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p _ Q 3. sit' Vi z . 21 , 1' 4 . . ..... x . 4,, :v.= Ii- --, t. - 4---.: ~ l ki: 6l . 44 ::±.._ - 0 •- . , , mi „,„ ii.„ 1 t 4 c „.„...,..,,,A,,, - -., ' ~,, A t., •;", _.,... r 0 I • • iri . 9E4 :7) d NUMBER 6040..1 SA7 URDAY, JANUARY 18, 1812. [PRICE SIXPENCE HALFPENNY, THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. ON MONDAY EVENING, Jan. 20, will be N.— , performed the Tragedy of CATO. After which will be performed, for * the 22d time, a New Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND PADMANABA; OR, THF; GOLDEN FISH, . Boxes 73. Second-price 3s. 6d. —Pit 35. 6d. Second-price' 23 . — Callery as. Second-price ts.—Upper Gallery as. Se cbhd-price 6d. Places for the Boxes to he taken of Mr. Brandon, at the New Box.ollice, in Hart-street. On Tuesday, The Knight of Snowdotin.—On Wednes. !ay, The Revenge.—On Thursday, The Stranger.—On Fri. uaY, The Comedy of Errors.—On Saturday, The Merchant et Venice. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, yan. 3, 1812. HE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS Nil- YESTI"r ORDNANCE do bet:eby give Notice, That Prof orals will be received at their - Office, in Pall Mall, on or be. fire Monday, the 27th day of January Aft. from Stich Persons ar may be willing to undertake the supply of ACCOU TREMENTS for Service of lb!: Department, for a period if Three Years, determinable at the expitationcf One Yearl at the option of either fatly. IMPERL'JL PARL Ai ENI, the number of Protestants were, throt-ghyt,t the kingdom. Mr. Rosi observed, that he had formerly moved for a B:11 to ascertain the,amount of the Pours' fats, and had written on the subject, so that it had not escaped his,attntion. Mr. Hgancier agreed with the Heti. Gentleman. as to the neces4ity, of a Census tor Ireland. - Mr. P. ,MOORS thought the Paper before the House was not such-a Paper as Gentlemen could form a fair judgment upon. It was incorreat and false; for it returned the population of England; Scotland, and . Wales, and' omitted one part of the empire, which was essential to the strength of it, Ireland,. which contains a population of six mil lions. Why . the Wight Honourable Gentlentaa omitted that return, he could not conceive. It was criminally deficient in the Right Honourable Gentleman to omit 'it, unless' he wished - it to be understood that Ireland did not form a part of the British Empire, The Account was then laid on the table, and or dered to be printed. An Account of the quantity of Corn imported into Great Biitaii dUring the last i i yearS, was then pre. sented and laid on the table. tiitS MAIESTY'S HOUSEHOLD. iiOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, JAN 17. STATE OF THE POPULATION. Patterns of the Articles may he viewed, upon application at the principal Storekeeper's Office in the Tower, and further Par ticulars, together with the Terms and Conditions of the Contraa, may he known at the Secreteny's Office in Pall-Mall, aforesaid, ary day between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock, •Where the Proposals must be delivered, sealed up and indorsed, " Pro. pcisals for Accoutrements ;" but no Proposal can be ad mitted after the said 2716 day of January, at Twelve o'Clcck at Noon of the same Day ; neither will aoy Tender be noticed, unless the Party making it, or an Agent in his behalf, shall attend. _Under the Sandion of his Majesty's_ Royal Letters Patent. r HIL I PSTHAL'S- and MAI LLA RIJET's AUTOMA. TICAL THEATRE, • CATHERINE-STREET, STRAND, I . S OPEN EVERY EVENING, with .a Rational and Interesting Entertainment, consisting of a grpt Variety of AUTOMATICAL FIGURES, As large as Lite, arni apparently endowed with Human 4- culties; a►:d rmiiiy othei ingenious Pieces of MECHANISM. % so) A new-invented Cylihdric4l Musical Instrument, caiicd PIANO DULCI. By Order of the Board, R. H. CREW, See. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Jan. 3, 1812. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS Mil- YESTY's ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that Proposals will be received at their Office in Pall- Mall, on or before Monday, the zoth day of January inst. from such Per.. tons as may ,be willing to undertake the Supply of HATS. and CAPS fir Service of this Department, for a period o/ Three Fears, terminable at the expira'ion of One Year at the cpthn ofeither Party. Patterns the Articles may be viewed ZIPOn application to the respective Officer.o of the Ordnance, at the Royal Arsenal, at ; and further particular}, together tads the Terms and Conditions o/ the Conirati, mly be known, at the Secretary's Office in Pall-Mall, aforesaid, aPty day between the hours of ?en and Fair o'Clock, where the Proposals must be delivered waled up, and indorsed " Proposals for Hats and Caps;" but no Proposal. can be admitted after the said zoth instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon of the same Day, neither will any Tender be aotlied, unless the Party making it, or an Agent on his behalf, shall attend, _ _ . . - --- The which.the Proprietors haVe entered a Patent). Melody of this Instrument is uncommonly sweet. t has also the great Desideratum of all other Musical In tturrients, of never being out of Tune:. Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Report of the Committee 'of Supply, containing the Resolutions respe6ling the arrangements for his Majesty's Household. Boxes 35.-:Pit as.—Gallery is. The Performance will b.: repeated every Evening. Doors to be opened at Seven o'Clock, and be6in precisely 't P I laces for the Boxes may be taken at the Theatre. Mr. CREENTtY adverted to the statement made by the Right Hon. Gentleman '(Mr. Perceval) on the last night, in which be calculated the expellees for the Household at .i 35,0001. which was to be f.rovided tor from the Dallis of Admiralty. : Against such a' provision the : .Right Hon. Gentleman entered his protest, because that fund belonged to the public, and he could not consent that any Minister should dole out What portion he pleased of such afiind, which belonged, as he before observed; to !be public, and ought to be brought iti:o the Com:nittee of Supply.. When Parliament gave to the King an al lowance of eight hundred • thousand pounds on the first establishment, it was impossible thatit cold be in• their contemplation that such an enormous suns as 8,000,0001, should be at his Maj,ity's disposal as Ina private property. He objected to the giving. 100,0001. to - the Pv-gent, because it put it in• his power, when he assumed the reins of Government, to declare war with. America, which would gild him an opportunity of seizing all the merchants ships, and consequently place in his possession millions of money, the property of the Americans. There was another subject of minor consideration, namely the four and a half per cent. duties, or Leeward Island duties ; he objected to this fund being at the dispo sal of his Majesty, becaUse it had been given up by Queen Anne, George I. and George 11. Before any arrangement was made with the Prince re speEting the appointment to the Regency, these two great questions ought to be set at rest. When the Law Officers of the Crown stood up in their place, and said these funds were the sacred property of the King, and he saw Ministers dividing this' sacred property among their families and private interests, it was high time something should be done to cure the evil. N • EXT MONDAY Is THE LAST DAY YOU CAN liUy TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS PRIZES, 4 ,,S THE DRAWING OF THE STATE LOTTERY I'ECINS Al' NINE O'CLOCK THE FOLLOWING MORNING. ONLY 12,000 TICKETS. • sC2I 5 a • - Vv ill Gain . £ . 20,000 to 18 0 - Will Gain - 10,000 sto 0 .- will Cain - 5,000 216 6 .. Will Gain - 2,500 I 8 6 - Will Gain - 1,263 TBISH solicirt your immediate commands, at • No. 4, CORNIiiLL, and 9, CHARING-,CROSS, ~"?.!( hopes to be equall fortunate to Adventurers as in the O ar o e last Lotteries, whe y n he Sold the following Tickets in 1,69 3 —. Class A £16,000 1,853 Class A 2,000 3 '34 - C £15,000 1,853 - B 2,000 4, 16 i ", A 5,000 4,025 - C i,OOO 71 - A 3,000 !,852 . A soo ....___ &c. &c. ,sce. By Order of t.!)e R. U. CREW, See. great and unrivalled. Success that has fur many years attended the Old Offices of Sir 'AMES BRANSCOMR and Co. , No. 37, Cornhill, I No. 38, Haymarket, No. I", Holborn, I No. 269, Strand, OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Jan. 13, am, THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS MA -A jESTY's ORDNANCE . do hereby give Notice, that Proposals will be received at their Office, in Pall-Mall, on or beforg Moiday, the 27th instant, front such Perions as may be willing to undertake the supply of COLOURS and PAINT S, for service of this Department for a period of Three Years, de. terminable at the expiration of One Year, at the option of eirker pary. _ _ . And a New Office, No. iv, Oiford-street, 'laying sold in one ye a r eight Prizes of 2 0 , 00 0-1. ; in one Lottery. 4,4 000 1. out of 200,0001. ; including three Prizes /6f 1e 2 ° , ° 001 ., and NO, 1,570, 40,0001. ; also,in last Lottery, 1, 5:11A) . ,CZ,o'so I No. t,74S CC) 41,000 1;74 5 (c) .• ',boo LCSikleS scveral of s'oo 402 c (11) 1, 00 , j &C. &c. In the latter pa rt of which many of their Friends were dis. 4 0Pointed, obliges them to request an early purchase in the small one of 12,000 Tickets, all to draw the ztst instant, vontaining, 2 Prizes of . :o,oeo I 2 Prizes of . k 4,000 2 Ditto . . . 6,000 2,402, 201. up to I,ooa Capitals nearly equal to Lotteries that have had twice the Itinriber of T.cktts. 7. Si V Ii WRIGHT, Sole Surviving Part:ger. p ublic refieds, wish pleasure, he long since guarded the against the deceptive use of their firm. this concern f or those who suffered by not.attending to it obliges him to le new the caution. . Samples of the Articles to be supplied, may be viewed upon application to the Principal Stott keeper's Office in the Tower, and fatther Particulars, together lath the Terms and Conditions of Ike Contrati, may be known at the Serehuy's Office, in Pall- Mall aforesaid, any. day between the hours of Ten and Four o'Cl6ck, where the Proposals must be delivered, scaled up and indo, red, Proposals for Colours, &C." but no Proposal can he admitted after the said z7th inst. at Twelve o'Clock at Noon of the same day ; neither will any Tender be noticed, unless the Party making it, or an Agent in his behalf, shall attend. Mr. BRAND agreed with his Ho'n. Friend (Mr. Creevey) that it was dangerous to leave in the hands of Ministers funds so large in amount as thOse ie. ferred to. But he would not enter into any argil rnent upon the impolicy of so doing at present. 1-13 was ready so to do whenever the subje6t carne for discu•sion. There was one p.m of the propositions made by the Right Hon.. Gentleman last night, which he could not comprehend; he should oppose it on every opportunity,: namely, the grant of 70,0001. to the Prince Regent. With resped to the appropriation of the sum of 170,0001. fur the establishment of . their Majesties' ,lionsehold, that in his opinion was most moderate demand ; but why this, additional sum of 70,0001. shoul be given in aid of the Clvil List ,Revenue, he could not MERINO WOOL HOSIER' IVARE.HOUSE, No. 128, Cheapside, opposite Friday. street. MILLS, SMITH, and CRAGG, c,f Nottin g ham, Original Manu'aaurers of til REAL ME.' INC)R WOOL HOSI ER Y, beg leave to inform their' , f iends a nd the Trade in general, that they have opened the l u c've Warehouse, where they continue to sell as usual, V holesale and for Exportation. They also think it neces 3rY to inform - =hose %Ai° are acquainted with the Article consi“s of _Stockings, Sacks, Drawers, ‘Vaistcoats, : l irts, Ladies' Invisible Coats, and all sorts of Under C loat h. 14 8) that it is softer, finer, and warmer, than any other de. Se ription of Woollen Hosiery, independent of which it• pos. r t sses the peculiar advantage of. not shrinking in washing. , may be proper to add,, that this Article will be invatiAbly "tatnped t. Mills's Original Merino Wool," with a view of_ Preventing any Article 'of an inferior quality bd.% substi. !Wed for them. By Order of the Board, R. t 7. CREW, Serve/ay. ROBIN ADAIR. A VAST deal has been said about the Song of `l.-31. Robin Adair, and the Public has been cautioned against light spurious Copies! and we are also told, that the Cot+. Vght has been purchased at a liberal price ! Do these Puffers I ._ ll tagine, that there is any Copy-right in an old, though Kin g , Irish Air? As well may they claim God Save.the c , •ing,, or Rule Britimnia ! Robin Adair (1 wean the Melody) has been published in Carious shapes, and is well known as " Had 1 a Cave." It is also in Moore's Irish Melodies beautifully arranged. I was induced to purchase several copies, and very minutely Perused them • allt were 1 asked toy opinion, I should, Without the feast hesitation, say, that the one written and ,i'llanged by Mr. Parry, and which is published at No. 23, khrford-street, is :decidedly the best ; for the origin l Air is given in this Copy, and not mutilated, as the pretended Copy light one is. Compare the Loth and t ith bars of the two Fopies, and you will find in the one a very beautiful modu- Mon, and a national character preserved, and in the other a . ornition-place pasFage introduced. Besides, Mr. Parry's `,'orris sire sosuperior in every re pct, and I wonder why the !'tiblishers have added those which Mr. Bohan) sings, un ','ss it be to show how odious comparisons arc in some in "owes. We are told, that unless a letter be on the title- P 3 O of the Song, it cannot be c,rreit ; and they who tell us t his, will not be answerable for it. A mighty serious t ..ng ` l4 cleed I ` Were Dean Swift alive now, 1 am apt to think he Would have something" to say on this alarming disputc Letween Twiddle 6um arid Twiddle Dee. A PROFESSOR.. This Day was published, • At His Majesty's Printing-Ottice, near Gough-square, Fleet-street, In Quarto, price Sixpence, A ht. a smatter Edition, in Bvo. price 3d. FORM ot. PRAYER to be used in all Churches and Chapels throughout those parts of the United kingdom, called England and Ireland, on Wednesday, the of February, 18 ta, being the, day appointed by . Procla 'nation for a General Fast and Humiliation before Almighty God, to be observed in the most devout and soleMn manner, by sending up our Prayers and Supplications to the Divirke Majesty ; for obtaining Pardon of our Sins, arid for aveitiug those heavy judgments which our manifold Provocations have most justly deserved; and imitloring his,Blessing and Assistance on the Arms of His Majesty by Sea and Land, and for restoring and perpetuating Peace, Safety, and Prosperity to hinisell - , and to his Kingdom. London : Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most E xcellent Majesty ; and sold by the hluolcsellers in Town and Country. - ENERA SIR JOHN MOOR E's CORUNNA PATENT CAMP BEDSTEA forwing a regular. M!)ta.,ry Bed for the Field, Barracks, & c. also a SOFA a `rent of Room, &c. and likewise a SEA COT for on board Ship, the,whole packing in a small Valice alloWed the most -ppitable ever yet manufadured, invented by MORG AN and SANDERS, No. f 6 and t 7, Uthtrine-street, Strand, who most humbly presume the highest honours ought to he paid all those who so gallantly live and die for their King End Country. LOWE'S PATENT BRITISH SHIRTING CLOTH rrHE superior kind of Texture *lnch is the ex elusive privilege of this Fabric, renders it the most pleasant, conitorrable, and economical description of Shirting Cloth ever yet, manufaCtured. li washes beautifully white, is warranted for ttirability .equal to the best Irish Linen, and about half the Price. • SOW Wholesale, and by the Piece, at 154. Cheapside, near St; Paul's ; Harding, and Co. $9, Pall-Mall, and do other house in London; The last three years Sale has fully proved the utility of this Manufadure ; and the Patentee pledges himself, that it will be found to possess every•advantage tur which it is recommended. • An Account was presented of the State of the Population of England, Scotland, and Wales, from the year I got to the present year, with a compa rative statement of the increase duting the period of the eleven years. On the Account being brought up, Mreilosa rose to make some observations, upon the increased State of the Population. The Right Hon. Gentleman stated, that not any account simi lar in form had been taken hefore the last ten years, for the origin of which, the Public were indebted to the Right Hon. Gentleman in the Chair. The enumeration which the account now presented fur nished, afforded an opportunity of making a com par;aon of the increased state of the population of England, Scotland, and Wales, by which it would be seen, ,that in ,the course °ldle last ten years, an increase had taken place of about one million and a half of son's. The computation which had been made inconsequence of the returns, would give an increase in the ratio orabout fourteen- per cent. in England ; of thirteen per cent. in Scotland, and of twelve per eent. in Wales ; furnishing thereby an addition of strength to the. Empire, which, consi dering the present situation of affairs, must be high ly desirable. The total number in England, Scot land, and Wales, in 1801, when the first census was taken, was 10,171,000 persons. In the pre sent year, the numbers were i 1,9 tO,OOO, making an increase upon the whole,- during the ten years intervening since the first Mt passed, empower ing the proper persons to take the account, of 1,439,000 persons. This was a source of great-sa tislattion under the present circumstances, when the vast drains which the .army and navy necessa rily reqoired came to be considered. He was aware that it might be objected to him that this increase might, and in fact was attended with evil conaem quences in one point of . view—namely, that the war having continued so long, very naturally pre vented the encouragement of our manufactories, and that consequently great numbers of persons were unemployed. It was true, and the fact was deeply to be deplored; but he trusted it would be very generally admitted, that though in many in stances great numbers were partially out of employ. yet that it was of more importance to the country when engaged in war, and war of such . a nature as the present, that the population should increase. It might be said, that the means of subsistence for so large,an increase was diminished within the coun try-, buteturr they drew large sunalies from abroad, and it was lamentable to think, within one year, not less than 4,250,0001. was sent Out of the coun try to pro Cure food for the sustenance of itt inhabi tants. The Right Hon. Gentleman then referred to various documents descriptive of the imports in grain, and stated, that the increased consumption of wheat was greater than the consumption of any other sort of grain. With a view to remedy the in convenience resulting from the admitted scarcity, he wished to suggest - what would operate as a sub slitute for the deficiency in grain produce, by re commending the cultivation of potatoes, which, in the parish in which he lived, in Hampshire, he bad tried with good effect. There was another source of sustenance, which, to be sure, was not much at tended to, and which the poorer people could not get supplied with, he meant fish. If the Fisheries were attended to, much of the inconvenience now complained of. would be removed. In his parish, he had been able to afford to the poor, twenty-two pounds and a half of excellent potatoes, and nine good herrings, for Isd. These two articles were, therefore, in his opinion, a very important consider ation; and he hoped Gentlemen would turn the subject over in their minds, as connected with the increased population of the country, Mr. BROUGHAM participated with elle Right Hon. Gentleman in the pleasure he felt 'at the increased population of the country. He wished, however, to suggest a few observati ons u p on the subject, f or th e consideration of the Right Hon„Gentleman. With respe6.l to the stated increase, he did not think that it would, when it cane to be considered, stand as a real increase; for this reason, the first time the po pulation was taken; in 1 801, the prejudices of the people, in some distant pails of the country, ,were so great, from the persuasion that somethieg un luCky would turn - out if they 'l - lumbered theft fami lies, that the colledorl were not able to obtain cur reall-eturns. These prejudices, to be sure, had been, ' he believed, lately completely removed.He wished ninth to see an account laid upon the table of the increase in die poor's rate, as that would enable the House to ascertain the amount of the benefit derived from this increase in the eopulation. Much of the happiness which the Right Hon. Gentleman congra tulated The country upon from this increase; would be.gteatly diminished by the country not being able to rear a sufficient quantity of bread-corn for the support of it. There was another point to which he wished to dired the attention of 'the Gentleinen from tire Sister Kingdoin, 'and he exhorted Govern ment aisO to turn their-.attention to it, and that was the necessity of taking a Census of the Sister King dom, in order to shew the amount of the population to the last 20 years, or at the present moment, when the House was about entering into a dispas sionate inquiry into the state of the people of that kingdom, for the purpose of securing their rights, and redressing their wrongs. He deeply lamented such a salutary measure had not been introduced I e years ago. That Census, when taken, might be so returned, as that Parliament should see what pro portion one :,religions sect bore to . the other— what the number of Catholics were, and what imagine. :lite CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER conceived the Hon. Gentleman had failed into an error; in supposing that the sum of 70,0001. was an addition-. al grant. to the Prince Regent, It was given for the maintenance of both. Tire Right fluti Gentle man then stated the various grants, to shew the fact to be so. With respect to what the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Creevey) had stated on the subject of the Droits of Admiralty, and the 4 per cent. dtities, he would . make some observations. The accounts of the latter fund, as well as those of the Droits of Admiralty, were laid before Parliament, and the distribtition of them was of course known to Parliament. But if the information was not sa• tisfaelory, he certainly could have no obje&ion to give any further information which might be rerrir ed.. He had never before heard any one animadvert upon the distribution of tlie'qt funds; nor had he ever heard that the Minister, or the Minister's fa- Mily or friends, partook of them. As to the larger fund, the Droits of Admiralty, he was not.consci. ow; that-any sum had been granted from that fund. The four and a half per cent. duties certainly was a fund from which grants had .been made with the knowledge and consent of Parliament. His Majes ty, with that: knowleOge' and consent, lia.l granted pensionS out of that fund. For the last (Our. years, he could assure the House, that not one shilling had been granted out of that fund ; therefore, when the Honourable Gentleman made these refledlions about the Minister's family and relations, he was refit, and it was unfortimate for him that it was so. —The Hon. Geotiem might say_ that it was his (Mr. P.'s) good fortune that the fund was not in a state to bear it.--By the cheering, he %opposed he was to take it for granted, that the Hon. Gentle. men opposite supposed calls would have been made on the fond. if opportunity had offered. There Were other funds also; and not only with respect to him. *ell, but for sake of Ministers who had [receded • ICTUALLING-OFFICE, yin. 16, THE COMMISSIONERBfor VICTUALLING His MAJESTY'S NAVY do hereby glue Notice, That on Friday the 241 h inst. they will be ready to receive Tender in writing (sealed kp), and treat f r Three Hundred Bags of KENTISH HOPS, of the gr,utb of the year at r, to be an -swerable to Samples to be produced with the Tenders ; to be de. livered within One 111)ntb, into his Majesp's Stores at Deptford; and to be paid for by Bills, pajahle, with Interest, Ninety Days after date. The Caffditicas of the Contraa may be seex at the Secretary's Office. No regard will be bad to any Tender in which the Price that/ not be inserted in words at length, or that shall not be delivered to the Board before One o'etal on the said Ft iday i the 24th inst. nor unless the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, attends, to answer when cated for. IRISH MELODIES, with SY MPHONI.ES and AC COMPANIMENTS by Sir JOHN STE VE NSUN, Mus. Doc. and Charaderistic Words by THOMAS MOORE, Esq. THE Nobility and Gentry, Subscribers to the above Work, are rrspedfully intbrmett that the FOURTH NUMBER is published, and ready tbr delivery atl..Power's Music Warchthise, 34, Strand; anti W. Power. 4, Westmoreland-street, Dublin; where New Editions of the - former Numbers may be had, price 15s. each.