Star.
London, England, 1802-12-22 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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and poffibly it might require a connderable dea!
Qf amendment to render it fuch a bill as it became
the dignity :Ind honour of their Lordfhips to give
their fandion to. He promfcd that. in the Corn.
mittee he would earneflly apply hirrifelf to afro,
to the utmolt of his power, to add what fhoold
pear to be wanting to make it a fafe and faluttry
bill, and he intreated every Noble Lord prefert
concur and co-operate with him in endeavourin}.
faithfully to difcharge fo urgent an aft of thci:
duty as Legiflators.
The bill was read a fccond time, and commit.
ted to a Committee of the whole Honk tomorrow.
eac All the other bills on the Table pail;fd A flage
h.—Adjourned.

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The ir:fh Sugar Drawback Bill was read a third time, a. paired ; Alfo the hilt Provifion Importation Bill.
Mr. VANSITTART moved for leave to bring in a n:lt it ) :D.. point Conimillioners to fuperintend the Execution of the Pt.ii and Penton, &c. 'Pax Pill.—Graatcd.
Mr. CORRY, after a few prefatory obfervatians, movc,f f,
the produtiou of the following Accounts;__
An Account of the Ordinary Revenue, and the Pyi-7-iiiirdt.
nary Refources conftituting the Public Income of 11-4,7nd,troz
the 25th of March 1799, to the sth of January, it.tc".
Alfo an Account of a fimilar nature, from the 25th of \ Tore%
1800, to the sth of January, 180 x; and front
March, 18or, to the Bth of January, 18e2.—Ordered to
laid upon the Table.
Mr. CORBY neat moved, That there be laid before the Hour,:
a Lift of the Officers whofe Accounts have been audited by the
Comtniffioners for Auditing the Public Accounts of !retain!.
Alfo a Lift of the Perfons aczountable before the Conir:ll.
Boners for the Expenditure of Money entrulled to them on ac.
count of the Extraordinary Seriices of Ireiand.—OrderLd to
lic upon the

A Petition was prefented for enlarging the Burial Ground of
St. Pancras. Ordered to lie on the Table.
The A r TORN F.Y GE.NFR A I. Wifhed toprefentaPrtitiot in
behalf of John Williams, Efq. or his agent, praying for the time
to be enlarged for his providing his furcties, and enter in..; into
his recognizance, in order to follow up thc Petition which has
been given in in his name, complaining of an undue eh dion for
the Borough of Tregony, in Cornwall. The Petition fet font'
that it was only on Saturday laft, thc 18th inft. that inftrue-
tions were received by the Agent of the Petitioners to provnle
two Gentlemen to be his fureties and that the Gentlemen
who were intended to be brought forward in chat capacity
could not be informed of that intention in time to appear with-
in the period preferibed by the Ad to that circa. In every
other refpeet the Petitioner had done every thing in his power
to conform ttridly to the Aet : and his prayer uow was, that
the Houfe would confent to enlarge the time for his completing
his recognizance till Monday next.
The Petition was then brought up ; and, upon the Tidbit;
being put, that the prayer of the Petition be acceded to,
Mr. BR.A.GGE reminded the Houfe how ftriet
and vigilant they fhould be in adhering to the
As of Mr. Grenville. In the prefent cafe no
fpecial reafon was adduced by the Petitionei, why
the proVitions of the /la could not be complied
with. It only appeared, that his Agent received
initrations too late to be enabled to apprife and
bring forward the two Gentlemen who were in-
tended to be his fureties. Betides, it did ap-
pear on the face of the Petition that due diligence
was not employed by the Petitioner in bringing
forward his Petitioq. And the Houfe mull ob-
ferve, that even now no very, fpecial reafons were
ailigned to induce them to Mien to the prayer of
it. He felt it to be his duty to oppofe its being
received.

The quellion was then put for enlarging the
time till Monday next, for Mr. Williams to corn.
plete his recognizance, and negatived without a
divifion.

The SICEJLICaIt obferved, that the Order for tak-
ing the Petition into confideration was of courfe
difcharged.
Mr. Si'. JOHN prefented a Petition fomewhat to
the fame effed in behalf of Lucius Concannon,
Efq. The Petition Rated, that the Petitioner, after
the eletlion, had gone abroad. upon butinefs, but
had left inftrudions that a Petition fhould be pre-
tented (which was accordingly prefented to the
Houfe on the 18th init.) complaining of an undue
EleUion for the Borough of Seaford.—Being
detained by contrary winds, it was only laft night
that he was enabled to arrive in town ; and, upon
his arrival, he learnt, that conformably to an Or-
der-of the Houfe, he Ilicruld have given two days
notice of his intention to bring forward his fure-
ties, and enter into his recognizance. Of this
Order to its full extent he confeffed himfelf to be
ignorant, but (till hoped that the Houle.,- for the
reafons he had alledged, would allow the time to
be enlarged till Monday next, for his duly corn-
pleting his recognizance.
On the queflion being put, purfuant to the
prayer of the Petition,
Lord GLENBEAVIE role, and entered into a va-
riety of arguments to (hew that the Houfe could
thew no more indulgence to the prefent Petition
than to that which they had jua reiJEled. The
only cafe in which the Houfe had granted the in-
dulgence now folicited was that of the Petitioner
again!} the return for Drogheda, in Ireland, but
in that cafe no fault lay with the Petitioner ; he
was prepared in every point ; but certain circum-
ftances belonging to the fitting Member prevented
him from literally complying with the Order of
the Houfe; but in the prefent cafe the Petitioner
waited till the laft day, and only pleads his being
detained by contrary winds, and his ignorance of
the Standing Order of the Houfe. Such a cafe
could not be confounded with that of Admiral
Macbride •' that gallant Admiral was neceirarily
abfent on his Ma jefi y's fery ice, and that at a dif-
tance from which it was impoffible to return in
time. His abfence was therefore neceffary, not
voluntary ; and he was fore the Houfe mull be
(enable of the wide difference between the two
cafes. It was the Petitioner's bufinefs to run no
:ilk, and to have provided againtt filch ordinary
occurrences as contrary winds, which, however,
could not have detained him fo long as the Petition
intimates.
Mr. ST. JOHN acknowledged that the Houfe
could not be too aria in conforming to the Gren-
ville Al, but was at the fame time of opinion
that the Petitioner had not direaly violated it.—
He confeffed, indeed, that he had not ailed in due
compliance with the Order of the Houle for giv-
ing two days notice ; but of this he might not be
aware, on account of his abfence from the coun-
try. The Houle finely was not prepared to fay
chat no accident could be an excufe for a non-com-
pliance of this nature ; for the difcretion which
Ole, allowed thernklycs iu this 4a was a Pr."l"

irtech2 acrl))lilird
l'aesriatl)tl)eectalemae
heir Lording); to give
iifed that. in the Cont. ae
apply hirrifelf to airi,
to add what ihonld a
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it a fafe and falutitry re
Noble Lord prefent tr.
him in endeavourin 111
arLent an aftof thci:
1.1
)nd time, and commit.
hole Houle to.morrow.
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Table pail;.ft.l .t flage
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)MMONS.
wm read a third time, at,i
wortation Bill.
cave to bring in a Blt to :o-
the Execution of the Eay 21
ted.
Dry obfervatians, moved f,:
,ccututts:--
tevenue, and the 1.:y..-?ordi-
I
iblic Income of Ire;:nd,troln
of January, ac".
.ure, from the xsth of \Tore%
of ; and from the :..st!t ef
uary, assz.—Ordered
there be laid before the Rutile
nts have been audited by the 11 üblic Accounts of !retain!.
untablc before the Contr:if:
,ney entrufted to them on ae.
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foref.lw and had provided tor fneh

,rocs contended, that being detained for
ys by contrary winds, was no adequate
not complying with the Order of the
Nor did the Petitioner reit his prayer
ground alone ; but rather on his igno-
Standing Order of the Houfep an order
lot new, but which had been in force flute
789, When a Gentleman aipired to a
Honfe, he mould at lean inform him.
Sur its Rules and Orders, as far as they
the Taws and regulations for elei2ions..—
Dot, therefore, upon fuch grounds, of
receiving of Ilse Petitimu
Aiost for receiving it wai then put and

IRV/ next gave notice of his intention to
leave to bring in a Bill shortly after the
objeB of which would. be to give to the
'editor in Ireland a fecurity as folid and
able to doubt as that enjoyed by the
:ditor in England. He likewire wifhed
/ his motion for rendering peimanent
tits retpeeing the Revenue, which were
annually by the Irifh Parliament ; and, if
were to be permanent, he conceived that
powers for carrying them into effea fhould be
it alto. In that view it was his intention
for leave to bring in Bills for regulating
Ileaion of the Revenue in Ireland and,
others, one for i -confolidation of all the
to one tchedule. That fchedule would
introduced Taft feffion, but the then Rate
affairs made it advifable to defer it. He
expedient to affimilate the regulations of
the two countries, and to employ every
facilitate their commercial intercourfe.
prole& he was encouraged to proceed by
and approbation of the Right Hon. the
ior of the Exchequer.
of the ExcHstania obferved,
•Confequence of what had been alluded to
`fight Hob. Friend ( Mr. Corry), he thought
give wider, !that early after the recefs
fubmit a propofition to the Houk, for
coafolidating the Duties of Cuttoms. That pro
- • would not only embrace the plan adopted
year z7s7, but would alto include feveral
articles to which that plan did not apply.
alto, &only after the reeds, fubmit a
the Houk upon a fubjeft retpeding
fome erroneous notions had pretty gene-
entertained. What he alluded to .was,
extending the Plasm of bonding and
touring to a number of articles, to whirl the
cutting did not apply. He winged it to
pattieularly underflood, that it was by no
contemplation to adopt any thing like a
tyftera of free ports, but merely a partial
of the pretest regulation. To that sled
alteration would be veiled in fuel hands as the
. of Parliament fhould think fit, for grant-
licences to/port-towns, enabling them to par-
in the 'advantages of the intended regula-
That &ante could only be obtained upon
certain cunditionsa Ws. that perfe& fecnrity &mild
be given for the articles bonded, &c. &e. that
ample accommodation fhould be provided for
wareboufing them ; and that the ports foliciting
filch licences &odd, for a ein period previous
to the adoption of fuch rigt -waions, have carried
on an extenfive trade in the articles to which • the
regulation was intended to apply.
The CHANCILLOR of the Excrteopea alto re-
newed a notice he had given in the ha
Parlia-
ment, of his intention to bring in a Bill at an
early period after tie meta, for appointing Com-
miffioners to inveftigate the joint accounts between
Great Britain and Ireland. He alto obferved,
that be should not introduce his propofition for
extending the bonding and wawhoufing fyftem
until after his Bill for eonfolidating the Cuftoms
fliould have received the approbation of the Houle.
On the motion of the CliAilleiLLOß of the Ex-
easvta,the Haute then adjourned toiriday next.
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LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER *J. •
IPEICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE CYCLOCE
3 Per Cent. Cog. for dn. 731 741
ICCost Rel 7/1411t
Arrant, Annn
4 per Caw Coniple 16. . laoainitnn 4f a

A mail arrived from ifolland this morning. ft
brings hardly any dui:Mind news ; but the AA-
lowing letter has be asteload at Ataftetdans Wit
South America I

Cussafty Avoust,itAidisoir we eiPeri.
need bete a tiolent it dia cant quake. The
whole country was iticasod, 1 Ise. the lea, fo
that the inhabitants &dEros their bilitfes in tetror,
and ran.out into the open fields, whips • they fell
down on their knees to hnplore in this cafe of ge-
neral need the protection of liiaume. The bed of
the river Oronoko role to fnc.b a prodigious height.
that a flat boat, which was lying on it, was toted
vith fuch violence, as to break the rudder entirely
to pieces. On the whole right fide of the River
new land bas appeared, while in another place a
piece of land fort, feet in breadth, formerly maid-
rated, has been changed into a pool of water. Se-
veral bourn have been dearoyed, and trees torn
up by the root. At twelve o'clock a fecond Chock
was felt more violent than the lira, by which the
honks Rill left handing were Making like a !hip
during a norm, fo that the people every moment
*gaited that the earth would open and (wallow
than up. At eight in the evening a third !hock
was felt, but the kik was not fo violent as their*
two, ant little damage was done. The devalla-
however, few hooks Uwe-

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the Dana Wei India Maas has been uneeni.i
monly abundant this year. St. Croix alone is raid
to have exported 30,000 hogfheads.
' 4.,--4Sy the 1211 letters from Norway it ap-
pears that of eight cargoes of wheat which ,fence
the month of September were difpatched toDron-
theim, not a tingle one has reached the place of
ita defination, fo that the price of corn, already
very high, his been, by this means, rendered Rill
higher.

Dee► 7.—By a Royal Decree of the 24th ult.
refpeding the maintenance of the Lighthoufes on
the Danifh coaft, a general duty is laid on all Da-
nifh as well as foreign (hips, and is determined
by their burthen, and by the length of their voyage.
At tie end of the year tBOO, the kingdom of
Denmark had 694 merchant flips and (mall veiPelti
manned with 4928 men.—Norway, 837 flips and
6334 men.—Slefwig, 427 (hips with 1239 men.—
And HoMein, 245 (hips with 3077 men.

A peafant ploughing in the neighbourhood of
Rotfchild, lately turned up a human bone, the.
hollow of which was entirely filled with ancient
coins, which were immediately fent to the Royal
Chamber.

STOCICHOLIII, Nov. a6.—A Commiffion is ap-
pointed to examine into the caufes of the late fire,
and to deliberate on the means of repairing the
damage done by it. The fire began in the morn.:
ing after the heating of 25 Roves in the old Caftle.
The man who heated them then perceiving that
there was fire fomewhere, ran for water, but the
flames fpreading he was frightened, and fainted
away; he, however, recovered in a fhort time, and
gave the alarm.
Nov. 30.—1 n confequence of the Peace with the
Barbary States, our frigates in the Mediterranean,
being no longer wanted for con►oys, will foon
return home.
By a Royal Decree of the 13th inft. it is deter-
mined, in ianfequence of the approaching liqui-
dation, that there than be eftablifhed an office at
Gothenburg for the difcount of Bank fpecie for
the term of fifteen years. The funds are to be
aoo,ooo dollars, in (hares of 5o dollars. The
fubfcription opens at Gothenburg and Stockholm
on the 9th 'of May neat, and will be doted in a
fortnight. Ten per cent. of the fum fubfcribed
mutt be paid down immediately as fecurity for
the performance of the terms of the fabfcription.

Difpatches from Egypt, brought by Captain
Forme's, of the 28th Regiment of Foot, and Mr.
Rano, were yefterday received by Government.
On the departure of there Gentlemen from Egypt,
the stab of Odober, Alexandria was Rill occupied
by our troops. The Beys had in every engage-
ment defeated the Ottoman Army, and were com-
plete wafters of the open country. On their pot-
tage they !lopped for a few days at Malta, from
which Mond they were alto charged with difpatches
for Government.

PessrollTito FRANcs. —A notice was yefterday
fltewn at General ANDRIOSSIIS, whereby it is re-
quired that all perfons who apply for palfports
should bring a teflimonial of their good charader
and morals, to be figned by, two houfekcepers or
one magiarate.
The CuaticaLtma of the ExcHsopaa laft night
in the Houfe of Commons gave notice, that foon
after the Reeds he should move for leave to bring
in a Bill for confolidating the Duties of the Cur-
toms. This meafure, would refemble that of the
year 1787, with this difference, that an entirely
New Tariff would be adopted, including thofe ar-
ticles which had been omitted. He then noticed
another intended Regulation of valt importance to
the Trade and Commerce of this Country. It was
his intention to propofe a Bill for extendin the
Syllerti of Bonding and Warehoufing to Ports
which do not at prefent enjoy that advantage.—
He affo took that opportunity of contradietng a
report which had been pxevalent—ty WAS iv so
HITS/lUD TO MARS A NUI4IIIII OF FM
FORTS.

Mr. Duanss, it will be teen by the Gazetk of laft
night, has been advanced to the Peerage, by the
ticks of Baron Du wI a* and Vikount MI r.v 1 LLB.
Report Pays, that be is shortly to fucceed Lord Pa L-
ugo', as Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment.
The new Hifhop, in confequence of Dr. Buz-
LZILtS death, will, it is raid, be the Hon. and Rev.
giotos ?SLIMS, Vicar of Hellingly and Bexhill,
in the County of Seer, or Dr. Goonziovo n.
PETER WILLIAM BAR SR, Bk. of Raufton, in thz
'County of Dorfet, was on Saturday laft returned
Member for Wooton Baftett, in the room of Gene-
ran ST. jolts, who has accepted the Chiltern
Hundreds.
Mr. MAINWARING has entered into the ufual re-
cognizance to profecute his pretenfions again& the
return of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT for the County of
Middlefex. His fecurities arc, Mr. JUAN of Broad-
ftreet, and Mr. CHARTRIS. his Partner.
Sunday night about half part ten o'clock a fire
broke out in a warehoufe behind Come houfes in Sir
Thomas's Buildings, Liverpool, where cotton was
lodged, but by the aillftance of a number of Gen-
tlemen and of the engines and firemen, it was loon
got under, without doing much damage.
Laft Sunday morning, about four o'clock, a fire
was ditcovered in the cellar of a houfe in Baling-
lane, Bread-freer, Cheapfide, which is Paid to have
been occafioned by Come hot cinders thrown into
the duft•bin, together with fume wage paper, but
was almoft immediately extinguifted.
ifA terrible fire broke out at Hamburgh in the
night between the sdand A inft. which costumed
everal houfes, and in wigch eight painted,
ate of whom, M. Ls Swift confiders-
ble talents as a painter. The moose netarioned

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CORN MARIE?.

MARE-LAX/4 122C121111/1 12.
We have a dull rale this day at the prices men •
tioned in this Paper of Monday laft.

Yeaerday the LORD MAYOR ordered the price
of Bread to be continued the fame as latt week.

The Dutch Ambaffador gave a grand dinner
yefterday to a large party of Foreigners.

Lord CLEabtoNv gave a grand dinner yefterday
to a large party of Friends.

The banns of marriage between Lord Annoy E R
and the Hon. Mifs Durrom' were publifhed for
the &ft time laft Sunday, at St. George's, Hano-
ver•fquare, and Mary-la-bonne Churches.
The Ira Chancellor has difpofed of his elegant
villa at Streatham to the Hon. Mr. POLE.
The Prince of °RAMOS, fince his affumption of
the See of Fulda, has abolifhed eight Provafhips,
three Collegiate Foundations, and fix Cloifters,
which adds an increafe of upwards of 600,000
florins to his revenue. '

DIMLY 'LANS THsems.—Lail night the Win-
ter': Tale was aged to a houfe thin at firl, but toler-
ably filled at half play. The abfence of Mrs. Sin-
DONS was never more fenfibly felt than on this oc-
casion. Mrs. ANSSLL does indeed endeavour to
give a taße of that great Adrefs's vocal quality,
but it is like a Meteor compared to the Sun. Mrs.
PowELL's acting was, particularly in the trial
fcene, an infilfferable drawl. The comical parts
,were well done. &SHIMS was very happy in
Altio&eur.
Indeed this houfe has 101 l its pre-eminence in
Tragedy. Pots would have done juftice to Leon-
ia, had he not whined quite fo much : while
BARRYSIOSIPS motion appears to be managed by
fprings, he can never tread the Rage.
We would recommend to the Committe to relax
fomething of their :mum in the management of
the fcenes. _ _ _ _

Colonel GerviLLl has at length fixed his plan
of Pk Nic for the prefent feafon. The Hanover-
fquare Rooms are engaged at 7001. a-year for
mufic and dancing only. There are to be balls
and concerts there; and plays at the Tottenham-
beet Rooms. The fubfcription is to be ten guineas
for Gentlemen, and fix guineas for Ladies. The
entertainments to be under the management of a
Monfieur Escunnia. _ _

Mr. WOODS, the Comedian, whore death we
announced yefterday, was originally bred a printer
with Mr. SAMPSON WOODFALL, but his love of the
Drama induced him to embark in that generally
precarious life, which to him, however, was a
fource of profit as well as pleafure. About the
year 1768 or 1769, he joined an itinerant com-
pany at Sotthatnpton, where his abilities, though
very young, foon commanded refptd. In the pat
1771, be made his entri on the London boards
(Hay Market), in the difficult, and, what in the
theatrical phrafeology is termed, se uphill part" of
Mahood. Soon.afterwards he went to Edinburgh.
where he has ever fince remained, excepting one
feafon, when he was at York. In fentimental co.
medy his merit was of the firft rate.—He was a
capital tragedian, in many charaCters of whichhe
never had an equal at Edinburgh, and vie believe
few any where elle, particularly Igo, Glenalvon,
Ahmed; Valefquez,Edmund, Beverly, &lotto, Ta-
merlane, Dumont, Siffreeli, Semproniut, Clytur, the
Gimi in Hamlet, &c. He was a good fcholar—his
ideas of every character he underflood were juft,
and his application was known to be unwearied.
In private life he was a Gentleman, a true friend,
‘Bl cheerful companion, and an affectionate hufband,
with Rill 44 a tear for pity, and an hand open as
day for melting charity."
ELICTION OF COMMON COVNCIL.—At a Ward.
mote held yefterday for the eleCtion of Common
Council for the year enfuing, for the Ward of
Farringdon Within, the following Gentlemen, ex.
cepting Mr. MIITCALT, were returned, he, how.
ever, having demanded a poll, it clofed for the
day as follows:
Mr. Crowder et Mr. Horton •
Mr. Cadwell 40 Mr. Thomas Smith

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