The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-05 00:00:00

THE 11.0 YA L NAV Y'.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 3. —The continaance, of strong wes.,
terly gales during the week has prevented the outward-bound.
ships from even making an attempt to sail, until this morning,
when it shifted to the northward, and the Cambridge, 80, Capt.
T. J. Maling, instantly unmoored and made the preparatory
signal, and the Consuls and ViCe-Consul, and t'.teir families,
who are going out passengers to South America,- embarked
and, should the wind continue fair until day-light, to-morrol
morning, that ship will then proceed on the. voyage,;!aswill,
also, the Antelope, with 300 convicts for Berniuda ; the Kan-
garoo, Surveying-ship, for Jamaica; and about fifty sail of out-
ward-bound merchantmen, destined to all the principal part:;'
of the globe.

The Hussar, 46, Captain G. Harris, C.B. will sail for Bar,
badoes in a few days. The Camelion, Captain Burton, is held r'
in readiness to take dispatches to a foreign port.
The Thames, Captain Heaviside, went past last night, from
China, last from the Cape of Good Hope. 4
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We deeply regret to state the total loss of his Majesty's sloop
of war Arab, Capt. William Holmes, with all the officers and
crew, on the coast of Ireland. No particulars are known. Tht, , •
melancholy fact is stated in a letter, kindly written by Admiral .
Lord Colville to Captain Holmes's father, who resides at Port-
sea. Captain H., we understand, has left a widow and five
young children. The names of the officers 'who belonged
the Arab are—Lieutenants W. F. Sayer and T. Graham; Mr.
John Mahony, Master ; Mr. G. 31. Caldwell, Surgeon ; Mr.
R. Williams, Assistant-Surgeon. Her complement of men
was 110.

The Jasper, Captain Arbuthnot, arrived this morning from
the Sussex coast, having had a most providential escape dur-
int.; the late gale. Being employed under the orders of Ade
mural Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, she stood in towards
Brighton on the morning of the New Year, for the purpose of
sainting his Majesty on the anniversary of the day, when the
wind suddenly shifted from N.W. to W.S.W. and blew herd, ac-
companied with rain and heavy squalls. She, in consequence of
the badness of the weather, beat up towards the Park, to gain
an anchorage, and at sun-set anchored off' Bognor with her small
bower, and veered 220 fathoms of chain-cable, it then blowing a
heavy, gale. At ten o'clock, it freshened to a perfect hurricane,
and at eleven, in a violent, squall, she parted. The best
bower was immediately let go, and too cables (hemp) veered
when the brought up is four fathoms; in the morning the gale
moderated. In getting under weigh at day-light, to return to
Spithead, it was ascertained that the small bower anchor had
parted near the stock, and the best bower cable was stranded
in three places.
Remain at Spithead—Cambridge, Hussar, Jasper, Camelion,
Calliope. Antelope, Kangaroo.— In the harbour—Queen Char-
lotte, Albion, Jupiter, Phaeton, Tweed, Ranger, Menai, Tyne,
Pandora, Grasshoper, Arachne, Sparrowhawk, Arrow, Cyg,
net, Plover and Starling.
Capt. Adolphus Fitzelarence is appointed to the Brisk, in
the room of the late Capt. Edw. Stewart.
Ninety-nine Midshipmen were promoted to the rank of Lieu,
tenants, during the past year, including the Hon. B. J. C.
Talbot, of the Sparrowhawk. Forty-eight Lieutenants are
now employed in the Preventive Service, on the coasts of
Sussex and Kent alone. Lieut. W. 'Woodham is just ap-
pointed to that service ; Lieat. Virroot, to the Bulwark ; Rev.
John Arscolt, to be Chaplain of the Lively.—Lieut. Church is
appointed to the Astrea (for the packet service.)
The Jupiter GO, will be paid off on Monday, and re-com-
missioned by Capt. D. Dunn, for the flag of Rear Admiral
Willoughby Lake, C. B. for the North American command.
Lieuts. W. Carleton, X. J. Gardener, Wm. Pitt Canning,
Beanie Hamilton, W. W (b.), and C. E. W. Boyle, end
Mr. W. A. Davies, Purser, are appointed to her.
Payasowses, DEC. 31.—The Tribune, 42, Captain Guion
(which returned from Gibraltar on the 24th inst.) is again fits
ting out with every dispatch. The Revenge (Sir H. Neale)
passed the Gut of Gibraltar on the 18th inst. to relieve Sir G.
Moore. The Ganges and Superb left Gibraltar on the Ist inst.
with the 27th Regiment, for Barbadoes ; the ships afterwards
go to Jamaica. The Spanish Admiral Arias had left Gibraltar,
in the Geortie the Fourth steam-packet, for Cadiz, to take the
command or the Asia, 74, and three brigs of war, fitting, out
for Lima. TheMlasgow sailed on 'Wednesday last, with seal,
ed orders (supposed for Gibraltar), and the Victor, for the
coast of Africa.—Remain in the Sound, Tribune and Harriers
In Ilarnoaze, Britannia, Bulwark, Ocean, Genoa, Active,
Sttamruck, Hasty, and Reynard.