Star.
London, England, 1801-03-04 00:00:00

111111 G CLUB.

Yellerday a very numerous meeting of this Club
took place at the Crown and Anchor, in the
Strand. Earl THAN Er was in the Chair, fupport•
ed by a number of Noblemen and Gentlemen of
the firs diflinaion ; the Dukes of NORFOLK and
BEDFORD, Mr. Fox, the Earl of ALBEMARLE,
Lord ROBERT SPENCER, Lord JoHN RUSSELL,
Lord STANLEY, Mr. SHERIDAN, Mr. ERSKINE, Mr.
WHITBREAD, Sir JOHN AUBREY. Mr. SMITH, Mr.
Sr. JoHN, Mr. ADAIR, Mr. HosuousE, and a
number of other Gentlemen.

The ufual Toalls of the Club being drank,
The CHAIRMAN gave—
His Mottsle, and a fpcedy and complete recovery to him.

Which was drank with three times three, and the
loudeft applaufe.
Mr. Fox's health being given, he addreffed the
company in a Ilion fpeech, in which, after thank-
ing them for the renewed expreffion of their at-
tachment, he Rated, that though he had for force
time pall felt himfelf under the neceffity of de-
claring his perfeverance in the fyftem of retirement
he had adopted, nevcrthelefs he had refOlved, in
the prefent fituation of the country, to attend the
difcuflion of the motion for an Enquiry into the
State of the Nation, announced by his Honour-
' able Friend Mr. GREY. Upon this occalion he
was wilting to try whether the Houle of Com-
mons, in the prefent eventful crifis, would con-
tinue that blind fyftem of confidence they had fo
long purfued. He did not at all depreciate the
merit, or queftion the motive of thole who had
thou3ht it their duty to be more regular in their
attendance, though his own views of the fubjeet
had fully fatisfied himfelf that the course he had
followed was for him the molt proper.
Other events, bifides thole general and well
known in the fituation of the country, might Rill
farther require his attendance. An event to which
he would not allude, might produce a difeuffion to
which he fhould conceive himfelf bound to give his
attendance. Should that occafion unfortunately
recur, lie could only fay, that his opinions were
tht fame that lie had held when they were firlt de-
manded by the public exigency. Time and reflec-
tion had but matured and confirmed his former
ideas on the fubjeut. He milled that no oppor-
tunity would occur for the difeuftion of thofe opi-
nions, and it would be premature to fay mere.
With regard to the other point to which he con-
ceived his attendance in the Houfe of Commons
required, he could only fay, that his future con.
&Jet mull he regulated in a confiderable degree by
the refult of that difcuffion. If the Houle of Com-
mons, in the prefent difficult and dangerous Rate
of the nation, did not enter into a deep, firm, and
thorough enquiry, the country was 1011. Every
melancholy prefage, which even the moll gloomy
had indulged, was realized; more than the molt
fearful accumulation of evils had aftually taken
place, and the danger continued to encreafe. In
fuch circumflances, an additional effort to roufe
the nation might be tried ; but it depended upon
the fpirit thcwn by the Houfe of Commons, whe-
ther the calamities we had undergone could be
relieved, or the dangers we had apprehended could
be averted.

This fpeech was received with the warmeft burns
of applaufe.
On the Duke of BEDFORD'S health being drank,
his Grace returned his thanks in a neat fpeech, in
which he Paid, that as it had been his ambition
to obtain, lo it fhould be his pride to preferve the
approbation of fuch a body."
Earl Tnnotir's health being given, he laid that
the only way in which he could hope to merit the
honour they had done him was, by perfcvering in
his attachment to the principles of the Club.
Mr. :itit4IDAN, on his health being drank, re-
turned his thanks, and among other things laid,
th:tt after all the experience of the pall, and the
obfervation of the prefent, there could be no other
fentiment among thofe Members of Parliament,
who had oppofed the fyftem by which the country
had been reduced to its prefent difirefs, but to
look to his Honourable Friend, Mr. Fox, as the
fea.mark to guide their courfe. On this occafion
he fhould forbear to defcant on the general fitua-
tion of the country. In looking round he thould
rather with to find topics of confulation, and
among them he claffed the return of Mr. Fox to
Parliament, and the refloration to the country of
the privileges of the Habeas Corpus Att.
The healths of Mr, EIMINE, Mr. ST. JOHN,
the Earl of AL BEMAiLE, Mr. WHITIIRLAD, and
Mr. Milli GAY, were drank with great applaufe.
The next Meeting was fixed to be at the Free-
mafon's Tavern, on the firs Tuefday in April.

Yefterday the late Stock Exchange was opened
as a Stock Subfcription Room, and two of the per-
, lons who had been rejeCted on the ballot tendered
their ten guineas each, and demanded admittance;
but they were refuted. However, they thruft their
way in, and mixed with the refl. Remonlirance
proving vain, two of the Committee applied at the
Manfion-Houfe for the Marlhalmen, who came,
and by force obliged them to withdraw. One of
them again forced his way in, on which ode of the
members took the fenfe of the room, whether the
perfon fo obtruding fhould again be turned out,
which, on a (hew of hands, was alma unanimous;
hov:ever, two clerks belonging to fome of the
Brokers taking an alive part in favour of the re-
jet:kJ perfon, notice was inflantly given to their
mailers to provide other clerks, as they would not
be admitted any more.

Letters received by the larl liamburgh Mail
Rate, dm* theCcrps of CON DE is arrived at Tricfle,
to he embarked on board Englith tranfports.
Such of the officers and privates of noble extraaion
as arc unwilling to continue in the fervice of Eng-
land, :lee to he allowed a gratuity of eight months
pay, on g;ving in their relignation, and the other
gentleme• will receive fix months pay. The fame
regulation has alfo been adopted with refpekFt to
the >wifi Einie,rants in our pay on the Continent.
Louis Bow Ai ART& on his return to Paris from
Berlin, paired a night at Hanover. He Bopped
three 'days at BruntFick, and had an interview
; iend long converfation with the Duke.