The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-09 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.

To the Garrison of St. Helena, and the Georgina Packet,
fur the Capture of the Danish Ship,copennagen, iuly, 1799,
any Friday at No, 3, bishopsgste church-yard, between
eleven and two.

For titist4ltertSbef&con the teth and txth inst. at No.
t, Uniatt.court, Brood-street, to the Petty Officers and Sea.
:ten, vr•tbeir Attorneys.
To the Officers arid ,Clew Of nit Miljesty's Ship Magi-
Ciento', tor the Capture DC the Altxretha, on the 24th I uly.
teo4,at No, 3, Btis...K•court, fampie, any day for three yeas
to come.

Saturday we received, via America, a letter from
Madras-, : dated kith January, which says—" The
eicirsiral Gardner is loading her homeward cargo ;
-the Devonshire, -Metcalfe, and Chadic:Pai from lien.
gal,..are at coringa, and,hourly expetted here, when
therwill all go to Ceylon, to join convoy with the
nomhay_and Bengal Ships for England."
The ilarbacioes; LEW Xs, from B arhadoes, it arrived
at Liverpool: sailed on the 3d of May, when she
was getting under weigh, the alarm gUns were firing
at the fort in consequence of a tlEetteing seen to
stir
ndward, supposed to be that which sailed front
Falmouth on the nth Attarch; on the 6th May the
Bal-6(46es ro-captdred the iionzty, Cow AN , of New-
castle, for Jamaica, which had separated from the
fleet.

The VOrient -Squadron proceeded from Lagos to
Bonny ; and intended going to the Cameroons and
Gaboon. Their objed is not so much to capture as
to destroy.

We have received Charleston Papers to the 30th
of April, and Bahama Paper to the 15th of the
same month.'
On the'2sth Captain Einas arrived at Charleston
from Barbadoes, and confirms the account of Geu-
AII4ANDA having etFe4;ted a landing at Barcelona, Oa
the, Seanish Main. tie further states,, that he had
been joined by two British Frigates. This
gence has excited considerable interest at Barbadoes.
Report stated MIRANDA'S facet° consist of nearly
500 men.
The British outward-bound Jamaica Fleet, consist-
incr of 84 Sail, under convoy, had touched at Bar-.
badoes, and sailed again, several days before Capt. E.
left that Port. The British Admiral had called in all
the armed-Vessels on that station, but his reasons
were not known.

It is stated, that previous to the departure of the
-Wolverine from Barbadoes three French Frigates
had arrived at the Saintes, with troops on board trom
France, and that five Men of War were expeded at
Martinique.
La Camete, one of the French Frigates which
escaped from Sir J. DUCIO7,ORTII, in the battle of St
Domingo Bay, it appears, has got into. St. Sebas,
dart's, in a very' distressed state.
The Milan -Frigate, having AdMiral Beatt.F.LET
on board, passed the Land's-End on Wednesday last,
with the Fleet under convoy bound to Halifax.
• The Ariactne -Frigate; Capt. FARQUHAR, is about
to• sail from Yarmouth to St-Petersburgh, for the
purpose of bringing Lord G. L. Gowg,a and suite
hOme. - •
The Diana Packet, with a Mail from New York
and Halifax, is arrived at Falmouth.
On Thursday evening the. Jupiter (Cartel), from
Morlaix, arrived at Salcomb, near Ki,ngsbridge, De-
vonshire, and landed the Dutchess of NEWCASTLE,
General CRAWFORD, and Lady CHAR corn PELHAM\
CLINT(*.
A dreadful instance of shipwreck occurred on
Thursday at Whitstable : the Eliza, of London,
B. X. CHEPPENIER, Master, struck on the Spannard.
Sand, and sunk. The yessel was filled with men,
Women, and children; and though several Boats put
off to their assistance, a great part of them were
drowned. • The Captain's wife, who had lain in only
five weeks, was on board, and had been four hours
up to the-waist in' water. The Captain lashed her,
himself,. and a poor wOrnan far advanced in preg.
Haney, to the: rigging. The woman expired soon
-afterwards, and Mrs. CiiEPPENI ER was notexpeaed
to live. About 50 men were saved.from.the wreck

by the Boats, most of thetil naked. The Vessel bad

arrived from London in the morning, and was pro-
ceeding to .Dcher., where she was to have taken up
snore. passengers,_