The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-27 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZS-MONEY.

To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Sloop
Driver, for the condemned part of the Cargoes of the Nor-
, den, taken sWI September !Sot, and .the Anna Carherina,
i taken 7th 04tober; t&O. on Thursday next,or for three years
' afterwards, at No. 22, Arundel-street.
To the.Ulficers And Company of His Majesty's Ship Sur-
- rize, for the condemned parts of the Antonius and fonge
Jacob, taken tit'Ociiker, ts6l, on the day and at • the place
last mentiong.:. "
• -To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship. Arne.
lia. for thedeteritioa 'of -the .Dutelt Ship De _Phecnixt the
. iEth May,_ t..3p3., on Saturday. next, or during three years, at
NO. 6; SianhopMtreet; Strand. ..•
.Trrtbc afticas,and Company,of His Majesty's Ships Rai.
i'sbnable- and AMilia, for the detention or.. the Dutch Ship
Twee Vriendetr,- the 24th May, ISo3, on the darand at the
place last mentioned. .
' l'athe Officers and CoMpany of His Majesty's Ship Sur.:
prize, for the capture of the Nostra- Senhora del. Carmen, by
HiS Majesty's Ships Surprize and Nlusquito, the pst Au-
gust, 1799. on Thursday se'nnight, or every Tuesday_ and
Friday atterwards, between eleven and three, at No. zo, St.
S within's- lane; Lombard, street.

• Capt. BURROWES. is appointed to La Canftance,,'
fitting at Plymouth. This is the Vessel in which
Suacoup took the Kent Indiaman, and which was
afterwar& cut out of MuroS Ba3', by the bdats of
La Loire, under Capt. YEO. 'She is one of the finest
Vessels of her class in the service, and carries twenty-
four i 8-pounders.
Capt: J. 11.4Anclun'ARsoN 'is appointed tp the
Gibraltar, of 80 guns-; Capt GREEN, to the Spitfire
Fire-ship;
_and Capt..LtcumEttE, to the Prince;
lion. Capt. DoN.bAs has , been removed from the
Quebec to the Etiruallis.--;Capt, JAMES Du NEA Ris
appointed to the Astrea, vice CAETH'EM,' ; and Capt.
BLIQII on of the AdmiraL to the Pylades.
When I;Aintribk Frigate, which arrived at Ports-
mouth pa:Wecinesciabasailed from Gibraltar (on the
29th ult.). tile, following was the disposition Of Lord
Cetutiow4:36.es'- Fleet: 'Off Carthagena—Queen,
(Lord.CoLia*vitioo-o;),Dreadnought, Prince; Swift-
sure, and
_Mi./JAN/cr. .The Orion and two Frigates
were clatache'd.: The Saturn, 'Athenian, Intrepid,.
abd'Stsdndird,''salietlfrom Gibraltar On the 16th uIL
to join, Lord eaiiiNowoOn. The-417tptune, Zealous,
and 4gle,, wgp3 optioned off Cadiz The Superb,
(Sir 3oits Duc4-wonyli) Spencer, Powerful, and
D'oniti:;l4-te tone towards Madeira, after a
French' SqUadrol. The Canopfs, A game)» ,
Tigre, and 4qx, were lea to join Sir JOIIN .11ucK-
wowrfr,' blthit lilts :said at Gibfaltar, they could .not
, his . rendovc)tp. The Boadicea and Surinam
were the oily-'ships at. Gibraltar, . , '

The'Fleet just.arrived from Portugal, under co 4
,
voy of the: -vaitirtica, co)iqance, and geariy, con-
sists of 80.8 ail 14 Great Britain-40 of which, from
Oporto, are 4a4qa.with eggs pipes of wine, coon,
and fruit.

Government have purchased the Tama and San
capt,iared by Vice-Admiral CALDER in July
last, at the rate of-31. per ton, exclusive of the stores,,
mists, gIIDS; powder, &c. which were also sold by
the Agents at good:prices: The Ships Are old, and
greatly in4ant; of repair.i.
'lig'Termagant arrived at Gibraltar on the 7th
Slte left Lord COLLINGWOOD.3 Fleet .blockading
Cluthttgena on the Thursday preceding ; and on
-4be pasied the Britannia ofiCape de Gate.
Alhe- ",Yalta 'Fleet had arrived at Gibraltar in' 28
days, under convoy of the L' Aimatle, La Benam Mje,
and' Aler4in. On the day it sailed. (about the 18th
November) the Expedition under,Sk 3. CRAIG wat
still in sight, having been detained by contrary winds
every since its departure.
General DE HECETA, the Commandant of Alge-'
siras, has written a bombastic account to.the Prince
of Peace, of an attack mode by the , Spanish Gun-
boats, amounting to 25 sail, upon an English con-
, Voy of 20 sail "bfl\terchantrrien, escorted by five Sail
of the Line and three ,Frigates,:When, after fighting
for two hours, the. British Ships were compelled, to
sheer off The ilia, however, was, that' the Naiad
Was the only Sfiip of Near which escorted the con-
voy. The Qin-Wats captured one Vessel before
she 'coul4,,tprile' up, biat when within reach of, her
grape-shd,:She did thena material damage, and killed
,u number alteir men. 'The FrigatereceiVed several'
I shot from ',the land: batteries .which Went. throttigh
her sails.: • ,

" Ali American vessel; arrived, yesterday in the Ri-
ver, brings an account that a resolution bad -pissed
-Conr,reskfor the abolition of the Slave Trade throtigh-
out the United 'Slates.- Its 'operation is to commence'
the Ist of January, 1808. The question gave "rise to
long and warm debates,' F;S a strong party wished it
to begilf 'within a-shorter period 'by one year. The
.Americantare.muchvosperated at the col:Ana-held
by our cruizers with respect to their vessels proceed-
ing_to enemy's ports;' and 'ano emba,rgo. was reported
as. like)), to be laid upon all British Shipping in the
porkkoaf the United States., Welave, ho wevmr, the
plpsure of knowing that our vessels in, the American
h4rbo,tlml', v,l less numerous, than,ahnost.any fur-
ther instance.
Lettters by the LisbOn Mail state, .that the Prince
Regeut of Pottugttl, who hadfor,snme time laboured
under a7,heavyytilepressiort of spirits, bas,heen. do se,
verc,ly aitae.kekl ,by mental derangement, as to -be
obliged, to_lgt,irt from, all public business.. This un-
expe4eci rei:,ent has.,hceu the cause of considerable
embarrassment to the Government.

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121)Pfticers 9f the Biter and /Vood/ark Gun-brip'
srrivealif Vatl4,,zin tlib 21st of December, all per-.
feCtiy ,
On 4Surc 4 total amount of St.bcriptietts to
the Pat:totiC -trid'Was ka5,0001.

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