The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-04-07 00:00:00

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SIZGE OF D4NTZ,

.gar own titan have ken a commercial e;ty dis-
ting••ish itself by courage and lidelry, I mean Dant-
zic, when besieged in 1734 by a vast army of Rai-
stan.. King Stanislaus hid with him BOW regular
troops, mid the citizens, to tie number of 20,00 n.
armed themselve. to oppose the enemy ; five hun-
dred men wreught night sal day to fortify two
passes. The Russians, is order to comp.l them to
a sp-edy surrender, fell to bombarding and firing
red-hot balls, but id vain ; no sufferings could dis-
hearten the Dantaickers ; who having invited King
Staaislasithither, were determined to stand icy him
to the utmost ; and the Ituasions making a vigorous
push with the Bower of their army, again.t the
mug important work of this city, were obliged,
after a sharp dispute of five hours, to retire with the
bas of 3000 men. Every day produotd signal testi-
monies of :heir undaunted valour. But the Russian
fiaist, of fourteen large men of war, arriving in the
road, and their arms, being thus et:plied with am-
munition and art'llery, renewed the bumbaidinent
with the utmost fury, in which the chief mattaisine
Oigunrowder in Danteic blew u;'). TM-, with the
eavd.::otioo of the trench auxiliaties, brought the
Dantaickers to a necessity of sunntitting. Yet this
they never would have done, had not King Stank-
lath, in companion to their bravery, withdrawn
hinsuiff out of the city, as the sus sender of hi. per-
son was tie first art•cle demanded by th. e ',my.
and which the Dato z ckers had rejedled with di,daii,
The fidelity and resolution of this city, cannot have
a better vinditation than from King Stanulaus, for
whom they faugit, Who thus eapre.ies himself, in a
*Mee to Cardinal Heury ; —'• I am sensible, that it
has been thought inspiuJent in me, for continuing
in 014 Can nil it was reduced to the lest extremity;
but whoa acting tram principles of conscience, of
bower, and our country's love, may we be allowed
to arm ourselves against danger,and to prefer the se.
[ runty of our persons to those three principles, which
coneutute the man of honour : For, besides that I
expetted succours daily, and a hasty retreat would
have put me out of condition to receive them, I
should, by my leaving Dantzic, have opened the
gate. of it to the enemy ; the magistrates holding
out the siege from no other motive then to defend me.
Thus, laying aside the vanity which A consciousness
, - pi; pf resuluti n and intrepidity might inspire, I was
~•-...t obliged either to Continue in the city, in order that
aa . e ezpedted succour, might have time to arrive. or
1.:,, y myself in the ruins of it, nth those brave citi-
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end those dear Polish friends, who, with their
and children, shared my fare. I persisted in
'is till the infamous surrender of Wechel Monde,
she capitulation of which, forced the Dantzickers,
with my consent, to provide for their own safety ;
upon which occasion, finding they were gong to
change their Sovereign, I thought thyself boudd in
iratttude, not in expose them to the grief of aban-
doning me, but to diveneewith then fidelity, by my
lamrios heir aaly i which, however desperate a re•
sistacree sorrier had been made, could nut have held
out any lamer ; not to mention my bring solicited
by Pli the Pash Noblemen. who Made their

safety
consist in my preservation." }Living tneutionrd
ted-hot bails fir.d by die Russian% into the city,
' omit the mange eff R or --

4 CIIIIIVot
. one, as contained
is A letter Sum Boigner-master ot llautaic, in the
Oliere di lattcrati : •• During the last siege or nnr
whilst a Assn woman was examining 'shat
damage had been done to a shop by a cannon bul-
letawhii.h had gone through it, another bullet came;
this threw the poor girl moo a swoon, that at first
she was thought to ha-e been killed by the bullet ;
-- being perceived on h-r clothes, she
brought to so:ne signs of life ; but,
a bed, her that was found
. as if done designedly ; and
her back and breast several
asions, as if she had been cruelly
consisted of cutlery and hard-
-lives tied tip in a paper, wrap.
handles ot them, were melted
, yet the paper and pack-
iTtlier this bullet was heated
it tl.is tact happened alter the
e red-hot balls against the

" At the late Assizes at Lancaster, a cause came on
Pt be tried, wherein Messrs. Cot.crst and Knor•
ion. of h,larchetter, cotton.rnercbants, were the
:laintiffs, and Messrs. GOODALL and BIICHINALL,
Macclesfield, cotton-spinners, were the Defend-
to ; and, as it resolved a cause of considerable
eportance to the commercial world, but to cotton-
;srchants in particular, we beg leave to report it
;our numerous readers:— Phe Plaintiffs sold to
Delendants, in September last, a lot
oT 17 bags
West Judia cotton, at the priced is. 10J. per
and. amounting to the sun, of 3271. 4s. sd. The fendants, at the time of purchase, saw the lot of
.oa as it lay in the Plaintiffs' warehouse, ap•
red of the article, and requested itto be weighed
forwarded to their works at Macclesfield. The
an was accordingly delivered ; but, to the sur-
• of the Plaintiffs, was sent back by the Ddind•
who alleged, tilat it was unclean and not mer.
table, and that, tlitrr lure, they had a right to
n it, and were not b, u:rd to make payment ;
awing roads went it part cf ti bAg, t;,ey offered
Nmaered to the Plaintiffs five guineas, as a
ensaticm for the sro4l quantity used. This
ejeCled by the Plainiifs ; and when the meal
for payment was e pl I td, they felt themselvi s
upon ro comment, !he ;•r,xent adinn. On
al, the Plaintiffs produced several respetlable
sea, consisting ..1 cdroo-inerchaats aod cot-
:nners, who ail spoke to the gn,li,y of the
and as to the price; all of them deemed it a
richantable article, and well worth the proue -1 he Defendants also prudueed several ca, cotton-spinners, who gave it the contrary
r. The Learned Judge, Mr. Justice La
who tried the cause, gave it as his opinion,
ratever qii•nrily of cotton the Furth/Iwo
sing, if they.s.es. one bag, and approved of
the whole w•re eutimitt d to the Detandants'
was their own loth if they did not examine
-ricolar bag ; and by their neglect in so do-
• were bound to accept, arid pay fur the
After a trial of upwarus of lour hours, the
•e a verdid for the Plaintiffs, for the full
of the cotton sold, to the cutlet sausiattrun

but no dada;e being p
was blooded, and broug
upon potting her into a
to be WI of little slits,
the girl herself had on
livid spots and eontusioi
teatas. The shop consi
e ; a dozen of knive
fed together with the h,
mother into one lump.
bread untouched ; wise
isr not. is unknown; but
knerni had begun to 6TI
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