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chief fired a salute of twenty-one 

 guns. On his serene highness's 

 going on board the Warrior, the 

 Orange-flag was hoisted at the main- 

 top-mast-head, and immediately 

 saluted with twenty-one guns by 

 each of his majesty's ships, and by 

 those of his majesty the emperor of 

 Russia then lying in the Downs. 



29. Returns of all the Dutch pri- 

 soners of war in this country have 

 been ordered to be made out, pre- 

 paratory to their being sent home 

 to assist their countrymen in main- 

 taining their newly-acquired inde- 

 pendence. Their number, it is 

 said, exceeds 10,000. 



30. Prince Poniatoiuski. — Co- 

 lonels Kieki, adjutant of the late 

 prince Poniatowski, and Herakow- 

 ski, adjutant of the general of 

 Division Krasinski, who arrived at 

 Warsaw on the 8th of November, 

 have given the following particulars 

 respecting the death of the prince : 

 — On the 19th of October, when 

 the French army was retreating, 

 the emperor assigned part of the 

 suburbs of Leipsic, next to the 

 Borna road, to prince Poniatowski. 

 This post he was to defend with a 

 body of not more than 2,000 Polish 

 infantry. Perceiving that the 

 French columns on his left flank 

 were hastily retreating before a 

 superior force, and that there was 

 no possibility of getting across the 

 bridge, incessantly crowded as it 

 was with artillery and carriages, he 

 drew his sabre, and turning to the 

 officers immediately about him — 

 " Gentlemen," said he, " 'tis 

 better to fall with honour," and at 

 the head of a few Polish cuirassiers, 

 and the officers attending him, he 

 fell furiously upon the advancing 

 columns. He had been wounded 

 both on the 14th and 16th ; on 

 this occasion he received a musket 



ball in his left arm. With the 

 words above-mentioned, he sprung 

 forward, but found the suburbs 

 already filled with allied troops, 

 who hastened up to make him 

 prisoner. He cut his way through 

 them, however, was again wounded 

 through his cross, threw himself 

 into the Pleisse, and with the assist- 

 ance of the surrounding officers, 

 reached the oppositeshore in safety. 

 The horse which he rode was left 

 behind in this river, and the prince, 

 greatly exhausted, mounted another 

 which was brought him. He then 

 proceeded to the river Elster, but 

 it was already lined with Prussian 

 and Saxon riflemen ; and seeing 

 them advancing upon him on all 

 sides, he plunged into the river and 

 sunk, together with his horse. 

 Several officers who precipitated 

 themselves in the water after the 

 prince, were likewise drowned, 

 and others taken prisoners on the 

 bank or in the river. The prince 

 was nephew to Stanislaus Augus- 

 tus, the last king of Poland. 



His funeral obsequies were per- 

 formed on the 19th of November, 

 in the church of the Holy Cross 

 at W'arsaw, in the presence of the 

 most distinguished Russian and 

 Polish families in that city. 



A fatal occurrence took place 

 about one o'clock, in the counting- 

 house of Messrs. Haigh and Sod> 

 Manchester warehousemen, Alder- 

 manbury. It appears that about 

 twelve months ago, a nephew, 

 who was also his clerk, showed 

 symptoms of mental derangement, 

 and gradually becoming worse, his 

 uncle at length was obliged to send 

 him to St. Luke's, from whence he 

 on Monday night contrived to 

 make his escape, and at eight yes- 

 terday morning made his appear- 

 ance at the counting-house, in 



