The Sun.
London, England, 1804-11-07 00:00:00

:DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY

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To the. Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Boa-
, for the Capture of the rend; Privateers L'Eiconore
and La Vatour, the 9th lune . and 24th November, 1303,4
distributiOn orthe net proceeds of hull, stores, and head-
money; on board, on her arrival in Port; or every Tuesday.
and Friday tor three years, at. No. tB, Clement's Inn.
To the ()Ulcers and Compiny of His Majesty's nun-brig
Vixen, for the Cliptil.:2 ,•t. the French Privateer La Lionese,
the 7th December, .3, a distribution of the net proceeds of
head money, on bear.i toe Vixen, at Yarmouth, on her arrival
in Port ; or every-Tuesday and Friday, .for three years..
To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Doris.
for the Capt..re of the French Ships La • Nymph°, the 4th
Tune, 18,3,, and La Concorde,, in the saute month, a distri-
bution or hull and stores, together with the proceeds tit the
hull of La Prudence, captured the 28th July, 183,3,-on board
the Doris, on her arrival in Port; or every Monday,ant#,Sa:.
• turclay; for'threc years, at Mr. John Boyer's Office, Plyinticin,
Devon. • '

Captain Low, of the Advice, of Hull, arrived on
Wednesday last, in seven days, fr ,n 1 Elsinore.—
About seventy sail Were then laying there, waiting
the arrival of a vessel froM England, 'to• take them
colder convoy. A Fleet, supposed from London;
passed him a short distance from Elsinore.'—'—
lr was reported at Elsinore 'that theVilliartierr, of
Hull, had been lost I,looh the Oesel.
Aboust midnight on Friday last the .Adder Gun.
brig, of !..1. guns, Lieut. PEDRO* WooD, coin.
mander, drove from her anchorage off Dungeness,
and came on shore on the sands in Romney Bay,
where; she continued firing signals of distress till
towards morning ; fortunately,. when the vessel
grounded, the tide was just past its height„; and,
on its ebbing, permitted the crew to,gain the shore
without any loss, one mail only being washed over.
board, but who luekily.regsined the ship. At low wa.
ter; as the vessel was left dry on the sand, a great
part of the moveables were preserved, and brought
to Romney, and an attempt was made to get out
the guns, but so soon as the tide turned, atad began
to flow, the ship, from the violence of the wind and
waves, became so deeply imbedded ,in the sand,
'that it was feared she would either be swallowed up
'or beat to pieces, as before noon on Saturday, the
sea made a fair breach over her. '
About noun on Monday sennight the 7ohe, of
London, from Danixic to Hull, with'iimber, deals,
'and oak plank, went on shore at Withernsea, on
'the Holderness Crust,' and bioke up instantly. One
man and a boy were drowned ; the remainder of the
a:rew, consisting of 13 persons, were with great dif.'
&icy saved. The ship being water-logged, the crew
svere obliged to run her ashore, all the. only chance
foi preserving their lives. '1
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. Lieutenant jAmes GRANT, late Commander of ,
His Majesty's Cutter Hawke, who so gallantly at.
tacked a party of French Troops, in May last, who
had captured a 'Boat belonging to La Camstance Fri,
gate, .Cap.r. GalifFlTH4coma
, the Senior Officer co.
manding the blOckade of the Elbe and Weser, and
in the execution of which, to liberate his brave
cluntrYmeri, he made an' attack in the Boat of the
Hawke, with 1: men, but instead of finding a
small l)etachmenr on board the' nut* Vessel, it
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was re-into/cm from .30 to near, so.' soldiers and
seamen, During, the action he lost two men killed,
three badly wounded, and ona slightly' in the head.
He himself was shot through the elboW.joint of the ,
right arm, two bayonet_ wounds through the same
arm, and one in the lower part of the body, Sefore
he was induced. to surrender. This gallant and'en.
terprizing Officer is just arrived from Hanover,
having been allowed by the French. Generals Rl2,
1r Atro and PAOTHOD, to return to his Country, his
friends,, and
.family, upon his
.parole of honour.--
Lieut. GIANT is the Gentleman who, performed a
Voyage of Diacovery in 'Soo, 1, and 2, in the Lady
Nelson,'- a Vessel of 6o tons
,butthen, with,sliding
keels, upon the plan of Capt. Sountaxs. . An ac.
count of this very interesting-voyage was publjshed,
a .few months ago, and does him , the highest credit
for his professional talents.
'Letters were received in Hull on Saturday sen.
night, with the information of the loss 'of the Dyke
of Clarence, Capt. FlATlfitavrptge, of that Putt,
on 'the-13th of September, in coming Utti 401 Archan.
gel. . .