The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-18 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

The Asia, Agar, from Singapore, has arrived at Cowes.
Sailed from thence the 29th of May, Anjeer 21s: of June,
and St. Helena, 28th of August.
ARRIVALS AT SING A PORE. —The Austen, Ricketts,
from Bengal, on the 4th of April ; the Bombay Castle,
Wemyss, from Bombay, on the 14th; the Diadem, Walker,
from Batavia, on the 26th ; the Mercury, Bell, from
China, on the 30th; the Marquis of Hastings, Ingram,
from Batavia, on the 2d of May ; the Good Succes.,
Durant, from Bombay, on the 2d ; the Bee, Warden, from
London, on the 3d ; the Staffa, Inglis, from Greenock,
and the William Glen Anderson, Fairthorp, from Van
Diemen's Land, on the 11th ; the Mersey, Sharp, from
Batavia, and ti e Hotnanjee Bomanjee, Gordon, from
Bombay, on the 14th ; the Gleneig, Langley, and the
Charlotte, Melville, from Bombay, on the 18.11 ; the
Carron, Wilson, from Bombay, on the 20th ; the Cecelia,
Roy, from Bombay, on the 21st ; the Red Rover, Clifton,
from Bengal, and the Johanna, Cathro, from Ceylon, on
the 22d.

DEPARTURES FROM SINGAPORE. The Austen,
Ricketts, for China, and the Royal Charlotte, Dudman,
for China and Manilla, on the 14th of April: the Spartan,
Lurrsden, for Batavia, on the 24th ; the Isabella Robert--
son, Hudson, for China, on the 27th ; the Mercury, Bell,
for Bengal, on the 2d of May; the Elizabeth, Stephens,
for Bengal, on the 10th; the Fort William, Neish, and
the Competitor, Thompson, fur China, on the 13th ; the
Lord Lynedoch, Luscombe, for London, on the 14th ; the
Homanjee Bomanjee, Gordon, for China, on the 18th ;
the Charlotte, Melville, and the Gleneig, Langley, for
China, on the 19th ; the Byron, Scott, for New South
Wales, on the 20th.
The Mersey, Sharp, was loading for London.

ARRIVALS AT HOBART-TOWN, -VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.
—Henry, Bunny, from London, on the Ist of May ;
Medway, Wight, from London, on the 2d of May ; Nimble,
Broad, from the Mauritius, on the 3d.
DEPARTURE FROM HOBA RT-TOWN. —The Science,
Saunders, for London, en the 1 2th of May.

ARRIVALS AT LAUNCESTON.—The Thistle, Young,
from New South Wales, on the 18th of April ; the
Pyramus, Wilson, from New South Wales, on the 23d.

ARRIVALS AT ANJEER.—The Enchantress and the
Gilmore, from New South Wales, on the 20th of June ;
the Elisabeth, Phillips, from Singapore, on the 17th of
June.

The Hon. Company's sloop of war Coote, Pepper,
passed by from the Cape and London, June.
ARRIVAL AT ST. HELENA,—The Sherborne, Burton,
from Bengal, on the 28th of August.
ARRIVAL AT CALCUTTA.—The Buffon, Passement,
from Bordeaux and Madras, on the 23d of May.
DEPARTURES V ROM CA LC UTTA. --His Majesty's ship
Challenger, Freemantle, for Madras and Trincomalee, on
the 17th of May; 'the Robarts, Wake, fur the Mauritius,
on the 20th.

THE NAVY.

(From the Portsmouth Herald.)

H wing published in a previous Paper (of the 31.)th of
September ult.) a brief account of the alierations and in-
crease in the dimen•ions of our first rates for the last cen-
tury and a half, we shall now give some other particulars,
which we trust will prove generally interesting, in rela-
tion to the same class of ships, as at present existing.

120-GUN SHIP.

The total weight of a ship of this force may be thus es-
imated, in tons :

Hors..—Weight of timber, 2,1971. Iron, 136. Cop-
per-bolts, 474. 4,738 sheets of copper, 18. Metal nails,
pintles and braces; and lead, 141. Oakum, 16. 50 bar-
rels of pitch, 51. 109 barrels of tar, 111. Whiting and
white lead, 91. 4.00 gallons of linseed oil, I+. Three
coats of paint, 91. Total weight of the materials used in
the construction of the hull, 2,4464.
STOWAGE, &c.—Weight of iron ballast and tanks, 373.
Water, 4104. Provisions, spirits, and slops, 296+. Coals
and wood, 100. Men and their effects, 1021. Total
weight of men and stowage, &c. 1,282+.
MASTS, &c.—Weight of bowsprit, 11+. Foremast 16.
Mainmast, 20. Mizenmast, s+. Topmasts, top-gallant-
masts, yards, caps, &c., 37. Spare topmasts, booms,
&e. 161. Total weight of masts, &c. 1061.
RIGGING,—Weight of fitted rigging, 291. Running
rigging, 18. Blocks, 121. Total weight of rigging,
&c. 591.
Satts.-12,517 yards of canvas, 7. Spare set, 7,582
yards of ditto, 44. Total weight of canvas, 11+.

CA Bt. ES. —Fije hempen bowers and one hempen
stream, 321. Three iron bowers and one iron stream,
376. Total weight of cables, 69i.
GuNs, &c.—Guns, carronades, &c. 330. Gunpow-
der, 336. Shot of every kind, 1251. Total weight of
guns, &c. 4334.
SUNDRIES.—Anchors, four bower and one kedge, 21.
Boats and their gear, 10. Boatswains' and carpenters'
stores, 54. Gunners' stores, 39k. Total weighl of sun-
dries, 124.
SUM OF THE FOREGOING. •-••TOtal weight received on
board, 2,142, to which add the weight of the ship's hull,
viz., 2,4664, and it will be seen that the total weight of
the ship, when complete for foreign service, is 4,609 tons,
15 cwt.

ExrnNsE.--Labonr, at the rate of 61. per ton, 15,6431.
Materials, at the rate of 301. per ton, 77,878. Total cost
of ship's hull, for labour and materials, 93,5211. Masts and
yards, 3 8791. Rigging and blocks, 2,9941. Total cost of
masts, rigging, &c. 6,8731. Furniture and sea stores,
16,8051. Total expense of hull, masts, yards, rigging,
and equipment, 117,1991. The above is calculated at the
war prices of labour and materials. A deduction of nearly
20 per cent. from that amount will show the expense at
the peace rate of prices.

TIMBER AND TIME.—A ship of this class will require
5,880 loads of timber. One man can work up 294- loads
in a twelvemonth. It would consequently esquire 200
men to build the ship in that period.
CREW AND Gutis.—A 120-gun ship will require a
crew from 800 to 900 men. She will carry on her gun-
deck thirty 32 .pounder guns, and two 68-pounder car-
ronades. Ou her middle deck, thirty-four 32-pounder
guns. On her upper deck, thirty-four 32-pounder guns.
On her quarter deck, two 18-pounder guns, and fourteen
32 pounder carronades. On her forecastle, two 18-
pounder guns and two 32 -pounder carronades.
MASTS.—Her bowsprit will he 75 feet in length. Fore-
mast—lower mast, 110 feet ; top-mast, 63 feet; top gal-
lant-mast, 31 feet. Main-mast—lower mast, 120 feet;
top-mast, 69 feet; top-gallant-mast, 344 feet. Mizen-
mast—lower mast, 82 feet; top-mast, 49i feet; top-gal-
lant mast, 25 feet.