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Baldwin, Ri4 Bridge-street. • GLASGOW, JANUARY 7,1110 s. AT most numerous sad most respectable lifeeiiiig of the Merchants and Manufacturers, bald this day, in the Town fiall,io consequeoce of public Advertise's*, • THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. liis PRESENT EVENING, JANUARY 12, will be acted the Comic Opera of FALSE ALARMS ; or, MY COUSIN. Gaylan d, Mr. Wroughton ; Edgar Gayland, Mr. Braham.; surfeit, Mr. -Ilaaaiater, jun. ; Lieutenant M ' l arty, Mr. ;0170,40couniallGaybnd, Mrs. Mountain ; Caroline Sedky, pa,Act M. Mr. Brahma will introduce a New pa, (composed by I. Addison.) „o uc h (for the 13th time) a New Grand and Comic Panto mime, called FURIBOND; or, HARLEQUIN NEGRO. Towin eor, the Comedy of Much ado ab out Nothin g . of , Tuidy, the Comic Opera of the Duenna. 0 ,, y r iday, first dose these two stasons, the Constant Couple. op s atu rday, the Comedy of All in the Wrong. VIC7U4LLIIVG.O,I7IOE,: jemmy 11, WS. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING HIS m.i.f.Esrn NArr, cis isereiy give Notice, That on Friday next, the 15th instant, they will be ready to re ceive Tenders in writing, (sealed up) andtreat for Twelve Hundred Quarters ofeNEW PALE, and Three Hundred Quarters of NEW CLOSE-DRIED AMBER MALT ; to be delivered in a fort night, by weekly proportions, into His Mujesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, and to be paid for by Bills payable with interest ninety days after date. The Conditions of the Contract may be seen at dila Secretary's Office. The LOAD PROVOIIT b tWe Chair, , - The following Remindon wwiiassimosd by Lames lititotiodolili Dean of Guild, seconded by Limo Histulask Esc and unanimously : • • • nO . . Resin:ego, That it wilt be Pieper In diesidiethigdmiellilott portant and momentous crisis, - when the mifinwidnisailideit our enemy calls forth all the energies of his his people, to address ids Majesty, and to siiiirellinirdt-Osinillli determination to septa% at all times, and by every ousts IF are powee ; his just Mei. !id the interns of the British Ittevari; Old to state to him;*at same time, that, although we Oast-to Mpi posed to feel the effects of Isis adversary's exertions noOnst the woos ad Manufactures of the Country, yet •w him so Filhotat.are kleoeilod with the dig* * of his Cionni Vhit the intleisetidence of these Kingdoms : and flatter, that we sat fully satisfied it is only by persevering In prompt, wise, mad vigorous measures, that we are to hope for the utak/neat of our wishes—a safe, honourable, and lasting Peace. A Committee being appointed to draw up the Address, they retired, and produced one in terms of the Resolution, which was unanimously agreed to; and the same was directed to be signed by the Lord Provost, in *name of .the Meeting, and to be trans mitted to Lord Hawkesbury, to be presented to his Majesty. "WvaiZilt, Provost. 'Mb day wa published, The Poarth Editios, Chaim price Su A N INQUIRY into the STATE of the BRITISH 11. WEST INDIES. By JOSEPPH LOWE, Esq. London : Printed for C. and B. Baldwin, New Bridge-street. The object of this Work Ii - two-fold—to explain the Cause of the Distresses of the West Indies, and to suggest the Means of Relief. To the Fourth Edition is added a Supplement, with Ob servations on tie £dirtbuigh Review. No regard will k had to awy Teisiat whale art inserted in words at kagth, or the sh.o asi delivers ito the Board ire. fore one o'clock on the said Friday next, Si.la§ instant, nor sodas the per son is ho makes the r mks, or VIM pOlllllll as his kh.y, attends, to answer when called for. JAMES The Thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the Lord Pro vost for his conduct on the oecn3lo.n. „,........ 0 '” -- THEATRE ROYA.I., COG'EN'T-GARDEN. MS PRESENT EVENING, JANUARY 12, i w ig be performed (for the first time) a New Historical in Tbree Acts, (with Chorusses) called THE WANDERER ; O r , THE RIGHTS OF HOSPITALITY. o ,, eag e end Mow composed by Mr. Davy and Mr.Russcll. .1 prologue to be spoken by Mr. Brunton. ~; „ ,i,‘ Alarm-him hy Mr. C. Kesuble. Mr. Pope, Mr. Is Li„; Mn Blanchard, Miss Smith, and Mi5S Norton. cbeneves of Soldiers, Fishermen, and N'illigers. td at Art I. a New Ballet, incidental to the Drama, composed by m r. B o logna, jun. to be performed by the hlisaes Adatus, sod the Corps de Bane. The EpUogue to be spoken by Miss Norton. u tew bicb will be performed (for the 13th time), a new Panto mime, call( d i• HARLEQUIN IN HIS ELEMENT ; Or, FIRE, WATER, EARTH, AND AIR. ik New pantomime will be performed every evening. LY DANCE BY EIGHT HORSES--NEW COMIC PANTOMIME, &c. &c. ASTLEY'S PAVILION, NEWCASTLE-STREET, STRAND. . . pitsblishod' by Authority of the Lqrd Chamberlain. THIS PRESENT TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 1808, .t Weyer, EVENING until further notice, at Half past 41h R d" a Gond Enter a la Venetian, with the celebrated ail onnaind Cotillion and Country Dance, executed by Eight High meld licasa-After which, the Etat:. Prussian's Maw:tunes •w e hula Hose; s.anian Trial of Stitt, &c.—The popular • p.rm .W in Paris), called the DEATH OF CAP rilllgililleollE; principal Characters, Mr. and Mrs. Astley—Fa- Inas Ilarsaumbip, by the Flying Highlander—The Evening's (pane_s to cowilede with the much admired New Comic fie, caul LIBERTY HALL, or Harlequin Sportsman. Dons vied at half past five--Begin at half past six to a 1 .0.-Bues 4L—Plt 2s.—Gallery is.—Second price corn s:anis& ball past eight. limn when baronial ten and three at the Box Office. s: The Science of Biding tanght at the Pavilion. as usnaL ii.ailltsilaaM TKFATRE, LONDON HolliPTlA,‘ MR:niblir. DIN thdr g RI T N O G N m an u d RS M E r a . L F t ß a tif t 4 s l l 9K Arsto open my, Pkrisiegyould the Operations of Surgery, on the 10th' MaosialDanaestrations and Dissection by Mr. Fa astrrost. &wry by I*. HIADINGTOM. Ptrhaherpolisalas apply to Mr, Price, Apothecary, es the MEDICAL SCHOOL OF curs HOSTITAL. THE SPRING COURSE of LECTURES will imm= the beginning of February, viz. Frocdee‘Meidne, by Dr. LUDINGTON and Dr. CORNY. Oesbny, by Dr. BASINGTON, Dr. MANCE?, and Mr. ALLAN. - hperlikened Philosaphy, by Mr. ALLEN. Thor T d Medicine, and Materia Medica, by Dr. CURRY and Dr. CZOLMUIT. Maw Sty, and Diseases of Women and Children, by Dr. isrosToss. Phylabet, or Laws of die Animal CEconomy, by Dr. Haiorron. Sammie and Diseases of the Teeth; by Mr. Fox. N. B. ?litese several Lectures are so arranged, that no two of them interfere in the hours of attendance; and the whole, toge- ' tber with tite Lectures on Anatomy, and those on the Principles sad Practice of Surgery, given at the Theatre of St. Thomas's llespital adjoining, is calculated to form a COmplete Course of ,Voical and Chirorgical Instructions. Terrris and other Parti ed:re may be learnt from Mr. STOCKER, Apothecary to Guy's FASHIONABLE DAM-INC.—PRIVATE TUITION. . M R. J. G. HOPKINS begs leave to return his most grateful thanks to his Friends and the Public in general, M the very distingulahed patronage he has experienced since the decease of his Father, and respect/idly solicits a continuance of this favours. Ladie s and Gentlemen who have heves acquired this accomplishment, or those who have not attains :d the present fasloonable mode, may be expeditiously instructed in the most rind manner, to qualify them for the first Assemblies, on appli miss at his residence, Coaehmakers' Hall, Foster-lane, Cheap side.—The Rooms may be engaged. NEW MUSIC, Nati by GOULDING, PHIPPS, DALMAIN, and Co. No. 124, New Bond-street. AFIRST Posthumous Concerto for the Violin, & & umposed by the late celebrated Giornovich, with alters. rim by J. Mazzh3ghi, price los. 6d. •Nd tor piu non mi sento," a favourite air, as sung by Signors Cabbed, arranged for the Piano-forte with variations, composed kl ditto s ;eke Ss. 6d. • Hose told a Flattering Tale," arranged as a Glee for three %ow, by ditto, price 2s. 6d. loriginal Canz o n e t s f or t h e V o i ce, w i t h an accompan i ment e Harp or Piano-forte, composed by Mr. Ploo'c, price t's. • A knight there came from the Field of Slain," a favourite Cleetor four Voices, composed by 'l'. Cooke, price 3c. " Drown old Carr in H..!:--..bers n," a much-admired Glee for ei TroVoices, composed by Crary, price is. 6d. Flower that Blows is like this Rose," arranged as a Glee friar Voices, by ditto, price t s. 6d. " Down by a River's Side," a favouritel-13411ad, composed by James Stevenson, Mus. price Is. 6d. Is Tell me h ow to bid Adi eu, Love, " a Rondo, by ditto, price a Eloe-ey'd tranger; a Sortsi by William Slipp, pike WHITE HANDS have ever been esteemed a per sonal Beauty in both Sexes, and in some parts of Europe et essential to Persons of Rank.—The BANDANA SOAP, or Wks Washing Cakes, possess the peculiar property of giving the ' m o elquisite delicacy of textrre and inconceivable fairness to the which are constantly washed with this Soap. Even in eases 'PR the skin has been injured by labour or other violence, the I,ld2ess.andconrseness are effectually, infallibly, andperrnanently 'red, and succ:eded by a smoothness, fairness, and delicacy of 'Y'rartes which cannot b e acqu i re d b y any oth er: means what 7e? It isby experience only, that any one can form an adequate 9f . the supetior excellent,. of this Soap. W °ld by the Proprietor's sole At, whose signature it bears, 1 / ,ra• il itt'rs No. 229, Stra n d, n ear Temple-bar, London: and Lot P loPtetors, as a further security, beg them to be particular in 27 l t. that the came and address of the printer, E. Spragg, No. hw itreets Covent Garden, is afFixed to the label ar d wrapper. All tek tri eminterfets.—Sold by rtest Perfumers and Medi cLe 'Vevders ln Town and i:ourtxy. Pr ice is. each Cake. VICTUALLING arms, shuwary 8, 180 g. THE COMMISSIONERS for IrIpTiIifLLING XIS marEsTrs NAVY do krely give Notice, That on Friday twat the 15th instant, they will be ready to re ceive Tenders in writing (sealed up) and treat for TWO HUN DRED THOUSAND GALLONS of WEST INDIA RUM ; to be delivered, duty free, from the Bonded Warehouses at the Port of London—one half theaeof in the course of a month, and the remainder in a month afterwards, into His Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, and to be paid for by Bills payable with in terest ninety days after date. The Conditions of the Contract, in which some new regular tions have been introduced, may be seen at the Secretary's Office. N.B. No Tender will be admitted for a less quantity than Ten Thousand Gallons. No regard will be had to any Tender in which the price Mall not he inserted in words at length, or that shall not be delivered to the Board blore One o'Cloci on Me said Friday next the 15th instant, nor unless the Person who males the Tender, or some Person on hit behalf, attends, to -whets calkd., EAST INDIA HOUSE, Decess4er 23, 1807. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of *UNITED . COMPANY of MERCHANTS ( ENGLAND, tratty to Mr EAST INDIES, is heris give notice, That a Genesal of the said Company will be held at their House in Leadenhall-etreet, on Wednesday, the 20th January, 11104 from Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon until Six in the Evening, to Ballot on the following Question, agreeably to the Act of the 39th Gee. cap. 89, viz. " That this Court confirm the unanimous Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 7th October last, whereby the Com mander and Owners of the ship Ganges are fully acquitte4 from all imputation of neglect or misconduct in respect to the loss of that Ship," • In order to determine by such Ballot, whether Three Parts In ;Poor of the Proprietors present, at such General Court, concur Ida the Court of Directors in acquitting the Commander and Owners of the ship Ganges, from all imputation of neglect or thiteonduet respecting the loss of that ship. WILLIAM RAMSAr, Secretary. ARMY. ACAPTAIN in a very Old Regiment of Dra. goons, will Exchange with one of Infantry, or a Captain on the Half-pay Establishment. —Apply by letter (post paid) with real name, addressed to G. A. at WUls ' s Coffe- hot tse,Sezie-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. WANTED to Rent for a Term of Years, a good FAMILY HOUSE in perfect repair, containing Dining, Drawing, and Breakfast Rooms, three or four best Bed Rooms, besides those for servants, with Offices in proportion, a Walled' Garden, and from ten to twenty Acres of Dry Meadow Land adjoining the House, not exceeding three miles from a good Market and Post Town, and in a country where the Roads and neighbourhood are good. The Counties of Berks, Wilts, or So merset, would be preferred. Direct (post paid) with particulars of Rent, Taxes, description and situation of the House, to E. P. Post Office, Worcester, which will be answered if likely to suit. GREAT ADVANTAGES !! SHARES of TICKETS at Sixteen Shillings a Ticket cheaper than at other Offices. it I WARNER's, No. 16, CORNIIILL, who submits • the following Statement of Prices, that the Public may see how much they save in buying at his Office. WARNER'S PRICES. OTHER OFFICRS' PRICES. icket Half 10 12 0 Half 10 15 0 Quarter Eighth Sixteenth 5 6 0 2 13 0 1 7 0 Quarter Eighth ... Sixteenth 5 9 0 2 15 6 1 8 0 City Tickets ... 712, 01 City Tickets ... THE STAT LOTTERY Begings Drawing MARCH Bth, 1808. Contains an astorishing Number of Thousand Pounds and Five Hundred Pounds Prizes, in addition to as many Great Ca pitals as was usual in former Lotteries of 60,000 Tickets, as &scribed in the following rich List :- 3 of £2n,000 120 of S ...... 10,000 30 ... 4 +5,0t)0 45 7 14 0 £l,OOO 500 100 &c. Tickets for the GRAND CITY LOTTERY in Variety. Letters, (Post paid), containing Orders enclosing Bank Notes, Post-Office Orders, or short-dated Bills, will be treated the same as if present. Country Agents, for short-dated Bills, supplied with Shares on very modt.r.deTerms.—Letters, post paid, duly answered. RICTIARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. Stock- Brokers, corner of Bank-buildings, Cornhill, and facing the gate of the Ric g's Mew., Charing Cross, respectfully recommend to the notice of their Friends and the Public the State Lottery that is to commence Drawing on the Bth of March next. The Scheme, with only 20,000 Tickets, contains nearly double the Number •pf Capital Prizes that former ones of 50,000 have had, with not three Blanks to a Prize, and every Prize to be drawn from the Wheel— Not one fixed. CAPITALS. 3 Prizes of Z 20,000 3 - - - 10,000 are X 60,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 15,000 105,000 X 2 50,C00 s;opo - 1,000 - 500 - 4 - 20 - - - 30 - - 6,205 whit. Prises 25,000 ticket* RICHARDSON, GOODLOCK, and Co. have al.() on sale the Tic kets and Shares of the City Lottery, for Freehold Houses, dischar ged of Land Tax, and valued, in Capital Prizes, at £104,000. 1 Valued at 25,000 '7 Each valued at 000 1 4 Price of City Ticket, 7L .14s.' Half • 4 0 0 1 Eighth - ' 1 e. Quarter Schemes at large Grafi& This day was published, in 'Esvo Volumes Octavo , Mustrated by new Maps, price 15s. in boards, a new Edition, being the Fourth, of VLEMENTSofGENERAL HISTORY, Ancient - 1 .-a and Modern ; to which are added, a table of Chronology, and a comparative view of Ancient and Modern C. zography. By the MOIL ALEXANDER FR AZ ER TYTLER, Lord Woodhouselee. Printed for T. taiell and W Davies, Strand ; and W. Creech, This day was published, price 19. sd. bound, the Seventh Edttion, corrected and improved, of rri64ICHOLAR's SPELLING ASSISTANT. biasdect for the use of Schools and Private Tuition. • By THOMAS CARPENTER, „Master of the Academy, Ilford, Essex. Printe4 ' fir Longman, Hurst , Rees and Orme, Paternoster-row; and C. Law, Ave Maris-hue. Of wbeen may be hxd, by the same Author, The Scholar's Orthographical and Orthot.pical Assistant or, English Exercise Rook. Intended for the Use of Schools, and for the geiseral Coarection of Provincial or Forelin inaccuracies of Proaundadon, price Is. 6d. bound. This day was published, In I vol. 4to. price 11. Its. 6d. in boards, the 2d edition, with consi derable additions and correcdons, by the Rev. James Headrick, HISTORY of the ORKNEY ISLANDS, inclu ding a View of the Mows and Customs of their Ancient and Modern Inhabitants; their Iltenuntents of Antiquity, their Natural History, or Mineral, Satanical, and Animal Productions • the present state of, en* 4hittedeure, Manufactories, Fisheries, and 011111103ffek add. it their Improvement. With s I Map of the Isbndeonallnews ofremarkable Scenery. 1 By tkelate Rev. Dr. BARRY, Minister of Sitapenshay, in Orkney. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Revs, and Orme, Patcrnostcr-row. Just published, price its. . 2 1 5 ,. PRACTICAL. TREATISE on STRIC TURES and DISEASES of the PROSTATE GLAND, &c. &c. In which a mild and successful treatment is poiated out, with an illustration of Mons. Lanier's method of radically curing strictures, and also an account of his celebrated bangles, &c. &c. By T. M. CATON, Surgeon, of Stanhope-street, Clare-Market ; late of Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals; Author of a Treatise on Vaccination, ac. &c. Printed for Samuel Highlcy, No. 24, Fkontreet. Of whom may be had, just published, The FOURTH NUMBER of the MEDICAL OBSERVER; or, London Popular Monthly Compendium of Medical Transac tions. GENERAL Dl IN IN INDIA, &c. &c. This day were published, price ss. OBSERVATIONS on the PRESENT STATE of the EAST INDIA COMPANY, with Prefatory Remarks on the Alarming Intelligence lately received from Madras, as to the general Disaffection prevailing amongst the Natives of every Rank,from an Opinion that it is the Intention of the British Govern ment to Compel them to Embrace Christianity. The Prochma tion of the Governor and Council on this Subject, and a Plan humbly submitted to his Majesty's Ministers, the East India Company and the Legislature, for Restoring that Confidence which the Natives formerly rep osed in the Justice and Policy of the British Government, as to the Security of their Religion, Laws, and Local Customs. By MAYOR SCOTT WARING. Printed for James Ridgway, opposite Bond-street, Piccadilly ; also Mr. Twining's Pamphlet, on the Views of the Bible Society relative to India, Is. 6d. This day was published, In Two large Vols. Bvo. price 11. 4s. in boards, SERMONS on the GREAT FESTIVALS and FASTS of the CHURCH, on other Solemn occasions, and on various topics. From the German of the Rev. George Joachim Zollikofer, Minister of the Reformed Congregation at Leipsick. 113 y the Rev. WILLIAM TOOKE, F.R.S. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-row. Never did any writings, after the sacred records, obtain more universally the suffrages of the wise and good, than the S ermons of this divine. Never have they been perused by any sincere and upright mind, without leaving in it conviction and peace. Of whom may be had, by the same Author, I. SLIMONS on the Dignity of Man, in 2 large vols. Bvo. 2d Edition, price 11. is. boards. 2. SZRMONs on the Evils that are in the World, in 2 vols. Bvo. price IL is. boards. 3. SeassoNs on Edueation, Ste. in 2 large vols. Bvo. price a is. boards. BERKSHIRE and WILTSHIRE. TO B SOLD, rE Fee and Inheritinee of thit Capital and Ex. t i ensive MANSION-HOUSP. 'and Offices, with the Pad docks and inclosed Grounds adjoining, at Sparsholt, in Berkshire, late the Estate, and In the occupation of Lieut. General Cabbit, deceased, and two Farms belonging to the same ; the whole con taining about 264 Acres. Alp, the Tythes of Fifty-three Acres of Land, in Ramsbury, Wiltshire. • The House and Lands at Sparsholt, are situated about five mile! from the town of Wiultage, and are, together with the Tythcs in Wiltshire, let to respectable tenants, on leases which will expire , at Afferent periods, within twelve years, and gow produce cal. and upwards per annum,. but mill rim considerably. There is a quantity of timber and ornamental taws on the Lands. . The Estate is sobject to nvoikimaities, one of 1501 and the . other of 751. a year. Particulars may be known illy to Joseph Gabbit, Esq. Limerick, Irelan d; Benjamin . Abingdon,BerkAtice4 and John Lloyd, sq. Merrion•eqlire, .Dublita, to wham propo sals are to be nude in writing. The pruceedings were ordered to be inserted in the Glasgow, Edinburgh, and usual London Papers. HOPE FIRE 011.10 E, LUDGATE 1 - 11L.L, msTrrurra 1807, TOR INSURING BUILDINGS, GOODS, ratacnAnvnt, slurs BUILDING IN ILSIBOUR OR DOUR, VRSSILS, CIA T, ANlj CARD*, PROM LOBS OR DAMAGE BY HIM CAPITAL TWO MILLIONS. INSURANCE of Property from Fire befog of, the first importance to the interest of Society, feveral Institutions have bete formed fee that useful purpose; and this Company bay lug been established upon a plan which holds out very seporior advantages, the Directors feel confident of public support. The Maims, of the Company commenced at MisMelmas lot, and Insurances to a very considerable amount have already been effected. Proposals may be had at the Office, and Insaneness by pawns whose Policies for property insured in other elikelb and which expired at Christmas, rosy be effected upon very advastigpsps moos. • Persons insuring Property in this Office, to the sinosilt &IGO& are minded to very peculiar advantages !!! Ail Policies of 3001. and upwards are issued grads; sad Inns. moss upon Household Goods under that tunount, snow beulfeassi without distinct specificatiqns ! No deductions whatever in the Payment of ' Loss or Damage by Fire, occasioned by te this Company ! Expences paid on the removal of goods in eassittAsk spa all ass or damage thereby made good to the insured! . No charge roads for EndOrsessems A considerable deduction is allow&tto Merchants on sheet •riod Insurances 1--A Brokerage of five per cent. is aD.wed On all Shipping Insurances! Policies for more than one year allowed a considerable discount ! Farming Stock, on one farm,insured without the Average Clause. Engines carrying water (on a new principle, invented by Mr. Bramah) are stationed in the most eligible situations in the Me tropolis, and ready for immediate service on the First Alarm of Fire. Agents are appointed in most of the principal Cities and Toev rs in the United Kingdom. Proposals for Insurances on Lives, granting Annuities, &e. will be ready for delivery, shortly. By Order of the Directors, WM. BURY, Clerk. N. B. Attendance is daily given at the Office from tea to four o'clock, and during Fifteen days after each Quarter Day, until Six. WORCESTER & BIRMINGHAM CANAL NAVIGATION. Hen and Chickens Hotel, Birmingham, November 17, 1807. AT a Special Assembly of Proprietors of this un. dertakiag, holden pursuant to notices duly published in the Worcester and Birmingham Newspapers to take into consideration and to adopt, vary, or reject a Plan or Plans produced, and laid before such Assembly, of an application to Parliammt, for powers to raise money to finish and complete the said Canal, and such Works,. Matters and Conveniences, as may be necessary for effec ting, completing, and using the same. It was resolved unanimously, • That this Company apply to Parliament for powers to ruse Money to finish the Canal. That application be made to Parliament for Powers to raise the sum of One Hundred and Sixty-eight Thousand Pounds, by a Subscription of Four Thousand and Two Hundred additional Shares, at 401. each Share. The Subscription to be open to the present Proprietors only, un til the last day of January next, and to such others as shall become Proprietors within that time, but no such Proprietors to be at li berty to subscribe for more than Two Shares, for each Share he or she shall have in the Canal at the tine of subscribing ; and in or der that every such Proprietor may have an opportunity of sub scribing, a Subscription Book shall be opened at Messrs. Wilkin son, Startin, Smith and Smith's Bank in Birmingham, until the said slat of January, and that 11. on each Share shall be paid to John Wilkinson, Esq. the Treasurer, at the Banking-house of the said Messrs. Wilkinson, &actin, Smith and Smith, at the time s subscribing. That if at the dose of the above Subscription, any such Shares should remain nnsubeeribed for, the Subscription shall be opened again at the said Bank, and remain open to the Proprietors one calendar month longer, during which time each Proprietor shall be at liberty to subscribe for two Shares more, for each Share he or she shall possess previously to and at the time of his or her first subscribing, until the subscription shall be fully provided. It shall be filled within the said month, and Tat the end of the said one calendar month any shares shall remain unsubscribed for by the PrAirietors, the subscription shall be open to all persons (whether Proprietors or not) who shall chose to become substribers ' until the Subscription is filled up, such last mentioned Subscribers pay ing at the time of subscribing, to the said Mr. Wilkinson, at the said Banking House, one pound or. each Share he or she shall sub scribe for. That the remainder of the Subscription be paid by calls of four poun.',s each, on each Share subscribed for, that the one pomdde. posit be consilered at part of the first call, and the remaining three pounds per share of the said first call, be paid as "soon as it tonve- Wendy may be called and ordered to be paid, after the peak,/ of the Act, if obtained ; but that the future calls of four tounds pack on each Share b dial not be less than three calendar mouths dis tance from each other. That the Company have power to raise, In case of need, forty thousand pounds, by adding from five hundred to one thoisand more Shares, at the nee quires shag bur as that time. That persons neglisetipg to pay clew calls. shall pay hatred *sir calls, at five per um. per annum' fain the tithe the same Me ordered to be paid. • ' That persons Subscribfue after calls Meatdill %Mk VW pay interest mete rated *vapor mat. perwernsai dud havellgess made ; suck interest to court:team au* Abilkie tolls were ordered to be paid. WO. Clerk of tie saltrUmiverry • .":a. • r I I ' • L I 1 1 t f. r. - ie nt id rs :h C- oe * Se r a tal aw ne li- or tr- Lbw La- be to he of ref led he Sat tad Me the her ntil ay- the üb- our dew see me- ; of ach aty and 011 lfae pay that the • COMMERCE DEFENDED. On the 18th instant will be published. by C. and IL Baldwin, • New Bridge-street, AN ANSWER to the Arguments by which Mr. J- 36 . Spence, Mr. Cobbett, and others, have attempted to prove that Commerce is not a Source of National Wealth. By ;AMES MILL, Esq. Author of " As Essay on Ow lnyollcy of a Bounty on the E. portation of Corn." This day was published, lu Two Volumes, medium Octavo, with numerous Engravings, price 11.11 s. Gd. in boards, ILLUSTRATIONS of SHAKESPEARE and of ANCIENT MANNERS, with Dissertations on the Clowns of Shakespeare, on the Collection of populsr tale., entitled (testa Romanorum, and on the English Morris Dance. By FRANCIS DOUCE. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-: ow.