The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-02 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS OF WEDNESDAY.

PARIS, JULY 30.
TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
" MADRID, JULY 46.
" THE MAJOR GENERAL TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE MI-

NISTLR OF WAR.
" General Huber took possession of Ferrol ontheastb,
in consequence of a capitulation.
" This town was oecnpled by 2,000 men."
(The coming on of night prevents us from resolving
the end of this despatch.) •
The King of Portugal had requested permission of his
Catholic Majesty, that his august daughters, and the In-
fants Don Carlos and Sebastian, might pass a few months
in Portugal, more particularly those in which the yellow
fever is most prevalent at Cadiz. The Revolutionists
have returned the following answer to his Most Faithful
Majesty:—" The King has consulted his Conncil, whose
opinion is contrary togranting the permission reqamted."
—(Etoile.)
There were several reports on 'Change, and the one
most credited was, that a telegraphic despatch was re-
ceived from Madrid, announcing the departure of the
Duke d'Angouletne for Seville, and it is said that his
Royal Highness was to leave yesterday the above capital
with his whole staff and body guard. According to letters
received from L'Orient bya passenger who witnessed the
first attack on Corunna, this place was determined to
defend itself to the last extremity. The ships taken by
the Spanish privateers were sent to Vigo, where General
Quiroga was to prepare for the defence of the latter
town, and to give his instructions to the Governor. Yes-
terday, on 'Change, there was a great talk of a letter
weitten by a person employed in the blockade of Cadiz,
which hinted of a negotiation with the Cortes, or with
the Spanish Ministry. We do not know if there is any
foundation in the egos's• report, or only a =panne of the
Stock Exchange. Postscript to the Constientionel, dated
nine at night.
It was stated yesterday evening, that our troops bad
repulsed, in a very brilliant affair, a sortie from the gar-
rison of Barcelona. According to the last sews that
was published, Moneey was to make a grand manoeuvre
to drive the enemy from Villafrancs. We are expecting
great events from that quarter.—(lLid.)
Letters from Cadiz, dated the 15th, say that the ne-
'Mations were in the greatest activity on the 11th inst.,
and that every thing was broken off on the 14th. This
last assertion seems to agree with the sortie which took
place on the 16th. These two circumstances united are
thought to have been the cause of the departure of the
Prince Generalissimo from Madrid. It is said that Mo-
rillo, in consegnence of some order he has received from
the Regency, has refused obedience to its orders.--
(Pilote.)
PORT ST. MARY, Jim 18.
"I wrote you word yesterday that a Spanish officer
had, with a degree of noble rashness, swam over the
canal to bring some very important information to Gen.
Bordesoult ; report says, that the whims he has brought
give great hopes of a speedy denouement, but at the
same time that they seem to require the presence of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Aagouleme in the vicinity
of Cadiz."
French rentes closed on Wednesday in Paris at 91.5.
(sel!ers) ; Scrip, I prem.; Neapolitan. 751; Spanish, 36.

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THE STA'

The Meretants of Loximparg, Dave ►eguis to' mid all
such goods destined fin. Saxony by way of Bruniwiek
or Hano►er, Nordheim,Witzenh amen, Eisenacb, through
the State of Gotha; and the Lei psig Merchants have adopt-
ed the same course for sending goods to Ltmenbarg. The
only article in these papers, of any political interest, is
dated from Odessa, July 4. By this wa learn;lllit It-
cording to aecoasts from Coustantinople, to the 29th of
Juts*, the Porto has yielded to the urgentvepresentatt
and threats of Lord Strangford, and released the four
Russian ships. But'they must return to OdesiaoOatiail
of going to the Archipelago. Nothing was knowp at
Constantinople respecting the events in the Peloponnesur
The capital was tranq nil. An addition to this article
dated July 7, says that a ship which 10ft Constantinople,
on the 2d, brings word that the negociations with Russia
had failed, and that hostilities bad recommenced.

The Ibth of Jaly is a period which the Bourbon news-
mongers cannot pass, with regard to the operations before
Coronas. Their morning scribe in London gives us an-
other instance of their dislike to be " explicit " in this
matter, in the shape of " a part of a telegraphic dispatch,
the completios of which was prevented by the Welters of
the evening." This droll document is as follows :

" Madrid, July 20.
" THE MAJOR-GENERAL TO THE MINISTER OF WAR.
"General Huber took possession of Ferrol on the 16th
inst. by capitulation. This town was occupied by 2000
-en."

Unluckily for the Ultra scribe this is not a part, but the
whole of a dispatch. It is complete. It expresses clearly
and fully, that Ferrol surrendered to the French on a given
date, by capitulation; and that it was occupied by two
thousand men. The only curiosity about the matter is, why
such a dispatch was sent ; because the feet of the occupa-
tion of Ferrol was well enough known before. We can
hardly suppose it made to add a falsehood to the known
feet; although it does so; for there were not 2000 men in
Ferrol; and it was not surrendered by capitulation, but
abandoned on the approach of the French, by a precon-
ceded arrangement. And why, at a late period of the even-
ing, state what was already known ; and not a syllable of
what remained In doubt. Why tell us of Ferrol, when we
want to hear ofCorunoal That place is the bane of the French
hopes; and we gather from their evident aversion to mention it,
an aversion as strong as that of a mad dog to taste wa-
ter, that it may prove an effectual antidote to their pre-
sumption. The Etoile gives a letter, forged i o the name
of a French prisoner in Corunna, during the first attack
on that place; who is made to describe very minutely
the conquests of the French until they had 'reached "the
" very ramparts of the town." To that point, at least,
half a dozen French accounts have carried them tri-
umphantly; but there they all vanish. Though the
French can climb inaccessible rocks, without difficulty
or hesitation—the ramparts of Corunna have stopped
their career. The " prisoner" says, the Spaniards lost
98 killed and wounded. This, we dare say, is less than
the truth. Battles cannot be won without loss, whatever
the French bulletins may say; and this loss would be
trivial in such an affair. Upon this point a French pri-
soner in Corunna might happen to be well informed ;
but when be adds, that " oar (meaning the French) loss
" was very inconsiderable, whatever the Spaniards may
" say to the contrary," he says what a man pent up in a
fortress as a prisoner, could not know ; and what no one,
who knows that the French were driven from the bat-
teries of Corunna, can believe. This odd fellow of a
prisoner adds :
" Had it not been for the arrival of Campillo's corps
of about 1800 men, the remains of those troops who de-
fended Biscay and the Asturias, Corn n na, which boasts of
being the second bulwark of liberty, would have fallen
without a struggle, the garrison having already mani-
fested its intention of not opposing any resistance to the
French army."

"'Fore heaven!" as Cassio says, "this is a better
" song than t'other !" The Preach do, then, know all '
about the matter. But they should tell us what Cam-
pillo's corps did, when it arrived—and what has become
of it. heaven reward Campillo and his corps for com-
ing so opportunely ! though we did not know we were so
much indebted to them. Still we should like to know
more about them. The French say that they drove the
Spaniards to the very gates of the town ; and that they
afterwards closely invested it. If Cau3pillo's corps came
during the battle, it must have been driven into Corunna
with the rest. If it came after the battle, how did it
break through the French " complete investment ?"
We cannot, either, understand the statement of the
garrison not intending to oppose any resistance
to the French. The letter have found their actions
a little at variance with the statement of this " pri.
" soner!" For a last question, may we ask how
the prisoner got away, as the French could not liberate
him before they took the town. But for the merriment
of the matter, and because we have little else to do, these
" Copper Captains" might pass with less notice. The
French reports and bulletins wear a truly (loyal aspect.
They are as childish as folly, and as ridiculous as vanity
can make them. They tell us there is nothing to do ; and
we suppose this is to account for their doing nothing.
" The fortifications of Tarragona are in a bad state,'
say their accounts. The natural query is, why is not
Tarragona taken ? and the inference as necessarily is,
that, however bad the fortifications may be, the French
are not in a condition to approach them. A private cor-
respondence from the head-quarters at Madrid, says—
" Theexample of General Morillo has been followed by
" a very great number of officers, particularly of General
" officers, as well as by soldiers of every rank ; and
" that the troops of Villacampa are united under the
" Royal standard!" Prince Hal would exclaim—" These
" are like the father that begets them." Villa Camps
found that his soldiers would not join his treason, and
I abandoned his command. Not a troop followed him to
the French standard. There were not in the Spanish
r service a great number of General Officers ; and from
t the alacrity of the French to publish the names of the
t scoundrels who took refuge amongst their horde, we
.should soon have bad the list, if it bad contained
, only a couple of the most obscure names.—lf,
the French ace satisfied, we are content. They aro to

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quite as good a plight as we could wish ; and yet-they
are is as bad a condition as we could hope they would be.
(live ns a month or two of hot weather; and. however,
the French may boast of General Officers. the rank_and
file will begin to melt away rapidly enough even for us—
who think that no fate too bad can befal them, if they
hesitate to shoot much longer' their own officers, in-
stead of the Spaniards, and to return home to their own
employments.

The loan to the Rebel Regency, of which the London
Bourbou•scribe wrote so confidently yesterday, he now
admits, has " become again a matter of doubt." Aye,
aye The money-lenders do not like the Corumsa secu-
rities well enough to risk their money in the hands of
the raggassuffin rebel Regency of Madrid, until they
have better security to offer than the abolished tittles ;
land certain royal rights; which we t rust will be soon
'abolished also. The scribe, in a desponding tone, adds,
—" We do not pretend to decide how far its conclusion
is to be regarded as certain. Such seemed to be the
opinion of well informed persons at Paris;—

and, at all events,it is certain that the negoci.
ation had proceeded nearly if not quite to its close."—
It proceeded to its close certainly, as the French did to
the walls of Comma; but the close was not so desirable
as was anticipated. If Ferdinand had been taken at
Seville—if Cadiz had surrendered at the first request—
if Morillo's treason had been effectual—if Corunna had
fallen—if Mina's head had been frozen instead of his
foot—if the population of Spain bad hailed the French
as deliverers—if a thousand other ifs had not existed
against the chance of the dotard Regency continuing
six months at Madrid—then the loan might have been
effected. Bat, as the matter stands—a lean to such crea.
tures is out of the question, if the money•holders wear
beads for any other purpose than to stick their hats
upon.

The question of the existence of a blockade even at
Cadiz is likely to be agitated most seriously. The
DWARF cutter was fired at on coming out of the harbour
of Cad:a ; and her Captain very promptly and properly
lowered his boat, and sent to the French Admiral to de-
mand an explanation, and an apology. The last was
aukw•ardly made, and the first eluded. The French said
they did not know she was a British national vessel,
though her pendant and ensign were flying. It is time
they bad some of their old lessons on this matter repeat-
ed. There was a time when they could recognise it at
a much greater distance: and, we trust the next vessel
they have any doubts about, will satisfy them in another
manner. The Bourbon Zdnairals do not know us AT
sea! We have delivered Europe for something

The Empecinado has become as active as Mina ; and bids
fair to be as terrible to the French. Some Constitationallets,
shut up in the Castle of Zamora, being threatened with
military execution, he has seized a number of clerical and
royalist hostages ; and declares, that for every murder com-
mitted on his followers, he will hang twenty priests. We
trust the threat will have its due effect.

WINDSOR, Auo. 1 —Yesterday his Majesty, with his
usual attendants, took an airing for a considerable time
in the Great Park. It was his Majesty's intention to
have gone to London at the end of this week; but his
Majesty's departure from the Royal Lodge is unavoid
ably postponed for the present. Some threatening
symptoms of gout are said to be the cause of this post-
ponement.
Baron Gourier, the Charge d'Affaires from Portugal,
transacted business at the Foreign Office oo Wednesday.
Thursday, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held
at the Foreign Office, which was attended by ail the Ca-
binet Ministers in London. The Cabinet continued in
deliberation about an hour.

Yesterday a Board of the Lords of the Treasury was
held at the Treasury Chambers. An extra Board was held
on Thursday.
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CAMBRIDGE, Ana. I.—lt is understood that the 12th
of August, the King's Birth-day, has been fixed upon
for laving the first stone of the new Quadrangle at Tri-
nity College ; and that his Majesty has been graciously
pleased to nominate the Speaker of the House of Com-
mons to officiate as his proxy in the ceremonial of the
day. The Vice-Chancellor and Members of the Senate
will assemble at the Senate House at ball-past one
o'clock, and will accompany the Representative of his
Majesty in procession to the King's Gate, at Trinity Col-
lege, at two o'clock precisely, where they will be met
by the Master, Fellows, and other resident Members
of the Society, and will proceed immediately to the
ground.
The marriage between Major General Sir Edward
Barnes, K.C.8., Governor of Ceylon, and Miss Fawkes,
daughter of Walter Fawkes, Esq , of Faraley Hall, High
Sheriff of this county, is expected to take place this
morning (Thursday), at Otley.—(York Chroniee.)
THE MAGNOLIA.—HiII Grace the Duke of Richmond
has two of the finest standard magnolia grandiflora trees
in this country, at his seat at Goodwood, in Su-sex, one
of which, at 6 inches from the ground, girths 3 feet one
inch, and at 4 feet from the earth 2 feet 5 inches; at
about 5 feet from the earth it divides into branches, form-
ing a very beautiful head about 23 feet in height. The
other is 35 feet in height, and measures 4 fret in circum-
ference at 14 inches from the ground. These trees flower
abundantly every year. The time of their having been
planted cannot be now correctly ascertained.
MAJOR-GEN. HALL—The death of this gentleman,
took place on Saturday last, at his residence, Park Hall,
near Mansfield ; the General was in the 531 year of his
age, was many years Colonel of the23.l or Welsh Fuzi•
leers,and took the command of thatregiment at the battle
of Alexandria in Egypt.

Several of the London papers have announced the
death of the Lord Bishop of Norwich, at Leamington ;
we are however happy in being able to state, that our
venerable Diocesan is in excellent health.—He dined
with the High Sheriff on Tuesday, and attended divine
service at the Cathedral, with the Judges on the follow.
ing day.—(Norfolk Chron)
The Revenge, of 74 guns, Captain Sir Charles Bnr
rard, Bart. being completed to her fuli war complimen
of 650 men, will shortly leave the Medway for Spitheadt
where she will receive the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir El.
Burrard Neale, and then proceed to Malta, to relieve
Sir Oraham Moore, in the Rochfort. lt is expected this
ship will call off Cadiz.
Much is expected from the revival of the "Barber of
Seville " at the Haymarket this evening, as the great abi-
lities of Miss PATON and LISTON are coiled in to give it
effect. Report also speaks highly of the new Farce of
" Spanish Bonds, or Wars in Wedlock," which is said to
bare been written by an eminent artist.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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DIAL, AUGUST I.—Wind W.S.W.—Passed through
the Busireus, Oardner, from St. Vincent's; the David Ly-
on, Purdy, from Jamaica, was dismasted in the Gulf of
Florida, and has been supplied with an anchor and cable
from this.—Came down from the River several outward-
bound ships ; particulars unknown.
PLYMOUTH, Aux 31.—Wind W.—Arrived the Eclipse,
Csrr, from Prince Edward's Island; and Eagle, Pratt,
from St. John's, New Brunswick.
PORTSSIOUTH, AUGUST I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the
Stockton, Langley, from Miramichi, for orders—Sailed
in company with the Minerva and Nestor for London.
FALMOUTH, JULY 31.—Wind W.N.W.—Light airs.—
No arriv4ls or sailings.
The Cburricoa, Aspasia, from Cadiz to Vera Cruz was
totally destroyed by fire, at Mora Castle the beginning
of April.
The Ainsley, Young, from Gefie to Hull, foundered
, at Sea the 13th ult.—Crew saved, and arrived at Elviron

INQUEST ON ELIZA ANTHONY.

The inquiry was again resumed this morning at nine
o'clock, before Thomas Sterling, Esq. and a respectable
Jury, at the King's Arms, Chealsea, touching the Death
of this unfortunate young woman. Mary Johnson, the
mother of the deceased, deposed, Eliza Anthony was a
daughter by her first husband, and at the time of the
occurrence lived in Gerrard Street, Golden Square, with
William Briton Dyson, the person now in Custody
u her supposed Murderer. They cohabited together
as man and wife, but were not married. She
was with Dyson up to Saturday last, and was in
the 21st year of her age. Dyson asked witness
leave to marry her daughter ; but she objected, from a
knowledge that they had no prospect of living.—
Witness bad not heard of them for two months 'till Fri-
day night preceding the Saturday that the occurrence
took place, when Mrs. Bell came from her daughter and
said she was in great distress, ill, without clothes or
meat, and much in debt for rent. Witness said she
would call the next day. At 5 o'clock the ensuing
morning Mrs. Bell again came to witness in New Bos-
well Court, and informed her fellow servant that Eliza
Anthony was drowned. Witness immediately saw Mrs.
Bell, who told her her daughter was dead. Witness
exclaimed, "My God, is she dead !" Witness then
proposed to go and see her, bat Mrs. Bell said she could
not, observing, sbe was drowned. Witness and Mrs.
Bell then proceeded down the Strand, and along the
water side, to see if they could discover the body, but
could not. Witness then said she would fetch Dyson to
say where the spot was, and asked Mrs. Bell how be knew
it, who answered, that it was his intention to drown
himself with her. Witness then said, she did not want
to see the " wretch." Witness then stated her pursuit
in search of the body, and of her meeting with Dyson at
Mrs. Bell's, and of her having caused him to be taken
into custody.
Mr. Jeffry. surgeon, here said, be was the person who
bad opened the body, and his time was precious.—The Co-
roner said, he thought it a most eatreordinary thing, gen-
tlemen should open the body without authority.—Surgeon—
I am not responsible for the acts of others, Mrs. Johnson
told me she had the Coroner's permission to open the body,
under which authority I acted.
Mrs. Johnson was again called, end said Mr. Wood had
sent to her, saying she might have the body opened.
Mr. Wood was next called. He said he had called at Mr.
Sterling's Offices in Clerkenwell, and seen a clerk, who
did not refuse to sanction opening the body, and, as an in-
terested party, he ordered it ; if he bed erred, he was sorry.
Here the contention ended, and Mr. Henry Jeffrey's, sur-
geon, of 33, Clarges-street, Piccadilly, deposed, he opened
the body, which was in a very advanced stage of putre-
faction; the face and head were very:much swollen,bleck, and
disfigured. She was pregnant ; about 5 or 6months advanced.
Witness is of opinion the blackness of the face arose from
external violence committed upon it, previous to her death.
No other marks appeared on the body, the lungs were
gored with black blood, which leaves no doubt on wit-
nesses mind but, she died from suffocation. Juror. I have
seen dead bodies many, and I think it impossible for a
professional gentleman to say, after a body has been in
the water so long, that the discoloration arose from ex-
ternal violence.—Witoe‘s—l give it as my opinion.
Mr. John Harding, who assisted, as a surgeon in
opening the body, corroborated the last witness's tes-
timony.
Mr. Thomas Gascoigne, Surgeon, King's Road, Chel-
sea, who Lad Of ened the body after Mr. Jeffery., said lie
had no reason to believe any external violence was
used.

At 12 o'clock, when our Reporter left the Inquest, the
enquiry was going on.

The unexpected appearance of the Empecinado before
Zamora about the 7th July, produced, as has been alrea-
dy stated, the greatest consternation in that place.--
Having learned Oat sum,' of his followers, who had
been made prisoners, were confined in the castle of Z -
mora, and threatened with military execution, he wrote
a letter to the Governer, declaring that for every Consti-
tutionalist put to death he would hang twenty Priests.
—lt is said that he has collected some hundreds of
clerical and other loyalists, and holds them as hostages,

A letter has been received from Rome, dated the 16th.
stating that the church of St. Paul, extra muros, had
become a prey to the dames. This church, which is one
of the largest, the richest, and most ancient in the capi-
tal of the Catholic world, was remarkable for the ele-
gance of its interior structure, and the five colonnades of
Greek and African marble which supported its naves.
Twenty-four of these pillars, of African marble, were
taken front the torah of Hadrian, in what is now called
the Castle of St. Angelo. They were, when the accounts
the 16th left Rome, buried under the ruins. Tito
health of his Holiness gave no further cause of alarm.
It appears from a litter in the courier Francais, 014
the heads of the two principal families of Cataloma,
Counts de Pinos and Santa Colonna, command the N 4•
tional Militia. The public opinion is decidedly expressed
in favour of the revolution, anti the richest merchants
and manufacturers have taken up arms in defence of con.
stitutional liberty.
It is reporters that the French, after their defeat at
Corunna, withdrew to Betanzos, the point from which
they originally advanced. Betanzos is a town situated
on a Peninsula, formed by the junction of the Mantles
and another small river, at the distance of about tat
miles from Corunna, and twenty from Ferrol.
FIRIL—This morning at half-past 5 o'clock, an alarm-
iog Fire broke out in the back premises of Mr. Handy's,
(formerly Mr. H rybold's) Brass Founder, in Doswell
Street. The flames spread with great fury for two hours,
and communicated to the adjoining houses of Mr. Grim-
shaw, Jenellers"f out Maker, and Mr. Hewitt, 'Finnan,
both of o hich arc much damaged, Mr. Hardy's
being completly trotted. Fortunately a good supply
of water was obtained, and by the great exertions
of the firemen further loss was prevented. A great quail,
thy of c..hrable furniture was destroyed by throwing it
into the Street. front the windows, Providentially, no
lives were lost, though the confusion and terror that ex-
isted was very great, many persons rushing Leto the
street from their beds naked, The cause of tho accident
we were not able to learn.

At Walsingham Sessions last week, came on to be
heard an Appeal by the Dowager Lady Suffield, against
the poor-rate of the parish of Hempstead (near Holo on
the ground that her Ladyship was overrated in respe:t
of the tithes of the parish. The Court being of opiniou
that the Appeal was well founded, quashed the rate.

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THE ARMY.
Tete angers and 16 non-commissioned officers, belonging
sad of the Regiments of infantry stationed in Ireland,
so MOW in Deblin, for the purpose of beleg drilled in the
ow system of Field Tactics, under the immediate superin-
madame of Major General Sir Henry Torrens, Adjutant
filestral of the Forces.
The first division of the 2d Rifle brigade arrived in Li-
merick on Monday, to do duty there, from Kinsale, the in-
Jibitants of which place have presented a complimentary
kddress to Col. Mitchell and the corps, for their excellent
&induct whilst stationed there.
The 37th Regiment arrived at Kinsale from Buttevant, on
Thursday.
WEAVERS.
•
During the present week, great numbers of the follow-
ling Hand Bill have been circulated in this city and neigh-
bourhood
" We, the Journeymen Weavers of the City of Nor-
wich, feel it to be a duty incumbent upon us to express
our entire approbation of the conduct of the Spitalfields
'Weavers, in their late arduous contest, which having been
supported by distinguished ability, aided by the justice
of their cause, cannot fail to produce the most beneficial
effects in every Manufacturing District: for so tremend-
ous a blow has bees given by both Houses of Parliament
in their decision upon the Spitalfields Act, that we cannot
doubt for a moment bat the Legislature will see the pro-
priety of restoring to the City of Norwich the benefits of
the repealed Acts of Elizabeth and James, should such a
measure he found necessary.
" With these cheeringprospects before us we have de-'
termioed to sat apart Friday next, the Ist of August, to
commemorate the recent happy events. The Clara are
requested to meet in Chapel Pield, precisely at eleven
o'clock, accompanied by every and all our Fellow Citi-
zens who shall feel an interest to attend.
"N. B. As a procession is contemplated, we trust
our fellow citizens will conduct themselves with the same
propriety as the Spitalfields Weavers have done.
Norwich, 30th July, 1823."
In consequence of this public announcement, a very
vumerons assemblage of Weavers gathered together yes-
terday, from all parts of the city, and from various places
in the vicinity, including Wymondham ; and their tri-
vmphal procession from Chapel Field through the streets,
was about to commence when this paper went to press.—
(-Vorfolk Chronicle.)

A Society, it is reported, is formed in the United
States, for the purpose of introducieg into that country
all our Improvements in Machinery. We are informed
• 'that the principal parts of a number of Cotton Machines
enclosed in casks of linseed oil, have been very lately
'shipped to that part of the world.
Mr. Beanard and :ue two Dutch Flax Farmers are now
in Limerick, and will attend at Coleraine, in the North
Liberties, the estate of the Marquess of Lansdowne, to
chew the practice of steeping flax and the mode of pulling
to save the seed. On Saturday next they will visit Tip-
perary, and on Monday Caher, for the same purpose.
They exhibited their system on Friday last at Mitchel.-
town, and on Monday in Bruff, where a great concourse
of 'Fanners attended, who were highly gratified. They
approve highly of the soil of the different flax lands they
Dave as yet visited, and observed, " that there was much
money in the ground which ought to be in the People's
pockets." Mr. Bernard particularly recommends grow-
ers of Sax to attend, or to send some persons on their
part, as lie purchased a quantity of flax, which he has
sent to the above places to try the experiment on.— (Car-
low Morning Post, July 31.)
The Moat Noble the Marquees of Lansdowa passed
through this town yesterday, on a visit to his Estates in
the South.—(itid.)
On Sunday morning last,* Pontifical Mass was cele-
brated *try Bishop Milner, at the Catholic Chapel in St
John's bladdermarket, in Norwich, assisted by the Rev
Strongitharm, the resident Priest, as deacon, and the
Bev. J. S. Cars, priest at the other chapel, as sub-deacon,
acolites, Ater which the Bishop delivered a short
address and proceeded to confirmation, and finished with
a .ffitahle admonition to the newly confirmed. The
Bishop alike gave confirmation at the chapel in St. Swi-
thin's early in the morning, and in the afternoon at Cos-
tessoy. The nembernonfinned in Norwich was 145, and
at Costessey 47.
SVANISH Canc.—The Scotsman has stated, that a
public meeting in favour of Spanish independence will
not take place here; 'but that a private subscription
would be commenced. Now, we are authorised to state
tl.at a public meeting will take place, prior to any sub-
scription being entered into; the requisition calling it
is already filled up. The delay has arisen, not from a
want of ardour, but from a wish to make the meeting
numerous, respectalde, end efficient. Hence, in order to
accommodate several gentlemen of the county, who
could not attend earlier, and some distinguished friend
to the cause, whose Parliamentary duties would, until
now,therve prevented their personal support ; it has been
postponed. However, in aday or two, the time and place
of meeting will be publicly announced. The brightening
aspect •of affairs in the Peninsula will give a great
imposts to those whose supineness hitherto has been
causedbyriewing the contest as hopeless, rather than
by any want of zealous sympathy for its defenders.—
(Wergum Free Press.)
Friday evening arrived his Majesty's cutter Dwarf, 10
days from Si. Lnear, where-she anchored, after touching
at 'Cadiz. The French squadron blockading that port
co t.i,ted.of two line of battle ships, three frigates, one
eo vette. and several smaller vessels, under the command
of Rear-Admiral Hamelin, in the Colossus, 74. While
th • Dead was bracing out of the port, with her pendant
and ensign flying, a shot was fired from one of the
French drips, and pitched within a few feet of the stern
ref the 'Dwarf.; a boat wee 4mosediately lowered, and two
Of the officers of the Dwarf went on board to the Admi-
ral for an explanation, which they received in a very un-
satisfactory manner, the Admiral declaring that his or-
dirt erre peremptory to suffer nothing to pass without
• caniination.—(Pl,yntorra Journal.)
Tleuman's Exeter Flying Post, after noticing the ar
rial of the Dwarf at Plymouth, and the circumstance of
a shot having been fired at her coming out of Cadiz,
which crossed not more than two feet from her bows, and
splashed the water over her, states, that " a boat was in
stanily sent from the Dwarf to demand the cause, when
an apology was made that they were not aware it was an
English man of war."

,DOGGSTT'S COAT AND BADOn.—Yesterday being the
l'At of August, the Coat and Badge given under the
.will of the late Mr. Thomas Doggett, were rowed for by
the sin following young waterusen, just out of their an.
prenticeship :—George Thos. flu:cher, Hungerford ;
Jam's Braithwaite, ditto; William Mason, St. Cathe-
rine's; Edward Voss, Fountain-stairs; James Vincent
Hallam, Bankside ; James Woodford, Chelsea. They
started against wind and tide from the Swan at London-
bridge, about four o'clock. Brathwaite took the lead,
and kept it until they came near Blackfriars.bridge,
when Hallam and Butcher came alongside of him. A
sharp contest then took place between them till they
came to the Nine Elms, when Butcher passed, and kept
the lead unfil he arrived at the Swan at Chelsea, about,
tan minutes put five, Brathwaite second, and Hallam '
/bird. The first got the Coat and Badge, the second five
plazas, and the third three Oulu.

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