Star.
London, England, 1809-04-28 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

-Ins PRESENT EVENINet ApRIL2B, 1809,
wiU be acted die Play of
THE IRON CHEST.
Sir Edward Mortimer, Mr. YOUNG;
.!..arding. Mr. CHAPMAN ; Wilford, Mr. C. KEMBLE ;
darn Winterton, Mr. FAWCETT ; Rawbeld, Mr. MURRAY;
sirasos, Mr. LISTON; Boy, Muter HOMEYARD ;
Orson, Mr. EMERY; Armstrong, Mr. TAYLOR ;
Mrs. H. JOHNSTON; Blanch, Mrs. GIBBS ;
ame Rawbold, Mrs. BENSON.; Barbara, Mrs. LISTON; •
Judith, Mr . ST. LEGER.
To which will be added the Melo-Drams of
• THE BLIND-BOY. • •
Tromw, the Tragedy of Macbeth ; with Arbitration.

0;E:i IMINSTER FIRE-OFFICE, BEDFORD-STREET,
lowing gouses, Buildings; Household Furniture, Goods,
and Stock in Trade.

April 20, 1609.
rHE GENERAL MEETING appointed by the
I peed of Settlement to be yearly, on the last Thursday in
ri►, or within ten days thereafter, for the Choice of Auditors,
on other Affairs, will he held at this Office, on Thursday the
try of May next, at twelve o'clock at neon.•
G. H. BROWNE, Sec.
The Chair will be taken at one o'clock prctisely:

'0 THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

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A' the now declared restgr.ation of Mr. MANSHIP,
I am enabled to fulfil the intention I communicated to you
the 19th instant, of offering myself a Candidate for your Di-
on the first vacancy; but. which, I fear, the shortness of
time appointed for the Election, will preclude my doing per-
tly to every Pioprietor.
Paving resided eighteen years is India, and, since my return,
:h interested myself in the affairs of the Company, I feel con-
ice in my ability to discharge the important duties of a Di-
,r of its concerns ; to which, should I succeed by your patro-
I beg to assure you of my zealous devotioneo your interests,
ie best proof of my gratitude for so distinguished a mark of
• confidence. I have the honour to be,
With the greatest respect, Ladies ant Gentlemen,
Your faithful and obedient humble servant,
lenhall-street, April 92, 11009. JOHN PRINSEP.

TUNNEL UNDER. THE THAMES, •
'HE Directors of this Undertaking give Notice,
that the Drift-way being executed, they bare desirous of ru-
ing futther Designs er Plana far making a Tunnel, either by
terraneous, or other means, in which no impediment will be
11 to the Vaviration of the River. Although the Directors
in possession of plans for this purpose, yet, convinced that
are many methods of accomplishing the object, they think
roper before any particular plan be put in execution, to take
try means in their prover to obtain the best. In hopes there-
of inducing ingenious men to a contemplation of the most
i 'us means of executing 'so useful and so novel a work, the
sing premiums are offered: viz.

200 to the Person whose Plan shall be adopted and acted
and a further sum of Z3CO if such Plan be executed.

oars to be delivered before the lit day of June nest, at the
66. Office, where those now in the possession of the Corn
be Inspected, and S:ctions of the River and Drift-way,
tv.ry mcessary particular had.
By order of the Directors,
S. W. WADESON,
Clerk to the Company.

Isti9 Friars, Lor.don,
sd Arril,lBpB.

THE BOROUGH OF CHEPPING-WYCOMBE, BUCKS.
AT a Court of Common Council held in the Guild-
hall of the said Borough this 22d day of April, 1809,
SAMUEL MANNING, Esquire, Mayor, in the Chair,
Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be transmitted to
Gwr LL, M LLOYD WARDLE, Esquire, for his patriotic conduct
in bringing forward, and steadily'persevering in, an Inquiry rela-
tive to certain Abuses which appear to.have existed in Military
Promotions, tending to tin degradation of the Army.
Resolved, That G. L. WARDLE be elected a Burgess of this
ancient Corporation.
Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be presented to
Sir JOHN DAS/SNOOD KING, Bart. and THOMAS BARING, Esq.
the worthy Representatives of this Borough in Parliament, fur
their independent conduct on the late Investigation.
Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Sir
SAMUEL ROMILLY,Knight, one of the Burgesses of this Borough,
for his able defence of our Constitutional Rights on the late im-
portant Question.
Resolved, That such Vote of Thanks be communicated by the
Deputy Town Clerk.
Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be also given to
the MAYO& .for convening the Connell, and his able conduct in
the Chair.
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Resolved, That the above Resolutions be inserted in The
Times, The Morning Chronicle, The STAR, The County Chro-
nicle, The Oxford Journal, and The Reading Mercury.
By Order of the Court,
JOHN NASH, Jun. Deputy Town Clerk.

A T • a, MEETING of the. MAYOR and FREE-
MEN - of the TOWN and PORT of DOVER, (convened
by public Notice from the' Mayor) at the Guildhall in Dover, on
Monday the 24th day of April, 1809,
EDWARD THOMPSON, Esq. Mayor, in the Chair.
The following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to :
Resolved, That this Meeting do unite with the general Voice
of the Nation, in a firm belief, that many flagrant Abuses have
for a Ion; t:ine been practised and continued in many Depart-
ments of the State, and that this Meeting cannot in stronger
terms express their Loyaltr to their King, and Veneration for
the Constitution, titan by uniting, at all times, in their public
Thanks to such independent Members of Parliament as shall en-
deavour to search for and detect such abuse.

Resolved, That under the very heavy burdens which are by all
ranks severely felt, and cheerfully submitted to, nothing can tend
so much to the security of the Throne, the prosperity and hap-
piness of the Nation, as to convince the people that their Rulers
are careful in the expenditure of the public Money, and that no
part of it is wantonly expended or applied to corrupt purposes.
Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to-Gwyr..-
LY 31 LLOYD Vl'A RDL a, Esq, who has by his courage, ability, and
perseverance, pursued and completed the Enquiry into the con-
duct of the late Commander in Chief, whereby he has faithfully
discharged his duty as a Member of Parliament, and highly me-
rited the approbation of his Country.
Resolved, that the Thanks of this Meeting be given to ions
lAC vs) s, Esq. our worthy Representative; to WM. HO NYWOOD,
Esq. Representative for this County, and to the other One Hun-
dred and Twenty-two Members of the House of Commons, who
supported Mr.WARDLZ on his late motion in that House.

Resolved, That the Mayor be requested to sign the foregoing
Resolutions on behalf of this Meeting ; to cause them to be in-
serted in the Kentish Gazette, Kentish Chronicle, and Evening
STAR Newspapers; and to forward Copies of these Resolutions
to Mr. Wardle, Mr. Jackson, and Mr. Honywood.
rDIVARD THOMPSON, Mayor.
Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meetipg be given to our
worthy MAY= for his ready compliance in calling a Common
Hall, and his iff;partlat conduct In the Chair.

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