The Sun.
London, England, 1801-11-03 00:00:00

SHEERNESS, Nov. i.

YESTERDAY sailed up the Thames His Mvjesty's
rire-vesseLOtter, Captain PELLOWE, to be paid
Oil,.
This day arrived the Hasty Gun-brig, Lieut.
CIiARLTON, from the Downs. -
Blows very hard S. W.

A Lieutenant arrived on Sunday "evening at the
Admiralty Office, With Dispatches from Vice-A&
niiral RAINIER, Commander in Chief on' the East
India Station. He left the East Indies' on the 9th
of July last, at which time Admiral RAINIER and
Ml our Forces in India enjoyed remarkably , good
health.

The Dolphin Cutter, the Crash and Pincher Gun
Vessels,. were sent to Harwich last week to take
in:4n the Men of War the Greenwich . Pensioners,
who, still 'preserving their national charaAeristic
of British Seamen, as ardent to quit a supine sitna.
1113 n, as to:mrtbark in a hazardous one, 'forty of the
old veterans, eager to change the scene, had nearly
fallen Viaims to their temerity, for the hoar had•
With Much difficulty reached .the Dolphin Cutter,
and discharged her cargo, when, with her Crew,'
and Lieutenant DURHAM of the Reschermer, :she
Upset, nearly along side the Ship ; and, strange to
relate, although a heavy gale of wind was blowing,
and a strong tide running„ by the most active exer-
tions, Lieutenant DURHAM and five Seamen. were
saved ; twoonly were drowned, their names Joseph
Templi,man and Charles Late. •
On the ziSt of Septeniber the East-India Fleet
spoke a Whaler which had sailed from England the
9th of
.August, under convoy of the Santa Marga-
ritta, with five sail bound to India.

The Harriet, -, a Country Ship, parted
from the East-India Fleet on the 16th of 'o6lo)er
a gale of wind.

The funding of the Exchequer Bills, it is ex-
re6.led will take place in the. Five per Cents.
The, last 'Lisbon ,Mail has brought us no intern-
ger'ee of importance. The latest date of out, let..
ters from thence is the, ith of Oftober, when the
-Peace with this Country- was still unknown of
bon• Wq find, nothing in these letters but an ac_
count of 'His Royal Highness Prince ,AUGUSTUS
hAying, on, the 6th ult. reviewed the Auxiliary
Troops, and given the kame day a grand dinner to
some of the Portuguese Nobility:-

The Pri4.2e Of CONVEI and the Duke -of BOU'R..-
paidIION, a visit to. Salisbury on. Monday, and
went from thence to view Amesbury. Abbey, with
Intent to hire it for their summer residence. Their
highnesses were much delighted" with the house and
grounds;, but, declined entering into any engage-,
tnent for them, on account of the house 'not being
furnished, as they expected to find it. In the even..
,ing, they returned to Salisbury, slept at the Ante_
L°l)e Inn, and the next morning set off for London.
The Second -Report- of the• Committee of the
ouse of COmmons on the Salt Duties, is now before
.44t House. It states, that the indulgences granted
• 't Session, tho Ugh very beneficial, are not ade-
„''4te to the complained- .of, and concludes,
ith, recommending, as a 'complete remedy, a
241rnutation of the Salt Duties, the, same to be
e'refted. by a general tax, extending as far as dr-
tltustances will admit, to all orders of the cominu-
' .There is an Appendix to the Report, contain.
en,g the substitutes for the Salt Duties, recommend-
i" by Lord DuNooNm.n. These are a duty on each
jdividual Member of Society, except tbose charge-
able to the Parish ; and also, of so much per head
'l'ill'atnhelirorts'ocostl.'cows. and
sheep, to whom salt is given
le Married on Sunday at the Church of St. Mary_
• "e; Wittle)..M. GLEN JOHNSTON, Esq. of Not--
-I'l ham-place, to Miss HARRIET IVI„
sister of*Sifr RiCHAR,DsoN,-Biirt: 017
64th Reginw,nt.