The National Register.
London, England, 1822-02-03 00:00:00

VIOLENT ASSAULT IN FRANCE UPON THREE
ENGLISII GENTLEMEN.

On Sunday the 27th ult. about four o'clock in the
afternoon, as Mr. George Trevor Spencer, son of at.:
Hon. W. R. Spencer, Captain Holds, R.N. nephew to
the Dean of ‘Vitichester, and Mr. John Fordyce, were
on their return from Paris, they got out of tits Diligence
in which they were travelling, lor the purpose of walking
up one of the steep hills which lie between Boulogne
mid Calais : when they bad almost ascended the hill,
they were met by two Ftenclinten aimed with doub'e-
barrelled guns, apparently returning from sporting, who
after staring at them in a very impertinent and offensive
manner, accosted them with " Voila de ties
Angiais." On Captain remarking that he hoped
the sportsmen would know them tt hen they met again,
they cocked their guns and threatened to fire upon them;
at the same one of the Frenchmen presented, and
immediately recovered his aims ; but the other waiting
till the English gentlemen had turned their backs its
order to proceed tin their walk, deliberately discharged
his piece at them, at the distance of not more than as
paces, by which the whole party were wounded. Capt.
I lollis received several shot (which were what the French
call chevrons', and about the size of the English buck-
shot,) in his hand and arm, as well as in different parts
of his body, by which he was very seriously hurt, and
Mr. Spencer and M r.Fordyce were also injured,althougli
in a much slighter degree. The t illains proceeded clown
the hill till they came within sight of the Diligence,
when they ran away across the fields, pursued by the
wounded gentlemen, and Sir John Scott Lillie, who
was travelling in their company, but happened to he at
some distance behind when the assault was committed.
On flatting themselves closely pursued, they again pre-
gented their guns, threatening to blow out the brains of
any one who attempted to follow them; so that the
English party, who were totally unarmed, were com-
pelled to abandon the attempt. On their arrival at NI
(rise, they gave information to the gens-d'armes on duty
at the village, who instantly went in search of the assas-
sins. At Calais the affair was laid before the Prefect of
Police, who behaved in the most gentleman-like man-
ner, and made every exertion to discover the perpetra-
tots of this unprovoked and cowardly attack upon three
unarmed strangers. The party were also much indebted
to the kind attention of Thos. Fonblatique; Esq. the
English Consul at Calais, who immediately wrote a re-
presentation of the ease to Sir Charles Stewart. In the
event of their being arrested, of which there can be little
doubt, the gentlemen have all pledged themselves to
prosecute, and we feel confident that the French Go.
vernment will most severely visit such a violent breach
of law and hospitality upon the cowardly offenders.

MONTHLY AGRICIPLTURAL REPORT.
.....,

This report consists merely of the echo of former dis.
tresses. W respect to the routine of country business,
there is nothing of novelty or interest to mention. The
Wheats, whore they have not been flooded, are generally
found to look well; but drawn upward as they have
been, by a constant series of warm and moist weather,
without the slightest check from frost, the apprehension
is far from being groundless, that they may he exhausted
Its excessive vegetation, and ultimately be more produc-
tive in Straw than Corn. It was supposed last month,
from the wet and poachv state of a great part of the
lamb, that much of the Wheat sowing must be post-
poned till after Christmas ; hut front subsequent account;,
in spite of all difficulties, it seems that a finish has been
generally made. Talavera (Spanish) Wheat is getting
nut of repute; perhaps Corn from a warm climate should
never be sown in tin; country in autumn, until it shall
have become naturalized to our soil. Sheep, its course,
are doing badly abroad, with their fleece and loins con-
stantly wet, feeding on sodden and half rotted turnips.
The mortality among them in various counties, an:l in
Scotland, has already been considerable; and unless a
speedy change in the weather should supervene, a gene-
ral rot, like those in former days, may be apprehended--
in the mean time, those who keep sheep abroad in such
circumstances, yet possessing the means of feeding thent
under shelter (and there are many such men) may, per-
haps, be wise men, though sorry acid ttors; but custom
and fashion must ever govern practices, at well in sheep
husbandry as in physic and public fortune-
teller of prime notoriety, who, moreover, refers to the
exact fulfilment of his former predictions, has lately vim.
tined to prophesy a still farther decline in the price of
Wheat, to the ratio of cent. per cent. Give the markets
time fur this, and the prediction may be verified; but
should the old rules of weather-wis•lom hold their
ground, and a warm and moist whiter be followed by a
cold and blighting spring and summer, it may be pre.
slimed, that neither the quantity norquality of the future
Wheat crop will give much sanctioo to a farther decline
of price, in whatever humour currency may find itself.
During several weeka past, the c..usea of rain and fog, of
the ((brunet patticularly, appears to have been evidently
exhausted ; yet a state of moisture in the atmosphere has
constantly prevailed, and the lands have remained its a
very wet and poach), state. 'Film arc at present Brett
hopes of a favourable state. Fine, heavy, dry Wheat,
short in quantity, alit' 11111101 in requeo, is worth 755.
per quarter ; but in gent ral, all kinds of produce are ne-
cessarily at a declining price, since the supply invariably
exceeds the demand. Perhaps Long %Vuol is an excel).
lion, being rather ready of sale. Nlanufactures are in a
far more prosperous slate than Agriculture, and ate gra.
dually relieving the laud from a part of its superfluous
labourers.—ltar. 31.

Government have established a large steam packet
at Bristol, which is to be attached to the War•ofice
derailment iu that city; it is called the George the
Fourth.

Extensive have been established at Cog.
geslmil, in ES44:,X, at Wlliell lio persons arc already
employed.

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COURSE OF EXI
Amsterdam, 12 10 C. F.
Ditto, at sight, 12 ri
Rotterdam, 12 10
Antwerp, I'3
Handout-0, 37 6
Altona, 37 7
Paris, .3 days' sight, 25 6,1
Ditto, 25 90
Bonrdeana, 23 99
Frankfort on theNtaitte, 136
PetesAntrelt, 9 0 U.
Vienna, 10 1
'iriistr, I•.t. to Is
Madrid, 36—Cailiz, S 6
Ililboa,3sl rarceluna,3si

:1-I kN(iI?.„IAN. 2).
35!,—Gibrall4r,301
Le.lhorn, 47—lienoa, 43j
Moho, .15—Venire, 27 GO
391-I.kboo. Su
Oporto. 50-I)4hiii, 3U
Rio Janeiro, 11
Palermo, 119
per rent.
091,, 9 per rent.
Fort ign gold in bars,3l. 175.

Mid. per oz.
New lionl,lJon,
New Dullstr4
Silver in barsotiodard, 4..
140.

Bank Mork
$ per Cent. Red. 76-I
3 per Cent. Consols 7(
31 per Cent.
4 per Cent. 96}
b per Cent. Navy 1O
Lout Ann. 10i

PRICE OF STOCKS.
Onininin 0.
Imp. 3 per Cent.
Nina funds 11
India stool. 4314 i
Exchequer Bills 51. prem.
COll%. for Ac. 76}
Lottery Tickets

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lott Don :
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3.

The recent Meeting of the Freeholders of the
county of Suffolk proved the wish of that body, to
be decidedly in favour of a Ilethrm in Parliament,
and we are sure that wish is reciprocated, from a
conviction of its necessity, by every honest man—by
every one who shares not " the loaves and fishes,"
the distribution of which is consequent from the
present state of that House, which, instead of being,
as it ought to be, the real representatives of the
people, is, in point of fact, merely the Echo to the
measures of Ministers, be they what they may.—
This Reform, we hope, will effected without a
revolution, because we have a very high authority to
support our own opinion, that " if the House of
Commons be not reformed within its own doors, it
will soon be reformed from without with a ven-
geance." The Session of Parliament now com-
mencing will assemble under more fearful circum-
stances than any other has done in our political
meatc.ry, and Ecw:amy and Retreachment are the
altars on %Welt must be sacrificed every other con-
sideration: these offerings must no longer be confined
to the discharge of intrior Clerks—it must extend
to all classes; and the example of Louis XVIII. is
worthy of George IV.—when he addressed the
Chambers on his second restoration, and acknow.

We regret to find that the outrages in Ireland,
so far from subsiding, are in daily increase—a very
considerable degree of organization seems to exist
among the people, and in some instances they have
even become the assailants of the military.—We

have always considered that an amelioration of the
state of the Irish Catholics, and a decrca.sc of the un-
just oppressions they groan under, which we have
repeatedly enumerated, must take place before tran-
quillity can be expectcl— 1 special commission may
sit for ever, but will not restore quiet to a CATHOLIC
Kingdom whose inhabitants, after supporting their
own ministers liberally, are compelled to pay tythes
to those of a religion they abjure and abhor.

At Boulogne-sur-11 er, notwithstanding the great
number of English residents, provisions are still re-
markably cheap, particularly fish and poultry. A
fine hare may be purchased for about two francs and
a half (two shillings English) ; a goose fur two
francs: fowls for three francs a pair ; and fish
enough for a large family for about one shilling.—
Vegetables and fruit are to be had for almost
miaing ; and milk and butter are very cheap.—
llouse-rent is comparatively dear. In a family of
fifteen or sixteen persons a furnished house will cost
sixty pounds a year the landlord paying taxes. lt
is calculated that in the summer there are five or
six thousand English in Boulogne and its immediate
neighbourhood. Even at present there are said to
be nearly four thousand. Within the last two
months; two or three noted Englishmen, who had
left deur remembrances in their London tradesmen's
books, have tried with success a second edition of
the same scheme upon the credulous people of Bou-
logne. One sprig of fashion has absconded from
that place, after incurring debts there to the amount
of two thousand pounds !
A few days since, a respectable tradesman of
Exeter applied to a clergyman in the neighbourhood
for a debt of 501.: the reverend gentleman, expecting
the demand, had previously assembled his tenants,
who owed him 8001 and offered to accept 4001. from
them, on a day specili. d, and forgive them the re-
maining half. The day arrived—not one of the te-
nants appeared—and the tradesman's bill remains
unsatisfied. We fear occurrences of this nature are
too general ; and such is the reciprocity of interest
between agricultural and domestic commerce, that
the distress of one must necessarily re-act oat the
other.
A gentleman of Edinburgh, being pressed the
other day to subscribe to the national monument to
be erected in that city, to commemorate the events
of the late war, replied, " I'll do nag sic thing—the
.National Dcbt,i my opinion, is monument enough."