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refoo -77 Ai • s •••• S.‘ .rrittob r y . .THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 1. THIS EVENING will be presented the Farce of THE CITIZEN. Old Philpot, Mr. MATHEWS. Young Mations, Mr. BANNISTER, Jun. fair Jasper Wilding, Mr. WHARTON. Young Wilding, Mr. DECAMP. Marie, Mrs. GIBBS. Corinna, Mrs. KENDAL{.. After which will be presented (6th Time), a New Musical Drama, called, THE HUNTER OF THE ALPS. With New Smote, Dresses, and Decorations. The Music by Mt. KELLY. The Characters by. Mr. ELLISTON, Mr CHAPMAN, Miss H. Krr.T.Y, • HORREBOW, Mr. MATHEWS, Mr TAYLOR, • PALMER, Mr. SMITH, Mrs. TAYLOR, Mils HOW ELLS, Mrs. MATHEWS, Mrs. GIBBS. To which will beaddtd, the Popula• Comic Opera of LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS. The Overture and Music composed and selected by Mr. Kelly, To-morrow will be revived Goldsmith's Comedy of The Good HMIs...! Man (contracted to Three Acts), in which Mr. Mailman will make hi. First Appearance in the character of evoker. with '^th T , ,. of the Alps. , r!, ISue. fr i nk; CeoMMISSIONERS for rtilsoadinz Uu Majesty's nay do hereby gist Notice, Tint nu MOW. DAY nest, the WM Instem, they trill be ready to 'stairs routers, At writ* (wilted eI ), mut treat few One Tbausend Sacks of Kitts-dried Herothard Flame, to de ritrieersil V Smelts into His Majesty's ricAtalling &Pecs at Depyard, in the spore if ts Fort night, by workly proportion. ; and to be paid fo. by Bills payable with Interest, Ninety Deer after date. The Conditions the Contract way be seen at the Stcretotys • e. Pio Regard wig be bed to any Teu4nr in se b; c 4 the P r ice ske; , PM be in‘erted in Words at length. or that snalt wet be deliverer( e Board before One o'Clork mi the said Monday Mitt, the 1614 inst. nor rater Me Person solo sra4es the Tender, or some Psrsoss as his 13.4•11; dueler's, to winter n ben railed for. PHOENIX FIRE-OFFI,2' Smile 14, 1804. ERSONS, svhaselarvae Paysuegir .fail the of P Mitininnter, are ?mi. eieil to take Kmiec, th .t IhirH.l Re wipes ere vow res 4 et the o,Rees iw Leunbard4i eeee e 444 corner ej Spriirgarilen, Charing-MISS ; sd is the CAW" hand* at the Pier.: Agents. Attend ince is doily give far the Insuring of Hoosee, Haschoiii Goods, Stark in Trade, end 31er. chm Oise ; S'tips in He: bonr, Cyr* in Slain .red Lighters, iv Rivers sad Caftair, am! Shire Bawling .r Rep lieing,fron Damage by Fire. The Hate of Insurance apes Agricultural hock is misted to &Wings and S4pcoce per Cent. and the Mae gr lowering tuck APriterty, as reccesormeded anti @drool Ay sks Ogee, aaili k found, on Eransinatint, to k (lent colculottel to stud Facility in ore tine Inoureenct., as or' as la gire seporior Proteelfou W tho interests of der Pasties int. • GENERAL RATES OF INSURANCE. Coalmen Insurance. ►or Sums not exceeding NAM ..2‘. Od. per Cent. per Ann. Hannions lissuranpec ♦or Sums net exceeding otiool Od. per Cent. per Ann. Double I Istardon. Insurances. For Sums not exceeding 30001 .. Si. Od. per Cent. per Ann. The Rate of Premium upon the Warehouses and Merehan• die in the Isle of Bor., is reduced to Three Shillings per Cent. per Annum. THOMAS WORSIST, Se.. N. E. No Charge will be marls by this Office for Policies of !osmium upon sums of 3001. or upwards. AYoung WOMAN wants a Place as 110tsE. MAIM, wu• understanoli her Simnew perfectly weal. Direct (part paid) for t. K. at Mr. Lees, Green Werner of Christ Mao* Slack Frain Read M T ANTS a SITUATION, a Native of Madras, who whiles tat go over u SERVANT to a Gentleman air Officer of a Ship; has been in the lubitor consingever with Gentlemen. Can speak very good Engin*, and have an un deniable character. Any Gentleman this may wit, by adittl.....- alng a hoe, post-paid, tioJ P. No. 10, Neptunoatreet, Rother anthe, will be d•tly attended to. ST. ANDREW'S, HOLRORN, CHARITY.SCHOOL. WANTED, an ASSISTANT to the said SCHOOL, a SINGLE WOMA N, between the Age Of Twenty-five and Forty, without inrumbrince, to Assist sad Instruct the Ten Gal. in the House in C.ioking, Washing, and all other Household Work. She mtist be a Protestant Inte Church of England ; capable of Reading and Writing, as She wilt have to aaust , when not engaged in the Work of the Moose, in htitructiiia the Younger Children in the School, and account of the different Ankles received into the Weir. The Sa*.iry win be Twelve Guineas a Year, with bard, Lodging, and Washing. P.inieuiars may be known be applying to Mr. olla^hi Ire wafer of t►e said School, No. 33, Ilivek-street, tar.rn Su :iiPeriaii. who are quallfiad fit, the said Situation, and deaimur ,f be;iig Candidate. for the same, mutt nail in their Name. and Piaee of .Alit le, IS their own Hand Wrung, to 'Mr. ltdar.h , on or before the July, when a Meeting will be held at the Sehiwil House, at SIX "'Clock precuiely, for the hum ,aation of thole Candidates who attend. JR. &EON AULT ON rvi.mosAnx coNsusirrnm• This Day was published, In eve. price 4s. nBSERVATIONS on PULMONARY CON SUMPTION; or an Essay on the Lichen Isiondicus i-msidered ran Aliment and Medicine in that Disorder. Br J. B. REGN A L'LT, M.D. Late Physictem to the Weary hospitals and Forest of narice, (Second Edition.) The nut Edition of eh!, Parnplilst was noticed is our • VIII p. sane that time the lamentable diwase, which the %%Wert of it, has engarel mor- general attention, aril me avant of pm...mune and use hate been shore aceurat mow.. &rad. Thannsehst and treattsent recontasen4ed by Dr A 114.1: brut eirterwasely tried, and in many instances sirs.; L.,lr dewed success. The present Edition is sismal .rablv en '4lt be the introduction of several new Chanters, which . 10 44 the retteral attention of the rittdic."--iltiba.t fru si the m i'ldetl and Poysical Journal, March 1, No 61. S4kl 1•10 .by J. Smoot 41, Sr. Martin's Lane • J. Callow, I n . 11, U So ; pigs% Sob...vim I Led Co:, in LI: 4°440 TUESDAY, .ICLY ro, 1804. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.' HOUSE OF LORDS—MotcoAr../iitv 9. In the appeal. Hog v. Lashley. the LORD CllAle c e L Loll spoke tqr a considerable time, on the various points of law involved in this important case ; after which, the jedgment was postponed till to-tnorrow. Mr. Valence, from the Vi&trallhsg-ca:Ect, present ed an account of all contracts for serving the Royal Navy with wine, from the sth of January, 1800, to the .sth of June, 1804. Mr. Montag.te. from the Chamberlain of the City of London's Office, presented certain accounts annually I.t id before P arliament,: agreeably to an A,." of Parliament. The Bill for granting an annuity to the family of the late Lord Viscount Kilwarden ; the Bill for anamding :in Ad for the better regulating of Chim ney-sweepers and their Apprentices ; the Bill for vesting certain messua!!es in Trustees, for the use of His Maj.!sty's Ordnance ; and the Corn Bounty Re gulating Lill ; were brought from the Commons, read t:-.e first time. .Idjuuraes4 to • • .-mo row. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Chimney Sweepers, and theWedenberk Ord stance Bills, were read a third time and Nis:ed. A Message from the Lords informed the Home, that the L lids had agreed to the Dollar Countei&it Prevention Bill. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. Lord MA R,SHA NI reported from the Committee, appointed to try the merits of the several Petitions, complaining of an undue eleCtion, for the County of Middlesex ; that it was the opinion of the Commit tee, that Sir Francis Burdett, Baronet, was not duly elefted ; that William Mainwaring, Esq. was duly eleCted, and ought to have been returned as the sit ting Member, at the said EleCtion. But it having been proved, before the Committee, that William Mainwaring, Esq. did commit certain aCts of bribery at that EleCtion, the Committee resolved, that he was thereby incapacitated front sitting in the present Pailiament ; and that the said Eledion was a void EleEtion, so far as it related to Sir Francis Burden. I'he C nimittee also resolved, that none of the Peti tions, nor the opposition made to them, were frivo lous or vexations. Lord MARSHA' then moved. that a new writ ,se issued for the Election of a Knight of the Shire for the County of Middlesex. in the room of Sir I..roncis Burdett, st h•ose l..leCtion was declared void. toed MARSH:\ Ni then r-porred certain other Resolutions atom the '..'ortmittee, which were as fol low: " That, on th:. Isth, 14th, and 13th days of the Poll, when t;!ere was a majority of legal votes, in favour of-Wiliam Mainwaring. Esq. Robert Al hion Co::, Es,i. and Sir William Rawlins, Knight, the :-heriffs who presided at the Eleilion did. wil fully, know surly, Ana corruptly. putt throe hundred persons, claiming a right to vote, under a Mitions pretence that they Nt.re Freeholders, in consequence of being joint proprietors of 3 certain mill, situate in the parish of Lleworth ; and that on the 15th day of the Poll, after a majority was thus established for Sir Francis Burdett, the said Sheriffs rejected the votes of several other pe:.ons, on the same grounds for which they had admitted those of others; that they refioed to hear Counsel upon those votes. That the said Sheriffs, in thus deciding on the validity of .such votes, had acted contrari to the conduCt pursued by themselves on other occasion:, and in gross violation of their duty. And it appear ed to the Committee that the obvious tendency of their conduCt was jp admit persons nut having a right to poll, and to hold out an encouragement to the commission of perjury. On the motion of Lard MARIIIAM, the report was then ordered to be taken into consideration on to-morrow se'nnight, also to be printed ; and it was tottered that so mach of the minutes of the evidence taken before the Committee, as related to the said report, be laid before the House for the use of the Members. The Franking Bill was committed, and the re. port ordered to be received to-morrow. _ _ The ATTOINIT GENZIAL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to obviate certa:n inconveniencies ex perienced in the Accomptant G:neral's Office in the Courts of Chancery, in the execution of the Plo p erty T4l Aa. On the motion of Mr. WALPOLE. a new writ was ordered to be issued for a Member to serve for the Borough of Knareshorough, in Yorkshire, in the room of Cavendish, Esq. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. NEW DU nEs ON STAMPS. On a motion being made for putting off, till Wed. nesdity next, the Committee on the Bill for laying new Duties on Stamps ; Mr. iIIsIERIDAN rose to express his earnest wish that some longer time might be allowed for considering a measure of so important and com plicated a nature as the present. It was of this im portance, that no less a sum than 900,0001. was pro posed to be raised on stamps, in addition to the duties they already paid. He thought this measure was nothing more than a modif.cation or a consolidation the old duties ; instead of which, it went to make an enormous addition to them. As the schedule now stood, it was impossible to understand the sub jai, or know the difference between the new and the old duties. In oue column there should have been an account of the old duty, and in another, and a coffee? .nding, there should be an account of the new duties; he hoped something of this kind would be done, and that longer rime might he allowed, to en able C./end-men t, , understand the measure; which at rrese:lt a„rayed to he unjew, oppressive, and Lot likely t 1). produEtive. A great number of l.cr,• v . . : ;.r.t.r:st was likely to be effetted by I:di, • • • m.. 1.21 alarmed on account of it, and Lif t: at 7 I, he hoped the ttiglt Hon. Gentleman i...1.-Rion to postpone it to Friday or .t. ...Ir. Sheridan afterwards moved ...at tt a... ..id be postponed to Ft iday. . Mr. PUT observed. that the Hon. Gentleman must certainly have been mistaken, if he had sup. posed shat tbiameasure would be nothing more than a simple consolidation of the duties on Stamps, without any addition being made to the old duties. It must be in the recolleifhon of the House, that the Right Hon. Gentleman, whu lately filled the office which he now Lehi, did, a considerable time ago, give notice that a proposition would be made to raise the sum of 800,0001. by making an addition to the Stamp aides; therefore, neither the House, nor the public, could have been taken by surprise, on the gutsier; and when he himself brought forward the measure, a week ago, he ..aid the schedule should be printed, which was done on Saturday last ; and, without stating what the items were, at that time, he barely observed, that an addition of one-third, and in some respeets, of one-fourth, was intended to be laid on the existing duties. There would be time enough to consider :his Bill, before it should pass ; and, as he saw no reason why the House might not enter into she discussion of it, on the day pne posed, he cieild not agree to pot it off. Mr. MA ITIM wished the Lill to be postponed. Mr. FON fiLANQUE observed, it was very true, the House might have h-aid of its befog in tended to increase the Stamp Duties; however, the cpiesti.in at present did not apply to the principle, but to the detail of the neeasure, and it was in order to understand the detail, that time was required. But, for his own part, he objected to the principle of it, because it went directly to affect the adminis tration of justice in a most extraordinary manner ; and he would ask the House, if it would be fit to put it in the power of any individual to go forth and say, he could not findlriStice on account of the enor mous expence • attending all legal proceedings? lie was sorry to find that a measure of this kind should be so much treated as a matter of course. Fhis was not a time to oppress the House with mea sures of this kind ; every thing should be done that might secure their confidence in the Government. lie really believed the !tight lion. Gentleman now felt doubts on the subject of this.measure ; that he had resorted to it, not as a measure of choice, but of necessity ; and that he did not do so without a con siderable degree of anxiety. Pe ought to have con sulted every man in the House, and in the country, capable of giving him information, before he thus invaded the administration of justice. If this Bill should pass into a law, as it now stood, the officers of the courts) of justice would no longer be able to go through their ordinary business: they could not raise their prices, for these were fixed by law. The fees of the Courts were fixed and station ary, and they must continue so, unless changed by Act of Parliament. He would ask the Right Hon. Gentleman whether these persons ought not now to be beard again— this Hill, and whether sufg ci nem: and oppoibrotf ought not to be allowed them for that purpose ? The ATTORNLY.GENERAL said, he was certain that all persons interested in this measure would have full information in it, and have sufficient opportunity to state their grievances. The schedule of the new duties was delivered on Friday last, and the parties interested must have had time between then and Wednesday ne-e, to confider it. Dr. LAURENCE said, he was confident that those who introduced this measure did not, at the time, understand the details of it; and, therefore, he hoped that sufficient time might he allowed for considering them. As an instance of the enormous and oppressive encrease of taxation likely to result Com those details, in the form in which they were in troduced, he would just state, that in the Court where he praeised, the expences of stamps, in a certain cause, amounted to about 751 ; and if, at the time, the present Bill existed as a law, these ex pences would have amounted to between 11 and I,ltool. The case was one in which :he Marquis of Winchester was concerned. He strongly objeened to this tax. The administration of justice ought not to be forced to pay so large a tax. When duties were first laid on stamps, they were not objeded to, because they were small. But the tax might a t length be so burthensome. that the very principle would be objeded to. If this measure was adopted, the burt.hens on the Courts of Law would be ten times greater than ever they were. Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON objected to the Rill. Mr. SHERIDAN said, the schedule was only printed on Saturday, and else persons who were the objets of the Bill had not s a! it until that morning. Mr. PI CT said, he had that morning received a copy of resolutions entered into last Saturday by se ♦eral persons calling ti emselves a Law Society ; and although, according to the Honourable Gentleman's statement, they had not received the Schedule until that morning, they passed t'aose resolutions, pro bably without knowing any thing of the subjeft. It appeared. therefore, that they were prepared to oppose the measure before they saw it ; it could not, therefore, be contended that they wanted informat;on on did subjed. For his own part, he did not now wish to argue the question; nor was this the proper stage for arguing the t•"^s ral principle. As to the tat stated by a Learned Gentleman. on the other side of the House, of a certain rate of duty being increased from 751. to 1.2001. that was merely a defed in a particular item, which had been rectified, and which might be amended in the Committee. The lawyers had no occasion to be so alarmed as they appeared to be ; they surely were not that defenceless class of beings, who were likely to sustain an ininry, in the manner that was stated; and be himself had too high a re. sped for a profession to which he once belonged, to propose any Pleasure that would subjel them to in convenience. Dr. LAURENCE explained. Mr. WINDHAM thought it was natural that de lay was wished for, s hen a Bill of this kind came upon men by surprise,• and when the author hiamelf was not well acquainted with it. It was a Bill which anaonsuad to scitnethii4 very peat in its con. sequences; and, is di have the aid of persons very circumstance of with it, WAS the best Ltyed. The Howe then di' till Wednesday, 73—For postponing to Friday, 33. The report of the Cotton Bill was brought up, and the amendments were agreed to. The mo tion for reading it a third time to morrow was objected to by Col. STANLEY, who said, the master manu facturers ought to know the alterations that bad been made intlihe bill; and which alterations we•• contrary to the resolutions that had been agreed to by the manufactu ers themselves. He then moved, that it be read a third time on to-m...r -row se'nnight. This motion, after some objections from Mr. Rose, was agreed to. LOYALTY Mr. PITT ipt,ved. than cite act for raising the Loyalty Loan ue read : and, the same being done, he ma..ed, that the House do resolve itself into a committee to-morrow, to consider the said act. - --- A titreecl to. M. FRANCIS moved, that there be laid before the Wiese an account of the cash fund of the East India C on: pany, from 1,793 to March 11104. Ordered. VOTES OF CREDIT. The i-louse having resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, and His - Majesty's Message, with several estimates and accounts, being referred to the same ; and the Message being then read (see our paper yesterday) ; Mr. PI IT said, that in consequence of the re commendation contained in llis Majesty's Most gracious Message, he ahoti!tl vote that the suns of 2,500,0031. should be granted by a vote of credit, and the objed would be to enable His Majesty to provide for any unforeseen expences which the exigency of affairs might require. But. besides the expences that might hereafter be 115CUlleti, there were others for which no provision had been made in the supplies of the year, and which should be paid out of this sum. Among these was the sum of between 5 and 600,0001. for paying the arre trs on the Civil List. The sett was the sum of 320,0001. to make good the deficiencies in the eriatates of the Navy. The additional expence attending Volunteer Ccrps, in consequence of the days of exercise haw ing been increased. and so great a number (170040 melt) haring been called out on permanent duty. amounted to 160,0001. The whole expence was 1,200,0001. As other Corps were still hkrly to come out on permanent duty. it would be necessary to reserve a sum of between 20 and 30.0001. for meeting that expence. After the expenses already incurred should be defrayed, there mould remain a sum of about 1,500,0001. applicable to any emer gencies that might arise. He then moved to grant the sum of 2,.50:40001. to His Majesty ; which was agreed to. Mr. FOSTER moved a similar vote of credit, for 800,0001. for Ireland; which was agreed to. Mr. NTT * said, he should next call the attention of the House :o a subjea whi:h had produced some conversation on a former day. He alluded to the British Museum. Since then, a plan and estimate were laid betbre the House, from which he was con fident every Gentleman would be satisfied, every necessary inquiry had been made on the subje4i. lie then misted. that the rim of 8,0001. be granted to the trustees of the British Museum, to enable them to carry into execution the trust committed to them. Mr. JOHNSTONE made some observations on the admission of persons to the Museum. Mr. ROSE said, that, by a recent resolution of the Trustees, a mach greater facility was now given for the admission of the public. Addi t i ona l oScers were provided, and persons could now be admitted on the same day when they spplied. The SPEAKER said, that, as being one of the Trustees of the Museum in virtu* of the situatii t s he bad the honour to fill in that House, he,could not let this matter now pass away unexplained, a. tist back as two years ago, the Trustees had paid att. a tion to this very subjed, which was now under this eussion, and had agreed that additonal Offieers should be appointed, and greater facility afforded the public. he House must therefore perceive, that the measum recently adopted was not a sudden alteration, but one that had been long determined upon. The Motion was then agreed to. Mr. Ml' said, he should next move a sum of money for the establishment of sierra Leone. List year 10,0001. had been voted ; but the grant was delayed on account cf the report made of the state of the Settlement by a Naval Officer, who had been on that station. This officer had since been examip+ ed before the Committee of that House. and their report must convince the House of the utility of that establishment. 4o ll.sides the 10,0001. already voted, and doool. for fortifications, there would also i e required the sum of 10,0001. more; making in all 28,0001. He was confident that this colony would make a considerable prawn's: in promoting in. dustry among the natives of Africa ; and, when similar settlements should be formed in other parts of the coast, a proof would be Afforded how supe rior free labour 'Vas to that of slaves ; and a system might at length be e‘tablished much more congas nial to the feelings of every man di in the present trade. He then moved the sum of 28,,ic01. for the use of the settlement of Sierra Leone. Mr. DENT opposed the grant of this money, as being to be paid for the interests of a colory that was not deserving that totaideration which nosy persons gave to it, and which, be was sorry to ob serve his Right Hon. Friene, (Mr. Port) was s o ready to favour. He referred to the report of Cap• min Hallowell, who had been sent out on purpose to inspect the state of the colony, and who had given it as hts decided opinion, that it could seven eof any service to tlis , ountry. H., insisted, that as a commercial concern, it had entirely fai:ad s,fcr- - " 4.1411.11 _ - (PRICE SIXPENCE. liscuuing it, it Was necessary to 1 , ons out of that 'louse; and the 9 ' of people being unacquainted it reason why it ought to be de. .1j lirided : for putting off the bill r