The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-19 00:00:00

MCADAY, FEBRUARX 1810.

SP.RINp
,CATTLE qlow.

r 011 D SOMEAVILLE's EXHiIiITION of
41-4 CATTLE, EP; CLOTH'', tic. W.lll he held on
,MQN DAY, 1144rch 5,.•-at SADLLR's .kEr'43l-IyORY3
6osvireil-sirect ,

A SALE Will take place on the«EUNF3SUAY MORN.,
ING of the Snow, at Eltv,ll o'eloch, tor choice Lots of
SHE E P, of superior quality, of,all descriptions'.
Notice to be given to Lord Somerville Ten• Days previous
to the Day (A Sale, by those who intend to offer Stock.

T a GENERAL MEETING of the LI-
CENSED LOWLAND DISTILLERS- of SCOT-
LAN o,,cOnvened by Advertisement in the Public Newspo.
Hera, and held at Falkirk, this ith of January,

• PRESENT•
Mr. James Haig, Sunbury..
Mr. loin Philp, Dolls.
Mr. IVi . Main.
Mr. 12.(-bert Stein, Canonmills.
Mr. Audi ew Haig, Clacktnannan.

Mr. lames Bruce.Tnitilihn...
Mr. George M‘Laggan, Unaerwood.
Mr. lol.n Mowbray, Carnbus:
Mr. Cairaie. Barzowfielo.

Mr: James Miler, Craigend.
Mr. John Stein, Kennerpans.
Mr William M lamiesou, Grange.
Mr..Adarn Dawson, 13otinytown.
Messrs. lolin bald and Co. Carsehritige, by proxy.
Mr. Andrew Taylor, Westbarns; by proxy—And
Messrs. Speirs, IVlitcliell, anti Co. Kirkcaldy, by Proxy.
Mr. HAIG, of Sunbury, chosen Preses. -

The' Meeting hati-ng been more particularly called for
taking into their serious consideration ale following pare,.
.graph. which appeared in the public paper;, viz.
" Many great irregularities having bean pradised in the
distilleries in Si:attend, we find that measures are very proper.
' ly taking,by the Excise Board, to entierce penalties to a cone
siderehle Amount, for not complying with the several regula.
tions required by law—" - ,
Un ei niously aclow,ce. theJollowing Resolutions:
trno, Teat the insirKitionconVeyed by the above paragraph
against 'ne Lowlandepistillers, of evading the duties, is ci.
lumuicuA in the highest degree, being conscious thavehey- dis-
charge meet relietoualy their Cilktlei to the ReVenue, and being
satisfied titat there is not an Officer of the Buerdiof Excise,
who can charge them with a single fraud in their distillery
operations.
zdo,Treit the sinister intentioneif the insertion of this para.
'graph is strongly corroborated, from the newsman in London, 1
who sent it to the Scots newspapers, having refused to give
the name of the author, 'while he admitted that money was
peid-for its insertion in the different[Scots newspapers by the
person who gave hen the paragraph. , .
• etie, That in these circumstances the' Lowland Distillers
cannetbut feel that they nave much to fear; when the Inter—
course Bili uetweeu England Scotland. and Ireland, shall be,
under consideration) --from interested persons; who may en.
deavour to get introduced Parliamentary reguletions of a ten.
deney ruinous to the trade in Scot land. . . .
The Nleeteng thereforeeake this opportunity of stating that,
by theeketicles of Union between England and Scotland, no
distiedion can be legally made in favour of the one country
or the other. both being equally entitled to the-same privi-
icges and edvantagesein 'elation to' trade and manufacture :
I hat it has been the tnnel-in prattice Of PArliAlpenr strictly
to adhere to this-principle • except in the single instance of
levying the duties in Scotland on. the distillery, where a dile
ferent inode was adopted frorn that in England,' and origiL
natty introduced as a favour *to Scotland, oy exetninion from '
all Excise Survey, upon payment of a License Duty, on the,
Content of 'the Stilt; • filet new regulatiens were alterwards
made, at complete variance with the former, particularly in
the rnanuladure of spii its in Scoilatul,for the consumption of
, England, as,well as iii the Sceta dietiilei•ye where, in addition
to the system of licence, the whole ,Excise regulations in
England have since been superadeled, with manyeotheis which
are not known in the Excise Survey on ihe English distillery.
The Meeting however hope that no farthetencroachineets;
in regard to this menutacture.will be made on the principle of
ev
the Union . and they trust to the e:cloin and patriotism of
their Representatives in Parliament, in checking any attempt
of tins mature, and in endeavouring, ea' possible, Id restore
the Distillery Laws to greater unison with the Treaty of UM-
on of the two kingdoms.
eto, T
hat it is greatly for the interest of every one of their
number; that the-Duties be fairly Colluded; and that every
Regulation of Excise, therefore, which has for its object
the security & the Revenue, without unnecessarily hamper.
ing the trader, should be strictly- complicit with. ,
. eto, That the Lowland 'Distillers of Scotland, having 'a
right to insist as British subjetts, that the same system and
Mode of survey shbuld de adopted in bout countries, they
beg testate only a few of the existing dit*rences in the re-
-spedive systems.
In Scotland, the distilleries are in the possession of the Ex.
else, day and night, besides being surveyed daily by superior
• pfficers. Ail their spirits must be run ento a receiver in their
. still-!rouses, which is under the lock and fastenings'of the
Excise, and from which no spirits can be tak4n, till their
quantity and stresigth is ascertained, and the lastennies re-
! moved by the otheers of Excise. Their stock of spirits is
taken at any time the Excise think proper, generally several
times iii the.courshof the week ; but, in England, the offi-
cers of -Excite do hot keep possession of thee:still-houses,'
1 the spirits are not run into a receiver, nor is the quantity or
i strength ascertained, before they are put into stock, which
ale run immediately from their stills to the cellars, &gene-
ral stuck of spirits. In short, no account whatever of their
' spirits is taken from the etiel-housea and, in place of the
stock being 'taken an account of almost-daily, as an Scotland,
it is only required-by law to be taken once in three months,
i
and tWenty-four hours notice Is given to the distiller, by the
t Excise officer, before proceeding to ascertaie.it. The Scots
regulations now stated are for securing -the duty on wash and
Spirits, :and die Meeting is of opinion that they are wise arid
' salutary, and should be extended to England, particularly as
they are liable to Excise .duty- en wash and sleets only.
6to, That the Meeting,- however, mention these particu.
I lars, which are but a feW of the extraiml-mary checks and re-
gulations to which the trade is liable in this eoulitry, for the
t purpose &establishing that a palpable dilierence prevaiis on
theoperation of the distillery laws in the two countries, with.
no view of complaining& t nose checks, however various and
frequent, but with a feelingehet they have a light, ar all
rates, to demand one of two prepositions : Either that the
Scots system rod regulations stria be introduced in the dis-
tillery of Englaexl; or that the English system and regula-
' tions shall be adopted in Seutlatid ; —considering it . not only
is strictly consenarit with the Articles of Union, but highly for
1 the edvantage and reel welfare of thew/huh: einpue, thet there
! should be no ditlinetion in the lass and reguiatioes relative
to the manufactures of either country.
eino; That illicit alistillatioh of spirits, both from grain and
sugars, is now arrived at a height eeeirely empsecedented..- in
4 sonic districts of the country, there is not sale fur asingle gale
I .lon &Spirits legally distilled, and .no , pert. of the coinitiy
I wleatever, whether Lievviand or Highland; can be justly ex-
Imined from tile charge of consuming large quantities of spi-
rits manufactured in sinugglinkstills. Tlie ' Lowletict • Des-
tillers are by this means necessrt, tell either to. hold their spi-
-1 rits, or dispose of them' at an.' undervalue. Several have in
i cons.quente, relinquished the tia<ie, and the gileitbr eurnber
1 of-those who still continue in the beleiness.are preparing also
I ,to abandon it. . •
. .

The Lowland Distillers hold themselves to be well entitled
to protection against a systent of smuggling, equally disgrace.. 'i
ful to the natiortil-citara..tcr as-injurious to.uie lair trader.—
That the more active oxertions of the officers of Excise arc
imperiously cailed.for in putting theeiasting laws into sttict,
execution against illicit • That smuggling stills,
multiplying every day throughout all Scotland, must esta-
blish that rhuse exertions•have,hcen tela ked, tin: which
the Meeting cannot account,•:except the fact is, as they have
,heen repeatedly in;Orineil,, that there is not 4:'.flicient eticou-
ragement given to the officers of Excise or 'mining seizures,'
a policy which, if pursued, is certainly much to be: con-
dertined. • That the Lowland DL are. however, also.

satisfied, that there is a want of vigour in the regUlations of
the ,laws, themselves, for eiffetually supilessin,g7dowstie
srliuggi:ng, and that the niterterence the Legishaute, by
►it,: introduction of additicnal pains and penalties, is iliereiure
necessary for curing the evil.
An the name, and by ;11e authority of.the Meeting,
• 'AMES HAIG, Chairman,

SINGULAR AND CENUthE AFFLICTION.

. _
AGENTLEMAN (past the Meridian of Life),
who has hitherto, by his Literary Qualification§ and
Attaininents; supported himself with` decency and cointbrt; is
now, by' tile atilieting" Dispensations of Providence,leduced
to, the lost stage Of physical Debility, and pecuniary-. Iniji-
gence. For upwards of Eight 'll/1-withs, ha
.has struggled
with a most severe, painful, and dangerous illness ; pros-
trate the grealet part of the time, on the Couch of Misery and
Pain.

The walk Of Literature in which he was principally en-
gaged, was that of Contributor to some of the most respect-,
able Publie Frints, chiefly as a Parliamentary .Reporter, in
whfch Capacity-he has attended either House more than
T‘iventy Years. But the DEPLORABLE state of He?lth to
which he is redUced, not only totally pre-cludei‘ him front
engaging-in ri7Business of the kind, which involves no small
degree Of physical Trouble,:but from making any intellec,
tual exertion in the least degree adequate to his support': .
' To constitute the Climax of the Advertiser's. Allidtion,
Wife, principally from her anxious .Solicitude, and close
-Attendance on him, during. so long an interval, is recently
attacked by a violent ever, aecympanied by a dangerous put.
nionary AIR:Chou", unffr which•she bow lingers. He shrinks
with aversion and horror from the baleful example of that
-very superior genius CH at-ra it Teri, who,. though blessed
' witn.youth and health, preferred. -draining the empoisoned
Vial, and rushed, unbidden, into the pres,ince of his Maker I
or, the perhaps still inure deleterious example of that more
• transcendent Initinary, OTwAY, who yielding to a listless
despondency, fared into the Arms of Death l The Advertiser,
relying with humble Confidence on that humane and cony.
passionate Sympathy ; that discriminative Feeling ; and that
unparalleled Beneficence, which charaiterize the British
Public, submissively entreats those under such benign In-'
fluencts, to come forward and contribute to his Assistance
and Relief.

Benefactions will be thankfullAwceived;: and gratefully
acknowledged, on the partithhitiertiser, by the Pro-
prietors of this Paper, at thV'Officc, and by Mr. Scripps,
the Publi;her; by .)odor Pearson, Hanover-square; Mr.
Copeland; Surgeon, Goldep.square; Edward 'Quin, Esq.
Traveller Office, Fleet-street, who can assure Contributors
as to the correduess of the above Statement ; and by Mr.
Ridgway, floOkseller, Piccadilly. .

JUBILEE AND BIRTH-DAY HEAD-DRESS,-or,
ROSS'S HEADS OF HAIR.
No, I iq, Bishopsgate. street Within.
THE distinguished admiration bestowed by the
hishionable World at Court on the new Invention in-,
troduced by Ross, during the late 'jubilee, and the reputation
which has universally attended his ornamental prodladions,
pre.einitiently distinguish him aboVe all competition.
By twenty years studious application to the principles .of
his profession, fie Tias at length brought to complete perfec-
tion the most extraordinary Head Dress ever offered -for
public approbation, and which has obtained the appellation
of " Ross's Heads of Hair."

Art-here rises to the most pertea semblance of nature ;
the superticies ot the skin and ComplexiOual colours of the
head are u► At astonishingly imitated, and, appear as the
ground war): and base upon which the hair is fixed.
Every Particle is so admirably construded as to admit the
most fn►nute examination, without the possibility of, a dis=
covery.; and the whole system is so-exquisitely wove as to
combine ustiful comfort and elegance of taste with the most
happy appearance of nature.

This Day were published,

Elegantly printed in Quarto, and illustrated by Engravings,
price 11 us, 6d. in boards,
ERCULANENSIA or, Arcliological and
11 Philological Dissertations ; containing a. Manuscript
fpund among the ruins of H RC ULANEU M.
Dedicated, by Permission, to His- Royal -Highness the
Prince of Wales. • -

HUTCI-lINSON's MEMOIRS. . -
OC`PAVO
This Day was published,
The Third Edition, in Two Volumes Mc.iavo with Por.
traits arid other Engravings, price beards;,
EMOIRS Of; the LIFE of COLONEL
CHI NSON, Governor •of Nottingham Castle, and
Town-, Representative of the County of Nottingham in the
lung Pitrliamerit, and of the To%Vn of Nottingham in the first
Parliament of Charles .11. &c. With original Anecdotes of
many of the most distinguished of his Vontemporaries, and
a Summary Review of Public Affairs : written by his Wi.
dow, Lucy, Daughter of Sir Mien 41.psley, Lieutenant ofthe
Tower, From original MSS.
By the key. LULU'S HUTCHINSON.
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The Lite.eif Mrs. Hutchinson, written by herself, a Frag-
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