The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-31 00:00:00

ESCAPE' OF FRENCH PRISONERS.

-.P.LcRTII,, AUG. 26.—0 n Tuesday morning, a
number ut prisoners, escaped from the deptlt,
through ti mine which they had dug from 'the ne-
cessary.of No. 2, to,the bottom of the outer wall,
. Where it faces the South Inch. It iS'stipposed that
they had begun to issue frotaithe fittertnre of this
passage about two in the morning, burns they
preserved a profcntnd silence, and-its the night was
A,ery dark,. they were not observed by the'sAtries,
till one of them, in attempting 'to leap' the strea►n.
which skirts the north side of the depot, 01 into
the.'water with; ,considerablv, 'the 'n'earest.
sentry then fired towards the point from which'
the soma proceeded, and the adjOinitig sentries
hiving discharged their, muskets in4he'Satne direc-
tion-, an alarm was given, and parties of thevtaill
went in pursuit of the fugitives. Ten of them
were. soon apprehended, and we understand' that
thirteen arty still missing. They seem to-ha%:e bad
no plan for proceeding, after finding th,einVerres at
liberty.. Several of them were'ttilten near the ri
ver, which we suppose the previous if.ke of the tide
bud prevented them from crossing.. Two- endea.
voored to: conceal thenpielves in a vessel 14 t!,e
shore, but quitted it on being CaliCti to by Ow
tnitstvr .front below. One these itifertv;Ard'i
clim.beil A tree, where ho was discovere,.,l by die
soldiers,, Another fugitive plunged into the %ever.
and swain till his strength began to fail. when iatt
ealted fir, help,
tt:e(c)no:1(1.:"; (1:1; takentaken

On 'thursitay, Mr. RocEar Wvt.tft, AsSistant•
surgeon of his kqiijesty's ship Niemen, was tried
by a Court Manna, upon a charge of drunken-
iws ; which was proveda aginst him, anti lie was
sentenced to be severely reprimanded, to serve six
months longer as an Assistant-Surgeon, before he
is qualified to be 44 Surgeon ru the Itoyal Navy,
and to be admonished to be more careful of his
conilitetin tuture.—Sarae day, Mr. Msvis, purser
of his Mojeity's ship ilozard, ss tried for u
officer-14 condnet, disohedience of °Hers, ind
continupt to Lieuteokint I,IAND •sn E. The eliArge
was in part proved, and he was ntijißigell to be dit
missed from his office of Purser of the Hazard

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POLICt.

:CHARGE OP MURDERING A LASCAR.

- • N'esterday, .111 r. Abraham Peetes, the Second
..
Ate:of the East India Company's ship the Java,
ItroiLitht to the Office, and underwent a second
eXlttOnation, • charred on suspicibn'Of the wilful
ifln:cler of a Imscar, of the name of Itamsatne, on
board the said ship.
r‘tr, Jot.;Er., the Solicitor-to, the Admiralty, at-
tended. for the proseention.
Air. otx.v attended for the prisoner.
Munshee Golampister,, the professor of the
Ainbie langonze, of the 'Emit India Company's
College at, Hertford, attended, with an elegant
Copy of the AleOr;in, which was beam-if-idly illu-
minated, for, .the purpose Of interpreting for the
witnesses, and administering the oaths. Ile stat-
ed himselt to he a true 111uSsulrann. What wa4
stated on the first.examination respecting it par-
. ticitlar mock of putting on turbans to exonerate
them from the obligation of an oath, .or to en-
force one, he '.stated to bte fItnICIICd to a
tat' tribe, but by no mans g,eneral. With respect
to the ,feet being uncovered, be acknowledged
that to be correct, and be bad a boot jack pro-
, cured, and he tools off hi:; boots 111.06°114 to his
being sworn to and faithrully translate. be-
tween .the Allgi3tratet, the witnesses, and the pH-
, seiner however, tie her his stockings on, so that
the custom of bare feet was not literally complied

Golamalee, the -principal witness, was then
swore by Munsbee in a similar WaV, af:er firSt
gnestioning him as to his belief of Mahomet, the
Aleoran, and his being a true Mussulman. The
oath was'•adminktered in the same form of wordi
us the 'English, except the conclwion, whieh was,
So help their God and their Prophet !!! They
bell the.Alcoran in their hands all the time they
were giving evidence. The . examinations •pro-
ceeded very slowly, owing to the difficulty of
making the witnesses understand the queittons
nod the translation. .

It occupied the attention of Mr. RE.AD front 13
&clock .011 between.five and six, when it teat.:. •
covered that the proceedings Were conihterably
,retarded; owing to:Munshee not beiegsuflicientlY
master of the itueli;isr:ht•f!gitage, either in tr'ansla-
lion or riininicmiim; and In cousequenee Mr.
~..,.
Gould, who has the Caie M•i"tisuperintendance• of
the La§tars they'arerin'the port of London,
sis'agent, for the East-India Company, introduced
n voting man, whce Stated his name to he Charles
William Nettall, who said he .is a native of In,:ia;
hat his mother was also a native of that cOentry,
ana his father was A. Seotehinan, and he is of the
Catholic religion; he .was.therefore sworn on, the
to fitithfally ,trituslate, 'which he
aid 'eery quickly on both sides, and very eXpres-
sivrly.
In addition to what .we:stated on Friday, it.aP.-
peared that Oil the morning after RamSaine bad
been knocked down by the Prisoner with' his fists
sire{ a band-;p:.ke; ifeca use th'e deceased,said he N.:a::
so unwell thar.he,,eould not work;,. he was found
il'evvoa the 07 owti Avil'ere he beekt:lef t with 011:y
• v•ila.rnort. on him the . body wttrj stripped laid
✓e,i,h;.(l, as ete toinary,liyhhi countryttielb wit en
tho-y•cli,t nverer{ mkek art hi, forehead, :sti p-
.l3w,ett to have beet, uceasioned,hy•the blows given
by the prisoner,..also.a briiiseLon his side. • ,The
Lascars applitti for a boat to take the body on
shore tO.bury it, Ogreeßbly to their ciistom, when-
ever it is. practicable, but which was refused, and
they were ordered to thro* the body overboard,
but they refukd, on account of their religious
scruples. _Some of:. the Poratguese mien on board
were then ordered' to throW it overboard by the
}prisoner, hut they also declined from the mime
motive. The prisoner, in consequence, kicked it
overboard 'himself. •
Gelanittlee was clerk to the sprang or boatswain,
and on his..coMing on board' the Java, in about
ten days alter the death of Rantsame, he inquired
how 'all hiS men did, meaning the Lascars, when,
•tlularnalee told 11 ilTi of the circumstances of Ram-.
satire's death, which induced the serang to go to
Mr. Blown, the chief mate, and inquire' the
cease of Ramsaine'being treated' in the way he
I:ad been,. when Mr-Brown told him to go to
ell knd Mind his own business, struck him a
.violent blow,'also ordered him to be tied. up, and
be Virits flogged with seven. dozep lashes ; and on
his being taken down he was pot. intri irons, and
remained • in that state for three or foer days.—
When' the Captein 'came on board, one of the.
Tendals Wits flogged and put in irons, at the same
time he was the boatswain's mate. The,Captain
also,-on hearing the chief mate's,statetnent, re-
specting the, scrang; onto cad him to be tied up
again and Co receive three dozen more lashes,
which :tvere inflicted accordingly.
lii
addil ion to the charge 'against the prisoner
respecting 0-asame, various acts Of cruelty were
sfatod agait.q. other, during the voyage.,
• , ik.Litc, ordered a boatswain's
Inate'to hiiilti 111)31 a Tope to tie up' 'the. Cools, a
orttigue,ie to, rte it to ai„ot:d•whia
the man :pit,iped ovcr'ooard, and. 1% is droWited;
Vvio doges(' twice
tike ship the'Sauger Roads, and reeeived
three doz,ftt I;r-drea' each❑ time ; and While the ship
was at Biadvil was flogged again, and reeelv-,
eel 3eVe'n While they were at
some ofheers of a .K ship crane on board
in search of some white null to pressthem,'when
p,Jottsdin told the Officers where sonic white sea-
tut in were concealed, 'whom the ()fMxers found and
pressed ; they also took with-them and
kept. itm on it a rd the IGrq.,,.'s.brig•sevetillays,.and
then re( hithen`a tri in' Jva. , Vt.
• CO. Veil dogeing of seven dozen lashes for giv-
iter the information to the Kh,g's Officers, and
was- Irent. OS-, it, it:, Mr.: Ilr'o',i9e its
prettit tlao,rintr. The Las-
ts:,
el'R=44;‘,.!`?:illl:ining.ppictru, and other favOurite
rirttele% tel tit i's, vv is broken open, rknd the con.'
to i,t throwu 0-.erboard. • s'
NThloy, liar alnr;was FAated to have been
istructli, I
).t Ai( , thr lm;o1IvItilit, at p ere
of r;re-e.0,,d, t ..1,i,•11, :12 they teamed it,
il'he tied the \mood np with
v.ith his own Imlkerehiet. )n four or five (h..,
After Sedan Maioy d:ed. Itt the time lie, reciveo
bitiktir, be «a 3 eQUidei'ed in g 094 ll"•hq

inns tltta v "&elloli'd pflOiief an 1
iirrAtti„

On tnvestigatirin Add•eivit-extimina-
tion` (ltiiatnalce, it appeAred, that when t..11b
Calitala fi.tn on board; 4ifter tite .detitli of Ram-
same, We tndered the provisions provided by the:
serang for the Lasear, to he ta!;eti aft, some were .
given to the goats which were 'on'- :board, tome,
were thrown into the poop; but it wasliot known
what became of the telt. It was not known what
the serang received three dozen lashes for. The
day following,-after the Captain, eame,on
ten men who had been sick 'were-tied. t& the
gratings- and flogged, with three dozen ihstes
each. The men .were trequently.togged on their
voyage from India tq England..
.•
When they were oft the Cape of. Good •Uope,
the scrang was ordered to the main-top-mast by •
the Captun, although it Was net, his,,businesm, but
the Lascars, to take the key out ot..thc royal mast,
when the main-top-mast broke, which' caused the.,
.:erang, to tall overboard, anthhe was: adortimatdy
drowned.
• •

When the Java MIS ancborCd off Batavia,
Brown, the chief mate, and Mr. Briscoe, 'vent
on shore in a cutter, and tOO% witlrthem a.man
of the name of *Buxton, and brought-him hack
with them on their return on the'Java,
when they laid him hoisted in with the gratings,
and then had hint put in. irons ; he Was not let out
till the next. day, when his fare appClll'o• ex-,
tremely swelled ;Ind bloody ; bis'clotnes also ap-
peared bloody, which was supposed to proceed
from the wounded state of his face, &c. •
During titer:. ',stay at Batavia, thirteen of the
ship's crew, who werel'ortugut e, ran away front-
the ship. While they were at ".1' rincoinalce nine
Lascars-escaped front. it. In, the whole, during
time voyage, titirty-sevenmen deserted from the
ship. When. they weft: at Sattger.l.l.oatle there
were:l2s Lascars on board, includingt he Serang ;
seventy-two of the Portuguese nation. poring
the voyage• from India to England twenty •tive
Lasears 'died, including tiVe who-died while they
were sailing from Vortsmituth to being anchored
in the River Thames.

Gulamake declared, after being repeatedly
asked, that he had never known that there had
been a Surgeon on 'board from the time they left
the Sanger I(oads,•'or on any part of their voyage,
to their arrival in England ; although
ston rose. fron► n seat in the (dike and'said, he
vas.a Surgeon, and had been on.board the Jlva.
'6ldatualee'was told what he said, but he denied
haying• seen hint on board. _ .

The ,lava remained" in the Satig,er -roads about=
twenty days after llamsame died.—When the ship
wits at Trincomalee he .ran away there, and .be was
absent eleven days ; lie was caught and 'l)rott,Ot
back, wheti•lieteceived three di ien lasueS, and
was put in irons, for two days. Abtput the :ante
time Mounsey, the gunner, wakilot;ged.
At that port, he cotoplained- to ;1 .Itt.lqc of the
treatment of Itunsante, who Nvould not listen to
Ii complaint, saying, he was a•culprit himselr,
tving deserted front his ship; -the Ci.eptaiit hay"
ing previously complained to the Judge (as the,
I",,iscar,7Called hint) ; but it could not be aheer7
laincd vatat,.utlicer he was. The Captain had of-
ik reward •114 y. bitn, Wino 111. e was
Calcutta, hewrote a letter, to complain of the.
treatment of Itatusame, but had no opportunity
of sending it by the post boat. When be came
to England, "he applied to Mr. Murray, an agent,
to. know how be•ought to proceed to get redress
for the treatment of Ilanisame. Ile said he wool,'
write to the Captain on- the subject. Mr: Mur-
ray ai,eterwmii advised him and. the other wit-
nesses to'go to the East India 116 use, and ex6ibit
their complaint there, which they accordingly did.
They attended there a number of days—=they saw
the Captain and other officers' there---..tbe Captain
had two of.the witnesses put into' prison, be-
'cause they bad a dispute with them abciut (heir
wages. They were, not examined at. the 'lndia
Douse upon the subject. '

Gulatnalcee, and two other witnesses, I:lrerd in
being.of 'opinion that Rants 1131 t: died in crqt,c-
tpionce of the blows he had received trout the pri-
soner.•: The, fourth and last witness, on being
asked hiS opinion as. to the .cause of Ratasatue's
death, replied, lie was .no doctor, and could _not
tell.

The necessary evidence for the prosecution be-
ing gone through, Mr. PooLint addressed the Ma-
gistrate on the behalf of the prisoner, and said
that he hoped that on account of she contradic-
tory evidence, and there being no proof that the
deceased died of Pie blows received from
the liti-
soncj, and. as he was not prepared with evidence to
rebut what `held been said against his
,cliestt„
there era's no other" persons present,
.he hoped
this would ma. be thought .a case fit to be sent
to trial.; •
Mr. IZEAr) rephe , and siid it- was in pro it be-
fore him, that.the deceased never moved front tit:
received the bl:tws from the prisoner, and
he died the same night ; he 6hould certainly .iend
it for further investigation ; he also refused hail,
and the prisoner was comutitted to Newgate for
trial, •
Me. ;Times stated, the Admiralty Sessions would
probably be in December 'or January. The con-
venience of the Judges was in general consulted,
,RAPE. •
u tr.onALL.---.11 mart of genteel appearance un-
dvrwent a private examination before 'Mr. Alder-
Itlan Ear, the sitting Magistrate, tinder
a charge of.having contruittcal a rape upon .t young;
woman, a servant in a family where be visited.—
He was Tenin,,mleci for further. examination.