Star.
London, England, 1813-11-17 00:00:00

HOUSE. OF COMMONS.

Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW presented a Position front re-,..,
Masters mad Artificers in Bath, praying the Repeal of the Sth
Ordered to lie on the table.
The Honourable Member then presented another Pe•klo-i
from certain Electors in the Cour.ty of Galway, naiiist the chi..
slog of the Committee of that House, appointing the siu.og
Member for the said County.—Ordered to lie on the rabic, at
to be taken into consideration on Tuesday the 15th February %et

MILITIA FORCE BILL. '
Lord CASTLEREAGH moved that the When no the P
port of this Bill should be postponed till to•morrow (this may;.
SUBSIDY THEArths..
Lord CASTLEREAGH intimated his intention of taking in
consideration to-morrow (this day) the Supplementary Cowie
/ions concluded by Great Britain with Austria, Prussi:‘,
Russia, and which had been laid before tlar Home sobsequer.
to the original Trooties, the consideration of which wood :
that day.

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Mr. LWSHINGTON broutkt up the Report of the Corett.• •
of Supply, the several Resoluttoris of which were agreed to.
COXIAIITTEII OF WAYS AND 34EiNg.
Mr. LUSHINGTON at. brought up the Report of the ZIOYU.
Committee R the __eio'utior.s of "Flea were likewise agreed
The Malt sod Pen,kut Duty Bills Rerc rm. a second time.

The Local Tokens Bill was rea i a third time and passed.
Tbs Annual indemnity Nil was cousin iltel.—.l‘ etwrt to be re.
ceived to-morrow.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' RILL.

Mr. LOCKHART presented a Pitition from cer.
tain Insolveet Debtors in the King's Bench, com-
plaining of the delay which had Liken place in carry-
i ig into effect the Insolvent Act of last Session, and
in consequence of which delay they had sustained
many hat dsl.ips. The Hdrrourable Member proceed, d
to observe, that every motive which had induced the
Legislature
.last Session to pass the Act in qtrestiot,
ought now to induce them to take its deti:iencies
immediate consideration. Though he ( Mr. Lockhart;
was a determined enemy to all Insolvent Acts in the. 7
principle, as tending to hold nut temptations to prac-
tice k valley of frauds which were, inlet), the ais.
• grace of the country, yet, as they had passed an Act
for the relief of debtirs, they certainly ought to take
the necessary steps f,:r rendering.that Act as efficient
las possible. For that reason, and also because the
delays already experienced, at, well as those that must
inevitably attend upon executinn the provisions of the
Act in question from the numerous individuals who
would claim under it, delays really injurious to those
persons whose relief the Legislature contemplated,
he should, unless he saw a disposition to do it in an.
other place, propose on an early day to &legate to
the Courts of Quarter Sessions a concurrent jurisdic.
tion for hearing and discharging insolvent easel,
leaving the disposal of the debtors' property to the
Commissioner appointed under thE Act.—The Peti-
tion was then ordered to lie on the tale.
ACT Of TUE FIFTH ELIZASETI'. •
Mr. PROTHEROE presented a Petition from
certain Masters and Artificers of Bristol, praying the
House against the repeal of the above Act. The
Hon. Member expressed his opinion, that it would be
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prudent in the House, before they proceeded to act
upon the representations of those who were adverse to
the Apprentice system, to hear evidence on the other
side.. He wished, therefore, to know, from the Hon.
and Learned Serjeant whom he saw in his place, whe-
Cher it was his intention to propose any Committee?
Mr.-Serjeant ONSLOW said, he certainly did not
intend to propose any Committee. In what he had
done he had acted entirely from himself, and not un-
der instructions from any person or persons whatever.
Some little conversation ensued further, in elle
course of which Mr. Serjeant Wu-ow said, it was
not his intention to press his measure with precipita-
tion. If the House permitted him to bring in his
Bill, he did not mean to move for the second reading
till after the recess.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed
of, when the House adjourned.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1813.

I The Lady Wellington packet has arrived at Fal-
mouth from Halifax in fourteen days, bringing New.
York Papers to the 15th, Boston► Papers to the 21st,
and Halifax Papers to the Slat ult. By this pac-
ket we have intelligence from the seat of war in
Canada, more recent than any yet received. The
Americans, under General HARRISON, have taken
possession of Fort Malden, but not in consequence of
any rencontre with the British force. General Psoc-
TOR and his brave little army had previously retired
in the best possible order.
We stated the comparative force of the American
and British troops yesterday, and, with such a nume•
rical superiority as the Americans have (ten to one)
at that particular point, it would have been madness
to have retained Malden.

On the 28th SepteMber there was a severe engage.
ment on Lake Ontario, between the hostile fleets,
under Sir JAMES Yzo and Commodore CHAUNCEY.
The Americans claim a victory : from their own
statement, however, it appears that it was a drawn
battle. There has also been another desperate naval
engagement, between an American and a British
armed vessel.—The Saratoga American privateer has
taken a British packet, after a desperate engagement.
The detail will be found among our Naval Intelli-
gence. The following are extracts from the above
Papers :
NEW-YORK NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, OCT. 14.