Star.
London, England, 1802-04-09 00:00:00

POOR BILL.

SI mto moved— the Houfe to refolve itfelf
into a Committee on the Poor Regulation Bill.
Mr. OSBORNE after fome obfervations on the
fe vet ity of the ia of James 11. which gave power
to a hlagiftrate to commit a woman to prifon for
twelve months, who fhould have a bollard, and be
incapable of maintaining it, moved that it fhould
be an inftruaion to the faid Committee to receive
a claufe to limit the term of this imprifonment to
three months.
Sir R. Borrox confidered the law altogether
rather unfair, for it was only enforced againft poor
women. He fhould recommend to the Hon. Gen-
tleman to propofe a claufe to fubjee all women who
Mould have bollards to the fame term of imprifon-
ment.

,Mr. SIMEON oppored the chute as not within
the precincts of the Bill, but rather advifed the
Hon. Gentleman to bring forward a diflina mea•
Cure for the purpofe, of which he did not dif-
approve.
Lord SHEFFIELD raid, the law of James the Se-
cond had never been ailed upon but in extreme
cafes, and that it was a ufeful terror to •icious
women. He therefore would refill the Hon. Gen-
tleman's motion. _ _

The motion was negatived without a divifion;
the Houfe went into a Committee on the Bill, in
which a converfation took place between Mr. St-
Mow, Mr. Srukcess, Sir W. Mit.awl, and Mr.
Dickens, the refolutions, with a claufe added
relative to adjudged baflards, were agreed to.—
The Houfe refumed ; the report was received, and
ordered to be taken into further confideration on
Thurfday the 6th of May.—Adjourned.

LONDON.

PRIDAY, APRIL g.

TRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :

3 pa C. Cour. money._76ll—for April account, 7611—.
for May account 771.
4pa Cont. poi—New 5 per C. zosl es. fir.—Reduced
Omntion 311 4 prem.

TRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
NMI Steck 1951 195 S per Cent.l797 icslf
3 ptr Ct. Stet 75 741 7344 Long Aar. att. 7-16
3 per Ct. Conf. 76 731 Imp. 3 per Ccnt. 7411
4pa can. 90 39} 9q Imp. Ann. 12 13-x6 17-16
3pa C. Ann. sos zoo} 1031 ConE for April ace. 761

This day we received Paris journals to the gth
inftant inclufive. Their contents are not of much
moment.—Trer, Costfok& 56 f. 25 e. _

Lail night arrived a Mail from Hamburgh.
In the preceding Columns we have given feve.
ral extra& from the Foreign Journals.
The Convention concluded on the 17th of lall
June, between Raffia and England, and the fepa-
rate articles figned on the zoth of Oflober, at Mof.
cow, with the AR of Acceffion of Denmark, have
been poblifhed at Copenhagen. The feparate ar-
ticles, which relate to the legal proceedings in re-
gard to prizes, and have not yet been made known
in the public papers, are as follow :

a It having been refolvtd, by the gth Article of
the Convention, concluded on the I 7th of June,
18ot, between his IM►ERIAL MAJESTY of Russt•
and his Bailin MAJESTY, that both the high con-
trating powers should mutually agree upon cer-
tain feparate articles for the eftablifhing of thofe
Rules and Principles, which are to be followed
with a view to promote a fpeedy decifmn in refpea
to prizes made in the open fea, as well as with re-
(pea to the indemnification which is due to the
Proprietors of neutral Mips and cargoes, in cafe
of a groundlefs detention :—Their M•JKSTtashave
for that purpofe named and veiled with full power;
his Imperial Majefty of Ruflia, A zeXAMDIR, Prince
KURAK IN, his Vice-Chancellor, &c. and Vicroz