Star.
London, England, 1806-12-19 00:00:00

In the beneet or die Trade.

MA. PI Ms PARLIAMENTARY SPEECHES.

This day wee pohMlied,
Dedlewd. by Penn on. to Lard Oat Neitae, and anted by
Conwponkationo from diftingulthed Manton of both Hook*
Perlimient.in Poor Volume., Odtaeo, wise 14 ae. bodes,
AGENUINE and CORRECMD REPORT
at tie SPEECHES of the RIGHT HONOURABLE
WILLIAM PITT, In the HOUSE of COMMONS. from ble
Emmet is Parliament la nit, to the Ode of the Semen la
Sky.
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AMERICA.

NW ORLEANS. SEPT s 3.
We have infinite pleafure in announcing the arri.
val of General Williston at Fort Adams, and that
be was immediately to fet out for Natchitoches, to
take the command of the American troops ilationed
at that important poll.
We are happy to learn that Government have at
length Abed politive orders to repel the\ aggreirons
of oar enemies by force. We have, indeed,fuffered
from them alma! beyond human endurances—their
intrigues to diflutb the repofe of this country-s-their
maintaining poffeflion of our country between the
MilEfippi and the Perdido for upwards of two.years
outragtoui conduet towards our cruisers on
the banks of the Mobile ; theft, and a thoufand other
kriOlitt and intuit., demand infant redrefs. Will the
brrl tartalion of Orleans Volunteers remain at fuch
a time tame (peSatnrs of their countrymen's dangers
and archievemcnrs I Our army, in fat, Rands in
imed of every poiSble reinforcement ; the Spanifir ar-
ivy, et to (peak more corms:lly, the army of the Prince
eif Peace, is much more numerous than ours, ripe.
yin cavalry. If the enemy be forced to real&
the Sabine, he mull be driven fill firther, fnr it
woold be idle to fuffcr him to remain there quietly,
notate received reinforcements from the fouthern
.provioce, Joliet wouldbe &ay furnithed him. The
mate:from Natchitoches to Mexico is clear, plain, and
400, and the country. through which it paffes well
'toiled with cattle and forage ; how far it may be
*wet to purtue the enemy is a <rennin of policy for
Ger Government to decide.
Ocr. 6.—A letter frcm Opilonfas (later, that Go-
sensor Claibourne had jun arrived, and that the
militia were under marching orders. General Wil
Vinton and the Governor molt at the Country of
Rapids. The fir* repaired to Natchitoches, and the
latter I. on his way to New Orleans. A Spit:ilk cot ps
of .siossairong Rill maintains its'pofition at the ba•
low Pierre.

3! i• ~tnosi THI •LIART 0•ZITTI. . 4.y/ •
:The lei ing eireumllanees preceded and attend-
ed,* fatal duel which occurred ea the loth Ottoher,
e Niagara
Mr.-Weekes, a Gentleman from Ireland, who has'
practifed at the Bar of Upper Canada for fume years
patt, had the misfortune not to Rand well with the
tate GOvernor of that province, and was at variance
il,fir OM lateral others, the mil reipeltable Mem-
bers of Afikkidieseiera of GUrersameas. On Monday,
the fish day of Odtober, on the left day of the elfin'
for Niagara, he took the Opportunity, in an argo.
vest from the bar, to ramie, in terms of verj grofs
ioveftive, the memory of the late Governor, and the
itharafters of fevers& of his mon re(peOable friends.
This was patted over by • the judge on the Beach,
without notice. - • •
Mr. Dickfon, alto a Courtfellor at law, Was em
gaged in the fame cattle with Me. Week's, and fol-
lowed him in fupport of the queflion before the Court.
Before concluding, however, lie thought it his boun-
ded duty, as a Gentleman and a Lawyer, to enter his
(henget prole* againft fuck rimier:lath*, laying—
" thathe conceived it wig:ruled in perfonal malice
and malevolence, and that were he Judge on the
Bench, he would not permit filth language to pals
without cenfure." Nothing further paged in Court,
Iffirie was any thing further intended at the time; as
we believe, by either of the partite. Unfortunately,
Mt. 'Medea (pant the following day and night With a
party at a tavern in the country. Circumfiances have
led ns to ramie, that his refentmeat againft Mr.
'Nekton had been roofed by the converfation of this
party ; perhaps Conte hefty promife was then made
to revenge the a(front.
On Wedne(day a man calling hinsfelf Major Hart,
and who had hems a principal perfon on this party,
was fent by Mr. Weeke• with a mcfrage to Mr. Dick.
fon, infilling on his making loch an apology as Mr.
We An might diBate, and that this thauld be read
by him in open Court, or that he fhould give him
latisfa&ion in another way. The firft was pettedly
; but Mr. Dickfon, to prevent recurring
to the alternative, which lie highly difapproved, made
through a friend a propofition to Mr.Weekes, that if
be would fay in the Court the language he made ufe
of on a former day was only to fupport the caufe he
was engaged in, and had nothing perfunal Berardi
the elsarafters there alluded to, that he, Mr. Dick-
fon, would in the fame open manner, declare his for-
row (mislaying milunderflood This being ab-
(Mutely refuted, they ;,greed to meet.
As no gentleman on the one fide could he found
who would afiterate as fecond with Major Hart, he
was let slide, mad Mr. John M,Key went in his place.
D •flor Kett accompanied Mr. Dickfon. They met
on the American fide of the river, near the fort of
Niagara, at, (even o'clock in the morning of Friday,
the sous odolser. At the diaance of about twenty
yards the) tired nearly together. Mr. Weckcs miffed
his aim ; Mr. Diaferts's ball costing through Mr.
Weekes's right ltdc waiftcoat pocket, went quite
through his body. He died about twelve t. clack the
followsng morning ;—his body remained at the fort
of Niagara, where, is two days atter, a Coroner',
loose/It was held, at which this Mr. Hart, who,
though not a fecond, had accompanied Mr. Weekes
to the field, was the principal svidence. A verdiet
has been given by this impel, fummoned on the Ipor
of the occafion. *gerbil the furviving principal, both I
the teconci-, and a young gentleman, a pupil of Mr.
Dtartas, wt.° twat aped tun had crolled the liver I
with him. t

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.
, .
Housz or mime, Dec. sf. -
The LORD CHANCELLOR attendrat
three o'clock this dry, and after Praiers the
Billsop of Noavricti) were read, the certni
gone through"of adminillering the Oaths t 0 foch Peers
as prefented themfelves for the purpnfe.
Among the Peers (worn this day were the Earls of
Hardwicke, Macclesfield, Carysfort; Powis, Effing-
ham, Effex, Belborough s Vikount Lowther, Hood,
Sidmouth t Lords Grenville, Sheffield, Rivers, Grant-
ley. Keith, Somer., Say and Sale, and Spencer
(Marqnis of Blandfnrd).
No other proceeding took place, and at four o'clock
the Houle adjourned till half pall three to-morrow,
in order to afford tome time for farther (wearing in ;
1 and after which his Mijefly's Speech, declariqg the
caufes of affembling Parliament, will be read by the
Lord Chancellor, as Organ of the Lords Commit'.
fioners, appointed to reprefent his Islajelly on the
occafioa.

• HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER came down thia day at one
o'clock, but was unable to make a Houle before half
pall two, from the paucity of the attendance. As form
as he was enabled to take the Chair, feveral Members
were !worn in, and the names of the different coup•
ties being alphabetically called over by the Clerk,
thofe Geßtlemen who had been (worn by the Lord
High Steward, in the Long Calkry, figned their
names in the book, and paid the ufual fees.—At
four o'clock the Monte adjourned till to•morrow.