Madame VESTRIS has put forth an address to the public,
with the un- pleasant announcement of her forthcoming appearance in the Gazette an the character of a bankrupt, and soliciting their indulgence for her efforts to amuse them under such painful circumstances, and propitiat- ing a favourable construction of her conduct in the matter. No one has deserved better of the public, both as an actress and manager, than VESTRIS : her stage career has been marked by propriety and good taste ; and there is no doubt that on the present disagreeable occasion she will experience a generous sympathy. It seems she has got in- volved in a series of bill-transactions : and she speaks qf having signed blank acceptances, so that bankruptcy is the only means of ascer- taining the extent of her liabilities. She is anxious to repel by anti- cipation accusations of personal extravagance or the failure of the Olympic Theatre being the cause of her dilemma: the latter insi- nuation seems to carry refutation along with it.
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