The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-04 00:00:00

DEVONPORT.

Advanced Ships ready for the Pendant—The Royal
William, 120; St. George, 120; Royal Adelaide, 104;
Nile, 92; Calcutta, 84; Bombay, 84; Clarence, 84; Indus,
78; Foudroyant, 78; Wellesley, 72; Implacable, 72;
Dublin, 50; Portland, 50; Tweed, 20; Arachne, 18;
Linnet, 6.

In Ordinary—The Impregnable, 104 ; *Centurion,
80 ; *Lion, 80 ; *Hindostan, 78 ; Cambridge, 78; Kent,
78 ; Armada, 72 ; Agincourt, 72 ; Cornwallis, 72 ; In-
vincible, 72 ; America, 50 ; Lancaster, 50 ; Nemesis,
44 ; Stag, 44 ; Hotspur, 44 ; Hainadryad, 44 ; Cerbe-
rus, 42 ; Leda, 44 ; *Flory, 40 ; Sybille, 40 ; °Ame-
thyst, 26 ; *Creole, 26 ; Tyne. 26 ; Pilot, 16 ; Racer,
16 ; *Camilla, 16 ; *Atalanta, 16 ; Savage, 10.
Building—The Aboukir, 90 ; Exmouth, 90 ; St.
Jean d'Acre, 90 ; Sanspareil, 60 ; Indefatigable, 50 ;
Liffey, 50 ; Niobe, 26.
SHEERNESS.

Advanced Ships—The Waterloo, 120 ; London, 92 ;
Monarch, 84 ; Russell, 72 ; Achille, 76 ; Hawke, 72 ;
Cornwall, 50 ; Conquestador, 50 ; Havannah, 26 ; Rose,
18 ; Star, 10.
In Ordinary—The Royal George, 120 ; Wellington,
72 ; Ganges, 84 (commissioned as a sea-going ship with
full armament, on Saturday) ; Boscawen, 70 ; Revenge,
76 ; Worcester, 50 ; Chichester, 50 ; Curacoa, 24 ;
Leonidas, 42 ; Vestal, 26 ; Satellite, 18 ; Larne, 18 ;
and two cutters.

CHATHA3I.

In Ordinary—The Goliath, 80; Cumberland, 70;
Defence, 72, Black }..)rince, 72; Southampton, 50; Glou-
cester, 50 ; Devor 'aire, 50; Warspite, 50; Isis, 44;
Africaine, 44; Unit, rn, 42; Venus, 42; Mermaid, 42;
Mercury, 42; Boadicea, 42; Latona, 42; Active, 40;
Castor, 36; Samarang, 26; Iris, 26; Aigle, 24; Pearl,
20; Daphne, 18; Terpsichore, 18; Wolverine, 16; Elk,
10; Heron, 10; Waterwitch, 8.
Building—The Cressy, 80; Irresistible, 80; Mars,
80; Majestic, 80; Severn, 50; Chesapeake, 50; Co-
quette, 20; Despatch, 16.
PEMBROKE.

Building—Victoria, 110 ; Windsor Castle, 110;
Brunswick, 80; Colossus, 80; Sutlej, 50.

WooLwicu.

Building—Royal Albert, 130 ; Nankin, 50; Basilisk
steamer.

DEPTFORD.
Building—Hannibal, 90 ; Phaeton, 50 ; Leopard,
steam frigate of 560-horse power.

STEAMERS IN ORDINARY.
At Portsmouth ... 3,659-horse power.
At Sheerness ... 885
At Chatham ... ... 1,189
At Woolwich .. 4,18')
At Deptford ... ... 1,810

Total ... ... 11,705
ready, preparing, and in order for commission.
The following list contlins the total number of officers
on the navy list of January, in each of the years men-
tioned, from 1816 to 1848:-1816, 10,487; 1831, 8,885;
1837, 7,921; 1843, 8,111; 1847, 7,926; 1848, 7,882.
There are at present four descriptions of officers on
the list more than there were in 1816, namely, naval
instructors, mates, s:cond masters, and clerks ; these
amount to 518 persona, which added to 2,605 officers
less in 1848 than in 1846, will in reality make a dimi-
nution of 3,123 persons receiving half-pay.
Altogether the navy is in a most admirable working
condition ; the steam-works added to the dockyards
are in a most forward st.te—those at Portsmouth will
be ready for working in the spring, and those of De-
vonport are very rapidly progressing. The ports are
all being well fortified, and their approaches guarded by
batteries and similar new works ; and we trust we shall
see on the re-opening of Parliament a measure proposed
and adopted fur increasing by favourable means the
number of seamen for the fleet, in the event of their
services being suddenly required.
Those mark( d (*) are new ships.