The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-17 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE. MONEY.

To the Officers and S►hip's Company of His Majesty's Ship .
Spitfire, fur the capture of the Danish Ship •Pwilling
the second an.i final distribution of the proceeds of the stud
Ship's,cargo, at Mr. Hawker's Counting-house, Plymouth.
on friday next, or every t Tuesday and Friday for three
years afterwards, at the same place.
To the Officers and Companies of His Majesty's Ships
Adamant, Lancaster, and Rattlesnake, for the capture of .the
L'Esperance, the 21st August, 'Soo, a distribution of the
proceeds reserved to ans wer t he ex pences of the A ppeal against
the Sea Nymph, lately restored by the Lords of Appeal, at
the Office of Messrs. Onunaney and (Mice, No. tt, Cecil-
street, Strand, on Monday the ist of October, and for three
years afterwards, at the sante place.
To the Officers and Companies of His Majesty's Ships Dio-
.mede, lupiter,f Ilraave, and 'Hindostait, for the capture of
L'Union, the 27th May, !Sol, a further Distribution of the
proceeds, at the Officei of Messrs. Ommaney and Druce,
No. 11, Cecil-street, Strand, on Monday the ist of October,
or every succeeding day for three years afterwards, at the
same place.

Four Cartel Ships, with French Prisoners from
Jamaica, are arrived at Plymouth.
Lieutenant HMO? is appointed to the command
of the Phcs,thorus Fire-vessel at Woolwich.

The. Rein Deer, Saracen, Spy, and Raven Sloops,
are ordered to proceed to the.Nore without delay.
The Clyde Frigate is arrived at Woolwich for the
purpose of heir% taken into dock to be repaired.
We have been • favoured with a letter from an
Officer of the Bengal Cavalry, who. was on board
the ifp/in East Indianfan,' when taken-by the Plycke
French Privateer, on the the gth of Jan. last. This
Gentleman's account of the principal circumstances
of the capture corroborates those already known.
The crew, incluaing passengers, compriAed
80 men, opposed to 300 in the French. Ship, which
had 24.10ng r s pdrs. by which they easily damaged
the sails, &C, of the /Win at a distance at which
her CarfOnadtl could tike no effect. The situation
of the Ladies, during the engagement, was parti.
cularly distressing, as (tor safe') ) they were p4tceil
in the 1101(1, where the wounded were necessarily
brought tswn, hut happily the four wattled G:tri.
Hemet) were not of the number. Captain M,Rne,
who was killed, was of His Majesty's 80:11 Re.
giment. • 'Captain AMORY) severely wounded, is
of a Malay • Regirwrit in the Comr_any's service,
The treatment'
received from the I4tenCh Captors
was that of perfect urbanity and honour. Captain
TROUART is described as a shrewd and able old
Officer. *He has 3o Qfficcrs under him ; his crews
contain English,' Scotch, and Irish men.' The let.
set is dated at Calcutta, February 17th, and !Apes,
that the Caroline Frigate had just brought in apri.
vateer of 26 guns, making the fourth, out:uf nine,
fitted out at the Mauritius.

By the Halitax (Nova Scotia) Papers to the 25th
ult. we learn that the fic.rion Frigate arrived at H.lll.
fax on the 22,1. Mr. Notcriicoctc, late Purser of
the Lilly Sloup'of War, and Mr. M. HKAD, the
Master, who was wounded in the engagement, are
on hoard the Bortai.

We yesterday received 'Amorican Papers to the
loth ult. 'the following. arc the most material
article% they contain.
NeW-YOUK, AUG. B.—A Gentleman arrived at
Philadelphia from CharlestoWn, Informs,' that at the
time of his sailing considerable mortality prevailed
in that City, and that upwards. of 20 persons (ex.
elusive of Blacks) had died the day previous co his
departure.

AUGUST 9.—The King and Chiefs of 'the Osage
Indians, who have lately attracted so much notice
in some of our Southern cities, arrived here on Tues.
day, from Philadelphia, accompanied by an inter.
prefer and suite.

AUGUsT 9.—Extraa from the Logbook of the
ship Mau, of Baltimore :*" On Sunday, July I,
in lat. 27. 54. long. 62; 30. in sight of OR: ship
4i#y, brio w, of Baltipore, spoke a French priva.
leer mounting 1+ gun,, and rso men, who had cap.
tilted the ship fiopinvell, St, (N, and brig Rock.
land, ATKINR, both ut .Y,prk, and sent them
futt;uadaloupe, The privateer boarded. the Hope.
nurll alter, a contest of' about .half an hours-in which
the boatswain was wounded, and the supercargo and
'five seamen killed. In the engagement with the
brig, Captain, Aix irts was dangerously woim.!ed
,by a shot through the body, and had three of his
seamen killed. The privateer had ten of htr crew
killed, and a considerable number wounded."

Saturday at noon Lord Ni LVILL P. came to town
from Wimbledon. Soon alter the krtivill ,of his
Lordship at the Admiralty Sit 1141 e POP HAM had
a long interview.

Crt-ptaill HRATHCOTE, son of Sir W.
COTE!, is appointed to the Cyclups, lying Guard-ship
at Lytnington. Capt. FFE appointed to the
Rein Deer Sloop ; and J. l)2 eft, Esq. is appointed
Secretary to Greenwich Hospital, in the room of
the late j. bIIIIITSON,
SaturdAy advice was received. of the arrival of
the Ru.;,tta, Elbe, Nelms, and some other Demerara
and Stoinam Slops at Bristol, Liverpool, &c. They
lets D..tnerara on the 24. th July, under convoy of the
S.uop of War, armed at Tortola on. the vh
Auguht, and sailed on, the 6th with the Ospru,....
Pyladei afterwards met and took charge of
them to Europe ; the :.bon Ships parted front the
Cnyoy a week since; off the CO4it of I,l:eland.

THE ROYAL -FAMILY landed from their eruixe
yesterday afternoon about five o'clock, and were
received with the usual honours. On theirlanding
the Earl and Countess of RADNOR and Sin WIC
waiting ro pay their respeds, and they walked with
the ROYAL FAMILY to the Lodge. His MAJESTY
continued in conversation with the Isllble Earl, anti
HER. MAJESTY.. and the PRINCESSES with the
Countess. His MAJESTY, in a' -short time after,
went upon the Parade, and inspeaed the Picket
Guard previous. to their marching to theii pasts
for the night. •
In the evening the ROYAL FAMILY honorwed the •
Theatre- with their presence. The house over..
flowed in every part, and on the entrance of the
ROYAL FAMILY, they were received with hu7zss
and clapping of hands, for a considerable time ; the
Performers singing God Save the King, with en
thusiastic applause. The performance was for the
Benefit of Miss Da CAMP, and it was the last night
of her engagement.
At the close, Miss Da CAMP came forward,,
and acknowledged her obligations for the flatter-
ing manner in which she-had been received during
her engagement.
The sea air, we are extremely happy to say, doP '
Hts Ma JIM' an infinity of good.