The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-05 00:00:00

nOYAL NAVY,

Or; Wednesday the Brazen, of 23 guns, cope. Win. Shep-
heard, returned to Portsmouth from St. Helena, with the brig
Hardy (in 56 days), in consequence of the dissolution of the
naval force hitherto stationed at that Island, by the death of
Buonaparte, and the restoration of the Island to the control of
the East India Company. Rear-Admiral Lambert was to
leave, in the Vigo, 74, Capt. T. Brown, on the 10th of Sept.,
for the Cape of Good Hope, to embark Commissioner Sir J.
BrentOn and the'other Officers of the Dock-yard Establishment
there, and bring them to England. The Storekeeper is to con-
tinue in charge of the. remaining Dock-yard stores, and an
Aisistant-Surgeon in charge of the Naval Hospital. Admiral
Lambert was to call at St. Helena and ASeension, on his passage
. home. The future services of the ships of the sqUadron had
been thus ordered :—Blossom, 23, Capt. Vernon, and Beaver,
18, Capt. Arch. M‘Lean, to reinforce the squadron on the
South American station, and they. accordingly sailed for Rio
Janeiro on the 4th of September ; the Menai, 28, Capt. F.
Moresby, C. 8., Heron, 18,.Capt. II anmer, and Cygnet, Capt.
T. Bennett, to continue at the Cape of Good Hope and the
Mauritius, it being intended that one frigate and two sloops
shall in future remain on those stations; the Vigo, Brazen,
Shearwater, and Hardy, to return to England. The Royal
Marines, commanded by Major John Campbell, which left
England in the Heron, had taken possession of the Island of
Ascension. The 20th Regiment is to proceed from St. Helena
to Madras ; :Major-General Coffin was left in command.L—Mr.
Brooke, Senior Member of Council, had taken up his resi-
dence at Plantation (late Sir Hudson Lowe's), and assumed
the rank of Govei nor of the Island. The Brazen left Ascen-
sion on the 19th of September, having gone thither with the
Heron, for the purpose of establishing the Marine force on the
Island. The Brazen is ordered to be refitted for Channel ser-
vice; the Hardy went into Portsmouth harbpur onFriday to
be paid off; 'this vessel was employed in conveying supplies
of live stock from the Cape of Good Hope to St. Helena.—The
following Gentlemen came passengers in the Brazen :—George
Kekewich, Esq., Judge of the Admiralty Court of the Cape
of Good llope • Lieut. G. Bromhead, 54th Regiment ; Messrs.
R. Lester, Parkinson, and J. F. Browne, Midshipmen of the
Vigo, invalided ; and Mr. J. Collyer, late Storekeeper's Clerk
at St. Helena. The Brazen spOke, in lat. 11 deg. 13. north,
long. 20 deg. 36. west ; the ship Claudine, bound to Port Jack-
son; with convicts—all well.

It is reported in the naval circles, that Sir James Saumarez,
the present Rear-Admiral of England, will succeed the late
Sir William Young, as Vice-Admiral. Several Officers have
been mentioned as likely to succeed Sir James Saumarez, but
no one is definitively named for that high appointment.
Captain J. W. Clifford, C. 13., has taken-the command of the
Euryalus; Lieutenants Hastings, 0. F. "'odium, Fitz-Clarence
and Henry Pandas, are appointed to. that ship. Lieuts. Howes,
Ray, Tait and Maynard, to the Andromache, fitting for the
broad-pendant of Commodore Nourse, C. 8., for the Cape of
Good Hope command. Lieut. Flowers Beckett is appointed to
the Ordinary at Sheerness ; Mr. Lamey to be purser of the
Severn ; Mr. J. Crockett to be surieon of the Baracoutte ;
Mr. "Aachen, master of the Dauntleis, to be colonial master at-
tendant at Trincomalee.

The Andromache was commissioned on Saturday, by Lieut.
Edward Hawes;_ Lieutenants Luke, H. Wray, Alexander
Tait, and .Joseph :Maynard, are appointed to her. Lieutenant
Thomas Saumarez is appointed to the Driver.
Captain Chambers is appointed Flag-Captain to Rear-Ad-
miral Sir John. P. Beresford, K.C.B. Commander-m-Chief at
Leith.

The situation of resident Naval Commissioner at the Cape of
Good Hope is to be abolished, and, in consequence, Sir J. Bren-
ton, who held that appointment; is ordered home.
Further reductions in all the dock-yards are, it is said, to take
place immediately, to the number of 200 men.from each place.
The Pioneer schooner is ordered to be paid off at Sheerness.
The Driver is to be fitted for service on the coast of Africa.
The Spey, of 11l guns, lately returned from the Medit,:rra-
nean, and paid off at Chatham, has been found unfit for further
'1 ' service.lie Ban sloop of war is to be commissioned instead of
the Spey, and Captain Phillips is appointed to the command.
The royal yacht, with the escorting squadron, under Sir
Charles Paget, has arrived in the I)owns, preparatory to pro-
ceeding to Calais, to embark his Majesty. The ships which
sailed 'from Portsmouth last week are—Royal George, (Coni-
,modore): Phaeton, Capt. W. A. Montagu ; Mersey, Captain
Edward Collier; Tees, Captain Coe; Hind, Sir Charles Bur_
rand ; Cameleon, Captain Mingay ; Starling and Canieleon
cutters ; and Emerald tender.

The royal marine corps having completed their complemen.
of men, with the exception of about I.so,..wanting for the Ply.
Tooth ,Di,dsiOn, an order has been issued, calling in all the re.
cruiting parties.

PLYJIOUTII, Nov. I.—Arrived the Spencer and ,Lee from
Cork ; the Spencer is gone up the harbour to be paid off. The
Sappho, Gannet, and Hornet were left at Cork—The Hark-,
(pun, 18, Capt. Parker, for Cork, and the Dotterel', 18, Capt.
Hendry for Halifax, sailed on Tuesday. The Carnation, 18,
Capt. \Valcott, will be ready in a few days to proceed to the
Jamaica station.—The Bustard, 10, Capt.- Martin, sailed on
Monday from Falmouth for Barbadcres.