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The French Government would 

 not consent to refund more tlian 

 I0,000,000f. This offer has been 

 accepted, and the deputies, sena- 

 tors Sillem and Pehmaller, were 

 expected to return immediately 

 from Paris. Mr. Chapeaurouge 

 was to remain there, to urge the 

 claims of his fellow-citizens for 

 payment of the requisitions made 

 upon them by the French. 



12. The scarcity of honey this 

 year is almost unprecedented. 

 The circumstance is not to be 

 wondered at, for over-year hives, 

 as well as standard swarms, have 

 been prevented by the wetness of 

 the late summer from pursuing 

 their labours abroad, in conse- 

 quence of which many of them 

 are too poor to subsist through 

 winter^ unless they are fed at 

 present, and in the spring, by 

 the owners. 



Saffron- Walden. — The scene 

 that took place here this day 

 would have been too painful to 

 relate, were there not means ami 

 hopes of relief, as well as pre- 

 venting a recurrence of the evil. 

 A gang of robbers, more than 12 

 in number, has been lately dis- 

 covered, and a great part brought 

 here this morning. The robbe- 

 ries in the neighbourhood have 

 been carried on to a great extent : 

 one person was shot at in his own 

 house, having prevented the vil- 

 lains from breaking in j several 

 shots entered his face, but for- 

 tunately the contents of the gun 

 were weakened by tlie glass win- 

 dow through which one of the 

 mffians fired. 'J'hc magistrates 

 were nearly the whole day in ex- 

 amining the different charges. 

 The depiedators, strongly ironed 

 and hand-cuffed two and two. 



were sent off to different prisons : 

 it is distressing to state, that a 

 man, his wife, and their three 

 sons, are among the number ; 

 the young men were so hardened 

 that they went off to gaol laugh- 

 ing and whistling. Great distress 

 prevails tlnough the county of 

 Essex, which is one of the most 

 fertile. Distress in a great de- 

 gree leads to depredation : many 

 poor men are compelled to work 

 hard at 8d. a day, and strong 

 able-bodied men hereabouts can 

 often get but 6(1. a day. 



Darinstadt. — Our Gazette con- 

 tains the following notice : — 



" His Royal Highness the 

 Grand Duke of Hesse, taking in- 

 to consideration the great mis- 

 chiefs to the morals and welfare 

 of his subjects, particularly tiie 

 lower classes, which result from 

 lotteries, has ordered that the 

 lotteries which have hitherto ex- 

 isted at Offenbach and Redelheim 

 do cease and be entirely suppress- 

 ed at the close of the current year. 

 The public are also hereby in- 

 formed, that whoever shall at- 

 tempt to circulate in the Grand 

 Duchy plans and subscriptions of 

 foreign lotteries shall incur, with- 

 out any exception or indulgence, 

 in conformity to the ordinance of 

 the 12tli June, 1805, a fine of 

 100 crowns ; with confiscation of 

 the shares." 



Leipsic. — Within the last week, 

 our fair has been worse than it 

 was at first ; there is a want of 

 l>uyers. The number of sellers 

 has, besides, ncjt been so great as 

 usual. For cloths there is little 

 sale. Linens are very dear, al- 

 though little is sold. The num- 

 ber of English dealers, and quan- 

 tity of English merchandise, are 

 prodigious. 



