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Leontes, Mr. POPE ; Mamilius, Master BYRNE ; Camillo, Mr. POW_ ELL ; Antigon us, Mr. DOW TON ; Dion, Mr. CAULFIELD ; Polixenes, Mr. BARRYMORE ; Flurizel, Mr. DE CAMP Clown, Mr. SU E'rT ; Autolycus, Mr. BANNISTER, jun. Hermione, Mrs. POWELL ; Cantina, Mrs. ANSELL ; Perdita, Miss HICKS ;_ Emilia, Miss ARNE. A HOUSE 'lO BE SOLD. O „n Wednesday, The Wonder, with Midas. Ti ‘,l l • Thursd, The Children Wood they wbich le Child of N ay ature; Amanthis, in Mrs. the jordan, , with Midas. T HLATRE-ROYAL,' COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MORROWEVENING, Dec. 2t, 1802, i Th 2vi A ll be perfo ed rmed (third time!, a New Ccmic Opera, ith ki call FAMILY. ,QUARRELS,. . he Ai u -hew Music, Scenes, Dresr.es, and DeCorationi. tic'entireiv new, and .compesed by Reeve, Moore. • - flea, Davy, and Braham. • . The Principal Charatters by r . Mr. BRAHAM, Mr. MUNDEN, lift. rAWCETT, Mr. EMERY, Mr:BLANCHARD, Mr., S I MMONS, and Mr. 1 E DoN • Mrs. MATTOCKS, Mrs, MARTYR, Miis CHAPMAN, Mrs. DAVENPORT, Mrs. rIIBDIN, Miss WADDY,' And Signora STORACE. WITH• " THE SPOIL'D `CHILD. w 4n ediiesday, The Mari of the World; with A 'tale of Yitery, „On,ThurscLly. will be. revived Addison's Tragedy of Cato ; 1 ,; , e Parr of Cato to be performed, for the first time, by Mr. •-ooke, with A'Taleot Mystery. LLovo's Cortz-Hotrst, • ~ ,;tIIiSCRIPTIONS TO Mr. PITT's STATUE. MOUNT ADVERTISED, - f. 5,34 5 4- .A.F.arl of Longford, per Edward Stewart - 2. 1 o William Wilberforce, ESq. - - - 10 10 Alleri I)ahrell . .. ~ to to Lbrcl Bishop of Carlisle .. - - to to john Prettl3 0 h n , Esq. ( o f Batbadoes) - lO to Sir Charles Rich - - - t o TO Capt. Wm. Carlyon, pet Messrs. Hoare, S 5 W 'alter Spens, F sq . r . • 5 5 Roger Pocklln gton , 'Esq. . - . .S S lneorge Talbot, Esq. (of Guiting, Glo'ster,) S S ohii lianas ( per Scott, Hezies, 4;c.) - - $ 5 ientenant Colonel Balfour. of the 37th Regi ment . - z z - Lieutenant. Colonel Inglis, ditto, ditto • z 2 P - Thomas Shapstoe, ditto, , ditto - - 2 z ibliiriptions continue to be received by Beno it and 0 1 4, at the lib of tl ' - - '•ir.....fiia-.:, Bar House. To tile PROP RI RSE of .EAST INDIA. STOCK. I..f•rltas Ana GENTLzULN 4 .. ' haVing become Vacant by SEAT in the EAST_INDIA DIRECTION" TeS CarlieSt p_caablelliteCtor, Mr . the Death of your late most ! H WIER, I avail myself of the to it, and moment to stand f l ' i ward as 4 Candidate to succeed i.. 4 h Utribly to ren ew l'^"tations for the honour 01 your sup nort. rnY so tntion, to It s you: kincines.s and partiality should-raise me to the Si press th '' which my am bi tion i s direaed, permit me to ex -I°Y -- e. , oPe, that my cun d u a may ev i nce my g r a titud e , an d e M C not unworthy your contidencr. 1 -have the Honour to be, with great Respea, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and devoted Servant, WILLIAM ADAIR JACKSON. Aldetttranb S, t 902. .....,„........... r ury, Dec.• • To the PROPRIETORS of EAST-INDIA STOCK. B‘Aults AND SI N CE I had 'the • Honour to address you this d e , l iMoTnin,.lllr. Pvciwnsx has declared his intention t o ne offering himself to your notice, upon tilt occasion of i . v pteuiit.vacen c y. anty thing could add,to the encouragement which it has to ` r " nly good.fortune to receive at the hands of the Proprie. s at - Large; 'it would be the knowledge I possess that this ` l ,„▪ ''Ent will release many of my friends from an engagement, th " e l ch Might- otherwise have prevented them from carrying add r l t g9oci wishes towards me, into full etle6t. With this itional strength it is impossible for met - doubt the issue .°! a - t lac contest ; and I look forward with the fullest confidence, ault,it.vrill place me in the situation which it is my utmost 4'1%4031'W attain. I have the honour to be, with great respell, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient and devoted humble Servant,. Al' de rrnanbury, Dec. W. ADAIR JACKSON. Mt. Jackson's Cotmittee sit every Day; at the I q's Head "tavern, Poultry, (Sundays excepted). : ISI IIONABLE DANCING—PRIVATE TUITION. MESSRS. HOPKINS and SON's ACADEMY 1) . for PRIVATE INSTRUCTION inFashionable ` II NCING, at COACHMAKERS-HALL, Foster-lane, Ac i e4 Pside. continues Open for the impro of suc A i DIES and - GENTLEMEN as have never vement acquired this teceoinplishment. Or those who have not cklataineci the pre t F ASHIONA.BLE MODE, may be expeditiously , t in eL6texiin the most PRIVATE MANNER in all the E LE and FASHIONABLE STEPS now.in use, to qua th for the FIRST ASSEMBLIES. YOUNG LA si mid. GENTLEMEN are also Taught . every FA ,iIION ABLE DANCE, and every -atteutiun exemd. to giye `neniost elegant Address. c, N • B. The Morning Academy for LADIES ONLY it P e n, and will be continued till His Majesty's Birth-day. _ . . _ . SUFFOLK, and GENERAL COUNTRY . FIRE OFFICE. t STABLISHED on a Capital of too,oool, Sterling, vested in Government Securities in the Names 3 . 1 . Trustees, as a'Fund for the guarantee of the Insured tram / 9ss or Damage by Fire; in addition to which, the Proprie yiws, consisting of about rsc persons of known character -and ClPertY, are bound to make g o Od th ten g ag eme n tsof the Po , I es issued by the Company. , . ..,, -, RAT ZS OF INSURANC E . t rl 4 . he Slirft inSured, not exceeding tool. No. I. upon Com eri Insurances, zs. per ann. No. 11. on Hazards of the zd, lass 3. per ann. No. 111, on .Hazard§of the . 3d Class, Ss•-per Jinn. 2s T 'ettilckril-ter-to-onl: No.-I I. upon Comm o n Insurances, per cent, per ann. No. 11. on H a z ar d s o f the 2d Class, . 3 s- per cent: per ann. No. 111. o n H a zard s o lthe 3d Class, Ss _ percent. per ann. ::at.44races, ~nkrorn 'geol. to .zOOl, in one r'sk. 'No. LuponCorrimon zs. 6d. per cent. pct ' r ann. No; 11. on Hazards r, th e 2 4 (.:lass, 4s, per .cent. per ann. No. 111. on Ha t Class, 6s. per cent. per ann. 11:::rorrl 2 oob}. to 3 oeel. in one risk. No. L. mpori CoMMoll t,!4tti_ranees 2S: 1 6d. per cent. per ann. No. 11. onylazards a l_ the zd Class, ss. per 'cent. per ann. No. 111. on Ha .T. of. the 3d Class, 6d. per Cent. per ann. . . . ' 22 ge'r Slid - 1513 • Special Agreement—Damage by l ''''ie good. ) herd 0 . 1, tO ti " Lightning t ces of the Company , are at Ipswich and Bury ; ,__ fromth eirich, Gentlemen ~‘,ar 4.l l4ationt ri. 'in any part of England, wri? --tit:e may be adjudged suitable, a Id ti474tet-i• clesirotis te liol.d . Agencies for the CompanYs ar c 'cc th 2 rlsiii Y With i.. - sib per. t , :eorttineolattons. • OFFICE of ORDN4NCE, Novemler 19, Ito 2. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS MA yESTY's i eRDI.VANCE do hereLy give Notice, that Pro posals will be rceeived at their Office, in St. Margaret-street, lOstminster, on or before MONDAY, the 3d day of yannaPy nett, from such Persons as may be willing to undertake the .sup ny of a Quantity of SLATES, for the Ordnance Service at Wool wich, to be delivered in. the following Proportions, viz. 2sa Tons of the best Westmoreland Slates, and 25 Tens of the best Welsh Rags, to be delivered at IVochwicb, between tLe isth of May, and the ist 0' June, tBo3, ' sooner 11 . convenient ; and the further Qnantiy of 250 Tons of the be s t Westmoreland Slates, and 25 Tons of the best Welsh Rags, to be delivered at Molwkh, between the 15th of .74, and Ist of August, Mos, or sooner, if convenient. The Terms and Conditions of the ,contraa may be known upon application at the Secretary's Office, in St. Margaret-street, any day hetween the hours cf Ten and Four o'clock. The Proposals to be delivered at the Secretary's Office, in St. Margaret -street, Westminster, sealed and mat ked on the outside, " Proposals for supplying Slates for the Service of the Board of Ordnance," of at before the 3d day of January next, after tobitirday noofer will be admitted for the present .cantrael. By Order gf the Bc,atd, R. EL CREW, Sec. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, December 15, rSoz. TH E PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of. His m4yEsTrs ORDNANCE, 'do hereby give Notice, that they will be ready, at their qffice, in St. Margaret-street, ll'estyni nster, on FRIDAY, the 3rst instrint; to receive Proposal: from such Persons as may he willing to undertaße the Supply of the following descriptions of Articles, f;r the Service of the Ord nance Department, upon contrail; for a given period, viz. Sand Bags, Turnery Articles, Iron, 'British and Foreign; Tackle Hooks, and various other Articles of Iron' Ma lta adure ;- Intrenchin; Tools, Tinmans' Aqicles, and Lighting of Lamps ; Copper Hoops and Rivets, Copper smiths' Articles, Nails and Spikes, of various Sorts; Painters Work at the Tower, Westminster, Greenwich, and Woolwich ; Cartridge Paper for Small. Arms, also Whited Brown, or Bag Cap Paper, for Wraping up Cart ridges; Petty Emptionary Articles, Serge for making Cartridges, Tanned Hides and Sheepskins; elutfirmahle to Patterns and Specimens, which may be inspefied at the Thum . , upon application to the Chief Clerk, under the Principal Storekeeper of the Ordnance, 'where printed Cmdith-ns of the Contraq, and Schedules of the Articles'td be furnished under each contrail, may be received ly Persons who intend to mak,: proposals for such contr'a2s. The Proposals to be delivered at the Secretary's Office, in St. Margaret-street, Westminster, sealed up, and inarked on the out sac, with a specification of the Artielei intended t. be supplied, and no Tender will be admitted after the 31st instant. . By Order of the Board, R. H. CREW, Sec. FEMALE BIOGRAPHY. On Thursday, December the 13d, m;nr be published, In Six elegant Vein:nes, rzmo. pried 11. 10:;. n boards, or 11. t ts. 64. hal:Lbuun(t, MEMOIRS 44 the LIVES of ILLUSTRIOUS and CELEBRATED WOMEN, from the earliest Periods to the present Time. By MARY HAYS. Printed for Richard Phillips, No. 71, St. Paul's-church yard ; ana sold by all Booksellers. N. B. Copies of this interesting Work, intended as Presents to Ladies, may b 9,. had elegantly bound and gilt, price al. or in plain binding, price ii. 16s. ARMY. A NY GENTLEMAN desirous of selling a L. MAJORITY, may hear of a Purchaser, by applying by Letter, to Mr. Fourrlrinier, No. zo, Chasing-Cross, London, or Mr. lames Wright, Writer in Stirling. No Agent need apply ; the Purchaser will treat only with Officers. AN APPRENTICE WANTED by a Medical Man in the West End of the Town, who will be con sidered as one of the Family, and have an opportunity of at tending Anatomical .I.edures and others gratis : so that at the expiration of his Articles, his Education would he com pleted. For further Particulars, apply at N0.'17, Newman stree4 Oxford -street, from Nine till half . past Eleven' o'Clock Forenoon. \VA NTED, SCHOOLMASTER for His Majesty's Ship FORTIINEF, Capt. VANSIT TA RT, who must be skilled in the Lunar Observations, as well as the other Branches of Navigation. From the Friends of the'Young Gentlemen, 7 or 8 in number,he will receive as liberal an allowance in addition to his pay, as generally is made, and every other encouragement the Service will ad mit of. None but Men of Respectability need apply. Fortun6e, Chatham, Dec. 16, 1802. CHURCH PREFERMENT. WANTED TO PURCHASE, where an early Presentation may he expeCted, the PERPETUAL ADVOWSON, or NEXT PRESENTATION to a LIV ING of from zsol. to 5001, a year. Letters (post-paid) directed for A. B. No. 6, Smith st•reet, Chelsea, will be attended to. BRIGANTIN E. A/VANTED, an Owner for One-third Share of a Vessel of about 130 Tons burthen, which will be ready to be launched in a tortnight ; has a remarkably fine Hold, that will stow three Tier of \Vine, and is intended to sail from the Port of London, in the .Lisbon, or Mediterra nean Trade, in which there is little doubt of her having con stant employ. She will be rigged as a Brig, and the fineness of her bottom will no doubt ensure her sailing well. For Particulars, inquire of Messrs. Watkins and Cowper, Solicitors, Featherstone -buildings, Holborn. MONEY WEADY TO ADVANCE. ALL PERSONS in possession of Incomes, arising from freehold; Copyhold, or .Leasehold Estates, in Land or Hous:s, Money in the funds, Rent Charges, Marriage Settlemnits, Widows' Jointures, An nuities, Patent Plaoes, Church Livings, or any - other cer tain Inconle for, Lite, may be supplied With temporary Or permanent Sums of Money to any Amount, by paying An nuity I nset est for the same. • The Nobility and Gentry of knoWn Property, or their Heirs, may be accrinitnodated oft their personal security ; and in any instance where the single security of an indivi dual may be deemed insufficient, the addition of another person to' guarantee the payment of the Interest will re move the objection ; and, in all cases, .privilege will be given to the Public to return the Principal at their own option. PerSonal applications will be received every day till Four o'clock; and Letters ,from Correspondents in Town or Country (post paid) will be immediately . answered,by ad dressing to the Director of the Knightsbridge Bank, at his Town House, No. 8, Lower john-street, Golden-trace. DIVE ML PARLIAMENI. HOUSE OF' COMMONS. SATURDAY, DEC. 18. THE SECRETARY at WAR. moved the Order of the Day on the English Militia Amendrnent Bill ; which passed a Committee of the whore House. The Report was received immediately, and the Bill I.VaS ordered to be read a third time on Monday, if then engrossed. The Woollen Manufaccture obsolete Law sus pending Bill was read a third time, and passed on the Motion of Mr. VANSITTART. NAVY ABUSES. Captain MARKHAM moved the Order of the bay for the third reading of the Bill for " Appointing Commissioners to inquire into Abuses in - the Navy.'.' The question being put, "'That this Bill be now read a .third time," Lcrd FOLKESTON said, he did not rise to ()hien to the third reading of this Bill, but to move an Amendment to the Motion, " 'That the - Bill be now read a third time." He saw great ob. jeCtions to this Bill at 'first, but he was glad to ob serve that m4ny of them were obviated in the Com-. mittee last night ; but he thought it would be ad visable- to put off the further proceedings on it until after the Recess. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite to him (the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER) had assigned reasons for not proceeding. upon this measure formerly, arising from.the situa tion of the Country being in a state of War. That mode of reasoning appeared to him to apply to the present time, for we were in something like a state of War at present ; and although the Right Hon. Gentleman did not .agree with him in that, yet this was a reason with him for postponing this matter; and this, -in the way in which he viewed it, was reasoning. on the authority of . that Right Hon. Gentleman. He, assumed the Lift, that the Country was not in a better state than if it were in War. He should, for these reasons, bag leave to move, " That the further consideration of this . business be postponed until after the Recess." To assent to this, would be only a continuance of that candour which he admitted the Right Hon. Gentle man had hitherto manifested in this proceeding; this would afford to many Gentlemen who ,had not hitherto been able to attend, an opportunity of delivering their sentiments, which it was as much the interest of the House lo hear, as of the Gen: tlemen in Administration. For these reasons he moved, " That instead of the word ' now,' be . substituted the Bth of February next." Mr. LEMON seconded the Motion. - He said, he was under the necessity - of leaving the House last night earlier than he could have wished, or in teodedi so that he did not hear what sasso-endirmstts - in the Clauses ; he could have wished to know how these Clauses stood now, because, pos sibly, that might have superseded his objection ; hut he did not precisely know how the Clause em powering the Commissioners to examine parties up, on oath, stood ; he-objeaed to parties being called upon to criminate themselves. • The SPEAKER said, he was very sorry to in terrupt the Hon. Member, but he was bound to do so,• as it appeared to burn, in point of order. The argument used by the Hon. Member, would be per. fee - fly applicable on an Amendment moved to the Bill after the third reading was disposed of. The question before the House was, whether this Bill should be now read a third time or not ? He ap prehended it was not regular to enter on such matter on such a question. Mr. LEMON said, that in his view of this Bill, it was an ex post file7o measure. He was one of the last men in the House to vindicate any abuses what ever ; but then he could not assent to that which . appeared to him to be injustice, for the, purpose of putting an end to some abuses. He apprehended, that not only the persons who might be examined by the Commissioners, but also third persons, might be materially affefted by this Bill. In his opinion, an ex post fago Bill was harsh and dangerous. He wished to be understood as considering the effea of the Bill only, likely to be dangerous ; he admitted that the objea of it, as explained last night, by the SOLICITOR GENERAL, was very good, for it was then stated, it was only to prevent abuses in future ; but he was apprehensive it would have the effea of over-turning the rules of evidence, and this was not better than destroying the principle of all evidence; besides, this might ruin individuals on a sudden. " He takes my life, who takes away the means whereby my life's sustained." For these reasons, 'he could wish that time were allowed at least; for the further consideration of this important sub jea. Mr. COURTENAY observed, there had been no objection made to the reading of this Bill a third ttime, but Gentlemen had wished some further de lay in it, at the same time they allowed the Bill to be unexceptionable. He never heard any reasoning of less force than this ; for if the Bill was good, and the evil which it was intended to. prevent great, the sooner it was passed the better : while on the, other hand, delays might produce great incon venience ; within the period of six weeks,, much alight be done of the very mischief which .this Bill was intended to prevent An Honourable Gentle man had objeted to the Bill, on account of some thing he fotind in one oldie Clauses of it. That Honourable Member appeared to him to be perfealy io order, (with due submission to the Chair,)- when he was interrupted, and though the SPEAKER had decided the contrary ; for it might fairly be ob_ jetted against the third reading of a Bill, that some part of it was such as ought not to pass ; this he said in vindication of that Honourable Monter, not that he agreed with hiin in thg obleCtion itself; . . , on the contrary, he 'thought it unfounded, fur thte very persons who might, by their evidence, .shew , that they had been guilty, of any misdeeds, Were, LaY the Amendment in the Bill, exempted from punishment. The oluth of the matter was, that this Bill was intended as a measure to discover faults which have long been felt in the concerns of the NaVy, for the purpose of preventing them in . future. It was a Bill excellently calculated for that purpose, and did the Noble Earl (ST. ViNc ENT), who recommended it to the attention of Parliament, the highest honour. After signalizing himself in so many glorious anions for the honour of his Court_ try, he now turned his mind to the abuses which tended to disgrace it. The Noble Earl, now at the head of the Admiralty, had- compotined of these abuses ; he had felt that these abuses were disgrace., ful to this Country ; he had • said so. This Bill was . recommended by him, and this Bill really skewed that he thought so. Who could doubt the necessity of passing such ti Bill as this without de. lay rthere were soo Navy Agents all over the Kingdom, and it was .impOrtant that their contract should ii* - watched . .---He was extremely. .glad,. that sortie of them seemed so fastidious. ,about it. He thought that some part of the discussion on this Bill proved it was men, and not measures, that. some Gentlemen objeaed to. This Bill was said to vt_ tend the patronage of the Crown : he admitted it did so, tint that was-an aft of necessity, and there. fore, ought not to be objected to. In one word, he thought this Bill, amended as it had been, was one of the best measures he ever saw brought forward in Parliament; to answer the purpose for which it was intended, and did the• Noble Earl who et. commended it to-the Houseohe highest honour. Lord,Foniessroia explained; by observing, that , he never said that this Bill was perfediy Onex ceptionable.. On the contrary, he thought there were exceptions to it, and that some further time ought to be allowed for considering them.. - .. - , The CHANCELLOR of the EXC HEQUER said, that the objedion of. the Hon. Gentleman tinder the Gallery, went the length of objecting to any inquiry, fur he said, that this Bill was objection. able on account of its being an ex - test faeo idea.. sure. Every inquiry must a in the nature.of things, be ex post -fatia. It was an Inquiry-into abuses that have past, - in 'order to prevent their recur. recce. The Hon. Gentleman objected to a Clause to which he alluded. He wished that non. Gen. tieman had staid in the House until the Committee -. Went through the Bill, for theh he would-have seen there were in it- amendments, so considerable, as - most probably to do away even his. objcaion ; but . it was a little too muck to exped of Ministers to, explain every thing that took place in the Corn. mittee, in the absence of those who Were unable to at-teno at. A aoatue room • no COtIMCM I VI , ris• sent time .as no less perilous than a time of war, when he had himself alnico:al i,t would be unwise to attempt to carry into execution such a,measure as this, and the Noble Lord referred to what he, (N'lr. Fatima:otos), had said last night on the subjed of the Order of His Majesty in Council. He hoped, .however, that very few. would concur with the . Noble Lord in what he considered to be the present state of this Country; for he considered it as being now in a state as perilous as it was in the year t 7 O, or at any other- period of the War. Granting, however, (what he certainly 'was not dispOsed to grant, except for the sake of the argument), that our peril in point of situation was as great as during the •War, it was enough to state that our danger, (whatever it may be) was of a different description from that of the War, especially as to .what related to our Dock-yards, - and subjeCts ) 6 connedecisvith em, a reform in-which was much more - lik : to be practicable now. than in time. of \ .4 : ' and then he would beg - leave to ask l'ilie • - Noble Lord, whether he ~.. thought that the"' danger which -threatened ,this Country at the present time, and which, in his view of it, made it - improper to carry-on this Bill, would he. so altered in the course of six weeks, as to make it adviSeable to pursue this Bill ? Whether the state of this COnntry, conneaing irwith the rest of Europe, would be so altered in that period, as to render that measure proper six weeks hence, - which was improper at the present moment ? That an Inquiry into certain Abuses was improper now. but would be proper six weeks hence ? And yet that must be she wn before the argument for delay could be consistent. Indeed it appeared to him,. and he hoped it - appeared to the House and to the Public, that the Noble Lord's view of the situation of this Country was much too gloomy, and such as could not be justified•by-reason. At all events, it was not likely to be so materially changed in six weeks, as to render a legislative measure fit then, which was unfit at present. With regard to the observation of the Hon. Gentleman opposite to him (Mr. COURTRNAII, it was one in which he most heartily concurred ; far it certainly was to - the wise advice of the Noble Earl now at the head of the Admiralty, founded on the sentiment of His Ma. jesty's late servants, that this measure now before the House was submitted' to Parliament'. It castle recommended by the Noble Earl, and he had no hesitation in saying, tl4t' whenever the services' of that Noble Earl, as a Minister of State, 'shall Iva come the subject of discussion, he would be the 0b,.. jest of Public admiration; and that this very mea. sure - would be'marked as one of the distinguishing proofs' of his exalted merit; . that..as his condud in Battle. was -followed by- glory, so his advice in Co e uncil was dictated by wisdom. " These," said he," are my sentiments on this Bill, a Bill, (let the House recoiled), which is not to inflict penalties, but to institute inquiry : .a measure against which there is no better argument than that which tends to deny the propriety o£ an Inquiry into, 304 tu.