The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-06 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.

To the Foxhound, for salvage on • the brig Samuel; on
board, at Plymouth, on Wednesday next ; recalled at No.
22, Norfolk-street. The Rifleman, for the A bin cotter, at
Leith, on her arrival at that port ; recalled at No. S,
C lif-
I nn. —To the Caatea, 1,4 the Mercury. on the, 20)
instant, at No. 23, Sorsey-strect ; recalled at the same place.
To the Mercurius, for the Annatiatharina, on the. tolit inst.
at Sheerness; recalled at No. 4, LOnthard-
street .

General the Earl of HARRIOGTot; is recalled
frprn the chief command of the forces in Ireland,
and "will immediately be succeeded by the appoint-
ment of Lieutenant. General the Hun. CHARLES
HOPE•
We understand that Sir EVAN NEFEAN is to be

the new Governor of Bombay.
The Archbishop of CASHEL and the Bishop of
DERRY are arrived to attend their duty by rotation
in the House of Peers, as Irish Prelates.
The Marquis of DOWNSIIIRE is arrived in town.
The Bishop of KILMORE, (Beresford) has re-
cently benefited to the amount of 35,0001. by tire
renewal of a lease on the Newburgh estate.
The Eat India Company, in a.representition for
the manufaclurers of umblet in Nom ich• have
raised their order from 16,000 to 22,000 pieces this

season.
At one of the late meetings of the Houv. of Re

presentatives (America), a 111 I was introduced which
was meant as a repeal of the Non-Intercourse'Law;
and a proposition was made to substitute new dti-
ties in its stead. After a full discnsiion; a divi-
sion took place, and the bill was lost by a majority

of twenty.
Don Thomas de Morin, wholletrayed Madrid to
Buonaparte, awl attempted to ensnare Sir J. Moore,
died in the. Spanish capital on the 6th._:He was 64
years or age.
Some genuine mannscripts, .several of which are
in the hand-writing of Oliver Cromwell, have been
discovered in a chest, containing recordsot the towin
of Haverford West.
o,unt llzewuski, of Vienna, is said, to have in
Ws possession an Arabic manuscript; writteaiet-the
time of the Crusades, which mentions some curious
pat ticalars relative to the use of --gunpowdo.e•-in, war,
sod which contains a genuine receipt for the Greek
The Count is now eMployed in translating
this rare and valuable work.

Full blown cowslips-were gathered in several parts
of the -count-ry on Christmas day. •
An ingenious writer -has observedythat as the un-
natural disposition of rabbits and other animals co
ea' their young, arises from thirst; or the febrile state
of which. thes'e crettotes-- have • not
.t he
power to allay, he has preventedit, by allowing the
ttnimak, •some time before and after bringing forth,
to drink freely of cold
.water, with which they ap-
pear wonderfully gratified.
Mr. Marchant, ajuStke of the peace for Norfolk,
in America, was inurdered on the 14th Nov. in
passing over a bridge near his tesldence. Next• day,
the body was found. floating in the river. The
pockets were rifled 01 the money and watch ; but
a pocket-book, containing notes to a !argu:amount,
had escaped the search of the murderers.
A duel was fought on the ed Nov. on an island in
the Missi•ippi, opposite Kaskaskia, between Mr. T.
Chi tenders, Attnrne) -General of the Louisiana ter-
ritory, and ar.W.Fnwick, physician at Genevieve.
At the first fire, the latter received a mortal wound,
surviving only three. hours.
A number of unprincipled persons are now em-
ployed in obtaining, under various pretences, the old
lia;f-crow.ps which are in .c.irculation. The siker-
sm:ths, to whom they carry them, melt them domin
jo general- in lieu of bullion, for the manufacture of
silver articles. •
The quantity of rain falln last:MO-nth, is c:lual to
3 irches and three-quiutcts in depth.