The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-09 00:00:00

THE HOTAL NAVT.

PORTSMOUTH, J AN. 7. 4
On Sunday last, waived his Majesty's ship Ariadne, 28, Capt. 1
J. Fleming Chapman, from the Cape of Good Hope station, hay. ' ,
ing bee relieved by the garnering, 28, Captain Dunn. Tn.
Ariadne left the Mauritius for the Cape of Good Hope on the 25th :
August last, and arrived at the faire on the 23d Septetnber, touch. i
cog at Tamatave, a port of Madegatear, on her way. After re-
tilting
at the Cape. she sailed from hence on the 2lst of October,
leaving there Commodore Christian, in the Owes Glendower:
also the Leven. Captain William F. Owen ; Barracouta, Captain
Vidal; and Albatross schooner, composing the Surveying squa-
dron, about to proceed to the Coast of Africa,
The Tweed. 28, Captain Frederick llunn, will sail in a few
dart with Charles 3i'Kenzie, Esq. his Majesty's ConsuLllenetal
is iltyti (St. Domingo) and Colonel Dashwood, Consul. General
at Vera Cruz.
The Royal Oak pot back on Monday with the loss of her
foie top.msst. and fitailiy sailed on Wednesday, for Bermuda,
with a tine breeze.— Remain at Spithead—Tweed and Ariadne.
The Hope transport has brought the depot of the 25th Re.
gator-A to Albany, front Cork, and has ailed for the Depot
of foe first Foot; these corps having lately embarked for Bar-
bidollll.
By the death of Major Ridley Captain Moore, many years
Q frrtenna"ter of this division of Royal Marines, obtains the rank
of Captain in that corps, ant vacates his situation.
The Victualling Office at Chatham will be removed to Sheerness
in August next.
We are gratified to hear that the Lords of the Admiralty have
riven direction' tor building another class of ships on the several
priqeiples of Sir Itokrt Seppings (the Surveyor of the Navy) the
:school of Naval Arehaecture, and Captain Hayes, R.N. The
frigate'. of 28 guns. are to be built at Portsmouth and Woolwich
Yards. in which the plans of these svientitic projectors are to he
worked out, and their comparative excellence afterwards rat to the
test, by experimental cruising. it is a difficult, and, with all the
knowledge we pfI!,..VIIS, a very defective, but highly important,
science; and it is only by s course of eaperimente that any Im-
provement in it tat, lac attained. It ought not to he said, with
tinali, by any other power on the face of the globe, that they build
Letter ship" than we do. Their Lordships have also ordered two
stoops of war to he built at Chatham, on the plan of the Pylades
(Sir Robert Sepoirga') enlarged and altered; two at Pembroke,'
on the plan of Cu, Orestes (Dr. Inman's); and Captain Hayes is
to build ere at Portminlith, on his plan, which shall excel the
Champion in every qualification.
Lieut. Charles f krdon, of the Ariadne, is promoted to the rank
of Commander. MeSSTS- Barker, Etpiegle ; Edwin Wise. Jasper;
Erskine. Volagr ; and Ems, Victory ; are promoted to the rank
of Lieuienant. Limit nant P. Bagnell. late of the Camelion (who
so gallantly boarded the Algerine corvette), is appointed to the
Java; Lieutenant Witham, Philothel ; Mr. Parker, Purser, Es-
piegle.—ButapAire T. lekliph.

A PPOINTMENTS.
t minas—John Warwick, to the Badger; W. J. Attrill,
Raga •; Relay Campltng, Brisk; Thomas film's. Hariegoin ;
Wm. Gregory, Ilmrsart Benjamin Dyer, Leven; John Beater,
Mastiff; Luke lamytb, Nimrod ; Jobn I'. Taylor. North Star;
Alum NPlntosh. Pandora; John G. Dean, Philomel ; Heary
Tucker, Proctis : John M. (lope. Rainbow; Arthur Ellis (act.),
Scylla; Lieorgc T. Smithson, Shamrock; James Benifuld. Spar-
ritirhawk ; Wm. C. Spartiate ; James Tod Lathy, Talbot;
Joim Stigant, Polage t George B. Harrison, Wellesley.