The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-20 00:00:00

LORD QRKNVILLI'.

The Election of a Chancellor, of the University
of Oxford, is fixed for Wednesday,December 13th;
on which day, the attendance of all Lord Om-
TlLLr's Friends, is most earuestlyland particularly
requested.
But, should illness render this absolutely im.
possible, Lord G RENT ILLes Committee, entreat

their attention to the following observation, re.

specting the mode of pairing otT. In a case where
tlirce Candidates stand on distinct and separate

grounds, the only fair way of giving effect to the
. principle of pairing is, by an agreement between
three persons, friends of the respective Cindi-

• dates, that each of them will abstain from voting
fur his Coulidate. The three Candidates, would
thus sutrir equal lost, and their comparative
strength, would remain the tame as before.
But, if Lord G new•T I.t.r's friends, shoi;!ii in any
ease, beiodue,d to pair otf with asi gle voter for
one of his opponents, leJving the strength of the
other undi ninishe 1, the must serious injury most
arise from it, to his cativo ; which might, in this
way, loms two votes, for every one vote, lost by
each of the ether Candklatev.

THE STATESIKA? N.

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I.ONDON •
mosii4r. movamant 20

Inc fats• of the Toulon squall:on, which flaw.
rally excites intense anxiety, ig yet unknown.
Ittrious are the reports on the subject, but the
belief of an engagement continues to gain ground.
A house I'f eminence in the City is stated to have
received a la•t!er (root) Cote, d lied the 2Dth of
October, announcing the arrival in that.port Of
La Pauline frigate, one of the Toulon fleet, with
an account

" That Lord CoLLlenwoon, with 16 sail of !benne, felt
' in with the Freitag Fleet, consisting of 15 sail of tae line
" and frigates, with a large Beet of transports snider mord)),
14 destined for t►e relief of Barcelona, and that there Ital
" been a desperate engagement. The Psa!ins a' the poly
" vessel belonging N the above Fleet that ti ul rea-hed goy
" French port at the date of the Inter; and the writer
44 adds, that the greatest anxiety prevailed for the fate •f the
" Fleet, ns no advice' whatsoever had been received since
" their sailing."

PARIS PAPER! to the grh, as filch arrived this
day, also repeat the report from Nimes.

report was in circulation this morning, that
Government had received adviccs to the same of
but that report appears to he incorrect.

The dispatches are slid to he fruit Cadiz,
with advice of the sailing of Cie French fleet,
about the 21th ult. At Gibraltar on the 20th
•
ult. it was reported, that I,,rd Cor.Ll WO-
WOOD'S Fleet had been dispersed, and that his
Loidship, with s •verat wail arrived ■t Mi.
w)rca. This intelligence was brought by the Var,
formerly a French frigate, aloe,' arrived at Ports_
mouth on the 18th. The Britannia, hired armed
cntter, which brou;ht dispatches from Cadiz,
arrived at Plymouth on the 18th; alien she sailed,
news of the French fleet truing out had arrived at
Cadiz, and the Ajar, man of aar, immediately
sailed to join Lord COLLING WOOD.

The following aro the most important articles
in the French Ripers:-...

" Nuts, Nov. 6.....-The fete to be given nn
the 12th at Fontainbleau u ill be very brilliant.
It it in honour of the King of SAXONY.

66 The American Bag of truce, Happy Return,
oiled from Dieppe fur New-York on the 4th.
66 Nov. 7.--Their MaJESTPCS will fiX their re-
sidence at Paris on the 16th.
66 The King of SAxovy is to reach Fontein-
Wean on Friday twat. The Kings Of BAVAIRJA
and WISXPUALIA, and the King sad Queen of
Nae Les, are also expected.
66 On the 'lath ult. the Gazette of the Coed of
Vienna was again published) wiys the eras of ilia