Star.
London, England, 1802-02-17 00:00:00

FROM THE PARIS PAPERS.

ROUEN, FEB. 19.—Our port exhibits at prefent
the moll animated Spectacle ; more than 6o veifels
are lying at zlic,north quay, and feveral others
are lying at the fouth quay. We do not include
in the above number fevcral veirels laden with
hticks, timber, hay, and other articles, becatif.:
theft velfels were the only ones that gave a fhadow
of life to our port before the Peace.
COPENHAGEN, JIM 24-A thaw begun about
eight days ago, accompanied with a thong wind.
Several merchant vac's have been carried away
by the ice, and have not (ince been heard of.—
Others which were anchored between Copenhagen
and Elfancur have been driven to the coaft of Mal-
rnoe. The Kitty, an Englifh velrel, has been loft
mar Fallierboc.

The Chancery having been informed that the
v:Ilow fever has again made its appearance is
North America, has given the neceifary orders
to prevent cortmunication with the crews of
fuch velkls as may arrive from that country with-
out hips of hcalth.

MI I. A JAN. 3c.—A courier extraordinary ar-
rivi'd this morning from Lyons, brought to our
Government Official intelligence, that the new
Conflitution of the Cifalpine Republic, which is to
he called in futtni. the Italian Republic, was pub-
litlicd the 26th, and that the fame day NAPOLEONE
BONAPARIE was proclaimed Prefident of the Re-
public, and CitizenMELZl Vice Prefidenr.

Fab. r.—A courier extraordinary, who arrived
here on tho 29th ult. in the morning, brought to
our Government the happy intelligence that the
Confulta Extraordinary had proclaimed. the 26th
ult. the new Contlitution of our Republic, which
in future will be called the Italian Republic.
It is reported that the new Government will be
inflalled with the greateft magnificence on the
9th of February.
We learn from Calabria that the Biflrop of Cat-
tazaro was killed by a shot as he was returning to
the convent where he lodged : the author of this
horrid affaffination is not known. This refpeetable
Prelate was a particular friend of Cardinal Ru FFO.
The body of Pius VI. arrived on the evening
of the 24th ult. at Genoa; next morning it was
landed, and condutted by the light of flambeaux,
and under the efcort of Grenadiers, to the church
of the Dominicans, where Divine worfhip was per-
formed in honour of the dcceafed Pontiff, which
will be continued till the departure of Monfignior
SPIN* for Rome.

PARLIAMENT ART PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OP LORDS, TUESDAY, FEB. i 6.
HOARDS DIVORCE HILL.

After fome routine and private bufinefs was
tranfaaed, their Lot dfhips proceeded to the Order
of the Day for the fecond reading of the Bill to
diffolve the marriage of George Hoar, the
younger, Efq. with Elizabeth Cooke, his mw wife.
Counfel were accordingly called in, and Mr.
Dallas, in fupport of the Bill, Rated the cafe to
their Lordlitips.
The circundiances of this cafe, which was the
fubjed of two different trials in Wellminiler Hall,
being already fully before our Readers, through
the medium of our Law Reports, we deem it un.
nceelfary to recite them.
It appeared, generally, however, that the Peti-
tioner, George Hoar, the Younger, Efq. of Twy-
ford, in Hampfhire, was married in A?ril, 1787,
to Nlif, Elizabeth Cooke ; that they lived and co-
habited together until fome time in Oficber, !goo:
they had no Ate : that at the period lag mention.
ed, the Lady left her hulband's houfe, and was al-
leded to have carried on an adulterous interconrie
with Alexander Allan, Efq. of Sornerfet-fireet,
Portman-Nu:lre ; that in confequence Mr. Hoar
brought his action, in the ufual way, again(' Ma-
jor Allan, for damages, in the Courts below, but
tailed in obtaining damages, a verdict being given
for the Defendant ; and that a fecond trial, leave
being granted for a new one, had a like refult.
The ufual proceedings were then in llituted by Mr.
Hoar, in the Confiaory Court of the Bifhop of
London, in which, in July lad, he obtained a
fentence of divorce, artierfa et Moro. from his wife.
0.1 the above appearing, from what tranfpired
• at the Bar, it cone regularly to the knowledge of
their Lordfhips, that Mr. Hoar had brought his
Ittion for damps in the Courts below, where he
(,f a verchft. And this, in the opinion of
tt,n Noble and Learned Lords prefent (the Chan-
cellor and Lord Thurlow), made a molt mate-
rial di: Terence with refpea to the cafe under she
rwifi.leration of the Houk. It neediatily gave
to fome dilcullion, principally between the
tit.!';.: Lords above mentioned, and the Connie',
Mt Dallas, in the way of converfation. The
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the regular progrets of the Bill, noteritkftaiding
the omiffion above fpecified. He argued, that the
parties flood in an importantly different light at
the Bar of their Lordfhips' Houle, from what they
did before a Jury. In the former inftance, the
quellion was between the hufband and wife, and
the ohjeft was teparation ; in the latter, it was
between the hufband and the adulterer, and the
objeft was pecuniary compenfation. The legifla-
tive proceeding, therefore, would be on different
grounds from that on which the juridical flood.—
'They were prepared to prove the fait of the Adul-
tery at their Lordfhips' Bar in the moll incontro-
vertible manner, even through the medium of the
Lady liertilf. This, on being aiked by one of
their Lordfhips, the Learned Counfel explained,
was by means of letters addreffed by the Lady
to her hufband, in which a confeffion of her
adulterous intereourte with Major Allan was
made, and there documents, he emphatically ob-
ferved, were competent evidence atitheir Lord.
(hips' Bar on the part of Mr. Hoar againft his
wife, though they could not be received as evidence
in his favour againft Major Allan in the Court of
King's Bench.
This communication gave rife to tome explana-
tory converfation, chiefly between the Lord Chan-
cellor and the Learned Couniel, refpeding the
peculiar circumftances in which loch a confeffion
was required to be made, in order to render it
competent evidence as to the fait of adultery ; and
after fume converfation acrors the table, between
the Law Lords above mentioned, it appeared to
be their opinion, that, under the cjrcumftances of
the cafe, the ontiffion of the proceedings in the
Courts of La* fo far vitiated the bill as to render
it improper to proceed with it in the prefent in.
fiance, and accordingly the Counfel were ordered
from the Bar.
The LORDCHANCELLOg then rote and delivered
his fentiments upon the fubjeet at tome length.—
He thought it his duty, he faid, to call their at-
tention to the Bill then before them: it was ground-
ed
upon the petition of Mr. Hoar, in which fuck
circumftances were Rated, as poilibly he, the Pe-
titioner, might think himfelf founded in calling
for the interpolition of the Legiflature in his fa-
Your. In the petition. the ufual Ratements of the
alledged Adultery, the proceedings in .21e Eccle-
fiallical Courts, &c. were let loath : but the very
important circumftances of what took plate in the
Courts of Welitrinfler-Hall, were omitted : with
refpeft to there, it had recently come to the regu-
lar knowledge of their Lordfhips, that the Peti-
tioner had brought his aftion for damages for the
alledged Adultery, in the Courts below,but where
a verdift for the defendant was given by a Jury
of the country, not confidering him entitled to
damages. Not Co/11y that, but a new trial was
granted, which had a similar rcfult—the Jury not
thinking the petitioner could fuflain his right to
damages. He was aware that no tianding order
of the Houle citified againft the entertaining bills,
in which :he proceedings of the Courts below were
not fpecified, or the verdift of the Jury obtained
by the party. He knew there were tome cafes, in
which it was imporfible to obtain fuch a verdift,
impohlible from various circumftances which were
not connected with the conduet of the plaintiff—
but the ordinary ufage, and general praftice of
the Houfe 'was adverfe to entertaining fuch Bills.
With retpeft to the aftual knowledge which their
Lordfhips might have of the proceedings alluded
to, having occurred in any cafe, his LOrdfhip
teemed to think, that unlefs they were regularly',
brought within the view of the Houfe in the
fhape of a document, they were not bound to
take notice of them. He did not think that no-
toriety, however public, was a fuflicient ground
for their Lordfhips to ad upon in fuch a cafe; and
, he alto teemed to think that no individual Peer,
not even the perfon who had the honour to fit on
the Woolfack, could regularly Rate such fads to
the Houfe fo as to form an adequate ground for
their Legiflative proceedings upon the particular
cafe. He thought himfelf forcibly called upon to
draw their Lordfhips attention to the Bill in quef-
tion ; he thought they fhould deliberately confider
before they entertained a Bill, refpefting which
the petitioner had not prefented a real Rate of the
cafe. What he meant to propofe in the prefent,
inflance was, that the further confideratien'of the
cafe be deferred for a week, which would give
the Petitioner an opportunity, fhould he be fo in-
clined, of withdrawing the prefent Petition and
Bill, and fubmit new ones to the "conlideration of
the Houfe. As the cafe Rood, their Lordfhips
ought at leaft to hefitate befbre they proceeded
farther to entertain fuch a Bill ; as that before
them would, he agreed with his Noble and Learn-
ed Friend, be letting a very dangerous precedent.'
The Cubed to which it related was one, he teemed
to lay,that notwithflanding every precaution their
Lordfhips could poffibly ufe, improper practices
may creep in ; nothing like relaxation of thofe al-
ready adopted, ought therefore to be fuffered.—
Billls in general of that nature ought to be eau-
tioufly received, particularly thofe in which ver-
dicts were unfatisfailloi ily obtained, as in thole cafes
where judgment was fuffered to go by default ;
and there obfervations applied obvroufly with in-
created force to fuch a Bill as that in queflior..—
His Lordlhip made fume ohfervations on the 'ge-
neral tubjeft of Divorce, and an the nature and
1 tendency of fmne of the proceedings which need*
fatily obtained in filch cafes; and alfo animadvert-
ed upon forme points tvhich had been urged in ar-
gument at the Bar, and in which he difplayed his
Mimi ability. He repeated that his idea was, by
deferring the farther conlideration of the tubjeft,
to give the parties an opportunity of withdrawing
the prefent Bill, and if inclined, to bring the tub-
jet fully and regularly before the Houfe by means
of a new and proper Bill, refpcding whicli their
Lordfhips could proceed in the way, which to
their wifdoms feuded molt meet.-1-le then moved
that• the farther confideration of the care bi defer-
red till this day fc'nnight.
Lord Tatratow observed, that he could not
add to the force of what had been Rated by the
Noble and Learned Lord: he however raid, that
with yelped to what had been anted of a Standing
Oriers...that wasAot fo.YeTY Matrial, as it WAS

cifive or focontrouling, with repeats" their Lord-
thips proceedings, as the effablifhed ufar and ge-
neral praaice of the Houfe—A Standing Order
could be fufpended any time, upon motion. He
agreed with the Noble and Learned Lord in what
he had laid refpeaing the effea of evidence as ad-
verted to at the Bar, and, above all, that the en-
tertaining of Bills, proceeding under fuck circum-
fiances as the prefent, and in cafes where a ‘,:r-
did in the Coarts below had not been obtained,
would be to open the door to a great deal of fraud
and collufion.

• The Q2eftion was then put, upon the Loan
CHANCEtLOiII'S Motion, which was ordered ac-
cordingly.
Two private Bills were brought up from the
Commons by Mr. ASTLEY and Colonel MoRcAN,
and read a firft time ; after which their Lurcithily
adjourned till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Lord RctcatNG.ron took the Oaths and his Seat.

Mr. ALEXANDER prefental a Petition from the County of
Galway, In Ireland, rcfpcaing the building of a new County
Gaol; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in, in purfu.ince
with the prayer of the Paid Petition.
Mr. Manning pi-dented a Petition from the London Dock
Company, the objeet of which was, to enlarge and amend the
Bill paired Taft Scifions.—Referred to a Committee.
_ _

General GASCUYN•: prcfctited a Petition from the Inhabi-
tants of Liverpool, (Laing the nec,.ffity of the ercdion of a new
Town Nall.—Ordered to lie on the Table

Mr. MAI NWA IMO brought in a 13ill for improving thc Road
frpm Shoreditch Church to Stepney, Mile-end, &c. Read a
firlt and ordered to be read a fecond time to-morrow. The
Bill for making a more convenient Carriage Road to the Ilk of.
Dogs was read a fecond tinicould committed to a private Com-
mittee.

Sir W. ELTON!) brom Lt in, purfuant to leave given, the Ply-
mouth Dock Banking Bill Read a frit., and ordered to be
read a fecond time.
Sir Wst. You sel prefente4 a Petition from the Merchants of
Grenada and St. Vincent's, Rating their incapacity to pay the
inflalments of the Loan, which they fome time lince had ob-
tained from Government, and praying fticth,r time to dif-
charge the fame.
The CHANCALLOR of the Elea count ClprC:red a hope, that
this Petition would be referred to a Committee to elan:int
the matters contained therein, and to report their opinion there-
on to the Houle, as it was his wifh that the fubjed might be
fully coufidered, before the Houfe ihould conic to any decifion
upon it.
Sir We.. Yousto f4d, there was another Gentleman who
bad on former maws taken up this bufinefs, whom he waited
to confult before be ihould make any other motion than that
this Petition Ihoald lie on the table. This motion wan agreed to.
Sir Jon N SINCLAIR prelented a Petition from the Pre:lent
and Members of the Board of Agriculture, Bating that they
had had confulerable Inertia in the oiled: they had undertaken,
and praying farther fuppoit front Parliament—Ordered to lie
on the tabie. Sir John alfo prelented a Petition from the Town
Council of Thud°, praying ald, to enable them to build a Has-
hour in that town.—Referred to a &left Committee.

PETITIONS FROM THE CITY OF LONDOS•
The Sheriffs of London appeared at the Bar,
and prefented a Petition from the Lord Mayor,
Aldermen, and Commons of the faid City—ftating
that the mood. which had been granted by Par-
liament for the improvement of the Port of Lon-
don, was expended in the conftruetion of certain
docks, in confequence of the Commiffioners being
obliged, from the nature and fituation of their
works, to purchafe more ground and houfel. than
were adually necelfary. The Petitioners therefore
prayed a further grant of go,oool. to enable them
to complete their objc& The Sheriffs alfo pre-
rented a Petition from the faid Mayor, praying
that leave might be given to bring in a Bill, to en-
able the Petitioners to purchafe certain grounds,
in order to enlarge Smithfield Market, and to au•
thorize them to raife money for that pnrpofe. The
Sheriffs alfo prefented a Petition, &c. flitting, that
purfuant to two Aas for that purpofe, contiderable
progrefs had been made in widening the Ilreet at
Temple Bar, and praying that leave might be given
to bring in a Bill to extend the time, and to ena-
ble the /2.etitioners to !lac Money to complete the
fame.

On the lira-Petition being read, Alderman AN.
DE a sow moved that it ilhould be referred to a Selcet
Committee.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHECILTER (aid, that
as the works alluded to in this Petition were un-
dertaken with the approbation of Parliament, as
the fum applied for was alledged to he necerfary
for the profecution of a purpofe which had already
had the fanaion of that Houfe, and as the Peti-
tioners requefted this fum only as a temporary ad-
vance, the greater part of which they hoped to be
able to repay, as loon as they thould difpofe of the
lands they had beep under the neceffity of pur-
chafurg, he was authorized to give the .Petition
his Majefirs recommendation, at the fame time
he wifhed t►. to be underilood, that he did not hold
himfelf pledged to accede to the demand of the
Petitioners, unlefs from the Report of the Commit-
tee to whom the Petition was to be referred, fuifi-
dent grounds thould appear to jellify the expen-
diture of the fum already laid out by the Cornmif-
fioners, and to entitle them to a farther grant.
Alderman ANDERSON Paid he had little doubt
that the Pale of the lands, which, as the Petition
Rated, the Commitlhsners were obliged to buy,
would enable the Petitioners to refund the whole
fum they applied for. ' ,
The Petition was referred to a Seidl Commit-
tee, which was appointed.
The other Petitions were alto referred to Selea
Committees.