The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-18 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY, &c.

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War, Champion, 111, Capt.. Fitz-Studert, Pylades, 18, Capt.
Fsniped on an experimental Cruise, under eth orders of Captain
Provo William Wallis, of .Parry
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Majesty's ship Niemen
which ship, with the Algerine, 10, llonourab 1 MontagueI
Stopfbrd, and thbrig,Lieutenant Calliope
Philip Justice, •
accompanied him.—The Algerine will afterwards proceed on
to the Mediterranean station. Capt. Geo. Wyadli; Coin.
Manders—E. d'urcell, .1. Harrison, and G. C. Blake,'i
and the Right Hon. Lord Yarborough (Commodore of R.N..the
!loyal Yacht Squadron), are gone out in these ships, for thel
purpose of making observations on their respective qualities,
and reporting tic same to the Lords of the Admiralty.
Captain Hayes (the Naval Architect) is gone in the Cham.
pion .which .ship is built according to his new scientific prin.
ciple!t. Each of 'the three ships has also on board one of the
superior class of shipwright apprentices, from the &hoot of
Naval Areliticture, for the purpose -of making observations
on their working. The ships will be absent a month, if
necessary, Its they must he tried on all points of sailing, and, ,
if possible, under every circumstance of weather. Admi. 1
ral the Honourable Sir Charles Paget sailed with the aqua.,
drun in his fine fast-sailing yacht, the Emerald, intending
to observe their movements in proceeding (lowa Channel.—
The Russian Government store-ship .Helena, Captain Ches.
teroff', sailed this morning with stores for Kamschatka and the
-Russian Settlements on the West Coustof North America; as
did the Potten, Iligton, for Sierra Leone.—llis Majesty's
yacht Herald,. Captain • Henry J. Lecke, is ordered to be com-
pleted to a sloop of war's compliment of the first class, as a
permanent establishment ; she will sail in about a fortnight for
the West Indies, taking out the Rev. Dr. Lipscomb, Bishop
of Jamaica, and the 11ev. Dr. Coleridge, Bishop of 13arbadoes,
with several other Clergymen attached to their respective
Sees. The Bishop of Barbadotas will embark at Plymouth.-
-The Ittvenge and Naiad arrived at Malta, August 13, from
Algiers. 4. the Bind, from Gibraltar.; the Nimble, from Nice.
The Revenge sailed August 19, for Naples ; the Sybille, for
Corfu ; the Cyrene, for Bona, Tunis, and Smyrna. The Cam-
bridge and Fly sailed from Valparaiso 27th Alay, for Callao;
the Briton was left at Monte Video 26 August.—Commanders
A. D. Y. Arbuthnott, and IL H. Barclay, the seniors of their
rank who were employed at Algiers, are promoted to the rank
of Captain.—Lieutenant Andrew Drew, first of the Thetis, is
promoted to the rank of Commander ; and Mr. Arthur Hood
RoWsell, Mate, to the rank of Lieutenant, for their services iii
defence of Capc.Coast Castle.—Mr. Thomas Cobbe, late of the
Terror bomb, and Mr. Davis, of the Bulwark, are promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant.
DEvrif4l'oitT, OcT. 14.—The Forte, 46, was paid ow on
Tuesday, and re-commissioned for service. Sailed the Brisk,
10, Captain C. Hope, with specie, for Dublin ; and the Egeria
and Sir Francis Drake, fur Chatham, to be paid off. Came
into harbour. the Lively, 46, to refit, and Thisbe, 46, 1.1 e etc y
launched at Milford, The Euryalus, on her return to E ng.
land, is to be paid off here. i l'ent out of harbour, the Valor-
ous, 26, Capt. Earl of liuntingdun, fitted for foreign service—
it is supposed South America. Remain—Britannia, Genoa,
Forte, Lively, Valorous, Parthian, Gannet, Scylla, Chanticleer,
Redwing, and Vigilant.
Ships at Spithead.—Niemen, Champion, Orestes, Pylades,
Algerine, and Calliope.
In Harbour.---Victory, Albion, Wellt,sley, Bulwark, Royal
George, Thetis, Athol', Herald, Quail, and Scorpion.