The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-02-26 00:00:00

EXCISE DI,TI.;'S.

Mr. in allusion to a comparative statement of the ex.
eiseable article. consumed in this country, and referred to by the
Ch.'incellor of the Exchequer on a former evening, begged to move'
for an account of the exciseable articles consumed Ia this country.
for a series of years. Th.: Right Hon. Heinlein:to in this House
'and a Noble Lord in another, referred to those statements when-
' ever they were in favour of his views, and suppressed them when
they were not : that purpose he would move for an account of
those articlt s fur the hist ten years- The Hon. Gentleman moved
accordingly tOr the return of the accounts, and required that in the
accounts a separatioa should be drawn between the duties paid on
sugar imported from the British West India Colonies and that im-
ported trout the East Indies.
111 r. II ERRI ES assented to the motion, with the exception of
the condition relative to duties on West India and East India
sugar.
Mr. HIT:iIE made a similar Merlon for the amount of articles
importad into this ccurdry which did not pay excise duty.

AUSTRIAN LOAN.
.Ir. l'3lF. begged leave (with the permission of the Home)
to move for copies to tl!e agreement for the payment of the loan
made by Crest Britain to Austria, and signed ct 1,10001100 the
17th of November, 1823. Also s statement of the amount received,
of the discount allowed, and other charges attendant on the pay-
incat of h.—Agreed to.
Mr. lII' M E next moved for copies of the proposals by which
Mears. Raring and Brothers proposed to pay the instalments of',
the Austrian lean.
Mr. El( It I said, that the contractors were the representa-
tives of the Austrian liovienineat in this loan, and they had therefore
no (-mgr..' in obliging them to produce the proposals now moved
I fur, if the contractor. were unwilling to give them up.
The St /IriCITOl(-filiNER.11. said, that it was not perfectly
fair to bring forward this motion in the absence of an Hon. Mentbsr
Cllr. Raring), to whom it referred.
Mr. HUME gave notice that he would resume it to-morrow.
7 he other Orders of the Day were them read.
The Report of the Committee on the Austrian Loan was
brought op.
Mr. II t 1I E complained that it had not fairly been stated by the
Right Hon. lientlenian (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) what
mi. the expense incurred in discounting. this loan, an expense
autoun'ing to :124,00(11 and fora great pordon of which there was no
justification. lie thought this expense übjectior.able ; he thought

the concealment objectionable ; and lie wished to know Irby the
cireapis.ances curetted with this loan Mad not been Wade pub*. I
Mr. lIERRIES said, that a full explanation bad last night been
given to the House be his Right Hon. Friend (the Chancellor of
the Exchequer); yet the lion. Member for Aberdeen, feeling upon
this subject, at hint that .` ignorance was bliss." refused to under.
stand that the terns preceded the payment. The limn was paid
upon such terns as wan agreed upon between this country and the
agents of Austria. Could not the Hon. Gentleman understand
that the terms preceded the paymert.
The report wax then TT-d.
Upon the motion that a bill should be brought up pursuant to
Lthese resolutions, .

' Mr. Illt:111: observed that tits explanation then giver had been
given brit night ; it should, however, have been rated that the
loan was paid minus :Tie expenses attendant upon the transaction.
and these expenses W Cie enormous, and simply because they were
PA extravagant the omission was attempted to be practised upon
the Howe.

The Mutiny Bill was then bmEight up, aml read a first time.
The Marine 3lutiry was alo.o hrrught up.
Mr. 11111 E inquired if any alterations were made in that Bill
trout the Bill of last year.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BILL.
Sir GEORGE CLERK brought op the Report of a Bill for
establishing Equality in weights and measures.
Read a prat time.--Ordcred to be read a second time on Monday.

piticEs OF BRITISII
Bank Mock 2381
Irper Cent Reduced. 914
3 per Cent. ('gym•. 91a 1
33 per Cent. lOU
4 pet Cent. 10-21
New I per ('cots. 0(9
Long Annuities. 23 11-16
Imperial 3 per Cents. 914
Bank tOr Account
Cons. for Act. 914 1 4 a

PRICES 111, I,OIIEIGN
Austrian r.crip, pr.
Ditto for ,tcrt. 90,' 19 pr.
Ditto pant in full 91,i
f'hilian Domls, 11Itry
Ditto for Account
Colombian Bonds, MS 81 6 7
110. for Account. 1114 64 Iq6
Danish Bonds. 9:11 9
Ditto Marks Banco,
Scrip, t Sfli pm.
Do. for Account ti 7 pm.
Neapolitan Bonds, ndi
Ditto for Account 88i
Portuguese Bonds
Ditto Scrip. 2}
Prussian B.J.s 95,1
Ditto Bonds (1r2.22. 01
Peruvian Scrip 7 I

MALLS.
Ann tvEn-1 Lisbon. DITE--1 Hwa'

NEW THEATRE-n:II'AL, DRURY-LANE.
This Evening. THI:RSDAY, February will be performed
I'HC 3IERRI' WIVES OF WINDSOR.
Fenton, Mr. Diatom; Sir John Falstaff; Mr. 1)o ton; Mrs. Ford,
Miss Stephens; Mrs. Page, 3114ame Vestries
After which.
CUPID AND FOLLY.
To conclude with
• RUMFUSTIAN INNAMORATO:
Or, THE COURT OF gUODLIBET.
To-morrow, The Merry Wives of Wmdaor; with Lodoisks.

THE 4TRF-ROY 1„ COVENT-GARDEN.

This Beastly, THURSDAY: February Si will be performed
NATIVE JgsPipi_

Or. THE REII FROM SLAVERY.

Prindpal Ciararters by Meows. Sinclair, W. Fatten, Carper, and
Fawcett; Misses Paton. hoes, and M. Tree.
. -

—Alta which, - ---
THE POACHERS.
r, Native Land ; wish The Pantomime.

ADELPHI THEATRE, STRAND.

This Evening, THI'RSI)AY Feinsiry 26, will be performed
TERI:Z.I T031E118;

Or, THE FRUITS OF GENEVA.
Cansewin, Mr. J. Reeve Fountain, Mr. Wilkinson. Molly, Mrs.
Baker ; Mrs. Juniper, Mrs. Bryan.
After which, the Ballet of
L'AMOVR.
To conclude with the admired Barletta of
TO3l JONES;
Or, THE FOUNDLING.