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COMM/SS TONERS for vic TU3 L L IN G ~ Ms. itI.I,IESTS"S NAVY do heretic/ -ire Notice, 'Kt on Tuesday, the 27th instant, they will he ready to re (eit'e Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the sup- Pl4 '' ! ,7 4 Separate Contracts, of what FRESH BEEF. may he ; 4 1 7kired for th e use o f his .31 , :jesty's Ships and Vessels at r " r for and Lo c h 1111071, and at Leith, Lcith Roads, and 31,e . 77(4 of Edinhargh, for Twelve Calendar Months, the f 711 'er from the 23d July, and the latter from the 10th of .44 ritej errle Conditi.ms of the Contracts may he seen at the Secre -7' Office, at this Office, or by a/Tit/big . to the Collectors of 31ajesty's Customs at Stranrear, and at Lcilhrespcc tit(ty. • r rgardwill be had to am/ Tender in which the Price ""ll not b e i nserted in Irurds at length, or that shall not he tt . , ; 44. "ed to the Board bef o re O n e 10'C:fork on the said Toes 4,Q'/'the 27th inst. nor unless the Person who makes the Ten rr °r some Persou on his behalf, attends, to answer "'"''a called for. Tender must also he accompanied by a Letter signed t;two respontible Persons, en gagidg to become Lonna with Par ht tendering, in the Penal Sam of L. 500, for the 4e Perfor Hance of each of the contracts. • l i EAST INDIA HOUSE, May 30, 1!-20. II E COURT ot DIRECTORS of the Li\ riNITED COI PANY of MERCHANTS of ENG v, I I TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hcceby give `Noti ce, ' That ute ' with r e f erence t o th e R eso l u ti o n o f th e Gen e ral " °f the 4th February, IEI9. upon the Vote of 'Tanis 'tieutettant-General Sir THOMAS HISLOP, G.C.B. cer i . Papers which harebeen received from India, in further i'latlatinti of th e c i rcums t ances respect i ng t h e execut i on o f ttl ' (; 4 4il kdar of the Fort of Talneir, will be laid hefore the b t "crly General Court of the said Company, appointed to h eld on W e d nes d ay, t h e 21st Jane next, and that - the t4d ~, l'aPers are now o p en a t thi s H ouse , f or th e p erusa l o f '''t Proprietors. ''.."---------_____ JOSEPH DART, Secretary. CONTRACT FOR MILITARY STORES. Comtuissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, June 17, 1820. UCH Persons as are desirous of Coutrgcting with the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, to furnish N I 14)0, 3, liinges, Bolts, Tinware, Pewter Articles, Coopers' Wheel and Iland Barrows, Chairs, Brooms, Leather, - : 41. Y Combs, &c. Scissars, &c. Screens, Calico, T: ye, 11 1, i 4411 433., Spades, Shovels Piehaxes, Matchets, Wedge's, t Lchf "hs, Brushhooks, Axes, Chissels, Hammers, Planes, 4 ' S 1 , 0) tr °D, Lead, Paints, Oil, Turpentine, Sperm Candles, t . tt Brushes, Paint Brushes, Glass, and sundry other Ar- I set e ,: t ay receive Particulars o f th e C on t rac t s a t thi s Office t trl -ten the hours of Ten and Four, and deliver their Ten lariat l'eakt t tip and directed to the Agent for Commis on or 2 1 : 1411 es,marlting thereon " Tender for Military Stores," t err . -efar e Thursday, the 29th I ns t an t, b u t none w ill b e I,43a4tred after 'Fwelve o'clock on that Day; nor will any Pro he noticed, u nl ess ma d e on or annexe d t o a pr i nte d 1,41 I,art~culand the Prices inserted in words at length ; nor T ao s a Letter he sulijoined to such Proposal, signed by Iti - til l) '"°ns of known Property - , engaging to become bound h ew the P arty tendering, in the Sum expressed in the Par for the due performance of the Contract.. REGENT'S CANAL. hereby given, that at a MI ET tlt;\:•/JC; (,t' the GENERAL CONIMITTEF, of the RE CANAL COMPANY, hel4 at the Company's Office, 18 40:' ' ) IeY- , Place, Cavendish-Square, on the 14th of Julie, Colonel DRINK WATER in the Chair, It 1 1. ! 1' R as 41 thee" S l : e b d sCription for the Third (and last New ri6,:tl respect of cvery Three pr.portionate . Sl i tare r , ‘f t ' under the Ite . solutions of the Gei . iel a lossemb t ly ~ finer 'olst becember 1810 , be paid to George IN ard,Esq. 1 ea ,the Com Yinv, it Messrs. ontoartin, Stone, : . !nd Can jo,", Lornbard-Istreet London, r before thc 1.3 . th day I torr i - i ? ' 1820 f and that the same be advertised in two og and one Evening Newspapers." h ßuss% te R C- • 1 Office will e removed to No. e l- n s i ti s tet a , n b'lloo..bury, b Midsommer-Day. W. LYON, Clerk to the Company. - "rJINE cLARET.—A Gemleman, goipEr /1 1'- ' 4l a ' 1 1 ". % °41 1 4 had TWO HOGSHEADS of very ,Isvot,',..,•RET'b"nr for nin Prance, would be glad to on "44 ; "f P our lh ein u a t t t • t Gi i inehs a do7ro samples way lie rel%itt.l he forwarded in Six Dozen Cases, which it in, „ r ",tt, tir,: : , n ,g the amount to Mr. A. Woodhouse, 10. Union °f '" lio,Z4reet. There are, also, a Hogshead of White Shery7,"44 of Red Hermitage, a Pipe of Madeira, a Butt " t tt whig ``, l : 4 4 Pipe of excellent Port in the London Dncl s, t"id f bin is not paid; the same Property will he alit; ► r1":"L:" than it cost. These are Wines of the first t --uvlt 'S been ' selected by a Connoisseur from the best dget. ECONOMY IN LINENS. 11/ Ids N 14ILL ARD'S IMPERIAL CLOTH , ' 74-j. -"Y's R oyal Letters Patent, and Irish Linens of improved Bleach. k . r4 "'LARD re spectfully informs the 41 te. I . 'o§ilitty and Families arriving from or going abroad, 14:\;e1,P r eeeiv , i n i ., ar e '''' S ' in -ritlis regular SUPPLIES 4 . I his improred bleach, which ular SUPPLIES of his esteemed IRI S H lilv niahtlfaCtUred pu a r n p ( o 4 se - l t of l f ' or fancily use, for great durabi- Illintrrl Piece of which is Y warranted, and the pu . rchase t i . e i - • Pr e ,, i ,l a NWT appears ; together with his Imperial . CI , o t 1, , , cliati4r): desirable to wear in the East and West .Indie•s•roe -1441,1,7 !Innate, where a warmer article than linen d i , ;:iiti-...1) ectiltviitthhe cold climates and for its economy, an sold, I%,4l.Ahinlesale h a n is d O r '',.7 . iiitatne,:flroni.l 2.l%.ldpelr,o)r•eairgdnuapr7la British Is IPt ..pe::ts:;.!,,,Chrap4siiie:aesxclunsirlaelvi, in entire cases, and by 41) 3ilj e . , 1 9 to 52 yards each, and it -4 wide fur sheeting. t4 ta nii '.lortning establishments on their arrival, or having rei ) , t " l ulls, are respectfully in fin nod they can select fro m . the *ill t ruted rich 3 "° ,1 11/eRt of India an'il hen uns ref i ' ,4e for Gentlemen's nrclicloths, shawls, d l iOt z . cani btics, new peneilled eanibrics and ninslins, white gcloths, 'ini i ,„,' and anjengoes, peculiar to the house, drawing and t hil v rrcont turnitur, with time rii ions hinds of usefill la- Ili.",:"nß, Itiissia and S' oti vi • ' h ti.ii,,s damask table linen ; 4141.„;"t fashionable articles r it s , whine and colones for Ladies, 11,th! and evenior bt. ~" iS Itiad, . A`" . --s, at• "i • S • il • .ntire piece , t , aeniy, t 11 ano toose aitteies il , . s in 4 f • 201.1 4le wholesale-price, Proprietors cf business tit ry stipoied. VER SEBASTIAN ERARD, Patent Harp maker, he respectfully to inform the Nohility, (,entry, and his Friends in general, that his WAttEROOMS and COUNTING-HOUSE are this day REMOVED to his FOR‘l ER RESIDENCE, No.l S o GREAT MARLBOROUGH!: STREET. Mr. ERARI) takes this opportunity of acquainting the Public, that he has just imported from NAPLES a large ASSORTM EN T of FM ESH STRINGS. 58, Wigntore-street, Cavendish-square, June 7, 1810. TEI e LOTTERY. ALL FOUR 56 OTHER CAPITALS, &c MUST BE DRAWN NEXT FRIDAY ; LOT'T'ERY FINISHES. triARROLL, theGONTRACTOR, begs rn im iaLi press upon the Public, that the annals of Lotteries d, not turaish such another instance as the present MAGNIFICENT 4 1,0001. 5001. 4001 sool. 200). &c. &c. Money and Consols, and ALL IN ONE DAY, NEXT FRIDAY. :3 6 • . . . T' DRAWN TICKETS and SHARES are S'ellinz at CAR ROLL'S Offices, 19, Cornbill, and 26, Oxford•street, London, and at all his Agents in the Country. CARROLL Shared and Sold in the last few Months, 2,387 30,0001. 7,003 5,0001. 70H 21,0001. 2,22 d 2,0001. 1,345 20,0001. &e. &c. FINISH OF THE I.0171:11Y. C:3"' 5,000 Tickets were drawn the First Day. 2,500 Tickets were drawn the Second Day. 500 Tickets were drawn the Third Day. 12,000 Tickets remain to be drawn Next Day. BISH reTecttully acquaints his best Friend the Public, that the State Lottery finishes NEXT FRIDAY, 23d INSTANT, On which Day, all the Twelve Thousand Tickets now in the Wheel must he drawn ; as must, also, the Four Stock Prizes of 30,000, the Forty-four other Stock Capitals, and the Fourteen Money Capitals. *,,,* BISH'S OFFICES are remarkably fortunate when 30,0001. Prizes form part of the Scheme, as he has sold and shared AR many 30,0001. Prizes as all the other Othce-keepers c.mhined, and his are the only Offices that ever Sold in One Lottery, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1820. ALL THREE PRIZES OF 30,0001. WARRANTED UNDRAWN TICKETS and SHARES are Selling by T. BISH, Stock-broker, 4, CORNIIILL, and 9, CHARING-CROSS, who has already sold SIX CAPITALS in the Present Lottery. 1 - 4-t Various apparent indrocements have been held out. at different periods of this Lottery, by'which persons were led to imagine great advantages were to he obtained ; and by the wording of the Advertisements, &c. it appeared that they were to be bad only at particular Offices, hut such has not been the case. for BISH'S Customers' may rest assured they have had, and will have, every advantage the Scheme may be said to possess, although IIISH is NOT the CONTRAC TOR, nor has any concern i❑ the Lottery or MANAGE MENT ! ! ! SALE OF ESTATES, &c. FREEHOLD LANDED PROPERTY. To pay Four and a Half per Cent. clear of all deductions. To be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT, AVery desirable PROPERTY for INVEST MENT. in a favourite Northern county, consisting of three excellent Farms adjoining each other, with good facto houses and out-buildings in complete repair, and 715 acres of land, let to most responsible tenants, on leases of twelve years from Lady-day last at very low net rents (according to the present depressed state of agriculture,) amounting to 1,1041. per annom; the farms are in the highest state of cul tivation, and the tenants under particular covenants and re strictions to keep them so. situate within easy distances of several of the best market towns in the kingdom, good roads every way, sod only one mile from coal, and on the estate are a water corn mill, a hone mill,and a large threshing machine, all worked by a powerfu. stream of water, in which are great plenty of trout ; limestone is found on the premises; and the tenants pay all taxes and outgoings whatever ; adjoining the above are 21S acres of fine thriving plantation, which, with the manor that extends over 1069 acres, and possesses an uncommon quantity of game, will be sold at a fair price. Further particulars maybe had of Winstanley and Sons, Paternoster-row, London, where a plan may lie seen parti culars also of Mr. Kurt on, Solicitor, Durham ; and of Mr. Arrowsinith, Ferry Hill, near Durham, who will direct a per son to show the estate. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, Pursuant to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHAN CERY, made in five several causes of STRANGE versus TO WGOOD, STRANGE versus ATTORNEY-GENERA L, SAVORY versus TOWGOOD, TOWGOOD versus THOM SON, and ANSON versus TOWGOOD, with the approba tion of FRANCIS PAUL STRATFORD, Esquire, one fo the Masters of the said Court, at the PUBLIC SALE ROOM of the said Court, in Soul haniptolbuildings, Chancery-lane, London, on TUESDAY the 4th day of July, 14/0, between the hours of one and two o'clock in the afternoon, in ten L o ts, TIIE LIFE-INTEREST of JAMES STRANGE, Esquire, in two sums•of 36,6501. 14s. Id. three per Cent. in Consolidated Bank Annuities, and 36,3211. 7s. 10d. three per Cent. Reduced Annuities, re spectively standing in the name of the Accountant-General of the said Court, in trust in the said Cause, Anson versus Towgood. Pi intcd Partienlars may he bad gratis, at the said Master's clooiliers, in Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, Lon thin ; of Mr. Leake, Solicitor, Devonshire-street, Portland place; and of Messrs. Weston, Teesdale and Sywes, Solidi toi s, Fenchurch-street. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. SOTHEBY, At his House, 'Wellington-Street. Waterloo-Bridge, Strand, on THURSDAY. June 22, 1820, ana Six following Days, (Sunday excepted), at Twelve o 'Cl oc k, THE LIBRARY of a GENTLEMAN, retir ing into the Country; among them will be found, Dugdale s Works ; Boydell's Shakspeare, with the large and small Plates ; Knot's Vale-Royall ; Pacata Hibernia; Carter's Architectural Wo;1,s; Tanner's Notitia hi onastica ; Horsley's Britannia Roma eta ; Bible, par Calmet, 31 tom. ; Grose's Antiquitits of England, Wales and Scotland, 8 vol., Original Editions Caylus Recneil d'Antignites, 7 tom. ; Encyclopat dia Britannica, 20 ; Annual Register, 60 tol. &c. &c. Together with a few Prints, Maps, and Curious Musical Instruments. 'Io be viewed, and Cataloging ( , rice Is.) had at the place of So:g. PA Rl.l A ME NT, HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, JUNE 19. After The Judicial business of the day was dis posed of, the Oaths were administered to Esti GREY, the Marquess of EXETER, / and Lord DOUGLAS of Douglas, who accordingly took their seats. LOl'd . HOLLAND presented a Petition from a number of ludividuAls under confinement in con: sequence, of charges for Contempt of Court, and praying the introduction of a clause or provision in the Insolvent Debtors' Bill, towards their re -lief.---:Ordereti to be referred to the Committee on the said Bill. ERITISH SHIPPING AND TIMBER. The Earl of SHEPFIELD said, he had the honour of presenting to their Lordships a Petition from seriri&sOtrespeetable Merchants as any in the British Empire, and others engaged in Trade with the British Colonies and Fisheries in North America. The subject of it was peculiarly worthy the attention of the House, inasmuch as it relat ed to the employment ot British Shipping in the time of peace, and the pre.vention ot the migra tion of our seamen to other countries. Since the protection which, in - -respect to duties, gave , he preference of Colonial to Foreign Timber, the employment of 13ritish shipping and seamen and the export of British produce slid 111 , 11114 . aCtures, have wonderfully increased. In the first year of that protection, the number of ships and tonnage con siderably more than doubled, Mid have since gra dually increased from 2.50 vessels to 1525, from 37,719 tons to 340,577 iu 1819, upwards of 1-7th of the whole tonnage of the Empire, and navigated by 17,634 mariners. The increase of timber from these colonies during the same period, has been from 30,000 to 267,000 loads. The annual average export to those colonies, for the Jest hie years, of British produce and manufactures, ex clusive of colonial produce, is upwards of two mil lions sterling. His Lordship concluded by 0- serving, that these circumstances, supported by various documents, should convince the Legisla ture that such an improving trade should not be relinquished in favour of commercial speculations with foreign countries. The Colonies haling in curred an immense expence, and adapted ,them selves to the trade, are just as much cut itled to a preference at .our market as we have to a prefer ence at theirs. On the motion of the Earl of LAUDERDALE, the petition was referred to the Lords' Select Com mittee on Foteign Trade. Olt the motion ot the Earl of ROSEBERRT, the Order for the Committee on the Sco , s..Pee'rs. Elec tion Y,ill was postponed from to-morrow 'natll that day te'nnight. On the motion of the Earl 01.:DARNLey, and after a few prefatory observations .on the peculiar importance of the subject, a variety of documents respecting the present actual state of the Royal Navy, as to the number of ships building and under repair, the state, number ot guns, topnage, Ste.,•were ordered to be laid before the I—l ise The Marquess of LANSD . OWN presented ;it Peti tion from a number of Individuals confined for Contempt of Court, similar in its effect to that presented by his Noble Relative (Lord Holland), and praying relief through the medium of the In solvent Debtors' Bill ; and which in like .manner was referred to the Committee on the said Bill. The Loan Bill was brought op from the Com mons by Mr. BROGDEN, and read the first time. A few private or 1°641 Bills were presented by other Members. THE QUEEN. The Earl of LIVERPOOL—My Lords, upon se veral occasions I have of late had to move your Lordships to postpone the meeting of 'the Secret Committee appointed, in pursuance of his Ma jesty's Message, respecting charges of which we are all aware, on the ground that discussion and explanations were going on, pending which it would not be expedient to enter into the consi deration of the papers communicated from the Crown. It is with regret I have now to stace, that contrary. Jo the expectation entertaiiied, at least for a time, by myself and by others ; and may say generally by both . Homes of Parliament arid the Counrrv, that discussion and those ex planations• have failed in .producing the desired result, and, (laying upon the 'fable a bundle of Papers) I am commended by his Majesty to lay these papers upon the Table, containing the de tails of that negociation. As in all cases where papers are laid upon the 'fable by command of the Crown, they ere in a course of printing, and they will be ready for delivering to the Members of the House to-morrow morning. Your Lord ships are aware that the meeting of the Secret Committee, to whom the papers -communicated by his Majesty's Message are referred, stands fixed for to-morrow; but as in fairness and earl dom., Noble Lords ought to have an opportunity of considering the ,Vspers I have now laid upon the table, previous'Ao the meeting, of the Secret Committee, in order that they may be enabled to judge whether there is any thing iu these Paper's that ought to influence them, either in still fur ther postponing the meeting of the Committee,: or in adhering to their origioll vote, or in any. [PRICE SEV:i.,,i3ECE. r other manner, I therefore now move; 'hitt the Order for the meeting of the Secret Comittittes to-morrow be discharged, and quit the "ftcret Committee do, instead thereof, meet on Friday. This motion was put to the vote and agreed to. The Marquess of LANSDOWN—I NV;Sit to• ask the Noble Earl, whether it is his intentiorr-to • found any proceeding. upon the Papers whiclAe has just laid upon the Table by command of his Majesty ? The Earl of LIVERPOOL-4 have no difficulty, my Lords, in saying that it is not my intention to found any proceeding upon these Papers. It will be for your Lordships' to judge•of their ermtents, and it will be competent for any Noble Lord to make any motion respecting them that he 5611 deem expedient, or any motion as to the fur. Cher proceeding or not of the Secret Commit.. tee. • The Marquess of LANSDOWN—If I understand the Noble Earl, he floes not mean to found any proceeding upon these Papers, but it surely must follow, from the conduct of the Noble Earl upon this point, that his opinion is made up, that the consideration of these Papers will form no ground for further postponing the meeting of the Secret Committee, The Earl of LIYFRTOOL—My Lords, I have (ie. livered no such opinion, nor do 1 mean to do it; ft will be for your Lordships to consider whether there is any thing in these papers that ought to have the effect or not, of further postponing the meeting of the Committee. The Earl GREY—I cannot avoid, my Lords, in truding upon your Lordships a few observations, upon the very extraordinary and unprecedented course of proceeding which has been resorted to with regard to this case by his Majesty's Minis ters. They, in the first instance, brought down a Message from the King, making certain charges against her Majesty, the Queen Consort. The papers communicated with the Royal Message, his Majesty's Ministers move to refer to a Secret Committee, and it is clear that they had not then in contemplation any delay in the meeting of that Secret Committee. What circumstances subse quently happened,we are not permitted to know in, any authorised shape; but there can be no doubt,nor was it scrupled to be statecl,that thedelayafter%vards proposed with regard to the meeting, is to be at tributed to the course of proceeding •adopted by the House of Commons; a mode of acting which is certainly directly contrary to that, which has al ways hitherto been the rule of this !lAise, which never permitted itself to be in any way governed. by the proceedings of any other assembly., We are now, however, informed by a communication from the Crown, with an expression of reet•er, that the negaciation which was commenced sub sequent to the original Message has failed, and the very extraordinary proceeding has been re sorted to of throwing down a number of Papers upori the table, for the House to do Avhat they, please with, but with an intimation that no pro ceeding is intended to be founded nonn them by his Majesty's Ministers. This, I maintain, is wholly unprecedented,it being the constant course, where any communications are specially made front the Crown, for some proceeding to be founded upon them by the Ministers of the Crown. But it is evidently the object of the Ministers of the Crown, in this instance, to attempt to shift all responsibility from their own shoulders to the two Houses of Parliament, and this is a course which it becomes your Lordships to resist. It is, indeed, consistent with their whole conduct, of which it has been the uniform object to throw off responsibility, wherever they possibly could, upon Parliament ; but 'it remains for Parliament fit mly to resist a course of conduct which is so utterly inconsistent with what ought to be the conduct of responsible Ministers of the Crown. It is for them to say. what is the proceeding they propose to institute, and not to throw upon this House the task of considering what is the course that ought to be persued. His Majesty's Ministers must have made up their minds as to the contents of these rapers, and as to their effect with a view to the proceeding or not of the Secret Committee, and undoubtedly the more manly andahrect course for them !o pursue would be to say at onee what they propose and what they mean. As it is, we are left completely in the dark, the Secret Com anittee is postponed without any avowed object, and the whole conduct of Ministers leads only to lower the dignity and character of this House, and place it in a situation which I must elll high ly disgraceful.. The Earl of Hatutowev—My Lords, after - 4 - hat has been said by the Noule Earl, I (eel it incum bent upon me to address a few words to your Lordships upon the subject which now, occupies your attention. To the charge, of this proceed ing being unprecedented, my Colleagues and my self must plead guilty, if it can be shewn that there is any precedent - of a similar case. But when it is known, as it must be, that Ministers could derive no light from precedent (there being none of any similar case), and only some swill glint merings front Analogy, it' is surely too notch to stigmatise the proceeding as unprecedented, as if it_were a gt kvons charge against the Ministers of the Crown, that they have no precedent to follow. In this point of view, the only proper course that they thought themselves justified in eidoptine, was to advise his Majesty to consult both Houses of Parliament, as to the proceeding that might to he adopted. And it surely ought not to he matter of objection in this House, the ;Members of which are the heteditaty Councillors of the Crown, or, in the other House, the Members of which -are more pecidiariy the Representatives of the People, that their ad% ice is asked by the Crown, ai to a proceeding so entirely novel iu the history of the country. 'the Noble, Ball, Wilt .-says that the