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The re Organ, the Band and the Chorusses, which are both ntuuerous and complete, by the most approved Per formers. The whole under the Direction of Mr. ASHLEY, Sen. D ~,,, ~, he o 421.0 o pened at Six, and the Performance to begin at Seven bac -114.6,446, fa. . Pit. Callety is. Upper Gallery, is• laces for, the 'Soil* to be iaken'of Mr. Brandon, at the Office in . Hart -street . Such of the Nobility and Gentry as are desirous of Private Boxes, are requested to apply to Mr. the Second * Half Price at tile End of the Second Ad. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. esting question, depended what he should do here after ; if what he heard was not satisfaaory to him, he should move that the House, do now adjourn. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that in answer to the question which ,the Hon. Gentleman had thought it his duty to put to His Majesty's Ministers, he felt it incumbent upon him to say, that he had the happiness of being enabled to state, that in the opinion of His Majesty's Con fidential Servants, founded upon the.best informa tion that could be obtained, such a Communication as that required by the Hon. Baronet, could not possibly answer any good purpose ; and further, that any proceeding founded on such Communication on the part of His ,Majesty's Ministers would, in their opinion, be inconsisent with their duty, at least with their sense of duty to the King, and to the Public; highly . Indecent in itself under the pre sent circumstances of His Majesty's Indisposition, and 4 . lerefore utterly unwarranted. ' The question was then put, that this Bill be now remra second time. HOUSE OF PEERS. MONDAY, FEBItUARY 27. Tu Bills upon the Table, (chiefly private) were forward ed in their se‘cral stages. _ _ The further consid;:ration of the Appeal, Thellussons v. Woodfords, was postponed. The Order of the Day being read for the further considera tion of the Writ of Error, from the Court of King's Bench, Mackreth v. Askew, , _ The LORD CHIEF BARON rose, and read the opinion of the judges (the greater part of whom attended), relative to cer, tain points in the Case referred to their Consideration. The LORD CHANCELLOR quitted the Woolsack, and made a few observations upon the Case as it then stood for their Lordships' consideration. There were questions he ob served arising out of the case, on which it were proper for purposes of g'eneral . justice the opinion of that House should be known. He would propose that the further discussion of the case be adjourned till this day se'nnight, in order to attOrd time for the consideration, whether it may be necessary to call upon His Majesty's judges for their opinion upon the 3d and 4th questions. And it it should be thought necessary nothing was more reasonable than that further time should be allowed—He then moved that the further consideration of the tase . bp_apkwned till Monday, was ordered ..c -"Obidagli. Some Witnesses were then sworn at the _Bar ; and the House [at half past s o'clock] adjourned, 'till Three o'clock tO-1110170W, CROYDON, MERSTHAM, and GODSTONE IRON RAILWAY. NTOTICE is hereby given, That at a Meeting .1. I. of the Committee of the Croydon, Alerstham, and Codstone Iron Railway Company, It was ordered, That another Call or Installment of tel. per cent. be Paid by the Subscribers their respective Shares, on or before the 28th day of March next, at either of the • following places, viz. Messrs. Barclays, Tritton, and Co. Messrs. Castell, Powell, and Co. Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. Iklessrs. Ladbroke and Co. nessrs. Hoare and Co. and Messrs. Weston, Pinhorn, and Co. Bankers in 1-°""' or the use of the Croydon, Mersthatn, and Godstone Iron Rail- Way Company. Wandsworth, Feb. 2s, 1804. The attendance of Peers this day, was very numerous, more so than on any other .day of the session. HOUSE OF L'OMMONS. ' MONDAY, FEB. ,27. THE West India Dock Bill was read a third time and passed,- on the motion of Sir 101-IN ANDERSON. Mr. BA iv K Es, Chairman of the City of Hereford Eleaion Committee, reported, that they had deteitnined that the two sitting Members were duly eleded, and that the Petition complaining of an undue return, was frivolous and vexatious. Sir MATHEW RIDLEY preSented • a Petition on .ENhalf of prisoners confined for debt in — th-pol of Newcastle upon Tyne, stating the hardships under which they laboUr, and praying relief.—Ordered to be laid on the Table. The D ux.E. of YORK'S Estate Bat was read a third time and passed. W. B. LUTTLY, Clerk, of the Compdny. NEW LDITIUN of Mr. BINCLEY's ANIMAL BIO GRAPHY. HE Public ate respe6fully informed, that Mr. T BINGLEY's ANIMAL BIOGRAPHY, which has been somnime out of print, has been re-printcd, withi va-f Tiotis CoWections and Improvements, and may now h e la d , all Booksellers, in Three Volurnes, price 3 , 35, in bu.riL. No. t, St. Paul's Church-yardi Feb. 13, 1804. To REVIEWERS. WANTED, a Good Hand to write 2n an old established Review, one who can undertake the b epartments of Experimental Philosophy, Poetry, Classical Ctiticism, Metaphysics, Mechanics, and -the Oriental Lan zoages. A Penon used to a sarcastic and ironical vein of Lan composition will be preferred. To save trouble, the Terms are Two. Guineas and a Half per printed Sheet, Quotations nauded Concealment is warrannAl, and a competent gua r traritee will be given against Prosecutions for Linos. Ad dess; post-paid, to Aristarchue, at the Bar of the Chapter ColKe-hottse, Paternoster -row. N. B. Those Books Which it is necessary the Reviewer Should see; ate expeded to be' returned clean and uncut, or tile vaiut will be deducted. Ix, - • To BREWERS, DISTILLERS, arc. PONTIFEX, E. GOLDWIN and Co. VV • Coppersmiths and Founders take the opportunity. at this season, of returning their grateful Thanks to their numerous Friends, and the Public, for their libeial patronage for sixteen years, and earnestly solicit a continuance of their faours, and flatter themselves, that from the experience they have had, and the attention given to ever) part of their Concerns, enables them to offer the Public every article of their Manufaelory equal, if not superior, to any other House,. and on lower terms. W. P. begs to recommend to Brewers and Distillers his Patent Stills and Coppers. N. B. Several large Brewing Coppers, Stills, Pipes,Sugar-pan icc. Second-hand Coppers, Stills, Cocks, Pumps, .s, Non,Cranes, Cans, Worms, Botts, Sheething and Engraving Plates of all kinds manufaCtyredi s covered, and sent to any ;part to do Re airsß,uieclick.ngat their Works, • 4 , .. 47, and 48, Shoe.lane,PFleet-street, and No. 93, Liounclalitch, London . . THE LAjPe 23d of APRIL' igo4, LOTTER Y BEGINS DRAW, No 1N G . • S CHENIE. .. °f Prizes. val. of each. Total Value. 2 ' of 20,0c0 are ,C4o,o‘)° 2 3 _ - I ; i ircO ': . 1 ) 5 :7, c 0 ' 4 . 2inoo - 3,000 It "• 1,000 _ ta,c,oc, r° 3 .- - _503 . .6,500 200 -- - 4kooo aw . Itia - 5,000 100 . SO .- 5,000 7,350 - 23 147000 ........—. - 3oiooo Tickets .....--.... Lard TEMPLE observing the SECRETARY at WAR enter the House, put some questions to that, Right Hon. Gentleman, on the subjed of the order which had been issued for assessing Military Officers upon the Inctime Tax, which, he said, was irregular, illegal, and oppressive, since it charged them with that duty since the month of April last for the in. come which did not commence until June or July last, for it attached on many of them to his know. ledge in the COrps which he had the honour to cum. maid, from the month of April last, whereas they had nut their commissions until June and July. They had sent in their complaint and claimed de duction for these over-charges, and they had re ceived for answer only, that the matter shall be con. sidered, and that if their claims are right, they shall have their abatement in the next payment, Scc, but in the mean time the over-charge was enforced. His objea now was, to ask the SECRETARY at WAR, whether it was intended that any alteration should sake place in this respect, without leavii g it to the circuitous mode already mentioned ? If not, he should think it his duty to move for an inquiry into this proceeding. The SECRETARY at WAR said, he had ap pointed ceitain Commissioners for carrying this business into execution, and there, properly speak ing, his functions ended upon the subjed. He had already informed the Noble Lord so by letter, but if any of the3e Gentlemen had miscondutted them selves, they were unquestionably amenable to law like all other persons, for the concerns of the Army, like all other concerns, Were under the control of law.. He rather apprehended, however, on close attention to this matter, it would appear that these Officers had not in the least degree misconduded Themselves, that their proceedings were not irre. gulat, an , i that the inconveniences which some of these Military Gentlemen suffered, which would, however, be only for a time, had been brought on by themselves, in delaying the returns of their income; that when they rreide their returns they possessed the offices in resped of which they were assessed, and that the' operation of that assessment was to commence, as the whole of the Income Tax did, on the 6th of April last. He threw out this in -a general way, not intending to enter into ,any detail of the matter. Lord TEMPLE,. after having explained, said, that this answer was not satisfadory to him, neither did he apprehend it would he so to the Officers who were the objetis of it, and therefore he gave notice that he should, in the course of two or three days, make a Motion for an Inquiry into the matter. 2.1)z-,5v0 Part of the Capitals. First-drawn Ticket First Day - - 4.1.°"7 I'4st-drawn Ticket Seventh Day . - k .20a oo First -drawn Ninth Day - 5,000 TICKETS and SHARES are SELLING - it EVERY LICENSED LOTTERY-0 I, FI.C.E. ..... PRESENT PRlc:y.. ticket Half ---11 18 o Eight h . - - i 5 6 quarter - - ... 3 o **Tickets and Shares will gradually riseuntirthe Drawing. ... t., WHARF, WAREHOUSES Isc. i 0 LET T, the Whole err Part o - f a Spacious anti Most Complete WhARF, having a clear Plot of Ground upwards of 60 Feet in Trtint to the Thames, and tao in depth, with a roornit, rilost conimen and pleasant WELLINg.HOUSE fronting the River; Counting- house 'With Strong-room adjoining, e.xcelicnt Stabling for . 20 Cart horses, Granaries, Hay-lotts, aic. and Warehouses ; sale and extensive Moorings for Craft, and Other Prernises, most cen trically situate the bottom ofb F. 413 FO RT-BUI LDINGS, Strand. The whole in perie'd repair. Appy to Mr. Capper, Twelve his W hair, Eeaufort-Buildings, Strand, between Ten and in the Forenoon. ------.- . • MANFIELD. t o b e di sposed of. by Private Contrati, together or separate, THE Four followitig Farms situated at Man. field, in the North Rilin g Of ' , e ' ork,sliire viz. The ABI3EY FARM, consisting of 39i Acres, or there_ . abouts, with three Cottages annexed. HOWDEN HILL FARM, consisting of 384 Acres, or thereabouts.NEW HOUSE FARM, Crinsisting of 338 Acres, or there abouts, with three. Cottages annexed. • Long Leases FariNconsisting of zzo Acres, or thereabouts. Together with the Corn Tit hes of each respedive Farm. IV Ir- Robert Marriner, of Piercetiridge, will shew the Pre Mises, where also Plans of the said Farms may be seen. - For PartLulars, inquire of Mr. William Ullithorne, of Lartington, near Barnard Castle, who is empowered to treat for tilt, same. 7 N. B. This will be no more aclyertised. INDISPOSITION OF HIS MAJESTY. Mr. SECRETARI? YORKE moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Volunteer Corps Bill.—Which Order was read. He then moved, That this Bill be now read a second time. The Question being put, S;r ROBERT LAWLEY said, that ever since he hasl heard publicly that His Majesty had been confined by a dangerous and distressing illness, he, as well as the rest of His Majesty's Subjects, had felt much anxiety on that account. It was not his wish to inquire minutely into the circumstances of that illness ; but a report was circulated yesterday, which, in his opinion, made it necessary that some explicit communication should be made to that House on the state of His Majesty's Health, to take -oir as much as possible, the very distres sing apprehensions and very great alarm in the public mind upon this subject of His Majesty's afiliaing Indisposition which had spread so much abroad ; from all that he had heard,. he was bound to assume to himself that this much-lamented illness was of a grave nature.—He assumed this to be the apprehension of the House, as well as his own indi vidual apprehension, from the House not .having proceeded to the consideration of many weighty questions—Upon the answer which be should re ceivc to these few observations and this . snost inter- Sir ROBERT'LAPPLEY.—" Sir, I move you, I that this House do now adjourn." The question being put, that the House do now adjourn, Mr. FOX said, he should feel hirnielf highly I culpable, and deficient in the duty he owed to that House, in the duty he owed to the Public, and in. the duty to His Majesty ; and, above all, in the duty he owed to the Constitution Of this Country, if he could bring himself, however desirous he was, to acquiesce in the answer which had• been given by the Right Honourable Gentleman who had • just spoken. He did not think, himself, that;in treating of this business, there was that delicacy which others felt ; but he did not arrogate to him- 1 self that he was right, because he felt differently I from others. He viewed this matter in a different 1, light from many others. He *certainly knew no- I thing of this afflidion, in any way whatever, ex. cept from those publications to which every one had, access ; or what he might occasionally derive from his own personal inquiries ; and which he was led. to do, `from that anxiety which we all felt in com mon on this serious subjea. But the. Right Hon. • Gentleman who had just spoken, had given his.ex. planation ; which was, that the King's Confiders_ tial Servants did not think it necessary for them to I make any communication. Now he must desire the House to consider this matter a little more attentively than merely to take an explanation of this sort as of course, but to weigh it a good deal, and let each individual in the House .1 conceive that he was addressed, not in the common language which they were in the habit of using on 1 familiar and , comparatively trivial occasions—He meant the real and truly-constitutional language of that Houae—Speaking is, that language he would say, that he knew no such a body of persons as the I King's Confidential Servants :—He knew .that the Right Honourable Gentleman filled an office of great importance, that of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that there were other Gentlemen about him who were more frequently consulted than others upon the state of Public Affairs, and that was the. only. situation of that Right Hon. Gentleman and .other persons who were near him. But their situation was in no other instance different from other Privy Councillors : they were persons whom His Ma jesty more frequently consulted than any others; they were oftener appointed members of Committees of business relating to the Crown, than others of His Majesty's Privy Council. All this was habitual— , a constant course in the concerns of the State; . but when from any illness of any sort, His Majesty was so indisposed as to be unable to perform the 'func tions of the Royal Authority, these Right Hon. Gentlemen, who, were now called the King's Con- . fidential Servants, were exaaly in the same situation as any other of His Majesty's. Privy Council. Now, if the Privy Council had sent a.Message to the House, it. would have been proper for the House to consider what was due to the communication of such a body, and whether the communication had been regular or other wise ; till coming .from such a body it would not be of an authentic nature; but what pro. ceeding could regularly be had on what the Right Hon.Gentlernan now said, he did not understand-. His Majesty's Confidential Servants told`the House they do not feel it to he their duty to make any. Comm cation ! This really was saying nothing, for the House knew no such body of men as those of His Majesty's Confidential Servants. The first question was this: Is His Majesty in a state of Health to perfOrm the funCtions of the Royal Authority ? An answer to that question in one way, would super_ -cede the necessity of any further discussion of it ; but, if His Majesty is not at this moment in such a state, though there are just 'and well-grounded hopes in every man's breast that the time will not be long before he is in that situation, yet he must say, it was the duty of Government to coinmu. nicate that situation to the House, and that the House might consider, from a proper Communica tion, and not from Confidential Ministers, what was fit to be done ; and in considering this,. it must have an especial reference to the circumstances of. the time. Some circumstances with reference to the time in which they occur, would allow a longer pause than others ; but the House should judge whether any seep should be taken, and if any, the House should judge also, and, udge most deliberately, what that -step should be. The first thing tp be considered would be, whether it was necessary to take. any imrhediate step,? But there was a con. sideration prior to any other for the House, which was, what time could or could not safely be allowed, to elapse, before the House took any. step ? and in this view of things, the House might .compare the circumstances of this case with what they knew from public report of the.two last days, which were far more explicit than any that had been given be. fore, and taking these two together, the for in ference was, which indeed the bulletin this day de. dared, that we may have the happiness of trust. ing - on a general account, that His Majesty is still better than he was yesterday, and that he is in a gradual progress. towards recovery ; but we had no reason to expea that progress to be rapid ; this gradual progress towards' recovery, and no reason to expect that such recovery will .be rapid, were placed in concradistinetion to each other. It might then be rationally .said, that. we had no hope of a rapid recovery, for His Majesty was only reported to be in a gradual progress towards recovery; but then came the most necessary of all questions for the House to consider ; as we could not expel that recovery to be otherwise than gradual, how far any probable hope, which was certainly indulged by us all, should put off the consideration of what was to be done to supply the absence of the Royal Au. thority ? What it was fit the House should do to supply that absence, he was not Auticipating ; but what he wanted - was an opportunity to deliberate upon it; and he thought that. the communication upon this matter should he mide to the House by the Privy Council : ; but beeause the Chancellor of the. Exchequer and a number of Gentlemen about him who were called Confidential. Servants of the Crown, chose to . ob.. serve total silence upon the subject, the House was not therefore to remain inaCtive ; they ought to consider the circumstances of the . Country ; they ought at least to consider how long they could, or could not, safely go on without the person .1 exer cise of the functions of Royal Authority : that :Mi nisters should diaate to the House what it was not to do upon such an occasion, and saying that they - did not think any communication ought to be made upon. this most important matter, was assuming to themselves snore than ever did or could belong to any Ministers in this Country. Now he should just state one point which arose out of the Letter of the Secretary of State to the Lords Lieutenants of the. Counties, on the Ist of February ; it was a Circular Letter, in which he told them, there was reason to expeCt a formidable and immediate attack . from the Enemy ; we had no reason to think that any subsequent intelligence had been received that made danger or apprehension less ; that had past since had a tendency only to confirm the House in that ap. prehension, for the SECRETARY of STATE, WilCO had last occasion to speak of that matter, stated, that ,he was in the same expectation as formerly. .This was most momentous ; for if he did not mistake the Statutes upon our Statute Book, if the French were to land to-morrow, it would be impossible for the Country to avail itself of the service of the Vo lunteers without putting them under Martial Law, and that without some fresh provision by Parlia ment, ctsalti only be done by Prnelaroation of His Majesty. Now, In what state should we be feund if that was to be the case ? But were there no con stitutional points, without reference to our im_ mediate danger, very well worthy the attention of the House ? He hoped he was supporting all the parts of our Constitution ; he had often been charg ed with having too much partiality ,for the demo cratical part of our Constitution ; he trusted that he had never been regardless of the monarchical part of it any more than the popular ; and here he would ask any Gentleman, whether, according to the letter anti spirit of the Constitution of this Country, the con troul of the King over Parliament was not as essential as the controul of Parliament over the Executive Power ? 'ln what did the controul of the King over Parliament consist ? In proroguing or in dissolving Parliament, without one moment's notice, whej tt appears to. His Majesty that its proceedings are in consistent with the real welfare of his subjeas : ttiis was a branch' of prerogative which His Majesty might exercise without calling for the opinion of his Privy Council, if he thought fit. He must there. fort:say, according to the language of the Constitu tion of this Country, it might be dangerous for - the two Houses of Parliament to sit when the controul provided , by the Constitution over it did not exist. He might say it . was unconstitutional for them to deliberate without that controul which the Consti tution hadheld to be necessary to be constantly and actively : . on the watch over its proceedings. He would not suppose that the House of Commons would ever do any thing that was absolutely wrong, at the same time it was not constitutional for them to he the judges of the propriety of their own conduct ; the Constitution had entrusted another power to form a judgment upon that matter ; and if at any time,, for he was only putting the case . hypothetically, the. House should be called upon to perform its duty, and did not perform it, it would be the duty of the Crown to dissolve such a Parliament. Whether that might be so or not at the present time, that House. was not to judge—lt was not for the House to : say for itself, " we can go on very well now under the present circumstances, there is no difficulty:"—that might be very true, but that was A point ‘vhich the Constitution did not give to the House the power of deciding,—As to the silence which had been observed by Ministers, he thought nothing of it in a constitutional point of view, for he really wanted to know upon what principle it was that the King's Ministers should alone have die power to give information to the House ? Upon what authority was it that the House was so trust to. them, or to ask them the time they were to pro. ceed—Who gave them, in the character of Confiden tial Servants of the King, any authority oval. t h a t House, or in that House, in that character, he had to learn—he found it in no Sotute—he found it in no Maxim of Law—he found it in no Reso lution of that House—he found it in no one Book that ever treated upon the subjea—he found no au_ thority whatever for it ; and then, it it was to be considered upon principle, it was absolutely