The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-06 00:00:00

AUSTRIAN PRISONERS I.tv; FIIA NEE,

Tile, following interesting Note is translated from
The, Indicateur," published at BoUrdeaux

PREFECT OF LA GIRONDE.

Bourdeaux„ Sept. 25.

THE PREFECT', OF TIIE DEPARTMENT OF, LA GI-

RONDE, CHEVALIER OF THE EMPIRE, TO THE •
MAYORS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
" GENTLEMEN,
" You have received my circular of, the 2,63 h of.
August, telative to the Austrian prisoners of
One hundred prisoners, composing the first detach-
went, will arrive* at .134",urdeanx on the otli•of Oc-
tober. You will engage the farmers (soutnission-
aires) to be ihere on the same day, because these
strangers will be placed immediately at their dis-
posal. 0.
The Circular states, that the Government will
not interfere between the.priSoners and the prOprie-,
tors ; however, indispensable, that the Mayor
of the. Commune be a Witness- to the reciprocal agree-
ments. If he finds that
.they wish to take advan- -
tage of their condition, that is to say, to obtain their
.services at insufficient prices, the Mayor will be their
protector ; he will maintain their interests, and in
any case wherein his remsentations might prove in-
efiedual, lie Will give notice of it to the Under Bre-.
leas.
" The clothing and feeding are charges which the
proprietor must take upon himself, in regard to the
prisoners ceded to hin' He must, besides, give the
prisoner a fixed salary in money:
" Other prisoners from the same nation having'
already been placed in this country, the proprietors
must know, by experience, that they are faithful,
'open-minded, robust, and laborious. Many pro-
prietors have, therefore, so treated them as for
ever to attach them to their service. This is the
end to which the proprietors should tend, and they

cannot attain it but by treating the prisoners with
all the indulgencedue to misfortune. They xvill do
wrong in persuading themselves that they are to be
abandoned at their discretion.

You Will require of the proprietors, who shall Garter, combined vvith nrilitiry trophies, and bear-
obtain prisonerS, that they give you frequent ac- ing this insription "George the Third our Gracious
counts of their : duet. It will even be proper that t Sovereign, whom God preserve." At the top of the
you learn free :t se strangers themselves whether,room was a canopy surrounded by a transparency;
they be treated vis!h humanity, and whether the ortwhich were exhibited various emblems and the
conventions Stipulatedin eheir behalf be properly ex- I letterail. 50, 1809. Over the fire-place, snp-
: ecuted. .7, V . I ported iti.ah elegant manner by foliage and drapery '.
ic The proprietors will be discharged from all re- ! of stuff, the same as worn by the Ladies, was a
sporeibility-for the desertion of any prisoner, pro- wreath of scarlet and white worsted suspended froai.
vided they immediately give notice to the Mayor of I a Coronet, and incircling an incription. " S. E. M.
the Commune, who will give advice of it to the Patroness, 00411116.809." Gold and silver laurels
armed force: •. , • with the motto ‘.')-übitorn Regis, O. .25," were
" Fur this purpose the Mayor will take and pre- 1 noticed, and many beautiful Jubilee medallions.—
serve a list
,of the prisoners who are in his Corn- ; The absence of the charming patroness was univer-
m
u I
ne, with a description of their persons: sally regretted. ~
"If any prisbner fails in respect to local autho- i The Jubilee was celebrated at Alnveick with much
rity, or to the proprietor who employs him, the . 'spirit and loyalty. The morning was ushered in by
Mayor may order himeietemeiterifitie'triestt .for twentir the ringing of bells, and the reveille -byehe drums
-:-'
cur hours.--,,''' ''''' '+, '' ''''V of the Northumberland regiment of local militia, and
' 4's
-0 ,1 by the bugles of the' Percy tenantry volunteers, who
I were stationed on the turrets over the great gates of
the castle, from the saluting battery of which, a
gun was' fired at sun-rise, and the flag hoisted. Be-
fore noon, the brigade of artillery, the detachment
of 17 rifle wall pieces, three troops of cavalry; (with
the ancient standards of the family) and nine coin-
penies 'of riflemen, being the northern half of the
corps of Percy tenantry, marched, into Alnwick
Castle, where refreshments were provided for them ;
after which they took post on the bat tlements,towers,
and top of the castle.
Immediately after divine service, the salute com-
menced with T guns from the artillery, which was
followed by all the wall-pieces, 'and a feu de joie
from the cavalry drawn up under the castle, and
afterwards, some riflemen on the walls and top of the
castle, which was succeeded by three cheers, and
then a flourish from the bugles in the flag tower.—
This wasewice repeated, completing the royal salute
of 21 gans; after which the troops and companies re-
turned immediately to' their several places of muster,
where dinners were provided for them. The offi-
cers of the corps on duty at Alnwich, dined with
their colonel, the Earl Percy at the castle, where
they were most elegantly and hospitably entertained,
and " God save the King," was sung in full chorus,
after his Majesty's health was drank. The fineness
of the weather added much to the festivity of the
day, and induced a great number of ladies to go in-
to the ground opposite the castle, where the tiring-
could be seen with the greAtest etfed.
At theTown-:hall, in the evening there was a ball,
most fashionably and numerously attended by all the
families of the neighbourhood.
The other half of i the corps upon Tyneside also
fired a feu de joie on Throckley Fell, after which the
officers dined together in Newcastle, and the men in
their respeaive places of muster.
Jubilee medals, in honour of . the day, were de-
livered to all the officers and serjeants of the corps,
which consists of above 500 men, paid by ins Grace
the Duke of Northumberland.
THE MOkAVIANS.

vtlin
. , o same fuu&ionary is bound to denounce
Tribunals the prisoner who renders himself
gait of any oflence to which our laws attach pu-
nisment,
, .
" If any labouring prisoner should fall sick,
he will be transported with care, and at the ex-
pence of the proprietor, to the nearest military hos-
pitai.
" Gentlemen, you will have the goodnesss to
preserve this instruction,, and take it for your guide
and rule.

" I have the honour to salute you with consider-
ation.

" The Prefect of the Department of Gironde,
6` GARY."

OLD BAILEY.

Saturday Samuel Tavernin stood indiEled on sus-
picion of feloniously uttering and publishing, as
true, and offering in payment, divers forged and
counterfeited Bank notes, purporting to be notes
of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng-
land. . _ _

Our readers will recoiled that the prisoner was
committed from the. Public Office, Bow-street, a
few days since,, on this charge. He had paid away
the notes in question (three one-pound and two two-
pound notes) to a I.lr. Job Coles, a grazier -and -far-
mer, in part payment fora bullock ;. and, on their
.being paid into the. Bank of England, they were dis-
covered to be forgeries, and were traced back to the
possesSion of the prisoner, who was a butcher, at
Hollyport.
The defence set up on the part of the Prisoner
was, that he received the notes in the course of his
business.—He was acquitted.

John Sly and .kli.aa Hempstead pleaded guilty to
an indiatuent, charging them with having in their
possession an engraved plate, purporting to be a plate
for printing one-pound notes of the Governor and
Company of the Bank of' England, well knowing
the same to be forged ; and also for having divers
napressions of the said plate in their possession.
The Counsel for the prosecution, in consequence
of their Fielding guilty, did not press another count,
charging the Prisoners with tittering several of the
said notes; knowing them to be forged.

The manner in which the United Brethren, com-
monly called Moravians, kept the day in their set-
tlement at Fairfield, near Manchester, deserves at-
tention.—About six in the a flag was hohn--
ed on the turret of the chapel, exhibiting in large
characters the words " God save the King." At
eight, trumpets and other wind instruments, placed
in the balcony, announced the festival by playing
" God save the King," and other loyal airs. At eleven
public service began, in the course of which, after
reading the prescribed form .oi prayer and other parts
of the Liturgy, an Anthem, consisting, of airs and
chorusses, being part of the 20th and 'Past Psalms,

Charles RutheVord was capitally conviEted of bur-
glariously entering the dwelling-house of Henry Da-
vidson, .publican, in Wild-street, St. Giles's and
stealing therein several bottles of wine. The Pd-
boner. was found in the cellar by the watchtuan, and
pretended to have fallen in thereby accident.

CHARD HARRIS, of No. 4, Martlett-court, Bow-street; and Pvblislred by WILLIAM ARMI.GER SCRIPPS, South IV
.1co„ No. I iv, Strand; where Advertiiements, Orders for tilts Paper ',Letters for the Bditor, tkc. (post-paia),

was perforrned:b.7 a 'god 'bawl nf vocll, and instils.
mental performers., It was composed expressly foe
the'solemn occasion by the Rev. C. J. La Trobe, and
produced arstrikitig effect. Ti.e sermon was on the
words, "Fear Gc,d, honour the King." In the after-
noOn;by .request of many, the Ant hula was repeated
in ,the Chapel, ,with other, appropriate pieces of
music from Handers and other works, closing with
the Coronation Anthem ;- at seven in the evenhig,
their was another service in the Chapel, Cit;sing with
the Hallelujah' in the Messiah ; after which, the
trumpets and wind instruments in.the balcony play-
ed'for some time " God Save the King" and,oiker
appropriate tunes:" The young people meanwhile
had preparedsome fire-works in an adjoining field,
and the brightness of the moon, the parries parad:
jug the terra6e, and she general joy in.everyccuitie-.
nance, displayed the most, fervent and untainted
loyalty, At the Chapel a collection was made for the
poor, and a tieigbouring Gentleman. feasted a num-
ber of poor weavers at the Lin. '