived here. COPfis H ACZN, Nov, 5.. —Report lays, that the Swe diffi Government has prohibited the importation of all airlift books into Sweden, which meafitre is owing to its difpleafure at the imprudent language of tome periodical writings here. It is affirmed, that a fpiritual department, under the direaion of the Dues of AUGDSTENSURG, was decreed in the Council of yeflerday, as far as relates to the putting of the organization of every thing re lating to the church and public feminariea, under the care of this department. Their SWEDISH MAJESTIES will, as is furpofed, in their return from Germany, pats through Copcn hagen, and flay come time there. ..-* The thiee Englith men of war, which lay at Elfi. neur, arc failed with all the (hips of their nation to the North Sea. The many forms, during the laR week, have done much damage in the Categat and Baltic, and we have already skews of fevetaCihips being wrecked. The expeltation that the 14ockade of the Elbe and 'efer would increafe the importation of all kinds of articles to this capital, has not been fulfilled : on the contrary, the great purchafes which hive (teen rn; ter in the Baltic for Englifn account, have increated the pr:re of corn and all provifims very considerably. LI. SI 5 L ; P., ::r:. 5. —St S'Cf al Er grab artiverti f: om t'.. a Baltic finee the depat tore of the lati Enk:ll, fleet, failed yeflerday without convoy. From the bcgiuning of this week we have had prcty sharp holt. The ice, in expofed places, is above an inch thick. Sr. Pt 11- SSUSC 4, OCT. is Lad that the beautiful exchange, begun under CATHERINE the Se cnnd, wit) be fhortly completed, and the place before it cleared and adorned with cuflom•houfes, ware honfes, &c. according to a plan made by a French architect. This will then be one of the fineft fquares in Paerfburgh, and the Exchange one of the molt magniiicent in Europe. The new regiment of Hulans is already half corn. plete, and Piince Consrawrins is very aelive in forn:iag it. Veflerday his MAJESTY and the Duke of C. BRIDGE, artended by Lord WALSINGHAW, Colons MANNINCHA..I and SNEAD, and Mlor DESDROW, xt half after nine o'clock rode to Swin ey, where a deer was turned out. Her MA) ASTY and Princefres AUGUSTA and ELI. ZABETH took an airing to Frogmore. Prince(fei Am ELIA and SOPHIA, attended by Lady PITT, to)k an airing in the Great Park an hour and a half. General Lord Ca - I - steer, Commander of the Forcesin Ireland, arrived in Cork on Wednefday The County of Dublin Corps of Yeomanry have received notice, that from Thurfday lan, but one third in rotation of each corps, with a fubaltern offi cer, are to be retained on permanent duty. On Thurfday lan, the Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps in Belief!, were infpeitted by Brigade Major HAUCHTON, previous to their being releafed from permanent duty, which is now continued. On Wednefday laft was married, by the Reverend Dr. Gtasss, at Wanflead church, his Excellency le Comte de Ratty, to MadensoiAlle ADILMDC, Princefs of Bourbon, daughter of the Du; de Botraeps, gr. nd daughter to the Prince de Coins. Many of the illuftrious congrlzation being unacquainted with the Lnglith langua.;e, the fervice was read from an authorized French tranflation of the Englifh Liturgy. Yellerday evening the infant daughter of the Earl of Maw sr lELD was chriflened by the name of ELI. zags TH ANN :the fponfors were his Grace the Arch. bifhop of York, Lady ELIZABITH Havrom, and Lady ANN MILIRR•Y. •The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. CAIIIT, heed mailer of Weflminftee fchool, at the Archbifhop's houfe in South Audley flreet. Afer the ceremony, a numerous party of relations and friends partook of an elegant dinner at his Grace's houfe. The two Mifs Neutrinos flood as proxies for Lady EL,zassrw HATTON S and Lady Asa MUIR AY: the Archbifbop flood in perfon. Lady ELIZ ARITH ANN is his Grace's thirty ninth grand child. The Cambridge firft Subfeription Allem* for the feafon was held at the Red Linn 111 week, and was attended by all the beauty and fafhion of the neigh bourhood. The Stewards were the Hon. James GORDON and PETER MUSGRAVE, Efq. whole polite attention gained univerfal applaufe. The company waited fome time for Lady SARAH Forma, but .at; exprefs having arrived it a quarter pall ten, announe. ing her Ladyihip's indifpofitinn, the ball was imme diately opened with Now'syosr Mae Trutt, by Mr. Mosortays and Mils CARTER. Among* the dancers were the following perfons of dillindion :--• Captata Mott - Mils Charlotte Wilke. mr.Aidertitaa Ead - 144 Fiume Wells. Sir Joreph Merrill - . Mira Okes • Major Parlois •Hois. Mita Knell. Mr. Gilbert Iva . - Mits Coe. Geo. Barker - - Mrs. Mitchell. Mr. Dolman • - Ms Palmer. Capt. Wright - MI6 Wi lioSi. Mr. Cattle - - Mira Beringer. The Supper Rooms were 'brown open at my o'clock, and the Company, after partaking of every delicacy of the feafon, returnee' to the ball-room, where they ii ipp'd it it on the light •Cant4itic toe" till a late hour in the morning. The Stewards for the Chrjllmas Affemhly ark CHESHIRE CILLAES, Efq. and Mr. Pow, Armagh one of the Officers of St. John's College, and Prole: for of Poetry. A very fingnlar circumflaoce has excited L A . tent ion of the neighbourhood of Leeds, • A pregnant female, of the name of "'Afars& has ailual/y Pl an affidavit before the Mayor of that town, inilance of the pear Officers, to the following " That the had been employed at St.Clouct, it in the palace of the Fir a Conful, as an upper maid ; but was obliged to leave her fituation early Rage of her pregnancy, on the breaking the war, and that Bonaparte is thefather of tin A letter from HAmloirgh to a Gentleman a gow, dated Nov. 8, fAyfr—" Our Senate has to the French demand of a loan of two millio lines, prompt, two millions in a (bort period, 300,000 monthly, whole they are our neighbou They now let upon Lubec and Bremen for tomer and, it is Paid, they alit of Mccklenburgh for lions of dollars, and of Saxony three million! until they approach nearer. Another report Ruffian troops arc coming down the Baltic, at already war it declared against France." A letter, dated the t Ith lays—" Lubec has agr' cootie, the trade to Hamburgh remains unini ed." However, we may with, that Rullia her real interelis, and, in confequence, had , war againfl France, we cannot very readily the probability that an account of fuch an crew come to London by the way of Glafgow. Mr. BL•IR'S gratuitous LeOure to the Vol on the means if 'topping a dangerous elTu blond, due. will be delivered at the Freemafot tern, Great %leen Street, next Friday even' eight o'clock precifely and we are author , nate, that this will be his concluding ledture neccffity for continuing that mode of in( cedes, on the publication of his volume, r " The SOLDIER'S FRIEND." No Gentleman aJrnitted unlef, be appears in his military unify ASSIZE OF Baran.--Yencrday the LORD I ordered the price of Bread to be reduced eta c, or rd. in the peck loaf, to comm, morrow ; the price of the quartern loaf of will then b- old. and houfehuld Bid. ! ( 11 at mg of evert Nall-room, 4aic toe" Intily ern P MMus rld Prole: tcl the at. .pregnant My nude it, at the ng drift : in Frsnet: per hoe( ion in a ing not he child.' n at Gist as agrecc 01 riod, and hbours.— umething, four nu:- tins Y ort is; chat , and that Another reed ; of interrupt- I had licit I declared y affent to ent . lhoul4 Tnlunteera :ffufton o 'tons' Ta- vetting, a hotiled t re ; «a th nfiruaio , entitled an will b lawn. LD Mayo d half a rence t wheat ff