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I-IRANI) MASQUEhRADE, AR(OYLL ROOfS.- III-31 TinLder the 'imnmediate l0atronage of twelve Noblemen-.-Thurs- day. Maw' 13. 1824.-The Ptubilc are respectfully Informed. that a ?dASQU RLADE will TAKE PLACE on the 13th Instant, whichb for rpl,endour, novplty, and !nterest, will surpass any that has Usti gi ven for some years past. 'anslleie wishilng to regale their younger brnhs, withou ninling In the maotley group, miay retain boxes by early appiain. cor admnisslon, character, and other tickets, apply tote Committee, at Mr.Charles Wright's. Opera-colonade. Hlay- marKet, wvho will suapply the finest wines ont the ocain.. N OTIEi hereby given, that the PAR NERSH1IP heretofore subsisting between JOSEPH CARTWRIGHT and GEORGE WILLIAM GSAUTIERt. and carried ont at NJo. 3. Sssowhlll, London, under the firm of Joseph, Cartwright and Contyary, hard. cOnst bandlo thmelf sald GeorgWiia ute,ylke cnent Wauth Gautier, sanc'rtinegb,a,adcnet ha l et wn osi Witnessa,r. Wtns. tNebanOt Cillam GatoiAerths 3t ayo pil 8 acattheDoauthrit Cofnthesso said Ge Vsore itai Gauie,i wrtng foursdy thatproe g7iven.tn,btentehuso manseuae, beonre~ a the 17 7nttbt in rqustan d btwesend thei houres o In order that the papers may be imrmediatelY transmitted to them. E. J. BURROW. D.Di).Secetr VORKSHIRIE SOCIETY.- yPatron, His Royal Higrhness the DukRe of YORK. PRES IDENTS. 'Theltight-Hon. Earl Fit2williarn the Right Hon. Earl ilarewood. VICE PRESDNS The Right iHon. Earl Miulgrve 3.W eio,esq. M.P. The Rtight Heon. Lord Dundas Ic.Brde,esq. Ht.P. and AId. Lord Stilton. H4. P. ICalsobe,esq. HI.P. J. A. S. Wortley, esq. M.P. IAnthony Browise, esq. The Right Ho0n. John Beckett IJohn Staniforth, esq. W. Wilberforce, eso. H.P. Mr. Alderman Scholey The THIRtTEEMT ANNIVER ARY DINNER of the Noblemer and Geatlemenenconnected wlith the county of Yorkwivlllbe held at thi London Tavern, Blslio%iat-tratn Monday, the 10th day of MaY His noya' IHlg ness the Duke of YORK in the Chair. STEWARDS. BToadhent, William, esq. Townsaend, Abhm. esq. Burn, Henry, esq. Texie. H. ii, esq. Bailey, George, esq. Winidle, Joseph. esq. Davnenpot Hnyes.Walker, Henry, seq. Crdy, Thomas, esq. Wilson, Samuuel, esq. Preston, William. esq. I Tickets (one guinea each) to be had of the Stewards; at the bar oi the TaLvern; and of the Secretary. 2, Henriettat-street, Covent-garden T. IIAMILTON. Hon. See A FRICAN INSTITUTION, ~flahed ~for the ~pu-r. .ff1~ oseof romtin th Ciiliatin o1 Africa, for the Suppres ill Roal ighes th Due o GOCESTER, K.G. PatrOn and resdent inthe chair. VCE-RSDENTS. His Grace the Ardlsbishop of Can- The Right H-on, the Earl Compton terbury, The Right Ron. the Earl of Mtount His Gmae thae Duke of WeIllington norris His Gracee the Duke of Somerset T e Right Ilon.Visct. Milton, M.P The Most Hon. the M,arquis of The Lord Bishop of Durhamn Lanadown The Lord Bishop of Bath and Weli~ The Most Hon. the AMarquis of The Lord Bishop of St. David's Bute The night H4on. Lord Hollanld The Most Hon. the Marquis of The Right Hon. Lord Grenville Hastings The Right Hon. Lord Suffield 'The Right Hon. the Earl of Bristol The Right lion. Lord Calthorpe Irke Rt. H-on, the Earl of Grosvenor The Right H4on. Lord Gambler The Rt. Hion. the Earl of Roaslyn The Right Hon. Lord Baxley 'The Rt. Hon. the Earl Gry The Right Hon. Lord HeadleY The Rt. Hon, the Farl of jiarrowby ThieRight Hon. Lord Tegigumouth The Rtt. H4on. the Earl oS Roden The Right H4on. Robert Peel, M.P. The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Caledon T.he Rt. Hon.Wm. Htuskisson, M.P. The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Clarendon IV Wiiam Wilberfore, esq. M.P. The Rt. i-Ton. the Earl of Gosford Thomas Clarkson, *sq. Trhe Rt. H4on. the E'arl of Euston IJames Ste hen, esq.usIttu The EIGHTEENTHI ANNIVERSARY ME TING of tiigTsiu tdon will be held at Freemasons' lail, Great Queen-street. Lincoln's- Inn-fields, on Tuesday, the I1Ith day of May instant, at 12 o'clock, to receive the Report ofthe Board of Directors, anid for otherbusiness. WILLIAMf EVANS, See. The chair will be taken by His Royal Highness the Duike of GLOCESTER at I o'clock precisely. N.B. Tickets for the admission of LvAdes and Gentlemen may be bad on application at the offace of the instltutioll. WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL, or Public Infirmary, Jamres-street, near Btickingham-gate. instituted In 1719, for the Relief of the Sick and Needy from all parts of Great Britain. The KING, Patron. His Royal Highness the Dukte of SUSSEX, Vice-Patron. His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, President. VICE-PRE'SIDENTS. 'The Right flon. Earl S Ince The Right Hon. the Speaker of the Tie Right Hon. arl Jrus,erior IHouse of Commons The Right Hon. Visct. Sidmouth The Right Hon. Sir Archibald The Right Hon. Lord Arden Miaedon-ad, bart. The igh Hon Lod Coeheter The Very Rev. the Dean of West. The Hon. PIlip Puseymiister on Sunday Morning, the 9th May. a SERMON will be preached ln St. Mtargaret's Church, Westminster, for the benefit of this in- xtitution, by the Rev. JOSEPH ALLEN, M,.A. Prebendary and Arch. deacon of the Coilegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster. Divine servicewillUbegin atllIo'elockiprecisely. Tvo anthems will be sung on the oceasion by Mr. Clark, of His Mfajesty's Chapels Royal, Mr. Goulden, of Westmainster Abbey and St. Paul's, and Mrs. Clark the ofa byM.J B ae who have kindly volunteered their services in In addition to the other benevolent nurposes of this institution the Governors are enabled (sy mneans of-the repeated benefactions and legacies of many pioUs and charitable personal to miainta-in, clothe, w.nd s;uppl with every necessary comfort, certain patients, who after the use of all proper medicines and methods are deemed incurable. Casest from accidenit are received (Without letters of recommendation) at all hours of the day or night. A Subscription of tnree guineas per annum constitutes a Governor-, a benefaction of ?30 and upwards a Life Trustee or Governor, with the pivileg frecomnmending patients in proportion to the sum cotiuted and every subscriber of one, two, or snor e guineas per annum is entitled to recommend one In-patient and two oat-patients latthe year for each guinea subscribed. Subscriptions and benefactions are received by Messrs. Hoaste, Pleat- atreet;, Georg Ats,ei,Treasurer, Kensington;, at thte Hospitail; and by geAARt,e ES DONMIALL, Sec. and Raceiver, 4, Abingdon-street, Westmninster. ~rlEMETROPOLITAN LOAN and INV.EST- T-HEMENT COMIPANY. CAPITAL-ONE MILLION STERLING. ,For therInvesting of Capital oniSecurities, producing aPermanent and Regu-lar Rate of lInterest. TRUSTEES. Sir Thomas Barrett Lernard,bart, I Joh n Towgood esq. Mr. Sergeant Onslow, M.P. WJilIam Wingfield, e3q. DIRETOGS. Benjamin Anilley, Isq.Wilkinson Mathews, esq. EdwardGeorgeBarnad, esq. William Lorance Rogers, esq. John llourdieu, esq. William Taylor, esq. Colonel Archibald Carphaicl Wllilam Henry Tfnncy, -sq. E-dward Clarke, esq George Digby Wingield, e3q. Thomas Barrett:Lnnrdez.1. P. Irom . ita eq George Barrett Lennard. esq. John Wrottesley, esq. Standing Counsel-H. Beileiden Ker. esq. Lincolni's-inn. Soliciturs-Messrs. W. and J. WV. Biromley, Gray's-inni-square. Secretary-Mr. William Bromley. Actuary-Mr. WV. S. Stratford. Bankers-Messrs Rogers, Towglood, Olding, and Co. Clement's-lane. The difficnltiesattending the investmnent of caPital by Individuals osA landed)securities, together wivth the lowv rate of initereat produced by he und, sggetedtheidaof orIng aiJoint Stack Company, capial o theCompny cnsissofone Illion, to be sub- scribed for in shares of ouc hundred pounds each; tenci per cant, to be p ai attherim ofsubcribng,therenainer illbe called for by instlmets f 5or 1 pe tet. s oportunities of Investing the Theq naueobh nvsmnswle mnortgages, annuities, life ineest ground rents, and reversioniary,prop arty: the principial obje!t is to make a fixed and regular half-yeariydividelld,distributing all incidental profits arising itrom the falling In of reversioniary pro- perty by wvay of addi tioral dividend or bonus. The regular dividend wvill, It Is confidsntly expected, considerably exceed the general rate of Interest obtaned on public securities. The capital will inno instanceebe diminished, as whenever rever- sionary or other property Is Purchased, on th'e di'sposal thereof by the Company when it fe Is into Possession, the original purchase m3oney will be returned to the capital. Whilst theCompany offers no prospect of immoder-ate galn, the shareholders liicur no Possible responsxibility, nor Is the capital In any wise pu.t in hazard, as nonle but ulnexceptionable securities will be accepted. Persons desirousR of takinig shares will send proposas, addressed to the Secretary, at the Office of the Comipany. 3, Veruilam.buildings, Gray's-inn. at which place further particulars will he furniished; or by application at the banking-house of Messrs. Rogers, Towvgood, and Co. where books are iiow open for the reception of the first instal- mentof 0 pr cnt,whih, y aresluton of the Court of Directors, TheComanyareno redy o avace money hyway of mortgage or anuit, an tret fo thepurcase f life tinterests, ground renits. andrevrsinar prpery o an kid.Applications to be made at TaMEETING, held at the Town-ha O,sGwestry, A this 30th of April, 1824. respecting the PROPOED ALTER. ATIOIN of the BEER DUTIES, the following Petitio was Proposed by Thomas Netherton Parker, esq., seconded by oSep enbe ,Lovett, esnand unanimioasly adopted.ep enbs .ORMISll GORE, Esq. Mlayor, In the Chair. To the HonouLrable the House of Commnons of the United Kingdom ,of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliameat assembled, The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the towvn and borough ,of Geweatry, and neighbourhood, interested in the proPosed Act oi Parliament for altering the present duties on ale and beer brewed for sale showveth, T'hat the ale usually made for sale In this towvn and nieighbeurhood is prepared es; nearly as mnay be from any given number of gallons of malt an equal number of gallonLs of ale, which at present is charged withi aduty of 1Os. upon every barrel of 34 gallons. That the proposed Ret for amending and modifying the said duties 4i,caording to the beet information which your pttoes aebe p%ble to obtain from the newspapers on the Parliamentary proceedin4i of te d'o oAprlleberv wit cecer,that the duty upon such aklesif propsed o h raied rom Os. n 3 galonsto 4.os3 gallons, o, ~nustof neessiy gretly ienin the ensuptionof m ltiquor, and herby bcom at nceInjuiou tothe revenue, injuriusto the poore clases feonumers andinjuiousto the cultivators of barley, as t aouns t noles thn 2. pr qartto be paid by the brewers, aondumprobbywnamutt.botd l that stun to be Paid by thu Your Petitioners humbly apprehend that the duty of 3s. 2 id. oil matlqo rparedof the lowest quality reeoguised bythe Proposed act, sver 144uarts of~ beer are required' to ho brewed from 31 quarts of malt, will fail of the humnane end proposed by your honour, able house, for reagons whieih miust be obvious to all persons who ars conversatnt with the commnon proportions of mnalt used In brewvin5 the lowest qualities of mnalt liquor. Your Petitioners belleve (it a duty on. beer he deemned expedieni and Indispensable) that the most eligible mode of charging it will be upn the quiality of beer-worts, to be asertained by the sacehairomnetel and thermometer, and not by the quantity of matused; malt being liable to so much difference in quality. Youir petitioners grateful for the recnt remission of several taxes, and regretting that the set of 4th Gao. IV. c. Al * has not produced the amelioration of the beer duties, which was hoped for, confide In the wisdom aud Justice of your honourable house, rathler In conitinuing the present ber dties., than in adoptlng the present new act, vjh.;, nasjusly ccaiond s grat n Rarui ad~Pprhso mns as: just y occasionedl so greAt an iuarnm and apprehension arnongst those persons for whose benefit it hos been Principally Intended, In thus proposing a remedy Infinitely more to be deprecated than the evil complained of. atnd your petitioaers shall ever pray. Si=neat the request of the meeting. 1V. ORMSBY GORE:, Mayor. X]TORKHOUSE CONTRACTS.-The Church- W w v ardcns, Overseers of the Poor and the Select Vestry of the arish or Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, wilU meet at their .torkbouse, in Lambeth-butts, on Fridar, the 7th day of Slay next, at10 o'clock In the forenoon (exact timel, to receive TENDE iS, in writing, sealed up-, for the following ARTICLES, namnelvs bu'chers' meat, conolstins o clods, thick flanks, brlskets, and leg of mut- ton pieces of t a best ox beef, cuLt in a workmanlike manner, only that all the bones sball be cut oust, and not weighed in, as near as can bh equal quantities of each, wlth every atone of beef one pound of neck of mutton If required, and three stone of beef kidney suet every week, and In every week as much mcat of any sort as shaU be or ered for the masters table, altogether at per atone. and as many legs and ahins of beef as shall be ordered, at r stone for them only; the best single Glocester cheese, the best Irlh butter (clean) at per cwt.; cottoniand rush eandles at per dozen; mot- tled and yellow soap at per cwt.; good table beer at per barrel; to be delivered atthe Workhouse and house of Industry, at Norwood, free nof exesise, milk at per quart, WiRchester measure; the best oatmeal, Scote barley, Carolhna r East India rlce, pearl ash snd good raw augar, aU at per cwt. each; best split peas at per bushel; .oanp oil at per gallon; good strong men, wvomen, and children's shoed at per pair; leather, butts, foreign and EngUsh, at ver lb.; welts at per dozen; cordovan pleces at per lb.; wax roundings at per lb.; and black Basl askins at per dozen; good flannel and baize at per Yard - 94th 1blankets at per pair. Sam plas of each of the latter articles vill le eypected width the tenders. All for thc term of 6 Or 12 months Sromo the l11th day of hlay next, and0 pald for quarterly. Ooals, 160 cisaidrons, either of Hebburn, Coal go. or Russell's WahisEnd, pool mesunre, to be delivered at the White Hart dock;I and 80 chaldrons, to be delivered at the HXouse of Industry, at Norwood, free of all cxs pease, within v6 weeks after the eontract is made. The tenders for the above must be delivered by 10 o'clock, and wil be decided upon at 3, in the afternoon of tWe same dav. ROBERT WATMQRf, Vestry Cler3 ];seI.$hl&e. L Dlltb,ApI130, 1824. TiRITISH LYItNG-IN HOSPITAL for ,MARRIED LI WOMEN, Brownlow street, LengRaere.-The absolUtely requisito thorough, Xew3 of the iuldings occupied by this old establisbed In- Stiutiofl beSng now codipleted, and such improvenLents effected as- rendez.4t beyond a doubt unrivalled in Its advantages to tbose deserv- ing lases f Prsos usually admSltted wltbin Its wvals, In the attaln- hmsent of which object. with the strictest regard to economy. expenses have of necessity been Incurred to the amount of 1,866L Tse So vernors, subscribers, and the publle in general are now earnestly m- vited to an inspection of the hospital, and of the great good which has been done through (he lued benevolence of those friends who have been pleased to contribute towards the raising an extra fuui for the diseharge of such expenses which, although at the present time insef. nicient In amount by nearly 8001. to the discharge thereof, the com- mittee yet hope, through the benevolence of the charitable and hu- mane, to accomplish the full ayment of, without the necessity of re- sorting to tbose funds whiec have hitherto been annually found scarcely sufficlent to effect the purposes of the instltution. (Signed, by order of the Comnmittee.) YEWD and TRUWVHITT', Secretaries. Amount of Donations already advertised - - ?1,026 13 0 Donations since recelved:- Rt. Rev. the Lord Bisbop Lady Pole (2d donation) ?10 0 0 of Durham (sucond do- Rev. Win. Heydon - 3 3 0 nation) - - - ?10 o 0 Geo. Palmer e%q. - 10 0 Rlght Flon. Lady Gambler 5 0 0 Rt.1Hon1.My ulgaunon 5 5 0 Win. Kops Coussmaker. Sir Geo. Pococ (second esq. - - - 5 0 0 donation) * - 10 10 0 RightHlion. Ladv iesiirlg 2 0 0 hliss Maria Woodrofte Right Hon. Lord Radnor 20 0 0 Smith - - - 10 0 0 SubscrSptlons and donations reaeived by the treasurers. Messrs. Hioare and Co. Fleet-street; Messrs. Barnett and Co. Lombard-street; Messrs. Courts and Co. Strand; by theCor.mitiee at the Hospital every Friday; andS by the Secretary, 2, Cook's-court, Lincoln's-inn.