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ft.= .9 • r tit tob retro 4 • • •:. WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, isos. (PRICE SIXPIttiCE. . GUILDHALL, /UPI 12, ten 4. THE COMMITTEE for Letting the CUIT's LANDS will meet at GUILDHALL ea WEDNF.S DAY the 4th Day of JULY next, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon, t o LETT by PUELIO AUCTION, on • BUILDING LEAST, for sixty-one years from Christina' next, a Piece or Parcel et Ground, oa the Neat side of Mitre court, near Aldgate. . _ _ _ IMPERIAL. P ‘RLLAMENt. pallhae the mischiefs of a debased. currency. He would net, however , pnrsne the subject farther at present. He would defer it to another time, wheel., the whole might be discuued with patience sad 4 with more advantage. The B U was then ordered to be printed. The Marquis of ABERCORN presented a Peti. lion against the Hon. Justice Fox, from Gerard Ir. win, F.sq. High Sheriff 'lithe county of Fermanagh; also, a Petition from the Petty Jury of the said cows. ty, at the last Autumn assizes; and moved that they lie on the Table, and that a copy of each be sent to Judge Fox. The LORD CHANCELLOR, having left the Woolsack, observed, that the Petitions were ad. dressed to the " Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in Parliament assembled." This was quite novel, and he could not, for his part, comes; to receive Petitions so informal. The Marquis of ABERCORN said, he had, i• compliance with the advice of a Learned and Noble Lord on a former day, hastened to place these Pe. titions on the Table, in order to reduce the charges against Sedge Fos to a precise form. With vespeft to the informality, be had constdted leaaE and parliamentary authoritr, and was snared that it was not material. A Petition bad, in fall, been presented to the other House, addressed in the same manner, that is to both Howes, and a pen had bees put through the superfluous words. For his part, he would never after a word of any petition sent to him. He had resolved to keep is hands elear s throughout the whole transulion. It was for their Lordships to determine, winch,' they would receive the Petitions, oriejeft them. The LORD CHANCELLOR repeated his ob. jeEtioa to the Petitions. The Duke of NORFOLK said, that forms were often nearly allied to the substance. He thought them important in the prtt case ; and moved, that the Petitions be referred to a Committee of . Peeredents, to enquire if, notwithstanding the in. fogitiality, they could be received. The Earl of RUSSLYN said, the superfluous words were evidently inserted throuh the ignorance of the parties ; they intended the Petiti.tis to be presented to the House of Peers. He shoulti r there. tore, have made no scruple of putting a pen thro' the superfluous words, as fulfilling the intention of the Petitioners. HOUSE OF I.o!tDS—Tuasoar. JULY 3. The Bill for regulating the C.ern Trade between Great Britain andirelara ; the Highland Road and Bridges Bill, and two private Bills, received the Royal Assent, by Commission. The Commissioners present were, the LORD CHANCLLLOR, the,Earl of CAMDEN, and Lord WALSINGHAIa. The Bill to punish the counterfeiting of Bank of England Dollars ; and also of the Irish money in preparation, called Tokens; the Irish Customs and Excise Duties Bill, and one private Bill, were brought from the Commons, and read the first time. The Plan aisiConditions fur Letting the said Ground may be men at the Columnsller's Once. J. BUSHNAN, Comptroller. LONG-ACRE AND CASTLE STR EV.T. VBE LET T, by the Worshipful Company ol Mercers, on or ls•fore TUESDAY the 10th instant, ..everal PARCELS of GROUND, situated in Long-Acre and Castle street, on anikling Leases. Fie particulars, and a Plan of the Premises, apply at the Clerk's Office, at Mercers' Hall, Ironmonger-lane, Cheaptide, fonn 10 o'clock in the morning till two in the afternoon. Proposals in writing to be left (sealed up) at the Clerk'. Office aforesaid, on or be fore Tuesday the 3d of July, with the names and addresses of the respective parties. IRISH LINENS. IN consequence of the many compl a int s aga i nst Uwe. Clnths whitened by the ebereiral prow, a Com pany was formed in 1601, by some of the first Makers in Ire land,.to supply the Public in this City with the best IRISH UNEN CLOTHS (bleached in the old and usual method) at the wholesale Irish prices. Their cuisine' plan is invariably adhered to, via. Te Here. but not lets. A ~ .erc. to be sold at the wholesale price. Each p.-re rated, and no alteration of price. A!! gouds +wanted, and the money returned if a fault appears. Their four-fourth, and seven-eighths Linens contain about twenty-hve yards each piece. , Their nine-eaahtlut a. , d fin-fourths Sheeting contain about fifty two yawls each ..4cc: Their t., r;:is itectings contain about thirty-two yards each p 7 • • C 1 ,1", a usual for Rank of Ireland Notes. J. 0•BRIEN, Agent to the Company. Rrnt.md from Great Russell-street, to No. 4, Bloomsbury. aquae, n...3r Hart aad Sowhamptosi-st,eets, Indic g to Holborn SECRETARY'. OFFICE, CHELSEA HOSPITAL. 10th June, 11104. THESE are, by Order of the Right lionnurahle the Lords and others, Cneismisvioners for managing the Affairs of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, to give fletiCr, That all Out Pensioners (u well Lettermen as others), belonging to the said Hospital, residing in London. or within twenty-five miles thereof, are required to appear Personally and Regimen tally at the Secretary'. Office in the said Hospital, on the re spective days undermentioned, when attendance will be given, from nine o'clock in the morning until three in the after. noon, via. _ . _ On WEDNESDAY the 4th JULY The Pensioners from the Ist and 2d Regiment% of Life Guards; the late lit and 24 Troops of Horse Guards; the late 14 amt 2d Troops of Horse Grenadier Guam,. ; the Royal Horse Guards (Blues ; the Dragoon Quids t the Sd, 4th. and 7th, Reeiments of Horse; all the Dragoons and P'eneible yalry, the British Legion of Home with the Wagon Train. On THURSDAY the sth JULY ; The Pensioners from the Ist and Coldstream Regiments of Toot Guards. NUMBER 463. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING will be presented, the Comedy of THE LIAR. After which win be produced (2nd Time), a New Musics Drama, called, THE HUNTER OF THE ALPS. With New Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. The Music by Mr. KELLY. The Characters by Mr. ELLISTON, Mr CHAPMAN, Miu H. KELLY, Master HORREBOW, Mr. MATHEWS, Mr TAYLOR, Mr. PALMER, Mr. SMITH, Mrs. TAYLOR, Mise HOW- ELLS, Mrs. MATHEWS, Mrs. GIBBS. After which (Twelfth Time), a Splendid Dramatic Ballet, called, THE ENCHANTED ISLAND. (The Story is founded on Shakespeare, " Tempest 1 Spirit of the Dance (in Act I.), and Ferdinand (son of the King 4 Nevin), Mr. BYRNE. Prospero (Duke of Milan), Mr. DE CAMP. Antonio (Pro -peso's Brother), Mr. PALMER, Jun. Ariel Master OSCAR BYRNE. Cataan, Mr. G. D'EGVILLE. The Danees incidental to the Piece, are supported by Mr BYRNE, Master OSCAR BYRNE. and Miss MENAGE. The New Musical Drama 4 The Hunter 4 the i baying been loot !nein received with the most unbriund.'ilt universal applause, wad be repeated every evening till further notice. VIC'TUALLING.OFF ICE, Jell' 3, 1804. THE COMMISSIONERS for lldittaltnz Hie Majesty's Nosy do hereby give Nonce, that on MONDAY war, tie 9th lest. they wall be ready to receive Tenders ale Writiss; (sealed sip), and trait for Fifteen Hundred Sacks of Kiln-dried Meotiludei floor , to be delivered in Side into His Major OF knelling Stares, at Deptford, an tie Space o f o fresi t ,u, b : , weekly Pro. yentiom. And for One Mardred Toot rs l r,cr x Sottar, to is ansuerible to Samples to k produced with the Terriers ; and to bt hue the Sores aforesaid. The ...de o f per to be by Bids payable with legend!, Ninety Days a f ter date. The Cardiikess of the Comm% may bases. at the Secretary's 05ce. No Regard will be had to wry Trader, in which the Price still slot be asserted in Words at Length, or that shrill wet be delivered se die Rivard, Wire 1 eLlack se the said Moradayriext, the 9th lot. air mikes the Person who makes the Tender, or rase Person ma hit Basalt, ottervis, to nosier whet oal'ed for. EAST.INDI A HOUSE, Julie 8, 1804. TAIL COORTe DI R ECT,RS of the UNITED COMPANY o f MERCHANTS 4 . ENGLAND, TRADING to the EAST INDIES, de hereto gist Notate, That they will be reody to receive Proposals in Writing, on or before [redoes:ley the 4th nfJnty nest „for the hire, for n furthe• .umber of roves, of such Ships, of okra 800 Tina and upwards, ' ich hare peform:d flair cosarnied neither o f Fay ago ris the Composis Service. The TeMilet a, with du swede " Ship Tender," ea the Geer, to he severally sealed sip and left with the Secretary, as or Were Twelve easels at Me, d aw the above Day„ beyond kWh Mom swan" Torder ell be reroead. WILLIAM RAMSAY, Secretary. The Para Oars of the Terms and Conditions on Jack the Skips Brill be encog:-I in the Company's Smite, may 64 seen upon spirit. wires to Mr. Jaen Coggaa, Clerk to the Ceamittee of ..hipping , on or 4ter Saturday tint, the 9th Instant. LONDON DOCKS. Fr HECOU RT (if DI RECTORS ofthe LONDON DOCK COMPANY do hereby pie i‘e:: -e, That a YEARLY GENERAL MFETING of the PRO- PRIETORS 4 the said Company hca at the Longo, Teem, billtaKote eueet, its WEDNEsDAY eit ../July wet, at Torlat .'Clock, for the ELECTION, hi itottor, of TWENTY-FOUR DIRECTORS lur ch. Yea • eis,oto:, nod other Affairs. G. Rr:B:N. , ON, - , e,•retery. London Dock-House, Jilin. 27, 18 0 4. The Chair to bt talon th e Ball o t to consine nee a: 6 Teo, and close at Four o'Cfrek precisely. LONDON DOCKS. THE COURT ?(DlRE(....l'Oltsifft4e LONDON DUCK CuMPori de low*, gild now', That Warrants for the Interest due ulna the Company's Stark, up to the 30th of Joie Liu, soil be reedy for D. lie ry, et /hi. Luse. on TRIO 1 / 4 Y, the ISA intr. Wawa the Hours or • ELEVEN end THREE O'CLOCK, and wry Day (Sundays • weepted)ofter that time, dos , * the swat loam G. ROBINSON, Sec. London-Doek House, July 3, 1804. PII(ENIX PIRF.-OFFICE, June 14, 1804. PERSONS, subtle !murmur Payeeenee Au due at Midsummer, are requested to take Notice, that Printed Re. eeipn are awe ready at the Offices in Lombard-street, and corner of 5 i". 0 :-gereien,Charieg-eress ; end in the Country in the hoards of c acinr•il igrsts . Atteadance is daily gene far tit/ Insuring of , ora, Boildings, Household Goods, Stark in Trade, and Mee- - r•nodi n ; also, Ship us Harbour, Cargo ias Slips era L.ghrera, ogre dad Goads, arid Ship &MGM or Repairing, from Lees or ..1112:f by Fire. The hate of latarrawe upon Agricultural Stork is reduced to T.. o Aiftiers en d Sirperare per Cent. and the Mode e Insuring such , erY, Ma recommended aed adopted by RAO Office, wilt he (*.we, as Esansioation,to k hest calculated to oford Facility Ia geiting fewsrenen, as well a, togas superior Protection to the humus el the Parties assured. GENERAL RATES OF INSURANCE. COIII,IIOII !nu:ranee.. ha Sum, not exceeding 10001 ..21. Orl. per Cent. per Ann. Hazardous Insurallee4. tor Slats not ese..eduty 30001.-1, ;4. per Cent per Ann. as s .l c (Lzardou< Insiiranets. ,"*.• raMS toy not exceeding 30001-1 s 01 per Cent pe: Ann The Rate ni . Premium upon the Warehouses and Nler.hini al es Co. • -• is 'ay. Wen( Bogs, n reduced to Three Shillings per Cent. pit Annum 00 orip THOM VS %VORSLPY. Sec . N B. No Criarr will be made by sass Office Mr Polenes of Insomnia upon WNW of 3001. er upwards. On FRIDAY the 6th JULY. The P•ntioneo from the 11t1 Regtmentel Foot Gulnh, and those from the lit to the 11th Regiments of Fat inclusive. the SATURDAY tile 7th JULY s Thmse folds the 12th to the 33th Regiments of Foot its. thieve. An lkt (WAY the 4th JULY 7. Those /corn the tlfir h the 59th Rilginvento of reKle inclusive. On TUESDAY the loth ;JULY Those horn the Silt is to the A9th Ref meat. of Foot inclusive . On WEDNFADAY Cie 11th JULY ; TI,l•- from the 90th to the 133 th Reg. m.•ntrof Foot inch'. seer ; 31&) the Pensioners from the Qtteest's G,,man Iterment, the Afr , ea• .ral Irish, Lord Strathatetes, Mmi.r ‘Vai let\ FlUsol's sot Fish'. Corps, the Queen's Rangers, Veit cible Corps, Roysl Garrnon ittsloos, Cinque Port and Lan eashin. V& .ers, Vie RotrAl ll.opiral Corp., also the Ameri. Call illldoaCr fr".. m g. ~•h t h e Militia. O. TPIURSDAY the 1:911 JUI.Y ; Those fr..m th. I nrlevewv.itt Cnospanuts of Invalids, Reduced Regim....t, of Mann.., and i.ett.•rmen. 11.1 FRIO it the 13th JULY ; Serjeants from the Foot (;Wards, at Niti..pe nee per D.em,, the Scrice.c., Corpora'. aid Neat, M. i, *ho receive the in• crease., Pension on account of 11111.1dne,s, as also the Seneanta di.l.sisd.cl from the late Independent Compsnies, who receive 01.. Shilling per w , th the Privato Gentlemen who re ceive An.ontio. from the late lit and 114 Troops of Horse Gouda And that all Out-Pen inners (as we'l Lettermen as others) Aeloneme to the said 11..staital, who live at a greater distance th twenty-fire milts from London, and those in Scotland and brawl, are hereby tenoned and ennionanded, after the 2 ith of December next, and after every succeeding 25th June and 2atb of Deceor.her, until flusher orders, to apply to one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, in the neighbourhood where they reside, aid mad-c the fallowing affidavit, which the said '.lln.sorate for the County, City, Borough. or Riding, before whom the Proosinners appears will sign and date, viz. 41 Came hefore me, one of I Its Majesty's ludic ss " of the Peeve (or the Cou ity of , and made " that he was admitted an Out Pensioner of Chelsea Hospital, "on the div of 17 ,or IS , from Regimented' ,commanded by " was then aced years, served in the army year', was " discharged for , and that he is no otherwise moviderf tit by the public, but as a Pensioner of the said " Hospital, and now lives in the parish of , in the " County of Sworn before me this day of 180 • The affidavit drawn accordions to the above form, dated and atte.ted by a Magistrate, is to be put rap in a cover, and sent by the General Post, direfled thus : Tu the Right Hon. Pay master General at the florae Guards, London." And Counter • parts or Duplicates of the said Affidavits are to be reserved by the Out-Pensioners respectively, to be exhibited to such person, as shall be directed to pay them, that they may he satisfied, that all such as may claim Out. Pensions are the real persons entitled oreeeive the same; (and to the end that the Commissioners fir the Affairs of Chelsea flomital, may be satisfied that the Pen sioners are the same per ions who have passed their teem ll ill lo tion). it is hereby further directed that such of them who have served in, and have been discharged from, any of the Regi ments and Independent Companies of Invalids, are not to mention in their affidavits such Regiments or Company of In nlids in which they served last, but the Regiment, Troop, or Corps of the army from which they were first discharged and recommended, and received at Chelsea Hospital. . . . . _ . . . And as the irneral payment.. in Great !If itain and Ireland, at the end of the ensuing tux months, an, gonerally rc.mlated by the {sheer; of residence mentioned by the Pensioners, who are mior CheNe t in person, and in the hod of the aTirls •.ts of erl'o hy.. at a diataneo, it is oriered and di. werrsl, that no person wit, an ,;1 change the place of abode py•.i 111 st hrt miaste,, ar specint d m hr. aCdavot aloresaod, and vibe Ina!: hr hr. P mein excepthig to th e (Hikers of Fri. s- sn.'ll ph abo le), shill remise the same, lin les , it ',Tears, Iv the C , rtihcate of respectable persons, that :eh r.-•nnyal we , through inayoidable neeeasity, which he or they could not frireseent prevent. 1..01v, it is ',Gluier , . That nnne will be entered upon the Pat List. rd the said Ifoipital, or be entitled to receive ant be nefits therefrom, wile *hail not a:1 a;:recahlv to these 0 , 1.ns and Daelions. G. AUST, Sec. and Res. On the Motion, made by Lord HAWILSIURV, that the first of these Bills be printed ; Lord GRENVILLE rose, not to oppose the mo tion, he observed • for no measure introduced into Parliament, that Session, did, in his mind, deserve more fully to be known, as including important principles, than that in which this Bill originated. He took that opportunity of reprobating the issuing of Bank of England Dollars at 51. It was a mea sure which involved a question, both of law and po licy. It might be doubted, that the Crown could depute the power and prerogative of coining ; and if it could, it would still be fit to ask, if it was ex pedient to delegate this high prerogative in the pre sent instance ? He would not touch upon either of these questions at present. He should confine him self to the effect of this measure in a general political view. He did not suppose, that it was a principle unknown at this day, to any statesman, that the de basing the current coin of the Realm is not only an iniquity, but one that must return, in its mischievous died*, to the lips of those who practise it. All the best writers on the subj., are agreed in this proposi tion; and no fad has ever happened to be a solitary instance to the contrary. Thus far as it concerns the State that pralines this injustice. The effea on those who take the debased coin (that is, coin which passes for more than its valise), if it is by compul sion, they are robbed ; if by the connivance of the Legislature, they are defrauded. His complaint against the Government, in thii measure, is, that they permit the people to be defrauded of 6d. in every ss. They who ought to superintend the inte rests of the country in this, have authorised the Bank of England to do the wrong. Some current coin must be hd for the purposes of ordinary traffic, for the necessaries of life. te consumer cannot have that current coin, without a loss of 10 per cent. he must still have it. The necessity is such, that he has no option. But Government is bound to guard Isis interest in this, and furnish current coin at the real value ; that is, allowing for the expence of coin age. It would 15e said, these Dollars are not to be considered as part of the national coin ; but merely as tokens, as promissory notes, in fad, to return ss. He should have a strong ohjeaien to them, if they were really binding obligantins to that eyed; for it need only be stated, that the Bank of England were issuing ss. Notes, to convince all men how enormous the evil was; but it was easy to see that the obligation of the Bank to repay ss. is nugatory. Bank of England Notes for 101. are a promise to pay in gold or silver; but the Bank is au thorised to pay in other notes, of no greater intrin , sic value, instead of gold or silver; authorised to do so, from time to tame, and, lately, till the end of the war. The same necessity, on the same reason ing, may easily, and more easily, induce Parlia ment to forbid the claiming of ss. from the Bank for their stamped dollar. The public is therefore constrained, by the necessity of having a current coin, to take that for .ss. which is not worth that sum ; and government has sanctioned, instead of preventing, the fraud; and, in this case, has not even the compensation of the paltry profit. But the ef fed to the nation in its foreign pecuniary transactions, is also mast pernicious. This is a maxim that he would not argue then. That the money of the na tion should pass in every country for its nominal va lue was of the utmost consequence to its prosperity. But he was aware, that be would not be heard with much patience on these topics, at this time of the Session. He had merely, therefore, thrown out these few hints, because of the great importance of the subjed ; but, if he lived so long, he would bring this subject before Parliament in the next Session, when he would examine the whole question, the le gal point, that of the power of the Crown to dele gate the prerogative of coining, as well as the rest. Lord HAWKESBIJRY said, the measure was merely a temporary one ; and some of the best in formed persons were of opinion, it was produdive of good consequences, in bringing into circulation silver that would otherwise have lain dormant, not withstanding the scarcity of silver coin. It was to be observed also, that it was not compulsory on any person to take these dollars; therefore, the evil could be very small. With raped to the general principle, on which the Noble Lord had founded the greater part of his argument, he should not en ter into that at present. He should only observe, that our own slyer was debased much more be low its value than the Bank dollars below their pre sent nominal value. Yet, the ill consequences of this were much less than would be predicted on gene ral principles. He did not mean to deny, that some evil resulted from the debasing the silver coin. But it was secondary its comparison of that which the general principle predicts. And the reason is, th at we have c • whose real value is kept up to its no mival value, namely gold, into which the silver can be exchanged at pleasure. The whole silver coin age, he allowed, demanded a revision. But a new coinage of silver was difficult ; and, in the mean time, this temporary measure had been resorted to. Lord GRENVILLE said, he had never argu.al on the supposition of the taking the Bank dollars being compulsory by law. But he had 'hewn, that it was effectually so by circumstances ' • and that all the evil he h a d stated was the effect of that compul sion. He had never expelled to hear any one, much less any person holding a high office of govertmunt, The Marquis of ABERCORN said, it was for the House to dispose of the Petitions ; he was no more concerned in them than any of their Lord ships; he would, in no case, however, alter a Pc. tition ; and he only begged their Lordships to re. member, that no delay had occurred on his put. He had used his utmost diligence to put the matter into that state, which seemed to be required of hint by the sense of the House. Earl STANHOPE said, the Noble Marquis had done well not to alter the Petitions. 1-k could not agree withthe Noble Earl opposite to him (the Earl of Rosslyn) ; the Petitions were addressed to 01 the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons ;" the Noble Lord, might. therefore, have put the pen then' the first part of the address, and presented the Petitions to the other House s on the principle of that advice. Lord GRENVILLE thought forms, in this care. of the highest importance, since these were proceed. ings that might originate a criminal process, is which the Law and Comic'. lon demand the et• most precision of forms t and this criminal process against a Judge, one of the most imp Ports eer tatnly, that could be "sect. He therefore sup ported the motion for referring the Petitions to a Committee of Precedents, who shoula be instrueed to report them. The Motion for this wag then agreed to. SL AVE TRADE. The Duke of ELlll;lii ... 'presente d a Petition from certain ship-ovrners and others in Liverpool against the Slave Trade Bills also, a Petition against the same, from manufadurers of arms in Liverpool, stating an interest in the Slave Trade.— Orden' to he on the table. The order of the day, for the second reading of the Slave Trade Bin, being read ; Lord HAWICESBURY rose, and said, that what he had to offer to their Lordships was not in tended to prejudge the case, or to enter to the merits of the Bill. It was not his intention to net rid of the Biil by any artifice. He wished the question to be fairly met, and discussed on in own merits. But he should move that the Bill be read a second time this day three' months, on the ground he had on a f ormer d ay urge d to their Lordships. It was impossible to sup. pose that the Bill could be patiently discussed , at this period of the Session. He had before noticed 4 the advanced period when the motion for leave to bring in the Bill was made. He did nit presume to condemn the motives of the friends of that motion. He only looked to the fag, and maintained, that no hope could be formed of the Bill passing both Houses, merely the time of the Session being se- I garded. Many petitions had been presented against the Bill, praying to be beard by cwt.. scl. He would not say, that every person fiat. ing that he has an interest allfted by a bill shall be heard by counsel. He knew that might be Ipushed to an ex t reme , t h at m i g h t prevent any arge measure passing into a law. But it might be justice to hear some of these petitioners. Surely, it would be wrong to prejudge the whole question, by refusing to hear any of them, as had been pro posed by some Noble Lords. The changes that had taken place in St Domingo, since the question of the Slave Trade was last agitated, material!) , affe.ffed tl.ii questa-fa (a cr. o/ 4 er, hror !). He knew that might be arg . wd in beh.a of the Bill; but it might also against at ; and what he contended for was, that the question be fully and t:tilly discussed, and not now hurried over in a m inner unworthy of its magnitude. The Bid, 4 the objet was pursued, he hoped would be tirou4he into the other House early in the next de.- ,l