North Wales Gazette

DISTURBANCES IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. Aismes, .Y01'. 15.—It was reported yester. day, that search had been made at the house of the assassin of General Lagarde, and that he had tied. Every thing is in the mean time tranquil, and such good precautions are taken, that repose will not be disturbed. Some of the national guard* of Montpelier and of the environs of Nismes have arrived, and more are expected from Toulouse and Marseilles; but it is probable that they will receive a coun- termand. The Duke of Angouleme arrived this inoriiiti,, his presence, his wisdom, the respect he inspires, the general love for his august uncle cannot fail to recal every mind to reason. The following is the Proclamation which the Marquis of Arbaud-Jouques, Prefect of Gard. published on the 12th, in consequence of the atrocious event which had nearly cost the life o, l Lagarde:— PEOPLE OF NISMF.S!—All the French, what- ever religion they profess, are the subjects and children of the King, the father of the country. The orders of the King are to protect all sorts of worship; to secure the property, the life, the liberly of conscience of all the French. We have received these sacred orders for every good Frenchman. vVe have executed them. We will maintain them to the last breath of our exist- ence. A wretch, concealed in the groups of the people, which, perhaps, fancied they were only rioters, but were absolutely rebels to the King, has attempted to assassinate the brave General, to whom this Department owes so much esteem, gratitnde and affection. The condemnation atone of this infamous assassin call henceforth save the country and absolve the people. He has not been seized and arrested at this unfortunate moment; but you know him you who surrounded him at the moment of his crime. I promise, in the name of the Department, a reward of 3,000 francs to him or them, soldiers and inhabitants, who shall give information of him, and bring him before me. Several of the National Guards who had accompanied the Prince, were attacked, on their return home, by the Buonapartists, who slew one and maimed the others, in the terri- tory of the commune of Calvison. Eight of the assassins were brought in here. The com- mune has been condemned in a fine of 24,000 francs, and to support and lodge 300 men who have been seat thither,

I LONDON MARKETS. Sugar.'—There continued a very steady though not extensive demand for Sugar during last week,towards Ihe close the inferior ties- j criptions of brown Muscovadoc could be pur- I chased a shade lower the export houses have lately been at market, and last week several parcels were taken for France, the strong Muscovadoes and the fine (of the latter the j Hlppll is ra!her deficIent) have been in so ni ch requt l, that the holders arc realizing prices about tid, a Is. higher than the late currency there is no proportion betwixt the prices of the interior browns and the good Sugars t the latter, fr>m their apparent scar- city, will probably rate high. The market this forenoon is exceedingly heavy, the to!al sales little exceeding 200hhds. the prices cannot be stated at any variation ¡ from last week, to- browns being offered a ) shade under our late quotations; the holders I of the better descriptions realize prices a shade higher. The advanced season of 'he year prevents "ny business heing done :n refined goods for export the wish by the shippers to contract for refined Sugars deliverable in the spring at the present prices continues 'he few that have been agreed to are a shade higher crushed Sugars being purchased in the market .1 at present '78s. to 79s. the contracts deliver- able its March 81s l'o doiil)it- to;ives I I Os. to 112s., brown lumts are ;u request fcr im- mediate crushing at 122s" good strung for melting at 125s. to 127s. the grocers conti- nue to come to market for their usual winter supply. It IS aot prufwhle that the market wili he furnished with abundant supplies tils the beginning of the year, owing to the bond- ing system being elided; last year at this sea 11 y sou tlaere Were3000 htids. in bond the prices of refined generally bOs. perewt, higher than a.t present. There were 346S bags of Sugar brought forward at the India House last week, the best white (not fine; sold at 70s. the general price for low white 58s. to 59s. very strong brown and yelloiv realised 64s. line yellow but soft 52s. to i4, soft hrown 43s. The clayeds of Martinique and Guadaloupe continue nelect- ed the quantity at market is trifling there has been little or no business dune in Havan- nah or Brazil sugars for soine time. Coffee.—There was only one inconsiderable sale of Coffee "brought forward (itiriiig last week, it cons&ted of 266 casks British planta- tion, and 183 barrels, and 267 bags Foreign Coffee, the former chiefly ordinary descrip- tions of Jamaica, ordinary 66s. good ordinary 68s. fine ordinary 71s. <6d. to 74s. middling 77s. to 80s. the foreign good ordinary Ha- vaunah was taken in at 70s. to 72. a part da- maged sold from 63s. to 65s 6d. The prices at this sale may be considered about 2s. higher than the previous one mentioned in our last publication but as we did not lower our quotations then, the sale being too trivial to fix a criterion for market prices, we tlo not alter them now, the prices realized being as nearly as possible the quoted currency. There is apparently a wish to secure coffee at the present low prices, speculating upon the spring shipments the qualities enquired after are Bourbon, St. Domi«go, and fine Jamaica Coffee. Cot-it.-Tiiei-e has been a moderate supply of Wheat in the market, yet the prices declin- ed 2s. per quarter the demand for export has nearly ceased, only 274 quarters were export- ed last weeli there is, in consequence, little or 110 business doing in foreign wheats. The supply of barley was moderate, a few of the prime samples realized last week's currency, but at the close of the market 30s. was consi- dered as the highest general currency. The quantity of Oats at market was again exten- sive, a farther decline was submitted to, and the sale heavy atthe depression. White Peas were Is. lower. There was no variation in Beans. Considerable parcels of new Red Clover Sced were offered on very moderate terms without facilitatiug sales. In Linseed there was no business done, but purchases might be made on tower terms than the late realized currency. Tobacco.—The business done in Tobacco i lately has been very limited the quotations are in consequence nearly nominal several cargoes are daily expected in the channel. Hum, Bi,ant-ly, and Hoiltinds.ri)e orders for Rum for the Hanse Towns, Antwerp, &c. bad been delayed, in expectation of lower prices the shipers came into the market about the middle of the week since then about 1000 puncheons have been sold, of which nearly 690 arc Jamaica the prices are about Id. per gallou higher. Leewards proofs and over 2s. lOd. common Jaiuaicas had been purchased so low as 3s. The deliveries from the warehouse during last week 863 eo I puncheons for export, and 318 for the con sumplion of the country. In Brandies little or no business has been effected purchases may be made a shade lower no alteration can be stated in the prices or demand for Geneva.

TREATY OF ALLIANCE. We present our readers with the following re- capitulation and analysis of the above most im- portant State Paper and documents, as promul- gated to the two French Chambers, by the Duke of ltichelieu.] The first is site grand key or corner stone of all. It is the Definitive Treaty between the Allied Powers and France, by which peace is re-established upon the principle of securing to the Allies proper indemnities for the past, and solid guarantees fqr the future-the in- demnities to be partly territorial and partly pecuniary. Upon this principle, Phillmpe ville and Marienbourg, with their districts, and the Duchy of Bouillon Sarre Louis and the course of the Sarre Landau and the left bank of the Lauter (Weissenbourgandarayon of a thousand toises excepted) t, part of the Pays de Gex, the Commune of Ferney ex- cepted, are to be ceded in perpetuity. The paramount influence which France exercised over the Principality of Manaco, is to be transferred to tbe King of Sardinia. Tbe fortifications of Huninguen to be demolished, and n ine to be erected within three leagues of Basle. Basle. j Eighteen fortresses to be occupied as tem- I porary guarantees by 150,000 of the Allied f troops, for five years at the utmost, which trooJlj are to he paid hy France. A pecuniary j indemnity to be also paid by France ot 700 bullions. I The Slave trade lo be abolished France, as our readers recollect, had refused in the Treaty of Fans of 1814. to abolish iln' trade imiuedi 'leiy but it now appears, as we staled some time ago, that the King of France has, since his second restoration, abolis'ieu' it iu i France by a Decree of his own. Annexed to this Treaty are several "Cf>nven- j tioivs which detail :<nd regulate the execution of the uiaiii jioinls hud down in the Definitive Treaty. 1 lie first Convention resrulales the mode of paying the 700 millions indeiimitv t 'be pay- ments will amount to *6.0001. a day. The second Convention relates to the occu { patiou of thecautiounrv towns — the provision- tiie ti.ool)s. The first is to be furnished in kind. l,ift,v iiiilliois of trance are to be paid yearly for the pay and cloathiug the allied troops. But tor Ilw first year the sum is reduced to 30 millions.— j His most Christian Majesty is allowed to keel) I garrisons in the towns situated in theterritory I occupied by the allies but the number is not to exceed a fixed rale. The third Convention provides the liquida- tion of claims by the subjects of foreign Powers for snnis lent, articles furnished, arrears of pay, sums sent in letters put. into the French post office, &c, The claims of the Bank,of Hamburgh are to io the objects of a separate CONVENTION, A capital of 3,500,000 francs is to be writ- ten into the Great Huok of the public debt of CONVENTION, A capital of 3,500,000 francs is lo be writ- ten into the Great Book of the public debt of France with ifilerest as a fund of guarantee. The jfourth Convent-fan relates entirely to the liquidation ot the claims of British sub- jects. Those who had sums in the French funds, which, since January, 1793, have been j confiscated or sequestered, are lo be written J into tile Great. Book for the same sums. The j interest upon the new Scrip is to begin paying on the 22d of March, 1816. However, those who have cviisetiteci to receive their iutciest, j at the rate of Hie tiers consolide, are excepted from the foregoing stipulation. f Life annuities are also to be re-written into the Great Book, A capital ot 3,500,000 francs is to be written i into the Great Book, with interest, as a Gua- rantee Fund. When this is done, which must be by the 1st of January at the latest, Marti- nique and Guadaloupe are to be restored to France. After this follows a document or the utmost importance. It is a Treaty of Alliance be- tween Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, by which they stipulate to maintain the Definitive Treaty iu all its vigour, and en- gage to employ their united forces again, 1-1 r, y "should the same revolutionary principles which supported the last criminal usurpation, again, under other for>ns> disturb France and menace the repose of other States." This Treaty, signed on the same day with all the other tiocililicills, was communicated to Ihe French Government by a note trom the Ministers of Ihe Allied Powers. Such is (he substance of that grand diplo- matic arrangement which does so much credit to the Ministers by whom it was uegocialed, and which seems calculated to bestow upon Europe, as far as human wisdom can bestow, the blessings of a solid, a secure and an ho- nourable peace. Nothing seems wanting— nothing appears to have escaped thejudguienl the penetration, the foresight and the forti- tude of the Negotiators. Tltey have leflllo poinis undefined, nothing upon which cavil cau be raised, nothing that can admit oftwo mterprctations; the great political lint's and relations are not more clearly and explicitly defined than those pecuniary points, which in former arrangements have too often been sti- pulated tnsuchloosc and general terms as to admit of easy evnsion and vexatious de!;»y. III submitting these documents to the two Chambers, the Duke of Richeliei* made a long explanatory speech in which he cvidently struggles between a conviction of the justice of the conditions imposed upon France, and a desire not to aggravate those feelings of hu initiation with which the Chambers would re- ceive them. He contrasts the situation of France before the re-appearance of the Usurp- er, with the consequences, the disasters, and the calamities thal followed from it; and ven- turing upon a bold truth, declaresto bis coun- try, that she is not yet sound and mature enough for legislative discussions. The good, the reforms which the Government had began to adopt before the Revolution weredeslroyed by I he passioll and the inexperience of nume- rous assemblies, which first weakened, then destroyed the power of the Stale, brought re- ligion into disuse, the laws into contempt, and involved all social ties in oue geueral havoc and desolation. There is equal force and truth in this part of the Duke's speech. But he has mixed with it one or two assertious to which we cannot subscribe. He states, that such an array of foreign force was not necessary to put down the Csprper: nay, Ihe friends of* the Monarchy in France would have done it themselves, but that they could not begin their operations so soon as the Allies I I As this was said with the sole view probably of making other parts of his speecb more palatable, we shall let it pass. After having heard the Duke's assertion, we shall hazard oue which probably may startle him as much as his assertion surprised us,.— It is this—that no nation has more reason to applaud the terms of these Treaties than France herself; for they are the ovily means by which she can be effectually protected and saved from herself. We believe that the ma- jority of the people are desirous of peace and attached to the legitimate Government; but it cannot be denied that the elements of revo- luliou are still ueilUer few nor feeble, that the w ■ ■ r" a I disa.TecIed have lost none of their venom of aclivfiy, and we have seen how absolutely and completely Ihe majority have bee;, and can be itepl down by (lie stirring minority. Were I'ranee left entirely to herself, had the Treaty 1 of 1815 stipulated Miat she he replaced exactly s-s she was by tbe Treat y of 1814, were j the foreign armies !<> retire from her territo- I ries and fortresses altogether, we are decidedly cf OPIIlIOIJ thai, nol two mouths would elapse without fresh disturbances and fre>h attempts at As it is, the efforts of the dis- affected, if they should make any, which is wt)ijltl prove impotent, and il-ey must give up tiieir intentions, if not .ni inclination at least from the penury of" uieir means —" Their poverty but not their Will consents."

MISCELLANEOUS. Thames Police fjice — A ewly /11 vented Stays. -A female of the name of Elizabeth Greet', was slopped ill a cart, where she wa seated, on pretence of being conveyed to the place destined f<»r her accouchement, oh suspicion of having in her p'->si»Nst.jii a q-iantily of copper belon ging to his Ylajesty. (j.po:> being search* ed, her appearance of pregnancy turned out to have arisen from an almost incredibleqtian. tJ!y of sheet copper (iOOJbs.) in the pocketg of stays curiously contrived for the purpose. The Magistrate, considering that sh« had act. ed under the controul of her husband, cor1)- mitted him to prison fof three months, and fined him live pounds. Court of Chancery, J\"ov. 11. The Lord Chancellor (hi* day ordered tins two Pei^ ions which stood in the roll for yesterday, and had been passed over should be restored to the paper, upon Ihe cosfg of the day being paid by the Solicitors, on account of whose 3bsei.e the same bad been scored out. lits Lor(liii, ul)- served, that 23 out of every 25 petitions were in this stale, and it was his determination to treat them all in the same manner, The So- licitors in general were to blame, and Uie Court was reproached for delays which it did not descne- Insolvent Debtors. — Iu llm Court last week, a considerahle portion of I he time of the Court was occupied in attending to the returns of Assignees, who had been called upon to bring in and verify their accounts. One case csciled more than ordinary interest—the case of the Assignee of the estate and effects of one W. Crocrof t, who had been discharged by the late Mr. Serjeant Palmer. It appeared from the schedtiie that the debts of the Insolvent amounted to about 4800/. but no effects of any sort were returned bv the prisoner. The a respectable gentleman (Mr. White) admitted that though he had been some time assignee, yet he had been unable to discover any property belonging to the Itist)iveitt,- Upon this, the Commissioner, Mr. Serjeant HUllnington catted for the schedule, and oil perusing the same, found that lie had admitted to have received since his confinement 103/. for his salary as Chief Clerk of the Office for issuing Exchequer Bills, which he had et- pended in the support of himself and his wife, and for law charges. The Court then inquired of the assignee why he had not made a special return of his salary, as future acquired effects, to the Court } He answered, that he should certainly have done so, had he not been in- formed by the Insolvent and his Solicitor, that he and the Court itself had no power over it* The Court upon this, observed, that Me should not have governed himself by information of such a description, but should have returned the fact to the Court, aii(I applietllo have the Insolvent again brought before it, to i>& ex- amined as to all ttic circtittist-iticei a'lached to the office a/HI the salary. That the duty of the assignee was not only to collect all the estate and effects of ll»o Insolvent, whether disclosed by the scl'C-dule or not, but to be extremely vigilant as to all future property which he nii^'ut by any means acquire; all of whIch W"; legally liable to his crcditori till they were fully paid the whole of their respec, ,;Vc demands. And as lo the salary in ques- tion, so long as it was paid, and the place was enjoyed by the Insolvent, a considerable part ot it should ill justice be considered as future effects to be applied from time to time in re- duction of the debts due from the Insolveut namely, so much of it (after deducting a rea- sonable allowance for the mainlenance of himself and iainily,aud payment of his debrs, contracled after his discharge, or to which the discharge did not extcnd), as may appear to ihe Court sufficient to answer those just views of the Act of Parliament. The time was therefore enlarged for the assignees to make the necessary inquiries, and return the facts to the Court by the 1st of February next, wheus no doubt, the point will be ably discussed. We referred on Monday to the Proclama- tion of the King of France, as a demonstra- tion of his abhorrence of the persecution which the bigotry of some fanatics, equally danger- ous to his Throne and Country, has savagely excited. We trust, too, that his Majeslv°wilt not merely punish the immediate authors of the assassination of Lz Garde, but will order an investigation into the first causes of that phrensied violence which the mob has exer- cised, we fear, from other suggestions than their own. In the mean time, we can assert that it is a gross calumny Jo impute these m.sl fortunes to the apathy of the British G overn- ment, or of the A.'died Powers. We are ena- bled to state with confidence, that our own Government have assured the Protestant So- ciety, That it has been the in variable ob- ject of the British Government, and of the Allies, to support, and, on every suitable oc- casion, to assert, the principles of Religious Toleratiou and Liberty and that, in their ] recent communications with the Government of France, they have brought forward these principles as the foundation of their policy and of their just expectations and that they therefore are using their best endeavours, t;) arrest the progress of evils which they most deeply deplore." Anew Banking establishment has commenc- ed {iu the North, under the name of ScoU aad I Lot