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London, England, 1824-05-15 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE MAir 12, Ift24.
rpm conur of milEcroits of the UNITED
COM PA NI" of 31 ERCHA NTS of ENDLA ND TR AD-
INO to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice,
That the Committee of Buying and Witrehotises will he ready
on or at any time betbre WEI,NE,DAV the 2l .It;24E 1921, to
receive Proposals in writing, soiled ttp, front such persons as may
be willing to sutmly the Conipany with n quatiEty of
WllOl 1111 T IRON IIEDSTEADS,
And that the Conditions of the said Contract may be had on appli-
cation to the Clerk of the said Committee, with whom Pmposals
musthe left before Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon of the said 2d
June, after which hour the Committee will not receive any Tender.
JOSEPH DART, Secretary.

NV AITH 31A N, 31 AYf/ R.
A COMMON COUNCIL. 'Aden .n the CII.I3ISER of the
GUILDHALL of the CIT': OF LONDON, on FRIDAY,
the 14th Day of May, 11124.
ItEbOLFED,
r HAT this Court, deeply sensifilti of the inadequate
I_ state of the Representation of the Peop:e in the Commons
House of Parliament, more especially as it regards the Cities of
London and Westminster, the County of Middlesex, and the Bo-
rough of Southwark, compared with the rest of the Kingdom.
That the Chancellor of the Exchequer having stated that the
County was in a condition of unexampled prosperity, they conceive
That all those objections usually raised to the discussion of this sub-
jzet in times of War and Calamity must now fall to the ground.
That the present mode of electing Members in close Boroughs
is a violation of the essential prinoirles of the Constitution, as ap,
pears from the 3d Edward I.—the Rill of Riglats--the 3dand3d
tieorge ll.—ia which it is th:clared that the Election of Members
ought to be free, and that the Freedom of Election to serve in
Parliament is of the utmost oonsequenco to the prmerratiors of the
Riftintl. Liberties of the Riaeom,..
among the numeral:is vMfMiti of these TAM, they have
recently observed, that the inhabitants of Dundalk have published
Resolutions, declaring, that a Nobleman, the Earl of Roden, mo-
nopolizes their Corporate Lanes and Seats, or otherwise disposes
of their Rights of Represemation, contrary to the Resolutiums of
the House of Commons, which declares, that it is a high Breach
of Privilege, and an Infringement of the Rights of the Commons,
for any Peer of the I: alin to interfere in the Enzaion of Members
of Parliament.

That glaring inequalities appear generally in the state of the
Representation, especially in the canes of ()Id Sarum, Castle Ris-
ing, and Newtown, in the Isle of IVight, who send as many
Members to Parliament, by the Votes of five or six Electors, as
the Cititi. of London and Westminster, who have between twenty
ar.d thirty thous tad Electors. And the town of Nottingham,
vita two hlembyts, has more Inhabitants than all the Electors
together in the 4 ounty of Cornwall, who send forty-four Members.
'Ent in the late ca-c of lirampound, and by the acknowledg-
ment of one of the Ministers of the Crown, it appears that the
County of York ought to have an additional number of Members.
This Court feel that tha Cities of London and IVestotinster, the
County of Middlesex, and the liorough of Southwark, have an
unanswerable claim upon the justice of Parliament for a much
larger number of Members to represent them in the House of
Commons than they have at present, especially when thc popula-
tion, property, taxation, judicial and commercial importance of
the said district, is compared with the rest of the Kingdom.
That by the late Census of 111:1. it appears that the said Ifiattict
comprises one-tenth of the whole Population in England, Scotland,
and Wales, and nerds only ten Members to Parliament; while the
other parts of the Kingdom send 548.
_ .

Th:tt the acid District paid to the Property Tax, in 1814, upon
seven millions of property, while the whole of the kingdom was
charged at 52 millions, or thereabouts • making nearly one-seventh
part of the Tan, with less than one-fiftieth part of the number of
Representatives.
. That the said District contains the Gaol of Newgate, Prison for
I)ebtors, Ludgate, Giltspur-street, Clerkenwell Prison, King's
Bench and M'eatinins:er Prisons, Courts of Law, numerous Pollee
I )ffices, all of which require the attention of Members locally con-
nected with the District.

That the Port and City of London contain numerous Docks
connected with the shipping Interest, the Dank, Custom House,
Excise and Post Offices, Insurance Offices, and various rising In.
stitutions, which Mien require the aid of Parliamentary Regu-
lafmns.

That the Corporation of London, as guard:ans of the interests
of their Fellow-Citizens, arc often baffled in the Parliamentary
Committees by the weight of private Interest, from the small
number of the City Members being unable to protect their
That the same inefficiency of Parliamentary Representation often
induces the Merchants, and great Put.lic Bodies, to negociate
their Parliamentary Business with the Treasury, which leads to
a system of favouritism ; and, during the war, Specie! Licences
were grantee! to Mercantile !louses, by which they obtained lin-
mense profits ; and such means of corrupt influence has led to the
return of Members wholly devotee; to the Minister, unworthy of
the public confidence, and ltighly derogatory to the character and
independence of the !louse of Commons.
That the inadequate state of the Representation of the City of
London was manite%ted at the Revolution of Ifni, when the Lord
Mayer, Aldermen, and he Members of the Corporation, were called
to set 10 the Convention Parliament, to transfer the Crown from the
House of Stuart to another Dynasty.
That a Committee of the (louse of Commons having reported,
that HO of their Members receive above Iflo,oool. per annum of the
public money, in places and emoluments, besides the patronage
that Ministers bestow upon their frien,la, and that such abuses
have been defended as essential to carry on the Government of the
Count ry.
That the table of the !louse of Commons having been loaded
with Petitions from all parts of the Kingdom, during the last forty
years, praying for a Parliamentary Reform, and deeply impressed
with the sentiments of Mr. Pitt. " If there had always been a
House of f'frunions, the faithful Stewards of the Interests of their

Countrv—die deligent Check on the Admunstration of the Finances
—the Constitutional Advivers of the Executive Branch of the Co-
vernment—the steady and uninfluenced Friends of the People, the
Bordens of the Country could not have been so great."
That a Petition, founded upon the above Resolutions, be forth-
with prevented to the Honourable the House of Commons, praying
for a spuedy and effectual Constitutional Reform in that House.
WOODTIIORPE.

TRADE.

CHEAP BET) FEATHERS, ii;iiire-gsTmLISH ED

31A N I ' FA CTO DRIT RV-LA NE.
Opposite Great Queen-street.
K. WALK ER begs to call the attention of the
llf • Trade. He has sow on hand a very large Stock of English,
Dantric, Russian, and Hudson's Ray FEATHERS, from
ltkl. to Ss. 6d. per lb., manufactured upon an imposed plan, whicls
makes them perfectly sweet, tam from duet, mad la far immodista
use. . .

As it is a great satisfaction to Purchasers to see their Ticks filled
and weighed, the Proprietor has a large Assortment of Tickets of
every quality and sire, from is. to ees., which are sold at prime
Cost. Also Stained and Mahogany Bedsteads, with or without
Furniture; Blankets, Mattresses, Paillasses, and every Article in
ti re Bedding Line.
The Proprietor being satisfied with very small profit, flatters
himself that the Public will find great advantage la purchasing
Goods at his Warehouse.

EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS IN SILK STOCKINGS

AND GLOVES._

Nir I LLIAM SILK and COTTON
IT STOCKING MANUFACTURER, No. 47, Citespoule,
opposite Milk-street, offers to the rub& the following GootL, at
Price hitherto unknown in any country :
Ladies' China Silk Hose, Cotton Feet, Ts. 6d. ; swat, 3a. 6d. per
pair.

Ditto, all Silk, 41.; extra stout, Ss. Sd.
Rich Evening Dress ditto, Gs.
Gentlemen's, all Silk, 6slld. ; extra stout, 91.
Ladies' Cotton Hose, did. per pair.
Fine India Cotton, Is. per pair, or I Is. per dozen.
Superfine ditto, Is. lid. per pair, or 16s. lid. per dozen.
Extra Superfine, 2s. per pair, or 22. per dozen.
Gentlemen's unbleached, Is. per pair, or I Is. per dozen.
Ditto tine, Is. 6d. per pair, or Ifis. Gil. per dozen.
Superfine, N. per pair, or tin. per dozen.
Half Hose, from .is. Ild. per dozen upwards.
l:Lf /VHS.

Ladies' French Kid, from 6d. per pair upwards.
Spring colours, from Is. per pair, or I ls. 6d. per down.
Gentleinen's Woodstock, from la.6d. par pair, or 16s. Od. per dor.
Ditto best Doe Skin, from 2s. lid. per pair, or 'Ms. 6d. per doz.
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Under Clothing equally cheap.
In order to be convinced, apply at the Warehouse, No. 47,
Cheapside, two doors from Bread-street, London, where every
Article of Hosiery can be bad of the best quality, and in a great
variety.
Merchants, Captains, and Rtopkecipers liberally encouraged.
Ladies and Gentlemen with commeisiuns from the country will
meet particular encouragement

LODGE and LOWMAN, WHOLESALE DRA-
PERS and LINEN FACTORS, of ARGYLL DOUSE.
Regent-street, have now on sale a 35,0001. stock ut the most sta,
perb Silesia, Irish, and Scotch Damask Table Linen ever beheld
German. Russia, and Irish Sheeting': tine Linens; India and
British long cloths, quilts, counterpanes, *e. &e.; and present
their List of Prices for public inspection, which they defy any
other house in the kingdom to equal in price or quality.
REVENTY-FIVE 7111KNAND -POUNDS STOCK, con-
sisting of Russia Sheet op, the full width, requiring to senm,
2241. a yard ; line, 2s. 2d. ; vue, fnr, 25.6 d. • fine Irish do. lc lid. ;
a quantity of soiled damask napkins, ria. a dozen the common price
is 10..6d.; a few rich double dismiss at 115.6 d., well worth 16s. fki.;
breakfast cloths, 174. each; large size, 24.6 d.; damask cloths, full
2! yards long, 75.; rich double damask, lis.•. 3 yards ditto, 13s. fsl.•
4 yards ditto, 18s. lid.; 5 yards ditto, 235. Gd.; with every ()the;
size, up to 10 yards tong, equally cheap.
Stout mock Russia Sheets, ss. 6d. it pair ; fine, Its ; real Rus-
sia, lils.lkl. and 12s. ; yard wile linen sheeting. 50. a yard ; line
ditto, Illd. ; real Russia, fine, stout, and full yard and quarter
wide, lid. a yard, cheap at iGd. ; very line, 144. and 16d. ; 300
pieces of curiously fine sod uncommonly stout, from 18d to 25.4 d.;
7 boxes of Irish shectings, from 12d. a yard to 4s. 6d. ' • 3 cases ut
Dutch shcetings, a rare article, and decidedly cheap ; large Russia
towels, 8.. a dozen.
Furniture Dimities, i 4. a yard; good martens 124. • curtain
naislins. 6-4th. wide. dd. ; handsome damask lens, tkl. ; good
large counterpanes, ds. Gd. each ; elegant Marseilles quilts, full 3
yards square, I3s. ; fine ell-wide long cloths, Its. 10. d. the piece
(2.i yards); tine undressed ditto, 14s. 6d.; real India ditto, for
shining, 16s. and Ills. ; well worth 16d. a yard; fine jibe:mots, for
dresses, 14.. Cal the piece (20 yards) ; undreamt cambric., for
slips, 10s. Gil. the piece, 6.4ths wide.
An unusually large assortment of coloured flounced Muslin
Dresses, from as. lid. to 21kv. • and beautifully embroidered Mora-
vian ditto, from 10s. to 63,7. : India sprig book dinner dresses,
12s. W. each; Deem striped ditto, 6*. Gd.; embroidered cambric
handkerchiefs. 7s. a dozen.

Just importi:d, 500 dozen of French cambric handkerchiefs,
front 16s. a dozen to 525. fl. ; those at 21s. arc fine; at 255. and
30s. very line, and generally sold at 465.
The article of Irish Linens, !lodge and Lowma". g factors.
are enable:lto tell the most approved bleaches full 8.1. a yard lower
than any other house out of Ireland ; and have a present 12,000
pieces, from lod. a yard to 4s. ed. ; about !ft i pieces that are
solid, but warranted to wear well, to be sold unusually cheap, for
ready mnrey only.
At Hodge and Lowman's, Wholesale Hearers, Mercers, and
Linen Factors, Argyll House, Regent.strect, tl ret doors from the
Argyll Rooms.
•„• Large purchasers arc requested to apply_::: le early part of
the day.—Unpaid Letters not opened.

SELECT ARTICLES pinared and sold by .Metars
BUTLER, CHE3IIsTi,
4, Cheapside Corner of St. Paul's • TA Regent-ittreet, near the
Argyll Rooms, London; Waterloo-place, Edinburgh; Sack.
v illeitreet.
FLUID EXTRACT of SARS/J'AR 11.1. A, for making the
Decoctions, and partict.larly suggestcd to Surgeons and Physicians
for its portable convenience and economy. The Diseases in which
it has proved most beneficial are those of the Skin, such as Scor.
butic Affections, Eruptive Diseases, SeeorattrY Symptoms, &c.,
arising from a diseased state of the System at large.
crritATt;p KAI.I, a Preparation for making Saline
Draughts, recommended by the Profession for its convenience, and
being more certain in Its oper..tion than those prepared with
Lemon. Ac.
BALSAMIC LOZENGES, used in recent cosghs, Home.
nes, Ac.. and for improving the Voice.
CAJEPUT OPODEI.DOC, an excellent application for Chil-
blains (allaying the irritation); used also with much success in
cases of Rheumatism, Sprains, Bruises. /ve.
CHILBLAIN CERATE, an excellent application for Chil-
blains when broken ; is used also with great success in cases of
Scalds, Burns, Bruises. Eruptions, and Firers.
PECTORAL ELIXIR. strongly recommended in Col2v, ha.
bitual Coughs, Asthmatic AfloctintA, _ .

CARDIAC TI Eof TURKEY lIURARR, a warm
and renown Laxative, adapted to Gouty ronaiiutionst.
P ILLS of TURKEY mitunArttl and JAMAICA GIN-
GER (known by the name of Dinner Pills), found particularly
useful In Intligextion, Flatulence, &c.
FAMILY PILLS, antiblEops, gorily aperient, and particu.
lady useful in El epatic or Liver r omplaints.
STU:M.I(IIIC BITTER TINCTURE, a very agreeable
Tonic, recommended in Indigeoion. Debility of the Stomach, ts..e.
VEGET.I ISLE TOOTH-POWVDER and ASTRINGEN 1'
TINCTURE, for preserving and icautifying the Teeth and
Gum*. Much approved.
TONIC PILLS, recommended in general Debility of the Con-
stitution. alwi as a safe and excellent remedy in dime period'e..l
irregularities which Females of delicate and lialguid circulation are
liable to.

EXPE(!II)RAST PIMA. recommended i i recent f'OlLl%,
Iloarxrle.s, heeiing of the Chest, of
.11t.eathit!g,

COMPOUND TINCTURE of IN)3IEI:IIAN.I'rE, as an
Astringent much used in Affections of the 'towels, indicating Rs-
laxat_i!r2, ..........
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AMMONXT-ED SPIRIT of LAVENDER, applicable in
Nervous and If yateric Affections, Lowness of Spirits,Famtings./cc.
CONCRETE .11' ICE of LIMES, for Pune'', Limade, Saline
DrauAhts, Ices, Jellies, or any other purpose where the flavour of
the Lemon in required.
••• The above Preparations, when genuine, w;l1 hare :iler.sra.
Eltiqer's Name and Addis attached to them.