Star.
London, England, 1803-12-20 00:00:00

P4.4Ll43feivriffir PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OP LORDS, MONDAY, AEC. 49.
• AU. ADAM we. heard In the Awed of " feighly ♦. the Ea*
India Compels), " for the Reffendente ; and Mr. ROAULLT ersd
ordered to lbe heard toaserruw fat the dippriLants.

vottilitgaa egalitarian amt.
The Order of the Day being read, for the third
reading of the Bill, to explain and amend the two
Volunteer Aas, of the 43d and 4ad of his blajefiy;
Earl FITZWILLIAM role, and called the feri,..
.ous attention of their Lordnups, to the incongrßities
and incontinencies which prefeuted themfelvesm theta
Bills, and to the inefficacy of the Bill then beforq
the Houle, in accomplithing its propofed objef-4
the explanation and amendment of them. The pomts
which had been objeaed to were, indeed, fo fop
from being cleared up, that they were left in the fame
confufion as before the introduaion of the prefent
meafure, and he could not fee what poffibk hene6i
was likely to arife from the adoption of the Bill. The
fubjea, he was confident, appeared to their Lord-
(hips of the highelt importance, and called for every
fatisfaeory elucidation, which the wifdom of the
Leginature could confer upon it. Great difficulties
had occorred in various parts of the country, with
refped to the coollruaion and real meaning of' tido
Ads, which the prefent Bill profaned to amend; and
thole whole duty it was to carry them into effeft
complained, on the nrongeft grounds, that they
were unable to underftand, or to reconcile their dif.
ferent provifions. In fuch a Rate, he trolled their
Lnrdthips would feel the neceflity of taking the fob•
jai mOre deeply into their confideration, and of
giving efficiency to a meafure, which was fia inti-
mately cannelted with the fecurity of the country....
Having etpatiated at foam length, upon the contra.
didions which appeared in the 42d and 43d of his
prefent hiajelly, his Lordfhip concluded "rids moving
for the recommitment of the Bill.

Lord HAWKESBURY obferved, that the parti-
cular object of the prefect Bill, was to extend to tbok
Volunteers who had not been fupplied with arms,
bat who had, in other refixes, pet-limed the duties
attendant upon the Volunteer Service, thofe eteelp-
lions to which the others were entitled by the former
Ads. The Bill did certainly not go the length which
had been (Fated by the Noble Lord, of explaining iq
detail every objection 'and doubt, which might be
darted again(! the Ads of the 4ad and 43d. it was,
iniad, a meafure preparatory to a general recocift.:
deration of all the proviftons and claufes relati►e to
the Volunteers, and he trolled, that upon a broad
and candid review, after the reed's, of the fubjed is
all its branches, fuch a fyftem of regulation would be
adopted, as could not fail of affording every polfible
&wee of fatisfadion. His Majoly's Law Saw
had, in the mean time, given their opiniont
fped to the proper conftrudion of the &nu
and thole who were called upon to carry •"
lions into effect, would be warranted in fr

in the execution of them.
-Earl FITZWII.LIAM expreffed his
the Bills Ihould receive. from the lenfe of

that explanation and amendment of which t.
in need. rather than they flinuld be refe'red
opinionof the Law Officers of the Crown.
that in a quellion of fo much importance,
ing of the Legiflature thould be convey,
guaze fo intelligiltle and clear, as to leave
with refped to the condruetioo of the
elaufes.

Loaf GRANTLBY fupported the Bill.
The LORD CHANCELLOR faid, the
objegt of the pretest Bill, was to extend ,
dons irrentod by fora& Ads to Volunteers,

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lio to thole who had not been fuppliesj with .thens.
a Noble Lord. for whole fentiments he enter-
tile higheft relped. thought proper to bring in
• to explain and reconcile the objetions which
' been noticed, he certainly poffeffed the right of
g fo. But, for his own part, he was not friendly
e introdoElion of Bills, which tended to clot-t-
-o upon explanation, expotition upon expofirion,
amendment upon amendment. Their Lordlhips
Id have ample opportunity, after the recefs, of
daring the fubjeft, in all its relations, and ella.
ing a lyflem as clear and intelligible as the No.
Lord could defire ; but at prefent it appeared to
im improper to delay the palling of the Bill before
le Houfe. With regard to the opinion of the Law
seers of the Crown, it was fufficient for him to oh.
ayes that their opinions had always their due
might; and that it had been the cultorn to crinfult
KM on the conftriietion of Afts of Parliament, and
isich had given rife to little difference of fentiment
Phen they paged.
Lord FITZWILLIAM explained.
The quellion was then put, and the Bill was read
third time, paffed,, and ordered t.i the Commons.—
lfter a (port interval. the Bill was returned from the
:ornmons, and their Lordfhips adjourned till to-
sorrow.

• • HOUSE OF, commom.
Col, HARLOW, from the ftikeeler-Gemerars Ogler, prefente.l.
Return of the Royal Acmy of Refave. Ordered to lie on the

The SPEAKER ordered a new Writ to be Htued for the I •

gh of Carmarthen. in the .twons of John George Phillips,ES+
ho had aceeptcd the Chiltern liuodredo.
A pawl front the Excifs Once prefented tome Accounts rela-
tive to Breweries.
. Mr. 14011 HOUSE hrnught op the Report of the Conimistee of
Supply relpening the frith Linen Board.
_ WAYS AND maim, TOR I' .

Mr. CORM' role for the purpofe of giving no•
tice, that after the recefs he fhould bring forward
the Ways and Means for Ireland, to raife the Supply
already voted. He obferved, that it had not been
heretofore ufi•al to enter upon this fuhjel till after
the Chriftmas recefs; and that the propriety of this
euftom was confiderably Rrengthened at prefent by
the thin attendance of the Members fur Ireland,
whole zeal and patrintifm prompted them to attend
to their military duties in that part of the kingdom.
He fhould, therefore, content himself at present with
ftith a general Ratement as might give explicit notice
of the meafurespropofed. The leading feature of thore
Ways and Means, he Rated, would be a confolida-
tion of the Revenue of Cultoms and Import Excite
now existing hi Ireland ; a meafure which had been
brought forward in the ha Seam of Parliament,
and which had not been brought to perfeBion at that
time, from the refpeet due, as well to the Merchants
of Ireland, as to the Reprefentatiees of that part of
the United Kingdom in Parliament, who, by the
delay which took place in confequence of deferring
the meafure till the preterit Salon, had had the op-
portunny of fully confidering the fchedule proporeds
and of fuggeiling loch amendments and alterations
as might appear necelTary. With refpeet to this
fchedule, on the foundation Of which the new con-
folidation now propofed was to be founded, Mr.
Corry obferved, that the duties edited to foreign
articles only, whether imported into Ireland direetly
from the place of growth, or through Great Bri-
tain ; but in no refpee to articles of Briar growth
or manufaCture, imported into Ireland. That 'the
duties now payable are principally thole under an
AR of the lag Sefton of the Taft Parliament of Ire.
land, viz. 4o Geo. 111. e. 4. and under an Aft of the
Ira &Rion of the fir( Parliament of the United King
dom, 41 Geo. 111. c. 33 ; which ARs had been (ince
continued; and under what is ufually termed the 3
per Cent. A& 42 Geo. I I I. C. 117. That to thefe
dunes an addition of to per cent. on the amount was
shade in the lan Sefton, viz. 43 Geo. 111. C.
That all thefe feveral duties were intended to be
confislidated, but that it was not propofed merely to
make an exaS numerical confolidation, inafmuch as
&ft, all frallions of a penny would be changed for
the next integer, above or below ; and fecondly, in
certain cafes, the duties would be fomewhat increaf-
ed, as on the Eaft India goods on which the duties
of 42 Geo. 111. c. 117, were propofed to be extend-
ed: and that in certain cafes the duties might be di-
Initialled, when compared with the duties under the
former ABs he had mentioned. That in all inßances
where the duties payable by 4o Geo. 111. c. 4, were
ihrpofed on the article ad valorem, and the additional
duty of 42 Geo. 111. c. 117, was by a rated duty,
or the reverie; thefe two duties would, for the cafe
of Merchants, be blended into one firm, either by
rate or per tentage, according to the nature of the
article. With refpeet to the drawbacks, Mr. Corry
Rated, that the were allowed on the export of fo-
reign articles to foreign countries, under the Alas
40 Geo. 111. c. 4, and 41 Geo. 111. c. 332 and it
was propofed, that the duties under 4.2 Geo. 111.
c. 117, which by that AR were not allowed to be
drawn back, (hould, when confolidated with the
other duties, be allowed to be drawn back in like
manner as all former duties. He then explicitly
Rated, that though the fchedule fubmitted to Parlia-
ment in the lag Seffion,was intended to be the ground
of the new fchedule, it wac, neverthelefs, to be un-
derßood that the new fchedule might vary from the
former in many cafes where it might be found expe.
dient, in purfuance of any fuggeßions from Mer-
chants or others, made for that purpofe. Mr. Corry
concluded this part of the fubjeft, by declaring it to
be his intention to propofe, that all thofe duties which
heretofore had been impofed and continued by an-
nual Ails, fhould, in future, be made permanent.—
Mr. Cot ry next Rated, that it was alto his intention,
its providing the neceiTary Ways and Means for the
enfuing year, to recur to the measure of a contribu-
tion on property in Ireland, similar to that which
had received the fant.lion of the Legiflature in the
!aft See ..r, fo far as related to Great Britain ; and
that, in doing this, particular care would be taken
to adapt it to the existing Rate of Ireland.
vostorrass. LZCMPTION BILL.
A Mefrage from the Lords announced their Lord.
Gips' affent to the Volunteer Exemption Bill, with
amendments, to which they &fired the concurrence
of the Houk.
The only amendment which could be conlidered as
any thing of fubttance, was that which altered the ex-
emption from the ferrite on five days fervice in a
Volunteer Corps. As the Bill had paired the Com-
mons the clan& Rated that a any perfcn who was
returned in the mutter roll as having fared fire days

in a Volunteer Corps, fhould be exempt from being
Balloted or enrolled to ferve in the Militia, for twelve
months from the date of his enrolment in the Volun-
teer fervice." As altered in the Houfe of Lot:cis, it
Rood that fuch krfon fhould be exempt from (cry-
ing in the Militia." The other amendments were
merely verbal, and did not give rife to any difetifliqn.
Mr. YORKE obferved, that the principal amend-
ment, that perfons exercifing five days are not
exempted from ballot, was eradlly the fame as the
two former Ass, and perfealy accorded with the
intention of the Legiflature, which was, to render
them liable to the ballot, though, if ailually ferving,
entitled to exemption. This was highly necetillry, as
in cafe they had withdrawn their names, they would
he liable to ferve. The Right Hon. Gentleman was
proceeding to make a few more obfervations, when
The SPEAKER. reminded him, that the ufual
courfe was, to read the amendments through. The
amendments were accordingly read.
Mr. WINDHAM thought it extremely nece(Erry
that the Houfe fhould have 24 hours time to under.
(land thele amendments; and many Gentlemen had
quitted the Houfe, under the idea that the matter
would not come on this night. He begged leave,
tberefort„to fuggelt the propriety of its (landing
over till to-morrow, when the Houfe would have
time to comprehend them.
Mir. Secretary YORKE replied, that if it was real-
ly neceffary he would not oppofe it ; but as he did
not fee the neceffity, he hoped the Houfe would not
adopt it. .
Mr. CALCRAFT concurred with the Hon. Gen-
tleman (Mr. Windham) in the propriety of his fug-
; and thought, if they really looked round
them, they would find fufficient inducement for poll.
poning it till there was a more refpedable Houk.
Lord FOLKSTONE perfedly coincided in the
propoiition of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Windham);
he knew many Members who had gone not thinking
the bufinefs would have come on to night.
The SPEAKER thought it neceffary to obferve,
that when the amendments are merely verbal, they
are taken into confideration forthwith; but if they'
are tubilantial, they arc refereed for the opinion of
the Houle. _ _

After fume further converfation,
Lord FOLKSTONE movedb as an ametdment to
the qui:llion, " that this Haufe do now adjourn."—
The quellion was put thus amended, and the gallery
was cleared. No divilloo, hewe'ver, took place, the
amendments to the Bill having been agreed to.—
Adjourned.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER so.

PR (CR OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONR ottnex•
Copralls foram. ssi—Reduced 1414—Oninitien 6 ad:.
4 Per Cent 69N—Lon6 Ann. is es-i6—Sbon Ann. 3 1-161.

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PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY :
Bank Stock .
.. I ?tort Aon.b [-VS
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3 per C. Red. 341+
3 per C. Conf. gun
4 per C. 6944
3 per C. Navy it
S Pa 0- 1797 94

Imp. Ann....
Omnlum 619 diT.
EDO& Tlekets i 71. Sr.
Cod. for OPI SSC

The Lifbon Mail which arrived yefterday, has
brought us footle farther accounts refpe6ing the pre-
parations for war carrying on in the potts of Spain.
They are Inch that we think. in fpite of. every
effort made by our Minifters to maintain peace with
that power, they will not long find it polible to do fo.
Two days ago a morning parr, by way of cor.
rating " Come extravagant and abfurd opinions
which are entertained in the newfpapers," gravely
dated as follows : It is known that Spain liss long
had a treaty offenfive and defenfive with France.
Now, if Spain were to give the flipulated fuccour in
(hips or money, it would be no Leach of neutrality,
an by the laws and prudice of nations is fully ac.,
knowledged. Then we have no right to complain
of Spain giving afliftance to that extent. Neither
does there feem any good reafon to objea to Spain
giving an equivalent in money for that *Mance.
The defire of Spain to do fo, is a fnfficient proof that
fhe does not with to go to war with England ! !"
We apprehend, however, that fhould the Spaniards
fend the flipulated number of Ihips avowedly to join
the French, any of our Commanders that might
chance to fall in with them would know what to do,
without confulting Purvitanoarr or Gaorios : We
fubjuin the letters that have reached us :

0 GIBRALTAR, NOVEMBER le

so Since my IA nothing has occurred here ; but
we learn from Spain, that they are now bury fitting
;Put a large fleet at Cadiz, and preffing men in all
their ports. The Spaniards in our neighbourhood
make no fecret of their furprize at the forbearance of
Great Britain; and in the garrifon here. we are in
daily expeftation of the arrival of a man of war from
England, with accounts of hollifities againft Spain.
Knowing that the Spaniards are fitting out a fleet,
which, if employed at all. can only be employed
againft our own country ; we are not a fettle morti•
fled when we fee their line of battle (hips paging this
for Cadiz, while we have three fail of the line here,
under Sir R. &mac Nan. which could eafily capture
them."

" CADIZ, NOVEMBER it.

" Orders hive been received here to fit out 15 fail
of the line with all ponible expedition. It will be
impoffible, however, from the unprovided (late of our
arfenals, which, for fome time, had been much ne-
glefied, to get them ready for fea before the fpring.
Indeed, it is generally thought, that will he as (*eon
as France will have any real occafion far them, and
that they will be at the dieporal:of that power, is
doubted by no one who has the lean knowledge of the
lituation and relations of this country. Many repro-
bate the idea of a war with England. and all pride,
while fome laugh at its forbearance, which has been
and probably will fill be of great fervice to us.
41 Coaderablc prefents have lately been fent to

the Emperor of lefotetece. The oneafible objeft
that we may be idlowed to draw a fupply of corn
from that eoaratry. Certain it it, that we are very
(hort of that article, and will be more fo if involved
in a war, but it is thought, notwithaanding, by fume
well informed people, that. Dow JUAN de la PICDRA,
now at Tangiers, and entrutled with the care of the
prefents, has another objet to accompli(h at the fame
time—namely, to beget, if poffible, a difpolition hoc.
tile to the Engli(h, that the neighbouring African
ports may be fltur againft that country in cafe of a
war ; as was the cafe during the liege of Gibraltar.
when the Emperor, for an annual fum, (hot all
his ports againil the Englith, to the great dif-
trefs of that gartifon and of their men of war in
there feas, who depend foleiy on Barbary for flip-
plies of Befit provifioas on a war taking place
with this country. It is afferted that betides the
prefents for the Emperor, Dow JUAN de la PIVDItA,
carried with him one hundred thoufand dollars to
diaribute as circumllances may require, the better
to enable him to aecomplilh the objet of his million.
While our dollars laa, the Englith mull offer high
if they coca to outbid us—but alas, whit with the
French, the Moors, and the war which we fee ap-
proaching, we do not exped much of that treafure,
which we were fo fortunate as to get home from
America, to remain long with us."

We received laft night fome Paris journals, but
they are not later than thole which had previoufly
arrived. They contain no intelligence refpeeting the
difpute between Bavaria and Auftria : indeed they
do not come down late enough. We have however
made fome farther extrafls from the Dutch papers
which reached us yefterday, tending to throw fome
light on that fubjeet.
If we might draw any certain inference from what
has yet tranfpired, we fhould fay that the FIRST Cow_
sus., to reward Pruffia for its neutrality, or rather
for its friendthip during the latter years of the laft
war, is now bury endeavouring to undermine the in.
&tenet of Auftria and to let the Brandenburgh family
at the head of the divided, and paralized German
Empire. Bavaria is one of the Catholic ftates, and
yet Bavaria. sifting under the direction of France
and Pruflia, for without fuch guidance that El.!Por
would hardly have dared to venture on afloat hof-
tiJities at the prefent moment, purfues meafures cal
culated to promote the views of Pruffia, which has
the intereft of the Proteftant party with it. and,
without doubt, the fupport of the FIRST Coasuz.
At prefent there is no King of the Romans. The
King of the Romans is always heir to the Imperial
throne. For more than two centuries the influence
of the Auflrian family has been filch as to be able
to fecure the eleetion.—Now. however, it feems pro-
bable, that in the clepion of a King of the Romans
the intereft of Brandenburgh may be oppofed to thole
ofA atria. Were the times common, we fhould fay
from what is apparent refpetting the prefent Rate of
panics. that PrufGa muft carry the day—but in times
like the patent, this queftion threatens much more
ferious confequences to the political order of Europe.

LaR night we received tome papers from Holland
to the iath, with extraas from the Paris Journals to
the Bth inßant.

An entire fupplentent of the Meitimar is filled with
a Decree, relative to Csufiriptr, which fully jufli6es
the opinion entertained here of the difpofition of that
dab, at lean, of the French foldiery.

The Flags. Comsu6 had not commenced another
tour from Paris, folate as the 7th.

Count Malmo's was aWo at Paris on the 6th, but
as it is certain that he has received and prefented his
letters of recal, his flay can have no political purport.

A letter from Vienna, dated Nov. 26, Bates the
probability of an amicable arrangement of all differ-
ences between his Imperial Majelty and the Eleeor
of Bavaria. It will be recollelted, however, that the
article announcing 'Dual hotlilities, was dated Nov.
30, and that fo late as the 28th, the Emperor had
given orders for the al ernbling of 13,000 Cavalry,
and :7 battalions of infantry on the Bavarian fron-
tiers.

It is with pleafure we flare, that a very confiders-
We augmentation is immediately to take place in the
very valuable corps of Royal Engineers.
The Newbury Volunteers. nearly 400, received
their colours on Tuefday lafl.
The arrival of an American Gentleman from Paris,
reported to be Mr. jarreasom. fon of the Prefident,
gave rife to a rumour laR night that he was the bearer
of a pacific propolition from the Fitter Con tut.—
The Stocks bad rifen before the dole of the market,
and the rife was afcribed to fame American honfes
having been in the knowledge of this circumflance.
It is true an American Gentleman has arrived, we
believe the one named—tl e reit is mere conjeaure.
Fnday evening Coats'. Rooms, at Edinburgh.
were opened tor the feaiOn. with a promenade and
ball, which was attended by

Hit Excellency dm Earl of Mu" Commander in Clikt.
The Earl of Errol. Lard Illadclek.