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London, England, 1813-03-09 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR PIO COPPER.

NArr-OFFICE, Marsh s; 181*.
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS and COMMIS.
SIONERS of His MAJESTY', Nsl rr, a hmiry jive N.sia,
'That on Wednesday, the 24th instant, at one o'clock, they will
be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Coa-
.gact for supplying his Majesty's Yard at Portsmouth with One
undred and Ninety Tons of pure English PIG COPPER.

4 Fern of the Tender may le seem at this Office.

N. Tender will de received after one ielock, on the day of treaty,
Der any noticed, unless the party, or an agent for him, attends.
Bvery Tender mat he eccondanied by a Letter, addressed, o the Nave
:Board, and signed by Pak. ►esponsible Persons, engaging to krone bound
with the Person tendering, in the sum of £3OOO for the due perforsnanee
Df the Costract.

GENERAL POST-OFFICE, FEB. 9, 1813.

TWO HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.

WHEREAS, HUFFEY WHITE is strongly
suspected to have been concerned in the Robbery of
the Leeds Mail, between Kettering and Higham Ferrers, on
Mon ay Evening, the •26th of Oco.ber last : whoever shall ap-
prehend, or cause him to be apprehended, will be paid a
Reward of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS upon his Commit-
ment for trial, and the further Reward of ONE 14UNDRED
POUNDS upon his Conviction.
By Command of the Postmaster General.
FRANCIS FREEI,ING, Secretary.

The said HUITEY wiirrP is a Native of London, by

Trade a Cabinet-maker, about 35 or 36 yea • of age, of good
- appearance, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, stoutish made and stands
very uptight, has thin legs, brown hair, broad or full forehead,
pale complexion, light grey eyes, and little eye brows; is marked
with the small pox in large pits deep in the skin, and at some
distance from each other; his nose turns up. He has a squeaking
voice, is mild in manners, and does not talk much. He is w..:U
knowti at all the Police Offices. _ _

He had formerly served some years on board the Hulks, and

returned about ten yearn since.
About four years ago he was capitally convicted at the Old
Bailey, and ordered to be transported for life, but afterwards
made his escape.
About twelve months after this conviction he was apprehend-

ed at Stockport, and tried and convicted at Chester Assizes for
this escape, and sent back to the hulks, but again escaped.
He afterwards robbed the Paisley Union Bank, and immedi-
ately proceeded to London by the way of Edinburgh, in post-
chaises ; and in two or three days after his arrival, was appre-
hended in Surrey, and 'lied and convicted at Kingston Lent
assizes itil I, for being at large, and was sent to the hulks.
From thence he again escaped, and has since been in the d'art-
ties of Cambridge, Huntingdon, and Northampton, passing by
the name of WALLA'S, until the itolibt:ry of the Leeds M.sd the
2.6t1i of October

It is not known where he has been since, except that he was
at the Bull's Head, in Bread-street, far two or three days imme-
diately afterwards, and then went to Bath. He slept at the
Swan scut, io Birmingham, en Sundzy, the 24th of Janoary last,
and proceeded the next day in company with Robtrt Brady,
otherwi,.! called Oxford rob, fit the Shr,:wshury Mail to Wol-
- whcrt. 1,11-ady was acprehendvd,and White took the
oyeortuoity to suit the Coach, end has not since been heard of.
lie may pr, bably be in the company of two persons bervin de-
scribed,' vtz.
One of them about 28 or 30 years of age, stout made, 5 feet
9 inches high, of a dark complexion, black hair, has Sue black
eyes, and good teeth, lisps in speaking, and has an t.val visages.
'1 he ether about 85 or 36 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high,
sandy complexion, hair and whiskers, the calves of his legs thin,
a little pitted with the small pox, and looks like a hot se dealer.

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. XVI.
wz published THIS DAY.
COSTENTS.-1. East latlia Company's Charter... Papers re-
specting be klegoriarion for a Renewal of the East India Corn•
pany's ixcl.tsive Privileges.-2. French I.iterature...De la Lit-
drature Fra• gain, pendant Ic line Sie.:le.-9. Sweden... Last
Tars of the Ve!gn of Gustavus Adolpus IV. late King of Swe
den.-4. 'the P or... Propositions for ameliorating the Condition
of the Foor; and ter.tbs future Prevention of Crimes t by P.
Cokinhoon. L. 1.. D.-5. Manes Bampton Lec•ures.—G.Tra-
bon.hern Aires, by Ht-nry Lichtenstein.-7. Musa. L.:t-
int:res.—Elec. a Tentandna, bchola Regia Ediner.,l.--P. Mrs.
• Graltum',. lot.rnal of a lit slat:ice in India —9. Ultime Lettere
di Lcopc Ort.es—lo. Brisbane* Memoirs of the Rev. Theophi-
.lvs Robeby • a Poem. By Wserer Scott, Esq.-12.
•Ilirtncla Bulletins, fie. attain the recent Campaign of the french
' la ltasssia.

- Printed for-John Murray, No. 50, Albentarimtreet, London ;
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1. each:

JEWELLER'S STOCK, FURNITURE. Ste. BATH.
TO BE SOLI) BY AUL:IION,
By Mr. DAVIES,
On the Premises, Bend-street, on Thursday, March 11, art]
following Jays at Eleven o'Clock each day,
A LL the valuable S POCK in TRADE; House.
bold Furniture, Fixtures, and other Effects of Mr. Viner,
Jeweller, and Hardwareman, eiimptiAng a goner al assoruneat of
Jewellery, Pate, Phited Goods, Cu• lery, Tunbridge Warr, &c.
Ali ibe excellent Household Furniture, Shop listurt!s, and vari-
ous other Effects
To be weaved on Tuesday, and Catalogues at 6d. each to be
Lad on the Premises.

HAAIBLEDON, HANTS.
TO BE SOLD BY PRIVAI V CONTRACT,

A. DESIRABLE COTTAGE RESIDENCE,
cc,ntain,til Drawing and Dining-rooms, three good Bed-
torms, Dressing-room, Attics, suitable Oifice, three-mall Stable
and Chaise house; together with a good Ga;den and Gt een-house,
and two Fields containing about seven statute Acres. _ .

The rr.miscs are in good repair, and the kurniturc, which is
rear'y new, may be taken a•i, v,aluation.
This property is very desirable fur Naval Oflictr, or for a
portsmari, and is distant from London 6 sulks, a,1,1 from Ports-
, south twt lve. Fost-hoi,nds ind harriers are kept in the neigh-
bourhood, and i• is a gee I shooting country.
fur :tattier particulars, and to treat for the purr:lase, apply to
Shawei,, Le Vane, aid Sh two, New Briiige-street, Lon.
doii ; or to Mr. Senter, at Thimble:don, near Hort:dear,.

THE AMESBURY ESTA FE.
To 13E SOLD.
`HE ANIESBURV ESTATE, in the Parish of
Aine4bury, in the. County of Wilts, containing upwards of
Five '1 houtand One Hundred Acres of Freehold Land, in-
cluding the Mansion of Amesbury Abbey, with the Gardens,
Practatroos, and ornamental Buildings ticeroon ; together with
the several Macers of Amesbury Lath and Amesbury Priors,
with the Manors of Dawbney's, and Actith's, Cornh's Court,
aid Counress-Coutt, having Courts Leet and Courts Baron, and
Hundrel Court, extending over a late portion of the County,
With the Qv st Rents, Fines, Heriots, kigbt s,Royalties, Members,
and Appurtenances thereof, including an extensive Fishery en
the River Avon, with the Swannery on the same River from its
'Rise or Springlicad in Bryntslade Park to Farnham Bridge, near
Salisbury, and the Profits or 'lolls of the Faits and Markets.
'1 he Amesbury F-state has always been held in high estimation
for Is Farming product. Sti-neltecce and other remarkable All-
C.,itice are situates: on the li-tatei., and the spot has been long
celebrated for its annual Coursing Matches, which the peculiar
sit i.atioe,ar.ti preserves of Game render so favourable for that sport.
Applicatioi.s for particulars to he made t. Messrs Farrer and
Co. Lincolo's-lrin-li,lds; or to i\ Ir. iden, No. 252, Oafurd-
street, river Valliwtreet.

DEMERARY AND ESSEQUE.BO.

BENJAMIN EI'SSEN, is his capacity is Acting Deputy First
Marshal of the Honourable Court of Justice of Denserary and
lEssequebo, advenises, by these Presents for.the first, second,
and third time, that he,by virtue of a Sentence decreed by the
Honourable Court of Justice of Derneraryeand the subsequent
Execution, WILL EXPOSEAND SELL, at Public Eiecu-

tioq Sale, in the Month of October, 1813, -
THE COTTON PLANTATION COLUM-
BIA, with all the Buildings, Slaves, and Appurtenances,
situated on the Ea•t Sea Coast of the River Demerary, in behalf
of John Douglas and G. Robertson, acting Executors in the Estate
of Jus. Chff,deceased,and Sellers of l'lunation Columbia, Plain-
tiff* io Execution, versus Edward 'renal, as Purchaser of Plan-
tation Columbia, • _ _ _

The &tremor) of the above-named Plantation, Columbia, is
-daily to be seen at the Counting-house of Messrs. Underwood
and Dyett, at London.
The Judicious or Pro, and Concurrence on the Net Pro-
eeels of Sale of said Cotton Plantation, Columbia, will tee held
by the said Honourable Court of Justice, three Months after the
day of Sale, for wi.ich cause, all those that may pretend to have
any right, title, or interest to the Net Proceeds of the said Cot-
ton Plantation, Columbia, or ctherwi.m, are herewith by me,
the aforesaid Acting Deputy First Marshal of the Honourable
Court of Justice SUMMONED
To appear in Person, or by their Attorney, on the first day ap-
pointed for hearing, which will be held here in the Month of
December,lti t 3,in order to lay their Claims, in due form, under
the penalty that against the nou-appearers will he proceeded as
the law directs. B. TEYSSEN, Jun.
Acting Deputy First Marshal.
Rio Demerary, November 16, tut 2.

I)EMERARY AND EgSEQUEBO.
BENJAMIN TEY:',:-EN, in his capacity as Acting Deputy First
Marshal of the Honourable Court of Justice of Demerary and
Ei-sequebo advertises by these Presents, for the first, second,
and third ;tine, that he, by virtue of a Sentence decreed by the
Honourable Court of Ju•tice of Essequebo and the subsequent
Execution, WILL EXPOSE AND SELL at Public Execution

fp the Month of October, 1819,
9 'HE COTTON PLANTATION TWEED-
SIDE, with all the Buildings, Slaves, and Appurtenances,
situated on the Arabian or West Sea-coast of klssequebo, in be.
• hiii? of 13. liebbelinck, Acting Receiver of the King and Colonial
:Chests of Eisequeba, Plaintiff, in execution versus the Proprietor
or Proprietors or Representative of said Plantation,l weedside.
j The Inventory of the above-named Planta! ion, Tweeds! ie, is
daily to be seen, at the Counting-house of Messrs. Underwood
and 1./yett, at London.
I The Judicium of Pm and Concurrence of the Net Ptvored*

BY THE AUTHORITY OF HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL

LETTERS PATENT, GRANTE.D TO EDWARD JUKES
'['HE AVERRUNCATOR, a nem-invented In.
strument for Pruning, ice. &c. &c.
The want of an Instrument fur Pruning Trees and Shrubs of too
great a height to be reached from the ground, and too weak to
sustain the weight of a ladder, has been long felt. The Aver.
runcator will he found completely to supply that want. With it,
all superfluous branches may be cut from a tree of any height
with the greatest nicety, without the aid of a ladder, and that too
with a facility and neatness scarcely credible. It will effectually
destroy all those bags of insects which are so destiuctive to trees,
and will be found not only the most useful, but the most amusing
Instrument for Pruning, ever yet offered to the Public. It may
be used in a horizontal as well as perpendicular direction, and is
not only calculated for the use of Nurserymen and Gardeners,
but is equally adapted for the use of Gentlemen, or even Ladies,
who may without inconvenience, carry it in their walks round
their grounds, and remove dead and unsightly branches; and by
affixing a small basket, it is admirably adapted for gathering_
grapes or other fruit banging beyond the common reach, or in
Hot-houses or Green-houses, where the introduction of a ladder
will be entirely superseded by the Averruncator.
This Instrument has the approval of some of the most eminent
Nurserymen and Gardeners in the neighbourhood of the Metro-
polis, and is pronounced by them a most admirable Invention ;
by the use of which, they will be able to avoid the various clumsy,
tedious, and ineffectual expedients to which they have hitherto
been compelled to have recourse in the necessary ar.d important
ditty of Pruning.
To be had at the Manufactory, No. 11 , Brydges-street, Covent.
Garden ; and, by appointment, at Mr. William Newton's, Um-
brella-maker. No. 161, Strand ; at Messrs. Moore and Starkey,
Jewellers and Hardwarcmen, 75. Cheapside; and Thornhill and
Morley, Manefacturirg Cutler:, 144 (late 137.;, New Bond-
Areet.

lids day were published, pries M. a 1
LETTER S to-the EARL of F I !GAL, on tit
i
subject of the CATHOLIC CLAIMS, front Sir JOH/f
COX 114PPISLEY, Bart. M.P.
Printed for Juhn Murray. 60, Albenntrie-street.

PROTESTANT UNION.
AT a MEETING of the COMMITTEgo held
March eth, I elo:
STEPHEN CATTLEY, Esq. in the Chair:
Resolved That the fol/owing Paper be pubished—
The PREIT'ESTAST UNION are DOI surprised at the number -
the Attacks which they have to sustain, and which have beat al*
aimed at the Clergy of the country, who have *hewn a laudable,
for
na
tttuihireee porleitlhercihtduliargeos of
fuorunoritsPauhrotes;;zistaemstbnyt
wnEthisitticiavbheslieshvfoenr: Establishment
man,rtsc—e
vaadeberaut
othtceye
who justly appreciates the value of our Protestant Contrite.
don, Is now called upon to perform. The PROTESTANT U piton
will proceed, as they have begun, upor the great principles of the
British consdtution. And, as they believe they can have no:
enemies svho are not alto enemies to those principles which tVarl,
man of we II ..egulated nt:nsl in this counts y must maintain. they c
not think It necessary, on their pans, to use asperity or language.,
It has been proposed to nt'ke an imeortam alteration, not in
the government of a partice!ar pert 'to the Empire, but in the
structure of the. 3:.-Itish Cseistitinton ; at the very sprirg and
source of power are! motion wh'. h, unless the whole of British
History b:• a faith , nom, if adopted, have a prodigious (Vero,
either good or bad, upon our Civil and Religious Liberties; and,•
without a needless pre-adjudication of the question the Pao.
TESTA NT USW N cannot but Ica that that effect will be injurious
to !vete Woh set talverthnt to sentiments merely reties/nu
(.visit's, however, mutt always be cotisidsred as bearing upon
the political conduct and character of men), there Is no evid:nce
before the Public to show that the principles of Popery are to the •
least de eree eitereJ, which have ever subjected those maintaining
them to foreign iutluetio., and made them unfriendly tit that civil
and religious liberty, which it is 'he glory and strengt of • his
country to preserve. In the absence of such testimony, which
Is loudly called fee, the PROTEStANS UNION contemplate the
introduction of Roman Catholics into the Legislature, a..d the
Higher Offices of State, with great apprehension. such a
measure, it cannot be expected that die Civ:l and Religieus Li-
berties of the country will be extended, if that were even neces-
sary, for its general happiness and strength ; but by it they may
be seriously, if not irretrievably, injured. The effect of the mea-
sure, even upon the Roman Catholics themseltes,i. very prob/e.
melee' ; but upon the highest Interests of this Protestant State,
which stands unimpaired amidst the storm that has wrecked the
other Protestant States in Europe (with scarcely a solitary excep-
tion), it is more than probable that the effect will bi injurious, if
not destructive. Betides, the legaimate interests of Ireland ro. •
quire no such experiments.
These are sufficient considerations why all men, even those
who are least disposed to political discussions, should poi a
watchful attention to this vital question; and they are a sufficillit
apology for the formation and proc.:edires of the PROTESTANT
UNION. Indeed, nothing but a sense of duty could have induced
the Gentlemen who loran the Tennis TA NT UNIJN, and who
arc independent of all party, to touch w political question; but
they think themselves celled upon to exercise what is the birth.
r ht of every Englishman upon the etueitiou now before the
public, which has been considered by every conedtutional writer,
whither layman or divine, from A Isernon Sydwey to Illockitone,
and from Burnett and Tillotson to Hurd, as involving the exist-
ence of the most precious cf all earthly rights; and they have all
.hewn the baneful influence of Popery upon the civil and religi-
ous liberties of this country.
The PRO r ESTANT U/41(.24 will Ce:l reply to allusions made to
their venerable Chairinan, G ILA VILLI Sumer, Esq. a—they are
contented to Ire their credit and character rest upon the sanction
of his unimpeachable lea niieg, patriotism, and 'Lucency.
The Peoecsrese it:: los, neith:r in its coao:tution nrr
temper imitating the Protestant Association of are slut
fairly dealt with when they ate compared to that institution;
but InueL less is any fi one jostied in altering the terms whines
they have chosen to assume, and to substftnte the words Pro.
testant Associaron for PROTES'rA NT UNION. They have choten
the latter;—and it is as unmanly for an advetsary to alter
them, as it is disingenuous to ascribe motives or tempers which
they neither avow nor manifest. Nor do they think it neces-
sary to retort the wit or the ridicule of• those, who have
thought it a more convenient mode of attack to sport a joke than
to answer an argunteet. As, however, the Propositions con-
tained in the Resolutions of the PROTESTANT UNION (No. I of
their Papers) have not yet been disputed, nor have the Questions
they have proposed to the Roman Cathehcs (in No. it) been an.
swered, they shall reserve the vindication of their Society till the
period when their Principles, thut proclaimed to the world, shall
be seriously controverted.
With respect to the facts which the PROTESTANT UNION have
printed being open to the objection that they are anonymous,
they do not wish to conceal, that, as to the general publicity of
the informants, they must of necessity remain so. But the Pao.
TLSTANT UNION publish nothing that comes to them without a
name, nor aid they are perfectly satisfied of the credibility of their
correspondent. And although, for obvious reasons, they cannot
give the names of the writers of the communications; ror can
the PROTESTANT UNION pledge themselves further, than that
the Letters arc authentic, and troul persons in whose veracity
and means of information they have the fullest confidence ' • yet
they do maintain, and Insist upon it, as a matter 'fit fact, dott the
PitoreseeNT UNION have not stated or published any later as
dated in Kilkenny, which was written at Cork ; nor have they
published any letters which have come anonymously to them : it
behoves those, who make such misstatements upon matters of
fact, to be better assured in future of the accuracy of their
assertions. •

The facts themseves, on the assumption that they are true,
have been objected to, as trivial or absurd, and that their publi-
cation serves to irritate.. As to the first, however some may ac-
count them trivial, it is perfectly clear that, in the multi:ode of
such facts, the true state of the Irish population is shewu; and I.
that, the more absurd the tricks exercised by the priests or puli.
neat adventurers appear, the more they skew their influence, and
the necessity of preserving the people from such an extended do-
minion over them.

The Pao-rr.rr.s NT UNION are not caefined to the facts they
have published ; they are in possession of information from all
quarters of Ireland; which, however they might be objected to
when standing alone, together furnish proofs, but too melancholy
and certain, of the continued hostility of the Roman Catholics to
their Protestant Brethren, and of the danger of admitting the
former to further Political Power. To publish all the facts of
which they are in possession would be too voluminous, yet they
cannot but think that inquiry should be made into the real state
of the views and dispositions of the Roman Catholics, as at pre-
sent the generality of those facts are not sufficiently ascertained.
As to irritatioa : if the recital irritates, what must be the state
of the Irish PopulatEni, where the circumstances themselves
exist ? And what would be the situation of this c wintry if the
Influence of those who occasion them were extended to England,
by opening more widely the doors of the Legislature, and making
the highestoffires of State more accessible? And, as to the general
conduct of the PROTESTANT UNION, they have excited no
irritation by raising clamour against the Catholics, to whom they
have no personal hostility; nor have they thought it necessary
to promote a single Petition to Parliament. They wish, however,
that a disposition to a fair and cool inquiry into those principles,
whether religious or political, which are really calculated to
affect a Protestant State, had not been met by the imputation of
those motives and principles which are foreign to the legitimate
views of Protestants, and of that conduct which, to the honour
of our Protestant population, has not, upon this occasion, been
pursued. The Protestant part of the community upon this ques.
tion have as yet committed no fault, unless they have been too
indifferent to their owu security ; and therefore they ought not
to be treated as persecutors, bigots, or ofronders. While a wise
Legislator will take care of the interests, and secure the affec-
tions, of three or four nullions of subjects, he will also be cautious
that he does not place in jeopardy the interests or affections of
twelve or fourteen millions, or the depeedenciee of the British
kmpire. S. C.ATTLEY, Chairman,

11111 OW

Is

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PARLIAMENIART PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 8.
Their Lordships met at half past two o'clock, according toad-
' ournment, in a Committee of Privileges, on the Banbury Peer-
age; when the Duke of Sussex, Earl MoIRA, and Lord Hor.-
(pa ND, arguAl eti bee all of the Claimant; and the Duke of NOR•-
's out, Lord ELIA XOVIUGH, and Lord Reoesnate, on the
I/other side, at Treat length. The furtlun considera:ion was then
Vo3tponed till to-morrow, and their I.urdships adjourned.
$ Prayers bf....0g read, and the House formed.
The Duke of KEN r presented a Petition from the Ship-buil-
;der& on the river ['lames, against the We of Asiatic Ships in the

sport of London.
Lord koI.LE presented a Petition from the Master, Wardens,
land Corporation of Exeter, against the renewal of the East-India
Company's Char. er.
1 Earl it ITZWILLIAM preseoted a Petition to the same' effect
from the Merchants, Traders, and others, of Brdidford, in the
:County of York; another from the Ship-owners and Mer-
** chants of Kingston.upon-Hull-; a third from the Dock Corn
pony of Kingston; a fourth from the Merchants and Inhabi-
tants of Leeds ; and a fifth frost) the Merchants and Traders of

• Bridlington. •
• The Marquis of DOUGLAS presented three Petitions of the
same tenor—the first from the Chamber of Commerce in Gies-
': gow, the second from the "Ira les' House, and the third from the
Merchants' House of the same place.
The Duke of MONTROSE presented a Petition from the
Ship-owners of London in favour of the East-India Company.
The Duke of SUSSEX presented a Petition from the Roman
Catholics of the County of Wexford, and another from the same
descrietion of persons ni the County of Sligo, praying for a re-
peal of the restrictive Statutes against them. His Royal High-
ness took occasion to retnark, that in presenting those Petitions,
' be was merely discharging hit duty as a Peer of Parliament, and
' should have thought himself bound to present any Petition of a
lcontrary tendency, had it been in like manner committed to him..
• The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a Petition from
the Catholic Inhabitants of Limerick, praying for a repeal of all
: the disabling Statutes which remained against the Catholic hotly.
Nis Lordship took occasion to state, in allusion to what he had
beard both within and without the walls of Parliament, some-
• thing of what the Catholics did nit want. '1 hey did not want to
be admitted as a body to any political privileges ; bnt they
thought it-fit that, individually, they should be permitted, in
common with their fellow-subjects, to share the honourable and
legitimate rewards which the Constitution had decreed to them
as their right. They did not ask any thing which could be sup-
posed to militate against the Established Church; but, on the
Contrary, they were ready to support the political establishment
of the cointry to the urnic.st of their zeal and ability.
The L.ernish Miners' Enlistment, the Excise Salt, and the Re-
venue Debtors' Bills, were read the second time.
Judgment in the Apperl Cause " 'the Governor and Direc-
ters of the Batik of Scotland Watson," was deferred to next
j Thursday.
Mr. Sri cc a, from Chelsea Hospital, presented Papers, which
Were ordered to lie on the table.
Their Lordships then adjourned till to-morrow.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. DUNDAS posponed bit notice, which stood for to-days
relative to the Navy Estimates, till Friday next.
te Mr. ELLIOTT brought up the Report of the Committee of
toe Carmarthenshire Election Petition. The substance ef the
Report was, that the Sitting Members were duly elected; but
that the Petition was riot of a frivolaus or vexatious nature.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE having moved the second reading of
the Covent-Girden Market Bill,
Sir F. BULtbk:ll' objected to it, stating grounds of dissatis-
faction entertained by persons interested, and expressed a wish
that the second read.ug might be postponed.
Mr..ABERCROMBIE conceived, 'that the Bill having been
• presented last Session, any person interested in it had time suffi-
cient to have advanced their objections at a time when no incon-
venience could arise to the publ,c, as might now be the case, to-
, morrow being the last day fir presenting private Bills. However,
be shoal}, comply with the wish of the Hon. Baronet, and post-
pone the seco..d reading till to-morrow ; at the same time however
remarking, that he did not du so in consequence of the smallest
doubt subsisting in Ifs mind as to the propriety of the several

clauses.
Sir T.'SUTTON presented a Petition against the Covent-
barden Market Bill, irons certain persons interested.
Sir G. CLERK postponed his notice respecting Mail Coaches.
The :lII:AKER informed the House, that two Election Peti-
tions, the Ballots for Committees on which stood for to-mot row,
bad been withdrawn; that two Ballots were fixed for next Thtirs-
day, two for tomorrow se'nuight, and two for Thursday se'n-
niOst.
Lord CASTLE REAL H moved, that the names of such
Members as might be absent from the Ballot on Thursday next,
should be taken down, reported on a future day, and that the
Serjeant at Arms shoidd be ordered to take them into custody.
..--Agreed
tain lecterns relative to Chelsea Hospital were presented
by the proper officer, and ordered to lie upon the Table.
Mr. MILES presented tie annual Accounts of 'the African.
Company.—Ordered to lie upon the I able.
Ihe -Grand and Putty Larceny Bill was read a second time,
on the motion of Mr. KEN RICK, and ordered to be committed on
Tuesday se'imight.
The second reading of the Insolvent Debtors' Bill was post-
poned till Monday next.
The English Local Militia Bill went through a Committee of
the whole House, in which the several clauses were read, and
ageued to; and the House having resumed, the Report of the
Committee was ordered to be received to-morrow.
'par! Scotch Local Mil ti s Bill also went throui;s a Committee.
.--Report to-morrow.
The Reports of the Cr-nmisiioner; s 4 Inland Islavigati it in Ire-
land, since the 7th of October, 1812, Made to Ms Grace the
Lord Lieutenant, and the et:re.posid,:ace which had passed since
that period, Lc wecn the Royal Canal Company and his Ma-
jesty's Government, in heard, Laving been moved for, they
were bt vt)oht up by hlr. Jolsibtoee, lions the office of the trial

iecretat
The Keport of the Cot =Wee of Supply was brought up,read,
and the several Resolutions agreed to. •
The Mutiny and Desertion Bill was read a Erst time, and or-
der.-:d to be read a se.ond tints to-morrow.
ARMY 14TIMATt4..
The House having,- on the !notion of Lord PAL-
' MOSTON, resolved itself into a Committee of
Supplga in order that his Lordship might refer to it
the Army EStiM4ISS, his ;,loydr!hip teed stated, that
ha conceived there was no necessity for occupying
any great proportion of the time of the House, as
the kstiinales he had tospresent were but slightly
altered from thote of the last year, in iOnsequence
of its not having. been found necessary to Make any
' material alteration 'in the military system. The
whole addition made to the army amounted to twelve
thousand, some tidd hundred -men, and the addi-
tional charges constituted a sum pf £:399,000; of
this aggregate, nine thousand six hundred men had
been added to the Land Forces, and the amount ot
additional charge thence arising *at £299;000.—
Nine hundred and seventy men had been added to
the Household troops, the charge resulting from this
additfon 'was aE438,900; the d:saibution .of the men
was into two new twops ot 'Life Guards, and an
increase of ten rntik and file to each company of the
Foot Guards. •. The number of 'men by whom the
dragoons had been increased toss 419, and the charge
on the addition ,tom;i€9 the At?ater part of the men
badfieen distributed into the '4lit and 25d regibaents
of fight dragoons. The timber of meta destined* to
rein eit the tegitueuts• serving id India was five thou-
_ . to £19,000. To the
ions; 'anti other troops
ion of men was two
• Pt these awn part
. in the waggon train,
!cessary to replica oiie
the army serving in the

part two regiments
fencibles 114(1 been formed in North America. In
the miscellaneous charges, an increase of £151,000
was owing to the improvements in the recruiting
system, both on the English and Irish establish-
ments, by which our success in raising men in both
countries had fully answered the expectations of
those who had projected the improvements of this
access: seB,ooo had arisen on the British, and 47,000
on the Irish establishments ; but the gross increase
of £151,000, had been reduced to £61,000, in con-
sequence of the regimental establishments being
higher this year than the last, which circumstance
admitted of a minder being made for other purposes,
and other funds being made to contribute to the di-
minution of this estimate. In the embodied militia,
there had been but two men added, and there had
been a decrease of 417,000; a further diminution
of charge had resulted from the discontinuance of a
full General on the Staff ' • and with respect to the
Military and Medical Staff, there was a diminution
of 415,000 in the aggregate of the Army Esti-
mates, a sum of that amount formerly charged in
them for the purpose alluded to, having been trans-
ferred to another fund. A charge which was now
for the first time introduced into the estimates, was
for the field equipage of the Commander of the
forces; the expences of this had been hitherto de-
frayed out of the Army extraordinaries ; the total
increase connected with itStaff charges, amounted to
£41,000. The next charge was £l,OOO, which arose
from some Officers of veteran battalions having been
permitted to retire on full pay. There was a further
charge of 4600, the amount of the salary of an ad-
ditional Military Secretary, whose services had been
found necessary in the office of the Commander-in-
Chief. The amount of the additional charges con-
nected with the Pay-office was 434,000. In the
Adjutant-General's saffice there was an increase of
4950, in consequence of that Officer hiving been
permitted to receive his Staff pay, that which he had
hitherto received having been deemed inadequate to
his rank. An indulgence of a similar nature had
been granted to the Deputy Quarter-Master-General;
but in this office, notwithstanding,there was a decrease
of charge of 4500, in consequence of a smaller num-
' ber of maps and plans having been found necessary
for the service of the current year. On the fund of
the Chelsea and Kilmainham pensioners, there was
a diminution of £1,300, and the number of mar-
riagek and deaths affecting the Widows' Pension List,
having been greater than usual in the course of the
last year, there was also a diminution of charge re-
sulting from that circumstance to the amount of
£1,250. The additional charge arising from the
various expenses coincident with volunteer corps were
£5,000. To the foreign corps in the British service
there had been an addition of two thousand five
hundred men, the charge arising from which was
490,000. It had been deemed expedient to form
two Veteran Battalions of such persons as had
been discharged from the effective foreign corps
as inefficient. Persons of this description, the Go-
vernment had been in the habit of sending to
their respective countries ; but some of those who
had been so disposed of, having, on their arrival,
been treated with much severity, it was conceived,
that to expose them IQ suffering after serving
in the ranks of our army would be injurious to the
character of the country ; and it having been in con.
Sequence deter Mined on that a provision should be
made for them, it was thought better to form them
into separate corps than to distribute them among
our native Veteran Battalions. The next charge, arose
from a number of desertions having lately taken
place from the French army to the persons who had
thus thrown themselves on our protection. It was
impossible to refuse it; they had been distributed
into several small corps, this being thought more eli-
gible than to form them into one large *body. The
number of the men thus disposed of was two thou-
sand five hundred and eighty-four, and the charge
connected with the establishment was 490,000.
There was a charge on account of the Royal Military
.College of £lB,OOO. The charge last year was but
£BBOO. The increase this year. was owhsg to its
having been found necessary to fit up a house for the
reception of the' senior tlepartment of the establish-
ment, when the junior department thereof was trans-
ferred to Sandhurst, in order that they might not be
too far distant from each other. Besides this, there
was a charge of 40900 for a 4th company of Cadets.
The additional charge, on account of the Royal Mi-
litary Asylum, was 416,000. The increase in the
Irish Barrack Department was 49500 arising from
the increased in ices of fuel, candles, and other articles
furnished to the troops. In the Commissariat there
was an additional charge for forage, and articles sup-
plied by, that department, amounting to £2BOO. A
diminution of charge had resulted from the death of
Mr. Lewis, Secretary at War, amounting to 4541.
On the whole addition of £399,000 there was a re-
duction to 488,000. Of the increase of men, amount-
ing in the whole to twelie thousand two hundred,
two thotisand were British, four hundred Spanish,
who had been taken into our service in the Peninsula,
and the remainder foreigners of different descriptions.
He had now to state, that the Recruiting Service was
ranch more productive than it had been heretofore.
This, perhaps, some persons might be disposed to at-
tribute to the commercial distress in which we had
been involved, but from this opinion he had a right
tl dissent, as he could shew an adequate cause for
the effect, It had been hitherto the practice to send
young Officer; who had just joined their regiments on
the recruiting service, and in fact, the duty was as-
signed to th: m in a great degree as leave of absence,
which it virtually was ; but last year a new system
was tried, older officers were sent upon the service, at
first in one district, as an experiment, then to four,
and it was now hi contemplation, in consequence of
the desired success resulting to make the system ge-
neral. The number of men raised in the year by or-
dinary recruiting for the regular army was 14,433,
being considerably greater than last year. For the
three dr fo4 last years the number of men so raised
had be.:n progressively increasing from nine thousand
to ten, from ten to eleven, at which it stood last year,
and from eleven to the number which he had just
stated. The number of men who had volunteered
from the militia into the line was 9,.500 ; so thlt the
total addition to the regular army was 24,335. It
was a delightful contemplation to see that as the mi-
littry service beCame more extensive,' the military
spirit and ardour of the people became more -effec-
tually roused, and that the progress of voluntary en-
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