Star.
London, England, 1813-05-07 00:00:00

CURATES.

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The Bishop of LONDON adverting to the Curates' Bill,
which stood for discussion in its last stage for Tuesday next,
observed, that as it appeared inconvenient for many Noble Lords
to attend the House on that day, and as he could perceive ao
other fit opportunity in the ensuing week, he should move, in
the first place, that the Order for Tuesday be discharged; and
next, that Monday senuight be fixed for the third reading.
Aftir a few observations from Lord HARROWBY, in which
he signified his, acquiescence in the motions, they were both se-
verally agreed to.—Adjourned to to-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. LYTTLETON moved that an Order of the House,maAe
on a former motion of his, for the production of the Minutes of
the Court Martial, held on the Officer commanding the Java, be
diacharged.-e-Agreod to, and the Order discharged accordingly.
The Honourable Member then moved for a Return of the
Complement of Men on board the Java, according to the last
muster of that ship, previous to her departure from England.—
As also for a Return of the Number of Ketrults on board tbsi
Java, the Guerriere, and the Macedonian, at the time of their
capture.—Agreed to.
Mr. WM. DUNDAS gave notice of a motion for Monday,
for the better Regulation of the Quarter Sessions in Scotland.
Mr. Richards, from the Officer of the Clerk of the Crown,
brought tip the Returns of the number of Convictions for Pot
Stealing, pursuant to a late Order of the House, made on the
motion of Mr. Wharton.
AUS'IRMN .1147.$ P4I).ER, The Report of the Committee on the Irish Parish Churches
—....„,,.-- Bill was brought up, the Amendments read and agreed to, and
We, FeANCte 1. by the grace of Con Emperor of the Bill ordered to be read a third time tomorrow.
.Aderie. King of Hungary, Bohemia, Gallicia, and Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Report of the Commit-
tee of Supply.—The Resolutions were read and agreed to.
odornirta, tee. Archduke of Austria, Etc. The second reading of the Mary-la-bonne New Street Bill was
The events of late years, and especially of that . postponed till Monday next.
which has last closed, must necessarily have the most The further consideration of the Report of the Committee on
marked influence on the relations of our Empire.— theAPrisoners' Relief Bill was postpored until this day se'nnight.
Lwoarsdsrbeicpesi received
thfroom
,t hole Lords, announcing
rantioinio üßstiLingwitthhe.
The peace and war, the prosperoos or untoward si- assent of their
notion of the States contiguous to us, inevitably ope- out any amendment. LY
1
rate on the tranquillity and welfare of the people en- Lord STANLEY presented a Petition from the Cotton
trusted Co us by Providence. Weavers of the town and neighbourldiod of Manchester, the
HOW much we have endeavoured to reader the
objecto on
af wnhiewch
lying,w astoocnotuhnot err aacbtle tofiretpooes sHibolueseeffei c t
fao f: err
ot aif ra.
efforts which we have been hitherto necessitated to Prohibition of American Cotten. The Noble LUrtinstavtedli, that
make by the, state of things,• compatible with the the Petitioners had no objection to a Prohibition by Blockade,
great interests aud the prosperity of our subjects, they but conceived that a Prohibition by Law would necessarily act
themselves will gratefully acknowledge. That the as a tax upon cotton.
G. PHILLIPS spoke briefly in approbation of the Prayer
object of our exertions—the aim of all the great aud of the Petition.
extraordinary sacrifices demanded of our provinces Tbe CHANCELLOR •f the EXCHEQUER having said a
during the last year—has been the establishment, if few words in reply,
Mr. BARING expressed Isis conviction of the necessity that
possible, of a tranquillity built on lasting foundations,
existed fur putting an end t• the agitation of a question as to the
not only our own Empire but all Europe must be imposition'of a large duty on a raw material, from which very
thoroughly convinced, important consequences were expected to result.
And as we now cherish the hope, in the impending The Petition was then ordered to lie upon the Table.
crisis of the fate of Europe, to render available that
The Battle-axe Guards' Bill was read a third time and passed.
l ti.
yec Committee on the Ship-owner.' Bill was postponed till
weight which is secured to us by the state of our mo- Mon.
narchy, and other relations with our Powers, gene- Mr. COURTENAY presented a Petition from Exeter in fa-
rally, towards the common advantage, from which your of the Propagation of the Christian Religion in the East-
our own is inseparable ; so it becomes the more ne-
Indies.—Ordered to lit upon the Table.
Mr. DAVIES GIDDY gave notice of a motion for Thursday
cessary to place ourselves, by the increase of our rui- se'nnight for Returns of the Number of Acquittals on Criminal
litary force, in a condition perfectly adequate to so Prosecutions which bad taken place within a certain time in the
important a determination. various Counties of England, and the Fees payable to the Clerks
The greater have been the proofs which our pen- of Assize and the Clerks of the Peace.
ple have exhibited to us, of their affection and faith-
:stiles CAPTURED BY THE AMERICANS.
ful co-operation in the important and difficult periods Mr. BARING then rose, and observed, that no-
tice o a motion ad iven by an Hon. ri of one reign, the more are we justified in reckoning
of his,f h been
respecting the conduct of the NavalF end
War,
on their ready willingness to make every effort, in
this the most important crisis of all, which is to de. which included the requisition of papers relating to
cide upon the establishment of a state of repose with the state of our ships of war. There would be some-
all its blessed consequences—so necessary to all, and thing, he conceived, wanting in this motion, which
which is the object of so many ardent wishes. it would be the object of that he was now about to
It has, however, been the object of our paternal make to supply. He wished to call the attention of
solicitude, to obtain the means of supplying our cork. I
chants trading to America and the West Indies, for the House to the numerous complaints made by mer-
sequent extraordinary necessities by a measure, which I
'without requiring of our subjects such immoderate
the want of protection to their commerce—the coasts
'sacrifices as might disturb the prosperity of our fi and harbours frequented by their vessels being con-
nan- i
cial system, or the most important pursuits of in- I scantly insulted by American privateers. !'here
dustry, will better matlifest the confidence which we never was any case in which a more general sensa-
place in our people.tion was excited among the mercantile part of the
Community, 'As we still persevere in the resolutions which wereommunity, than was the result of this want of pro.
made known in the Ordinance of the 20th of Fe-
tection, which had been very sensibly felt ever since
buttery, 1811, never, ,
and on no account, to increase
the commencement of the war with America. Whe-
,
the number of Redemption bills, so we have found it ther it was the consequence of Government having
underrated the power of the American nation, or
necessary to establish a considerable and immediately. i
i from wha ever other cause it arose, he should not
applicable Fund, by way of anticipation, on a portion • t
of the best-secured revenues of the state. We have : attempt to decide ; but such • was the fact. The
therefore resolved, and do ordain, as follows : • i coast of the Brazils—that of the West India islands,
'I. Towards the credit of this anticipation-fund, we devote the of Jamaica in particular—were very much exposed
anneal sum of 5,750,000 flutinS, which, for twelve years ensuing, to the evil he had mentioned. Not wishing to anti.
commencing with the year lei 4, shall be yearly set apart for cipate the discussion fixed for a future day, he would
that purpose out of the receipt of the land-revenue in our Ger- not go at any great length into the part of the sub-
sume Bohemian, and Gallician provinces.
L•. As the united Redemption and Extinction Committee, by ject of the naval war with America, connected with
their accurate performance e,l the duties entrusted to them, have Lis intended motion. He would merely say what he
verited our gratitude and the general confidence, we also place thought necessary to justify to the House in his
in their hands the exclusive mapagemeat of the funds so issuing troubling them with such a motion. He had in fact
as aforesaid.
intended to move for a return of the number and
3. For this purpose the aforesaid sum of 3,750,000 Rosins, ari-
.sine out of the receipt of the land-tar, shall be yearly paid over tonnage of the merchant vessels captured by the
.10 the Redemption and Extinction Committee, by which moans Americans since the commencement of the war, in
they will receive, within the before fixed period of twelve years, • order to ascertain whether such captures were the
the sum of 45 millions of florins. I result of any neglect in the Admiralty department ;
4. Bat that the whole of this fond may be applicable as occa- ,
sign may require, to the defraying of the extraordinary expend'. I but he had been informed that there was no office
tine., we authorise the said Redemption Committee to prepare I which could furnish such returns. This was a fact
aaticipation OLIO, to the amount of 45 millions of florins, and to that appeared somewhat extraordinary ; for how was
piece there at the disposal of our Exchequer.
I it possible for the Admiralty to form an adequate
•5. The'form of these anticipation hills, according to their ea.
riots subdivisions, will be made knottn by another ordinance. - judgment of the vigilance and good conduct of offs-
• 6.1 he Red.inptiou Committee .hall he r. sponsible for extin- cers employed in various parts of the world, if they
geishing yearly, from the year 1514, a sum of 3,75v,000 florins had not such regular returns of captures as would
in. atiticipattotebills and they shall regularly make known the ac- enable 'them to coMply, to the fullest extent, with
eurateleffilment of obligation.
1. As the anticipation-bills which in this way will come into such a motion as he had designed to submit ?At
circulation; are covered by en ample fund of the securest rvere, Lloyd's Coffee-house, there was a list of captures
b• means of which they will be emnplet.,4y extinguished within , kept for the information of persons who might be
the period of twelve years—we therefore hereby order them to j interested in them ; and he could not conceive, why
be reaeived at their full value in all payments to the Exchequer, . .
as well as in private transactions, and an all other way. in which the Admiralty should be less anxious in obtaining
they may be employed. information with respect to the department of the
t - 4 Atm at Vienna, this 1::.h pf April, 1813. ,Public Service in which they were engaged, than
• - . • (biped) 71/INSII. Any set of people h • having
their own interest i view.
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It appeared to him to be esmathit. !lint they should
have constant returns from the diferent naval sta-
tions; but as it appeared they had them not. and
that in eonseqUence ision, shaped according to
his original intention, could not be acquiesced in, be
found himself under the necessity of having recourse
to the next best measure be could devise for the pur-
pose of bringing to issue before the House the ques-
tion contested between the Government and the suf-
ferers in the American trade, the latter of them con- I
tending, that they had incurred immense losses,
while -Ole former maintained that none had been in-
curred. He would accordingly move for the pro-
duction
of copies of the various memorials and re-'
monstrances made to the Admiralty by merchants,
ship-owners, and others, on account of the want of
convoy and insufficiency of protection to their trade,
on the coasts of America and the West Indies, suite
the breaking out of the war. To an acquiescence in
this motion, he hoped there could be no objection.—
They might plead inability to produce a formal do-
cument such as he had intended at first to move for,
but he could see no similar ground for refusal now.
Lord CASTLEREAGH would not now antici-
pate the discussion which was to take place on the
motion concerning the conduct of the naval war. He.
would be then ready to thew, that there had been no
deficiency of ability or zeal in the conduct of it. With
respect to the motion of the Honourable Gentlemkn,
in its first shape, he must observe, that it assumed
that the Admiralty was not only the depository of
the register of our own naval affairs, but also of those
of America. That however being by no means the
case, it must be obvious that any return like that
which had been expected, must, if supplied, be ne-
cessarily imperfect and fallacious. With respect to
the class of information now called for, he could not
sufficiently express his surprize that it should have
been called for by so experienced a Member as the
Honourable Gentleman. He had called for all the
Memorials and Remonstrances which had been
presented to the Admiralty on a certain subject,
meaning, he presumed, to include even the letters
of individuals ; and on the information supplied by
such documents as these, it appeared to be his design
to put the Administration on their trial. But he
would put it to the House to consider, what must be
the consequence 6f their entertaining such a motion.
The consequence would be, that the different public
offices would be on all occasions heaped with the
unfounded, vexatious, and scandalous complaints of
individuals who fancied themselves aggrieved, to the
great hindrance and detriment of the public business.
it was impossible to say what mischief might be ef-
fected by such swarming querulous claimants as
would thus be directed against the Government. He
trusted, therefore, that the motion would be nega-
tived without hesitation. If there was any point on
which his Majesty's Ministers were thought culpable,
there was not want of fit persons in the House to inves-
tigate that conduct, and put them on their defence, if
expedient, without having recourse to means so ex-
traordinary and ineligible as those adopted by !he
Hon. Gentleman. He hoped there was no second
person in the House would be found to approve of
them, and indeed he thotight it likely that the Hon.
Gentleman himself would, on due consideration, be
inclined to abandon them.

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Under these circumstances he should, in the first in.
stance, propose a Resolution ; and afterwards, if the
Court should so determine, he would lay before it as
Address, which he had prepared, to the Prince Re.
gent. He then then read the following resolution
" That Lord Viscount Sidmouth, by his unprecedented con.
duct In departing from immemorial usage, by refusing to insert
in the London Gazette the dutiful and loyal Address of this
Court, to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, with ber
most gracious Answer thereto, so that our regard and venera-
tion for the virtues of her Royal Highness might he preserved i*
official security, and remain capable of being at any time resort.
eel to, as the recorded opinion of the City of has evinced
a marked contempt for the feelings and opinions of this City, and
the country at large, and that by so suspicious an exercise of
his discretion, has seemed to insinuate a belief, that the triumph
of the Princess of Wales, over a conspiracy so foul and detestable,
could have been displeasing to die Prince Regent, and has thereby
offered a gross indignity to the Princess of Wales, and cast a
most invidious and odious Imputation on the honour and cbatac-
ter of his Royal Master ; that this Court is therefore most peal-
liarly called upon to present a loyal and dutiful Moires, to Lis
Royal Highness the Prince Regent, congratulating him on the
established innocence of his Royal Consort, and expressing the
feelings of this Court at the misconduct of his Minister, at the
same time expressing our anxious desire that her Royal Itgb.
new may be allowed an establishment suitable to her high rank
and station in this couniry."
Mr, FA.VELL seconded the Resolution, and declared
no indignity like the present had been offered to that
Court since the Revolution.

Sir W. cURTIF said, no one was more ready dint
himself to resent any contempt shewn to that Court,
but he differed from the Gentleman who brought for.
ward this motion with respect to the conduct of Lord
Sidmouth. He was satisfied that no one had a more
sincere respect for the City ;4* London than the Noble
Lord. He'had, howeger, been placed in a new situ;.
lion ; a common copy of :he gocuments in question
having been sent to it.--tead of the original au-
thenticated instruments, which had heretofore invari.
ably been sent. All Addresses, moreover, ought to
be examined by the Sovereign, previous to their in?
sertion in the Gazette. If, then, those who censured
Lord Sidmouth could put themselves in his situation,
would they have presented these Addresses to the
Prince ? In the situation in which his Royal High-
ness stood, would it not be to offer him an indignity
to present such an Address to him, and could it be
the wish of that Court to offer him an indignity ?
(Cries of " Certainly not I")—He hoped ;he motion
would be withdrawn.
Mr. S. Ducom disapproved of the motion, and
particularly of the matter therein introduced.
Mr. DORNFORD was of opinion that the best course
they could pursue, if they were displeased with the
conduct of Lord Sidmouth, would be to present e
remonstrance to him, as they had done to Mr. Ryder
on a similar occasion.

Mr. BARING said, he had not called for vague
information, as the Noble Lord assumed that he had,
but had grounded his motion on a defined and spe-
cific complaint of the insufficiency of convoy and na-
val protection ; nor could he see what evil could re-
suit from granting the information required.—The
merchants engaged in a certain trade complained
that they could not send their ships from one port to
another—and, unprotected as it thus appeared they
were, it was no more than reasonable that all infor-
mation which might account for their being so should
be afforded the House ; and it was to be expected that
it would be afforded by Ministers, who professed
themselves ready at all times to afford every informa-
tion which might tend to facilitate discussion in that
House. He had not heard any thing which appeared
to him a sufficient reason why he should not press
his motion.

Mr. Alderman HuNun could not conceive that
Lord Sidmouth intended to throw any obloquy on
the proceedings of the City; his coqduct had been
called unprecedented, yet no one had been able to
prove, that Addresses to Princes and Princesses of
Wales had been alwjys published in the London
Gazette.

The question was then put from the Chair, and
the motion was negatived without a division.
Adjourned till to-morrow (this day.)

Mr. Quo/ could not concur in the panegyrics passed
on Lord Sidmouth ; he could see nothing in his con-
duct which entitled him to their veneration ; and
therefore thought that his conduct on the present oc.
casion ought to be censured.
Mr. WAITIIMAN replied, that all persons seemed
to concur in the established innocence of the Vrincess :
why, then, was she to labour under the privaticn of
her dignity and splendour, and still to be denied the
intercourse of her daughter, as if her innocence had
not been ascertained ? As to the right of insertion its
the Gazette, it was a long-established usage, which, in
such a case, was a right. It was the King's Gazfue,
but paid out of the public-money, and held for the
use of the people. The question of the Address had
not been a private one—it involved even the succes-
sion to the Crown—it demanded the interference of
the City—and the expression of their opinion ought to
have been recorded in a public document whose high
nature would have given it a security. The right,
it seemed, had been questioned before—there was the
more necessity, therefore, that it should now be as.
serted. What I were they togo up to the Regent's
Ministers, and ask as a favour, that the innocence of
a person, whose disgrace would have affected the whole
House of Brunswick, might be officially announced
—As to an establishment for the Princess, he thought
it was due to her character and conduct.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. -

A Court was yesterday held for the purpose of re-
ceiving the Answer of her Royal Highness the Prin-
cess of WALES to the Address of the last Court.
The LORD MAYOR opened the business, and di-
rected the Recorder to read the Answer of the Prin-
cess, which was done, and, on the motion of Mr.
Griffiths, ordered to be entered on the Journals of the
Court.

The LORD MAYOR then caused a Letter of Thanks
from the Russian Captain Bock to be read. In this
Captain Bock expressed his gratitude for the flatter-
ing attention he bad met with since he came to this
country.
Mr. WAITHMAN understood, that neither the Ad-
dressnf the Coutt to the Princess of Wales, nor the
answer of her Royal Highness, had been inserted in
the Gazette. He wished to be informed of the cause
of their non-appearance.
The REM/MARC= then read a letter which he
had sent with the Address to Lord Sidmouth, toge-
ther with the answer of the Noble Lord, stating, that
in the exercise of that discretion which belonged to
his office, he did not think proper to order the inset.
tion of it in the Gazette.

Mr. WAITHMAN said he rose under circumstances
of considerable difficulty, resulting from mauy causes,
but not among the least, from a painful feeling of
disappointment, that amid the general satisfaction
prevailing on the vindication of the Princess of \V ales,
one event should have occurred to diminish the uni-
versal joy. It was, however, impossible to pass over
in silence the indignity offered by Lord Sidmoith to
the Court and to the Princess of Wales, and the in-
sult given by him to the Regent his master: He WAS
happy that the Court came to the consideration of
this disagreeable question, after the lapse of some
days, for in the heat of its resentment Resolutions
might have been passed, the warmth of which nupt
hereafter have been repented. The time at which
this refusal had been given by the Secretary of State
for the Home Department was not a little singular :
it was after the complete vindication of the Consort
of the Thronefrom charges that would have rendered
yworttlY to it. She had clemachicd a public
ll

Mr. Java said, there was no right to have the Ad•
dresses published in the Lenders Gate*. They !nig;
contain improper, said even immodest expresmolic,
which it might be discreet to keep from the pubi...
eye. One, in particular, had talked, not very
dastly, of the suppression of conjugal rights. If Ai,
Address to the Regent was intunded, notice was
cescary. lie should vote for the Amendment.
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Mr. Moonc was against the part of the Ite,oltiti
which related to an Address, as no notice hAel bt
given, no requisition made.

Mr. ALDEN, on the ground that it was irregular
move such an Addicss without longer notice,
an adjournment.

The Court divided.—rnr the Adjournment, 50
against it, 50—when thv Laity MAWR, who gay.
casting vote for die adjourument, said he should
tow an early day for reconsidering the vestion.
The Cgurt then adjourned.

rial—she had been declared by the united voice a
he empire innocent, and yet one of the Ministers of
;he Crown had ,dared to refuse that her acquittal
should be placed upon record, that posterity, in judp
ing of her, might be equally certain she was guiltle,,.
How would this servant of the Prince Regent rem...
cite such conduct to is indignant master, who rnr.v.
be doubly anxious that the purity of his uablemislicl
but suspected wife should be unequivocally declare.,..
So convinced was Mr. Waithenan that the Prince c''
Wales woula be inexpressibly rejoiced at the decision
of his people, that be had it in contemplation tl,„
move a Congratulatory Address to his Royal Hie.
tress.—(lfeer, hear, hear.)—He was in the hands or
the Court, and if it were thought expedient, he sl:ouk
be happy to be the instrument of giving the Regen•
an opportunity of expressing his unfeigned satisfic.
tion. He put it to the Law Officers of the C.).
whether there was a precedent upon record where .'
Address of the Corporation had been previously
omitted in the Gazette ? and if not, upon what eri.
dente did Lord Sidmouth venture, by his conduct,
to convey a suspicion that the Princess of Wales wat
not perfectly innocent How did he dare thus IL.
grand, to insult the Sovereign. by covertly imputin&
to the Regent, false and unfounded