The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-04-12 00:00:00

THE I.UNDS.

The account in Consols. whictli terminatea on
Thursday next, with the exception of the early
port ..1 it, lass inselergoue little Htictuattou. On
the 26.1 t Fe'trusty the price wave 76i, alter which
it. declined very suddenly to 73i ; by the 411 s
March et re-action Aid token Place to 74.;,1. but since
that period there has srarcely been a quotation
above 73 or bete* 74. The degree of un-
certainty that has rervaded the tin:mend operations
of the Government, is, nu doubt, the principal
cause Or this; but it is also renlent to those who
have noticed the proceedengs of the Stock Etc-
change, this' the great party tit:tich has been specu-
lating for it fall has obtained the complete com-
mand of the market, and loss elected any tete-
ctritey ILIWIIFIb improvement that may occasionally
have hero ma:Jested. This has effectually pre-
vented a rise ; but Ihr eater party, pot being NO&
ticolly strong to force them hver, they have re-
mained nearly stationary. During the early part
of the week little bus.iiess was dune in the Stock
market, awl the prices continued steady. On
u •!ight &chile tank place, and on S 4.
tu• they tie price was still loser, rousols, Sifter open.
tog at 743. having aleeleiseel ro 74, at which quota-
tion business trrussusted. Fur the MAY BCC°llut
there is a conitutistwit of per cent. but for shorter
periods of contniu lion, money has been so
0111101i/11F, that to many nistasices in which it
Was cirri-4.d 110 interest for the use of it could be
Aomori,. On ll'ealisteselay the Commissioners of
thus S 11: king Fund began then inctersed purchases;
the. money they lay out daily is 97,0ftni. sterling,
with which they redeem 103,00 W. in 3 per Copt.
and itg,ooof. in 31 per Cent. Stock. The Com-
inis.iwnerse also snake some tioiclisses ou acetuetit of
the Saving. Book., which, of course, very in
unniont, according to thesircumstaucer.

1,001 VENT DElll'oll3' COURT.-.llr. Serjeant
ItENNTNGTON, who hail been coripelled to post.
114:11r li.• sittitigs on account of illness, oil Saturday
presided ill this Court, 111....1 di4l4.seil of shout fifty
vases 10 wind' there was no ..ipptoilion. He gave
notice of his intention to ?mere(' with those which
81(' ("NMI" this 447 nnd to.morrovr. On the rest
of the week he will be absent at tlw Sessions. Ser.
jesiot Ittimttuvr.,?os w.i. lint able to sit on tile
Beni h. but -sit in the place usuatly occupied by
stlie t leik% or 11w Court.

I, it not highly impolitic on the part of Govern,
meta to tortilr Nrw South Wales only with con.
which ruins the reputation of the pl4cr, sloth
the people's estimation of themselves? Was Go.
vrt nutria to staid their convicts to seine other colony
trR Llsie years, /lad give eticouragetairut to people
•r to :settle there, perhaps it scold mit
ttt• difficult to .itidoce many that would otlit:twise
it:" to America 14. settle there, where we would still
:etre the ittivatitaige of them us sislijic;s.
Lord Wm. itibisPet.i., finding hr cannot give his
constant spention to ll'arlipment, has taken Irate
of the Avi"tot. of l'asi,tork, mid thus closed •
inke.i.losmitury life of inticat that, 30 years.

sUtion the .1.411;1 event of the birth of the Toting
Maoris of t I LOA RE. hill further, the
.'.Sglte Of let NW(' ER, least a dimatiliti.or 50/. to the
floaintal, Du [Ail, and ordered two httla
in I,r firttil up iu that excellent cbtablioliment,
which ore henceforward to be •upporteJ wbuNy
his Grace's cape-use.

Ilfro.DartsoN, lute of Drors4`imir Theatre,-has,
re miderstaiai, accepted so ersgageineut from the
Managers of the New Yosh Theatre, end ins wiled
Gene DtiMut fur the 'United Stales.
DotesisTe R.—The greet annual fair was held
si on the 511) of April, mid the town, in copse-
/pence, etOwilied to 2:1 extreme; ecery room nod
every matt its every inn being occupied. The *hew
of horses of nll kind* was great, asset with a great at-
tendance of dealer. .from town and coormy, who
purchased freely, and the kottea,nt very high
prices. Cattle void tolerahly wr 1, hat hot equal to
sheep, which were Lougbt up readily ut what was
*liked. Tile market-place, in long tow* or idler,
was stocked with every kind of g horn tine lace*
to strong rope*, and ass immense display of poppet-
al,eses and Wild beasts erowtsed the whole. tilling
the air with their drum., trumpets, uud French-
barn+. lln their leaving I)nso...ter, the carstruns of
ti' wild beasts took • seveti‘and-twenty hones to
4,a,r tlitut sway,