The Sun.
London, England, 1812-02-11 00:00:00

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Ile prisoners were ,'confine.i, 'and hayiir: • p ov•d
these circumst,nc<<s, he Wai convinced tiey
would he of .orbrion the coridoetolthe priso;
riot been voluntary and traitorous; but on' the "con=
trail, forced and innocent.
Edward Reynolds was then Called; he wa;
sonar in the Isle of France ; their prison w:rs-floored
with flags, and their beds were bare boards ; they
experienced no other bad treatment, exct-pt a shwt
allowance of every thing Tie witness also enter.
into the
.French service ; but at the lai,ding of- the
British, the witness, and Cundeil, the ;•risuner, sur-
rendered voluntarily to British force.
Armstrong ,- one of Ore men agaiost. whom bills of
indictment have been found, stated the hardship,i,
they had. safl7er.ed ; an that on the appearance of.
the -British tone off the Island, himself, Cundelli
acrd others, were imprisoned, and had beer; for nine
:,seeks; they :rumpled to break the'prison to join
the British, but failed; an oiler was made by the
French to take them to Old France, but the wit-
ness and Cundell had refusedi, several whom
the witnesses knew _did leave the Island, with the,
French.

James Fibbs, another of the men incheted, depos.
ed to the same etfect.

The London Gizette, containing the Atticleg of
6pitula,ion signed at the Isle of France, was put in
and read, by which it. was agreed, that all the per-
sons in ae service of France should have permission
to proceed to France.

This closed the case- for the prisoner; and Mr.
JONES addressed the JUry in his behalf.
The prisoner said, he bad suffered the evtremest
hardihips whilst a prisoner, till he entered into the
enemy's service;. he afterwards attempted to escape,
but having failed, -he was imprisoned 22 days, and
kept upon bread and water, and threatened to be
put to death. He was afterwatds kept in prison till
the arrival ci, the British force, to whom he hnine-
diately and gladly surrendo-ed himself.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL in reply said,
,Go-
vernmeen had LW) most anxious, mot solicitous
to afford every facility to the prisoners' to make
their defence. The prisoners, as soon as Govern-
ment bad de:errnined on the prosecution, were
informed of that determination, and were also in-
formed that any witness they tlyey might suppose
essential to their defence, Gosets)ment would ex-
ert itself to obtain for them. A list of witnes,es
was accordingly delivered, and. they bad been ui
fad brought up for them at the expense uf Go-
vernment.

'The CHIEF liAnoN then read the evidence, com-
m....ming on it as he proceeded, and observed, that
the overt ads were all proved ; how far the pnsoner
bad made good his defence, that he was cotnpelkd
to join the enemy by fear of loss of life, which alone
could a& as a justification, it was for the Jury to
say : they would recoiled that tl.e 140 who re-
mained in prison had bo'rne those .hardships till they
were released by the capture of the Island by their
countrymen.

The Jury retired, and after being absent about
ten minutes, retwned with a verdict of. Guilty ; ac.
the same tune recommended hirn'to rn,?rey, he hav-
ing returned to his allegiance the first opportutiity.
The prisoner is a young tun, apparently above
30 years of age.—Adjourned to this'day.

We can state confidentally that- the Marqu7s
WELLESLEY is not, as has been reported, gin to
India.as Governor-General ; nor as his Lordship
about to remove from Apsley- house to Place-yard.
BREAD.—No Coutt 'of Aldermen to-day. The
Lord-Mayor, after inspecting the returns, ordered it
to rise 2d. per peck. The quartern loaf
The Army Estimates for the present year laid be-
fore the House of Commons are for 370,434 men,
and dedutling the 28,1GL ftir the Regiments in the
territories of the East India Company. Th( re reiniin
342,273 lo be provided for by Parliament. The
expences for this force, and other disbursements of
the Military Department, amount to I 5,8Q3,0,921.
34. 91:1.. The number of embodied Militia is 93,e is%
The expence for the Local Militia is 720,0781.