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tal welfare (I), and to alleviate, as' much 'as possible,
the inconveniences of the present temporary state:of
affairs. But the'subsistence and maintenance of his
army is the suPreme law of a General it-r
to which all other considerations must yield. lf,
therefore, by any disafleetion which is not to be ex-
petiect from the-Members of the illustrious Junta, he-
should not receive those 'succours which it is his
duty to demand, he would beiroder the necessity of
providing himself for the subsistence and mime:-
nance of his troops ; in the first instance, by forcibly.,
causing to he brought into his
.magazines all. the
provisions to be found in the surrOkurding country
(2), which .would occasion its-being ravaged, Make
the peasants take to :flight, and produce much in-
convenience to the inhabitants of this city; and, in
,the next place, by getting into his hands, by means .
of domiciliary visits, all the stock. of ;wheat and
other provisions in the city (3), aßponting a new
,Administration for the Province, taking possession,
for the benefit of the artily, of all the State and City
property, compelling the Intendant' to give an account
of his past administration, fand seizing the produce
of the duties on the coining of the current money (4).
In short, he will folldw up these means with contri-
butions on the most opulent, the taking of hos-
tages, and other severe measures (5) resorted- to
in fortified places, under circumstances of. neces-
sity. But." trust, Seignors, that your patriotism
will relieve me from the pain (6) of -such plea-
sures; and I propose to leave every thing on its ple- •
sent footing, it being understood that your Excellen-
cies will appoint a Special and Supreme Junta to pro-
vide for the subsistence of the army, whose autho-
rity shall extend Over the whole province, and who
will attend to the execution of the demands made
upon
_them for this purpose. The whole of the
demand will be confined to a supply of four months,
consisting of the following particulars :—To deliver
every -ten days within the citadel, or 'to describe
where there shall be found 22,773 quintals of bread,
estimating the ration at 28 ounces, and 34,000
lanegas, or 24,206 quarters of wheat—every fOrt-
night, 915 qUintals of rice, and double that quantity
of pease; beans, &c.—every, fortnight, also, 448
quintals of salt—every ten days, 50 quintals of fire-
wood—every fortnight, 48,800 pints of wine, or
97.6 pipes, allowing one-third -of a pint for a ration ;
73,200 pints of vinegar, or 146?„ pipes ; and 91,500
pints, or-183 pipes oibrandy—every week, 36,000
.pesetas of subsistence money, and 50,1)00 pesetas for
extriordmaries of all kinds. With regard to the pay.
Of the army, that is provided for by the public trea-
sury of France; and "the necessary fimdi• are pre-
-pared at Perpignan, not only for the future, but also
for, deflaying, the last 300,000 francs ackanccd by
the Intendant in the month of June, and -for
Which he will' receive bills upon this Paymaster at.
Perpignan. The letters of credit from the Minister
of the Public Treasury to the 'Paymastef-General,
which are herewith communicated to the'Yunta, se-.
cure the new advances which are required. A com-
pany shall, therefore, be formed from ani.ong the
most opulent inhabitants, who shall advance to the
Paymaster-General the necessary funds
.for the pay
-of the army, to the amount of 00;000 4ancs, upon
bills of exchange drawn on the Paymaster at Per-
"ptnan. These advance 4 shall. in no cage exceed
•
100,000 •francs ; and it is'.expe'irtcd that each sum
will successi'-ely be paid off at PerpignatS,• by the
time the next demand is made. TLe General in
Chiel will permit the free departure offpersons of
both sexes and of all ages, with the exVeption txf
the principal proprietors, all those holding pu4lie
offices, and all the commercial persons having litd9-
-ries or counting-houses in Barcelona. The General in
Chief informs the public, that ail those who have
left, or shall clandestinely leave, Barcelona, will be
subjected to an extraordinary contribution, to indem-
nity the loss sustained by the army; and that their
property, moveable and immoveable, their town
.and country houses, will be answerable for the
amount,
.should their relatives or agents refuse pay-
ment.

" The General in Chief, DUHESAI t."

NOTES.

(1) Could any man of common decency tell so impudent a
lie Can this miscreant still assert, that Ise would nor use
his authority but for the general reel/are Robbery, pillage,
assassination--horrors which make human nature shudder :
these are the particulars of tht eileral welfare which have
been conferred upon' Spain by the vile Napoleon, his in.
famous satellites, and their wicked partisans. Implacable
hatred to the whole of them !

(2) It-is to be observed, that the extortion and violence
which lie here threatenS, he had been in the habit of corn—
niitting'a long time before.

(3) It should also be staled, that he hati violently taken a
great quantity of provisions from the shops and repositories
of individuals.

(4) What he means by duties on the coining of the current
money, we do not understand ; nor is it possihle to compre-
hend it without seeing the original. But we may, without
any risk 9: mistake, assure . ourselves that it is some new
method of rubbery ; an art in which Napoleon's scholars are
great proficients—" Like Master like Man."

. .
() The pretence of taking hostages; with which he glosses
over his spoliations, will always be a mint for coining money,
and a method of handing civil death on the wedthy ; fir it is
s ..fficiently known to the public, that those of that class who
were carried to the Gastle of Morjui, recovered their liberty
only by means of large disbursements. This is the reward
which those infamous guests give the poor Barcelonese tOr the
many attentions paid them. But. we cannot be surprised that
shy should follow the example of their Master, the most
barbarous of men, who most treacherously toi,k priSo4er his
best friend and ally, in order to rob him of his kingdom.
(6) How grateful ought they to be for M. Duhesme's com-
passion, since he requests' that they should Voluntatity give
him that which force cannot procure. considering the la•
Mentable state of indigence to which the Barcelonese have
be.en already reduced.

During last week a considerable quantity of snow
fell in the Counties of Derby and Cumberland. It was
a severe frost at the same time in Lancashire; ice of
a considerable thickness was seen. '

A very singular and highly interesting experiment
to the public, is trying by Mr. RIGBY, who resides
near Lancaster :—He got in •an'early crop of barley
this summer, which, from its sowing to getting in,
was only seven weeks. He Olpughid the land on
which it grew with all possible speed; and then sowed
the same with barley again, and it had, within these
few days, the appearance of a very excellent crop.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOR-

ROW.
Morning, 33 min. after 4. Afternoon, St min. alter 4.

MONDAY.

Morning, 9 min. after 5. Afternoon, 3t min. after '5.

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POLICE.

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GUILDHALL, OCT. 7.—Mr. .
strurnent-maker, Cornhill, was charged with cotn.
miffing a violent assault Qn several persons, shop.,
keepers, in Lang-lane,. last night. • .
Griffiths stated, that,be kept a cook's-shop;."
Ott Longrlane.. Last night, about, ten b'cloek, he
heard a noise of a stick running across his shcls-
- ; he thought 9.ome, of ,the glasshad bear
broken. He went into , the street, and asked. the
Prisoner why be had endangered his windows ?, lie
replied, for fun, awl be would do it. again ; he then
brandished .a stick of, Herculean size, performed the'
sarneoperation on the windows, and_ produce& the •
satne kind of Music. The witness,then told •
if he did not desist, he wouldapply his foot to a.cer-
tain part, where there would, not, be any danger of,
breaking belles—the *Prisoner immedtately•lifted up.,
his bludgeon hind struck him. The , witness's wife' ,‘
came out, and he gave herataste al,:b of his,shillela.•

His next door neighbdur, Mr. 4,e.e1e,. baker,,camo;
out, and obs'etye that the Prisoner had used his win-.
dth,v in the same Way. The Prisoner_ ilmnediately • !
struck him—hiS wife came out, - and she .receiv-,
ed a blow from the stick, which cut.her forehead in
a desperate. manner. The Prisoner still continued
strikin every per'son he could get at. The watch-
men were afraid to go near him. Atlast. a gentle-
man rushed on him, and by his superior strength
overpowered him, and lodged him in the watch-
. ,
house.
Keefe, his wife, and several other persons,
corroborated the above testimony.

The Prisoner, in his deletice,'said, that he thought
the witnesses were the aggressors; ,but. he wal a
little flushed with wine, found himself surrounded "
by a number of persons, and having considerable t.
property aboot him, did make use. of his stick to
extricate himself. He lost his watch, hat, and still:
in the scuffle.

A Quaker Gentleman said, he came up after the
affray, and from what he could le.arn from the wit-
nesses, they were to blame in the first instance, and
the first witness was in a state of intoxication,

• The Constable of the Watch declared that the first
witness, 'and every one of the other witnesses; were
perfectly sober.-
A Gentleman then came forward, and stated, that
he was the person who secured the Prisoner; at the
risk of his life; he lived sixty yards from the, place
v.,here the • affray happened. The 'condua of. the
Pris Oner was so outrageous, that it brought him out
of his house; he was striking every one around him,
and, from the size of the stick, he was afraid he
might coptnit murder ; it was. with some difficulty
that he could secure him.—He was astonished that
any Gentleman, in the garb of a Quaker, would come
',into a COuit of Justice, and, speak what was not
truth. None of the persons that bad
,been injured
were were the least intoxicate_; for persons in their situa-
tions of life, none could bear better cbaratiersthey
had been 'housekeepers fora length of time, and were
highly respeeled in their neighbourhood.• The Qua-
ker Gentleman came up after the affray was over,
and, by an improper interference, was near agitating
• the atiray anew.
The 'Worthy Magistrate said, lie was sorry and
surprised- to see a Gentlermin in the station of life the
Prisoner was in brought befortt him on so disgrace-
ful a charge; a 'person ought to be the pre-
'Server instead of the breaker of the peace. lie would
advise birri to try to make it up ,with the :Prosecia..
tors, bytoiing them some compensation, if they
would be satisfied with that kind .of atonement; if
not, it would be his duty to bind, him over to take
his trial at
,the Sessions, and if it came before a Jury
of his countrymen; the Court would be more. severe
on him than they would on an ignorant person, as he
transgressed with a full knowledge of the extent of
the offence.

• The Prosecutors were satisfied to compromise the
matter, and went out of Court and -adjusted it., when
the Prisoner was discharged.

BOVV-STREET.7--YesterdayG.P. llakernan,oneof the
brought before(
jol.,dNesAt
Rpßies,k puoscqk.ettsbeabsoi.totti‘ntgo'w 11, was
-
Magistrate, on a charge
of robbing
John Cook of
his watch. The Prose
cuter, who is a publican in Long acre, was 'return-
ing home, on Thursday, night, about twelve o'clock,
throilgh Temple Bar, accompanied by
his wife, when the Prisoner and twoothermen:who
were in company with him, assaulted him, and in
the scuffle he lost his watch ; the Prismier, whom.
he had seized at the first onset, was rescued
,from.
him, and, with his two companions, retreated into
an, oyster shop on the spot, the door of which was
immediately shut against Cook and his wife, who in
vain applied'to a watchman to obtain entrance and,
secure robbers; while Cook was gone to fetch
an Officer, leaving his wife to watch the house, two
of the villains left it,. but just as he returned, Town-
send, one of the-Bow-street patrole, came by, and
insisting upon having admittance into the huuse,
took the Prisoner into custody.
The master and mistress of the oyster-shop be-
haved extremely ill to the PrOsecutor and his wife,
and shewed every disposition to conceal the:robbers.
The master appeared before the Magistrate, and
was severely reprimanded fur his bad conduct.

.7The Prisoner was committed for the highway rob-
bery. He is but lately returned from Botany 133 Y,
where lie had been tor several years, as a con%'kt,
for a similar offence in the county of Derby'.

MAR LUO ROU - Fictitious Soulhonp-
ton Bank Kotes.—A person of the name, of White
was charged with fraud, in uttering a note, purport-
ing to be of the value of five pounds, with intent to
defraud a publican of the name of 1-Toward, who re-
sides in Dean-street, Soho: The Defendant was also
charged, by a grocer in Moore-street,. Cotnpton7
street, with a similar offence. Mr. Howard stated,.
that the Defendant passed the note on him on the,
evening of the 22d ult. after purchasing a bottle of
rum. He suspected the note to be a bad onei.and
the Defendant indorsed it with the name of White,
and said he lived in Compton-street. The other
note was passed, on the grocer about halt an hour
afterwards. , The Prosecutor Howard said he had
no doubt of the Defendant being the person who-
defrauded hiM and the grocer believed him to be
the man who had passed the note on him, but he
would not take' on himself to be positive.—Seve-

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