The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-13 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTIOn OF PRIZE-MONEY.

To the Officers. and Cott Mani, of Hts Majesty's Gun.brig
Ferreter, the pr‘ieeeds of .;4k. Verwatiting, captured on .the
i9th July, r8.6,-and of. tit,: George. captured on the itth.
August, 1806, by the said (:tlo.brig,•on ;sth-init. at No.
te, fissex•sfrcer, Strand; awl at the same 1/14..:0 for the three
ensiling months, a
To the 0 flicc:rs and Company of His Majesty's Ship Con:.
corde' for the Capture of I.a tortutietl, Fr,:tich Ship of %vac,
on the T,ll-1 of November, iSO4,thcir proportions of the Heed.
niqucy arising therefrom, on the 17th inst. at NO. 6, Sion.
hopc•street, Newcastle-meet,; and after tor three month's,

Accounts have been received of the Martial Gun.
brig having fallen in with a Fleet of Merchantmen„
laden with wine and provisions, from Bourdeaux to
Brest; two of which she captured, burnt. three, and
drove the remainder on shore under the Batteries:
The [lon, Mr. STRWART, brother of , laird CAS-
TLanimm, left town 04 Saturday evening, with
Dispatches for Lord CATHCART, to venom, we en.
deratand, he ii appointed Aide-de-Camp.
ALEXANDRIA, JULY j4..--WO are all. daily, lb,
hopes either that the army will be withdrawn from
this eountry,or that we shall be reinforced so .as.ter:
enable • us to commence offensive,opeouions, as no.
thing can be more tiresome and melaiteboly than
our present confined situation', coopt.d. up in a Luise-
able towa, without any :variety. or relaxation. We
are well supplied with provisions by the Arabi, hut
we suffer miscrably, for the avant of, water; • all that
the troops get is so brackish, that it k impossibl4:4l)
swallow it without being 'nixed with wine .orspi-.
rita. Dysentary, ,in consequence, is becoming very
prevalent, andtheOpthalmia has been so general,
that upwards of 3-4ths of the army have been
tacked with it. We frequently hear from the-pri-
sorters at Cairo ; they are tolerably well treated, ex-.
cent in being stfieily cOntmed. Captain DULA-N-•
CRY, of the 20th Dragoons, died lately at Csiro-a
the dysentery he is Universally regretted.- ' The
Turks offered to give up all our prisoners if we,
would evacuate the country; this of course could
not, be accepted. Fifteen. thousand men would,
with the assistance of the Marnelukes, easily con-
quer the whole. country ; and there is no doubt
but that the Mamelukes would openly declare for
us il.a.BlltfiCidlit army were sent • here, but they
do not clime to, expose themselves to the ven-
geance of the Ttirki:-.11 Government, till they rare
certain whether we intend remaining in the coun-
ty or not, which_ our present small force ren-

dins so dunbtlith Our army here i 3 ar
.prwsent per-
fatly useless, and ought' either to be augmented
or withdiawn, as it Is so twiny Met) lost to the ser-
vice of their country, without any rationtd ohjeet or
end iti View.
'there was no Colin of Aldermen held' to-day,
but the LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the Return;-
of the Alealweighers, , ordered the price at Bread to
be raised Id. per lack; the Leaf will than
be.. lid.
housrny tN OLD Alit:.---In the lutti,sh of
norm, Ilt*btfrghshirei there is a' stnall°'farm, pos..
sessed by an old man and his wile, by which they.
make a decent livelihood. exClusively work'
the farm with one horse. Their three, ages togeOlor
amouiit to 184 years. " -•- '