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~'. .~, 1 t ~. `'' a~ '4l : NATIONAL INSTITUTION for Me PRESERVA TION of LIFE in CASES of SHIPWRECK. A TaaPeetables limeigh not it very numerously attended Meet ing. took place yesterday at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of establishing an Institution for preserving life in cases of Shipwreck. A fee minutes after one o'clock the Archbishop of Canterbury entered the room. His Grace was accompanied by the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Chester, Alf. Wilberforces 31. P., Alr.l ;thinning, M.P., Mr. Warm, M.P., Captain Bowles, 8.5., John W Buckle, Eeq., George Lyal, Esq., Mr. Wilson, M.P., Sir Charles Flower, Bart„ John V. Putrier, Esq., Joseph Pulley, Esq. and several other distinguished gentlemen. As soon as the chair was taken, the SECRETARY read over the vesolution of a .preliminary meeting of Noblemen end Golden:ea. held at the City of London Tavern, on Thursday, the 12th of February, 1821. The following was the retention : Resolved unanimuusly„—That this meeting, taking into consider ation the frequent lon of human life by shipwreck; and believing thkt by the preconcerted exertions of practical men, and the adop. tiara of practicable means, such calamities might often be averted, are of opinion that a National Institution should be formed (to' be napported by voluntary donations and subscriptions) for the preservation of life in cases of shipwreck on the coasts of the United Kingdom : for affording such immediate assistance to the persons rescued so their necessities may require; for conferring retards on those who preserve their fellow-creatures from destruct tiers ; and for granting relief to the destitute families of any who - may untOrtunately perish in attempts to save the lives of others. His Gnat. t then addressed the meeting to this effects—ln the' resolution that you hare just heard read, Gentlemen, there is one' umisetos ; it is not there stated that the King has consented to be. coke the patron of that benevolent Institution, for the promotion of winch we are assembled here to-day—(Cheers).—an imtitu. l :ion that will, I trust, adequately represent the position of this the most maritime country in the world--• position too that we owe not inure to our insular situation than to that active spirit, and that unsabdued energy of soul, which characterises that portion of our fellow-countrymen whose business lies amidst the mighty writers. We peopose too, that the benefits of this Institution shoed, like the impede Sun of Heaven, shed its benevolence upon the men of other clime', as web as upon the men of our own country. (Hear, hear.) We shall then teach even our bitterest enemies that our charity, like our mac y is " in its quality not stesined"—that it is free and open to all, and that in the hour of peril we will not hesitate to stretch out a helping hand to their as. areance. This is the substantial character of the Institution these the noble purposes for which it is to be established—to rescue from the deep our enemies as well as our friends (Cheers); and to eneourage along our sea-coast a humane and generous and cha. citable feeling. I shall therefore move that "a National Institution siiould be framed lot the preservation of life in cases of shipwreck on the coasts of the United Kingdom." Captain Bei wcys seconded theresolution. The CHAIRMAN submitted it to the meeting, and the resolution i ISM unanimously adopted. Mr. velLncitroact: then rose, and was received with tinivemal ' applause. He said, I have had theitonner, for such I certainly account it, of being required to make this motion on a call from year Grace, to which I have never been slow to answer ; for I am well conviaced that it is but a summons to some appeal of Christian benevolence, or some work of Christian charity. I am sure, too, /het such an appeal has been just made by your Grace—made not, indeed, to a very numerous meeting—but I look on this Institution as an infant Hercules, aml that it will grow up to dimensions cm rcsponden with the beneficence of the design and the greatness of tne object. (Cries of " Hess hear.") We are convened here nut so much, however, to perform an act of beneficenee as to fulfil a solemn duty; and, indeed. when this subject was first mentioned to me, my only astonishment was, that it ehauld now fi r the brat time be proposed. I was quite surprised that it should be left even to your Grace to have the honour of pre. ea er at the formation of such a charity, and rejoice at its forma.. ttan. It is delienful to know ;that its existence will effectually afield its from those reproaches that have beat cast upon the na. t'onal humanity. I do not now speak of the ancient character of this country, when it was occupied by a savage and barbarous people, though I weight speak in the presence of so many wise and learned men of tie 'royalist inhospitable (Weer ancestors— ** Briteinere horpiliber /trot" Lit I elude to latter days, to DIMS not far distant, when the sailor, who had moped from the pails of the ocean, was considered ;am • prey to be plundered by the people on whose coast he was driven on shore. Why, in ancient times, my Lord, such inhumanity was grievously accounted, and the barbarous treatment of the Pilot of ;Eness cat a stain and a deers theion ever upon the descendants of the people who were pre. went at the death of Ultimata, But have we not heard, my Lord, in our own times, of savage men, into whose hands it were worse to fall than to perish in that ocean from which their victims had just escaped ? (Hear.) We shall wipe away, my Lord, this re proach from our statism; a spirit of benevolence, as it was well ob served by your Lordship, shall " move, and breathe, and have tieing 'mil " live along the line" of oar coasts, and from our ammo diffuse its blessings to " every people, and nation, and kindred, and tongue," freely and without distinction. When we consider all the claims that our seamen have upon this country, it is,. as your Grace observed—it is a duty incumbent upon us, and one that we owe to Providence for his blessings—on e that we are not at liberty to withhold—to assist in the furt herance of every ob. 'rot calaulated to mitigate the various perils to which their eventful profession makes them liable. If this be so, then Is it almost tan. steemaary to iwefatte the motion that I have to submit to this meet. ins by s mingle observation. It is—. • Thst medallions and rewards may be given to those who pre save their fellow-creatures from a watery grave." owe that when this resolution was first put into my hand, I very much questioned the expediency of proposing it. But it is necessary to place ourselves on the spot where such accidents are accustomed to happen. Is it necessary, I ask, witnessing such a scene, to stimu late the beholders to any act of benevolence ? I think it is. And I think so for this reason :—You must remember that many of the beholden, who would be most anxious to raider to the endangered ram the most effective assistance, are often restrained, not from any personal apprehensions, but from the consciousness that, should they fall in their glorious undertaking, the stay and support of their wives and children would be clean gone for ever. (Cheers.) How this Institution would render such men conscious that, io dis. charging a dangerous public duty, they became public officers, end as public officers their families who survived them were entitled to and would obtain the support of the State. And if in our own day as on many glorious occasions, for battles won on sesi and Isisd. such rewards have been bestowed upon our Seisms and our WeUingtims, shall we not bestow sonic trophy upon those who, is solitude and in darkness, launch forth their little bark upon the storm wave, with every thing to appal and nothing to sustain them, sate t he sense of their duty to tiod and to humanity? (Cheers.) A few moments since, them stood beside me one who for many years has been distinguished by the laborious life that he has passed in the invention of useful plans for the assistance of our sailors suf fering the perils of shipwreck ; and these plans he has considerably matured, and I believe they are suaccptible of general application. I allude to Captain hlanby (cheers), one of the firmest and at the .4 satire time the kindest spirits that ever devoted a useful life to a meat exal,ed and ennobling purpose. (Cheers.) I am quite con vinced that the natural effect of this Institution will be the gradual mromerenent of benevolence. and that it will embrace all nations within itacharitable communion. I move you, therefore, my Lord, that medallions or pecuniary rewards should be presented, at the atiseretiun of the Committee of Management, to those who preserve Jute in casts of shipwreck on the coasts of the United Kingdom. (I:l7rers.) TWA motion was seconded by Captain DUNDAS, and carried unwiimously. The Bishop of Los:now observed, that lie had the honourable teak of moving a resolution, which, niter the able and impressive appeal that had just been made, he could have wished was placed in staff hands. Yet, continued his Lordship, I have great satin. faction in supporrog, - even with my limited abilities, a society cal- twisted, in my mind, to achieve such peat utility—an institution I worthy of the country with which it ortionates. and honourable to; those by whom it has been proposed. I feel it unnecessary to ad- ! weft to the claims upon our coinpainioo for that hardy and advent tomes class of our fellow-citizens whose occupation is in the grch dem (corers); nor need I remind you, that at this period, from the pursuit of science, business, and pleasure, our 'cameo are most 1 . wive, engaged, and of course their perils proportioned to that increased oemmation. There is not, I am mire, an individual who SWAM me who will not be ready to own that the reseution I am siren to propose is entitled to unqualified approbation. In our last resolution we have brought the shipwrecked mariner to shore (hear); bur we must not leave him to perish there in hanger and cold and esoaastion ; we must do something more, and this is the object of tire renolution that I shall have the honour of submitting to you. is.—" That such immediate assistance may be afforded to the p:—sons rescued as their necessities may require:" (Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman Barn° hs supported this repletion. It was re-' vie's, by the Meeting with applause, and obtained their unanimous itoneorrence. - Bishop of Co ENTER observed, that he had gnat pleasure in wording to the request made to him to propose the resolution whiPit Ire held in his hand. It was—" That relief should be admi. &attired to :he widows and children of those who perished in at. te.neting to rescue dripwteckni mariners." (fleas, hear.) They were all ready to acknowledge the value of the mariner; they were all ready to admit. that ass nation we were indebted, perhaps, for our very existence, under Providence, to the bravery of oar seamen. ! And 1 quite %tee, said the Bishop of Cheater, with toy Hon. Friend (Mr. %t ilberforce) that It is necessary to' place ourselves within idght of those dreadful scenes which i myself have often wit. raised. before any just estimate can be formed either of the 'wirer- Ingo of those who are on the point of perishing, or of the contrary impulses by which those on shore are actuated when they witness aueh a scene. There is, on the one hand, the humane disposition to aid the sufferer at any personal peril ; but that resolution, which no almeer of their own is formidable enough to subdue. cannot stand in the presence of a wife, or before the tender tics that bind a man to his own children. (theme.) In this I agree with my BM. Friend, for I have beheld those scenes which he so eloquently described— " Q.tyle ire miter, imo vide Et quorrns pars magma jai." inter months I have had too fraquent opportunities, the coast of Cheshire, of viewing a wrecking Ttssel. ly opposite to Liverpool I have mood, and I have Pen *tap strike upon a sand-bank, and the unhappy crew refuge to the shrouds, while many a wave passed over every wave seemed as though it would hide them from A face fee ever. (Cheers.) therefore the feeling that -.elution would inspire was most useful ; it would teach men, whatever lees might befal them, their wives would not be des - their children left to be their bread. (Hear, hear.) His Lordship concluded by moving, that relief should be adminis tered to the widows and children of those who perished in attempt ing to rescue shipwrecked mariners. Mr. MANNING, M.P. rose to second the resolution. lie said that the Institution which it was intended to form deserved the support of every man who was attached to the real interests of his country, and who felt gratitude to those who in her time of need had stood forward among her best and boldest defenders. As a commercial man, too, it was highly interesting to him, and not to him only, but to all his fellow-citizens; and he was convinced, that in the City of London such an Institution could not want firm supporters. (Hear, hear.) Ile was equally certain, that if the assistance of Government were required, that assistance would, without difficulty, be obtained, and this opinion he formed upon DO very visionary foundation. Within the last few years the Lords of the Treasury had assisted Captain Alanby'a plans. by the put , chase of fifty-eight mortars, and other expensive but necessary ' articles, amounting to nearly 11.001. (Cheers.) lie trusted that the Institution would be able to rest up its own means; but if the aid of Government were necessary, he thought that he had made out a strong case upon which to form a favourable opinion of the interest Government felt in this measure. Ile looked also to other sources for the support of this Institution, namely, to the gene rosily of the navy itself. After • few observations upon the utility of the Institution, Mr. Manning concluded by seconding the re , solution of the Bishop of Chester. The resolution was unanimously agreed to. There were several other resolutions adopted, as to the appoint ment of Vice-Presidents and Managing Committee. Captain MAN DT's appearance was hailed with universal ap plause. lie spoke very modestly of the beneficial effect of several of his plans upon the Suffolk coast. The Honourable Memb.r for Suffolk (Mr. Gooch) said, that he knew, from personal observations, in various instances, the skil ftil_plans of Capt. Manby had proved most beneficial. Before the Archbishop of Canterbury left the Chair, a vote of thanks was proposed to Mr. Wilson, M.P. for his very zealous ex ertions in promoting the objects of the institution. The vote was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was also propped, for the dignified demeanor of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Chair. His Grace acknowledged the obligation, though he disclaimed all merit in the pan he had taken. Subscriptions were entered into to a very considerable amount, and the institution may be considered as established upon a most firin foundation. *nee cat 'retie if he were a common beggar, a if he were reduced by casual distrait. He concluded by eulogising the benevolent disposition of his Majesty. who was • subscriber to slimy effignies, and who never allowed his subscription to remain a fort. night unpaid, after it was due; and by moving • vote of thanks to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, and the Vice-Presidents; seconded by Gen. Brown, and carried unanimously. Mr. WILLS thought some permanent assistance should be given to the poor Irish. Mr. BODKIN (the Secretary) said the Irish were in the habit of receiving the same assistance as the labourers from the country. The Society were aware of their distress, and made every effort to assist than. W. Tonat, Esq., said that of all the avocations filled by Mr. Williams--he did not except his situation in the Parliament of which he wax a distinguished Member—there was not one more im portant part, than that from the discharge of which he did not suffer himself to be called away—he mane the Treasurership of the So ciety. The object of this Association he promoted with intelli -1 genee and seal : and he would move the thanks of the meeting' to W. Williams, Esq., and that he be requested to continue the ensuing year in the discharge of his present office. W. P. Cawroan, Esq. seconded the motion. Ile would, nn' account of the presence of Mr. Williams, say nothing respecting him ; the motive of this silence might easily be accounted fur. ' he would state one fact—the situation of M r.W illiams as Treasurer entitled him to • sinecure : but of this exemption he did not take advantage ; and there was not • member of the Managing Cont- 1 mittee who attended with more assiduity at Red Lion-square. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. WI t. 1.1 AMS returned thanks, and assented to the proposal of the Gentleman, in retaining the office of Treasurer for the ensuing year. W. !Hameln, Esq. moved the thanks of the meeting to their most able, efficient, and gratuitous Honorary Counsel, W. Wat ford, Esq. who was pretented, by his preferment to an official situ ation, from discharging the duties of his present office. J. JACKS, Esq. seconded the motion. He said the utility nr.d merit of the Institution could not be fairly appreciated without re flecting on the state of London a few years ago. For information on this subject he would refer to a Report of the Committee of Parliament on the subect. There were • few year,' since 14,164 professed beggars in London; each had a distinct walk—these walks were sold for money; mendicity was a complete trade. A beggargained six, seven, eight, nine, and ten shillings a day ; a blind man with a dog made thirty shillings a day. An individual often spent fifty shillings a week. in meat and drink. There were houses in Shoreditch where children were regularly let out for hire; twins were found with beggars who were never found to increase in size, or to grow old. Of 400 beggars in the parish of St. Giles, 3do were competent to earn their bread. The Committee to which he alluded wanted 0,0001. to build offices, kca for the diminution of this evil ; the money expended by the Institution for the same pur pose was but 3,000 t.--one-third of that required by Parliament. These things would be considered when the utility of the Institu tion was taken into consideration. MENDICI7'Y ASSOCIATION: The sixth anniversary of tiii7r;Eitution was held yesterday at the Freemason's Tavern. The meeting was but thinly attended, and was composed of most respectable individuals. Amongst them we noticed, Lord Calthorp. the Hon. 3lr. Shore, General Brown, Mr. Wilberfote, 31. P., Mr. W. Williams, 31. P., &t. The Chair was to be filled by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, but the presence of his Royal Highness was prevented by indispensable business. JOHN WEN , vsxb, Esq., one of the Vice-Presidents, was then called to the ('hair ; upon taking which he expressed his regret that the duty of tilling it did not devolve upon a person more known. and who would be better calculated fur the situation. lie lamented the absence of the Duke of York, who was prevented from attend. ing by a pressure of public business ; and read n letter which had just been received from Sir H. Taylor to that effect, in which the writer stated the impossibility of his Royal Highness being pre sent, and his regret in consequence. He saw the meeting was a thin one ; the cause of this he conceived to be, that a special meet ing was held lately. lie could not believe Inc a moment it was owing to any thing like a falling off' in the public opinion respect ing the Association. Ile would assert, that no matter what may be the inclinations of the meeting or of each individual comprising it, no good could be done without the co-operation of the public at large. If this were not done—if the public did not second the Society, they object they had in view would not be carried into complete effect. Letters were then read from the Duke of Bedford and the Mar quis of Anglesea, regretting they could not attend, and expressing their ronvicuion in the utility of the Institution. Letters of a slim lar purport were read from Lord Hardwicke, Lord Gage, and Lord Churchill. The motion wan carried unanimously. Mr. JACKS moved the thanks of the meeting to B. Montague, Esq., the originator of the Institution, and to J. Tooke, Esq., whose name was not connected with philanthropy alone; it was also blended with literary associations.—Carried unanimously. Both these gentlemen returned thanks. Mr. WI L isERFORCE, 51. P. said, lie was being guilty of an ir regularity : he was near breaking in upon and interrupting the vote they had given, in his anxiety to bear testimony to the merits of Mr. Martin. Ile wan one of his most intimate friends; he had known him for forty years, and he had never known hint influenced by any motive except that of benevolence and charity. His success should be an encouraging example to every one who commenced on a small scale, to persevere : he would be encouraged —his scheme would attract notice, and would finally emerge to that ample and extended scale of benevolence congenial to the disposi. don of the intilvitliteL lie was convinced the institution would be productive of substantial and essential good : it was liable, per haps, to one exception, and that stood upon the front of their pro ceedings; it consisted in the name: it was called the " Mendicity ;" whereas it should in reality be called the " Anti-Mendicity Asso. sociation," as its professed object was to correct the evil of beg. ging t its object was to support the claims of real benevolence, and not mistake its emotions, which were so widely diffused through the country ; to rescue the beggar from that degradation in which he was kept, like a portion of the people in Asiatic countries, who were ever confined to those castes in which they happened to be horn; and snatch them from the vices which are so opposite to the habits of quiet, sober, and patient industry, and place him in a situation which, in this highly-favoured country, may lead him to wealth and independence. The Institution gave relief hot alone to the beggar :it gave relief to the public in general—it gave relief to himself'. He was no longer obliged to pass wretched oh jects in the streets to whom his feelings prompted him to give money. No; his reason condemned the act. Real charity was benevolence acting under the controul of reason ; and when under the conduct and guidance of good sense it at once raised our feelings and served Society. He was convinced the institution would meet the encouragement of the affluent and the wealthy, and would be approved of in proportion as it was known. Ile would trespass upon the Society a little fa.-ther for the purpose of moving the thanks of the meeting to 11. Bodkin, I:aq. far hit anxiety and ex ertions on behalf of the institution, and that be be requested to re. min the situation of secretary for the ensuing year. In common with those who heard him, he knew certain charges were advanced against that gentleman in the public prints. From a complaint with which he was afflicted in the eyes, he did not latterly teed the public journals : he therefore did not know what the charges were; but this he knew and it was enough for him, that those in dividuals who acted under the isrfinence of kind, charitable, and benevolent ideas, were highly satisfied with the conduct and cha racier of AD. Bodkin. This gentleman was as if tried by a jury of his country, and had a verdict of aequittaL Ile had passed the scrutiny, and he ought perhaps to be glad the charges were made, as otherwise he would not hays been subject to the scrutiny which he had passed with re much credit. H. PowsfaLL, Esq. seconded the motion, which was passed unanimously. Mere a Subscriber, whose name we could not learn, requested some answer to a question which he would ask : a large sum of money (5001.) had been given to Mr. Bodkin; he wished to know if the gift were sanctioned by the consent of the subscribers ; this was, he knew, the rule in other societies. lie wished for an ex planation before the question was put; it was, he said, an unfor tunate measure, as it disturbed unanimity, and left an unfavour. able impression on the minds of many enbacribers.l Mr. BASIL MONTAGUE said, the matter was, like many others, unfortunate, as but a part of truth was known. He was a stre nuous advocate for the whole truth. Nothing was more dangerous than truth partly uttered. Mr. Bodkin received 5001., not as a present, but as a reward for the services of one year and eight months. He did not receive the sum as Honorary Secretary when this office was first instituted ; a man was wanted who would raise it and make it efficient. Mr. Bodkin was the man ; the salary was then 3001. a-year ; but now that the office was one of mere routine, the salary was reduced to 2001.. and in his opinion the managers, PO far from doing too much, had done too little. His explanation, he hoped, would be satisfactory. The Sr au:nista replied, it was perfectly so; he was not sorry for provoking discussion on the subject, as it was the means of removing certain impressions which which he entered the room. The motion was then put, and carried unanimously. Alr. BODKIN hoped he need not express the feelings with which he would at any time receive the honour which had been just paid him ; but at the present moment there were circum stances which gave it an additional value. Upon those matters he would not dwell, farther than state that they would undergo an in vestigation elsewhere. After the result of the special meeting called to investigate the subject to which he alluded, and after the vote just passed, he felt justified in saying that it was the opinion of the meeting and the managers, that he had done nothing of which a man of the strictest integrity and nicest sense of honour would feel ashamed. With these sentiments he would retain his present situation for the ensuing year, and he would do everything 1 , in his power to further the relief of the poor, and to remove every ! obstacle that might impede it ; and he would be most anxious to advance the prosperity . of the institution still higher. Thanks were unanimously voted to the Governors of Hospitals I , and the Directors of Charities in the metropolis, fur their uniform co-operation with the institution, and their anxiety for the attain ments of its objects. Thanks were unanimously voted to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair. : The meeting then broke up. The Ctratastaw added, that the Secretary would read an account of the proceedings of the institution, which would be found to bear a strong similarity to those of last year. He concluded by impress ing on his hearers the necessity a giving, when asked for charity, one of the tickets of the Society. This measure would put an end to the system of indiscriminate alms-giving, which was more than useless, and would prevent the encouragement of idleness and im posture; and when he considered the legal aid given to the poor, and the extent of the private charity exercised in the country, he had expectations of the total extinction of mendicity. The primary object of the Society was to procure mean, of employment for the poor. He had heard the police of the City complained of for not attending . more to street beggars; but it would be easy to dispose beggars in such a way as to attract the attention of the officers, whilst more serious depredations were committed in other quarters. For this ressun the Society was obliged to have recount to a polies of Its own. The Secretary would explain to the Alcides, the various instances in which the Society had been called upon to act Mr. BOIIIIIW, the Secretary, stated, that in the course of the last year there had been 1,493 cases for consideration • of them 117 were from parishes In London ; 609 from parishes In'the country ; 33 from parishes not known; 434 Irish; 58 Scotch; 57 Welsh ; French, 7; German, 01; Hanoverian', 4 ; Russians, 2 ; Italians, 10; Prusadans, 2 • Swedes, 5 • Danes, 4 ; Egyptians, I ; Portu guese, 2 ; Spaniunds, 2 ; Maltese, 2; from Jersey, 2 ; Gibraltar, 5; Africans, 16 ; Asiatics. 13; Americans, Olt West Indians, 34. Alleged causes of diuresis :—from age and infirmity 102 ; sickness.' and accidents, 232 ; loss of husbands, and deaths of pirents, 144 ; foreigners destitute of the means of return to disk own countries, 29; from want of clothes, 70; for want of Mots and implements of trade, 27 ; from failure in business, 411; from the suspension of pay and' prize-money, 16 ; firom shipwreck, 8. Been disposed of :--Sent to London parishes, 107; relieved in country parishes by interference of societies, 103 ; fur. addled with money and clothing, and sent to Ireland, 49; sup plied with food and placed ie situations to provide for themselves, 160 ; relieved and sent to sea, 26; vagrants and incorrigible rogues, 11241 • of these 192 were prosecuted ; refused parochial aid when offtred, 27 ; sent to hospitals and infirmaries, 46 ; afflicted with ague, 32; taken charge of by Marine Society, 4; by Military Asylum, 3 ; by the Scotish Society, 5 ; refused to return to their own country, 110 ; unable to support themselves here, 32 ; did sot return when ordered by Society, 559 ; absconded when required to work, 430.—Total, 1,493. The Hon. R. Silo at could not refrain from trespassing upon the meeting for a few moments with 'respect to the charges made against the Society in a public print ; and he must be permitted to say that he had never seen any charges meet with such a complete refutation. He observed the thinness of the meeting, and he attri buted to an idea which, if indulged in, might prove dangerous. The ides was, that the association was so much and so deservedly in favour with the public, that no effort was required to advance it. This would be a dangerous idea to act upon. lie also hoped the middle and lower classes of society would, when convinced of the utility of the Institution, forbear giving alms, and take the tickets of the Institution. lie conclnded by moving that the Report be Approved of, and printed with the special resolutions of the 7th of February. BASIL MOSTAGVE, Esq. seconded the motion. He was parti- I anxious for the printing of the report of 7th February, for the purpose of meeting the aspersions thrown upon the high cha racters of individuals who were influenced by no motive whatever except that of doing what wee good and kind. lie did not wish to discuss matters which, when agitated, might produce results better to be avoided ; but as a manager of the Institution, he felt it his duty to call upon the person, it present, who had stabbed them in the dark. He called upon hint. that his objections, if true, might have their weight, and if he and the other managers were wrong, that they might acknowledge their error • but if they were right, they wished for the opportunity of proving the individual to whom he ai. luded mistaken, and believing his intentions were founded in charity, he would be most anxious to prove to him that he had entirely mis taken the motives of the managers. He was anxious for this in lquiry ; he wished to have his accuser heard; he was a reader of old books, and he read in a book composed 2 000 , years ago, an I anecdote by which the present proceedings ought to be regulated, and to which they might be referred. The book to which he alluded was Platorch ; the anecdote was that of Timoleon: this great and good man, after a life nearly spent . in endeavours to im prove the state and ondition of his fellow-citizens, hail no sooner retired and sat down to enjoy repose than he was publicly accused of every kind of misconduct. The people, mindful of his services and his virtues, were unwilling to hear his anemia Timoleon In terfered, and insisted they should. "As sure," said he, "as there is a tuft of feathers upon the head of a lark, when the people have liberty to speak there will be light accusers;" and the object shit h he thought he obtained, and for which he laboured, would be destroyed if his accusers were not heard ; they were heard, and it was with difficulty they escaped the anger of the people. lie fell no emotion of anger. but as manager he called upon his accuser LAING V. •NIITITOW. The question here was upon a policy of insurance upon the ship to appear, that his charges might be met and answered. 1 he motion was put and carried unanimously. Iris, in her voyage trom Demerara to London. The amount ' Lord CA I. T HOR I' IC moved the thanks ofthe meeting toll's Royal I insight to be recovered was 2191. 12s. 6d. being at theme of 1 741. I4s. per cent. The ship was lost off' ilarbadoee. The de- H. ighness the Duke of York. ! fence was, that the ship had not sailed on the day warranted : it PENRIIYX, Esq. seconde d the motion, which was ca unanimously.l was guaranteed that the ship should sail on or before the I st of l Mr. W. WILLIAMS, ALP. accounted for the thinness of the ! Aust. 1 C a p tain r Greathesd, who had commanded the iris, stated that Meeting by stating, that there was another held at the same time, . • the 1 , zip had sailed on the Ist of August. hitt they anchored about which was nearly connected with the honour of the country, with the object of which every Englishman must sympathise ; I" he I two mites from the fort which is in the river Demerara. On the meant that for affioding assistance to shipwrecked sailors, and 2d they mks! thence. !milet f the laintiff. Darn 191 12s. 6d. offisring a reward to those who saved their lives; and those friends Or Jury r A common was then ea of his who were most anxious fur the success of this Institution, and most convinced of its efficacy, end whom he was in the habit LAWTS W. oPIALL. of seeing around hind, were at that meeting. Ile thought the pro.' This was an action by the plaintiff, a youth, to recant com ',perky of this Institution of the greatest impoitanee : instead of ! 'sensation in damages from the defendant, a pawnbroker, for having checking, it would give spring and energy to private benevolence,! mid to anntlwr pawnbroker, who came foe the young man's cha by preventing donations of money to idleness. The effoste of this racter, that he had inane away with gonna his property. society would be best judged of when the present stale of London I Evidence was given that the defendant bad said to another pawn was contrasted with that of four or five years ngo: at present there!, hold that he had discharged the boy became his health leul been was not a single revoltine object to be seen, except, perhaps, in the immorally affected, and that he found a deficiency of 301. after the dusk of the evening, and for this the public wee indebted to the • pl a i nt iff was gone. Institution. As to the cocks made upon it, his astonishment was A boy, Stanley, said, that defendant warred him not to keep there were so few ; such an establishment was liable to many, as eomisan with the plaintiff , and said of the plaintiff— " The d--ef there was, not one so difficult to he carried on. The great obstacle I meal, g e bee robbed mt. ,. to aunts" was, in his opinion, the charity, or indiscriminate alms bestowed by the lower orders of the people; the sum s of money Mr. Scan LETT contended thee t h ere was no slander proved. given in this way. by servants and labouren. was truly surprising; The Loan Conte JeSTICE said the expressions of the tie and he would recommend the ladies and gentlemen who heard him , fendent to Havener. the pawnbroker, were no ground of action. to impress , upon their servants the propriety of giving the tickets of t If the language spoken to by Stanley was used, his lordship the Institution in lieu of money. lie knew it was the practice of. could not say that the plaintiff was not entitled to their verdict, and beggars to say, when a ticket was offered to them. that it was worth- , reasonable ilainagee ; but if they should he of opinion that the less ;it produced them nothing hut insult. This was not the case. • defendant had only expressed fear, nppreheneion, or suspicion The first thing done at their office was, to give a wholesome meal that the plaintiff. keeping such had company. end following such to any version bringing a ticket, however unworthy he may he. ' immoral course., had robbed him, the defendant ought to have It was um an inquiry took place afterwards, and a great differ - their vszdict .— Verdiet for the defendant. LA r LVTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S DENCH, THURSDAY, MARC!! 4. Itiiitings in Guildhall, Pa..... Pee the LORD CHIEr JUSTICE.] li iiiiiiiikk. 111 7 ln hled e In su t mi , I , 011 the proud 2 vitae for re them, and e 0 tide world's this resolutii that ',harm wate r nor t ) k o' ti: IithTFURDSIIIRE ASSIZES, THURSDAY, MARCH 4. The assizes for this county commenced here to-day, before the Lord Chief Baron Alexander and the Honourable Mr. Justice Best. The calendar contains a list of twenty-six prisoners com mitted for various offences ; but the most prominent case is the alleged murder of James 0 rainge by Mr. Patrick Connolly and others, at Shenley Hill, on the 31st of December last. Mr. Justice Best, who presided in the Crown Court, charged the Grand Jurv, and called their attention principally to the case above mentioned. His Lordship, after stating to them the sub stance of the depositions against the prisoners, as returned by the committing magistrates, said he understood that there were two distinct charges Intended to be preferred against the parties, name ly, one founded on Lord Ellenborough's Act, 43d Geo. 3, for stab bing the sheriff"s officer, Watson, with a pitchfork, with intent to murder him ; and the other for murdering James Urainge with a loaded gun. These charges he understood to be applicable to two distinct transactions: first, that in which Watson attempted to ar rest Mr. Connolly, and the other, when the deceased was killed, in an attempt to apprehend the prisoner on a peace warrant. The first alleged offence must depend upon the question, whether, in case death had ensued from the violence com mitted on Watson's person, the offence would have been mur der. In order to the decision of this question, it would be necessary to attend to the evidence as to the manner in which the officer attempted to make his caption. According to the deposi tions, the outer-door of the house was open, and in the attempt to force an inner-door the wound was inflicted. If this fact was clearly established the first offence would be made out. An officer could not break an outer-door to execute evil process ; but finding the outer door open he might enter, and break inner-doors to take his prisoner. If the door, upon which the violence was committed in this instance, was the outer entrance to the house, then the officer would not be justified in breaking it, though the pri soner was only a visitor. The depositions of the different witnesses varied in this point, and therefore it was incumbent on the Grand Jury to pay particular attention to this part of the case. Then, as to the second charge, there was no doubt that if the deceased was &Constable, and duly authorised to execute a warrant for the apprehension of Mr. Connolly for the breach of the peace committed on Watson, the breaking open the house was a lawful act, provided the prisoner had due notice of the contents and object of the warrant ; and if the prisoner, in resisting the ex. ecution of the wairant under such circumstances, killed the officer, the offence would amount to murder. His Lordship observed that there was a material difference in the depositions of the several wit. nesses as to the notice given to the prisoner of the contents of the warrant, and the authority of the deceased to execute it. Scene said that the warrant was read to the prisoner, and others, that the sub. stance of its contents was distinctly announced. It was the duty of the Grand Jury to watch with great circumspection this part of the evidence, because it was most Tramiel as ft respect ed the charge of wilful murder. It appeared from ate deptiai- Cons, that Mrs. Brown, Moran, and the other prisoners, were encouraging the conduct of Conolly throughout the whole transaction, and therefore, in the eye of the law, they were all principals. The Grand Jury, however, would attenl to all the circumstances of the ease. as proved by rim yore evidence, and re turn such bills as were satisfactory to their consciences. The Grand Jury, after being out about four Miura, returned a bill for Alaorlaughter only against Mr. Conolly and Hugh Moran, and ignored the bills against Mrs. Brown, Amelia Morgan, and Edward Trayers. There was nothing of public interest on the Civil side. ADJOURANED SESSIONS CLERKENWELL, Mu ReDAY. MAICU 4. ESCAPE FROM THE PENITENTIARY. James Stevenson was indicted for an escape from the Peniten. tiarr, Milbank. This prosecution was instituted by the Committee of Directors. The prisoner had been sentenced to seven you' transportation at the Old Bailey, which sentence was commuted to five years im. prisonment in the Penitentiary. On the removal of the prisoners of this establishment to the hulks, the prisoner made his escape with two others. _ _ The prisoner pleaded Guilty, and Mr. ALLEY observed, that in consequence of his now making the only amends in his power, be had the instructions of the Committee to beg that the mercy of the Court might be extended to him ; under the Act of bk (leo. 111. three years additional imprisonment is awarded for an escape from the Penitentiary, so that the prisoner's time would have been eight years but for the interference of the Committee, which, it was hoped, would be a warning to himself and his usociates. Mr. COYST, in consequence of the miner of Directors, sentenced the prisoner to only twelve months additional imprisonment in the Penitentiary. Mary Osborne was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for keeping a house of ill.fame. of the Com. SURREY SESSIONS, TII U RID Ar, MA se it 4. Lydia Clarke was charged with having feloniously stolen a pair of sheets, and other articles, value one pound twelve shillings. After some preliminary evidence bad been examined, a Jewess girl was put into the witness-box to prove the fact by direct testi mony. Having been sworn on the Old Testiment, she stared her age to be thirteen years. On examinatioa of her belief of the na ture and consequences of an oath, she said she cas bound to tell the truth; it was wicked to tell • falsehood ; but she was utterly at a hiss as to what would become of her, in this or any other world, if she told an untruth. She had gone to school and read the Bible, but she seemed to have no recollection of its contents, as far as re girded future punishment. The Chairman paused, repeated his I questions, pressed them in different shares, but could elicit no- ' thing further explanatory of the witness's ideas of a future state of rewards and punishments. He intimated to the Jury that the case could not proceed ; some of the Jury suggested the idea of send ing foe an adult Israelite, and ascertaining his idea of the conse quences of a false oath ; it was possible that Jews might not, in their belief of future punishment, go as far as Christians. The CHAIRMAN did not appear to approve the wisdom of the last conjecture. The girl's testimony was most material to esta blish the case against the prisoner. He must of course atop the trial ; the Jury would, therefore, acquit the prisoner. Verdict—Not Guilty. ' The prosecutor, • Jew, addressed the Court ; he had lost his property and his time; he could prove the theft; his daughter saw it. If the Court would only let him retire for a few minutes with the little girl, he would teach her what to think of the consequence of an oath ; he had been bound over to prosecute ; it was a most hard thing if he could neither get back his property, nor be allowed to prosecute the thief. The Cover would not listen to the proposal, and said they could not relieve him : he might attribute his disappointment to his neglect of his daughter's religious education. POLICE. GUILVIIALL. The Lord Mayor being engaged yesterday morning In licensing victuallers, the business of the Mansion-house was transferred to Sir C. Flower, the Sitting Magistrate, at this Justice-room. ATTEMrTED SUICIDE.—Wm. Wylie, a native of the High. lands of Scotland, was brought up in the custody of a beadle, un der the following circumstances: — The officer stated. that he was sent for to the Queen's Head, in St. Martin's-le-Grand. on Wednesday. in consequence of the persona in the house being thrown into a state of great alarm by the pri soner drawing a clasp-knife, and endeavouring to use it violently on his person in their pretence. It was with great difficulty the persons in the house prevented him from committing suicide; and it was not until the beadle ar rived that the knife was wrenched from him. The prisoner, on being asked what he had to say, stated that be had neither money nor friends, and that distress had driven him to desperation. He added, that he had lived in service in London, and that the last place he was in was at Mr. Williams's, Pancras lane, Cheapside. The sitting Magistrate ordered the officer to take the prisoner to that gentleman, and know it his .statement was correct as to his having lived with him, end if be would be inclined to employ him again. BOW-STREET. ..„.. —....—.. 111 , MAJESTY T. TILE TOLL-COLLECTORS COT KENSISTC- Tow TREST. — Yesterday one of the Collectors of the Tolls at the Remington-gate was summonsed, at the instance of his Majesty's state-coachman, for stopping the carriage and unlaw fully demanding and taking the sum of fire-pence for tht passage of a carriage and pair of ►oases through the liensington Gate on Wednesday, on its return empty front Windsor, for the purpose of being repaired. The defence set up was, that the exemption had not been claimed ; but it appeared that the complainant had said—" This is his Majesty's carriage and horses."—That was held sufficient. The Magistrate added, that it was never meant that his 3lajes ty's domestics, while on Royal duty, should pay toll. The defendant undertook that no toll should in future be de manded ; and as the penalty was not rated for, he paid the coats. BERKS.—At Reading Assizes, on Tuesday, Daniel Gri nashire was indicted fur the murder of his son, William Grim- 1 shire, an intent of the ace of six minths. The indictment charged i him with having, on the 3d of January last, feloniously, wilfully, and of malice aforethought, poured a large quantity of boiling and scalding water into the mouth, and over the neck, breast, and arms of the deceased, who thereby became sore, sick, and distem pered, and languished till the IGth of January, when he died of the sickness and distemper occasioned by the act of his father. The prisoner, a young man of decent appearance, in the condition of a labourer, pleaded " Not Iluilty."--Several witnesses were called to prove the case; and from the evidence it appeared, that the pri soner was left alone in a room with the child in a cradle, during which time the infant riled bitterly, and on being examined, it was found to be dreadfully scalded.—The prisoner being called on for his d.fence, said that he took a basin to the kettle, and filled it. As he went across the room, lie stumbled against the cradle, and the accident happened. Ile loved the child as his own life, and declared himself "as innocent as the child unborn." — Mr. liaron 6 Alla o w summed up the evidence with great minute ness. Ile strongly urged the improbability of the commission of so dreadful a crime, for which no motive wcs suggested, and by such means, and admonished the jury not to convict the prisoner unless they were satisfied beyond all doubt of his guilt. The jury, after deliberating for a short time, returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Baron Garrow proceeded to pass on the prisoner the dreadful sentebce, that he should be executed on Thursday, and his body ianatomised ; and held out no hope of mercy. The prisoner ma nifested very little emotion during the trial, on the delivery of the verdict, or when he was taken from the bar. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HI:STING APPOINTMENTS FOR NEXT WEE(, rox }means. Sir Bellingham Graliam'a meet on Tuesday, nt Kinfare Ed f ., and on Saturday at Henning Hall, each morning at eleven. are authorised to state that Sir IS. Grahuni's 'Sound s wi ll et. , their present country the ensuing season, jointly s o h Shrewsbury.) Sir George Sitwell's on Tuesday at Barlow, and on Friday IVoodthorpe, at tea. The East Sussex on Monday at the Sheffield Arnie; nurse" at Cookabridge; and on Saturday at l'illdown. at ten. Mr. 31eynell'ii on Monday at Eton Wood ; Thursday at lu au Slough ; and on Saturday at Henhurst, at half -just ten. The Cheshire on 3londay at Daresbury ednesday atCs k i, Hill ; and on Friday at Ashley Hill, at ten. The Somerset Subscr . iption on Tuesday at Fairfield House, ti Friday at Bagborough Hill, at ten. The North Somerset on Monday at Clandown. at Italflast tr . The Colwall and 3lathon (Wiareertershiret on Monday at 11 . „; H!lls, at nine. The Brighton on 3londay, Wednrsda,-, and Fr;day. at Faiths-, neat the race-course, and the Dyke, and at the Devil's Dyke, r half-past ten. The Brookside on Monday at Newmarket Hill, cn Iredresdr at the Kennel, and the alternate Wednesday at Lewes rsee-ernai and every Friday at Telescombe Tye, at ten. That capital pack of fox-hounds, the Oakley, in Redfor t ilhi" and which are kept by subscription with Lord Tavisto c k, as the principal manager, have this season had many excellent runs, but we are sorry to observe, the Noble Marquis has not been able ohm to enjoy the sport, although several of the younger branches of m s Russell family have nceastonally joined in the chase. 31r. Angel's hounds shelved on Monday Last a most brilliant day' upon with a line red stag. He was turned offs Reckhanipton Inn and ran with a capital scent through the enclosures of Vat s h utl : Berwick, and Stanmore copse, skirting which, he west on wi t h out a check to Broad Hinton, where he was first viewed ; he then s in over Haekpen to Barbery, and leaving Burderop ace-course on the left, across the vale of Ltddington Cagle, after ascending which he was taken at Medbottme Barn ; • sham, including a cheek of tot minutes at Broad Hinton, of two hours---lihrth Chrowiek. We understand that it is intended to strengthen the Bright* harriers, so as to hunt four days in the week. The keeping up o f this sport is of so much consequence to the inhabitants of Mel te , that we hope they will subscribe annually to the funds of the hunt Brighton, which is now hemming the chuef residence of the mast fashion and wealth during the autumn and winter, must offer odter attractions beside the salubrity of its situation. And it is 'miter sally allowed that hunting on the downs is the finest riding in the kingdom. A trifling sunk given by those who benefit by the re.i. Bence of our distinguished visiters„ if generally followed u p, will be sufficient fur the purpose.—Brighton Gazette. TATTERSALL'S BETTING-ROOM, MARCH 4. For Thursday the Betting roam was well and most resp ecta bl y atfended. We should only trespass on the time of our 'wrung readers to give a full detail of the pretest state of odds on the dif. ferent Stakes, having given so copious an account of last 31onesy's betting. There is a filly belonging to Lord Derby sprung ioto the market, by Milo, out of a Sorcerer mare, which caused some bustle and many offers were made and accepted at 500 to 30. •- - - - - An English gentleman, lately resident at Smyrna,dmirei in the last number of the Monthly Magazine, a comps. rison between the Greeks and Turks, worthy at this time of general attention. " The aggregate population of Tarter in Europe," he observes, " may be nine millions, of which number the Greeks constitute more than three-fiftbs. Com merce, industry, and more temperate habits, have tended to aggrandise the numerical force of the Greeks, though groaning beneath the rod of oppression ; while, in the same ratio, civil wars, plague, and the bow-string, have unceasingly carried on the work of depopulation among the slaves:of, this abhorred despertism. The Ottoman empire is the shadow of its former greatness, destitute of all real strength • its name alone inspires terror by the cruelti es e‘ereised on its ill-fated victims; and the mighty fabric of its power would be shaken by the first conflict with a fo reign invader. From Turkey this country can derive bat little advantage, either commercial or political : with Greece she may be able to carry on a considerable trade, for England would there find a gOod market for her Ctio nisi produce, as well as for her home manufactures." Ma. LUKE 111 T E.—On Saturday an account wn re ceived in town of the death of Luke White, Esq., at his scat near St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, where be has of lax principally resided. Mr. White was in his usual health, and conversing with Mr. Marsden, formerly one of the Irish Under Secretaries, when he dropped down and expired without a groan. By his death there is a vacancy in Par liament for the county Leitrim, of which he was the faithful representative. We will not attempt to dilate upon his many virtues, both public and private. From a small beginning, he rose to great wealth and high station, without envy—without imputation. He is the founder not of one but of many families, having left to each of his sons splendid fortunes; but be has left them what is more valuable—his example, in nothing more worthy of their imitation than in his love of country. and his attach ment to civil and religious liberty.—Daldia Enema, Jorrnal. Su ODE or De AT ft.—Yeaterday morning, about eleven o'clock, Mr. Dick, who resided in New-street, Spring-gardens, called on Mr. Harrison, at his house on the Terrace in Spring gardens, and conversed with him for some time; then It* Mr. Harrison's house. accompanied by Mr. Hill, the Commiseariat„ apparently in good health mid spins, and returned to his own n arrience, when he fell down in a fit and instantly expired. The gtiatest distress and confusion prevailed: Mr. Freeman, a medial gentleman, and Sir Astley Cooper, who reside near the spot, woe sent for, and they attended with the greatest promptitude, but a no purpose—the vi al spark had departed I Y OUT!! IN AG E.—A most respectable lady, residing is the country, has long passed her renith of life, unaexamprad hitherto by the usual concomitants of decline : her bash! is lksi. her spirits buoyant, her person pleasing, and so slightly irapawal • by time. that the ravaging hand of the universal visitor is by as means in strongly palpable recognition. Neither does she show " the snowy wreaths of age, the monuments of care," for her had is adorned by Nature with glossy auburn ringlets, which, combined with expressive fine features and fascinating vivacity of conversa tion, give to this very interesting lady the semblance of youth in me. The following metrical epistle, the effusion of her pen, shows, however, that she has • great reliance on the long.expee. rienced virtues of a celebrated specific for the preservation of her tresses:- How long Father Time may his ravages spare, I know not ; but yet I • fine head of hair Retain ; and shall still, as I fondly presage. Secure from decay, through the winter of age. I awe not this gift to the forbearing hand Of Time, but specific, both potent and bland, My tresses that guards from tyrannical sway, And turns into auburn when verging on grey ! Then pray, Messieurs Rowland, attack still to foil, A damn now send of your 3lacaasar Oil. BIRTH. On Wednesday morning, the Lady of William Judd, Esq. of Wa!worth, of a son. At Weymouth, the Lady of Sir W. O. Porker, Bart. R.N. of a son. On the 26th ult. at Lower Tooting, Surrey, Mrs. Robert Rog gen, of a daughter. MARRIED. On Tuesday, Nrm. Strange, Esq. of Upton, to Mrs. Phillips. late of Harpenden. On Tuesday, at Sutton, Surrey, George Noakes, Esq. kb! of St. Thomas in the Vale, Jamaica, to Miss Ellen Muggridfle• On Tuesday, at Clapham. Mr. John Wheeler, of Hook-Norton. Oxon, to Bliss Elizabeth Palmer, of Beartoo-on-the-Water, Glou cestershire. At Othery, Mr. 0. Ewen., of Bath, to Bliss Reese', niece et J. F. Reeves, Esq. banker, of Glastonbury. DIED. On Monday, in Reading, John Osaka Pelake., Esq. Barrister at Law, in the 39th year of his age. On Monday, suddenly, Richard Leigh Spencer, Esq. of \,w Boswell-court, Lincoln's Inn, aged U. On Tuesday, at Bylock's Hall, Enfield, James Francis 31eatu. re', Esq. late partner in the house of Sir Francis flaring and Co. the advanced age of 86. On Tuesday, in his 73d year, Mr. Thomas Chapman, of St. Mary Cray, Kent. On Wednesday, at Upper Holloway, Mr. Charles Bailey Lea thern, late of the City-road, in his 51st year. On the 19th ult. in the poor-house at Ragland, Monmouthshire. John ‘Vallers, a bachelor. About six weeks before his death he came to the overseer's house, apparently in great distress, and claimed Ragland as his parish ; but it has since been discovered that he was possessed of 1001. at the time he died. On Tuesday, at Mnorgate, in the parish of Clarborotgh. near East 'teem'. Mar! Bailey, aged 72. She was retiring to bed. when, on setting ber fax on the first step of the stairs, she fell down and expired. Her remains were i iterred at Clarborough on Friday last. While the bearers were carrying the corpse along the street, a woman of the name of Sarah Skelton, aged 70, was ob served standing out of her house near the door, looking at the pro cession, and on a hawker of stockings going in a few minutes atter- • wards to inquire whether anything wu wanted, he found her life lean in her chair. In his 80th year, the Rey. Dr. Ford, late Ordinary of Newgete. - - -----_- - ----- HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON-BRIGGIi. Morning, 34 min. after 4. I Afternoon, S 3 min. dui 4. Printed at THE BRITISH PRESS Mies, by J. W. Casaros. 181, Strand; and Published by B. Cast Nov, sat a pima CONTRACT TO DELIVER CoALti COMMINS.MAT 1. I WEASUPV . 1.1•311111 PI SUCH Persons as are dt.llitOOS Of ( . 1 Agent Go Commissariat Supplies, to 'sAND 1. DRAMS of ICOA at ( airs partiealam of tits Contract at this Oftk Teo and l'ttr, and &liver their Tenders the Agent totTominimariat Supplies, nun-kir , Coals ;" on or htfnre Ti:1•ISI/A1 - the Ilith be reeeired of er Twelve o'clock of that day be noticed uitless made ou or annexed to a p the Prices inser:ed in words at length ; nor joined to such proposal ailg7ltti by two perm engaging to hceoroe l-nund with the party expensed i 3 the particulars for the due pc: OW. .! •m - .am..iw..,u.i••.iii ; A::; e /- 4 0 ; - .i f'," ' - 4- 4 / l ~, . . No. 6,632. in EAST INDIA 110 t 14 rHE COURT of DIRECT () COMPANY of 31ERCDANTS d e Ont the EAST INDIES. do hereby give . That a DENERA It COURT of the bald, at their House in beadenliall-s t3lst instant, from Eleven o'Clock in t s he Evetii4, at the desire uf the and JAMES PATESSON, R J. C. FARMER, S ti. CHALMERS, F. ✓ IIi:NAY GAIIAGAN, A JOHN Annivtoo, E tt : Wu. FLOWER, 1 x .. - : o ll : o ; l : l4 :rEat es t bp::::l e H icA e fu ma tion ikT o be iw f g a ti tad ci l u t e e s t t u i 70 , le, Clause oryll re, Cert. HI. cap. 14.. by which the Court /hum h e . seeding to India, in the rapacity of a at hall not have Resided during Four Term JOSEF! en - o-" ha , V*o THE PROPRIETORS OF EA re ' nAVE Irsums Axn iii:xci.eatro, in, the honour to inform y 7, lawmen' to onsceed to the Ballot on tut test by the Death of your late valual sn ' Ben. at the bacar time I beg to as he enimaiwoment I have received from he - - t , the Prurient's whoa I hare already ot • lees of bent shppore,frorn my immediate in ohs deernise Alen te r:Weal to le limey tbosetuy 40r. Wit suety %ft Of I have sway tivestatsat tbe buoviare of 1 4 which I shall be hotel grateful, and to o,- tioo to the duties <if the high offset to of be pleased to place me in the Di es ' Taira. I have the :renew 43 be, • 0 ' Ladies and Gentlenest, e e Your asset obedient h be 24, Upper Wimpole-street, Iddreh 2, I -TO THE PROPRIE TORS OF D 4,8 LAMINA:4V 41EISTLEMEM, A VACANCY having *centred . ly of your A F FAIRS by the latest f . Is; vhly-valued Directew, iqr Thomas Reid, t - self as s Candidate few this high office, a I opeedtdly to solicit the favour of pout su Is wination to peeved to the ballot. c. Allow nte to tender my grateful acknow Battering asaumuees of support which I I vans, anti likewise to assure you, that I 1 . ;retell, hi concert or alliance with any pa st tircly free from engarteruents in built pa t t e ob e. v . l i elz uri to ttui you y r uss iinb m. iasser tuat t su m ffr y age riu n t nd i 1 t., tereits of the Cotopany, of which I mar O competent knowledge. from local informat 1- u ired during a period of twentr.tive years d btain employment in the superintendence it A aro attached, and to shith so great a po le devoted. 1 have the honour to be. with gee Ladies and Gentlemen, re . tu I' ear very faithful le RM. Ketategton, CHAR r e Mash I, 11134. 11 Me. Mseitinnon's committee sits daily es lore mom obi cations will be thankfully of iI'AITIIMAN, MAlit A COMMON Ct)I.NCIL, holden in it .z dm GUI LORA 1.1. of the CITY of th `. DAY, the Ilth Day of Diareb, 1824, t, , itiveovtco, h , NHAT this Court have olverved wi that the Clear:cellar of his Majesty s. potted that that Stitrut Revenue or the is Repeal of various ales : that, although to impede that libreso policy which may be ✓ Inertial Interests by the remission of Duties Silk and Wool, yet knowing the patiesu it - which the People are borne their numere I thefeel thentolves bound to reresent to 1 ofCommons, that the Asse3sad fates, and adult Duties, have been moat grievously felt e .1..... s of ' Trailways. whereb7 "a e 'pauperism. s That the eollretion cf the Anse:aid T heavy Charge, by the appointment of Co , Crown Offices* ; and that the numerous 5u I which result feeds thin system, occasion the u if in ever, part of Gte Einudoert. is - Thais Pedittn f. tundc'd on thin Rennlu.it ,i• Hount.rable the House or Common*, a o Window Dsties, - ar.d to sherd such ot her to i. -may teem ate. I's n N OTICE is hereby given, by the 1., a, 111 of his Majesty's Treasury, that all p.- Iv 'drying their meta .to receive M. Ills. per r. lieu of ti. per Comm Annuities, directed t S, stance of a ResoUnion of the flown of Cann t. 'ruary, 18.24, in the manner therein species he assent once before the 6th April, lON, to th st pane of the Minks of Er.gland or of Ireland, se Mdentin may be Trayahie. o Forms for expressing such assent have he Ica - C ha m d un d try th ß:in p k o t e rs m i a : s i t t e ; n ye:t Britain an lrela fetenmatkd et I id and Irelend, as well as at the Ranks cf En, speetively. rd N.B. The assents addreserl to the Ranks xi ~ land respectively, will be delivered ha of Pt er . be taken that they arc put into the Post Offi. ,HAbe delivered in IWRI don or in Dubli - a, as t H A before the Bth April, 11124. HOUSES NV.VNTEI $. R. FENNER respectfully tultini the habit of confiding the X 1 OUSES to his care and nvirtarniont, thr.l liarnent has occasioned s demand for Fumisl cubit, beyond his general List. To his it therefore, and to the Yu►lie generally, who their Houses tenanted, either for short or lot asr rap:rtfully suggests the expediency el their iastrurions as early as passible; for he so doing they will find advantages result, it lated turn at an advanced period of the seam, 14. Wi i ttnore.etreet, Cavendish-square. SALES BY AITTI( MR. NASSAIT'S SPLENDID 11^ 31r. h VANS, At his House. No. 93, Pall-mall. on M 31areh g. and We followin THE SEC(INI) I s f/HTION of the! LIISHARY of the late HI:01MP, 1 eluding Shakiseare's Plat+. Fuses Edition ; Pam, 4 vols.; 31.1:tfancon Antiquit,; Call de la Monarchic Franeaise, 20 cola large I trims, vols., with the rare FrontisTieec; I srgt paper, illustrated • with Portraits and Acconct of the Jlatrlage of Charles 1.. with Charles I. and Henrietta Maria; Curi!nts Co lating to the Rebellion of 1743, integrated tory of ()steles Plos, integrated a ith 1.17 t Memorials, illustrated with flit Portraits; vols.; Pennant's Works, 24 vols.: Nie:tols raphiea and Snrplement, 10 solo.; Statutd tare old Tracts, &e. &c. VOOD QTRECT. CIIE.\ TO SILI3 .11) By ORA It 1.1; FlOl.l At earraway's, on 'III URA/Al', March o'clock, without mart - • _. A N eligible and xaluallc LEASE ► L 1 consisting of a very excellent and ; with a Counting-house adjoining. Also, a . Manse, containing two Sitting Ramis, roc . liitchen t held by Leases, at the rent of 23l an unexpired semi or about thrizen years. t T.u. Premises may be viewed. and prim alPlicieioa to Messes. Sauk and Bourne Intapede ; and at (faraway's. I i