The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-06 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY,

To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship IrlB,
for the Capture of the Spanish Private Ship of War San Pe-
dro, on the isth oa, tilos, on board the .t.ame Ship on the
9th inst. and afterwards at No. I t, Cecil-street, Strand.
To the Officers and Companies of His Majesty's Ship!
Hercule, Theseus, La Pique, 13lariche, firth's, 'and La De-
Sire, for the Capture of La Clorinda,. Le Surieillant, La
Virtue, Le Cert.; and La Decouverte, .on the ;oth Novem=
ber and ad Decem'oer, 1803, on the 13th inst. at No
,T, Salters'-
Hall-court, Canourstreet ; and every Monday and Thursday
for three years.
To the Captain, Officers, and Company of His MajestY's
Sloop ConfianCe for the Re capture of rite lohn, on the 18th
of April last, and the Nottingham and Favourite„on the 3.t4
of the same month, on the 9111 inst. on board, in I.lyinouth
Sound; and at Lyne's Counting-house, Plymouth, every'
Tuesday and Friday for three months.
To the (Miters and Compary of His Majesty's late Ship
Minerva,- for the Capture of La Paix Viciorieuse, La Marie
L'Efiirdie, La Patriote, La Laborieux, and L'E.sperince, on
the 2.rd May, 1503,. at No. 12; Upper- Thames-stfFeT, on the
Bth inst. and every day for three years to come. •

The Abundance Store-ship, 'from Jamaica, is art
. •,
rived off Dover.

Extract of a Letter from an Officer of the .b/oca4D
of 38 guns, one .of our cruizers in the East Indies,
to his brother at Romsey, dated on board L'Amelia
prize, at Sea, Nov.' 25, 1805 :—" Since Iny last,
we have taken three prizes, for one of which we
paid rather dear. On the I ith of OCtoOer we
chaced a large convoy from Bourbon to the, Isle o
France, all of which, except one Sloop; escaped us„
and got safe into St. Dennis's. The rirst Liet,tl
tenant and' myself volunteered to go in and cut ouc
what we could. We were out all one night, but
did nothing, having got to leeward of the Port. On
the 12th we made a second attempt, with the Launch
and two cutters. We rowed tour hours, and at ono
a. m. found the convoy .at anchor in St. Dennis's.
To our great surprise, we discovered, within a
few minutes, that we were close to a five-gun bat!
tery. Monsieur was walking with his musket
across his shoulders. •We had. no time to
_spare„,
for the 'other two Boats were half a league osier!).
A grand salute from the battery and armed Ships
Soon, convinced .us of our perilous situation. The
shot came all around us, but fortunately none hit us.
We made oar best, way to the Sloop above-men-
tioned, ,and were, welcomed by her with a volley of
musquetry.
,However, we Warded, drove out the
French, and took possession of her. We were soon
in a more perilous situation than before ; it fell a
dead calm, which continued for an hour, 4nd left us
exposed to the fire of the batteries and armed Ships.
Soon: after the other Boats came up, with most of
their crews wounded.. A fatal shot carne, and th
First Lieutenant was no more. It . appearing im-
possible to do any good with our prize, the Launch
and the last Boat endeavoured to get us off; but
when all were _taken out except myself and two
men, a noble breeze sprung up, and wafted us out,
just as we were 4inking, with six feet water, and a
full cargo of rice. We providentially brought our
prize safely off, though the French expeCted to see
us go to the bottom."

By letters from most of the corn counties, it ap-
pears that the late. rains have generally prodiiced the
-tnostheneficial.effeEts on the growing crols, which
in very -few. instances
.have been beaten dpC.vn or in•
jured in the smallest degree by the vio',ence of the
Bcc. fall of which has bt:en ?artial. The
lightning haS clus,e4 great tiestrufti?ti :among. the
swarms of pernicio*;i inse6is' that had been generated
in the fields and gardens in all parts of the cotilati•
. .