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til OFFICS of ORDNdltta, Aorput Ili, 1815. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of MS NA JES7rs ORDNANCE, to hereby give Nothe. That Proposals will be received at their °face in Pall—Mall, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of September next, from such Persons as • may be willing to ttndt.•ttalte the Supply of FORAGE for the Ordnance Horses stationed in the following Districts, to be delivered at the expense of the Coutractur, viz. NORTH BRITAIN, . NORTHERN, EASTERN, EXCLUSIVE OF WARLEY, SOUTHERN, EXCLUSIVE OF CHATHAM, . WESTERN, . SOUTH-WEST, INCLUDINCI PORTSMOU H, ISLE OP WIGHT, AND CHRIS UCHIIRCH, WOOLWICH WI I'H I I'S DEN.NDLNCILS, WAR LEY AND CHATHAM, WEEDON, NOR M.-IMP t ONS.ME, For a teriod of Six \ku:hi from the. INt of (?c•obot. next. The Oats to be good, i.weet, dry, and clean, w•thut:: r.ily mixture of Foxy or Mowhornt Oat., and matt not weigh less than 37 pounds per tVoche-ter bushel; the Hay to h•• weer and dry, and delivered in Trusw; of 5615. weight. the S. raw to he snod, elemi, and dry at or Rye araw, and deltecred in Trusses of 361 b weight. The Prices to be paid for the reTectlve qua:it:ties of each ar ticle which may be &livered at the follmvi„g rates, viz. Foithe Oats at per hundred pounds, Avoirdupothe weight. For the Hay at per I !red anti twelve pounds. For the Straw at per hundred and twelve pounds. The Proposals may beairlivered separately or jointly for two or more of the said Districts. and it is expected tha! the Contrac tor shall receive the Staid(' Dung, tv hien, during the period of his Contract, may accumulate, making a:i allowance for the same after the rate tit per horse per week. Farther Particulars may he known upon application to :he Offi• eers commandirg the Royal Artillery in rack Dist: icr, and also at the Secretary's Office in Pall-Mali aforesaid, any day between the hours of Ten and Poor o'Clnck, wh,:re the Proposals must he delivered sealed up &al Md.!' 4r d Proposal 3 inc Forage ;' hut ho Proposals can be admitted after the said l tat Scitenier, «t Twelve o'Clock at Noon of the salve day, neither will any Tender be noticed, unless the Party making it, or an Agent in Lis behalf, shall attend. By Order I , f the Board. R. H. C R3r. Sa►ctary. • T HE Public are respectfully inft.tmetl, that . the fine Cutter CHESTER Flr.I.D, of 107 'funs, S t .-tiZR WOOD Mdster, sails :Is thual•rom SOU I HAMPTON for lIAVIt E-DE-(41 ACE, tv,ry I . essoss . . wind and weather to IN: :Litt I , rcap ,, ,i. Starr W.llod. Jiamp ton ; and In urn bti cut, Notuhainiu.ni. MONEY. VOBLEMEN, C;entkalen, are rPtpeclftilly forratA, that they in.ty tv Ntntey to ;toy ar-,•to.t, tin t qua) rn seetired 0 ,, 17; copy. /WM, 11 , 71.1 1.311 J. or FIJUJC‘. N!oney in tit.. hinds. Nlarr:a t re Set: 11.1 o: nt4, lVt.N.w.,' Jointures, Cli-rgyit:en•' Lie;rl4, or any o• I•er l`roFerry. Person. nt ri !It ay be supplied nit then in.r.op.tl iiecuri• y only. Geo:len:en. will res.:l:lvry accorn ntnri.trfon, without ' l . l ay. Arpiicait'oli 11-.• to twtlee to two, or ri 3. l .,lreNiea •to !CU: S. Will. and Co. N. 49, street, Bet ksly-squire. 13EDAL H.l RP and Cibinet PIANO FORTE. .1 both the preperly of a Ctrrgyn•an. The Harp has all the re. 1.414, green cover. ?I-welling ea , e, &c. in eumplet.• eon 4 Guineas, to he liolJ for 25 flui=leas. The Cabinet Piano Porte Is as food as new, stand* remark-My wain tune, silk (rout, two pedals &c ('u•nene, ihup price 6D Guineas. Square Mann Forte, with drawei s, good a 4 new, 20 Guineas; no abatement. Tube seen at Nit—c, Loice•tter•placr. --- 111.1 D ROUSAS. Th e H ouse of Common., among many other im portant subjects of internal administration, has en. tered up a a very ample investigation of Mati.hibitr,es, riblie and private. The following is a most inteteit iot; examinAtion : BETFILEM HOSPITAL. Mr. Edward Wait:Md. of Pall-Mall, called hi. What is }wit. prole:slim A. land-agent. Have yilt been led in any way to examine into the tee urneat of it.sane 4 ersons have for many years been is the habit nf visiting all places where I have Le.n.el they Lave been emlined. H eve you ani, and if so, what interest, direct or collateral, in the subject ?—None whatever, in any way. You have no other interest. but motives of general Lumanity and benevolence ?—None whatever. Have you visited Bethiem F—l have, fretriently; I rst visited Bethlem on the 25th of April, 1814. What observatic,ns diet pm make ?—I whs intro duced with others. by Mr. Alderman Cox, an official governor, whose feelings being overpowered before e had gone over the men's side, was under the ne. cessity of retiring to the steward's office, whither he was soon afterwards followed by us, in consequence of a rot serge from the steward, who-then informed iii that Mr. Cox was prevented from accompanying us further. We solicited permission to continue our inspection whilst Mr. Cox remained in the Hospital, but this was declined, and we were compelled to close our visit on that day. On Monday, the 2d of May, we revisited the hospital, introduced by Robert Cal vert, Esq. a governor, and accompanied by Charles Callas Western, Esq. Member of Parliament for Essex, and lour otl.er gentlemen. At this visit, at tended by the steward of the hospital, and likewise by a female keeper, we 'first proceeded t . visit the women's galleries—one of the s'ele rooms contained about ten patients, each chained by one arm or leg to the wait—the chain allowing them merely to stand up by the bench or form fixed to the wall, or to sit down on it. The nakedness of each patient was co vered by a blanket-gown only ; the blanket-gown is a blanket formed something like a dressing.gown, wall nothing to fatten it with in front; this consti tutes the whole covering ; the feet even were naked. Or,e teinale in this side room, thus chained. was an object remarkably striking ; she mentioned her mai deo and married names, and stated that she had been a teacher of languages : the keepers described her as a very accomplished lady, mistress of many lan guages, and corroborated her account of herself.— The Committee can hardly imagine a human being in a more degraded and brutalizing situation than that in which l.found this female, who held a cohe rent conversation with us, and was of course folly sensible of. the mental and bodily condition of those wretched beings, who, equally without clothing, were closely chained to the same wall with herself. Unaware of the necessities of nature, some of them, though they contained life, appeared totally inanimate and unconscious of ezistence. The few minutes which we passed with this lady did not permit us to form a judgment of the degree of restraint to which she ought to be subject; but I unhesitatingly affirm that her confinement with patients in wheel she was cum prilqf to witneis the most disgusting idiotcy, and the most terrifying distraction of the human intellect, w Is injudiciuus and improper. Six inrreeted to b e allowed pencil and paper, for the purpose of atuu4 sing herself with drawing, .which were given to her by one of the gentlemen with me. Many of these unfortunate women mere locked up in their cells, naked . and chained on straw, with only out blanket tot a covering. One who was in that state, by way of punishment, the keeper described as the most dis satisfied patient in the house, she talked coherently, and complained of the want of tea and sugar, and Lammed that her friends, whom she stated to be re sorctable people, neither came to see her nor supplied her with little necessary comforts—the patients ge nerally complained much of being deprived of tea an sugar. On leaving the gallery, we enquired of them, whether the visit had been inceneenient or un pleasant, they all joined in saying, No ; but (which was stiffici,ntly apparent) that the visit of a (tient' alv...iys pleasant. In the men's wing in the side room, is patients were chained close to the wall, live handcuffed, and one locked to the wall by the right arm as well as by the right leg ; he was very noisy ; all t' ere naked, except as to the blanket gown or a 'mall rug on the shoulders, and without shoes ; one complained much of the coldness of his feet ; one of us telt them, and they were vet y cold. The patients is this room, except the noisy one, and the poor lad with cold feet, who was lucid when we saw him, were dreadful idiots; their nakedness and their mode of confinement, gave this room the complete ap pearance of a dog kennel. From the patients not being classed, some appear objects of resentment to the others we saw a quiet civil man, a soldier, a native of Poland, brutally attacked by another sol dier, who, we were informed by the keepers, always singled out the Pole as an object of resentment; they said, there were no means of separating these men, except by locking one up in solitary confinement.— Whilst looking at some of the bed.lying patients, a man arose naked from his bed, and had deliberately and quietly walked alcw paces from his cell door along the gallery ; he was instantly seized by the keepers, thrown into his bed, and leg-locked, without enquiry or observation ; chains are universally sub s:ituted for the strait•waistcoat. In the men's wing were about 75 or 76 patients, with two keepers and an assistant, and about the same number of patients ro the worn-it's side; the patients were in no way distinguished from each other as to disease, than as those who were not walking about or chained in the side rooms, were lying stark naked upon straw on their h-dAeads, etch in a separate cell, with a singleblanket •'r rug, in V 4 hide the patient usually lay huddled up, s •f impatient of coil, and generally chained to the sed pl ice. in the shape of a trough—about aim rinh wcte iathis state, r'r chained in the side rooms. In on. of the cells 'on the lower gallery, we saw William Nersis; he stated hiMselt to be fifty-five years nt age, and that he had been confined about foiirteen years; that in consequence of attempting to d,Cend himself from what he conceived the im proper treatment of his keeper, he was fastened by a .ong chain, which passing through a partition, ena bled the keeper by going mto the next cell, to draw him close to the wall at pleasure; that to prevent this Norris mtifil:J the chain with straw, so as to hinder its passing through the wall; that he after wards was confined in the manner we saw him, narpely, a, stoat iron ring was rivetted round his neck, from which a short chain passed to a ring mad.: to slide upwards or d nenwards on an upright massive iron bar, more than six feet high, ihserted into the wall. Round his body a strong iron bar, about two inches wide, was rivetted; on each side the bar was a circular projection, which being fashioned to and inclosing each of his arms, pinioned them close to his sides. This waist bar was secured by two similar bars, which, passing over the shoulders, were rivetted to the waist bar both before and behind. The iron riot round his neck was connected to the bars on his shoulders by a deuble link. From each of these bars .another short chain passed to the ring on the upright iron bar. We were informed he was enabled to r.iise himself so as to stand against the wall, on the pillow of has bed in the trough bed in which he Icy ; 'alit it is impossible for him ta advance from the walk which the iron bar is :soldered, on account of the , hortncss of I is chains, whirhaecie only tweive incltes• ioug. It sea., conceive, equally out of his power to nese in any othur ptyition than on his back, the ntejections which on each side of vie wai.t bar in cluted lei: aims, it itnpte,i l )le for hint to tic on his side, even if tl,e ,lith of t!tie chains from his . ntck and saouldets wood pet mit at. His right leg was chained to the travel, in which he had re mained thus cncagcd and chained more than twelve years. To prove the nvcessAry restraint inflicted on this unfortunate man, he inlainied 113 that he had for some years been able to withdraw hi, arms from the manacles which encompassed them. He then with drew one of them, and ob4.tving an expression of surprise, he said, that when his :anti tx ere withdrawn he was compelled to rest them on the edges of the circular projections, which was ",-sore painful than keeping tam within. His pia:.ion, we were in formed, was mostly lying down, and that as it was inconvenient to raise himself and stand upriii,ht, be very seldom did so ; that he read a great deal of rooks ia all kuids, history, lives, or any thing that the keepers could get him—the newspaper every day, and conversed perfectly coherent on the passing to pics and the events of the war, in which he felt par ticular interest. On each day that We saw him, he discoursed codly, and gave rational Hni deliberate aasivers to the different questions put to hint. The 'whole of thi. statement relative to William Norris was confirme,: by the keeperd. 'Oil Wednesday, the 7th of June, w:ao we again visited Bethiem, we dis ,l coveted that all the male patients who were then naked and chained to their beds in their cells, were in that situation by vfay of punishment for misbeha viour, and not from disease. In consequence of the discovery made by the gentlemen who.went with me and myself, of the situation of William Norris, and of a drawing Which we procured to be made of him iq his irons,. he was visited by the following Gentle men;—George Hoime Somnet, Esq. M.P. ; Lord •Robert Seymour, M.P. William Smitb, Esq. M P.; the Him. Henry Grey Bennett, M.P.; It. J. Lamb. ton, Esq. M.P. ; Thomas Thompson, Esq. M.P.; and other Member; of the House' f Commons, and I have now to awe, that at this last visit, I observed that the whole aithe irons had been removed from Norris's body, and that the length of chain liom his neck, which was only twelve inches, had been doubled. [Phis wilotst delivered in Pimply of William Norris, reficreti to in his Am r.) j.)o you know what has beams of **do cba:ns?—:, I was informed by Mr. Wallet, the new steward Mr Brilllem Flospit..l, that the chains are now in the Hospital, and are to be seen. I was at Bethlem on Saturday week. the 23.1 of April, anti o found that the old steward, Mr. Alav‘iine, no longer held the orrice, and that a new steward, Mr. Wallet, was filling *Ms situati-n. Mr. Wallet sent for an official Governor, Mr. Drpnty Greenaway, of Bishopsgate-street, tout tend me ; and although the number of patients was nearly the same as during the last year, I found but one single one chained to his hvd, and not a single patient in any one of the side rooms chained to the wall. Mrs. Fenvick, the teacher of languages, to whom I have referred, was walking abratt the gal lery, who, Mr. Wallet told no, was an entirely dale rent creature since she had been treated like a human being. How was she dressed?—She was dressed like a woman. She immediately came up to me, and asked t me how Mr. William Fry. with whom s h e had lived as a governess, was, and all his ftmily. Mr. Deputy Greenaway state.l th it a great reformation had taken place in the ne.;:ital lately, yet y midi in conse quence of a speech that Lord Ittibert Seymour bad made in Patliament ; and that, so far front the in spection which tool: pile.. last year havUtp:. done any harm, he was satisoed that the Hospital had been essentially. se: ved. The patients, I underst,nid, are to be remover to the tr.:e , liethlem next Midommter, a great part of which is to he wv.rmed with steam. Mr. CI r:xnaway stated', that were that not the case,. he Mt the necessity rat glazing the cells of the present Hospital, they in point of fact having been without any glazing for matty years. Did the patients smke as many complaints of the ill treatment they received, as the y had done on your former visits abil not hear :;spy complaints. Norris died on the tl.;;th of Febru ay. Do you happen to know, of 3•ofir own knowled,!e, any thing concerniag the death of Nor, is, that would leave pet to believe it was occasioned by the long confinement which 1w had undergone, and the chains he had worn ?—No person can donlir that his ih.ath in all probability was bt ..ng!it on by the state of con finement in which he was held. What was his age ?—I undtrct 111.1 Fifty-five. Was his body examinee, and rr.t ind his hndy was di:setted by Mr. lailWreliCV, of St. BATOIOIO. mew's Hospital. _ _ Were y./11 acquainted with a . perrws of the name of Matthews, who was confined for many years as a lunatic in Bethlem (wind the late James Title) Matthews at Mr. Fox's, who kept a private holo, London House, Hackney.. He was sent to this pt . '. vate Madhouse, half at the expellee of Bethlem Hospital, and the other half at the expence of his 11Wil friends, in consequence of the repre.entation of Mr Crowther, the stirgenn to Bethlern Hospital, who, from his having a bad abscess in his back, thought that rernaisong within the air of the Horpital would shortea his 1 . 1! , !, KIM recommended his being placed somewhere in the country. I understand that he bad been confined seventeen years in BetWein Hospital, during the greater ;,art of which time Lis relations or friends had been endeavouring to obtain his liberation, with a view to his being sent to J nialca, wit ere his wife and family were resi lent. AO AppliCAtien, I believe, has betn made to the court of King's Beach, and his liberation refused, but upon what specific ground I cannot cell. Dining the last summer Mr. Western applied to the Home Secretary of State, presenting a petition from his relations for his discharge. In my opinion, Mr. Matthews was a very unfit person for coalinement in liethlem, with out pen, ink, or p..per, the , INC of knife or fork, any fire place to which he vault! retire by himself, atiA shut up of a night bran the time of locking up till the opening next mornieg ; living a mail of consider able accompli.hments an.l great learning, and who evidently had never kept such society as that in which lie was, cor:fintd for so many years. The latter years of his being in 13:elilem he was taken from the gal.' !eriLs, where the people generally were, and had a room to himsult. Do yon know in what way he was confined prior to his removhl 10 the room yon have just mentioned? —1 Wee heard from Mr. St4veley, his nephew, that he w,is confined in the common gAllay,and trequeody chai:led to his bed. la Mr. Matthews now alive?—He died tome time in the last autumn. • WiITERLOO SUBSCRIPTION. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM DUMFRIES, N. E. August 21, 1816. C ENTLEM EN —Bollle weeks ago, the Magistrates and Council of this Borough, having taken into con. sideration the propriety of opening a Subscription for the Relief of the Widows and Families of the Killed, and of the Wounded at the ever' memorable battle of WaTsni.oo,•l have the happiness to sty, o.e proposition was agreed to with ptrieet unanimity, and most cordially supported and recommended prom the Pulpit by the Clergy Men of the two established Churches. Subscription papers having been prepared, Com missioners were requested to go through their re spective 't \yards, and solicit personally every family and individual, who were thought to fall within the scope of such solicitations. Intimation of the inten tion, and of the day when the collections were to take place, having been made from the Pulpits, on the Sibbath preceding, with suitable exhortations, the measure has been - attended with the most pleas. .ing success. The amount of the subscription in this small town, where we have few opulent inhabitants, is about Fiie Hundred and Thirty-two Pounds, which I have now the pleasure, in the name 'of the Magis trates and Council, id remitting to the Committee by my draft on •lessrs. Coutts and Co. The Committee will see that this business has been gone it,to here with zeal and alacrity, and surely nevtl cause was more deserving. Were it necessary, I could mention instances of most rrecious feelings in a variety of individuals, in poor and straitened .circumstances. I will only further remark, that the same sentiments pervaded the breasts of almost all oar little community. Wishing you every sumo in Yonr laudable and praise-worthy endeavours, to re lieve the elistrebses of the Widow • and Fatherless, Qtr. &c. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, • Your most ohedient•Servant, To the Committee for the Waterloo Dayto 81 Alet. Sathcrtpuut. London. • • FREYCff JAPERS. RECEIVCD THIS 14011 SING. PARTS, AUGUST cS. An Ordonnance of the King prescribe.: o.e ,prAy d:smatoling of the•maritime forts and batteties of ,Lc Coasts of France. The cannon and gnus of every calibre are to be reterned w the •artiiiery magazine; before the 15th of nett Sep:ember. The cortip.m. r . of C3ll , lolTerfr are to be disbandel The Duke, and Duchess d'Angeolerre the lith at Poitiers. where they we:e received v. i• cnihttsl.tsm. and confirmed it:elf- rotate for on the ltiith. They we - t• tn &tie " the same d.iy. If we are to h•lieve Ittters finer Cayna.:.l, :).•: uf . the Spanish army has prs:ed the Bidass‘a to et::: France. It is hor..!, lotrevt r, that the reports wt.', have circulated i tic o.•;,:uttroent t f t!:e Lot . . - tr renees on the arrt.:a;!.::.g occup:itie% by C. niards of the fort:cases of LI tycrr... : St. J-stn de Pied Port, will r.ot b. cc t.f rmeJ. The well-know.: rentimer of the ittl..l,;!ar.:. those count' ies, their unaritnous devotion to hit 2.: j:•sty, are the bust trantees of the :!trot; places in wl . .:ch the National Guards Fertuita duties, with a zeal st:ticli it beyond all praise. The Preach troops wi:ich occur:ed Roane, to leave it 01 the 21st, Tit!' the I: , .:ad-clua:L,:rs c . Marbital Suetet, and on the 2 4 2-1 the A :•!trisv. were to take rwsession of the r.trre 1 i tcc. The ArrlVT; Can; hare giten or fur (.• eight worth of silks at Lyons. NlarshAl Prince Blucher was e7:pectcd at Ale , • on the ':?lth with his Staff, which consisted GI 4: tine lutra.lrrki &ricers. The st.ci , n I Mimber of 11!ni.ipar:c's fo t in.f at Caarleroi, and first publithed at Brus.xl, is less pirrlani than the first : it contari:s little e:se Reoorts tit ()Akers of Ord:nu:cc, d.tted from B itt7. deans, INl.arseilks, Antibes, ice. What is m ot : remarkable in these various Reports is the pe:...ec: conformity of opinion expressed by tlicir authors cl the public spirit of the countries which they we::: L . ,:• reefed to itispect.—‘ , The Provensak," says one wr.. ter, " /am the Imperial amernment, an:l are di,pusel to the every thkg tor the cause of the King."—_ ,, spirit of the Department of Vaucleuse," se.vs ariothr, ' 6 is generally bad, Rosa!itt, and Pati.q. It - .1;i1 rt.- quire a moveable column of five hundred men drive out the individuals who have been " The spirit of the 13 irclelas ( writes, on the 10th of June, M. Resigny) is always very brd, and we must have here, at this mrnnent, one of twos:: men ei—irely devoted (a:lite - twat itverj), q a 0 . ,4„/ „, dficuitier." . " To make the Urban Guard of Marseilles draw cut the national flag (writes another Officer), ire must draw out cannon on the public places." If we proceed horn the South to the North, M. Chiappe informs us, that " the inhabitants of the Somme are tr-nquil, but very 6,4 eksored." It mutt be at least admitted, that Bonaparte was, f tied - 311y served in these latter times, and that the naked tr.:o; was served up to him. What a contrast between these secret reports and the public addresses of the same period! Bonaparte, who, thanks to his agents, knew precisely what length Ins could go, must have seen that he was a Sovereign finsuiar/y beloved, and without doubt, in the bottom of his bean, he retained a rancour sgainst France, from the effects of which his discomfiture has most happily delivered us. It was not, as at first reported, the Amiens dill. ponce, but one of the heavy coaches passi.lg through Beauvais, which was lately attacked by Brigands. PARIS. AUGUST et The King admitted yesterday to his presence a Deputation of the Royal Volunteers of Paris. Their Colonel, M. de l'listang, harangued his MAjesty .4 Sire, (said he) we are not come to renew our oath—we never betrayed it. We desire the honour to compose a part of the guard of your sacred r . son."-_"" My friends, (answered the King, witt his accustomed goodness) I know your attachment, a:al bli.lll never forget your services." General Flakant has arrived at Ait-les-B.Os. where he is to remain under the inspection Police. A German Paper says. that the lAndweltr se Confederation is returning home, and will assist at the harvest. Doubts are entertained on Cardinal Foch aid Madame Letitia's obtaining permission to settle ni Rome. General Excelmans having obtained permisbinn t reside in the Department of Puy-de-Dome, Ir•ts r:k , " lodgings at Riom. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, two sold"' of the 95th regiment of the line, who committeJ " robbery in the Commune of Brezy, were shot bcl,in.l the walls of the Barracks. By an ordinance of the King, dated August 16 9 the city of Paris, for the purpose of assisting in the discharge of the burthens brought upon it by force of events, is authorised to impose on itSell; in addition to its taxes on real property for the years 1816 and. 1817, a sum of 2,134,00 U francs ; and, for the same years, in addition to the charges on pero' nal property, .970,000 francs. Then follow regal'' riots for distributing the charge on articles of pros'i'