Star.
London, England, 1801-02-17 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. Hoaat Tooas was introduced by Sir
Fe&Kczs IAVRDITT JoNes and Mr. WILSON, and
took the oaths and his feat. . _

The Thanks of the Houle were unanimoully
voted to the Right Hon. HENRY ADDINGTON,
late Speaker.
A mdtion was made that Lord Bortr, an
Irifh Member, be exenfed from attending the
Houle or. the day of the Call.
Colonel GASCOIGNC ?aid it was neceffary that
the Call should be tirialy enforced with regard to
the members for Great Britain, but he had rio ob.
je4lion, if it was the pleafure of the Houfe, to fur-
pend the Call with refpc to Ireland.
Mr. FRENCH (a Member for Ireland) Paid, it
would not only be a great convenience to Gentle-
men'in Ireland to do fo, but it would be highly
neccfrary, on account of the approaching Affixes,
at which their pretence would be particularly re-
quired.
The SPEAKER
.gave notice that for the purpofe
of expediting private Inifinefs, he would come to
the Houle to-rum-row at three o'clock.

SEW WRITS.

New Writs were moved for, and ordered to be
ifrued, fair the Eleftion of Members for the fol-
lowing Places :
For the 'Fiore of Armagh, In Ireland, In the room of Patrick
Dstigenan, Efq. who has accepted the cake of Comptroller of

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Carpi:citations:
For the Tower of Northampton, in the room at the Honoura,
bleSpeacer Percival, who has aeccpted the Mike= Hundreds:
For NewtOc, Hants, In the room of Sir Robert Walley, Bart.
who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
COARSE BREAD.

Mr. R 1 DER moved the order of the day for the
Wale to confider the Report of the Committee
on the Ugh Price of Provitions. It was necef-
I.:1:y for him to fiats the rcafons why the Com-
mittee Id: login it woold be proper to rcfcind the
~f 1:,; :ictlion. That At had been paired
from .t :pisofiti.o tint a great faring might be
effeded in co.Zepence of mixing a artifer kind
of real with tine floor. tat circuraftaaccs oc-
curred since the !Wring of that Ad which led the
Cr:rt:it:et. to 0.'4 that they were difappoiuted
in their .cspalations. The Committee however
wield not have given up the meal are altogether,
if :Le char:e in their opinion had arifen from
temporary stir:ie.:tit:es only; bectufe if the mea-
fare was likely to be attended with ultimate foe-
ce: wutild have been their duty to have con.
tiwied h. Lot there were certain difficulties that
could not easily he removed : one of Oleic was the
partiality a the pes,ple to the liner fort of flour ;
and a notion tl:at the coarfer kind of flour, as well
as that manufadured from foreign wheats, could
not be manufaetircd with tine flour. From dick
civet:alliance; it followed, that the coarfer ihrts
of flour, and flour matinfadured from foreign
grain were thrown out cf fele, and there was a
greater demand in the market for the duperior
kinds of wheat ; by mhicli means the price of fine
Dour was railed to a pitch far beyond what is
ought to hare been ; while the price of inferior
flour role as hish as what the bell had been fume
time before. flit utmoft dedudion which took
place in confequencc of the late bill, was that of
fix or leven farthings in the quartern loaf; am:
as the coarfer bread did not go near fo far as the
white bread, the lois to the public was greater
than any fas ing which took place in confequence
of the tire of the infericr bread. The Committee
vcre alto difapixrioted in their expcdations as to
the quantity and quality of the coarfe bread, bc-
cauce it did not produce fo much as had been at
tell fuppofed ; and therefore the benefit which
the Public: derived from this fubllitute was fo
little, that it could sot opcn as as induccacec

te coNinuc any hlnger the law Tor Mating this
;;;:id of bread. The refolutirn of the Co.mmittee•
applied only to the repeal of that part of the tat'
which refpested the mode of drefling flour, 4,y,
which it was thought that the bakers would :be
allowed to make mixed bread without being felb.
jt:& to the aflize regulations. But the operation
of the Ara of the 36th of the King would be re-
vived, by ep,:aling the Ael altogether; and thus
the objcfl of the Committee would be attained.
He then moved that the Ad paired laft Seflion
for enabling bakers to make bread of mixed flour,
thould be repealed. .
The refolution was agreed to, and leave was
given to bring in a Bill on the fame.

SIR SIDNEY SMITH.

Mr. PITT brought the following Moir:lgo from
his Mojcity :

G. R
" His Majefty being defirons of conferring Come fignal mark
of his Royal approbation upon Sir Sidney Smith, in confidera-
don of his eminent Cervices, and the valour and abilities he has
di played in various important operations againft the enemy,on
the coati of Egypt, and particularly for hie gallant •defclice of
Acre, recommends to the Houle of Commons to make provi-
lion for fecuring the Punt of One Thoufand Pounds per annum,
for the term of his natural life."

He then moved that the Houfc fhould, on Wed-
nefday next, refolve itfelf into a Committee of the
whole Houk, to confider of the Melfage. Ordered.
tioxa E TOOKE'S ELECTION.
Lord TEMPLE Paid he role to call the attention
of the Houle to the circumflance of a Gentleman
having this day taken the oaths and his feat as a
Member of Parliament, whom he conceived to be
incapable of fining in that character—he alluded
to Mr. Home Tooke, who had taken Prieft's Or-
ders and bee.' included to a living. This he look-
ed upon as a decifive oblation to his fitting in
that Houfe. He then gave notice that if within
fourteen days no petition fhould be prcfcntcd
againft his election, he should more for a day to
be appointed for the Houle to take into confidera-
lion the return for the Borough of Old Sarum,
ML. GREY'S MOTION AND CALL OF THE HOUSE.
Mr. Gay r put off his Motion for an tnquiry in-
to the State of the Nation, which flood for this day
fe'unight, becaufe he was anxious that the atten;
dance upon a motion of Arch importance lbould be
as great as poffible, and therefore it fhould be
brought forward about the time when the Call of
H the oufe thould tare place. *nothing inter-
(erred to interrupt him, he would- bring it forward
on this day fortnight.
Colonel GASCOIGNE then took occafion to lay,
it was his intention to fupport the Call of the
Houle.
Lord CASTLEREAGH gave notice, that on Thurf-
'day fc'nnight he fhotdd move for leave to bring
in it Bill to enable the Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
land to continue, for a further period, the elccu
tion of Martial Law in that country.
Mr. GREY walled the Noble Lord to put off his
motion till after the Call of the Houle.
Lord CASTLEREAGH laid, his objet was merely
to an in obedience to the willies of the Houle,
uitb reference to the period at which the Aa
would expire. It would' expire on the 25th of
March, and he witbed to bring in the Bill to con-
tinue it while he was in the fituation in which he
flood at preterit. How long he might tontique in
that fituation he could not tell.
Colonel GASCOIC N E Paid he would move to dif-
charge the prefcnt Order for the Call of the Houle,
which Rood for the 2d of March, and fix it for the
3d of March.
Mr. Gotento obferved, that in confequence of
the commencement of the circuits about that
time, many of the County Members would be in-
ditpeufibly abfent.
Mr. M. A. Tart.oa obfervcd, that if fuch an ob-
jeftion was attended to, no bufinets could be
brought on till after the Circuits, which would lalt
at leaft a month. _ _ _

Mr. Witsearoaca Paid, he feared the Call
would be but of little avail, and he withed the
Houle would attend to the remark of his Hon.
Friend, and that it might be fettled what relaxa-
tion was to he allowed.
Mr. PITT Paid, it was inspoffible there could he
any underflanding beforehand. Every Gentleman
mutt know, if he abfented himfelf on the day the
Houle was called over, he did fo at his peril. He
Was one who, from long experience, was convinced
that a Call of the Houk never produced that at-
tendance which was the object of enforcing it, ton
on the rrefelit occalion, he thought it his duty not
to oitjcel to the nvaion for theca It was of lit-
tle importance what particularday it was axed for,
prrvided it was not at too dilkant a period. The
important objeas which were to occupy the atten-
tion of Parliament,muft necetrarily be brought for-
ward fang before tie conclufion of the Circuits.
He bad ever found that the difcuffion of an im-
portant fubjed was of itftlf fufficient to induce a
full attendance of Members, aid he was pcifuaded
thofe who felt the importance of the duties they
had to difeh.irge, would be found in their places,
w idiotic the operation of a Call of the Houle.
Mr. Go • t): No Paid, that if the order was en-
foi-ced, it a oal.i be impotlible for Gentlemen in the
remote parts of Inland to attend.
Colonel t,Ascotcsx declared, that he had fludi-
cd :he convcnicnce of thofe Gentlemen whom it
was now daudthat the Call would moll materially
air_ a.

Lord CAcTLEREAcH raid, the Members for Ire-
land bad lull time given them, and therefore the
Call ought to be itrietly enforced. But if it fhould
he fOund that any of them had been abfcnt from
neceflitnhe doubted not but that the Houfe would
.;r:tr.t them every indulgence.
The order for the Call ou the ad of March was
then difeharged, and the Call was fixed for Tucf
day the 3d of March.