The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-21 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.

To the Officers and Company of His Maijesty's late Ship
Apollo, who were on board at the Capture of l'Esperance,
on the 4th July ; • La Vielorie' the sth July ; and Le Dart,
,Bth July, 1803, to be paid on Wednesday, Sth Nov. and the
-Shares-nut then demanded will be recalled every Wednesday
and Saturday for.threeyears, at the Office of Mr. March,
Gosport. •
To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship P hce
nix* who were o'n board at the Capture of El Mercurio, the
18th Nov. 7804, to be paid aboard said Ship, on her arrival, in
Port ; or every day for three years at. No. 12, Upper Thames-
street. .

To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Plum-
nix, who were on board at the Capture of the Sophie and
Marie, the 2d rune, 1805,. and Le Scipion, Formidable, Du
Guay Trouin, and Mont Blanc, the 4th Nov. 1805, to be
paid on the arrival of said Ship in -Port ; or every day for
three Months. at No. 12, Upper Thaine's-strcet.,
To the Officers and
,Company of H. M. S. Acute, who
were on board, at the Capture of the- BataVian Ship [onge
Barende, the tat lune, 1303, to be paid on the list instant,
on board, in Harnoaze ;- or at tile Counting-house of E.
Lyrae, Plymouth, every Tuesday and Friday for three years.
To the Officers and Company of H. M. S. Syren, who
were on board at the Capture of the Galliass Eolus„ the lath
rune, and the Vriendschap, the 29th May, Igeo, to be paid
on tine sth November ; or for three years, at Mr. March's
Office, L;osport, on Wednesdays and Saturday „;

Sir SAMUEL Hoop has nearly acquired his usual
stret:gth ; and his stump isshealing.
`Captain BURROWES, late of the contance, was
the third son of ALEXANDER BURROWES, of Cavan,
in Ireland, and cousin of Mr. SATJNDERSON, One of
the Representatives, of, that. County.
The Mary, Crescent,' and Booth, for. LiVerpool,
were to sail from Jamaica on the 7th of September.
The Johanna Adriana,• POOR, of and:for Ham-
burgh, from Carthagena; and the Betsey, of and
from Philadelphia, for St. Domingo, are. detained;
and sent into Jamaica.

The Santa Maria, from Jamaica to the Spanish
Main, and another Schooner on the same %oyage,
are captured, and carried into Cuba,.by% a Spanish
Privateer, which captured two other Schooners from
The William, Blsscrr, from Africa for Liverpool,
was captured on the l 7th 0t July, and carried into
St. Niartha.

At a Board of Governors held at the Charter-house,
on Tuesday. last, the 14th instant, the LORD CHAN-
ttLLoR and Mr. WINDHAM were elected Gover-
nors of the' Hospital) the former in the place of
Lord TfluttLow, the latter in the place of Mr. 'Fox,
deceased. 'The Governors present at 'the assembly
were, his Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY,
Earl Spencer, Lord GRENVILLE, Lord SIDMOUTH,
the Bishop of Loxnosr, and Dr. FISHER.—We
were therefore misinformed in 'stating on Saturday
that the eleaion did not take place on Tuesday last,
The KING has been pleased to grant to AUGUSTA
MURRAY (commonly called the Right Honourable
Lady AUGUSTA MURRAY), second daughter of the
Right Hon. JOHN Earl of DUNMORE, his royal li-
cense and auihority' that she may, out of resped to
her descent from the family of De AMELAND, take
and use the surname of DR AMELAND, instead of
her present surname of MuRRAY.

In consequence of the sudden illness of Mrs. Sib-
bans, The Man of the World was represented last
night at Covent-Garden Theatre, instead of King
Henry Cie Eighth, which was punounced.
A sharp contest, for a purse of ten guineas, took
place yesterday, at Kilburn-fields, between two se-
cond-rate pugilists, of the names of .Corck and
IPilmot, The latter, a man much. nferior in `
size to
the former, .is considered a good little one, and
knows : a good deal 'of the -science. The contest
listed thirty-five minutes, during which time there
*at a good 'deal of real fighting, and although the
strength of Wilmot often failed him, he ultimately
became :the. conqueror, by putting in a scientific
blow in the wind of his opponent) who was also
'very much -disfigured, by being chopped with the
right hand of his adversary. ,There was nolack of
company, corresponding 'with the diversion. ~

EDINBURGH, OCT. 18.--Tuesday arrived In Leith
loads, Isis Majesty Ship Texel, of 64 guns, Captain
C,k3NITBF.I,L, from the Nore; to relieve the Trusty, of
50 guns. _ .

. Thursday arrived the Lynx Sloop of War, capt,
MARSHALL, from a Cruize.

There was pulled this season, from an apple-tree
in' the village of East Linton, an apple which weighed
914 ounces, and measured 15 inches in circumfer-
ence in every direEtion.

Early on Wednesday morning the 27th (Innis,:
Regiment of Foot, 3d battalion, marched friim'
Glasgow Barracks for the West Coast. The first di,..
vision of the Forfarshire Regiment of Militia arrived
at. the Barracks in the forenoon, to .do the duty of
the. City.
Last week were dug up in the garden of the,
Schoolmaster of Ciawfordjohn, one hundred :and
sixteen potatoes from one stem, which weighed 2.41 b.
Mitch.

There was an onion prodnced some days, ago at
Largs, measuring i” inches in circumference; and
there are now a considerable quantity in the same
plot not much inferior in size.

On Saturday List a woman in Hamilton was deli
vered of three sons ; they are all in good health, and
seem to do well. The father is carter tc/
SCOTT'S Brewery, Hamilton,