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V4l/4r, NEWS. LYMOUTH, APRIL 16. ',rriveci the Aurora tigate,,Capt. M."-IVIALBoN, from a Cruize in the Channe-1.. ; 'also the lJ a Cutter, Capt. ALLAN, f m the Fleet off Brest, which she left on Thurs day last, all %‘ ell. There was no appearance of the Enemy's any preparati ms for (.•ci. •rt t FRENCH ACCOUNT OF THE MAGNIFICENT. IRPORT OF Titr. GENERAL r .BRIGADE DARMAGNAC, COMMANDANT OF riNisTERRE, TO THE GENERAL OF DiVistOW. GRA.MEARLHAC, COMMANDING TILE FIRST 3tin-DTvlllO/4 OF THE T HIRD - MILITARY DIVISION. ". GNE-N.AL, • gi on the 4th, the English Ship the Magnificent, of 74 guns, commanded by Captain, JER I'S, was wrecked on the res-Noires, about two miles from B en i quet • Th e E ng li s h Squadron, to.which . she made signals, sent boats t o her as sistance: itwas all in vain she sunk three hours afterwards. The Crew took to their Boats, in order to join the Squadron, Which was at no great distance: during their passage a squall came on, wh,ch obliged the Squadro n to bear sway. F our o f the Bbata were fiirced to put in at Beniquet to wait a favour able wind, j" I Was informed of this event at eight o'clock at night. I rnMediately sent the Adjutant-General MA vrAtto Conquet, a nti ordered him to make the necessary dispositions to attack the Island, and make prisoneis of the English who were there, without knowing their number; for it was to be presumed that, with the assistance of their Squadron, they might be in force. On the sth, at day-break, the Commissary of Marine of Conquet,not being able to put more than four cbalorepes,un der the orders of the Adjutant-Commandant MAYER, caused a detachment to he put under his command,:com posed of so men - of the 24th Regiment of Infantry of the Line, and of the 7th Regiment of Horse Chasseurs, commanded by the Chief of Ilattalion CA3TILLARD, of the 24th Regiment. Although the weather was not favourable, this Squadron set sail to attack the Island. The English having retired to the centre, the 'Commandant thought they had arms, and that they were preparing to make a resistance, and ordered his Troops to hasten the attack. Scarcely had the four Chaloupes arrived, when the detachment leaped into the water up to the mid_ die, holding their fusils, &c. en their heads, and marched in order against the Enemy ; who, seeing this good disposition, dispatched an Officer to say that they sturendereci. Several hod arms, which they concealed. The number of prisoners is eighty-six,,nine of whom ire Officers. Four boats !Live fallen into our hands, wad have been brought away, and three destroyed. This affair passed in sight of the English Squa droo, Which was at no gre a t d lstahce ; i n ha lf an hour more have. they would all have escap e d . If our sol di ers and marines not had to were fight, it was not f or want of good will; nor theY Without having run dangers. The 86 prisoners Will set mat on the Bth for Verdun." PARIS, APRIL 7. h _ i _ ~,,,..s..ieneral C HARLES PtcHEMttt has hang_ I ' a -fr " 6l in his pr i son. The following arethe particulars of the su i c id e : givil °" the repeated requests he had made, and on t his word of honour that he would not make ,any attempt on his lif e , Pre HEGRxr h a d obtained the nturnin distnisial of his - guards du r i ng t h e night. Every g an attendant in waiting came to light his • fire with a bundle of w the pr ece di ng mornin ood. PICHEGRU on one of ' - faggot, by whi c h hegs had laid as id e a part of a thought he might put an end to his existence. atter having o'clock,, went to bed a sup b pe ou t textdely heartily at e l even ve. The attend in w a i t i ng having retired, PICHEGRU drew fro ant tinder hi s p i llow, where he had placed it, a m black silk ha n dk erchief, which he tied tight round his neck ; the piece ofwood which h e h a d k ept in re aeerie, he then made use o f to assist him in the pro jo of suicide ; he introduced this piece cf wood . into the two ends of the handkerchief where it was tied ; he turns this little stick close ,to the of the neck, as often as he thinks necessary to i ,ot a glands 4 r t e op . to respiration. When on the point of losing throwssp:ratio.n, he draws the stick behind his ear, and h imself on the same side of his head, in order to prevent its ShiftinP full of blond, ff. '• naturally fat, PICHEGRU, ..._ ate su ocated by the full meal whit I had just taken, and b made, expires duringytht e he ni g g r i e lt a .t pressure which lie Next da% ' , t o the morning, the attendant came to kindle his fire ; he looked tovvards Prc sr s o ku's bed; saw him, as he supposed, in a profound sleep, and retired to do his other work. About half past seven the attendant again went • head o. f ---- up, again saw the Pr CHEGRU quietly resting on his pillow, and again sv.ent away, still fearing :to interrupt his sleep. At mne o'clock he went up a third time, and observed no alteration in the re ofthe Prisoner, ' who usual ly spoke to him when he w attendant bea n to be surprised at il jassasv. e. The. i •t te went up to the bed, when he sees sleepinghis facesopaoleng.),nd dis. totted ; he then moved the body and fund lifeless, and without motion. He im i• 1 • • r . met tate y gtv es i n o - illation to the Jailer, who went that instant to in form THURror, the judge and Solicito r in this im- ' portant trial. Eight Physicians and Surgeons were t mployed• to draw up the paces vesbo/ of the. state in which the body was found, and this pi - Gess verbal and the corpse were brought before the Criminal Tribunal on the 6th, about one o'clock in the after noon. The four SedionB of the Tribunal immediately assembled, appointing eight Physicians and Sur geons to open in the presence of four Commissary , iudges,• assisted by C. LASFUTE R I E, the 1)64 9 and State the circumstances of his situation, and the cause and natur e of his death. Its consequence of these circumstances the body of CHistt er.s PICH ECRU was placed at l engt h on a ta b le i i l the Grand Hall of th e T r ib unal. As soon as the .04 was ide nt ifi e d , the Surgeons opened the head in which t he blood was found to be very much D r ged. After this preliminary o peration, the body w as op ened and the state of the intestines was ex a„rnioned- Th e four Seaions of the Tribunal, and '"e Com missartitut y of the G overnment, with his three Subses, heard the Report of the Judicial sentence transmitted by the Officer of Health. After describ `o fiche ap pearance of the corpse, the result lie n is stated t that CHARLES Pica Foxy di e d by strangula. After the report was Concluded, Citizen G eIARv, Commissary of the Guyer nment, spoke to the follow ing purport, addressing himself to the Magisttates and the Tribunal : The publicity whichyctt give to every thing conneaed with the Conspiracy formed against the life of the FiksT CtiNsta, cum. pletes the arrangements which you have instituted. These arrangements have been pursued with all the. aEtivity and zeal of which we are capable. No ,effort has been spared to disappoint the success of a scheme of the most abominable nature ; .though the forms of legal proceeding have not been observed, you will have the lutist conclusive evidence of the Conspiracy itself. One cif the principal Agents of the projetted assassination dispatched himself in a manner contrary to all human laws. The evidence of his guilt, however, must for ever affix a Stigma on his memory. His cotemporaries and posterity will say, PICHEGRU saw no distinifion betwikt his guilt and his infamy.—He became a .Suicide. The Magistrates appointed to inquire into the evidences of his crime, and to submit them to the proper Tri. bunal, have done their duty. I require that the body of CHARLES PICHEGRU be buried in the place usually appointed for the burial of Ai' corpses of per sons taken from the Temple, where there have been instances of suicide. His burial is to be made in presence of a public officer and - two servants of the Tribgfial. I require further, that the procer verbal • of the opening of the body and the burial, shall be published in every part of the Republic where it may be necessary." . . _ _ _ The Tribunal, agreeably to this requisition,. ap. pointed the Officers JOLLY and MmsoN to assist at the interment of the body O FICIII,:GRU, and to draw up the proces verbal ; and ordered besides, copies of the said proces verbal and of the trial to be produced. ,APRIL. • The following is the substance of the juridical _reports connected with the Suicide of PICHFGRU : Citizens SOUPE, DIDIER, ilpti QUET, I;(tTJNEZ, LESVIGNES, and FLEURY, Surgeoos appointed by the Ctiminak Tribunal to inspect the body of the Ex_General PICHEGRU, and to state what were the c:tuses- which gave rise to his death, unanimously declared, " That from - the Temple they were rQ • ndutled . into the chamber. where CH ARr.es PICHEGNu, the Ex-General, was confined, On arriving in the cham. :her they Nund a male corpse.' After describing his, . person, and, what appeared to them his age, they go on. to say that he died of strangulation. They state, they found a black silk handkerchief about his neck, through which was passed a :small stick forty-five centimeters long, and frOm four to five centimeters in circumference; which stick, forming a tourniquet of the cravati WIIS stopped by the left jaw, , on which he lay, widi one end of the stick under, and this produced a degree of, strangulation sufficient to occasion his death. 'I hey then remark ed, that the stick had r,!sted by one of its ends on , the left cheek, and that by m o ving round irregniar; ly, it had produced a transversal scratch of about six centimeters. " The face was discoloured - , the jaw was locked, and the tongue was pressed betwixt the teeth. The discolcuration (le remosie) extended over the whole body. The extremities were cold. The muscles and fingers of the hand were strongly contraled. Their opinion, therefore, was, from ail they saw in the position of the body, and the idea they had formed respeEling it, that the body was the corpse of the Ex-General PICIIEGRU, and that he. was guilty of Suicide. " Citizen Si R or, one ache Gen; d' Armes lite, was stationed near the chamber of General PICHR GRU, in the Temple. He had heard a considerable degree of struggling and noise, but imagined that the Prisoner laboured under a great degree of diffi culty of breathing. He did not, however, think that there was any thing which required his parti. cular assistance. " Citizen LAPOINTE was near the same spot. He awaked about four o'clock in the morning, but heard no particular noise. " Citizen FAUCONNI ER, Keeper of the Tower of the Temple, deposed, that at half past seven 'in the morning, Citizen PoPoN, PI CI-I EGRO'S keeper, went to light his fire in the usual manner. He was asto. nished at not hearing him either speak or stir. He went immediately to Colonel PONSARD, the Coin_ tnander of the Gen d'Armerie, and informed him of what had taken pine. TI-lUR lOT, the Accuser. General, was informed of the circumstance. A me dical person was instantly sent for, and all necessary , instruaions were given, at the request of the Ac cuser-General. " Citizen Poros, principal door.keeper of the Hall of Justice in the Temple, stated, that at half past seven o'clock he went into General Pr CO CCRU's chamber, for the purpose.of lighting his fire. • " Not hearing him either speaking or stirring, and dreading that some accident had taken place, he hastened to apprise Citizen FAUCONNIER. He adds, that the key of PICHEGRU'S chamber was. taken away by him immediately after supper on the preceding evening, and that 'it had continued in his pocket till the time he went to light the lire in the morning." The Dutchess of DEvoNsti IRV. is, it seems, go_ ing to open her house in Piccadilly for the benefit of a Musical Composer. This is an extraordinary aka of condescending kindness, very creditable to te individual who is to profit by ir. At all events, it is pleaiant, to hear that a house is distinguished for harmony. Mr, Fox, is one, of the most aEtive p e d e itr;ani every da y in St., James's-street and its vicinity; There. is, however, some little diference between bins and the ordinary tribe offtishicivable A;!,:gePs.' The remaining. Stock of Messrs. MAYIIEW and IticE, who were reunited among the best Mar.ufaC turers in theit line, and distinguished from rivaling the famous Manufatlurer BouLE for theic taste in ornamental F urn i ture , w ill designin g an d i n l ay i n g be sold off by Audio') To-morrow, at their exten sive Wareroorns in Broad-street; Golden-square. The douse of MAY w and INC r, which is bring_ ing its concerns' to a final close, is the oldest esta blished in the Metropolis, and has lo n g taken a leading part in .direding the public taste .in fur nishing. ANOTHER PICTORt I? An m-erland Dispatch arrived yestettlay at .the India House, by which we are ehabled to give an interesting detail of another important Battle fought on t h 29th of last November, which"cvas•folbowed by a complete Victory, attended with very inconsi. terable loss on our parr. ea MP at Aa? Arcv. 30, rBl. " t will endeavour to give you. a detailed ac. count of a glorious Battle fought yesterddy: That you may judge of the propriety of the ai`airtn, I must relate to you the thalalititilCes WLlcia pre ceded it. " IL appears that on the 231 , General WELLESLEY entered into an agreement with S i ci DI A's Vakeels, that there should be a Cessation of Arms between us and him ; that is to say, after the space of ,ten da) s, .which were allovveti f for Sc to sign the , Trtlaty ~ and perlani.o`tearii. - ' • ties of it ; one of which was, t retire with his Army twenty tosses East or, 0401ppOr, and maintain that_ distdOce at all titres imtween , his and our Armies here, and in Otzerat, ke;',t2 pre vent the possibility of our Troops oluttlails corn. ruining hostilities On nne another. Six days .only after the period presctibed,'wei - e elapsed, but he:had _ not in the leastende.avoured to pettorin that most essential part of ,lies agreement', :nc,-r was it actually ratified; andhe cannot. have any excuse for saying he did, not know of our advances for he. was very' often written to, and toil to move away, as we were gpirg against BuosLA's Troops, with whoa he was then encamped. • • "On the zBth a Vakeel came from the BllosLA's brother,- but as he brought no credentials or powers, &c. no.auention 'was paid to his advances. 'On the 29'h, while we were marching, and .about . three miles after he had left our ground, a body of horse appearecl,.and with therm anOther Vakeel trom BUN NA BAuroo, the BiIOSLA'S brother. The General met him very cordially, and listened to his pro- • posals, w W ch were as follows . " That he wished to treat with the General, and that as his and Sc armies were now near, .he requested the General wouh3 return to the ground he had left on the Poonan rirr,. and, in• that case, the Armies of ScI NDT.I and the. RAJA would retire five cusses to the N. Sd. to prevent hostilities. • , • " To this the General replied,, g that they knew of his advances, and he would not (Hill an Enemy's Ariny in front) move' ack: ' Vakeel then proposed, that he should,hait‘at the next water, about three miles forward ; re which also, he said, • he should move forward to the ground he at fiat intended, andlhat thellito3l. A (being his own master) would remove or nor, as he thought proper but that if he was near, him, he would attack: him :' he then told-the VAkeel, ' he should be very sorry that the most trifling accident should happen to filth ; to prevent which, he'begged he would go to the rear, and remain with two people of ours, to protect him until we had taken up our ground, when he should athait him again.' With these proposals a letter came from SO ND! A, and the same forms were gone through with Colonel STEPHENSON, who replied,' that he should march on, and it they were near him, would attack them He advised them, how ever, to retire.' At half past eleven we arrived at Pantrebe, the place where it was' first intended we should halt, when we found the BHOSLA'S advance had left it early that morning, and jiined his Army, then laying five miles off on a very extensive plain. From the tower of the village, their whole line was observed, but•notanoving off, except their baggage. At this time we were jawed by Colonel STEPHEN_ soN's Army, and were then taking ground for our encampments, when several parties of the Enemy's horse drove in our small detached parties of Allies, and even advanced Gil the very ground we were . lining cut. Col. STEPHENSON'S party pitched their Camp, as they had theft baggage with them, but only four flags were pitched, as our rents, &c. Were left in the rear, to enable us the better to engage, and to realer them less liable to be attacked: Gen. WEL LESLEY also moved on his Cavalry and Infantry so as to take up their ground, and, in case of - necessity, to fight. H.! also advanced the picquets on the road, with their guns, and ordered (hero to fire on any body of horse that should come within their reach. The Enemy's horse still parading near us, were fired on by both picquets and cavalry galloperi, and they retired to a greater distance, but still prevented our followers from foraging &c. At about two o'clock the .Ene my's army remained in line and entire, and were then within about three miles of the right of OUP line, which determined the General to move on to wards theni, still hoping they would clove off. He, however, ordered Col. STEPS.] ENSOi'S Mop to join him, and proceeded towards the At about a quaker past. four o'clock, the Cavalry and ad vanced guard of our • army were at the village of Sursoly, one mile and a quarter from the Enemy's line, which at that distance had a most formidable appearance. It was on a plain, upwards of three, milts' in length, and of great depth, having goo . * , . ' " At four o'clock, while all our Troops were in column, and before they had advanced beyond the village, the Enemy's guns -opened up - on us with a quick' well.direCted fire, which occasioned (very shortly) almost all our loss, by their guns being all laid for the road near Sursola. The 'Troops. were soon Moved round under cover of the village, and as .our line deployed, their cannona,le became less de, struaive ; and the moment the whole line wa s formed, the orders for advancing were given, and *the 'Whole of.our Troops advanced with great *iegu, 'miry, with guns, &c. and very shortly the Enemy gave way in all ditedions. At this.time the British Cavalry advanced, charged the large body•of the Biros', and' dispersed them. A great slaughter • etiStied:' `Our Cavalry pursued the fugitives until night made it necessary' to call Ahem Inck ; however, possessed theinseh:es of many elephants,. camels, horses, arms, and baggage ; 'and at at»ur ten o'clock, by moonlight, the Troops marched c., their line at Paurrely, having marched 25 mires in that day. A lindy or — about 1000 - Mus tommatid`of a Petsiir, atiathed 'to ihe'Bu(sLA'., . . guns, under 13EE,Ny S;tid, stork. - most nobly . , - and even advanced of our line,. which, luckily, oppo. ,site to them, was formed of the remains of the 74. th Regiment ; and tit-, left of the 7Sth Regiranf, who had their revenge for Asle, by . closing with them,' and putting them all to the bayonet. one spot, about zoo yards sqqare, I saw upwards of soo dead bldiese The Enemy left about moo dead on the field and. I have not the least doubt ti - :jr loss Must have lieu' upwards of 3603 killed and Vnunded. Of these, I believe, Sc tNpt A did not lase a rim, nor is it well aseertyined that he engaged. • O;ir loss is very tnc,,nsiderabic, not above 56 idled and 30 0 wounded, mtny of them very slightly. • . Tr.e'V.keel of the 13tru,t,n'::, first mentioned as not being received, eirrillrd and had an with the General last night, AS he Lad brocight hi CrdentiaLs, (W.* ,f,,rni from* RA' NGb ;77 E RHO himseii: He is nut a Vi!keel sent affer the aai-rt,.ag I a first sniposed.:. The min who 'met us no the rold has nc); yer vii -red the-General.- " elepbaiit' driver, Ivho'had' his arm broke, and was taken with a howdere'd elephant, &dares that elephant, during the battle; carried the rof RAGO'j r E Bitost.A,: who was severely ‘vounderl in the aCtion, and was taken out Of r;:e n6wdzr mounted on a liorSe ; and that he believes he . lias' among the number afterwards stain be cur Cavair4,-. The llowder appears evidently to have been broOn by a cannon:shot. Many other 'great Bent- m'en have certainly fallen on the 29th. ' We shall nioire on to C?uhl"Shur soon ; and it is confidently assert. .ed, that 'the RAJAH is in .very great - alarm for the safety of that place, aild anxious to•prevent u 3 go . ing near it. ‘.' N. B. No Officers killed, and only four or five wounded, but none badly." CORN EXCHANGE, APRIL iB. 1 THERt is not much further supply of Grain here . to.day, itrld'_ not having many buyers, the Wheat Trade is heavy, at small variation; primeDantiic 58. i.; good Barley is in demand, -and sells better than 1:-I5t week ; Malt steady ; Pease 'at -no ahem! ion ; Pzarls zt 42t. perquatter ; good old Beans fetch 375. ; Oats are in - good supply, with 'several cargoes of foreign, but they are not lower ; finit American Flour and -31 s. per barrel. Wheat i7s a 373 a 52S- - d Tick Beans - 2ss a 323 Fine ditto -53 s a 55; 6d Via; - i7s,a zos a 225 oil Rye - - 2is a acs 0.1 Poi:m(l,4in° 2 . is a 245,04 Harley - - gis a 24s od 121pe Seed - 361 a 391 03 a 55s oil Fine Hour - 4os a 455 bi White Pease 3.t,s a 39s od. Seconds 35s a 4os fo o 'i heans - 305 a 36s o• Erg .---Yesterday the LORD MAYOR; having ex.imined the IVlealweighers' eport, ordered the price of Bread ro be continued at B}J. the quariein loaf wheaten, and 7d. household. State of the Woollen Manufaftire from the zith of March, 1803; to the 25th of M:itch, 1804, ex traded from the Treasurer's Accounts, examined AC Pontefr.ik Sessions : NARROW CLOTHS. Milled front March 2,5, 1803, to ditto IS-.)4 Increased. Pieces. Yards. Milled 14st year 1 39,575 - 5, 02 3,0 6 2 4 2 - 2,344 BROAD CLOTHS. Milled from Match z 5, 1833, to ditto IFO4 Increased . • - 139,333 -8,02!,65z Pieces. Yards. 2 66 ,7 8 5 -8 ,94 2 ,79 8 1,125-- 20,752 Millcd'lnst year - 265,660—5,626,46 The whole Manufaaoty produced this year • 13,966,794 Increased this year in yards 2.59,05 ; - Milled in yards last year 13,707,6 9 8 The Captain'of a Danish vessel, arrived at Leith from Mandahl, reports, that on Sunday se'nnight, about twenty leagues west of the Naze of Norway, he was boarded by a yellow sided Brig under Eng lish colours, but which proved to be a Dutch Priva. teer of 16 guns, which the crew of the Privateer stated had lately sailed froth Bergen. This Vesiel is supposed to . be one of the two Enemy's cruizers (the other being a Corvette of 18 guns) that was left in the Port of Bergen . on the 23 'instant, when the' Danish Galliot Fortuna, now in Leith Roads, sailed from that Port. • If the Ministers should adopt Mr. WINDHAM'S suggestion, and publish a book, entitled, " Every man his own Antagonist," no body could be nvde properly employed in furnishing illustrations than the Premier himself. Ne..vspaper report promises the accouclielneitt of the Dutchess of BEDFORD at the end of the present month ; and the same authority has already prepared a niagnificevt cradle—but probably for a Child of Fancy. The Elder BOLOGNA Went some titne ago to Ittntica with a cabinet of curiosities; but his spe culation has proved fruitless, and brought him into greiit distress. The Performers of Covent-Garden Theatre, much to the honour of their feelings, have entered info a Subscription, for the purpose of enabling him to 'return to this Country.' A magnificent Ballet is in due time to be brought forward'at the Opera House, upon The . 7udgnseut of Paris. The rival Goddeises appeared,n4ed to the rustic Arbiter, zind, the present style of female attire may well prepare of Fadlinnable Nymphs for a full display of the scene that happened on Mount Ida. Mr. Ggot,u; the net!, Manager. of the Opera_ house, indefatigable in his- zeal to improve rthe Entertainments of that Theatre,. We hope Public patronage will reward him for his euterprizing berality.. Though . there was some whim in the new Farce of The Middle Dish, yet, by the reff.zdions which it contained on the . higher ranks, it was evidently seasoned for a dersgeratie taste .---Therefore .if it should be hash'd up again, we tiope that it will.b n dressed more for the support of Biitish C onst a u . lion. ' A lamentable accident occurred on Easter Sunday, at the Chapel of It9scommon, Ireland. Tho.cha.pel was unusu'ally_crowded, and,one of the pillars which supported the gallery gave way , . Mclancholy, rosre_ late, no less than fourteen yersons were killed at the mornEnr, and more than rtlnrilnit nurnher were so severely. injured, that little hopes of their recovery can be entertained. I