Star.
London, England, 1807-05-04 00:00:00

ORDNANCE OFFICE, April 27, zflo7
THE PRI.VCIPAL OFFIc.ERS of His Majefly'l

OR DN4NCR do hereby:ire Notice,

That propofals will be received at their Office in Pall Mall, on
or before Monday, the zt th of May next, from fuch Peribn• as
may be willing to undertake the performance of the undermen-
tioned work, and fupply of the following Materials, for the Ord-
nance Buildings to be conftruded at Lcwifbam, Kent: viz.
The performance of fuch Carpenter's and joiner's Work as may
be required.

The Supply of fuch EnglA and Foreign Timber as may be
waatcd.

The performance of fuck Bricklayer's, Mafon's, Pavior's,
Slater's, Painter's, Plumber's, and Glazier's Work as may be re-
quired.

Plans and Specifications of the Work to be performed, together
with every neceffary information on the fubjedt, may be obtained
upon application bring made, at the Stcretary's Office, in Pall
Mail, on Monday the 4th of May next, where the Propofals are
to be delivered, fealcd up and endorfed, " Propofals for the Per-
formance of Work, (or Supply of Timber) at Lewilham," but no
Propofal can be admitted after the raid z tth of May next, at
twelve o'Clock at noon of the fame day; nor will any Tender be
noticed, ur•.lcfs the Party making it, or an Agent in his behalf
(ball attend. By Order of the Board,
R. H. CREW, Secretary.

PORTLAND PLACE.
TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT,

AN EXCELLENT HOUSE, delirably situated
A. in Portland Place, and fitted up in the aloft elegant ityla a
few months ago; together with the Fixtures therein, and the
Coach Houfe and Stables adjoining. The Furniture, which is
moftly new, may be taken at valuation. For further particulars
apply to William Pordon, Architedt, No. s 9, Berner's•ltrect, who
is authorited to treat for the fame.

CORN MILLS, ISLE OF WIGHT.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By Marrs. TUCKERS and PITTIS,
A t the Bugle Inn, Newport, on Wednefday the t3th of May Init.
uulefs previoufly difpofed of by Private Contradt, of which
notice will be given
A N OVERSHOT WATERA CORN MILL,
fituate at Carillwook, containing three pair of French Stone,
a Flour and a Winnowing Machine, two Boulting Mills, a Kiln
for Drying Wheat, Hog-Sties, and every regulate for carrying on
an extenave Trade. Alfo, in feparate Lots, a commodious Bake-
lioufc, with two Ovens, a Tenement, Gardens, and feveral Acres
of ?attire Land.
For particulars apply to Meirrs. Tucker's and Pittis, Newport.
N. B. The MW being occupied by the Proprietor, immetliate
potreikon may be bad.

LEEDS.
T a.Court of Mayor, Aldermen, and Militants,
held at Leeds, in and for the Borough o Leeds, in the
County of York, the 17th thy of April, 1807,
It was unanimously refolved,
That the fpUowing A ddrefs be tranfraitted by the Mayor, under
the Common Seal of the (aid Borough, ro the Members for the
County, to be by them prefented to his Majesty. •
TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
MOST GRACIOUS sovaastotr,
- We, your Majefty's loyal and dutiful fubj.tdts the Mayor, Al-
dermen, and Militants of the Borough of Leeds, in Common Hall
'trembled, &rue to prcfent unto your Majefty our grateful ac-
knowledgments for the late inftancc of your Majtity's pateinal
care for the peace and tranquillity of the United Kingdom, in the
high regard which your Majefty ibewn for the foleann Compact
made with your Subjedts at your Coronation.
We confider the prefervation of our Fctlefiattical Eftablifliment,
and the Froteftant fumeffion to the Throne of the United King-
clom. as Benefits which cannot 'be fully appreciated; and we arc
anxious to exprefs our Thanks for your Majefty's eonfeientlous
determination to guard againft all meafures by which they might
be endangered.
We earnehly pray that your Majefty may long continue to fill
the Throne of your Anceftors, and that every thing which may
contribute to your Majefty's happinefs, and the welfare of the
Empire, may attend the remainder of your Majefty 't Reign.
Given taller the Common Seal of the raid Borough, the 17th
day of April, in the year of our Lord, tBO7.
R. R. BRAMLEY, Mayor.
Refolved, That the Paid Addrefs he publithed in the STA.,
Courier, the two. Leeds Papers, and the York Herald.
Refolved, That the Thanks of this Wain be given to the
Mayor, for his readinefs in calling the Court.

HALIFAX, APRIL 12; IBC7.
AT a General Meeting of the INHABITAN I'S
3. of the Town and Patifh of Halifax, called by Public Advcr-
tifemebt of the Con(tables of the Town, and held We day at the
Talbot Inn,
Colonel HORTON in the Chair,

Refolved unanimonfly, That the -following Addres be prcfented
to his MAJESI Y from this Town and Parifh

TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

May It pkafe Your Majefty,
We your Majefty's Dutiful and Loyal Subjedts,the gentlemen,
Clergy, Merchants, and other principal inhabitants of the Town
and Parini of Halifax, affcmblcd at a Meeting called by public
Adverti:'ement, and held this day, humbly beg leave to carers
the gratitude of our Hearts for that paternal regard which your
Majefty has thewn by every adt of your truly beneficent Reign, for
the Confutation of there Kingdoms, of which the Eftablithed
Preteßant Church i 3 an infeparable part, effential to its exiltence.
We have witneffed, with the molt perfed veneration, that c=-
aked magnanimity which your Majelty has difplayed on a late
occafion of infinite difficulty and hazard.
We have teen an attempt to impofe upon your Majefty, a Mee-
fare which would have annihilated, by it's confequences, the Cana
ttitutional Afcendancy of Proteftantifm in your Dominions, and
we gratefully hail, as the impenetrable &kid of our National Re-
ligiont that firm and dignified refiltance which your Maki!),
oppofed to that attempt,
Here, Sire, your Majefty has been, indeed, the confcientions and
heroic); defender of our belt Rights, by that critical exertion of
your Royal Prerogative, which has unmarked and brought before
the Public, an attempt to gain the fandlion of your apparent :rant,
to innovations perfectly iirecoecileable, in your Majefty's known
opinion, with chafe ftrong feelings of moral and religious chair,
which have fired fo bright a lultre on your Majefty's Life.
May that Life, Sire, fo invaluable to your Sui,jeets and to the
World, long, very long be granted to us; and may the eritifla
Conftitution, as eitablithed in Church and State, remain union-
paired to after Ages, protedtcd by an Illuitrious Sueeeffion of your
Majelly's Defeendants, inheriting alike the Patriotic Virtues
of your Majelty, and the High Prerogative of your Crown.
Refolved, That the above Addrefs be fignzel by the Chairman
on behalf of this Meeting, and that it be trananitted by him to
the Members for the County, with a retinal from this Meeting,
that they wiU take the earlieft opportunity of prefenting it to his
Majefty.
Refolved, That the Proceedings of this Meeting he publifhed in
the Halifax and Leeds Newfpapers, and in the STAR, Codrier,
and York Herald.
Refolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the
Chairman for his conduct in the Chair.

Refolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the
Conftables for their read nets in calling the Meeting.

THOMAS HORTON-, Chairman.

IRIAL BY JURY.
At GLASGOW, and within the Trades Hall,
the sad day of April, 1807,
CONVENED, ROBERT AUSTIN, Eiq. Dm.
con Convener,. JAMES CLELAND, Efq. Trades' Bailie,
with the ColleCtor.'nirft part of the Deacons, and other Ordinary
and Extraordinary Members of the TRADES' HOUSE, the
whole having been warned to a•ten.l, as was verifiedity the Officer.
The Houle having taken into their ferious confideration the
meafures in contemplation by Parliament, for refloritl to Scotland
the I'RIAL BY JURY iu CERTAIN CIVIL CAUSES; and
after hearing at conliderable length the opinion of fevcral Members
on the fubjed, they unanimoufly
Refolved t ft, That the Trial by Jury M Civil Caufes will, in the
opinion of this Houle, be attended with incalculable advantages
to Scotland in general, and to this large Commercial and Trading
City in particular.
Refolved 2d, That as Trial by Jury in Civil Caufes, before the
Judge Ordinary,was the ancient and conftitutional pradtice of thefe
Courts, and the right of the Lieges, every refpeetful and conftitu-
tional means Ihould be ufed for having the Jury Trial extended to
thefe Courts.

Refolved 3d. That in the opinion of this Houfe the verdidt of a
Jury in Civil Caufes ought to depend on a majority Of voices.
Refnlved 4th, That a humble Petition be forwarded from this
Houle, figned by the Convener in their name, to the Right Hon.
the Houfe of Peers, praying that the Bill introduced into it, for
eftablifbing the benefit of Jury Trial in Civil Caufes in Scotland,
he carried into a law, and that this mode of Trial be weirdest to
the Courts of the Judge Ordinary.
Refolved sth, That the Thanks of this Houfe be given to the
Right Honourable Lord Grenville, and the other Noblemen and
Gentlemen, who originally planned and brought forward the Bill
for Trial by Jury, and that they be folicited to continue their ex-
ertions for having the fame carried lama law, with the alterations
before-mentioned.
Refolved Gth, That tbePetition from this Houfe be tranfmitted
to the Right Hon. Lord Grenville, with a requeft that his Lord-
fhip prefent the fame to the Hon. the Houfe of Peers.
Refolved Laftly, That an estradt of thefs RefAutions be pub-
Hilted in the London S ran, and Courier, the Edinburgh Adm.-
tiler, and all the Glafgow Newfpapers.
Signed) ROBERT AUSTIN, Convener.
Extrafted from the records of the Trades Houle, by
BENJAMIN MATHIE, Clerk.

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