The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-22 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY.

PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY, NOV. 20.--s The Diamond,
Lord Napier. arrived at St. Mitt's, froth Portsmouth, 27th
Sept., and nailed for Vera Cruz.—The Hussar and Surinam
arrived at Sacrificious (Gulph of Mexico). 4th Oct —The Bel:
lette, Eden, and Scout, ,arrived at Trinidad 2d October, from
the Leewards, during the hurricane months.—The Rattle-
snake and Primrose arrived at Chagres ; the Bustard, at
Cathagena ; and the Helicon, at Nassau, on the 29th Szptein-
ber ; the Ringdove. at La Ouayra, 4th ctober; the Tees sail-
ed 'from Sydney (New South Wales) for Maeillae7th July.
The Athol, 20, Captain James Arthur Murray. which has
been fitted for foreign service, is intended to join the squadron
on the South American Station. She will sail shortly via the
coast of Africa.
His Majesty's discovery ship Griper, Capt. F.. Lyon, is
o
landing her stores, &c. preparatory to being paid fr,
and sold
'out of the service.
Captain Patrick Campbell, C.B. has taken the command of
the Ganges, 04, guartLship at this port. •
His Majesty's yacht the. Herald, Captain Henry J. Leeke,
will go out of the harbohr to-morrow, having been completely
fitted and suitably stored for the reception and conveyance of
the Lords Bishops of Jamaica and Barbadoes, their clerical
establishments and suite, to their respective islands of destina-
tion.
The new fore-mast, 'on Sir Robert Sepping's plan, sent out
in pieces in the Blanche frigate to South America, for the
Spartiate, of 74 guns, was put together, and ready to go into
! that ship when the last packet sailed. The excellency of this
new mode of forming and combining masts, is not only h its
simplicity and cheapness, but in the ease with which it can be
sent to the most distant parts. Mr. nice, one of the students of
naval architecture, who was sent out to superintend the putting
the mast together, is to go on a cruise in the Spartiate, to ob-
serve how it stands in blowing weather. The Spartiate had
been detained four months at Rio by being fitted out at Chatham
with 'a mainmast so rotten that she could not hoist her launch
in by it. ,
The shipwrights will have finished the refitting of the Cham-
pion, and the alterations of the Ofestes and Pylades, by Men-
day night ; and it is expected these sloops will sail again at the
latter end of the week, to complete the experiment, and sneer-
tain 'which is the best vessel, as a model from which to build
sloops of war in future. The Pylades is taken out of dock,
the Pandora taken in, to be recoppered and undergo the ahera.
lion from a brig to a ship. and

Mauritius, viEaA.llB oTrieaNuDaLAASletittrPasNbtlee. received from
the Mauritius, dated Aug. 14, bringing account of the arrival
of the Alulµrave Castle, . Ralph, from London ; and the Oil-
morelLawes, from Bengal, having 800 chests of indigo on board
on the 13th August and, the Ganges, Tucker, from -Bengal, on
the oth August.
The Barossa, Hutchinson, was daily expected at the Malri.
this. front Bengal.
The Lang, Lusk, would proceed from New South Wales to
the Mauritius.
ship spoke teith.—The Morley, Holliday, from London,
bound to Iliadras and Bengal; was spoke with on the 27th of
September, in lat. 2. 10. S. long. 23. W.

The fine organ now in the beautiful church of
Chelsea is considered as the grandest in the metropolis. It is
considerably larger than those of St. Paul's and Westminster
Abbey. It was built by Nicnou.s, who received an unli-
mited order from a gentleman of fortune, and he bestowed every
attention to make it complete. ' When he had nearly finished it,
he waited on this person to ask for some money, who, finding it
would cost so high a sum, threw it upon the hands of Nicholls,
the consequence was he became a bankrupt and soon after died.
The organ was purchased of theusignees by Messrs. Gray, by
whom it was sold to the Trustees of Chelsea Church. This is
`a curious anecdote.