The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-21 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Detachments belonging to the 13th, I,lth, 46th, and 54th regi.
menus of foot, marched yesterday from Westminster, fur Chatham.
Detachments belonging to the 2d. 3d, 38th, 41st, and 44th re-
giments of infantry marched yesterday from Westminster, for
Canterbury.
The depot of the 99th regiment of foot is ordered from Stockport
to Ireland.
The 56th (West Essex) regiment of infantry is ordered, on being
relieved by the 99th regiment of toot, at the .Mauritius, to return to
England.

TO TIIE EDITOR OF TIIE BRITISH PRESS.
an account which you gave yesterday of the project or
a duel between a Mr. J. 11. Sievrac and a Mr. F. Chatelain, and
the consequences that resulted from it, you said that both these
gentlemen had the honour of being attached to the French F.mbaasy.
This is an important error, which, for more than one reason, you
will greatly oblige me by rectifying.
1 am the resident correspondent of pan of the Royalist papers of
Paris, and have no connexion whatever with the French Ambassa-
dor, any farther than occasionally paying my duty to his Excel-
lency, as the representative of my lawful Sovereign. As to 31.
Chatelain, so far from being in the suite of Prince de Polignac, the
quarrel between us originally arose from "some articles against
Charles X and his linguist family, which he inserted in a weekly
French Paper, called Le Petit Mcrcnre.
I remain, with much regard, your humble servant.
iieniington, Jan. 29, 1328. J. H. SIEVRAC.

BURNING OF PORTUNNA CAsTi.s.—lt is with consi-
derable regret we heard the announcement of the above
event yesterday, by Mr. O'Connell at the Catholic. Associ-
ation. This beautiful seat was the property
.of the Mar-
quis of Clanricarde, who is at present in England.—
Dublin Morning Register.
As Mr. Mauler, of Paul-street, Finsbury-square, was
returning home on Thursday evening, soon after seven
o'clock, he fell at the corner of Foster-lane, owing to a
quantity of ice having accumulated there. A well-dressed
man assisted him up, and contrived to rub him of his watch
and two gold seals, together with his pocket-book, con-
taining many valuable papers.
A Goon S'loky.—We have been much amused by Asne.
rican stories, but the following beats Jonathan hollow :
" Asa proof of the severity of the weather, a singular cir-
cumstance occurred on Sunday night last at the tan-yard
of Messrs. Cooper, in St. Mildred, in this city. One of
the men employed on the premises had occasion to drain
a hide from the pit, and took it, as is usually the Mt, to
the river, where a small projecting bridge is erected for the
purpose, supported by two iron bars. On looking over the
side, the man observed something, having the appearance
of a small animal, firmly frozen to one of the bars, which,
upon close inspection, proved to be a full-grown water-rat,
which had swam across the river, and no doubt, from ex-
haustion, had remained upon the iron to recover itself ;
but the inclemency of the weather acting upon the wetness
of its coat, had firmly frozen its limbs to the situation de-
scribed. It was also evident, from the quantity of blood,
and the almost utter destruction of one leg, that the un-
fortunate creature had attempted to detach itself, by gnaw-
ing off the limb, without success. It was quite dead."—
Kent Herold. . •