The Sun.
London, England, 1802-03-02 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRZE-MQNEY.

TheWoolwich, for the capture of the Spanish brig El Arrq-
gante, will be paid on Monday, the isth instant, at -Dept-
lard, on board the said Ship, if in Port.
To the-Phaeton, a final distribution of the proceeds of
L'flirondelle, and of the salvage of the Mitierv, commenced
on board the said Ship, at Deptford, on Friday the 26th ult.'
The Phaeton, for the capture of the Spanish tugger pri-
viate.ers La Virgen de los Delores, San Francisco de Asis, and
Neuitra Senhora de Loreto, alias El Atalante, will be paid
On Wednesday, the loth inst. at No. 0, 'New Broad-street.

The Amelia, for the following vessels ; two brigs, Rer
Hirondelle, Le Theodore, by Amelia, a brig 'marked k a
sloop, name 'unknown, and a brig, name unknown, Will be
paid on board the Amelia at Plymouth, on' Saturday,
.tlic
bth inst.

The Childers sloop, for the capture of the French brig La
Sally, will be paid at Plymouth on Friday, the sth inst.
The Dasher sloop, for the capture of Le Tcrnerairc, and
Le 13ien Arnie, will be paid at The same place,' on the
same day.'

The Diamond? for the capture of the schooner L'Elize,
and brig Star, will be paid on board the. 14arnond, at Ply-
mouth, on Saturday, the o.th instant.

The Abogk;r, now in dock, has bad her timbers
thoroughly examined!: and though iicr futtuck3 and
knees are i❑ good order, yet her gener4l condition
is so bad, that is not to' be repaired, but broken
up in dock, and her materials sold by auEtion.

Yesterday the Dispatches for China, by the
Ceres, Captain WILLIAM Dusisvorto, were finally
closed at the East India House, and delivered to the
Purser.
Yesterday the Purser of the ship Exeter, Captain
MAcKiNTosit, arrived at the India House
with the agreeable intelligence of that ship being
safe off Dover. The Exeter left the Presidency in
the month of August last, and has brought home•a
cargo of rice.
Late on Saturday night last advice was received
'at the India House, of the safe arrival of the ,il.2se,
Cappirt Clil32oPli ER Ky.tFte, from BeOgalp
laden with a cargo. of rice, and is the tenth ship'
which has arrived of the number licensed last year
by tbe Court of Dire4ors to proceed to India for
grain. She sailed, from Si. Helena early in January,
and left at that Island the Companyts Ship the Lord
Thurlow, and Georgiana Packet, with the Beilona,
ssefak, and Ganges rice ships, and the Ailedvevi a
Country qhip, homeward bound.

NATURAL MSTOAY.—About four years ago a
large stone, about half an hundred weight, was found
in Yorkshire, and no one knew where it came from.
Several of a similar kind had been previously found
in several parts of England. But this, from its great
size, was sent to he shewn in London as a cu-
riosity but little notice was taken of it, About
two years ago, however, a shower of stones of a
similar appearatlce fell at Benares in the East Indies.
AS this excited' the curiosity of Naturalists, several
of them aVoui the s4e of the first, were sent over
to England to be examined. It appears, from their
analysis, that they are of the same kind as those
,found in England, containing small pieces of iron
in its metallic state, with an alloy of nickel, which
is a composition of the same kind as the metallic
iron found in Siberia. There is a great deal of py-
rites in them, which:demonstrates that they are of
volcanic origin, and that they were vomited from
some imniense and, distant eruption, as yet un-
known. A particular account of the analysis of
these curious Stoner, it is said, will shortly be laid
before the Public.

An experinient was made a short time ago, at the
Pryiane4m at Paris., on the mode in use in Egypt
for white-Wakhing walls. The process is extremely,
simple, and oonsists in sprinkling a few handfuls of
salt over a quinlil of slacked lime. It has the ad-
vantage of tibi being at all expensive, and the effect
of it is to destroy inserts, and prevent the pernicious
effect' of those damps 'which 'frequently penetrate
walli to a considerable depth:
Six Convicts were received on Thursday, on
board the hulk, from Lancaster Castle, at Ports..
Mouth; It may appear extraordinary, but there
are, at this time, on board the hulk, a man by the
name of Sh,eatd, his son, grand-son, and nephew,
all of wbayt arc.uncicr sentence of transportation. .