The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-19 00:00:00

PRLNCti PRISONERS.

BOW-STREET.—Mr. Adam, of the Transport Of-
fice, lat,ly _received private information that three
French Officers, on their paiOle at Litchfield, weie
.tbout to make their escape_; and were to be assisted
by au 'Englishm qt. The information' was,- so very
particular that it even men.t;onei the house they were
to come to inLondon, and the time they were exped-
edit o arrive, whichjwas last Monday night ;lat which
Mr. Adam, atentied by' Wood, the Messenger, -be-
longing to the Mien Office, and several Police
firers, went to a house in Leman-street, Good:nail's
Fields, the house dest_ribed in the into; malion,
where,Mr. Adam, and Wood, the Nlessetiget, &tin-
ed admittance, leaving the Police Officers: on the
outside, with insti actions not to stiffer any person
to es( ape, who came out of the house. Mr. Adam,
and Wood; the Me.senger, remained io the. house
some time, conversing with the landlord, under 4.
14eleoce of his procuring than a pa,sage to Ostend.
After some time, they heard some voices in Conver-
sation in an adjoining main, and they had no doubt
bill they were foreigners, but could not distinguish
what they said: About tins time, a man went exit

of the house, who proved to be the Frenchmen's
guide ; but as ioori ,as he got, outside the do6r, ob.
serving the P9lice Officers waiting about, in the.
'front of the house, he suspected they were discover-
ed, and instantly returned Into tile hocse, gave the
Frerichnt,n to understand It;s suspicions, and they
ail instantly rusted out. of the 'lions; and were then
-setved by tile Police Otlkers at ttie duor. Tney
y. ere taken-before Mr. Adam, and intesrogated.
The Frenchnten proved to be Colonel Bonis, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Weikel, and . Lieutenant Mervin,
The Englishman said his name was Henry Procter;
and acknowledged tn'at he had assisted the Officers
in their escape tram Litchfield. Mr. Adam cautioned

•him againss crimip.ittng inmSelf, and iraorined him
of the heavy punishment that Awaited him, in esse
of his being found guilty of assisting pi isoners.of war-
t() make their escape. Procter, h,:wever, persisted
in giving an•account of his.cott, . which he did

in, the 1110i.t. •candid. manner. He stated, that he
went to France very young, forhis education, and
married there a relation of one of the Officers;
tiavy were made prisoners, and remained confined
• for a considerable time; he made his escape to his
native. Century, by the assistance of one of the Of-
ficers, and had pledged himself, on his arrival in town
to use every eliLiea, our in his power, in return, to
etict the escape of his friend's brother, -in utis
country, and to procure his return to France; and
he had found himself bound to pursue thi3 condod,
by every tie of honour and
,friendship. On seat-el:-
log him, VBl. in Bank notes.were found, which be-
longed to the. Officers, and some..papers which cor-
roborated the suspicions that they had come from
Litchfield. They were all secured, and taken to Tot-
hill-fields Bride Well; and on Wednesday afternoon
they were fully examined before Mr. Read, at Bow.-
street, when a post-boy, who drove them, and aeve-
ral.other witnesses, were produted, to prove their
coming from Litchfield together, and that Procter
wit the managing man.
!'hey were all remanded to Tothill-fields Bride.;
well. The Officers are to be sent on board the pris
son ship at Chadian], and Procter will be tried for
assisting them,in their escape.
MANSI9 w-Housa.—Yesterday Isaac Cooper, Hen-
ry Mance, Joseph Collins, George Norton, and 'John
Wales, all officers employed about tae Custom- •
ironse, were brought up for examination on a charge
of forging certain documents with the signatures of
the proper officers thereto, •for the purpose of frau-
dulently obtaining certain sums of money, and. de-
frauding the Commissioners of Customs.

It is necessary to premise, that when any goodsare
warehoused (or export.ition, or are to be slipped for
that purpose, it is necessary for the exporter to de-
liver in an invoke of the goods intended to be ex-
ported, whether warehoused or not. This list is
delivered to an officer called the Searcher, whose
dUty it is to insped the goods so to be exported,
band see that they correspond
.with the list, and then
to deliver them, with the invoice sighed with the
initials, to another 541reer, called the Piazza-man;
'Whoie duty it is to see them 4elivered on. board the
vessel in which they are intended to be shipped,
and procure the stgiiature of the Tide-waiter un
board as a certiticate•on heir deltvery. . After which
the Piazza-win, on Presenting this invoice or cer-
tifies- e—so signed to the proper officer in the Cus-
tona‘house, is intitled td. receive for every -such is

voice, eighteen-pence -per day, and half-a-crottrn
pe; night, for so maoy days, and nights ;is such s-ootrg
shall be in his charge,. ys.,ipped, Ruch
payments to be made ar the .end of every niont.h.
Now the charge aphis the prisoners was 'foi fs-
Ink *ling drrrinn.2iits, or. invoices, of goods
which were, iTver shipped, to giog thereto the
natures (If the Searcher a::d 'l)de-wailer, and ol?-
iaining paymetu.by means of such fabrication.
sp;;cies. fr.ud having b. c:i fOr a considerab!e time
carried-to ttn enormoos eX(e,,t, Ibe Cuintnis-:
.io:;ers wrrr ,cleterinicel to 4r ng to justice every
e,sop whorl) they shall dcteet.-
The Sear: her and Tick-waiters were examined
and proved
,the fycas against the' prisoners, who.
were held to call to st Ind 'heir trills for the fraud.

.SPORTING lATELLIGENCE,

NEWMARKBT SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.

THURSDAY, OCT. M.
Mr. Shakespears Knave of .:tubs, Bst. 71b. beat I!4a or
Vs'jhores Eretwf, Sst Two-yr old course, tOOO.--6 to 4on
Knave of Clubs,

Sweepstakes of zo.,gs each, h. ft. Across the Flat.
Ld G. H. Cavendish's Ecc lesion, fist. - -
LdCroNvenors 13,:oplio. Vst, -
L!d Kinnaird's Gund-y, 'Bst 41b.
- - -
' 7to z apt Becieston -6 to 4 agst Benvolio,
The Second Class of the Oatlands Stakes of
.3.gs. each.--
It. M. •
D. of kotland's Slivator, 4 yrs Bst. rolb. Ld F. G. Osborne's Poppy- •rs Bst. sib-
.

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2
- 3

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Y,
I.d Foley'S Illumination, 4 yrs Bst 81b. -
I.d G. I-1 Cavendish names Sir F. Standish's c. by Young 3
Eagle, out of a sister to Corny, 3 yrs 7st. 61b. 4
Sir C. Bunbury's lessarny, 3 yrs 7st. 71b.
5 to r agst Salvator- 2 to 1 agst Poppy.

MARGATE, OCT, 1 7.—Much curiosity and intereit
has been exciti:d here by the arrival of a Foreigner
in an open boat Iron Ostend, a fee night; since.
The Officers of the Customs at first refused to allow
him to .land. Mr. SIMMONDS, the Superintend
here, on receiving the necessary. instrhetions (ruin
Sandwich, aliowed him to come on shore, where
he remiiined in safe custody witil Sunday List, when
an order trom the Alien ()dice permitted his being-
escor.tecl to London. He is said to be a peron of
distinction.

Lord P. and Lady P. and Lady A. W. have all, it
is s •id, by pure accident, taken up their residence in
Scotla.id. Lady P. _ Itas taken the opportunity of
commencing a suit in the Scotch Court for a divorce
from her Lord, and it is understood, as Soon ai it
'terminates, that she is to marry the Duke of ---,
and that Lord P. is to marry Lady A. W. Such is
the• consequence of a jaunt to a Scots wateting-
place. .

SUMMARY JUSTICE.-.-The fields about Mary-le-
bonne have been infested for several days past by
the indecent exposure of a fellow of genteel v.!
pearance in the decline of life. Several complaints
had been- made to the Pollee, but the fellow was
never dote ed until Wednesday morning. The
daughter of a respe6lable victualler, 1.1 the New.
road, had been molested on Tuesday morning, and
it was age: ed by some mechanics that a watch should
be set on the barharan on Tuesday morning,\ and be
was deteCted while offending the eyes or soinofoung
ladies at a bodding-school. He was persutd and
overtaken, and the inet.h.inks ducked him in a pond
until he was nearly lifeless, and then left t,im after
Covering him with mu I and stripping him.
A scene of great contusion occurred at the Wake-
field Sessions a few days since, from an alarm of
tire. Volumes of smoke came in at the windows,
and it seemed ,as if the room was on fire. The
Magistrates rushed out, and some injury was sus-
tained from a dii'ision of iron spikes. Many per-
sons were trodden down and bruised. At length
it was I .land that die alarm arose from the chimney
of an -atijoining-wintkshop, and that the Court-room
was s,de. The Magistrates instantly returned on.
having ascertained the cause, but could not restrain
the stroeg sensation it had occasioned. A few h,4d
the presence of mind to wait the event, and, of
course, escaped injury.
An unfortunate accident happened on Tuesday at
Ramsgate i—As the Pier Artillery Vold steer, were
.firing their 30-pounders in honour of Lord War.-
ONGTON'S receilt victory, a young man, of
name of DOughty (a son of the Deputy liar;)our
Master there), had his left hand blown clean off at
the wrist, and the bone of his arm so much shatrer.
ed, as to render immediate amputation necessary,
higher up the arm, which he suffered accordingly,
Another young man (Thomas Paramor), also by the
same expluiion 16,t two of his 'fingers, and was
.otherwise ha t and much scorched. 1t is said, after
tiring twice,
,the sponging of the gun was omitted,
and the. vent not properly stoppe I ; anal the goo
exploded whilst the abate untoriunate persons were,
in the act of
.ramming the third cartridge. They
were both carpenters employed at toe harbgur, 'and
are both likely to do well. .

SMITHIIELU MARKET, OCT. N.
This day's Market had a 111.)rt stipi,ly of different
kinds of Cattle; Beef, Mut•on, Veal, and Pork,
support laA* prices; and the trade in general was
somewhat fh,.—The sales in the Hay Market were
not lively ; Straw and Clover fetched better prices
than MOnday's Market ; Hay suld at last
rh6 undermentioned prices and numbers are an ac-
curate statdairnt

To sink the WE! per stone of 111 b.
Beef 45. 4d to ss. 4d. Mutton 45. 4d. to ss. 4d. Veal
Ss. od. to 7s. ud. Puri; Ss. od. to 7s. od. Lamb os. od. to
os. od.
Beasts 730. Sheep 4,400: Calves 220. Pigs 200.
SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET.
nay 51. of. od. to 91 os. od. Straw 21. zos. ad. tOll.,
52. od. Clover 61. •s. od. to 91. los. od.

CORN.EXCHANGE, OCT. 19.—T0-day there are
again considerable supplies of \Wm!t on hand,
(nosily Foreign, and this trade folly maintains our
last quotaiion ; Barley likewise, and in snort supply;
very -ti w White Peas, , and those rasher dearer;
Grey, and Beau,: of both kinds, vary but little;
Oats are :n 'short supply, and fine samples are,quot-
ed sotnewhai 'dearer i Flour continues at late price:,
Wilcit .' 56s a 6as a gos Tick Beans . -46 s a sls
Filte,iitto .. . 925 a 96a Oats - - . 24s 285 a ios
Rye (new) - -40 S 1 45, Poland ditto ,
325 i6s a cci
lirley - - - . 35s a 45s l'otatoectitto . 455 a—s
Nail. ' - .. - 72, a Nos Rape Seed . - 401 a
‘Vliite r'ease - Sus a 62s Pine hbur - bib a 9AL
~t
144 ditto - . 48s a 5.3 Seconds . - . 6, a bij
Beams - - . jes a stis

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