Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-12

was tent to pay the troops and failors .,
Rochetort ard Brett. Trugnet has fuc-
ceeced Bruix at the former port. Gene
raj Moreau has publilhed letter in Pa
tbs, accounting fer the contributions he
levied in Germany. The finances OF
France ieems to be returning to the greateit
confufion.
The brigantine Traveller, Of Bottom,
captured In the bay of Bengal in Noyern.
Der, has been condemned in the Tile @.
france. The plea urged by the French
was, that there were no veilels papers re-
turned IN her and that certificate, ieAed
by the captain and fupercargc at tie sine
or capture, acknowledged s. aav0r es,Rea
oef9oeen tie Oanea Stnles eng F,ancr."
&c IS, however, confidently expected lhe
WI be reitored, as the brig was taken sf-
ter the iigning of the treaty by our com
miii'oners, and the fuperca:go failed from
Bengal for the lie OF France, in February
to reclaim her.
ne following account Of the very ex
sraordinsry efcape of the pr.Gcners from,
Ncwgaic, In Ireland, On Saturday nora
ing the 18th July, is copied from a Live.
poo'paper of Augpft I:
On the ground hcar in the inner
yard, rs Priioners were confined in four
cells, TO each OF which there is an iro;,
door leading TO the rpper aparta,en,, at
the foot OF which there is alio an iron door.
Cn Wednrfday lsR, abopt two O'clock.
me pFiiopers perccivins that their cells
we're injected BY the turkeys, conceiv.
ca to he good t'me 10 attempt their &c.
cape before the next iolpctrion; and ac
cord'nsiy en- thar day, while hey had the
liberty OF 'he yard, ,hry agreed on tier
plan; winch The want Of rope to def end
by from thc root, prevented the execution
OF on that night; bur the next day, ore
OF their wives contrived to convey them
rope, Gu that night they made tfe nc.
ceaary breaches, which they effected be
tween feyen ana nine o'clock, having been
locked up at fix. Their plan was TO break
a communicating between the cells, and
thence TO rhe fairs. Which they effected
with no other inarnments than one piece
OF iron ABOUT 8 inches long, and their
knives; with theie they made the;s way
.hro' the thick walls THAT Imported the ar
ches OF the cells. On attending the fairs they
were topped by door at the toot OF the
upper iiight; this difficulty, however they
loon osercame, as wall bui.. in place OF |
the hand railing is but four inches thick !
they next had 10 encounter an iron CRATE il
rhe chimney OF an upper room, but b,
breaking the walls at the end of the crate
hey got above it.
I" Having thus opened paGage to the |
root, their next object was TO get rid of |
the heavy irons with which fome Of them
were holted they therefore waited till
the next night. On their return TO their |
cells, they topped the breaches with |
tones, and next day the deputy goaler
having an information that one of the pri-
foners had requeGed of woman to bring
him rope for the pnrpote of eicaping, he |
loaded him with irons which, however.
he contrived TO file off, and etcapcd with |
the ret. About one O'Clock On SATURDAY. |
morning, 20 of them got on the root OF !
the Seihons bouie, at the end of which, |
next to Green ffreet, they RATED the lead, |
and fattened q rope to one of the raftcrs,
by which they defended 10 the waite
ground between the SelGons -houfe and the |
Sheritf's Priion. Tie laft Of the IS named
Traynor, alias Murphy, diainttl, heard
tie only centinel in view (who was plant |
ed about 100 yards from the place they
regularly challenge every man
as he walked away; they apfwered 50 |
TREND" and were fufered to pats into
Creen-i'reet but on Murphy's getting |
to the gtound, the centinel, who by this |