The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-30 00:00:00

rittzf COMMITTEE.

3tßi

In•compliance with the wishes of the Committee,' have
the honour to communiCate the following, as my r.entiments,
on the most just and equitable appropriation of Prize.
f6t, All Corps, Officers, and Soldiers, 'Mtn were present
with the-Army, on the _gibs August, and -4th. September,
11833, are entitle,' to share in Ptize taken by the Army during
the War, with the exeeptions hereinafter mentiontd.
ad, All Corps, Officers, and. Soldiers, who joined the
'Army between the 4th and Itth September, are entitled to
sfiare in Prize taken subsequent to the t ith September..
3d, Corps, °dicers, and Alen, who joined, and shall -*ti-
the Army, subsequent to an action, or capture of a place, are
not entitled to share in Prize whiCh was the immediate con-
sequence of such anion or capture.
4th, Corps, Officers, and Soldiers, are to be entitled to
shtre in Prize made subsequent to their junction, with the
exceptions alluded. to the foregoing Articles.
No.t/tlicer who quits the Army, on leave of absence,
is entitled to share in ?MC made. during his absence, unless
his absence .shall have _been occasioned by wounds or ill
health.

6th, Officers transferred from Corps with, or which have,,
been with, the Arm)', to Corps in other situations, are not
titled to sharein Prize, taken after quitting the Army.
'These appear tn. me to be the- leading principles upon
which the divisiOn of Prize ought to be adjusted; 1 shall;.
however, with much pleasure, take into consideration al y
suggestion which the Comtnittee shall offer.
• (Signed) . G. LAKE.
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GENERA!. ORDER( ay Hit EXCELLPNCY GENILIAL.,

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LAKE, .00T. 22, 'lBO3. .-
iiiS Excellency the Commatuier in Chief has directed ther
following proceedings of the Prize Committee,. of which the.
Hon. Major-Ceperal S;, John is
.President, to be published
for the inthrmatton of-the Army. . . .
The Cominittee.hivu.resolved all Officers shall share ac.
.cortlingly to-their rank.,'„,
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Major-Generals, Colonel's, Lientenant-Colonals, Mal-ors,
Captains, Majors of Bri;:ade; Aisles-dc-Camp;, SurAeons,-
Chaplains, and-• Fiel- -Paymaster,- Lieutenants, Ass:stain-
Surgeons, Corixts, Lieutenant Fireworkers, Ensigns, anli
Vemindry Sturgeons, quarter-masters-of Cavalry, and Coil-
dudors of Ordnance.

EUROPEANS.,
The Cnminlnce r.:_ he, that Corporals, Gunners, brum-
mers, TrUilipners, and Privates; shall receive OneShate.
Setleants Two dU to.
SerjeantAlajors, Eau; ditto.
Condudiors aral Quattcr.Masters of Cavalry, rz ditto.
Ensigns, so ditto.
Lieutenants, 7.. ditto.

11a ditto.
Majors, 2.40 ditto. •
Lieutenant-Colonels, 36* ditto.
Colonels, soy onto.
Majur..Genends, isoo.
The Commander in Chief one Eighth of the whole, after
dedueling Prize-Agents' Commission
Pate Agents to receive s per Cent. Commission, paying
all incidental expenses.
NATIVES.
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Naicks, 2,d Tindals, Trlopers, Sepoys, Golandaute. Drum.
mcirs, Trumpeters, Gun Lascars, Pioneers, Puckalliei, and
litisties.. ;calve iwo.tbirds of a share ;,11avililafs, Ist -Tin.
dais :Ind Native i)o4tors, 'one and one.third of a Share; le.
rnindars or Cavalry:anti Infantry, and Syranga of 4nillcty!
three shares Subidars, five ditto,
Prize Money to be qrawn for all Officers and Soldiers who
may have beet; killed inaction.
Icy aitdition to the above, we shall at a future time endea.
your to Lay before ow Readers the names of the several Re.
who..are entitled to share in the distribution, which
will of course be made in India, by Agents appointial, by the
Prize Committee,

On Wednesday night; about. seven o'cicck, a
very alniining fire broke out in the 'robin and tor.
pentine manufaltory of Gore and Clare, in Harting.
ton, near Liverpool, which entirely consumed the
same; bur, from 'the. very great •exertions of several
Gentlemen, was prevented from-communicating to
the adjoining buildingsii

Tuesday last Edward
Jones and Richard Jervis
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were committed to. Shrewsbury gaol fur negligently
and furiously driving a horse and market car ;dawn
'the castle.street of that town: Letitia Lollei; the
Servant of Mr. Joseph Birch, builder, was thrown
down, and the 'wheel went over her -; the was car.
sled to the Infirmary, where she now lies so dam.
gercausly That .her life is Jlespaired
being no name on the cart, a.Gcntleinan, who was
present when the accident happened, very kindly
pursued and overtook it, and thereby discovered
.the owner, against whom an information has been
:made by the Mayor's Officers by the diredion of
the Magistrates.
On Saturday night two young men., were examirt.
ed at Hatton Garden Office, being in the:habit of •
..goinginto genteel houses of reilort, and- taking va_.
lions articles away. They were pwticularly -no-
ticed at the Coffee.house. of Mr. Scott, Bedford
Tavern, Cavendish-square, but denied the charge.
.They were. committed for re.examination..,.
Niel M'Kenzie, one of the labottrers employed
on hoard the ship Libeio, lying .at the East:Quay,
Greenock, upon. quitting Work on Ttieedarnight,
was the lash who left the vesselrand when stepping
feont.her to -the Quay,, unfortunately felt into the
water. One of the watchmen hearing -him:fall,
immediately gave the alarm, and search, was made
soon after, but his body was not found until Thurs.
day morning. . His face being much bluised,- it is
thought he was so stunned by striking against the
Quay :in his fall, that he could make .rto clew to
recover himself. He has left a widow sad four
children to deplore his loss.
A boy, six years, of age, named Darltng„ran of
a 'labourer- sr: the Wapping Docks,. broke his leg,
by his toot slipping -between the iron grating of a
cellarin Wapping, A girl of the same age nearly
experienced the same accident, by slipping bet Ween
the grating-of Mr. Latnat's house, at the corner of
Huundsdirch : it was necessary to reroute one of
the bars to extricate the little sufferer.

SHIP NEWS.

ORAIttIIIO, OCT: 2L