Star.
London, England, 1803-05-03 00:00:00

CONSOLIDATION Of THS CUSTOMS.

The CIIMICIILLOiI of the ElClimpaa moved
a That the Order bf the Day might be read for
taking into confideration fo much of his Majefty's
moil gracious Speech to both Hodes, on the 23d
of Nov. laft, in fo far as related to the accommo-
dation of mercantile tranfaaions." Which being
read accrrdingly,
The CHANCILLOII of the Exotic:wee Paid, that
he underftood it to be the with of many refpcaable
Members of the Houfe, with whom he had cons-
mulled on the fubjeet, that the difcuffion intended
to have been brought forward this day, mould,,
during the prefcnt uncertainty of political events,
be poltponed, until the refult mould be known of
the Negotiations now pending between Great-
Britain and France, as, in the event of hoftilities,
mould that unhappily be the refidt, that they
ihould feel no difpofitiost to oppofe this arrange-
ment ; but if the contrary, then they &cold weds
to Rate their objeaions. He, for his part, was
perfe&ly prepared-to accede to this fuggeftion, and
thould therefore proptsfe to defer the Zdiuffion till
' Monday nes-, as in the interval, he entertained
Hrong hope and capitation, that he mould be

The CIiaNCiLLOIL of the ExcHsttrEe's motion
for Monday next was agreed to, and Mr. Patten's
notice Randsfine

IDINBURGII ROAD RILL.
The Hon. Mr. DuVDAB moved the Order of the
Day for the third reading of the Edinburgh Road
Bill.

Mr. Roaster WILLIAMS moved, that the third
reading be poftpnned till this day fix months.
The quellion being put, (hangers were ordered
to withdraw. The Houle continued nearly for an
hour in warm debate, and at length divided—Ayes,
for the Amendment, to6—Noes, s 19—Majority
for the Bill, 13.
The Bill was read a third time, paged, and or-
dered to the Lords.

coaomsas' DILL.
Mr. DICILIMS moved the further eonfuleration of
the report of the Coroners' Bill.—The motion was
agreed to, and Mr. Hervey brought up the report.
Mr. Bo atas.o raid he was agamli the Bill, with
its amendments. _ _

Mr. Hues? laid he was afloniflied that any ob-
jeition fhould be made to the Bill as it now Rood :
he then repeated many of his former arguments in
favour of the Bill.

Sir RoaIIRT WILLIAM. propofed a claufe rela
tine to Coroners taking an Inqueft on the bodies
of perfons wrecked on the coati of this kingdom,
but which received a negative. The Bill was then
ordered to be engrofted.
NOTTIWONIM ILICTIOW.

Mr. Hawaii's Baowas moved the Order of the
Day, for the Houle to refolve itfelf into a Com-
mittee of the whole Houle on the Nottingham
Elettion Bill.—The Houk went into the faid Com-
mittee ; and
Mr. Fox rote and moved the following amend•
mem, s' That power lhould he veiled in ten honk.
Leepers anti inhabitants of the town of Notting.

able. to bring forward a communication upon a kaM, to call in the *Once of the County Ma.
fubjea on which the public mind had been long gittrates, in cafe of riot, or on any o
important
extremely anxious, and upon which he was ex- occafion."
tremely grieved that he bad not been much Comer Mr. Hawaii.* Baowes faid, he could not ap.
enabled to make fome communication for the relief prove of the amendment propofed; the ditturbance
of their folicitude. at Nottingham was very different from the confu-
Mr. Sitaw Le FEVRE ohferved, that after what 1 (ion which generally attends Elations, and, there-
had jug fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman I fore, it could not be conlidered in the fame light.
oppofite to him, he withed to know, whether The Hon. Gentleman then repeated his former
another Hon. Member' (Mr. Patten) who had flatement of the hews of wickcdnefs which bad
given notice of a motion on the State of the Na. exifted during the late Eleaioa. and obferved it
tion, as for to-morrow night, was Rill determined was necerary that there thould be a cottiftent
to perfevere in bringing it forward, previous to power given to the Magiftrates of the County ; he
any communication on the pending Treaty ? mould therefore give his moil decided negative to
Mr. PATTEN faid, that the notice which he had ! the amendment propofed by the Hon. Gentleman.
jolt now heard, was extremely unexpected; he felt Mr. Fox laid a few words in favour of the con.
much embarraffment in his own mind how to pro. duct of the Magiftrates.
ceed, without fome communication with other Mr. Boa° faid, from what he knew of the late
i Gentlemen, his friends, upon the fubjea. From] Elcaion. he was fatisfied that there were fufficient
what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman 1 grounds for the prefent Bill, and unlefs Parliament
on a former night, he was taught to hope for Come I adopted fome meafure to prevent future diforders
communication on the fubjea of the Treaty before at Nottingham, the inhabitants would not be able
this time. The Right Hon. Gentleman, on that ;to refide in the town.
occafion, hied preffed him to name a day for his , Isr. Fox laid, that the ftories which had circu.
Motion ; in compliance with which he had named ! lated to the injury of the Magiftrates, came from
to-morrow, and underttood that he had the ap. ' a publication to which many untruths were ftated
probation Of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Na MM. I —among the number, that of the naked woman.
munication, however, having come forward, he ! who was called the Goddefs of Reafon I but
had remained in the intention of going into the ; though thefe fables were made ufe of to prejudice
quellion to-morrow, as he was extremely defirous ' the Houk and the public at large, againft the
of communicating 'his fentiments upon that im- I Magiftrates, it was well known that there had not
portent fubjea; but he would be guided by the I been the leaft evidence offered before the Commit-
fenfe of the Houh, though, for his own part, he tee, to prove their knowledge and connivance at
I
thought it was molt proper that it fhould go on. the wiekednefs fo much talked of.
Mr. Fox obferved, that fo much time having 1 Mr. Rose raid, he never law the book alluded to
already elapfed, in the hope that fome communi- . by the Hon. Gentleman; all that he had faid.canie
catiou would have come forward, and as the Right ! from evidence.
Hon. Gentleman had lull expreffed a confident I Mr. Bono laid, he could affure the Houfe that
hope and expeaation that he fhould be able, in I his information did not come from any publication,
the courfe of the week, to give ,the Houfe Come but from the evidence produced before the Com.
e :planation on the (okra, I
he rather fuppofed that mince. As to the Goddefs of Reafon, mentioned
the Houle would be of opinion, that the Motion of i by the Hon. Gentleman, which had been noticed
the Hon. Member would certainly be better dif- ! by Mr. fig•ott, when he examined a wituds, it
cuffed under the advantages of a communication, appeared from evidence, that the fcerre of folly
and that it would fuffain no difadvantage from the alluded to, took place after the election, and that
delay of another week. no blame attached to the Magiftrates on that ac.
Mr. RTDSIL laid, that the Hon. Gentleman had count. But it came out during the examination
anticipated, in a great meafure, the obfervations he of the witneffes before the Committee, that the
meant to have offered to the Houfe, and if no other twenty-four women, who had walked in proceffion,
Member had taken up the fubjea, he fhould have had condulted themfelves in a very indecent man-
thought it his duty to have recommended to the ner, and that a French hypin was Tung on the oc.
Hon. Gentleman to poftpone his motion, as it was cation. Yet, he was ready to acknowles:ge, that
hardly poffible that any public inconvenience could the Chairman (Ossified that fubjeEt as unworthy
refult from a fhort delay. lithe Hon. Member had of his notice.
mode his Motion to morrow, it would have been Mr. Fox laid, that it was very well known that
hardly poffible to argue it fairly, from the want of the Committee did not believe any part of the
full information. He was therefore, of opinion, Rory mentioned.
that the Hon. Member had better not fix his Mo- Mr. HAWKINS BROWNS and Mr. W. Sierra (of
tion for any particular day, as the change of the Norwich), faid each a few words.
wind might interrupt the communication between Mr. Bono laid, as there would be no Seffion
the two countries. between this time and the eleaion, and as the law
Mr. CANNING obferved, that if there was any at prefent requires the fitting of a public Seflion.
aft of imprudence in fixing on a particular day, for to give a perfon the qualification of Magiftrate, he
the confederation of the fubjea in queftion, the moved that a claufe mould be ioferted in the Bill.
blame attached to the Gentleman himfelf ; but, to enable two Magiftrates to adminifter the 'oath
for his own part, he confidered the notice as of a and qualify perfons to take the office of Jultice of
floating motion, which might be adjourned from the Peace.
day to day, until Come communication fbould come The Houfe then Mimed, the report was brought
forward. That communication the Right Hon. up, read, and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered
the Chancellor of Exchequer expreffed his confi. to be read a third time tomorrow and engroffed.
dence of being enabled to give the Houfe before —Adjourned.
Monday next, and therefore he was inclined to
hope, the Hon. Gentleman would have no objec-
tion to poftpone his motion to the next convenient
day after the communication fhould be made.
The CHANCILLOIL of the Exc a ay ea, in anfwer
to what had fallen from Mr. Patten, refpeetiog
what he had faid on aTormer night, acknowledged
that he certainly wilhed to know the time and the
conditions under which the Hon. Gentleman had
promifed to bring forward his motion, and he had
then ftrong hopes of being able to gratify the willies
of the Houfe, by the communication alluded to.
He coincided in the with, that the motion fhould
be poftponed until after the communication.
Mr. PATTEN faid, he had not the leaft defire to
perfift in bringing forward his motion on the day
appointed, againlk the fenfe of the Houfe. He
thanked Gentlemen for relieving his mind from
Tome embarraffment, under the uncertainty he felt
of what was beg to be done, and he cheerfully
acceded to the propofal of deferring, till fome con•
venient day after the communication, the motion
which he intended for to-morrow.

LONDON.

TUESDAY. MAY I.

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In the Houfe of Commons laft night, Mr. An.
Disarms 'availed a confident hope that by Mon.
day nut be mould be able to lay before the Hours
fome communication on the fubjed of the negooi-
ation ; but 11 e abftained from faying any thing
that could juftify any inference or opinion as to
the nature of fuck communication.

Colonel NTT all'S motion is put offfise dit. In
the Houfe of Lords, however, Lord DARN LtY has
given notice of a motion, the tendency of which is
to put an end to the prefent Rate of uncertainty.
It is hied for Monday next. It teems extraordi-
nary that Miniflers had not concerted what they
were to fay upon the fubjefl of a communication.
In the Houfe of Lords, Lord HOIART and Lord
PELHAM teemed not prepared to exprefs even the
hope of a communication by Monday next ; but
e :rtainly no pledge is given that a communication
is to be made on that day.

In the City, however, the Minifler's promife,
judging by the cilia at the Stock Exchange, Items
again to have been confidered as giving grounds
to hope for a continuance of Peace.—He gave no
infinuation even of that kind.

Orders have been ifued from the Admiralty for
a return of the number of (hips of war that can be
got ready for lea, in the cootie of the pretest
month, independent of thofe that are now getting
ready. _

In that department the preparations for war are
carrying on with more vigour than ever.
In anfwer to reports that have been circulated
refpeding the want of Bores, timber. ke. in the
arfenals, a Minifterial Paper of this morning ob-
&ryes, that they are altogther unfounded; that
the Board of Admiralty has nothing to do with
providing of (torts, provilions, kc. which is the
province of the Navy Board ; that there is not a
Ifubaltern clerk in the Admiralty, that does cot

know that it is the pang order of that Board that
every Dock-yard (hall always contain a three years
Jod of timber before-band ; and that the yards ac-
cordingly abound with this article, as well as with
(totes of every kind. On enquiry we are fatisfied
that this is the cafe.

Paris Journals of the 29th have come to hand.
..—They continue the fame thence refpeiting the
matters in difpute between the two countries that
they have done for fome time I nor do they prefent
any thing worth derailing refpeßing the affairs
of the Republic.
The Ihroniteur is entirely occupied with the deli-
berations of the Tribunate and Legiflative Body
on fome internal arrangements.
The accounts from Conilantinople confirm us in
the opinion we hazarded two days ago refpeiling
the reported defeat of the infurgent Arab. In-
(lead of having been defeated, he has had a vietory
over the troops that oppofed him.
The accounts from the North of Europe are
not later than thofe received by the Hamburgh
Mail. They are of the fame complexion.
PARIS, APRIL 29.—According to letters from
Berlin, the King of Paussis, in the month of May
will go by Erfurt to Wilhelmlbad, near Hanau.
—As this journey coincides with that which the
Cam Consul, will undertake to Belgium, and to
the new Departments on the left bank of the
Rhine, it it believed that his PrufGan Majefty will
have an interview with him in fome frontier town.
Letters frnnt Corfou, dated March 15th, (late,
that the Ruffian Plenipotentiary,CountMocsulso,
was preparing to make a tour through the other
glands of the Republic of the Seven Ifles.
Five per cents. 53f. 23e.

CONSTANTINOPLI, MARCH so.-•. The Porte has
received another courier from Aribia, with intel-
ligence which, it is Paid, is not of an agreeable na•
ture. According to public report, the PaciiA of
Mscca had advaoce4.l with a body of troops againfl
die rebel Azov'. Wmlas: a battle took place,
and, after a very bloody conflift, the troops of the
PACRA svtre defeated and difperfed.
PITIRSSUROH, MARCH 3o.—After the arrival
of feveral Couriers from London, Paris, Vienna,
and Berlin, conferences have been opened, to which
different Minillers have been invited. There h
reafon to hope that the refult of thefe_ negotiations
will be favourable to the maintenance of peace in
Europe. The propofal, hoirever. made to Eng-
land to evacuate Malta, which is then to be occu-
pied by Ruffian troops, has not yet been accepted

Aram I.—lt Paid that General Count KAM an-
set has received orders to hold himfelf in readi-
ncfs to enter Finland, at the head of a (mall Ruf-
fan armnbecaufe the Kum of Swans has caufed
to be conftruSed on his frontiers, and to be oc-
cupied by his troops, a bridge, which no perfon
furnifhed `with a RolGan paffport l Riffered to pals
to enter Sweden. The regiments of guards and
other corps in garrifon have received orders to
had themfelves in readinefs to march at twenty.
four tours notice.

His Rhyal Highnefs the AICUDOEI Pat.artas
of HUNCARY arrived here in the evening of the
day before yefterday. This Panics occupies the
apartments of the Hertnitage, in the Winter Palace.
Majot••Oeneral Oresaleau, of the Engineers,
and Printe Parcearioa, Major-General of the
Chafeurs of the Guards, have fet om for Finland.

A Courlet fl-om Holland brought us intelligence
of the KING of ENGLAND'S Mc ar to the Britifh
Parliaments

VI sha a, Ara: t. tl.—The Archduke FiRDINAND
will fet out tin the tgth of this month for Salt:.
bourg, to regulate the Government of his new
poffieffions, after which he will proceed to Drefden
to Meet bis intended Spoufe.
HabsoaaH, APILIL 30.—The t.aadgrave of
He& Caffel has purchafed from the Prince of
Wainsc the Cbohty of Pyrmont, for the turn of a
million and a half of florins. The two Princes
have made tome other (mall exchanges betides,
Ryvmont, being a fief of Paderborn, under the
sovereignty of Pruffia, it was necefrary that the
content of his Pruffian Majelly fhould be obtained
for this Pale.

Yeflerday morning his RAPIST!, attended by
General Gwyn ma, and Captain FITZROY, walked
in the neighbourhood of Windfor and the Park.
His MAJIISTY did not ride on account of the on-
fettled Rate of the weather, nor did any of the
Royal Family leave the Qreen's Lodge.
The CN•'CILLOI of the Exert toy s a was in the
Houfe of Lords yeßerday evening, near the throne,
during the whole of the converiation on the rub-
led of Lord Curron's notice.

Prince WILLIAM of Gloucefler arrived on the
'6th ult. at Brontwick. In paffing through Lune-
bourg be 'riffled the Iteperb fait works of that city.
The Prince of NA SCIII.I-Oa•SGI, formerly Stadt-
holder of Holland, has publiffied the convention by
which he reigns to his fon, the Hereditary PRINCE,
the abfolote property of all the indemnities he has
received in the German Empire.
On the arrival of his Grace the Duke of Ban-
111111S and Sir HARRY FIATMIR 'roma at Calais, on
their way to Paris, they received a preffing invita-
tion to dine with Mr. Maacatro the Commifary
of Police, and were magnificently entertained by,
him.