Star.
London, England, 1805-01-30 00:00:00

MIDDLESFJE kLECTInN.

Lord MA R S tf A M role, in purfuance of notice, to
faLmit to the 1 de a motion for fixing a day on
which to hear, at the Bar, Sir William Rawlins, and
R•rbert Albi n Cr.x, Eft!. the Sheriffs of London and
.Middlefex, in 18:4, relpeaing whole return of a
ICnidit of the Shire for Middlefex, a Committee of
the 'inure made, !alt year, a arong report. The
Clerk having read at the table feveral precedents of
the proceeding.;..,f the Huufe in fimilar cafes, the
Nwhle Lord olrferved, that it was his intention to
f ond motion: 0..1 an the precedents which had been
jor. read, exec 1,1 e. This was that of the pra6lice
of.. amininy Ivi.riefies at the Bar. The other three—
Ili: Thai of ti.:: entering into a refolution be
co"*: *oil< its ‘iiftlorn, ill the merits of the Report of
the',l, nimit•t-e. e ordering R. A. Cox, Efq.
z.i. N ilv•lnt eau to the Bar, to be heard by
thwoalves or tiAsir Couttfort; and, ply, That they

be ferved with copies of the charges againit them.
With refpe& to the hearing evidence at the Bar, he
did not deem that necellary; the evidence given be
fore the Committee having been given upon oath :
the Members of that Committee thensfelves, having
likewife made their report in the molt folemn man-
ner. If the witneffes were examined;at the Bar, no in-
formation could be got btu what was obtainzd by the
Committee ; and he underftood, that both in regard
to this, and to the fixing the healing for Friday, the
Firft of February next, were perfedly agreeable to
the Gentlemen concerned. There was a precedent
of recent occurrence for not hearing evidence ; and
in the cafe to which he alluded, which was that of
Colonel Cawthorne, the Houfe came to a well-known
decition. In that cafe, there was not In conch:five
evidence before the Houfe as in the prefent ; at leaft
it was the evidence of witnefles at a Court Martial,
whole teftimony was never given on oath. As, there-
fore, delay would be avoided, by the Houfe going
into the cafe, without the examination of witpefles
at the Bar; tince there was a precedent; fine the
parties were fatisfied with the courfe of proceeding
he had intimated, he Ihould move
" That the Report of the Committee on :he Middlefex Eledtion
in 1802, be taken into conlidcration ou Friday. the nth of Fe-
bruary next, and that the charges therein contained, againft Sir W.
Rawlins, and R. A Cox, Efq be !ward at the Dar.
" That Sir W. Rawline, and R. A. Coz, kfq. be ordered to
attend. _ . .

" That Copies of the Charges againft them be (crvcd henceforth
on thofe parties."
The SPEAKER obferved, that although the No-
ble Lord had fignified his intention not to examine
evidence at the bar, yet it was the praeice to do fo ;
and in the cafe of Great Grimfby, to which the pre-
cedents referred, it took place. Every thing that re-
lated to the privileges of the Houle, was fo impor-
tant, that he had thought it his duty to make thefe
übfervationb ; to whi:ll he fhould only add, that it
would be open to any Member to move for evidence
at the bar, if, in the progrefs of difemfiion, he ilionld
think fit. The departure which had taken place from
the ufual courfe of proceeding, was the occation of
thefe remarks. _ _ _ _ _

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Mr. FRANCIS role to ail:, for information fake,
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for what pnrpofe the bolinefs was at all brought be-
fore the Houfe for contideratiou, if evidence was not
to be examined; or upon what quation the Houle
was called on to decide ? If the ful-,jet was not to be
invefligated at the bar, the Hnuie would have no-
thing left to do but to adopt the ophlion and seccm-
mendatiou of the Committee ; and diet:: could be no
ufe fr.r the hearing of Courfcl. but he trullcci this
meafure would be differently co,-.:idered ; for if the
courfc propofed by the Noble Lord were followed, it
did not appear to him that any queftion would re-
main for the difcretion of the Houle.

Lord MARSHAM hated, in reply to the Hon.
Gentleman, that the quelii.m brought before the
Houk for confederation was this, witether, from the
whole body of et idence contained in the printed Re-
port on the table, and which comprehended the fnl-
left information on both fides of the cafe, the Cort.-
mittee was jullified in the inference they made, and in
the opinion they had pronounced upon the parties
accufed, and alfo whether any pr .cceding Should be
initituted grounded on fuel' ophtion ? The Noble
Lord repeated his objefftions to the farther examina-
tion of evidence.
Alter tome farther obfervations from the Speaker,
the motions, defer ibed by Lord Isl.:Jß:am in his open-
ing, were put and agreed to.
IRISH OFFICERS. &C,

Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON gave notice
that he wculd on Friday move for the produdi,,n cf
certain papers, the nature of which he was not then
prepared precifely to defcribe ; but that they would
relate to the fubjeft to which he had in the courfe of
the IA &Ilion' taken occafion to call the attention
of the Honfe—namely, the payment at Par in this
Country of; bah Penfions, and Salaries to La
Uthcers, &c.—Adjourned till Thntiday.

LONDON.

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In will be Peen in our Parliamentary Report, that
the bufinefs of the Middlefex Petition Rands over un.
til Friday in the Houfe of Commons; and that the
debate upon the Spanifla Papers is poilponed in the
Houfe of Lords until Thuifday fe'nnight, for the fame
reafon that hes cattle(' its a:lout-meat in the other
Houfe.

Several cf the Officers, who have employment in
the Grand Expedition, which has been foam weeks
in preparation, received orders, yefierday, to leave
town for Pottf:nouth and Southampton.

Yefierday we received American papers to the 23d
ult.—An article from Martinique flaws, that the Em-
perm. BONAPARTE h.►J been proclaimed in that Co-
lony, and the Conflituted Authorities had taken the
oaths of allegiance to their ne•.v matter. The troops
were drawn up in the public fquare—when the Em-
peror was proclaimed ; but one of the battalions in
(lead of "Long Live the Empero► .1" crled "Log live
t...e Republic !"

Yeflerday morning at half pall nine o'clock, the
Royal Family ;Fit Windfc.r : 116 MAI FSTY flopped at
Kew and dined. He arrived at the Queen's Houle
at a quarter before Lor. The QUEEN and PAlN-
cassts arrived at noon.
Yelterday morning the Printers SOPHIA of GLOLI•
CUTER vifited the QUEEN and PRINCESSES.
Both Sir W. RAWLINS, and Mr. It. A. Cox, were
in ;he gallery of the Honk of Commons yetlerday,
during the Awn converfation on Lord Mazstr4r.-.'2
motion. _ _

RALPH ALLEN DANIALL Efq. a-Truro, was of
Wednaday Lea eleaed a Member of Paihamenalor
[ht Borough of iNrcit Loot. - •