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VOTird is hereby given to all I- ersons desirous of 4rntveontraaing to suiply the Jolla-wing Articles Jo? tbe'l7.3e.of BR 211,1,:ir 41 , in the Counties of York, Ke n t , Su ssex, Devon, and F Tr Ba BarRAGE (viz. ) Oat s , H ay , an d S traw, to the Cavakv in rra i County D,r,et ; seek .e Deli ver i es to commence on and for the 25t1. , day of 3larcb di tnat Propc,als seared up and marked '6 Tender for Army plies 72 wilt o, receiv e d .at Oifice on cr before tie 911.• ai ,Ala , cb next ; bui none wih 6e received after Twelve o'Clock on th a t day.. Pr posals must be made separately' for each . County, and sired by all Parties concerned therein, and the Nan:es of Hue, ..nreties, fthese Reside,ces. • ,, irbdb,se of the Conba,Flors, must be inserted at oot tte.eot, and i I sent. b_p Par, the Postage titter% be paid ' l- Ae.l'Airticialar s of the Contra =.# may be had upon application at this .0.4'4- e , between tLe Hours of I en and Four. ROYAL MILITARY COI T EGE, February 28, 1804. IN Conf.rmitj to the Resolution of HIS IVI 21:4 ES. a: rv,3 comitzi4 '0 NE R c for CO VoL ,T rTL\ T fj; th , .t he -FAIRS. of the ROYAL, limirAßy COLLEGE, that the Appointments of PIie)PESSORS and !WASTERS thail be ,ie :ermined by Com! etition of Talents 11, Gt,v e r vor cloth he. e hy give Notice, Teat additional. idIAST BRS in the fdlowing Branches of Ines :re - 11,n, viz. Fri EN CH and ARITME.TIC, will he want 'ed for the junior Department Of the said College, at Great Mat , low, in the County of Bucks, in the course of the ensuing Morth. No M aster of / 1 1116111?iiC na.ilL he riceivedwho is not Judy Dia lified to succeed to the latltußion of Mathematics, in rotation as Vacancies may occur. IVo Pe, so n will he al proved of f;r the above Establishment, whose CharaEler will no: bear the striaest scrutiny. Letter s of Application are to be aditeiscd to the Governor of the Royal Illiiitat.) College, under cover to the kght Hon. the Secre tary at War. A Collegiate Bard will b e held at Great Marlow on Saturday fthe 17th of Match 'next," jar the Examination or th e a b ove mentioned App --_ ointments. of the ,Candidates This Day was 'published, Volumes One and Two, in Royal Evo. price :I. 18s. in boards, cy a TREATISE of the PLEAS of the • EI".AVA CROWN . Rli . HYDE EAST, of the Inner Temple, Esq. Lond on Barrister a t L aw. Printed for I . Butterw or th, Fl eet -street : also, just p u b lished, price 6cl. Mr. East's Reports of Cases argued and determined iri the Court of King's Bench, Michael, Inas Term, 1503, being Volume IV. Part 1 This Day was published, price tos. 6d. boards, , ,i H E SOLICITOR'S . PRACTICE on the ' CROWN SIDE of the COURT of KTVGi s !b NCH ; with an Appendix containing the Forms o f p io _ iceetiings, &c. • ,By WILLIAM HANDS, Solicitor, " - Author of the eraecice of Levying Fines, StC. mie!' for j. Butter,,,orth; F leet -street ; also, '. tOndon !just pub . liblied, price,6s. 64. boards, a Compt;ndiunt of the L aws respecting t 4 I) • . cot; inciudic,g the Digest of Bott's p„,, r laws; and Ihe,,a(t!"(igint: Case; And ik ds of Parliament, :continued to Easier ierin, 1803, inclusive_ BIOGRAPHY. . . . -.This ' Day was . published, in One large Voluine oaavo, P rice r:s. in n'tards, neatly printed on a fine wove P6per• and embellished with . five elegant engraved I-leads:, et . " original Desizns, viz. Mary Que:n of Scots, Lady lane .c.rey, Lori; en s, Joan of Arc, and Alatlatm... de Savigne. . Prot, Impressions. A Cheap Edition is printed id tzino. price 7s. in boards, • witit;the Portraits. A BIOGRAPHICAL DIC-1. lONARY of Six . 414 ..( ~1. Hundred and Seventy-three CELEBRATED WO EN, of every Age and Country. ' • By MATILDA BETHAM.. London : Printekt fer B. C ros b y and Cu Where niay be had, just published, • Printed on fine Paper; and uniform with the London Let ter Writer'and .Elegint Preceptor, price Is. eacii,ennbelisited .with a beautiful I rontis piece price rs Cr with a cyloured l'rlap of London, is. 6d. Crosby's View of LondOn, or the tranger's Gititie through the. British Itletropolis : containing '.an Account- of its Curiosities, ArnOseinents, Commerce, tublic liuildings,,and every. other 0 bjed worthi the tten ': tion of the curious yisitor, is • well as the Resident in this l'..titt Capital. . ...........,___.___ The 23d of APRIL, 1804, IHE LAST LOI"IERY BEGE•IS ING.' DRAW_ . . SCHEME. - ' l io. of Prizes. Val. of each. Total Value. 2 of £20,00 0 are k 40,000 2 ... 10 ,000 - , 25•,(300 3 - 5,000 - IF°°° 4 - 2,000 - 8,000 .1 - 11 " , .. 1 t , o 0 . iz,o-30 - 20 sOO . 6,5,0 zoo to S o - 4,000 ta , 100 - 5,c00 1 . ------ so - 5,000 30,00 0 ,4so . 23 147000 Ticket s ....—__ 7C262,500 Part of the Canltals. First-drawn Ticket First Day . - - ,~. I,c" first-drawn Ticket Seventh Day - - Z•2°o" -I:irst-drawn•Ninth Day -- - - - - 5,000 71:ICKETS,anci SHARES are SELLING at EVERY :LIi.:ENSED LVTTERY-k) t. I - ICE. PRESENT PRICE. Ticket - - - - - t o Matt' -- - - alB o Eighth - _ 2 , s 6 Catotter . - - .4...t0 a sixteenth - - r 3 . v4.*Ticke.ts and Shares will gradually rise until the Drawmg. QWIFLAST STATE LOTTERY for 1803. I . acid Cu. N!). Iy, Prndtry, have nn sale • 13 TICKETS and S'il A R ES 'of .the. above Lottery, ...xtrawn in April next. The tc,l;owing Capital Prizes, of the to be Lotteries in apel for the , ; Year 1863 were Sold and registered at thistffice, Viz. .. ' No. a26,:i P r i te.of Z. to,ooo,in Shares. 11.,i99 i . -,, ~ _ . 2. , .-.,,4 30t soo. Sh ares . - - 5000 Wick et . 19,5.596, . .. . 50, Shares. 4 1 ,646 . - . - And others of 1 2 000, Shares. 9001. &c. scc. &C. ... LEICESTERSHIRE. TO'BE SOLD BY AUCTION , By Mr: FARMER - : • At the .Three Crowns Inn, kieester, on Tuepday the loth: 9f,M4ch next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in Lots, - r- T PAN Alt D S of FOUR HUNDRED and . A..) THIRTY Acßr.s of rich LAND, chiefly • Pasture and Meadow . in the Lordship- of LODDINGTON; in the County of Leicester. Loddington is. near the Turnpike Road from Leicester to Stamford . and Wanstord, and within easy . distances of the Market Towns Or Leicter, Harbgh, U ppingha m, O akham and Melton.. Oppo es rtunities •Of orou pur zhasing so desirable Estates seldom offer. Messrs. To view the Estate apply to Ch ar l es .Burbielge at Lod dington ; and for , further information apply at the , Office of Pares, Miles and Alston, in 'Leicester,. where, as also ' •at Mr. Palmer's Office, in . Uppingham, Messn.i. Baxter's and Martin's, FurnivaPs-inn London, an..l the Printers pr and WOrthampton, Stamford, ' Nottingham and Derby News.. .Papers printed particulars, with plans,. uniy be bad fourteca • 44):sib:4tose the Sale. 4 TJ URSD Y, " ` MARCH' I, ..1&)4. IMP E. 4 (AL P A ii.L LEVEN I: HOUSE OF. PEERS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29. COUNSEL were further heard relative to the Irish A v eAl—Gmle v. Burton, namely; Mr. SoLi cr. TOR GENF RAL in continuation, and Mr. RtcHAit Ds . nn behalf of the Respondent.—The further consi: _deration of the Case was then adjourned tiny: morrow. , Yard KING rose to call the attention of. the House to a circumstance which he deemed of some importance, and well worthy the notice of Parlia writ—he alluded to the pradice which prevailed of paying certain Officers under the Government of Ireland their salaries at par in this part of the United Kingdom; ofshis he spoke in terms of dis.' approbation, principally as an application of a part , -,otOthe. Revenues of Itelaral without the sandiao. or -concurrence of Parliament. He adverted to the very unfavourable state of the Exchange against Ireland, which was an additional reason for the pro ceeding in question being a proper subjL•Ct'of inves tigation. The Noble Lord matte a variety of ob., servations on this subject, but in a low tone of voice. He also alluded to the Bill for continuing the Restriction upon the Bank of Ireland then before the other House of Parliament, and intimated, that as he felt it his duty to call the attention of their Lordships to that subject, he exoressed . hi's hope that itoyould not be hurried in its progress through that House,„ .The Noble Lord concluded by moving,=--- " That an Account he laid before the House of all Pensions and Salaries chargeable on she Revenues ". of Ireland, and paid at par in this Country.'.' The Earl .of LIMERICK shortly expresSed his difference in opinion from the Noble Lord on the • subject, and stated, that when the Account ,moved for should come before the House, he had no doubt of being able satisfadorily, to justify the proceeding in question to their Lordships, • Lord KING spoke in explanation. • The'Earl of SUFFOLK took the opportunity to express his surprize., that accounts, v !licit he had' moved for so long since as two years, should not, he said, be yet laid before the House. He alluded to the accounts of the proceeds of old Naval &Ores, the amount of which in all probability was very con_ siderable, and the disposition ,t hereof, he Contended ,it as prover it should be known to Parliament. _Seetng a.Noble Secretary of State in his plice, he ex o r,es,ed his wish to have some explanation on the ,suoket. HAWICESBURI' expressed his readiness to atford every pratticable explanation on the topic touched upon by the Noble Earl, but he was then unintotmed upon the' subject; not having had the hooour of a seat in that House at the remote pericid mentioned, .he uld not tell what steps had been take.n•io,co.nsequenee of. the Noble Earl's motion. The Earl cf SUFFOLK shortly explained, and ob4etved).:_thar there was another Noble Secretary o f •State wesent with respect to whom such an ex-. cure C ,, clid ; sipt be offered. • Lord H)B ART (who had been sitting on .the Woolsack) immediately proceeded to•his place, and rose in consequence of what had fallen from the Noble Earl. The topic alluded to, be observed, had , been rather inopportunely mentioned, as the question regularly before the House related to cer tain salaries and . pensions chargeable on the Re venues of Ireland ; this, their Lordships must all see, had nothing to do with the proceeds of old Naval StoreS. However, with respeCt to the. de sired explanation, be had to remark, first, that- i the accounts in question had no connection with his dtpartment, and, secondly, that if the application had been made direCtly to himself, he could only say, as his. Noble ,Friend had stated, that he should cause inquiries to be made on the subject. The question upon Lotd KING'S motionrwas then put, and it wasorderedaccordiogly. The 29th Report of the Commissioners of Ac counts in Ireland, was presented by a person, from the Irish Secretary of State's Office, and ordered to lie, inn the Table. The various Bills before the House Were then for warded in their resiedive stages, after which their Lordships adjourned till THREE o'clock to morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29. THE House proceeded to ballot for two Com mittees, to try the merits of Petitions complaining of undue Elections for London and Coventry, in the former of which only they succeeded. • Sir G. CORNEWAEL reported from the Committee appointed to try and determine the merits of the Peti tion complaining of an undue Ele&ion for Aylesbury, that Mr. Due RE was duly eleCied, that Mr. BENT was not duly elected, that the Petitioner Mr. FREE_ MANTLE was not duly eleded, that the Eledion, as far as related to Mr. BENT, was void, and the Peti tions were not frivolous and vexatious. He further reported, .that such a system of Bribery and Cor ruption had been praliscd at the last eleaion, that. the Committee thought it incumbent upon them to submit it to the consideration of the House, in order • that they might institute such proceedings as it might think proper. The latter Report was then read by the Clerk, and on the Motion of Sir GEO. CoRNEWALL, or dered to be taken into consideration on next Mon day fortnight, and to be printed. Sir GEo. CoRNEWALL then moved that the Mi nutes of evidence taken before the Committe should be laid upon the Table.—Ordered. He also moved. Lhat the SPEAKER should not is sue any Warrant for a new Writ for Aylesbury un. . . tit the Report should t - have been :taken• into cconsi , I' deration.L—Ordered. .• - An account was ordered to he l',reien , ed , of the artiount . of Inteiebt „received. in: . Grear.Britain . on Loans raised for Ireland; for eight years'. Mr. HOW ARD • brOUght . up -the Report of the Committee relative to the. propoSedt canal from ; Croydon to Portsmouth, which was read , and: agreed to, and a Bill'orderett. • . Mr. Joi-iNsTONE, after making a• few obsdt va. tions upon the amouni'of theproduce , if the Perml! nent Taxes upon the Table, moved for an'account of the produce-of the Permanent Tax.:s imposed in the years rBo2..and z803,-'4tarirg the years ending thy- sth of January- 1803, and the sth of January 'So+ : which were ordered after a tew words from the 'CI-IXNCELLOIt'Of the EXCHEQUER and Mr: VANS I TTAR • The names of the. London EleCtion Committee dry ere reported to the House, and are as follow : 1 hn Fane, Esq. lohn Lemon, Esq. ,Lord Tenipletown fames Adams, Esq. Edw. Golding, Esq. Wm. Gore Langton, Esq. Lord field Ceo, Sum, Esq. W. A. MadOocks, Esq. lames Longhorn, Esq. C. M: Ormsby, Esq. Thos, Fydell, Esq. Henry Howard,lsq. NOMINEES. Edward Hilliard, Esq. and William Baldwin, Esq. BARRACKS. Admiral BERKELEY adverted an Estimate upon the Table relative to the Expence of Barracks, which lie said was not calculated to afford any in formation to -the House with .respea to what was mote materially , wanted. In. order, therefore, to obtain that information, he moved, for an Account of all Barracks- pulled down, sold or -disposed of,• with the number of Men and Horses they" were Ca; pable of containing,• since the RatifleatiOn of 'the 'Kreaty• of Am,',ens, with the _terms iliey were sold .for. zdly, An Account of all .Barr c!is eretted, or ordered ; 4o be e!capd since ,the 'same period, the .Placea where situate, and the ntimer of Men and Horses they . were capable of containing, together with the Dates of, the. Orders :for ,sCh erthions. 3d1y,.• An Accpupt, of the Expence 'of erFaing ail such Barracks,' distinguishing . whether built by Contrad, kT.ngagflnen.t, or , otherwise, together with'the Dares of such Contrads or Agteements. - - 4.thly, An Account of the ,Terris of all transuch-Con- „ tras or Agreernsnt4 and,the Names of the Kersons contra6ted with... TheSECR,EPARY at WAR ; sail there was no objeaion on,thepag.,of Go.vernttkent to, give e very information e ttlatve to the Barrack Department. -With ,respeft,,to ,the Estimates , complained of, the Hon. Admiral would find that it ,was rather more particularin its detail .than those EStiniates had been on former occasions. As to the third motion of the Hon.. Admiral, relative to the expences of ereaing Barracks, the Account could,ntit at present be made up, because the Several Aceottpts were now in a state of liquidation: . Admiral B.FRKSLEY urged that the Motion might be agreed to, and the A ccount, presented as soon as it could he made up. .. The Accounts moved for were then 'ordered, with a trifling transposition of words. Lord G. L. GOWER presented a Petition from the Maltsters and Barley,Growers-of Tamworth and its neighbourhood, in Staffordshire, complaining of the heavy Duty on Malt., and praying relief, which was ordered to lie on the Table. IRISH REVENUE. Lord A. HAatIL•roN gave notice of his intention to move to..morro‘y for an Account of the Sums paid in this Country at par, to the Officers of the Irish Government. Mr. CORRY said, he should. have no ObjeEtion ' to the Motion. He then adVerted to an Order which ,had dropped,• in consequence of a . sufficient number of 'Members not attending On thi pt€cedi•ng day to go to business,for a Committee on the - Atfts te_ lating to the IriSlißevenue. 'He would not attempt tt pronounce whether it would be consistent with the proceedings of the House to take up the-order • this day, but that there m!gbt he no doubt' upon the subjeEt, he wished to postpone -it, trusting, however, that there would be no objtClion to his then moving that the House should to-morrow -re solve itself into a Committee upon' these Aas. This motion was agreed to. Mr. ELLIOT called the attention of the House to the circumstance of the Irish Bank Restridion Bill, which had passed 'that Hotise . ten days since, and which had not, he understood,. been yet carried to the Lords. Mr. ALEXANDER said, the delay had originated in a mistake. - • PROPERTY TAX. ' • • Mr. DENT. said a few words, which we could not distinetly hear, hut we understood him to ask, whether it was intended to bring in any Bill to ex plain the Property Tax Aft. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he was trot aware of any measure relating to the. Property Tax being intended to be brought for ward before the Easter Recess, except a Bill to ex tend the time for hearing appeals. Mr, DENT made some ocher obsevations, but in so low a tone of voice that we could not distinCtly hear them ; but we understood them to relate to the liability of Bankers to penalties under the Bill as it at present stood. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ad mitted the • liability of the Bankers, but observed, that no such penalties could be recoverable previous to the sth of April, and it was under the consider, ation of Government whether it , wou:d be most ad viseable to bring •in•an explanatory Bill in the first instance, or to consti7iite a process for the recovery of such penalties, and then by a Bill to itay proceed. - . , ' • . ingi. 6pini‘ . .)n that no such ixnalt blight' to Le V9LUNTtERS, • • • Mr. Secretary Yo KE tti'sve . d th:"'Orderrifirt; Day for the f-fooie `to. res'AVe itskir'irrto :d Corp: nriitee on 'the' \ ()hint - err Bill. ..1-Ie? exilttttli 146 , opiilion that as there Were stver , ii „ anu noir-Lot - I.s to make and se . verai_ cia . tises to - briig-'tip, - it m.s . orrci bc. pjr,sr dakit:tble tai go th'rough those. artrendments - and clauses, in order ihat printed, and deli;ite'rhe principle, if it was tliiiught-necessarY, on the, report. Ois the question 'being put for die SPaloca a's leaving the Chair,' Mr. FR AN( said, that when a Bill -for •the defence Of the Cotibtryi'tvltyrnii , C4i.ti, it naturally "pre:. snoposed danger, and ondotihtt'dlV tho C.:aantry was in danger. There were,' therefore, a variety Of ,titer considerations'uptin'a question of tht.'n which pressed upon: the attention Of the Ft/ave, ;tail h e i • e aaa a al :La w al'a s firm! itaga,:tli`aoagh another Stage before the House had diseesed danger' of the Country, ":ind 'What had been 'dime' for its 'security. The War had - h . :4n contnieil - tetrfOr FOreignPossessions;pWer 'alt)'?e'thi'ee'ntontk 'af teiwaras, V was Pt'orsed to fortify' LontiON. We seemed only to have lbOked . to li - Otrierie rity ; - the War had "Seen 'carrid On as 3" nudely Defensive War, and nOthing'erse. With fine' dr bootooo Men' in Arms, ay.F thought of notl.l - aa-g'44dt of defend ing'Grea . t . Britain' and ' Ireland Deficit sive War thus carried on was 'the highert degree atf folly, nor, could we end 'it .without "disgiate; Yn which Inch kind of Wais had alWays'. terraina - iiet4. lilvalop was confidently. preditied so' long last June and July,..jost in the same manner ; thOialli We Were now told that the Predielion was - afiergfli about to he • fulfilled. There Was another: circurn w liich pressed upon their at tendon ; midst of the danger with which the'Cliti:ltry'rwlas surrounded; they did not know at didt Whir :Wlieditr • there was a - capacity toe'xtreise'its•funtiliih's'in'tite ExentiVe Power, and surely they' 0:u - 01i to kn; s w btfliate ' they proceeded to the -- -Contii,lerAtiiin any measttie of thii nature; "Wert the state Of the Executive 'PtaWer'. With 'res peer Io the V luhteers, it liatf been stafed:thl'Oif any! bbfps persist in clainiing the i - i - kfit'alii - Othirilatirig tits Officers, SueliCorps; woUlcf be altsirtfased - ;but' ifkalhh a right was gerWbl!y . petsiateil in, 'it a'thatter . of serillas cOriaideraricina-allffel a large proportion Or the V rinteer's ar:rlfeva-9'rriO_ - meta of danger. He 'was eir l dtbieft4re they went - into the Bill; (-6 l.heral-stite-,lEtile Country ought - to be discussed, • Col. C R.,4IVk'JRD said, .4y . hen he O;ris id'er'ed .the magnitude. of the snhjodi swhiela pressed .'ufon their attention, and the insignificance of the pre_ sent. till ; when he corsidared the magnitude of the sobjea, as relating immediately to die whgte of the Irregular Force of the COuntry, anci motely .to the Regular Force, he .did opt thii;k it possible that any thing useiul c :old be grafted upon the Bid, particularly as to d 6. thaf,woUld be construed into an approbation of the Whole SyStei.n. When lie considered that wehatl to prepare-au - meet the most formidable'attack that ever had been made against any country; when he con'side,red.thg,tiod fortune of the man, .and the excellence of the, •tro•ps who were to be opposed 0) us, - .lle did not think : that ever y thing had b een do n e which might to have been done for the Defence of the Country. Yet, he did believe that the great means given us by God, wou.d be exerted in the hour of danger to rescue us from conquest ; but it was disgraceful to the Country' to rely merely:upon .the moans of preventing ultimate . conquest-. a We ought to be ptepared, not merely to preventnlaimateconquest, but to hurl instant destruc tion upon ,thetFajetny whenever lie should dire to set his foofupon Briaish ground. He did not conceive .that any enlarged system could .be engrafted upon 'the_ present Bill, anti he. should therefore oppi)se - the .IVl o tion.for. the' Speaker's leaving the .Chair. His . Majesty's iVlinjsters had.had a great outline . inarked outfor t proceed'by, but they had miserably tauntgel.ed H i a ' mismanaged .the details illeY had to ex. eu opposing the Motion way,cfliil to .s9n for that the. present measure . was, confined -within s o narrow, a limit, they . might as Well 'attempt to -build a first.rate ship of the line upon the keel of a jully.boat, as t 9 attempt to engraft a comprehensive system upon the present •. It heCaine necessary however when a_ measure like 'this was .biotight for_ . ward, to discuss the state of ;Ile generardefence of the Country. .0n this. subjeft. the Chancellor of the Exchequer had, on. a former occasion,' 'thrown doiyn the,gauntlet, and challenged Of One prove that every thing had not - been done which ought to have been done for the flefence.4" the' Country : he thought, on the ,contrary, that a great deal more ought ao have. been done. One species, of defence : presented itselfmore immediately tollisebnsideration, namely, our naval force. it was very from his intention to bOngfJrward any aceUsatioO • against the Admiralty, but he could not help expressing his astonishment at the modes of derence which li'ad been set up for that branch 'orAdminiatiatipti. Prie . inode of defence was, by a•cornparisoh between - the pre sent period, and a corresponding Peririd 'in the late War ; but the present situation of the Country was so wholly unlike what had ever occurred at any for mer period, that he should insult the common Sense of the House if he were to argue the question. .Another mode of defence had been adopted in which it was - implied, that the Public were satisfied, because the rate of Insurance was low. What did this prove, but that there wete few of our Vessels taken at sea, . and why, because the Enemy was nor at all aaxi. ous to capture our Trading Vessels, but to cut up the sources and roots of our Commerce, not to nibble at the fruit cr the branches. France sent