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-nOY-AT METROPOIATAN INFIRMARY for * &t2SW iULDt. Ig,srnj C by Iles tajest, and consecrated to he!.en'r o te atePrncssChrltt.- GNERAL BOARD ol' DIRECTORS and ROFiN lS_ will be lield -at Sail-house, L! ees 4suZo ,.'0 Wednsdy,te 2fitb of`AJ?rl ins8taut, at 12 .RklUght hiev. the Lord Bishop, of CHESTERt In the chair. 19. Gretormorldstreet. ARCH11BALD ROSSER. Hon.Sec. Peropdr objects,--fsthli; charity are admiitted, without letters9 of ie- commend%dond,,1ptha CentrR Station, Sohlo-sqstfare; at the Maryle- bone Satlion. 1I Wast-street, Mlanehester.squaxre; anid at the Wesit. aninster Staition, Barton-street, College-street, 'WestmiAnster. This Institution has been in full operation but three years and foutr months, And during that tlsne npwsrds, of 1 7,000 patients hiave been relieved by it. SubscriptIons are received by the Rev. A. Hamilton. St. Sl5t#- tin's library,'Weestminster, and Jobn Harriss, esq. Saville-house, L*icester.squai.e, Treasurers;; and by Mtessrs. Hierries and Co.-. lessrs. Driumnond and. Co.; Measa. Cou1ts and Co.; ]Messrs. Marsh and Co.; anzd Messrs. Harmmersley and Co. TSf gIEPTLAY'` Ia-utI If-2rFE ,OaondtFrITiRgE A'SSuRAN`CE DIRECTORS. Sir Edward Hyde East, batzt. F.R.S. bI.P. Chairmanl. Colox.el John Baillile. A.P. Deputy Chair-man. Jonas Dlu Pre Alexander, esq. MI.P. I "ell Benjamin Edmonstoac, esq. John L- Anderdon, esq. Joseph Esdaile, esq. 'George Arbuthunot, esq. IJohn Willianmson Fulton, esxl. John Bent, esq. 'M.P. IThoxnutis Houldsworth. esq. HI.P. Samruel Bosanquiet, esq. Captain Henry Ktater, F.R.S. 'Henry Bross-ne, es'q. F.R.S. ICharles Elton Prescott, esq. 'Sir AV. Champion D'Crcspigny, Peter Relerson. esq. hairt'.IP. Alexanxder Robertson, esq. Mt.P. Sir illim Cogree. hrt. .P. Samuel Skininer. eksq Colone F. H.H. Daves, H.. Coloel Mark Wilke~ Willam odyctr avi, e-. ISirWilliamn Young, bart. Audioxs.Davd Brcla, c.. Fed.ManIng, esq., Henry Dance, esq. Bankes-Mesrs.Dosaquctand o., essrs. coutts and Co. Mathmatcal nspctor rhmasYoung, MT.D. F.R.S. PhyseianTh,,as Yung,M.D. F.R.S. Assistant Physician-James Bartlett, M.D). Standing Counsel-Olve A rerdon. esq. Surveyor-Sarnel Ilaiy esq. Resident Superintendent-ilimAndrVS, CSq. The object of this Imstitution is to comhine the advantages Of those previously estahilehed. to give tn the assured that influenee In the management of the Hafiairs of the society whbich their Important Interests demnand, and to s'ipteradd the paraimoutnt principle of taking science exclusively for its guide In that part of its operations wvhich s0 Peculiarly renuifre it. The Insurances of the Society wrill he confined to those classes, !In bothi departmnatos, whi,,h the most careful investigation has demon. scTated will at once afrord additional security An,!. advantage to the The ociey wil grnt anuites, ,ndowents for childrxn. &e. and illpurcaseannurie.revreins,nd other contingen t interests. Insrucion fu poicis wll e rceied at 10. Rege,At-street; And at esss. osaquc asd C.'s unil he offices of thc society are ABsTRACT o;f the A-CCO-UNTS of the TRYxASURE R A of the COUNTY of ,MIDDLESEX, frorm the l0thi January to .5th pril,1824.RECEIPT. Balance of last Account X5.. ?,4.22 39 1 Received on Account of the County Rates - 7,193 9 8 EXPEN,\DITURE. 1.2 Bridges --1,031 2 2 Coroniers' Fees and Travelling Expenses - 196 63 3 Nergat,e.Remnoval of ( Co vict ... ?313 10 4 Houlse of Cbrreetion ?E2,422 3 63 GAOLS. [Toncij ie for Building Ditto - . 78214 31 kNwPrison, Clerkenwe:ll . 804 B,24 1 tTothifllfields Bridewvell 5.96 17 0 LaiW Expenses.106 6 1 Mi'l"itia123 10 0 at.uor Ath Ol Biley Se'sions 1,603 0 Wand I MiddlesexB Ditto 42 16 0 itnesses WVestminster Ditto 31 2 0 _- 1,677 1 0 Session House, CIlerkenvell 283 8 2 Treasurer of the County. .. 187 10 0 vairn . .. . 47 1 5 WeVstmxint~Yer Court Houise. .. 61 8 1 Inciodenta Expenses, including Printing, Lunatics, Stamps, Advertisements, &c. . . . .12 17 9 8,8119 .11 Balance . 3,740 9 31 ?12,626 8 9 The Accouints, ef which the sbove is ani abstract, were presented on the oath of Si- Robert Baker. lknt. the Counity Treasuirer, and audited by the following Justices of the Peace for the said county. viz.- GF.ORGE SAUNDERS. JOHN THOS. HOPE, GEORGE MERFfEDITH, WVILLIAM0 FLOWER, JOHN' BAKER. SAXIUF.L F. SKETCH1,EY, WILiLIAMI rOBINSONq. BENJN. EDWD. H4ALL. li G_YAL_I'NSTI1TUT10N of GREAT BRITAIN, Albemarlc.street. April 22.1824.-The Members and Subscribers are Informed, that th,- LECTURES will be RESUMIED on Tuesday next, the 27th of April. at 2 o'clock, wvhen the 'Marquis SPI\'ETO 'will dleliver his FIGI4TH L.ECTUJRE on the LITER XTURE of ]MODERN EUROPE. The suibject wvill be the History of Tragedy, its Progreas Amongst themItaians. J. HARWoorD, M.D. F.L.S. &c. ir-i com-mence a Course of 4 LEC- TURE 00 OOLGY, ompeheninga Surv'ey of the Class Mamnalla on edneday,the 5th nstat, at the samle houir, and wil reulaly ontnuethe oneac scceeig Wednesday till the compsti o thecouse.A prspetusmayb obtainied at the Royal The GNERA ANNUL METINGof the MNEMBERS for the at ~ f OFFCERS till eheldOn Saturday. the ist of 'May, Prfessor MILLINGTON will deliver his concluiding L.ECTURE on OPTICS on Thursday. the 6th of MAY, at 2 o'clock. After wvhich he. wi'll take, as his succeeding subject, hlydraulics and the Improvemeurt of the Steam-enginie. P.VILLIAMI CROTCH. Mugil. D. Professor of Muisic In thie University of Olxford, wliIl commence a Course of Six L.ECTURES on MIUSIC on) Friday, the 'th Of 'May. at 2 o'ciock,. and will regularly conitinue them on each siucceeding Friday till the11th of Junze. Tie first three lectures wvill be on the National Mtusic of vario-us Countries. A sylla- bus mav be obtained at the Institution. Profeas~or BtR NNDF will deliver a Couirse of Four LECTURES on 'VEGETABLE CH-YMISTRY, commencing on Sa2turday, thje 8th of Ma.at 2 O'clock. JHN WALKER, EaM. formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, andM..I I.wil 'in,nac a ouseofLECTURES On PL,A-NE GEO. aIETY o Monay.the10thof ay,at 2 o'clock. A prospectus vf JOHN ROST ESq Profssorof Btany to the M.e'IIco-B.tanieal Socity f Lndo, wil cmmece is Couirse of LE-CTURES onl flOTA4Y onWedneday, he 26h of Ayat 2 o'c!ock. JOEP FNCHER, Assistant Secretary. T T ERINE's BRIDGE of SUSPENSTO-N, near ljthe Tower.-At a GENERAL MNEETING of the Rubscriblers to and Persons iseterestediia this undertaking, held at the Cit~y of London Talvern, on the 21st day of April instant; The Right Hon. the Earl of MIORLEY In the chair; After reading the proceedinps of a fornmer meeting and the report of the commnittee, the following, amongst other resolutions, were agreed to, viz.:- That the report of the comniittee nowr read is highly satisfactory; thatthi metin fuly oncrs n te opinilon expressed by the forer eetng s t th prctiabiityof erecting the bridge accord. ing o te popoed lan asirei a intheutiityand benefit wvhich thepubicmus deiv threrom Ard t frter appears to this meetigfrm a cnsidratio of he itene ie and the very great popuat(o of he Imedate eighourhod o eah side of the river, the umerus oadsthatdivrre romthe approaches, and the great, busiess nd raffc ofthewhol ditrict, that the profits of the measure wil give to the subscribers an adequate compensation fox the Mone avanced. ThtteCommittee be authorized to proceed writh the application to Parliament, and to adopt such measures towvards the furt heranc thereof as they may think proper. That sxshs~-ription pa.ers remain open at the banking houses oi M e ssrs. Spooner and Co. ; Me-srs. Smilth. P'ayne, and Co. ; Messrs. Willis and Co.; and At Messrs. Browvn's, Billiter-square. And that an instalmnent of .5 per cent, be paid on the amount of each subscription within ten days after the secoxid reading of the biil, of which public notice shall be given. ARISI of ST. JOHN, Clerkenwvell.-AN.,'NU~ITI 1'S Pto the anio,not e,f ?C250 per ainnum, for 40 years certain, trans- feabe as Lffe Annuities. chargeable and secured on the Rates for Paving, Lighting, WVatchinig, and Cleansing the aforesaid Pa,rish.- Notice is hereby given, that the conimissioners appointed for carry. Ing into effect the Act Of Parliamenit fur Paving, &-c. the. said Parish, will meet at their Commsittee-ruorn. at the St. John's Gate Tavern, St. John's-square, on Friday, the 7th day of 'Maly. 1524. at 6 o'clock- in the evening, when thev will he ready to receive PROPOSALS froni any PersoR or Persons w1w~ mjay bee willing to PURICH-ASE ene or more! ANNUITY or At'NNUITi'ES, not exceeding in the amouint ?250 pet ann,snx, for 40 l-ears from the time of granting, when they are to cemse and deterniine; nio singie anniuity to be tor a less amlounit thlai, ?210 per annumr. They Nill also at the sarne time receiv'e proposals fromn persons wishing to purchase an ainnuity, or annluities on single lives, to the same aniount;, no sinigle life annuity w'ili he granted f,ur ailas amount thian ?20 per annmum, nor still any annutity he granted on any lIfe uinder 45 years of age, proof Of which most ihe produced before the contract is entered into. Persons, wishing to beconse Putr. chl "ers are required to send in their proposals, seailed, addressed te the Commissioners aroresaid, to the Clerk's office, 17, Clement's-Inin, before 5 o'clock on the day of ni-eting. The proposals f,sr the 40 years annuities must state the sumi they are willing to give for an annuity of ?20 per annum, or in proportioni f,,r aixy greater amotint. Thye propoalsfor the life annuities must state tne age of the person fot whiose 'life the annuity is required, and the sumr they are wvillixig to give for an anniuity of ?20 per annum, or In proportion for any gr'eater, amount, no,t exceedixig ?100 oxi the sanie life. By order of the Commissioners, JAMTES IIALIDA'i, Clerk. Nq. B. The said annuities to be redeemable at the option of the Commissioners. ISS ZOUCH conceives it a duty she owes to hierSelf anil to the pixblic whoi have so kindly eome forward to) alle- viate her sutfferings in the hoiur ef need,. to CONTRADICT a detri- mental. Illiberal, and miost Ill grounded REPORT wvhich has; been Insidiously ix,vented. by some evil disposed iierson to iniiure her cha- racter, And wvhieb could only hatve arisen on accouint otthe publicity of her case through the medium of the pres:e, wvhichi. uiliitentially, mnay have given offence to her relatives, ar A*o prevent a liberai and genxerouts public from contribsiting to the si-scription opened at the ban of Messrs. Cocks, Biddulpb, and Co. (See the 'rmes of the 21st instaist. Milss Zouxeh, in returnixig her gratef'ul acknowiledgnients f'or the favours she has already received, has mieekly to Observe, thai ayprejudicial bias tending to injure her Interests can be most satis- fatorily and hxonouralily refuted by several persons of iinqsiestionable respectability and integrity, wvho, lIn her justillcationi, hiave kindly offered to come forivard at any timne to gainsay sixth caluimnies; and personal Inquiry may Also be mnade of Mir. and Mlrs. Hermaxi. 23, D)over-street, Piccadilly, who wsill give every requisite satisfaction the benevolent may require respecting her ixnfortbinate situation. 7 IGH IVYCOMIBE, Bucks.-To be SOLD, by Tor- )E& 'rate contract, TWO conspact and almnost nesely erected RESI- ENCES, with gardens Inx frozit, and all requisite and conveneleit outbuildings: alson6acres and 3roods (more or less) of fertilenutirsery and warden ground adjacent thereto, most eligibly situats in the borough and parish of High WVysombe; the whole freehold Itirhe. free and land.tax redeemedi, %vecl ada pted for the erection of villas, and now divided into suiltable lots,, andt consnsandlng delightfl' viewss over the suerrounding country. Thie whole occuipied by Mr. Joseph Bates Andi Airs. Anon Bates, and may be viewed on Application to MIessrs. Nash sand Rumsey, solicitors. Hlgi Wvcomb; or to john Alsandr. sq.36,Cary.sres, Lncon's-inn, London, inhere par. tlcularsmaybeobtained, N.B. Aleaseofabout 12 acres of n,u rs ery ground ajoiningthe aboe premies, andthe wshole of the nursery stoc, wih te godwil ofthebusiessof M. JsephBats. at High Wycobe tn exensve ad repectbleconnexion), Is also to be A NEAT VILLA, atShenley-hill, 16 miles from London, between Barnet and S9t. Alban's, to be L.ET or SOLD. Trhe house, wbich Is finished in the mooet substantial inanner, stands on a gentle eminence, commanding beautiful viewvs of the surrounding couintry, and contains as follows:--On thegroisnd floor, a neat eTxtrance hall; a gentleman'. room neatly finishled with Tmarble chinenypiece; a deawIng room, 23 feet by 18, wivth handsome enriched cornice and statuarY marble chimneypiece; a dining room of the same dimen. on,finis.hed in the samne maimner, 'vith dove marble ehlmpneyplece; both these rooms have Frenchb vindoses down to the floor, openin to the lavwn; a emall dressing or store room and a iratereloset ni Ili feet high; a neat staircase leads to the bedroom floor, svich contains 3 excellent airy bedrooms, 2 of them of large demensions and 2 dreesing rooms leaeh large enough to hold a tent bedstead) over which are 4 excellent attics and iumber closet- the kitchen, scullery, dairy, &r. form a detaciled building, the 'pper story of which contailns 3 good sleepingrooms; and th sbuildings connected with the house yb a covered passage, n hic arena butlers pantry (fitted up tvith aU conveniences and ivater lald on).and a china closet- underneath are coal, wine, and beer cellars; at a convenient distance is a paved coachyard. and a small farmyard, ceielosed irith an oak fence, and surrounded by a range of offiees of different descriptions, comprising w-ashhouse, bre'vhouse, doulble coachhoutse. harness room, 5-staU stable (divided into a 3-stall and 2-stall). barn, Poultry- house, cowhouse, cartshed, &c. A good kitchen garden of about an acre, surrounded by 3touit paling, planted with young fruit trees, both standard aiid espaller, and sheltered from the north and east by a plantationi of thrlving forest trees. Another plantatlon of Tearly half amilein length hounds thepremise,stolvards thehigh road. The land consists of in all 67 acres, Iittle moreorless, allin grass; S4 acres, more or less, in one handsome paddock, with b good sprink. ILie of timber, and a ishpond, which is to go with the house, the re mainrder of the land may be had separate. The premises are copyhold, under the manor of Shenley Bury, subject to an annual quit rent amounting to 11. tOs- 6d. The p our rates and other taxes are mode. rate. Tivo pews in tbe churcn- The nei hbourhood select, the roads In all directions remarkably good, ant bOth the Salisbury and Berkeley hounds Within an easy dibtance. Part of the furnitur-e, &e to be at the option of the purchaser. Immediate possession may ne had. A few acres are freehold. Several stage coache$ pass daily. Inqtd e of 3ts1. A. VClltUgi1, the ProPrietor, on the premlses. KING'S THEATRE. THIS present EVENING will be performed, for the first time this season, the grand serious Opera, in 2 acts, entitled OTELLO. Music by SignorRossin. Principal performers:-Madame Pasta,,(her first appearance these 7 years), Signor Garcia, MaNdame .aradorl, Mons. Begrez, Signor Porto, Signor Benettil Signor Crivelli. Between the acts,the favourite Dlvertissement called LOFFRANDE AUX GRACES, in wvhich Sladle. Noblet will make her first appearance these 2 years In a Pas de Deux, wvith lons. Albert. End of the Opera. the new comic Divertiesement Ballet, entitled LA FETE HONGROISE, com- posed by 3Mons. Aumer, and in which Madle. Noblet will also dance a ras de Deux with Mons. Albert. Signor Benelli begs to announce to the Nnbillty,c.entry,Subscribers,g0f the Public,thatMons. Ferd.nand, firstdancer of the Royal Acaciemy of Nusic at Paris, Is just arrived, anld wiil make his frst apPCarance in this country on Tuesday neyt: andi that Sig. Remorini, Primn Buff Cantante, vwhose debut has been delayed in consequence of indiaposition,wvl also make his first appear- ance in this country. in thepopular- Opera 11 Turco In Italla. Appli- cations for boxes and single subscriptions for the season to be made to Milr. Seguin, opera-ofice, 1695, Qniadrant. Regent-street. NVEW TREATRR ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENINCG, KENILWORTH; or, England's Golden Days. Earlof Leicester, (first timei,MTr.Yotunge RlcliardVarney, Mr.Archer; Amy (Countess of L.elcester), Mlrs. W. West. To conclude with (6th time) a grand Egyptian Tale of Enchantment, caUed ZOfROASTFR: or, TheSpiritoftheStar. TWR.4Tf?P R(YAL, COViEWT-GARDEAr. THIS EVENING, (14th time), a new Comedy, wvith Songs, called PRIDE SliALL HAVE A FALLL. Torrento. Mr. Jones; Lorenzo, Mr. Cooper: Victoria, Mlss Hammersley. To conclude with (gth time) a grand melodramatic Romance, called TFHE SPIRITS OF THP MoON: or, The Inundation of the Nile- DA VIS's ROYA L A rPHI TREA TRlE, Westmiizster-be idge. t TIIS EVENING, a grand Amazonlian Entree. After wvhIch (6th tirne) a military spectacle, called THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. euinfantry mcvementsbypickedWaterloomen. Thecavalryevo- lutions by the united gTrankd ro3p of the first English and Foreign equestrians in the world. Ntonsieur Ducrow, wvith his company of Continental perfornmers, both male and female, are engaged, and his troop of Fortign horses. First Seasoti of Eqm;estrian Secnas hi; the Circle, in 3 parts, invenited and performed by Monsieur DucroN. Vol- rage a la Chiasse 'ty tia Grore4que Chinois. To conclude vrith an alnecdotc called THE FEUDAL Ls,.W. Stage-Manager, Mr. W. Barrymore. 01' The publication of Thc Times commenced at 6 o'clock yester. day morning, and finished at 8.