Star.
London, England, 1804-04-07 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The Algid Hon Lord join Concoct,- (ton of the DA* Of
Argill,) took the Oatits and Ms kat ußeprefentadve forl47flll.
Aire, in Scotland. . _ .

Mr. VANSITTART enoved for feveral accounts, as to fo-
reign goods Imported and exported from Great Britain, for (even
years, and the produce of all the ppeerrmmaanoemnt tales, from April s.
1103,dovm to the sth of April, a 4..0r, duet
Mr. VA NSITT ART brought up frveral accounts, Lewin( this
amount of the Exchequer Bills dived to rage s pooped.
spoo cool. eAeopool. and tsroopol.
Mr. Secretary YORKE preldi Lilts of the Irif's Militia Re-
giments and their Officers who have voted to cxteod their lervieus
to Great Britain.—Ordcred to be printed.

The Right Honourable IHrinher alfo prefented Accounts of
the Espence, Incurred In the fulfilling of the -th Article of the
Convention with the United Stem of Anacrion.--Ortlered to lie
on tl e Table. - - -

DENT poftpatied kis klotioa at to the Loyalty LOWS, to
Moody (Cuplike

LI LI aLicrime.

Mr. SOMERS COCKS moved that the Order of the Day for tak-
ing Info farther cardidiration the Laggard Fiedian Petitlona he read.
He did this, be obferveciwiih a vi.w that the Order might be to
fired as that the witneffes, who were to etend at the Ml:eft:bra-
tion of the two queltions rrfpeding that Eketion, litoold not be
at the expellee and Outs of of either waiting a long while In
town, or .1k Karin; two pariter. from Cornwall to London.
Ppm this a very long converfation arofe refpc&ng the pro-
priety of 6 tin( the time for hearing each petition. The fibjed la
u. its nature fo cookred, !.as been eftady fo Owl in de-
time, that it may perhaps be •,nt to isof.ze tleht the peutihna
ware ordered to be taken into 1 iturfily, the 3d
of May twat.
Lord A. HAMILTON named Tb..riday next sr it< day on
wh,-1. he °weld twine forward his motion refpeOirg the pr yeneot
of °Serra an the Iritt kttablihmert at par. 1 laa sauce was
eater^d an the 'normal, hew:Wee.

MAUJITTA WAR.
Mr. FRANCIS Paid, that on the tsth of last
month, he had the honour of fubmitting to the Houle
a motion relative to the whole circumaancet attend•
ing the Mahratta war, but which /potion he bad
withdrawn, for various reafons which were then Rated.
He had lately ken in the public prints, an account of
many very important events which had taken place
in India, and he thence concluded that his Majelly's
Miniaers, or the Court of Directors, had now receiv-
ed further particulars as to the fubjed of his propofed
enquiry. It would be necefeary thortly to bruig there
new incidents before the Houle; in order that the
Noble Lord oppofite to boa ( Lord Caillerugh /Wight
have an opportunity to explain the real flats of the
Leeds. With refped to the military operations in In-
dia, it was ne material part of his enquiry, whether
they were vidories or defogs. The war he alluded
sp might be jolt, and its dials' good, bat yet it
might be untuccefsful. On the other hand, it might
be contrary to found policy and Junin, and never-
thetas might be extremely faccefsful. It was not
neceleary that people Ihould applauds war :nerdy
'becaufe it emceed& It appeared by the letters friing
General Wellefley, that •Ise pot his army in modes fe
long ago as the month Of Augua left, eonfequendy
be (Mr, Fretads,) hada tight to conclude, that feat
official notice muR have been earlier received. Such
great opetatioas on the Malabar miff, sauft have
been known at CIIMPUII fantail Months fanner than
appears from the difentehes received. He had Md.
fon to believe that the Mahon& war mua have bean
determined upon t 0 oily as the inoatit of May 40,
He withed to Mew whether the Noble Diredlites_
the head of thefe airs. had athrifid and (nggeffia
die phut of the wige and the *Wefts of it. He fore-
bore entering finest span the fubjeft till he heard
what lamer would be given to the motion he was
omit to ',nip& He concluded with moving,
there be hut before the Hoeft, Copies, or Extrude,
mfall difpuebin from the Governor Ceeseral of
gal, orfrom the Prefideneies of the Forts of St,
George and Bombay, with Copies of the Correepon.
deuce relative to the boailities which now, or lately
Ibblilled, between the raid Goya Vona and the 11-
eau* States."
Lord CASTLEREAGH Rated, that the Sums
redo= which had formerly prevailed with the Hon.
Member to withdraw his motion (till fulifilled, and
operated to induce him (his Lordibip) to oppof the
pfefent one. He had formerly pledged Winkle to
afford every poffible information on that important
fubjed. From the isth of lalt month, down to ehe
prefent moment, no (tired communication, either by
land or by lea, had been received from the Govern.,
meat of BengaL Government had only 'received an.
counts of the late fucceffes in India by overland die-
patches from the Prefidency of Bombay. The fith.
ed of there communications was perfectly diath dt
from the merits of the principles on which we had
gone to war with the Mahratta Powers. He wale
however, Perfectly willing to thralls that touter up.
on its own ground. He thought it neceffary at pet
fent to (fate that no intelligence had been cc ci vg 4
from the GOvernor Gellert.' of Bengal later than the
6th of June lea. Fie had pco• doubt that as much in-
formation had been conveyed from the Marquis of
Wellelley, as was podible at that particular tithe. It '
wee inipoffible to form any correct judgmeat froth
the information already procured. He faw Ao oe-
ceffity for acceding to a motion which would tend
only to fatisfy a degree of curio Sty but he confider-
ed Model( as aai bound in candour to lay every iq-
fora:Woe he could perfidy procure upon this fialij
I Wore the Hottest's Coon as further difpatchesarrived.
Mr. JOHNSTONE expreffed roue aamillimens
at andertianding from the Noble Lord that Minifters
had not as yet received any account of the commence-
ment of a bufinefs, though a great part of its progrefs
wu univerfally known throughout the empire. He
then argued that, from the pofition of General Lake,
the intelligence of anterior date which was required.
Ibould have alto now arrived. The Honourable
Member then pointed out three different opportuni-
ties at which the accounts might have been lent
after the holtilities had commenced. The At of
Parliament is in this cafe peremptory, and orders
that the Governor-General fliall fend his difpncluts
by the quickell conveyance poffiWe. He did not
mean to impeach the character of the Governor-Ge-
neral in the flighteft degree, but Curdy, whelp, fa
many opportunities of fending the information were
known of, and when the magnitude of the ruts&
was coofidered, it was becoming the dignity of Par.
Lament that it fliould have Come official information

on the fubjea.— The Noble Lord, perhaps, would
accede :o a plan which had been lifted upon at $
former period. namely, to lay the documents before,
the Houfe as far as they go. They would then mpit
probably be printed, and Members would be in pot;
feWon of Co much of the fads by the time the other
papers would arrive. If taken altogether. thilf
would. in all probability. be fo voluminous, that it
would be intpulfible to bring the matter under difcsf-
fion in the courfe of the prefent Seaton.
Lord CASTLEREAGH offered the Honourable
Members and the Houfe, that Government were at
prefent only in pail:Gan of the Correfpondente which
took place between General Wallcfley and Scindes
Other documents were abfolutely requifite for the
purpofe of a complete inveßigation of the fubjea.—
Ttie Noble Lord again appealed to the caa&ur of
the Members and the Houfe, as to the anfbir hnpref-
fion which • partial inquiry might occafios, with
refpea to the condua of the Governor General.
'Mr: FRANCIS difclainsed any idea of prejudg-
ing, or impartially deciding. on the condua of any
nun. But Parliament ought to be informed of every
patticular refpcaing fo important a trantaaion, k*
its Dour Ihould fdffer ham not making the inquiry
—it could not be fuppofed to be quite fenfbleti is
fuch important ciicumflancca. At a time when the
Houfe was told that Government were in alma
daily capacitation of having an enemy to contend with
on Britifh ground, he could riot bear to hear of mo-
ney being fquandered at Delhi and the Malabar
Coaß, without making lime inquiry as to what was
the occafion of fuch a war, what differences gave
tile to it, or how far jußice r3ight appear to be on
the fide of the Britith or of the enemy, throng!, as an
Inglilliman he mull always liopc to find his country
in the right. In confequence of the obfervation of
t!se Noble Lord. be Inuuld, however, content to
his motion.
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hislait notice re/ladling the holders of Loyalty Loan,
he fhonld now move to pnftpone the notice on that
fobjelt, which flood for Monday neat, until the Mon•
day following.—Ordered.

IRISH MILITIA.
Mr. Secretary YORKE moved the fecond reading
of the Irith Militia Offers Bill.
Sir W. B LFORD declared, that he did not feel
himfclf completely fati.fied as to the propriety of fuch
a meafure as that which the Bill before the Houfe
profeffed to enforce. At a time when that country
was particularly fuppnfed to be the chief objet of
invafion, nothing could prove to him the propriety of
withdrawing to,ooo good and effeaive troops out of
the gland, tulles any Honourable Member could
bring forward a clear and pofitive demonfiration that
there were at prefent in Iteland full to,ooo men more
than were abfolutely neceffary for the defence of that
part of tile empire. He might he told, perhaps, thAt
they were to be replaced by another levy of the fame
defcription. He was certain, however, that no new
railed troops could be rendered as efficient as thofe to
be withdrawn, within the time in which it was pro-
bable that Tome attempt might be made by the ene-
my ; it would be difficult even to recruit loch a force
within the time, as far as he could infer from what
he bad heard his Majelly's Minifters declare refpea.
ing the danger of invaiion. The Ira Militia had
proved themfelves to be a malt gallant and ufeful
body of men during the late Unfortunate rebellion ;
and, though it might be added that the appearance
of the Englith Militia was alio of tome importance
at that period, be could not fuppofe that any Gen.
tleman could for a moment imagine that the deicer
of this country was at prefent fo fat greater than that
of Ireland, as to jufiify a fimilar offer on the part of
the Irifh Militia. Their liberality and loyalty be did
not mean by any means to call in quellion. But
there were tome circumilances refpeaing the offers of
particular regiments which might perhaps be further
explained in the coorfe of debate. All that at pre.
fent he could with was, to hear the matter fairly ac-
counted for, and all its concomitant circumftances
related to the Houle. •

Mr. BANKS role to Rate, that his fentiments, with
rerpee to this merfure, had undergone no alteration
fince be had lan the honour of addrefEng the Houfe,
although, from the thinners of the Houfe upon the
prcfent occafion he fhoold not enter into the fubjea
at any length, but would receive hisafelf for a future-
opportunity.
Colonel BASTARD faid, that he entirely coin-
tided.with the Honourable Member who had just fat
down, as to the nature and tendency of the Bill be-
fore the Houfe.
The motion was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to
be committed for Tuefday.
The lrifh Militia Augmentation Bill was alto read
a third time, and committed. for Tuefilay.
_ _

Ordered, on the motion of Mr. Coin, that the Houle Ilmuld,
on Monday next, rafutve into a Committee. to confider of making
Mrto enable the Lord LitlitCOMlt id Ireland to augment the
of that comity.

On the Modal. l'eg the fecund reading of the bias Flax Seed Mk
e etinverfaalon tone place between Colonel Hutehinlon and Mt.
Corry, upon a quefLor. from the former, a. to the tendency which
ibis Dill would have to alit the oil manuradary In Ireland. It
appears drat Lech Mat feed as (hall be foetid upon lanportadost, to
he damned, Ind unfit few the growers to ufe, 010 be warehoorod
for a Certain time. old& the merchants can, in the interim. procure
oil manufseleren to prelude it, and alto give ftcurity that Nets
feed Sall not be planted. This (*turkey is meant for the enteral of
the linen manutaraure.

Tie Ceenealrtee of Supply and Ways and Mean were poityoned
hkaisy,to which day Use Hoge adjourned.

LUNDON.

SATURDAY, Anat. Y.
PRICE OF SteCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK I
OW; goo money, 55W-Ditto for May ace. 55.
ledoced 55{ 56 es. dis.:4liele 5 pc/Cl/m.93i 44. ay.
Loag An. is+ oz. Am
PRICE OF STISCXS YESTERDAX. •
Doak Stock zocr Long Ana. z 6 sit
3 Per Cent. Red. Ann. 54111 Imp. per Cent. slf
3 per Cent. Conf. Ann. 551 Imperial Ann.l4 3-16
4 per Cast. yo}} Ezebeq SRN, is. dtf. a par.
3 per Cent Navy SW Ralph Lottery Tick. '7l. stn.
5 pa Coot t)9) 93*0 Cont. for ace 5511 i•
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amfterdoon 37 Is s UL
Do. at fight 37 4
' Rotterdam 33 0 s Ur.
Hambursh 3; to 34 MI
Alto= 3; It si
Puha day's date at 4 UT.
Paris - 25 11 2 UL
Liude-sui 23 tt ditto
Meant,
3{ per Cent Out Deb. 651
hothouse, Diablo

Culla —'
pap I Naples 371
Ditto 34 er• O•noh 43
Madrid a. pip Vt Are 39
Ditto 34 Lf. Liffion
Bilboa 34 e 6 Oporto
Leghorn 484 Dublin HI
Aro on the Bank ot Holland
34 per Cent.
Msace ji.
i— t per C. Gov Deb. yo{.
iron London tfoi.

We have the pleafiere to announce the arrival of
the Lovely Lan. off Dover. She failed from Bata-
via on the December ; arrived at the Cape of
Good Hope on the Lath January; and paired St.
Helena on the IS.h February. The Dutch fquadion,
under Admiral Haarbisca, paffeil the Cape in Ja-
nuary.

YeSer,lay morning his Mstrsry rode in the
c),ltecit's Ridins.houfe. About one (.'dock the Loan
CAANCELLOR had an audience of his MAJESTY.
Yesterday at one o'cl-ek, her Maims., and the
PFincetil.c Ecussarrn, MARY. and Sot Nta, attended
by the ConflictFes of AY /ASSURE and Ely, took an
airing c•ii the Harrow road.

Yefletday his Royal Highnefs the Duke of "Volta
held a Military Levee and Council at the Horfe-
Guatds.

Ycflcrday at one o'clock, the Ruffian AmbaiTador
had An interview with Lord Hawaisauar, which
lall.d near twr. hours.

Yefletday Gct —nor Has-rt.:n.4 had an interview
tth Mr. ADDING row, at hib bottle in Downing.
fit eet.

Laft night difpatehes were font to Pnrtfmouth to
put on board the I.rtIATHAN of 74 guns. for
L rd ?litany in the Mediterranean.

The Bank of England have paid a4,0-sol. into the
• t Iductiser (luting the rear cr,e:ng tne sth Jan. as a
in lieu uf damp
Th• a:counts from Adnal.,l I
: aft I:tdic‘. date hi, his in..* preme.
•-• the rat k 01 l'oft Cs -,n.
r ealT 1V the COMMIUIa ci flat Silatc•ela, id 41
7 MI.

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