Star. — London, England, 1816-04-04 00:00:00

J .r. r 1 ,••••• b thin ebjeet of ider.reliamentary life, and that he warted his censure upon Justice; in Eyre, and .settef• paltry sinecures. instead of attacking with vi. Able the co itinuance of the useliss office in question. thief answer attempted had been getiunded upon rireitmstances eit die peace, •it being held by the • ••• side both stable and unstable, as suited their pur - • yaw alder the name of Secretary flit illip Colnnies, it • had beet clearly abolished ; end when revived, it was -celled the'Secretary of War, and • inethat•capacity t he Noble Lerd (Carlereagh) had appeared in the • House at the time of the celebrated expedition to Walehrren—of the credit of which he (Mr. Tierney) would not an any account . deprive the Noble toed. hear.) 7 -He then, proceeded to re-state some l i -•• tif the grounds on which he had rested his motion, as • •*Le eitw many Members present who did not hear his opering .speech, made in ti very thin House: If a .Seiecit Committee were'appointed to inquire, and a case were made out to justify the continuance of the • office of Third Secretary, Mr. Tierney would under. take never again tceopen his lips in Parliament.— • (Heir, hear.)--He contended that twoSeretaries of • , State were enough for the dischargeof all the puhlie. business. Tlie Noble Lord had said, that Lprd inoutlf could not eo through all the business - which • Lord Melville had tonduxted ; but it should bp re ateMbered, that:Lord Melville not only went throve:TV • the business of the home department an I the colonial . department; but also revist:d the whole system of the East India Company, and renewed their Charter. He insisted, therefore, that this twelve thousand *year was a certain dead pressure on thepublic. It 'any doubt existed on this point, he would say—refer this to a Committee, and 'you will then • tee who is right and who is wrong—but chi not be burette down by assertions of gentlemen in office. He had heard no answer whatever to his statement, except what the Noble Lord, for the sake of decency; had given.— • The Noble Lord had said, that' no person could be found equally capable of biqiness as Lord Melville; bat he (Mr. Tierney) believed there were lOU Lot d Melrilles at every corner of the street who would re plate whit related to the Colonial Department.— What great acts were these profound Gentlemen going to perform ; He Would venture to say, that they would be content to proceed in the ordinary manner; and, like him, to leave-p 0 nsiesites in their offices. The Noble Lord was • now broughe to the test, and what was much worse to the purpose, so was the House of Commons: It was evideot that the Noble Lord and his colleagues would do no thing, unless the vote of that Houle compelled them. The country, -however, expected to be relieved from some of those heavy burthens which they had ells- Wiled during the war, and this was one of those use less offices which ought to be abolished. All these things ought to be ..aquired into, and (added Mr. Tierney) they shall be inquired into, or die.gountry will not be satisfied.—(Dear, hear.) —Very little had been yet effected; but it the people of England, and their Representatives in that House, would faithfully discharge their respective duties, economy and re teenchment most take place. The opposition which the Noble Lord and his colleagues had made to this motion would hold them up in their true colours to the country.— Hear. hear.)--It sheaved they would do nething in ecte.omy till they were driven to et. The people would not tail to notice this; but until he • saw the votes given agail'.t him, he should not de cline pressing the question Mr HOUBLON said a few words, but amidst so , much noise in tne House that• he could put be dis. tined, heard. All that could be colleceed Was, that he wished to defend Mr. Rose against'sortie ohserva tions of the Right Honourable Gentleman who had iust sat down. He thought, that a person who had passed ea long a life in the setvice of his country ought not lobe ton severely animadverted on.-( This 'existed mock law:Ater fres the .ppesile side, and hie n oggin ;kr of the lionovrails Member's speak was piss beradie'e.)..-When he sat down, the cries of w Quest' Sian" became general, and the House divided—. • . for the Motion • toe • Againet it • • las' . • Majority . ige • A Peffrion was presented from a Pali L Stivesashire, an A g neekstrei Distrees..-.1.a1d en the Table. .Lord GOWER presented-a Petition front the Freeholder. of the County of Stafford, complainkg of the Agricultural Distress of the country, and praying for economy and retrenchment in the public expenditure. Mr. LI ITELTON bore testlutony to the respectability of the Petitioners. Mr. METHUEN hoped that the prayer o( the Petition would 'he attended to. Mr. CUR WEN thought every relief depended upon economy Mid retgerchment: k was no party spirit that called fur mea elsros to that effect it present. It was called for-by the voice of the country.- 6 Tbe Petition wits then kid on the Table. Lord'ELMLEY presented a Petition from the Innkeeper, it Upton on Sevens, praying rebel under thoArletuallets' Li. tease Aix. • Mi. LOCKHART withdrew the farming Stock Bill, and got .teave to b-sog lo & posher, - Load tot the 'I able, an Account of the Number of Prnaeco 'dons sod CUI2I/16 kali under the Lottery Act fur the last two years. • The lAA Excise sod Customs Bill was aid a third time and •e& Oa the Motion of Lord _PALMSRSTOW, ,the . Army Estimates were ordered to be4aken into consideration on Friday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and at Half-put Twelve the HON adjourned. • • A LIST OF THE mnsourtv TUAT SOTS 3 ON MR. Alter GNAWS MOTION ON TEL ABMs Or "NS TASASUST is Tar Excise LAWS, 15 Tilt CAS/ Of JOON GLOSS, Of ZIASWOITS, IN /rue COUNTT Or SOUTHAMPTON. b e rcruinby, Hon. J. Hughes, W. L. Plunkett,Right Hoe. AlthOrpe, Viscount Lanibtoo, J. G. ,W. Ci Byes; Joseph F. Lemon, Sir W. Prittie, Hon.F.A. a cu dgbaffi, Henry Lloyd, J. M. Pro. french& Burrell, Hon. P. D. Winton), Sir J. Romilly, g, tleurge . Mltiocks, Was. A. Russell, Lord W. Ce.t raft, John Markham , Admiral Russell, Lord O. .4. root I. 'I bonsai Monde, Sir C,. • Sharpe, R. Dureannon, Vise. Moore, P. Smith, Wm. Dundee, lion. L. Morismi, 3. B. Smythe, JH. }creams, Sir R. C. M ryrlll, Vise. Fitzroy; Lord . ). Newport, it‘ir J. Tavirtock, Marquis Folkestone, Lutd North, Dudley . Tierney, P.r. Hou. afoot J. P. Nugent, Lord • Zytass, C. W. Harailtoo, Sir H.D. "Osborne, Lord F. °Siker, Sir G. gesihcote, Or G. Ossolston, i.ord - ft 10:111.11. Herpo, Sir R. Pousouhy, Rt. Hon. Bonet, Hou. H. G. •Hisruby, E. ' George Mil, Sri M. W. • .By a Paper supplementary to the Ordnance Esti. -maws laid berme the House of Commons, it appears that reductions and savings to the amount of eighty .seven thosisaod rem& will reskilk from (who. ar . :tatigkosati adopted la that departmcnt. • , ' • . . - • ITAYDE.p:DED.A.. • - 4. •••• AS IT STOOD THE l :: Jiark * ram orraciAL oecumerers. Total Public Debt, as or!- &milk Nailed ' . 1111,1111,4i7,1111' i St Debt redeemed Ind stand. tarts, the earns of Com. tattaionen fon the Re- ' • datum' adze Debt, 1C40,101,540 0 0 Debt transferred to the Commissioners for Life Annuities, payable at the Beak, - 3,097,551 • Debt cancelled by Re. • - 'Land— : ~ demptoit °IL :Tax, 95455,050 . 19 3 Debt cancelled, and the ' Ponds thereof charged, with new Loins, as per Acts SS and S 4 Om. EL t. 95, s. S. 1151,7911,658 0 0 390,344,005 19 S Debi wifeistieented and due to the Mobile Creditor, on the Ist February, 1616 8E791,033,416 10 61 Interest en 'Debt unredeemed, .E.17,151,V93. Its. 9}d. Sums applicable tothe Reduction of the National Debt. t 41,796,925. 11x. Std.—Total Annual Charge of Debt, t 49,650. Ile. 74d. Trull Amount of all Monies paid into the. Exchequer between tiro Sth Of January, 11115, and the sth of January, 1616, was 1117,117.041. 165. mid.; of whicit for Luans was paid, £39,411,94. Xs.; and the Payments by the Government of Ireland. on Account of x-17ths of the Annual Expenditure of the United Kingdom to be defrayed by Ireland, anno 1815 and 1114, is,unono. Isl. ed. • . • THE EVENING STALL LONDON. • THURSDAY, APRIL 4. ISIS.' PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT 'IWELVE O'CI.00K: • Reduced (Mist)—Cons. mo. stqf --(or ace. GI 7 4 per Ceut.(shat)—S per Etat. 90I—Bonds la. dia. par. Otnu. pay. LOU—Each. liilb Its:dw. par. To-morrow the Dividend, on the 9 per Cent. 'educed, and the s per Calm. Stock are due The foilowini Jai the Bankers wad Merchants wall be paid; and on Munday.the Public at large. Mr. TIERNEY'S promised motion for the :oppression of the office of Third Secretary of State came on last night. We have given a full report of the arguments used on both sides of the• House; and we venture to assert, that it will be read throughout the country I with great attention. We will not endanger weaken 1. mg their force by offering a condensed abstract. The Motion was lost for• the present ; but the division 'hewed that many of the independent County Mem bers aro convinced that nothing but economy can re. trieve the prosperity of the country ; for out Of 282 Members who voted, Ministers had only a majority of eighty-two. This country has had the honour to originate and to teach the other States of Europe the art of Repre sentative Legislation. Would it not be a shame to allow. our pupils to outrun us in the application of the practical benefits ? In this rase we are now en gaged against France, and either we must exert our selves or she must relax in her labours, or else we shall have to experience a discomfiture; nor will its conse quences be merely an ideal disgrace but absolute ruin. Economy is not merely a term in the mouth of the French Legislators, but a syrem of practice occupy ing their chief attention, and calling forth their whole energies. The sum of 41,030 in a single y.:ar to a Secretary, arising from salaries and gratuities, seems to have been viewed as sn enormous, as to require a long explanation from the Head of the Department.— How would they have horns to find a Secretary, in the same period of time pocke ing£Bs3o. "Before we re-' , gulate our imposts," says one of the French Members, ist we should regulate our expendituie. The enormous solaria of these offices have absorbed half the income of our property by the aggravated weight of taxation which the/ have caused." Let it be remembered, that the persons whd hold this language—aye, and who stet upon it too, by enforcing the strictest economp— are not a set of factious democrats, but the most firm and honourable supporters of the Km° and Coasti. union. The men who opposed the despotism of BONAPARTE, on priacipl:, are the men to Whom France is now indebted for an opposition equally strenuous to the abuses which have survived that despotism. Do you complain of the distresses of the country Do you believe it ? Continue then to press retrench nient in every departmer.t.—ln no other way can you restore the prosperity of the country. The whole question is one of maw and extterukturs. The remedy must be practical. The Petitions on your table at; sert, and the truth of the assertion has been vouched by yolr Members, not merely that the Owners and Occupiers of Land are embar rassed, but that the Labouring Classes in . the country are starving, Is it any remedy to my to men in such circumstances, '0 kys warverc4 and Iv je clothed" ? Won(r will neither 611 the hungry: n(4 clothe the naked. You most give them what is necessary: that is, you must lessen your liberality to those who we neither naked nor hungry, tart 34 4 may have to silse so him that asedetls. Economy may not be pleasant, but it is indispensibly necessary it' jot wish to cave the country. Tun PP!NCI REozwr's Irictsvu.--:Yesterday the inswier given to, the 'inquirers was—." His Royal Highness continues better." • Yesterday his Royal Highness the Paws Roomer held a*Court at Carlton House, which vs. attended by . the LORD CSIANDIU.LOR, the F!usr Loan of the Tasaiiner, the Loup Patyv SEAL, the CuaucesLoe of the EXCHKUtR, the SU:I4ETARIII2 Of STATH fur the Pious and WAR DISPARTIItiTs, the LOAD STEWARD, LOP CUASIERI.AIi, he MASTS* of the Hoist, &c. Yesterday Princess SOPHIA of GLoyearrea. sad a number of the Nobility, paid their respects—and the Count and Countess MUNITRR were introduced to her MAJIIB . I Yi at the Queen's Palscee At six "Moe* the - PIING R.ESIDIT went to dine wish his mother, at the Palace. "RANCH RAPERS. . !.. - •.% . • TWE ARMY. 1:;.:...i ' 4 ).:i•:. . .. .. .• • • . . . .. • . • 7 .-----. "I"casy we received. the Paris Papers of. Moan- The Ltrl of Gose-an • ' Their contents are very unimportant. The Legion of , bpreelosentgaiendg with ; a t!): Bi Ar b r7 e a . it m h 1 1 , ? .. s l e,;:i i m c ? , -L. a t i t g o r e e t . l . l . . e ::;,: n ., l7 .ni P ,: , ; Honour has been ft-modelled by th e Krug: p erinis h i n ts . l i ordered is three hundied end twenty. Friday the non-comi,ioned office's an,i p,i. r , edtire suppression would dci his Matury greater of the 42d regiment were entertained IA ith 4 , utu nonr. Is not Fc non a Membur of this Ordlr ? and ,:aa honour and Foucus be mentioned is the same ual dinner, and plenty of the n.ttion tt h ey ,. sttyy breath ! • . - punch, in the Assembly Rooms, Georgv- .. t , burgh. . PARIS, APRIL i. , - :. Among the depositions taken herons . the Commis. sinners who were appointed to dig up the body of the Due d'Enithien, not inserted in the Mottlievr, were those of Blancpain, a Brigadier of Gen: d'armes d'elite, on half pay, an artificer of artillery, named Goddard, and one liennelet. • • THE 7STH, Olt HIGHLAND REGIME.. 'This corps was only rai le d in INo4 —they were tratied aiev the eye of the gallant Sir loom Moose, and sent to hiy i s 1 , .consisted of fine young Highlanders; 700 of „hem were vic Zy go years of age, and had never seen the face t.l an enemy, Rh ea they were led by their countryman, air Inas St sae ; 1 ,„„ , the field of Nokia, to encounter the veterans of France a ntet - i Remotest. .tioms h undreds of these young lad, T'te uu,hin to speak a word of Eoglish, when they were brought to tin c h naparte's victorious teems the use of the bayonet. Of 1411 ash Officers who were killed and wounded in that tati g , t seven belonged to the 78th, aid in the onset made by l y in i the other regiments, they killed, wounded, and took prise s , mote than tbe amount 01 the whole Brit lab armyote e ►e nit In th e late campaigns its Flanders, they wyrs engat e l tack of the village of Merzern, h front of Antw erp, en 4 t h e post was defended by five dmes their nutnber, t h 1 ; 1 72: on with the bayonet, and drove them cut of the yap to 7 great slaughter. It Is gratifying thus to observe the orti val i d ; ratter displayed, not only ut the veteran trnopovrhofourfis last tremendous counict, but also in those who, ish,l e y et hi l imp ona . reen th e, b e h ave d so nobly In the face of au eve % *lx woe then the conquerors of Europe. blancpain dep3sei, that being on the 20th of March, 1804, in the barracks of the Celestines Paris, he was commanded by &vary in person, to proceed to Vincennes with a detachment of gsns d'armes d'elite, and on his arrival he was placed at , .the top of the stair-case, near the door of the room in which the Prince was. He declares that he twice .conducted the Prtnce into the wo3den pavilion, where 'the Cooncil of War was assembled : he accompanied him also into the fosses, to a short distance from the place of execution. It results from his depos;tion. among other remarkable circumstances, that S4Vary was placed, with several other Generals, at the out side of the fo uls of the castle, precisely opposite the place where the Prince was executed; and that it was Savary who twice or thrice gave order's for the execu tion to an adjutant named Pelle, who commanded the gens d'armes. NAVAL IiVTELLIGgArci. FALMOUTH, APRIL t. Arrived his Majesty's ships Jaseint.:nd .R * Ol 'frt.su a cruize, and his Majesty's sin k , TAL-Wi ud E S.E. fresh gales and clear weather. MILFORD, APRIL 1. Came in his Majesty's ship Lee from a cruize, PORI SMOUTH, APRIL S. Nothing arrived or sailed today.-. Wind DEAL, APRIL 3. Came down from the River and saile,d, the Fame, Rurrism, for Montreal; and the Dikes, %Mat% HARWICH, APRIL 3. No packets arrived to-day.--Came in the Jens miah, Dewey, from London for Hamburgh, wok lose of an anchor and cable. RAMSGATE, APRIL S. Came in. the Mary ga....ot, MOURAT, from Olberg for Cadiz, with brandy. She has been on the Good. win Sand, lost her topmast, and is leaky. Wind S.E. CROMER, APRIL 2. A vessel (name unknown) was picked up on the 31st ult. by a fishing boat belonging to this pl ace , after she.had been deserted by the crew, and strippel of ail her rigging—she appears to be from Norway, and is laden with deals, &c. The vessel is now on shore here, and tl.e cargo expected to be saved: some part of it has been took out to-day, On the 25th instant there passed through Troyes, escorted by the gen d'urnerie, and on font, a person of a tine appearance, with the decorations of the Le. gion of Honour and St. Lou's, who is supposed to be on his way from Paris to Strasburg, to be tried. The Prefect of the Department of the Cote d'Or published the following anti, on the 21st instant,: " Considering that, in defiance of the sacred word of the King, and of his duties as Administrator, M. dovignot; Mayor of the Commune of Maillys, has ventured to express his doubts of the inviolability of the sale of the National Domains, &c. the said M. Jovignot is suspended from his functions." Upon the report of the Duke of Tarentum, Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour. the King has issued an Ordonnance in 72 Articles, which fixes I with some modifications of previous laws, the re-or ganisation of the Legion of Honour. The Royal Order of the Legion of Honour is to be composed of Chevaliers, Officers, Cornmanaants and Grand Crosses. The Members af the Legion are to be tor life : the number of Knights is unlimited, that of Officers is 2000; that of Commandants 400; that of Grand Officers f 80; that of Grand Crosses 80. The distributions which are to be made in future are to be shared among the different Ministers : the Minister of War is to have 2040. The red ribbon(' and the effigies of Henry IV. are preserved. The Princess Maria Carolina cf Sicily will be mur. tied on the 15th cf April, by Prince Leopold, her uncle, in the name of the Due de Berri, and next day she will set out for France. A boat ups►t in Plymouth Sound on Monday morning last, with two Pil .ts on board ; they ace trial drowned. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following four Com manders took leave, previous to departing f-r China: Captain FAIUFAX, of the Hugh Inglis ; Capis Hort, of the Surat Castle ; Captain ANDREWS, of vie Windham ; and Captain Gum, of the Marchioness ni Exeter. In a scuffle in the Spital, Aberdeen, on Sunday the loth ult. John Allan, shipcarpenter, received a stab in the left side with a pen-lode, horn William Forbes, appumtice watch-maker, in consequence of which_, Allan died on the morning of Fridiy List.— Forbes has been commissed to prison, t.; stand his I trial at the ensuing Circuit Court of Justiciari. R tor sw TUE New CUT, •NO DIST AUCTION 011 A MILL — Early on Tuesday morning, between twenty and tinny pen* assembled round a wind-mill standing on a pie.ve of open growl by the side of the New Cut, Lambeth Marsh, the lease of which having expired, it remains at present unoccupied; they am. nsenc.d a general attack, and proceeded to elemobsh the/us:klieg at a rapid rate. The mob continued to accumulate, and by ten o'clock exceeded in number $OO p:rsons. "I he scene of deeruc tion and plunder which was now presented to die epee:awn Was truly sertotts; some of the..e nei.guided people, who had taiL•le up the erroneous opinion i that because the leawkad expirel,the materials of which tloe building was composed were become common prnr rty, had obtained possession t 1 the upper work; of the mill, and were throwing down beans, planks, tea. to these below, who, reganll.--ss of danger from the falling timber', were maintaining a brisk combat amongst themselves, men, wo men, and children, to secure their plunder. Mr. Stool, the Miltistrate, having received iniorniat ol of what was roil Is: - ward, proceeded, accompanied by several Officers, to the srot„ and tliouils with consideratle risk and personal danger,sitteetslinl at leng,lt In securing wet rat of the ringleaders, and dispersing the rest of the mob. On inquiry, it appeared that Mr. I se. as Attorney hi the Borough, is ground landlord of tit emir, N 4 had placed a man there to take care of the pt openy, bet the pso son bad been overpowered by the mob, and driven front bit pee Scarcely any pan of the null is left standing, except the Vikb work and main beams.—Six men were ordered to find bad too° swer the complaint prefetred neaiiist them st the next Quire Ses.iens„_ and to keep the ileac* during the interval. OLD LIAILEV.--Yester.lay the Sessions commenced.—Sossrl Speeetre stood indicted capi. ally for feloniously s•et,ling 261 shawls, 2) pieces of muslin, and other articles, value Xi da, the Property of Olive: Wilcock and Cle.:rge Carr Clark, on the navi gable River Thames. the fury returned a verdict of Not Ouilty. W iilLtee nrreim ant Edward Rrr.rnt were indicted capitally fur breaktrg and entering the dwelling.:iouse et Joseph I" illiscul,nul stealing therein beds., pillow-eases, and a great variety of arlglrt of wearing. apparel, • he property of Robert Edward Haluir; 0 41 levy Abrahams, Esther Janet, and Sarah Le sty, were indicted for receiving the same, knowing them to have been ottgeti.-- Mr. Aanalst opened the pleadings. The greater pan 0 1 do' goods prosh.ced were alwern to; and the Jury, after a Sh' C 'libation, find t.II the prisoners Colby, exert Len - North/co" who was 3:illttrd. There ate two hurdred and eighteen prhioncrs to be trio '. R tenant a's Reroaa —Yet:en:ay the Recorder f 33 le 3 Ace t of the • following ceitot.ets under Kintner of Death iu Notelet viz. S. Tanner, fur stabbing and cut:ing, convicted in OctYY Session last; J. Fai•cutt, for stea'ing in a dwelling-louse ; 1-C ll ' ler,. for secreting and stealing a letter, containing a £lO props' nary note ; l) Halliday, R. I.xelby. T. Westherstone, R-I: ` 1 J. Oats, J. Marshall, Hall, R. Gimore W. 'Thomas, J. CO:i D .lmes, J. simith,T. 1 tinter , A. I ilit i tghatn, and J. W 004 •4 ! burglaries ; W. dnutb, fbr etealing in a dwelling - house , and al f".- I wards breaking Out ; Ann Smith anal, Barney, for steal n! r_ 1 irately In 5.102%; G. Freestone C. l'omkittson, and W. Rote, lc': stealing in dwedisr•-kausee; and T. Cooper, for stabbing 3 • 1 1 , etittiy.e, .(oorvictetl b in February Sessions last) ; when .I. Le r.. ' I. C.ll:li' s 7'. Terve, , and T. Caihr, were ordered fur executir4 o, Weanesday the 17th imtant. The others were tell/tied deist pitta.ure -41. Swaim y, convicted at the last Admiralty was reported, Ltd respired. _ _____r„...z.----_„z The Officers of the !top! Army who have received certificates from the Duke de Berri of having joined lies standard in Belgium are to wear a ring suspended by a white and blue striped ribbon to their watch chains. The Douanieri, on the 23.1 instant, arrested at Roussy, on the Moselle, a merchant of Mrt2, for in troducing into France twelve numbers of a Foreign Gazette, which were found in a carriage coming from Luxembourg. This individual was conducted to Thionville before the King's Procurateur. • COAL, MARKET, APRIL 3. •Shlpe at Market. Ships :okl. Pries. litt Newcastle 114 355. od. to 494 2 3ander/aad 0 We. od to es od. al. • ' HIGH WATER TO-MORROW AT LONDOXBRIIXII -Morning - o minus after ? • . 'Afternoon • , 33 minutes alter 7 -- .fit. - • j. 014 UN: Printed. by LLvri. Kitur, Pickett Place; I . rutOtaked there, aad u tbs Stai-015ce, Temple Du. DIJON, MARCH £L This day only it bas been discovered that a most atrocious crime has been committed in this city in the `sight between the 4th and the sth instant. A per son, callin; himself an Officer, cut off the head with a raz . sr of a woman who lived with him some months, while he was in bed with her. Without remorse or pity, he went several days into the room where the body lay bathed in blood, in order to remove her clothes, which be afterwards sold at a low price.— , He robbed her also of her gold chain, her earrings, be rings, money, victuals, and at length a cage with a canary. To conceal his crime, he told the neighbours that this unfortunate female was gone to her relations to procure some documents. previous to 'her marriage. The assassin has fled. • Salt Butter is now at the high Price of Is. 4.1. per viand ; Fresh ditto Bd. These prices might be stspposed were sufficiently high for the consumer ; hut the imposition of the protecting duty will add at least 2d. per lb. to the price. The price of wheat has risen in the principal mar. kets of Scotland, within the last fortnight, from 3Gs. 'to 725. per quarter. Musical Instruments, • and Music, in books or sheets, are to be the first objects of taxation, if new Taxes are still•necessary. THEATRE, DEMI Y•LA NIL ....The Oratorios closed last night at this House in a manner perfectly cur. respondent with the promise they gave In.the Outset ,of excellence and novelty. The prominent. feature .of the performances was the selection from BERTH°. yaw's compositions, in „which Sir Gsouot SMART evinced his acknowledged taste.and judgment. The parts and airs asiigned to BRAMAN. BELLAMY, MTS. DICKONS. and Miss &Knott, were admirably cxecu• wed. The flute Concerto by Mr. NICHOLSON. com posed by his rival in this branch of the art, M. DttoU;T, Was, io every respect, a mosterpieoe, and the introduction of tke air of " Rossiya Castle" de served and receives! the most enthusiastic plaudits.— Tho audiasecwis biilliast sadlimangoms. . • • ~~ f I - s . dr. me,-I[l.l ;.1..