Star.
London, England, 1808-09-29 00:00:00

GREENOCK, SEPTEMBER 21:.

Captain CitAwroun, of the Hercules, arrived at
Ayre, on Tuesday last : off Carlingford, spoke the
Jenny and Anfe, of Saltccgts, 35 days from Quebec,
!Mind to Newry.
DiM'AIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY..

The Venerable and Superb, for the Itoßatton-, captured June
1601, will he paid at the Crown snd Cushion, Whichesttr-street
London Wall, on the 19t,h and 30th of October, and recalled at
No. 9, Austin friars, the second Wednesday in every month.
Csaar, Superb, Venerable, Russell, Audacious, Warrior,
*litt.:ftdrtee' Spencer, Ileßona, Yompce, Thames, and Putters.ll, will
paid and rehilled for the Charlotte, captured Autoln 21, 1801, at '
the same time and place as the above.
The troops and vessels employed in the capture of Poridicherry
in 1793, who have not been paid in the East ludic., may receive
their proportions at No. 3, Salter's-hall-court, Cannon.strect, on
Wednesday nut, gr any svcca eding Monday or Thursd.y.
The Crescent, for the Liebe, captured June 'l6, 1507, will be
paid on board on Tuesday neat, and recalled at Nu. 1:1, Northum
bcrl.uad-street, Strand.

There was an arrival yesterday from Holland, by
which papers were brought, containing nothing ma-
terially new. 4 report prevailed at Rotterdam a few
days since, that a very serious insurrection has taken
Place in Italy.

Through some Gentlemen who have just arrived
from France, we have received the most afflicting ac-
counts, as to the state of our countrymen who are pri-
soners in that country. At Bitche, Valenciennes,
Arras, Civet, Verdun, and Sane Louis, which are
the principal depots, there are no less than 8000 FA:g-
-li.ll prisoners, who are treated in a manner not only
unworthy of the character of a civilized nation, but
inconsistent with the feeling which humanity gene-
rally preserves even in a savage state. The pay of the
seamen, who compose nearly the -whole of these pri-
soners, has been recently reduced from three-halfpence
to three farthings per day, which is a sum obviously
inadequate to furnish them with any subsistence In for
the food of man. But the Agents of the Government
seem indifrerent to the fate of those unhappy beings;
or rather perhaps anxious to consign them to h e
giave. They are confined in subterraneous cells and
oternauseous places, where., particularly at Bitche,
Arras and Sane Louis, they arc daily dying. The
treatment of the Officers is somewhat less inhuman.
They are divided into classes of ten eack,and the whole
uf• each class is rendered responsible for the conduct at
each of its members.—Thus if one misbehaves or ex-

wits his parole, the other nine arc imprisoned, and can
•ly expect release or mitigation of rigour through the
nwdiunt of bribery. This is very well understood, and
the terms universally known. An Officer who is im-
prisoned with sevekal others in a house incapable of af-
fording tolerable accommodation,_ is told with Out dis-
Ose, that for a louis and a half he may obtain his
removal to another house where the prisoners are less
numerous and the accommodation better, and that
for another louis he may recover his liberty to walk
at large. within the boundaries. These bribes go into
the • pockets of military officers, who have the
command. or these deliats, and who can discriminate
with as mttcli 4cetiracy as a aimkm watchman what
description of persons arc good subjects to be murcted.
Such of the detinues as are known to possess good
property or connections in England are furnished with
ev•eiy thing for which they can afford to pa , or can
told out the prospect of security. But those who are
pier are involved in the'utinost wretchedness.
Mr. Roakatr Arisotr, from Dundee, a prisoner at
Verdun, made his escape from that place, on the Ist
of,,A.4imt last.

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BRIGHTON, SEPT. 27.

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The lodging-houses of any extent and appearance, I
in this place, are much sought after, and engaged
with avidity, so much so, that if the usual signals
appear at the windows, the time of their being va-
cant is announced to prevent unnecessary inquiries.
'The Castle balls never were better attended, nor
the spirit of dancing kept up till such late hours ;
and though this may prove somewhat annoying to the
elders of families, and to Mr. Fonm, the Master of
the Ceremonies, yet the general harmony of the as-
sembly, and the winning requests of the groups of
lovely females who go into the amusements con amore.
come in too questionable a shape to meet refusal of
one Whose anxious study is to minister to the innocent
pleasures of a refined and polite public.
Yot xo, after a successful visit, took his leave of
our TI ease, as Penruddock. MUNDEN appears this
evening, in Sir Anthony Absolute and NiNserkin, for
the benefit of Mr. Pittman, Box Book-keeper.—
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Last night, independent of the usual promenade on
the Steyne, and grooping in the Libraries, mere per-
Isons were drawn down to the Cliff and Beach, to see
a display of fire-works, many of which were of an
aquatic description, and afforded much diversion to
the gazing concourse, who beheld their spoutings
,from the bathing machines, the tops of which were
'put in a complete state of requisition.