The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-09 00:00:00

VOTE OF THANKS.

The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER moved a
Vote_of Thanks to Major Generals H. Campbell,
C. Stewart, Kemmis Daw, and Colonel Hardy, who
were omitted 'in the Vote of the ioth of February,
to the OtEcersand men concerned in the capture of
Ciudad Rodrego.—Agreed 10 nem. con.
Mr. CREEVEY gave notice that he would move to
morrow, tor Copies or the Letters Patent, by-which
the. Prince Regent had granied the salaries of Lords
Melville and Buckinghamshire,- in the Board of
Co'n t rani.

The Prinusses' Annuity 811 was read a second
time, and ordered to be comttitted on Tuesday

cext.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT gave notice, he should move
to-morrow for the addition of six Members to the
L-:sh Finance Committee.
EXPORTATION OF IRISH SPIRITS.

The House having resolved itself into a Committee
on-the exportation of Irish spirits;
Mr. W. POLE moved the order of the day for the
'Rouse to resolve itself into a Committee of the
whole House, to consider of the exportation of spi•
tits disiitled in Ireland, to foreign parts.
The House having resolved itself into a Commit-
,
ter, f•

Mr.,.W. POLE said, he•rose pursuant to the notice
which be gave yesterday, to move a resolution, that
the exportation of spirits disidled in Ireland) to fo-
reign parts should be prohibited for a time to be li-
, -rnited. In proposing this measure to the Commit-
tee, it was necessary for him to observe, that the
rate of the list. harvest in Ireland was such as to
renter it expedient to take some step; tb counteract
the eery high prices to which grain hid risen in that
country. In considering this subject, tour methods
occurred, which appeared to be calculated to attain
the object i 0 view. The first was, to prohibit the
flee intercourse of grain between Great Britain and.
.This, however, was a
.measure which he
was sure every Gentleman would agree with him
thinking ought not to be resorted to, except in
a case of the last necessity, and therefore be had not
thought of proposing it. The second method that
presented itself was, that of stopping the distillation
1-r
-in grain in Ireland,; but that also was a measure
that ought only to headopted in case of eXtreinity,
because it would-not only be highly injurious to the
. reienue, but would contribute most essentially to
check that spirit of. agriculture which was so rapidly
increa.ing in Ireland, and which was prodUaive of
So much athantage to•the countiy. Another plan
vilti,ch might have been resorted to was, that of pro-
hibiting the exportation of'graiii for the. use of our
• anwei abroad ; but this also was a plan which he
Awas.sitre the House would not think of adopting, if
,
at. could, possibly be avoided. The only remaining
~;ati,
then, was the one which he had now. the ho-
•iour of proposing. He trusted that the House would
agree with him in thinking that if it was calculated
. to attain the objeCt in view, it was preferable to the
,either modes which he had enumerated, bec,ause it
wonbi be productive of legs injury to the revenue,
and to the agricultural interests of Ireland„ He was
aware that the adoption of it would be productive of
Considerable disappointment to a very' meritorious
claSs of persons, viz. the distillers, who by their ac-
tivity and industry had established a new trade highly
, beneficial to themselves, and advantageous to the
country. He trusted, however, that they would
have pattiLti•ln enough to comply cheer:oily with

this regulation, knowing, is they must, that it 'idt, S
.only adopted in consequence of thesvery high price
of grain, which pressed so. heavily on the poorer
clasSes of the community. The relief which this
measure (coupled with others which'he wouldhere-
after propose) would afford, would, lie trusted; be
effe6tual ; if it should not, it would be the duty.of,
Government to be prepared to submit other and
stronger measures to Parliament'. If the Commit..
tee should approve of this resolution, and he should
obtain leave to bring in a Bill, he meant to provide,
that the exportation of spiritti distilled from grain in
Ireland should be prohibited, 'after this day, for a
time to be limited ; and 'he meant to propose that
the 31st of December should be the period of the li.
Imitation. The Bill would, be founded up.Othe
model of. the'English AM for prohibiting distilktion
from grain, but power would be given in it to the'
Lord Lieutenant to grant permission for the export-
atiOn of spirits after th.-iober next, if it should appear
expedient; or, if it should be necessary, to*cOntinue
the prohibition till forty days after the next meeting
of Parliament. There would be also prirvisions in
the Bill to afford relief to persons who might innO7.
cently export spirits, from their ignorance of the
measure adopted by the Legislature. The CoMmis-,
sioners of the Revenue:would be empowered to hear
the cases of persons who might be exposed to -parti-
cular hardships, in consequence of this-regulation,
and to afford them such relief as their, cases 'night
require. , Mr. Pulesaid he should not trouble the
Committee further at present, but conclude with
moving the Resolution.
Mr. STEWART said, that the object in vievv-wonld,
in his opinion, be better i,?romoted, by the.stoppage
of distillation from grain altogether, and it would be-
sides mark the attention of the Irish Government to
the wants "of lire people.
Mr. cuuwEn thought it surprising 'that Govern-
ment did riot go., into a general consideration of the
resources of tlie country with respect to its-supplies
of corn, after the quantity that -was annually import-
ec,l.. He thought. that a rise on the price at which
grain might be imported • would insure a constant
supply, and two bushels more on the acre through
the country would give an abundance. Ministers
should have a more accurate view of the whole agri-
culture of the country, and, would by that trlL:ans
haVe it in their power to adopt some general mea-
sure, instead of those temporary expedients now re-
_sorted to. He wished to God, for the sake of the
health and morals of the people, that an additional
duty was laid on spirits, which would oblige them
to make usc'of the wholesome- and nutritious be-
verage of porter:
Mr. SHAW (of Dublin) said, that it was impos-
sible for him to. allow this Measure to go forward,
without entering his protest against what was likely
to prove so injurious to the whole body of the dis-
tillers of Ireland. It would, in the first place,
throw a great superabundance of spirits into the
country ; and, in the next place, he thought they
should be very cautious hoW they interrupted aleade
which was likely to be so beneficial to the country.
Another measure offered itself; which, he thought,
would have a better ofiect—namely, the stopping
of distillation atter a certain time. It was to be
considered too, that large contracts had been en-
tered into, arid this measure would throw a damp
on "alt enterprise or speculation, for which rea-
sons he felt it his duty to dissent from the Reso-
lution.

Sir Join,/ NrawPoßT said, that no man could
mor. hvartily concur in any measure, which ap-
peared likely to obviate the difficulties or distresses
of the people than himself, but he could not help
considering the present as inefficacious. Some do-
cuments should be before the House Oa enable them
to form a correct judgment, and to make it manifest
that there was no danger from illicit distillation.—
The -Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Pole) had last
night stated from the Commissariat Returns, the
prices infinitely lower than the market prices in the
adjoining district, which was certainly no great
proof of their accuracy. He was far from wishing to
oppose the present measure, except on the grolllla
that it led the House to suppose that they had ap-
plied a remedy, where, in truth, they had not. It
the prohibition of distillation from corn took place,
there would, be no suffering, because the distillation
in a great measure took place from raw corn, which
• could be brought to market, and was still
to other pyrposes,
• Mr. PARNELL thought that the direa conse-
quence ,of the present measure would be to dimi-
nish the profits of the Distiller, and to lower the
price of spirits in Ireland. And the Right Hon.
Gentleman himself bad admitted that, it would not
cause a great saving in grain, but was calculated to
allay the apprehensions of the people. It was
highly impolitic to adopt a measure so injurious to
the numerous class .of Distillers in Iteland. They
had expended their capitals .to meet the orders
which Parliament was about to prevent them from
fulfilling. Under such circumstances, be thought
they had a right to' apply to Parliament for corn-
pensation. After the opening of a new market,.
they should be very cautious how they adopted such
a measure as the present.' He was of opinion that
the scarcity was not real, and that if matters,were•
left to themselves, nu bad consequence would Id-

law.

I\lr. W. POLE begged leave to say a very few
words in answer to some of the obfervations which
had fallen from different Gentlemen in the course
,ot this .discu.sion.. There was one f, Z of which
he. Was surprised they were not aware, because it
was one which he thought was perfectly well known,
viz. that the distillers were almost all in the habit
of making greater quantities of spirits than they
were by law bound to do. It had been the. policy
of the Irish Government to compel the persons
working large stills to make a certain quantity, but
the faat was, that -almost all of them made more
than the quantity prescribed. It had been stated
that this measure would not afford any relief, be-
cause the quantity of spit its exported was not great.
In answer to this objedion, he had to state, that
tke quantity of spirits exported in the last month,
amounted to between one-fourth and one-fifth of
all the spirits distilled in Ireland,- and that the capi-.
tal had been increasing for the last six months. He
could not, therefore, be accused of, bringing forward
a measure not calculated. to produce tiny efleet,
when
.he proposed to prevent the exportation of
nearly one-fourth of all the spirits distilled to Ire-:
land. He entertained sanguine hopes that. this.
measure would afford -effectual relief, if it should
not, other measures must be resorted to. Au Ho-

net:table Gentlerden. behind trim (Mt. SIA*),
stertied to think that this measure would be unjust
to the distillers. He Was really at a loss to know in
what the injustice consisted. Parliament was bound
to consider the public interest, though in so doing
eheyerright do injury to the interests- and profits of
sortie: individuals. The Hon. Gentlemon ,had pro-
posed to stop the distilleries immediately, and, to
prevent them'from commencing before a certain
period ; but he was surd that Parliament would not
adopt a measure that would be.'eo highly injurious
to the revenue, without much stronger grounds
titan they had at present before them. When lie
proposed to prohibit the exportation of spirits, the
Hon. Gentleman seemed to feel for the situation of
the distillers, but he certainly did not, reel for them
when he proposed to stop the distilleries altogether.
It had been said, that he ought to have laid more
information before the House before he brought
forward this measure, but he really did not think it
necessary to load the table with papers upon (Lis
subject. Every Gentleman kneW, every Gentleman
who had spoke, admitted, that some step was neces-
sary to countered the high prices of grain in Ireland.
Another objedion which had been made was, that
the, distillers who had entered into' contracts would
by this measure be exposed to peculiar hardship;
but it appeared to him, in cases of such contracts,
the law would exonerate the distillers; if, however,
it would not, he had no objection to propose a clause
for that purpose..
Sir SOHN NEWPORT contended, that there was
not sufficient information before the House. The
Right Hon. Gentleman might, from his official si-
tuation, have even information, but he: (Sir John
Newport)" had not the same means of bbtnining it.
Mf. W.. POLE said, he hid 'never 'refused the
Hon. Baronet anv information he had applied for;
but the Right Hon. Baronet did not seem to know
tvkat was in his ()Wu power. Yesterday he had
moved for papers which had been oefnre moved for,
and which were then actually a,t the Bar.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT said he could not tell what
information vv,is in the papers which were at the
Bar, and he had not had an opportunity•of seeing
them, for as soon as they were brought up they
were ordered. to be printed.
MI. GRATTAN said, that when the question was,
whether distillation or exportation should be pro-
hibited, he thought the milder method 'should be first
tried. It was bad policy to make the agricultural
system depend on caprice orchange of circumstances,
unless there was a pressing necessity for it. He
agreed, that in the present case, something must be
done,- and he therefore gave his assent to the milder
measure as an experiMeet.
After a few words froM Colonel BASTARD, the
ReSolutions were agreed to, and the Report ordered
to be brought up to-morrow.
The House having resolved into a Committee of
' WAYS AND MEANS,' •
Mr. W. POLE roseto submit to the Committee
the resolutions of which he had given notice yes-
terday. The first resolution was, that an additional
duty should be laid upon spirits distilled from grain
in Ireland. The additional duty he meant to pro-
pose was, 2s. Cid.' per gallon, which would- just
double the present existing duty. The grounds up-
on which he offered this resolution were, first, the
relief which it was hoped it would afford to the
brewery trade of Ireland. The. Committee would
recollect, that, a petition was presented to the House
last year (tom the Irish brewers. The Committee
to whom that petition -was referred :had, reported,
that the, distress,s of the brewers in Ireland
arose from the Inordinate use of spirits, in conse-
quence of the lowness of the price, and that illicit.
distillation had increased from the stme cause. The
Committee also expressed their epiniore, that the
health and,industry of the people were materially
injured by the excessive use of spirits, and suggest-
ed the propriety of laying an additional duty upon
them as soon as posSible, Another object which lie
had in view by this resolution, was, to assist the
measure which he just had the honour-of propOsing.
He hoped t hat these measures Quid lessen the con-
sumption of spirits, arid thereby tend to di-
minish the price of grain. The duty upon spi-
rits in Ireland, if this resolution were agreed
to, , would be greater than ever was raised
in Ireland, if would not be a greater duty than ever
was laid on, but greater than ever was collected,
The duty before the last reduction was 6s. in-
cluding the malt duty, the duty he now poi osed
would b'e bs, ma. including also the malt.- He
trusted that thin measure would not have the effect
of increasing illicit distillation ; . formerly he was .
aware that an increase of duty was an encourage-
ment to illegal distillation. He had now, however,
the satisfaction of stating that, in consequence of
the measures- adopted list year, great progress' had,
been made in putting down those illegal stills, The%
number of still-heads and other appendagek
stills destroyed- last year was greater by twO;nirns,
than in any former year, and he had no doubt
that tke accounts from the last Assizes would state,
that still greater had been inade in that desirable ob-
ject. In addition to these measures, the Bill for
enabling persons possessing small stills to work
them-in a ditferent manner, now required by law,
would; he hoped, induce many persons ,now en-
gaged in the illicit trade to take out licenses. He
trusted that the. Irish Government would be able ef-
fectually to put an end to illegal. distillation, with-
out•putting in force those laws which were now in
existence for that purpose. They were really of a
nature so oppressive .and so intolerant, that he
should feel it to be his duty daring the present Ses-
sion, to propose to repeal them. He had to observe,
that the- duty in ,the present case was to be laid
only on the stock on hand. He then concluded
by moving---

" That it is the opinion of this Committee, that froM and
after the Sth day of April, there be laid.on every gallon of
strong water or spirits made in lieland a duty of 25*. • Lci. per
gallon.in addition to the duty,now'paid."

• Sir JOHN NEWPORT was extremely happy to see
the present motion brought forward, and thought
thete was no tract thee which ought not to be made
to the great Object of preventing the excessive use
of spirits among the ldwer orders in Ireland: He
hoped a full and fair trial would be given to the aug-
mented duty.

GRATTAwsaid, that he perfeetly concurred
in the present measure, which went w prevent ,the'
sacrifice of the health and morals of human crea-
tures to the benefit of the Revenue. He hoped this
measure would increase the consumption of malt
liquor, whiCh was so much more wholesome. He

coti§iderd the ithti pfite be spirits in' freiand,,
cause of their 'excessive use, rather than any d \r-
position in the people to intemperance. This do y
would go to correct that evil, and he had not any
doubt that it would beiollowed up.
Mr. PARNELL conceived, that the increased duty
proposed, by the Right Hon. Gentleman 'Would not
attain the objects he had in view, that of suppress-
ing illicit. distillation, or of.diminisfiing in any con-
siderable way the distillation of spirits from corn.
He had hoped that the R;glit Hon. Gentleman.
Would have taken a more cornprehensiVe. view. of
the subject, as forming one, of 'the principal branches.
of the Excise Revenue. He also alluded to the elt 6.
pense attending the-collection of Revenue in gene-
ral in Ireland, and to the necessity of the system
being . assimdated to that of this • country. Hey.
thought the Right flout. Gentleman had overrated
the destruction of Stills. •

Mr. W. PULE said, the Hen. Gentleman would
soon have an opportunity- of ascertaining the faef,
because the Finance Committee of which that Gen-
tleman was a Member, had ordered a return upon
that %cry subieti. With respe4 to the appointment
of Excise Officers, the Government only appointed
the Superior; the Board had the entire management
and appointment of all the inferior Officers, from
the time they were Sopernumery Gauger*.—Tho
Resolution 'was agreed to.
Mr. W. POLE then moved a Resolution for Re-
pealing the. Act of the both of the King, for Grant-
ing a Bounty to Such Retailers of Spirits as sold a
certain quantity of Beer. This Act, he said, had
merely given 4 bounty (in perjury.
Agreed to.
Mr. W. PoLE then moved,

" That it was the opinion of the Committee, that the se-
veral duties now chargeanie on Tobacco in Ireland, in the
nitteresit transits ot that merchand4e, should be exchanged
fora duty ot equal value on the going out of it hom Ifig
Custoni-house warehouses." -

He also moved,

" That it was 'the opinion of the Committee,, that the
importation of Tobacco Stock into Ireland should be forbid-
den in future, giving the merchants a delay of three months
lion America, and of one mouth from other part',"
These Resolutions were agreed to nem. colt.
Mr. W. POLE .gave notice, that on Friday he`
would move for leave to bring in a Bill, for the bet•
ter examining and auditing Irish Accounts.
Mr. MyEas moved fora return of the
.inveL,t-
ments recei-ted from India, distinguishing the diffe-
rent Presidencies, from the year Int to the year
1808 ; and also fcr a variety of other accounts con-
nected with the state of the East India Company's
affairs. •

The Committee on the Bankrupt Members wai
postponed to Monday next.
Mr. O'HARA' p6stponed, from Nkonchly to Man'
day se'nnight, his motion " for au instruction ICV
the Irish Finance Committee, to inquire into ti a..
joint debt of the United KingdOm, and to report
thereon."

The Orders of the Day bein; thits disposed off
the House adjourned at halt past Six.

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SOLEM LIVES DICER FALSUNI AUDEAT ?

L ONDO N,

THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1812.

This morning a -Heligoland Mail arrived. Tbo
following is the only article of intelligence which it
brings : •

HELIGOLAND, APRIL s.—Since last mail, there
have been
.several arrivali from the. 'opposite coast,
and some pisiengets,'who have tied from Ham-
ttrgh, to a►oid being drawl? in BUONAPARTE'S nos
general conscription.

By these we learn that NAPOLEON is every d'3l
expected to take the command of the French arm/
in the interior of Poland in person ; that great clef'
tions haVe been lately made to pave and repair. fb4l"
roads through which he is to pass, and that he is 10
hold.a conference with the Emperor of AUSTRIA aC
7'r6ves, on the Rhine, at which place it has been
arranged the two Emperors are to meet.

It is also stated that the greatest discontent pre°
v ails all over. the Continent, in consequence of tbs.
late extended conscription.

It is very confidently stated, that hostilities have

commenced in the North. A letter from Paris, of '
the'3d instant, says, that advice had, that day, bees
received, of the Russians having forcibly entered
'Memel on the 23d ult. and possessed themselves a 1
all the Prussian magazines at that place—,an event,
which was of course considered as an unequivocal '1
commencement' of hostilities.
,No official confir
mation of this intelligence has yet been received;
but it is in 'every'resped probable.' .

From: the intelligence. brought by the Spanish
Papers and Letters which arrived yestertiay, we are
inclined to think that the French are meditating
borne movement of importance in the South of
Spain'. By the bold measure adopted by Lora--
WELLINGTON, of besieging Baddjoz, the French
must, as we before observed, either, collect the
greater part of the di.posable force which
they have in, the South, and advance to its
relief, or they must suffer it to: fall. In th

former case, tie army under BA L LAsTErtos•
which now amounts to to,ooo men, well equipaed,
and the Spanish troops in. Murcia, Valencia, Of

tataionia, be enable ) in res;.iiii'e altl`siVe
war-
fare. IC, •on the other hand, Badajoi should fall,
the Allies will be.enabled to 1,!ac.6 the French -troops.
Andalusia in a 'critical situation, and ,to inter-
cept their Supplies and reinforcementt. It appebrS,
therefore, to us, (10. the French are determined:to
abandon- the siege orCadiz; and we shall net be sur-'
prized to hear that they have evacuated Andalusia al-.
together. Gen.VlcTne,who has hithertocornmanded
the army besieging Cadiz, has arrived at Seville, and it
is supposed that he is going to France,' Whether in
disgrace for his failure, or for the purpose of being
'employed in Poland, we do not know. Another
6tise, which we should think would have consider-
able effect in induCing the Freud) to evacuate An-
dalusia, is the scarcity of provisions. We are glad
to find that the new Spanish Government 'has.
placed the coast between Cadiz and Ayamente
in a state of blockade, as it will deprive the: French
of a considerable portion of their supplies. A • fleet.
of American vessels' had arrived at Cadiz laden with
flour.

The-following is an.ext-cact .of a Letter from Ali-
cant, dated 28th February
" We have nothing new, except that TuprEit has
teen turned out of Alicant by our, good Governor.
tie tells hilt) in his official letter that he does not wish
for any English. Agent here. Mr..TUPPER is gone
to Cadiz. The people are mild) dissatisfied with
Cauz, our Governor, and. would be happy to get
rid of him. There was some appearance of .dis-

tut bance the other night ;' they called on General
Romig, who very properly declined interfering. A
'battalion of Wallen here, and Quiz depends on
them. They have received an order from DonJosEzix
O'DoN NEL (the Captain-General) to repair to him,
at his Head Auatters, I should not be sur-,.
/prized if when they go we should have a kick-up.
The streets are, crowded with patroles, 'and hid a
dozen of people cannot Converse together. Crttlz
has had two private interviews with HARISFi, the
rench General.

" MINq writes, that,-between the 20th and 30th
Of January, 14,000 men had Idft Spain for France.
Report says, that a great part of the army of Sucucr
18 gone into the interior, and that not more than
.1600 wen remain in Valencia."

Yesterday ]gr. GRATTAN postponed his motion
'll'Peeting,the Roman Catholics from Tuesday next,
to this day fortnight ; and -Mr.PERCEVAL put cat}
the call of -the House till Wednesday se'nnigiP
Lord DONOUGHMOJIE'S motion in 'die House of
tords, upon the same subjed, will also-probably be
Put •

• --.
Lord NIELvILLe held another Levee this day, at
the Admiralty, and the avenues were hardly passa-
ble, orkacconer of the number of Naval Officers.
Military dispatches were yesterday received from
the Island of Antigua, in the West Indies,
All Officers, non-commissioned Officers, and pri-
. vates are, by the regulations,' to be present with their
regiments on the 16th of April, in every year, at
Which period the field exer_ises, ereparatory to
the reviews, are directed to take place.
The importance of keepirig.e4ery branch of our
Military establishment complete was never greater,
than at present, and the theaos adopted, to give a.
regular and 'annual supply to our disposable force
tin the state of the army at thii inome..t Under the
EarI'WELLINGTON) gives an additional interest to
thy expeated transfer of volunteers from the .uilitia
to the line'; this Measure, in wh!ch the wholetiOr
14.a.fofltry is so materially interested, will take place,
ithe year 1812, on th€ 4th of M ,y; under regu-
ations now preparing at the Secretary ,of • State's
and Adjutant-General's departments.
t, The under-mereioned Officers belonging to the
Ringlish cavalry in Portugal, tease, beeti taken-during
the last campaigns, and are. prisoners of war n
France :—Captain ‘BRICE, of the 3d-* Dragoon
Guards ; CapThn PHILLIPS, 4th Dragoons ;
liurystis, and Lieutenants WooD and ,BINNEY,
Ilth Dragoons ; Hon. Captain l'ilitcY; 44th Dra-
9ons ; and Captain BELLI, I Grli bragoons.
.Major. General. Sir W.I. A \ LET is gppointel to
serve on the Sra'ff in•lreland, and will proceed to his
`destination without &lay.
.b.Tuesday a Court of Dire6lora was held at the
''•'l.st India House, when•Neti. BENJAMIN EDMON-
'BI°NE and ARCHIB,ALD SETON, &qrs. were. ap- .
-Pointed Members of• Council at Fort William.
, It is somewhat inconsistent, but by no means ex..-
Ir,Rcudinary, in the conduct of the ' Opposition
Writers, that a shoit time ago they were i•iioSt
outrageously clamorous to remove ail restriaines
horn the PRINCE REGENT, but since the late ap-
-I"°intment of CoI.M`MAHoN they want to reduce
the soveieigntyot his 'Royal Highness to a mere
stScrelarysliip. Still more to prove their inconsis-
tency, the Colonel was, it, few weeks ago,4 great
favourite with Ahem. Now, however, he is al-
Tost as much the mark of their hostility, as the
'4l2llsictz ,REdENT lIHDSC,II. SO little regardful are
they of the old Maxim `fAssume a virtue if you
'cave it not," or even of conimon, decorum.
• The new Comedy forthcoming at. the Lyceum is
'attributed to the pen of Mrs._LEFANU, a. sister of
Air. SHERIDAN, and allied to him by talents as well
as consanguinity. • Report speaks .highly in favour
of this Comedy, particularly as' to the terseness,
foint, and spirit of -the dialogue.
golonel GREVILLE is very much . in the habit of •
soliciting subscriptions, but it does not appear that
he has instituted any measure of this kind in favour
Of the untortimaie Performers,' &c. who were
tempted to embark in his operat:cal ,speculation at
the Pantheon. Many of these persons, howeter,
-sortie of.whoin are well known for their professional
talents, are reduced by that spec:dation to great dis-
t.rss, and without the, hope ell employ illellt.
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