The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-16 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY..

The ships and vessels at the capture of St. FiOrenzo in
Corsica ; also such ships whose claims have. been. adjudged„
as entitled to shares, viz: Vidory; St. George, Princess
Royal, Egmont, Captain, Fortitude, Agarnemnota, Aicide;
Lowestoffe, Juno, Romulus, Meleager, Auroras Gorgon,
Rase cutter, lean de Bart, and Mulct, will be paid for la
Minerve and la Fortunee frigates, on the 2SM day of Feb. at
No. 2, Little Scotland Yard, Whitehall. •
At the Caine time and place will be paid the ship;' and ves-
sels at Ow surrender of Bastia ; also such ships whose claims
have been adjudged as founded for such capture, viz. Vic-
tory,For4itude, th rio Agartien,
Modeste, Nemesis, Gorgon, Proselyte,
inpe 'Princessrieu
se ,
Tartar, Royal,
Cyclops, Sincere,- Speedy, P Eclair, Swallow, Rose cutter,
Fox cutter, lean de Bart; and the (dicers and men detached
from the artillery, the tlrh, astli, sot li, and 69th regiments;
also the Officers and crews of the Windsor Castle, Egmont,
Alcide, and Scout. I
At the same time and place will be paid the Staff Officers,
and detachments of Officers and Men tmt. the Royal Artillery,
ad Battalion of Royals, t fth, 25th, 3oth, soth, and 69th Re..
giments. of Foot, of the 12t4 Light Dragoons, and others,
present at the capture of La 11.1inerve, and burning of la
Fortunee French Frigates, in the bay of St. Fiorenzo, Cor-
sica, their respe dive shares of the moiety of net proceeds
arising from the head-money recovered for the said Frigates.
The Revolutionnaire; for theeapture of l'Hirondelle French
merchant Ship, will be paid on board the Revolutionnaire,
at Portsmouth, ohSaturday, the Atli instant.

The Naiad, for the capture of the French Brig and Galtiot
la jeane and Baliene, and the French Privateer Pi Inpatient,
will be paid onboard the Naiad, at Plymouth, on Friday, the
17th inst.

LOSS OF STORES AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

OuR statement respelling the Stores, &c. lost- at
the Cape of Good Hope, was never meant to refled
upon Sir R. CURTIS, by whose ability,' professional
skill, and able arrangement, what could be brought
away was done ; and during that anxious period,
when Dutch and English Troops and Men of War
were at; the. Cape, .the polished manners of Sir R.
CuitTis preserved that harmony so necessary at that
moment : we could say more, but having other points
to touch .upon, we shall content ourselves with add-
ing, that Sir R. CußTis's abilities ought to be em-
t;loyed. Sir ROGER acknowledges, that Salt Provi.:
sions were left at the Cape, what matters their being
destined for South Wales ?—some Anchors also, but
they were Dutch; a loss is a loss, Dutch or English.
Sir ROGER states, that very few Stores of any kind
were' left at the Cape; that implies there, were some;
but Sir ROGER must -know, that the Dutch Govern-
ment bought a great quantity, and as we observ-
ed, never paid; it was the want of ships to bring
them away which obliged us. to sell. We knew that
loci-large Cannon, Anti:,"ark of Artillery were
brought home--=Ail this supports our charge against
the Board of Adrniraly, namely, that knowing what
quantities of Stores, were at the Cape, it was their
duty to have sent out Storeships ; for the Men of
War had the GarrisOn; CiVil and Military Essablish.
[rents to take onboard, and what Stores they Could
carry. Sir ROGER was obliged to give up his
cabin to the numerous persons he had on board as
piosengers. We beg. to ask Sir ROGER, wile_
ther at his departure from the Cape he could have
with'safety, in a heayy sea, opened his lower deck

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ports to fight? When provision and water were ex-
pended, certainly the ships were lighter ; but t 11"
was when near at home. Every naval man knows
that a so gun ship's, lower_deck guns are so low M
the water, that at times a large Frigate is a match
for. her.

Sir ROGER has not touched upon the amount
of Money, which is the most important loss.—Per'
haps Sir ROGER thinks that point best_ answer'.
ed by Mr. MAUD and Mr. PRINGLE, the two CoM-
missaries. It does nor follow because those Gen:
tlemen are silent,
_that. the
_fartisnot so : cce
wait, and perhaps ere long Admiral-LI/gots.
state what the loss in Money, Stores, Sic. h 33
,
been.
We gave an opinion that from the dissatisfaalon°
the Dutch Inhabitants, ana: eYen the:Troops,
we had sent two 74.'s in' time, the Cape would
have surrendered, for it was known that one of the
Dutch Regiments was very desirous td be taken
into British pay ; the whole force of the Dutch wag,
not more than a zoo, :400 of which were detaches
two hundred miles up the country ; therefore we
maintain. that there was the strongest probabilitt
That the offer of surrender would hive been made:
had two 74.'s been: sent: We have only to add, Oa'
the Cape, as a Military Post, was of such importanr°
that it is highly culpable that no attempt whatever
has been made to preserve it frotu the French. 1

. .
The Strtmger, Lou'E, of Hull; whose capture. We
lately stated, and which has' since been cut out of
the Vlie by the boAts =Of the Scourge Sloop; it aP".'
pears Was captured .dn the 29th of Dec. abodi .
leagues to the east of Shetland, by the Dutch ',Naa
tional Brig, L'UNhu, of 16 nine pounders, and 220
men, commanded by General SANT Fots, by whoa':
Capt. Lows, and twelve of the Crew, were taken
out and carried into North Bergen. At &IV°
they found three Dutch National Vessels, a Corvette
of 18 guns,-and two Schooners, one of 8, and 'one, ;
of 4 guns, which formed a Squadron under the cool'
mand of General SANT Pots, and several Soldiers.
on board. Two other vessels with troops were elf'
petted from Holland, but in .'a storm were seen PI
founder at sea. The above vessels, it appeargt.
were fitting out as fast as possible, and, there is.r9P-
,
son to believe were intended to alarm Shed/ •
the Orkney Islands,• or somepart of the North°
Scotland,

The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed
Convoy to sail
,from Hull on the 23d instant, wit"
the ships for Tonningen, and have given dire,ooll,,s
to Lord KEITH to 'furnish regular Convoys ever/
fortni!: for the trade of that. port.
Captain DRURY is appointed to command 04
Charon Storel.ship at Wuolwich.
The Perseverance, ADANI, from Dartmouth r
London, was .captured, on the r2th instant, 'P
Farleigh, by Le Prospere Privateer, of Boulogie',
and retaken by the Hound Cutter, and sent for
haven. The same Privateer had captured, pot
4th instant, a West Indiatnln, supposed to hell,
Bettford, and sent herinto Dieppe, 4.7
is since lost there ; also a South, Seaman.
The Britannic:, BIRCH,. from London for Bel
was all well on the 3d of ,November,' in lat. 4'°
long. zs. 461-
The Betsey, BAMPTONt from'London, is
at Bengal. •

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MIDDLESEX ELE'CTIf.,II.—. The COMir teeagreCd
not to come to any decision on the case of the SO'
Tiffs or the Mill Voters., for. the present. Tb
also recommended it to the Cotinsel'on both sides tv
consider of
.a plan to expedite ale rernaining.part of
the business.

Sir CHA
of rsRLES MORGP.I,I is to be Called up to th
lionse Pee, by the title of Baron TREpEcilsa:
the name of his seat in Wales. This ,honour
present only delayed. on account of His MAJESII
indisposition. • •
. It is said that JOHN 'REEVES, Esq. is to be tae
successor of Sir CHARLES MORGAN as Judge
vocate General.
Lord MutoxAvE having accepted the offer. 0:
the Hull Volunteers to do the duty of that
they have commenced accordingly.
Yesterday being kept as a holiday by all Of,:
Public Offices, a great number of the VoluntCed—
CorpS of the Metropolis were• out to exercise, a.,.,11
several of them had a grand field-day. The Exec ••
Office, and Custom-House COrps, and the'-4th
Regiment of London Volunteers, were inspecteOv'
Colonel HARNACE, in the East-India Comp aili of;
field, near Islington. Owing to the bad stat'it',,
the ground, the horse of -Lord GEORGE SEYM°,tI,-ect,'
who commands the Exdise-Office Corps,
and threw his Lordship over his head, .but he 10:f.L.
nately did not receive-any material injury.nd
•
Col. JENKINSON inspe.ls the St. Margaret's
St. John's Corps to-morrow in Westminster
after which, they are to march to Hyde Park ttf"•//.
a grand Field-day. .
Sir MARK SYKES'S Corps of Wolds Yeomane
Cavalry marched into the Barracks at Yak .":
Monday,. to tike-permanent du Hy for fourteen days
, •
Last week, a Court Martial was held at 44-•
on a Private belonging to the Hull and c°lifi;
ty. Volunteers, charged with intoxication and
breach of duty: 'he was found guilty and se,rt„
tended to receive one hundred lashes ; but in cP°56l,
deration of this being the first offence commitl4.
since the formation of the corps, the
,CommaPihc
Officer of the Distria has been pleased 'to remit t
punishment with a suitable charge against such pre'
tides for the future. .
.ori!
The Earl of MANSFIELD has generously c°'iliog
buted one hundred 'guineas, in aid 491 ;be •
and providing necessaries for the Volunieer& rLi
County of Dumfries, over and abre his LoilP" :
proportion of the general assessment:
the
Tuesday. a Coroner's Inquest was held 9"
body of Mr. LACEY, a very eminent AttotocYilis ,
Bread-street-hill, who 'on Monday evening cur
the •
throat with a razor in a dreadful. manner. 13Yr the
evidence given before the jury, it approved 11%411 • .
unhappy Gentleman bad lately been visited
„40,-,
several severe attacks of the gout head
of the ,parox•ysms of which it is supposed. lie' '
mitteil he lamentable ad that has deprived i"
of a valuablemember.—Verdict„Lunacy.

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