The Sun.
London, England, 1801-11-02 00:00:00

DOVER, Nov. 1.

YESTERDAY morning sailed for Calais, a Eye_
boat with several Passengers ; also a vessel with
Dispatches from M. OTTO.
Last night passed by for the Downs, 19 sail of
homeward-bound East India Ships, under convoy

of the Endymion Frigate ; many of them lad
chiefly with rice. Some of the Pursers landed he:
and a great number of the Passengers.

DEAL, Nov. 1.

ARRIVED in the Downs yesterday evening, un,
corrvoy of the Ent(ymion Frigate; a Fleet from
dia, all of which remain in the Downs.

The Chapman Armed Ship, Hasty Gun brig,
Otter Fire vessel, sailed for the River.

SHEERNESS, Nov. t.

YESTERDAY arrived His Majesty's Ship Batavitl
of so guns, Capt. BRoucuroN, from her static
down Channel ; and Defender Gun-brig, Lieu'
LEAVEY, from the Downs.
This day arrived the Otter Fire-vessel.

STATEMENT
• OF THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRITISH NAVAL FORC

TO THE FIkST tNsT.
Exclusi,/e. of the HIRED ARMED VESSELS, which
chiefly employed in proteding the Coasting Trade
GREAT-BatrAza.

Line
In Port and fitting - . x 6
Guard-ships - 5
In the'English and Irish ?
Channels - - S 36
On the Downs and North ? ,6
Sea stations - 5
On the Baltic Service - o
At the West India Islands )
and on the Passage S
On the famaica station 3
American tic'lslewtbund-
lzuid stations - S
C. of G. Hope, E. Ind. ?. 9
and on the Passage 5
APrica andon Sec. Exp. o
Owthe Lisbon Station - o
Spin and Portugal with-
out the Straits ..
In the Mediterranean -
Hospital and Prison Shins

so's

•
23 I " 4
2,2 4

- Total in Commission- 145
Receiving Ships I IS.
Serviceable and repairing: 6
tOr Service -
In ordinary - - 25
Building - - 9

Total zoo

STATE OF TILE fig-DINAR
Line.
Portsmouth - 13
Plymouth. - -
Chatham
Sheerness - - 3
River - 0

Total, _ 36 1

Frig
28

AT E

AC ii P

Sps.
67

7'
o

so's

i 352

'ORT.

Frig' Sps.
1
9 9
8 18--.

0
0

r- 9
Io
7

3( 34) .73

1

HOMEWARD-BOUND £44,ST-INQIA FLEE'

Yesterday morning, at four o'clock, arrived al
the India House in a chaise and: four,, Mr. Moottc
Pursgr of the Hon. East India Company's Ship th‘
Prince William Henry, Capt.:RoGER BASKET, frd
Madra§, with the agreeable intelsit of theigenc F
eoftileieer 0
s 3
arrival a-tbat- Shi ,i
Dover. J

They sailed from St. Helena on the 3d Sept. undel.
convoy of His Majesty's Ship Endyinzon, and coo,
sists of the Sir Edward Hughes, Castle Eden, Lori
Walsingham, larl Spencer, Prince William IlaIV
City cf London, and Hope regular Indiame
The Tellicherry, Surat Castle, Lucia Mari
Thetis, Herculean, Anna, Harriot, Marian and Cori'
indiamen.

The Salamander (Whaler), DROTENING EN, dg;
rained by the Star Sloop of War,, and the Denmat
detained by the Governor of St. Helena.
By this conveyance we learn, that the Barbar(l
Ellegood,. Fawurite, Indispensible, Sally, C'
ledonia, Charming Kitty, Res.alution, and Hiirriol,
South Seamen, were well in Wailwick Bay, and
general successful. The Di(iher had sailed for
lage Cay ; the Rt6ecca had about- too tons of oil
besides bone, and the Fanny had arrived
Cape., and sailed for New South Wales. -

PASSENGERS EY THE PRINCE WILLIAM HENRY.
Colonel, Mrs. and Master Govyclie.; Lieut.-Cot. J I*or„iP'
died at -Sea May I9T;i, tFot ; Major Wm. Davidson. P 5
Davidson : Mrs. H.ttroside ; Capt. Baker Fel:Dell:chi:o,';
4
Sea Bth June; Capt. Pryce' of His Majesty's zstli
goons ; Capt. Lieut. Albert Fivaz, H.s Nrajesty's Sl°
• Regiment de Nleurun ; Lieut. Charles de Mturon Tribole
of His Majesty's ditto, ditto ; Lieut. lohn Warrington,
His Majesty's 73d Regiment of Foot ; Lieut. -l'hort):]
Ahmuty ; Mr. Wm. Marriott, Writer; Mr. Mrs. sv„
three Miss Watts ; Master Lys, Master ThomaS Bagg°,
Master Francls Shuller, Miss Maria Taylor, and ;',4"
Charlotte Taylor.

PASSENGERS B THE CASTLE EDEN.

Lady Clive, Hon. Miss Clive, Miss C. Clive, Madal;
Tonelli, Mr, Cartwright, Dr. Thomas, Major General`,,.;
Meuron, Col. Doveton, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. fi,,rt and t'f
Children, Mr. WoodcoLk, Mr. Cruse, Mr. Wilkinson,
Dardell, two Master Lardy's, Miss Keating and her servP

NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS'
Capt. P. PVGET, to the Monarch ; Capt. F. TS-
SIGER., to the St. :Wan's; Capt. Ross DONSrt.
LY, of the Maidstone, to the Narcissus; Capt.M0dll
BRAY, to the Maidstone; Capt. SEYMOUR, t(lti
Firgnrd ; Capt. VAUGH.).N, to the Imogene;
CHARLES GIDDY, made Lieutenant, to the Acaste;
and Mr: CHARLES TYLER, made Lieutenant)
the Amethyst.
'tar-Admiral MONTAGUE, who lately left E_l
land in His Majesty's Ship Garland, succeeds V,
H. SEYMOUR as Commander in Chief on the jam/
station. A tl
Admiral Sir RICHARD ONSLOW is promote,!
the Command at Plymouth, vice Sir I. PAsLEP
kir
Letters from Jamaica state .the loss of His ''oo
jesty's Ship Meleager, , The Meleager StrUCg
tht
the Triangle Bank in the Gulph of Mexico, on'
• di
gth of June, and was totally lost. The ship's' c°
pany got to the small islets which just peep 312°,
the water, and, by the remnants of the wreck, co Is 3
trivet' to shelter themselves from the weather,
jlO3
support life, 'till fourteen days had elapsed,
itlt
their provisions were nearly exhausted ; wile") vihdi
: d
sensations more easy to he conceived than desert ,
'they saw the Apollo heave in sight, on boarl3o(
which they were taken.—This unfortunate c's oi
has probably given rise to the report of tile loss
the Mdanqui Frigate.