The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-01 00:00:00

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ihr..1,11 for the ensuing week to-remain Without
any alteration in its Prlee.
Two Heligoland Mails have arrived, bringing
letters to the 26tli inst. There was no COVIIIIIII-
nication with the adjaeent Continent on account
of the severity of the season, and in the Island no-
thing of the least consequence had transpired.
By the mail fromlieligoland, on
Sunday, we learn, that DAvousT had required of
the Danish Government to pull down and clear
away whole streets of houses, facing the Altona
gate ; or otherwise lie would be obliged to de-
stroy them by bombardment, as he. tequired the
space for his. military operations. On consulting
the Caow'N' PRINCE on the affair, he advisel the
people to carry off all their property, quit tifeie,
dwellings, and leave the enemy to pursue own
Course.

A British Sailor who lately made his escape
from Amiens, (to which place he . had been- re-',
moved from Besancon), reached town yesterday
A shipmate and himself became possessed of the.
rope belonging to a draw-well, which they threw
over• the wall of
,their prison, and so let them-,
selves down. When once they were at liberty no
question was asked them, except such as tended.
to 'forward their means of escape. After much
fatigue they reached Bruges, and some British
vessels .being off the coast, in that quarter, one of
them, which had sent a boat on shore,. conveyed
the prisoners to their native shore. Admiral,
YaUNG, before whom they were orilered to ap=
pear, gave both the seamen their ••lischarge.,_ in
pity of their recent -Sufferings and' long previous
imprisonment.' Several hundreds of the British
prisoners had found tueansto make their escape,
the difficulty of accomplishing such attempts being
in a. great degree removed, by the present con-
fused state of France. Another prisoner who: has
also reached town, states, that he was at. Nancy,
when General BLUCHER was expected to arrive
there. The British were, in consequence, ordered
farther into the interior,' but he and, some others
hid. themselves in the town, in the probable hope
of being soon relieved by the Allies. Accordinp,ly
the day following, Marshal BLUCHER arrived,
when the prisoners all came from their -hiding
places. As soon as' it was ascertained that they
were British subjects, the General gave them their
liberty, and facilitated their means of getting
home. '!he prisoners' nnite in representing the
very great difficulty which exists in ()tinging the
Conscripts to join the French Army. At Nancy
about 200 were assembled in a body with much
difficulty, and were marched out of the town by'
beat of drum, attended• only .by a small escort;
No sooner had they passed the suburbs than they
began to disperse,..and the drummer boy •.:as soon
left with only the escort and about 12 men out of
the 200.

The Danish-contingent force is stated to •lave
already passed the Frontiers of Holstein; for the
purpose ot co-opeiating in the good common
cause. .The fortress of• Magdchurg.i's invested at
both passages'of the Elbe. A.• sword of honour
has been presented by the PAiNcE of ORANGE to
General lltit.oW, in- festimony.ortlit. high sense
entertained by him of the distinguished valour of
that veteran Chief

, LYMINGTON, FEB. 25.—The South-East Hants
Regiment ,of Local Militia assembled" here on.
Monday last, for the purpose of ascertaining the
sentiments of the men, towards volunteering for
garrison duty for 42 days, at Portsmouth, under
the late Act of. Parliament. The whole of the
Officers readily offered their, services, and were
joined by 70 non-commissioned officers, .druin-
niers, and private men only. There were but
450 men assembled out of 900, the full strength
of time regiment.
On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the
Royal Lanarkshire militia marched into Perth,
from Newcastle. They are nearly .1000 strong.
Thursday evening, as Mr. Thomas Arkell, of
Cothay Farm, near. Cheltenham, was returning
home,. from market, •he was fired at near his own
house' by a villain from behind a hedge, with a
gun loaded with slugs, which tore away the flesh
From one side of his head, shattered the skull, and
rendered his face a most shocking spectacle. His
wounds would, doubtless, have proved fatal, if
the contents of the gun had not been opposed by
his hat, which was beat into the flesh in several
parts. After sustaining the injury, Mr. A. fell.
from his horse, whereon the. wretch who commit,
ted the outrage fled. Mr. A. thus mangled, walked
nearly a quarter of a mile to a farmer's house,
where assistance was immediately procured, and
on Saturday he was
,conveyed to his own farm,
we are happy to say, that hopes are still
entertained of his.recovery.. The villain whafired
had a companion with him, bat it appears terror
deterred them..from committing robbery.
Mr. Wilton, Attorney, of Cheltenham, was,
fired at on Sunday, by some assassin, on his road
home from Gloucester. He was desired to “ stop,"
taut perceiving the intent, - -loosened the reins of
bis horse, and escaped the intended robbery, and
perhaps murder. -