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OFFICE OF ORDNANCE,

Dec. 5, 1812.
THE PRINC4PAL OFFICEWS of His MA-
JESTY'S ORDN--INCE (Th hereby give 'Notice,
Dia Proposals will be received ot their (dice, in Pall- lall,
on or beAre'fredneadap, the 23d day of December instant,
from s•meh PerSO2lS as may be willing to undertake the per-
Armance of the PLUMBER'S WORK, for service of this
Department, at Chatham, for a period of .Three Years, de-
terminable at the expiration of One-Year, upon giving Three
Monthi -notice at the option of either Party:

Farther particalxrs, together with the Terms and Condi-
tions of the Contract, may be known at the Secretary's
Office, is Pall-Mall aforesaid, any Day between the .11o,rs
of Ten and Four o'clock, where the Proposals must be de-
l;cered, sealed zip and indorsed, " Proposals fur Plumber's
Work at Chatham 1" bat no Proposal can be adwitted after the
said 23d day of Dec. at Twelve o'clock dl Noon of the stuns
Day, neither will any Tender be noticed, antes.? the Paz &-
making it, or an ...,fert (In his behay, shall attend:-

By Order of the Board,
CREW, Secretary..

OFFICE CF ORDN;INCE,

Dec. 5; 1812.
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS 'of His MA.,
JESTY'S ORDNANCP, • do' hcrehy give Notice,
That Proposals, will be re doer ot'their Office, in Pa
on, or before Trednesday, the q3dDay of December inst. frl,nt
retch Persons as Olty he wilting td zrntlertake the supply of
CANVAS, and other .drtiele4, for Serviee- of this Depdrt-
meat, for a ;period of Three Bars, detbnainolite at the
expiration of One Year, upon giving- Three Months natio.,
at the vault of either party.

Patterns of 1!e 22lititles may be viewed, iron application
at the Principal Storekeeper' .kOsice in the Tower, and further
Particulars, together with the Tfrms and Conditions (if the
Contract, may be known, at the Secretary's Gfficei in Pali-
Mall, aforesaid, any Day between the Hours of 74:nand
Pow.- o' Chid where the Proposals must be delivered, sealed up
and indorsed, "Pioposats for Canvas, tkc.;" but no Proposal
can be admitted after the said 281 day (V. December, at Tmelve
o'Clock at. Noon of• the same Dart, 'neither will any Tender
be noticed, unless the Party making it, or an dlgent in his
Bchalf, shall attend.

•
By Order of the Board,
R. H. CREW', SOci-eta,p.

OFFICE OF ORDN.eINCE,

• Dec. 16, 1812.
TITE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His Al2l-
JES,TPS ORDNeiNCE, do hereby give N'Otice,
That Proposals will be received at their Office, in
en or bejlirell4nday, the 26th day of December hest: from
such Persons as may be‘zoilling to underttlhe the Supply of
Twenty Thousand Qeebec WHITE STAVES, for service of
the Royal Powder Mills at Belifnsollig., in the Kingdom of
Ireland.

Thy Stares ntust be fall..y seasoned, and, if single, ot,eles
hulafred to the thousand, if double, Ay hundred and
_fifty to a
Single pieces will be required, and necst be delivered
at the Ordnance' Stores, in Cork, the folloiving proportions,
viz.

5000 on or before 15th February, 1813,
Ist April; 1813:

5000
5000 -

Ist September, 1813.
31st Decembqr, 1813.

5000

Further Pbrtieulars, together with• the Terms and Conditions
Of the Contract; may be known upon application tm the Secre-
tary's office, in Pall-131a11, .aforesaid, any Day between
the• Hours of Ten and Four o'Clock, where the Proposals must
be delivered, sealed up and indorsed, ‘PropesziN far Quebec
Staves;'' but no Proposal eau be admitted utter the said 28;h•
instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon of the same Day neither
will any Tender be noticed, unlesS the Party making it, or
an Agent in his Echa(f eta, attend.
Alp Order of the Board,
, R. H, CIZE Hi, Secretary,

t I►'IPER,IAL- PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS,
FRIDAY, DEC. !18.

The
,Lord) CHANCELLOR being detained at
Carlton House, did not come down until nearly
five o'clock ; and after prayers were read, the
several Bilk brought up from the Commons yes-
terday, among which was Lord Wellington's Es-
tate Bill, were read a second time.
PRISONERS Of' WAR—SLAVE TRADE.

Previous to their Lordships entering upon the
Order of the Day,
Lord HOLLAND called the attention of the
House to two topics, which he deemed of great
national and public importance. One related to
the Exchange of Prisoners of War ; a considera-
tion respecting which sonic information should be
given to Parliament. The second, and on which
the Noble Lord laid the greatest stress, was the
Foreign Slave Trade: :It was six years since': the
. House came to a resolution to address the Crown,
to make such representations to Foreign powers as
would induce them to co-operate with his Majesty.
in endeavouring to put a final stop to the trade.—
This nefarious and disgraceful traffic was carried
on exclusively by thoSt two powers ,nts whose'
• councils British influence was the most likely.to
operate : at least it was carried op under the flags
of those nations. lie much regretted that no
mention had been made In the Apeech from the
Throne ai to the progress which was made in those
negociations, said by Ministers to have been in-
stituted with a view to its total suppression: Un-
der such circumstances, he wished to. call upon
the Lord opposite, to state what progress had
been made in these negotiations, and the more so,
as nearly the greater part of his Royal Highness's
:Ministers were those who had taken an active
part against the abolition. In addition to that
question. he should ask, whether any negotiation
was pn foot, or intended, respecting an exchange
of prisoners of war % It would,depend upon the
answers he should receive, whether or not he
should feel it leis duty to institute or propose some
Parliamentary proceedings upon these subjects.
The Eat' of LIVERPOOL agreed with the Noble
-Baron as to the public importance of the topics
to which he bad ,adverted. With respect. to an..
exchange of prisoners of war, it was certainly de.
sirable that sonic arrangements should be made
for that purpose, and he trusted the Noble Baron ,
would give him credit, when he stated, that the
object was anxiously in the contemplation of Go-
vernment ; and that as far as concession could go,
every proper one was afforded on the part of this
• country. At the -same time he had to state, that
no negotiation was pending at present for that
purpose. For the last six months the state of the
enemy was such as would naturally account 'for
that circumstance. With respect to the other
-question, whatihis:sentiments were upon the point
were well known; but he hoped the Noble Lord.
would do him the justice to think, that no consi-
deration whatsoever, though once opposed to the
abolition, would .not make him not only as anxious,
but, perhaps, still more so than any other. person„
the moment the measure became a part of the
• law,,to carry it into the fullest effect. The nego-
eiations adverted to were' carrying on, but ob-
stacles of a peculiar nature may be -in existence.—
, With respect to one of the countries in question,
he had, however, strong reason to hope, that the
objects of these may he effectuated to a great ex-
tent. With regard, to the other country alluded
'to by the Noble Lord, Spain, he claimed credit for
the assertion, that no effort would he wanting On
the part of the Executive Government to bring
the negotiation to a successful issue, How far
it had proceeded it was unnecessary to say, but he
certainly should deprecate any thing being prema-
turely done.