[191a] Supplement to Appendix 59, Report of the Transport Board to the House of Commons, 1798. Issued from Downing Street 6th January 1801.
[191b] If the commander of a privateer before lowering his flag threw overboard as many of his guns as he could, in order to prevent their falling into the hands of the enemy, and thus reduced their number below fourteen, he was no longer eligible for parole, but remained in prison.
[192] List of places where French prisoners of war were allowed on parole at different periods of the war.
| Abergavenny. | Eye. | Penrith. |
| Alresford. | Falmouth. | Penryn. |
| Andover. | Fareham. | Perth. |
| Ashbourne. | Foxton. | Peterborough |
| Ashburton. | Greenlaw. | Petersfield. |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch. | Hawick. | Plymouth. |
| Bandon. | Jedburgh. | Pontefract. |
| Basingstoke. | Kelso. | Porchester. |
| Bedale. | Knaresborough. | Portsmouth. |
| Bideford. | Lanark. | Reading. |
| Biggar. | Landore. | Redruth. |
| Bishops Castle. | Launceston. | Regilliack. |
| Bishops Waltham. | Leek. | Richmond. |
| Bodmin. | Lichfield. | Roscor. |
| Boroughbridge. | Llanfyllin. | Sanquhar. |
| Brecon. | Lockerbie. | Selkirk. |
| Bridgnorth. | Lockmaben. | Stapleton. |
| Bristol. | London. | Tavistock. |
| Callington. | Melrose. | Thame. |
| Carlisle. | Mill Prison Hospital. | Tiverton. |
| Carnarvon. | Montgomery. | Tynemouth. |
| Chatham. | Montrose. | Valleyfield. |
| Chepstow. | Moreton Hampstead. | Wakefield. |
| Chesterfield. | Newton. | Wantage. |
| Crediton. | Norman Cross. | Welshpool. |
| Cupar. | Northampton. | Whitchurch. |
| Dartmoor. | Okehampton. | Wincanton. |
| Derby. | Oldham. | Winchester. |
| Dover. | Oswestry. | Wisbech. |
| Dumfries. | Peebles. | York. |
| Edinburgh. | Pembroke. |
[200] Basil Thomson, loc. cit., pp. 28, 29.
[202] A RETURN OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR AT PRESENT IN GREAT BRITAIN
Transport Office,
26th June 1812.
On Parole. | French Prisoners. | Danish Prisoners. |
Officers, Army | 1,615 | — |
Officers, Navy | 718 | — |
Masters and Mates of Merchant Vessels | 211 | 33 |
Captains, etc., of Privateers | 176 | — |
Passengers and other Persons of Respectability | 211 | 3 |
Servants to Officers | 149 | — |
Women and children | 115 | — |
| 3,231 | 36 |
In Confinement |
| |
Soldiers | 22,916 | 5 |
Seamen, taken in Men-of-War | 11,198 | 305 |
Seamen, taken in Merchant Vessels | 4,076 | 977 |
Seamen, taken in Privateers | 10,146 | 530 |
All others | 1,045 | 15 |
Women and Children | 37 | — |
| 49,418 | 1,832 |
Abstract. |
| |
Prisoners belonging to the Army | 24,567 | 5 |
Prisoners belonging to the Navy | 26,525 | 1,845 |
Others | 1,557 | 18 |
| 52,649 | 1,868 |
N.B.—There are not any prisoners inIreland. | ||
Total, French prisoners | 52,649 | |
Total, Dutch prisoners | 1,868 | |
| 54,517 | |
(Signed) Rup. George, J. Bowen, J. Douglas.
(Parl. Pap. 1812, vol. ix., p. 225.)
In reference to this return it may be here mentioned that very few of the Danes were brought to Norman Cross, either in the first period of the war, or in the second period in which this return was made.