The Sun.
London, England, 1813-10-27 00:00:00

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS,

Captain Ricketts is appointed to the Vengeur; Capt. James
Nash to the S'aturn ; Capt. Wise to the Surecillaute, to hear
the. broad , prodant of Sir George Collier, as Commodore on
• the North Coast of Spain ; Capt. It. Elliott, of the Porcu-
pine, to the SurVeillante ; ('sprain Kinsman to the Fox, riee
Paterson, deceased ; Captain It. Henderson to the Tigris;
Eients. it. King•sten, Atiarspite ; Gaither, Prospero; Bo'ssant,
Cornwall ; John Hancock, Dasher ; nudge, Wolverine; S.
Dillon, Carnati,vi ; Mr. G. Stair, Purser, Rosaril, to the
Eurydice; Bev. Owynne, to the Latotitt, the flag-ship at
Leith.; • Rev. E. Brice to he Chaplain of the Medway..--.Lord
James O'Brien to 'the Warspite ; Capt. Cramer to the Islet.;
.Ca•pt. N. C(H•rane to the Orontek; Capt. Palmer to the 'I lc-
bras; amp to the Pantlui a ; Capt. Garland to the Alert;
Mr. P. Vern• to he Purger of the Itosoricu Mr. John Collins,
late Purser of the Frolic, to the Melpomene, at Spithrad ;
Mr. Wm. CourtiA,' Assistant-Surgeon of the Salvador, to the
Alban; Mr. D. Sutherland, late Parser of the• Drake, to be
Purser of the Reindeer; Mr. H.GOlden, Purser of the
Julia; and John White, Purser of the Drake.
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PitostottoNs.—Lienternint A. Hobbs,' employed on the
La kis 'of taionta, to the:railk. of Coin ma nde r ; ,Livitemlitts
R. W. 8 immooth, late'olthe Attack, to be first of the
lirn-
bonr; ("in:gory to the Nymphen; $ lison, Bedford Mr.
Etough, ant Mr. A. Seeds, alb': 11111foni, Midshipinen,.to the
rank of Lientennaits, the latter to the Priae 'oltValesl Mr.
F. Franksof the Nritalo, to the of Lientenvit ; Mr.
Rolfe, Ntidshi polar), to be Lieutenant of the Milford; Is,Yie,
Thomas Nieticils, Midshipman, to he Lientenont of the I".ltrni ;
Me. Thomas Kelly, Midshipinim, to the rank of Lieutenant.

EAST INDIA SIIIPPING..---The ATMId//q
tea lndiamen, which it was faared •lia foundered
in a gale off the Isle of France, in April last, have
arrived safe at St. Helena, and are now on their
passage with the fleet for England. The other
missing ship, the Sir G9r/fray Webster, has, it is
reportedi reached the Isle of Prance, in a very
distressed state. Lieutenant-General s Lap and
suite go out' to Bombay in one'of the Company's•
ships, which will be dispatched early in Deeember.
next. The following are among the Indiamen
which «'ill compose the first fleet of the season'
1813-14 :—.43tintbay, , Elphitistoite,l Ocertn,-Cabutea,
and Nepttme,,,stationed to Bombay and China;
and. the &click, Castle, to St. iklena, Batavia,.
and Ch ina.

The Laurel 44, is fitting for the Cape of Gaiid
Hope ; it is
,said Lord CitAtu.r.s Some,astix and
suite are to take their passage in her..

The Racehnrse,' Capt. Ths, RAPJ.E, which arrived.
on Thursday morning from the Cape of. Good
Hope, having been on that station severd. years,
brought dispatches from.Adinirali Tyt.tut and 6-e-
-neral air Jot CRADDOCK, and: a bag of letters
from-ihe settlement.: His Majestrs :store-ship
Cormorant, and the Glenpwre. ordnance
stores, arrived at the Cape on the 13th Of August,
1! ;nu England the latter was to sag on the 20th
to; the ,Me •of Di)NDO
had hu;ded from the Cormorant, Sir Jour:. CRAD-
DOCK was in oNpceration of the arrival of a sue.
M.SOi .

An cl.qpint (limier will be given to Admiral Sir
R. Cat.bae, Bart, this day, tg,the Fountain .Im,
Plymonth, by Rear-A(.lo.ra. 1 ; liLtitrit.t, and the
Captains of his INiajegy's ships at•that port.
The Abeunit, Beent,e, with coals from Sunder-
land, of and for Bostoo, was on Friday sennight
drove upon Wainfiect Sands, where she now lies
a p; senger, an able seaman, and a boy,
were-drowned—the master and the rest of the
hands on board escaped with great difficulty. The
vessel is gone to piees, and all that is likely to be
saved, is some parts of the wreck.
The fleet for Heligoland, which sailed from the
Nom on the 14th instant, had reached its desti-
nation on the 17th, with the exception of the
True Blue, Usnea master, which had not been
heard of Os late as the 19th. There had been a
storm in that neighbourhood on the 14th and 15th
instant, during Which, several ships had been
driven on-shore.
A ituarrel took place sotrte: time ago between
two Preach prisoners of war, Ins bucked the 5(44,
8011 prison-ship, at Gillingham•reach, when Be-
noit Robert, who coneeived himself insalted;
ita-
sistL that Jaques &Aron shoUld fight hint io a
duel not haring any "capon ou board, they
unrivetted the blades of a pair of scissars,
they strongly attached to two sticki, ends about
11, 'oYoV:(,lpliatlcie)g:n:6:llhe:,"'2hdicla they
instant, whets d
ud
iiited a inurtAl walnut on his' adversary, of ‘yLicii
iic lingered till Thintsday dit'd,. The

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