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... _ - - - BEIV I 1 826 ..1 ------lieribauriv-OFFICE, December 28, 18,4. THE COMMISSIONERS for. VICTUALLING bin MAINSTY'S NAVY, .f c. do hereby give Notice, That on TUESDAY, the 4th Itxuast nest, they will be read y to receive Tendon in writing, (sealed up) and treat for the supply of ONE HUNDRED TONS of LIVERPOOL or COARSE USAINED CHESHIRE SALT, or Salt of equal goodness, to be delivered in part, as soon as possible, into hip Majesty's Victual ling. Stores at Deptford, and the whole into the said Stores by the banaav,lB2B. star - The Salt must be store-dried, and be anweroble to Samples to b e produced with - the Tenders, of net less than four pounds weight The Con Odom of the Contract rag be seen at this Office, and at the Custom House,-at Liverpool. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'C'lock pa the day appointed, and the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for IL . WALLER CLIFTON. CONTRACT FOR BRICKS. • N.6IMOFFICE, Dectoober 22, 1824. trim PRINCIPAL OFFICERS and COMMIS sIONERS of his MAJESTY'S NAVY, de hereby give ACitice, Tbat on THURSDAY, the 6th of January, 1625, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying his lilajesty's Yards at Dept ford, Woolwich, Chatham, and Sheerness, with BRICKS. A Form of the Tender, may be seen at this Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock en the Day of Treaty, nor a ny noticed, unless the Party or an Agent for him attends. Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter addressed to the Navy Board, and signed by two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering, in the suns of £5OO for the due performance of the Contract. VICTU3LLING-OFFICE, Novembe► 1 1, 1124. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING his MAJESTY'S NAVY, lc. do hereby give Neeke, That on TUESDAY, the 25th January next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing, (sealed up) and treat for the follow leg quantities of Baltic and Quebec Staves, viz • Pipe 30 CROWN DANTZIC Mainly ... Mille. Pipe' • MEISIEL ......... "" 4 1 Hhd. 20 00 Ditto S Barrel STETTIN.. 44° Ditto e Long Heading 30 QUEBEC Pipe ........50 Ditto. ,A.II the Quebec Staves, and one half of the others, to be delleered at Deptford, and the other half in equal moieties at Portsmouth and Plymouth; the Quebec Staved to be all delivered by the 30th September, and the others, one half by the 30th September, and de other half by the 31st December, 1825. The Cossillsiess el the Contrast may be MISS as this Waco. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One &Clock on the day appointed ; and the Person win makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend o answer when called for. if. WALLER CLIFTON, This day was published, TILACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, .1.) No. XCV. for Drosmost, 1024. Cornarrs: T. A Summary View of America.— IL Examination of tbe School of Southdde. By W. Letter from one of the Humes. IV. Pusehumous Letters of Charles Edwards, Esq. No. 4.—V. Notice of " The Valiant Scot," an Ancient English Drama, founded on the Story of Sir William Wallace.—Vl. New Christmas. Carol. By the Ettrick Shepherd. VII. New pear's Chaunt. By Mr. Secretary 11. Farewell to Twenty four. By Delta. IX. The West Indian Controversy. No. 4. X. Great Fire of Edinburgh. XI. Southey and Byron. XII. Letters of Timothy Tickler, Esq. No. 19. To Malachi Mul lion, Esq. M.D. F.R.S. Sec. of C. North, Eaq. E. B.M. XII L Works preparing for Publication. XLV. 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I 4 ,, AloNsoislowee~ o rl~Oiiiiß MIN ...........11111.1.111111.1M.10111111111.111.11111.1111` ____ _ . . , - - . ' 1 , ( 7 i, . , / Pei Celli . ',/, , ; ....;.,.. -•:. - , ' , ..1 . • - ( - . .S it •.• Or, / 4 r ) f . . ...A. 4 , .. ‘., c/o ]. • 1 , , v t, , ; • •.F - r 4 • .1 - _-_-:-..-....-.1..... 4...miq PRICE SEVEN-PENCE. Orange is expected from St. Petersburgh towards the le ginning of next month. DECEMBER 22.—Yesterday and to-day the Chamber discussed the p!oject of law relative to what is called the deferred debt, which. after a very anim rted &bee, was adopted by a majority of 64 votes to SO. The debt in question was to be paid in instalments in 26 years, lots being drawn every year to decide wh ich of the bonds should be paid. As the uncertainty with respect to the fate of the bonds allowed considerable room for sreculation, k was proposed, and is now de cided by the new plan, to have the lotteries for all die `25 yell s draw,' in the first year,by which it will be deter mined, and known at once, in what year any particular number will be paid off. The central section has made its report on the pro ject of law, proposing changes on the tariff of import and export dude!. The President proposed to fix the 4th of Jaiivary for the debate on this law, which was agreed to. The Prince of Orange, who was to leave St. Peters burgh in the middle of this month, will return to th.tt city in the spring, for his august consort, who will spend the winter in that capital. WIN iER ASSIZES. or-- KINGSTON, DECEMBER 30. George Dueffield was indicted for feloniously receiv ing, on the 10th of June „last,. in the parish of Saint Olave, Southwark, knowing to have been stolen, a 201. bank post bill. a 20/. bank-note, three 10/. bank-notes, , ten 51, bank -notes, and other notes and monies, which had been burglariOusly stolen on the 9th of June, from the dwelling-house of Mr. Haines, steward to Earl Cow per, at Hertingfordbury, in the county of Herts. Tire trial lasted from nine o'elock in the morning till six jn the evening. The case was launched by the evidence of the convic tion of Jamea Davis and others, at Hertford Assizes, in July last, oMe burglary and robbery in the house ,of Mr. Haines, on the 9th of June, when bank-notes and other monies to the amount of 1,8681. 13s. 11d. were stolen by a patty of eight men, who had planned the robbery at a public-house called the Horse-shoe and Wheat-sheaf, in Melior-street, Borough, then kept by a man named Watson, since deceased. One of the men concerned in the robbery was Benjamin Jacobs, for merly a baker at Kingston. This man was now a prin cipal witness, and he gave a minute detail of the cir cumstances of the robbery. His evidence, as far as it affected the prisoner Dudfield, was, that on the morn ing of the 10th of June, after the robbery, most of the gang assembled again between seven and eight o'clock, at the Horse-shoe and Wheat-sheaf. Two of the party were sent to Dudfield's house, in Shire-lane, and shortly afterwards be arrived, and was introduced into a pri vate room Op stairs, where notes to the amount of 1,0061. were produced. He was i:rfotmed by one of the thieves that the property came from Mr. Haines 's house, and that he had better be careful of the notes. At first he bid 7001. for the whole quantity, bat at length he agreed to:give/50/. and the thieves consented to sell them for that amount. The notes were delivered to him, and two of the men accompanied him home b receive the money. He however save them only 3501. prothising to bring the remainder m abndt an hour and a half. In fact, the robbers never received any more money from him. Mrs. Watson, the widow of the per son who kept the public-house, swore positively that Dudfield was at her husband's house - with the thieves on that morning. He changed a sovereign with her in payment of one of - the glasses of brandy which the party had had. The course which the case for the pro- secution then took, was in tracing the stolen property to the possession of the prisoner. It was proved, that at twelve o'clock, on the night of the 10th of June, the prisoner, and an elderly man unknown, arrived at the George Inn, Baldock, by the Boston coach, and slept in a double-bedded room. Next day they wentstogether in a post-chaise to Royston, and thence to Cambridge, and returned together to London the same night, and were set down at a public-hoase in Chancery-lane. At Royston, the elderly man alone exchanged Bank of England notes to the amount of 150/. at the banking house of Messrs. Fordham and Co. for 51. notes of their bank. At Cambridge, the same man exchanged Bank of England notes to a large amount, at the tanking houses of Foster and Co. Fisher and Co. and Barker and Co. for their notes, respectively. Members of these several establishments were examined; but as they had omitted to bring' their books, no satisfactory evidence could be given of the identity of the notes which the old man above-mentioned had exchanged. The bank post-bill for 201. was, however, - clearly identified by a clerk from the house of Foster and Co. A 201. note, two . tens, and six fives, produced, were sworn to by Mr. Haines and Mr. Johnson, who assisted him in collecting Lord Cowper's rents, as part of the stolen property, from marks which they had made. These notes had passed through the hands of the Cambridgeshire bankers, but were-41ot otherwise identified. Between the hours of nine and ten, on the morning of the 12th June, Cam bridgeshire and Royston notes to the amount of 5501; were exchanged at the banking-houses of Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co. and Messrs. Currie, Raikes,:and Co. for one 200/. three 1001. ,and a 501. Bank of England note. At two of these houses, the notes were exchanged by a female, who gave the name of 66 Williams," and at the third by a man whom the witness firmly believed to be the prisoner Dudfield. At ten o'clock a city offi:er, nan e 1 Ilesketh, saw Dudfield standing under the piazza at the south end of the Royal Exchange. He missed him for a mo ment, and in a few minutes afterwards he f and him in the Inteller's office in the Bank of England, where the.prisoner had just 'Wei ef:l- from Mr. Kingston, t're c'erk,sso sovereigns, in exchange for the identical £OOl. tine.: ICOI. and 501. bank-nCtes which had been paid by the banking-houses last at.ovt.mentioned, in lieu of provincial notes of the Royston and CaMbridge banks. The prisoner told Mr. Kingston that his name was Wil hams, and .t h at he lived in Prescott-street, Goodman's fieles. This -name and address were %%Tann oa the note, The • officer, knowing that this name address ' were false, immediately took the prisoner into custody, and *found 550 sovereigrs'in a handkerchief in Iris hand.. , This is an outline of the case proved in evidence. The prisoner, in his defence, declared solemnly that FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1824. THE IMPERIAL MAGAZINE, for JANUARY, 1815, price ls. contains a striking and correct Portrait of Dr. BIRKBECK, M.D. President of the Mechanic" Institution. linden Published at 58, Newgate-street. Sold by Sherwood and Co. Paternoster-row ; Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-hall court ; and by all Booksellers. DR. BREWSTER'S PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL. This day was published, No. 111. with Three Plates, price 7s. 6d. of the EDINBURGH JOURNAL of SCIENCE, exhibit log a View of the Progress of Discovery in Natural Philoso phy, Chemi‘try; Mineralogy, &c. &c. Conducted by DAVID BREWSTER, LL.D. F.R.S. Load. Sec. R.S. Edin. &c. &c. with the assiatance of Dr. MaccutlochZD;: Haidinger, Req.—Dr. Knox—and Dr. Hibbert. CIDSZENTS. I. Dr. Brewster on the Vision of Impressions on the Retina— 11. Dr. Hamilton on a Plant of the Genus Piper—lll. Dr. Knott on the Theory of a Sixth Sense in Fishes—lV. Dr. Govan on the Physical Geography of the Himalaya % Mountains—V. Account of the First Steam Englne—V I. 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The Public are respectfully reminded, that the New Series of this Work, which is Edited by one of the most distingnished.writers of the present day, is conducted on a new'and very improved plats, combining the several characters of a MAtiASINS, a Review, and an ANNUAL REasseae— Tea Flan Nunes& of a New VoLuatt, in which Mr. Camp bell resumes his Lectutes en Poetry; will appear on the Ist of January, and those who desire to avail themselves of that favourable opportunity for commencing, are requested to send their orders' forthwith to any Boascller or Newsman in their neighbourhood. CONTENTS OT THE Nausea VOL JANEANT i. ORIGINAL PAPERS. I. The continuation - of Mr. Campbell's Lectures on Poetry—.; 11. Correspondence Ismail4e Lord Byrost.4ll. Irish Portraiti, No. 1. Mr. Terence O'Fltimmeq—ly. On Old English Writers and Speakers—V.' The Finilly Journal, No. 1. Family of the HolseY . eoinbs--.VL - Highways add By-wayst or Tales of the Road side, by a Walking Gentleman, second series—Vll. 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Literary and Philosophical Varieties. • ▪ 5. Biographical Memoirs of Distinguished Personslately deceased. ▪ 6. New Inventions, Discoveries, and Improvements. 7. Rural Economy. 1. Literary, Meteorological, Agricultural and Commercial Reports. 9. Important Occurrences throughout Great Britain, arranged , under the several Counties. Printed for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street, London.; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; John Cumming, Dublin; and may also be exported to Friends abroad, by application to the General Post Mice, or to any local Post-Master. PORTUGAL AND BRAZIL. EXTRACT OF A LETTRR, DATED LISBON, DEC. 19. " This Court has lately been the scene of some com- plicated diplomatic intrigues, in which the British outer is supposed to have taken a very leading part.— It is now generally understood to be an object which the British Ministry have very much at heart, to bring about ,the acknowledgment by Portugal of the independence of Brazil; and this point Sir W. A'Court has received instructions to press with all the means in his power.— The Brazilians, on their side, take a very high tone in the negotiation, since they'require thatthe treaty under which their independence shall be recognized shall be concluded with the mediation of Great Britain, pro bably because they have felt that no dependence can be placed on the sincere good offices of any other Power. Although this point added considerably to the other difficulties'of the negotiation, it was in appearance fa vourably received, and no obstacles of importance pre sented themselves. At this period, however, it .was' ascertajned and the information was forthwith trans mitted to London for the guidance of the English Ca binet, that the Portuguese Ministers were playing a treacherous part—rthat they were secretly determined on refusing the recognition of the independence of Bra zil, and that they had received underhand assurances of support from some of the Foreign Ministers. The Spa nish and Russian Ambasiadori are supposed to have -manifested, as would naturally be expected, the greatest zeal on this subject. It became necessary, therefore, for Sir W. A'Court to take vigorous measures for over throwing this intrigut, of which he had intimation some, weeks ago, and has consequently had time to receive new instructions from home. These, it is said, required of him to demand of the Portuguese Ministers a dis claimer of any participation in the intrigue imputed to. them, or otherwise to . declare that the countenance and support of the King of England would be withdrawn from his Faithful Majesty. - In answer to this demand, nothing of a satisfactory nature having beets returned, Sir : W. A'Court is believed 'to have presented an add, ess to the King, in which, in the:name of the Briti,h Mi nistry, he has peremptorily required the dismissal of the Portuguese Ministry as a punishment for their treach erous conduct in regard to the negotiation te,pecting Brazil. To this, at present, no answer has been returned ; or, at least, with all my endeavours to obtain informa tion, I have been able to get so clue to the event. There is . little doubt, however, but that the Ministry will be dismissed, rather than give umbrage to thew; Britain." Times. SPAIN. FROM THE CONSTITUTIONNEL OF TUEtHAY. MADRID, DECEMBER 16 We had a pretty sample of the Spanish army the day after the arrival of the King in the capital. The two regiments of Guards, Infantry, the column of the pro vincial gtenadiers, and the brigade of artillery, which is already formed, had a review. The cavalry is very badly mounted, and although tire soldiers and Of f icers are all laden with money and spoil, they have more the air of peasants met for a village festival, than soldiers of .the present time. The encurbed luxury in which they indulge, forms a sad contrast with the extreme poverty. of the nation. Prince 'Maximilian, of Soony, and his daughter were present. M. Zea is decidedly at the bottom of the bill, and this conviction, joined to that of his imperfect acquaint ance with business, will speedily occasion his remove. In order to enable persons to take degrees in any fa culty, even those of medicine and mathematics, it is in dispensably necessary that they should have served an entire year in the 'class of religious instruction ; without this, Hippocrates himself would be pronounced an ig norant fellow. In virtue of this order, the Governor of the University of Toledo commenced the studies on the Bth of this month, by confessing and publicly commu ning 9.30 scholars, who had already matriculated. He will certainly obtain the result that he seeks--that of being promoted to the first vacant See. At a Council of Ministers yesterday, it was proposed to compel the Grandees of Spain, who are now absent, to re-enter the Peninsula, and in case of their refusal, 'to forfeit a yearly sum proportioned to their in come. Several propositions contained in the last notes of the Cabinet of the Thuilleries were likewise discussed, relative to an amnesty without any restrictions, except that of a small number of persons named,-the recogni tion of *the loans contracted for by the Cortes, and the establishment of a droventment under the representa• tive form: • I cannot tell you how far these reports may .he true ;•-but the creation of an Aulic Couucil is now Confidently spokenof, And-that notes have passed be tween different Diplomatic Agents, to learn what in structions they haire receive.' trom their Governments, 'relative to any interference in the Government that at present exists. ROI mention iiintideof the journey of the Infant .Don Francois de-Faule to France and Naples. A fact on whicli I can rely is,:that the Treasurer of this Prince has litely taken up bills of exchange to a considerable amount on Paris and Naples. PRIVATE CORRESPOSDENCE. " MADRID, bac. 7. " In my last I mentioned the American Minister basing sent off his Secretary, at a short notice, with dis patches to Warrington•—tbe cause now comes out. The King, in his wisdom, formally demands of the United States to recal the recognition of the indepen dence of the several independent Spanish countries in America, under pain, in case of refusal, of issuing a Royal Decree revoking the cession of the Floridas. " The French head-quarters are at Aranda de Duer." " DEC. 16.—The following five Grandees of the first class have been just brought into Madrid prisoners from the provinces, guarded like malefactors, and lodged in the common jail, treated purposely with every insult and indignity. On the road they were conducted de cartel en camel, from prison to prison; that is, lodged in the town or village jail as the escort halted for the night.—The Duke of Frias, Duke of Abrantes, Count Alta mita, Marquis Ceralvo, Marquis Alcanizes.— These Grandees, amongst others, SO in number, had been banished from Court, for Constitutionality. The Duke of Friss sought quiet in Barcelona; but the King, to vex him, ordered that he should live in Burgos,which being obeyed, he now brings him in chains to a dun geon in Madrid. The sin of this Duke is havihg been Ambassador in London under the Cortes'; he is a man of very large fortune, strictly honourable, though notre markable Tor talent. The Marquis of Alcanizes was also banished to Seville for having keon a Colhnei of Militia; a quiet character known only from his title and large property. :88 What particular charge is brought against them now, the Public is not acquainted with, nor are they them selves, probably. If not sent before the Military Tribu nal, they stand a chance of being poisoned in jail. Fifty Grandees of the first class, and of the largest estates, used to reside in Madrid ; of them, thirty are banished, and ten in dungeons. The only one of them that has kept his footing at Court is the Duke of Intantado." • The American Secretary of Legation above alluded to, M. Ap 'Sewn. passed throe& London the week before to Liverpool, where he embarked for New York. BRUSSELS PAPERS: _ ~~ .t:Y..._~ BRUSSELS, DECEMBER Is. SECOND CHAMBER OF THE STATES-aNERAL: M. Bodard presented a luminons report; on the peti: tian of several merchants, shipowners, and distillers of Rotterdam, Schiedam, &c. praying the Chaniber not ,to adopt the project of law imposing a duty on'the impot , cation of foreign corn. The order of the day was the debate on the - project of law for the Repression of the African Slave-trade. Baron de Celles, Ba: on de Stassart, Messrs. Van Alphen, Lietmans, Sandberg, and Reyphifis, spoke in faiour of the proposed tntasure, and, no other Members offering to speak, the Minister of Justice defended the proposed law and its efficaciousness; after *hich it was put to the vote and carried unanimously. Dsoakisait Royal Highness the Prince of _ ear .1. • I= int 111 1