The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-21 00:00:00

THE FRENCH ARMY.

BERCIIEM, SUNDAY NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK, 'nc. 16, 1832
breaching batteries are all made, and it is reported they will
mounted immediately. About two o'clock this afternoon, sett"
ral heavy pieces were taken to the trenches, and the men iPt:
stantly set to woik to place them on the batteries. It is
likely we shall have two most uninteresting days until f
breaching batteries begin to play. In consequence of despatf4;_-
received yesterday at head quarters from frontiers of
atatll I,
land, Marshal Gerard immediately ordered that the genera
belonging to General Achard's division sheuid remain 'A,
heads of their several brigades. It is rumouredthat this sudden
command was caused by the concentration of Dutch trot
near Bergen-op-. Zoom; and that the Prince of Orange
making a diversion in order to draw off attention from the Cita"
del. It was also said that 1000 volunteers had reached_ ,V
and Rosendael, and that 400 chasseurs had marched into uoilT;
dyck. I am informed that it is intended to effect a breach ill
bastion Toledo the same way as at St. Laurent, ,
and that this change of plan may cause a delay ofseveral ola
before the grand attack can be made. The French account for
the quiet manner they were‘enabled to commence their war by
the following curious circumstances. A miller near Bercheta
was observed to have a lightedlarnp on the top of his mill evelY
intend
night since the arrival of the French before the walls of .01;
were. On the' nights the trenches were opened, a hussar
stationed near the mill, ank not observing the lantern 1;
usual, he compelled the milled to'- light it and place it io
same position it was- the 'night before . The miller has sluse
been arrested as a spy; and it has been found out that he h'
ed
concertedwith the citadel, that the night the French oPe"
the trenches, the lamp should be taken down.

SHIPPING. OF CONVICTS.-011 Tuesday a rather serious riot
took place at Leith, during the shipping of 21 convicts
board of the smack Edinburgh Castle. As it is generally the
case when convicts are shipped, a great crowd collected on we
shore at the place where the vessel was lying; and when at,
Caravan arrived the crowd pressed arround• it, and very In"
incommoded the persons who acted as guard over the prisonol,
AmOng the crowd were several associates of the felons, slid
who, when they were taken out of the caravan, pushed
elbowed- the people until.they got near the police, when tslhe
suddenly threw sticks to their companions, who with them coil
menced an attack on the police, with a view to rescue the
prisoners. The officers stoutly defended themselves, and ID'
flitted severe blows both on the convicts and those who attack
them, and ultimately succeeded in safely lodging their pri-
soners onboard the smack. They were all ferocious=loobvg
fellows, and one of them swore that if he had a knife he wood
stab the captain to the heart. Three men were apprehend!!
who were •active. in the riot, and next day were tined by to`
sitting magistrate.—Edinburgh Observer.
Ettousit 80u..--The first Middlesex Quarter Sessions, kr
the year 1833, is appointed to take place on the 31st Deccror.sr,
inz. •