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7 ?S•_ , i ~. al a ea„,, NUMBER 9817. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, February 6, 18S6 WIDOWS' PENSIONS. NOTICE is hereby given, that the WIDOWS, of COMMISSION and WARRANT OFFICERS of the: ROYAL NAVY, receiving Pensions from the Charity esta blished for their Relief, will be paid their Pensions, due the . 3lst of December last, at No. 1 0, New-square, Lincoln's Inn by Edward Finch Hatton, Esq. the Paymaster of the Charity, Viz. :- The Widows of Flag-Officers, Superannuated Rear-Ad *lira's, Captains, Commanders, Lieutenants, and Masters, 'on Tuesday, the 10th Instant ; the Widows of Surgeons, Pursers, and Boatswains, on Wednesday, the 1 Ith Instant ; and the Widows of Gunners and Carpenters, on Thursday-, the 12th Instant, and on every succeeding 'Thursday, between 'the hours of Ten and Twelve. And Notice is further given, that Remittance Bills will be sent on the 10th Instant to those Widows resident in the Country, who have requested to be paid their Pensions 'near their respective Residences. J. w. CROKER. DEPTFORD VICTUALLING-YARD, Jan. 26, 1824 NOTICE is hereby given, That on Thursday, -• thelgtfrof February next, will be exposed to PUB. LIC SALE, at His Majesty's rid:calling Yard, Deptford, •Tuniry Lots of the following Surplus of Unserviceable Stores, nylo lying in the said Yard, viz.:— • . Bread Bread Dust Hour Flour Sweepings pease Prase Screenings. Oatmeal Raisins Rice Oalavances Bakehouse Sweep ings- rreserved Meats Empty Preserved Meat Canisters beef Purl; Suet Meat Scraps Mint Balm Vinegar Butter Cheese Sugar Sour Kraut Portable Scup Tea Cocoa Staves. Small Cask Irish Tierce and Barrel Cheese Cask, and Tobacco Cask. Wine Anniseed Bags and Rags Cocoa Bags Waxed Bags Stares. Leager Butt Punch con Hogshead Barrel Half-Hogshead Kilderhin Heading Tigl,t and Dry New Boards Ends, Doublet do. Wine Pipes Wine Hogshaads Irish Tierces Irish Barrels Raisin Casks Coca Casks Old worne Coopers' Blocks andToolt, &c. &c. . 4 Deposit of 251. per cent. in Cas land Notes, is to be made upon the amount of each Lot of the ti m e of Sale, and the remainder of the purchase money to be paid before the Stores are removed, for which Purpose a period of fourteen working days will be allowed front th e day of Sale; the Buyers particularly observing not less than one half of the quantity is to be taken away within the first seven days, and the remainder in the seven following days, otherwtse the Deposit Money will be fonleited, and the Provisions or Store., remain the property of the Crown, as no ea - tension of time will, On any account, 'be granted. rs or Bank of En k. Phe Stores may he viewed during the working hours ef the Yard, on the three days immediately preceding the day of aale. Catalogues nitty be had on application at the sail Yard. - JOHN BILL. Comptroller. LONDON REPOSITORY for, the CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET FURNI TURE, FEATHER BED and MATTRESS MANU FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENHALL STREET, London, opposite Aldgate Pump-Ready Money Only. HE Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully inform the Public that they still continue the above r-stablishment, for the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who "ave larg e Familes, by offering them Manufactured Articles 1 1 , the C a bi net Li ne , o f t h e b es t Workmanship, and Cheaper t e ll any House can do in London by twenty-five per cent., ii'ere being no other profit required on ttie GOods but the bare Cuse expences ; at the same time will be sufficiently satisfied it,hthaying constant Employhient for themselves and families. 20 Society was Established in June, 1821, consisting of - "hanks adding the number of their Wives and lies,Fami amounted to 66; in June, 1819, five more were added to the Society; in June, 1820, 10; and in June 1821, 8. The total Number now receiving Support through the 'Means of this Establishment is 191. The Society and their Families beg leave to return their sincere thanks to those Ladies and. Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them with their Orders and Recommenda tions, and shall always feel happy in their endeavours to give future satisfaction ; at the same time solicit a Continuance of their Benevolence, whereby they may be enabled to increase the Number of the Society. 'The following Articles are inserted. as a Specimen of the very Low Prices, all warranted.-Ready Money only. Full size Mahogany four-post Bedstead, lath bottom 31. 15s. --Full size tent Bedstead 11.63.--Bordered hair Mattress -to fit U. 15..-Mahogany Drawer, solid ends 31. 35.-Feather Bed 21. 1 0s.-Ditto, free from dust and smell, full size 31: 10s.- Wash Spa Chairs of any description in oil 11. 65.-Best do. -hand-stand 165.-Ditto, Dressing Table 165.-Hearth Rugs 145.-3 ft. 6 inches Chest of Drawers 41. 45.-Three-foot Mahogany Pembroke Table IL 18s.-Three-foot ditto on pil lars and claws 3L 155.-11lahogany Dressing Table 11.-Ditto Eidett, beit 11.4x.-Ditto Bedsteps 11. Bs.-Ditto ditto 11. 12s. - -Ditto ditto 21. 25.-Ditto Eox Glass, 2 drawers, best British Pl at e r 15 ditto Is. 65.-Ditto ditto 11. 18s.-Ditto Swing Glass, large size, commode 35.-Ditto ditto 55.-Ditto ditto Bs.-Ditto ditto 125.-Sea Bed and Pillow ss. 6d -Ditto ditto 65.-Ditto ditto 75.-Tray Stand 75.-Long Mahogany Tray 145.-Japanned Book Shelf 75.-Tea Caddy 10s.-Porta bleDesk 215.-Desk covers in number 145.-Music Chairs-- tnY pattern Bs. 6d.-Eight Mahogany Chairs, covered' with 9rse hair, brass nailed 61. 65.-8 ditto.ditto 61. 155.--8 ditto ditto 71. 75.--8 Trafalgar ditto 91.95.-Mahogany Sofa to match 10 s. -Ditto Couch 71. 10s.-Ditto ditto 81. 10s.-Ditto, with tbedstead 71. 10s.-Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, on urned legs, banded in rose-wood 81. 155.-Set of Mahogany .i,Sbles, two Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. 12s.- the best that can be made-to order or pattern 161. 10s. back, dsoine 7 foot 6 pedestal Sideboard with carved b l7l . -Ditto 7 foot 161.-Ditto 6 foot si , x 151.-Set of it Tables, of the last pattern 4 foot by 10 foot 61 11.- 161. 165.4 161. 16s ot 2by 11 foot 6, 151.-Ditto, 4 foot 6by 12 foot 6, 11. I s * - I , lf an advance of 31.105.:-Straw Palliasse stead ea t -Bedstead and furniture 31. 15.-Bamboo Bed. and French elyptic top, with drapery and fringe, 81. 10s. .„ rive -foot mahogany four-post Bedstead and furniture, with mren c h d . kly e r aPerses, lined all through, complete, 151. 10s .-- -foot ditto, ditto 16s. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with cornice, of a Perior make, 18L 103.-Ditto ditto, with gold cornice, ele zt drapery 201 . -Drawing-room Curtains,_ of the best Mo .._ Isnd Chintz, fitted for window, 61. 6d.-Ditto ditto 71. 7s. b - r unto, of a superior and elegant style of work, 101. 10s.- bie4willg-room rose-wood-Drawing-room Trafalgar Chairs le°, inlaid with buhl. 201.-Table, 2 Covers, and' Sofa, 181. jc - -Ditto 11. ls.-Drawing.room Sofa 61. 65.-Ditto, 71. 7s. 40 0 4 81. B s.-Horse.hair Cushions, each ss. 6d.-Covered • ' 4O 41. W. THURNELL, Agent. COUNTRY DEALERS SUPPLIED. tj ° ,PdS packed free of expence, except the materials, and sent 41 4 -4 Ports of Great Britain, and to the East and West In ba,---Captains fitted out , and merchants supplied with Ca ,4Poods for Exportation. to:"'es Apartments Furnished at a few hours' notice, and two or four days. Although there has been some misapprehen sion of what the Minister said respecting the dis continuance of Lotteries, when he brought in the last Lottery Bill, he certainly announced offi cially that Government did not intend to apply to Parliament for - a - nother ; this some People misconstrued, and imagined the Lottery then en suing would be the Last, whereas the 9.0,000 Tickets now on Sale formed part of those allow ed by the previous Year's Act, but this is the last Part, and it seems, from the eagerness with which People buy, they are fully aware of the few opportunities which remain, and a brisk Sale would probably have occurred with one of the usual Schemes, but when we consider the irre sistible attraction of SEvr.N X-20,000 Prizes which Mr. SIEYWRIGHT has introduced, being more than double the number :n the last, it would really be surprising if there wai not a brisk sale. yliti , __-____;d, , , ,t9 0), V; - --•,- ' . T n ---- ‘,.„1,1,,frie..:... mt. ... 7 1-/ 4 ~ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1824. INCORPORATED SOCIETY' for the CONVERSION and RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION and EDUCATION of the NEGRO' SLAVES in the BRITISH WEST INDIA ISLANDS. A of the PROCEEDINGS of this SOCIETY, from July to December, 1823, is ready for delivery at Messrs. RIVIN;GTON'S, Booksellers, Wa terloo-place, and St. Paul's Church-yard ; and at Messrs. RI VINGTON and COCHRANE'S, Booksellers, 148, Strand ; with a List of the Donors and Subscribers to the day of pub lication. J. T. BARRETT, D.D., Secretary. 14,'Ditke-street, Westminster, Feb. 2, 1824. AGENERAL MEETING.of WEST INDIA PLANTERS, MERCHANTS, ANNUITANTS, and OTHERS interested in the BRITISH WEST INDIA .CO LONIES, will be held at the CITY iif LONDON TAVERN, in Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY, the 10th of February next, at One o'Cluck precisely, on IMPORTANT BUSINEss. WM, HOLDEN, Secretary. N. 13.—A1l Gentlemen who attend the Meeting are re quested to leave their Names aittl.Places of Residence . ut the Door before entering the Itourn. CONCOIWANCE TO THE HOLE BIBLE. MESSRS. 'RIVINGTON respectfully in form the SUBSCRIBERS to Dr. D'OYLY'S and Bishop MANT'S FAMILY BIBLE, that they have lately Published a CONCORDANCE, edited •by the Rev...lt W. BELLAMY, Rector of St. Mary. Abchurch, and Head Mas ter of Merchant Taylor's Selma to which is added, a Geo graphical Index, with the Calendar and Tables of Lesson. It is printed in Quarto, and may be hound up with. the Bible above-mentioned, or any other of a similar size, price ss. A few Copies are printed, in Royal Quarto, price 75. St. Paul's Church-yard, and• Waterloo-place. CLERGY ORPHAN CORPORATION, St. Jiihn's Wood. Mars/le-bone. Patron—THE KING. President—The Bight Honourable and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of LONDON. Vice•President—The Right Hon: Lord KENYON.' THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the. SOCIETY for CLOTHING, MAINTAINING, and EDUCATING POOR ORPHAN CHILDREN of CLER GYMEN of the ESTABLISHED CHURCH of -ENGLAND, until of AGE to be put APPRENTICE, will he 'holden at FREEMASONS' TAVERN, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on THURSDAY, the 26th of February Instant. The Chair will be taken for the general business of the Day, at Half past Two o'Cisnck precisely. Dinner on Table at Five o'Clock precisely. STEWARDS. Rlght Rev. Bowver Edward f Rev. John Lamb, B D. Master Sparkei , D.D. Lord Bishoin 1 of Corpus Christi College, of Fly. ' and Vice-Chancellor of the Very Rev. John Ireland, D.D. University of Cambridge. Dean of Westminster.. Rt. Hon. Edward, Earl Digby. Venerable Charles J. Blom- Hon. Mr. Baron Hullock. field, D.D. Archdeacon of Rt. Hon. J. C. Villiers, NIT. Colchester. Hon. Philip Piney. Rey. E. J. Burrow, D.D. Do- John Magterman, Esq. ruestic Chaplains to the Bi- William Sikes, Esq. shop of Winchester. George Jostler, Esq. No Collection after Dinner. Dinner Tickets. Its. each . , to be taken at the Bar. Donations and Subscriptions will in the mean time he thankfully received by the Treasurers, Rev. Archdeacon Cambridge and Joshua Watson, Esq.; at their Bankers, Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross; and. Messrs. Sikes and Co., Mansion-house-street ; by the Secretary, No. 20, So merset,-street, Port nran-cquare ; or by the Cisllector, at No. 6, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn. E. J. TURNOUR, Sec. To 'l'. TAYLOR, Esq. No. 9, New Bridge-street, London. HONOURED SIR, BEG leave to inform you, that ever since the I year .1790, I had been afflicted with the Lots Venereal, which, from its obstinately resisting every•courSe e t n i ediciue prescribed by the most eminent of the faculty here, and un dergoing severalsevere courses of salivation, and twice dis charged from the Hospital with little relief, would appear to be of .the most inveterate nature. ln the spring of last year my eisOrder bad got to such •A head, as nearly to pot a period to my existence-4 had a large ulcer on the crown of my head, on e on each arm, and my legs were brake out in a frightful manner; my right was dreadfully painful, and had been in a state of ulceration for the last seren years; -my left bail also two large nodes on it, was very much discoloured, and gave Me such excruciating pain, particularly When warns in red, as n early to deprive me of rest; in this lamentable state, I Was recommended by Mr. J. Thompson,• (who received so great a cure by them here), to take your Leake'sPatent Pills, which I began to 'doors the 2i:lh o - May ; in the course of a fortnight I began to receive hen little more then a futintha be ulcers on my head atid arms were soundly healed — soon atter, the sores on my legs healed also;" leaving, how ever, c o nsiderablediseeltittratiea in the skin, and pain in the bone of the left, which, by the blusSing of God, an ,1 a little longer eel severance in your invaluable Medicine, subsided_; the nodes dispersing, the skin regaining its natural hue, and the nocturnal pains gradually going thus became, by vo r liberal adrice and medicine, perfectly free. frent all my former cemplaints—have recovered my former spirits a nd strength, and am become jolly and fat, in which state-having continued many months, to the astonishment of all who knew use, I am at a loss in what terms to express my - gratitude, but beg you, for the good of other suffering mortals, to make this. my case as public as possible, as I shall on every occa sion ; in so doing you will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful, obedient; very humble servant, • ALEX. MURKER Swan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh. Wifinesses tothe above Care:— . John Thompson, No. 3, New Poultry Marliet, Edinburgh, John Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. Prepared and sold by the side Proprietor, THOMAS TAY LOR; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, at his house, No. 9, New Bridge-street, London; where, after a constant residence of more than 40 years, in a practice parti cularly directed to the cure Of Venereal Complaints and those incidental to the Parts of Generation, • with that inviolable secrecy which men of his profession should always observe in guch cases, he batters himself the advice and assistance he aratuitovisly adinimisters to persons taking this Medicine, will be esteemed, by a d h rcerninx Public, as an advantage seldom attainable, and veld of all ambiguity. Also sold, by his appointment,tor the convenience of those wing at a distance, at the Toyshop, No. 103, Oxford-street; Mr. Dishurough's, 7, Fish-street-hill; Mr. Baxter, South-bridge, Edinburgh ; Mt. Callwel!A, Du blip; and of one per'son in every considerable town in Great Britain and boxes r }only 2s. 9d. each, stamped, and sealed up "nth full and plain directions, •vbereby persons, of either sex may cute themselves with ease, spesd, secrecy, and safety. MENDICITY SOCIETY. On S&turday a special Meeting of the Sub scribers to the Mendicity Society was held at Freemasons' Hall, for the purpose of receiving a Report from the Board of Management, in refutation of certain attacks made upon the Society in The Times JoUrnal. The Chair was taken at twelve (on the motion of Mr. 'WILLIAMS, M.P.) by the Right Hon. STURGES BOURNE, supported by Lord Suffield, Lord Calthorpe, Sir Thomas Acland, Bart., Lord James Stuart, Lord Lilford, Sir T. Dyke Acland, Sir Richard Birnie, Sir Hugh Dalrymple, Lord Rocksavage, Dr. Bloomfield, Sir John Sewell, John Drummond, Esq., Gen. Austin, Gen. Browne, and several other public characters. The Chairman opened the business by explaining, that in consequence of certain imputations which had been cast upon the Society, the Board of Management thought proper to call together the Subscribers, to hear a Report which they had prepared in answer to the charges alluded to. Mr. IRVING BROCK then read the Report of the Board. It commenced as follows : " The IVlanagers of the Society for. the Suppression of Men .clieity have judged it advisaiin td convoke this extraordinary meeting of the subscribers, in consequence of certain articles which have recently appeared in the Times newspaper. The tendency of those articles is obviously to lower the Society in the estimation of the public, and to destroy the good under standing hitherto existing between the subscribers in general, and that portion of them to whom the conduct of the Society's concerns has been entrusted. The Managers feel all the im portance of preserving and cultivating that good understand ing. General confidence is essential to the well-being of every charitable institution ; but this Society, from its peculiar cha racter, could, less than any other, survive the loss of public opinion ; without 'which all its energies must be paralyzed,- and the most strenuous endeavours of its Directors be rendered abortive.. Under this conviction the Managers have consi dered it their imperative duty promptly to reply to the accusa tions of the Times, and they hope that the method they . have adopted of meeting this ques tion, is one be s t c a l cu l a t e d re move any unfavourable impression which those accusations may have created. It has been selected in preference to any other mode, not only because it obviates the necessity of de scending to controversial discussion in the public prints, and affords the most complete means for deliberate investigation and minute scrutiny ; but because it also offers to the subscri bers an opportunity, should they be disposed to avail them selves of it, immediately to remove the management of tile So ciety's office into the hands of other individuals, whom they may deem more deserving of such a trust. The Managers will not stop to inquire into the probable motives of the writer in the Times, nor will they speak of the spirit which pervades his letter, still less 'will they notice the epithets applied per sonally to themselves. Referring these matters to the good sense and discernment of the public, they proceed to the exa mination of the facts which have been alleged, and which the subscribers are probably a ware are grounded upon the state ment of recepts and expenditure for the year ending December 1822, annexed to the Fifth Annual Report of t he Society% pro ceedings. This statement has been reprin ted, and the door keepers were directed to deliver it to every person entering this room. The subscribers are now requested to refer to that ac count, while each item is under examination, that the explana tion about t o b e offered may be clearly comprehended. In the statement of receipts, there appears only one item calling for remark; namely, the sum of 1211.- 13s. lld. deducted for poundage from the amount of subscriptions. It will be readily believed, that the collector to this institution is fully employed in receiving the subscriptions of 3,000 contributors." The Report then went on to explain the whole mechanism of the Society-, and gave the following as the summary of the ac counts, inviting attention to the books, with all the necessary details : STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE, FROM THE IST or JANUARY TO THE 31ST OF DECEMBER, 1 - 82:7,, AGREEABLY TO THE AUDITOR'S REPORT. 1322, Jan.l - 70Dec. 31. To Balance , Subscriptions Less by Poundage s. a. f. s. a. - 395 0 1 £2979 3 0 _ 121 13 11 Tickets sold - - - Loans repaid by Mendicants - sundries - . - - - Rewards _ - _ Received from Parishes in the Coun try on account of Monies advanc ed to Paupers - - _ 2857 9 1 10 15 0 99 6 2 2 0 6 69 5 0 23 9 8 Association for Relief and Employ_ merit of the. Manufacturing and Labouring Poor .. Proceeds of an Exchequer Bill sold 3062 5 5 Ist Item £4397 15 9 423 9 5 512 0 10 .4.:. s. 0. (By Loans to Mendicants 160 8 1 1 Disbursements 61100..1024 7 9 1 Employment of do. 205 16 1 1 EPences -at !1'.•:. . Lodging Ho , :.:!e for Fern -Airs ' - 133 16 4:. 5. a. 1!.95 10 5 Expences of Appre hensions, Prose cutions, & cQmita.. hies Wages ' - Advanced to Paup els by order- of Parishes in , the Country - Salaries, - 473 11 7 Investi gating Cas Do., Beggi ng es - 'Voted to th e D epartment 296 1 0 - Letter se e r e ... tary for acting as Assistant Mana ger, from the 25th of March, 1821, 7th Itemto the 25th No vember,- - be ing at the rate of 3001. per annum .500 0 0 87 10 0 Bth Item Petty Expences - 80 111 9th Item Advertisements - 84 16 0 10th Item Stationery - - 108 16 9 11th Item Printing - • 146 7 0 12th Item Taxes - - 'l7 5 2 13th Item 1 Repairs and .Furni ture. - - 12 14 1 Balance - - 492 12 1 Rent 1822, 2d Item 3d Item 4th Item 461 1 10 41 ; 1 1 sth Item 6th Item £4397 15 9 " Upon this statement, a charge of general misappropria tien of the Society's funds., , has been made ip the Times news pane:. - Here the Report points out the numerous errors and mis. calculations of the articles in question.. The Report then pro. ceeds. " It will be seen at a single glance, however, that this charge is founded upon a total misconception of .the nature, objects, and principles of the institution ; and were it not that this mis copception is so glaringly apparent, the friends of the Society would indeed have reason to view with serious alarm this grave accuse,tien,- countenanced as it has been by, the conductors of a public journal." • . With respect to the objects of the Society, the Re - pert says :—" The Society has never assumed the title of Mari ac-cordilig to the common acceptati9n .of the term. It has never been pretended that its funds are subscribed fcr the purpose of being ` divided amongSt the Beggars,' as the Time: asserts. Mischievous, indeed, would be its proceedings, if such were its object. • The sole end of the Society has ever avowedly been to suppress 211endicity—tolessen, and, if poSible, to extirpate -a great moral and - political evil—to render begging dangerous and unprofitable as a trade, and by destroying the inducements of some,.and removing the necessities of others, to take away the reproach from our country, that while she was contributing millions annually, to the relief of her own poor, and most liberally to the wants of other ,nations, the streets of the metropolis prisented, at every turn, spectacles of misery and destitution. If then, in allusion to the call made in the Times, for the names of those who appointed Mr. Bodkin, proceeded as fol lows " ,T,he \writer in the Times asks Who are these votets-?' an.. 11 adds, let them come forward in propria persona.' The Board, therefore enjoins the names of those Managers who were pre,. sent when, the above Resolutions passed, as they appear upon, the minutes Lord 'Viscount Belgrave, W. P. Crauford, Esq., Charles Francis, Esq., J. F. Gordon,• Esq., Jonathan Harrison, l - . j., James Jacks, Ese , S. J. Loyd, Esq., A. Macklew, Esq. M.P. Basil Montagu, Esq. Matthew Martin, Esq. Capt. Owen, lt.N. the lion. C. J. Shore, W. C. Thomas, Esq., Irving Brock, Esq.; L. Williams, Esq., James Alley, Esq., A. Corbett, Esq. Henry Entwistle, Esq,, A. A. Goldsrnid , Esq., Peter Poland, Esq., John Griffin, Esq., John T. Hope, Esq., Robert Ingle by, Esq., Sir John W. Lubbock, James Millar, Esq., A. G. Milne, ESq., Henry Pownall, Esq., John S. Taylor, Earl., the Hon. Cairn: G. G. ViTaldegrave, R.N. " The Board now determined to, appoint an Assistant-Ma nager. In .consequence of the advertisement several candidates offered themselves,_ and, after much care and deliberation, a 41kt took place, by which Mr. William Walker was elected Assistant-Manager, in which office he has now 'acted twelve months, and under this title his name appeirain the last An nual Report. " The Subscribers, bearing in mind that the accusations agabast the Board are .grounded upon the very same Report, will be surprised td find that although Mr. Walker's name is therein printed as Assistant-Manager, it is yet insinuated that "the office was intended (to use the language of The Titnes) as a permanent birth for Mr. Bodkin.' " Since the appointment of Mr. Walker, Mr. Bodkin has continued gratuitously to perform the duties of Secretary : and the boainess of the lustitution is conducted, in every department with ahe precision and harmony which prove as beneficial to the public as they are satisfactory to the Managers. " The manner of Mr- Walker's nomination, by means of public advertisement, of Mr. Walker, who was unknown to The Board until the advertisement introduced him to their no tice, will enable the Subscribers to judge e how far the transac tion justifies the assertion in The Times, that the Managers combine for the purpose of intrigue, private emolument, or disguised patronage.' " Whether Mr. Bodkin, who, ever since the formation of the Society,- had discharged the duties as Honorary Secretary, should relinquish them because lie undertook another totally distinct office for a limited period, is a question which it was scarcely worth while to raise, and upon which each subscriber cap/exercise his own opinion, but it does not in any way bear efiaitthe charge of malversation preferred, against the general Management of the Society's affairs. Mr. Bodkin was under stood to occupy the`office of Assistant Manager temporarily and experimentally ; and as it had been cenferied on him by the subscribers at large, he was probably reluctant to lay it down, end perhaps considered that his retaining the title would not be objected to him, since he was so soon to resume the si tuation in its literary sense. " The Managers have now applied themselves to every part of the flagrant deception,' and the shameful disclosure,' which the TiMes affects to have promulgated. They feel no uneasiness as to the consequences of censure so wholly ground less, so entirely undeserved. The subscribers will, no doubt, think with them, that imputations which admit of such easy refutation may be expected to advance rather than impede the prosperity of the Institution. The explanation those impu tations have called forth will, probably, gain an accession of supporters, now, for the first time, satisfied with the capability of this Establishment to diminish the sum of human suffering, and to direct the general flow of benevolence into useful and proper channels. The undeviating attention of the Managers en the trust reposed in them for six years, in which period more than 23,030 Cases have been treated with care and hu manity, must render them competent judges of what is the ' true meaning and intention of the Subscribers ;' and, in re- Ord to the success which has crowned their exertions, the im proved state of the public streets affords unequivocal and une erring evidence " In their connection with the Mendicity Society, the Ma nagers have engaged in endeavours to remove or assuage the from distresses of their fellow-creatures ' amino prevent the artful ` andparticipating hi funds intended for the relief of genuine fraudulent fr " They have been acting for an object of great public utility, in the pursuit of which obtect they could have no feelings to fe : a e :ghee of m aany be supposed to accompany the con "ill The subscribers impoant duty. know how to estimate their claims t o ge neral confidence. Their names are before the world." Lord SuFFIELn rose—His Lordship felt afraid, that, in r i a i n f t y i 0u b u s t d t i lt s c o h s i the course which it would be his duty to pursue on the present Occasion, he should be exposing himself to the hostility of that gigantic and overwhelmin g power, which, lie thanked God, there was no man, however high, in this country, who was in a condition to despise. He, who was ever a steady friend of the Liberty of the press, the palladium of national free dom, had lately seen, with the deepest regret, that some part of that press had lent its aid to the circulation of ca lumnious writings. He spoke disinterestedly of the affairs of the Mendicity Scciety, for lie had given it his support solely from a conscientious belief of its utility.—(Hear, h e ar !)—and admiring, he did, the inestimable value of a free press, he deplored that its battery should, from any quarter, or for any motive, have been directed against a Society which he knew, eo he most beneficial. Struck by the animad versions which had been levelled at this Intitutions, he attended the meeting of this day, prepared to listen to whatever attack could be made upon it, to hear the defence, and to decide fairly to the best of his judgment in either case. Free discus sionwas all he.sought for, without that lie should not have at tended the meeting ; he was for nothing which was not to be done under the public eye.—(Applause.)--It wait his boast to feel, when speaking . of the public press e that as the Meaneet might be exalted by its praise, so the highest might be degraded by its just censure.—(Applause.)—Subject then to this respon. slbility, he must say, that the report just read contained a complete refutation of the - anonimous calumnies which had been. published against the Society.- a .(Applausen—This was his solemn belief. With respect to the proceedings of the Society, he had not been. able personally to attend much to them within the last two years. .But with respect to the appointment of an Assistant Manager, that was a proceeding which had his cordial support. This, however, it scented, gave offence in some quarter, he cared not where, and broeght forth en insinuation that the office was .a job. To the teeth of the person so impugning them he should say there was not a shadow of foundation for their charge, and that so far from the appoint ment being got up in a corner, he would tell their anonymous opponent, that there was no person in the community more desirous than the Board of Management were for open doors, for putting down every species of corruption, and detecting private or secret arrangements.—(Cry on Hear Neither were there any men more benevolent towards the poor, or who were more ready to extend the hand of relief to the abode of wretchedness.—(Hear, hear I)---The anonymous writer, of whose conduct he complained, had, by way of depre ciating the Mendicity Society, held up that of the Stranger's Friend, where the visitors served gratuitously. I-le was ready to praise them far that merit, although he was not al ways the supporter of gratuitous services. But it .should be recollected that it was to the present Society the metropolis was indebted for bringing the higher circles, who had less op portunities of knowing the haunts of poverty, better ac quainted with the means. of practically administering. to the wants of real sufferers. Recurring to the Report, he repeated his defence of the appointment of Assistant Manager, the ne cessity of which appointment could not be too highly praised. The name of Mr. Bodkin suggested, itself to him, because Or his activity and knowledge of the business of the Society, and it was he (Lord Suffield) who also proposed or concurred in .the pecuniary remuneration of the officer, because of his utility, and having heard that he had either given up a profession, or it hail abandoned him, in consequence of his unceasing at tendance to the affairs of the Society.—(Hear !)—As to his re taining his title of Hon. Secretary, after he had received remu neration for his other services, that was entirely a matter of taste, upon which he would not give as opinion, nor did he think it concerned the Society.—(Bear, hear f)—They had now, in Mr. Walker, an Assistant manager, who was willing totlo th ealuty for . 2001. a year. But he must over aatl over again say, thetthe Report contained a complete refutation of the charges brought by the anonymous writer. What were the motives of the writer, it was impossible for him to say ; hat that he had utterly mistaken the real object of the institution was palpable. The Society -originated in a smaller attempt made by Mr. MartM, and had been.found ettinently useful in the way described in the Re port; but it was never intended, in the strict sense, to be a elm ritable institution ; on the contrary, its avowed object was, to clear streets of sturdy paupers, and prevent begging- rom being made a trade. lie apologised for occupying the time of the Meeting, and. concluded by moving a Resolution in appro. batien of the Report, and that the charges against the Society had undergone the most complete refutation.—(Applause.) Mr. W i i titoT HOLT oN,, el. V. (Under Secretary of Staten seconded the Motion: lie said, that although in point of prin, ciple, it-Was not necessary.for them to answer' the attack of an anonymous .writer, yet, as a Society emanating from the ,public„ andlependint audit' that public for support; it `was in ,'cumbent upon them..not only, to shew. that theidunds.were not Squandered away, but - "also that' they were above susPicion.— (ApplaOse.),-When the attack was likely to provoiinjurious„ however unjust in its origin and culuninious in its motive, they wert,'he - thought, bound to Come col-Ward. and defend them !)—ln advocating the Society,. he did not, like his Noble Friend, , feel that he had any apPrehension from, or was opposed . to any part of the public press ,;;,,fo,r,lie had too high an opinion of that press to believe, that when convinced of its being misled by anonymous At would: per-i sist in the unhandsome and unjustifiable conduct which had ltd -to this inquiry.,-( Hear, hear !)---With the motives ofAheir calumniator, they had nothing to do, his motives might be malevolent—they might 'be thi offspring rif flippancy and ignorance. The Public would see from the Report how much the attack was worth: Indeed he felt satisfied that the publi city to which this charge . had given rise, would produce a be• neficial effect upon their object, 'and- that the' increase of means which .would consequently be placed at. their disposal, would soon render the relative proportion, between their funds and their expenditure, less a subject of regrec.--(fipplause.)— The real question is, could the great purpose, .of the So ciety be carried on at a less expense - than it was ?--:(Hear 1) — Could they work with a, cheaper machinery, aid 'hope to produce the same beneficial results ? In such a Society there ought to be a unity of action, or else ,they would fail in. the attainment of their object. The Honourable Gentleman entirely approved of. the remuneration giien to. Mr. Bodkin, who had simplified the business of the office for his successor, and therefore enabled it to be filled with less trouble and to be performed _on cheaper terms. The whole conduct of the So: ciety was now before the Meeting—let.' those who dissented from the Re port, at once manfully come forwarcl and stay so. If they did not, their silence must be taken as assent within these, wills, whatever construction might be put upon their conduct out of doors—(Near, hear!)—He had no doubt that much practical good would result from this day's proceedings, and he could not believe that any respectable portion of the public presS would, after haVing had the oppOrtuniiyef being satisfied of the untruth of the attacks made through its medium, persevere in giving publicity to anonyMous calumnies. ( Hear !) Mr GOLDSMITH, Mr. FREaeD, and Mr. J. SimoNs, also spoke highly in favour of the Society, and of all its proceedings. On the question being put upon Lord SUFFIELD'S motion for the adoption of the Report, it was carried unanimously. The Cita . rwritx said, that he cottld not suffer the business of the day to close, without declaring his abborence of this sys-; tens of annonymous attack upon individual of respectability, honourably and benevolently engaged in the laudable objects for which this Society had been established. Why was not the writer, if he really meant honestly, present - to vindicate or re tract his accusation ? the latter he must have done ; for he en tirely agreed with the preceeding Speakers,- in thinking that the thanks tlckaslu w Re o p n or t t h w e a m s a ot f io u ri ll o a t r . l 3 d i complete i r A e it fti n tation of r 111.I'. ,mn t e e Y; ot o ed to the Cm AIRMAN, who acknowledged this mark i o 1 ;. a e t r n tn. N. PRICE SEVENPENCL. STAGE SCRAP BOOK. [From tire Somerset House Gazette, or Weekly Miscellany, lc.] WOODWARD. Mr. WOODWARD'S merit as nit actor was so universally known, and. justly admired, a s to ren d er a ll euio giunis on that head unnecessary. He as educated at Mer chant Taylor's School, where he soon attracted the notice of the masters, by the rapid progress he made in hi s s t u di es. Sir George Hay, as well as Dr. Townly have often been beard to Jay, that he excited the surprise of every one, for he seemed to learn by intuition.—He early showed an attachment to the stage. And his father meeting with misfortunes, he was induced to try the advantage of . the talents, with which nature had en dowed him, in the theatrical lit e, in preference to the church, for which he was intended. As his figure was elegailt, it pro cured him the admiration of some-of the gay frail ones, which oc casioned hint to spend several years in dissipation. This was the more extraordinary, as he was naturally of a grave turn of mind. He was, indeed, so much so, that to those who were not intimate with him, it had the appearance of ill natured austerity. He had a strong understanding, improved by cultivation. His knowledge was extensive without any al loy of pedantry ; but he never made an ostentatious display of it. He was a moat entertaining companion, when he ap proved of his company, but reserved in the extreme when he did not. He well knew the value of money ; but few were more ready, when a proper occasion offered, to do a generous action.. He was a most principled man, and gave the following proof of his being so. Mr. Lewis one day reproached him, at the theatre, with his appearing at rehearsal in a coat a little out at the elbows. This he imputed to pride, as he said he would not have done so but from a consciousness of his opulence. When Mr. Woodward repeated the circumstance to Mrs. Bellamy, she enquired why he gave Mr. Lewis occasion for such a remark by appearing in so worn a coat. To which he very seriously and significantly replied, " - Madam, I cannot afford ,to tun in debt.' Whilst he was tinder age, he entered into an engagement to pay his father's debts.; but notwithstanding he might have availed himself of that circumstance, lie discharged the whole of them, with great honour. lie set his brother up in business twice, and was one of the best of sons to his mother; with whom he resided till his unfortunate Irish expedition: To enumerate his virtues, and to place them in the conspicuous light they merit, lies not within our reach. His gravity, which was frequently miscontrued into pride, was occasioned by a bodily complaint he laboured under more than twenty years, and which had not a blameable delicacy prevented his obtain ing chirurgical advice, there would have been the greatest pro.' bability of his being restored to health : and he might have en joyed an equal longevity with his cotemporaries, .Macklin and Yates. We might, indeed, most truly say with Hamlet. " Take him for all in all,"—combining all his claims to respect" we ne'er shall look upon his like again." WOODWARD AND MR. ST. LEGER. Mr. St. Leger used to say of himself, that being one night in the front boxes, at Drury-lane Theatre, he remarked that Woodward (having seen him in the Park, as he afterwards di:scovered) had dressed a character he appeared in exactly in the same suit he then had on. Just under him, in the pit, sat a lion 4 (as he expressed himself) with a cauliflower wignn, who, being amazed at the similitude, with all the• honest sim plicity of a citizen. looked first at the actor, and then at him, with an expression of astonishment in his countenance, that dis pleased the travelled gentleman. St. Leger, thertfOre; without any hesitation, told him, that if he turned his head round once more, he would resent it in a manner that should not be very pleasing to him. The gaping citizen, however, persisting, St. Leger, with the same non eltalance he had just givers a spec' ' '. men of in the affair with the dustman, snatched off hi pompous wig, and flung it on the stage, saving aloud at the same time, " I give that fellow you see there, ' 'pointing to Woodward, " leave to take me off; but let me tell you, friend, that no tallow-chandler or soap-boiler shall • divert himself at my expence with impunity." Honest John Ball was much grieved to see his best Sunday church-going wig treated with so much indignity, and would have resented the affroat ; but being informed that he had. mistaken his man, and that, in stead of the puppy h e h a d sup p ose d hi m f rom his dress to be, his antagonist tvas the fighting St. Leger, he very quickly coverecihis pate with his pocket-handkerchief to the inexpres sible entertainment of those around him ; and sitting. down, waited very patiently till the cenclusion of the piece, for the re-- covery of his wig, which had thus suffered for its master's ini pertinence. As soon as the play was over, Mr. St. Leger went behind the scenes, with the same unconcern, and taking the actor who had personated him kindly by the hand, only said, " Hah, Woodward I you have been very quick upon me to night."—The affair of the dustman, alluded to. above, is as follows :—Mr. St. Leger crossing the street one day, returning from the hustings at a contested election, dressed in a most ex traordinary fashion, viz. he had on a •white surtout, with a crimson cape, a French waistcoat, hishair en papillate, a feather in his hat, a coutean de chaise by his side, with a small cane hanging to his button, and attended by two Italian greyhounds as he was crossing, he espied a female friend at the window, and called out to, her, " Bonne nonvelle, bonne nouvelle !" al luding to the termination of the polling. A scavenger's cart being close by, the fellois left their employment to loOk at this phenomenon when,' viewing him with great 'earnestness, one of :them cried to the other, " Tom.! smoke Mr. ,Ited-hecls." Mr: St. Leger, who possessed as much personal courage, with proportional strength, as any man in England,' nn sooner heard this insult, than stepping to the fellow, he caught him up, and fairly chneked him into his own cart. flaying one this, he Walked into the lady's house with a sang "raid that was not to be expected in the coolest mind after such an adventure. * Lion, a cant phrase foe an oldfat citizen. ion. hat ar !of ty irk er