Star.
London, England, 1807-02-12 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDING&

HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, FEB. it.
Sir EVAN NRPF-AN brought up the Report of the Mat
Committee, to whom was referred the Petition of the Governors
of the Ruyal Navy Afylomi—Referred to a Committee of the
whole Houk to INKIITOVI.
Colonel BULLOCK prefented two Petitions from different
Bodies of Tanners in the County of Mks, againft the Oak Bark
Regulation Bill.—Ordered to lie on the Table.
Mr. ROBSON gave notice, that he thould on Monday next
move for the produetion of certain Papers In the Barrack Dem:-
ment, for Great Britain, Ireland, and the Coionks.
Mr. MANNING gave notice that on tome day previous to the
feecmd reading of the Slave Trade Abolition Bill, he Ibould move
for a Committee of the whole Houk to take into confideration
the expediency of conmenfating the perfons concerned in that
' trade for they loffes they mutt Whin in confequenee of the laid
Bill.
• Lord TEMPLE gave notice, that he would move to-morrow
for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the Pilots on the coats of
England, and particularly thole of the Cinque Ports.
Mr. HOBHOUSE brought up the Report of the Cape of
Good Hope Trade BW. Ordered to be read the third time to•
morrow.
The Barrack Coattniffioners' Bill, and the Irilk Controverted
Elation BW, were read the third time, paled, and ordered to the
Lords.
The SECRETARY at WAR moved to pottpone the confidera.
don of the Mutiny Bill toTuefday fennight.—Ordered.

COMMITTEE ON SINECURE PLACES.
Mr. BIDDULPH role and obferved, that al.
though the Committee appointed yefterday appear.
ed to confift of twenty-two Members, yet in reality
it was not In full as it feemed to be ; for the Member
firft in nomination was hii Majetty's Chancellor of
the Exchequer, who, from the very nature of his
office, and the multiplicity of his avocations, could
not be fuppofed to give his attendance, and therefore
the Committee would be reduced to twenty•one.
When the Committee was nominated yefterday, the
names of one or two Gentlemen, extremely fit to aid
in that enquiry, had efcaped his recolleetion ; and
as fuck a Committee ought to be fully and efficient-
ly attended, he would move for the inclufion of two
names, and firft that of Mr. Ellifon.
Mr. BATHURST declared that he could not
avoid refilling a motion of this nature. The Com-
mittee at prefent confided of twenty-two inftead of
twenty-one, the more tiftial number of Members ;
and, if the pra&lice of adding names toa feted Com-
mittee were to be encouraged by the Houfe acced•
ing to the propofal of adding any name, however
refpeEtable, to a Committee already In numerous as
this was, inftead of felee, they would have alma
General Committees, when they were voted to be
fele& ones, as every other Member• would have an
equal right to propofe the addition of whatever per,
fon they might think particularly qualified to terve
on that Committee then spoken of. If one was to
be propofed in the Read of another, however difa-
greeable it might be to their feelings, Gentlemen
mutt fee that that would be a fair ground of difcul
hon. _ _

Mr. NICHOLSON CALVERT fupported the •
motion on the ground of the probability that Come
of the Members might be a:gent from their duty at
the Conrmittee, and adverted to an inflance where
he had ken only one Hon. Member, Mr. &think
aOing in a committee-room.
Mr. BATHURST explained to the Houfe that
he was at that time engaged in making ablitads from
the flatements which were in the voluminous docu-
ments before the Committee. It would be perfeOly
nugatory for fourteen or fifteen perfons to attempt
to perform fuch a talk. In this he could only enla-
rge that they after' as an affiftant to the Clerk, and
not that he perforated the Committee.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
reminded the Houfe that the committee of Finance,
whole labours were eftectued to be particularly ad-
vantageous to the public, and with whom the Houk
was moft particularly well fatisfied, confifled only of
fifteen Members, and yet now that the plan was
completely defigned before them, when the labour
mull neceffarity have been confiderably decreefed,
the Houle was to be told that twenty-two perfons'
were not equal to the talk. The names had not been
chofen by ballot ; they were each announced Tingly
in an open manner to the Houfe, and were thus the
polled reprefentatives of the whole body of the
Houle. He appealed to the Honfe itfelf, whether
there was any poffibility of there being a Committee
more impartially chofen ? they were a filet-lion of
the men moft eminent for their talent and inderend-
ence within thole walls, and might be faid to h.ve
been culled from every dais of men, except that
clafs to which moil affuredly the Hon. Gentleman
could not think the bell qualified for aFting on a
Committee, fuch as that of which they were then
fpeaking—the dais of placemen he meant. He had
not, for his own part, the fmalleft objtaion to the
Gentleman alluded to being one of the Committee ;
but then his name fhould have been mentioned be-
fore a Committee of twenty-two perfons were alit-
ally chofen by the Honk.
Mr. JOHNSTONE declared, that the Noble
Lord had not fatisfied his mind upon this head.
The former Committee, he agreed with the Noble
Lord in raying, had difcharged their duty in a man-
ner molt highly creditably to themfelves, and bene-
ficial to the fervice of the public. He had no doubt
alto that the prefent Committee were as eminently
qualified as the Noble Lord had defcribed, to per-
form the talk affigned to them with honour and
ability. But Rill he thought it was rather hard that,
after his Hon. Friend had fuggelled the propriety of
adopting a meafure, though he unquellionably was
not fo capable of fupporting it as the Noble Lord
was, and though the Noble Lord entirely concurred"
with him, and fupported him in the main objedit of
his motion, with only Come little variation of terms,
he (till thought it was rather hard that his Hon.
Friend fhould not be allowed to name one perfon for
the Committee. There had been iußances of names
being added to Selea Committees on many former
occafions.
Mr. W. FREEMANTLE alfo bore teftimony to
the refpellability of the names on the prefent lilt ; in
fad he could not fee that it was poffible to felea twen •
ty-two more independent, more capable, or more
honourable men. As to precedent, be did not think
that it was necefrary to be refotted to in filch a cafe
as the prefent ; but even on the fcore of precedent,
he underftood that it was contrary to the eftabliffied
ufage of the Houk to add any names after the corn.
plete appointment of a Finance Committee.
The gallery was then cleared for a divifion, but we
underßand that the motion was withdrawn.
The routine bnfinefs of the day vas then difpofed
of, and the Houk adjourned.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK,
Confola, for time, 6s}}—Reduced 623-omniorn
Exchequer bills, par to la. dif.

In addition to the Bulletins and other Extra& we
were yellerday enabled to lay before our Readers,
from the Dutch and Fret.ch Papers, we this day in.
fen Tome interefling articles.

The article from Lintz, given to-day. and that
from Conliantinople given yellerday, are evidently
of French manufafture, and are calculated to give
a falfe colouring to the prefent (late of Continental
politics.
The unceafing anxiety of the Freaeh to convirc.
Europe of the good underflanding which pleva:l,
between them and the Emperor of Aufttia, asfah,
appears very manila, from the language of the re.
reign Journals under the controul of BONAPARTI.

The Moriteur contains finite animadverfions, in its
aual (Lyle, upon the fpeeches in the Houfe of Cosi.
mons on the &it day of the Sefflon. We have gives
this article at length in our preceding columns.

Yefterday the Royal Family came to town, from
Windfor, at twelve o'clock.

Soon after two o'clock his Welly held a private
Levee at the Queen's Palace, which was attended by
(betides the Cabinet Mindless)

The Lord Chamberlain, the fudge Advocate, the Dash Ant.
baffador, Earl of Carnarvon, Vircount Forbes, Counts D. and C.
Reventhlow, Lords Heathfield and Amberit, General sit George
Nugent, Rev. Mr Hughes, Mars intlers, Fawkner, Mask,
Horfeley, and Garrick•

The following had the honour of being prefented
to his MAIISTY
Sir Groans NUGeNT.OO ble being created a largo, and sp.
pointed to theecommand of the 6th Regiment.
Counts D. and C. RIVENTIILOW, by the Danilb dlnebefrader,
upon their arrival In England from Denmark.
The Rev. Mr. }lunette, upon hie being ele%ed iteGdendwp
Canon at St. Paul'. Cathedral, and being appointed Clerk of his
MalefifeClokt.
WILDS:MI Motet, on his being appointed one of the Enos of
his Majefty's Yeomen of the Guards.

Vircount nazis, upon his coming to his title.
Mr. NATUAN EGRILTON GAiItICIR. upon his being appointed
Lieutenant to the Yeomen of the Guards.

!Weft". LEACU, HART, MARTIN and TRORMON,BRITHIRIR,
upon befog appointed King's Counfel, by the Lord Chancellor.

Mr. THOMAS HORS/Lit, 1313 his befog appointed an Eton to
the Yeomen of the Guards.

I

His Malrsvit held a Privy Council, and gave al,.
diences to the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lords Gaemviscs,
Howtot, H. PETTY, BIDMOUTH, and Mr. BOND, Will,
laid before his MAJESTY the proceedings of feveral
Courts Martial.
At two o'clwck her MAJESTY and the PRINCEffig
vifited the Duke and Duchefs of Yon tc. at thei- honfe
in the Stable-yard, St. James's. Their Royal High.
mires received her MAJ is ry and their Royal Sifters at
the door, and condnaed them into the inlet ior of the
houfe. In a Ilion time after, their Royal Highneffes
agree'ably furptifed her MAJESTY and the PR INC kSSIIS
with a Concert, for the purpofe of their hearing Ma.
dame CATALAN' frog, who fung feveral kings, accost).
panied by Mr. WEISCHELL, Mr. Macon am, and
teveral fele& performers. The PRINCZ of Wat.ss,
Princefs CH ARLOTTI: of WALES, the Dukes of KIM?,
CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, were of the party.—
At half pan four o'ch ck the Royal Party fat down
to a fumptuous dinner.

A little before fix o'clock, her MAJESTY and the
Paracasszs returned to the Queen's Palace.

On Tuefday night, at ten o'clock, a Cabinet Conn.
cil was held at Lord GRENVILLei Houfe, which fat
till near one o'clock yefterday morning.
Yeilerday the Bifhop of Losuow preached at the
Chapel Royal before the Duke of CAMDRIDOE, and a
number of the Nobility.
The decifion of oufe of Lords on the Slave
Trade, has afforde isfaition to the public micd,
fuperior to intelligent e greatel iiitories. It
is, indeed, a glorious • after a long protriEted
and hard fought battle, II the only prejudicet
which have rtfleiled difgrace on our national cha•
railer.

The following Members are returned to ferve in
the prefent Parliament :
Boynton or AILUNDEL—The Right Hon. Charles James Ba-

roe of Letale, in lreland,in the room of Francis join lief/
Efq. who being chofett for that Borough, and alfo for the Bo-
rough of Horlham, has made his el:tlion to terve for Horgtato.
CotINTT or Sussex --The Hon. Charles William Wyndham, of
Petworth, Suffex, in the room of Lieutenant-General Charles
Leiox (now Doted Richmond).
Boatmen or DCNOAKVON.—The Right Min. Lord James Hs•
milton, in the room of the Hon. Geo. Ksoz,who, being chores
for that Borough, and alfo for the University of Dublin, state
his ekdlion to ferve far the University.
We are soppy to hear, that a Commercial Treat/
is now upon the tapis between this country and Rut.
fia, by which the produce of our colonies, notwith.
(landing all the vengeful efforts of Boa etaave, is
likely to have an eztenfive and ready market.
By private letters from the Continent, received b$
the fame vefrel as the late French Bulletins, we learn
that a report is generally circulated, and as genetallf
believed, that the mediation of Auftria had been em.
ployed to procure a peace, upon fome more favours•
ble terms, for the Kiwo of Paussia. It is added.
that Aultria has, in this negotiation, affumed a tone
of vigour which has long been unknown in her
Councils. Baron Viscssr, it is reported, was autho•
rifed to Rate definitively, that the Emperor FRANCIS
fa w the prefent (late of his Polifh fubjees with pa
appreheafion ; and that nothing would fo effeitualif
tranquillize the reciprocal fears of his Majefly and bit
faithful fubjees, as fome proof of the Emperor NW-
Limes moderation, in acceding to the offered nego-
tiation of his PRUSSIAN MAJISTY. It is (aid that
BONAPARTU has thus been reludiantly compelled to
enter upon the difcuffion of an armifiice, on a more
moderate bails than he would otherwife have grew'
ed. We have only to add, that the above flaw
ments have no authority but as reports, and per.
haps probable conjeflures from the prefent Rote of
things.

GENERAL CRANViURD'S

We have the pleafure of announcing the fafe arri-
val at St. Jago, on the 14th of December lafi, of the
expedition under General Czewvuxo. The following
letter from a Gentleman attached to the expedition
is the more gratifying, becanfe we can implicitly rely
on the accuracy of nor Correfpondent

a ISLAND OF ST. JACO, DEC. 28, 28^6.

" It is a chance if this ever reach you ; but I (hall
run the rifle of writing, as the ARGO man of war,
which accidentally came in here a few days ago, will
l'ailto•day on a cruize, and it is probable the may have
the good fortune of forwarding this letter to England.
The expedition under the command of Brigadier
General CRAWFORD left Falmouth on the tzth No-
vember, and arrived here on the 14th inft. The fol-
lowing is a lift of the (]tips of war which accompanied
it, viz.
Ships Guns Commanders
Spencer 74
Ilion Captain STOPFOID, Com-
modore
Thefeus 74 Hon. Capt. Hort
Captain 74 Capt. COCKBURN
Ganges 74 Capt. HALK ZTT
licreide (frigate) 36 CORSET
Paulina ((loop) 18 LUMLCY
Haughty (brig) 16 Lieut. MITCHLLL ; and
The Ant and Jackdaw fchooners.

The following is the force under Brigadier General
CRAWFCRD, VIZ.
6th Dragoon Guards,4 troops, commanded by 1.t.C0l KINCTON
tb Foot aft Batt. D

3
36th Foot
45th Ditto
88th Ditto

PAVI
Ditto BORNS
Ditto GUARD
Ditto Do

'Tr
95th Ditto, or cite corps Ditto, 5 companies 111..j0r M'LCOD.
—Together with two companies of Artillery, a pro-
portion of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Artificers,
and Drivers. The 9th Light Dragoons accompanied
the expedition to this place, and are Rill here.—
They are commanded by the Hon. Colonel MAHON,
who is fenior to, and not under the orders of General
CRAWL/RD. It is thought they will leave us as loon
as Admiral MURRAY joins us.
" We experienced much bad weather in the early
part of the voyage, and feveral of the tranfports
(Whined Tome image, in confequence of running
foul of each other in the night, the waither being
very foggy. The wind was fo unfavourable, that the
fleet did not arrive off Madeira until the sth De
'ember. The Commodore fent off the PAULINA
(loop, and the two fchooners, with two fibre tranf.
ports, for the purpofe of obtaining wine for the fleet,
but there veffels were unfortunately blown off the
ifland, and did not overtake the fleet until a confide-
table time after their arrival here. After Coffering a
revere gale off Madeira from the Northward, the
fleet reached the Wand of Palma early on the yth.—
Here we fell in with the NEREID! frigate, which
had parted from the fleet very early in the voyage.
Off Madeira, the had fallen in with and taken a
Spanifh privateer and a merchantman, the former of
which, being dilmantled by the Captors, was given
up to the prifoners, who were allowed to depart—
the other has fince been brought in here ; fhe is lad=
with provifions.
Previoufly to the landing of any part of the fleet
the General made the mc,ft prudent arrangement
with the Governor of this place, refpeeling the regu-
lar eflablifirment of a market, and the mull effeetual
means of obtaining refreflunents for the navy and
army. In confequence of which there has been the
moft plentiful fupply of all forts of provifions, fruit,
&c. which the ifland affords, though not at a very
reafonable rate. The Governor has been exceflively
attentive to the troops. To prevent aft rize of the
fleet by an enemy's fquadron, the Gen al thought
it prudent to ere& a battery of four 24 pounders, on
the well point of the Bay of Porto Praya, which is
capable of raking valets coming into the Bay.
" We are perfeCtly ignorant where we are yet def.
tined. We are wearied with conjeaure. The fleet
is completely watered, and we are now only waiting
for the arrival of Admiral Mortsar, who is daily
expeeted."

Advices were ais day received in town, Hating,
that the above expedition failed from St. Jago on
the itth January, fuppofed to be going round Cape
Horn. The (hips bound to Buenos Ayres left them
on the 2d of January.

The Atlas, Lino Etc, arrive.] at Portfmouth nn
Monday, from Oporto. Capt. LIDDEL I. reports that
he failed with a fleet, under convoy of the Nemelis
frigate and Richmond gun brig, on the 27th ult. con-
ning of 53 fail, one of wt,ich, a Newfoundland
114, name unknown, was totally loft on the Bar. The
Atlas parted in a gale of wind the following day.

The Providence, of Swanfea, JhN/CINS mailer, was
loft in a violent ilotm on Thurfday, the 22d ult. near
Fiffiguard, The crew of the unfortunate relic!,
prevented by the fury of the tempell from landing in
their boats, were hauled on fhore by means c f ropes,
in which generoui work mr•ny highly refpeclable
perfuns afiified, fome of whom plunged up to their
necks in the fea.

The Prince Edward, —, from New Brunfwick
for Berwick, is put into Newfoundland in (Ethel's.
The Flora, Captain SIMPSON, bound from Mon-
tr)fe, t.) London, is pot into Hull leaky.
The Ifahella, GREEN, fr"m Greenock for Jamaica,
is put into Millhrd with damage, having itiuck on
the Tufker Rocks.

An American vciftl, fr-m London for Leghorn,
has ben captured by a Spanith privateer, under the
Bleckaaing AEI, and carried into Ferrol.

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 9.--Arrived hii Majeßy's (Lips
SWALLOW, PICKLE, SCORPION, PLOVER, and the
Cuckoo, from a cruite, and remain With his Mijef-
ty's Chips Plantagenet and Champion. Wind W.S.W.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. q.—Arrived the Portuguefe
fchooner Rio Douro, M. F. Dos REIBS, Mailer,
from Amflerdam, bound to Oporto, laden with iron,
cheefe, &c. pu, in to be repaired. Alfo, the Daniflt
bark, Three Brothers, Halts BLocr, Master, from
Barcelona, laden with wine, &c. put in for orders.
—Sailed the Lady Warren, armed (hip, on a cruize ;
and the Harlequin, armed (hip, with a fleet of coati.
ers, to the Eatiward.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 10 —Sailed three tranfports
for Cowes, to take in treop's for the Mediterranean.
Wind W. N. W.

FEB. I t.—Arrived his Alijelly's (hips INCONSTANT
from a cruize ;—CAPTAIN and GANGES from the
Cape de Verdi. Wind S. W. fqually.
DEAL, FEB. to.—Sailed the OTTE! (loop of war
on a cruize. Wind W. moderate weather.
FEBRUARY I I.—Came down the Honourable Eaff
India Company's fhip City of London, Captain
YATES, bound to the Eaft Indies, from the River;
DEFENCE man of war, and the Avox fluop of war,
from Sheernefi. Arrived his Majetty's !hip CH►t..
LENG a, from off Havre: in the late gales the fprung
her bowfprit and carried away her topmaft ; alfo the
NEMESIS frigate, from Portugal, with a fleet under
convoy, which are failed for the River and the North.
ward ; among them are the Whim, Forbes; Juno,
Hay; Lively, Gibfon; Wallington, Brown; and the
Jennys, Mickle ; Mentor, Chriflie ; Oporto, Carey;
Acorn, Chriftell ; Mentor, Wyburn ; and the Bri-
tannia, Douglas. Wind S.W. fqually, with rain. •
Dos's a, FEB. IL—Paired by here this morning the
(hip Santa Maria, Capt. GoNSALVES, from Buenos
Ayres, bound to London; a great many letters were
landed from her, but we do not hear the has brought
any particular intelligence. This day his Majefly's
Ails NEMESIS, with a convoy from Oporto, paired
by for the River. The fhip Louifa, Capt. CRITCHETT,
of Pool, and the brig Cora, Capt. Chatty, of Yar-
mouth, both from Oporto, with wine, for this port,
ate arrived in the harbour. Wind W. S. W.

CORK, JAN. 3o—The Sally, MORTIM RR, which
was captured by a French privateer, and retaken by
the Alcmene, and arrived at Pad(low, fell in witl
the outward bound convoy three days after their fail
ing from this port ; they had then got zoo miles to
the fouthward.

CR ERNOCR, FEB. 9.—The Mary, FOSTER,
here yellerday horn Newfoundland, after a paffage
of eighteen days; the fprung a leak on Tuefday laft,
when part of the cargo was obliged to be thrown
overboard. Capt. F. !poke no vac's on the palrage.
The William, Rs paffed yefierday for Port Glaf
gow, from Halifas, after a pairage of twenty four
days.—Among the veffels in our Sailings of Satur-
day, the following returned yeflerday to the Tail of
the Bank, viz. Britannia, Boac ; Lucretia, M GR E.
GOR ; William, M'LSA ; and the Canada, CAMP-
BELL. The Liverpool, BANNER ; 0:1PR Branch, An•
DERSON ; Ifabella, CURRIR ; and the Augufla, MAC
Nam, have put into Gourock Bay. The Herald,
MiKsssoca, has put into Rothefay Bay. The night
being thick, and the wind fpringing up fiom the
Well, the Elizabeth, Ga tr. ; Hopewell, CAME- IDLE;
and Marian, EWING, get a-ground near the Point at
Towart.

HALF PAST SIGHT O'CLIICIC, A. M.—The Eliza-
beth, GALr, and Marian, EWING, got off during
the night. The former is tiding off Kelly Burn,
with the lofs of her rudder, and the latter has come
to at the Tail of the Bank, with but little damage.