The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-03-25 00:00:00

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BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE. •ca '6-6 . COMMON COUNCIL. .• • •
PARTICULARS OF THE PASSA:iE OF Tin LOWEIC Yesterday a Court of Common Council *airfield
CLOSE T - YONNE.

ty 6,
at Guildhall, which was very numerously attended.
RF:PORT OF TILE BREAD COM NI ITTEE.
Mr.. Alderman Brew moved, that the printed Re-
port from the Bread Committee, which was pre-
sented to the Court last month, should be read.
The Report having been read accoteingly,
The Worthy Alderman said, he now wished to
' call the attention of Gentlemen to it. The Com-
mittee from whom the Report came had been sitting
for upwards of five months ; during that time they
had been unremitting in their ittention to the sub-
ject referred to them, and if they had not fully at-
f tamed their object, that of preventing imposition
:entirely, he hoped the public trovid ultimately de-
live considerable advantage from their labours. lie
concluded by moving, "That the Court do' agree
with the Committee in their Report."
Mr. S. DixoN said, he agreed Most cordially in
' many pars of 'the Report, but there were other
part. to which he weer codld give his assent. In-
deed LA held never approved cif that Court, or any
other;' in ertering in the prices of provision, or at-
temp leg fo set a value on• any msn't commodity ;
; iii the coarse of 50 years, during' which period he
(had been engaged in cammercial concerns, he had
t-bever 'known such attempte succeed. He gave the
Comhfttee full credit for their good intentions, 6
-be did the,Worthy Alderman, their late Chief Magis. i
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.trite, fothls attempt at reforming the abuses which; xtract of a letter from
-so doubt existed on this subject - but however good ' LINGTON'S army, dated M,
etbe intention of that Worthy Magistrate had been, 64 Nothing can be. more r
-he was persuaded his judgment had been had. Mr. since we cbmmenced tligt
Mean thee proceeded to torment at length on the France. To-morrow w
'.-Report, and the recommendations it contained, LOWRY COLE'. division'
:amongst which was one recommending that theCorpo- mend of the Marshal.
'ration should purchase the Corn.aiarket, what good through is very ricit, and i.
could result from such a measure he was at a loss to fat and fine, a stilling each.
conceive. Another subject adverted to in the Report ham and cheese, sixpeuie pet ,
was, that of thecorn.grower not coming to market to claret and Burgundy, one shilliug
dispose of his own commodity; he (Mr. D.) would bottle; game of every kind,
indeed be surprised if he did, when it was considered reasonable ; (dives and
that there were few corn-growers who did not reside over, in Many places, ti
more than 20 miles from town, and how was it to be to pay nothing at ill, btv
expected they could neglect their business at home to their best cheer." '
The Petition
last prew t
o n ttehde
ome to town to attend the cern-market. In his opt-
I alien, the only step which could be adopted that would
on
!be of any material service to the public, would he to signed by upwards of
take off all restraints from the corn-dealer, flour- caulkers, sawyers, &c. of
factor, and baker=-to amts the trade an open one, on Monday *last Mr. NI,
i and byathismeans to introduce a competition int', the
from the Master Ship-bm
market. He would have the trade allowed to fix their pray ing that in future tie
own price, as the butcher, the tallow-chandler, and
trade should be beet in
others did ;if this was the case it would become the-the India built shies eel
interest of every tradesman to sell aschenp as beenu id, .• • ' 1
s di st and the United Ki
I and the public would thus have the benefit of compe- .° •
rival here, be subject
' titian. If some such recommendation as this were in.
will protect the variou
troduced into the Report it should have his support, this country which are
end be would now move as an Amendment, " That it
dent on, alp-building.
should be referred back to the Committee for re-con- appears, that P ,titions
sideratiois." lowing out-ports against
Mr. ihitlerman Woon seconded the motion ; he ock, Liverpool, Lynn,
was convinced nothing would operate so much for
Oa benefit-of- tearesehlic as throwing the trade open. eivrrie-uPen-TYPe' ireirjPiw'
haven, Yarmouth, tee. &v.
Mr, Alderman Somoxasfelwiog aoh
felt called
ofhimselfsrge which ton to , lion, it is evident,- should, be
takalblo opportaeity of ani &ion, and be no longer
lad been thrown out against him, of not having
I Sleeted the Court of Aldermen with proper respect; "Wien" hitherto resorted
essential to. retain within
I lie deuied the accusation altogether. He had always
mechanics, &c. employ
twitired for the advice and assistance of the Upper
manufacture, the questi
I Court; but at the time when it was imputed to him
and not left open,. as at
that he should have called a Special Court, he knew ,when' in consequence of
I full well he should not have been able to get a Court ' upwards tof 10,000 shi
together. lie was, time(ore, obliged to act on libel and others emietated fr
own judgmeut •in all. .he had done lie had been
1, and. other'
.. parts of the
actuated by a deairete: Isjoefit the poor, to whom
bread was sdi essential ie. 'article of food, I which, it is understood
and he! subjecl India built ship:
was happy k sly his conduct had been approved Iprivileges of British ships,
by 'Many of the Aldermeii,, both above and below
he allowed to go into the
the Chair. 'He had laboortel hard to get the fulled' West India and British
Information on the subject; out of about 1700: ,i,„„ will be allowed to
hakirs, the number residing within the Bills of More i the will
talky, he bad personally seen upwards of 1200, 7(from which it is presumed,
fhtee4`ourths of them had'deClired to him dust they British beilt ships are fur
were wholly under the controul of the
to the United States,to
confactor or .
sat serious other places',
the miller, of the remaining 300, several pf whole ,
Independent Proprietors, against - 45.•
I were men of property, many were so well satisfied i'A Fokestass.—On'
Majority for the stlionnornent 8
..ow-- lof the frauds practised on their poorer brethren, that Lbetifteetifilfngtenis fo:
they declared their determination, unless some al-
lat halt-past ten o'clock,
SALISBURY ASSIZES.
teration took place stem near Portarlington. Th,
in the sy, to advance ,
GRIFFIN V. RUINING. !
of mills which , least twenty-five hot;
This was a case of considerable novelty, and occa-
1 money themselves for the blinding
sinned much curiosity, from its being known thst the' should be independent °tette platers and cornfactois huntsman drew the largi
principal evidence was to proceed from the eloquence . generally. Ile had also in. Hie ;tsetse of his eliquiries ,on returning, drew a si
of a tomb-stone, wick was brought into Court with
discovered that gross freak* and evasions existed in ;of the woods. The
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great solemnity. It was a question to try which of making the returns of quantities of flour bought and ' reynard, but it was pet
the two parties was entitled to considerable estates ; sold, these frauds he thoogilf he consistent ' he had broke on the fit
, with the doe 'discharge of his duty as. Chief Magis, i had got half ary'hour
Grit-
6h, both being descended from two brothers,
in the county, as the heir of the late Mr. John Grit-
hat ; trate, pass over. lie was convinced the measure i blew north-ease; 'with
which of them was the eldest had not before been
which would tend most to do away imposition would li notwithstanding which t
clearly ascertained. Two verdicts had passed in' 'be to throw open the trade altogether ; and he Was ' running .him over the
favour of the Defendant, upon the testimony
persuaded-if ever the subject came fully before Perlis,- Lough, through Lord
of witnesses, speaking variously of the declaratiomeat thesystem °Cassis' would be put an end to. ' 1 Emo, to the Copsewoo
In the family, as to the seniority of the ages of, Ihh , ui-
- Mr. JACK* had understood that the majority of the • moment thichoonds gat
two brothers, bet the doubt was on this occation bitters were insolvent men, they Were, therefore, ' a crashing--huntsilieh,
likely to be under the controul of the factors and : the flight. He'ran by
removed by the inscriptions on their tomb-stones, ,
which time had nearly effaced, showing the ancestor mate's- If the trade were thrown open, it would by the Derrys for Beng,
of the Plaintiff to have been the eldest, and come='
have the effect of inducing men of property to em- I obliged to run nearly
spending with the couetant declarations of the late :
bark in it, and the public would reap the benefit of i pressed, he changed hi
their being above the' influence of designing indl. 1, wind by Kappakeel, Ilk
trorietot himself, who had always acknowledged 1 and taking the Killen,
he Plaintiff as his heir and the person to succeed to Tido"' -
his estates. I Mr. WAITRKAN greatly approved of many parts', sportsmen took the -hes*
'of the Report, and when - he Killen • t . e hills to hie 'y
The Jury, under the direction of , the Learned
, mentous object which-the Committee had had to con-1 then taking,ortr ibe II
Judge, immediately found a verdict for the Plaintiff.
sister, he was astonished they had done so much, I Killeen, and (Wyllie,
COIIIII-EXCIIARGR, hi•Reli 25.—Wheat Mill in short sill,-
ply, and dull sale, prices remainiuc as no manday.—Barky 4,. and erred so little. He was, however, convinced Kilroy and. Cserjao44'
cheaper, and heavy Wile at that &char.—Beans Its, Maher.— nothing would benefit the public so much as an open , kilcavan. ' Some "nlitiki
Dos L. dearer.—Other article. remain the same. • • market and free trade. He suggested to the Worthy away with .him over M.
Wheat /English> 64 86 Beans . . g fri
, _ Mover of the Amendment • whether it would not be : holly, Newtown; Daghi
Ditto (Foreign) . .61 86 Old ditto
Rye 4O 4V Tick do. ' .42 47 desirable 'to alter his Amendment and insert these; for the Rock of Donar
Barley . 36 45 Old t
~ 2B 95 words ; " That the Report be referred hack to the ; Hills, Replant skulked
New ditto . a.- Oats
Malt 7O 82 Fine ditto ... j. - Committee to consider the propriety of recommend- ' broke afresh with a fut,
White Pam
New diuo ... : ....... —•— Feed ditto • 14 , 90
Ditto Bailers 7O n Fine Fluur .5.._ ....10 75 After "me further observations from Mr. Alder- :earth near Lumberton, as
Grey Year
others, ' great space, packing like:
SMITH FILLD MARKAT.—mAnce 25.
To sink the Ofal, per stoat of nib.
I Mr. Durex expressed his readiness to adopt the ' ing to look or 'come a'
sref ... 6s. Od. in is. 0.1. Read ul Cattle tins day t I
„,,.,.. ameudment suggested by Mr. Waithusan which was I out. At the' death, I
s
Mauro ..6s. 6.1. n, 71. Si. Beasts ..• • • ...••... ...a
.. .;... 2000 accordingly put and agreed to.. namely the' Earl of l'
Veal —.le Od. too Ss. lid. Sheep
Pork ....is. Oil. te lh. Ot. Calve/
Lamb ...es. Od. to Ch. Od. Yip ......•.•...•. 250 Mr. Alderman WOOD then presented a Report 1 Mr. Dunne, mounted'
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HAT-M ' ABEET. ;:. - 't • from the Improvement Committee, on the subject of i and all the other apse
Hay , 45. 0..- 06. to 51: 51. .1i I
erecting a new street from Cheapside to Aldersgate- I casts, or want of botte
Clow _ 51.- Os. 40.1. -to Ps Oa.
saw

ADOUR, TO RAI.
St. Jean de Les, Feb. 47.
The second brigade of guards crossed the Adorn
on the 23d instant, in boats of various kinds, near
the mouth of the river, about three miler below
Bayonne. The enemy, strange to say, never opposed
their landing. The feet, which left St. Jean de Luz
on the evening of the 22d, to assist and protect the
crossing, did not arrive et the station until the evening
of the 24th. It, therefore, was necessary to make use
of the pontoons, which were carried overland, and
of a couple of small boats, which were procured at
Bairitz. From these limi:ed means; and the rapidity
of the river at the place of crossing, the operation
was a very disjointed thing, and very tedious. About
six o'clock in the evening, when six companies,. or
about four hundred men of the Coldstream and third
guards, were over, two columns of the enemy were
seen coming out from Bayonne, andsgreat apprehen-
lions were entertained for the safety of our small
band, by all who were on this side of the river, as
tbe enemy appeared about one thousand six hundred
in number, fulliour to one. Bet after a good deal of
skirmishing end manteuvring among the sand bills,
,hi which Major-General Stopford displayed much
judgment, he contrived to bring thy enemy under the
Ire of a gust of cur's which was at this slaps of the
dyer. Captain lane, with the rockets, got over
about this time, and a.few-of those new and formidable
engines being, diachaiged into the enemy's columns,
threw them into great confusion, and caused them to
I,lly back to the fortress, leaving about 100 of their
'comrades killed and wounded behind them, whilst
_our less amounted only to nine wounded, of whom
One is since dead. The remainder of the brigade got
over daring the night, and the entire division, with
two distinguished Portuguese brigades, Bradford's
and Campbell's, passed over the next day, as did
'also the 12th and ,16th Dragoons, the horses swim-
ming by the sides of the boats, their heads being held
.firmly up by the too, within. The fleet, with the boats
Abat were to have assisted the passage, got into the river
on the evening of tht 24th. lam sorry to say, that
florin the violence of the surf many of the boats were
swamped, and SOIRO _lives lost; bet the number
cannot ascertain, ..On the 26th, all the troops now
over,- moved two leagues forward on the 13ourdeaux
road, extending their right along the river. Thus all
communication between the place and the country is
cut off. The Spaniards, under Don Carlos De His-
.
?Attila, are at this side of the town. • It is yet uncer-
. tam whether ,the fortress will be regularly besieged)
or merely masked, and 'blockaded. Iti the latter
I ease, the army in general will advance towards the
centre of France. We must then look to the even-
; try on which we stand for our supplies; and no
longer derive them from home. A large sum in gold
for the purchase and payment of previsions and-ne-
cessaties is, therefore, ordered to be retained in the
military chest.

The coronation of the SOVEREIGN Pamir of the 1
Netherlands will take place on the 28th instant
(Monday neat), at Amsterdam. The-piripafttione
for this event were nearly completed when the ta.4
advices from Lord CLAINJUITY reached GotreriAiMt.
The Stedthouse•is to be splendidly decorated;:sa
"grand procession of the Nobility, the Blirghtsti; and
the Deputies from the different cities and twins of
Holland will condirct the SGVEREIGN' Pititger. at"
tended hyr his Connell of State, to the Great Hall,
where the ceremonies of the coronation are to be
perfoLlned..
illtibOtiter the Concluiien of the Oratorio season,
Si RGE SMART goes to Liverpool, to condect a
performance of the new Oratorio of 77te Mount of

The division on Wednesday at the India Rode)
upon the motion for adjournment, which presentee
the question of non-qualified Proprietors beingeli.
Bible to Committee*, going to a ballot, consisted of—
Direrti.rs
Gentlemen of the Uouse 4 .
Proprietors - 8

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