The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-09 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY, &o.

It being found that affairs of considerable state
. importance will prevent his Majesty leaving town again sa
soon, as he wished, and to avoid the approaching equinoxes,
' the ships that composed the royal squadron have been ordered
to resume their respective stations, and the Royal George yacht
to proceed from Greenwich to Portsmouth, to be laid up for
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than, arrived at Portsmouth on 'Friday ;' the ' RoYaI George,
COmmodore the Hon. Sir Charles'Paget„ Capt. Mitigay; and
. the Forte, Sir Thomas Cochrane,,were expected on' Saturday.—,
(Hampshire Telegraph.) ,
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The Delight, 16; Capt. R. Hay, is under orders td proceed
to join Commodore Nourse (who arrived at the Cape; in the
Andromache, on the 18th June), . but is prevented sailing by
strong westerly winds. She will relieve the Cygnet. .
• The Eden, 26, is commissioned at Deptford, by Capt. John
Lawrence, B. ; Lieutenants George Vardrew, Joseph John
Johnston, and John Stubbins, are appointed to her: ,
Captain Lord Henry Frederick Thynne is appointed to the
Termagant, 28, building at Cochin China, for Post rabic.
The Liffey passed the Cape on the 18th June, for India.
On Monday the Phylliria transport arrived at 'Portsmouth
from Gibraltar (33 days passage), with invalids from the corps.
of artillery and sappers and miners, and from the 24th; 64th,
and 75th regiments, under Captains Fraser, royal artillery, and,
Richardson, 75th regiment. There was no British ship of war
lying at the Rock, but the Lame was daily, expected from
Malta, on her way to England. On the same d'ay 'arrived
the brig Gilsland, from Leghorn, with oak timberlorPons-
mouth dock-yard.
On Monday the armed transport Dasher, Lieut. C:lVolrige,
arrived at Portsmouth from the Leeward' Islands; bringing se-
veral officers (passengers), about 30 army and navy.invalids,
and returned stores.. She left Barbadoes on the, 25th July;
when all the Islands were in tolerable good health ; but the
4th, sth, 9th, and 21st regiments, which _garrison them, were
anxiously expecting a speedy return to their native.eountry.
The ships stationed there were healthy, consisting of the Pyra-
mus, Capt. F. Newcombe, C.B. ; Surinam, • Cajit.-Crowle i
Icarus, Capt. Herbert ' • and Esk, Capt. Lee Warner. Com-
modore Sir-Robert blends passed Barbadoes on the 18th of
July, in the Iphigenia, for Jamaica and England. His ar.
rival may be daily expected. The officers who came home in
the Dasher are—Capt. 111‘lienzie, sth regiMent ; Capt. Knox,
Ist West India regiment ; Capt. Cameron, and Mr. Whitelaw,
royal artillery ; Deputy-Commissary ‘General Dance; Mr.
' Wilson, Medical Staff:
PLYMOUTH SEPT. s.—Sailed the Nimrod, 18, Captain
Rochfort, for the Leith station ; the Pandora, for Newfound-
land, will sail in a day or two.—Came in the Racehorse.—
The launching of the Lancaster, 60, round stern, . will take
place shortly.—Remain the Jupiter, for India ; Ariadne, for
the Cape, waiting orders.
COWES, SEPT. 7.—This week the passage-vessels Earl St.
Vincent, Perkins, of Southampton, and Ant, Summers, .of
Cowes, which have long been in the habit of waring navy
colours, had their pendants struck by the tide surveyor,.on en-
tering this harbour, and notice given them that a repetition of
the offence,would subject each to a penalty of 5001. under tha
2d sec. 3d Geo. IV. c. 110. ,