The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-02 00:00:00

VIOLENT ASSAULT IN PRANCE UPON ThaNs
ENGLISH GENTLEMEN. •

On Sunday the Wth,ul.t. about four o`ek~cic in
the afternoon, as GEORGt TREVOI.I,
son of the Hon; W. It, Hat;Ws/
K. N.; nephew to the Dean of-Witichestell and
Mr. J 0.111" FORDYCE, were on their rettirti from
Paris, thei.got out of the diligence iii ‘vlticktilef
were travelling, for the purpose of • walkingeu.l'
one of the steep hills which lie between .
logne and Calais; when they had almost ascended
the hill, they were met by two Frenchmen-a-retied.
with double-barrelled. guns, apparently:return.
ing from sporting, who, after staring at themin
-
a. Very impertinent and 'offensive -manneri-ac-
costed them with " Vioade, ces Anglais."
On Captain Hollis" remarking that:he-hoped the
sportsmen would know. them -when they—me
again, they cocked their guns, and
.threitteeß".,
to fire upon them ; at the same 'time -one-of 't
-h°
Frenchmen presented, and•ininiediately recover-
ed his arms ; but the other waiting till the ing
lishinen had turned their backs in order to pro-
ceed on their walk, deliberately discharged his
piece at them, at the distance of not more than
35 :paces, by which the whole- party were
wounded. Captain Hollis received several shot
(which were what the French Grill chevrOtin,
and about the size ofqhe Engiish Wick...shot),
in .his hand and arm, as well as in differen t,parte of
his body, by which he was very seriously hurt, and
Mr. Spencer and Mr. Fordyce wereals6 injured,
although in a much slighter degree. - The "vff'
lains proceeded down the hill till they. carne U 1
sight of the Diligenee, 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 be at some distance
behind when the assault was :committed. On
finding themselves closely pursued; they again-
presented their guns;threatening to blow out the
brains of any one who attempted, to,folltr.v ,them;
so that the English party, who. were totally nil'
armed, were compelled to abandon the attempt-
On their arrival at Marquise,.they gaveinforron"
tion to the Bens‘tParmes- on duty at the vittng_et-
•who instantly went in -search-of the assassins:
At Calais the affair was ...laid he the Pre-
fect of Police, who -behaved in the most gen-
tleman-like manner, and made every exertion to
disc Over the perpetrators of thisemprovoked and
cowardly attack upon three unarmed strangers.
The party were also Very.much indebted' to the
kind attention of Thomas Foeblanque, Esq., the
English Consul at Calais, who immediately wrote
a representation of the case to Sir Charles Stew-
art. In the event of their -tieing arrested, of
which there can be little-doubt, the Gevtlemen
have all pledged themselyes to prosecute, and
we feel confident the French Government evil/
most severely visit such a violent breach :4' latiY
and hospitality upon the cowardly oenders.

MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.-----A gentleman at
Sutton St. Edmund's,' in Lincolnshire, Olt.
WHITSEDO a few days before Christmas, cut
several heads of asparagus grown lo the Qpen ui
which was as tine and of tis.good liat.our as in tlie
summer.
i%lr. .I.)oLny, gardener, Spalding, has,at 11'1
time a sample of self
potut.,eS proditccuL
from last year's stock, of a good size-; -theee
them which were lately dug weighed a quarter of
a pound. .

COAI4-MARKET, PEE.
ships at Varket. Ships said-
534 Newcastle - -17 t - •
11. Sunderland - - 5

Price.
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COLTILW OF EXCHANGE, February )-.

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Ditto
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BULLION,

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bi itTILS.
At Buiton;crescent, on the Ist inst., thiliAr of John Itfiii,
Lsq.,of a,son. ~
.i • .
' On the 20th ult., of twins, the re.:-I,''' of Lieut. Woodkate.. or
the 54th reglineut,_officer:,.of the .14int;oln'district. The eldes:
of five of their children is under three years old. . .

MARRIED.. • . ,
Yestertlny 'rriOrrririg; at St. Pancras
jun„.l.4q.,.Civil Engineer, of ficr.viwni.4t7,ct, Fiqrnyrsquitre,.
to Aligs Taylor, of the same ;dace.

DIED.
On 'Thitraday Marv;' the 'widow of Sprtrke; Es q;
late of Gosdcn, near Guildford.
At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on' the 26th ult.' aged 88, Cuth-
bert Teasdalot EgA_ the father "of, the hew ia the ,-INook of
England, he haVingleen admitted an Attorney in the reign of.
George the Second..
; • Suddenly, on Sunday last, at his house, in Hatton-garden,
whore, he had resided,upWards'of -30 years, Williain
Esq. in the 63d year of his age. •
Lately, at 1-kekington; Ann, thedattghter of Mr.-Milken'
Idle, aged 16 years; and within a wegli, aller, Mrs. idloOtisN
wife, aged 5G ; and also;; on the, same day, John Elkihgton,
their:gtrandson,.aged _three:years; whose futhei, and mother died t
a few months ago.
At Granthani, on :Wednesday last, aged ;38, Mattha, the •
wife of T. Whitworth, one of the comedians of, that p,l-0,"-Tz7
She had in her childliOodhe(in the proteg6 of Ladi Athepar-
terson Anstruther, Fife House, Edinburgh. .
On SatUrday last, at Peterborough; aged 67,; Diana Votile",
for 40 years ,a faithful servant in . the; family pf the late W.i,1415;;
Moore, Esq., of Eye. In recording the death of this inotfen-,
sive woman, it may to our distant readers appear.'sonsegwhe,/
extraordinary to state, though the fact is well known _to evtr,7-
one in Peterborough and thb neiehbouithood; that. -fshL'.,l;{;,d
stantly worn man's apparel from 28 years of and was
larly employed itsthe business 'of a man servant. -

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