The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-02 00:00:00

CANTERBURY, Ocr. 3t.

ON Monday last Earl ROWiltr, our Lord Lieu.
tenant, arrived in this City, and held a Meeting
tit the King's Head Inn, of she Captains Of Troops
of Yeomanry, when it was resolved to incorporate
the different Troops in East Kent into a regular Re.
gioent.
Sir EDWARD 'KNATCHJIULL, Bart. was appoint.
ed Colonel, WILLIAM 110111tvwdoo, Esq. Lieute.
nant Colonel, WILLIAM HAMMOND, Esq. Major.
The eight Troops, we understand, will shortly
assemble in this city, for the space or a'week, for
the purpose of having regular field days, the same
as the West Kent Troops litely perforMed at Maid.
stone.

At a Court of Aldermen held yesterday at Guild_
hall, the Price:of Bread was ordered to continue at
od . the Quartetn Loaf.
NEWMAN KnowLvs, Esq. elated at the last
Court of Common Council. Common Serjeant, at.
tended and was sworn into Office.
Messrs. lioeLva anti Hoopta, Clerks. to the
Sitting Aldermen at Guildhall, were elated Clctks
to the Lord Mayor for the time being ai the Man.
House, in the Mal of Messrs. NEWMAN and
Son.
ELEAZER LOMON4 surrendered his
Office of one of the twelve Jew Brokers of this City,
and SoLomou LEvssts, jun. was admitted and
sworn in his room.

Yttzt,rr PATH* and ROBVRT TYRIIII.I. were
sworn into the office of Searchers of Leather for the
Year ensuing.
The Procession for next Lord Mayor's Day, was
ordered to take water at Blackfriar's Bridge instead
of the Three Cranes, as was usual.

Yesterday the LORD MAYOR Fled, several Al.
attract), and the two SHERIFFS, in their carriages,
went in procession to the LORD CHANCILLOR'II
house iii Bedford..bquare, to receive His Majeity's
approbation.

The Fulham, Kensington, Brentford,
Mimi, and Twickenham Volunteers, will he bri.
girded on Friday next on Wimbledon Comm,•n.
Guard-houses commenced building this day in
Christ's Ef,spital, where the sth Regiment of Loyal
London Volunteers' are to keep their nightly watch.
A disorder that attacks the eyes with much seve.
rity, prevails it; the Barracks at Lewes,
_and ear.
tia►ly in the town.

The Wouclebeits have paid an early visit in Sus.
. .
sex, where many of awn) .have wrAtn the last Iv-
night-been bniught down by good shots.

OCAPE from PRANCE.

WP nnticttrU oat Paper o' rsterday• that Cele..
Goobeee,..elio.has ueen fnr some tune a Prison& irk
Freece, had made his escape from thin Loontry,•arhi
teerhed hie native land, after experiencing many
and hardships 4esipee which, we have
been favtured with anme interesting particulars
spetting the manner in which he obtained l.is liber.
ey, anti the wretched state in which be left numbers
of fellow prisoners.
It may be remembered, that, at the commence.
meat of the War, Capt. GooDALL commanded- a
Privateer belonging to London, called the Catbe_
rine and Mau, in which he took some valuable
prizes. On the 25th of July last, he fell in with
La Car4di.ve French Privateer, of &node:tux, of
nearly double his lOrce. She hail in her possession
at the time, two valuable English prizes, which
tempted him to attack her, not with much ex-
peaation of capturing her, but in hopes that he
might .separate- her 'front • her prizes, and by that
means retake dne or both. After an affirm of 25
minutes, he quitted the French Privateer (bring able
to outiail her), and made for the two prize*, both
of which he captured in sight of La Carolive, who
made all,the sail she could to retake them : to pre.
vent which, Capt. Goociaee'placed his vessel be.
tween the prizes and the Caroline, being determined
to hazard another adion, rather than tamely suffer
them to be taken possession of. Capt. GooDALL
had tell .0 the preeaution.to put a sufficient- number
of menlon board the prizes, besides Prize.mas.
ters, to whom he had given instruetions to make
the best of their way home, should they observe,
after fighting some time, that he had the wntst of
the contest. The second engagement was a m"st
dreadful one : it lasted oneheur and fifty.fi ye mi.
nitres, and Captain GooDALL was at' Iris h
liged to order the English Colours to be battled
dawn, but not dntil he .had expended every shot
in his vessel. What :hided 111.0 to Coptain
GooDAtt.'s misfortune was, that the Prize-masters
were too late in sailing off with the prizes, anti
they were soon after taken by the same Privateer.
Capt. GooDALL and his crew were put oti board
the French Ship the Seamen were confined below ;
but himself, and Mr. PALMER, an Officer, were
allowed the use of the cabin. On the psi of Aug.
they were taken into P orient. The Cortimisotry
there treated them in the most inhuman matintr ;
he nrdrred them'a seven days' thaech to Reiser, on
their way to Eisiva/, without any tuber. sub io'rece
than bread and water, and the former only o:antily
supplie,l. At Rennes they were put in g.u.l Tong
with the criminals, where they remained three
days on bread and water, -although the felons were
allowed beef. A strong remonstrance from Capt.
Gooneee to General LAboRDB, procured them an
allowance of seven sous per day far each min,
which was th.id them until their arrival in the en-
virons of Paris, where they were again imprisoned;
aed the allowance Itr each man reduced to three
sous per day. On this small pittance they existed
in prison, and likewise on their march to, Epinal,
which to k place a 'few days afterwarda; They
reached the place intended for their final abode
on the 13th of September, where they found about
zoo of thei.iy'potere own ; among whoth were the
gallant C-apr. BRENTON. of the Miere-Oe Frigate,
taken at Cherbourg; Lituts. 'FENNEL, ViTzGE-
RALD, WALroLE, and BE ee, of the'Marinei, the
Surgeon, and his Mate, es IVlidsltiomen, the
Boatswain, Gunner, Carpenter, and all the rest of
the Crew, except the Master, who was left at Cher-
bourg. There were also Mr. G. A. WOOD, Comman.
der of the Aagnsta; Mr. Coop ea, of the itochae/ ;
11.1 r. J. LANGLEy, of the 14re/el/on; Mr. J. BAIL.
e,of the Theiratee; Mr. [quota and Mr. TAPLEY,
of the Phillip; and Mr. joei.V, of Guernsey. Cape.
BRueR, of roe Ship Adventure, was sent to Chartres.
On Cept. Goirnitee's inquiring into the state of the
prison allowance, he found that the Fiench Go.
vernment allowed to each man six onus per day;
but the Captain of the Perot received the whole
himself, and in lieu thereofgave.tb each man daily
only four ounces of beef, and one pound and a half
of black bread, which the prisoners could not pos-
sibly exist upon,' and must have literally been
starved to death, but for the humanity of Captain
BeittelON and Officers, who allowed,. out Of their
own private purses, a regular stipend pee-week to
the crew, to supply the wants of natnree they were
only required to, attend prayers regularly. . Captain
GoopaeL slid the same by the crew of his prim.
teer. The peor sailors were in a pitiable situation
for want of bedding. Not Withstancb fig all their
hardships, it will be a consolation to their friends
to hear that they are all in good health. A- short
tune before Captain GOO DA L. LlS.arrival at Epinal,
he learnt that 4.6 PriSoners' had 'made their escape-
at different times, q of whom had been brought back
and put into close cttnfinetnent on bre'ati 'arid water.
Throughout :4:71 the country which Capt.-Goomeee
acid his crew reOtetted through to the prison, tney
never met wittiOny thing like reproach' from the'
peasantry or tradesmen, and from n' other sort of,
people except those, conflated with. the Govern,
tent, and these were !aural in the extreme. Cap.
rain GOODALL remained at Epinal frOm the 13th
of September until the end of the month, without
being able to obtain a revs of subsisteoce.money ;
and not having signed the 'perole, us nearly
all the rest ur the Officers had done, he con.
ceived.it no bleach of faith to quit a place where
he must have inevitably starved, had be not
been. able to have found resonrees elseashcre. For
that purpose, Captain GoODALL .ptopostd ti plan of
escape to Mr. PALMER, who consented to be the
Pother of his toils. It was a fortunate circutn.
. stance that Captain GooDALL had just received a
supply of money from Paris, from one .wlio has
• often proved an Englishman's friend ; and being
thus prepared, they made up their minds to set off
the next day, being the tst of October, having first
taken care to provide themselves with a Fitech
guide. The time appointed for the rendezvous was
two o'clock in the morning. -The guide took them
through bye-ways during the day-tiane, and at
night pursued the main road till stm-rise, when
they ffitifki theitselves at a distance of 35 miles
from Epinal, and en the' mountein deer Vosges,
Which is surrounded by a beautiful forest.—
Here they, took op their ahOde for the day,:
Niit having dared to oetehese any provisions on

the r'ried~ the only-refteshMent they took chroeglia
out the day was a draught of water, At night thrr
ventured uut again, and sent their guide in quest
of refreshments, which made them prosecute their
journey in better Spirits,' They piled through
several towns and villages without meeting the
least interruption. In the course of their rune to
the Rhine, they passed the plain of Huningen,'
where a memorable battle was fought during the
last war.—Early on the morning of the third uli.„
they arrived on the border. of the Rhine, within a
short distance of Basle. Here the guide executed
his last kind office for them, which was to show
them the most convenient part to swim across. The
place he fixed on appeared extremely narrow, and
the adventurers expected to find the passage much
less difficult than what their imaginationliadpainted
it to be. In this, however, they were deceived • for
on gaining the land on the opposite side, (bey found
themselves on an island, 'and that they had to cross
another channel, the current of which was much
stronger than the one they lad passed already,
Before they Undertook this new danger, they judrit
it necessary to strip off their clothes, which they did
not think necessary to do in the first instance. Hay.
ing gained the opposite' shore with much fatigue,
they again found 'Lein:elves surrounde with dif.
ficulties,i a strong wren( was still before
Almost borne down tith fatigue and fear, they
espied a boat coming from the German side of the
Rhine to.the little island on which they were. In
the boat, fortunately, were two milk.maids, who
were coming to perform their morning office. For
a trifle Capt. G. and his friend obtained a passage
on shore, which placed them safe on the Gegmart
territory. .In the course of the day tlity. arrived
at the village of Estrin, and for the first lime
since their departure they ate a hearty meat. Their
fears were now at an end : but they had a long tract
of country before them: It was their intention to
make for Husum, but to answer a part icitlar purpose
they wete ohliged to take a circuitous vute. jhey
went by Schwaben, DUriach,Anspach, Bareuth,Dres.
den, Leuchau, and Berlin. At the last.mentioned
place, Capt. G0..)13.4.4.1. obtained a paSSI Of( from
Mr. JAcx,oN, Who received him with twtrked at.
tension. Captain GOODALL and his friend left
Berlin on the ;ph of Qzt,ber, on their way to
llnsum, where they arrived on the h.—On
Wednesday last they embarked on b,kara eLI rk
Packet for Er'gran3, and arrived sate at Harwich on
Sunday morning. Mr. PAlAlttli, remained there,
but Captain GootlAp. procee.ted to town, where
he was greeted by his friends with a• hearty wel.
come, his family with tears of joy.

THE iiAIIi;URGII MAIL.

PARIS. Oct. IS.

The 'BOar, No. 405, of the Flotilla, struck on a
rock, the 14Iot having mistaken the lights I the
light-house at Cht•rhuurg for other lights ; the sea
ran high, and the I')3s of the vessel appr.ired ce:%.
rain, Sm.saubt, of the 24th light Demi.hriptle,
thinking only of the disgrace his Corps would sus.
tain, it, the Colour* should fall into the hands of the
Enemy, who might Ji Oine they had b.ceis
dolled, snatched the Standard of his Battalion, and
wound it round his body, " in older," :aid:bes 44 if
we become the sport of the waves,, the Enemy
may see that the French Soldiers never 'abandon
their Colours." The weather, however, heeuming
Calmer, the crew and. soldiers gained the Ogre, and
even the Boat was got off anti repaired., _

The Minister at War sent an account of this Gra
to the FlksT CONSUL, who answered, 4, this does
not, surprize me, I recognize the spirit of the 24th
Light Deini.trigsde."
Seventy recruits, who are on the road to. join the
First Regiment of Artillery of the Marine, have.
offered to Government one day's pay, as a concri.
bution towardS the expences of the Expedition
against England : they have, they say, only one re-
gret, which is, that being still several leagues from
the ports, they cannot arrive among the first the
Expedition.
OCT. i7.—(ftiromittur)—The Minister at Wjr
sets out on the t+th for Belgium, to inspea the'
Camps on'the Coasts. It is believed that he wilt
be absent 14. days. In a few days the Minister l*or
Foreign Relations will likewise go thither,. Whence
it is probable that the FIRST CONSUL will also 300 a
set out.

It is said that BONAPARTO, after his second tout
of the Coasts, will nuke Compiegne his military
residence.

BRUSSELS, 04 r. 19.

°Lilt Gizettes say that if the French succeed in
their attempt to effett a landing in 'England, then
will display the red flag, and issue, a Proclamation
declaring that they will give nu quarter.