The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-12 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY, &c.

Rear-Admiral Lord Colville arrive on Saturday morning at
Portsmouth, nod hoisted his flag in the Semiramis, Capt.
Iluskissor:, as Commander-in-Chief on the Irish station. Ilisw
Lordship will sail, to assume his command, about Thursday
next. The Phaeton will accompany the Semiramis to Cork.
The Phaeton, Hind, and Cameleon remain at Spithead, Ibr
home service ; the Tees will sail in a few days for the Lost
India station ; the Mersey will come into Portsmouth harbour,
to be paid off. The Iphigenia waits for orders to proceed to the
coast of Africa ; the Brazen is refitting at Spithead, for Chan-
nel service. The Wye, Capt. P. Fisher, arrived at Portsmouth'
on Wednesday from Chatham, with 160 volunteer seamen for
the ships fitting out at Portsmouth. The Rosario, .Captain
Maryatt, arrived on Wednesday from a cruize. The Wye
sailed again on Saturday for the Downs.
Sic Mates and Midshipmen passed their examinations for
Lieutenants, on board the Queen Charlotte, on Wednesday Last.
The ship Alexander, Captain Surflen, lately arrived at Ports-
mouth, in seventy-two days from the Mauritius, kit
fiat island on the 27th August, and St. Helena 26th September,
bound to Hamieurgh. The Illenai, Capt. F. Moresby, C.B ,
stationed at the Mauritius, was on a cruise to the Schelles aid
adagascar. Shearwater, Captain Roberts, had sailed for
the Cape. The Sir Stephen Lushington was at St. Helena,
and expected to proceed on her voyage on the 2dth of Septem-
ber. The Elizabeth, with his Majesty's 73d regiment on
board, left St. Helena with the Alexander. Admiral Lambert
had left the Island in the Vigo, 74, for the Cape of Good Hope
and England. On the fith of October spoke •tne ship Albion,
of Liverpool, bound to Madras and Calcutta, in lat. 2. 4. North
long. 20. 13. West—all well ; and on the 27th, the shin S,eso,o.
tris, from St. Blaze, in the Gulf of California, bound, fo'Co-
rtinna, in lat. 39. 13. N. long. 19. 27. W. This 'ship reported
that the whole of the coast wits in possession of the Spapish
Patriots, with the exception of Lithe.' which Lord Coeliraee
was blockading with his squadron, and she was obliged' to leave
St. Blaze in ballast, in consequence. On the 23th Anote,t
spoke the Amelia 'Wilson whaler, Underwood, in let. G.
long. 44. 23. E. all well, and nearly full. Ships at St. Helene ;
Egired, Brown, supposed will be condemned; Ci‘nteizion,
Maud, with the I..:gfred's cargo on board, expected to saillor
England in a few uays.—The Alexander was detained at
head by strong south-east winds until Saturday morning, when
she sailed for lfamburgh.
PLY .roe Tat, Nov.B.—The Spencer, Capt. S. Rowley, is dis-
mantling, previous to being paid off; if found fit, she will be
recommissioned by Sir T. Lavin, as one of the guard-ships at
this port. The Lee, Capt. Blacker, is conic up the harbour to
be paid off. The Cheerful cutter arrived yesterday frorn the
Isle of Man to be paid off. The Ariadne, 26, is ordered into
Dock to be commissioned.

NAVAL A Prot mr.NTs.—Sir Thomas Lavie, late Gover-
nor of the Royal Naval Asylum at Greenwich, is appointed
Captain of the Superb, of 73 guns, at Plymouth.
Lieut. Liddon, who served as second in command under the
intrepid Capt. Parry, in his voyage through Lancaster Sound
to Aelville island, is promoted to the rank of Commander.
Lieut. Joseph Williams is appointed to the PreventiVe Service
in Ireland ; Mr. Goble to be Purser of the Andromache ;
W. Bell to be Purser of the Redwing ; Mr. Loney to be Purser,
Mr. J. Cochrane to be Surgeon, and .Ir. James Gorthy to be
Assistant-Surgeon of the Driver ; Mr. Thomas Kerigon to be
Purser of the Tees, as a professional remuneration fur the in-
dustry and labour displayed in his Treatise on the Sidereal and
Planetary Parts of Nautical Astronomy.