Star.
London, England, 1805-07-12 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS.

PARIS, JULY 2.—lt is Paid that the Mini(ter of
War, who arrived here the 3oth ult. will lbortly
again depart, in order to meet his Imperial biajefty,
w-ho is on his return, over the Rhine.

Letters from Breit, dated the at th•vsf June, men-
tion the following-1, On the ayth, a fleet of twenty-
feven (hips, laden with grain, and convoyed by a
gun brig, two lugger's, and a peniche, in proceeding
from Blanc Sablons for Conquet, were attacked by
three Engla corvettzs. The gun boat, heing at the
head of the veffels, compelled the enemy to liner off
by her con Rant and heavy fire ; but in returning, in
order to facilitate the entrance of the veiTels, the was
overtaken by another Englint corvette, which dif-
charged feveral (hot at her. The Englifh corvettes
had alto to fullain the fire of the batteries of St. Mat-
thien, Port Lengan Pointe du Renard, and St.Carbe;
fi that it is thought they have received confiderable
damage. About one o'clock, our whole merchant
fleet, with the convoy, dropped anchor in Conquet,
where it lies in fecurity."
The privateer le Hoob, of Marfeilles, Capt. Mott-
ntit.l3, has captured on the Coaß of Africa, anti
taken to Montevideo, an Englills vcffel richly laden.
The Em acme of Gilt MAN y returned to Vienna on
the t4th ult. from his journey to Bohemia,
Various regulations have been announced in the
Genoefe territories, preparatory to their formal, an-
nexation to France.
JULY 3.—By letters from Bologna, we learn that
his Imperial Majefly entered that city on the asth of
June, where he reviewed the troops; from whence
he proceeded to Kezzio, and in the evening arrived
at Parma, where he took up his reticle= in the Pa-
lace of St.
The troops on the Coarl are in motion, and their
numbers are eflimated from iso to 200,000 men.—
No lets than tOOO veffels are lying ready in the road
and in the port. The flotilla confills of ptaams, being
a large kind of 'rad, having cannon and bodes on
board, of gun-boats, pinks, and chalnups, carrying
a 24 pounder. A bafon has been formed in the port
of Boulogne, capable of receiving one-half of thF
armed veffels.—ln the port of Vimereaux, a leagues
North of Boulogne, lie the Imperial cutters, and
other armed thips. The encampments at Boulogne,
' Eflaples, and other places, confifl of fquare wooden
barracks, plaißered on the outfide, ranged in three
lines, and divided from-each other by little gardens.
Moniterr.)

Giiroa, Julia 15.—A1l the reports agree in an-
nouncing that his Maierly the Emperor and. King
will make his entry into oar City on the zfith. We
cape& here to-morrow his Serene Highnefb the Arch-
treafurer of the Empire, Lenoir, and in a few days
her Imperial Highnefs the Princefs Eziza.
Narti ea Etas, lust 25.-.-Several emigrants have
retired from the city of Hamburgh, at the infiance,
it is Paid, of the French Anthaffador.
From the North there is nothing new. We wait
with impatience for the refult of the negotiations of
M. Von Novozizzorr. He will proceed via Mayence
for France, where the place will be communicated to
him at which the Emperor of the French and King
of Italy will receive him. The place of this meeting
cannot be fooner filed on, as his Majefiy will take a
tour through the feveral departmzins of the Empire.
There is now a talk, but op what grounds is not
mentioned, that the King of SARDINIA will be indem-
itified by the kingdom of Etruria, the prefent Sove-
reign of which will receive as a compenfation, Parma,
Piacenza, and Lucca.

Cants, Mat t9.—A paffenger jun arrived here
From the Inc of France, which he quitted on the 9th
of March. on board an Auftrian veffel, has brought
the following intelligence :—Rsar Admiral. Ltaots
has captured thirty-five of tilt. enemy's merchantmen,
ten of which richly laden, belonged to the Eall India
Company : he was alto preparing to Make fuither
irtacks upon the Englifh commerce in the Ealllndies.
MADRID, Juts' 3.—Our Court Gazette contaii.ts
an article ofintelligence from Mexico, dated the 6th
o.9ober, 181, as follows :—.
The King Tonkin has recovered his kingdom, of which be
had been difroffefftd by a certain Tyrant and perfeetster of the
Cbrillians; and, according to the lait letters from Manilla, had
leaded the Ufurper's bead to be Muck eff. Soon after this, tile
lawful Sovereirn Allied a proclamation, Melly fothicliing his
fubjeels in future, to perfccute or ill-treat the t.'briftians in his
IClTitOry."
FRANCKfORT, JUNK a9.—Accnrding to intelligence
from Duffelslorp, the march of the French troops
from the Ele.orate of Hanover to the interior of
Fiance, ivy way of Keiferfwerth, Hill continues.
AEIST 'Arum, JULY B.—We hear that Vice-Admi
ral de WINTER has been appointed Commander in
Chief of the Tete) Expedition, with peimiffion to hoin
his flag on board whatever fhip he may choofe.
The feffion of their High Mightineffes has been
prolonged, in cadequence of the new plan of general
taxation, on which they daily deliberate.
Lieut.. General Duatoimeav has returned from the
Helder with his Staff, and is arrived in the Hague. ?'
The Chattam, of 6o gum has been put into cnm•
minion, and the command of her given to Capt. c.
J. WOE7EIOIIIEI4 at prefent commander of the Eury.
dice-frigate. The crew is to confill of 650 men. The
Peter Paulus, r.f. 68 guns, and having 450 hands on
board, is alto put into commiMon ; but the Captain
has not yet been appointed.
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General Nimmons., and feveral other Generals,
have let ()Whom the camp at Zeill for the Helder...
Tos m runt w.Juer t—Yeflerday arrived from Ncun•
felden four officers and twelve men of the Britilh (hip
of war the Capt. GRIGORY, cruising off the
Elbe. They were detached in boats to Cuxhaven to
cut out a (hip which had trangreffed the blockade;
but the attempt failed. Lieut. A. C. &ow twos, who
commanded the expedition. depofes, that the lisawrlr
sred repeatedly at the fame (hip, which came from
Antflerdam, without bringing her to. Hereupon they
were fept after her with two boats. When the mailer
of the veffel•faw them approaching. be ran his veffel
on Chore. The Englifb then took poffeffion, and Car.
vied the mailer and the mate away with them. At
high water, at eleven, (hey returned to the veffel, to
get her off ; but when they were only about ten paces
,iaillant, a volley of (Wall arms was fired at them,which
wounded one man, and was immediately returned.
laowever,nn finding near too men on board, they taw
the impoffibility of effer9ing their purpofe, and proi
needed to Neunfelden, to get back to their .veffel, ao
they did not know the paffage of the Narrow Channel.

IiiRLIAMNNTARr .PROCFEDING;. •

HOME OF LORDS. THURSDAY. JULY tt.

Their Lordlhips fat a (hort time in a Comnittee'
of Privileges, on the claim of the Zouche Peerage;
after which further proceeding; were podponed till
next Sefnon.

The Judges attended according to (amnions; after
which,
The LORD CHANCELLOR. quitted dip Wool-
lack; and, in purfuance of what trnnfpired in the
dile:Aron of tall night, role for the pupate of (O-
mitting an important law propofition to their confi-
deration. He adverted, in the tour & °ibis olgerva-
dons, to the feveral pofitions which had been ad-
vanced; and alto to the sfiffins of a Noble and Learned
Lord, refpefting the competency of a witnefs in
certain cafes to demur ; and concluded, as the re-
fult of the whole, by fuhmitting a quellion to the
following &eft, for the opinion of the Law Lords
Whether, according to law, a witnefs can be re-
quired to anfwer a quellion, the anfwering of which
does not criminate hirofelf, but may ellablins, or
tend to ellabligh, that he owes a debt recoverable by
a civil fyit ?"
This quellion was ordered to be referred to the con-
fideration of the Learned judges.
Lord MINTO, introduftory to an additional goer-
tion, which he deemed it prnper to refer to the con-
! federation of the Joclges, repeated feveral of his ob-
fervations of last raght upon the general fobjeft.—
He particularly dwelt upon the important dithation
between a civil action inflituted on the part of ;he
Crown, and one ipflituted by ordinary inclividuali,
as, in the former cafe. he argueds.it was. of the na-
ture, and had the effelt of a cnminal proceeding
there was, therefore, he contended, a fobllantial
difference between a Cult fo inflituted and a common
fait for debt. The query he had to propofe was—
" whether, in point of law, a witnefs can 're-
quired to aofwer a queflion, which cannot expo*
him to a criminal otofecotion, but may be the ground
of a civil fait on the part of his MAjeßy, for the're-
covery of prof is made by him in the life of public
money contrary to lave ?"
The LORD CHANCELLOR °softly obferved,
he should make no objeftion to the motion ; at the
fame time, by his agreeing fo far, it did not follow,
that his opinions upon the point adverted to, Were
fimilar to that of the Noble Lords.

The (Indian was then put, and the propofition of
Lord Min'to was, in like manner, referred to the con-
fideration of the Learned Judges.
The nOnion of the Judges was delivered in the
Appeal from the Court of chancery in Ireland, Toe
v. Power—after which the judgment of that Court
.
was RifitMed. *
The judgment in the Appeal, Campbell v. *Nair,
was fent back to the Court of &Mon with fpecial
infiruainns.
Mr. WHITBREAD, with feveral Members, brought
up a new Bill from. the Commons, in the cafe of Mr.
Trotter and others, the former Bill being loft in that
Hoare; op account of certain amendments. The Bill
was read threc times and palled.
The Mtge Win' into a Committee. to taice into
conOderatiOn the McCaig; of the Commons, declining
to communicate the evidence in the Duke of AthoPts
Bill. Several precedents were read--after which dm
Lurd Chansellnr fain. it npr•ot-6,1 crow thefe, that
it had been the parliamentary pra4iee 4nd tifage for
the Houle of Commons to communicate evidence to
that Houle, where the fah on -which they patted a
Bill were recited, and hated as the motives: of the
Bill on the face of the Bill itfelf. , He Mould, there-
fore, tomorrow, move that a refolution to that effea
be catered on their Lordship's Journals. The report
BIAli ordered to be received to-morrow.---Adjounied.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
A Meffage was received from the Lords,acqtrainting the Heide
with their Lordthlps concurrence to the Smuggling Prevention
PRI, the Members' of Parliament Privilege Bill,the Foreign Plata
Gbh BM, the Edda Mufeum Grant Bill. the Duke of Athol's
Bill, and the Confolidated Food Bill, without any amendment ;
u alto of their concurrence to the Maiditene Poor Bill, the Pad-
dington Coal BM, the Witnefs Indemnity Bah the Camberwell
Water Works Bin, with-leveret amendments, to which they &Emil
the edneurrenee of the Houfe.
• .
• The Amendments of the Lords on the Camberwell Water
Works Bill, were taken into confiderationonad agreed to,
.and Mr.
TIERNEY defired to carry up the fame to the Lords.
on the motion of Mr. S. BOURNE, a new Writ was ordered
for the County of Downe, for the election of a Member of Paths.
ment in the room of Lard Vitemant Caftiereagh, who has accepted
of the of done of his Malefty's v incipal Secretaries of State.
M. ge Mc Bar, Rated that his Majelty had been wait-
ed on with fevered Addreffes ordered by the Haute, and had be
graCioully plealhel to fay. that be would give direetionc accordingly.
On the motion of Mr. HUSKISSON the Lords' Amendments
in the Paddington Coal Bill, were taken into confederation and
agreed to. .
Mi. DENT moved, that there be laid before the Houk, an Ac-
count of the Mania paid to the Sierra Leone Company; as alto
an Account of the Difburfement of the fal4 Meoies granted by
Pactlanwin tothat Company.—Ordered.'
Mr. DENT gave notice, that at an early period of next Seffioo
he noulji lacing forward a motion for the Abolition of the (nage
bra ice of Bull Baiting.
Mr. TYRRELL, the City Remembrance?, prefented (event
Acements reiitive to the Port of London, which were ordered to.'
be 101 l on the table.
. The Lords" Amendments on the Maldftone Poor 818 were
man into confidential and agreed to.
, Mr. KINN4IRD moved that there be laid before the Haute an
acinunt of the Stipends of the Clergy of the Church of Scotland,
and of the augmentations which they have from time to time re-
ceived. He mentioned, as one ground of his motion, the mode
in which the augmentations were obtained.
The SECA'S fARY at WAR end Mr. R. DIJNDAS, objected
to it, as cakolitedtogive rife to extraordinary feelings and keine'.
difeolione 1 that part of the country, without vomiting to pro-
duce any good effects, Mr, Kiunsird arced to withdraw the
Modal. . .
• . Mr.AVILLIAMS WYNNE moved for an account ef thenom-
her of Lunatics confined in 0401.• HOUree. cagndklaP.
Pottt-
bodes, and Hooks of %defies la England.
Mr. WHITBREAD then moved Ma: the Houk proceed to take
Isito briber cooltdentices the amendments 14, the Loyds tut the
Wieners lodemnity Bill.
. .
The SPEAKER obterved, that as the Bill was intended for the
of *lons to be examined Mull*. X 0 tninfacitione re-
, Valhi the appßeadon of the yob& money, it might be confider-
ed as a money ; and the amendments of their I.ortithips tend.
lag directly tonteet the Bill, it was foe the Hatch to rapider how
far they credit Main &eh amendments.
Mr. WHITB4EAD moved that the BA with the ansetsdmedts,
be titan into radon this day three scooths.Ordcred..
. • Mr. wrirraato then. emerger for leave .to bring In e Bill on
the fame
... which waigranted accordingly, and Mr. Whit-
it to prepare aed bring lo the fame.
fIer:EACI then appeasing at the Bar, brought in a
new Bpllokodsaanify prrfons that Safi give evidence Its the Cafe or
Lord Melville, iis before diredted.t--Read a Brit and teemed time.
On t 4 motion that the Indemnity Bill be read a third time,
Ur W. ELVORD.eliedted to the Bill, as it did oat compleykely
put the perfeets io inertia° in a Bate free of all apprebeneqa in re.
gard to tic reviteeprencee 'of their evidence. He writhed tat their
evicirnee Owuld, id' every retpedi, be tenbiaKed, . and therefore

them* that if it was right to hitroduee resat &Sin at all, the At-
torney General lbould be direded at the fame time to drop all civil
proceedings arslnft Mr. Truster. as it wag of the !Sighed impor-
tance that no fw-mlfe mould clift In the public mind in cafe if the
acquittal of Lord Melville. (bat if tbc witneffes bad been onbiaffed
by any fears for themfelves. he would have be "molded.
Alter a tort reply from Mr. WHITBREAD, the Bill erns nod
a third time, and Mr. Whitbread dire&sl to carry it to the Lords.
Sir W. ELFORD then moved. that there be read
the order of the Hoare, of the 29th April, to the
Attorney• General, to eon; a civil procefs agaiuft
Lord Melville and Mr. Trotter-, which being done,
he further moved, that fo much of the order as re-
ferred to Trotter be difeharged.
Mr. WHITBREAD faid, it were certainly ex-
tremely defirable that the public &fluid obtain retri
bunion, provided this were compatible with their ob-
taining jutbce on a great delinquent, if delinquency
had been committed. When he firfi brought in the
Bill, he thought the civil procefs might go on not-
, withilanding the impeachment. High authorities,
however, thought differently, and he gave way to
them. But now the highefl• legal authorities have
I given their opinion that it was pot competent to
Trotier to demur to any quelions on account of his
being liable to a civil fait • hence the amendments
which had been made by the Lords on the Bill. It
certainly would now be indecorous to refeuid the for-
mer order of the Houfe, fince the whole gut Rion had
been referred to the Twelve Judges. It would be
quite time enough to decide when they have given
their opinion.
Mr. RINNAIRD firongly protetled,againft the
motion. The prevalent rumour, he (aid, gave coq-
vision to his mind,that there ezifted no necerity for
futpending the civil proceft.' It would be tstraordi-
nary, after what has been beard of the folemn opinion
of force of the Jures, to elude their determination.
It appeared to be the fee& of the Upper 'Houle thOi
theputilic Mould not be deprived of that retribution
to which they were entitled : and he had the fatisfac-
tion if feeling his own opiiion con6imed by whit
they had done. ' •
' ATTORNEY GENEgAL obferved, that
the Honourable Baronet's motion did 'obi interfere
With the proceedings of the Judges. It appeared
therg*traordinarythat the motion mould be objeaed
to; Rice theHoufe had concurred in renouncing every
civil procefs again ft Trotter. But if the motion (konld
not meet with general approbation, perhaps the inter-
mediate courfe of a temporary fufpenfion might be
adopted. Let all civil procefs be fulpended till next
feffibn, when the Hanle may further decide as thall
kern to them proper. 'He had already Elated it as his
opinion that Trotter's examination would be no legal
bar to a civil protecution;but as a matter of dare;
tion it would probably be better to confider it to.
WILLIAMS
Mr. WYNNE coincided in Opinion
with the Learned Gentleman;
Loid H. PETTY obterved, that Trotter was only
to he exempted from civil procefs, hi the event of his
giving juft and true evidence on his eziMinatiun.
W Sir M. ELFORD explained, and it was 'then
agreed to direa the Attorney General 'not to pro-
ceed in any civil fuit againa Trotter before the com-
mencement of next felon.

CAPTAIN WITCH?.

Mr. WINDHAM (aid, that he rofe now in confe-
quence of what hid yefterday fallen from an Hon.-
P.riend. On a former oceafion, he was doubtful
whether he fhould move fbr the piednftion of the coy-
refpondent; between the Britillt and French Govern-
ments on the fulled of Captain Wright. He was
afiaid that it would not reflefl much.credit on the
Government and on the Country. He could not but
objeft to out employing the intervention of a third
' power, in ordef to procure what we ought to have
obtained by dire& claim. Hencs be had objefted to'
the difclofure of the correfpondence on the ground of
its being derogatory to the dignity of the country.—
But on tonverfation with his Hon. Friend, he found
that the cortefpondence 'weuild confute thofe catato-
nics which the enemy had Ihrosen on Capt. Wright.
It was merely an aet of intik* to him to prove that
thefe were falfe ; and he would be'bbnfoted by the
idea of not being forgotten by the Government of the
country: Befidei Arch difclofure Might even operate
fome elicit on the• mind of Bonaparte.. Hveould
not be altogether infenSble to fame.. and might not
with. to provoke the general odium of Europe. , He
mull feel the meanneis of his, own conduit in perfe-
cuting a man becaufe be recolleited his swertiops at
Acre, in conjunition with Sir. Sidoey Smith. On
thefe grounds he moved, if Thatlif.Majefty be re-
quelled to order copies of the correfpondence on the
fubjed of Captain Wrght,. to . be laid before the
Houfe."
Sir SYDNEY SMITH feconded Ow motion, and
obferved, that it would afford Capt. Wright confide-
tion to know that he was not difavowed
try, and that the affertions of the enemy were ditto-
lieved. The Hon. Member then Rated; that Capt.
Wright was regularly employed by Government, ant
read a letter from ont of the Officers, giving an on-
count of the capture. and hcftowing -the higheft eu..l
logiums on Capt. Wright. During the perufal- of
the letter the lion. Member fumed ;ma Whited..
In addition to this correfpondence, the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER alfo moved for
Copies of a Letter from W.Warfden, Efq. to E.
El ..dared July ;7, tilos; and the Anfwer,
dated Aug. aB. 1804.
• Sir A. HAMMOND moved for leave to prefent a
Memorial of the Navy Board, in anfwer to the Third
ftepareof the Comtniffioners of Naval Enquiry.
Mr. KINNA I ItD thought it Stange that the Hon.
Member &Quid on the tall- day but one of the Sef.
lion, move for producing fuck a memorial, after two
years had elapfed fence are Report to which it refer-
red had been given in. He thought the molt manly
and randidmanner of proceeding for the Navy Board
would berm move for the feveral reports being taken
into eonfideration, in place of giving in written ILO•
fwers to the leveret charges •
. Sir A. HAMMOND replied, that no fooner did
the Second and Third Reports appear, than he loft
so opportunity to Rate to the Fir& Lord of the Ad-
miralty, the with of the Navy. Board to vindicate
their conduit. This requen was refuted, and now it
was certainly unjuft to accufe the Board of being
. tardysir
CinifiAvißogLiEnstheirLeEnfwoererstwrd,
that :be Hoare
and the Puhlic Should be cautious in receiving a Me-
morial from perfons charged with improper conduit.
If their affations were to be taken as racers, then
the 14bours of the CommiXoners would be of no avail.
It wes to be -reconciled- too, that the Memorialifts
t were not on their oath. The chje4 of the Commit'.

•
Goners of Naval Enquiry was to obtain truth, t
to perform this talk they left no (lone unturned.—
per fons might have been found more equal to the
talk. but none more zealous and faithful. He er.
preffed conGderable doubt whether the Commilfionels
could proceed, under the impediments they had to
encounter.
The S)CRETARY at WAR asked, uhether the
Gentleman meant to claim that the charge be re-
ceived, while the anfwer to that charge was rejected
Mr. JOHNSTONE Paid he coul.l not conceive
that the Houfe would place the defence on a footing
of equality with the Report of Commitfioners ap,
pointed by themfelvev.
Mr. CANNING made a number of obfervationa
in anfwer to Mr. Johnilone.—The motion was them
agreed to.
Mr. KENNAIRD moved for certain Papers on
Naval AffAirs; which were agreed to.

FINASICIL

The Debate on the Finance Propofitions was re,
fumed. Except in a few unimportant particular,,
they Teemed to meet the general concurrence of the
Houfe.—Adjourned.

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