North Wales Gazette

A SKETCH. THE FJKLD OF TOULOUSE. Nay, old man, go not to the field, Unless your heart's to pity steel'd; I would not view that deadly dance For all the treriure c-nee in France. But n'w I ventur'd out, to see If any In in? there might be: sileiit,; dead! They rested on their grassy bed. S)h but it was a fearful sight, -to see tlla! field in th' lonefv nisht; Just one wild wand'ring glance I threw, And c!os'd my eyes to shun the view. A m;irm'rinz sound stole on my eart It pem'd the sish of some one near; I call'd, but no reply was given A soal had wing'd iis flight to Heaven. Again, again, ahwstrang-c qoiinti the bins' of night as 't swept the ground, the plume* all bloody and low, Tha* once w.avM bi-iglir oil the warrior's brow. Then Juimeanie, and he went on, in vain—the>e was no living one But many an English Mother's care, And man) a Lady's love lay there. There was one spot, where something bright, I'.litt'ring in the pale moonlight, Oh ble-ised Virgin who might be U!lI¡lUv\i, thai mournful sight to see! 'Tw:JS a warnor youth whose golden hair All lightly wav'd on (he dewy air. And 'he momi-beam resting on his face, Gave it a sld, unearthly grave. A •> \>-n sword beside him lay, Jf "ail'd him on that desnerafe day, Slum' rinr: he seem'd; hut he drew no breath, His sleep was the heavy sleep of death. go no" sro not, to the field, Unless your hur t's to pity steel'd JFcr all treasures once in France, 3 wuuld not view that deadly dance. Hatva den, 1814. T. C;

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 14. The Sony; depending and important Quare IIllJlcdii. calise respecting the Advowson, of Brad well, in Essex, came on to be argued on a Demurrer, in which Hie Hev. Sir H. B. Dud lev is iheacluiil plaintiff, and the Rev. George Pawsou defendant. b Mr. Serjeant Best read the pleadings, which -were ot great length, and from which it ap- peared thai the late Bishop of London, Dr. Ban<Mjj!}, was merely a nominal defendant, claiming no right thereto, hut as Ordinary— Tilt, Learned Serjeant then proceeded to stale numerous cases in support of the plaintiff's right. in arguing which he forcibly urged that thi- defendant could found no legal, much less equitable claim as heir at law to his father, for the recovery 01 the Advowson, tor which that father, under a second contract, had rc" ceived s full and valuable consideration from .the olatnldl; and for any singularity in the firs. he ftill penally had been already paid Ù) use lapse of 'he next presentation to the Crown He contended wilh great ability, th-It the purchase of ar, Advowsou was there fore not <jlies'amable either hy any known slatuf', or by the common law of the land. The of he avtxiilc-ti, were cognizable by both so that the right of pre- ,it iiii)[i might fall, while that of an advow- son v. or-ui itaud untouched. lie asked, whe- ther, under similar circumstances, if an hell' at hw, wiio had aiasle for such experiments should and demand the re-possessi< of the I/uke of Bedford's estate, at any distant period. uijon a plea that an Advowson had b purchased wiih it, under an unguarded control lor an immediate presenlaliou would he recover the whole of that estate, for which an immense sum had been formerly paid ? The supposition was too grossly absurd to re- quire an answer. The chaff mi^ht have been separaled from the c(irn--Il)e turn of presen- (tai to" n\111! have passed — but the esi ate would remain with ils rightful possessor. Such was the .-use of Sir Henry B. Dudley he had lio- BiMirably fulfilled ills obligation hy the pay- ment of Ills thousands the forfeiture of one turn of present atom has been paid as the full penally tor any indiscretion originally made in his contract, but the Advowson rests in him, S,) as not to be impeached either in law or in equity. case was supported by Air. Serjeant Lens, whose argument went priuÓ. paily to controvert the cases which had been cited The Chief Justice, towards the close, enquired, whether the plaintiff was ever in possession of the Advowsou ?" Serjeant Lens answered, that he believed no! 4" but ot3 Mr. Serjeant Best stating that he was in the fullest possession the instant the wax was sealed to the last deed.—his Lordship replied, 41 Y011 are very right," and then remarked, that as considerable stress had been laid on the varíallfcof tbe case of Barret v. Gluhbv, as stated by Gwillhn in the new Bacon's Abridgment, and by Mr. Justice Biackstone in his Reports, he would recommend both aides to make enquiry, on what authority that case, as suited by Gwillim was founded; and concluded by Informix.g the Council the Court would consider the cast, and if further argu- ment was found necessary, they should be iu- formed of ft.

DISTilESM £ > IN GERMANY. It is tlie boast of the present day, and espe. cially of Britain, that Christianity is vveli I undv islood among us: but we doubt whether the generaluy of our countrymen do not yet ¡ need to learn lif John the Baptist. When ihe people applied to him to inform them what Christianity required of them, lie replied, 44 Let him Ihat hath two coats give to him 111 at hath none; and he that hath meat Jet likewise." Now there never was a period when there was so great a demand for the exercise of this duty as the present. It can scarcely be conceived how many myriads of our friends and our allies are actually destitute (If foud and raiment, whilst we are living in ease and affluence. Weare persuaded that, if the Clergy through the kingdom would bring t;il% duly before their respective Conjrregafi- pus, we should soon see ttie Subscriptions rise to twice or tlii-ice their present amount. If She distress were confined to one district, the present subscription would doubtless be hand- some but, considering the vast extent of the anuerj that prevails, it is iameatably small and inadequate. But we still hope to see our generous counlrymen approximating some what more to the Christian standard; and willingly undergoing some smaller privations, to supply the perishing Germans with Ihe necessaries of life :—We present our readers with the following alfficting Memorial addres- I sed by the City of Leipsic to the independent and benevolent British Nation in behalf of j the inhabitants of the adjacent villages and hamlets, who have been reduced to extreme distress by the military operations in October 1813. The prosperity of Leipsic depends upon commerce, as that of commerce depends upon liberty. Till 1803 it was a lfourishing city. With England it) particular, whose manufac hires and colonial produce were allowed to be freely imported, its commercial relations were of the highest importance. For the opulence which Leipsic then enjoyed it was indebted to its extensive traffic, which contributed to the I prosperity of Saxony in general but it was more particularly the numerous adjacent vil- lages and hamlets, that owed to our city their respectability, their improvements, aud the easy circumstances of their inhabitants. The baiile of Leipsic will be ever memo- rable in the annals of history. A severe lot has hitherto befallen our city. To the burdens and requisitions of every kind, by which it was overwhelmed, were added the suspension of trade, and the injury sustained bJ the entire suppression this year of our two principal fairs. Our resources are exhausted, and we have yet here a prodigious number of sick aud wounded;—upwards of 30.000 in more than 40 military hospitals, with our own poor, to he provided for. 44 One subject of affliction lies heavy upon our hearts. Our prosperous days afforded us the felicity of being able to perform, III its full extent, the duty of beneficence towards I the necessitous. We have before our eyes many thousands of the inhabitants of the ad- jacent villages and hamlets, landed proprie- I tors, farmers, ecclesiastics, schoolmasters, artizans of every description, who, someweeluj since, were ill circumstances more or less easy, and at least knew no want; but now, without a home, and stripped of their ail, are wilh their families perishing of huner. What the industry of many had acquired was anni hilated in a few hours. All around is one wide waste. The numerous villages and ham- lets are almost all entirely or partially reduced to ashes; the yet remaining buildings air perforated with bulls, in a most ruinous con- dition, and plundered of every thing the barns, cellars and lofis, are despoiled, and stores of every kind carried off; the imple- ments of farming and domestic economy, for brewing and distilling-iu a word, for every purpose—the gardens, plantations, and fruit- trees—are destroyed the fuel collected for the winter, the ates, the doors, the floors, the wood-work of every description, were consumed 111 the watch-fires; the horses were taken away, together with all Iheothercallle; and many families are deploring the loss of beloved relatives, or are doomed to behold them afflicted with sickness and destitute of relief. The miserable condillon of these de- plorable victims !o the thirst of conquest, the distress which meets our view whenever we cross our threshold, no language is capable of describing. The hoi rid spectacle wounds us to the very snul. us to the very snul. 44 All the Countries of our Continent have been more or less drained by this destructive I war. Whither then are (hose poor people, who have such need of assistance—whither are I they to look for relief ? Ye free, ye benefi cent, ye happy Britons, whose generosity is al tested by every page of the annals of suffer ing ^humanity—whose soil has been trodden by 110 hostile foot—who know not the feelings of him that beholds a foreign master revelling in his habitation,—of you the city of Leipsic implores relief for the inhabitants of the cir- comjaccot villages and hamlets, ruined by the military events in the past monlh of October. We therefore entreat our patrons and friends in England to opeu a Subscription in their behalf. The boon* of charity shall he punc- tually acknowledged in tha public papers, and conscientiously distributed, agreeably to the object for which it was designed, by a Com- mittee appointed for the purpose. Those who partake of it will bless their benefactors, and their grateful prayers for thcm will ascend to Heaven." (Sigaed) FREGE & Co. IiElCHEN BACH & Co. J. H. KUSTNEli & Co. Letpsic, November 1, 1813. We, the Burgomaster and Council of the citv of Leipsic, hereby attest the truth of the deplo- rable state of our city, and of the villages around it, as faithfully and pathetically de- scribed in a Memorial dated November 1st, and addressed to the British Nation by some of our most reputable and highly-respected fellow-citizens, namely, ihe Bankers Messrs. Frege and Ci). Messrs Eeichenbach and Co. Messrs. Kiistuer and Co and recommend it to the generosity which has, in all ages, marked the dlaracter of the British Nation. We have formally authenticated this attestation, by affixing to it the seal of our city, and our usual. signature. D. F. HULDREICH CARL. SIEGMANN, Acting Burgomaster, Leipsic, November, 18, 1813. One of the first measures lakeii by Davoust in preparing Hamburgh for the impending siege, was to fake from ihe Foundling Hospi- tal some hundreds of children, from infancy to Iwelve years of age, and conduct them 10 a village about two miles from the city, aud there turn them adnit in an open ifeld, to be picked up by the country people or perish This fact, is deduced from an authentic commu- nication to a member of the Committee in London.

To the Editor of the Gazette da France. Sir,—The article inserted in your paper of this day, announcing the arrival of Bonaparte in the fsle of Elba may be very correct, but, it docs not exactly correspond with the statement which I am about to give you, and which! have from the best authority. When Bonaparte embarked, he had his choice, as you have told us, between the English fri- ate and the French corvette. He prefrred the English frigate, which did not prevent the French corvette from accompanying him. :It was com- manded by Captain Montcabrier, who of coulse was an eye-witness of all that passed. This of. ficer arrived three days since at Paris, aud set j out again yesterday and the account which he gave to those friends who had most of his com- pany during his stay here was as follows ;— Bonaparte availing himself of the last moments of his authority, before his abdication, and know- ing that the isle of Elba, had been assigned for his retirement, secretly issued orders that a gar- rison of 2,400 men should go thither. From the distance of the island of Elba, with the measures that were taken to obstruct the communications, and perhaps, also by some intrigue and conni- vance, means were found to transport, without delay, that small number of troops from Italy to Porto Ferragio. The fact is, they still consider themselves under the authority of Bonaparte; for being yet ignorant of his abdication they knew not that they were released from their oath of fidelity. When Bonaparte was landed, the English Cap- tain testified his surprise at finding on the island a force of which he was not aware, and the in- formation given him on the subject made him uncertain what course to pursue. Unwilling to take any responsibility upon himself, he request- ed Captain Montcabrier to go to Paris to acquaint his Government with a circumstance of which he presumed it to be ignorant, and to obtain fresh instructions on (he subject. In the mean time he sailed on a cruise in the Mediterranean, hav- ing Bona parte on board. f',e r, M. de Montcabrier, after fulfilling his mission, set out again yesterday for the Mediterranean, where he expects to meet wirh the English fri- 2;;1(('. His friends know not what instructions he may he the bearer of; but they consider (he state- ment I have given you as certain and correct. I give you this version, without pretending to in- validate or lind fault with any others, 1 merely pledge myself as to the source from which it is derived. I have the honour to be, &e. Paris, Mall 13. Note of the Paris Editor.—The writer of this letter is well known to us. •

CERTAIN RUI.ES TO DISCOVER MARIUED COU- PLES IN LAHGE SOCIETIES, OR IN PUBLIC.' 1. Ifyott see a gentleman and lady disagree; upon trifling occasions, or correcting each other in company, you may be assured they have tied the matrimonial noose. 2. If you see a silent, pair in a hackney or any other coach, lolling carelessly one at each wia- dow, without seeming to know they have a com- panion, the sign is infallible. S. I f you see a lady drop her glove, and a gen- tleman by the side of her kindly telling her to pick it up, you need not hesitate iu forming your opinion.; or, 4. If you see a lady presenting a gentleman with any thing carelessly, her head inclined ano- ther way, and speaking to him with indiife- rence; or, 5. If you meet a couple in the fields, the gen- tleman,^) yards in advance of tf,.e lady, who per- haps is getting over a stile in difficulty, or pick- ing her way through a muddy path or, 6. If you see a lady whose beauty and accom- plishments attract the attention of every gentle- man in the room but one, you can have no diffi- culty in determining their relationship to each other—the eras is her husband. other—the eras is her husband. 7. If you see a gentlemau particularly cour- I teous, obliging-, and good-natured, relaxing into smiles, saying smart things, and toying with I every pretty woman in the room excepting one, to whom he appears particularly reserved, cold, I and formal, and unreasonably cross—who that f one is nobody can be at a loss to.discover or, I 8. If you see a young or an old couple jarring, I checking, and thwarting each other, differing in ( opinion before the opinion is expressed; cler- t nally anticipating and breaking the thread of 1 each others discourse, yer using iciud words, like f honey-bubbles floating on vinegar, which soon I are overv/elmed by tha preponderance of the fluid they tire, to all intents man and wife it is impossible to be mistaken. The rules above quoted are laid down as in- fallible in just interpretation; the? may be re- sorted to with confidence; they are upon uner- ring principles, and deduced from every day's experience.

Twenty-sis waggons were sent on Friday with money from the Bank of England to Portsmouth, for the purpose of paying off part of the navy. Good veal is now selling at Harwich at 5d. per Ih. fresh butler Is. per lb. and eggs 80 for which articles are imported from Holland regularly twice n week. Two negroes belonging to a plantation in Jamaica went in a canoe a fishing, the canoe upset—one was drowned, and the other es- caped to an elevated rock, where he remained without nourishment five days, during which time, impelled by hunger, he gnawed the j iriii. 0 t) St. James's Park is to he the scene of the I most splendid fireworks and olher rejoicings. at the ensuing celebration of a peace. A large double folding door to a platform from ihe Mall opposite Carilcu-House into file north-eastern corner of the Park, was completed on Wednesday. The ground im- mediately oil the inside was spread with can- vass for tents. A Correspondent assures us that Ihe "won- derful change that has taken place in public affairs, has caused a very great stagnation in the Wool Market: nothing has been done for the last fortnight scarcely and it is ex- pected it will be lower. He also stales, that a reduction of 5d. per lb. took effect on Tues- ,Ct day se'nnight at Rochdale, and that the quantity of wools of the lo wer sorts produced, was exceedingly greal, and purchaers few. The prices at present are nearly the same as at this time last year." At a meeting of the Committee of the In- stitution for promoting the British System of Education, held at Kensington Palace, on Saturday, the Duke of Kent iu the chair, it was resolved, That Joseph Lancaster, who at the general meeting held the loth of Nov. accepted the office of Superintendant, ,it a has IIOW ofltce, expressing great dissattsfacliou with the Committee aud Trustees; by which mea- sure all connexion between himself and the Institution for promoting the British System, is dissolved. Brighton, May 10.—The past week brought to our shores many hundreds of British cap- tives, who had not before seen their native hind for many years. Crowds of people as- sembled Oil the bach, on Monday last, to witness the arrival of the packets, and some French fishing-boals, laden with prisoners, tnanv of whoui. afterwards appeared, bad been travelling several weeks, at the rate of 30 and 40 miles a day, on the average, in search of a frieudly port to give facility to their embarkation lor Old England, after beggin* their way through France. A very •liberal"subscription has beeu Kited here for j their relief- l Green Pease sold on Saturday, in Covent- :?;ardpn market at the bumble price of four guineas per quart! A gentlemar, named Fox, going to France, purchased 30 guineas last week of a Jew at 27s. each, which, on getting home he disco- vered to be all counterfeits, Smouchy has escaped. James Blundell, driver of the Barnstaple and Tiverton stage-coach, has senl aspreseuts to the two great Commanders, Prince SchwartKenberg and Marshal Blncber, two fine o!d Cheshire cheeses, weighing lOOlbs. as testimonies of his admiration of their heroic virtues, talent, and services and Mr. Bankes, of the Lamb Inn, Bath, has very liberally franked the carriage of them as far as Dover. A short time since, an Auctioneer of Pen- zance was disposing of bargains, at Buryan church-town. When in the act of knocking down nearly the last article declaring, as usual, that it was going one of his auditory cried out we are going by G— and instantly all became a chaos. The floor having given way, the seller, bargains, and the purchasers, were I mingled together in one common ruin. Hap. IjlY no hones were broken nor any injury sus- tained, except a few trifling bruises, and the loss of the glass and china ware that had been disposed of. A poor woman who lived in the room under that in which the auction was held, escaped by getting into the chimney I but her household goods were utterly des troyed. b On Monday afternoon, a woman residing in York-street, Nottingham, put a period to her existence by taking a large quantity (If lalit/a linin. The poor woman was the wife of a discharged blind serjeaut, who is pensioned — iliey had been but a few days in Nottingham, ft is assigned, as the reason for the rash act, that her husband proposed to her to lead him out to beg, which so hurt her spirits, that she was precipitated lo the fatal step of self des (ruction. After having swallowed the poison she ran out of the house in a state of delirium, and was overtaken, with her youngest child, on the Forest. In the frenzy of despair, when first laid hold of, she wounded a man in the wrist with a knife so badly, that it has ren dered liiiii incapable of attending to his busi ness. Having, however, been secured, she was brought home, and medical assistant e rendered her immediately, but without effec". She (lieu about nine o'clack at night. The wretched husband is left with two children. Aoricci.tuke.-— Mr. R. Knight has com- municated to Dr. Thompson the following Method of destroying the Insect that injures trees :—" As soon as the insert makes its appearance, which is generally early 111 the spring, by exuding a white floculent cotton hive substance upon such of the rough knotty surfaces of the bark as have afforded it shelter during the winter, I take the first op- portunity of examining my trees, and with a pruning knife cut away all the dead bark from the parts affected, and then immediately cover the wounds by means of a painter's tool- brush, with a kind of paint composed of oil. of tar, and yellow oker, mixed to the con- sistence of cream. I also proceed in like man- ner to cover such other parts as rmiy be likely to harbour the insect, or to he subject to its attack. The effect of this operation is imme- diate and lasling for file extremely pungent and penetrating property of the oil ot tar (being au essential oil) is such that it instantly insinuates itself through the cracks and fis- sures of the bark, and thereby effectually destroys both insert and ova ill its most secret recesses, without in the smallest degree injur- ing" the tree, and for some mouths secures the parts from future attack. The application may he used at all seasons, and by the addi- tion of a little lamp-black may be readily made to correspond in colour with the bark of the tree, so as not to become at all offensive to the eye. it is indeed so convenient a me- dium of defence against the bad effects both of insects and the weather, that 1 conslautly use it after the knife on all occasions." Late jEwpress Jlf&rin Zjouisfi-—— I he foliow- ing particulars respecting the fate of the Em, prss Oil the approach of the Allied troops to Pari; have been made known at Brussels, upon authority that may, it is said, be depend- ed on :—•' The eyes of most people were turned upon the Empress. Many proposals were made to this Princess lo leave Paris, and to throw herself on the protection of the Al- lies, but she rejected them all, and declared at last, that she desired to be spared all per- suasion to this and similar steps, as she was firmly resolved to share the fate of her bus. band whatever it might be. She abided by this resolution, and because Napoleon wished that site would not leave the city, except in case of the utmost necessity, she remained there as long as possible and it is therefore not true that she left the city by Napoleon's order. As I he Allies approached neaierevery hour, the disorder and confusion increased.— The real adherents of Napoleon shewed more aud more that they knew not what to do. l'heir Councils and Orders, partly contradic- tory, partly impracticable, only increased the confusion. As the coming of the Allies was wished or feared, various reportsforor against fhe probability of it were spread. A crowd of people assembled on the Place Ventlome, alld were preparing to pull down Napoleon's sta- tue" when they were deterred by another swarm, who assured, they had heard that the Emperor would enler Ihc city in the evening as conqueror. On the 28th of March, a disin- terested spectator might foresee what would happen. Already white cockades were dis- Iributed, and the adherents of Napoleon dimi- nished more and more. Those, however, who, either out of inclination or interest, still adhered to him, ardently wished, that the Empress might not leave Paris, as they hoped to obtain by her means a reconciliation with the Emperor of Austria, and throllh him with all the rest of the Allies; but the majo- rity, who were already gained for LouisXVlll. endeavoured to obviate this resource. To this end they mixed among a crowd of people, whom they strove to convince that any media- tion in which the Empress might succeed, would prolong Napoleon ssway, and with that the misery of France. The people flocked to the Palace of the Empress, and uttered threats it she did not withdraw. This Princess had now no choice, and she left Paris (not on the 28th of March, as was at !irst said by some, but) on the soth, not 24 hours before the Air. lies entered Female Conscription.—Among the plans of Bonaparte, which were not made public, is one of a female conscription, including un- married ladies, from the age of 14 upwards, whose fortunes should be presumed to amount to or exceed 40,000 francs. The Journal des Debuts, of the 41h, gives the circular « t round to the Mayors in the department?-, Mont Tonnere, with injunctions of the strict, secresy. It was accompanied with a table divided into eight columns, for the name, the age, the names of the parents, their former rank and present condition; their fortunes, distinguishing the different kinds of property from which they derived their income the place and situation, and nalure of their landed esfatef and, lastly, the 8th column was headed Observations. This column (such was the the direction given) must state the personal qualifications or defects, the accom- plishments, conduct, and religious principles of each of the young ladies." A more ty ran- nical measure, as the French Editor justly observes, could scarcelv have been devised, aud if was the more terrible, because, though general, it was executed with the most pro- found serresy, and consequently no pervons whatever could withdraw themselves from its operation.

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