The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-05-07 00:00:00

To Sail in all May.
FOR BOMBAY Direct, the tine and Tay fast-sailing
teak ship LORD CASTLEREAGH. Earthen HOU tons,
Tog st Black wall, JOHN K ELLA ND Wilt NT, Commander.
' This Ship has room for measurement goods only, superior &cairn-
nodstiousFor Pargetiger., and will carry a Surgeon.
For Freight or Paulo apply to •
RAZETT, ARQUH AR, CRAWFOROIdD. and CO.
No. 71, Broad-street.

Under Engagement to bail on the 20tNor May,
-FOR PASSENGERS,
FOR BOMBAY, the Regular Trader, KATHARINE
STEWA RT FORBK A. 1.-300 Tons. INORAM
t IIAPM AN. Commander. Has a Poop, and very superior accom.
sedation for Passengers, and carries a burgeon. Lying in the City
Coal.
For Freight or Pomp Apply to the Commander, at the Jame.
lea Cola. house, Commt to Mesas. Ingßlis, Forbes, and co.,
2, 31snsion-House-place ;or JOHN CHA PM AN and CO.
2, Laidenhall.stmet.

MR. OLOROE PATON.
WHE lint Anniversary Dinner of the Pupils and
I Friends of the above Gentleman, late Master of the High
School of Edinburgh, will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern, on
Friday, the lath instant.
Dinner on the Table at Five o'clock. Tickets (with particulars)
261. each, to be had at the bar of the Tavern.
That Gentlemen who are inclined to favour the Meeting with
their meson 11 ill be pleased to leave their names at the bar of the
Tavern, on or before Thursday., the 13th of May.

--YORKSHIRE SOCIETY.
tT aox—liis Royal Highness the Duke of YORK.
PRESIDENTS.
The Right Honourable Earl FITZWII.LIAM.
Tee Right Hommerabk Earl of HAREWOOD.

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VICE•VIF.SIDIVINTS.
The Right ROIL Earl Mulgrave J. W. Denison, Esq. M.P.
The Ken Hoo. Lord Dundas 0. Rrydges, Esq. M.P. and Aid.
Lei Milton, M.P. Sir Charles Forbes, Ban. M.P.
J. A. S. Wortley, Esq. M.P. Anthony Browne, Esq.
The Right lion. John Beckett John Staniforth, Esq.
W. Wilberforce, Esq. .M.P. Mr. Aldennim Scholey.
'VIE THIRTEENTH NNIVERSAKY DINNER
1. of the NOBLEMEN and GENTLE 31 N connected with
the COUNTY of YORK., will be held at the London Tavern,
Bishoprgate-srteet. on MONDAY, the lath day of 3lay.
His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK in the Chair.
Becodbent, William, Esq. Townsend, Abraham, Esq.
Burn, Henry, Esq. Teak. H. B. Esq.
Bailey, George, Esq. Windle, Joseph, Esq.
Davenport. Henry. Esq. Walker, Henry. Esq.
Grandy, Thomas, Esq. Wilson, Samuel, Esq.
Preston. William, Eq.
Tickets (One Guinea each) to had of the Stewards, at the Bar
of the Tavern; and of the Semetary, No. 2, Henrietta-street,
covent-gartlen. T. HAMILTON, Hon. Sec.

WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL, OR PUBLIC
INFIRMARY,
Ja t nitta
(near Buckingham-gate),
Instituted in 1; the Relief of the Sick and Needy from
of Great Britain.
- KING. Patron.
His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, Vim-Pawl.
His Grace the Duke of. NORTHUMBERLAND, President.
VICE:PIitIIDENTS,

'rite Right lion. Earl Swam The Right Hon. LordColehrster
The Right lion. Earl Grearesnor The Right Hon. Sit Archibald
The Right lion. Vie- Sidmouth Macdonald. Bart.
Tne Right Hon. Lord Arden The lion. Philip Pu
The Right lion. the Speaker of The Very Rev. the Dean of
the House of Commons Westminster.
lAN SCNI)AY Morning, the 9th May, a Sermon will
he preached in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, for the
Benefit 01 this Institution, by the Rev. Joseph Allen, M.A. Pre-
bendary and Archdeacon of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
Westminster. Divine Service will begin at Eleven o'Clock precisely.
Two Anthems will be sung on the occasion by Mr. Clark, of his
Majesty's Chapels Royal ; Air. Gou'den, of Westminster Abbey
sod St. Paul's; and Mrs. Clark: the Organ by Mr. J. B. Sale;
who have kindly volunteered their services in aid of the Charity.
In addition to the other benevolent purposes of this Institution,
the Governors are enabled tby means of the repeated Benefactions
and Legacies of many pious and charitable persona) to maintain,
clothe, and supply with every necessary comfort, certain patients,
who, after the use of all proper medicines and methods, are deemed
incurable.
Cases from accident are received (without Letters of Recommen-
dation) at all hours of the date or night.
A Subscription of Three Guineas per annum constitutes a Oa.
senor; a Benefaction of 301. or upwairds a Life Trustee or (lover-
we, with the privilege of recommendtng Patients in proportion to
the sum contributed ; and every Subscriber of one, two, or more
Guineas per annum, is entitled to recommend One In-patient and
Two Out-patients in the year for each Guinea subscribed,
Subscriptions and Benefactions are received by Menus. Hoare,
Fleet-street; George Aust, Esq. (Treasurer), Kensington ; at the
Hospital; and by
CHARLES DONMALL, Secretary and Receiver,
4, Abingdon-street, Westminster.
Esr INDIA
MT:

if PAN Y.—Capital FOL. R
lONS.
MITS.
John Irving, Esq. M.P.
IVilliam Manning, Esq. M.P.
Sir Thomas Neste. Batt.
John Smith, Esq. M.P.
:TORS.
Wm. Maxwell Alexander, Esq.
John L. Anderdnn, Esq.
rEneas Rattly, Esq.
Charles Romanquet, Esq.
Andrew.Colvilk, Esq.
Samuel Illbbert, Esq.
Robert Loing, Esq.
Win. Pratt Litt, Esq.
David Lyon, Esq.
Wm. ‘litehell, Esq.
Jahn Plummer, Esq. 31. P.
Colin Robertson, Esq.

FRESh
Wm. J. Denison. Esq.
Charles Rose Ellis, Lsq. M.P.
Pascoe tirimfeU, Esq. M.P.
George Hibbert, Esq.

WILD
Thema' Bainbrldgesq.
Benjamin Bossard, Esq.
John Imtes, Esq.' M.P.
same! Jones Lloyd, Eaq. M.P.
bit John Wm. Lubbock, Bart.
stewart Marjoribanka, Esq. ALP.
Daniel SI iklred, Esq.
John H. Pelly, Esq.
SU John Rae Reid, Bart.
John Baker Richards, Esq.
Sir Jame, Shaw, Bart.
Andrew Henry Thomson, Esq.
AUDI
John hues, Eaq.
Simon Taylor, Esq.

Abel Smith, Esq. M.P.
Edward Whitmore, Esq.
BAYLESS.
Mean.. Smith, Payne & Smiths. I Messrs. Bosanquet and Co.
At a time when the advantageous employment of money is so
difficult, that it is forced into foreign COUlltliql fur the temporary
and uncertain benefit of a higher interest than is &fronted is the
English Funds, a more appropriate and secure investment has pre-
4ented itself in the formation of a West India Company, which. at
the same time that it will give an impulse to long-established
sources of British production and wealth, will secure a liberal re-
turn of profit.
This Company is instituted for the purpose of receiving consign-
ments of West India produce, in return for advances to be rnade on
mortgage and other good security, upon such a scale as will afford
aa adequate profit on the capital employed g and also of making
temporary advances upon the assignment of mortgages bearing co-
lonial interest, with collateral security.
One material circumstance in favour of such an investment is,
that the pro Sts of the Company, instead of being diminished, will
be considerably increased in the event of war.

The eutablishment of this Company will be as advantageous to
:ILE:lessons interested in the Colonies as to the Subscribers. It is
pateil that immediate activity will be given to the circulation
of Colonial property by the advances which the Company will
make to parties who can offer adequate security with consignments
of produce; this will have the effect of maintaining the fair value
of West India Estates, and thus operate favourably on the condi-
non of the negro population, which is intinuitely connected with,
and in s great measure dependent on, the prosperity of the master.
It Is proposed that there shall be Eight Presidents and Four
Auditors, and the affairs of the Company will be conducted by
Twenty-four Directors, of whom Twelve only shall be West India
Merchants.

The Capital of the Company will be Four 31illions, consisting
of Forty Thousand Shares of 1001. each, on which a deposit of lOL
is to be paid, 51. thereof at the time of subscribing, and Al. on or
before the 31st of May. Further instalments, upon due notice
tram the Directors, will be called for, u the business of the Com-
Pan_y may require.
The Institution having received the approbation of Govern-
ment, a Biti is preparing fur the purpose of funning a Joint
Mock, to he vested is the Company by Act of Parliament, limit-
log the liability of the Proprietors to the amount of their respec-
tive Shares.

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Interest at five per cent. on the instalments Will be paid for the
tist year ; after which %itch part of the profits, not exceeding three-
Mullis, as the Directors may think fit, shall be divided ; and at
the end of every seven years, or earlier at their discretion, a propor-
tion of the reserved profits shall be distributed, by way of bonus,
amongst the proprietors.
Applications for Shares will-be received by the Board of Ma-
sagenient, at Mesers..Manningsand Anderdon's, New Dank-build-
ings, till Saturday, the Elth of May, and will be auswerol by the
h'ith of May.