The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-11 00:00:00

bISTRIBUTION OE PRIZE MONEY:

to the Officers and Company of His Majesty's' Ship
14aiad141-or the capture of the San lacombe. on the ist June,
iBos, a*d of 'the French' Privateer La ilayonnaise,. oh the
*9th November rollowing, on -board the Naiad, on the itch
,natant, and every Tuesday and Friday for three years, at
NS, Clement's Inn, _ _

To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Hero,
or the capture of tour French Ships of War, on the 4th of
th ember, 18os, and at the capture. of the French Ships
Plarengo and Belle Yoalc, on the 13" th of March, 1806, at
Plymouth' on the rzth instant, and aftt:TwJrds for • thtee
guntits, at No, 13, Great Geotge-street, Westminster..

To tile 'Captain, Officers, and Company of His Majesty's
Shiii.Egypttenne, for the capture of the Spanish Ship Nostra
Senora de ios Neueireas, alias Fortuna. on the Lath Sept.
33.6.. on the lath instant,4t NO 13, 'GreatCiecirge-street,
Wevantts-terc and tar three Illdrithi at the same place.
To the Officers and.,Comp.my of His Majest!ils. Ship Re.
ilstance, far the capture of the Marengo and Belle Youle. itt
company with the Squadron, on the Bth March, 18.6', for
three incinths at No. 9, Ne Broad street.

To the Officers andi:umpany of His Majesty's Ship Re.
sistance, for the capture of 'Dragona, in company with-the
Squadron, on the 7th March, tBo6, every Wednesday and
Thursday for three months, at No 9, New 13road•street.

A Court Martial was on Monday held on board
the 'Valiant, off Northfleet; on Jahn Francis; the
Captain's Steward in the lioyal Yacht, for robbing
his tnastec, Captain FOOTE, .of property, to a consi,
Cerable amount,. and • absconding therewith in the
beginning of the month.. It •appeared that Captain
FOOTE; had come to town to attend Court on His
Alt.yEsT's Birth-day, when the criminal took 'an
opportunity of seizing several artieleS of his Court
dress, as well, as other clothes, which he pawned,
and made off with the produce. He 'had 'also• made
away with many of the stores belonging to the
Yacl-.7 which was not discovered till- the inquiry
tool.'-iilaee subsequent to his elopement from town.
The Court adjudged him to receive 100 lashes, and
be imprisoned six months. •
The Walker, CLARK* from London, fot New-
York, which had been captured by. a French Priva-
teer,is re-captured by the•Crocodite Sloop of War,
and tent .for Halifax. .
Sunday se'unight, Capt. 'ACASTUR, of the Sloop
Johns; on his voyage from Yarmouth to Hull, fell in-
,'vtrith'several puncheons of spirits floating in the' sea,.
on the Norfolk coast; he took dpeVenteen,. which tt
haveiince been,delivered intrti thecharge of the ()Hi.
e.rs of the Customs anol Excise-at Hull. It is eon.
jedurpci that they are part or the.cargu of a Dutch-
built .vesselaoverset near Wah•Aleet,. .
The commerce, RAY, arrirje4l:o_,PlYl7loll6, from
Savannah, tell in with, on thegkOth ,IVay, in lat. 45.
21. the Quebec,, of Quebec, a. complete 'wreck and
set fire, to her. • •
It must be fresh in the recolletion of our Readers
that LESSEIGUE, the French.Commanderofthe'Ffeet
Captured by Sir .JOHN T. DUCKWORTII, off Santo
Domingo, was.on shore at the commencement Of
that aaion, and that he afterwards sent to Jamaica a
for the purpose of procuring from the °fay,
Ce.rs titken prisoners their attestation of his bravery.,
and gallant conduCt, but which they all indignantly ..
refused to comply with, on account of his glaring
Pusillanimity, and indeed, expressed themselves so
Contemptuously of him as to remark, that had he re- j
ceived some pecuniary reward from the British Go-
vernment, he could- not have aCted more to its ad-
vantage than be did; since which -he has, however,
.haci the temerity to return to France, by' the way of
America; -and., as might have been -expe6ted, has
been disgraced with' infamy by the Emperor NA- 1
PoLzo-N, who has mulaeci bun of all his pay, degrad-..1
ed bitn to the humble situation •of a common
Zen, and rendered hint incapable of ever again serv-
ing in the-Imperial Navy.
It 14 repOrted. that no fewer than fifteen- hundred:,'
beds were •retained in the interest of Lord Mir.,!!„
4'04, at a guinea a night, in Yorkshire, during the
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