Star.
London, England, 1803-02-23 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. S►t took the Chair at the ufnii hew. After feet
priinte Weds had been gout through.
Lord Et iron, Chairman of the Committee on the Dune
fendine and Stating Licrtion, Wormed the Houfe that the
Committee had met this morning; but on account of the non-
attendance of pee of in Malthus, Mr. T. Cony, they did not
proceed to bdinis.bla adjourned.
Ordered. agreeably to the precept in the illedion BM that
Mr. Corry de attend in his Ma toutorrow.
M. Buckley, a v4eftbk Apotbectry.amended at the Bar.
and rwlhod ea oat►, that fo dimmed wilisbe Ants of ilintis
by which Mr. Carry was now amilued to kb bed. that he was
utterly snide to attend the Comdata. nor was it prohibit
that be would be able to rcfume his &academe for kraal days
to come.

4Yrtiered. that Mr. Corry be Guard limo ettiodeocto eh the
bid COMMittee. _ -

6;;toZWindkoned at the Bar ionic accounts ham the
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Sir M. B. Friers moved, that Mr. John Atkins be mated
from ant:ideate as Member of the Barnftaple Eledima Caes.
mittee, on ICCOMPI at revcre Muck H 4 Phylkian appeared.*
the Bar, and was mamboed touching Mr. Atkins s bent*
which be proved to be fo daaecre.Gy affeeted as to reader hie
attendance imprwaindge foe ceallierable dam—Ordered
that his attendance be difpenfed with.
Mr. As. brought op a Report from the Committee
on the Eaplring Laws, which was reed and agreed to, and fame
of the RddneiotMwsrt pottptmed, and referretito
Mr. ALIMANDIR brought up • Report from the
an the Militia Training Bill—Ordered to be mad • third tifte
on Thurfday neat.
Mr. G. BIM° brought up a 818 for repedrieg and anamodlng
the Workbook et the Parini nat. Panents—whidi wasting&
gra time, sad ordered to be read a fecond time.

After toms hither barites of a private aware,
Lord Eusrom rote to call the attention of the
Houk to a fubjea of the utmnQ importance—a
lubjea which *OUR have already roofed the feelings
of every Member of that Houle. The fubjea to
which be alluded was the dewelopensent of a hor-
rid awl eanguioary plot for the "(throes= of our

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happy Con flitntion, tinder which we have fo long
enjoyed the hidings of civil liberty. This plot
was rendered Rill more foul, by the proje& of an
attack upon the faced perfon of his Majefty. For
this .leiperate confpiracy, the traitors had juftly
fuffered. It was unneceffary for him to expatiate
on the virtues of the Sovereign ; they far exceeded
every commendation which it was in his power to
bellow ; every at of his government was marked
by unexampled mildnefs. His Lordfhip, after
enlarging on thefe points, concluded by moving,
That an humble Addrefs be prefented to his Ma-
jelly, to congratulate him on his providential efcape
from this fool confpiracy; to exprefs their abhor.
rence of the horrid plot againft his perfon and go.
vernment ; and to defcribe their firm attachment
to our prefent happy conflitution ; as well as to
the perfon and family of his Majefty.
Lord BoyLE rofe to fecond this Motion. His
Lordfhip Paid he could not fecond a motion of that
nature without exprefling in the ftrongeft terms
his deteflation of fuch atrocious and fangninary
defigns. He only wifhed to add an expreffion of '
a want, that the peace of his Majelly's reign might
continue uninterrupted, and that he might long
remain the father of his people.
The Motion was agreed to Non. Con.
A Committee was then appointed, confining of
Lord Eufton, Lord Boyle, the Chancellor ofthe
Exchequer' Lord Hawkefbury, the Secretary at
War, and the Law Officers, who withdrew to
prepare the Addrefs.
Mr. Lill moved for leave to bring in a Bill to
repeal an AIE of the late frith Parliament. which
regulates the proceedings, and to affimilate the
proceedings of the Courts of King's Bench, Com-
mon Pleas, and Exchequer, to thole of England, in
the compelling of Defendants to appear to perfonal
ations, and the prevention of vexatious arrefts.
The CHANCELLOR of the Excnacursa kid, he
did not rife to oppofe the motion of his Honoura-
ble Friend ; for certainly he confidered it a very
deferable objet that we fhould endeavour to affimi-
late the laws of that country with thofe eftablifhed
here as much as poffible. He wilbed only to ob.
terve to the Houle that the fituation of a Noble
Friend and Colleague of his (Lord Pelham) de.
ferved confederation. If, however. the regulations
which by the Bill it would be necellary to introduce
were adopted, it was but fair that foam compen-
fation fliould be made for thofe who fhould fuller
in confequence of the new arrangements which
might take place. In making this compcnfation
to his Noble Friend, the Houle and the country
would merely be doing an aa of jutice. At this
moment his Noble Friend confidered the profits
*riling from a patent place as pro tasty a part of his
falary of Secretary of State, and if this office was,
by the operation of the bill, to be abolifbed, it was
nothing more than an aa of common juftice that
be fhould have a fair compcnfation.
After a few words of explanation from Mr. Lee,
a Committee was appointed, confining of Mr. Lee,
- the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. J. C Beret
ford, the Attorney General of Ireland. and other
: Law Officers, to prepare and bring in the fame.
The Houle then refolved into a Committee on
the Mutiny Bill.
The SICESTARY at WAR rote, in purfuance of
a notice he had given on a former day, to move
feveral Amendments. The moll impottant of
them was to check the progrefs of the criminal
Femalee of defertion, which on an average amount-
ed to nearly one-fourth of the forces railed. This,
in addition to other ferious inconveniencies, was a
very heavy expence td the country. As the law
now flood, Courts Martial exercifed the power of
punifhing with death, or infliaing corporal punifh-
ment. He meant to move, That in cafes where
men were fent from places abroad to be tried by
General Courts Martial, they beinvened with the
power of tranfpwtation, which at prefent rafts only
with his Majelly. He alone could commute it foe
the punifkment of death.
The other Amendments were of a fubordinate
kind. He. wifhed to move that the penalty impof-
til on perfons for harbouring definers from the
regulars be increafed to tool. or fix months int-
pnfonment, and from the militia to ad. He fitould
propofe alto a clank, enalling that in criminal
cafes. when a foldier is convieted of a felony, he
Should forfeit whatever pay might then be due.—
lie alto adverted to a claufe for regulating the dif-
tanee that carts or waggons impreffed for the ter.
vice Thould be Obliged to go per day, and affixing
a rate of payment. Another claufe was of grew'
importance—providing a fnmmary procefs for the
punifhmeht of perfons purchafing bay or oats
bought for the ufe of the army, which at prefent
requires more tedious legal proceeding.
General Triaxaron feed a few words in explana-
tion of thebulineff ofa </Inner Maher..-Adjourned.

LONDON.

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This morning we received Paris Papers to the
:al. The Moamar of the tpth contains the fol.
lowing regulations which teem to thew, that the
French Govereasent views, with a very forPicio"
eye, the refidence of *rangers, and particularly
foreigners, in the capitals and that, notwithfland-
ing th: apparent tranquillity which prevails
throughout the Republic. it thinks a more than com-
mon degree of vigilance neeefary to be adopted
by the Police at the prefent period.
An Ordinance b► the Prefeattrates of the Police,
of Feb. Rases, that as foreigners, &angers to

the city of Paris, lodge under the denomination of
Relation: or Friends, in private houfes, and as the
proprietors, principal landlords, or keepers of the
faid houfes, neglel to make a declaration of the
names of their lodgers, agreeably to the law of
Ventofe 27th, year 4, it is decreed by the Confuls,
that the principal proprietors,landlords, or keepers
of houfes, not occupied by themfelves, who (hall
have foreigners to that commune, as lodgers in
their hooks, (hall make a declaration of their names
within twenty-four hours after their arrival, at the
Commiffariate of Police of :heir Divilion. They
muff at 'the fame time carry to the Commiffariate
of the Police the paffports of the perfons who
lodge in their houfes. In exchange for each pair
-
port the Commiffariate will deliver to them a bul-
letin, with which ltrangers to the city of Paris
muff appear within three days after their arrival
at the Prefcdurate of the Police, to receive back
their paffports, and obtain a v of departure, or
a permit:Con to reticle.

Another ordinance of the fame date Dates, that
thofe who with to exercife the protection of inn•
keeper, or matter of a furnithed hotel or lodging-
houfe, mutt make a declaration of their intention
to the Prefedurate of the Police, and mat keep a
regitter on Ramped paper for infcribing the names
of French or foreign travellers, counter-figned by
the Commiffioner of Police of the Divition'; and
mull place over the door of their houfe, in a con-
fpieuous place, and in large characters, a board
indicating the profeffion which they follow.
Inkeepers, matters of furniffied hotels, and lodg-
ing houfes (hall infcribe daily, and without leaving
any blank, in the before mentioned Regifter, the
name, age, quality, ufual refidence, profeffion,
time of arrival and time of departure, of all thofe
who fleep in their houfes, even a tingle night.—
They are exprefsly forbidden to afford filcher to
vagabonds, mendicants, and perfons unknown.
Innkeepers, matters of hotels, Sec. mutt (hew
their Regiflers every time they are required to
do fo, either to the Commidioners of the Police,
who than affix to them their vifa, or to the Officers
of Peace, or to the Directors of the Ps efedurate of
Police, who may alto infped them.
Innkeepers, matters of hotels, and lodging-
houfes, who negled to conform to there regula-
tions,ffiall incur the penalties ordained by the laws.
And they [hall, over and above, be civilly refpon-
fible for the diforders and crimes, committed by
thofe who lodge in their houfes, They mutt alto
carry every day, to the Commifiriate of Police of
the Divifion, a certified copy of their Regitter.
This ordinance Rates al(o, that the wife, or per-
miffion of refidence, !ball not be granted to the
fubjefts of Powers who have Reprefentatives with
the French Government, but on a recognizance
from the Ambarador, Minitter, Envoy, or Charge
d'Affaires of their Government. Subjedsof Powers
who have no Reprefentative, omit procure an at-
idled= from Bankers or from two iefpedable
citizens.--Pive per Cents. Sp fr. yo e.

The following letter from a Correfpondent at
Malta, prefents Tome information, which will be
found net uninteretting :

MALTA, DICIMOIR 13.

Generals VlLLavra and OAAss are not only
good Officers, but agreeable men. The Officers
here have every reafon to be fatisfied with their
prefent litigation. The evacuation of this ifland is
not expelled. Sir ALBIAMDBIL BALL, the Civil
Commiffary, has received orders to raife soon
Maltefe troops, who are to be kept, paid and
clothed by us. The French Ambarilulor complains
mach of our continuance in this place, and threat-

ens to leave it if we embody the Maltefe. His
concluet is as violent as his difpolition is unconci-
hating. N. lodges in a honfe belonging to the
Government. Al it was out of repair, he has
ordered a confiderable fum of money to be laid
out upon it, and now refutes to pay the bills, al-
hedging that he will pay none but the Grand
Mailer. Two thonfand Neapolitans have been
here theft two months ; but they do no duty.
Whatever difference of opinion may exilt on
other fubje&s, in one thing we are all agreed, that
if we (hould give up this place, the French will'
foon be in poileffion of it. The troops from Egypt I
are not come down, but are daily expeaed, as
orders, I am informed, are gone to Alexandria to
that err& : if fo, Alexandria will fowl be in the
hands of the French, who have a fleet now lying
at Marasorice, for the exprefs purpofe of going
there as foon as we are gone.
The ftrength of this place is beyond imagina-
tion. The hoofes here are little palaces, built
with Hone of the illasid, and have lofty, fpaeious
rooms, paved with Rem, and finely painted in
paunch. The church of St. John's is the moll
magnificent place I ever law. The French, whole
paths are always marked with pleader aad devaf-
tation, have Itripped it of Its riches, taking away
a gold chandelier, worth, as I am informed, near
half a million, betides diamonds. and other pre- ,
does (tones, which deeassted she altars and the
Wages-