The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-28 00:00:00

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A'meeting of the Commissioners of; *Bankrilpts,
in thel commission against Messrs. CAsTyt.t. and
.:Powit.t., late bankers, in Lornbard.Street, was yei,'.-
ierclay held in tile Court of King's Bench, Guild.
hall.lfot. the purpose of the bankrupts'' final exa-
Initiation. This being the third examination, and
3 property of not less than three hundred thousand
pounds involved, Counsel were engaged' on the part
:' of the Assignees and other Creditors, and a very
long investigation took place; both the bankrupts
were minutely examined, and, in the sequel, appear..,
I ed tp have given every satisfattion, as the Com.
• tnissioners signed their depositions, 'and no post-
ponement took place, as frequently occurs. Mr.
CLARK, brother.in.law •to the baokrupt Mr.
PowELL, who was. Solicitor to the family, •and a•
; Trustee in some of the family settlements, also un-
, derwent a long examination ; at the close of which
1 Ile begged leave to say :a Few words, if not consi-
' tiered impertinent, or irrelevant to the matter : it
was in answer to some insinuations which had been
thrown out' in his absence on a former examination ;
' 'when it was observed, that, for the sake of his own
i charaiter, 4 should have attended. He felt that he
shoUld have done so, but he declared his feelings
were so strong, from his relative situation to the
parties, he could not prevail on himself to attend.
The transaCtion alluded to on the former day was re-
lative to the removal of a bnx from the bankrupt's
house to his office ; in consequence of which it had
I)yeg-rar#iuttatett3itaiiie.had been privy to the-cm,,
bezzlement of some of the bankrupts' propert'Y.—
. He observed that the box remained at` his office
about a day, and at a time when. he was three hun.
cited miles iryTo London. , fie was proceeding to ex
: plain furthe,r, when tile Gentleman who hadispcken
on the subjea on ythe former day, and who was
a Copt:isd employed for'som'e of the parties, inter-
rupted'bitn, and assured him, he did not mean to in.
Sinuate ;.ny . thing' person:44r. There had been
,prima fittie evidenee :of embezzlement," but he did
not attribute that to him ; ht., however, kegged
leave to assure KIM, that from the investivion
-which had taken place, he Was perfectly satisfied,
-and fully acquitted Mr, CLARK of any such charge,
Messrs: CA,yrE Lt.. :Ind rowEt.t, then delivered up
their watche., ;tab>, rugs, ttittkettv,.. &c. as tisti,tl in
:Act% cases, mid the latter G:ntleitian 'aisO delivered
1 '14)1 box containing Mrs. PO yv EI.L, 's rings, watches,
dr. c. an of which, at the intimaticm of some of the
1' Collimi,sloners, were.retutried. to those .."antlevneti
.by the Creditors. :- • . - . -' .

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The v. hole t the eXaMinition: excited much into_
test, a otimher of persons attended, and the Bank-
tutus thong.-Ives were much Afileled during the time
exeimination, .at the elose.of which they're.
towed tt rut [harks to the Commissioners. and Crc:
tliturt, and retired.

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Tli I OP I 161.--The performance last night at
t).e King's Theatre was La Trigine delSole. Gasi.
was admirnbly in voice, In the:last scene the
Performers were iomewliat surpiised, and not a little
alarmed, by the fall of jilt.. Colossal Image Of Apollo
Upon the stage. All his Priests weft the first io
him, and there was great- confusion among
Rita prottiration it the- Cod
seemed to be considered as an example kr the statue
of an iPle riot. Deity,It Ito, in 014 .lialet of TIP:
judgment of Paris ihonght proper also to ttlea-
*Ufa his length upon the stage, 10 the great ter-
ror of the raler;ng Corp, pod the high entertain.
tient of the audisnee.—lt is to he hoped that the
tWrk hereatfer take betters are of their

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THEATIR,..—ELLISTON tnacit his first ap.
, pearance last 'night at Dory-lane Theatre in the
Pitt of Richard the Third... 'lie has obviously
died the charileter with great attention, . and gave
a • !wrong narked outline of all its qualities.-4-iis
aftings however, upon the whole, was toty uniform,
sand, perhaps, somewhat too Violent. His .repre.
*emotion was throughout very ii.klessiVe i and
• When pratlice• has produced more finish in, the de.
t tail, it Will be it striking and matrerly effort of the.
r• 'The new pantomimic Ballet oft-far.
"lotle went off with increased I.lccess,P ,
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itarlereig. &Wilke, was repeated last night at.
(I'vent Garden Theatre, and so welrreCeiveck, thatit ,
is likely to, bring ahtindatice of sterling ore into
the Treasury,..: N)iss SHARLE had an unlucky fall
in 4'oititabine, but, after, she. recovered from the
fright and; cite Pain) Supported the part with
abated spirit.
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k
r9* ..1111L WO' .1.9 N we are happy ,to ito :Say, s
'fatly recovered from her late serious accident.
A matripsoNiak,s;o7‘;. has been
submitted to Miss:
tottticAlkt, by a Lt.intltin Performer,:who-has more
than 'once been engaged in csnjetiiii eon:rans ; but.
ilie.Lady declined the segorintron, and or the pre.
-sent seems diN)O4O to maintain the privileges of. a
Xexelat iirefeinedied State.
YesterdayufternOnn two Messengers, Mr. MR-
CLAY!, from Stockholm, and to F...nglislt'private
Messenger tidal Lord G. L, Gow, F x ac. Sr. Peteri.
burgh, arrived at the Secretary of State's Office.
M. Da isms, the Messenger, who lately went
bolsi London with
_dispatches for the Court of'&
leetersburgh, had the Misfortune to break hit col.
iar.bone when within three days journey of that
ttapital.
BOtrArnaTs must have heaved a sigh over
the fate of the Geroge* Devil, who had a congenial
soul, and whose whole life &hewed that he was ad-
anirahly qualified to 'be the Prime Mimi:ter of the
COPJICII,I Unlristr.
At the Coronation of •BONAPARiIto the HOLY
'AUK* made an onsuccessful effort to etttablish
the temporary supremacy of the Papal authority.
lisving received the crown from the Grand.Digni.
tart, His' Holiness was in the aft of, placing it on
1"4 head of the Usurper, when he was anticipated
y the vigilant 14Aror,soN, who rudely snatched
it from the hands of the Sovereign (Pontiff, and
Placed, it with his own hands on, his own brows.
The Holy Father, defeated in his design, wished at
ham to place tile diademon the head of foss tit INS,
butp here again he reckoned without his host, is her
LrY lerd interrupted bins in thesima way, and
IP4ul'ae-1 Her Imperial Majesty himself.

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CORN EXCHAAgr, Dtc.

FR s are not many fresh arrivals 01. Grain to.
day, but prices cat Wheat being declined, for the ,
few Sdei, prices rather give w iy. Somt 11p)t.
zic at hand. Prime aamples of _flaky are 11. per
quartet deArer. Malt remains steady ;
.Pease ralher
deafer; and Berms have more ready. sale. We have
a middling supply of Oats, this article may be noted
nearly at last prices; Flour comes 'plentiful, at little
variation.

Wheat sss a 92$ a lots al Beans . / • 46s a. 524 od
Fine ditto - i los a tits od Tick Bears 43s a sos od
Rye - • 54s a 57$ od Oats igs a :32s .a 34s oil
Barley - -425. a Os od Poland do. - 35$ a 363,04.1
Malt • -74 s aSA bd. Rape Seed - - 421 a 451
White Pease 54s a 6ts oil Fine Flout , -90 s a 95s od
Grey ditto - 43$ a 475. od Secunds - -65 s a gos od

The Dockyard at Woolwich has been visited by,
two Engineers, who arc employed by Government'
in making observations on the gradual rising of the...
tide waters of the. Thames. There were made at
this place, one whole year's observations, cotn.
,mencing on the 4th of May, 1761, and according
to Abe Register, they. were continued ,during the
-arrival of our most Gracious Queen at Harwich,
the Bth of Septennber.' The orders from the A.l-
miralty were to send an account of the spring and,
neap tides at this port, after keeping an exalt ac.
count of the perpendicular rise from ,low to high
wares on each tide, taking notice of the course of
the wind do each d 4 of the month, and whether
,morning or evening tide. The -cell at the bottoM
of the single Dock Gates was a fixed mark, and the
depth of the water ebbed below it was added to the
height that the next.tide flowed above it, winch
gave the perpendicular flow of each tide: Now it
is ascertained that, since the year 176 t, there have
been two new set of 1.) .ck Gates, on account of thd
old. ones going to decay ; the first was said fo be
somewhere about the year 1766, and the last in
1783 On paying particular attentionao the cell' of
the Dr.itk GAles at low ,water, it did
,not appear
above.the surface, but a considerable piece of tim-
ber
,was ob.-erited under water, but above the ctrl ;
and allhougli the difference between high and low
water remains nearly the same, both high and low
w;rer.tonak,s are about four feet perpendicular
higher than Was the case in 1761, which Remains'
tobts.confirmed or, not, by cotre,pondi,,g
.tiOns to he made _in different parts of the United
Empire.
A distressing
aeg,ident happened. neat Swansea.,
yesterday seenigh't,:,. as ;Mr. anti MN. Bigg, of that
place, were proceeding, to Neath in a gig, hav-
ing .oceasioi, to %top 4, one of the eoppet;wotki
in their way, Mr, 13...ali$hted for the. Prpose
of holding . the In4,e whilst his wife stepped
ont ; -but: thtoleOl the Irina on the animal's'
back, he suddenly started, turned out of the
road, and 11:ii•re Mr. Bigg could recover
command, threw him down, anti sprang
,acrt;ss
a :deep precivice, with the gig at his heck.;
Mts. Bigg was thrown to .the 'ground., with 'great
vioienct, and was 'taken up speech:e“,. Serious
apprehensions, for her safety were •entertA'ned ! • but
happily she now considered put tildangae.. .
lit.tseconrinyed hie career until scarcely vestige
of: the gig was left. • .
Derby Market .on- Frithrlast: was elpviied
,with
analitindanciof excellent beef and toulon, highly
creditable to the breedeta and graziers of that.
Comity :—amongst th first-rate muttOn:Was a true
Leicestershire 'three.' shear wether, bred .
Itoa E RT W 1 LMOT, .Bart. and killed by Mr.
ro an, supposed to be one of the fattest and hand.
sotnest carcases this Country ever produced ; ftc
was shown at the Derbyshire Breeding' and Agri.
cultural Meetings in, the years 1 Soa and 1803, and
the prizes adjudged in his favour as a one and two
shear wether. lie was fed entirely upon vegetables -
until the last six weeks previous to his being?
killed, when he was ajlowed a few oats. •

" reinarkable instance in the growth of. a po.
statue yzyty .now be witnessed at the house of Mr.
Rillev; the sign of the Nelson's Head, in Great'
York Mews,
,York-place, .Baker-street. It weighs
nearly -six pounds, anti measures r inches round.,
It is now hanging in the Bar, and is, we be.
neve the largest' potatoe ever seen.'
Gloucester Anntial Great Market .teat held on
‘yeiliaesrlay, sc'tmight; but there was little or no
deirtand for Cattle or :'heel,, and the pikes remained
withourvaartion ,frout those of the late
.THE NA,TTLERS,..--A circumstance fraught with
,a great deal of ectriaricity..lAtely cured in a neigh.
'bowing city, wherein the in:ventive,pcullics of some
of the parties ciinCinedf were iexercised in a man.
ncr that would •have'dtme' no irticrti4 in 'the most
finished piubrel/ers in the -tnezAiiirlii.e.--Three me-,
chariics, of very different nipations, but no longer
" unque.died artificers," haktol en milita;rt, in
the ujform of their Olunteei COrps,-arter a field.
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adjoui.ned to a public. house (in the suburbs of
the city) collet commonly (hut for what reason it
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would be•diffieult to " hop of Allevr."—
After a aiegelptirbileil Lir f‘,UT days and bights without
y t /remit! yes like to be
wllen the landla;iy, with ha:ttbreedishiz,Vointed to'
thC,lCore behind the door.' Being unable to sarjrlF
the ilemdtd; in this' predicament, one of the party,•
theugh only a toiler, yet hiving a maul}, inice,, and;
a red reeit:on, boldly demanded a ''...canriciirifswar,",
which sat accordingtY, and the result of ,their t
beratiuns was, that any one present Should prnposet
himself for . a 4,ltorid to the /aNdiadry, shehejng
widow. On the l.fity's'elarnOur being renewed, the
Ishiitiation was gives in' and accepted !and the
kridr4;ivom ilea encouraged his companions to corn:.
mence the earosild 'The seige was renewed
accordingly-,—indemnities- obtained I'4 their past
defweilationi, and a guinea was extineird fr(itu the
pocket of the tottas, for a mafriagelicencej
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The day Was appointed---our heroes were lbtrated,
and, the lady. allured by the 'fair promises of the
" cirri, dritiver,"- was induced to wait with her
bridc.mald at the church door the arrival of her
loier—;but, alas!" no lover arrived. - • Whatever
cause had tended to AMy eat the torch
is at present unknown; fiut the Gentleman having
booked his prize, iitade a joke 01 the " Mourning
btide," and observed that " those who want taatisa
, meat take emtperstel,"—(Trer Merctiv.)