Star.
London, England, 1830-04-28 00:00:00

MANAGEMENT OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

The direction and managementof a great national Theatre is as
object of fair and honourable ambition to all men, but however
alluring the undertaking may appear to the uninitiated, it is ono of
great risk, of momentous responsibility, of incessant anxiety, and
of most arduous duty. The individual who would aspire to such a
station as one of pride or pleasure, or speculate upon its attainment
as the means of profit only, will find in the accomplishment of his
wishes, tho assurance of the bitterest disappointment. In the hands
of any man not well and intimately versed In the whole routine of
the professional business of the Stage, success is hopeless; and
even with all the advantages of experience that success is at best
presarious. Amongst the candidates for the future management of
Drury-lane Theatre, the names of some men have been mentioned,
who possess no solitary pretension to such a distinction—no quail.
fication to fit them for the discharge of the least impor►ant functions
of such a situation. They have all, however, bad their claims
advocated with the warmth and the enthusiasm of friendship ;
all—mtve the only individuals to whom, in our opinion, the
dramatic throne should be &wattled. When we remember that
" the high office " was, in the best days of the drama, an object
of emulation amongst the mighty masters of the art ; that the stage
was never mors prosperous than when its interests were protected
and cherished by men of pre.aninent talent—that the " Burtsa
Rosen,. " closed his brilliant career at the head of the Drury-Lane
Establishment; and when we remember, above all, that, as AIL CAL.
czan declared, at the Fund Dinner, " whenever the struggles made
by Drury.lAtne Theatre are remembered, there is one name which
must for ever be associated with the subject, as having, by his
great genius, been mainly instrumental in retrieving the ruin
into which the affairs of that Theatre had fallen—the name of En.
NuRD KCAX,"—we do feel that 00 other candidate, be his preten.
sions what they may, possesses so high and so unequivocal a claim to
the station ;—and that it would be at once a welt-rucrised adulate.
letlgrnent of past services—a tribute to his great and unrivalled talent,
and a guarantee for the future prosperity of the Theatre, and the
promotion of the best interests of the Daum, to behold the chair
which GARRICK graced—now filled by EDMUND KZAll.—the only
actor of our time,

.' Who treads the trek—by Garrick traek'd in,
And acts—as tho' he were not acting r

CITY, TW LLV i O'CLOCK.

The Congo' Market opened at the same price it kfi off yesterday,
Kid for the Account, since which they have been selling at 92i ;
but at present they continue stationary at the former Fite, with
little doing.
The Bulletin of the King's ;health did not reach the City till a
late hour, although ft left Windsor at an early hour ; consequently
there must have been some neglect in its distribution.
Cape of Good Hope papers are come to hand to the 21n Feb.
but they are void of interest.
In the Foreign Market more badness is doing than in the British
3ltuket. Greek bonds: have again experienced a dee oi 3 to 6 per
cent. this morning. Spanish stock bare also got up, but in other
'nitrides little doing.

HALF-PAST ONE.
lIIThe Coated Market has been very heavy t within a short paled
Consols. whkh were 92e I foe die Amount, receded to lit ales
which she Market has somewhat Improved I and as peons ase
926 buyers for Arnow, and fa Money I. The Important
at Calcutta has not caused the aliens mdarethe lost ladia Boom
as was expected, as the house bee been lasamino Ikr NNW=
la the Foreign Market there hes bees are beOre&
May have pat down ham HI to bee. Opodeb Beech have else
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needed. In other Basks whims daieg.
We use state, so good andmeity, that the mom ciaarter's He.
geese, 11120, 11181111111111•111111111 t. Montag vegy
It is malklandy Mild this the assanumnsated tai Chad Aare
was mot What sighs deed *Pies Leopold as Fria, add a
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Thy Jontiet, tram Demerara. et aeippoted to be arm dt R Fal-
mouth.

The Heroine. —, frostsBs. John's to Rio de Jan. ito, was
lost nn Nantucket Sheets 4th dt. Crew savyd.
The London sod Illeswich Packet. Wissusup. -hound :o Memel,
was stove by the lee of that Net us the lith hist. and foundered.
Crew saved.

Dam, Aram IL steady lorerae.--Al rived from thp
River, and sailed with all the outward band, the Manlius. John-
son, for New South Wales. Arrived the Lady Rages. Tucker,
from the Cape of Good Hope--sailed 24th February.
Pouratomrn, Aram !7.—Wind $ B.—Sailed the Adrian. Sad-
ler. and Marquis Huntly, Names. for New South Wales. Off
the port, the Corinthian, Chadwick. from New York.
Parsonen. Aran.ll6..—Wind Weer.
Faunowest. Amu. ti.—Wind S.—Arrived the St4nmer packet.
from Lisbon—sailed 14th instant; Hunter, Atkins, front Cape
Hayti ; and WUbetforce, Detach, from Gallipoli.
HoLvuums, Area Ml—Arrived the Mary Ann,
Jamaica.

from

LIMIFOOL. Aram 116.—Arrived the Oscar. Jennings, and Ca-
ledonia, , from Africa; Waterloo. Cornish, from Maranham ;
Mercator, front Demerara ; Emulous. Owen. from Sr. Vincent's;
Mary, Howland, and Pacifc. •--. treat New York; Nassau.
Fleeting. and Hazard. —, from Savannah ; and Eclipse, Simp-
son. from Jamaica.

PROJECTED IMPROYEMEIVT IN THE SYSTEM OF
THE COUNTRY BANKS.

TO TM! RIGHT HON. JOHN CHARLES HERRIE&

SlR—Your Right Hon. Friend the member for Liver-
pool, having given notice that on Tuesday, May 4th, he
should move for a Select Committee to inquire into tho
Banking System, with reference to the renewal (,f the
Charter of the Bank of England, I beg leave to oiler, for
the consideration of His Majesty's Government, the fol-
lowing regulations for the improvement of the system of
Country Banks, especially, as in the debate on the state
of the nation, the 16th March last, you expressed a hope
that the period was not far distant when some measure
might be adopted to lead to great utility from its revision,
and from giving publicity to their proceedings ; and yea
observed that, upon a broad basis, Banking would be
useful, and upon that ground it would be the desire of
Government to promote the measure. And your Right
Hon. Friend seems disposed to support the principle of
publicity which, in his opinion, would have guarded the
Country from the risk of such a calamity as that which
was upon the point of taking place, towards the close of
the year 1825.
In the Commenta:y on the Country Bank System
which I submitted to Ministers some time ago, it rill
appear that Government had then previously pledged
itself not to interfere with the Banking business other-
wise than tobromote its improvement. I therefore request
permission, in consequence of your official statement, to
refer you to that paper, and to remark that the essential
principle of my proposal is, to restore the privileges of
Banking upon a broad basis : to afford perfect securiLy
to the public in general, in the ordinary way of business,
without the aid of Joint Stock Companies : to confer on
the landed interest an effectual method for the encourage-
ment of agricultura; and on the Banking interest a li-
mited, yet extensive, 'privilege, without any deposit of
property, or without any departure from the monetary
laws of your Right Hon. Friend and Colleague enacted
in 1819.

The regulations to accomplish that object are thew :
lst, Country Banks to carry on business at one place
only. 2d. To enable the /public to compete in trade on
equal terms, and to terminate the baneful consequences
of extreme speculation, every person in any manner con-
cerned in certain trades or occupations particularized, to
be prohibited from exercising the business of a Country
Banker, either by himself, or in conjunction with others,
and from being connected with it, in that capacity, di-
reedy or in indirectly. 3d, No Country Bank Notes,
for any sum to bearer or on demand, to be payable in
London ; such notes to be paid only at the place where
the Bank is established. 4th, The salver money to be
made a legal tender to the extent of five pounds. sth,
To be optional with the Country Bankers either to pay
such notes in cash, Bank of England paper, or in exche-
quer bills, when the demand shall exceed a specific sum.
6th, All Country Bank Notes to be subject to a new
duty, an increase, and to be stamped by the Commis-
sioners previously to the circulation ; the worttnenship
of the stamp to be varied, and to have its name, Bank
Note, on the face of it ; the duties to be paid on delivery
of the stamped notes, which the Bankers may subse-
quently sign and issue. 7th, The Commissioners to
publish quarterly or otherwise in the County where the
Bank is established, the dates, and the distinct amount of
each description of notes, and of the stamp duties paid
upon them, with a description of the Bank and firm
which paid the duties. All notes to be withdrawn from
circulation and cancelled within three years from the
dates, and to be replaced altogether, or partly, on pay
meat of the duties, at the option of the Banker. Bth,
All the old Country Bank Notes in circulation, or in
existence, to be called in and cancelled by a specdied
time.

Permit me to add, that the circumstance of the Bank
of England charter expiring at the end of twelve months'
notice after the Ist August 1830, is a reason that an
improvement in the system of the Country Banks should
be carried into effect without delay, notwithstanding the
position of Government in regard to the Bank. 'lle,
adoption of these regulations would, I think, strengacu
His Majerty's Government, and conciliate some importi.iu
interests; they would besides extend the circulation. ut
Exchequer Bills, of soma importance to the TIV• •
SUIT, and promote, to a great extent, an active revival
of trade, and the renovation of our manufacturing
estabLihments upon a Bute footing; by which means
the revenue would be incre:used, and goverr.ment
be better enabled to reduce tho expenditure, and 11
taxes as press injuriously upon productive industry.

1 have the honour to be, &c.
W.

April 94, 1830.

et 'RN-EXCHANOR, MAME-LANK, A PAIL 28.
The extremely line weather hat tho effect of lteLping our marktt
very dull ; and though we are but: moderately supplied to4ay, yet,
to effect sales in Wheat. there most * a reduction. We have omv
good Barley from Suffolk it the atir►et, but we ammo' quote any
alteration in the price. Oats (what little is doing) a►e with tut
trifling variation. Flour the same or on :11aiday.

lIIIPOSTA TIDY* IJIICI MONDAY.

Wlest, 16)04 (qrs.) . 2.7441 Sisley. nettle • ........
Poe** ~ 3,1* Oats, English . 2,444
!ehlt . Foreign 41a
Barley, Reigli.b . 3,1 W Nab . 2.104
Irish . . .—i.... Mar (oam) . 1,7411
Wheat, Rest & Rows . 70s 44 Peas, Otey . 38i Sts
Suffolk. . 681 es Reuse, &teal! . ees 40s
Norfolk . us Tlek Iles 344
Rye . . 30e Ike as, Passer Let Ms
Batey,fls. Qs— Waldo; MI 174 Roma • HI 01,9
Mak —4 Feed . Os Us
POI% Watt . id 40s floor, pee @sok Ma CU
Boilers . 441 •—• Rapeseed a al. tiff bv,