The Sun.
London, England, 1808-02-18 00:00:00

ANo rii ER.

„
” The 430VernOr of Paris, &c. &c. decrees
,as.
follows :--,
M. Ai AscAttyNnAs, Judge COnservator.of the
French Narion in Lisbon, who resides
.at No. 95,`
St. Joi-Sti:i".vt, ypointed Commisiioner, and
charged to. revise the.ciaiitls of tue.Eqeglish.
M. I\4',ASCARENHAS will repair to the General in
Mcf:aaay and Tnursdity in every week, to at-
t`bd to tin business.
~vJI acquaint the English who are arrested,
or ~vhose, property is sequestered, and who have
anY,. cbilis to prefer, with the provisions of this
piey must ail be supported by authentic
decutnett ts.
‘.4 Grvctt at the Palace, of ,the Head-Qtiarters in
Btll Dec. 1807.
(Signed)

" Amor."

FRENCH PRISONERS.

The ..following is a true copy of an interesting com-
munication transmitted. froiu the Transport (Mice,
in reply to all applicati9ns now made'by French Orfi,
vers pri ioners of war in &kiln; far ptssports, to ena-
ble thu. in to return to France

" ntiNSPOrtr OFFICE':

" Si R—The Commissioners tear his Majesty's,
Transport Service, and for the care and cti,Andy Of
Prisoners of War, hive received your- letter of the
and in return, I am dircztM to ae-
,
quairitt you, 'hat it is the determination of his. Ma-
jeity'rt Grov'lrtituent not to allow any more Fodath
go froth this Country to Franco, tantil the
French Government shall make some return for the
very great number of French Officers already sant,
or. shall agree to a cartel of exchange upon the fair
principle of man for man, and rank for rank, accord-
ing.t o the usual plan of civilized nations, and as re-
peatedly proposed by the Commissioners, without
etre& I am, however, to acquaint you) that if the
French Government will send over to this conniry a
British. prisoner of. equal rank to effea your ex-
change, or will officially certify to the Comtnis-
sioners,, that upon your arrival i u France. such British
prisoner shall be released, orders .will immediately,
on the receipt of such certificate, be.given for your
liberation.

" You will under these circumstances clearly per-
ceive, that your detention here is entirely owing to
your own Government, to which any application you
wary think prciper to make on the subject will of
course be duly forwarded.
" As it is probable that you may not be suf-
liciently acquainted with the English language to'
undersinttd perfe&ly thia letter, a translation of it
into Ft* nch is given on the other side hereof.
-" 1 am, Etc."

tains much sterling excellence, and an interesting
variety of character.. This Play strongly indicates
the instability.of public taste: It was highly popular
about half a century ago, but has very seldom been
represented since that pertncl. YATES, it is pro- v
ACCINATION.—From the inquiry instituted, in
bable, in a great degree contributed to its popularity, consequence of the rumours circulated of several
AS he was highly admired for original huraour and persons having had the Small-Pox at Ringwood,
geiruine simplicity in the charadter of the Clown. alter Vaccination, it appears by the Statement of
The new Play of The Wanderer, is not laid aside three Surgeons, Messrs. J. RING, W. BLAIR, and
for the Season, but is .to -.be represepted again when T. S. KNOWLES, published by order of the Jennerian
the Coixtedy of .begone Dull care begins to abate Society, that there was no satisfaCtory evidence of
in its attraction, a circumstance, however, that is 1 any person having caught the Small-Pox after being
not likely to take place soon, as it is very entertain- properly Vaccinated ;on the contrary, upwards of
ing, and is admirably supported
-by the Performers. ;slot)
,persons, who had been properly Vaccinated,
The Arts have lost a respeetable member ic the, were proteded from the Stnall-pox, although ex-
osed to its infeaion hi different ways. There were
late Mr. FREEIIAIRN, Who was a pupil of the .great P
Winsorr, and a landscape' painter of considerable various instances of impeded Vaccination, or where
merit. His genius, hoWever, was not of the higher j the Vaccine. Inoculation did not take effeCt, anti
order, arid his works are more distinguished for me- where, consequently,. the susceptibility to the Small-
chanical dexterity than grandeur of conception. . Pox still remained. The rumour of two persons
ilia KING -Or CANDY.:—I he very superb lamps, i having died of Vaccine ulcers appeared to be wii;,;ut
inteaded as a present from Government to'the King foundation. • ,
of CANDY, are nearly completed; together with -, Sir JOSEPH BANKS, from various experiments, and
several mirrors of vast dimensions, encircled by the experience of many years, recommends a gene-
massy ft-tunes most exquisitely carved by one of the .I ral revival of the now almost obsolete praelliee or lity -
first artists in. this .kingdom. A large quantity of lug straw under strawberry plants, when the, fruit
elegant jewellery accompanies these valuable pre- begins to swell, .by which means the rooti,
'
artAtaded
sents. from the sun, the waste of moisture bsc,,,,ipoiNors
. prevented, the caning fruit kept from 4arrpso, by
1' ' '
• ELOPEMENT.—On Monday. night, Miiii4EIJIZA.-
resting on the ground, particularly in Wei weather,
BETH a daughter to an opulent merchant, contrived
to elope frem the residence of her father, near Bed- and much labour in watering saved. Twenty trusses
ford-square, '
with the , second son of a Country of 194 straw are sufficient for 1800 feet of plants.
Squire. Since the flight
.of this amiable fugitive, In 1800 'a woman was living at. Merthyr-Tydvill,
ker aged parents have been almost distratied with in Wales, aged 94, who remembered when there
grief. . - . were only 25 inhabitants in the parish. In the above
•
On Wedneiday last, Barbara Malcolm, for the • year, a very intelligent Gentleman took the pains to
trader of her natural child, %via executed at the ascertain the population of that place; and found it
West 'End of the' Tolbooth, Edinburgh, and her to'he 13,600. This astonishing increase is awl-,
bodY given to the Profeasor of Anatomy, ftii dissec- bitted to the extensive iron ,works establiihed there ;
Lion, pursuant to her sentence. She -Was aSSiaii and so crowded was the place, that twelve men amid
in lier AciiotiOns by, the Ilev, David Dickson, qt,i. "8.- woman resided in one apartment, twelve feet
one of the Ministers of the City, and th- 'Re'ir. . tapaare, which served them - - •
James Porteous,, Chaplain to the Tolbooths and at/- . ".. For parlouri •for kitchen, and a 11,"
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peartal very penitent and resigned. So fee hie-was ' The'
men worked in the mines, six"by day, and
alle, that two .inen were obliged to support her at six by, nni i • i
t—three beat served them all ; thus the