The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-21 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

James Marsh, of Shad Thames, shipwright, surrer.der
I)4A:cwt.-KA- zz, at unit:, ana fauw.ny 5, 30, 4vten, at Guild,
hall. Attorniea, Messrs, rainier. and Tornliincos, Warn-

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ford-court, Throgmorton-Street. •
Thomas Madden, or. Pages Walk, Berrnoxisey, vidualler,

December 22., 29, anii anuari. 30, at tcn, at 'Guildhall:
Attornies,. Messrs.
.y.'incius, Iluilaway, and Windus, of

Soutbanipton-buildings, Chancery-lane,
lohn Figgins, of Frowbridge,. carpenter, lanuary 8, at four,
and 9,3 e, at eleven, 'at the George 'lon, Trowbridge.' At-
tornies, Messrs. French aud. Williams, Castle-street,
Holborn; or Mr. S. Will' tms, TroWbridge. • .
Blagrove, of Abingdon. Berkshire, miller an meal-
Matt, December z 5, and January 30, at ten, at the Red
Lion Inn, Abinvlon. Attorntes, Mr. S. Seilv.vood, Abing-
don ; or Mr. H. Maddock, tinColn's-Inn,
George Liddell, of Newcastle...upon-Tyne, merchant, Jan.
4,5, and 30, at eleven, at the ShakeNteir l'aern, New-,
castle-upon-Tyne. A trornieS, Mr. J ibutbriclge, Now-
castle-upon-Tyne ; or Mr., W. Atkinson, Chancery-lane,

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London.
William Schultze and nap iiin;er,. of Little Br:tain., -mer-
chants, Deccniber a 6, at eleven, and., jainiary 2, 30, at
twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. R. S. _Taylor, held-
Court, ,
Abraham Young, of Bristol, corn-faaor, Dzeember 28, 2.9,
and January 30, ateleven, at.the Rummer 'raver.., Bristol.
A.ttornies, Lewis rind James, Gray's-Inn, London;
Or Mr. C . Brisrol.

John Fletcher Nonf;an, now or late. of Brist6l,: baker, •Jan.
8, am! 30, at eicycni, at the White Lion, Bristol. At.
torffies, 13rownc,'.Bristol ; or Mr, Gabell,

Inn, London. _ .
George Cloer, of Dean-street, Soho, grocer, December
at ten, -.19, at eleven, and- January so, at twelve, at Guild-
hall. .Attorcey, Mr. Scott, Old City-Chanabers, Bishops-
gate-street.
RiJiard Rogers, of Ceilron, Monmouthshire, dealer, January
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4,5, :inn 3c, at eICVCII,.it "Le. Ata
turncy;tlr: R. Bowsher, 137.ta." '

WE yesterday received Paris Papers to the t6th
inst. one day later than those which arrived on
Saturday. They are entirely destitute of interest-
ing intelligence.

THERE is, scarcely, an individual, distinguish-
ed in the smallest degree, by talent, or by rank,
who is not surrounded by a little society; ;;;'';1:::ii
his sentiments are i icned, to with deference, and
embraced with fondness. Men of this description,
have important duties to discharge. They become ,
benefaaors to mankind, in proportion to the rc&i_
tude of their opinions, and to the limits , which cir-
cumscribe their influence.; On subjeas of a specu_
lative pattire, It may frequently happen, that men
of-abilities equally powerful, and of probity equally
unimpeached, may form decisions of the most op-
posite description. Their decluelions proceed, how-
ever, from the same premisei : they are lines drawn
from one central point—but terminating in different
parts of that vast circumferetice, which constitutes
the circle of opinions.

The same remark is not applicable to topics,
which are, in their nature, susceptible of demOn.
stration. On theSe the judgment must•be uniform-
ly the same, if the same has been the caution,
with which it was formed.

Of this latter description appears to be the ques-
tion which has lately beettcliseutsed, respeaing the
Distilleries. it has been asserted by those who
approve of the proposal for continuing the restric-
tions, that a bare prospea held out to the Distillers,
of allowing them the use of Grain, would'alone, and
immediately, inhance its price. The prospect from
which so much evil was pronounced to be insepara-
ble, was first exhibited to public view on the 6th
of November last. On that, and on the preceding
day, the price of Barley, according to the Returns
from the Corn-Market, was in a fluauating state,
between 5o and st shillings by the quarter. Had
the ominous prognosticators been right:in their an-
ticipations, a rise in this price, the,most rapid and
enormous, must have been the necessary and in-
stantaneoua consequence of Mr. VADISITTA.Ri''S no-
tice, From the prediEtions of these Gentlemen, let
us turn to subsequent history, for information upon
this point. The Reports of the Corn,Market exist,
as written evidence. They announce truth, with
homespun, but powerful eloquence. From them it
appears, that on the very next market day, on the
gth of the same month, instead of the tremendous'
rise, which had been prediaed,,,st considerable re-
duaion of price took place. sale quarter was, on
that day, at 4.6, 48, and 45'. shillings. This dimi-
nution of value was not merely accidental, or the
result of circumstances operating for the. moment:
Notwithstanding the prospect held out on the 6th
of November, this lowered price has continued to
be the Average of the Market. Nor.has this de-
preciation been confined to our own island : it has
e,(teottica, in the saute proportion, to the Sister
Kinzawn. •

To the apprehension entertained, that Distillers
might bid defiance to the Aft which restrains them
froth the use of Wheat, no other answer can be ne.
cessary, than the very sufficient reply which was
givedby the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, ori
Monday last. Itdependantly of the penalties an,-
nex,ed
_tp she_ violation of this Prohibitory Law, it
is their interest to obey it. Wheat is Thirty Shil-
lings per Quarter dearer than Barley.
Objections have been started, on moral princi-
ples, to the removal of the restriffions. Whatever
presents itself in that form,- has the highest claim to
attention. On the' fatal effects, inseparable from
the excessive use of Spirits, Volumes have been
composed, and Volumes will continue to be written.
The evil appears, however, to be without the pos-
sibility of a cure. No skill has hitherto discover.
ed its remedy. The most forcible and best con_
certed measures have been found inadequate to the.
destruftion of Private. Stills—while the illicit Tra..
de: continues his lucrative profession, in bold de-
fiance of the most rigorous laws. It was justly
observed by an Hon. Member from North Britain,'
in the Debate of Monday last, that, if every Man
in Scotland were made a Revenue Officer, and every ,
King's Ship converted, into a Revenue Cutter, Pri-
vate Distilleries would still go on ; and the Fishing
Boats would still continue to import Gin from Hol-
land, and would laugh at the Officers, while they
were. burying it in the sands,on the shore. The
question appears then to be reduced within very
narrow bounds. Is it better, that fair and honest
Dealers, affing under the sanction of the law, and
colleCting immense contributions 'to the Public Re- ,
venue, should supply the People with p pure and ,
unadulterated ; qr, that they should, in its
stead, receive a miserable' and most noxious sub-
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sub-
stitute from the hands,ofitegal Traders,. and rob-
hers of the Exchequer ?

To such an interrogatory, the answer must be
unequivocal. ; It would, therefore, be superfluous to
dwell upon objeCtions, originating in moral consi-
derations,

Regarded in a Financial point of view, the Speech
of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER is demon-
strative of the benefit to be derived from the re-
moval of the existing restrictions. Allowing for
the Sum of rco,oool. derived from the importation
of Foreil-n ci-
t 713 tr. ITlt3, .I-Te defalcation of the Revenue
'occasioned last year by the Prohibitory. Law,
amounted to no less a Sum than 400,0001. This
deficiency in the resources of Government, must ne-
cessarily have been countcrafted by burdens
posed under some other. shape. Admitting the cor-
redness of the Reports from the Corn Market, and
allowing, of course, that the price of Barley has
not been increased by the prosped held out on the
6th of November, the People may fairly be consi-
dered as recovering, under the removal of the Pro-
hibition, their lawful possession of a Sum amount-
ink to 400,0001. per Annum.—the greater part of
which, in the event of its continuance, would have
vested in Smugglers and Illicit Traders of various
.descripzions.
In offering these cursory Remarks to the consi-
deration of our Readers, we have endeavoured to
discharge our portion of that general duty, which
we stated, at our outset, as attaching:to every re.:
spedable individual in Society.
Three Hambrogi;,Mitiii-are now due,

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On Saturday at mrieli,re o'clock the KING. And
QUEEN and four of the PRINCESSES left London,
changed horses at Cranford.bridge, and arrived at
Windsor at three o'clock.

The ROYAL FAMILY yesterday heard Divine
Service at St. George's Chapel.

Mr. PITT arrived in Town on Saturday night.
froth Buckden Palace.- He went to Cambridge the
precedingiVlopday with the Bis'tor, of LINCOLN,.
on a visit to Dr. MANSEL, the Master of Trinity
College; and on Wednesday evening he accompa-
panied the,Bisitor of Li ricour to•Butkden, where
he remained till Saturday morning. .
Yesterday morning an Officer arrived at the Ad.
miralty, with Dispatches from Admiral CORNWAL-
LIS, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleet at
Torbay.
The following changes in the Military Command
of Districts in Ireland, are to take place the zsth
inst.. in consequence of the removal of Lieutenant..
Generals DUNDAS, Earl of CLANRIC Akin, JOHN..
SON, Sir JAMES DUFF, and FLOYD, the Hon. Ma..
jor-General NE E DRAM', and Brigadier-General HEN-
N IKER, from the Staff of Irelarid, viz.

Lieutenant-General Craig to the WesternDistria, vice Lieu-
tenant-General Earl of Clanricarde.
Lieutenant-General Tarleton to the Centre DiStria, vice
Lieutenant-General Dundas.
Major-General Morrison to^the Limerick Distril, vice Lieu-
tenant-General Sir jarnes, Duff.
'Major-General Sir,C.:Asgil), so the Eastern Dis.tri6l,- vice
Lieutenant-General Craig.,
Major-General Sir Cl'VAs'Sillithe Waterford and Clonmel
Districts; vice Lieutenant Gederal Johnson, and Major-
General Sir C.
Brigadier-General Duncan Campbell to Naas, vice Major-
General Morrison. •
Brigadier-General Colin Campbell to Enniskillen, vice Lieu-
tenant-General Floyd.
Brigadier-General Hartc to Londonderry, vice Brigadier-Ge-
neral Colin Campbell.
The Cork and Youghall Distrils to be united under the
Command of Major-General Myers.
The Counties of Waterford and Carlow to be
united under the Command of Brigadier-General
GR OS E —repor ring as hitherto, to the General' corn-
manding the Centre Distri4.

THE THEATRE.

Druu-L.

THE return of Mrs. SIDDONS to the Stage
interesting event to the Public, not only ass
the first Adress.of her day; but as she pos!
those 'high merits in her art which would i

putably have raised her 63 a distinguished rani
• the most splendid era of our theatrical history.
This great A&ress on Saturday last appeare
the charaaer of .1.4:411a, in the Tragedy of
name. In this charader she ;first exhibited belt
London Audience .the pre-eminence of her poi
.and het acing on,Saturday was not less poy.l
than on any former .occasions. She was ini
throughout so excellent in representing the pass
.and the distresses of the part, that it would, per
be impossible for the reality of similar 'woes ro I
made a stronger impression on the heart. She
geared to be in good health, and looked beautif
interesting. •

It is needless to enter into any particulars of
Ming in the character of ba4e//a, as she has
often performed it, and' it is only proper to a'
that she never acquitted herself more ably, or W
more success.

the Audience received her on her entrance 0;1
that tribute of respert which is doe to her prof,
sional excellence, and the worth of Ater priv
charaBer:,

KEMB LE gave as inuch weight and value
the part ofAiion as it admitted. It is in itself
very •impor rant; and. we,resret thiit
mine scope for his power.

13ARR1tMORE was very much deficient in ir
rvotds of rillerg, aria- Prompter did not set
to be .at hand to- assist hirn.,—ln consequeme,
this Lapse of.mernory.in•BmtaYmoat, Mts. Si.
DONS was obiig,ed to leave the Stage somewlr
abruptly in one of the scenes.

MuelvalloWance ought doubtless to be-made g
an Aetor who is constaptlyiabouring in his volt
tion,:and as Pone says of theeffeet of noveltyC
the female heart, •.

'ke:24; banish beaux, and coaches coaches drive," ;I'2';
'opt Charaaer may -conseqtiently efface theAttl
of
.another. Trom the mind of a Performerwhtfif
ways at work; but when such 'an Aftress as:
,SIDDONS is concerned; -the Audience' cannot bed
petted to iiaidon any negligence which tuay,-ipt
rapt; the operation of het great taletts. The rest.
the CharaClers were sustained with -At :re-quit
ability and the Farce of the Anatomist? or S. ,
Dedor, by the aicd•of BANsisTEA', Jun. SOEET, a
WEW /TkER, had as nitich powers .'
ever the. risil
faculties of the Audience as the Tragedy had id
Citing its deeper sympathies.