Star.
London, England, 1817-01-17 00:00:00

THE OUTIti ON IMPORTS AND TONNAGE.

" Be it enacted, ace. That the Tonnage Duties to be pail by
sh!ps or vends which shall be entered into the United States,
teetering only men foreign ships or vessels u shall be entered
(rum any foreign port or place to or with width vessels of the
()need States are not ordinarily permitted to go and trade, shall
be the same as are provided by the Act madded, ' An Act im-
posing Duties on the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels,' passed on
the truth day of July, in the year of our Lord 1790.
" Provided always, that nothing In this Act contained, shall
be deemed in any wise to impair any rights or privileges, which
have been or ma) be acquired by any foreign nation, under the
laws and treaties of the United States, relative to the duty on
tonnage of vessels.

" And be it further enacted, That in all foreign ships or yes-
sees, which shall be entered In the United States before the soth
day of June next, front any foreign port or place to, and with
which vessi. es ti the United States are net ordinarily permitted
to go and trade, there shall be paid a duty at the rate of two dol-
lars per ton And the Duties provided by this Act shall be le-
vied and collected in the same stannic, and under the same re-
gulations, as. are prescribed by law In relation to the Duties
upon Tonnage now in force."

The following paragraph, respecting St. Domingo,
appears in the New York Gazette of 21st ult.—
" It was reported et St. Domingo, when Captain
ConewitcL sailed, that the Spanish part of that Island
was to be given to the French, in exchange for
Cayenne."

BRIGHTON, JANUARY 16.

The Grand Duke Ntcnouts, and other illustrious
parsonages being expected at the PAvilion yesterday,
the 10th Royal Hussars, and the slst Infantry, all
Waterloo heroes, were drawn up, forming an avenue
between them for carriages to pass, extending from
the North gate of the Pavilion, with the colours,
bands, bugles, drums, trumpets, and fifes of the re-
giments. The weather was damp, but the concourse
of spectators was very great. A few minutes before
five o'clock his Imperial Highness, and suite, issued
through the military avenue, the colours waving,
and the bands playing " God save the reap" while
the acclamations of the populace gave additional in-
terest to the scene.

About an hour after the arrival of the GRAND
Dugs, the Duke of ,Yottic came in being an hour
liter than he had intended, in consequence of the
breaking down of his carriage near Crawley. His
Royal Highness, however, suffered no other incon-
venience by the accident than that of being delayed
on the road.

The Palace arrivals yesterday also included—
The Austrian. Russian, French, Spard,h, and Dutch Ambas-
radon ; the Intmedlate cube of the Grand Duke, Baron Nieollay,
M. de Satoroff. M. de Clinks. and General Rotuma; the
Countess or llevrt, Madame Osmond. Lord Clive, the Earl of
Abergavterny, Lord James and Lady E. Murray. and Sir Wil-
liam Congreve. Hawnerian Angsassadur, Count Munster.
arrived on Tuesday.
The Royal claner party yesterday was numerous.
Covers were laid for torty-two. In the evening, the
company received but a slight increase. A Concert
followed. Splendid preparations are made for an
Entertainment, consisting of a Ball, &c. at the Pa-
lace, this evening. The whole circle of Nobility in
this part have 'rickets of invitation.

Lord WHITWORTH if expected in town next week
from Ireland. His Lordship bas taken a house in
Grosvenor-square.
'l'he Earl and Countess of AIHRURNHAII are ex•
pected in town in a few days, for the season, from
their seat in Sussex.

The Earl of WiSTIIIATH has taken an elegant
house in Curzon-street, Mayfair.
Wednesday evening, the Lady of WILLIAM For,
Esq. of St. Thomas's-square, Hackney, gave an ele-
gant ball and supper, to a numerous party of fa-
shionable friends.

A Sunday School was instituted last May, at Bal.
lynahinch, in the North of Ireland, under the intro-
:mg, of Lady Suet♦ Kirk sister of Lord CASTLIt.
SMOG who, with a few individuals, assisted the
commencement of the School with books and money;
her Ladyship also bestowed the most unwearied and
personal attention. Upon the third Sunday the
Atwell was crowded by children of both sexes from
all parts of the parish, and, notwithstanding the in-
clemency of the season, they generally mustered .10
from four to five hundred. At the general etainina-
tions, which were held before Christmas, he teachers
were very amply rewarded lot their voluntary and
assiduous instruction bestowed upon their respective
classes, by witnessing the great proficiency evinced
by them. Premiums were adjudged to 50 boys and
girls, whose superior merit was most conspicuous.—
They assembled on New Year's Day, according to
appointment, to receive their rewards, which were
rendered more valuable by the well-timed and liberal
donation of excellent books made by the Lord Bishop
of Dhows/re.

The French display, on nonierous occasions, the
most striking contrasts of splendour and wretched-
ness, of pride and meanness. In London, the open-
ing et a shop will ruin the character of a whole
street is the eye of fashion ; in Paris it is different,
the most splendid Palaces are found in ['Arrow, dark.
and dirty streets, filied with shops of the lowest or-
d4 ;'even in the good street of the Fauxbourg St.
Honore it is the same—iqr example, the address ~1
the British Ambassador His Excellency the
British Ambassador, next door to the coppersmith,
Rue Fauxbourg. St. Honore, at Paris!" And
again, the Palais Royal a collection of shops, coffet.-
rooms, gambling-tooms, apartmenu of ill fame, is
the residence of the family of the Prince of the
Blood 1 What would you think in England of a
Noble Marquis calling, in a public coffee•room, for a
cup of coffee, of the value of bd. and very coolly
emptying the sugar-bason into his pocket I Yet this
is done every day in Paris by• all ranks ; the argu-
ment is this—m What the waiter brings I have a
right to use in my cobs, and, consequently, I have
la right to put it ip nay peke' . •