Star.
London, England, 1808-04-07 00:00:00

able Geed man (Mr. Tierney) in commenting on tt,
reports of the day with respect to the measure. ne„,
before the House. He did hope that his coldoe;
from the first proposition of that measuredown tot;
present moment, was too well known to have vetted
suspicion.—( Hear !. hear !) ,He would not r,,.,
swerve fron: the principle that had hitherto dictiei
that conduct; he had felt himself obliged to abande..
part of his original plan, but it yas on the coavictio;
that though not now, the time would come, when ti,
whole would be acceded to ; in doing so, he thou h'
he had gone far enough, and he would not go to-.
ther ; the Right Honourable Gentleman and ti.
House might be assured, that he would take erei;
constitutional means to carry into effect an object tha.•
appeared to him and the country so desirable, and that
he would not willingly listen to any unworthy 24:,
nugatory compromise.
Mr. TIERNEY, in explanatica, assured the Hu.
nugatory}th('H
nourable Member, that he had entirely nnstakv,
what had fallen from him, if he construed it
but o,
most distant imputation of his sincerity.
li Mr. 'WHITBREAD did not thrihenni:deotlrlaitt
had been fairly treated by the Chancellor if tile Et..
chequer; the Right Honoura'ale Gentleman had given
a formal notice of two Amendments, which wen
, and of much
opinion, would
defeatspecifi cllel yobs stated, and
of the
Bwilillt,c ha,nidn
as to the filling up of the blanks, there eels
blank in the Bill, and that related to the limitat'on a
time. The Right Hon. Gentleman should lie candid,
at least, upon such a subject as the Present, fee it
greatmom emnotmitconmt inthltes onin:ntnrilleartuirne
which
it
had
opposed (Hear ! Hear ! ) as the great delicacy
wasgbi)erreueiafietoesfs er db y the Right
Yisque of offendinn• *the other House. He though
it of much more importance. to maintain the vain
tency of that House, though in doing so they didn::
the risk of offending the other, much as he depie.
cated that risk ; and with that view it was his int.-.
tion to move, after the Bill had gone through a Coat.
mittee, to leave out the chose of limitation altoget&e.
He acceded to the suggestion of his Right Honour:.
Lie Friend, and should postpone he; motion to Friday.
The motion was then agreed to, and the Commit.
tee ordered for to-morrow (this day).

TAUVER LUNATICS.

Mr. WILLIAMS WYNNE brought in a Bill for
the better management of these unfortunate objects.
He stated, that it was not the object of the Bill to
compel the Counties of England to build Asylums
fcr Lunatics, but merely enabling them to levy a rate
for so doing, if they found it necessary. When such
houses were built, Pauper Lunatics from any part of
the country might be taken care of in them, but at
the expence of the parishes to which they belonget...—
After a few general observations as to the humanity
and policy of the measure, the Bill was read a first
time.
Mr. FOSTER brought in the Irish Possess'ois
Bill ; which was read a first tithe, and ordered to be
read a second time on Monday.
The other routine business was then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at seven o'clock.

THF, EV ENING NrAlt.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols, for money, 6s—for account, GSl—Otnnium4.
Exchequer Bills, 4s. to ss. preen.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.

Bank stock 2291
3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 64 64j
3 per Cent. Cons. 6411
4 per Cent. 81811
5 per Cent. 97

Long Ann. shut 17 15-16ths II
India Bonds, par is. dis.
E% Bills, Ss. 61. pr.
English Tickets, 211. 14.
Cons. for sec.

Paris journals to the Ist inst. have been received.
They contain no report of the kind asserted by some
of our contemporaries, who pretended to have sees
one or more French papers that alluded to a battle in
the Mediterranean. Their contents, which are note
much importance, are given in a preceding column.

Accounts were yesterday received from Portugal.
containing the particulars of the contributiori levied
upon the inhabitants of Lisbon by General Jcsot!...-
The only standard of exaction has been the reptri
property of those who are compelled to pay. The
amount of the contributions is 800,000,000 of reale;
the highest sum imposed upon any individual being
32,000,000, and only one so low as 50,000. The
list contains more than 200 names, with the sums
levied upon each.

Lettcrs received from Plymouth this morning
state, that the Cuckoo schooner had arrived there
from L'Orient, with intelligence that L'Aig
gate, of 56 guns, Captain Wos.n, bad had a very
severe action with two French frigates, of 44 goo
each, off L'Orient. Notwithstanding the great do'
parity of force, L'Aigle forced the French frigates w
sheer off, but was top much cut up in her masts and
rigging to pursue them. L'Aigle had one man Wiwi
and seven wounded. Captain WOLFE, we are sorry
to say, is among the latter.

Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, his MAJESTY held a private
levee at the Queen's Palace, when the following bad
the honour of being presented to his MAJisrr :
Master GEORGE ALLEN, by the Earl of Harcourt, upon
being appointed a Page of Honour to her Majesty.
The bishop of LIMERICK, upon his promotion to tb iri•
shoprick.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE, upon his marriage.
Major-General Co-rrors, upon his promotion.
Lieutenant-General MAXWELL, upon his being appointed Co'
lonel to the 3d Veteran Battalion.
Major-General PAYNE delivered to his MoEsrl
the Order of the Knight of the Bath, worn by de
late Lord LAVINGTON.
MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave at?
-silences to the Cabinet Ministers present. The Dube
of PORTLAND'S audience was the first he has had these
eight weeks past, owing to his Grace having bee!,
severely afflicted with the gout in his stomach,
which he is pow recovered.