1S06.] 



New Jcis of the British Legislature, 



171 



TT-f Avw Grand SfeSlacIe of tb,: Three Sifters 

 and the Golden Bull, noiv ferjorniing at the 

 Royal Amphitheatre, fPyimirifier- Bridge. 

 Comfiojcd by J. Sandcrjoii. 7s, 



This piece contains fome fpri^htly and 

 iiitei-crtin!>; niulic. The oveitin-e and 

 dances are highly attracti\ e, and timn, in 

 tlieir prelent It.ate, improving exercilcs 

 for the youncj piano-forte practitioner. 

 Tlie neatnefs and accuracy of" the engra- 

 ving, and iuperior Itylc of the printing; 

 and the ijuahty of tlie paper, ou;j;ht not, 

 ill julrice to tlie iibcraUty and attention of 

 the publilliers, to paf»- unnoticed. 

 J*! elude, or Familiar Exercifcs for the Piano- 

 Forte. Compofed, and dedicated to the Mijfa 

 Trail and Moiihray, by T. Haigh. Is. 



Thcfe prelodes run through all the d\C- 

 fercnt keys, major and minor, and will 

 be found very improving to ihofc practi- 

 tioners who wilh for a familiar acquaint- 

 ance \\\l\\ the various icales. We think, 

 Jiowercr, that had the author added thfc 

 advantage of a direction for the fingers, 

 jic would liayti rendered his work more 

 (ienerally ufeful, and have enhanced its 

 \aluo as a didactic production. 



*' Dreary ivas the Day," a favourite Song fung 

 by Mrs. Nunn in the Comic Opera of the Fivt 

 Lovers y as performed if the Theatre-Rcyaly 

 Dublin. Comfofed by T. Cooke. Ij. 



" Dreary was the Day," if not a bal- 

 lad of firll-rate merit, is a plcafmg little 

 compofition, and does credit to Mr, 

 Cooke's talk". Originality it cannot 

 boad ; but the paflages rife naturally out 

 of each other, and the general cffeiS is 

 above mediocrity. 



Afavou'itc Overture., as performed at the J7\-- 

 atre Royal, Dublin. Compojed and arranged 

 for the Harp or Piano-Forte, by T. S. Cooke, 

 Is. 6d. 



This is a pleafant little produftion. 

 The paffages are free and familiar, and 

 the general eft'ect fucli as to evince conli- 

 derable judgment iu theatrical tompofi-. 

 tioa. 



" The E-Mew\,—The Crooked Hornr a fa-aet;. 

 rite Seots Air, arranged as a Rondo fur iht 

 Piano-Forte, by T. H. Butler. Is. 6d. 



This is a plcafmg little familiar exer- 

 cife for the piano-forte, and will be found 

 improving to the juvenile finger. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PUBLIC LAWS ENACTED BY THE 

 BRITISH LEGISLATURE. 



W 



E now come to Fixancial Laws, 

 under the three heads of 



1. TtEciriATioN of Revenue, 



r 1. TtEciriAi 



Acts of < 2. T.vxes. 



(.3. Loans. 



Chapter 27 is intituled 



" An Aft lor coiitinuiiig until the C.")lh Day 

 of Murt-h, lol \, to niucli of :in Art made 

 in llic l.ith and IfJth Years of liis late INIa- 

 jefty*, as rcl:itcs to tlie landing of Rum 

 or .Spirils of the Britllh Sugar Flaulatious 

 before tlic Piiynii-iit of the Duties of Ex- 

 eife." 31 aiar. Ifido. 



It had been a temporary a6t, renewed 

 by fucreflive acts of Parhament, 



The next arc diro^'l taxes. 



I'he firll of thcfe is 46 G. IIL c. 2, 12 

 r<h. 1V,06. 



" An Act fiircontlnuingf and I'mnting to his 



AlaJcfVy ceijlain Uiilies upon Malt in Great 



IVilain, for the Service of Ilie Year 180C." 



All taxes, by the coiifiitution, are re- 



gariUd as temp(nary, that the fu|)ply of 



tin: ciounnuiy he free and \ohmtarv, ac- 



* 1.') and 16 U. IL c. t'.'S. 

 •J Vide 1 G. J, L-. a. an. ITOU 



cording to the exigence ; and the parlia* 

 mwitary rcdrefs of grievances the better 

 enforced. 



Till within thefe few years the land-tax 

 vvae temporary. 



The tax oa this great and neceflaiy ar- 

 ticle of general confumption (not indeed 

 now general, and likely, with the increafe 

 of burthen*, to become lefs and Ids fo), 

 is continued by the att to 24 June, 1807. 



Subject, however, to be repealed or 

 altered within the felfion. 



Since this a tax has been propofed up- 

 on all private brewing: but this, for the 

 prefeiit, and it is to be hoped pei-ma« 

 neatly, is to be laid alide. Alehoufes 

 would gain by it ; but public morals, 

 health, and donieltic comfort, would have 

 been feverely injured. 



Since the witiidrawing of this propofed 

 tax it has been propofed to increafe the 

 duty on malt; but this, it is to be hoped, 

 will long and long be poflponed. It 

 would be a fevere additional burthen up- 

 on i land and agriculture, already over- 

 burthcHed ; and, in its confequencis,j q^ 

 , heavy inllictioa oa the poor. 



'j;hc next is, ch, 3. 1;> Feb. I30(j, 



