Star.
London, England, 1801-04-25 00:00:00

FINANCE OF IRELAND.

Mr. G. Pon sossv faid, he could not bring for.
ward the motion of which he had given notice, Int
certain Papers relative to the Finance of Ireland,
not tieing able to find in any of the offices of the
Houfc the laft volume of the kith Statutes; with..
out which he could not well proceed.
A fhort converfation cnfued between Mr. C.
Ponfonby and Mr. Corry, the latter of whom ae
length faid the Volume alluded to was to be found
in the office of Mr. Dorrington.

EGYPT.

Mr. JoxEs raid, he had given notice of a MO.
tion refpetting Egypt for this day, and had bc:n
requefied by a Noble Lord to put it off; he did
not with to take any body by furprize, he fhould
therefore content to,put off his Motion.

SUPPLY.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved,
That the Houfe do refolve itfelf into a Committee
of the whole Houfe, to confider of a fupply to be
granted to his Majelly, to which the Houfe agreed.
Several accounts which had previoully been laid
before the Houfe, were referred to that Committee.

The CH AN ex taloa of the Ex c M mixt then moved,
" That the Speaker do now leave the Chair."
Mr. Nicnou.s laid, it was extremely painful to
him, and mull be fo to the Houfe, to feel the no.
ceffity of going into circumftances Co diftrelling as
thofe which the prefent war had produced, but he
felt himfelf called upon to do to on the prefent
occafion. We were now in the ninth year of a
calamitous war. He would not at prefent enquire
. whether or not the war was originally neceffary,
' bat he felt himfclf warranted in alledging that
&eat portion of its calamities was owing to the
obilinacy of his Majefty's late Minifters. In the
year slim they had rcfufed to liflen to the propo.
fall of Bonaparte, although they knew that at that
time there was a famine in this country. They
thought it was better to expofe this land to the
horrors of famine, than linen to the propofitions
which were then made for peace. The Right
Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Addington) had de.
dared in that Houfe, that he Mould take the moil
effectual means to obtain peace. There was no
reafon to apprehend that we can have better terms
of peace now, than in the year illoo, and there.
fore that declaration of the Chancellor of the Et-
chequer amounted to an acknowledgment, that is
his opinion, his predeccifors ought to have liftened
to the propofals which they rep/led, and that we
have been for that period carrying on the war un.
necefikrily ; if fo, every Member who oppofed the
extenfion of it, was doing his duty. He confider►
ed our condua againft the Northern Confederacy,
by which he meant our having fo peremptorily in-
filled, by force of arms, on the lUimt of Scare,
as of very doubtful policy ; it was a point on whick
he had never given a decided opinion; but he
thought we ought to have paufed a little.
The SP E•K IR recommended it to the Honoura.
ble Member, to confider whether the turn his fpeed
was now apparently taking, would be brought to
bear on the Motion now before the Hoare ?
Mr. Nic MOLLS maintained, that confiderable la.
titude had been ufually given to a Member of Par.
liament, on all dileuffions of queflions of Supply,
and he apprehended, that he was not going beyond
the ufagc of the Houfe in the courfe he was taking.
The SPEAKER faid, that the Hon. Member ap•
peared to him to be about to proceed to the difeci
fion of an abflraft queftion of Right, on the fubjeß
of lurching (hips, and therefore it was that he had
taken the liberty of fuggefting what he did. But,
undoubtedly, it was pollible to conclude what he
had begun, with an application to a queftion of
Supply, and if the Hon. Member did fo, he would
be regular.
Mr. Nicitoxi.s raid, that on a Vote of Supply,
it was, in his judgment, regular to ufe every ar-
gument that occurred to a man's mind in that
Houfe, againft a Ripply, to carry on a war, which,
in inch man's opinion, was an unneceffary and CV
lamitous war. _ .

The C•ANCILLOI of the Excnsop sa Iliac. to
Order. He did hope, he Paid, that the imam t;on
given from the Chair, would have been firfEcic::t
to induce the Hon. Gentleman to defifi from pr,-
eeeding in the line of argument he had adopted,
which he appeared to be about to follow with 311
unufual minntenefs. He was proceeding to arn:e
on the fubjea of the Northern Confederacy vd..eh
was not now before the bottle, and in which the
Hon. Gentleman did appear to him to be irregu-
lar. He did apprehend that nothing of this fort
was regular on a quefiion that the Speaker do leave
the Chair. There were feveral papers referred to
the Committee of Supply : not one of them con-
tained any eflimate upon any fubjea conneaed
with the wart he therefore was unable to conceive
how the Hon. Gentleman could fupport the rep-
larity of his eourfe of argument, upon this quell:iv'.
That the Speaker do nuw leave the Chair.
Mr. Nrcitoi.xs Paid, ,if nothing was to be net"
pofed to be voted in the Committee of Supply for
carrying nn the war, be had no right to infin oa
his merle of argument ; but if there was any vete
to be pterofed which tended to fupport Oic "ri
be was regular in what he urged.
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were referred to the Committee. The exception
was the eftimate of the Pay and Cloathing of the
Mr. MemoEts raid he muff fuhmit, if he was
commanded by the Chair to fit down, but he laid
he thought be had a right to take the courfe he
was taking when he was called to order.
The SPEAKER Paid, that the Hon. Member ap-
peared to him to be going on an abftraft point,
and therefore he had hinted In to him ; but if he
infifted on Rating his opinion on the fubjed of the
war, the queltion being for his leaving the Chair
to go into a Committee of Supply, he could not in
firiEtnefs, perhaps, be Paid to be irregular.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEO.pER laid, that
a Vote for the Pay and Cloathing the Militia, could
hardly be Paid to be a Vote to fupport the War,
becaufe it was a vote which was palled in time of
Peace as well as War, and tke difference between
that Vote, and the prefent one under the fame
title, was only the difference which the amount of
the one exceeded that of the other. He muff there-
fore fill hold it, that to go into fo extenfive a fub-
jeft as that of the War, on every Supply—its
principle--its conduit—its effect, &c. would be
an inconvenience, to fay the leaft of it, to the
proceedings of the Houle, and might lead to a
great length of argument, which after all might
not tend to elucidate the bufinefs immediately be-
fore the Houfe.
The SPEAKER laid, that every Member muff feel
a little for himfelf onTuch a fubjed as this. In
friftnefs, he could not prevent the Hon. Member
from going into the war, on a queftion of Supply,
!ince he contended, that the war ought not to be
fupported ; it muff rather be left to the feelings of
the Hon. Member, with a hope that he would for-
bear difcuffing topics which had no real bearing
on the ibbjeft, rather than to a hi& right to Rop
him, that the Speaker muff appeal. .
Mr. NICHOLLS then entered on the fubjeft of the
war, but not at much length. He aped his
;talons for apprehending our ufing force againft
the Northern Confederacy,was of doubtful policy,
and exprelled apprehenfions for the fate of Hann-
ver, in which this Country ought to have a lively
intereft.

Donor LaWllllllOl Paid, that had the fubjetct of
the Northern Confederacy, and the right of Search,
tome regularly before the H3ufe, no one would
be more ready than he fhould to enter on the dif-
cuflion • bat alluding to it now, would only vitiate
any other atrunent, which might be applicable
to the cafe adually before the Houfe, and coniume
its patience.
Mr. Joats approved of the fentiments of Mr.
Nicholls—blamed die late Adminillration for
lofing Egypt, forhe was confident it was loft to us.
He apprehended Hanover alto would be loft by
the courfe of the fame Councils. He had an un-
feigned refpeft for the prefent Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and was firmly perfuaded that he aged
under no compromife with the former Miniftry ;
but fome perfons out of doors Rill looked on them
as a fet of fleeping partners with the prefent.
Mr. VANSITTART faid a few words, and the
Houk then went fnto a Committee.

The Qinllion was then put, and the Speaker
left the anat.

The CHANCELLOR of the ExcHscurea raid, ft
was unneceffary for him to call the attention of the
Committee in any particular manner to the Ref°.
Isations he had to propofe. They were all of them
of the fame dcfcription as had been moved annual-
ly, though they varied in Come rerpeas in their
amount, which arofe from the vote of G rants.be-
:rig for a 'honer period than thofe which were
propofed in the preceding year, with one excep-
tion. In the Sellion of 1800, Refolutions were
moved on Grants from lune 11300 to itio 1, and
afterwards it was agreed to carry on the fupply
further in the prefent year. It was now propored
in this Committee to provide for the remaining
half year, and therefore the votes would, in that
part where they were for the half-year, be exaMy
half of the annual expence. There was one head
of Expence to which he would juft call the atten-
tion of the Comtnittze for a moment, it was the
head of Secret Service—that it was imagined
would be left than in the preceding year. In the
;mar illoo it was 50,0001. In the fhort &Mon
this year, the vote for Secret Service was 3 colool.
upon a fbppofition that as much would be wanted
for this fervice as had been had in the haft, to that
the vote might be made up 50,0001. he ihould
have to propofe the fum of 15,00n1---He then
moved the following Refolutions

For the Charges of the Civil Eltabilarnent of
tipper 7.950 0 0
For Ltiarges of the fame kind for Nova Scotia 1,915 0 0
Foe New Bronfwkit . - - :Aso s so
For the land of St. John - - - 1,900 .0 0
toe Cape Breton - - - . - -957 16
Pr Newfoundituad - • - seas $ 0
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Yoe the Bahama Wands " - - 4,100 0 0
For the Bermudas . .
. 30r s 8 4
For Dominoes • -' - goo 0 0
Tor New loath Wales - - ' 7,146 0 0
Fa the Sapertedendanee of Aliens - - 7.610 0 0
For extraordinary Expenees relating tothe C 062 1,276 18 S
For maintaining Conrhas at home - - 37417 6 5
For minting journals, and diffracting Vote.,
Ace. of the Houle of Coatroom - - moos 0 0
For Military Roads, Bridges, Ate. in North
Britain

SIX* 0 0

dirdtarsing the probabk =OM of Bins on
:6,oent of New South Wales • - 14000 0 0
•.r Expences of the CommMenem on the 7th
ttf the American Try:Ay, ice. - 3450 0 0
waS.or good Votes on Addrefica of Pulls-
malt - - - 2408 la 3
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r tie. kaki of tie %Mak; Clerz:y and Laity
.1 1 r-zne and American LoyaLas - 20,a7s o 0
.ee t .tre : iervicc - - - : s ix* o 0
I 4 , Alit 104111 MOWER= to Landry Clerks in
Puha( Men • - - - Leas 16 o
Fa Espana incurred on the Plan far the krt.
proem-.tut of the Port et London - - sej Is 7
•er F.:pc:ice a( continuing the lade* to the
loores4. of the Hook of I.ortb ' - - tl6 ,6 c
Fa difclureqg Ezra= as paging certain Pub-
lic Ammo. 0. - - - 3roo 0 0
rnr Lapme* of the Parliament Oike - 374 4 $
t•tc Irayiar certain Mb drawn Ws account of
Ncw death Web - - 6,706 10 S
' ' r rtiatti eat*, other Mb arldcb become dim
from new both Wake - - - 7001 10 4
i n Anibal m. In mime worb about
the llsofor af s7rinitaeot : . 1000 0 0
7 e Remote if Commilimen inquiring int* .

the State of Cold Bath Fields Prifun • T7S 3
For Medicines fent to New South Wales - 8,5 16
For Intereft on Exchequer Bills 305,484
For Difeoant on prompt payment of Loans, •
Lottery, Bcc. . 177,130 13 rr.
For making good Advance, &c. of the Bank 17,518 14 7
For extra trouble in making out Exchequer
Bills, &e.
For Salaries, &e. to Olken for the National
Debt, &c. - - • - - - -
To American Claims, &-.- •
To the Board of Agriculture - -
To the Veterinary College - -
For repairing, &e. Britt& Forts and Settlements
on the Coat of Africa - - 10,000 0 0
Then followed Refolutions for the Pay and Cloathieg of the
Militia, and for allowances to Subaltern Odicers, ate. in time
of Peace

- 9c2 14 6
132 3 6
3000 o c
zsco 0 0

For defraying Charges of Field Officers for
Ireland - 7.167 6 3
The Refolutions were all voted, and the Houle
being refumed, the Report was ordered to be re-
ceived on Monday, to which day the further Sup-
ply and Ways and Means were deferred.
The Bill for importing Rice, &e. into Ireland,
was reported, and ordered to be invoffed, and
read a third time on Monday, if then ingrofred.
Mr. Costly moved, " That the Aft of the !loth
of his prefent Majefty, for regulating the trade
i with the Colonies, &c. be read," which it was,
pro forma. He then gave notice, that he fhould
move to refer to a Committee of the whole Houfc,
to confider fo much of that Aft as relates to the
Duty on Hops imported into Ireland.
At half paft fix o'clock the Houfe adjourned to
Monday next.

LONDON.

The Editor has received s letter flood K A Man dotting the
Nonferife," Stc. but the writer has omitted giving any initials
or other mode of addretting a letter to him.

SATURDAY, APRIL sj.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:

Coeds 59H—Confols for May ace. 60.
Omnitan 71.
TRICE OP STOCKS YESTERDAY.
3 per Cent. Red. 59 58to 5 per C. Loy. 93.1 i i
3 per C. Cott. 6o 59i 1 Loog Ann. i 8 1-t
4 Per Cent. Coaril 78 77 Comdata it: 7i
SPa C Nan' Stt Cool for y 601 i

Yellerday Lieutenant TowcolsoN arrived a the
Admiralty with difpatches from Lord KEITH and
Sir RALPH ABERCROMBIE, containing an account
of the Erica troops having failed from Macri for
Egypt. Lieutenant Tow c tit SON came from Egypt
in the Stsibwicc cutter, of 14 guns, and landed
with'his difpatches at Falmouth, from which he
immediately proceeded to Town. By this vefll
Government has received official advice of the
capture of the Africaine, a large French frigate of
44 guns, by the PHOIII, Captain BARLOW, after
a defperate engagement, in which the Africaine
had zoo men killed, and 14 wounded. The lofs
.of the PHOLIII was only one man killed, and three
or four wounded. The. Africaine was bound
to Egypt, with troops and fibres of every kind
for the French army; and after the capture was
carried into Mahon, where flte was equipped for
the Britith fervice, being a very large and com-
plete veal. The Pilaus was to fail with a fleet
from Mahon for England, on the ad of March.
,The S►RIGHTLY cutter, and liicssotaav Sre-chip,
captured by GaNrnaultz's fquadron, were funk
by the French Admiral before he reached Toulon.

_
A Council of the Cabinet Minifters was held
this morning at Lord HAWRESSURY'S Office, in
confequence of the difpatches received from Lord
Karr u and Sir RALPH AIIIRCAOIIIIII.

It is confidently reported that tome circum-
fiances which took place in the Baltic fleet, will
be mad.: a Mica of enquiry by a Court-Martial
when the fleet returns. Letters received from the
fleet this morning, nate, that it is to proceed im-
mediately to Revel.

His MAJISTT yefterday rode out on horfeblick,
accompanied by the Atteddants in Waiting and his
Equerries.
This being the birth-day of the Princefs Maar,
who entered into the a6th year of her age, the
ROYAL FAMILY were eomphmented by the No-
bility at Kew Palace.
The LORDCWAKCILLOi has appointed Gtoads
Foasi za, Efq. Barrifter at Law, of the Inner
Temple, a Commiffloner of Bankrupts.
The trial of Sir Hider B. Hays., for the for-
cible abduSion of Mils Plitt, lafted till nine at
night. The point referred for the confideration of
the twelve jute: is, whether a very material fait
laid in the indiSment, which charged him as the
perfon who aCtually took Mifs Pias away in the
firft inftance, had been fupported by_the evidence ?",
COVENT-GARDIIIeThe new Comic
Opera, of The Bawl Girl, was performed for the
fecond time yefterday evening to a houfe over-
flowing in every past. The author has made many
judicious alterations, and reduced the piece within
the pmperlimits of the time generally allowed for
reprefentation. The buftnefs of the Opera is now
coudigh.d without interruption, its progrefs is
rapid and natural, and The Mad Girl promifes in
its prefent (tats to acquire popularity at kat for
the remainder of the feafon.
A new fcene was introduced in the Mika] En-
tertainment of the Newel Pillar, with a particular
reference to the late fplendid viSory. It is need-
le!: to lay that a piece, which, like this, addreffes
itfelf to the firongeft emotions that can glow in
the bofom of Englifhmen—emotions of gratitude
to our brave defenders, was received with the ma
unbonnded applaufe. Calculated at all times to
pleafe, its die@ is irrefittalde at the prefent mo-
ment. This aid was carried to the ntmott pitch
by an extremely well defigned and 'biking repre-
fentation of the deltroltios of the Dag& Ike&

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE,

or Naut:cal Advettifements, Ice the Taft Page..

MAILS THIS DAY.--W;nd

• Hamburgh
o Dithlin

• Waterford, April W.
• Donna&hadix, April 20, 21,

YARMOUTH, APRIL :4

This morning arrived the Isis man of war from
the Baltic, with fomc of the wounded officers;
among whom is Capt. T. Sir B. THO At P sot+, of the
BLI.Lowa, who has loft a leg : the MONARCH and
HOLSTEIN are hourly expeaed, as the Isis left
them yefterday morning. The packets from Cux-
haven are hourly expdted alfo.

411 PINP.IO APRIL 23.
Came in the Eclipfe, Jerky, Capt. J. Nor'.,
from Naples and Gibraltar, laden with brandy
and oil, for Jerfey : On the 6th of I'vlarch laft,
about thre: leagues from Sardinia, fhe paired the
Squadron under the command of Rear• Admiral
Sir J. B. WARREN, conc. fling of eight fail of the
line, and one frigate.—This Morning arrived the
SrFEDWELL fchuoner, of 14 guns, Lieut. To mum.
son, from Egypt, with difp.ttches from Sir RALPH
ACERCROMBIi.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 24.
Arrived la LOIRE frigate from a:cruize.—Sailed
the RACOON (loop on a cruize.

SHEERNESS, APRIL 24.

Yefterday the Honourable Captain PACET, late
commander of the BRILLwur, joined his Majelly's
Ihip HYDRA.—Sailed this day the Asia, of 64
guns, Captain Dawson, for Yarmouth.—Arrived
from Yarmouth the BITTERN sloop, Capt. KITTO6.