Star.
London, England, 1802-05-12 00:00:00

100 All.

The Houfe in a Committee on the Sugar rrawbaek Bill,
adopted a refolution propofed by Mr. VA NSI ,that when
the average price of refined fugar mould be under 435. per cwt.
a boorty of is per cwt. mould he allowed on the exportation
thereof from Great Britain, and that when ms. a bounty of as.
per cwt. mould be allowed. There refolutions were extended
to refined fugar exported from Ireland.

ILVACR MEDICINES.
The Houfe in a Committee on the Medicine Doty Adt,
agreed to a new kale of Duties on Medicines, and t' a refulu-
don that the venders of Medicines in Leedom, Victtminiter,
Southwark. and within the !knits of the Two-penny NA, and
twenty miles thereof, mould pay for a licence cc& per annum;
venders in all other places to pay only ice.
The Report was ordttal to be received to-morrow.
DEFINITIVE TREATY.

Lord HAWIEESSURY moved, that the Order of
the Day for taking into confideration the Defini.
five Treaty of Peace tbould be difcharged, in order
that it might be appointed for Thurfday. His
reafons for withing to delay tie debate upon the
general quefiion of Peace was, becaufe an Hon.
and Learned Member (Dr. Lawrence) had given
notice of his intention of bringing forward on this
day a previous motion for Papers relative to the
Claims of France and Holland in the EaR Indies;
that previous motion the Hon. Member had agreed
to poßpone till to-morrow, in confequence of its
being perfonally inconvenient to feveral Gentlemen
to attend to-day; and as it might be neceffary that
his motion be difcutkd before the quellion of the
Definitive Treaty, it was but reafonable the latter
Mould be appointed a day later.
Lord Timms obferved, that a motion of an
Hon. Friend of his Rood for Thurfday.
Mr. Gm was of opinion there ought to be al-
lowed at !call an interval of one day for the Houfe
to confider the Papers intended to be moved for,
and he fuggefled the propriety of poitponing the
debate on the Definitive Treaty till Frid;y.

Lord HAWKISBUIY Paid, lie was aniions to
have the fubjeft difcuffed as loon as pollible, anti
he. could not content to protraet it beyond Thurf
day.
Mr. Dr YT thought even Friday too early a day.
He moved an amendment, that the word Mon
day" fhould be fubltituted for Thuriday.
Central MAITLAND WaS of opinion, that it was
ii;tiortant to the tranquillity of the public, that
the ger.eral quellion fhould be difpofed of as earl)
15 pt frible. He cenfured the condita of thott
Mt mber. who availed then-Selves of motions for
papers to make fpeeches which they knew could no•
regi,laey be anfwered.
Mr. GRi v infified that it was of the highe ft pub
lie confequence that the q'ieftion of a Treaty of
Peace, the molt important that had ever been

made, Mould be thoroughly tmderttood ant
brought fully before Parliament.
Lord HAWRISBURY, General MAITLAND, and
Dr. Uwe E CIF feverally explained.
Mr. BRAGG' faid. chit the debates which bad
been introduced upon motions for papers were cal-
culated to alarm the country, it was therefore ne-
ceffary the whole queftion should be brought &illy
to iffue, that the people might know in what fitu-
ation the country flood.
Mr. Sit Litman Paid, there was more contention
about the day than the matter required. He
thought if papers were granted in purfuance of the
motion of the Hon. and Learned Member. the
Honfe would require time in order to look into the
information.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was of opinion, that
the objea of the Hon. Gentleman, who had ta-
nked lo many intermediate debates, was delay—
they had been gloated by a defire not fo much of
moving for papers as of making fpeethes. He
confetied, however, that in the fentiment which
induced them to do fo, he recognized a deal of
Bran feeling.
After force further converfation between Mr.
Witinoast, Mr. ELLISON, and Mr. ALEXANDER,
Mr. DENT agreed to withdraw his motion.
Mr.SH situate then moved an amendment, tub.
aiming the word Friday.
Lord Tamt'LE feconded it.

Lord HAWILISBURY laid, it would be attended
with lesions inconvenience to pollpone the day.
Dr. LAWRENCE, Mr. JON is, and General Gas.
COIGNE laid a few words; after which the Houle
divided upon Mr. Sheridan's amendment.
Ayes 23—Noes 75—Majority 52.
The conlaLration of the Definitive Treaty (lands
of courfe for Thurfday.

HormintAs, ITC!

General GA scoicsE role, purfuant to notice, to
move for certain information relative to the Deli-
nitive Treaty, with i-efped to the right of the fut.-
jeds of this country to cut wood, &c. in the Bay
of Honduras. He Paid he underilood that the
Spaniards had conceived that right to be given up
lby the Treaty of Peace, and of courfe that their
opinion was very different to that which Minillers
had explained to the hook. Upon this point he
thought the fulleft information ought to be laid
before the Houk, but the point upon which he
principally dwelt, was the omiffion in the Defini-
tive Treaty, of any Ripulation to fecure to Britifh
Settlers in the islands to be ceded, the right of re-
moving their property, notwithilanding the num-
ber of memorials which in the cootie of the nego-
ciationhad been prefented to the Noble Secretary
of State, of the amount of Britith capital vetted ini
their eftablifitments—not Ids, he was well alFured,
than ten millions ; though their fettlements were
for the moll part known to have trebled in pro-
iluee, during the years 1799, 1800, and act,
through the exertions of British indullry. Having
defcanted at confiderable length on the confequence
of allowing to much Britifh property to fall into
the hands of our great commercial rivals, and on
the fevere treatment of the merchants, who would
now be obliged to conlign their produce to French
merchants, inflead of their own countrymen, if
they could prevail on themfelves to remain in
eftabliihments from which they would not be fuf-
fered to remove their effeds ; for their negroes
particularly mull, by the laws of France, remain
attached to the foil. He Paid it was his intention
on a future occafion, to bring forward a propofi-
lion for the relief of there merchants. He remark-
ed on this omillion as a deviation from the prac-
tice in all former treaties, efpecially thofe of 1 763
aid 1783 ; when the cafe of our merchants in fi-
milar circumllances was carefully provided for.—
He concluded with moving, That an Addrefs be
prefented to his Majelly, praying that there be
laid before the Houfe an account of any explana-
tions that may have taken place between our Go-
vernment, and the French and Batavian Govern.
ments, refpeding the removal or transfer of Britifh
property belonging to any efiablilhments in the
Wands, Colonies, and Settlements, which his Ma-
jelly has engaged by the Treaty of Peace to rellore
to theie Governments. The Hon. Member added,
that if it ihould be Aced what good could refult
fiorn now enquiring into this bufinels he should
fay, that it was not yet too late to obtain relief for
the merchants interefted.

Lord HAWIIESIIIIRY oppofed the motion as un-
ufual in its nature. It called for explanations of
what had occurred in the progress ola negotiation
which was now brought to an iffue—an explana-
tion which it would be improper to grant, if not
imptable filtisfaaorily to (tate' unlefs other parts
of the reprefentations of our Ambaffador, upon
which great ftrefs might have been laid, were
coupled with it ; and it was to be conlidered, that
many of thole communications were made under
an implied obligation of fecrecy, to violate which
might be dangerous to the confequences of Peace.
It was undoubtedly true, that many reprefcnta
lions had been made to inifters upon this fubjeCt,
and that endeavours had been made to procure
the heft arrangement for our merchants, the refuk
ofthefe endeavours were on the table, in the Treaty
of Peace, and it would be for the Houfe to judge
of it. With refpeel to the claims of there fettlers
for relief, it mull be conlidered that thofe in the
Dtitch Colonies had, for the molt part, veiled their
property in thofe Colonies long before the war.—
[he cafe was fomewhat different in regard to fuch
as had fettled in any places to be furrendered fence
:hole places had come into our poffetlion—but it
muff be taken ,into account, that even theft per-
ions had embarked their capital on mere fpecula-
,ion, aware of all the rifle in Colonies which had
been juft captured, and which they could not by
any •means be fzeured of having annexed to this
country, in the conditions of Peace—the pretel;
:ions of loch fpeculators to relief from Parliamen:
:le thought flood evidently onvery different grounds
from thofe on which fettlers in our ancint Britilh
poffeffions would refl.
Dr. LAW a ENCE conceived the motion merely ti
reek for any agreement which the contracting par
-ies might have entered into on this importan
lubjea. This intiirmation could, in his opinion, hi
furnilled without the danger apprehended by the
Noble Secretary of State ; and it was neceirary,

in osier to fatisfy the merchants, and to enable the
Howe to judge fairly of the merits of the peace.
Mr. Windham, Mr. Grenville, awd Mr. Baker
.fpoke in favour of the motion. Mr. Vanfittart and
Mr. Harcourt againft it. It was negatived with-
out a divifion.
General GASCOIGNZ then moved " for Copies
of the Memorials and Petitions prefented to Go-
vernment on this fubjcEi." This motion was fup.
ported by Mr. Windham, Dr. Lawrence, Mr.
Grenville, Mr. W. Wynne, and Lord Temple,
lon the ground that it would futon the Houfe
with a full account of the lofs which Brit& mer-
chants were likely to fuftain by the omiffion com-
plained of in the Definitive Treaty.
Lord Hawkefbury, Mr. Bragge, the Secretary
at War, the Attorney General, and Mr. Vanftt-
tart, argued that the papers applied for were un-
ncceffai y, becaufe the lofs complained of by the
memorialifts was admitted, and becaufe as they
were the ftatements of interefted perfons, they
could not be documents upon which the Houk
would rely in the way of evidence, or upon which
they would pound any proceedings.
The motion was negatived.—General Gas-
COIGNE next moved for an account of the quan-
tity and value (Wall mahogany, log wood, and other
dying woods imported into Great Britain from the
year 1787 to the year 18or, diftinguifiting each
year and the place from which the fame had been
imported." Alfo '6 an account of the quantity
and value of gum Senegal, cam-wood, ebony, and
red wood imported from Africa during the years
1790, 91, 92, and 93, diltinguilhing each year,
&c."—Ordcred.

The Hon. Gentleman alfo moved for a ftate-
mcnt of any information which his Majefty's Go-
vernment may have received of prohibitions affec-
ting the trade or navigation of this Country with
iliac powers with whom we have jull concluded a
Treaty of Peace—impofed fince the tigning of
the Preliminary articles. The Hon. Member ad-
ded, that his objet was to have information offi-
cially laid before the Houfe of thofe proceedings
which were quite notorious.
Lord HAWK ESBORY raid, that his only objection
to this motion was, that there was not in fad any
office in this Country from which the information
fought for by the Hon. Member could be obtain.
ed. Government had heard fomething of the
proceedings alluded to, but had had no official in-
telligence ; for it was to be obferved that we had
as yet eftablifhed no regular agency in the coun-
tries with which we had lately been at war. The
motion was rejected.—Adjourned.

I.ONDON.