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Francis Burdett had actually left 

 the Tower in a boat, accompanied 

 by two gentlemen. 



Mr. John Gale Jones was liber- 

 ated from Newgate about four 

 o'clock, when he took a hackney- 

 coach, and proceeded to join the 

 procession at Tower-hill. His 

 name was chalked upon the pan- 

 nels, and he repeatedly addressed 

 the people ; but the confusion was 

 so great, that we could scarce hear 

 a word he said, excepting that he 

 complained he had been turned 

 out of prison at two minutes' no- 

 tice. 



The following letter was receiv- 

 ed by Mr. Sheriff Wood, while in 

 waiting, on Thursday, at the 

 Tower, in expectation of sir Fran- 

 cis Burdett : 



'« Tovner, June 21, 1810, 

 half-past four, p.m. 

 " Sir— At the request of the 

 bearer, John Stock, Esq. of Pop- 

 lar, I beg leave to assure you, 

 upon my honour, that at half past 

 three o'clock this afternoon, 1 saw 

 sir Francis Burdett, accompanied 

 by three friends, get into a boat, 

 and he was instantly rowed down 

 the river. I have the honour to be, 

 " Sir your obedient servant, 

 " Daniel Williams, 

 *' Magistrate at the police-office, 



•« Whitechapel. 



"Mr. Sheriff Wood." 



British Heroism. — Report hy the 



Minister of War to his Majesty 



the Emperor and King of France. 



" I have the honour to inform 



your majesty, in consequence of 



the orders I received, that the 



number of English prisoners who 



distinguished themselves at the 



fire that broke out at the town of 



Auxone is twenty-one : to wit, 



twelve of the first class of captains 



of merchant vessels ; three of the 



second class ; four passengers ; 

 one merchant, detained as an host- 

 tage, and a sailor. Ten of them 

 received hurts ; viz. Messrs. West, 

 Humble, Dobbins, Hurst, Fenil, 

 and Topping (rather severe ones); 

 and Messrs. Mosely, Welsh (who 

 had before saved a child from the 

 flames at Arras), Robinson and 

 Davies, less severely ; they are all 

 recovered. Those who appeared 

 to have exposed themselves the 

 longest, without having received 

 any injury, are Messrs. Atkinson 

 (Robert) Macginnis, Pemberton, 

 Delivet, and Sraaile. Great praise 

 is due to Messrs. Thornhill, HoU- 

 by, Miller, Atkinson (Thomas) 

 and Collins. They also gave 

 proofs of zeal, and afforded great 

 assistance. The account trans- 

 mitted by the prefect of the Cote 

 d'Or, will put your majesty in 

 possession, if you will deign to 

 look at it, of fuller particulars 

 respecting the conduct of these 

 prisoners, and the nature of the 

 reward which your majesty seems 

 inclined to bestow on them. 

 " Faris. Dukeof Feltre." 

 *< The minister of war will ex- 

 press to them my satisfaction ; will 

 order them to be paid a reward, 

 amounting to six months' pay, and 

 will send them to their own coun- 

 try, under their promise not to 

 serve until they are exchanged. 

 " Antwerp. Napoleon." 

 Insurrection at Stockholm, on 

 the day appointed for the inter- 

 ment of the Crown Prince. Count 

 Ferzen, who conducted the pro- 

 cession, killed. The cause of this 

 is very obscure ; but supposed to 

 be connected with suspicions of 

 the Crown Prince being poisoned: 

 several persons were afterwards 

 arrested and examined on this 

 suspicion. 



