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After which an adjourn_ ment (till to-morrow) took place ; when, at the usual hour, half past three o'clock, the LORD CHANCELLOR comes down to the House. no connedion with, nor was .at all calculated to remove the Evil of which he ha:l complained. If he understood the Hon. Gentleman right, his complaint was, that after a full attendance had taken•place upon some subject of general import-, :we, the same attendance had not continued KING'b THEA.TRE. - .1k R. DIDELOT, and Madame ROSE DIDE 1. .11/.1 LOT, most respectfully begg. leave to inform the Nbbility, Gentry, Subscribers, and Frequenters of the OPERA, that their BENEUT is fixed for THURSDAY, the 26th-instant, • When will be performed, A FAVOURITE OPERA, AND A • ItEW GRAND IiedBALLE posed by Mr. Dint LOT, called ALONZO THE BRAVE ; • AND THE FAIR IMOGENE. - (The subject taken from the Ballad of the Monk:) With New Scenery', Dresses, and • Decorations: The Music entirely new, composed by Posst and F4DE cx. The Scenery designed by' Mr. MARINARL and' DEMARIA. The Dresses bv §'EsT Tickets and Boxes to be haanf Mr. and -Mrs. Didelot, No. 13; Panton-street ; and of Mr.• Shelmerdine, at the Office of the Theatre. • LAST NIGHT BUT TWO. - ORATORIOS . AT PLAY-HOUSE PRICES DURING LENT. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. TO -MORROW, FRIDAY, 'March zoth, will be performed . • A GRAND SELEC'FION. In which will be introduced (by particular desire) PART 1. Overture---Esther. The Grand Dettingen Dentn. With the Air of " Holy, 1- I 1y Lord," by Mrs. Second. PAT 11. The Virst At of the CREATION, • Composed by Dr. HAYDN. PART 111. • GRAND MISCELLANEOUS ACT. Trent the most favourite Works of HAN DZL, Overture. Atiadne. - Air, Miss Tyrer, " Return 0 God of hosts." jr,A Mrs. Second, " Sweet Bird."—L'Alle gro. Accom 'panied on the Violin, by Mt. G. Ashley.' Itecir. Mr. Incledon, " My arms."--Judas Mac. Air, .' Sound an alarm." Chorus, " We hear." Air, Miss Tennant; " Softly sweet."—A,lex. Feast. Ac companied on the Violoncello by Mr. C. Ashley. Chorus, ." From harmony."—Dryden's Ode. sir, Mrs. Dussek, " What silo' trace ."—Solomon. itecit. Mrs. Second, " But bright Cecilia." Air, " As from the power." Grand Chorus, " The dead shall live. "—Dryden's Ode. 2nd of Part I ..a Concertante for Clarionet and Bassoon, • by Mr. W. MAHON, and Mr. PART:II , 6ON. Zad of Part IF. a Concerto on the Violin by Mr: G. ' ASIILEY. Principal Vocal Performers, -,,-=-asook , .Mrs. SECOND. Miss TENNANT, Mbs TYRE R, Master SMITH, . And Madame DUSSE Mr. INCLEDON, Mr. DIGNUM, Mr. DYNE, t. FADDON, (Schci.ir of Mr. Jackson of Exeter), .Mr. litmus NIAHON, and Mr. DENMAN. Leader of the Bond, Mr. G. ASHLEY. Organ, Mr, J. ASHLEY. The rest of the Band, and ihe Chorusses, which will be. numerous and complete, by the most approved Per formers. he whole under the Dire6lion of Mr. ASHLEY, Sen. places for the BoXes to be taken of Mr,, Brandon at the Box-Office in Hart-street. Half Price q,tistuil, at Nine o'Clock. • Doors to be opened at Six, and to begin at Seven o'Clock. To the WORTHY ELECT TAPLORS of the BOROUGH of BARNSE. GENTLEMEN, THE very flattering Marks. of Attention and Approbation conferred on me by a Number of -your respeaabie Body, having induced me to tiitm the Deter- Pupation of Oiling Myself as * Candidate for your 80-, rough at the next General Election, I.signified my Inten *ions to the Mayor before my Departure for Sea, and had fully resolved, on my Return, 'to have paid my personal Respeas to as many of you as were within the vicinity of the Borough; but the Service of my Country calling me *way immediately, I am for the present necessarily de prived of that pleasure. I therefore consider it incumbent on me - to take this me thod of presenting you ray Respects, and soliciting . your Support ; and should I through your partiality obtain the distinguished Honour of becoming one of your Represen tatives in Parliament, you may be assured of my constant and zealous Attachment to your Interest, and a faithful' discharge of my Duty. I have the Honour lo he, With the utmost esteem, GtNILLmEtr, Plymouth-Dock, , Your much obliged gaich 4, ISol. . And Most obedient humble Servant, EDWARD PELLEW. AN ESTATE WANTED: • WANTED to PURCHASE, An ESTATE, with a good FAMILY MANSION, and any quantity of Land; distance from Ten to Thirty Miles from London. Any parson having such to dispose of, will please to address the Particulars . to Mr. Forbes, Solicitor, place, Holborn. TO BE DISPOSED OF, r OUR GENTEEL PLACES :—One of loot. one of 250 i. on have 001. and one of ,001. i nfor med Ann. And Gentlemen thatinterest, may be of m ien) very genteel Vacancies from tool. to !cool. per Ann. both at Home and Abroad.—Wanted to Purchase, several for either Buyer or Seller's Lives. Annuities, well secured, For Particulars, please to inquire of Mr. Hughes, No. 6, Lancaster-court, Strand, from Twelve till Two o'Clock N. B. Lama, with real Names, post-paid, will be littended to. ANNUITIES, AND PLACES UNDER GOVERN MENT. 9'O BE. DISPOSED OF, an Annuity Bond .1 on a long Leasehold Estate, 371. tos. a-year, for :viol. A ditto, 52,1. a-year, for 3501. A ditto, 1061. 2-year for Seel. A Rent-cbarke, 751. a-year, for cool. A genteel Appointment in. Ireland, of 8001. a-year, for Three Thousand Guineas: - Gentlemen having in terest, may be informed of several genteel Civil Vacan cies at Home and Abroad, of 701. Sol. gol. tool. Isol. 3001. 4001. 5001. 6 0 01. 700 1 . Sool. toool. tsool. an d 10001. a-year.—Twelve Thousand Pounds immediately toady to advance by a Gentleman, for the Purchase of • One, or Four Annuities, on eligible Security ; or the whole Sum will be given to any Person that will resign in his favour an adequate Appointment under Government. — Persons possessing real Incomes, for Life, may be accom modated with Sums of Money, from too!, to any amount, r edeemable at their option. Personal Applications to Melville and Co. No. 7, Ce eil-street, Strand, from EleVen till Thicc o'Clock. No Letters received but what are paid, Monday, March t6th, 18oi. THE Post-Boy bringing the Mail from Ses-een- Oaks to Bromley was stopped between the 17 and 16 Mile Stones from London, about Quarter past Five o'clock thiJ 111orning 3 by a' Man on Foot, who presented a Pistol, demand ed the fvfail, and swore lie would blow the Post- Boy's brains out if be was not wick. The Robber took from the Boy the • HASTINGS, " [BIDD.ENDEN, RYE, - .Wr RANBROOK, BATTLE, Bags for LondoITUNBRIDGE, LA MBE R HURST, I - and TENTERD EN, SEVEN OAKS. Ile appeared to be a young Man, was dressed in a Smock Frock, a round Hat, With a Light-coloured Hana'kerchirf lied round it. • - • - • • The Biddenden and Cranbroo.k Bags- have Mn found un opened ; 'all the rest el . -the Bags have been opened, but many of the Letter: are unopened. Whoever shall apprehend and conic?, or cause to be appre hended ai:dconvitied,thePersonwLto committed the said Robbery, will be entitled to a Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, over and above the Reward given -by As of Parliament for aPprehending of Highwegmen r or if any Accomplice in the Robbery shall surrender himself, and make discoveiy, whereby the Perron who committed the same may be apprehended an - brought to ustit e, such Discoverer will be entitled to de said Reward, and will alto receive Ills Mejesty'i most gracious Pardon. By Command of His Majesty's Postmaster-General, FRA N9IS, FREELING, Sec. EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 5, ,igat THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPA NY of IVIERCIM NTS t f NG LAIVD trading to the East Indies, do here& give'Nctife, That they are ready to receive Proposals, in writing, on or before Friday, the noth instant, from any Persons- who may be willing to L-ET good COPPER _BOTTOMED SHIPS, of the Bur:ben of soo Tons and upwards, Builders' Meat:frown:, for the said Company's service; ouch Shlis to be approved - by the Company's Surveyors, and to be Afam.. ned and Equipped in every retpea agteably ;o the usual Regulations of the Company. The Terta'eri to express the lowest Rate cJ F, eight; as there will not be an opportunity of making any abatement. The Tenders with the words " Ship Tender'? on tie miler, to be severally sealed up, and left with the Secretary, at or bei:ore Twelve o'Clock at Noon on the said , zoth instant, beyond which.hour not any Tender will be received. WILLIAM RA At SAY, Sr.. Draft of the Terms and Conditions on which the said Ships will be entertained fir the Company's service, may be seen cn application to Mr.Coggan, Clerk to the Committee of Shipping, on or after Saturday, the 7th instant. CABINET PICTURES, NOW EXHIBITING at Mr. Itichardson . 's; York-House, No. 31, corner of Villiers-street, in the Strand. A select Coßecton of Thirty-two high-finish ed. Cabinet Pictures, including seven byVernet, the rest by Creitze, and other much-adrnirtd-Artists. Admittance One Sbilling. Descriptive Catalogues gratis. - N. B. The• Exhibition will. finally Close on Saturday, • March the 2sth. BRITISH FIRE OFFICE, STRAND, Anti opposite the Royal Exchange, Cornhill, London. THIS OFFICE- is established for the.lnsur ance of Houses, Buildings, Munufaaories, Goixls and Merchandise, Ships, ,Yessels Barges, and other Craft, with their Cargoes, in Port or used on Navigable Canals, Farming Stock,-and• all other Property, against Loss or Daunt) by Fire in any part of Great Britain. The flattering Encouragement this Society has received in the share period of its Establishment, fully . proves•the a:spec - lability of its Proprietary, and the estimation in which it is held by the Public :—the amplituee of its Ca.. piral is a perfect Security - for every Engagemeht.and is in . extent to a greater amount than any similar Institution. Great attention has been paid in ascertaining the Rates and Conditions of Insurance: the Proprietors hatter them.. • selves that they wilLbe found, oh examinatkn, to - be per fealy. equitable. This Office makes good, Loss by Fire from Lightning-; and in eases of Insurance on Freehold Property the Bate tit of the Policy will extend to Heirs and Devisees. Agents arc appointed in the several Cities and large Towns in the Kingdom to recoive Insurances, of whom printed Propokals and Conditions, • with a List of the Di reaors, Trustees, &c. may be had gratis.' Annual Insurances due at Lady-thy must be pal& on or before the 9th day Of April, , or the Benefit of the Policies will be lust ROBERT SKELTON, Sec. SELECT ASSEMBLY AND DANCING ACADEMY To?, THE LOVERS OF PURE SCOTCH. DANCING: ALLE/%l'sOiilt ASSEMBLIES are M every Monday till Tune, at No. 10, Great.Ayliti street, Goodman's-fields. Detertnined to spare no expellee to render it superior in' every respect to any other of the kind, he has engaged as principal ViOlin for all his Even ings, Mr. Mackintosh, from Edinburgh, whose animating notes are the lite and soul of the Scotch Nobility's private Dances, and who is esteemed the'first performer i n Eng land for Strathspeys and Reels. Mr. Weippart plays the ltarp. None but Ladies of Charaeler admitted._ _ Ladies and Gentlemen who have never learned Danc ing, are privately taught in the first Fashion, there, and at No. 19, Sherrard-street, Golden-square, where the TermS• may be had. Those who come froM the Country to' learn, may live in the House during their accompltshmenr, and learn what is necessary in about a fortnight. Broad Sword, Fencing, and Music taught.—Schools attended. R. GILLWAY, Dancing... Masters, No. '5, E.V.L Lokver James-street, Golden-square, has the Ho nour to acquaint the Nobility and Gentry, that his Aca demy.is open- for the improvement of Ladies and Gentle men in the polite and necessary Art tf DANCING.-- Private Lessons every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, froth Ten till Three, when they -will have tire opportu nity of acquiring all fashionable Dances, particularly the favourite Irish and Scotch Steps, which can be acquired in a very, short time. His terms, at his House as aAwe, Fight Lessons for One Guinea, and two Guineas out.— Mr. G. from the flattering patronage he has for many years experienced, flatters himself no one can shew a greater variety of fashionable Steps l and will convey more in eight lessons than any other Gentleman will in twice the number. Continues open every - Monday Evening, from Ett till E ley= **Clock. Children taught, on reasonable terms, Minuets, Cotillions, German Waltz, - Reels, Allemands, 4re. No Lady need apply but those of respeflability. BARNES-GREEN, SURREY. To be LETT, FURNISHED, in Substaotial Repair, A FAMILY HOUSE, with Double. Coach House and Stabling for Five Horses. The House contains a large Entrance Hall, and Parlour,. with a very convenient Kitchen and Offices : . on the First Floor, a pleasant Dinipg-Rcora and Drawing4toom four Bed- Chambers, a Gallery, with a Study, and two Staircases, over which arc six commodious Attics : a very good Gar den, well stocked with Fruit and Vegetables. N. B. Theabove to be lett for three yeats, or on lease for twenty-one years certain, taking the Furniture at ap praisernent. Apply to Mrs. Stanton, at Baynes • or to Mr. Page, Sayryor, NO. 46, CaStilt•StlC4l4 PRIVATE CONINIITTEES. The lord's' Committees meet to-morrow, pre cisely at -half past two o'clock, for the investi iation of the Bishop of Durham's estate Bill. - ~_.:~:-- ROUSE OF COMM:O 7 NS, WEDNESDAY, MACH IS. THE Orders for the Attendance of several Members°, in consequence of the Call, were dis charged, they being then present. • ORDERS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. FIERREPOINT said, he rose - in poi_ suance of the notice he had given to bring- for ward his Motion respeaing the Number •of Members necessary to constitute a House. He certainly should not have - troubled the House, With it, if he had not the fullest conviction of its importance, and of its necessity. - Since he- had had the honour of a Seat in that Assembly, he had, upon many occasions, had the happiness to see a numerous concourse of Members, but at the same time, he had but too. often come down and seen altnalt empty benches, and that too when questions of importance were before the House; and . very frequently had he seen the House count- ed out for want of a sufficient number of Members to put the Sr EAKER in the Chair. It was unne cessary for him to remind- the House,: hcssv - often .Debates had been interrupted -by thedeperture of Members, who, he thought;. had come down to give their assistance in. dispatching. 'the Business of the Public, but who seethed to think they had . performed their duty when they had constituted a House competent to proceed. upon bosiness.— lie adverted in particular .(and it was in the re • collection of several Gentlemen) to what he must term the• disgraceful circumstance .of their being obliged .to adjourn for, four successive days, for want of a sufficient number of Members, and that too at a titnef;when, frinn the impending Call, no Membek could leave London,. and when they were disitussitiva• question • of—the-real eitinu portance, aod concerting measures to alleviate the distresses of the most and industrious class of the Community. How Gentlemen could reconcile such a dereliftion of their duty, with - a sense of the trust reposed in them by their Con stituents, he. couldenot tell, but he thought it impossible, that, under- such circumstances, 'that attention should not be awakened to a subjea. so materially affeding the dispatch of Public Busi ness, and the ;general interest C;•fthe Country. It did 'not. appear-from-any Record' that be had met with, that there was_any expre_ss Standing Order upon this subjed ; but the history of the preced ing reign afforded strong reason to think that there was some such regulation, for it appeared, that on the zoth of April, 1607, the House rose at ten o'clock, there-nott being above 6o Members present—but on the sth of January, it was de clared, as - a constant Rule, that the SPEAKER should not take the Chaii. until 40 Members were present. Since that - period, however, there had -been very considerable -additions to the number of Members in that House. The number.when the Order he' alluded to was made, was 4.89. — There had been since, an addition of 24. - English Members, in consequence. of new Boroughs being erected, and of 45 Members for- Scotland, after the Union with that •Country, and .now too Members more were added in consequence of the Union with Ireland, being altogether.elt increase of 1.69 Members, since the Order 'was made, and making nearly one-fourth of the whole House. — No addition, however, had been mite to the number of Members necessary — to constitute - House ; but he was not aware of any objection that could possibly be made to the Motion which he should submit to 'the House for that purpose.— The Propositiob he meant to' make was, to increase the -number of Members necessary to make a House from Forty to Sixty, and he'-did not think such an augmentation could be con. sidered as unreasonable ; for then it' could not ex. ceed one-eleventh of all the Members of the House, and he believed he might safely assume, that it was not above one.sixth part of those who were resident-in London. It was his wish, upon this occasion, to avoid going intd - eny extraneous matter, and therefore he would' not occupy the . time of the House by talking about the War or the Taxes ; -but if the situation of the Country was such as to require that every man should pay one-tenth of his Income, be put it to the feelings of the House, whether the People had not a right to exped hat a tenth part of their `Representatives should attend their duty in Par liament ? He did not see any objetlion that could he urged against this measure, for surely, Gentlemen l were not prepared to argue abort their own personal convenience, when they recollefted the solemn engagements by which they were bound to their Constituents. He should now conclude with snaking - his . Motion, which-he con sidered as . essential to the dignitrof that House; it was, ." That in future the SPEAKER. should not take the Chair until there were Sixty Members U n the House." %Olen other questions of a less interesting nature came. on. He wished the Hon. Gentleman to consider how far the Motion he had made Was likely to meet that Evil. The Motion was, that the Srvmtralhotild take the Chair till Sixty Members were present, but the Hon. Gen_ tleman had rroposed no means for cOmpelling these Sixty Gentlemen to remain in the House. The whole 658 Members,tnigl)t he compelled' to come down to the House, blit it was impossible to compel them to stop if they did not think it pr9per. He ,was willing to give his testimony 'to the regular manner in which the Hon. Gentle man discharged his Parliamentary duty ; he' was undoubtedly entitled to the Thanks of his Con. stituents, for his attention, and as far as it was a matter of feeling, he had the pleasure of think, ing that he had dont his duty. " But if the Hon., Gentleman was not successful in appealing to the ' feelings of other Gentlemen upon this subject, the Order Which he -noa...propoied, would Word no remedy. The Hon. Gentleman, seemed to con,. - Sider it as disgraceful that sometimes' the attend ance was rather thin,„ and had asked Gentlemen how they could reconcile it, to their duty not to attend regolarly until the House rose)-- He could not help thinking, that this charge was not well founded, because no subjea of geeat portance ever passed that House without a ful)- atte.ndanee in some' stage or other of it 2 Hon. Gentleman had alluded to the thin attend"- atice upon the Bill, for exempting certain Persons from the Payment of the Poor Rates, but the Hon.. Gentleman knew why the attendance was so .thin upon that occasion—it was because the House in general did not approve of the measure. .It very seldorn happened; that when any Guide.. man had the . misfortune to. conduit a measure, and could scarcely prevail upon ,eo _Members to at, tend, that he alternately suecceded.-. And this was really the history: of business' of this nature. It had been said; that millions were ,voted in thin Houses, but this was rather. a. technical than . ..e.a_ziearge.;:-Becausie it never happened that any really important measure,yaTia - Vvithoot a full attendance and discussion in some stage or other of it. It. was• absurd to .soppose that- all' the Members could always attend. This .Motion only went to enforce the-attendance of 6o Mem- . hers when thes SPEAKER took the. Chair, but he - .supposed that the Hon. Gentleman meant after.. ,wards to propose,,, that any .Gentletnan• might count out the House, if there were not 6o Mem bers present at any period. The reason why it was _ordered that there should a►wvaysbe 40 Mem bers present, was to prevent surprize; and 4o Members were 'as effeaual for that ,o6jeet as .60,, It Was evident that this was formerly' the.opinion of the .House, that the number of Members had been increased by the addition of seventy, yet there had been no increase in the number of Members necessary to constitute a House. And , although , there wAs a farther augmentation of Members in consequence of the Union with Ireland, he did not consider that a relson why the ,number of Mem bers to, make a House should be- increased from ao to bo, bedause, as he had said before, 4.0 were completely sufficient to prevent the House from - being taken by surprize.— . -It never happened that any business of great importance did not cause a full attendance.---He should therefore oppose this ' measure, • because it had more of form than of substance; because, though it might compel Members to come dot em, it could not corny ei,thern to rcinain.-,-The attendance most always depend upon the nature of the 'question, and consequently the. Motion of the Hon. Gentleman, if adopted, would in no degree remove the evil of which he complained. „ Mr. JONES rose to express his astonishment _ at hearing this Motion opposed. We were now in the 8-th year of War, and he would state a few of the divisions which had lately taken place, to shew tbe.nature of the attendance in that House. He considered this as a sol;fea. of great import. vice, - because be believed the . Public were not sa tisfied at the mode of attendance in that House. The division on the Habeas Corpus Suspension was 113 for it, against 14. only, On the Incoine Tax Bill; the numbers were for it 4,,5, against it g altogether :54. Members, to vote away the subiance and vitals of the Country. On the Treason Forfeiture, Bill, there were. for it 57, against it 8. On the Motion for a Negotiation with France, the division was, against it fig, for it only S. On the Motion for die Call of the lipase, the numbers were, Ayes 27, Nods 124.. On' the gth of June last' so Bills passed. On the t Bth and 19t1r, there 'were only 9 Members present. He had heard that nine Taylors niecle a man, .but he did not think that nine Mem bers ought to make a Rouse. ,Upon • a divi. .sion upon a Motion made by an Han. Friend of his, there were 38 against it, and for it only his Friend and himself, for they had, nobody to' count. Gentlemen might laugh, but he did not ,consider it as a subject of ridiettle, for this happened on a Saturday' morning at 12 o'clock, when the Right Moil. the Ex-Cnancellot , of the Exchequer proposed to Adjotun l'arii.aroent THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. ON SATURDAY. EVENING, March 2x, will be performed, DEAF AND DUMB • Or, THE ORPHAN PROTEC TED. WITII THE PANNEL. Beatrice, Mrs. JORDAN. , Deaf and Dumb will be repeated on Monday, with Vailequin Amulek. A new Tragedy called Julian and Agnes is in rehearsal, and will be produced as soon as possible. 4