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r :bc . 34r.ittob i.. ii - THEATRE -ROYAL. HAYMARKMTHIS I EVENING, will be presented (17th time) the New Musical Drama of THE HUNTER OF THE ALPS. The Music by Mr. KELLY. The Characters by Mr. ELLISTON, Mr. CHAPMAN, Mr. M ATI-Mks/S. Mr. TAYLOR, M - . PALMER, Mr. SMITH. , TAYLOR, Miss HOWELLS, Mrs. MATHEWS, !M.. (ARM. Alter which will be produced ;21 time) a Musical pi ece. i n 'luo Acts called THE GAY DECEIVERS. The Overture and Music composed and selected by Mr. Kelly. The Characters Fy Mr. GROVE, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. ELLISTON, Mr . P NLMER, Jun. Mr. MATHEWS, Mr. BANNISTER, Jun. SMILE, Mr. G WALDRON, Mias HOWELLS, Mist ANIELS, Mn GIBBS. Cu which wig be added (for the 4th time thi+ season ) the Grand Pantomimieal 11.11 t, OBI; or, THREE-FINGEWD JACK. Threelrinier'd Jack, Mr. PALMER, Jun. Cap.sie Orford, Mr LAmi. Rosa, Mrs HARLUWE r.. 0 c iat . • .., , - i' -- NUM .111.11rAlf - - 40 1 4 FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRs. lIARLOWF rrIiEATRE.ROYAL., HAY-MARKET. I TO.MORKOW, SATURLMT, Aupast 2s, Wit be pwsentral free, feed by Ir:weireion of Am Pm/view's ei the Theatre RoyaL,Derebt-Gablen) a Melo-Dune, called A TALE OF MYSTERY. Bonamo, Mr DF.NMAN. Rentaldi, Mr. ELLISTON. Fravisco, Mr FARLF.Y. Selina, Mrs. GI bRS E. mem, Mrs. lIAR LOWE The Dame, by Maater litiClelt BYRNE, end t i c CORPS de iLLET. Ann which will he pviclueed 1 Comic Open, iu Two Ans e tirvt r perfrontd. caked THE MII.I.ER's MAID. Farad 41 on one te the :Armed Ronal Tales, wd.ten by M r . Robert Bloomfield, the celebrated Author of s• The Far mer RnV ." Thll threrNte and Mirs.cientirely new, mammal by Mr. Davy. The Characters by Mr. TAYLOR. Mr. ARCHFR, Mr. PAL!.:ER, Miss DANIELS, and Mr;. MARLOWE. In Act I. Anglncideutal Dance, by the CORPS de BAL LET, with a Psi Deus, by Mr BYRNE, and Master OSCAR BYRNE. After the Opera will be performed a Coolie Sketch (not acted these Three YeAntl, called BLUE DEVILS. Taken from the French of M. PATRAT. Neva°, Mr. ELLLSTON (Being hi. Ann appearance in that Character.) Demisou, Mr PALMER. Bauaf, Mr. LEDGER. lone., Mr DE CAMP (Beat( ho first appevance i t that Character.) Annette, Mrs GIBBS. To wh;ch will be ad led, the P..ular Comic O',era of LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSNIITHS. The Ilvertore and M 6114 C composed aid sect., d Mr. Kerr, Tickets la be had o Mrs Ilarlone, No IS, 'Jake- , lre , n, Lincoln'. lon Gelds; and 41 Mr. kite, at the Box•Udice, where places ma, he taken. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. MATHEWS. THIATRE ROYAL. HAY-MARKET, nn MONDAY EVENING next, sill he psseutrd a Cr tined!, wnern by Mr. 0 Reek, sod out dud thew Twu r called THE YOUNG QUAKER. Young Ssd'or. Mr. BANNISTER, Jun. Old Sadbor. Mr. ABBOT; Chninie!e, Mr. NOBLE, Captain Anib, , h. Mr. PALMER. Jun. • Sherliac,i, Mr. GROVE; Sp,,tieolash, Mr. PALMER ; C 1,4, Mr. MATHEWS; Twig, Mr G. WALDRON ; Lounge ' 'Jr. FIELD; K Goaah, Master TOELY ; Malac.hi, Mr WE..STONI; Waiters, Messrs JOHNSTON and STOKES; Coachman, Mr. LEDGER; Servant, Mr. WILKINS. Lad, 1110011Crtill, Elf.. LLELAND ; Ararninta, Mrs. MATHEWS; Dinah P - intruee, Mrs. GIBBS ; Mrs. MiThrfletr, Mrs. WHITMORE; Pink, Mrs MARLOWE; Judith, Wes LESERVE Chambermaid, Mts. KENDALL. Attar uhtch u, Perrniwioli of the Author, J. T. AllingEam, redur.44 uito One Act} a Comic Farce, caeca MRS. WIGGINS. 014 Wigging, Mr. MATHEWS. Web a ''army uf SONGS between the Acts. Te contiode with rlty prrmiuiois of the Preprietors of tht Theatre-Ruyal, Covent-Garden) the Farce uf RAISING THE WIND. Duldlet, Mr. ELLISTON. The Door* to be opened at Si: iaTlock, and the Pe-rxm &life& to begin at Seven. "Lae, to be had of Mr. Mathevrs, Nn 5, Soi lk ,tre,t, Pay Ma.ket ; and of Mr. lime, at the boxa)-11. e, waert PL .7e. may he take". J test ;•uiplistird , No. XV. ig ANGUS's SELECT VIEWS c if SEATS !b e i ng the Thini Number of V.I. 11. • engraved by Angus, from Pictu ream, Drawing.; c...eitairring the .eat of Adionnl Lae Nelson, in Sunk; C aude Scutt, Esq. in Kent; and John Roberts, [sq. in Cent; with descriptive ACCOII4IUI of carh View. Prints Ss. Noes 10. 6d. Kbis.hed by the Proprietor, W Angus, No 4„ Gwvane's 11 , ...dings, 'shogun) : Mr. Cary. No. 141, Strand; W. Clarke, Iktoksei.er, New Dood-ereet; and Mr. Taylor, Architectural L Vol. 1. eciatalain 44 Views, &e nay be had, price 31. 3s. tr. boards; pri , rs, 6 , . 6.. dim, prowls. GALVANISM and LLECTILICITY. N consequence of trimly Ladies and Gentlemen A harm( been disappointed foe weld of mons, at no. Lecture R loin% SorneNet•street, Portman-equate, Mr. HARDIE w:11 'neat his interesting LECTURE hien hl new Hypothesis the ELECTRIC and GALVANIC FLUIDS, at the large THEATRE LYCEUM, STRAND, TH.S DAY, chest the ''lntsing egrets of the Gelyanic !Avenue upon the muscular end nervous Regent will,be evinned, tow exciting the actions of c - awling, kicking, leaping, Ac. in the detached limbs of da• wcted animals The fa,ictions of smeliing, biting, chewing, mallowing, wovkig, and other voluntary motions, will he widget! in :he head of a slope, . us, or they large animal, long fmm the bnilys The effects on inapi,stite met ier will ne demons din the Corn...tied J enmeov.t.on of sure; combustion at - d•fterent subgenera; deflagration of rid *ld MAO? metal ; 11/”.iiieticn of (441; sr d thu" g g'n'enl of brilliert light, that I, , ^.an art has ever been Able to k r ° 4 .co. As the whole .1 nie Theatre this ores. o• bt illum'naled by Om dee:gratis. r.thydrocarSone gas, W Pinge w 4 haws &i unusual orpottunity of scielitinc gra, Nan en be np..... e „4 at bdc• o est 7, and the Leetem to eo•n• R. nee at b. ibec4i 4 . —Pn34 2. . L. 11a.te clieable nt" a-canding with two per. wc.! to!....bin•tcd on the b!ige„ and a smiler Ma rill be e+dt 1.••••c”td BAN[ OF ENGLAND, Arotar le, 11104. W HEREAS, h. en All pasted in the 441 k rear al his p►taeee ifiritsty's eatit+ltil " An Act for grant'aig additional Anatolia." to the Propri ter, of Steel , created be tee Acts, passed in the 37th and 4:4 are a( his present 14f aj, sty," it is (matted as flAtar, that it to soy, " That all persons and bodies pnl•tic and tnrp , rate, pea• word of any capital Stuck in the Anai.sties, after the 'ate .1 Five Points% par celitum per annum, Emoted by the seed te cit,d Acts of the 37th and 42d year. aforesaid, who shell, ~y themselves, or any Agents duly autlsorued, signify 1111 the Onmernutand Company el the Illenh,sif•Englasid, on et istor the sth day of Octobilr, 1:44, thair desire to ulta the benefit of the terrin contained in the Act, shall rentaio a titled to receive the Divolmd which will bemire due on such capital Stock on the 13tt day of October, 1804, .111 i shall farther, front sad after the said 10th day of October, be entitled to se..eime so much capital Stock in the respective Annuities hoprinafte mentioned as shall be equal in value to One Hundred Posed. 'teeing, estimated at the option of the Lords Cummrarmers of the Treasury (tech option to be d , clared on or before the 90th day of September, 1834). in either or the two following modes ; that is to say, either such per. ins and bodies politic and corporate. shall be entitled V. ho:d such ca;,ital Seed a. afuietaid, as consolidated with, and making part of the Con• solidated nnuit:ts, after the rate of tre Potluck per rerun°, per annum, created by nit AR made in the '2lth 1 ear of hi. present hfaicsty, and severe! subseilumt Act., reeei•ire therown, one half ycar'. dividend on the :Ali day of January, 1843, nod, in Addirion thereto, vs much Stock iii Reduced Annuiticr„ after the Lae of Three Pounds per ceritum per annum, es shall Le equal to the difference between the SLIM of One Hundred Puunds sterling, and the value of 1401. metre' Stuck in the said Consolidated \nnuit.-:, after the rate of Fire Pounds per centum pvt annum, the value of sudr sm,..ral Annuities to he a %-ertained at the time sod sat the mann-r hereinafter mentioned; o• f o r every One Hundred of s.ch rap.tal Stock in the Annui ties granted by the d re:ste I Acts of the 37th and 421 Yeast afora.vaid ; and in 11eu thered, such pe,sons. and Wass politic and cor e orat^ shall be entAert to so min la Stuck in Reilueni Annult.m,aftcr therate rafJl.per erotism per ?annum as shall be equal to One Hundred Pounds. and that the value of ens, Out Hundred Pounds of such Arnruiti se,,a4er the rateofThree Pounds per centum per valiant, or in .Arinaiesuen. atter the tzte of ' , lry Pounds per centum per annum, grauted by an Act of that Yet! , Yea• n: Ilia present M-;K•q, slid by several subsequent Asia, she'. be computed and taken on th- average priced mach An nuities respectiveJy, ou tie last ten Java on which say transfer of Stock shall be made, preierting the 10th of October afore said, on which any transfer shall Ilaee been ns..de an either of the sad last-mentioned capital Stock. all the Rank of England, after making deducting' of the antnaht I'.e I);estlend due or :.ec. wilt thereon ; wen average to be settled and declAral At the ti , le.roor ai.d Deputrtiomour et . the Beni. of Engla,.d ' The Geyer's", end lteputi-Gercroer 1 the Esseh 1 Eagtaii de krreby tars Nuke., That an Oiji. r 4 areal et the atere ell per. .au, pane sail carp rats, petastil al eari2.l am* i n tit Memoir*, ejl*r Kr rue ft lime Arno?, pre rpm" re+ nr +aga iv...NW is the tail Ais a( tit pair 37re mol 4U lon Hie pref.( Majedy. &.e. Feti . ..eal re the 6.4 act ,yr the 44/A Year *reseal, h oirm.eilesct any Agars Oahe .grbiorieetl, .is... hi.: tot e Giiin,er mai Com.* .411 the Bank of lEash.d, n 4 yr lorjont tabs Wig by (MA., 11.4•4, their dpi, r •Ow ti, bvtrid y tes arrow thilleille t4e 8.,d i rat i ILOlWilia kg—ST, Siteretary. FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1804. COMMISSARY GENERAL'S OFFICF., Great George-street, Augu•t 20, 1804 TO COACHMAKERS, CARPENTERS, AND WHEEL wßiGirrs. • W ANTED, fur His Mejeety't Service, • Nolo her if MACHINES for hur 4 io: on Carriezr. 0/ Coerhes, Chariots, end Port ('hares, lOr the purpose of CAR RYING TROOPS. The t who way he tio.rus of row.. .r. q fur l'orttirhtog thcot, Indy detiter thrir Proporol(nt Air Otfre, oft or br;ore Friday the 24 , 11 butt:tot, el presang the Price ut whorls they trill Sandy At., end the KAnther they al agree to deliver Weekly to Mr. 1141, be Ilona torr street, Rorie Pori Corner. The fine delivery to he rumple rd on Friday, the 31.1 Instant. Patterns of the Mathieu to he nen at M. . iltlirS j and Peru- Cahlti d then to be hnd at the, o:hee. THATOIED-110UsE TAVERN, ' I4th August, 1804. AT a Meeting of the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry 01 the and Its lleighbollf 110‘4, held here the day, The Right Hon. lA)R I) I I AWKFSRURY in the Ghair; A Subscription was entered into - under the following head We, the undersigne I Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry of the Metropolis and 114 neiKhi,otuhrrid , rosisMering it to be the indispeissible duty of every loyal subject, at this important crisis, to forvranl, to the oust of their power, the exertions of Gerernmeitt in defence of our Country against the attempts of an invading Enemy, de promise and engage to porde and hold in readiness tor the Public Service, on the vhonen nonce, in iheeveot of Invasion, the nuinner of HOCIN and Carriages, wish Drivers and Harness, expressed opposite our respective Keine•, for the purpose Men ireving Troops to the Army, and m supply the lhivers and I 10r , c4 with Provision and Forage, , iilfteielit at least for forty-eight Ileum from the lime of being called out. The Nobility, CI. rsy, and Get.try, are informrd, that the Subscription raker Will lay for SI 'store at the flutched- Nouse Tavern, in St. Ja:i.y.'s flons Ten to Throe siClokk, daily, and toat the Bali s of their Carrisers will not br re.pored, ars.noole and light Me•hirter for u.rogiug on the S, rings of the IL:Arriagro subscribed, will be provsd,-d by Ou AT an adjourned Meeting of FARMERS, COACH•MAsTEIts, Jot% M ‘STkits, WAGGOx. M `.SEEKS, and liTlikiKS, ft.-41 Tins boy, at the tiiiLtAf. rkv i KN, llfer , , as-end:Aid for the purpose of offer. in` Gosvoinston the comma ;I of Hones, Carriages, Drivers, sc. u, rise of actuai 1111M44111, to wrier Sti.res, Sr. tut Anne Mr. JOHN MILAN in the Chair. It was unanimoudy Resolve I, Tt.at considering It to be the iodispenoable duty et every t. il-w loiter r.i hi: country, at this tinpor ant trines, to g.ve the utmost prompt alai r. Lee toward. hawanling the exertions of Government, that emery person pie.iont would, on the shortest holier possible, mish aU the N 113,i. Carriages &c. he may have in his potisession, or be able to oansmaed, and proside them with treision 31.1 Forage sufLeient far Forts-eigm Ii ption ; and out they would inneediately subocrib, or 3 l'ai.er Lid bet,- them by the Comnimary General, the nu ober of Domes, Carriages, Driveios gri . that a u probable they will be able to .apply in case of heceshty. Resolved, That as many individuals, cotwerned in the above prufestions, and others h using horses, or who, from tb • Mort notice given of this Meeting, bite not attended. ve st who are aoxious to afford every possalsoeaedotance.are inform. d thatßooki arc opened tot revels Meth: Nantes of V,rmits who are w lathe to ~uoscribe any numb, of Horses, Carriage., Sc for the ab,.ye es.ential novice, a.ui that seine of the C.llllO Itte,, will att.md every Day horn Nine o'Cluck in the Morning teil Six it. the !Sacra° on, at the Coach Oakes of the Bull told Mouth Inn, Bull and tiouth street, and the Gulden Cross Cliamig•croos, R.-coked, That, as by far the greater number of Coach florets employed in and, shoot the Metropolis are left coo Jos, It may be sets. essential to the public IiCIT:Ce that they shoisid be loroegt.t in aid thereof; t'..e Job-Masters present at th.s Nteetir.g have therefsre determined to outloonie their em ployers to make ad offer of such 14 , .mes, and to use their en deavour to prevail on all other Jub•Masters ado the same. The Thanks of the Meeting acre unanimously voted to the Chairman, for li.o in,ntursoas conduct in th.s Globe 'ravens, Fledestreet, August 10. NIANsI4.3N HaUsE, Loackw.. 9th Anent, 1,104 A T a Meeting of Metch“nts and others held this OI L ihy, to co“.der of the cuott et/ea u.l ructn4 far vole ...imitator promo( assistance to tioternment with HORSES, DRIVERS, ai,rl (watt IGES, tor the ;turret: of cow. y ;us fr.sups to the Army on the tneot of luamion. The Rwrht lion. the LORD hiA I OR, in the Chair. RiNnived, That it appears to this ntmting to be of th hwhest importance that Co,er,i ii,nt should hive the atret .ectual red count mean. teal, prepared and arranged for conveying Troop'. to th ^ Army with th, greatest expo-khan in the event of Invasion; ant Ent be corn . e:l,..d, at the ihn twin nerea.ty, pre.s unprepareri 11.,r,,es a.d Can...get of 'Le roost ea,entol Sentoe. Semlied, That a voNnitary Sabirziption he new opened for Driven, lt•ersea, and Carriages, to be held at tile vim. inand of Government, in the event of Invasion, forth • ser vice espre sell in the preceding Resolution, and s , corrling , to the plan laid before this Meeting by the Commissary-General Resolved, That a Cn•nmittee be now appointed for the puru.se of must promptly and effectually retrying ion" e x ecution the Resolutions this Meetuag, and for ma'ing the neceseary arrangements relative therm., cud that they shall have power fur calling General Meetings ru tile Subo:rabers, when they n:ay deem it a mecemsl7, fnr ascritainnig the hes or damage which the Suus..ribers may sustain us throe lii nor Carri.ges, anito and suck Me.obers to Um Committee tisey may think Reselsol, That the following Gentlemen Le the Cnnsmittee fur carrying the Reeoltitmns of this Meting uto eject : The Right Ilan J. Perrirg, Mayor Sir John Lamer, En 'gut. J. Maitland, E,q, M P. Sir Chef 'a Price, Bart Robert !Linke). Esq. George Clark, Esq. Ald. William Box, Eaq. Peter Erse, Eq. M. Wood, }-sq Carrel S None, Esq. M. I)okir-Larigiale, Esq. Peter Pemba sq. Ald. Ssmirel Walker, Esq. (imams Scho Wm. Browning, Esq. Jose's'. Lyon, Flo. fl Snow, Esq. John Stuart, Fes John forte, Lenshaston, Esq. Meilen! 1.,a, V' ;. J. Ms.•tand, Erg hi. P. H. 'f torntna,lsq M.P. John Coupe, Esq. The C nommen erre melee that th.-y run attend at the Nlacwoo•hoo,e early. from Vent's to Tam* o'Lloctt, for tide purpose of rr•oro.ng Sohornirt:ons of Horan and Cariagri, arrl u ,ntact.ng other tr.rwarna t or dtreztad by We Gemini bieetin, 1 . 0 GENTLEMEN AND I. SEMES WHO JOB THEN COACH i RASES. NIT HEREAS all Errsnns having Hnrses and v Cori vs, have horn ca!ied upon volunrmily to give prompt madame to G.neruat.ust therewith, stir the pot i on. , iA conveling Troop. to the Aroiy iu event of !savanna. : We, the undervignedJo,loa.aera, suLing mad desirous furthering this Public %enviee to the extent ia• our power, con ceiving the Natilay aid Gentry to whom we have lett our Hones, however anxious to 'room- irk e.sential m.‘sore, may sot tin msdves alltht,nved to ni.,ke an offer of Übt Humes t Mire!, without tile convent of their Owner., drs re t ivr furl cement, that all our Cui,tume,,, haunts • on 4ib from us, may subscribe them in no-, own Na for the Sena,e alovementined, perivekd the Coachmen, under whom cam they are now placed, are sent with them, and two days image. Widiam Smith. Henry Can. John Hall A.in Boiard. lgommtVernon. John Wllk.naros_ Hardt. Aslett Davit Chad,' Cray. Wa.m. Clark. Ram Wonholit John Newport Thoa.J. kenn. Wm Elvin Th... Deane. Giant and Elder. Jo:iis Kent. Due. Maim John. White. T w. Anell. Gems, COM. Oi to. It sin. John F 0•111•111. 44,..AirkTet - - •• : • let :4' , • . . 4 ") . .. • 0 •, •, , - , te ! , .. ...: .....•• f_..tor... , e:•. , .. ' • • - It I, ... k io \ - ,tk, - . , a. . i) • • . 6 -014 • . .. .. - (rittca sixrisca, This Day ,is published, it Two lap Vollun" octavo, in or It Is. its board*, FINHE LABORATORY ; or, SCHOOL OF • 1 ARTS. Containing a large Cvliection nr vatbable 'See cress, Experiment, and manual Operations of the Arts. to And . I. 161'aitairattuaes, biotiny useful to Gliders Jeweiteas E ilMet- - • 1 leis, Dyers, Cutler s Pewterer., Joiners, Japenneri, Souk- .. biodurs, Minerva, Arti.rs, and to the Worker, in Mtatait in 1' general; anal in Mister of Paris, Wood, lioty, Buie, Hum. e and other Materials i, Compiled originahy by G. SMITH. - . I . Sigh Edition, with a pent nurnbe: of additaonal Reesilifs, ~ 'I '' correction., amp atresidmenb, and a complete 'lrritate ~ f Fire. work*, and glut art of Short band Waiting--tee whole corn. pletely illustrated by at least Forty Copperplate Eartgravingi. ( a - i f ' ' Printed to H. D. Symonds, and Wynne and Scholey, Patet- 4 ' on.ter-mw ; Vernor and Haul, Poultry ; and sold ivy e:1 the ' ! 1 . / 1 14'.%344'141S at Town.nd 011111 try. A 1 . ' • It 14s quest e d that Selm,ii. who took this Work in Numbers, ami b., e .ot completed their ,4, will dole i imMOdlatrl",se, 4 the . ... - I Work vial nut Ise *Qin tangle Numbers Alter Claristm .4 beet. Sll AK ESPEARE in MIN I ATU It E. ' • N . ' SI IARPE'S Etafli)N • Just poldirhed, croupleic in Nine Volum, t, erabellkh.,l wit'. an c.ereout P,rtrait, Pees rwo Shil'ingi each, ..!sed alcl 1 : 1 .. labeled. or Tau S'ohings and &spent • needy 11-.11 b0.,?4, i', 1,t4 Red Awn art and tester* a New and &manful M.niatutc ' 1' / • &Salm of the ; I ', DEAN'S of WILI.I AM SHAKESPEARE ; la ; I aim A complete GLOSSARY, accurately pains.-d, and without the smallest abridgment, from site Test a the late Mr. ._,' Steesems, and now offered to the Patronage of the Public in a .i . form eurnbinine so elegance, portability , and elseapnem, hither- l' I . : 'Tough 7 to un h att ; the Pted ..editions lately published of the Plays of our ire- Dramatist have been numerous beymd all precedent, :1, .11, the Pro;wieteer of thi. Edition consider any apology for addmg to the number perfectly un.seceisary. Its intention is obvious- l ' ' l l l ; ly to facilitate and extend the knowl--dge of an Author, .4 , ~a a ' • 'a. • whom Eng'an4 has just maven, to be proud : a.id whose aeon's are such I A. ueother Marelior Move ca., prabie ten mach. London a P.:ntel fo- Jelin Sharve, opposite Turk Howe, P. , .*dilly, and It I). Sy mond., Paternoster-row ; and vild.lag t easy linuks.:!ier, Statimier, and Seeemon, in the Vaitkad Ntagdont s . FOREIGN INTFLLIGENC.E. r„ . --sow—. FROM THE FRENCH P %PERS. —..., 1 . PARIS, ALA. 10. '. , Biot, member of the National Institute, intended t last Wednesday. in company with a friend, to ; ascend from the: ..bservatory in the air, and to make . . i I tt.eir meteorological and physical experiments. • - Government lent him, upon this occasion, its Largest balloon, the same that had been in Egypt. But no ' , I , sooner was this balloon filled, than a sudden gust of a ind carried it away, and it has hitherto not been a, II heard of or found. According to calculation, if it • • I , -netts with no accident, it may arrive at or ap- proach some of the plane's neareet to our globe ; i 4 L.l I- i • . '' • i s and 41 all our best mathematical, as:: onomical, phy- 1 'r ' 1 ig ' E - . , t, sical, and meteorolo g i ca l instruments were em- • t'( I I barked, with several bottle of wanes, liqueur , &c. shoidd it arrive any where in univerial space, where S .ii I: the inhabitants have not reached the same state of . 4 I . ,„ civilisation all. upon our planet, it may produce in- , in formation, which cl.ance Las so often produced in . , • i • . ~ our arts and sciences. It is well known that it is to . i '' . .. •I 1 is ea, chance alone, we are indebted for our greatest dis- coveries. Citizen Mercier pretend s , that it would t . ::- be a generous aa of our government, was it to send to • A once a month, a balloon peedr, into the air, Contain- (' he ing our fruits, instruments of agriculture, copies of I 4 . - .. 4 ti n our best drawings, and models of our best statues, al even some .if our domestic animals, as goats, sheep, . . TS „; cats, dogs, &c. which may, sometimes, by some " unforeseen accident, be carried to another planet, ley and, perhaps, inally bring about as easy a cons. Ire munication with the people there, as with those of Asia, Africa, and America. We are, says our philosopher, notwithstanding the assurances of New- ton, La Lande, and other astronomers, entirely unacquainted with the heavens, with its eifees, and ~ . with the planetary system ; but a day will soon come, when another Ca :ambits wiil present himself, '. • sq• and cause present and past ages to blush for their ignorance and credulity. %I. Mercier hints tole- •,: 1. the rably clear, thai, was he forty years younger, he ow r ,... would be this new C.olomlsus.--(ysense/ de Pars). 11 " On the 33d ult. those Frenchmen who acknow- leased the God of Israel, assembled here in their LIR great synagogue, and celebrated again thestlevati.., .f utd Napokort Bonaparte tothe imperial dignty. Marty • ' gm Senators, Counsellors of State, Tribunes, and Ge- iii 1 i ea.- nerals, were present. The young Israelite, Jur.as r - aof Meyer, had composed fur this occasion an ode in \ ... 1 . Hebrew and in French, and, at the end of every •11 1 ..e. tor. ao-o z .:e, the audience exclaimed .. Vt... rFoonertsie! I,lsv MN Vi.e PEr.,!eratriee Joseploner• and “ Plc, la Fe- .. . 11. - , 1 Ka , twilit Iwpertalt!" The 23d was chosen for t h e day ' $ the at this festivity, as it corresponded with the 15th of I't "al the m.,r.th IT Ab. which was formerly for the Israel- ii. ites in Palestine one of their greatest holidays. The +. 4 ii Ode of tl.c young %Icier has been prin t ed at t h e ex . . pence of the Emperor, in the Imperial Printing- Office, upon imperial paper. w.The privateer Mineve, from Bouttiners, has ear. • • i r:ed in there a very rich pr ire, called the ,Indiete„ i i i t: om Jamaica . The consequence of tb's prize h as i - ...awed at 134urdeaux every lively . sen sat io n . I ts I 4 PIR.EN I X FIRE-OFFICE, Aro RS, 180$. ATTENDANCE ii daily given for the Inseir;ng of iiowtes, Itr.ituiags , ilavahold Guilds, Shoot is Trodr, said Merehoo.l4., ; also, Ships in Tlwbow, Ca.ri isi Ship end Lieur r, in Rim s 5.1 and Slops Building or RepAriog i feavo Lew ~ Datoo:t hyrire. The hate ,y ',squatter upon Agriosilsorel Stork i 1 redored to T.. • hhillivp and Superset per Cent. aid eke !de .f Iltsuring MIA PMl7erly, Of iroorrunindzd and aerial 64 Om Ofer, win he fund, ow EsiuraUssrion,to he best cideotate4 SO lona Foribli iw of twig losoinavef , , es ve'l as to :tier soperior Pre:Main •to tit blie , rib of the P4I t -ell I/OW[4. GENERAL. RATES or INSURANCE. Cuiumuit 1.,11 sneer, For Sums not exceeding 51001 ..2:. Od. per Cent. per Ann. Hmard , nis Insumuices. For Sums not exceeding •10001.—.34. Od. per Cent. per Ann. Doubt. llsza:dous litsnraneus. Tor Snots not ex.!eerting 30001— Ss. Od. per Cont. per Ann The Rate of Premium isprnt the IK‘r,..t.i.ises and Aferrhan like in the Isle of Dogs, is! due sl to Three Shillings per Cent. per Annum. THOMAS WORSLEY, Sec. ••• By nn 4? of Parnasesst pas•ttl to the 1.. t Session , , an additional Duty of Sixpence per 1101 upon Fire Insurance, pill .oke Place 0., the 11th of Oaober vest. N. B. No Cha-g- Will be nose* by this Offsc: far Policies of Insurance upon sums of 3001. or upo,r!s.