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ai. '7' • . comr, 8736: • ITEXIAC ROV.U., 1)111111T-L A NE. rO.NOR ROW EVENING. their Majesties' Servants will perform the Tragedy at Rom - Eo AND JULIET. To which; wig be added, FORTUNE'S FROLIC td. dad will be revived, die Tragedy of King Riehazd the R iclt‘rd, Mr. Kean. A I'RE ROYAL,`COVENT-CARDILN. ;10-I‘I6ItROW EVENING, will be performed, 1 the Play of THE STRANGER. 'fo which will be Added, THE SLEEP WALKER. The Operatic Drama of The Vireo of the Sun will be revived n Altiuday. AT a numerous and respectable MEETING of the INT 1.% I'ANTS of S I'OKE NEWINGTON, in the c4 ,. il ty of hIII.DIESI'X, held at the Vestry Itu-mn, on Wed the Ist day of March, 1 a IS, in consequence of a Requt. itior for the porptoie pre anted teethe Churchwardens. W R Kilt 1 . , Upper Churchwarden, in the Chair. sae toit...eino Resolutions were proposed and mozn i nleu a r treed t. , ; !Lit Cie inhabitants of this Par:sh have heard with great sue. 7: 4 and regret, that uotwilistanding the universal expression Pubic opinion in the last Session of Parliament, that a Jut !.as been presented to and is now in prosecution through the 4.11-e of l:nitiolone, for :he alteration of the Corn Laws., Ilia., in the jiaigmeta al this Meeting, the immediate and tm veitlall- result of the alteradon of those l.aws, in the dtanner E d the event now proposed, will he an advance in the price f Bread, and con.equently of the other necessary articles of life. ! at the 111:tahit;usts of this Country have cheer fully borne the ,a;drns and expenses of the late War, in the hype 014 it would followed by a permanent Peace, and that a reduction of the e til Cunt (the erraordinary advance whereof has been con • Iced as incidental uuly to a state of War) would be one of the rt 1,4 y consequences of the restoration of Peace, but which thudhl the proposed measures receive the sanction of the t: >Wore, there Is great reason to apprehend, will never be' Lain d. iliac it appear, to this Meeting that the proposed alteration of Curn LAWb, by advancing theaprice of labour, will be highly • r. us to the nianufActueing luterests of this country, hue , • ieb ch at the present period it is peculiarly important to a , pro , ect, to enable our Manufacturers, notireithstan.l. 4eavy Lixenian under u It'cle they necessarily labour, to ircei n e qu.d terms the rival manufactures of France and other 11J the %gricultural interests of this country (which this Meet , : nadity almits are equally?entitled with the Manuraz vra t. protection Of Parliament) do not call for or warrant ire, Legislative Interference in their favour, inasmuch :tl,& ut Poor's Rates, Labour, and Tyt h es , (which 4111' : the ra Jim] consequence of the reduction of the price of :kr ' •,,,, :her with the fall of rents to a peace standard, aa4 the , of a ProperysTax of 17} per cent. will, in con is with other causes necessarily arising out of a state of safic.st , tly,prutect the interests of the Land Owner and r. and mable them both to sustain the same rank in to. v.i.i‘h they held prior to the commencement of the late .)..t rentions foun4le.l on the foregoing Resolutions be imme lop-iv pre,tioed to both Houses of Pairament, praying that •Ile &II I:0 pending in the House of Commons may DOC pus ..sto a law. Ilia. tot l' t.tion now read he approved and adopted lbit tau parts of the Petiti.on be immediately ingresses!, Sod -rum thr house of Mr. Rigby, one of the Chureltwartiens,, (.14r. c• t; on 'fburadAy old Friday, the 44 and 3d in at Mr. Wright's, tLe other Churchwarden, In Hig'n• trto uu Saturday, the ith instant, for the signature of the ithdptoits. bat the Churchwardens. together with Messrs. Crasyshay, C. 44 on, Wat.un. Jonathan Hoare, %V. Johnston, Richard 'tub, and Swaissitn, be a Commiirce to take charge of the Pe. ii~sahen sig,md ; an that they be rrquestea to make the ne• ssary arrangements for getting the Petition to the Howe of :00hutons presented without deby by one of the County Mein. en, and that to the 'louse of Lords by some Lord of Par- Sneer% idat the folvting Resolutions he signed by the Chairman, and inserted t in Tux S 1 a, Times, Morning Chroni at, Mottling Pus!, and Courier Nesespapere. JAS. WRIGHT, Chairman: That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Church rs for iiieir promptitude in calling this Meeting, and to 1;:. Wright, the Upper Churchwarden, for his able and impar t!' rw.t!uct in the Chair. RICHARD KEYS, Vestry Dick. OFFICE UP ORlIN.lNelf,Jvn. 27,1813. THE MASTER-GENERAL and BOARD of ORDNANCE having, on the e2d July, 1814, thought roper to issue certain instructions for the guidance of Non-com r.i.tioned (Arc's and Soldiers, pensioned from the Military Corps ender the Ordnance, and it being necessary that all men Who may have been placed on the Palliee List previously to the 101 Augast,lBl4, should. be furnished therewith, as well as 4 UIF nltitttryd these are to give notice, that all Pensioners who ma) Lace been discharged prior to the lOtis August, line, from The Royal Horse Artillery, ITarch'n‘ Battalions of Artillery, invalid liaz , alioni f Artillery, Corp of Ro.al Artillery Driven, and Corp of Royal Sappers and Miners (formerly called the Royal Mil.tary At Aea are now r-si..l2n; at Woolwich, in I.nndon, or their Envi -1\3;1,, 2114 y are usually revived their Pensions either r 001Wiek et in Lotoon, are to appear personally on the days " 4 % 1 iheytace, r mentioned, and to bring with them i belt Illsellarres and other Jeloatents tinder which they may have re ceived their Pensions respectively, viz. The Mee resli!,..it at Woolwich to assemble it the Office of 114 * Chief Conr:ii“aryof the Field Train at Woolwich, at eleven o'clock hi the morn* pretlftely. llte Serpents and Corpivra:3 on Tuesday, the 7th March neat Lomharhitts and (limners, aid all other; whose surnames °it'll with the lour A to H inclusive, on Thursday, the 9th of March • and ht, , from 1 to Zen Saturday, the 11th of March. Th e Men resident in London and its environs., to amend& at the Ofr.r.• of Ordnance, Tower, I.ondon, on the lid/owing days, t eh %en n'cin..l. in thr motning precisely. 41 1kai'ls, Corporals, and bombar•liers, on Monday, the VF.rch next. 111 Gunner-, 11Iattrosses, Drivers, and Horse Beigada s fr om t' : 1 • on Tue s day, th e 14 t h o f Ma res ' and 1 • front ItoZ on 1 hunday, the 1£ th March. h of the elbow e Pensioners who may be incapable of per -I,tndattce at eilter of the foregoing places, front bodily 4ocmr,. uiiafirmities, are hereby required to transmit a certificate o f 'ha: fact front the Ministers and Churchwartiwts of the Ps -I_,is'its in whi c h t h ey reside, together witisthair ili•charge, or other norilinetits larder which they receive their pension. '1 he letter . to b e addressed •,' 1•o William Li es, Esq. l'ciwer," under cover sto the Sec retar y o f the timid o f Ordnance, Pal.. Mall, lists. ', lo n, ' mark e d on the bade, " Certificate, Sic. for Ordnance eentl i be e - on, ark t .1 he l e tt er to be forwarded fo that the same may ttewed on or before the day stated for the appearance of the 8t corner. tb And the aforesaid Pensioners are desired puttleulatly tb flatlet .re l r ,.' f they do not personally attend, or trammik the required tilicate in proof of their inability to appear at she foregoing 1 14 'e., en the dates and in the Manner specified, they will be it rilt. Wiled as dead, or otherwise provided for, and their names ruck off the Lin accordingly. By Order of the sou* 1. H. GREW, &v. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissaryln Chief's Office, Great Oeorge-street, Feb. 28,1815. N OTICE is hereby given to all Persons desirous of contracting to supply the following Articles for the Use of the Army, via. BREAD, To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the under-mentiond Counties and Islands : Alderney, Lk of Man, Anglesea, We of Wight, Bedford, Jersey, Berke (including the Town of Km, Hungerford), Lancaster, Berwick, Leielster, Brecon, Lincoln, Bucks, Merioneth, Middiesen, Monmentit, ITrwa •IF • M. of Newatafke:),, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Carnarvon, Chestcr,_ Monigum.ry, Norfolk, - ..i • _ -.--••,„„ - :Aer 4 ,041.4 11 :• : • , . . • 4 A.:, ~ . 1 4 7..., .1._.: -.' : 7 ft( t .je --ie -,* , ~ i • 4 4 ~: iv e .... % . 0 , 4 0 1 11 ( s ) •-.• .. • - . A lits - V , . • \.• ."--iik Arr-7 -.., + ~.„........_................._ .__ __ tdfaLIdMEArTARr PROCARDINGI. HOUSk OF LORDS, MARCH L A private DUI was brought up from the Commons by Mr. Lrl•rt.s rat; and'other Members, and read a first time. Mr. Kingston, from the Raw India Directors, presented Copies of the Regulasiannof that Coyne for the several Governments in and also a Copy of the Resolutions of the Court respect ing Salaries, Gratuities. and Pensions, granted by the Company, pursuant to the Act of the 59d of his Majesty. Ordeted to Ile on the table. CLERGY RESIDENCE The Earl of hosodom: mowed the TiTreadiee of the Bill (souse Pow before the. House) for arithorhiog the Exchange of Glebe Lands and Parsoosges, for others of more value. with a view to the more suitable aecommodatitin of Rectors, Vicars, &c. Th. Noble Earl shortly observed, the ob&ect of the Bill was to promote and extend the residence of the Clergy in their respec tive pariebes—That, the expenses to be incorred.weekt be de. frayed ctuirely from property in the possession of the Clergy,aild irons no other source. He would at preterit merely propose the second . reeding of the Bill, not wishing any detailed discussion of the measure should take plate till after the holidays. This Archbishop of CAN ElglitrsUßY thought It unsecemsvy on the present occasion to say aay *Jog op the subject, after what had fallen from the Noble Earl, to whom thanks were due for his thus coming forward. He would anxiously attend the dis cest.iun in the Committee, and would be happy to afford every assistance in his power. The Bill was then, on the motion of the Noble Earl, read a second tints. Their Lordships in a Committee went through the Bank Loan which was reported wkhout any amendment. CORN LAWS.-KENTISII MEETING. the Marquise/ CAMDEN presented Petitions front the City of Winchester, the towns of Portsmouth, Gosport, Rooney, Alton, Basingstoke, and certain other places in the County of Southampton, setdng forth the situation of the occupiers of land, farmers, Ike. from the present state of the Corn Laws, and praying fora rerision therein. Ordered to lie on the table. The Noble M.trquis then presented a Petition from certain Occupiers, Owners, and Farmers, &c. of the County of Kent, to the came effect as the foregoing. His Lordship introduced the Petition by a few woe 4, retain to the nature and respectability of the meeting who un toirnously agreed to the Petition. The Earl of DARNLEY said he could not avoid offering a few observations to the House on the pre sent occasion. The petition just presented by the Noble Marquis was that of a large number of owners" and occupiers of lawd in the county of Kent, who thus came forward, ieeling, as be did, for the disc tressed situation of the laborious husbandman, in consequence of the farmers not being able to afford him work. They had thought proper to address the High Sheriff of the county, requesting him to call a . meeting of the owners and occupiers of land, that they msy take their grievances into consideration, and frame petitions to both Houses of Parlia ment, praying relief. He was requested to sign the Requisition, which he did, which was also signed by a number of respectable people of property. Several resolutions on the subject were proposed in the town of Maidstone, where the meeting was held. But it had been appointed to be held in the Market-place, at noon day, and the consequence was exactly what lie bad anticipated. A very tumultuous assembly collected, consisting chiefly of manufacturers and idle servants of the neighbourhood. Their conduct was such that it was impossible a word could be heard. Resolutions were moved to no purpose ;in such circumstances, he endeavoured two or three times to address the Gentlemen. At length it was found advisable to adjourn the meeting to an inn, in tic town, were he had the honour to propose the Resolutions, which were all carried unanimously.— He thought it right to state these circumstances, as a colour had been given to the ptoceedings in some of the public papers. The Resolutions, he must say, spoke the sense and feeling of all those numerous classes in the County, out of which the Meeting was com posed. Any other inference he must deny. His own sense particularly, and that of all those who were known to him, were so expressed; because they all knew, even the sensible labouring part of that community, that their interests and those of the far mers could not be opposed. That was not all, he had to observe that, according to the accounts given in a number of the public papers, of what purported to be a speech, delivered by the Chief Magistrate of the City of London, but which, he should think, could not be correct, because he was made to utter sentiments, which may be of the most injurious ten dency. The Noble Earl then briefly adverting to part of what the Noble Magistrate was said to have asserted, and deprecated its nature and tendency, either as injurious or unfounded. Those who felt it their duty to support the measures alluded to, did not so act with any views of interest separate from that of the rest of the community, or from a due want of feeling for the situation of the labouring classes, they knew and felt that the condition of these would be eventually ameliorated by the measures prayed for. Recurring again to the imputed obser vations of the Chief Magistrate of a neighbouring City, his Lordship proceeded to deprecate certain of his calculations, as unfounded is truth ; which was the more extraordinary, as be was one who must be supposed to know the value of florae-.what he was reported to have said, could not arise from the ope. ration of the measures now in progress, viz. that when the price of corn should arrive at eighty shil lings, the people of the metropolis would have to pay .16d. er Iftel. tor the quartern loaf.. This calculation was very wide of the troth. and he therefore deemed it almost impossible that tbe Chief Magistrate could have so stated it. As the quarter would make 104 quarters loaves, which, at eighty shillings the quar ter, could not be more than about one shilling the quarters Pouf. It was also to be consider4ed, that the primed the quartern loaf in London was considerably dearer than at several of the provincial towns, Can terbury for instance.mity this was so he could not tell ; bat theoffect of the pending measures would be very differeet from what it was described in the daemon"( alluded to. Such statements, especially when atribeled to mach high authority, be certainly thought amid not go oneontrathoted ; and under dame impresions, he felt it to be his duty to make them iew oieervatiene. Earl tiThiklfilOPE professed himself not eery) withae &wird= !ripen by the Noble Earl s of di famish Meeting alluded to &tithe(' FRIDAY, MARSH 3, 1815. North.inirtnn Nurthumberlld, Cornwall (Including Scilly), Cumberland, llenbigh, herby, Dorgti Do, sit, Durham, &31. x, Ulamorgan, Ltioucester (tneluding the City ut Bristol), Guenasey, Hants, Hereford, Hertford, • Hints, And In the several CoUnties In North Britain. OATS, To his Majesty's Cavalry in Cantonments and Quarters, In the ' Counties and islands: Hereford, Hertford, Hunts, Leicester, Lincoln, • Merionetb, Motilbouth, Montgomery, Northumberland, Oxford, Peasbroke, auditor ! itutlagUs Salop, . &Word, Islott.igt.am, Oxford, Pembroke, Radnor, et u eaud, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex. Wuw ick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Wat sestet, ' York, Antlama, Bedford, Berwick, Brecon, Bucks, Cantbridge, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Car nu ♦on, Chester, Cumberland, Denbigh, Vai by, Durham, Flint, Glamorgan, Calottemier, Westmoreland, Wortomer. FORAGE, vis. OATS HAT, Sad STSAW, 10131 S haSitstril Cavalsy in Barracks , and in Cantonments and Quarters, in the usideretseutioneti Counties to South Britain s Be rks, 1 Norfolk, Canaan, 1 Northampton, (Noon, Nottingham, Our set, 1 Somerset, I s ow' , Suffol, Manta (inelndlog the Ile et Surrey, . Wight), Soma Rent, %Verve:* Lancaster, Weiss, Middlesex, York, • And in the several C ounties iu North Britain. That the Deliveries are to commute en abd ft r the 45th day ' of April nest; that Proposals in writing, naiad avast& mark 'ad, " Tender fur Army Supplies," will be received at titistifina on or before Friday the etch day of March Out are wail, be received after twelve o'clock on that day),aadltscst by pssst, the postage Wrest be paid. Proposals must be madesspariftly for oftb County sad except for the Counties estorpsialug &anis and Smelt Wales, all of width must be iscladedlot am Tender ea eke mast tin *4- vocal Counties in North ktitaiu; and each Proposal mast have the Letter which is snowed to the Tender properly Riled up, by two Persons of known Peoperty ettgaglog to bemoan bound with the Patsy tendenag, in Ilia osmium smiled la dm printed Particularajor the due porionmasewf she Caaisam4 Ito Proposal wiU be noticed waists sunk as &primed Tender, and the rice. expressed in stoods at itatilt; sad shaaid it to happen thatiluring the continuance of *venom no Troops shouid be stationed or supplied in tips Ceamy,the sni=h e a r contract and Bead, paid ales isstaseanti /iv aloe t, to be refunded to bias by tie Cuptualesarya Chit Particulars of the Centrals sey agOlitiadott at! this Weft, b e tween the Itthsei ddives one lee; intoralloit of Deputy Coinminary lastalallitiangradbibmills ; mans salmi of Deputy Commissary dilsoend Com Quaff; did at Ott elßce of Deatity Cos; Mar; Pnnintittlits4arny. - • '•cf; • i"" 7.; 0 1. , _. . . PRICE SIXPENtE-111ALFPENNY. did he think the persons assembled deserved such epithet's. They had SO expressed their feelings becaunt they entertained the apprehension that themselves "and their families may be starved. Cordial agree ments in such a way was not the way to change their opinions. Neither did he seem to approve vi the way in which the Noble Earl adverted to a speech of 1 1 : e Chief Magistrate's. If lie deemed that what va; reported was not right, the proper way would he to have sent one of those newspapers to him to know if lie had used such words—(llear, Alan).... For his part, he thought very differently of several parts of that speech, which seemed to have been de. livered by a than of sense. When it was said that after the passing of the Bill the price would be sixteen or eighteen pence, it was evident that such would be the case, under the circumstances to which such a measure would give rise, especially when coupled with the effect or operation of such detestable taxes as were now in agitation, which of themselves alone would be sufficient to raise the price of Brea They were the most absurd and injurious that could • ever be devised by any set of men. That carters, porters, drivers, or shopmen should be taxed as pro. posed, and to the extent, must be incalculably mis. chieveus ; and that articles of the first necessity, as soap, candles, leather, and the like, should be so taxed, bore grievously on the poor. In such a view, he had last Session called the attention of the House to such measures as would really go to relieve the agriculturist, without doing it at the expense of any other class in the community, but least of any, of that of the poor. But now, when they should expect to reap some of the benefits of peace, then new taxes were laid on, in a way that might be said to grind the very faces of the poor. The system pursued was contrary to the very spirit and tenor of the prover?), which says, " he who oppresses the poor dishonours his MAKER." All this may be seen by their Lord ships by a recurrence to the resolutions of the House l of Commons of the 21st ultimo. He was against the measure proposed, not only from conviction, but *m the time and ma nne r i n w hi c h i t was propose d , a period and under circumstances when taxes should be taken off to enable the labourer to live, which, alone, would so far go to relieve and bcnest the farmer. The Earl of LAUDERDALE could not suffer to go unnoticed such positi , ,ns as were advanced by the Noble Earl who spoke last. Such p.isitions, made without any reasons, assigned at large, going to assert the existence of a party in Parliament hos tile to the interests of the people and the country, land intending to grind the faces of the poor, may be dangerous in the extreme. He differed totally from the Noble Earl upon the point. The measure, in its progress before the other House, should, when it came to their Lordships, have his decided and stre. t►uous support; because he was confident it would prove the very best mode of conducing to the inte rests of the consumer, by ultimately giving a low and steady price to grain—(Hear.) They should take care that a sentiment should not go forth un contradicted, that Parliament meant to grind the laces of the poor; and he was the more astonished at such, as he could not see how any intelligent Mem ber could believe it possible. As to the question of taxation, it made no part of the present discussion; but could the Noble Lord be so ignorant of the re venue, as seriously to think that any large portion of the taxes could be repealed ? This was a fact of which no intelligent man could be insensible, and no thing could be more mischievous than the holding► out hopes which could not be practically real;zed. The Earl of LIVERPOOL conceived it to be highly irregular to enter at present into the discussing of any such questions ; and it was the more to be de. precated, as ere long there would be opportunities of fully and regularly discussing them. He agreed in all the sentiments expressed by the Noble Earl who had just sat down ; but what fell from the Noble Lord opposite rendered it necessary for him to say a few words. With respect to the taxes, the utmost care and anxiety prevailed to avoid those which may fall upon the poor ; and he would undertake, on the proper occasion, to prove that every effort was made in that view. There were no additional taxes on soap, candles, and leather. The Noble Earl was misin formed also as to the point of the Assessed Taxes which bore most upon agriculture; the new imposts were so arranged, that they could not bear materially upon. it. And did not the Noble Lord believe that these taxes would bear as heavily upon Members of that House, its proportion to their incomes, as on any persons out of it The operation of the mea. sures now in agitation went directly to take off from the people of this country more than nine milieus of annual taxes.—(Hear, hear.) It was therefore too much for any person to say there was not a disposi. lion on the part of Parliament to relieve the people of this country, with the necessary consideration of what was due to the public creditor, and with cur naval and military establishments ; but it was not too much for any Government to claim the credit of en deavouring to execute its purposes in a way the most conducive to the interest of the community. They could never be suspected of acting from a desire to oppress any class of the people ; on the contrary, and he hoped for due credit upon the point, the first seer timent of the persons encrusted with the government of the country, was to advise their Lordships to con cur in the administration of that government, in the way that may be the Most advantageous and benefi. cial to the people and to the country. Earl STANHOPE spoke shortly in explanation, and contended that some of the new taxes would ne cessarily affect agriculture. The Earl of DARNLEY spoke also in explana tion, with reference chiefly to some remarks of the last Noble Speaker, upon what had fallen from him in the first instance. Whatever description of persons those may be of whose conduct be had to Complain, they were certainly among the mat uninformed pars of the community, and therefore the most likely per sons to be misled by those who held such language e', :~ T; OP/ 1 10E OP ORDNANCB, PA -Nary 13, 1315. THE PRINCIIIifI. OFFICERS of /113 MA: JASTre ORDNANCE 44 lereby jive Notice, That Proposals will be received at their Offt:e in Pall-Mall, on or before FRIDAY, the itkle day of March next, from such Persons as may be willing to undertake the Supply of FORAGE for the ORDNANCE HORSES stationed in the following Dis tricts, to be delivered at the expense of the Contractor, viz. NORTH Bill FAIN NORTHERN EASTERN, exclusive of WARI.EY SOUTHERN, exclusive of CHATHAM WESTERN SOUTH WEST, including PORTSMOUTH, ISLE of WIGHT, and CHRIS FCHURCII • WOOLWICH, with its Dependencies, WARI.EY and CHATHAM WEEDON, Northamptonshire, For a period of Six Months from the lit of April next. The Oats to be good, sweet, dry, and clean, without any mix. ture of Foxy tat lviowburut Oats, and mast not weigh less than 37 pounds per Wiuchester bushel; the Hag to be sweet and dry., sad delivered in trusses of S 6 lb. weight. The Straw to be good, dean, and dry Wheat or Rye Straw, and delivered in trusses of 36 lb. weight. The prices to be paid for the respective quantities of each Ar ticle which may be delivered, at the following ra es, vix. For the Oats at per hund r ed p oun d s , Aveirdi:polse weight. For the Hay at per hundred and twelve pounds. For the Straw at per hundred and twelve pounds. The Proposals may be delivered separately or jointly for two or more of the said Districts, and it is expected that the Con. tractor shall receive the Stable Doug, which, during the period of his Contract, may accumulate, making an allowance for the same after the rate of . per how per week. Farther particulars may be known upon application to the Officers commanding tbe Royal Artillery in each District, and also at the Secretary's Office in Pall-mall, aforesaid, any day between the hours of ten and four (clock, where the Propo sals must be delivered staled tin and endorsed, I. Proposals for Forage;' but no proposals can be admitted after the said 10th of Mirth, at twelve o'clock at noon of the same day, neither will any Tender be noticed usiess the Party making it, or an agent in his behalf, shall attend. By Order of the Board, R. H. CREW, Sec.