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AR MIY CONTRACTS.`.
T11E43171' Cll43lllkkS,
Commissariat Depskiisesii, Astgastil, 1822.
VOTICE is heteby.given to all Persons desirous
"1-- of contracting to s:pply the following Articles for the
use of the Army, viz.

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CLARK'S NEW SCHOOL ALIPB AND OUT-LINES.
This day were.pufillshed, price 84. each, coloured,
9[ll-1111TY NEW MAPS, both ANciawr and 310-
=RN, for the "Use.:iti Schooli r any of which may be
had separate, - •
• THIRTY OUT-LINE MAPS, corresponding with the
above, to be filled up by the Studeiit each:
3ouser, School Library; 731*. Paul's Church-yara.

BREAD,
To his Majesty's Laid Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and
Barracks, in the undermentioned Counties and Itilatids:
Alderney, Gloucester (includ- korthatnpton,
Medford, ing the City of Northumberland,
Bork"' s (including the Bristol) Nottingham, •
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Town of Hunger- Guernsey, Oxford,
ford), Ilants, Rutland,
Berwick, I lereford, Salop,
Bucks, Hertford, Somerset,
!Cambridge (includ- Hunts, Stafford,
ing the Town of Isle of Man, Suffolk,
Newmarket), Isle of Wight, Sorry,
Chester, Hersey, Sussex.
Cornwall (including Kent (including Td.- Warwick,
Scillo, bul-y Fort, in the Westmoreland,
Cumberland, County of Essex), Wilts,
Derby, Lancaster, Worcester,
Devon, Leicester, York,
Dorset, Lincoln, Nortb&SouthWales,
Do-ham, Middlesex,
-. (exclusive of Monmouth,
''','-:ry Fort) Norfolk,
in the several Counties in North Britain.
.t 4 also Bread to the Household Troops in London and its
vkitay.

OATS,
To his Majesty's Cavalry in Cantonments and Quatteh, in the
undermentioned Counties:
Gloucester, Rutland,

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Fcrwick,
?;ticks.

Hereford,
Hertford,

Salop,
Stafford

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Cambridge, I lunts, Westmoreland,
Chester, Leicester, Wilts,
Cumberland, Lincoln, Worcester,
Derby, Monmouth, North& South Wales.
Durham, Oxford,

FORAGE, viz.
OATS, HAY, ;Intl STRAIT, to his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery
11c,r,e, in Barracks, and Oats in Cantonments and Quarters

in the undermentioned Counties in South Britain:
Berko, Kent, Somerset,
Cornwall, Lancaster, Suffolk,

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I)evon, Middle:ma, Surry,.
I)orset, Norfolk, Sussex,
F.ssex, Northampton, Warwick,
Huts (including the Northumberland, York,
Isle of Wight), Nottingham,
And in the several Counties in North Britain.

That the deliveries are to commence on and for the 45th day of
October next; that Proposals iu writing, sealed up, and marked
" Tender for Army Supplies," will be received at this Office,
-.in or before Thursday, the 3d day of October next, bot none
wilt be received after twelve o'clock on that day.
Proposal; must he made separately for each County, except
for the Counties comprising North and South Wales, all of
which must be included in one Tender; as also must the
several Counties in North Britain; and each
Proposalmust
have the Letter which is annexed to the Tender properly filled
up, by two persons of known property engaging to become
bound with the party tendering in the amount stated in the
printed Particulars, for the due performance of the Contract;
and no Proposal will be noticed unless made on a printed Ten-
der, and the prices expressed in words at length ; and should it
so happen that during the continuance of the Contract no Troops
should be supplied in the County, the expense of the Stamps
for the Contract and Bond, paid in the first instance by the
Contractor, will be refunded to him.
Particulars of the Contracts may be had upon application at
this Office, between the hours of ten and four; and of the Bar-
rack-Masters In the' Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man.

I'. S. Samples of the Bread and Meal may be seen at this
Office between the hours of twelve and two, and as Traci. us
alterations have been made in the Tenders, persons making offers
are requested to attend to the same.

This day was published,
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW; or, CRLTICAL
JouRNAL. No. LX X 111. Price 6s.
CONTENTS:—Art. I. MEMOIRS OF THE REHM OF GEORGE IL—
L Memoirs from 1754 to 1752, by James Earl Waldegrave.-2.
Memoirs of the last Ten Years of, the Reign of Gkurge IL by
Horace Walpole, Karl of Orford, 2 vols. 4w. Art. 11. Fossile
Fishes. • -Art. iI I. lart.Aso.—h RelectlonsOn the State of Ire-
land in the Nineteenth Century.-2 Observations on the State
of Ireland, by the Earl of Blesaington.-5. Thoughts and Sug-
gestions on the Education of the Irish Peasantry.-4. State of
Preland considered ; with an Inquiry into the History and ()pe-
r:llion of Tithe;. Art. IV. CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION. Art.
V. An Introduction to Entomology ; or, Elenlents of the /qa
Viral History of Insects ; by William Kirby, ALA. and William
Spence, Esq. Art. VI. l'olitics of Switzerland. Art. VII.
Tux EMPEROR. Narorcoa.—Napoleon in Exile; or, a Voice
from Ft. Helena; by Barry E. O'Meara, Esq. his late Surgeon.
Art.V I 11. The Fortunes of Nigel, by the Author of Waverley.
A rt..l X. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society,
Vol. I. Part I. Art. X. Sketches of Upper Canada—Domestic,
Local, and Characteristic; by John Huwison, Esq. Art. XI.
Europe and America in 1821, with an Examination of the Plan
laid before the Spanish Cortes for the Recognition of the lode-
yendence of South America, translated from the French of the
Abbe de Froth, by J. 1). Williams.
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. and
Longnian, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London.

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Overlooking Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, &c.
CAPITAL SPACIOUS FAMILY MANSION,
With excellent OStes, Standing for Three Carriages, and Stables
- for Seven Horses.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By . Mr. ROBINS,
(Of Warwick Clouse, Regent-street), .
At Garraway's Coffee-house, in• Exchange-Alley, Cornhill,
On TUESDAY, the Bth of October, 1822, at Twelve o'Cloek,
AVEItY VALUABLE LEASEHOLD ESTATE,
comprising a Spacious Capital MANSION, planned with
Suites of noble lofty Apartments' of large dimensions, conve-
niently and judiciously arranged, and adapted for tfie accommo-
dation of
A NOIII,E3IAN','OR FAMILY OF THE FIRST
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Situate Nor,llr CONN.ANG,HITrrLACE,
Commanding a fine view of the rich sc•ntery of the Surry
overlooking Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. The House.
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Hotisenutid's Closet. On the Second Story, four spacious principal
Bed-chambers, with Marble Chimney-pieces, a Middle-room;
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communicating by isiding..doors' to a spacious Libraty Water/
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SATVIMAY SEPTEMBER t41§11,1.
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TO is.stohn py' PRIVATE CONTRACT, •
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• ~ * Mr. SCOTT,
Lprr and MVISEY, or GitAND TRUNK
.CANAL.-Two Shares in this long.established excellent
Concern,: dividing Ms per Share, payable half-yearly. The.,
eminent merits of this prosperous Concern are well known,
forming-a very eSgible fondfor family investment.--Also Shares
in the Neath Cana, dividend XS% 10a. Barnsley Ca 1. and Re.'
gent'a Canal. -
Apply at the Ulm of Mr. Scott, New Maga-street, pandas.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS- • •
Dui ins the what °Monday the Magistrates were
employed in hearing. appeals.
Mr. got.cazin appeared as Counsel in support of
an appeal by the- Chelsea Water Works Company.
against a rate made upon their estabfishthetit. by the
parish officers of Chelsea parish.' Theggroandon which
the rate was appealed against was, that it half been
made on the supposed •prOfits of their coneern ;
whereon no instance existed of the profits of, perions
engaged in trade being made subject to parish rates.
After turther arguments, and witnesses were heard,
Mr. ANDREWS, as Counsel for the parish, consented
to let the case stand over until the next. Sessions';—
with an understanding, however, that the rata ivas
not to be renewed. - •
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A baker, named Lewis, residing atHighgate, ap-
pealed against a conviction made bty one of the Ma-
' gistrates at Worship-street, who had fined him in the
sum of ES, for having alum in his possession. The
informer and a police officerswore, that'On examining
the defendants premises, they took his pickling tub,
which had been used to dissolve the salt used in
making bread ; that they rinsed it out with some
clear water, and that the liquor which they drained
off and deposited in a bottle was strongly impreg-
nated with alum. The -16ttie with the liquid was
produced in Court, and tasted by a chemist, who de-
clared that there was a considerable quantity of altim
in the water.
On behalf of the appellant, Mr. ADOLPHUS pointed
out to the Magistrates the grievoushardships to which
bakerswere continually subjected by the tricks and
perjuries of common informers, who were the greatest
nuisances and pests of society, and in the i resent in-
stance he should be able to prove, that there was no
alum in Mr. Lewis's house, and that the alum must
have been put into the bottle by the informer himself.
• • The baker's servant swore that the tub in question
was taken up by the informer, who was then present
in Court ; that it had been standing in the back yard
with its bottom upwards, and was quite dry when the
informer threw the, water into it ; and that there had
been no alum whatever in the tub.
A neighbouring . shopkeeper, who sold alum, and
knew very well what it was, said he hail been sent
fOr to Mr. Lewis's sluip at the time the transaction in
question took place; that he dipped his finger in the
liquid which the informer had left behind him in the
tub, and that it had not the smallest taste of alum:
• A police-officer, belonging co Worship-street, con-
tradicted the testimony given by the baker's servant.
The tub, he said, was not standing with its bottom
upwards, nor was it taken into the house by the per
son whom that servant had pointed out as the informer.
The CHAIRMAN said, he must conclude that the'
Magistrate had good grounds for" convicting the
baker; and that the Court was bound to believe the
evidence of the police-officer in preference to that of
the baker's servant.—The other Magistrates being of
the same opinion, the conviction was confirmed.
CONSPIRACY OF UOMM,ON OIFORItIERS.

Yesterday Thomas Coombs, Thomas 'Mance, and
Elizabeth 111,11fichael, were indicted for Conspiring,
together to obtain the sum of V. ss. from JacOb
Russell, in the month of May last, in the Parish
of Shoreditch.
Mr. ALLEY, as leading Counsel for the prosecution,.
said, that two of the prisoners were kaminOn in-
formers. The woman and her husband were in the
constant habit of going about to find out offences
against penal statutes, and she was generally made
a witness. For a great length of time these persons,
residing in the tlighbourhood of Slioieditch; were in
the habit of attacking pawnbrokers with, a view of
entrapping them, or the pawnbrokers'. boys,. . into the
act of taking perhaps one farthing more interest than
the law allowed ; and, after this was done, their prac-
tice was sometimes to give information'to a Magis-
trate, in order to procure a conviction and get part
of the penalty, but more frequently to extort money,
from them by threats, as was done in the present in-
stance. This was, indeed, a nice way for people to
gain a living in idleness and luxury. These common
hiformers, while they were plundering others of large*
sums of money, went about and laughed at all others
who earned their bread by hard labour; and they
thought themselves now very secure in their pecu-
lations, in consequence of a decision which had been,
given respecting the statute of Elizabeth. That Act
declared that any common informer compounding
-penalty, should be put in the pillOry and have one of
his cars nailed to the post. But some yearn ago it
WAS decided that this Act applied only to informa-
tions brought into one of the superior Courts at
Westminster. Therefore they might safely compound
in all cases coming before Magistrates; and there.
fore the offence now imputed to the prisoners-would
have passed with impunity, had it not been for the
pouts which were obtained to shew that they had
conspired. together to do the ut in question ao*,
proceeded to state what the law: was relpecting co
spiracies ; and Que part.6l it was that olgiiring,
'Jury a piolrer to. judge Ifront all -the circurnstant*l
ltrhediefthe parties keitled hO.-Oottcerte4l logethet,
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of May taattdod at Worship-street on the 3d or

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The summons was dated May 1, and not serse44l7
ille him till nine -o'clock at night on the 2d. When he
before the Magistrate,' Mance, who was a nles--
ger employed at the Police Office, said the parties
ere not present, and he wished to- put the business
Off. After thii witness was introduced to 'Mance,
under a false name. He asked witnessif he wanted
to settle? Witness said he wanted to see M'Michae),
whom he knew to be in'the habit of informing atoiinst
la wnbrokers, to go-to Mr. Killingworth. He told
0 lance he wanted a Mr. Killingworth to settle with
liMichael, but Mance said he would go down to-
Killingworth and settle it, and that all should be !
right up to that day. Two or three days after,, on •
the 7th, Mance called on hint and asked why he kid
not.appeared to the summons? Witness said he be- -
,dievocl there was no -day fixed, and that he applied to
Killingworth to settle with MiMichaet lie asked • .
witness to go to Killingworth, -but he could me g°, •
and Mance replied that he would fetch hirn.• Re
-Went out, returned; and said Killingworth would see
him in the evening.
,Tohn.Killingwortleproduced a paper which he re-
ceived from Malice. It contained items of articles
allege,l to have been pledged with 'Russell, on which
the interest was too muds by one farthing; and some
of which had neverbeen.left with him. !t,'• -
Mr. Bradley, a .taatvnbroker, produced a paper
which he got from Mance, in the presence of Ceombs.
The words written on it were, " How much for Rat-
, sell r The answer on it, by Coombs, was SI- ss.
Mr. Russell was.now•cross,examinid by Mr. WRZ.•
FORD.—He said the application to settle came from
himself. He wished the parties to go to Killing-
worth, as he had settled several informations before.
Mr. Bradley said, that-on the 7th of May, Mance
called on him with a sunimons, but it had not been
signed by the Magistrate. That evening he met
Coombs and Mance, it a public-house near Worship-
street Office. There the business of Russell was in-
troduced by !Vance, and they proposed that witness
should go to Mr. Russell to settle it; but witness said
he thought it would be better for them to go them-
selves. A paper was then drawn out, and they were
both privy to it; the paper contained the amount of
the sum to be received from Russell.
Mr. Killingworth said, that about the 10th of May
he first communicated with those parties relative to
the settlement of Russell's business. Mance demanded
the sum of 75 shillings; he afterwards got 31. 3a.
from Russell to pay the informers, which he gave
them on the 'llth, when he met Mance and Coombs
at a public-house; he offered Coombs the money,
but he refused to take it in the presence of several
persons; and proposed to go into the back-yard. He
went out and gave him three sovereigns and a crown-
piece. On their return to the room, he said to
Coorribs, " How do you know that you have not been
taken in, and that you have not got two bad sove-
reigns ?" On this the other pulled out the sovereigns,
and, in the presence of Mance, jingled them on the •
table, when he said they were all right, and that that
would be a suffseient.composition for Russell for a
twelvemonth.

James \Vintle, a silversthith, was at the public-
house on the day when the sovereigns were paid ; he
gave them in consequence of Mr. Russell's request.;
he heard a conversation with Mance
.and Mrs. Mac-
Michael: He heard Killingworth as Coombs what •
he was to have for settling Russell's buSiness? as he
attended. there to sealeit. Theyboth went out; on
their return Mance spewed theta into the back par- • .
lour. - Killingworth pia down three xovereigns.--
Coombs would not take them, Ink ii.ked him ..to go
With him into the back yard ; while they went out,
Mance stood at the doOr eating. bread and .cheese.
.They: came back; and Killingworth' Notir,
my boy,. how do you know but you sire done, and
have snot got two bad sovereigns?" Qa, this tooliths
rook out the sovereigns, and said:thef *ere very goOd.
Killingworth then observed--"‘ Mind, three pounds
five." Coombs assented.- He then asked all the parties
Now-.are you satisfied ?":Coorribs replied they
were. IVIr Killingworth- neit asked if that would
clear Russell ?--Coombs answered it would, and that
nothing Would be done to Mr.liustell,. for .a twely-
thontli. Mance and M,Michael were present; apps--
rattly assenting to all this. '••••
Mr. Ata.ay.—Very well ohnt is my case.
Mr. WALIPORD addressed the Jury for some time'
,401 behalf of the defendant, Mance. He complained
the tinfairness of calling men common informers.
The defendants were not tried for being common in-
formers, but for conspiring to cheat Mr. Russell; and • I
there was a proof of a previous concert; besides, the
proposal to cheat had come originally from lins.ell.
• Mr. PRENDERGAST spoke in behalf of the two other
defendants. He wished to remove the general prc
indite that• was songht to be excited against infer-
lifters, without whose interposition many wholesome
laws, particularly those. for the regulation of pawn-
lirokers, could never be carried into 'effect- Ile con-
teaded that there was no proof of conspiracy, and
'nothing to affect the woman.
Mr. ALLAY.--I am ready' to give up the prosecu-
tioa against her. • • •
_TheCHAinstAzi, in hii charge to theJtiry, expressed
&doubt whether Mance, however culpable his con-
-duct might be in.other.ittpecti, had conspired with
theommon informer• !; ettort the money.
The Jury retired for some- time. aril found'Coombs
'and Manse Guilty, ,and.M,Michf;l. Not Guilty.
. Mr. Baoutitic K -Moved on the part' of a Afr.. Light
to exhibit articles of ENe peake against Charlei Camp. _
bell., who was then ia Cubit and'ih tastody, sed‘
in thremeaing letters to' the exhibittiht,..in.conse-
iittencedf which lielcottsidered himself" in diner of
' • rifibell had been :seen
house with a knife
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