The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-05 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.

Alcmene, Thalia, and Brilliant, on. the 6th instant, at the
White Lion, in Wych-street,for the SwediSh ship Patrioten,
the French .privateor Bonaparte, and the Spanish. letter of
marque, Constantia. Recall at the same place. •
Arrow, on board, on her arrival 'in the Dawns, for
_,the
Betsey. RiOall at INTO . 13; Bloombsburtondon:'
Earl of St. Vincent hired armed- schooner, at Mr: I:oak-
yey's office, P lymout b, July 3s, for,the La.Racunei La ViVe,
La Magicienne, the Dick, La Venus, and La-Cariatta.. Re-
call at the Stone place.

We are enabled from the first authority' to state'
the real circumstances which led` to the captUre .of
the Hannibal, and the Public will then judge wile,-
titer the modern Republicans .are not as fully entitled
to the character of Gascons as their Ancestors. The,
,fatt is ..not mentioned in Sir JAN:Es .SaursitAittz's.
"ispatches, but the manoeuvre of M. LINO'S is not
the less entitled, to celebrity. •

When the Squadron under Sir JAMES SAUMAREz
first came round Cabaretta Point, the French were,
as he stated, at- some distance from the Batteries
but dreading an attack, and the inevitable conse-
quences of it if their Ships remained with the pos.
of being moved, Admiral LtNors aaually
ordered them *to be cturried aground before the
Adion commenced, which occasioned the Hanni-
4ari's taking the ground also, as it was in the ex-
ecution 1,
of his orders that Captain FERRIS placed
his ship as close to the enemy as possible.
The loss sustained by the French and Spaniards
in the above Alion was very considerable,—
Two days were employed by them in burying the
dead ; and the French General DEvaux, who coin- ,
minded it the Spanish Batteries, informed Captain
YEakts, at the Spanish Governor's table, that he
had lost six huntized of his troops.
The carnage on board the Flag Ship only is esti-
mated at six hundred, as she was reinforced three
times from the shore. The Spaniards are said not
to have stood to their guns, and some of them,were
thrown over the Batteries by the French.
The French Soldiers who were landed from Ad-
miral Liwo Squadron had not got into-ther Bat-
teries when tie Hannibal grounded. Capt. FE/tit is
distinlly observed them as
,they entered, and 'im.
• mediately ordered some guns to be. worked upon
them, which madea'clreadful Carnage.
So great was the ardour of our gallant Seamen:to
engage the Enemy, that when the Calar, the Ad.
miral's Flag-Ship, was
.warping out of Gibraltar
Mole, many of the Seamen who had been wounded •
in the Adion'of Algeziras got on board, arid en-
treated Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ to allow them .to do
duty with the Ship's Company. Their application
was granted, and those who were' fess dangerOusly
wounded adually assisted in working the vessel and
fighting the guns. Even after the Squadron- had
sailed in pursuit of the Combined Fleet, and mhen
the Casar was about a' mile &Om the Mole, several
others, who had left their' sick quarters, took a boat,
'and, with uncommon exertions; got along-side the
Ship and insisted on being- taken on board to share
in the danger of their Comrades.
Lieutenant Dum.kmEsQ, of the aesar,
,hasj)een
appoiritddeommander of the Catil,e.
A Letter from on board L' Immortalite'F rigate, ar
anchor off St. Matthew, states .the following curious
Circumstance ;—" Our Pilot, a irvery brave young
man, volunteered, some time ago, tot° onihore, pro-
-teed to the Town of llresti.and get h corre& account
of ybat Ships were in Docks in the Harbour, or
ready for Sea. We landed him
,on Tuesday the 9th.
of May, about nine miles from Brest; we Were to
send two boats for him on the -eitursday following,
one to the same place at which we had landed. him,-
andsanother to a place called the Sand Hills. The;
boats ~Vent accordingly, but he did not appear ;
they were again sent on the Friday and Saturday,
but without success. We-then gave him up, think-
ing he had been discovered and, taken, prisoner.—
' Bur, to our great 'surprise, he returned' on the Tues-
day night following, it'i a French Shine boat,' with
two FrenChmen in her, and brought us 'all the in,
telligence possible. The following is the manner
in which he made his escape hired the-boat
on pretence that he was going to Camaret Bay,
about two miles from the Harbour of Brest, saying
that he had an uncle on board a Sloop of War that
lying there. The boatmen made some objec-
tionS to noinc, out of the harbour without the perntis-
••
of the Commander in Chief, but on his promts_
tora.htn.l?ack.before day-light they consented.-,-
Wh?f,4l,-,y•
„sot to Camaret Bay, he told them it
• .teas Bartootnt4 Bay he wanted to go to : they be-
gan rtei but he promising them more mo-
nex-, they rowed:at-1d sailed till they got a:breast of
it-. lie then told them -that he wanted to go ao St.
Malley-7's, a 'town at the sea:side, near which
oar Ship was tying: They swore violently., left off
vowing, and said they would return to Brest. He,
however, took a pistol out of each pocket, and said,
I am an Englishman--If you do not take me on
board that Ship, L will shoot you both;' which so
frightened them, that they complied with his re-
vest at the same time stipulating, that he should
;ne his influence to prevent their being kept prison-
tri, which, of course, he promised. They arrived
c,n board about two o'clock in the morning."

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rE'l 'MO Ur if, Ai; a. 3.

• THE Qt EEN and PRINCtSSES ELIZABETH and
AMELIA yesterday evening rode out in their soda.:
ble on the Sands., • .

HIS niJESTY and PRINCE ADO-LPH- vs dressed
in "the Windsor Uniform, and His Royal Elighnebs
the DUKE of Cuma ERLAND in a Light Horse dress,
saw the Berkshire Militia mount the King's Guard ,
after which the ROYAL FAMILY visited STACIE'S
Rooms.

This morning at ten o'clock THEIR MAJESTIES
and the PRINCESSES, with a number of Nobility,
went on board the Royal Yacht.; soon after, we
had a very heavy shower of rain with thunder, and
there being but little wind, the ROYAL I'AMILY
Could not proceed far out to sea. -.
TIIC DUKE of CUMBERLAND roue out on horse-
back.

STANZAS

ON THE VICTORY OF
ADMIRAL SIR yAIkIES SAUMAREZ.

AGAIN triumphant Harps resound !
See.-Westward from the:Streights the flying Sails!
With
.eoward haste they sweep the green profound,
.And S P A iN her Port inglorious hails !..
Nor GAUL-escapes—proud heart7swoln GAUL,
Whose threats imperious menace ENGLAND'S-Coast,
Lifts up his giant voice to call .
shame-to flight, and-mourns his recent boast

Was ii for'this, insulting Foe,
Thou bad'st the World thy yalour gaze,
When snatch'd by Chance, from utter woe,
Thy Vaunting glory spread its blaze ?
And VICTORY ! and VICTORY !
Was France's universal cry !
Tear from thy front the-wither'd wreath,
The WaVes to British Valour yield,
Nor let= idle whisp*ring breath
Tell Nvhere great Lt rocs lies conceal'd.
Viaoribus Snoittnatz ! for thee

We wake the strings to Songs of Praise;
Beneath this huge o'er-shadowing Tree,
Oft have been heard the Poet's lays:.
Haply from this majestic Oak, -

Whose tru,nk the Northern Storm dean t„ • .1
The rended honours shall provoke •

Some Nymph whose linen- get-gilds the skies.
But, gentle Hamadryad, spare .
The Wreaths assigul'hy.Bit IT Airy's VOW,
He, whom united. Navies fear,
Shall gird thy foliage round his honour'd brow.
Him shall an after-age admire !
His fame the British Youth inspire

With British Emulation..
So be our ENGLAND ever seen,
What now she is, and still has been,
The great Heroic Nation. •
Strike the loud Harp ! the notes prolong !
TheSe Deeds to heavenly strains belong.
Strike the- loud Harp ! rejoice ! rejoice !
And while from yon despotic Lands
The savage threats are hurl'd, our voice
in rapturous Freedotn greets the Bands,
Who cali'd to meet. Invasion's hosts
Not backward tread their native Coast !
Who swear tOdie in Freedom's Cause,
For ENGLAND'S KING; and ENGLAND'S LAWS !
August 3, aSot. C. J.

Every day's experience is sufficient to convince
our Enemies of the futility of their attempts to
maintain a Navy. The Spaniards, when they send
forth a Fleet to rescue their disabled Allies, are
theinselves reduced to the situation of those they go
forth to assist. They resemble the feeble Admini-
stration of which Jolt IC SO w complained, that "never
sent a Messenger into the City to arrest a Printer
for a Libel, but the Messenger himself was taken
into ctistody and the Printer ,escaped."

• - . _ . ,
Lord NELSON'S sailing isTark event tasvhieh the
Enemy-did. not look forwara We may expo& from
his Lordship's pen, in the shape of an Appendix to
an Official Letter in an Extrtoctlinaryf Gazette,
what BUT LER calls,
The Catalogue and CharaAer
Of the Enemy's beat Men of War.

Some time since. Mr. MAY, of Twickenham; sent
a-horse to grass in Bushey Park, and within. these
few days he sent for his horse, when Mr. ELKIN,
the Keeper of- the Park, after making every pos-
sible 'search, declared it was not in the Park, and
that it must have been stolen. Last Sunday Mr.
MAY recognized his horse stopping at an Inn op-
posite his own house' with a very respeaable Gen-
tleman on it Mr. MAY questioned him as to the'
manner he. had become poSsessed of the horse ? upon
which the Gentleman informed him he had hired it '
'of a Livery-stable keeper in London, and gave his '
own name and address in London. - The horse has
since b}'.-en traced from that Livery-stable keeper,
who -loft it •to another in. Sinithficid, and by whom
it was purchased on a horse-market day in Smith_
field from a Man who said his name was-Steers, and
that he. resided at Hampton Court. The Livery_
stable keeper- went there in pursuit of him" and
after making a number of' inquiries, he could not
learn any tidings of any such man. On another day
since he had occasion to go to Hampton, and while
'sitting in an Inn he.observed the man pass by of
:whom 'he had bought the. horse, upon which he
ran after. -him, and challenged him by the name
of Steers'; -he denied the name, but do his be-
ing reminded of the circumstance of selling 'tile
horse in Smith-field, &c. he -c4fesicffile- was the
man, and said he would come into tl:e Inn in -about
half an hour after he had dopithe.,busines4e was
about. The Livery .Stableqiiever waitedmabove
three hours without effd.l,_ and .on.Makirlg, inquiries
in the Town, he discovered his name wasnot STEERS.
He has since been taken into. custody, and_ he was
yesterday-examined befote Mr. &go: Not being
able to give a satisfalory account how the horse
came, into his-- possession' he was committed fOr
further examination; •

The Friendship, Betts, froth Yarmouth to. tie
Isleof Wight, has been taken, re.takeni and
brought into Dover,

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MONDAY) AVG'. 3.

Tilt AsSizes for this County.commenced at
Croydon this morning, on the criminal side, before
Lord KENYON.

His Lordship, in his address to the Grand Jury,
expressed his satisfaction at the Calendar containing
none of those cases of enormity whiCh he had Met
with in other Counties in the course of the Circuit.
He complimented the Magistracy of the County
for their assiduity in trying 'so many Prisoners at
their Sessiobs, by which the had considerably les-
sened the business of the'Assite; and after a, very
few general obSeryption, can luded his charge. -
Previous to the:,,sprimiencernent of business, ,hiS
Lordship read a Letter .he, had just received from one
of His Majesty's Ministers, informing him that the
pleasing intelligence had just arrived of a Naval
ACtion in the Mediterranean, between'the Squadron
under the command of Sir JAMES SAUNIUREt, con-
sisting of five Sail of the Line, and the three French
Ships in Algeziras, joined `6i six Spanish Ships, the
result ,of which was; that two of'the Spanish Ships
were blown up. and one taken.
Michael Hymen, copviOqd at the last. Assizes of
receiving goods which had .been stolen froin a
clwelling-honse, and upon whoSe case a point'of law
had been reserved for the opinion of the JudgesiWas
informed by his 'l.„ordship that the objedion urged
in his favour had been fully _ considered, by the
Judges, who had 'determined that it had no weight..
The sentence upon the Prisoner was, that he': should
be transported for fourteen years. •
.Easton was indicted-for assaulting
mas Cooper. It was proved that the Prosecutor
had received a very severe beating, but it appeared
that the Defendant had infliaed the' chastisement
under an impression that he _had behaved with' in-
decency towards' his wife.
The Defendant was found guilty, and ordered to
pay a fine to the King of three marks.
Richard gone"s was charged with stealing adeal,
the.property of his masters, Messrs. Joshua Smith
and Drummond Smith ;. and Isaac 7..himvas was: in,
dided for receiving the same, knowing it to have
been siolen.

Several of 4herßrosecutorsz servants saw- the PH_
sower take lid:total off,thevremises, and place it be-
tvveen the wall ofthtty.aidc4nd. the Guildford Arms
public house, at Lambetkar, He then went to meet
Thomas, and they conversicrd together, after which
Thomas went away with the deal, and the witnesses
pursued and stopped them. -
• The fart was _clearly -proved as to Jones, but was
extremely doubtful with regard to 'Thomas, who
was acquitted : the former was sentenced to be
transported for seven years.
Thomas Phillips was indided for burglatiously
and feloniously breaking and entering the dwell-
ing-house of Mr. Kay, and stealing a quantity of
linen. •

The Prosecutor; it appeared, -bad. a honse at.
Lower Tooting, in the wash-hoUseadjoining which
there were thirteen sheets' and three counterpanes..
On the evening of the r3th of Apvil laSt the house
was properlysecured, .arid.the next morning it was
discovered that a pane of glass had been,takeri out
of the wash-house window, by Which sorne'Otie had
entered, -and carried °tribe articles stated in the
indiament. Tlie Prosecutorobserved the'marksiof
several footsteps,.whicii!he traeedacross his
.neigh-
bour's garden to- a gravel walk belonging to.. Lord
Cadogan ; --there he lost sight of -the traces of the
fOotsteps, 'but conceiving that the yroperty could -
not be far !Off, he obtained leave to search his Lord.:
ship's garden,- where he 'found the sheets and court.
terpanes concealed Under a litter Upon'a-bed of mush,
rooms. • The Sheets were all . taken-away by 'the
witnesses, -Wept one, whiCh-waS left as the'means
of deteaing the thief. - The Prisoner' came about
nine o'clock at night, and: was immediately appre-
hended. hie was. found._litilty of the larceny, but
acquitted Olathe capitalliaro'of the charge. •He was
ordered to buargdspirtedfor 'seven years.-
William Day, _Ntß.iiriciiaed for stealing zolb.
weight of soap, the property of Benjamin Hawes,
his master. The Prosecutor suspeding he had been
robbed by the Prisoner, marked the soap, by • put,-
ting tin counters into the ends of thebars, or pieces-'
of soap. The Prisoner- next morning came to work,
as usual, and continued alone the whole of the day.
In the evening a, search-warrant was obtained,. and
in a box in his lodgings the articles so. marked
were discovered. The Prisoner fell on his knees,
and begged for mercy. Id Consideration his-_
having previously borne a very good character,
and having a wife and family, his .sentence was mi-
tigated from transportation to imprisonthent
hard labour for one year.
, .
Lord KENYON exhorted him to let that gratitude.
he owed for the mercy shewn him operate on his
mind, and induce him to become an honest member
of society:. - • .
Elizabeth Was indkled fOr stealing from the
shop of Mr. Crofts, a linen-draper in Elackfriar's-
Road, several pieces of printed calico; his prOperty.
The prosecution was opened by Mr. GLYIWE Y,
who stated that this was not an ordinary case of.
shop-lifting ; but was an offence no less atrocious
than. it was uncommon. The Prisoner Was the
itatit of going into Linen.drapersi shops under ,prea-
teoce of purchasing. goods, and she trained up very
little children; who folloWed her as if -they-belonged
to her ; and while -she - was bargaining with the
shopman and taking oft his attention,. contrived to
steal something =away:. It Was in this maner the
present robbery
,ItAct(beittcortimitted. She went in-
to the shop yaffittl64 Fspkrvor on a Saturday; and
cheapened seypr,gfActiclus,i laut_dici not buy
She afterwafis-4,,went ,intei-allother shop, here. site
was deteaed- and thkgonfession of the child;
the robbery upon Mr: CrOftswas diScoyetedi
Mi. Crofts said; 'on the evening. of
,a I.Saturday,.
the Prisoner came in with a little child,_ and asked
to look at` some printed On the Monday
morning; two pieceS, of 'Calico were produced to hirn
by Mr, Lee, of the, BorOtth, Which' he was posi-
tive 'to having lost on Saturday. They Were pieces
he had shewn the Prisoner: : '

Charles Clark,: shopman to Mr. Lee, in-the
rough, sail, the Pti)4et 'on • dam S-ACuiti.ay

n !gilt,. came s n The s norm -hi; n rerly
when she left the shop she went up a 'court, and the
Witness followed her, and found the two pieces of
calico which she had aroppsa. •
Mr. Lee said, he received the two pieces froni
the young nun his shopalan,:and showed then after-
waids to Mr. Crofts.

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Lord KENYO' unnecessary to have
the child '.xamined-. •

The Prison i er, n her defence said; the place *here
the goods were found; was much frequented ; end
she inferred, they must have been dropped by some,
body, as she wa's altogether innocent.
The. Jury foOnd

Lord KENYON observed, he should; at least for
the present, put A stop to this Academy fOr the nur.
sery of infants to vice..
Mr. GURNEY intiniated that the child tvis a •pro..
per object for the Care of the Philanthropic Society,
and that placing it under their guardianship, might
be the Means of saving it from destruetiori.
-Lord KENYON Said, the Philanthropic SoCiety
had been abundantly kind in attending to his tecorn.:
mendation on former Occasions; and taking the
children .91- vicious parents • under their care': he
knew nOt Whether their. funds,were stiffiaient to en::.
able them to extend their charitable intentions, and
he should be, sorry indeed to brirthen them beyond
their means. - He trusted that an Institution Of so
laudable a nature would be seconded by the libe:.
rality of the affluent and Well disposed, who; to the
honour of the country,. formed so considerable a
portion of it, 'arid be. enabled to carry their bene-
'-volent endeavours' in reselling- helpless infants from
ruin and-misery, into more leneral effe‘-ct. If they
were willing to receive this. child, it certainly was
a fit object of their compassion.
This unfortunate child's father, it 'appeared, had
ftllen a-,vidirn,.fo the law—she seemed about eight
-years
His .Lordship addressing the Prisoner, observed,
:she had greatly: aggravated her offence by ma-king
such an infant the instrument of committing- it ; and
by the 'cout4,e which it Was. evident she had pursued
of perverting the. simplicity of poor little children,
to vice and theft. lie should ill discharge his duty
to the Public, if he suffered -so depraved a woman to
remain in this -Country.. •
.Her sentence, therefore, was, that she should be
transpOrted beyond sea for the-term of seven years.

AUGUST 4.

tEFORE. NAM .G1t05.2.!:"?

THE trials at Nisi commenced thiS day
before Sir NASH GROSE. Notwithstanding the
business had been deferred over Monday in order
to afford time for the-Attornies and their Witnesses
to attend, the Record of almost every Cause that
was called on, was obliged to be withdrawn. His
Lordship adjourned the Court for an hour. He
observed that if the County of Surrey thought pro-
per to have their Assizes at Croydon, they should
have a more convenient place than such a Court as
the present one. If better accommodations were
not provided, it would be absolutely necessary to
remove the Assizes somewhere else.% The Court
-was the worst he had ever been in ;, it Was no better
tliacl a
,barn, and in every respe4 unlike a Court of
justicea - , _