Star.
London, England, 1803-01-15 00:00:00

ARRIVED.

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In the Downs, Mary, Mudge, from Waterford--In the
River. Aquinas, Blackman, from Biemen—ln the Creek, Mi-
nerva. Baflin, from Legbnrn ; and Mary, --., from Ntraii
—At lint lake. American, li/z,fon, front Savannah ; and Roe-
buck, Kelly, from Philadelphia—At Liverpuol, Commerce,
Burdock, from Oporto • and United States. Burdock, from
11.-unleaut—At Leith, Almeria. Richmond, from Riga—At
Deified, Serpent, Trim, firm Newkandlande-.'At Virginia,
Lucy Ann, nankin., front Peterfburgl.-At Janda, Ahrt,
hPllonold, from Landon—At SWAN, Ocean, (Linton, from
Riga—At Ilfranowthe, Saniavita Nlartin, Nora Newfound.
land. with darnage—M Shibletre,n, Terefa, Murphy, from
turt,,,At Comm Ambrofia, Brows, 'roan Zant--At Fd-
onnoth, Comateme from Hnit Mary, Do.
naldfon, hem R. tterdam—at Drltatt, Friendlbin, Pinkerton,
fruit Orono—At Cana, l.evelt filly. fie.in I :der;
14.1.ry, Hurdle. from teindem ; Mary Ann, Doak; and B. en.
Nob ireni Nokftnirt:laiseAt New 0: ham, hlat .is,
Talbot, (tom London.

FUNDS.

Ye&tray, put fuant to advertifement, a general
meeting was held at the London Tavern, of the
Britiot Creditors in the French Funds.

Mr. Inver took the chair, and role to explain
the objet for which the mewing had been con-
vened. He began by adverting to the memorial
prefented by the Committee in the name of the
creditors at large to Lord HAWK ESSURV, and to
the relish of the different interviews which they
had with his Lordlhip, finee the zoth September
ultimo, down to Wednefday laR. It were unne-
ceffary to enter into any detailed account of the
preceding interviews, becaufe what p-iff.id in that
of Wednefday contained the general rank of all
the others. Mr. Isms.. then proceeded to Rate
to the meeting the grounds on which the Britilh
creditors in the French Funds thought tliemfelves
juftified in Telling their claims, and which he had
fubmitted to the confideration of the Noble Se-
cretary of State. There grounds he reduced to
three heads :--t R, The conditions held out by
the French Government at different periods to
induce foreigners to take a (hare in their loans,
alfuring them that in (itch cafes they &mild
not be fubjefied to the laws by which the na
lives might be bound.—ad. The Ilipulations of
the commercial treaty, conformably to which a
notice of twelve months ihould be given to Britilh
fuhjefts to remove their property in cafe of the
breaking out of a war.-3d. The 14th article
of the Treaty of Amiens, by which it was iti-
pulated that all fequeftrations on either fide on
funds, revenues, etc. than be taken off imme-
diately after the f►gnature of the definitive treaty.
None of there conditions had been complied with
in the prefent cafe; but notwithßanding the incon-
veniences the Britilh holders of French Rock had
already fuffered, yet they were willing, nor could
they think it an unfair or prefamptuous expetta-
lion, to be put on the fame footing with the rub-
ijefts of the French Government. To the jultice
of that Government they were not reludtant to
fubmit their claims, and if his Lordlhip approve
and abet their views, it was their with to forward
a memorial to his Excellency Lord Wurrwortrit,
praying him to prefent the fame to the French Go-
vernment, hoping at the fame time that his Lord.
fhip would kindly fecond their requell to Lord
WH ITWoRTH. and exert his belt endeavours to give
weight to their reprefentation. To the grounds
here adduced, Lord HAVICESBURY made a few
objeftions, not, he Paid, fuch as his own mind
would prompt him to urge; but which he thought
it was as likely might be urged by others. In
the fiat place it might be thought equitable
that Britilh creditors lbould be dealt by in the
lime manner as Pruffian or Auftrian creditors.
zd. It might be laid, that no firers could be
laid on the commercial treaty of 1.786, becaufe
that treaty could not be fiippored to exit af-
ter the parting of the alien bill. 3d. The treaty of
Amiens was fuppored to have in view property
in 0, and not that which had been fequeftered,
or the payment of which had been fufpended.—
Whatever might be the force of there objeEtions,
he was not inclined to lay any firers upon them ;
but all he imagined himfelf able to do was to re-
commend the matter to Lord Wurrwcurrm, and
in that view he Ihould write a letter to his Lord-
Ihip, rcqueßing he might erponfe the cattle of
the claimants in the manner which to him might
appear belt calculated to obtain their objeft.—
With this determination of the Noble Secretary of
State the meeting teemed to be highly fatisfied ;
and on the fuggeftion of Mr. &townies, it was
propofed that Sir ELIJAH IMPLY, who was now at
Park, lhould be requelled to aft as their agent,
and that a power of attorney (hould forth with be
fent to him for that purpofe. This propofition was
unanimoufly agreed to.