The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-04 00:00:00

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PORTSMOUTH; oci% 3.-7ArriVed his Majesty's
Ship Egeria, with dispatches from Portugal ; Alert;
Drs. DAY, from London to Cadiz; Rialta, BACON, a
Transport, from Cork ; and the Richard and Mary,
ADAMS, from Port-au-Prince, which she.'-left on
the ISt of August; was detained bya British Cruizer,
andsent into Jamaica, liberated, and was obliged to
throw part of her cargo and all'her guns overboard,
in a gale of wind, in the Bay of Biscay,. on the 30th'

Sailed his Majesty's Ships Goshawk, Alphea, De•
fender, and Podargus, on a cruize.

DEAL, OCT. 3.—Arrived in the Downs
.last
?light from a cruise off the coast of France the Chal-
lenger, Pandora, and Glonien Sloops
,of,. War,
Blazer, Desperate, Bold, and Plainer Gun-brigs;
also the Beagle Sloop of War with a large French
Lugger Privateer, of 14 guns, which she fell in with
yesterday in company, with four others, and captured
after a short Chace--the other four got away by tak-
ing different courses.

Sailed the Pinchei Gun-brig for a cruize off
Flushing,

DOVER, OtT. 3.—Passed'by the General Miranda,
ORE, from Jamaica; she parted from the Fleet on
the 18th August, in lat. 32. 46. long. 74.

SHEERNESS, OCT. 2.—Arrived the Queen, of 98
guns, and Phosphorus Fire-vessei, Lieut. LANCASTER,
prom the Downs;_ the latter is come into harbour.

Sailed the Elven for the Baltic, with a number of
Transports under convoy, and some Vessels for Riga.
OCT. 3.—Sailed the Queen, of 98 guns, for
tliatham, to be paid off.

Salted the Aggressor and sentinel, with convoy,
for the Baltic, &c. and the Ephira for Deal.

The under-mentioned East India, Ships, outward
bound, arrived at Simon's BOy-(Cape of Good Hope)
tl 31st May; under convoy of his Majesty's Ship
Lion, and sailed from thence on the 16th June, viz.
Calcutta, Capt. Maxwell ; Hugh Inglis, Capt. Fairfax;
rxeter' .Capt: Meriton ; Ceres, Capt. Dunstord ; Preston,
Sturrock ; Dorsetshire, Capt. Brown ; Ocean, Capt.
Wnliamso9; Lord Nelson, Capt. Hutton; Canton, Capt.
Lochner..
The Phcenix, itAMSDEN, and Walmer Castle,
Dobbs, from St. Helena, arrived at Simon's Bay the
3tst of May; the former sailed with the Fleet, un-
aer tonvoy of the Lion, and the latter proceeded on
Let voyage to Bencoolen the gth of June. The
-avid Scott, LOCKE, and Aln ick Castle, PRESCoTT,
parted from the Fleet, under convoy of the Lion,
0n the 27th March, in 1at.25. 5.9.,N. long. 20.41.
~
The Mary Ann British Lugger spoke the Ships
,g,-diexamter; PBXs,, and Northumberland,. J. R.
IIiANct(LIN, outward-bound, in lat. 23. S. long. 32.
• W; •
The Corihbieria, Capt. HUGHES, arrived on Fri,.
day night at Portsmouth, with a convoy,from- the
Cape Of -Good Hope. She sailed on the 3d ofJuly; •and from St. Helena on the 26th.—the
BetisOnable, Commodore ROWLEY ; Grampus, liar-
tier, and Charwell, were lying at the Cape. Three
ships; which sailed from England under convoy of
the Thetis Frigate; were lying at St. Helena; they
'Were to proceed to the Cape, to take the sgth
'legit-bent to Ceylon. The Lien, of 63 guns,
Captain HEATHCOTE; with a convoy for the East
Itidies; had toothed at the Cape. General CLA-
17E11'1'10i General TURNER, and Mr. MURRAY, late
Cnannissary-General at• the cape; came passengers
In the convoy. -
Very unfortunate circumstance happenedon
in
tcrlday
night, about seven 0'c104,-to a boat belong-
g to the Bombay, when returning from
_Deal to
;he bowns,
by upsetting in a heavy squall ; and it
being very. thick at the time, the deplorable sinta-
li" °f the crew could not be discerned-by the ships
or
Shore beats' : a boat belonging .to the Leviathan,
1:2(.11 Captain HARVEY, accidentally fell in with the
ava! sometime after she- upset, and succeeded in
endfn;n.r of the crew; who were nearly exhausted,
D dlrpen? ou. board a brig of war lying in the
4u°tfr,,rit-rs, 4ne following is a list of the unfortunate
and those psaved, viz
iwo--7,0.-Lieut. A Ilcot •,
ps.d.n, Boatswain ;
to, • 'Our Seainen, ohe CoxSwatn, one Cor
L po-
1, !•,r Privideg of Marines.
'
.16 ' --Two Sealnen, one Scrjeant, and one Private of
The boat had been at the Dock Yard; add was
partly laden with stores.
The Russian. fleet from the Tagus, whose arriVa
11 daily expeEted, is not to be kept, as originally in,
teuded,. at Poilsthouth, but is to- he laid up in the
jiver Medway.
The Philip, --, and another American ship,
suave arrived at GOttenburgii from Revel, not being
permitted to load.
The 4.liouche privateer, of one gun, and 65 men ;
.
nommee privateer, of one gun, and 108 men ;
id int
a‘vere egrite privateer, Of ode gun, and 50 men,
gust ;toti"il from Guadaloupe on the lOth of Au-
tn 'n former to cruize off Tobago and Grenada,
e two laterrinatn. Barbadoes, and the coast of Su-
.A letterof
-Q Marque ship, said
.to be the Mentor,
UELSH, from London, for St. Kitt's ; brig; sup-
posed to be* the Tartar, of and for Barbadoes, from
the Cape ,
le Verds; and a three=niasted schooner,
tronl Halifax, laden with 700 barrels of flour, were
carried into Martinique on the sth of August last.
The Ist division of the 7th Dragoons, com'rria'nd-
etl
by Lieut.-Colonel KERISON, embarked on Sun- • clayat Portsmonth 5 the 2d division, commanded by
ajor HMI. BERKLEY PAGET, embarked yes-
terday, and the last division this day. The toth and
25th will be embarked at the same time, and the
1-)_7luNct and Duke of CUMBERLAND go down to
Portsmouth to take leave of their regiments. The-
next to be embarked will be the 12th, 13th; and
14th Dragoons, then 111.. e heaVy brigade, dommEneing
with the 3d D dthe Blues and tl
klie rageons, next US,
Bay}.

THE THE4TRE',

itrtsTO THEATBF

A very numeroui 'audience attended the repre-
ientation of the adibirable 'tragedy of Macbeth lait
night at the King's Theatre. KEMBLE'S perform-
ance of Macbeth was chaste, judicious, arid im-
pressive, and he husbanded his pOwers so well that
be displayed unabated energy till the end of the
Play. We observed that he has relinquiShed some
of those interpretations of the text which, though
they manifest critical acumen, were likely to set the
mind upon reflexion and comparison when the feel-
ings ought rather to be occupied by the spirit of the
passing scene. Mrs. SIDDONS had all her usual
energy in the part of . Lady Macbeth, and must
have given satisfaCtion to the 'most cold and
rigid critic. CHARLES KEMBLE'S .Macdrifit. is now
one of his very best efforts. BRUNTON me-
tited a better part than Ross, but he acquitted
himself so well in it as to aid the general elle& of
the piece. The audience is the gallery suffered a
noisy blockhead to excite a turbulence which inter-
rupted Mrs. SIDDONS in her first speech, but the Play
afterwards proceeded without disturbance; and the
audience. were amply paid for the horrors of the
Tragedy in the -extravagant drolleries of LISTON,
MUNDEN, and BLANCHARD, in the Farce of The Por-
trait of Cervantes, which excited great merriment
throughout.

ThoThgh the Tragedy Wanted that magnifiCence of
ornament and costume WhiCh attended the represen-
tation at' the detboliShed Theatre, yet, considering
all things, the performance appeared to tolerable ad-
vantage, and was so well' supported in the atling as
to compensate for deficiency in other respeals. ,
As a proof of the excellent constru6tion of t,his•
Theatre in point of hearing, and 'that' the faintest
tones reach the organ, there is no call on the Per-
formers to speak louder on any -occasion.
•We must again express-our regret at the blank
spaces which appear in the theatre, after so great a
calamity has befallen the 'Patentees—a calamity that
'excites sympathy in every liberal mind. Surely the
proprietors of the private boxes, should " assume a
virtue if they have it not," and when they do not wish
to visit the theatre themselves, or to gratify any of
their friends, they -should generously let them be
opened for the advantage of those who have suffered
so severely, and who have still to struggle under so
many difficulties, with so distant'a prospect of com-
pensation for their heavy losses.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, tBoS.

MONDAY, OCTOSagit 3.

Mr. Shakespeat's Discount; Bst. sib. beat Sir C. Turner's
lock, Bst. 71b. Two-yr old C. -loop. h. ft.—Even.betting.
Mr. Batson's Charmer, Bst. 71b. beat Mr. .Lloyd's f. Ze-
phyr, by Coriander, out of Peppermint, 7st. 5 lb. Two-yr
old C. tongs.-_3 to ton Charmer.
Sir j. Shelley's fanny, Bst.3lb. beat Sir C. Turner's Bram-
ble, Isst. Across the Flat, 20044, h. ft.-6 to 4on Fanny.
Major Wilson's Juniper, Bst. beat Ld Grosvenor's Sun-
beam, Bst. ilb. D. I. zeogs.-6 104 asst. I uniper.
Ld Sackville's Deceiver, Bst. tolb. beat lien. Gower's c.
by. Worthy, out of Hare, Bst. Ab. M. ioogs.- 6t04 on De-
•ceiver.

Ld Lowther's Tot, Bst. 131 b. beat Ld G. H. Cavendish's
Dleadnought, Bst. Ilb. Two.yr old C. toegs.-5 to 4 agst
Tot..
4
Thz first year of a renewal of the Subscription of sgs. each.
for 4-yr olds carrying 7st. 71b. S-yr olds Bst. 61b. a.yr olds
Bst. 131 b. and aged 9st . alb. li. C.
Ld Grosvenor's b. in. Meteora. 6 yr.t old -
D. of Grafton's b; c. Musician,4 y,s 2

6 to 4 on Mtisician.
D. of Grafton's Musician, Bst. 41b. rec. 3 igs. from Mr.
Vansittart's M mentilla, Bst. fill,. D. I. songs. h. ft,
Gen Grosvenor's Rifleman, 7st. zolb. rec. ft. from Ld
Foley's Cecilia, Bst. 41b. R. M. rings. h. ft.
Mr. Payne's Bullrusli, Bst.7lb. agst Ld G. H. Cavendisli's
Podagra, 7st. alb. Ab, M. tOOO. ()Irby consent.
D. ofGrafton's Morel, Bst. rec. zags. from Sir C. Turner's
-Gundy, gst. Two. yr old C. souks. h. ft.
Gen. Grosvenor's john-o'-Gaunt, 7.t. rec. tags, from I.d
G. H. C4veadizh's Pagodra, Bst. glb. A.b. M. icogs. h. ft.

MR. PROFESSOR Ponso,N.—The remains of this
most distingUished Scholar were removed, yesterday,
at eleven o'clock, from the house of the London
Institution, in the Old Jewry, in order to be depo-
sited in the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge,
near those of the illustrious. Dr.- BENTLEY, since
who'se death antielbt literature has not sustained so
serere A loss.. •

THOMSON.—The Anniversary of the birth-day of
this great Poet, on the 24th ult. was celebrated at
Ednatn, .as usual; .by the Gentlemen who meet an-
nually fort that purpose. The day was passed with
much harmony and good-humour; and the grand
national song of " Rule Britannia," the production
bf our admired bard, was sung from the chair, the
company joining .in the chorus. The subscription
fora monument to Tnoms-oN, in so far as returns
have been received, amounts to upwards of two hun-
dred guineas.

NEW Mn VORS.-.Ai the ele&ion of a Mayor for the
ensuing year at Beverley,, yesterday se'nnight, Mar-
maduke Hewitt and. Richard Fox, Esqrs. were can-
didates, having previously declared their intention of
standing a poll; when, after polling. 294 Burgesses,.
Mr. Alderman Fox having a majority of 34 votes,
was thereupon declared to be duly elected. Thomas
Tenant; Esq. iselected Mayor of Leeds for the year
ensuing; and. Mr. W. Hey, jun. Common Coun-
cilman, in the place of Mr. It. Bramley, deceased.
Mr. Alderman Hollingsworth is chosen Mayor of
Hull; and the following Gentlemen to fill the Of-
fices of Sheriff and *Chamberlains, viz. Sheriff--
George SchonSwar, Esq. Chatnberlains-William
Bourne, and John Wray, jun. Esqrs. Henry 'Parry;
Esq. is elected Mayor of Bath. Mr. Wrightson is
eleeled Mayor of Doncaster for the ensuing year.
We understand his MA.LESTY has given his gia-
,cious consent that Sir SAMUEL Hoop shbold accept
and bear the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword ;
and also that Captains MARTIN and THOMSON
Should accept and bear the Knighthood Of that Or-
der, conferred on them by his Swedish Maje Sty, in
consideration of the skill and gallantry displayed by
them in/, the late eno-agetskent between two British
Ships of the Line and the Russian Fleet of nine.-=
His Swedish Majesty has also presented a'handioine
gold bo,c 4.0 Captain Tiiomsotsri on the occasion of
his being the bearer of the Colours of the captured
Russian Ship Sewolod; sent to his Swedish Majesty
by Sir SAAUrcr, How), and transmitted by his Swe-
.dish Majesty to our gracious Sovereign, as the per-
son to whoM this trophy most pi-operly beldngs.
The Monks and Friars of all the religious or-
ders in Portugal, mount guard along with the troops,
whom they animate with cvery pi-1;11)14 induce-
memo

ionEkiv

ileitthcplaiecis; aialsbir, Sept. 13.

His Aoyal Majesty has received the following Re=
port - from Rear-Admiral NiiifcmlopF, of the 6th
instant :

4' On the 3 iit of August arrived Major Tio
with the Frigate Camilla,from a cruize between
Revel and Sweaborg, brinaing with him the Russian
Brig lfzetrin, commanded by Capt. VAmicHtkokt7,
which he captured; and which Sailed frOrn Revel on
the 21st of August, bound for the Gulf of Finland,
The colours and pendant hoisted on board the said
Brig I have the honour Ea lay at your NlAjefty's feet.
." From want of other vessels, Admiral SAlnsiA-
Rsz has caused the above-mentioned Brig to be fitted
for a Fire-ship, together with a Sloop of War and a
.Cutter, which are now ready.
." On the 3d inst. Admiral SAumAttgz, according
to a plan settled between us, sent a flag of truce to
the Russian Admiral, with a letter, by which he
called upon him to take into his most serious consi=
deration the difficulties of his situation, and not to
sacrifice human, blood without the least chance `of
success, but to accept the proposal, which he made in
concert with me, that if, he would, deliver up to the
combined Swedish "and British Squadron half of his
Fleet, he should be allowed to withdraW with the
rest to Cronstadt, without the least interruption.
_ _

" Captain MARTIN, who was the bearer of the
above letter, was met by a §loop with Col. Moi.LEs,
who was sent by the Russian'Admitil to learn what
the English Admiral might have to propose, and to
make him acquainted with the Russian Admiral's
sentiments on the subject. Colonel MOLLES arrived
on board the Vitiory the 4th instant, at seven o'clock
in the morning, heard the above proposal, and de--
clared, that the Russian Admiral would rather burn
his ships than accede to such a proposal ;' but he
thought himself authorised to say, that if the Russian
fleet were permitted to return to Cronstadt unmo-
lested, his Imperial Majesty would agree to its being
dismantled, and' not armed again during the present
war. He suppoted, however, that the Russian Ad-
miral would express himself more fully on th:s sub-
jetrit in his answer to the above letter, which he must
have received by this time. But as this answer did
not arrive, the English Admiral gave notice to the
Russian Admiral by a flag of Truce dispatched this
evening, that he should resume ' •
"The same day arrived thefrigates Eurydice and
Bellona, with three Russian ships, laden with timber
and tar, which they Captured off Revel. One of
these ships is now unloading, to be.fitted for a Fire-:,
ship ; the timber is used for fire-'Wood on board yoUr
Majesty's Fleet; half of the 'tar is empleyed for • the
use of your Majesty's ships, and the rest for fitting
out the ;ire-strips.
On the sth, inst. Admiral.SAusrAitEz ordered
his bomb-ketches to throw bonibs into the batteries
and town of Baltic Port; one of which felt into a
magazine of gunpowder, which blew to with a
dreadful explosion, and seemed to detroy one of the
batteries.

" On board his Royal Majesty'S Ship King Gustavus
Adolphus I V. at anchor before .Kogerswick, the 6th,
Septembir, ,&,8. ,
" H. 1. NAUCKHOFF,
" Rear Admiral and ConlinandCr of H.M. S4-uadton."
(Stockholm Gazette of Sept.- i 6. ) . .

(PRIVATE LETTER.)

" flead.quarters, Oyer is,' I 2 miles from Lisbon,
Sept: io, zBoB.

" I landed in Portugal on the td, and joined the
Army at Cintra, on the Rock of Lisbon, on the 4th.
1. must refer you for an account of the-battles of the
,17th and 21st of August to the dispatches of our
Generals.' The discipline and gallant condo& of the
Britilt troops who were engaged are the subject of,
universal panegyric. The judicious disposition of
the army that was engaged, and the great discern-
nient, valour, and condu6t of General Sir ARTHUR
WELLEst.Ey, in the a6tions, are the theme and the
applause of every one. '

" It is now universally admitted, that if the corn-•_
rimed of the army on the 21st had, throughout that
day, remained in the hands of Sir A. WELLESLEY,
the British army would have pushed on and gained
Lisbon without much loss or difficulty !
" You are by this time in possession of the official'
dispatches, from •which you will certainly discover
those considerations which induced the then- Com-
mander in Chief not to pursue the enemy, and after,
wards to grant him the liberal terms under which
his army is to be embarked for' France. If if be in.-
tended to execute a-inOre-eXtended and important
service with the army, there may have been sufficient
grounds to justify the measures' which those who-are
ignorant of the tuttre, plans disapprove. . , t.'
"In the neighbourhood of Mafia there are;.-it i 4
said by the llortuguese,-an artnymt theirs of about
9000 men, and another of about, 15,000 on- the
frontiers. This is all the .Porttiguese news worth
mentioning.
" The French, .have,. it is said, ,ezereised great
cruelty, and committed .atas of depredation on .the
inhabitants, who consequently abhor them. • .Thci
Portuguese appear •eyitrernely grateful for. the..ser
• vices. of En ;fluid ; but to me they seem tot be a
people.who are not much burthened With , generous
feelings..

" By the latest and most authentic accounts re-
ceived here, it is stated, that there is an army of
40,000 French still in Spain; that :they-are near the
Pyrennees that they are. completely 'surrounded
by an army of 106,000 Patriots under. thecommand
of General CASTANOS j and that ere this it is be=
hewed a battle has been fought, and that few of the
French will escape.
_ _

It is also.said, that a proper underttanding
ists between all the ProVinces, and that a plan of
communication has been adopted by which Scuda
de Iteal, a place not far froth, Aladricl, is fixed upon
as the Provincial .Head-q.uarierS, and also as the
Grand Council for the Administration of the Affairs
of Spain generally.
." I .am also informed, that the trench have lost
in Spain WB,OOO of their best soldiers y that the
Spaniards entertain no apprehensions of the ap-
proach of a formidable Grand Army from FianCe ;
'bet that, on the contrary, it is their firm determi-
nation, as soon as the 40,000 men now► in Spain are
disposed of, to penetrate into Ftance, and to reta;.
hate the Cruelties and depredations of the French,
under DUVONT, at Cordova, and some other places,
where he put to death men, women, and children,
without distinaion.
'` King Josik?u, it is thought, lad escaped, 'and

of • • • • -
got into -France iiver-the mouniains.—So much, Tor
Spain.

.
"'The British Artily is encHrnpcd the
and left of Lisbon,, and 'on the left side of tl-6
Tag, Is. They are also 'in
,pogs'esioti ot the iihe. of
from Forts the Rack of Lisbon to Tort' t
leni incluSive. The French are embarking; and
it is thought that our Head-iluarters in a few dayi
will be'retnOved fr6m henCe to Lisbon. ', •

" Six cOmpinies of the eoth Regirrie'rli of Ib-
fantry" are to cross the TriOs to-morrnW rn6i-ding/
to' Elvis, which is (I think) abotit 'l6O and
it is thodght thit We are fo station about 16,006
men at the Oaiiseinn the frontiers. We hive a great
matlf Genera! Officers • here; about !.—The Offi-
ceH and men are kit Of admiration of the abiiitloi
and conduit of General Sir A. Witt,tritzt Both
Sir H. DAtilY3li'LE dad Gerieratatattiudi are rter,
at Head=quarters.
Don Mtouir: SETAtto Consul A
Lisbon.

" SEi3T. t i .--Sitice I ivrbte tO yan yesief.dav; trtr
•Head-quariers haVe been ordered to Belem.
• " The trews here this. day is, that the Spaniards
Skipped the Rtigsian Arnbassador at Badajoz, on the
frontiers of Spain that they have sent hither lis
digpatches by a Spanish Officer; and th?t they ha% e
been delivered to the Cdinmander in Chief. Others
spy, that the Spanish Officer took them on for the
purpose of accelerating the measures which it i 4
said they are intended to prtirriote; 'and to expedite
the receipt of them. •

. .
" The French, it is laid; have begun_ to fortify
their frontiers in the neighhoLirhood of the l'y -
te e ri dtoad On the defensive! !!"

.. . ,
LIGHTNING.—On the tali ult. the Su/lan, or 74
gtinS, Captain GRIFFITH, lying at Port Mahon,
norca, was' struck with lightning, in a way that %vas
truly awful and terrific. The Officers were at din=
ner, when; in a moment; the Ship received a drea&
ful shock; as' though a ball of hre had struck her,
and had gone quite through; making an explosion iii
its passage as loud as the explosion of a quantity of
gunpowder., The Officers; as it were, involuntarily
ruilicd out .of their cabins, and discovered that it
had struck the jib-boom, killed seven then, badly
wounded three others; and, conducted by some of
the iron-work; ran along the jib.-boOrn, tore it to
pieces, struck the cap of the bowsprit; shivered. it,
and then' fell into. the water. The three poor fel
lows who.were wounded were dreadfully tuAngled.
The onfortnnate sufferers were some of the best sea-
men in the Ship.

Gdosa-...—Last' the wife of a
tradesman, one of the hearerS of'n celebrated intderti
Saint, who haS made a Wonderful transition troni
fishing in a coil.-pit, to be a fisher Of the credulouti
and tindiscerning multitude, being very desirous of,
insinuating- hefself' into his good opinion, solicited
her husband's'permission to make him a present of
a Michaelmas Goose. Having obtained this, she
forthwith :sent her servant with a large ready=
plucked go'ose to the holy father t, mean time the
husband; who WA's'hot of that fraternity, being not
much disposed to allow his rib thus to insure tho-
;way into Heaven at hiS expense, by making such
•presenti to the spiritual director of her conscience,
intercepted the servant, and- took froth ber the
' goose, at the same time striCtly enjoining her to re•i.
veal nothing to her mistress. • He sent the goose to
a public-house, and ordered it to be dressed for
supper, for himself and a few friends. On hrs
coming' at the appointed hour, he met with a very
different reception from, what he expeaed:—the
landlady attacked him with great fury, sayi,t:, tl4O
stratagem which you have so villainously employed
to prove my honesty, has tailed—there 1. your goose
and five potuid note, and play no more tricks upOn
travellers." Confounded at the length Which hi 4
fanatical wife went to please an ineohetent canter;
at the "expense of her family's interest, he gently re;-
tnOristrated with. her on the folly of her eonlUCt, but
instead of listening to the admonitions; she packed
up her ails and disappeared, and she has not as yet
'been heard of.

At Uxbridge Fair; on Friday, g Gentleman en-
gaged two young wometi; sisters) as Servants. On
tererring for charlEter, &c. he discovered them to be
his nieces, to whom he *as unknown, he having for
many years been in India. He carried them home
to a condition more happy than they had anticipated.
We have received the following Letter froin a
person lately a Prisoner of War iri France :
" Gillingham, Ott. 3, iSog.,

_ -•
Havincr'Seen in your Paper of Thursday last, an
.account reratiteito theL.English Prisoners of War in
France, aud-havingsccently left that place, after a
residence thereof- four years as a prisoner of war,
three months,ol. which I wavconfined in the con:l-
-emon prison at Sarrelibre (formerly Sarre Louis),
must beg. leave to .acquaint you, .that in addition to
three farthings per day, the.sailors are allowed one
pound of bread,:and,half a pound of beef (certainly
a very short ha/f pound, and the otfil is also weighed
in
.with teat meat), and out of the pay 2.id. per
month is .stopped from each prisoner to pay for his
bedstead; .the; retnainder,part.of the statement I be-
lieve' to be correet; I left Verdun on the 4th of
June, 1808."

MARLBOROUGE-STREET.-It has been stated, that
a man of the name of Smith, Who resides in Beau-
champ-street, Leather lane, was conveyed to LH;
Office on Saturday,' on suSpieiOn of haviz;.- wilfutly
Set fire to the dwelling-hotise, in 'which he lodged,
and that he 'underwent an. examination:, The rtir
nine particulars were not entered into on Saturdays
,in consequence of the wife of the Prisoner not hav-
ing been taken into custody, but that event was ae.
CoMplished on Saturday evening, and yesterday ttm
parties were again examined. It 'pp!learcd by the
testimony of one of the witnesses, a lodger in the
house; that.the Prisoner, who it a shoemaker, occu-
pied the first floor; and on Thursday evening; after
the lodgers had been alarmed by a smother in the
house, the man Prisoner was -discovered standing
with his back against a partition oflath and plaister,
with a lishted candle in his hand. it was found that
the sMother issued from this spbt, and on examining
it, there appeared a hole which had been reeenhy
made, and through which a quantity of burning
rags, and other combustibles, had iein introduced,
so as to communicate with the .stair-cae. This for-
tunate discovery was made just in time to save the
house.
ne Primers were re-mArnitted.