Star.
London, England, 1803-03-09 00:00:00

BANKRUPT IN IRELAND.

Gear:eV?Williarna, of Aughnacloy, county Tyrone,thopkeeper.
to farrender the 1 eth and t sth inttant, and sib April. 9
g 8 ~UITIItATIONS, Ste. IN SCOTLAND.
lain Rennie, merchant, Grecaock.—Creditors meet in Park's
Inn, Each March, twelve o'clock, to name interim factor;
fame place and hour, nth 4pril, to tied nutlet.
Alexander Rattan, Thomas Ruken, and Hugh Kinghorn, con-
e:attars for Wet Dock at Leith.,—Creditors meet in Royal
Exchange CoEee !mule. Edinburgh, 9th March, one o'clwk,
to same interim factor; fame place and hour, sezh March,
to de& troll=
WM= Barbour. bleacher, Rilbarchan —Creditars meet in
Orr's km, Pafficy, tots March, twelve o'clock, to name in-
terim War ; fame place and hour 7th April, to rkel
Robert Dudgeon, manufaetura, Glafgow.--Creditcra meet in
Black Bell Inn, 3d March, one o'clock, to name interim fac-
tor • fame place and hoar pit March, to eled cruller-
Jekyll M'Leod and Co. bleachers, Blackland Min.—Creditors
meet in Tontine, Olafgew, 9th March, one o'clock, to name
interim &dor; fame place and hour, 6th April, to cleft
truftee.
Mifs Marpret Dclgaty, merchant. Arbroath.—Creditors to
lodge claims with Wm. Cahill, writer,Arbroeth.
James Milligan and Co. Itopiteepers, Okfgow—Creditors meet
le Chula Campbell', calendar-book, 17th March, one
o'clock ce &tide en cirrr of compoktion.
Udders Junes Walker, fame time merchant Ss Olafgow, has
Mad ior
John Fogy* vitt:Matinee, to be exanalnedin Court-hook,
Wigton, math March and sth April, twelve o'clocks—Credi-
ton meet, fame place and bout. 6th April, to Ultima trultec.
Claim to be lodged by rb October.

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PARLIAMENTART PROCEEDINGS. '

HOUSE OP LORDS, TUESDAY, MARCH S.
Counfel were lbortly heard, relative to a Writ of Error, from
the Court of Exchequer Chamber in Ireland, Rowe o. Powers.
It kerning to be the fere of their Lordibips that the Plaintiff
foaled In ritabliihing a fieriest cafe, they deemed it ;mead-
far/ht: proceed farther therein.
East of Eglingtoon, one of the limo= Scotch Peers, was
firm and took bisfaat.
Ile various Itills before the Houk were forwarded in their
tillpadlive Rages ; anion thole, the Iriih Revenue Mara' Dif.
DUI piled through a Committee of the who"e
was afterwards reported.
Hr. Deemer, attended by leveret Member:, brought up
Sus the Commoos the Prince of Wale's Annuity Bin.
Some Ovate bands was then difystial tiGssAfter so inter-
val offense time had elaged.
Lord HOIIAIIT prefented the following

MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY.
01 GEORGE R.

* His PirtAJZSTT Widish nen:Cary to acquaint the Houfe
of Co.siness that u very confide:rabic Military Preparations
are werysni on in the Ports of France and Boland, he has
judged It espeallent to adopt additkoal aseafores of Precaution
far the Security of his Doll2lolotll. Though the Preparations
to whiehisis Majefty rcfen are avowedly &card to Colonial
Service, yet as Difestliom of gnat Importance are now fub.
fißltK between his Majay and the Preach Government, the
'dub of which moll at pedant be onoatain, his Majefty
induced to make this Coninsenication to his faithful Cons-

11101114 In the fun partake, fist whilit they partake of hit
Maiettftearseft wd unvarying folidtude for the continuance
of Peace, be may rely with perfedt confidence on their
Ile Spirit and Liberality, to enable kis Majc*y to adopt inch
meafires as eircumnances may appear to require, for (import-
tog the Honour of his Crows, and the atonal Inters is of his
People

Ordered, That the fame be entered on the Jour-
nals.
Lord HOBAN T moved, that MA Maje,ly's ITIOR
tltncioui Mcfragc be taken into confideratitei to-
morrow, and that their Lordfhips be lummoned
on the occalion ; which was ordered accordingly.
Lord HONART then moved the firll reading of
the Prince of Wales's Annuity Bill, which being
read, he obferved, that the relpett which he, in
common with all their Lordthips, mutt feel for
she illullrious Perfonage who was the objea of the
Bill, would have induced him to propofe an early
day for the fecond reading of the Bill ; but he re-
gretted that the effect which a recent dometlic mil
fortune muff naturally have upon the attendance
of his Noble Colleague ( Lord Pelham), would, on
that account, eonfirain him to defsr a motion for
the fecond reading of the Bill till Monday next.
No fu' Cher buboes being before the I look, an
adjournment took place.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. 1
General Fa taro PI wainscoted from any :iierdser attendance
on the Coe-cosy Eketion Committee, in co:Sequence of the,
death of big relation, the Doke of Bridgewater.
Several Members had leave of abfcticc in confequence of in.
difpo&ion.
A Petition was pretested from the Chemin., and Droggifts
of Barone*, wind the Medicine Act.--Ordered to lie on
the Table.

Mr. VAIIIIIITTAIT =Wed, that the accounts of the Ships be.
longing to the ports pf London and Liverpool. for the laR three
years., diftinurfhing each year, up to the soh of January left,
be laid before the Houfe.—Agreed to.
Sir kitten MILPANKE brought up a Report, Rating, that
the Seledt Committee appointed to try the merits (Attie Bridge-
water Elcdtion, bad declared Jeffery Allen and John Pocock,
Efgr_s. to be duly eleCted for the Paid Borough.
MLISAAC HAWKINS BROWNS brought up a Report from
the Nottingham Committee, Rating, that Frederick Shuttle-
worth had been called as a witnefs before the Paid Commit-
tee, and that be had been found guilty of wilful preYari•ation,
in confcquence of which, the Houk ordered him into the cuf-
tody of the Serjeant at Arms.
Several Road and Inclofure Bills paired through their diffe-
rent Rages.
Petitions from Gtafgow aril other places were prefinted
&gelid the Scotch Cotton Manufadurers' Regulation Bill, and
referred to the Committee en the fecond reading of that Bill.
Lord W. Russet'. brought up the Southwark Paving Bill,
which was read a Mit, and ordered to he read a fecond time.
A Perron from the Infpeetor Gsnetal's Office prefented Ac-
counts of the Imports and Exports, which were ordered to he
printcd for the ufe of Members.
The kith Maiming and Cutting Bill was read a fecond time,
and committed to a Committee of the whok Houfe.
On the Motion of Mr. VAus:l TACT. the Land Tax Bil!
was poßponed to this day fortnight.
The Report of the Committee to whom the Coroners' Peti-
Pion was referred, being brought up.
Mr. By No moved for leave to brine in a Bill, the purport of
which was, to grant an additional Income pa the Coroners of
the different Counties in this Kingdom.
After a few words from Mr.lllc Kt Nom, leave was granted
to bring in the Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for going into
a Committee upon the Cuftoms Bill,
Mr. Coeur raid, that he wifhed to fubmit a few
words upon this fubjea to the Houfe. When he
gave notice of his intention of bringing forward
this fubjedt, he had endeavoured to convey his in-
tention in the moll clear and Mina manner in his
power ; but he found that Tome Gentlemen had
unfortunately miltaken his intention. He found
that whatever were the words in which he had
given his notice, yet ,it was underßood; that in
the fchedule of duties, nothing new was to be in•
troduced, but that it was tote reftriaed entirely
to the old Duties, and that no additional Duties
of any fort were to be propofed. He hoped he
(hould never in the difcharge of his Parliamentary
duty, be found dircuMng the aria meaning of the
words of a notice which he had given, or whether
the notice was correaly underftood or not, he
Ibould upon all occafions do that which he now
propofed to do, viz. aa not upon the aria meaning
of the notice, but upon the manner in which that
notice was underftood by the Houle, for nothing
would hurt him more than that any Member of that
Houle, or that any man out of doors could fay,
that the notice be had given did not warrant the
proceedings that afterwards took place. The al.
terations which had been made were minute to
that degree that they hardly deferved the notice
of that Houfe, but to prevent all difference of
opinion, be fhould propofe, except in the cafes of
which he fhould give notice, to reduce all the
Duties to what they were laR year. The additions
which he had propofed to make. were not for the
purpores of revenue, but merely for the purpofe
of regulation. He had Rated to the Houle the
alterations which he had propofed to make re-
Ipeaing the Duties upon Licences, and he wifhed
only to add, that the alteration was fuggefted to
him by the Commillioners of -Excite in Ireland,
but certainly with no view whatever to Reve-
nue. He fhould, however, in all cafes where
there were any additional Duties, propofe to re-
duce them to what they were before his Motion.
He (hould obferve the fame principle with regard
to Drawbacks ; fo that the fyftem would be the
fame as Tome Gentlemen underllood it would be
from his motion. He %riffled, however, to be un-
derftood, that with regard to theregulations which
had been made refpeeting the ad ,aarene duties and
the rated duties, he did not conceive them as com-
ing within the objeaion which had been made, he
should therefore propofe that they fhould remain
as they Rood in the Bill before the Houfe, particu-
larly ai they were adopted merely for the conve-
nience of the merchant. But if there fhould have
crept into the Schedule any error or miftake, he
fhould be moll happy, if it was Rated to him, to
cornea it ; at prefent, however, he was not ap-
prized, nor did he fufpedt that any fuch error
exilled. Having Rated thus much, it would be
necellary for him to move to poßpone the Com-
mittee on the Irith Cußoms Duty Bill, and to move
that the Houle fhould to-morrow refolve itfelf
into a Committee upon the frith Duty Bills. With
• regard to the Committee on the frith Cullom: Bill,
he fhould move to poßpone the Committee upon
it till Thurfday.

Mr. Las rore, to respell that the Right Hon.
Gentleman, inflead of making the Duties perma-
nent, would only now propofe them for one year;
that would give ample time to confider the fubjeet,
and he might next year propofe to make them per-
manent. At prefent he conceived that Gentlemen
had not had tufficient time to confider the &kW);
the statement of which occupied 107 pages of chore
print, and they had only been one day upon the
Table, before the Hoofs were called upon to make
them permanent. In that flatement there were
many calculations, and however corral the Right
Hon. Gentleman might be, yet he, like other men,
Was liable to error : he thought, therefore, that
tome time should be given to invefligate the rub.
jeft. This was a great financial alteration, and
one that would not be proposed with regard to
England, without ample time being given for
consideration : he hoped, therefore, the Houle
would adopt the lime line of condigt, with re-
gard to Ireland.
Mr. CORRY raid, that the Houk ulna be aware
that this was now the third Seflion in which he had
given notice of his intention of making a perma-
nent provifion for the permanent charges of Ire•
land; and he should have thought bimfelf deficient
in duty if he had not brought forward a propofi.
firm of that kind. Whether the Honk would con
cur with the Hon. Gentleman, in wifhing that the
Duties should at prefen; be only continued for one

year, it was not for him to decide. It weld be I
(efficient for him to ftate now, that the propet time
to propofe any alteration of that kind in the Bal,
would be on the Report of the Committee. He
fhould therefore decline laying any thing further
at prefent in anfwer to what had fallen from the
Hon. Gentleman. With refpea to himfelf, he bad
no objea upon earth in the propofal be had made,
except the difcharge of duty ; and, therefore, If
any ground were laid before the Honk tp induce,
them to think that the Bill for making thole Du-
ties permanent ought to be pollponed for another
year, there was no reafon why he Iheuld objea to
it. He wifhed, however, before he gave a decid-
ed anfwer, to have an opportunity of confulting
with perfons for whole judgment he had the high-
eft opinion.
Mr. CANNING was of opinion, if there were new
calculations upon there Duties, that proper time
Should he given to examine them. •
The Committee on the Bill was then put off till
I'hurfday.
It was ordered, that the Houle fhould to-mor-
row refolve itlelf into a Committee on the Irifh
Duty Bills.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHrctpu appeared
at the Bar and delivered a Meffage from his Ma-
-1 jelly, to the fame offal as that delivered in the
Houle of Lords. The Meffage having betn read
by the Speaker,
The CFIANCILLOR of The EXCHEEUIER faid, he
(hould at prefent abllain from making any refe-
rence to the fubjea of the Meffage which had jufl
been read, he (hould content himfelf with moi ing
that his Majelly's Madge (hould be taken into
confederation to-morrow.—Ordered.
The other frith Duty Bills then went through
Committees, and the Reports were ordered to be
received to-morrow. •
In the Committee on the Irifh Poft Office Bill,
Mr. CORRY laid, that the regulations of Members
Of Parliament were contained in a Special Privilege
Bill, and of courfe the Privileges of the Members
of both parts of the United -Kingdom were the
fame. In Ireland, the privilege of Members with
refpea to Letters hitherto extended to two ounces;
in this country only to one. The privilege in Ire-
land was now made the fame ax in this country.
Colonel BAGWELL Paid, he was glad to hear
what the Right Honourable Gentleman had flat,-
ed, becanfe he wifhed to fee the two Countries
affimilated as Much as pollible.
Adjourned at fix o'clock.

LONDON.

WEDNISDAY, MARCH 9.

PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONF. O'CI OCR:
3 Per C. Kent neant7, 644.0, 641, 634. 64.
Ditto, for Apra see. 654, 644. 631, 64 a 61.
OM 5 per Cent Ann. 96, 954.
Osmium t 34 • 16 am
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY:

S pet C. Casa. 70} 601} Omnium 3} 6 M.
; per C—Ano. tot}}} Eyed' Tickets 171. di.
Imp. 3 per C. 68}} Cog. fier April acc. 71} 7c}l}
Imp. Aim 9-46

Various, contradiaory, and unfounded rumours
have been circulating for thefe two days paR, the
real caufe for the depreciation of the Funds has
however at length been made public. Another
fait hullo dikovered, which fome, and we confefs
ourfelves to be of the number, would nos have
credited without feeing it—that even under our
prefent adminißration, whole prudent fecrecy has
been fo much the fubjett of panegyric, Cabinet
fecrets have been allowed to tranfpire, which fome
men knew how to turn to their own advantage at
the expence of the public.
The Maage from the Throne communicated
to both Honks of Parliament fail night (which
we could only infert in a part of our impreffion)
explains the caufe of the great and hidden fall of
the Funds. It informs Parliament, that the prepara-
tion, which are ping as as the Port, of France and
Holland require additional Iseveastiew, though the prep-
ratiocu in quyion are r4irienteif by thsFratch Govern
nstnt to he intended only for the Colesire ; and that certain
ifiliiiions are now flnyiflig &town hi: Maystrr and
the French Government, the risk of which it =certain/
That great warlike preparations were making
by France, we announced fome time ago, and ,
repeatedly ; and, even after our ftatesnents had
been honoured with what might be confidered as
an Official contradiction in the Honk of Com.
mons. We knew our information was derived
from feurces not to be called in queftion, and
we cautioned Minifters not to ref too confident.
ly ckp their intelligence. Need we add, that the
event has confirmed the correanefs of our Rate.
ments, and juftified the fears we expreticd at the
time !

On the Metfage we tall Cay nothing at preen",
as it will be taken into confederation by both
lloufes of Parliament this evening. It is a duty,
however, which we owe to the Public to put them
in poffeCGon of all the information we can, refpea-
ing the proceedings in different Official Depart.
ments, which fecm at all to be conneeted with the
fubjeti of the Mettage.
We have already announced that a Cabinet
Council fat On Monday, at which matters of great
moment were ditculted. The Mcffage to Paths.
ment was then determined on, and the meafures
to be immediately retorted to in the dif.i cut rk-
partmcnts of the Public Service.
An Admiralty Board has been fitting to a late
hour every day fence Satirday, at which Earl St.

Vomits'. prefides. In the interim, Lord Nittoi
had a lonrintereiew with Earl ST. ViIICIII T at hi
honk in the Admiralty on Monday.

Orders were fall night difpatched to Chatham
to get ready for fea, as quickly as poffible, ever)
(hip at that place, that can be equipped for fervice.
Orders have alfo been lined for the artificers in
his Majefty's Dock Yards to work as much extra
time as they poffibly can, in completing the re-
pairs of the (hips of war now in Dock, Ind of
thofe ordered into Dock, when there may be room
to receive them.

We announced ycfterday that orders had been
ilTued at Portfmouth for the Captains of every (hip
in harbour there to repair to Spithead, with all
poffible difpatch. Orders, wearing a fimilar com-
plexion, have been alfo fent to Plymouth.
' Several Naval Officers who diftinguilbed them.
felves in the late war have been fent for to town.
The gallant Sir Tirora•s Boman* THOMPSON,
who loft a leg in the Bar.t.ori a, in the battle at Co.
penhagen, is among•the number.•
Among other meafures refolved on at the Ca.
binet Council an order was figned for a general
prefs of feamen for the Navy. Laft night th,:,
order was carried into effed, and a great number
of prime feamen were imps effed—many, however,
entered voluntarily. This augurs well for ti.c
fervice, fhould a war prove unavoidable. Indeed,
after the numberlefs laurels reaped by our brave
tars in the late war, it need excite no wonder to
fee them entering voluntarily to defend and main.
tam the honour and independence of their coun.
try, Ibould their fervices prove indifpenfible.
The men firft impreffed have been ordered to be
fent to man fuch Chips as are at Deptford and
Woolwich, to expedite their getting to the Nore.
Preis warrants were iffued generally this day.
and fent off to the different ports, fo that we may
loon cape& to hear of a great body of feamen being
provided for the navy. The number impreffed
on the river fine laft night is reported to be up-
wards of aOOO.

The HOUND floop of war has come up from
Deptford to the Tower, to receive the impreffed
men.

The meafures that have been adopted to vindi-
cate our national dignity by an appeal to arms, if
neceffary, have not been confined to the Naval
department only. Orders have alfo been ;Toed
to increafe the Army; and, to facilitate this objea,
his Royal Highaefs the Duke of You has inti-
mated to the proper Officers his Majefty's corn-
mind, that the flandard for the Recruits that
may be hereafter enlifted for the Infantry of the
Line than be reduced to five feet five inches; that
the levy-money for men of that height 'hall bt
railed to fix guineas, of which the men are to re.
ceive five guineas in money and neceflaries ; and
that the levy-money for boys for general fervice
(tall be railed to four guineas, of which they are.
to have three guineas in money and neeeffaries.
Nor have the orders iflued to the military and na-
val Commanders in his Majefty's fervice been con•
fined to our immediate Coatis. Difpatches have
been fent to Portfmonth to be forwarded to the
Mediterranean. The nature of the difpatches hat
not tradpired ; but, judging from the aleafures
I adopted in all the home departmeits, there can be
I i ttle.rioubt that they contain orders to give up no.
thing that may Rill be in our poikffion, till the
Commanders receive (relit inflruelons from Bri-
tain ; for it would be abfurd, when the poffibility
of a ftefli rupture is admitted by his Majefiy's
Menge, to put ourfelves into worfe ciltumflatees
than we adually are, by any voluntary aft of one
own, till the matters under difcuffion be brought
to an ifue,

In the frigate which is to carry out theik IRA
patches, Capt. DODD, Aid du Camp to his Royal
liighnefs the Governor of Gibraltar. goes out
again to that Garrifon. He carries with him
difpatehes to his Royal Higbnc the Puke of
KIDT.

The 'matures which we have juR been amain'.
have had the effeEt to deprefs the Stocks very con•
fulerably this day. At one time 3 per cent, Con.
Cols were as low as 6af for money : at one o'clock
they were a little better, fay 64. Onsnium in the
morning was at 16 pet cent. difcount ; at one
o'clock it was 131.
It is impoffible, in the nature of things, but that
a confiderable degree of alarm muR be excited by
the prefmt hoftile afpea of public affairs ; but the
meafures that have been adopted may ultimately
prove the belt means of prat-crying peace. To enter
farther into the queßion, before waiting the dif-
eui4on of his MAJCSTY'S Meffage, would be im-
proper. We have taken proper pains to pet our
Readers in poffeffion of every fad that has been
Coffered to traufpite, and they need no comment
from us.

Another Cabinet Coma fat this day for a
eonfiderable time. Nothing was [offered to tram
fpire.

His Excellency the French Minißer bad s long
interview yefterday with the Right Hon. the Lea,
MATOI.