The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-01 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY, &c.

PORTS MOVTII, AUG. 30. The Naiad, Hon. Capt. Spencers
and Camel ion, Capt. Burton, hare sailed on cruiseS; the Seringa-
patam, Captain S. 'Warren, C. 8., on a temporary service to
Falmouth. The Swipger, Lieutenant Scott, sailed on Sunday
last, for the coast of Africa. Remain in the harbour (there are
no ships at Spithead), Queen Charlotte,. Ganges, Albion, °last-
gow, Victor, and Alacrity.

The following is an extract from a letter frem an Officer
at Barhadoes, dated the 17th of July :—Tha I,:sk, 20, Capt.
A. L. Warner, will sail for Jamaica and England, previous
to the hurricane season ; the Forte, Sir Thos. Cochrane; Valo-
rous, Captain James Murray; Bellette, Captain Leith; Stt-
rinam, Captain Crole ; Helicon, Captain Dawkins ; and Ring-
dove, Captain Rich, to the guiph of Patio. These ships are
all healthy at present. Mr. T. A. Wallis, Purser of the Forte,
has been invalided, and is succeeded by 11r. Burgess, of the
Valorous, the Admiralty Clerk of which ship is appointed
her Purser, pro tempore.
The squadron on the Jamaica station was all Well on the 21st
of Jnly, at which time the Hyperion, Captain Lillicrap, was
preparing to cruise for three months off the coast of Cuba.'
The Ranger, 28, Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. ar-
rived at Newfoundland on the 19th of July; the Briton, at
Rio Janeiro, 211th June, from England.
It is understood that by a new regulation the Masters of
ships of war are in future to have the charge of the Warrant
Officers' stores; with an increase to their pay, for such addi-
tional responsibility.
Lieutenant it. M. Teed and Mr. John Beal, Purser, are ap,
pointed to the Victor.—Mr. Thomas Laylon, of the Phaeton,
and Mr. B. G. Currie, of the Naiad, are promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant, and the former appointed to the Icarus, vice
Puget, invalided.
The Ordnance and Barrack Departments are consolidated
from the present day.
The weather being moderate, and the wind appearing in,
elinable to become fair. the following ships have proceeded on
their respective voyages, viz. :—The Jame% Sibbald, Forbes,
fiir flornbay,—hope, Flint ; Lady Kertnaway, Suriliti, for Ma-
dras and Bengal,—Borodino transport, Lieut. Andrews, agent,
with detachments for the Cape of Good Hope ; Asia, 14indsay,
and Guildford, Johnson, with convicts fur Nov South Wales,
the latter taking Chiefl.ltistice Forbes and family for that
c Tony ; the Kent and Eliza and Ann, for the South Seau
—The Orpheus, Chrystal, for Smyrna and Constantinoph, ;
Perce Oscar, Bartz, for Cadiz; and Fruadwlg, Sitndahl, for
Malaa, remain.
The Royal George 'steam packet,- Captain Felix O'Neill,
will sail on Tuesday next for Guernsey, Vigo, Corttnne„ L{4.
ton, Cadiz,and Gibraltar, taking a Government Mail and-pay-
reers. vlt is expected she will reach Corunna in three days.
General Sir John Doyle goes passenger in her to Guernsey.._..
'We are informed that four other steam vessels are expected
here, to run the passage between this port and the ports of
Spain and Portugal . .
Pr.vstotiril.--Sailed the Active, 411, Capt. A. King, with
sealed orders, supposed to be for Lisbon and. Cadiz ; Pelorus,
111, Captain Ilainlyn, for Cork; Lyra, with a Messenger, for
Gibraltar ; and the Falcon yacht, fur the Isle of Wight.—lt is
said that the Sir Francis Drake Steam-vessel will commence
sailing between this Pori and Portsmouth on Tuesday se'nnight.
Reiman waiting. for orders—Thetis, fbr the Mediterranean,
Columbine, for the East Indies, Parthian for Gibraltar.