The Sun.
London, England, 1805-03-21 00:00:00

DISTR IROT/ON PRIZE-MONEY.

W. SCOTT rose, pursuatit to his notice, to
submit to the House a Motion On this subjea. Lie
thought it necessaty to premise, that poll Prize_
properly was, by the Constitution, vested ha the
Crown, arid no individual had any title to it,other.
wise rthatrio virtue of a Royal Grant. The various
Ats for the distribution of the Royal Bounty were
riot of a perinanent nature, being dnigned fur time
of war only, and to be4egulated in their interprets.
t ion by the Royal Declaration at the commencemeot
of the individual ,War. The points of regulation
were chit:fly three: First, the description of persons
entitled to Prize.putperty, which was limited by the
terms of the Proclamatiarf ; Secondly, the nature
anti funaions of the Tribunals by which Prize-pro-
perty was to be adjudged, and these were with us
as they were with other Nations, nut municipal nor
darriestic, hut romprtthending the rights of other
S'-ateS, aid tiblized to conform to their pratiice on
similar occasions. The subje'c'ts of othernations had
a right to resort to them to obtain redress for any
it,:nry done to them on our part, ,in violation of the
1-,vs of. the seas, laws in them Selves violent, and
naturally' lialt!e 'to abuse. It was oar duty to sup..
port this general law with good faith, justice, and
honour ;':tritl we were, therefore, bound to abstain
from alt regulations for our own c'invenience, when
they were inconsistent with the rights of othera.—
l'he third pOint' was the Diatribution of Prize. pro,
lierty af,er it was adjudged. The only ton& at pre..
Ont-of carrying this Disiributiou into effeet was by
Piirare Agt:llts, a mode which seemed most conf,rtn.
able to private rights, pri vine con venisnee, and .ma.
miged h iinlivaluals WO were engaged in the 145 i.
rif.y on the ritich of a long pratlice, and werehithly
fe,pe4t4ble and respottailde. Under these iiiillAder..
itar,4, • it would not be desirable to transfer the,
nosiness wholly from their- hands to a Public
tjaici, re% scone pfrsons of respedable authority re..
commended. it was therefore only to he considered,
whether the fundions of a Public Oilier, with the
managetm!nt of Private Agents, would not give ad.
vantaga that neither the • public not the private
mode could separately attain. The first obj.:lt to be
providetffor was, the security of Prize.property, and
not so much that it should be turned to account till
t,!te. time Of payment, as that it should be forth.
c ~rant; when it should be called for. It was also
dctiirsbie, that the Distribution should lie made as
tiuch as pwsible to reach distant stations. 'Any
ptopositiori for accelerating the time of Distribothan,
'desired shotald be received wish It was
the turample .rof the roost atreciotts period of the
Irreneli Revolution, to invest the Prize. Master with
tut authority. of 0, judlge,
,whu was to Condernn the
property as iOOO 93 it arrived in port, and imam.
diately to proceed to the Distribution, that
be beyond the possibility 'Of being recovered; if
the Omoer should' be so fortunate at to prove
right. In p6inr of Appeals also hi thought,
alteration should be slowly resorted to. Th,
of nations allowed a year and a day fir making
The British Government had been in..
.doced to ablitige this period to 'three months, but
1 iC remonstrances of ail the other Nations, and par.
titularly of the States of America, had procured the
re,eatablishment of the legal Hale.' an instance
of the propriety of this re.establishrtcht,' he stated
that , Prize-Property to the amount of 300,0001.
which having been laid out on landed sectiritr, by
Af;ents in Jamaica, was not forthcorniog when
claimed, 'and the stoppage of which Was the cause
to much dissatisfaction, had been since adjudged to
the oteners on appeal', and was now forthcoming to
be distributed to them anti not to the Captors; He
here detailed 'the various improvements lately made
in the laws tespetting Prize.money,'and declared his
iipinion, that very- little •regulation indeed a-./aa re_
revary to do sway the defects that still ternained.
'The ()Wed of there reitolationti would ht.; to inctcas,e

tile security of Prize-property, which WM to he
placed in the Funds as soon as it came into the
Agent's hinds. If security were the only objet,
an Office would he the means of obtaining it. But
as convenience was to 14e consulted, the manage-
ment of private Agents should be, at the same time,
preserved. The Distribution should he rendered as
speedy as possible, and the intelligence with respell
to Adjudication and Distribution 'shotrld-be con-
veyed to the Outports and distant. Stations. He
concluded with moving for leave to bring in a Bill
for these purposes, under the common title of A Bill
for the Encouragement of Seamen, and the better and
more effc&ually Manning His Majesty's Navy.—
Leave was given.
Sir JOHN WARREN rose to offer his sentiments ;
but the Motion having passed, he reserved himself
for another opportunity.
The lrish Revenue Bills we're reported, and or.
detect to he read a third time to-morrow.

Mr, DAWsots..moved, that the proper Officer
hould lay before the HAuse the number of LicenceS
f)r killing Game issued in Ireland since 1801, dis-
tinguishing the years, and specifying the names of
the Persons in each Distril by whom. they were
taken out,—Ordered.—Adjourned.'

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THE SUN.

SOLEM QU IS, DICTRA IA.LSUNT A.VDILA ?

L 0 N D 0 Ar,

THURSDAY, MARCH 21, ISOS.

THE Channel Fleet put to sea 'yesterday morning
under the commit-id of Sir CHAS E 5 COTTON, an.
til Lord GAR.DNEE can join and take upon him the
command.

It is said that not less than Soon men will he
embarked in the Ships now about to proceed to
India and China, and between 6 and 7000 men on.
der the command of Sir JANtes
During the whole of the fine weather we have
lately had none of the Enemy's Flotilla were out.
side of Boulogne Pier, frame which it is probable
that the Seamen have been sent away to man the
Brest Fleet, this skulking navigation, under the pro.
teCtion of their own Batteries, being the only mode
the great Emperor has of creating Seamen for his
Fleet.

Almost all the Troops have been matched from
the Camp at Boulogne into the Tritrior of the
Country, probably to Italy or the Frontiers of Ger.
many, where there is every tippearance that BONA.
rARTE will find enough to (1( in the course of the
ensuing summer.

As the Naval Service of this Country is petu.
liarly dear to all who possess the true feelings of
patriotism, and the laud Able pride of Englishmen, it
is with great pleasure that we notice the Motion
of Sir WiLLIAM SCOTT last night in the House of
Commons, for leave to lit ins; in a Bill foe the Encou.
tagement of Seamen, and the adoption of a mare effee.
tual Mode of Manning IlisMajesty. vy. The Ho.
nourable Member possesses so much experience' on
subjens of this kind, in addition to his extensive
learning atthigh 'talents, that a Bill brought for.
ward under his immediate auspices, promises great'
advantages for the important Service in view. The
flon.Membees enutrieraii3n of the improvements that
have taken place in the system by which ~ur heroic
Tars are now enabled to obtain the prizes resulting
from their triumphs over the Enemy, must give con_
siderable pleasure to the Public at large. Lord Mr L.
VYLWE'deserves great praise for the attention which
he has bestowed on the accommodations Of our
lant Seamen; and we trust that such an enlightened
charaeler as Sir WILLIAM SCOTT by the measure
which he has now proposed, will leave little, if any
thing, to be dorie, which can give encouragement tti
their efforts and conttibute to reward their valour,

••

Yesterday, about eleven o'clock, His MA
visited the PaltiCiSi ut WALss, at her lititu'ie Ott
Blackheath, anti reirained.with Ber Royal. Higltyiess:
during the' Morning. fits MA/ EsTY tilhed with f ern
ROyal Highness, and set elf tur the Qfcen's House
iibnot four o'clock. • . °.
Yesterday a .Court of nireoors was held at the
East-India :House, -when Marii!.tis CORN WAI.6
WWI introduced,- and took the oaths, on being al)..
pointed to the Govertiment.C;!eneral of Bengal. r
His I_,Ordihip was alerwarits most sumptuously
entertaine&at the London Tavern, as we: e Fits Royal
Highness the Mica of yogK, the Ddkes of Goit.
-DOR am 1 MONTaostf, the Earl of Clit.THAt4, Vis.
CotintS "NIE LVII it • ;Intl CAST t. sit ACH Lords
HAWitft,tiyik V, likumE, Durum, and Mtnottnva,
Loon. Hotar, rtiCtr, the Speakei- of the House of
Commons, .the' Attornry-General, the Salicitor.
General, Mr, MAt6oett,' Mr. flonitousa, the Go-
vernor and Deputr.Goverrior trf the Bank of Ing.
land, Sir I. B. `WAR. vN, Attitiiral Co LPO TS, the
COilittlit6ionerS for the Affairs- Ofititlia,.all'ilte East.
India Direnors,' and about cfghty usher persona of
conhiJeration,:

On this occasion the pant! of the Brig Ate of
East-Intlia Volunteers attended in full dress
u,,iform. The professional Gentlemen were IVles,rs.
Dunitim, HILL, TAY-L(4, SALE, Lsitt,
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