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NUMBER 9831.

tbI?TRACTS for SUPPLYING PROVISIONS, CLOTHING,
LINEN, COALS, CANDLES, and other Articles, for
CONVICTS on BOARD HULKS.
London, 20th February, 1814.
SUCH Persons are are desirous of Contracting
• • with the. Superintendent of Convicts, to supply Bread,
11°4'4 Cheese, Barley,Oatmeal, Salt,Beer, Coals, Candles, Oil,
S°ltp, Clothing, Necessaries, Blankets, Woollen Cloth, Duck,
Striped Linen and Cotton, Wrapper Cloth, Shoes, and Leather,
for the use of Convicts on hoard Hulks at Portsmouth, Wool-
wich,-Deptford, Sheerness, and Chatham, may receive Parti-
culars of the Contracts on applying 'to the Superintendaht
of Cobvicts, No. 15, Lambeth Terrace, and on board the
several Hulks, and deliver their Tenders at the Commissariat
°M.v; treaiury Chambers, sealed up and directed to the Su-
Pcriutenaant of Conyicts, marking thereon " Tender to ftrr-
41111:Supplies for Convicts ;" op or before Tuesday, the
March ; but none will he received after Twelve o'Clock
co that Day; nor will any Proposal he noticed unless made on
arruexed to "a printed Particular, and the Prices inserted
Words at length ; nor unless a Letter be subjoined to such
proposal, signed by two Persons of known property, sugag-
ing to bicome bound with the Party tendering in the Sum
expressed in the Particulars, for the due -performance of
the Contrast.

01%l'ERSET HOUSE GAZETTE, and
" LI-
TERARY MUSEUM of LAST SATURDAY is NOW
ItEPRINTED, and may be bad of W. WETTON, 21, Fleet-
street ; and of all Booksellers.

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.
T" THIRD ANNIVERSARY DIN-
Lo, NER of this INSTITUTION will he held at the
DON TAVERN, on THURSDAY, the 26th inst. "
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount MELVILLE, in the Chair.
This
InstitutiOn is estahlisbed on board the Grampus Hos-
tukt-Ship, lying off Deptford Creek, and has at this time One
undreciand Thirty Patients under Cure; the nature of it is
to afford immediate relief to Sick and Diseased .Seamen in
the NIT of London, who have only to present themselves
alongside, and they are received, if found deserving, without
need of any Recommendatory Letter. Since the first esta-
bli'llztent, in IBS:, upwards of Two Tlrousand One Hun-
dred and Fifty Seamen of all Nations have been admitted
and provided for.

STEWARDS.
The Right Hon. Lord Vis- Thomas Maude, Esq.
Gaunt Torrington Captain Henry Brown Mason,
plain Sir Christopher Cole, R.N.
K.C.B M.P.John Petty Muspratt, F.sq.
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Capt. J. A. Ointnanney, R.N.
Sir Robert T. Farquhar, Bart.
Abel Smith. Eric'. I". • Henry Pownall, Eiq.
Henry M. Bagster, Esq. James Randell, Esq.
Esq. Captain Poker, R.Y.
Christopher Dowsoll,
Anthony Haviside, Esq. Charles Tehbutt, Esq.
Capt. Thos. Larkins, H.C.S. Thomas Urquhart, Esq.
Archibald Little, Esq Capt. Geo. Weltden, H.O S.
Captain John Locke, H.C.S.
Dinner to be on table at Six o'Clock presisely.
Tickets, Li cult, to he had at the Bar of the London Ta-
vern; and of Mr. Richard Harley, Secretary, at the Office,
No. 19, Eishopsgate-street-within.

. .
• CLERGY ORPHAN CORPORATION,
St. Johtes•Wood, Nlary-le-Oone.
- • KING. •
Freshlent—The Right Honourable and Right Reverend the
Lord Bishop
KENTON..
ViclePresident—The Right Hon,
Jim ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the
SOCIETY for CLOTHING, MAINTAINING, and
EDUCATING POOR ORPHAN CHILDREN of CLER-
.GYMEN. of the ESTABLISHED CHURCH of ENGLAND,
of AGE to he put APPRENTICE, will be holden at
IrREEMASONS' TAVERN, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's
Inn-fields, on. THURSDAY, the 26th of February Instant.,
The Chair will be taken for the general business of the
y, at Half-past Two o'Cluck precisely.
'Dinner on Table at Five o'Clock precisely.
STEWARDS.
ittglit Rev. Bowyer Edward Rev. John Lamb, BD. Master
Spade, D. D. Lord Bishop of Corpus Christi College,
of Ely. and Vice-Chancellor of the
VerY Rev. John Ireland, D.D. University of Cambridge.
Dean of Westmipster. Rt. Hon. Edward, Earl Digby.
Venerable Charles J. Blom- Hon. Mr. Baron Buttock.
geld, D.D. Archdeacon of Rt. Hon. J. C. Villiers, M.P.
Colchester. Hon. Philip Pusey,
R"- E• Burrow; D.D. Do- John Mastertnan, Esq.
meatic Chaplain to the Bi- William Sikes, Esq.
shop of Winchester. George Jenner, Esq. -
Dtnner
•Ticits?ollection after Dinner.
15s. each, to be taken at the Bar.
Donations and Subscriptions will in the mean time be
thankfully received by the Treasurers, Rev. Ai chdeacon
Cambridge.. need
•loilina Watson, Esq at their Bankers.
Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross; . ;
and Messrs. Sikes and
Co., Mansion-house-street by the Secretary, No. 30, So-
merset-street, Portnian-square•, or by the Collector, at No. 6,
Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn.- _ _

E. J. TURNOUR, Sec.

!I-IHE LONDON PORTABLE GAS COM-
A PANY having encreased their means of distribution,
are now ready to SUPPLY OIL GAS in GORDON'S
PATENT LAMPS, in St. John's-street, Smithfield, Gilt.
spur-street, Skinner-street, Holborn, St. Giles's, the east end
of Oxford-street, Wardour-street, Oxendon-street, Haymarket,
Cockspur-street,.Strand, Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, Old Bailey,
Negate-street, St. Martin's-le-grand, Aldersgate-street, Gos-
well-street, Cheapside, Poultry, Cornhill, Leadenhall-street,
Aldgate, Whitechapel, Fenchurch-street, Gracechurch-street,
Fish-street-hill, High-street, Borough, the New Dover-road,
Bishopsgate-street, Old-street and Road, and such other places
in London and its vicinity wherein there may be an adequate
demand, or as may be specially agreed upon.
Until the Coropany shall be enabled to extend their line of
distribution, the Gas will be supplied for any other part of the
Town if the customer chooses to send for it to the works, 30,
St. John-street, Clerkenwell, and if a large quantity is taken
a discount Willthen be allowed.
Portable Gas-Office, 7, Basinghall-

street, Feb. 18, '1824.

STRICTURES CURED.
11Y a new Method the above troublesome
It Complaint is entirely eradicated, (without the use of
'"'"lgie or Caustic), whether of long or short standing, ex-
"Pt Constitutional, as well as all weaknesses generally as-
"tupanying it, and in a short time the whole system is re-
Istablished, being one of the greatest discoveries ever aside,
-u Y_JOHN LYNCH, 44, Duke-street, St. James's.
usspectable references will be given, if required.—All Let-
ters post-paid.
The price of the Medicine is Four Pounds a parcel.
a the B perwefec CureßiliousAffections t for
01,.

IV Seer's), will be observed.

• FOR CORNS, BUNIONS, eee.
MORRIS'S ROYAL BRUNSWICK
CORN PLASTER, prepared from a Recipe belong-
to her late Majesty. It. is an excellent Remedy for eradi-
"tin,' Corns, and giving relief to those who have hard fleshy
substances at the bottom of their feet, without the least pain
°v inconvenience, and will prove a very useful Family Plaster
fresh Wounds and Scalds, likewise for Bunions. Prepared
by G. MORRIS, Chemist to the Royal Family, Kensington.
Iv Sold in Boxes at Is. and es. 9d. by Butlers, Chemists,
ti,°. Cheapside, St. Paul's, and 220, Regent-street (near
...Ile Argyle Rooms), London; Waterloo-place, Edinburgh
?ckville-street, Dublin : and by the principal Medicine
venders throughout the United Kingdom.
I,t4tN.srl3E.o—.,!lc careful to ask for " Mogtos's BRUNSWICK COIIN

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1824.

that they had reason to believe the seats in that House are sold
like a stall for cattle.—(Hear, hear, hear !)
The Petition, after a few words from Mr. D. Baovvxt, was
ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
IRISH TITHES.

_Mr. GOULBURN gate notice that, on the 4th of March
he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Irish
Tithe Lavis.

IRISH CHURCH. „.
MT. HUME postponed to the 6th of May, his tended mo-
tion respecting the Chw.ch of Ireland.
Mr. HE RATES moved the third reading of the Transfer of
Aids' Bill.—Agreed to, and the Bill passed.
The Exchequer Bills' Bill, and the Reciprocity of Duties'
Bill, were each read a third time and passed.
INSOLVENT ACT.

•In answer to an inquiry from Mr. BRIGHT,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he proposed bringing
in the Insolvent Debtors' Bill in a few days. It would be tha
same he had submitted to the House last Session.

WOOL DUTY.
Lord MILTON presented a , petition from several persons
engaged in the Manufacture of Wool at Saddleworth, in York.
shire, against the duty on that article. The Noble Lord ex-
pressed his gratification at the statement presented to the House
by, the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night, especially that
part of it which referred to our Commercial Regulations.
though he was. disappointed at noticing the very trifling reduc-
tion of taxation which he proposed.
Mr. S. WORTLEY protested against the laulloviing the
exportation of wool, and declared that he preferred retaining
the tax to the removal of the restriction on exportation.
The Petition was ordered to lie on the table.
' SILK DUTY.

Mr. ELLICE presented a Petition from several Silk Mer-
chants of London against the proposed: regulations respecting
their trade. The Petitioners declared that these regulations
were contemplated without consulting them ; and that unless
the duty were repealed gradually they would be sufferers, by
the amount of the duty paid on theft-stock in hand. He con-
curred in opinion with
_the Petitioners, and thought that the
gradual disuse of bounties.oiould be advisable, as well as the
gradual repeal of taxes..--The-Petition was ordered to lie on
the tabla, after a few words from Mr. Wriu.Lac g and from Mr.
Er.mcz in explanation- •
_ _ THE COURT OF CHANCERY.

Mr. JOHN WILLIAM-S,(Of Lincoln), in rising to being
forward the Motion-of which-he had. given notice, respecting
the Court of Chancery said;-that while he admitted that he was
net about topropose any :specific remedy for the evils of which
he complained, ..he-must be allowed to observe, that he would
indeed be a bold man, whO would in the first instance, make
such a proposal. His motion, and the observations he should
feel it his duty to make in Support 'of it; would have exactly
an 'opposite tendency, as -they would merely call for a grave
and deliberate inquiry in-order. to -devise a remedy. Too much
he feared had already been: -ventured on this important subject
on too little inquiry. •Eleverilears ago a legislative measure
was passed without distiriccinquiry ; vial now, in the other.
House, a measure was, he could not say in contemplation, but
in adoption;that the Members of that House, merely ;as. ,turh Members,•
altednexathe legal•presu presumption
as the latter ought alone to be sufficient to call for the vigilance
were compette:te-xtpoo:lee:indealOnitimatters of law. -Such a measure
of the H-ouse.• In former times it would hare been so. in the
,reign of 'Jaynes the -.First, when we had- no such a Court of
,Chance,Chancery as the present, the House; on a mere suggestion that
some men from Cornwall had been illegally brought up by in-
-formation, resolved. itself into a Committee of-Justice, in order
to ascertain the farts, and afford nroteetion to the subject. Lord
Bacon, when his judgment and his conduct were called in ques-
tion, said-that every man was.at perfect liberty to speak with
freedom of his- Court and himself; and an inquiry, which was
• all that he (air. Williams) asked, was accordingly instituted.
It was not, .however, on such slender grounds that he
should support his application to the House. There were
ancient statutes to which he Would refer• the House, which
justified the motion with which lie should conclude. By the
statute of Edward the Third it was recited, that justice had
been delayed from various causes, and it then appointed Com-
missioners to hear complaints of that delay and to provide re-
dress. The modern times too, the principle of interference in
this respect, had been recognised, and the House had not al.
lowed justice to be delayed even in cases of comparatively
trifling nature to those he should atiduce.—(The House was
here disturbed by the barking of a dog, which we believe had
found its way into the door, and which at first caused a ludi-
crous effect. Tile-Learned Gentleman, -hoWevereborie the in-
terruption with becoming dignity
anti on its reenoval resumed.)
But he was not driven to analog s
date. It.
)to 'tn.' Kit his tactics, as he
could refer to a_diatinct
precedeht of ie-very recet
had occurred to some eminent person ctio t ter to whom) that,
from the number of appeals which
judgments of the Scottish Courts, it was fair to suppose there
the
must be something wrong inwere presented against the
aystem of those Courts.—Ac-
cordingly, a Northern Expedition was fitted out, and Commis-
sioners appointed to ascertain
whether every thing was sound.
He alfuded to the Act of 4th Geo. IV. cap.
83. By this act full
power was given to the Commissioners to make enquiry as to
,
the different forms of process;; to eansimplify—(Hear !)—to shorten
--(Hear, hear, from the Opposition
).to to ascertain whether the
aqnucZtiinonsshoofrt,ftaoctperooOmlodte notjceuibtie.
separated from those of law;
This he considered a, wise,
as the House had pronounced it, a salutary measure; but he
questioned whether it was equally wise to commit the working
of it entirely to professional men (though lie of course spoke
attetraienhseodftdoeasnecriveendt respect), ct), because they were often
otofotinleimuclitn
them. In his opinion and too reluctant to aban-
don such an inquiry as that to which
he had alluded, at least so far as regarded the subject he was
bringing under their attention, ought to be entered into -bra
Committee of the whole House. r
4 rom the opposition how-
ever which had been made to his motion last year, as well
as that which he now expected, he must conclude it was ar-
gued that what was safe and wise in Scotland, was unsafe
and unwise, or at least impolitic in England ; that here, where
the danger was not remote, where the mischief was great, and
the growing nuisance spreading over the country,—(Hear, hear!
from the Opposition.)—the House was to shut out all inquiry ;
and, in fact, to declare that what was good for one side
of the Tweed was not so for the other. He was fully aware of
the difficulty of the task he had undertaken, of his ignorance
(of which, indeed, he had been pretty often reminded), re-
specting the practice of the Court; and lie-gave to those who
should oppose his motion the full benefit which they could de-
rive from his admission, that experience. in that Court as an
Advocate he never had, and as a suitor he never would, nave
while he could find a friendly pistol at hand.—( Heir, hear I and
a laugh.)--He knew that to those who knew the Court better
than he did, patronage had •many charms ; and the vision of
Hon. and Learned Gentlemen was often affected by Judge-
ships, 3lasterships, and Commissionerehips. He kneit that those
who opposed inquiry contended that delay was now made for
the first time; that there was no delay at all: but were Hon.
Gentlemen to dismiss from their minds all the evidence of noto-
riety ? Was it not the fact that unhappy complainants jostled
you in the streets; that their language was heard every where
except in those walks ?--( Cheers from the Opposition.)—He had
been accused, not, he belietred, of inventing, but almost of de-
liberately exaggerating facts ; yet he repaated his solemn asser-
tion as a Gentleman, in his place in thatliotise, that all he had
urged on a former occasion he had found to be true. Every
thing he had then urged he was called upon to Prime, because
it was met by direct denial. To his proofs then he would now
proceed ; and he would show ncit only that the suiters of the
Court of Chancery were harassed by delay, but that that even
victory and ruin too often came together. For some cir-
cumstances in a particular case he had applied to a very
respectable Solicitor, informing him that he should not pub-
licly state all the circtimatances which might be told him,
but should state merely the result. That Gentleman de-
clined giving the required informition.—(Hear, hear !)—ln
another instance, soon after his motion last year, he met
with another respectable Solicitor; and speaking with him
about that motion, the Solicitor said, not only that he had
not over-rated the cases he produced, but that he (the So-
licitor) could himself have furnished him with stronger cases.
He then mentioned a suit tinder his management; but, on
being applied to within the last few days for information, he
has refused to give any at all.—(Hear, hear !)—The House
must see that, with such difficulties, he was working up hill.
In another case which came tO his knowledge, that of a
single woMan whose entire property had been for years locked
up in the Court, he applied to the Solicitor for informa-
tion. That Gentlerrian said, the cause alluded to was indeed
a bad one; but it was nothing at all to another he hail, of
Which he then mentioned the particulars, and Offered to lend
him the papers. No papera coming, he (Mr, Williams) wrote
to the Gertaernan, requesting him to perform his promise;
and at last received an answer, stating, in substance, that