On the last day of March, I collected the exact number of all prisoners at this depot, and noted as follows: In prison No. 1 1769 In do. No. 3 972 In do. No. 4 1051 In do. No. 5 958 In do. No. 7 1263 In different employments about the stores 51 Employed in the hospital 19 Patients in the hospital 130 Total at Dartmoor 5693 The following are the different descriptions of prisoners, and the number of each class. There were of those discharged from British ships of war, and also those taken in England, 2200 Colored people 1000 United States’ soldiers and sailors 250 Taken on board of privateers and merchant-ships, Including those few mentioned, taken under the French flag. 2243 On the same day we received letters from London, informing us that the ships taken for our conveyance, lay wind bound in the Downs. The month concluded with pleasant weather for Dartmoor; sickness and small pox had somewhat abated. The prisoners made a contribution for the assistance of a prisoner, who had lost an arm in attempting to take possession of the cartel, which was conveying them from Halifax to England. As this is intended to be a true and faithful account of all the occurrences and circumstances of the American captives in England, we cannot forbear mentioning some circumstances, which may appear trifling and uninteresting to those who have not felt as we have. The weather now being mild, and the pleasant season for crossing the Atlantic fast approaching, the prisoners felt the most insufferable anxiety for their departure. The winds being favorable, and seventeen days having elapsed since the ratified treaty arrived, they could not but wait with impatience for the cartels. On the first of March, Capt. Shortland received orders to discharge twenty-one prisoners, who had applied to be released in England. Previous to this time almost all the men who had been delivered from the British ships of war, had been paid at different times their prize money, and the wages due for their past services in the navy.