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THE LONDON JOURNALS. ZXTIIACTS FROM TUE DAILY MORNING PAPERS, November 19, 1822. [TIT E TUnES.] We have understood that notice has been taken of the celebrated document in the Journal des paati by the Ambassador at the Court of France of one of the Allied Powers ; and the Ambas sador who has thought himself chiefly authorised to move on the occasion, is that of Austria. But ,Arst, with respect to the document itself. It was copied the day after .it appeared in the Jouriz2il des . Ddbals by the Monitear ; and thus obtained an official character, if that were doubtfulbefore. in the instrument in question is the following pas sage, with others of similar import :—" Fears may " be entertained of combinations—(that is in case " the Holy Alliance should attack Spain)—of events . " which would induce a Spanish party to call in a " foreign dynasty, whose establishment at Madrid " would change the equilibrium of the South of " Europe, to th.: particular detriment of France." We• hardly knew what that Power might be which• was specifically alluded to, or whether, ;bleed, the proposition were not general, that Spain might choose a new King and dynasty from any of the Holy Allies. Austria, it ap pears,- however, has, by her Ambassador, thought that she has the greatest right to re place the Bourbons- of Spain, in case' they should be removed from the Government of that country,. and that therefore she must be the power meant. The Austrian. Ambassador did, in consequence, we learn, complain of the. article ; and the Editor of the Jim/deur was sent for by the Keeper of the Seals, and informed of the displeasure of his Excellency, A new article,.explanatory of the former, was to be in rierted in the next number., This our readers will see in to-day's journal, and if they can ex tract from it any meaning derogating from the broad insinuations of the former, or indeed any clear meaning at all, we confess they have the advantage of us. The Moniteur was also obliged to insert a paragraph from the Etoile, the paper of the war party in the French Cabinet, denying the official character of the article in the Journal des De'bats. [NEW TIMES.] The French Papers contain accounts of the returns of many of the Elections. The Royalist majority will evidently be much strengthened this year; but we see with great regret that old Lafayette, the original mover of the mad and fatal declaration of what was stupidly called" The Rights of Man," has been re-elected after a hard contest at Meaux. It is of evil omen to Europe that the original actors in that tremendous Revo lutionary Drama,. which has so deeply injured the peace and happiness of mankind, should not, so long as they adhere to their fatal doctrines, be every where shunned and stamped with disgrace. M. de Lafayette might perhaps have been ex cused for his -- first errors, at an epoch when ima gination led away the most virtuous and honour able minds; but to regard those very errors as giving him a claim to nomination as a Legislator, is indeed to shew a strange and unteachable per'jersity. [MORNING POST.] By the Antigua Papers received yesterday to the 16th ult., we learn that considerable disputes had arisen at Barbadoes, between the inhabit ants of that Island and Judge Lucas, in conse quence of the latter having compelled the Jury, im a civil case, after having given their verdict, to return to their box and reconsider it, and having' kept them so confined until 12 o'clock, when they were released, without returning any verdict whatever. A meeting had in consequence been held upon the subject, on the 21st Septem ber; and it had been decided that a Petition should be forwarded to his Majesty, praying him to appoint a new Chief Justice; and that an Ad dress should be presented to his Excellency the Governor, calling upon him to aid the object of the petition.—Private advices from the same place state, that a brig and three schooners, .under American colours, from Baltimore, arrived at Saint Bartholomew's early in September, where the Commander, one Gouldan, an Irishman, pur chased a brig. They were ordered away by the Governor, when they proceeded to the Five Islands, and from thence to Porto Rico, and de clared that Island independent, under the title of the Republic of Bougua. [TvICYRNING CHRONICLE.I ri c he French Funds have not yet, recovered from the depression which the foolish conduct of e Government has caused. The closing price of Saturday was even somewhat lower than that at which they opened.—The French Govern ment has certainly on this occasion cut a very ridiculous figure in the eyes of the world. The pretext for an invasion of Spain, and for aban doping the design, can deceive no one. The Spa niards never intended to bring either the King or any of the Royal Family to trial, and having never entertaied the design, they could not of course renounce it. The shock to credit was occasioned by the belief that the proceed ings at Verona had led, to .the. demonstrations at Paris. A little reflection might have shewn that under existing circumstances an invasion of Spain would not so very easily obtain the sanc tion of_ the Congress,—and without such a sanc tion the thing was out of the question. A divi sion at the Congress on so vital a question as that of.. Spain would have lighted up the flames of war, from one end of . Europe to the other ; and for that reason it was very unlikely , that a mea sure, calculated to produce a division would be urged. The present Government of France dnrst least of all act without the other Powers. Every thing at Verona continues as unlike war as ever. [BRITISH PRESS.I The Moniteur,. it is said, contains an article somewhat in the pacific strain of the late articles in,the Journal des Debats—a sort of composing 4raught to tranquilize the public ferment, and alltly the storm excited by the rumour of the de termination of France to march an army into Spain. It is carious that- these efforts of the French Mi nisters to restore the public tranquillity disturbed,' and the public credit beaten down by false ru mours, should be delayed until the public tran quillity had been restored and public confidence had reached its former level. It would, almost lead one to suspect that the official people imme diately connected with the Government derive an interest from the deception. The accounts from Madrid, which come down to the Bth inst. notice a proceeding which removes the ouly ground on which, according to the Journal des Daats, the march of a French army into Spain was to be apprehended. [MORNING HERALD.] It may be instructive to look back for a mo ment upon the circumstances of the recent panic in the money market. The first and principal question is—did the French Government really entertain the idea of going to war with Spain For this, separated from the various rumours that fluttered in its train, seems to have been the great, if not the sole cause of alarm. It is, prima facie, most improbable that such a mea sure, so vitally important to France and to Europe—and which could hardly have been other than concerted with the Congress—but for which concert there was not yet time,—should have been suddenly taken up by the Govern. ment of France ;—and, what adds to the im probability is, that it ,should be as suddenly abandoned. The Government, which could with so. much levity change its purpose and its princi ples, would make a ridiculous and appropriate figure in the Dictionnaire des Girouettes. In the next place, there is no one act or phrase of the French Government put forth in the Moniteur (the only recognised official and Ministerial Paper in Paris,) or through any other autho ritative medium, to justify the supposition that war was intended. It is still more instructive — more curious, to took back to the manner s and perhaps the means, by which the alarm was pro pagated and kept alive, after it had crossed over to us. A solitary Paris Paper, got over a few hours in advance, by the industry of speculation —in this paper is an oracular article on politics, in which the oracle affected to see deeper, and know more, than he expressed ; but which, like most oracles, might really mean any thing or nothing. A commentary upon this article, in the form of a private letter, dwelling upon its importance and expounding its mystery, with a few addenda on the ominous silence and por tentous shrugs of a French Minister, in passing through his ante-chamber—these are the chief means, which seem to have kept the bubble whole and floating a little longer on this side the water. MINA'S OPERATIONS IN CATALONIA In Catalonia there are two places named. Cas telfollit, one in the northern division of the pro vince, near the foot of the Pyrennees, on the River Fluvia, and in lat. 42 deg. 10. min.„ the other towards the south, within three mites, and on the left, of Calaf, on the River Liobregos, la titude 40 deg. 47 min. The Journal Des D6bals, three or four days ago, made a mistake in sup posinc, that the northern Castelfollit was that which Mina had besieged and taken, and thence argued that his march was inexplicable, as in that case it would have been to the attack of Ba laguer. The same Journal on the following day rectified its error, and accompanied the ac knowledgment by an interesting and 'instructive article on the military topography of Catalonia. We extract some passages from it:— " Upper Catalonia is a country so little known, that, even with the most minute maps, one can hardly follow the course of military operations. To the west of ancient Rousillon, now the de partment of the Eastern Pyrenneei, the valley of theSegra forms a basin like a shell, encompassed on all sides by lofty mountains. It is the Cer dagne. This canton comprehends the towns of Poycerda and Seo de Urgel. The first, being of easy access, was occupied by the French troops in the last Spanish war. But Urgel remained always in the hands of the faithful Catalans. The fort which commands the town is not in it• self a work of any merit, but it is nearly inac cessible to an armed force; even though.disin cumbered of all but mountain guns, you can only get there from the side of Balaguer and the plain of Urgel, by ascending a path frequently inter rupted by, the windings of the Segre. The. Cer dagne, and especially Urgel, communicates with France through the valley of Andorra, a little in dependent canton, which governs itself as a re public. Towards the East the Army of the Faith extends itself into the ci-devant jurisdictions of Campredon and Vie D'Ossone, which latter town is in the hands of the Constitutional army. The troops of the Regency occupy Reponil, where there is a great manufactory of arms ; and Olot or Au lot, an ancient convent of Capucins, converted last war into a fort by the French troops. It is from . 01ot, and not from Castel follit, that the troops of the Regency observe, and in some sort command, the Lampurdan. The Castelfollit of the Lampurdan is not the place taken by Mina, as we yesterday supposed through mistake; this, indeed, is the fort which:-.the French captured in 1694, and which we have al ready described after an accurate map ; but it is Lazed, and the position has not been occupied during the present war. On the south of Urgel, the Army of the Faith extends over a part of the jurisdictions of Cervera and Manresa.. Here almost all the towns, having been occupied as mi litary stations by the French, or by the faithful Catalans in 1812, have each a sort of fort or re doubt, and it appears that many of these forts are capable of being defended. We have no de tailed intelligence as to the manner in which they were distributed among the troops of , Mina, and those of Baron Eroles. It appears that the latter besieges, or rather blockades Cardona, R place strong by its position, where the regency of the Catalans, armed against Buonaparte, held their sittings in 1812. Cervera aid Citlaf form the centre of the positions occupied by the Con stitutional troops. It is a little in advance (a league on the left,--Ed.) of Calaf, where stands the fortified post of Castelfollit, just surrendered to Mina, but which in fact is nothing more than a rock, with some old towers, on which cannon had been mounted; but this post embarrassed the movements of Mina's left wing. This Castelfol lit, of the Llobregos, to distinguish it from the other, which is seated on the Fluvia, is distant (due east) about 10 or 11 leagues from Balaguer; it is two leagues from Tora, on the river Bregas, where the late action was fought. We may con ceive that this country presents an inviting field of battle, since it abounds in plains—a circum stance wanting to the other Castelfollit. It appears likewise from the map, that the troops of the Regency must have made their retreat, either by Cardona, towards the north east, or by Pons, to the north-west, on the road to Urgel—(in fact, according to Mina's official letter, their flight was directed to Pons), and 10 or 12 leagues from that town. General Mina, by marching upon Agramont, might hope to reach Balaguer, which we are now about to notice. The jurisdiction (or viguerie) of Balaguer, and that of Lerida, comprehend the plain of Urgel, which is fourteen leagues from the town of that name, and which is washed by the river Segre. It is along this river that the Army of the Faith has fortified the positions of which, doubtless, Balaguer is the key. This place has ancient works of some extent, but we have no detailed information respecting them, as Balaguer has not formed a conspicuous point in any modern wars. If Mina reached the line of the Segre, he might lay siege to Balaguer, but he never could re ascend the valley of the Segre, (that is, towards Seo d'Urgel), at least with artillery, for it is to the north of this district that that tortuous path, of which we have already spoken, commences. Mequinenza is a strong castle on the Ebro, se parated from Balaguer by the fortress of Lerida, which is now occupied by the Constitutional forces. This point lies beyond the general scale of operations of the insurgent army, but might become a medium of communication with insur rections which might break out- in the province of Cuenca, and in the mountainous region of Albo racin and the Ternel, as it must likewise incom mode the communications between Catalonia and Arragon. The dilatoriness of Mina in not retaking a place which is not considered strong, proves either the weakness of his army, or his own inca pacity as a General. (On this last passage we must observe, that Mequinenza is a point almost insulated by the fortress of Lerida on one side, and on another by the confluence of the Ebro and the Segre. As for insurrections which its posses sion by the insurgents might favour, in Alboracin and Ternel, Ive have not heard that any such exist, and Mequinenza is distant from them about 120 miles., Upon the whole, this castle appears so harmless to the Constitutionalists, that Mina may well be justified in overlooking it, while he has any thing else , to merit his attention—Ed). We have next to consider those districts which the troops-of the Regency occupy to the west of Seo d'Urgel. In this quarter two extremely rapid rivers, or if you will, two torrents, descend from the mountains, a9d fall into the stream of Segre. The first, in coming from Urgel, is the Noguera of Pallars ; the other is the Noguera of Riba gorga. These rivers, which traverse the little mountain tract formerly called the county of Pallars, cover the territory of the Regency of Urgel against all attacks from the side of Upper Arragon, where the Constitutionalists appear chiefly to confine themselves to Venasquez (a fort among the Pyrennees), to Barbastro, and Benavarres. It is said that the leaders of the Army of the Faith reckon principally on the po sition called the Conque de Trempe. (This conque or ' conca de Trempe' is upon the river Noguera de Pallars, contiguous to Talaru, and to Eroles, the domain of the rebel General, who, therefore, in defending such a position, would fight upon his own dunghill.) Eroles has in this country an estate of from 25 to 30,000 francs per annum. " Thus far the Journal des Debuts.— But if a portion of the Catalan peasantry, led by half a dozen discontented Chiefs, should (as it appears they are not likely to) keep possession for a time of some portion of this barren district, what effect, let us ask, could such an occupancy produce upon the general for tunes of Spain? All the great fortresses upon the coast, and in the interior of the province, are in the hands of the constitutional army,' and their nhabitants are tried and staunch to the cause of freedom. Let us, then, carry our views a little farther, and imagine a French army in possession of Madrid, with a line of operation stretching from the Pyrennees, and exposed at every point to the attacks, not merely of the regular troops of Spain, but of a hundred thousand Gu erillas. Madrid itself is no possession. It con fers neither military power, nor political or moral influence, over the people. Do the in vaders dream of being joined by any efficient party of the native Spaniards ? If so, they are grossly ignorant of the country into which they have been desirous to plunge. Cadiz would be come the residence of the Cortes and the Court, and thence the impregnable capital of Spain ; for highly as we estimate the indiscretion which would pass the frontier of the Pyrennees, we be lieve it would be cooled considerably before it came within a fortnight's march of Cadiz. Tuesday last the Court of Session at Edin burgh met for the dispatch of business. Imme diately on their Lordships taking their seats, the Lord President intimated that the Court would dispense with all amands (fines) incurred during the vacation, on account of his Majesty's late most gracious visit to Scotland. At Kinross, on Saturday the 9th curt. there was a numerous meeting of the Trustees of the great North Road leading from North Queensferry to Perth, to take into consideration the arrangements proper to be adopted, in conse quence of the death of Mr. DAVID BLACK, who had been for many years clerk and treasurer of the trust. The LORD CHIEF COMMISSIONER, after stating the propriety of making eco nomy and convenience the principles which should guide the Trustees, and that the fit course to be pursued could only be obtained by deliberate investigation, moved to appoint a Com mittee to inquire into and report as to the best manner of ma naging the receipt and payment of money under the triist, and also to consider and report as to the appointing to the situation of clerk. The Meeting unanimously adopted this proposal, and named two Gentlemen from each of the three counties, together With thelLonD CHIEF CommissrorrErt, as preses am? con vener, to be a Committee, to report to a General Meeting, to be called by the Committee on some day before the 10th of Ja nuary next.—(Edinburgh Courant.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 18. NIXON V. GARRATT AND VENAULES. Mr. PLATT stated that this was an action of trespass for taking the plaintiff's goods. Mr. SCARLETT detailed the circumstances under which the plaintiff sought to recover. The action was brought nominally against the late Sheriffs of Middlesex, for trespass, committed in taking a printing press and types of the plaintiff, under an execution against a person named Scott. Mr. Scott and Mr. Nixon had entered into partnership in the publication of a Newspaper called the Military Register, in Pall-mall.court; but Mr. Nixon ordered and paid for the printing press and types in question, and they were deposited in Pall-mall-court.— Afterwards a person named Hathway set up a paper 'called The Observer of the Times, of which Mr. Scott became the editor and printer. The Jury were aware that the daily news paper called The Times had a very extensive circulation ; and therefore the proprietors Of several other papers had imitated its title in the hope of sharing in its success. This was the case of the paper in question, which Mr. Scott engaged to print and edit ; and to enable him to perform the printing, he removed the ' types of Mr. Nixon from Pall-mall-court to Catherine-street, where the Observer of the Times was conducted. This how ever, was not all • for he caused an execution against himself to be levied on these effects ; and then, when they were put up to sale by auction, offered to become their purchaser. Notice was given to the Sheriffs not to sell ; but they persevered, and sold the property, and had thus made themselves liable to the present action. To support this case on behalf of the plaintiff, evidence was given to show that the types and printing-press were ordered and paid far by Mr. Nixon. Mr. Hathway stated that he en gaged Mr. Scott to print and edit the Observer of the Times at a salary of 161. a week, but never heard the name of Nixon till afterwards. The officer who took the property in execution ob tained admittance, in consequence of a servant of Scott coming and asking some question, which gave him an opportunity to enter. The seizure, and the offers of Mr. Scott to purchase of the auctioneer, were also proved. Mr. GURNEY, for the defendant, expressed his confidence that he should be able to show that the property was partner ship property, and therefore rightly taken by the Sheriff; and that, even giving credit for Mr. Nixon's share in it, he was in debted to Mr. Stott in upwards of 1991. To establish this case he called Mr. Scott. It was objected to the competency of Mr. Scott, that by_ esta blishing the validity of the execution he would dischirge self from the debt due to the original plaintiffs.; but a release from them was produced, which rendered him a competent wit ness. He stated that the property was part of the premium of 515/. to be advanced by Mr. Nixon, and belonged to thepartner ship. The original debt was due to the landlord of the premises where the business was carried on in Pall-mall-court, which he possessed before the commencement of the partnership, and continued to possess now. He never sent any one to point out the goods to the Sheriff; nor was there any collusion between himself and the plaintiffs in the action. Mr. Nixon was now indebted to him more than 199/. ; he had a share in the profit of printing, though not of editing the Observer of the Times. On cross-examination he denied that he ever said to Mr. Miller that the press and types were Nixon's separate property. Henry Reynolds, the articled clerk of the last witness, stated the types were intermingled with the partnership property. On cross-examination he admitted that he went, with the consent of his master, with the Sheriff's officer to Mr. }lath. way's on the occasion of the levy. Mr. Miller, the attorney for the plaintiff, was then called to contradict Mr. Scott, and positively swore that Mr. Scott had told him the press and types were the property of Mr. Nixon, and that they were always treated as such at meetings of the parties. Mr. GURNEY observed on this evidence, and Mr. SCAR LETT replied on the whole case. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left the Jury .to say whether they believed Mr. Scott's statement, or that of the other wit nesses, under which direction they found a verdict for the plain— tifF.—Damages, 2581. THE KING V. CRI/TCILER AND ANOTHER. Mr. ANDREWS stated to the Court that these defendants, who were convicted of a misdemeanour at the last assizes for Kent, and who were now attending the Court to receive its judgment, had just been arrested. As they were in attendance on the Court, he submitted that they were protected from arrest and entitled to their discharge.' On inquiry, it appeared that the defendants, not having en tered into any recognizances, had been taken into custody on a copies upon the judgment. The prosecutor had, however, given them notice to appear, and they were in attendance pur suant to that notice when they were arrested. Mr. BRODERICK,for the prosecution, moved that they should stand committed, and Mr. ANDnEWs and Mr. ADOLPHUS contended that they were improperly taken, and entitled to their discharge. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE agreed, that as they were at. tending pursuant to notice, they were improperly arrested, and ordered them to he discharged on entering Into their own recog nizances. They were directed to attend on Thursday, when the report would be in Court, and the case would probably be heard. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 18. ( Sittings in Banco.) ST. JOHN v. SILL T. CHADIPNEYS. The arguments of Counsel on both sides in this Case were concluded on Friday.—Judgment deferred. COVENTRY V. - SIR T. CHAMENEYS. In this case, which was nearly the same in the points at issue as the preceding, the rule was enlarged until next term, with the understanding, that in the interim an arrangement would be made between the parties. GORTON' v. SIR T. CRAMPNEYS. This was also an application on the part of the defendant, to set aside an annuity deed. The grounds were two: the first, informality, the same as in the case of " St. John v. Champ neys," (and is to abide the decision in that case}—the second, the illegal retention of part of the consideration. Messrs. Sergeants VAuGuArr and PELL were this day both heard for the plaintiff, and against the rule. The hearing of Counsel in support of the rule was deferred.— The Court rose at half-past two o'clock. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT. Yesterday Armand Francis Prault de Bligny came up to be heard on his petition to be discharged from debts amounting to 17,0001. and was opposed by Mr. Cook and Mr. Norton, on be half of the executors of Mr. Puffin and Madame Collier. The insolvent, who is a Frenchman, stated that he had been thirty years resident in England as a picture dealer, and was for several years in the habit of purchasing, cleaning, and repairing pictures for the late Mr. Tuffin, who was a banker at Bristol, and had a town house in Park-lane. In the year 1813, Mr. Tuffin placed a considerable number of pictures in the insolvent's hands to be disposed of by private sale, at fixed prices, amounting to 4,9001. for the whole. The insolvent, in the beginning of the year 1815, went to Paris, taking with him a considerable part of Mr. Tuffin's pictures, and more of his own. Previous to his leaving this country, he gave a bond for 2,000/. to Mr. Joseph Turner, a pawnproker, in Covent-garden, to whom he was in debted 1,000/. for money borrowed at different times, and who undertook to make farther advances, which he did. At Paris the insolvent sold some part of his pictures to the Duke de Berri, for which he was paid ; but he placed the greater part in the hands of a person named Dumenson, who re presented himself as agent to the Russian Prince Dimidoff, who was then at Paris. Soon after he had given Dumenson the pictures, Bonaparte returned from Elba, and he could never afterwards find him, although he had applied to Fouche to have him apprehended. In the month of April the same year, he returned to England, and found that Mr. Turner, on hearing of his loss in Paris, had taken possession of all the pictures he had left in his house in London, and which he valued at5;0001, Amongst them were the two most valuable of Mr. Tuffin's pictures : the Marriage of St. Catharine, by Vandyke, valued at 900/. ; and the Virgin and Child, by Carlo Dolce, valued at 1,200/. The insolvent immediately informed Mr. Puffin of every thing that had happened; and Mr. Tuffin sent him to Mr. Turner to make terms for the restoration of the property.— Turner offered to give up all the property on being paid 2,000/., and to give the insolvent time for the payment of 900/. more, to which his advances had then amounted. The insol vent reported these terms to Mr. Tuffin, who refused to comply with them; upon which the insolvent told him, " as he had made a cat's paw of him, he should never see his face again." The insolvent admitted he had kept his word, and avoided Mr. Tuffin ever afterwards. Mr. Turner had since sold all the property, but never accounted for it to the insolvent. The case urged against the insolvent on behalf of Madame Collier, arose from his having taken a picture from her to sell, which she valued at 300 guineas, on which he advanced 22/. but not being able to dispose of it for any thing like the price put .on it, lie pressed for the return of the money advanced, which being often promised and never paid, at the end of 12 months, he said, he considered the picture forfeited, and sold it on his own account, as he had several times done with pic tures in similar circumstances before. - Mr. NORTON and Mr. COOKE addressed the Court against the insolvent's discharge. Mr. PoLLocx, who was Counsel for the insolvent, replied. The COURT said, with respect to the opposition on the part of Mr. Puffin's executors, no case had been made out against the insolvent ; there was no evidence that he had contracted the debt fraudulently ; but it was impossible the insolvent should be discharged till Mr. Turner was examined respecting the property, of which he had taken possession and disposed; to give time for which, the case must be adjourned. IRISH BULLS. The following ' • very ingenious and el ega nt dOO is said to have been written to a friend in LOU by an Irish Baronet in 1798 : • Olt MY DEAR SlR—Enjoying now a little peace and quiets tbska I sit down to inform you of the dreadful bustle and con we are in from those blood-thirsty rebels, most of whom sr./ thank God, killed or dispersed. wine lefter We are in a pretty mess , can get nothing to eat, nor anY - to drink, except whisky. When we sit down to In tre,"_, c obliged to keep both hands armed ; and whilst I write this "" ter I hold a sword in °se hand and a pistol in the other. I 0 1 1 1 eluded from the beginning that this would be the end of it; sow 1 see I was right, for it is not half over yet ; at present the are such goings on that every thing is at a stand. I should have answered your letter a fortnight only received it this morning. Indeed hardly a ma arri el safe without being robbed. No longer ago than yesterdaY_,..."7, coach with the mail from Dublin was robbed near this Www . the bags had judiciously been left behind for fear of_j 4- r stit . dents, and by good luck there was nobody in the coach two outside passengers, and they had nothing for the twev to take. 1,01( 0 Last Thursday, notice was given that a gang of a l r advancing hither under the French standard, but they flaßl colours, nor any drums except bagpipes. Immediately eve_, man in the place, including women and boys, ran out tO 13 1. them. We soon found our force much too little, and they !,,, el7 " ago, but,i far too many for us to think of retreating. Death was face, but to it we went, and by the time half our little 14 11 7_,1i 0 killed we began to be all alive. Fortunately the rebels ns" of guns but pistols, cutlasses and pikes: and as we had plentYj s muskets and ammunition, we put them a ll- to the sword--sv „ o soul of them all escaped, except some that were drowned sn adjoining bog. Their uniforms were all different colours, but mostly g redli the ; Atter the action, we went to rummage a sort of can4P., 1 7.„ 0 1 had left behind them ; all we found was a few pikes ri d heads, and a parcel of empty bottl es f u ll of water/ 4- bundle of blank French commissions filled up with filihertue n names. rhfch Troops are new placed every where round the country lvt e , exactly squares with my ideas * * * • I have onllf i r" to add that I am in haste. Yours truly, P.S.—lf you do not receive this in course, it must hal'? I TI ln ; carried; therefore I beg you will write immediately to let know. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The price of the 4lb, Loaf is stated at 7, d. hy the full-Pill e t bakers. There are others of the trade who sell at tid, " , and 7d . IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST ‘VEE II .• •or English. Irish. F° reig Wheat ........ _ . " 7- '__. Barley _ . u, .......0 Malt - 500 Oats .......' Rye .. 25 ___— Beans . 2,717 Peas Tares Rapeseed 560 Mustard Seeds 263 Flour Brank Linseed 41M.... °. 0,............. ..-~ ......... _-. • 0 0 2i 5 10 0 100 5,375 i SEEDS 4 , s 3NLv_fi B l . t ' . 1 Red Clover (Foregn)..2 56s Ditto English R. lBs 33s—fine new, 425 529 White ditto 2Bs 44 s —fi ne , 54s 581 cwt. Trefoil Ribgrass ... .2Bs 34s—fine, 401 455 Carraway Seeds s4s to 58 s —fi ne , 609 6" Coriander do le, 44s 529 --s per co Spring Tares . . 26s Od to 30s Od 345 r gr' Cinque Foin 32s t o 34 s —fi n e ---s r P e a o.' Rye-Goss ... lss to 22s—new, 271 311 Pe' ' Canary per qr —s 31s to 35s Od per ( 3 1 1. • White Mustard Seed Bs to lOs Od Brown ditto Bs to 9s Od Winter Tares 27s to 35s Od per qr. Rape Seed Turnip Seeds. —s Od 6s to 7s pr. hush. Linseed . V. 18! NE WGATE AND LEADENHALL M.1111,1.'2:5/ ' N- By the Carcase. A s Ocf Beef ls Sd to 2s 6d I Veal is Oil t° ' 4 ,1 Mutton .......ts 4d to 2s 4d 1 Pork ls 8d tu 9s ..... Lamb, os Od to Os Od, ST. JAMES'S HAY AlAltkiEr,„Nov. 1 6 . Od: N. Hay 31 os Od to 41 4s Od 1 Clover, ~, 31 Old Hay 01 Os Od to 01 Os od 1 Straw 117 s Od to 11 195 SMITHFIELD. , l o Od Old Hay • • 3l Os Od to 41 Os Od-- Average, 3 ' —5 4: g e ' i i ;4$ °, Straw Clover WHITECHAPEL. , 1 6s Oa, Hay 3l 6s Od to 41 os Off—Average , 31 , ',,,, Od- New ditto Ol Os od to 01 Os od—Average , C H ti , 1 6, 0., Straw II es od to Il les od—Average, 11 oa4 55 Clover 3l Ss Od to 4! lOs Otl--Averagt::JL./ Us to 41 4 64, PRICE OF HOPS,. 4, 1 per Cwt., Nov. 1 0. Poets. I Bags. Kent .. 21 lOs ck a3l3s a 41 15s Kent •.. 21 Ssa 31 .- a ' l JOS 10j 1 Sussex.. ei Os a2l 10s a2i Itlls Sussex 21 09 a2 l 6 ,! a . I 6 g Essex ~ . '2l 5s a3l3s a 31 12s Essex .. 21 4s a3las 3 g Farnham, fine, 61 Os to 71 7s—Second, SI lOs to 61 0 Old Duty laid at 200.000 . IOC' Best Heifers & Steers RAW , per st . HIDE Ordinary ....Qs 8d 'to - Qs - o d, e . 3s 4d to 3s 6d Market Calf . • eac h ' • i ns i i* 4 Middlings.— 3s oil to 35 2d Eng. Horse oOd t 4) SHEEP SKINS. —ci to ........ Polled Downs 32d to 42d I Sheep 28d to Mt j Lambs PRICE OF LEATHER. 24d Butts, 50 to 561bs each to - id Ditto, 56 to 661bs each Dressing Hides 9oig oid to - d Coach Hides - Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting........ ..194" ' 0 24 Ditto .... 45 to 501bs .2d to ' d Calf Skins..3o to 401bs 9J to sid Ditto 50 to 701bs 25d t ° 9 ,,,; ( 1 . • Ditto 7O to 801bs per lb 921284ddd to 19 i Small Seals (Greenland) IBd t° 19( 4 Large ditto , 18 I7 d Tanned Horse Hides __lad t om . Spanish Horsellides Town PItIC E Tallow O IOF '!' ALLOW, 1 4 ' .." -- "'":7-, 15 • , f Yellow Russia 44s Od —s od Nlottled '''''''''' . ori ..... A 6s LL od O — W s , O S d ( SOAP, l&locw. Soap.... r p t .. .... 0..--..7.0..: 1 lo g o: White ditto .. —s 'Od —s od Curd .................... n o . Soap ditto.... 40s od —s od Gfares ............... . 0 , - Melting Stuff ni Od —s od Good Dreg 5...... ... , Ditto Rough.. 23s od —s od t Itiol• 4 PRICE OF CANDLES, FROAI TALLOW CHANDLER s , 4. Price of Candles, per di,zol, 9s Ott—Moulds, 1017, Price ofGd per dozen allowed for ready mone y' E Ta l lowO itcalsWstairt:elpbpyetrhSet,orna e llo o 'fallow 8 1N , 1 1 b rt e N r s ° ) :: ;_•!..... (1 ' e: COUNT Y .• s GUILDFORD I►lA Wheat per 1. 81 Os to 111 Os .New Wheat.. 9; Os to 111 10s Oats, per sr... 0118 s to I I 4S New' ditto. 01 Os to 01 0,; Ships ;I;6' 115610 11 Ir e ;.ans, per 116CtO 11:106'.1` p e r. qr. 11 l , fat asty Per qr. ti Price. ..... 3 91 6d 455 S ..... 451 ....... 39s r:l , , : No v. 1 • ioid. COA. Ships at Market. 17 Newcastle ...... 14 4 Sunderland IRTHS. f On Sunday last, at Peckham, the LadY ° Jeffery, Esq., of a on.: "route' r d: lvt•Mrs• On Saturday last, in Bedfovd-street, Ovu-,0 Gill, of a son, ~ 'I 'HARRIED. o f At Achindarroch, in Argyllshire, Cochrane, half-p.ly 37th Regiment, U.). Susan, cl es the Rev. Donald MacCoU. Major (7_ , G i t daughter IbiSTsll4' Printed and Published for the Pa JralgTQ W OOS ' Rs; Office, N 9. 112, Strand, by .D. 0), 1j _ Pic Pr" Notice, the 'e re ady to tsTh e 112. Aced. to At e 1 hi % itl t q c 4 . 1 1! ‘ ; 1 1 Z„ ker i. e Y teti , th e 041) the Rev. Don ld MacColl : ______---- -- DIED. i _ ga crri At St. Mary's Isle, on the 7th inst., after an r s Wedderbtico, illness of nearly three weeks duration, Jarn e- a Esq., his Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scoti On the 18th instant, at her houSe in Pauneefort; of Brickhill Manor, Bucks. , r , ~. ip the le tree, ;►irg~ WelbaeriCk-s. On Friday, the 15th inst., at theucnotut 01100•7 year of his age, Edward, youngest ion of laic J ,_ _,, Esq., of Clapham-terrace. . Ae Stall