The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-18 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF VRIZIE-MONEY.

The Speedy, for the Capture of the French Armed Pink,
L'ln.treputo, will he paid on Thursday tht. rth inst. at Nu.
9, New Broad-street.
T,l the Thetis, for the Capture of the Sloop BOtSCY, and'
the Superb, a distribution will be made at the Cru‘vn and
Sugar Loaf, Garliek-Hil).. this day, the tEith inst.
the Nereid, for. tAtp Captureut the Frt.:Hi:lt Prii/ateer,
Velignanee, a di4tribution will be made tu•uturruw, the iyth
inst.. at No. 18, elprient's

To the hired A rnted Brig Terrier' for the' Capture of the
Joanna and Seven Gebrodtr:;, will be 'paid on Weciii4clay, the
Ist of Novonber, at (.19q)ort.

. Yesterday evening an additionaliet of New. York
Papers, to the 3 rst of August, We're teceived;. but
they contain svrry, little intelligence. They make
nofarther mention of the reported capture of the
French Fleet from Sr. D,mingo, with General.
CHAMBRAU and his Troops un board.
The violence. of the Fever at New. York, by the
latest 'accounts; .is considerably alpai'ed. On the
29th of August the Board of Health published A
report, by which it appears 'that on that daY there
were only five perions who died Of ttre pestilential,
distemper. Only six new cases occurred on the
same day. Among those who have fallen.vidtms
is the Sheriff 4,New-York, and 'a number of other
persons of respedability.
,The report 4 the cession of Wert !Florida, with
Louisiana, to:the United State., is mentioned in a
Paper ,uf a date .suhsequen t to any hitherto, received.
There is, however, nothing *ugh! for word rothew
that such .a report rests on any solid foundation. La
fad, the Only reason adduced to countenance it,
that :Louisiana,.as formerly possessed by France,.in,,
eluded West Florida. . ,

3r,R0111 BONAPAR7I, who has been stated -at
different times to have been in Englund, in Spain,
and on the High Seas, is still safe in America.
Thecarpenters employed in fitting up the neces.
sary frames to the boyeling, boats belonging to
Dover, each of which is to carry. an 18. pound car.
ronade, work double tides. Vorty.four of • these
boats will he very shortly equipped, and ready. to
proceed to adion in forty ',tinkles after the signal is
'mimed for seeing any enemy.
The Irish Government is placing the most iul.
nerable points, both on the coast 'and in the into.
riot; in the best possible state. of defence. At the
important pass near Athlone a chain of fortifica.
tions has been commenced from Gallows Hill to the'
Navigation.thridge, and a pontoon bridge is thrown
across the river from the Barrack to the Abbey on'
the Leinster side. Should a landing take place in
that quarter, the four centre arches of the bridge
will be blown up, • •

Another account has 'been published said to be
tronsniitteel ,to the Admiral od. the. Downs 'Station,
of tine-state oldie Enemy's preparations, from which
itlippears thisithey are most firward to the West.
;v aril ; at Osteitl, it is stated, there are only six
.Guti-tioats ready, four only at. Dunkirk, and two at
Calais. - Rut at..Boulogne there are afty.three, he_
tween sixty and.seventy • at Dieppe, and a great
number at- Havre, An American Gentleman who
lately landed at
,Sandgate, out of a neutral vessel
from Rouen, reports that the banks ulthe§eine ate
entirely covered with diem..
Last week About• a thousand men from %mei.
tershire, Lancashire, Cheshire, -and Warviickshire,
.enrolleil for the Army of Reserve, and tittaehed to
the 3.9 th Infantry, marched through Lewes, in Ave,
divisionsi !ollattle anti Bexhill Batracks.