Star.
London, England, 1803-05-05 00:00:00

Sir H. MI LDM AY then withdrew his motion.

The LORD ADVOCATE for Scotland moved for leave to bring
In a Bill to inereafe the income of Sehoolmallen in Scotland.
On leave being granted, his Lordibip moved, tbat the Houfc
do go into a Committee on the Paid Bill to-morrow morning;
which was agreed to.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHICV ea propofe that Coming
Gordon, Efq. be added to the Conimiaa appointed to confider
the Bill relative to the Hidilands of Scotland.

IRISH LAW COURTS SILL.
Mr. LEE moved the Order of the Day for the
ennficteration of the Mill Law Courts Bill. He
faid, there was a queftion of very confiderable im-
portance relative to the MN Law Courts before
the Houle ; and as it had been now three years
under deliberation, he was anxious it fhould be
brought to a conclufion. It was of the greateft
confequence to Ireland ; the objet of it was to
put Ireland, with regard to its Law Courts, pre-
cifely on the fame footing as England : the confe-
queace of the meafure would be to leffen the ex-
pence of (ultras. A meafure of fo much impo;-
tancs. he trulted, would not meet with any ob-
jcetion. The principal meafure in the Bill was to
enforce the more fpeedy appearance of defendants
to procefs. The only mode known to our ancef-
tors of compelling an appearance, was to arreft
the body of the defendant ; or if he could not be
found, to flue a fecond wrir to dtftrain his goods
to compel his appearance. For two or three cen-
turies this continued to be the praelice, but in the
reign of King George I. an Al of Parliament
palled, by which it was enadted, that if a defen-
dant did not appear in eight days after the fervice
of procefs, the plaintiff might enter an appearance
for him, and file a declaration againit him, the
fame as if lie had appeared himfelf. The reafon
was, becaufe the party having difobeyed the
writ was guilty of a contempt. All he wanted
was to extend that law to Ireland, and thereby give
the fuitors the fame facility in that country as in
this. The reafon a fimilar Alt had not pallid in
Ireland was, the people of that country not hav-
ing had a Parliament fo attentive to their interefts
had the fame laws which glverned this country
been extended to them, a vall deal of thofe incon-
veniences which had taken place would have been
avoided. It was true, a meafure had been adopt-
ed for altering part of the law of Ireland, but it
had not gone the length of the Statute of George I.
The confequence of that meafure had been, that
all the bulinefs had run into the Court of Exche-
quer. a Court which, of all others, ought not to
have a cemmnn lawjoirifdietion, for there were only
two days in the week appropriated to the difpatch
of common law bulinefs, to which, in the Courts of
King's Bench, and Common Pleas, every day in
the week was In appropriated. The effeet of this
was, that all the bulinefs having got into the
.:ours of Exchequer, the quantity was fo great.
and the fuitors found themfelves In entangled in
delay, that the mifchief was as bad as before the
law had been altered. The Hon. Member adverted
to the eonthiEt of the different Judges of the 'Line;

Bench and Common Pleas ; obferving, that the
want of zeal and energy in the one, the negligence
of another, and the indifference of all, had pre-
vented any Rep being taken to extend the benefit
of the meafure to the Common Law Courts. The
interells of individuals too had been partly the
means of jultice net having been done. Having
thus Rated the reafon for the law of England in
this refpeet not having been applied to Ireland, he
trolled no unworthy paflions, or private motives,
wouldprevent the adoption ofthe meafurehe fhould
propofe. With regard to the compenfations, his
object was this : all who pained offices during
life were entitled to compenfation, but thole
who only held offices during pleafure, had not
the fame right to compenfation ; he fhould
therefore confine himfelf to offices during life.—
If any other Gentleman thought proper to move
to extend his motion to officers during pleafure ;
he fhould not objelt to the propofition, though he
fhould not fupport it. He could not give his fupport
to a meafure which might go the extent of putting
this country to an expence of 204=1. He bad
Rated generally the ground on which his motion
Mould Rand. It was a Bill that had the fandion
of the Judges of Ireland, for thole who had fram-
ed it, had thought it their duty to fubmit it to
perfons, who were molt converfaat with the laws
of that country. He remarked, that there was
one perfon (a Noble Lord) who held an office in
the Exchequer, to whole claims to compenfation
it was neceffary to refer. He had teen the patent,
and a letter on the fubjed. He conceived, that
the Noble Lord he had alluded to, had as legal a
right to compenfation as any man could poffibly
have. He fhould concive it a great infringement
of. that Noble Lord's right to diveß him of his
eflate, without allowing him a compenfation. It
was impoffible for him to Rate what loffes any in-
dividual might fuftain, for that would depend on
the quantity of bulinefs which went from the Ex •
chequer to the other Courts. He could not define
what the loffes might be in future. The only way
to afcertain it, was within a given time after pal
ling the AR, to iffue a Commtffion to inquire what
were the value of the offices for three or four years
back, and whatever fum they fhould find, that
Mould be the value of the offices and amount of
the compenfation ; and that every year after an
inquiry Ihould be made, what loffes were Main.
ed. and that whatever was the amount, thould
remain a charge on the Confolidated Fund. A
claufe had been prepared to that ace ; but be had
been advifed not to prefent it•till a future oppor-
tunity. The Honourable Member concluded by
moving, g, That the Houfe fhould refolve itfelf in.
to a Committee, to confider of the ben mode of
carrying into effect the objefts be had referred to
in his fpeech."
Mr. Assx•ansa expreffed a different opinion
from the Hon. Gentleman who preceded him:—
He thought the queltion might as well be difcuffed
without any perfonal allufions to character, and
warmly defended the conduit of Lord Annall.
Mr. FITZGZIALD (Prime Serjeant of Ireland
before the Union) argued on the fame fide, from
bis own perfonal experience, of the proceedings
of the Court in which Lord Annaly prefided, and
-promifed, in Come future Rage of the Bill, to
thew that no abufe whatever was attributable to
him. He was, however, friendly to compenfa-
tion being given to thole who had offices in the
Exchequer for life ; and alfo to others, who from
pmfeffional habits, and being long in that line of
fife, may be incapacitated from turning themfelves,
at an advanced period of life, to any other purfuits.
Some other Members were riling to fpeak, when
Sir E. Coors obferved that the attendance was
then too thin to proceed upon bufinefs of fuch
importance, and moved that the Houk be counted;
and there being only aft Members prefent, the
Houle adjourned till to-morrow.

LONDON.

THURSD24
PRICE OF STOCI

N. MAY S.
Cl YESTERDAY:

3 per Cant. Rat 651634 6z Long Allll. 14 19 z 8 13-16
63/ 63 India Bonds 4s. to ss. prem.
3 per Cent. Conf. 631 figt 64 Imp. 3 per Cent. 6146,} 6s
New 4 per Cent. 8 i Excheq. Bills, par. ts. dB.
5 Per Ct. Ann. 994 981 994 Coat sec. 634 644 634 6444
5 Per Can-1791.97i 94 93

This morning the following letter was received
by the Rigbt Hon. the LORD Mayo's, of which he
immediately, with becoming zeal, fent copies to
Lloyd's Coffee Houfe and the Stock Exchange :

TO THZ RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR.

.' Downing-Street, Thurfday Morning,
Eight e'Clork. May $, 010$.

" Lord HAWRISBURY prefects his compliments
to the LORD MAYOR, and has the honour to ac-
quaint his Lord(bip, that the Negotiation between
this Country and the French Republic, is brought
to an amicable conclulton."

The joyful Intelligence fpread throughout this
large City, with the rapidity of Lightning, and
it is impollible to defcribe the demordirations of
fatisfaetion and joy which were every where ex.
preffed, though many affetted to fear that the
Honour of the Nation had been compromifed, and
no little degree of ingenuity was exerted to find out
the terms that had been agreed upon between the
two Governments for terminating the differences
that had taken place.
At the Stock Exchange the died was Inch as
might have been expelled from fuch pleating in-1
telligence. The 3 percent. Confols opened at 68,
role rapidly to 711, and were fill looking up
when a Meffage came from the Treafory to the
Loco MA volt, between twelve and one o'clock, to
acquaint l►im that the farmer letter vrasan l--lost
Forgery
It is impntlible to defcrihe the fenfation produced
by this notice ; the Stocks tottantly tooobled to

63, 624, 61, and the panic was Pleb, that they
would certainly have gone lower, had it not been
thought advifable to clofe up the Stock Exchange,
which was accordingly done at one o'clock, in-
(lead of waiting till the ufual hour.
Government, anxious to prevent the public from
being impofed on, inflantly fent notices to thole
quarters moll likely to give the contradidion a
quick and extenfive circulation. The following
was lent
TO THE EDITOR OP THE STAR.
6' Treafury, May 5, 1803—One o'cloek.
" SIR,

" I have to acquaint you, that the Meffage
" which was fuppofed to have been fent this
~ morning from Lord HawkasaußY to the LORD
" MAYOR, living, that the Negociations with
4, France had terminated amicably, was a fabii-
-4' cation, and totally deflitute of truth.
" I am, Sir,
" Your moft obedient humble fervant,
" J. SARGENT."

Since the forgery of a London Gazette, during
the American war, an attempt fo daring has
never been made upen public credulity. The
forgery of the Paris newfpaper a few years ago
finks into nothing when compared with the prefent
fraud, by;which numbers of people might have been
duped of property to an enormous amount. We
are happy however to announce, that the Com-
mittee at the Stock Exchange have agreed to an-
nul all the bargains made this morning in the
Funds, fo that the Swindlers, who were the au-
thors of the forgery, will be difappointed in the
chief part of their (peculation.

We had received Paris Journals in the morning,
and could not help comparing one remarkable cir-
cumftance in them, with the contents of the forged
letter. At the laft Confular Levee, the Ambaf-
fadors of all the Courts of Europe were prefent,
excepting Lord Wierrwoarn. In common times
this might happen without being any way fingular
but at fuch a moment as the prefent, the ab-
fence of our Minifter from the Levee was re.
markable ; and comparing it with the general
tenor of the private letters from Paris, teemed to
threaten fomething very different from Peace.
Indeed, the_pretended communication was at
variance with every thing that has tranfpired re-
(pelting the Rate of the Negotiation ; but who
could quellion the truth of a Meffage fent by the
LORD MAYOR to Lloyd's Coffee-houfe
The Loan Maven, as foon as he was informed
of the fraud that had been praaifed upon him,
iffued hand-bills, offering a reward of Five Hun.
dyed Pounds for the dircovery of the parties con-
cerned in the forgery.
It was nine o'clock this morning when the pre-
tended letter was delivered at the Manfion-Houfe.
It was brought by a perfon with a foreign accent,
in a coarfe roquelo travelling coa4 and delivered
at the fide-door to a fervant of the name of Ptak,
accidentally there at the time.
We believe it is not cußomary for Government
Letters, on fuch occafions, to be fent by any but
fpecial Mellinger', and by there delivered into the
hands of the LORD Marc*, wherever he may be.
It was from adverting to this informality that a
doubt fira arofe in the LORD MAYOR% mind, as
to the authenticity of the Note which he had re.
ceived—a Gentleman was immediately difpatched
to Mr. ADDINGTON, who returned for anfwer,
(that Mr. Vassirrarr had already anticipated his
Lordlhip's fufpicion by acquainting him in a Let.
ter of the trick that had been pradifed upon him.
Since the detedion of the forgery, a report of a
very different nature has been circulated, namely,
that intelligent, has been received by the telegraph
that Lord Wurrwoara is now on his way to Eng-
land. The report is not improbable, but we are
the more cautious in giving it inftant and implicit
belief, till it (hall in tome way be Officially an-
nounced, knowing the prefent Rate of the public
mind, and how apt it is, when deceived in one ex-
pectation, to run inftantly to the oppolite extreme.

The Paris journals which have come to hand
reach to the ad inft. inclufive. The following are
the only articles worth tranfcribing :
Pacts, Ma• MECHAM!. Diredor of the
Obfery atory of Paris, Member of the Inflitute, and
LacmlVALlalt, Member of the Academies of
Gottingen and Edinburgh, and Author of Voyage
I de la Trade, have fet out from this city to proceed
to the Balearian 'Bands, in order to make geo.
graphical Refearches refpeding the Meafurcment
of the Meridian. They were accompanied by M.
?theism's, junior, Secretary to the Commillion of
the Meridian.

The Public are much embarraffed to explain the
motives which could have induced the Bey s of
Egypt to nominate an Ambatrador to the Court of
London. We do not know by what right a Pro-
vince depending on the Ottoman Empire can pre-
tend to carafe itfelf to be reprefented in a Foreign
Nation by an Ambafador, nor by what Title, or
even under what pretence, a Foreign Power can
receive fuch Embafries. 1

It appears by a report prefented to the aafs of
the Elsa Science' of the Academy of Turin. that

a Man bitten in the Great Toe by a Mad-dog, and
'n whom Symptoms of the Hydrophobia had al-
ready begun to appear, was radically cured by
means of fame Galvanic operations.
We do not know on what foundation a report
has been circulating for fome days pall in different
companies, that the Englifh Ambaffacior is pre-
paring to depart. This intelligence, it appears,
has neither made any fenfation ncr met with much
credit ; becaufe it is fuppofed, no doubt, that the
people of bufinefs at Paris, in confequence of in-
flru,ftions received from the London flock-jobbers,
ha►e been taught to play at the game of raif
ing and lowering the public funds.—Gazette d:
France, May 1. Five per cents. 53 fr. 40 c.

Yeflerday morning about nine o'clock his MA-
Jerry and the Duke of CUMBERLAND, attended
by General GWYNME, rode from the Q2een's
Houle to Kew, and after infpeeting the new Pa-
lace and other works carrying on there, returned
to town about twelve o'clock.

Yeflerday, about a quarter before one o'clock,
his MAJESTY came to St. James's from the Queen's
Houle to hold a Levee. About half pall one, the
Levee commenced, which was attended by the
Archbifhop of CANTEIDUItitt the LORD CHANCEL-
LOR, the CHANCELLOR of the Excit 'opt a, the
SECRETARIES OF STATE, the SECRETARY at WAR,
the JUDGE MARTIAL, the ADVOCATE GENERAL,
and the following Noblemen and Gentlemen :
Dukes—Portland, Rotund, and Gordon.
marquittes--satitbary and De Drufina.
Earls—Onflow (in Waiting) Courtoun, Weitmoreland,
Mansfield, Rochfnrd, Warwick, Portfmouth, Aylesford, Nor-
iliac, Chatham, Rofslyn, Oxford, Craven, Darnley, Spencer,
Mount Edge umbe, Carysfort, and Southampton.
Vifcounts—Wcntwortb, Brlkeley, Courtcnay, Hereford,
Middleton, Ranelagh, and Carleton.
Lords—Gwydir, Stopford, Hawkefbury, Pelham, Eldon,
&Key, R. Manners, Binning, Kenyon, Stortoun, Clement,
Eliot, Hobart, Dudley and Ward, Tempktown, C. Spencer,
Henley, Glanboreugh, Stratton, Auckland, Montgomery, S.
Chichefter, Montague, Rous,Bagot, and Eardley.
Whops—Peterborough, Bath and Wells, Durham, London,
St. Afaph, Down, and Brillol.

Dean of Woreefter.
Ambaffadon—French, Dutch, Imperial, Danifh, Spaniftt,
Spanifh Conful, American, and Neapolitan.
Count Froburg.
Baron Nolien.

Sin-3. Cotterell, G. Shee,R. Ford, J. Sinclair, R. Law-
Icy, R. Lawrie, H. Speechey, J. Earner, D. Dmidas, W. Pep-
perell, W. jerningham, G. Valve, T. Mufgrave, M. W. Rid-
ley, C. Douglas, J. Heard, F. Sykes, R. Hill. R. Pepperell,!H.
Peyton, R. Vaughan, 0. Warrendale, and J. Hope.
Admiralb—Whitihead, Sir A. MitcWl+•
, Sir. H. Parker,
Knight, Mackenzie, Linzee.
General.—Ldgb, Settle, Leland, Grofvenor, Taylor, Sim-
coe, Stewart, Sir E. Cuote, Sc. John, Fox, Calvert, Manners,
and Elfon.
Governor Green.

Colonels—Cheater, Lumley, Paterfon, liseci, Calvert, Hope,
and Robinfon.
Majors—Rebow (Sher Mtk.)
Captains—Chad, Fincham, Sutherland, Sotberon, Fenoires,
Spencer, and Eden.
Dr. Frank.

Rev. Mr. Saakes and Stopford.
Meffra.--Hon. C. Yorke, Mills, Herbert (groom in waiting),
Bowyer, Grey'lle, Scat, J. L. Pukes, Curry, Howard, Merry,
Stortoun, Coyley, Clement, Forteiter, Anfoo, Latouche, Har-
court, Moore, T. Heneage, Vanfittart, Wickham, M. Sykes,
Neibit, 0 Harks, Paoli, Onflow, Egerton, Codrlngton, Hat-
fell, Elliott, P. Methuen, Mills, Godfrey, D. Grofrenor, B.
Craven, Hon. C. Spencer, Fawkcner, M. A. Taylor, T. Laker
Parker, C. Jenkins, Foote, Hughes, Macdonald, Palerfon,
Gildeppalm, Acbmaotly, F. J. Hartwell, and C. Green.

The following prefentations took place to his
MAILSTY :—•••

The Rev. Mr. Sparks, on his appointment to the Deanery of
Brißol, by the Duke of Rutland.
Sir Richard Pepperell, by Sir Richard Hill.
Mr. Foot, as his merrier, by Lord Southampton.
Mr. Hughes, by Lord &Ilkley.
Mr. A. M'Donaid, by Lord Dudley and Ward.
Sir Henry Patten, by Lord Roar.
Mr. Ckment, by Lord Clemmt.
Captain Sper:ecr, attic Navy, by Earl Spencer.
Capt. Eden, by the Hilltop of Bath and Wells.
Mr. Scott, by Lord Bags.
Mr. Pederfon, by Mr. Gyldenpalm.
lk. Frank, by the Imperial Minifter.
Count Froburg, by the fame.
Rev. Mr. Stopfosd, by Lord Commun.
Mr. Craven, by Lord Craven.
Sir Henry Peyton, by Lord Roes.
The following were likewife prefented
Lord Montague and Sir Charles Douglas, on their return
from Paris.

Capt. Bowater. and Marquis de Draft*, from Koss*Sag.
Sir John Hope, Sir George Warrendale, sad General Egon.
ILLIAM BULICILIY HUops• received the ho-
nour of Knighthood on his prefenting an Addrefs
to his MAJCITT.
SANUIL ACHMONTLY, Faawcss
.101111 Harr.
WkI.L, and CH ea Les Gassm, received the honour
of Knights of the Bath, as proxies for three Gen-
tlemen who are abroad. previoully to the inftalla-
lion which is to take place on the 19th intl.
The following were at Court for the firß time
this feafon :

Lord Begot, Mr. Paoli, Lord Eardly, Weount Middleton,
Mr. T. Lifter Parker, Admiral WhiWtmd, Ei o of Down,
Whop of Peterborough, Sir Jukph Andrews, Lord Natick,
Mr. Codringtos, Sir William Janingham, Lord Clement.,
Duke of Rutland, Lord Stratton, Mr. Godfrey, Led South-
hampton, Mr. C. Jcnklm, Sir Richard Hill, Colonel Robinfoo,
and Lord Rockford. - _ _

The Levee doled about half-pail three. His
Mkt ssry then held a Privy Council. at which the
Earl of MANSFIILD was fworn in Commander of
the Perthfhire Militia.

After the Council his MAJtSTY gave audiences
to the Marquis of SALISBURY, the Cm•ucattoa
of the Excusopsa, Earl CHATHAM, and Lord
HAwaasBURY•

Le Chevalier D'Amouaca, the Spanifh Am-
biaidor, was introduced to his Majarryt by Sir
Star is sa COTTIMIL, in the clofet, whets his Ex-
cellency delivered his credentials, which his Ma-
)aarr molt gracioufly received.
Mr. K, so, the American Minifter, had a private
audience, and took leave of his MAPISTY, pie-
vioufly to his leaving this country on Friday next,
for America.

The JUDOS-MARTIAL and ADTOCATI-G111111•L
had an audience, and laid before his MAIMS' the
refult of fcveral cowl martial., and were engaged
with his Mararry upon bufinefs for a confiderable
time; at half part five his Marisrr left the
Palace for the Qtreen's Houfe.
An Italian geffenger arrived in town this
morning.