Star.
London, England, 1803-06-22 00:00:00

MADICIIMIt DUTY ACT.

The Monte refolved into a Committee on the Me-
dicine Duty Aft, Mr. A AAAAA DER in the Chair.
Mr. Alderman Coos's and the LORD Male ox of.
fared tome Amendments, which they conceived to
be neceffary, to proud the regular Apothecaries and
Druggills againit vexatious informations .r feliing
compofittons of their refpeftive Medicines, which
might expofe them to the liability of iaformations
from common informers.

Mr. VANCITTART objeCleel to thole Amendments as
unneceffiry, for while it was defirable on the ORC band
to protel the regular Apothecaries and Druggifts
from any penalty on felling any drugs fold in the re-
gular way, or compounded from the occafioaal pre-
fcription of any Phylician or Difpenfary,it was equally
right, on the other hand, to protect the Patentee or
Owner of ProprietoryMedicines, againft having► their
Medicines counterfeited, or Medicines of a Similar
kind fold by Apothecaries, without paying duty. Mr.
Vantittart alto obferved, that in this cafe the Venders
of Medicines were taken entirely out of the hands of
the common informer, and no profecution could be
carried on againft themfor anyalledged offence againft
this aft, but at the particular initance of the Com-
miffioners of Stamps, or the Officers appointed under
them, or by the Attorney General, or with his per-
miffion.—The Bill paled
,the Committee, and was
ordered to be reported to-morrow.
ST. 'Mille' WORK-HOUSE BILL.

The Order of the Day for the fecond reading of
the St. James's Work-houfe Bill being read,
Mr. Aoare who attended as Counfel againa the
Bill, in one Of the molt able and eloquent fpeeches
we ever heard, argued againft the Bill before the
Houk, and again& the general fyftem of our Poor
Laws, as they related to Work-houfes.—Counfel hav-
ing Mr. Theses and the Bill being read a fecond :ime,
(poke thortly in favour of the Bill,
and moved, that it fhoold be committed, though
he admitted, it was not intended to aa upon it im-
mediately.
Sir R. Borrow raid, the fum required for this'
Work houfe was no left than 40,0001. and he thought
that at a time when fuch great burthens were laid
upon the fubjed. In great a fum as 40,0001. Should
not be levied without the moll fatisfaSory evidence,
that it was abfolutely necefrary: he concluded with'
oppo4ng the Bill.
Mr. Rose Paid, be did not know of this Bill till he
'came into the Houle, and though he by no means
approved of work honfes, or that part of the fyftem
of our Poor Laws, yet he did not think it would be
right to throw out this Bill until force other and left
objeCtlonal fyllem was adopted. He argued fhortly
againft the difadvantages and expence which attended
the plan of maintaining the Poor in work.houfes, ex-
cept the aged or the infane. He fated the great
advantages which had refulted from the inflitution of
friendly focieties, which he Paid had increafed fo
much that there were at prefent no left than 600,000
members of thofe focieties. But however he might
difapprove of work-hettles, fill until Tome other qt.-
tem was adopted, he could not content to throw out
this Bill.
Mr. Hoerr Paid, it had been admitted that the Bill
was not to be carried into execution, and if it was
not, it could not be necetlery. He nnderftood the
prefent work-houfe was not in fo bad a fate but that
it might be repaired; he, therefore, would not content
to the expenditure of Inch a fans of money for the
ereltion of a new work-houfe.

Mr. MoeLAND raid, rfie prefcnt 'fork honfe bed
bcca csasaiattl by aittui iturcyons 'ha wag of.l

opinion that its fafety could not be ;dared for many
months. He adverted to what had fallen from Mr.
Adam, who raid that the poor.rates for St: James's
parith amounted to a a,oool. a year, and yet that there
were only between 6 and 100 paupers. Mr. Mor-
land raid. he was informed, that the expcnee of main-
taining the paupers did not amount to More than
ys. 6d. a week, one with another.
Mr. MARTIN oppofed the Bill.
Sir Ws. 1311171 NA y alto fpoke againft the Bill. It
had been Paid, that if the Bill was palled, it would
not immediately be carried into execution, but if the
work.houfe was in the ruinous Rate reprefented by
thofe who fapported the Bill, not an hour thoold be
loft in pulling it down. The Hon. Gentleman who
fpoke la& Paid, the maintenance of the paupers only
colt 35. 6d. a week, one with another, but if that was
the cafe, he wilhed to know what became of the re-
mainder of the s t,oool. that was annually railed for
the Poor Rates. He expreiTed his clifapprobation of
the plan of work•houfes, and adverted to the cafe of
Hamburgh, where they had to,cooo poor, and only
to,oool. a year to maintain them, and yet they bad
contrived to lower that Nut. .

Mr. Fast.oveas all; oppofeel the 11, iM the mo-
tion for it► commitment was negatived without
ilivifinn.--Adjourned.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE OV.OON I

Conrail for opt. 57r mnium a{ difeourrt.
per Cart. Re.i. 5 News per Can. psit.
Law Ann. z 6 p-e

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5 per Ct. Ann. t 797, Stiff Omni= 2},t# die
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COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amfterdatta 36 8 a UL . Cadiz pap Naples ..--
Do. at fight 36 8 o Ditto 361 dr. Genoa 431
Rotterdam • 36 9 a Uf. Madrid pap Venice 38
Hamburgla 34 9at Uf Ditto 31 dr. 1 Lifbon 6o
Altona 34 10 a Ur. Balime 36 efL Oporto 6o
Yana t day's date ae i i Leghorn., ~ pap Dublin 14;
Paris - 24 18 aUL I Aigo on the Bank of Holland,
llourdeaux, ditto ae 18 3 i per Cent.

Difpatches were yefterday received at Lord
HAWK 651 U ay's Office from the Continent, and in the
courfe Lf the day a Cabinet Council was held. They
are nnderftood to relate to the proffered mediation
of Ruffia, which, as we have already obferved,
fords no ,tromife of a fpeedy adjuftment of the
differeneellsetwcen this country and France. Mr.
SHAW, the Mellinger, is hourly expeaed from Paris,
with important, and probably decifive difpatches on
this ruble t.
In tilt: preceding columns we have laid before our
Readers tome farther ettrads from the Paris Journals
received yefterday. From their filencerefpaling the
capture of namburgh, we are inclined to believe,
that event has not yet taken place, notwithflanding
the pretended certainty of prior accounts. Indeed, we
Rill think it ma) eventually be proved, that Priaa
ftipulated with France for the independence of the
Hans Towns before permitting the invafion of Ha-
nover. The French, however, have Rationed troops
at different points, to prevent Englifh veffels trading
lin the Elbe and Wefer ; but neutral veffels are per-
mitted, which will infure a paffage for Britiffimanu-
faaures into the heart of Germany. It is extremely
probable, that one of the fubjeilts of the narrow policy
of Pruffia was, to increafe the commerce of his own
fubjeas—rbut in this his views would be entirely
fruftrated, if Britillt commodities were not to make
a part.
In the Monitear of the 16th, there is a letter from
Conftantinople, the objea of which is to reprefent
General STUART and the Englifh in Egypt endea-
vouring to excite the Marnelnkes againft the Porte.
It fays that the Englifh General left the Mamelukes
woo maces, and allowed feveral artillery men to
defert to them. It would be extremely difficult to
find what intereft the Englifh could have at the time
alluded to in prolonging a civil war, which was to
weaken the force of all Government, and to expofe
Egypt to the danger of a comae/iv vifit from the
French. The Turks cannot have forgotten who ren-
dered the pretence of the Englifh in Egypt neceffary.
We fhould not be furprifed, however, that at this
moment the French Agents at Conftantineple were
employing fuck pretences as thole to inflame the
Turks againft us, and to lay the foundation of Tome
friendly volunteer attempt to countered the influence
of the Englifh in Egypt, which is fo dangerous to the
GRAND SLicNion!

One of the Paris journals rays, that Count Mast-
corr, the Ruffian Minifter, has left Paris to drink the
waters at Barreges. It is reported in London that
the Count was fo difgotled with the rudenefs and pe-
tulance he experienced at the Thuilleries, that he was
very glad of any pretence of abfence.
We mentioned a few days ago the attire exertions
of the French in fitting out gun boats, for an attack
upon jerky and Guernfey. Government have re-
ceived a confirmation of the intelligence t and, in
confequence, a naval reinforcement of four frigates
has been ordered to fail immediately from Portf-
mouth, to co-operate in the defence of thole iflands.
Lord Wm srwos r m's fervants and carriages, which
had been detained in France, have at length been
berated. They arrived in town this morning.

CIIR.U.TAR, MAY isp.
" On the 17th the brig Gibraltar, belonging to
this place, arrived here in twenty-four days from
Algitrs,with the baggage of Ccnful Fat VIII on board.
—The lfaltcr fays, that the DRY fent for him on the
night of the 20 of Apt il, app fy;:or:o him for nearly

two hours, informing him, that 'hough for feverai
reafons he had fent away the Englith Conful, yet,
that he was a firm friend to the Enghilt Nation, and
had no with to go to war with them ; all that he re.
quelled was—a mild, good man for a Conful, and
begged that the Mailer would make a public report
of the nonyerfation when. he arrived at Gibraltar.—
During his flay at Algiers, two frigates, ode cor-
vette, one brig, two fchooners, one polacre, two
zebeques of 36 guns, and four zebeques of 32 guns,
had failed on a cruize, fuppofed for the coati of Italy,
but they had not fent in any prizes. Three Algerian
cruizers were teen off Malaga two days ago.
.“ The VlCTOafatrl Y failed this morning with dif-
patches for the fleet at Malta, in confequence, it is
believe.:, of the immediate profpai of a war,
44 MAY 30,—We have had ne news from Malta foe
a long time, and are in compleat uncertainty as to
war or peace. The people in our Doc1;-yard, how-
ever, are bufy tatting out the few gun-boats that are
here.

44 The only own of or4r ht the nay are the Wm.
STOIllt SSW BITTIIIIIN

N The ilkaynoanca bre4liip will fiul for EtOka
ins few dars.n

Yefteeday morning his Mammy and the Princeffha
Swim And Austin, attended by Ladies PITT and
E.Tu trans, Generals Gaarm and FITAAOT, took all
airing crihorfeback in the Great Park. Her MsjEstir
and the Princelfes AUGUSTA and Ei.IxASSTN wept
to Frogniore, and walked in the gardens a long time,
Yellerday the littalm's two Dreffers came to town
to get the jewel cues ready. To-day her MAJESTY
will pack them up, to be deposited in Mt, liattiesea
houfe of Ludgate•hill, fur the tumour.
This day his Royal Highnefs the Duke of Yos
reviewed the Coldftream Regiment of root Guardia
under the command of General Fine's* in Hyde
Prak ; rental General Officers were ;intent; Nis
Royal Highnefs gave the word of command hhufelf;
The men went through their evolutions in a Wier..
like manner, and received the thanks of his Rapt
Highnefs for the excellent precifion which they eb-
ferved in firing,
On Friday the fink and fecund Battalions of the
111 Regiment, under the command of his Royal High-
nets the Duke of GEouctsrEa, and Generals NEED-
HAM and fit/LRAM, will be reviewed, previous for
their leaving town for Chatham, to juin the 3d Bitt.
talion of the tk Regiment,

On Monday next the Firft Battalion of each Regi.
meat of Foot Guards will march from London. Tito
Firil Battalion of the Firll Regiment, commanded hy
General Wymvaso, to Chatham, where the Third
Battalion is at prefent. The Firft of the Coldftream,,
and of the Third, to Chelmsford, under the come
wand of Major General FlwcH.
Sir joints Pusvartay and General Hurcutasoss
have been lately added to the lift of Suffix Generals,
Government have demanded of the Waterman's
Company Soo men for the fervice of the Navy, which
the Company are nowinthe courfeofcolleEting among
the apprentices bound to their different members,

An augmentation of the (Meer, of the Royal Mai
rines is expeeted fhortly to take place.

The following appointments have taken places,.
Capt. ?humor to the Troupe, 0114 rum
—W.G. R p to the Decade, At Pqrtrattatt
of id pas - - -
Capt. Goosedru to the Trent, at 32 guns
Cacqulrr to the Prineers, eta guns At Ptyroooth.
.-- W.F.:MTN to the TlSphons, of a guns
Lieutenants WPAILAND and Lamm' are ambled to thel
rank of Commander'.

Copt. PIMILAND ia applaud Agent lot Prifooen of War ag
Liverpool.
Capt. Tomcat, Agest log Ttifooers at Poefosse&
Capt. Pocanto, ditto ditto Liverpool

Lieut. Joan BROW., of the Royal Navy. is ap-
pointed by the Commiffloners for conduaing his Ma.
jetty's Traafport Service, Refident Agent at Liver,
pool.
By a recent decree of the French Goweriunent, the
fernee of the baueries along the northern frontier and
the maritime malls of France, and the French Wands
in Europe, is committed to a hundred Companies of
Artillerymen. under the title of Cameowitre-gerdes.eakt,
who are to be diflributed as follows ;--Brus rs
Lille a, St. Omer 4, Have 8, Cherbourg to, Area
18, Nantes 14, Rochelle t 3, Bayonne 1, Perpignan
2, Montpellier 3, Toulon 59, and Corfica 5. In ad,
dition to thefe, who are to be confidered,as a difpofsble
body, there • are to be a 8 Companies, who will be
flationary. at Belleille s. Ufhant t, Ifle de Groiz as
Ifle dc Brehat 2, He de Bat t Sept Ides I, Ifle
Diet 2, Noirmoutier 2, Ifle de Ithe M Oleron 411=14
Elba 4.

' We yeflerday received newfpapers front FhiLadd-
phis and New York, to the 18th of May. The Slut,
niards, in completing the ce(lion of Lonifian; to
France, fignified, that they had provided for the peer,
fervation of all the rights of die Americans to the
free navigation of the l'sfilLffippi, and the ufe of Now
Orleans as a free port. A French Prefea had are
rived at New Orleans. The Amerfean public wait
not yet informed of Bo 's celfion of Louittu-
na to the United States.—A letter from Cape Fran,
cois, dated the 2d of March, mentions that the b:ood,
hounds imported into St. Domingo from Cuba, have
fpread great terror among the Negroes ; fevetal black
pnoners who would have expiated their guilt on the
gallows, have beeh"turned defencelefs and naked up-
on the plains, and torn to pieces by there dogs. A
number of the chief officers of the Brigands feel?
held a conference, by a flag of truce, with the Com-
manding Officers at the Cape. The refult was not
known ; but the repurt was, that they contented to
lay down their arms, and return to the plantations.
on condition cf being treated as hir:lings, not gave:.
laccounts from Guadalonpe, dated the Lath of
rch, we learn, that five moll violent Chocks of as
earthquake had beer. felt in that Wand. The Corret-
pendent writes, I was undrefted, in my bed cham-
ber, and felt the vibrations fo violent, that I Ragger-
cd again& the bedflead a few moments, the
arm before my lodgings was crowded with wom:st
and children making a difmal noife ; tome (creaming,
and others praying on their knees to that Nov mance
which moll of tie peofle of that ?lace Luc dieted
to 4csidc.4.