The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-04 00:00:00

IVREA NC FS IN FRANCE.

A letter from St. 1.0, of the 20th August, gives a long detail of
the ilis!urbaoc_s which hare taken place In the department of La
; au event which might have produced the most fatal con.
legume; t, o, place on Monday, the 21st August, in the commune
of tiraii,nts, e anon of St. Jean de Dale, arroodissement of St. lm.
Mit& me de 3/ ootmorency, the grantee, by a decree of the Council
it 17:1*, of Cie marshes td Graignes and Illontmartin, on the condi.
I:,r. of ch.liva:ng one-third to the commune for bringing it int)
oi:toiord, on the 4th November, INS, a judg-
III. 11: ion tile trihunal of St. Lo, confirmed by a decree of
tic C. Ito' ale of Oleo, oa tie 231 July, 1025, which ordered the
coo p& 601 of t'ds grant. The inhabitants of Orsignes, seeing
CA:l)4lv s on the point of being deprived of immense estates
ha.! always been considered as their exclusive property, re.
t:red to o;•pose the taking possession of them, and engaged, as it
i. said, on their side, several reighbouring communes, who are
h..reutened wi the same fate by the House of Orleans. /IL
'he ai;mat of Madame de Montmorency, was particularly
t: .e ni,ject of tiorir hatred. All strangers who passed through they
lade fn quentid morasses were so many lee Maurois to them, and
sere treqtvrtly insulted. Fur some time it was said, at St. LO,
!i. It tire inhabitants of Graignes never went to work without being
•,:11 at :A. these circumstances, it was thought proper to
tend tome g tolerates along with the surveyors who had been ap.
pointe Ito make the apportionment. Two brigades, with hieute-
n.!nt Ittilartl at their head, went to the place on the dsy appointed
tar the purpose. The surveyors met with no opposition in walk-
over the part near the greet road. They did not even meet
pit any person. Having proceeded a certain distance, they °b-
evel some individuals coming towards them. Having come up
to rein), they perceived that they were a member of the :Municipal
caved of tiraignes and a Iluissier of St. La, charged to bring
ni in the name of the Mayor, of his VISCSser, and of the Mem.
brrs of thv Connell, a notification, the object of winch was to make
hem pay agention to the a ocliorations which had taken place in
the marshes by means of dikes and canals, and by widening the
swami whith pass throng') than. They signified in writing their
se :4 tante of this ntriticition,declaring that they would pay aun-
t vi oit as far as rea.ortable, and engaged the 31 ismber of the
?la 4431 Council to accompany them, in order to point out to
thrin particularly the different works ; but the latter having an.
saved that lie was indisposed, slimly pointed out the way that
they ought to go, and went away. They made a similar propo.i.
0 in to the other inhabitants who were prevent, and told then that
before any other pi-wee ling they were about to go through the
thirshes. A voice in the crowd used the following expressions:—
fhese gentlemen had the sheep hire, but they will find the
w s n liICTe."

The surveyors continued their progress. passed through the
tmrshrs in different directions, and saw only a few persons dis.
pers:d here and thins in the grounds adjoining, npparently ens-
-4t their labours. flaring resched the western extremity of

Innis called Da Rost. on the road which les& .0 the territory

of 31ontmaria, a man, placed as a sentinel, alluwed them to ar-
p. w li chitin pistoLshot, and then began cryi-g with all his miglif
dome admg, come 111)114, here they are." Then running as fast
ti he could, and jumping over several ditches to avoid the piquet
of gendarmes width was gal:oping after hint, he went on the side
of the marsh Pu SesL After crossing the road, the surveyors pe.
netrated into Chi perion of the marsh. But they had scarcely
proceeded one hundr.ll paces when a trom of men and women,
Armed with sticks and wooden pi,chforks, presented themselves.
ird an indivi Mal coning out f the crowd asked them " What
t .ey e tine there to do ?"—" Inuit right have you to ask us?"
replied one of the surveyors. " I ant one of the proprietors of the
marol:-.," rep!ied the same irdivi haul, " and we forbid you to
cim:7 fart',er. Go away : it is ti tie." One of the surveyors then
alirmed none pacific exhortation+ to them ; told them that they
• over the marsh .is in this way oily by the consent of the
r. •es ef the commure, and in pursuance of the notifies-
rdi which had just been made to them by the Iluissier,
AIV 161 Not ffra ion. Preparations were made to read it to
mem. but the crowd increased, and with it the tumult. " Let the n
✓ cri.d ors permit ; " that will give our neighboon time to
time up." The surveyors then thnught it best to leave the place,
and relent. The gendarmes protected their retreat, and the crowd
tallawed insulting them. They had just reached the dyke which
they had passed over a little before, and were preparing to imam to
t e marsh du Hos., when all of a sudden they found themselves
surounded by a part of the crowd, which opposed their progress,
and cried out, showing them the way which leads to the road of the
hurt of Orainges, " You mast go that way, whether you will or
re. None of you shall go back to our marshes. You are come to

roO es-to raice us to beggary. %Ve prefer king all killed, in
de ',nee of cur property, to dying with hunger." These words
were accompanied by threatening gestures and tries. It was found
cece.sary to yield to forte, and to take the path to the Church
The Lieutenant of the gendarmes again reconamended prudence to
his troop, caused the surveyors to be surrounded, and protected
them front all insult. They marched so a short flue without ohs's-
tie, but in passing through the village caled Le Port des Planques,
they met at an all distances crowds armed with pikes, iron pitch-
licks, d other m nth ruts weapons. This mass b!cwked up
the rail ray. an d it was found difficult to advance. They ware
also stopind in a hollow way, flanked with impenetrable hedge,
b% trash crowds, armed in all ways, and especially with sithes.
e.nswtecirg hostile intentions. In vain the Lieutenant of the
gee ;a m s extiontd them to retire. They penetrated into the
ranks of the gendarmes, and disturbed their ranks. The surveyors,
who, till then, had walked collectively, were now divided, and in
situations nine or less critical. One of them, the Sieur le Chevalier,
was seta d by three or four of the mutineers, who cried out, " tilt
3laurois ; we must kill ; he's a wretch; he's a robber!"
AU repeated death to klaurols. All would have been over with
this individual if he had not been recognised by some of the lithe-
hisnts. The gendarmes were so hard pressed that it was impos.
sib!e to act. The Sicur Trefeu, another surveyor, was also
seized by the collar, and ordered to deliver up the papers, of which
he was the bearer. Near the church, where there were fresh
(muds more numerous still than the first, he was again seized.
I: is one of lilaurois' robbers," said they ; " let us make away
si•lt hint." The tumult was then at its height. The voice of the
g.nciaeines was no longer h.nir.l amid the vociferation,. The
Lieutela! t then made a last effort to draw off the troops, and,
ha ring the way, he stmpel the more exasperated awhile with two
gendarmes. In the mean time the o bens assisted the surveyors to
get up behiad them, ard, taking advantage of an open space they
eat oT at a gall rp, tursutd at a distance by the peasants, who only
stopped at the I ounds of their commune. Two of the surveyors,
Desjardias Lafarge and Lsgrenge, lied recourse to a stratagem,
wh c`i tmeeti al. 'They mix:d with the crowd, and thus reached a
place of sett ty. No lives were lost

On the afternoon of Sunday, as the clutches of Falkirk I
were dismissing, an unfortunate hare, which had strayed
from its native fields, made its appearance in the street, and
instantly drew the serious-looking people into a very op-
posite plight, for hundreds were intent to secure poor puss,
" running the race that was set before them," with a pack
of collies that opened in full cry. After a few doublings
autong the legs of the crowd, the hare was caught alive.
Ilion WAY 1101111 ERV AND ATTEMPT AT AIVIIIMIt.*--
On Thursday night last, as Mr. Barrow, the son of a re-
spectable schoolmaster in Manchester, of that name, sass
r3urtiing home from Barton-upon-Irwell, he was attacked
on the Eccles new road by three Irishmen, who set upon
him with heavy bludgeons, and after knocking him down
and beating him about the head until he was rendered in-
sensiiile, robbed hint of his watch, and all the money that
he hod about him. The unfortunate young man lay on
the ground weltering in his blood until one o'clock the fol-
losi:y morning, before he recovered to a sense of his situ-
ati J:I, a period of two hours. Ile then crawled home as
well as he was able, and when he reached there his family
iviareoly knew him, so disfigured was he with dirt and
blood ; his black silk stock, and the higher part of his shirt,
were completely saturated with blood, and he was so weak
that he had scare :y strength to tell what had befallen
' him. Yesterday morning information was given to the
police, but we fear there will be little chance of the villains
being detected, in consequence of Mr. Barrow not being
able to identify any of them. The watch, however, may
bring something to light, and when Mr. Barrow shall have
fully recovered from the El' cts of the brutal treatment he
received, he may probably have a e! arer recollection col
tie circumstance than he has at prcs AI!. He still lies ia
a Precarious state.