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London, England, 1809-01-09 00:00:00

ORDNANCE' OFFICE, Janusry 6, 1309.
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS MA

JESTri ORDNANCE, d. lursoy zive Notice,

That Proposals will be received at their Office in Pall-Man, on
or before Wednesday the 25th day of January instant, from.such
Persons as may be willing to undertake the performance of the
PAINTER'S WORK at the Royal Armoury Mills, Lewisam,
in the County of Kent, for a period of three years.
Further particulars, tos.'ther with the Terms and Conditions
of the Contract, may be known, upon application at the Secretary's
Office, in Pall-Mall aforesaid, any day, between the hours of ten
and four o'clock, where the Proposals must be delvered, sealed
up, and endorsed " Proposals for Painter's Work," but no Pro-
posal can be admitted after the said, 25th day of January, at twelve
o'clock at noon of the same day, neither will any Tender be
noticed 111111511 the party making it, or an Agent in his behalf
shall attend. By Order of the Board,
R. H. CREW, Secretary.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
CORNIULL, LONDON.
INSURERS, whose Policies fall due at Christmas,
I are respectfully informed, that they will be renewed by ap-
plicatlon at this Office, within fifteen days frOtri that period, at
the reduced Premihnts, viz.
Common Insurances to - £lO,OOO at 2s. per Cent.
Hazardous to - - 6,000 at 3s.
~ Doubly Hazardous to - - 3,000 at ss.
Advantage* to Insurers with this Company :
Payment of Rent In Case of Fire, without increase: of Premium
--tiamage by Lightning made goad.—No Charge for Policies,
Indorsements, Alterations or Surveys.
A Commibsion of £3 per Cent. allowed on Shipping Insurance.
Abatements on Country Insurances from £lO to £4O per Cent.
. upon the Premium; and from 21 to 15 per Cent. upon the Duty.
FARMING STOCK. Insured at 2s. per Cent.
The Company's Terms for Life Insurance are equally liberal,
and potsess very superior Cilims to public Patronage.
WM. REETHAM, Sec.

SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHY.—TWO NEW EDITIONS.
This day were published,
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SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHY, or LIVES of the
pRINCIPAL SACRED CHARACTERS recorded in the
OLD and NEW TESTAMENT, interspersed with moral and
religious Observation's and Reflections.
By the Rev. JOHN WATKINS, LL. D.
Author of the Biographical Dictionary, dtc. S:c.
The rapid sale of a very large edition of this work, the general
approbation with which it has been honoured, and its introduc-
tion into many considerable schools, have induced the author to
print the new edition in two- sizes, to enlarge end improve It
throughout, and to WA the additional characters of the Apostle,
Peter and Paul.
Printed for RICHARD Put ttirs, No. 6, 13rhIge-street: sold by
W. Berry, and Bryce and N. Edinburgh ; by M. Keene, Dublin,
and by all other Booksellers.
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The UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHICAL and HIS FORICAJ-
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CHELSEA HOSPITAL, sth JANUARY, 1 809.
THESE are by order of the Right Honourable the
Lords and others, Commissioners for managing the Affairs
of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, to give Notice, that all Out-
Pensioners belonging to the said Hospital, residing in London,
or within twenty-five miles thereof, are required to appear per-
sonally, and regimentally, at the Secretary's Office, m the said
Hospital, on the respective days, and in their different classes,
according to their several rates.of Pension, as undermentioned,
when attendance will be given from Nine o'Clock in the morn-
ing until Three in the afternoon, for the payment of half a year's
Oension in advance, to Midsummer next, with the augmentation
in proportion to their disability and length of service, according to
His Majesty's new regulations in their !imbue:—
On MONDAY, the 9th January.
The Pensioners at 6d. per day, from the different Itegimenta
of Cavalry, Foot Guards, Ist Regiment of Foot to the 624 Regi
meat inclusive.
On TUESDAY, the 10th January.
Those at 6d. per day, from the 63d Regiment of Foot, with the
remaining ReghneTts or Corps; as also the Pensioners at 9d. per
day, from the several Regiments of Cavalry, Foot Guards, the
Ist Regiment of Foot to. the 69th inclusive.
On WEDNESDAY, the 11th January.
Those at 9d. per day, from the 70th Regiment of Foot, with
the remaining Regiments or Corps ; as also the Pensioners at is.
per day, from all the Regiments of Cavalry, the lit and Cold.
strewn Regiments of Foot Guards.
On THURSDAY, the 12th JANUARY.
Those at is. per day, from the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, the
Ist Regiment of Foot, with all the remaining Regiments or Corps.
On FRIDAY, the ISth January.
Those Pensioaers from any Regimens or Corps, at Is. otd.
13.14. 13. ltd. and ls. 2d. per day.
On SATURDAY, the 14th January.

Those at ls. 21d. and is. ad. per day. •
On MONDAY, the 18th January.
These at Is. 3td. per day, with those of the different rates, to
2s. per day Inclusive.
On TUESDAY, the 17th January.
Those at 2s. Old. per day, and upwards ; those from the
Militia, at sd. per day, with the Private Gentlemen who reoei'e
Annuities from the late Ist and 2d Troops of Horse Guards.
And that all Out-Pensioners belonging to the said Hospital,
who live at a greater distance than twenty-five miles from Lea-
den, and those in Scotland and Ireland, are hereby required
and commanded, after the 25th of June next, and after every
succeeding 25th of December, and 25th of June, until further
orders, to apply to one of his ajesty's Justices f the Peace in
the neighbcurhood where they reside, and make the following
Affidavit; which the said Magistrate for the County, City, 80,
, rough, or Riding, before whom the Pensioner appears, will sign
and date, via.—
came before Me, one of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace for the County of , and made
Oath that he was admitted an Out Pensioner of Chelsea Hos-
pital, on the • day of ,17 , (or 18 ,) from the
Regiment of , commended by
was then aged about 'years, served in the Army
years, was discharged for , and that he
is no other‘‘ isa provided for by the Public but as a Pensioner of
the said Hospital, at per day, and now lives in the
Parish of ,in the County of . Sworn before
me , this day of . , 18011.
The Affidavit, drawn according to the above form, sworn be-
fore, dated and attested by a Magistrate, Is to be put up in a
cover, and sent by the General Post, (directed thus, "To the
Right tionourable the Paymaster General of His Majesty's Land
Forces, London,") marking on the cover, " Chelsea Pensioner's
Affidavit ;" and counterparts or duplicates of the said Affida-
vits are to be reserved by the Out-Pensioners respectively, to be
exhibited to such Persons as shall be directed to pay them, that
they may be satisfied that all such as may claim Out-Pensions are
the real Persons entitled to receive the same.
And to the end that the Commissioners for the Affairs of
Chelsea Hospital may be satisfied that the Pensioners are the same
persons who have passed their examination, it is hereby further
directed, that such of them who have served in, and tame been
discharged.from, any of the Regiments, or Independent Com-
panies of Invalids, or Royal Veteran Battalions, ire not to men-
tion in their Affidavits such Regiment or Company of Invalids,
or Royal Veteran Battalions, in which they served last, but the
Regiment, Troop, or Corps of the Army, from which they were
first discharged anti recommended, •and received at Chelsea
Hospital.
The Pensioners are particularly to take notice, that the half-
yearly payments after Christmas are regulated, as to the place of
payment, by the Musters at Chelsea, or the Affidavits sent' as
above, after the Midsummer preceding ; and that the Midsummer
payment is in like manner regulated by the Musters or Affidavits
after the Christmas preceding.
It is also ordered and directed that no Person who shall change
the place of his abode given in at his Muster, or specified in his
Affidavit aforesaid, and wLo may apply for his Pension, (except-
ir.g to the Officers of Excise nearest such place of abode), shall
receive the same, unless it appears, by the certificate of respect-
able persons, that such removal was ;''rough unavoidable neces-
sity, which he or they could not foresee or present.
And that if any Pensioner shall fraudulently attempt to receive
a double payment of the Pension, either at Chelsea, or at different
places, he shall be struck off the Lists.
Lastly, it is notified, that none will be entered upon the Pay-
'mists Of the said Hospital, Nor be entitled to receive any benefit
therefrom, who shall not act agreeably to these orders and dire*+
dons, particularly in sending their half-yearly Affidavits to the
Paymaster-General as above direetid, and to no other Office ;
which several of the Pinsioners have of late either neglected to .
do, or gent them irregularly to other Departments.
G. AUST, becretary and Registrar.