The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-03-22 00:00:00

A BILL,

Intituled all Act to repeal so much of an Act, 'sassed in the
Ninth Year of the Rein of His Into Nfajestv king G".rorge
the Second, imitated, " An Act to restrain the Disposition
of Lands, whereby the same hermitic unalienabit," a> re-
strains the Two Ursir•roties of Oxford and Cambridge from
purchasing or holding Advow.ons, except as theruia is pro,
sided.

Whereat it is amongst other things provided by an Act,
prsed m the Ninth Year of the Reign of His late Maje,t)-
King George the Socesul, Subtitled, " As Act at iestrain the
!Murmurs.' of Lands, whereby the same become unalienable,"
that no college or house of int 11l i l ig, which cloth or shall hold
or enjoy so many advowsons of ecclesiastical henefices as are
or shall be equal in number to one. moiety of the fellows, or
persons usually stv led or cremated .as fellows, or where there
are or shall be ne fellows, or lemons usually styled or reputed
as fellows, to one moiety of the students upon the foundation
Thereof any such college or holr•e of learning cloth or may,
by the present cormitution of such college or house of
learning, consist, shall, from and after the twenty-fourth
day of Junes one thousand seven liumlnd and thirty-six,
be capable of ,ptirritasing, acquiring, receiving, taking, hold-
ing, or enjoying, any ether advowsons of ecelesiastiral bate•-'
(ices b► any means whatever, the advoweons of sult scJesias-
licit benefices as are annexed to or given for the benefit or
better support of the headships of any of the said mike., or
hoes:9 of learning, not being computed in the number of
adviawsons hereby linitt,d : and whereas the above redriction
has been found by experience to uperate to the preindke at
such colleges ur houses of learning, by rendering the succes-
sion taro slow : ai.d whereat the removal of such restrictmn
ill-be for the benefit of such eollrges and universities, and
will tend to the promotion of learning, and to the providing a
better supply of fit and compete nt parochial ministers: be it
therefore waded by the King's lowa Excellent Alaiesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritnal sod
Temporal,and Common-, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, That so much of the said
Statute a, is herein before Trotted shall be and the same i.
hereby repealed.

The Earl of ROMMBY entertained a tele& party
at dinner yesterday. Among the company were:
The Marquis of ilertfor.l. the Earl of Caritarvon, Vl4-
count S..aleiton, the Archhishup of Dublin, •Vt.e.tutit SiJ•
mouth, Lord G'astorthury, Hon. 111. &name, Hon. and Iter,,
Dr. Maisham, and Mr. Hatsell.
As the Duchess of DEvotismine was returning
home from the Marchioness ot SALISSURY'S concert
on Sunday evening, in he: catriage, she was sud-
denly seized with a giddiness ;n her head, which
was succeeded by a violent head-ach. Her Grace,
on reaching Devonshire-house, being much worse,
Sir WALTER FARQUHAR was sent for; that Gen-
tleman attended immediately, wad applied the proper
remedies, and, we are happy to state, her Grace
last night was nearly convalesceat.
Capt. VINCE!, r, who commanded the Arrow sloop
of war, which supported the late very gallant a4lion
in the Mediterranean, is the son of Osm AM VINO LSI,
Esq. Banker, of Newbury. lleis a very aetive and
intelligent officer, and distinguished himself at the
taking of Toulon.
The Sporn man, ST ANTOS, from London and
Lisbon, for Gibraltar, is taken and carried into
Algesiras.
The Lourel,l' v Lon, from Liverpool, for Clyde,
is lost in the Mull of Galloway.

PRICE OF STOCKS YES rERDAY.
9 per Cent. Consols ...58U
6 per Cent. Nev.y. —B9l
Imperial Annuities 949-16
Oinoium 3;
Wit Roods 1.. Is. dis.
Exchequer Rills .... Is. d 6. Is. prem. par
Eng. Lottery Tickets
Consols for 58
T. BLSH, Stock-broker,
No. 4, Cornhill, and No. 9, Charing

PRICK OF IRISH STOCKS
Gov. Orb 5 prrILL (March 13.) B9l
I pet Om. Go, (Mania It.) hie

COURSE OF EXCHi

Amsterdam 3B 10 2U•i
Dim; at Sight 58 2 1
Rotterdam c. f 12 4 2 U.
Haniburgh 95 8
Alton*
Bari•
Ditto 2 26
Biiurde..ux •26 3

Cabs
Ditto
Madrid .... in paper
Ditto 3Bj effect.
Bilbna
Leghorn 49;
Natlle<
Dublin on London (March
Illelfain on Lorulon (March 1
Bellied on Dublin (ditto.)....

TtIeSDAT, MAlttil 19
Genus 4IA Lre. Pic.
Venice Slit
Lisbon 6O
Oport. 6CI
Duelni ll

/11111014. I, 1 I
Portugal Gold ill Coin
and Bars per os 4 0 0
Doubloons . ..... 0 0 0
New Dollars
Silver in Bars
New Loos,: each 0 0 0
Asoo on the Bank of Holland
41 per Cent.
13.;.. loa 111
12.)
61i 61 days.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT GUILDHALL,
- T0.1403110W. 11. 11.
Francis Woolley, Charles-street, Grosvenor-square,
Middlesex, apothecary . . 3 10
Rachael Hooper, Bath, milliner . . . 3 10
William Barker, of the Strand, London, linen-draper 9 111
Maria Watkins, now or late of Wells, Somerset,hire,
milliner and shopkeeper . . . 3 10
Thomas Bevan Farmer, Rntherhithe, Surrey, ea-teeter 3 12
William Cornwell, King David's Fort, St. George in the
Fast, Middlesex, ropemaker . • 3 11
William Thompsoil,Tlirogniortun-street, London, stoi k-
broker . . . . 3 1
'l' homes Barrett, Kennington Green, Surrey, stock-
broker . . . . 2 11
Peter Hoare, Prochliani Greet', near Durk,lig, Su rr..,y,
shopkeeper . . It
Alexander Bertram, Niglititielle lane, Mildle-ex, co•
lourman . . . . 2 10
Richard Johnsen, Tokenhouse•yard, Lwidoii, merelvaiit ...! 11
James Vandtant, Brewer-stir -t, nee Golden square,
Miclilletex, printer . . 2 11
Johu Parean and James Gardiner, Clement's lane, Lent-
band-street, and of Saville-place, Lambeth, Surrey,
hotomerchreits . . 2 10
John Nutter, Blackittamstrert, Burraiieh, chereemonger 1 12,
Michael Green and Henry Collins Green, Oxford-street,
pocket hook makers . . . . 1 11
Thomas Geary, Austin Friars, merchant . . 1 10
Edward Davis, Lambeth, Surrey, brewer . . 1 11
William Maitland, at,, of Chancery late, linen draper 2 10
Michael M'Garry, Cooper's-court, Upper East Smith-
field, viAualler . . . 2 111
531,10 -,I Ca,tell and 'Walter Powell, Lombard street, '
bankers . . . . 10
Joseph Kitching, Ipswich, Suffolk, grocer . . 2 10
Francis Scurry, Kent Reed, St. Geerge the Martyr,
Southwark, Surrey, coal dealer . . 1 11
William Enock, late u(Soutli Molten street, Middlesex,
tailor . . . l2
John Carlton, Canterbury, Kent, grocer . . 1
John Purcell, late of Portlandetreet, Soho- square,
Middlesex, grocer . . . . 11
Charles Bedeell, Brick lane, Christchurch, Middlesex,
viilualler . .
Ewens 'fucker, St. Nicholas, Deptfortt, Kent, tallow-
chandler . . . - 10
Jelery Scrape, Rid Lion-street, Holborn, steck-breker 1 10
Edward Lowtou, Red Lion-atrest, Southwark, Surrey,
hop and seed merchant . . . 1 10
Thomas Blackwell, Chertsey, Surrey, grocer . . 1 1 i
Edward Davis and William Phillips, Church-street,
Lainbeth, Surrey, brewers . . . 1 1
DIVIDENDS.
Joseph Featherstone, Tunbridge, Kent, shopkeeper . 1
Stephen Woodbridge, New Brentford, Middlesee litationef 10
Thomas Browne, Jewry-Arcot, Aldgate, woollen-dealer 11
lOU, Hurrli., late of Seaford, Sussex, apothe'ary - 11
Janie. Forael the elder, Letitia Foaled, and James Fozard
the yowler, Park-lane, Piccadilly, stable-keepers . 10
CERTIFICATES.
Thomas Edwin's, et Fore Street, in the Parish of St. Ann,
Limehouse, in the county 0( biltWleiCX, victualler, dealer
and Chapman.
Thomas Franklin, of Leighton Bus,ard, in the county of Bed-
f ird, money-scrivener.
John Bishop and John/ferry, late of Maidsterne, in the county
of Kent, copartners, upholders, dealers a red ehapnten.
Matthew Garland, of Greve-street, Deptford, in the county of
V -le, victualler and auctioneer.
John i lodeson, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick,
merebent.
William Keene, late of Painswiek, in the count, of Gloucester,
clothier stud cerdwainer, dealer and Chipman.

BIRTHS.
AI Wilmar, near Waterford, the Hon. Mrs. Jephson, of a
daughter.
(Sir Monday, the I I th inst. at Dotevorytoomar Shrewsbury,
the Lad: of Richard M)tton, Eig of a datiglitur.