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THE THEATRE. \ , Rev-Haslet. The Pont of Honour was followed last night by a new Musical. Piete r entitled The Gipsey P iiuce. DRAMATIS PERBONIE. • - Don Roderick, (the I% - Mr. Surrr. • Doi: Dominick, (Corregidor) - - Mr. EMERY.. Gisey Prince, - - = Mr. KELLY. Rincon. - - Mr. FAwcE - ri: • An Old Jew, - - •ATK a md,: - Mr. T.Ts,uintAN, Ist Alguazii • •- • - Mr. CAULFIELD. Antonia, (Niece to Don Xoderick) Mrs.- .I%;4?uNTA Fo n , • • - Miss Ty GipseyHlndu Wom M en . • Laciimeeiss B. MEN-Afi.t. -- • - -,azils;Ptagants; Gipsies, Akc. his Seefielies i'vlurcia; • The - Gipsey; ,Prince, with 'all .Os vagrant subjeds, airiveS at-this place just in time to res cue a n old.Je . .s , who had incurred the displeasute of. the In chisition. In the Schffie, one' of the - officers of Justice is Whunden, and, in cbriseque - nee a vigilant search is :nude-af ter raa;i who had -presumed to. djspute the authority-Of I „bc holy office, and deprive it of a vie-6m. The Gipsey rrince escapes from the pursuit, and leaps over the wall Into . the garden of Don Roderick the Inquisitor. He there 141 • I,ls Antonia, Roderic k's niece - . 1. hey contrive An fall .lave at that and. the Prince, by the advice of the young ~tself in a pavill.on . . The signal to brifig from; Lt . Is the sound of her guitar. Rincon„ steal rellew, 'upon the hunt to discover the person who res cued the law, gets into this garden, and twangs the guitar; Which had been unluckily left there. The Gipsey Prince, Supposing - that Antonia had given the signal - , appears.. In order tc. prevent Rincon from betraying hun, he • threes the latter into toe pavilion, and remains in tho garden upon the 'Watch for Antonia. • The officers of justice enter the garden : and starch the pavilion . ; they seize Rincon, thinking hcis the 0f. 7 -..nc'er against the inquisition. They bear him away, re turn a.nA-surprise the Lipsey ?rime in tender parley with An tom i.. He determines on resistance, but is perSuadedto by Antoiiii. :The Pi - inc e is then taken before'tha Inquisitor, - but it at length appears that this,_ the leader o f th e Gi psey tribe, is.!tie son 01 Don Dominick, the Corregidor, and the . friend of Roderick, and that he had been lost in but was intended, if ever he w‘i., found,. to be the husband, of Antonia. As the Officer w!io had been wounded in the rescue of the Jew, had received out a slight hurt; the Gipsey Prince is, o. course, pardoned, anciMlide happy in posses ; i o n of hiS Mistress. - . , Of the dramatic merits of this Piece, the less that is said th;.!. better. It is one of the most flimsy things of . the kind that we ever attended. The plot has nothing interesting or noire], and.the dialogue, st ead -)f wit or humour, presents a few forced and but indifferent puns. But, hoWever deficient it may b e in dramatic worth, it is recommended by such e xellent• Music, and is so well supported by the Performers, that it will probably be very well 441 Ppor,td by the K Y 'played the Gipey' P I ince ) and sung with great ability ; indeed we never heard his voice to better ,dvetage. Mrs. MOUNT.% Tl 4 is entitled to the same praise ; her AirVvere warbled with. great 'akin and sweetness. FAWCETT is uncommonly successful in songs of ,11 ie mod-bravura kind, and his excellence was very F°rlspienousiri this respectlast night, it. well as in " i 3 aging. SU.ETT and EMERY made. as •much of their respeetive parts as could be made of them. Miss TYRER, a pupil of KELLY, who came before the Public in the Oratorios, appeared for,the first time as an Adress. In figure, stature, and Inauner she very much resembles Mrs. BLAND. Sh e sings very well, and seems` to have a good notion of comic. humour. The music is almost entirely by Kt Lcy, and is really ye: ) creditable to hi 3 tAste and genius as a Compact• • One Song, a mock bravura, was cam -110-,(1 by the. Ailtbcr _of the Piece, and a Duett is avowedly from PA ESI ELLO. This Duett was ad mirably supported by ,.FAwc ETT and Miss I RE R; Som e of the Airs Were encored, and all were much applauded. We forb7ar all 'criticism upon the Piece itself, as. it would be breaking " a butteijiyilpon the ewhi;el."' It is light summer wear, and very well'calculated to last through the season.—The Author is said in be a Mr. MZJORE, but.not the Barrister of that name , The House was crowded,. and propped by the Ittusic and the ading, the Piece was very well re ceiied throughout, and announced for this evening With the entire acquiescence of the audience.. We give the following Songs as a specimen of ~l7e poet r y and the hummr. • . .. SONO ---Cip . sy - Piince--(K Im.y.) - - . I'v z roam'd thrb' many a wenn/ round; :: - - `. I've wander'd east and west; 4_ Pleasure in ever:,: . dime I found, - gut bought in vain tbr rest. - .. Mule -...- giary high other spheres, I feel that (Me i too wide, -- - , •- . ,-, Ar.d'tiiink the home, which love endears, . - Were worth the world beside. RINC011.• DUETT-- incon and Poppee—(PAl stmo). Eye 'lye, you're quite a sinner, girl, • You're not the thing ft - Wine then; • Without some grace, no dinner, girl, I-r.ever calla kiss with . a heathen I ' No; no, no, no, ' I never could kiss with a heathen.• Eh ! have you,got no shame now, man, For why you talk of christen ? You give poor girl good name now, man, But you'd take it away by kissin! , 155, iss, iss, iss, You'd take it away by kissin. • *. ;co.zN No, you rogue, I tore you Clearly, As well 'as my bottle—or nearly. -- - Popp lE. But bottle thrown-by when you crack 'urn, And lips forgot when you smack 'urn. RI /I CON . Cotnealong, my dingy Miss; Your face is such golden money ; It Must be stamp'd with a kiss, It shall, by all that's funny. • Get along to yon fine white Miis, I not de girl for your money ; You may stamp and fret to kiss, You shan't, by all dat's funny. !Ittleort. By the cowl of St. Bridget,• • My heart's in - a fidget; • l3etwitter'd, befritter'd; . POPPET... ENT you come tall, you tipsy man,: You not koow , fiyhat you about ; Neoti. = I'll:touch your handoweet Gipsy Ma'am, ,But first I'll touch,your mouth. - • - For rE E. You must touch de hand Uipsoy - , Before you touch her mout.- - - POPPER. POPPEE. We read with great horror of the ramparts - form: ed of human carcasses, by the French at the Siege cif Acre.—lt appears from a Note in Mr. Giunort''s History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Em pire, chap. lviii. Note 40, that similar materials Were used by the same people, seven centuries ago, during the Siege of Nice (in Aga Minor), by the first Crusaders, ions HIGH PP ICE OF PROPISIOA'S. THE following is a Copy of the Report made to the Court of Comnion Council on the 3oth u;:,, by the Committee appointed by the Court on the 2)sth of April, t Soo, " to take into consideration, and re_ port if .any, and what remedy can be applied to re_ mote the extravagant: high price of every necessary tide for 'human sustenance." To the Right Hein. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Coxi/whs . ,/ the Cit . y . oftondon in Common Council asienil7lerl.- • We, whose. names .are. hereunto subscribed, of your Committee, appointed to take into considera_ tion the Resolution of this HonOurabl e 'COurt cif the 2 eth - day of April, a SoO, which states,,!? 'I: ha t the present price of every necessary. article. of human sustenance is so extravagantly - high as to become truly alarming ;" and " to report if any, and what remedy can be applied to. remove • so general and. so great an evil : ° —Also to take into consideration the " Resolution of an Extra ordinary General Meeting at the Marine Society's Office, relating to obtaining an Increase in the sup ply of fish," and to report our opinion * thereon ; do certify, that, being duly impressed with the importance of this subjeet to the Public, and that extensive inquiries were necessary to enable your Committee to form an accurate judgment' upon the reference, we caused 'advertisements to be inserted in the Morning ankl Evening Papers, inviting corn naunications fr om the Public ; andin addition there - '• ro r we aged to m e et on Tueski.ty died Saturda'y in every week, to examine s uch per s o ns as w e re will ing, and competent to afford us information. That your Committee. having, upon the request of several of the parties who obligingly Communi cated such. information, agreed . that their names sliduld not lie divulged, have formed their opinion , upon' the result of their evidence. Your Committee beg leave to refer to the four Reports made by them to this HonOurable Court in the course of the last year, viz, of the i6th of Nlay, 7th of June, t 4.th of October, and 4th of No-' vember, for a detailed account of their proceedings to that period. By the first of which it appears (int?..r alia) from the concurrent testimony 'of Sales men, Careass, and' Cutting Butchers and others, "That the then existing scarcity of fat cattle was occasioned 'by unfavourable seasons, but that there was a sufficient stock of lean cattle to prevent the apprehension of such scarcity being of long con . timf tree." Your Committee have the satisfaftion to' report, that the opinion then formed has been realized by the Markets having been and now are plentifully sup : . plied with fat cattle : and although a very coosider_ able reduEtion has taken place in the price, yet the same still continues so - exorbitantly high, as in a great measure to deprive the poorer classes of society of this necessary article of human sustenance. - Your Committee in order to put a stop to the nefarious practice of regrating in Smithfield Market, noticed in their' said Report (and Which, in their ,ppinion, is' one, cause of the present high price of Butchers' meat), directed . Mr. Solicitor to prosecute the parties ; and although some of the offenders have been convifted, yet the pra&ce still continues, from : tfie-inadequacy of the penalties, and the difficulty of obtaining evidence to support the legal proceedings necessary under the Statute of King Edward the Sixth. ,We therefore recommend,' that an applica-. lion should be made to the Legislature, for powers to increase the penalty, and that the same may be 'recovered in• a summary.way before two Justices . of •-•the Pelee, as the most effeetual means of putting a stop to so grievous an evil. By the second Report, your' Committee recom mended (inter alia) an application to he made to the Lords of His Majesty's Treasury, to take off the du ties on ,salt used in curing or preserving fish, which it appeared from the evidence laid before us, would enable the fishermen of.Harwich alone to supply the London Market with soo tons of cod, haddock, ling, and other fish, that would otherwi se b e d estroye d, from their inability to bear the expellee of the Salt "'Duty; and although this measure was afterwards adoptted by Parliament, yet .we lament that the ,op position it experienced in this Honourable Court, • prevented the Corporation having the credit due to a measure so highly .beneficial to the Pock.' In our third'Report we adverted to . the'praftices which prevailed, of supplying the Metropolis with Butter and Cheese, through the medium of Con tra-dors ; and to such an eXtent is this system car. tied on, that the whcile produce of th.t dairies are , agreed for by the opulent trade'rs, and the supply cf the Metropolis noliv depends upon the orders transmitted by these Capitalists to the Dairy Farms. Your Committee are therefore confirmed in their former opinion, that these articles being's° impro perly intercepted or controuled, is one very princi pal cause of the present high price of these necessa. ries of life, and which can alone be. remedied by the interference of Parliament. Your Committee have the satisfaftion to state, that the measure .of vending Potatoes at !educed prices, recommended in our fourth Report, has been 'produaive of the most beneficial and salutary effeCts to,that deserving class of society, the Industrious Poor, who have been supplied with this necessary article during the winter and spring, at less than one half the price at which they were sold, previous to the Resolution of this Court to .investigate the causes of the unprecedented high price of every article • of life. Having in our former Report stated it 33 our una nimous opinion, that a legislative ioterference- was absolutely necessary to remedy the' evils so justly complained of, we saw with great saiisfaetion that '--both House's of Parliament had apPointed - Cohithittees ." to consider of the present High Price of Provisions, and to report the same, with th e i r opinion. there. .• . .• upon, from time to time to the House." Your Committee, with every deference due to 'sb - high and respeaable an authority, feel it their duty..to'stare to this - Honourable Court their opi oion, .that there are other causes to which the.high • price of provisiot's are attributable, than thole noticed in the Reports made by both Houses of Parliament upon the same reference, and: which have been . gradually operating f or many years, an d are now 'increasing with such Alarming rapidity as to • h reaten tilt tltzi , t serious ; which Are to be classed; • /•• •z, First, The increased and increasing consumption 01: 1 Wheat and Anim'al Food fri: !fr i l more Nxurious habits of Jiving, and the greater:4lllll)l)er of persons taken from agricultural - occupations than heretofore: Secondly, That too considerable consolidation and consequent enlargement bf Farms, whereby • leSs - produce nf various articles of provision, such as poultry and pig, takes place,- they being now deemed too unimportant for the opulent Farmer to attend to, who is also enabled to-g,ive a higher rent than the petson occupying a small farm, .on account of the reduced proportionate expence of cid tiVation ; and instead of bringing his froclitce rket,,. as was formerly the custom, in order to discharge his rents,, he is enabled to. %%, Ithiaohlit; 'and The'charac ter of the Farther is'lbst 'that of the Speculator and Monopolist, to the great injuty of the Public. •, Thirdly, The great increase of the Country Banks; and the inundation of .their Paper, by which the Farmer and the Grazier are, enabled to raise an ar tificial capital on the credit of • their crop Or stock, and thereby to feed the Market as suits their avarice or convenience. • Fourthly, From a variety of evidence Which has come before us, it is our opinion, that the extra de mand for the supply of the Army and Navy, during a state of warfare, necessarily causes an advance in the price of cattle, and has a tendency to p'roduc a similar dna in - various other tinkles of provision. Your-Committee have, amongst other objets of importance, dire&ed their attention to that CiaSs of persons denominated Jobbers and Middle Men, and' although a considerable ditreropce of opinion exists upon this subjea, they have .unanimously agreed to recommend, that they should be subjected to,Parlia_ mentary Regulation, and amongst others to the fol. lowing First, That every Faaor or Agent to whom corn, cattle, fish, butter, cheese, potatoes, of any other articles of provisions should be consigned, should he annually licensed, and enter into a bond, with sufficient sureties, not to. buy or sell, direfily or indirealy, on his own account, or deal in any arti cles consigned to him for sale. Secondly, That all corn, fat cattle, cheese, ter, potatcks, and other necessaries of life, when disposed of by the owner, except by retail, should be sold in a public open market, or consigned for sale to a Licensed Falor or Agent; and that all con traCtq entered into- for buying the same before so publicly expoised for sale, or consigt,ed as aforesaid, should be void, and the contracting parties, as well buyer as seller, subjeeted to penalties, which penalties should be recoverable in a summary way before two Justices of the Peace for the County or. Town where such offence shall be committed.. Thirdly, That the Clerk of the Market should keep a 'book for registering all wholesale saleS or contrads made in such markets; and that the seller should deliver to such Clerk a certificate in writing, specifying the name and residence of the buyer and 'seller, the quantity sold, and the price, paid for the same. Fourthly, That in order' to put an effeEtual stop to the nefarious praftiees of Regrating, and also of intercepting the supplie§ of provisions for, the Me tropolis,. by which the price is not only considera; bly enhanced, but the Farmer and Grazier sustain great injury, we are unanimously of opinion, -that' the purchase of any article of provision consigned to the Metropolis for sale, should. be prohibited before the same is brought into the public market; and that the .offenders should not only be subjected to heavy pectmiary penalties as aforesaid, but the con traas declared void. Fifthly, That the Clerk or Clerks of Smithfield Market, should register in a book to be kept for that purpose, the cattle, sheep, &c. brought into the market for sale, and'when sold, the same should be marked, and the seller and liuyer deliver to such Clerk or Clerks of the Marker, a note in writing, containing a particular of such purchase, and the price paid for the same ; and that no cattle, sheep, &c, should be resold on the same day, nor within fourteen days afterward's; and that all contraas for such resale should be declared- void, and the buyer and seller each 4UbiCaCd to the penalties recoverable as aforesaid ; and that the, time for holding the said Market should also be ascertained and limited. . Your Committee are also of opinion, . that if the Waste Lands were thrown into cultivation, a suffi cient supply of corn would be produced so as greatly to supersede the necessity of importation ; and, if in addition thereto, a small portion of land was al lotted to each Cottager; he would be enabled to cultivate the same at his leisure, and ,raise a suffix dent supply of potatoes and other vegetables for the consumption of hi. family, by which the condition of tlie.lndustrions Poor would be very considerably ameliorated. Your Committee are further of opinion, that an MI of Parliament to compel Farmers to employ a reasonable number of oxen in cultivating their farms, proportipn to the size and, qualify. of the soil, would be produetive of the most beneficial effects to the Public; by reducing- the consumption of goats, increasing the supply of animal food, and thereby diminish the price of this essential necessary article of life. Your Committee have also dirdted their attention to the Laws for setting the Assize of Bread, and from the evidence they have received, and the best consideration they have been able 'to give this sub_ jet, are of opinion, that .the benefits proposed by the late Ad of Parliament have been defeated by various nefarious prktices ; and that the , same should be 'repealed, and in lieu thereof, that an AA should tie oGtained for setting the Assize upon the weight and quality only. All which we submit .to the judgment of this Honoutable Court, ,this 3oth day of June, iBoi. , J. ROW'LATT, JOS. WELCH, WILLIAM YOUNG, THO. HARPER, ENW - ..it:EMBLE, i. JACK , RICHARD DIXON, , sIMMONDt, T. GREENAWAY, C. ALDRIDGE. T. CADELL, The Charlotte, ---, from Gothenburg to Dub. lin; was lost on Hasbro Sand 20th instant. The Santo Marlyres Triumpo Pinto, from Lisbon •to Niuntevetio, foundered at Rio Janeiro, JtLY PROCLAMATION. THE- C ONSULS OF THE REPIIDLi TO THEC.ii! .14ABI'fANTS OF THE FOUit. CEPAKTMENTS THE LEFT SANK OF THE RHINE. Paris, gu6.,' i 8 A solemn Treaty, concluded between the Re publie, the Chief:' of the Empite ; and the Gertua:i B,Av, and ratified at Paris on the 2ith Ventose (March 16), has definitively united your destiny to t of France.— The interests and the rights of the Republic are beclrne lour Interests and you. rights are become' hers.. In adopting you, -shc devotes to you, as to all her chikiten, her" affeetion an:; solicitudc.;-4 7 she calls tipon you tcs promise to her,.4e .thern, fidelity. Let this promise teach you to forget 'the e ties from which this Treaty has discogigcd‘ you; and to resped those which now unite you to the Re 4 public. • Let it .terminate the vain apprehensions which prevent some from enjoying the advantages of union, and the foolish hopes which induce oi - hers to disguise or misuse then'. , What rational mind can mistake these advtn, tages Odious privileges no. longer enchain the industry of the labourer : the chace no longer ravages the fields of the cultivator ; and the game no longer devours the fruits he hr.s raised, The debasing. corvies, and the degradation of feudal !;ervicude, have ceased for ever. • 'Tithes are abolished ; every kind of contribution is mitigated. The burthm of the imposts h distributed On the estates of the ancient No!`esr.e .andEcClesiastics . formerly exempted, as well as en those of the-private ind-il'iiduais who then-paid the whole. The: nland Custom-house ,, , which present_ eel themselves in passing 11-1 one t. other, or prevented the trader fro,D r•:crs, are suppressed.,commerce is free with Fcanc,-, the most advantageous market in the world, and net longer experiences the obstacles which the antient Frontiers 0pp0 , , , 1,i. Impartial justice 'and regn'ar administrations are substituted for the arbitrary+ a: thority of Bailiffs, - .ountry to -an- Such are the advantages which this union gives to liberty and prosperity. It is no less beneficial in promoting the security and tranquillity of the Country. Instead of being distraled by opposite and coH tendinginteresis, it will participate in oneinterest, common to thirty millions of Citizens. Instead of being subjeEted to a multitude of petty dominations, too feeble to defend, but euffcten- y strong to oppress, it will be proteetcd by a Pou et which sin, at all times, command resped to its territory. The Union of the four Departments to France is for them A pledge of prosperity ; their promise of fidelity, to the Republic will be an expression of af. feetion to her, and an acknowledgment of the ad by which both are united. BONAPARTE, First Consul of the Republic, orders this Proclamation to be inserted in the Bulletin of the Laws, published, printed, and posted up in the four Departments of the Left Bank of the Rhine. BONAPAELTE.. B. MARA; Secretary" of Staie. In consequence of the many depredations COM mitted.at Brighton and Lewes 'Races, where His Royal Highness the Pitt NCB of WALEs and most of the Nobility attend, Mr. FORD has direaed that Messrs. Townsend and Sayer should be there' in their official capacity, in grder to prevent so many depredations, which have been committed by per sons of the lowest description, who make it • their sole business to plunder and• rob the inhabitants, and to pick the pockets of the visitors at 'these fa shionable places of resort. When fhe-powerful died of an excellent plot is supported by the most splendid, scenery and admit-- able c.trinsie, l the result must be the height of attrac tion. .Such is the. Fire King, or Albert and Rosa. lie, at the Royal Circus, Si. George's Fields, • and such its area upon the Public, which is shown most strongly by the overflowing Audience of each even ing, .-who are delighted at the same time with the Pantomime of th , ., BritiSh in Egypt. This, howeVer, we find is the last week but one,' of the present Performances, aiid, a new splendid Comic Panto mime, which has been a long time in rehearsal; will sixedily produced. The evidence of the effiacy of Perkins's Traders,. of late 'the subjeft of so much . controversy and , sfre ciliation, is at length Considel'ed as'decisi ire .; and medical eharaders of high reputation are now re- • commending their use. The idea entertained. by some, that their good eTe&s were ascribable to',inia- • gination, is proved to be erroneous, since they are found to . eure infants and horses as readily as an y other subjeEts. Indeed, the, utility of the Traaors, as' a 'rethedy. fOr inflamed eyes; sprains; , contusions, and consequently' lameness ofhorses, is now' so' well. established, that they are rapidly adopting in Gen tlemen's Stables. Among some singular cures upon hcirseg recently communicated,•and 'published during the present month, is a very remarkable case from A. Pincke, Esq. of Sharstead, Kent, but its.detail would exceed our limits ; also the following Note .froth a highly respected` Noblenum, who has liber- , ally permitted it to be published fat general infor... ;nation ; . " .London, Hartford -street, May 25, ISot. Lord Rivers presents- his complime n t s to :M r . Perkins, and requests he will send by 'the 'bear,er a set of his Metallic . fradors, which-he is dej - irous‘ of .Ourchirs - inith addition to those has .had, and which he constantly letves' .. wirli his Grobm ; - they ha'iing been of the gtenest .useiri his Stables.", We are asAircd thdt no advantageWliatevery will he take ii of the fite.e,l: en4rt - nous prke. of pa. per, by the Proprietors of -- Mr.' or the Natural History of 'the •celenrated Butfon, in 15 vols.' Bvo. embellished with many hundred high:y.finished Engravingii - , illustrative of the Work, as they aredetertul'iled to publish it OA .he original terms, in 94 numbers, at one Stilling • each i by one or more at a time. de• me EI Ito H he, ire ke 3S. ng !ri, lg a to dp Ile of rs, C , r e ~,c °i ) 11 LIC