Papers relating to the recovery of compensation from the French Government owed to seamen who captured Cayenne in Guiana in 1809. Brief details of the papers follow: (1) Letter from the Navy Board to Sir Thomas Thompson, asking him, as Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, to recover £12,000 from the French government on behalf of the captors of Cayenne in Guiana in 1809. According to the letter the French government had already set aside the money, but two competing navy agents (Mr Channon and Mr Cook) having both gone to Paris to claim it prevented the sum being paid to either of them; (2) Letter to Sir Thomas Thompson asking him to sign the petition and power of attorney being delivered to him, in respect of the compensation due to the captors of Cayenne in Guiana; (3) Petition and memorial from Sir Thomas Thompson to King Charles X of France, requesting payment of 400,000 francs to recompense officers and crew on board HMS CONFIANCE who in 1809 captured the island of Cayenne in Guiana, protected the property on the Gabrielle plantation from plunder and delivered the estate to the King without receiving compensation.