The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-29 00:00:00

• DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY.

To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Dia-
rnond, for the capture of the Dutch Ship Olive Branch; and
the Spanish Ship infant Don Carlos, on the 27th !Sec. 1804,
on the 6th August, at as son as she Shall arrive in-Port; and
'for three years at the house of Edniund Lockyer, Plymouth,
To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Gun-brig
Grimier, their shares. of the hull and
.cargo of the Chasse
Mares I.a Maria Victoir, captured on the 19th-May, iBO5, on
her arrival at Plymouth and for three months' to come at.
No 22. Arundel-speet.
• To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship An-
son, part of the proceeds granted by His 'Majesty's Sign M a•-
nual, of the Spanish .Ship• St. Christotero, captured the Bth
Dec. 1804, the 31st 'July, at No. 2, james-street,'Adelplii ;
and at tie same place for three rears. '
To the 0 ffi.:ers and Company of His Majesty's late Ship
Stag, for the capture of the Saris Souci, on the. 17th Nov. of
the- ltitondalie on the lath Nov. and' of the Fancer Dec:
1798, by the said Ship, their proportions of bounty-money,
at No. 2, Verulam-buitlihg, G ray 's
-100, on the 7tn August;
and at the same place ev..f.ry Tuesday and Thursday for three
sears. •
To ,the. Officers of His Majesty's Bri„; Gannet, for the
capture of the Ship Factiar, on the 25th May, 1803, their
speelive shares on, the Ist August ; and tot three years to
come,- at A n.:,.ove's office, Falmooth.
To the Oltis:.r, and Crews of .lis Majesty's Ship Sea.
horse, ~VOl,-er,ne, Aggressor, and Censor Gun-brigs, and
Swifthired Armed Cutter, for the capture of the Prussian
Bk.; • Vennerne and Elizabeth, on the trth and I2th' of
Au,,;ust, 1801, their shares, on the 6tta August ; and every
Wednesday and Saturday for three years at March and Stow's
office, Gosport. •

- The capture of La Guerriere displays an example
of uncommon perseverance on the part of Captain
LAVIE, of the Blanche. It ,appears that he conti-
nued the chace for several days, before he came up
witfithe EneMy. The Guerriere was commanded by
Mons. HUBERT, a Member of Legion of Ho-
nour, and-is of the largest class of French Frigates,
mounting fifty guns; With a complement of 317-men..
She has:suffered severely in the hull and rigging,
but,the injury sustained by the Blanche is confined
to her masts, rigging, and sails.
The wounded on board the English Frigate were,-
Lieut. BASTIN, not dangerously; THOMAS WILICIN'•
SON alid JAMES WlLKlNS,,Marines,'bot dangerous-
ly ; GEORGE MANLY, of the Marines,- dangerously.
Capt. LAVIE will take the earliest opportunity to
convey the Guerriere to the Nore, after landing the
prisoners and wounded men, when it willtOneces-
sary to refit the Blanche., •
Dispatches: have been received -from the gallant
Admiral Sir SIDNEY SMITH, every line of which
breathes that ardent and enterprising, spirit which
is known to distinguish his character, and of which
they furnish. some new and interesting proofs.—
Among his most recent achievements is the capture
of the Island of Caprea, notwithstanding the prepa-
falions which -the - Enetby had confessedly made ,
to rebel the attack. --He afterwards so anchored
his Ships the "Bay' of 'Naples, that he might, if
his-humanity had•allowed; 4/ombard the plate, or; as
he himself so spiritedly.expresses it, have 'knocked
*lamps ali?Out their ears---4or it happened at the
that some grandfifte Was celebrating in honour
of King- .14sEnt, and their. joy, whether, real or
affe6ted, was considerably 'damped by his pre;ience.
The gallant Admiral has also su eceeded in throw-
ing provisions and 'ammUnition into the. fortress
of Gaeta, where he may now be in person; ,and
where he burns to' be present at the long,,Menaced
assault,-so. pompously announced by • the enemy.—
He is profuse in his praise- of the resolute: and heroic
conduct of Prince', PHILIPSTAHL, throughout the
whole of the defence of that place, and every part
of his dispatch,' when published by Governtnent,
must be read with that high degree of interest which
a pen so glowing as his never fails tti inspire.
The Hon. CommissionerGny is appointed Com-
missioner of the Navy at Portsmouth, in the room
of Sir CHARLES SA.3(Tot,t, Bart. who retires on a pen-
sion. Commissioner BROWN, at Melta, is appointed
Commissioner of the Navy at Sheerness, in the room
of Commissioner GREY; and Captain Lona is ap-
pointed Commissioner of the Navy at Malta. Until
an opportunity offers for Cotnrnissioner Bnos to
return from Malta, the duty at Sheerness-will be
performed by COLIHI3iSSiOIIer CIJICNIN6HAZ.

VOLUNTEERS.

. Tins most useful, zealous, and patriotic part Q..c.
the defensive Force of the Country, has, after a long
{nterval, dodirnenced• its re-organization,•-and an
exanipt le 190 been Set,' which will not fail to corn•
mimic to its influence to every VolunteetCorps in
ffie IlnitearKingdorri.' Yesterday evening the First
Sarre ,Rd nt of Infantry, with the Rifle cdni- •
parlsl--Ititii.sl'ed speeially by orders from: the, Colonel, -
in order to consider of a new enrolment, conformable •
~
• to the diredicins of the A& of Parliament which' has
been recently passed. '.As this is the first meeting.
of the kind, a. brief account ofWhat 'Occurred cannot
but be acceptable. The RegiMent; whieh'iS froni
six to seven hundred strong, having assembled at
Maintpelier GardenS,- was• dral.vr`itp in line, and
then, order: t to-forth a Circle: The•Qfficers were
in the centre. Colonel GAITSKILL immediately.
stepped,forward; _and addressing the Rekimetit, ex-
pressed hiS regret that circumstances had prevented
it floin; meeting as usual. It Was far from,his wish -
to refe at-lie-causes that had produced`-the general
'relaxatioirt)f the discipline of the Volunteers. He -
truStedithose Causes had now ceased-to exist. He
had received official instrudions- from. Government, •
stating that His Majesty •was anxious to avail.him7
self of the services of those Volunteers who were
willing to enroll themselves under the regulations:-
which his Govenment had thought proper to adOpt. --
The Colonel then called the attention of the Ite,
giment to the general scope and objeEt of the Train- •
ing Ad; observing, that in order to avoid its opera.
tion, the Members •of Volunteer Corps must adually
muster 26 days in the year. He was well persuaded, •
this condition would be cheerfully complied With ;- - •
not.'so much with a view-to the advantage of the
exemption,- as, to- enable. them- to attain that . degree •
-of discipline necessary to a military bndy.arnied to
proted their Country. 'He stated- that. Government`
had withdrawn the former allowances by which the
whole expences of the Regiment had been defrayed;
and, therefore, to keep up those appointment :and •
establishments, wi•tlicut ,which a Ileginient• conk
not eitist„ it was indispensible they shovid, in 'i'di--
lion what was 'still al}owed by.. Gaeriiinent,
eater inter-' an annual, subscription, • All that 'vas-
considered-necessary w'as. one gill nea per a nntim----
a sum too trifling to bet'egirded by such persons
as composed the First- 'Surrey'••Regirnent.: •
then exhorted, the Regiment to contlimeethatardour
and attachment to the cause- of the Country= which -"'
• had so eminently raised its charader: He reniark=
ed that there never wf.ts•atime when fii4eopie wero
More seriously called upon to
fence—that we were now withbUE a t;lngl'-Ally;• • •
'Russia, as it had- been officially: announce& t6:'finn, '-'-
having made- a separate peace, Inkl that mli'aa the •
Island had only to depend upon its OrtphySical
strength and resources.- Haring explained' at Seltne •
length all the point's relative to the' new System of
Vollinteer Service, and read the articles of enrol-.
meat; he concluded-by -•expre4sing that-no .
person would renew his eneagement'who was. not
aduatcd by a' spirit- which disdained-. to -receive a:
boon -or exemption of any -kind for a service •ou
Which the preservation of his liberty, and whatever
.was dear and valtiable to him, depended.
The 'Regiment immediately clapped their hands,' • -• •
then waving their- helmets in the aire gav4'
nine cheers.. They afterwards wheeled into line,
and every. Member, without the exception of a
single one, paid his guinea. to his Captain, and sub-
scribed 'his name. A vast number of people at,
tended to.witnessfhe ceremony. It was altogether
a scene extremely gratifying, and •doubtiess wilj
have -its effe& in reviving a system which will
make the Country as formidable 'and impregnable,
hi a Military as in a Naval point'of view..

The Dukes of CUMBERLAND and GLOUPESTER
immediately leave town to take the cominatrd of
their Distrids, the Severn and South-West,
The East Essex Militia marched into Dover ,on
Supday, from:Harnsgate, where_ they had been land-
ed the day before .froth transports wl;ich brought
them from Leith.
Last week M:ajor,General the Hon. Sir ARTllyft
WELLESLEY reviewed the .Brigade under his inne-
diate-cominand, consisting of the 3d Foot, or Bud's,
the isth,and 36th Itegiments, in CslowhurstParic..
near Hastings; After the review, ;11.,e. Field (Miters
of the Brigade dined with General at Hastings..
A part of the Arri3y m Llreland is preparing to
leave it. for Foreign Service:
The Lanarkshire Militia are to embark in .a few
days-at'' )lamsgate, in some Berivick. Smacks, and
two-Cutters, for Scotland.

The yodn Princes of OLDENDIifitK arrived on
Sun&ly at Windsor, and walked on the TerraCe with
THEIR MAJESTIES.
Harrowgate has been Unusually full this season.
The CoMpany are now beginning to thin, exid pro-
ceeding to Scarborough.
Thy LakeS have lately been a scene of great gaiety.
On Thursday a number of the Cuml'3erland Loyid
Leath Volauteers, with their band,' had a grand ex-
cursion in 'several boats,. upon the '
to Patterdale, where they were joined by a number
of other boats, with a large assernblage of` Lades and
Gentlemen, from. pentith and the neighbourhood.—
The echoes., produced by the plaitig of the band,
frOm the romantic rocks, were truly delightful.
On the mine day agrand regatta took. place upon
Windermere Lake, which atteftiled: the most nu-
merous assenilllage Of beauty and fashion, and Gen
tlemen of distillation, ever seen upon that truly, ens.
chanting spot.
At twelve "o'clock • five GenoeMent' sailing-boats
started, nearithe Bishop of Llandatf'S house, for A
very elegant flag, which, after some good mancuuvring
and excellent sailingi-WaS -Min by a boat belonging
to. JOHN BOLTON, Esq.,of Storrs. •
After the race Mr. CURWEN, M. P. gave snmp•
tuous dinner .to about 50.peOons,ii0 tents-pitthed
upon the Island, where his elegant mansibuAlouw
numerous party likewise dined at the-Ferry-
house.

In the afternoon there was a bdat-race with oars,
foot-races, and wrestling matches upon the grass-
plats, which afforded' much excellent diversion.-7.
The day's ,aniusement concluded: with a grand as".
sem* pit Bownes&
Therewais ho Court' of Aldermen to-day. • the
LORD-MAYO, after inpeting the Returns of the ,
ordered.the.priceQf Dread.t9 remain
as I:tst week.