The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-08-03 00:00:00

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OVVICI AL INTELLM
" General Regnier, noVistirch ' sallsgett with
the loss sustained by his troio at Zafre on 'the
23t1 ult. at Borguillits on the 211th, and their be.
ing attacked by seeprlad *t Konasterio *the
99th, put* in motion his principil force on the
3.1 inst. consisting of betireen 10 and 11,000 in.
fantry and cavalry, with fourteen pieces of can.
non, with the design of cutting off Colonel Pablo
Marino; who was in Burgaillos, and of Milne:
comity attacking Brigadier D. Jose Ymas, who
occiUlied Xeres. Ymas being ;ware of the ene.
my's intention, directed Murillo to fall back,which
he did in good order, upon the appearance of the
enemy on the sth, wish the loss of only one sel.
dier wounded, and a Captain• of the regiment 'of
Victoria, who died on the march, owing to the
excessive heat and fatigue. At ten o'clock in the
morning he reached Xeres, having been joined' on
his march by the pasty under D. Manual Benedic.
to, and both chiefs having communicated to Ymas
the result of their observations, he prepared to
receive She enemy, who were anon seen advaneing
by Santa Ana and La Granj%.
44. The enemy began his attack on Xeres *Chaif
past eleven o'clock, making a feint by Santa A,tia,
and his principal effort on the side of La Gemija.
lie was repulsed at all points by the matinees%
bravely, and rapid • manasevres of our troops.
Be renewed his attacks until six in the evening,
but witheet 'nieces,. • Yeses, however, istring
only 3500 men to oppose to the very aspirins,
force of the enemy, and belig aware of the ne.
cessity of joining Ballasteros, resolved totem:sate'
the place. Making a feint, as if be designed* to
retreat by the bridge of Ardilla, which bad tile
intended effect •of deceiving the enemy, he effect.
ed his passage by the ford, in tho night, in Ah'e
best order, under raver of thi battalion of Med.
da. On the morning of .the 6th he entered. Hi.
guera La Real, whencerhapntseed his4rout to
Encino, to wept f9l Int ruction& from Billasteros,
who was falling back from the environs of Seville,
to form.* junction with him: Nothing can afford
a more decided 'proof of the loss of the enemy
than their not pursuing our loops in their retreat,
and their marching back oultte fith, in the dhec-
tiou of Santa Marta."

4R BLAND.

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'rhe following- distressing account appears in
the Soathern'Reporter (a Cork Paper)
,61. rill day, at two o'clock, &boil 3000 per.
sons, 'men, women, and children, all in the. eta
ploymeet of Mr. B. O'Sullivan, at hisiirlatis
intinelabtories lit ilripsey
,and Blarney, peradoiii
that streets• L-a melancholy procession I previous
to their being discharged. The women, very -de.
ceutly clad, were conveyed in 'boat 300
.cars,
which took nearly ad hour to pass our office. go?
venal banner Weed exhibited on the occasiiii;
soriptire of their feelings, and the injury • *kick
was likely to result to the public from • Meet*.
patio Of these • noilitofacteries. We utplarstand
they presented the following Petition to his Wor.
ship, the Mayor, and received the gracjoils' Reply
annexed:
To Tiff ((lan? aearvisenrotet:,
- *ATM( 07* vele el*/ se' load. ' • •
.4 The Petitioo of Two Thousand Flee ItOadted
—Men, Women, and Children, . • • ' •• • • Ittm
••widenshly Showeilt—Tint your Petitiesees are the worlds".
•Irmstple el Jallit Am. Esq. im his Paper arcs
Linen Manufactories of Cork, Manse', and Drip". • ;
That your Petitioner's did yesterday receive. sellefiliya
there was no further employment Mr theta, the works Ipdei
stopped by the direfelealansity As general is the country..
ti That your Petitionen, hkeonsequeure of their dismissal,
have now before them the sad prospect of Idlsosso and im-
mune. in place of that Industry and cengforcable Coniesance;
which they enjoyed under the 4indessea4 most liberal of Em-
players.
" That some ofyoui Petitioners are Artisans, belonging to
England and Scotland, with very large families, and destilate
of the Means of rettiminS to their native homes.
" That your Petitioner humbly threw themselves on the
humanity of your Worship, Imploring, your intercession with
Government to afford some old tour kind end good Era.
. ptoyer; so that be may be enabled to resume us at our woe
try, and thereby sate ourseireo and. families from wrettiellik•
uess and ruin.—And your Pcsitiotters will, witk lively In*.
tucks Inn." •
66 TO which rho Mayor.delivered the following
Reply ; .
4, I very sensibly feel rm. situation r and shalt this Right
.transmit your caw to (he Los() Lt ROT/mils., girlie, it any
most 'Wotan and urdessfrecondeendation." .
IL was some time since stated. upon the french
Papers, with some degree of wonder and surprise,
that a cloud of Locusts had been driven to Rome
from the Coast of, Africa, and that they remained.
some days over that city, darkening the air and
alarming the inhabitants, until they finally preyed.
open each other, and the remnant of them fell into
the Tyber, We, however, cannot regard the cit.-,
coarnstanee with any surprise, as such a scene may
be witnessed in our City every day. Whoever
observes the conduct and practiees of the
.tribe of
greedy and avaricious dittoroies that infest this
City, will easily, recognise the identity of.species
and instincts. We could not, however, hope for
such a sudden and fortunate deliverance as the in,s•
habitants of Reuse, only that these
.varaskus
vermin have already dreured all they could come
in contact withs and will, from thpir .ltixurious
and espensiee mode of living, be shortly under the
necessity of feeding upon themselves, There aver
some of them who possess the properties of their
nature in so Peculiar decree, that syefrloall,mrhilsi&
their portraits before the public, haring engaged.
Mr. ConnsTT to assist ns in this essential end he.
ccssary duty. The ens, the feelers, stings, piel
hoscis, dFc. by whiclo they seise, destroy,. Anil
feed upon their prey, will be accurately delluoratedi
Every Bristol Packet that 'leaves our
crowded pith passengers. Tn one that Salted' yee.
today the number exceeded one hundred. Whe.
ther the pressor, of wants or the impulse of Indus:
try; impels these unfortunate emigrants, Owls 'if,
scilco must be id either case a loss to the coueley ;
whilst crowds of unemployed and useless OMen
in the Excise and Customs, are left Co./44.444
fatten upon the fixed and permanent- iniloiterbg
the laud. Weuld to Goo f these • (Willed aoiit
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Urt—Ar. '64 1,11. i I • •
The Welt liiiFietheitlird, Saturday
last, was, most resftetably'attunded—ur'lards of
Ito distinguisktil Agri eu I t ris ts t eget n
the gretit:rooin at
.the George Inn,: where T. W.
Cube, Egg. tisek the Char Mid was StkpOggedki
Messrs; IT niard, Ifaisandft "yreis, PoltYls-!
Reeve, kind' 11461'44ml other Gentlemen. Aftgr!
dinner the following.
stoliitt. were given by ki4.

Constitution. and Kiog—Prosperity to the Mertiag,land .is
fair price for Wool 'between ha_yer and seller—Surer* to
Agriculture—Breeding.in all its armiches—Good Use of the
Plough—,Wool whereat is wanted, and Hair where it ought
to be—Small in size, but great In value—Mr. Qike's health
(proposed by Mr. J. Barber) was that drank wittfihree times
three—Prosperity to the Town: of Thetford—The County
Members—Prosperity to the County of Not;falk.—Dietis to
Sufolk—Ditto to the Woollenfdanafartistf:' '
After the tOast'ef. 6 Good Useiorthe Plough,"
an invitation waii tent'f,rom.the Chafrto the Wol
Buyerit:but very rest attended the •
they apparently do "not In. general'inuch ,WislOtt
countenance this convenient meeting. '' .
. Mr. Coke commenced the. business of the day
by congratulating the company int ,its rtspeetabit
lily and annual increase in numbers ; and, also on
the great otility of which the mectog, had, been
found to the landed interest and wool.growers ;
but lie lamented that, so much Wool should be
sold and 0/livered before the fldr.tley ; and much
more, that the growees thereof should be acres.
sitated to do so, as they. were preiented by that
muses from obtaining a fair price for. their pro.
duce, And. it gave the buyers se-opportu,itiby
of supplying- themselves with the Article at too
low a price, and which induced them to keep
backward in their, purchases at ,this mart.
to order to prevent spy mistake that might arise
respectieg the ,importation of Span* wool, Mr.
Coke begged to state,. that the impartation in
1809, had been unequally large, amounting to up.
wards old six millions of lhs. of wool, the, price of
which; in March, was front 13s. t 0.155. per lb. ;
but the importation being . increased 'since 1809
very considerably; and great embarrassments in
the commercial part of the kingdom experienced,
the same articles in.luly wertnot worth more than
from I,os, to 11.1. per lb. ; but that jid not affect
thil price sof our own growth, as the ;Spanish wool
was chiefly used in the West of England Menu.
factories, for very Sue goods forborne trade,. w bile
our own wools were, used in the, West:Aiding of
Yorkshire, for foreign markeq.—He siren pro..
'needed to states .that he bad elweys sold his, own
'Areal for the price asked et *isle)", and sumotimes
tips more; that he last year aold for Up per toil ;
that from ,the.best infOFmalion.,he could collect, .he
'found✓ that the prices in other; poser the country
!bad much insreated sitteeTast year,*and at the lairs
,which had been: held in :the West of sngland, pure
Hereford (the 'finest Anglia wool) had told at As.
• fir lb.'; Southdown 4ss. to 4s. ,tl.,;.,ltYcland
ihs 44. These 1,0.04 were excellent in their)tind,
:Which was oivAng .t# ;of , she cii being cotted
in • st hight,...which' very' intich. Improved . the
Onetseta and. softness of, the wnui, in, the Cross.
ins. of breeding sheep 'with 't A Merton; be cer•••
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taanly gave the prefer Oca , tik. utlitli*si ewer. tsg;
•Rytiarso, as thisylwodueed ", fide wool, and k
• mitch better carcase. Mi. Coke italds ht; Ifidit,ltf
. all, his wool of the present Yoe!! with" creased
; with' t. heAleritio liettecen the Sonthdowo.and litys.:.
land covet, tit 4s. 11}1 per lb: kit consisted of. 1, il •
avid 3 dips. There nevotywas abrisket' trade 04,
now its Torlehlret' nor a smaller stink of wanl la
hand i goads had advatteedtbere from 6 to z 'and a
:Ulf per cent. jlirgee WIWI!, .whrch. was. a great
proof that. an increase of pricey might fairly be
expected, . Southdown /eel had been sold, in
Btaffoidshike from 995. to 112 s. per tat; and it,
flock at Ilthe, in lient, it 10hs. which latter,
was very, linsrior 4 wools of the growth of this
pstf Of the country. . lie wail sorry lir* alai no
nickd attention was *paid by, ihe wool Spyers to t,ltg
quality of wool, as it did not answer the, pluvial/
•of the grower to produce fine wool,unless titl
}meld get. a !urger:price for it s4sn tie coqiii ors'.f
coarse, The information • that hs. had given Was,
collected:lVOß persons he could depeinfon„ 'hut if
any wool bums could contradict it, be hoped
they 'woo% es his only object was to promote a.
fair understanding between the seller and buyer,
and to obtain tfair • price for he article. ' Ile
concluded by !Willi, the price of his own flock of
wool,. which' he ofere4 at ?to. vier toil,
This price was considered by the buyers mach..
nboro that it was worth,. therefore scarcely any 1
wool was staid. tomes of the 44es} flecks in 'the
county. w.cro offered at 91s. per led; and refesed,
hut.... flock of, coarse wool, gruron, at
,Sporle,
near Swatfhatn, was sold ..at 80s. pct.: NA ; the '
same flock .auld last year at 7.15. Several of the.
finest flocks, previous to the fair or meeting, were
sold at. Vs. per end, Which ,pricy they . obtained.
last year. The meeting of landsowners and grln.r
ers this year we; the largest over held at Thetford,
but bushiest was rather flat, although.,there id
very little douht }bat nearly the price asked will
be generally obtained before the egosl season of
sale.terminatee. ' ,:;i:in'f., • •• . . .1
•At Icenninghall Fair, the lambs wedt„off very
readily at high prices ; some as high as 245.—.1
Many flocks were perchaacd on.their Ivey to the
fair. . I
On Saturday last we hada. moderate ;uppty, of
wheel Si our corn market, which mold &tiro's% Os.
to 58s. per coomb. There wall a, better supply of
barley, which fetched /Is.; beans, %A.•;•.aini oats
las; 00. per prim!): ' . .
At our Cattle. Market the aupply. of fat beef
was very small, and the prites very high,. atleaist
113. per stone for that of prime quality ; .the
greatest part of which, however, went wway• un-
sold... ;some of an inferior condition opts, .pus.
cliased at 9s. 9LI. per slime. There was a good
supply of muttony which fetched (rein 7d. to
.0.
halipeakly peer lb. ' Tee show .14 leatveettlif sias
small, and sales dull.
listdent bait chniffsenced On the-lighter' solli. it,
'this autioty. ' octants tiesain lit etortownitii been
stacked lt Vied' tirderi and 'the Imidiown with
• signior. - IllessySterei 'ef ypts-iicire likawiss. been
tutowd:eit.Whear4. with w•ve6, pripitsing.ilp•
peacameOierit.eomitig fest to thewiekla
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