Star.
London, England, 1802-01-15 00:00:00

pßirJrz coßizsioND szycz.

PARIS, JANUARY s, isos.• •
I wrote you Lift from Brads, dated 3oth Dec.
on which day I fet out for Paris. The roads from
the latter city to Valenciennes are very bad, ow.
ing to the artillery, &c. for the Duke of York's
army, when it be6eged Valenciennes, which en.
tirely deßroyed the roads. This once beautiful
city trill remains a dreadful memento of the
havock committed by the befiegers. More than
one third of the town was deCoyed, and not a
tingle hook is yet rebuilt : nay, not even the rub.
bilk removed ; but now that the bleffings of Peace
is rellored to this country, the town is to be re-
built, and the roads repaired.--From Valenciennes
to Paris the road is jioneeall the way ; there is no
difficulty whatever about paffports ; at the en-
trance of every town there is a Bureau tear le
/cation tkrjusrporte, where you blew them, and that
u all. At Cambray I flopped the night ; this
place is very prong, and was fummoned by the
Allies in the year 1794, but before they received
the anfwer from the Commandant, they bad It-
camfreelt.—thie it • fad.
On my approach to Paris, which I raw at three
leagues off, I was impreffed with fenfations caller
felt than defcribed ; the city of Paris, which agi-
tated men!: minds for the laft twelve years, where
there is fo much vice and virtue, folly and wicked-
nets, and at the !brine time bravery, petriotifm, and
philofophy. The barrier of that city I entered by
the Fauxbourg St. Martin, eagerly inquiring. for
every obje& which rendered it famous or infa-
mous. At the barrier 1 (hewed my paffport ; and
when I arrived at my lodging, I was obliged to
give my name, occupation, date of my paffport,
and by whom given, and thus ends the hobgob.
En " Tales of Paffports." I mention this circum.
Rance, as a minifterial paper Rated a few months
ago, that when a foreigner arrived at Paris, he
ems coinkii&diy a guard offolefter: to the Hotel of the
Mittifie? ¶1 Porta.
Pans is full of foreigners, but not-many Eng-
Elk excepting many officers who return through
France from our army in Egypt. Lodgings are
very dear here, and I was much di appointed at
finding every thing very dear. Every fpecies of
extravagance and diffipation is purfued here, and
in that refpeti Paris is not altered ; but I confefi
that having feen Paris in the asocial railed, I find
there is not fo much real fplendour as heretofore ;1
the (hops,, it is true, are as full as ever ; the
theatres, which there are no lefs than thirteen
open every evening, befides other aninfementsyare
every night filled, although the prices of admiffion
are as dear as ours, all but a lhillinP, and the Pa-
lais Royale as full as ever ; Rill the. • t ft, tee /coil
quoi wanting, there arc not to many ipLe.did equi.
pages, nor even fo many people in the itreets as
formerly ; this may perhaps lie owing to the
want of the bugle of trade, but to appearance
Paris has declined in population.
The nest. Consut has a review tomorrow,
and will fet out in three Jays h:nce for Lyons.—
The reafon of hi; delay is, al it is Rated on good
authority, that he expeas to Ggn the Definitive
Treaty negociating at Amiens before he leaves
Paris.

M. D. HAUTE inn, the celebrated author ofthe
" State of the French Republic at the End of the
Year Eight," of which you have a very good
tranflatlon, has the Porte•feuille of the Minifter
for Foreign Affairs during his abfene at Lyons.
M. Hauterive was prefented with a very valuable
gold, f::t with diamonds, fnuff box, from the late
Emperor PAUL, and his miniature, as a token of
his raped for that Gentleman's abovementioned
publication.
The 'lnce celebrated tAlatill lives here in• a
very obfcure Ratios of life; he fubfifts by trate-
lating Englilh works into French for the book-
fellers. _ _ _

TROIA AS PAINS is alto here, and applies himfelf
very &A A)? to mechanics, and is about to prefent
the world with a new difcovery.
There has been a report in circulation in Hol-
land, and which, no doubt, has been alto in Eng-
land, that four Generals, viz. Bauer, Baena-
born, ANCIERIAU, *Ad LA swat, have been arrell-
ed ; I can allure you there is not a word of truth
in it.

The French Government is much inclined to
encourage and promote in this country every
branch of arts and fciences, commerce, itc. and are
extremely jealous of any perfon, foreigner or na-
tive, attempting to do any thing Which might
here a contrary tendency. About fourteen days
flue a perfon employed here by the manager of
("era houfe, was arrefted and kept in cuflody
near a fortnight for an attempt to engage Will is
and a celebratal female dancer to leave the coun-
try._ Dancers, &c. Etc. are confidered here as
ufdol artifts, and are not allowed to be indeed out
of the country. He was however liberated, through'
*fry great intereft; but was obliged to leave Pans.

The Mailer of a Genoefe vac' arrived at Tunis,
reports, that the French Government has caufed
in he intimated to the Regencies of Africa, that
if in the cootie of forty days they do not fet free
all their eaves, and declare themfelves in peace
-.ill, all nations, they will be compelled to do fo
161 f,,tce of arms.

A Letter from Lautanne, dated. Dee. t, falrt."-1
" At the brainflant of our Revolution, our
fc Funds were exhasilled. The ruin of private
fo, cones nearly followed. Bounded as we are by.l
nations, we bare no refources but what our
rnimntains afford. Our .fmall manufaitories are.
ailiihilatcd. We are deßitnte of every thing, but
vie vanity and luxury of our neighbours, that in-.
reftion renders our inifery Rill more miferable.
The primitive Swifs, it is true, were poor ; but,
they bad, not our artificial wants, and honeßy
give comforts, and fupported their virtuous in-
digence. As for vs we art filial into penury ;we
puffed with pride and cowards. Even now
We are on the eve of falling into the moll cruel
loarchy, which nothing-can prevent but the in-,
trodu6tion of foreign forces; and undoubtedly'
y will complete the urcafore of our atirfor-
:::,!s."

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larnamoisci.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
, Yeftetdays an appeal and petition was heard
againft the accounts of Mr. Pettier, Surveyor of
the bighwa.ys, for the para. of Helton, an this
County.
Mr. Serjeant Barr and Mr; Knowuts, far the
appellants, contended that the above accounts had
been illegally figned by one of the Magiftrates,
and that, inftead of their being prefented to the
Petty Sefflons, as the Ad directs, in cafe of an ob-
lation being takcn to the accounts, they had, in
dired violation or, tile. rights of the inhabitants
complaining of thl ipandalous charges which they
contained, and which It was alledged.wai a fraud
upon the parilli, the EgOature of the Magiftrate
furreptitioully obtained:
A great number of the inhabitants were called
to prove this fad ; they fteted that a veftry bad
been held, when the accounts of the funis expend-
ed in the repairs of the highwits in the pariih, was
fubmitted to their infpedion. The meeting con-
liftectof fourteen, nine of whom had objeded and
infittedupon their being carried before the Bench
of Jullices. Mr. Pettier wlibed theM to be fubmit-
ted to a M.agiftrate ; this was objected to, and
much dilpute *role, during which moll of the in.-
habitants objedin retired. Five of them hofve-
ver figned the book, as approving of the accounts;
they were accordingly fubmitted to the-Magiftrite
in queftion, who readily figned them as being
agreed to. It appeared, however, that on the 57th
October, the day on which the Bench was expea-
ed to fit, feveral of th habitants attended at
Brentford, in order to ap againit the accounts;'
they waited Come time in expedation of the Court
being opened, which however did not take place.
In the mean time the accounts were put into the
Solicitor's hands, who attended for the appellants,
and the Vefiry Clerk informed him the; bad been
Ofigned at the Magiltrate's houfe on the 26th of
ctober.

Mr. SYLVESTER and Mr. Co-aor attended on the
other fide.
The CHAIRMAN was of opinion what the Ma-
gißrate had done was a mere nullity, as the AFt
particularly enjoined that no accounts were to be
pafed nnlefs with the approbation of the majority
of the inhabitants. He, therefore, thought k would
be needlefs to enter into the merits of di...cafe.
Mr. Serjeant Bur (aid, he was fully prepared
to go into the cafe at length, which would difclofe,
perhaps, what might not be agreeable to Mr.
Perner.

The CH* it aux obferved, that it would redound
to Mr. Perner's credit if he fuffered the matter to
be thoroughly inveftigated.
Mr. Pettier raid, it was what he withed, efpecial-
ly after the hard words which had been ufed by the
Learned Gentleman appearing for the ippellants.
Several of the Magiftrates on the Bench withed
much that thefe difputes in the pad& were amica-
bly fettled.
Judgment was then given in favour of the Ap-
pellants.

SESSIONS-HOUSE, CLERKENWEI
RIOT IN BOND-STREIT.

JAN. rs. •

flkun Meads was indifted for affaulting Tho-
mas Tricker on the night of the 7th of Orlober
tall. It appeared, that on that evening, a report
was fpread through town that the Preliminaries
of Peace had been figned ; and on that account
feveral houfes at the Weft End of the Town were
illuminated. Mr. Tricker, the Profecutor, Paid,
that at this time he was at the houfe of an ac-
quaintance in Bond-ftreet, oppolite to that of
Meffrs. Bennet and Tolfon, where Lord Camel-
ford lodged. Moft of the houfes except this were
illuminated ; a great snob came up, and called
out for lights; none appeared in this houfe; and
when the mob became very clamorous, and be-
gan to throw hones at the windows, Lord Camel.
ford came out, and attacked the-.people in the
ftreet. The Ptofecutor and two friends of his
mixed among the crowd, for the purpofe of Pee-
ing what was going forward, when his Lordship
(truck his two friends with his flick ; and then the
Profeeutor went and took hold of Lord Camel-
ford's arms, which- he held fall, in order to pre-
vent him from ftriking any other perfon. At this
time the Prifoner, who was porter to Mars.
Tolfon and Bennet, came up with his bludgeon,
and (truck the Profecntor. This fat was proved
by feveral witneffes, and they all Paid, that no
lights were put up in the honk at the time when
Lord Camelford iffued forth into the ftreet.

Mr. KNAPP made a very able fpeech on the 1
part of the Defendant. He reprobated the con-
dua of thofe mobs who went about breaking
windows, throwing fquibs and crackers, and com-
pelling people to illuminate their bodes. Every
maa's-houfe was his cattle, which no perfon had
a right to intrude upon ; and, if perfons came,
and made an attack againft it, in a violent man-
ner, the owner was juftified in going out and de-.
fending himfelf in the heft manner he could. On
the fame principle, Lord Camelford was juftified
in going out , and attacking the riotous mob that
had fo violently and outrageoufly made an attack
againft his houfe. Although the bode went by
the name of that of Tislfon and Bennet, yet it
was his Lordihip's houfe, as he occupied the
upper pan of it. He then railed feveral wit-
neffes, who flitted, that on the night in queftion,
a large, mob, compofed of boys and men. came
along Bond-ftreet, defiring the people to light up
their houfes. When they came to the houfe where
'Lord Camelford lodged, they threw Hones at the
windows, and broke feveral panes In the firit
floor. Ir was then that Lord Camelford came
out, in ordcr to difperfe the mob, and while he
attempted to take up the ringleaders, they hiffed,
hooted, and threw liones at him. They alfo ftruck
him with flicks, but when he made a violent at-
tack againft them, they all ran away. His Lord-
(hip called out to his affiance all the fltopmen of
Melfrs. Tolfon and Bennet, and fornithed each
'of them with a bludgeon. The mob returned, and
made a fecond attack againft his Lordthip, which
)psreftfted: in the mean time, the profecutor, who
hi the thick of the mob, wok bola of his

Lordfinp's mins, and pinioned Mm down for Come
mines, during which time feveral perfons were
beating Lord Came!ford with bludgeons. It was
then that the defendant ftruck the profecntor with
a flick. The mob refafed fevers' times to difperfe,
after his Lortlfhip had defired them. He never
came out until the people had broke his drawing-
room windows, by throwing (tones,. , &e.
at them. The defendant had, in fequence of
his Lordfhip's requeft, come to.,lis aftlftance.
The riot lafted two or three houit. There was
an apartment tin the fecond floor which did not
belong to Lord Camelford, and which was illumi-
nated at the time.

Mr. SYLVESTER, the Counfel for the profecu-
tion' obferved in reply, that it would have been
well if Lord Came Word's name had not been men.
tinned at all in this bufinefs ; that if a snob called
out for lights, and attacked his houfe, he might
endeavour to have the offenders taken up, and
btought to punittment ; but it was not his bufi-
nefa to take the law into his own hands. He and
his bludgeon-men,. intlead of fearching after, and
apprehending rioters, ruched out indifcriminatcly,
and [truck every orron they met; they (truck
thofe who formed no part of the rioters—men
who paired along merely from iuriofity; and
therefore, to firilce any perfon who. prevented
Lord Camelford from continuing this violence,
mutt be an affault.

The CHAIRMAN obferved, that though Lord
Camelford was no party in this indiament, yet.
it was not only proper, but neceffiry, that his
name Ihould have been mentioned, as well as the
circumflance which gave tire to this Wank. It
was not to be endured, that a violent and riotous
mob Mottld go about, calling on people to light
their hoofes, and break their windows if they did
not do fo. Every Iran, whole houfe was fo at-
tacked, had aright to go out, and refill the at-
tack by open force. He had, under fucl► circum•
fiances, a right to take the law in his own hands.
Lord Camelford was exatlly in this fituation.—
The place where he lived was his honk—that
houfe was his cattle; and he vets juflified in re-
lifting the attack that had been made upon it.
The quellion then was, Firft, Whether the profe-
cutor, by mixing in a riotous mob., did not form
one of them ? and next, Whether the defendant was
or was not endeavouring to fupprefs that riot ?
The Jury found the defendant Guihy, and the
CHAIRMAN fentenced him to ?ay a fine of 6s. Bd.
and be difchargett.