The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-22 00:00:00

11017 AL NAVY.

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Gen.iral the Earl of Chatham, N.G., with its Staff, Major-
General Carey, Colonel Wilson, Major Paulda,.and Capt. Hal-
ford, have arrived at Portsmouth to take their passage in the
Active frig-ate, Sir J. A. Gordon, for Gibraltar, of which garri-
son the Noble Earl has been some time'appointed Governor.—
The Active will sail the first favourable wind. Captain Santo,
Aid-dc-Camp General Don, will also go passenger.
On Wednesday the Liffey frigate, Capt. the Hon. H. Dun-.
can, C.B. was paid off in Portsmouth harbour. In the evening
the officers gave a superb entertainment .at the George Inn to
the Hon. Captain Duncan ; upwards of thirty sat down to
dinner.

On Thursday the Liffey frigate was recommissioned by
Lieutenant Tincombe; for Commodore,- parks Grant's broad
pendant, who is appointed to succeed ci e in: Admi ra I Sir Henry
Blackwood, in the command in the Eat.

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Commodore -Robert Mends is expected to sail for tbeCoast
of Africa in the•lphigenia frigate,,in the course of this week.
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Captain Joseph Nourse, C.B. is appointed to the command
at the Cape.of Good Hope 'and St. IleLila, with the rank of
Commodore. .
On Thursday the Btlsiskii; 'lO, Capt. W. Martin, sailed for
Barbatoes and Jamaica.L-The Driver, 18, Capt. Reid, came
into Portsmouth harbour on Thursday to he paid off —The
Active, Sir J. A. Gordon, went out of harbour on Friday.—
The Cameleon has v !'ecedcd on a cruise.—Remain at Spithead
the Iphigania, Act ;-PhactOlf; and Hind.
• Captain W. T.:ll,lOrgan, and Lieut. Thomas Johnson, are.
appointed to thp-Confiance, 16, at Deptford.
Major ButlefFletcher,,from Plymouth, embarked at Ports-
mouth on SaiAttlay morning with a detachment of the Royal
Marine's, on Tigard Ins Nfajesy's ship Liffey.
• The Andromache frigate, in Portsniouth harbour, is ordered
to be prepared immediately for commission.
The Grecian school-1-er was paid off on Friday.. •
The Tees, 26, C-y tain Thomas-Coe, is ordered to the East
India station, to relieve the Dauntless.- She will aairin about
ten days.

The° Winchester, 60, will be shortly launched at Woolwich.
—The Baracouta sloop is fitting there for foreign service.
The •Neweastle, 60, with Rear Admiral Griftiths.Colpoys,
from- Halifax, is daily- expected to return home.
The Bellette, of 13 guns, is ordered home from the Halifax
station, the period of service having expired.
- The Scout sloop of war, lately returned from the Mediter-
ranean, has been paid oil at Chatham ; and is to be recornmis,
sioned at that port. Capt. Theed is appointed to the command.
By means of an invention of Mr. W. Hookey, master ship-
wright's assistant at Woolwich dock-yard, a Man is enabled to
work under water, and the dangerous practice of heeling ships
is rendered unnecessary: The water-pipe and cock (a consider-
able distance, under water) of his Majesty's ship Leven, fitting
at Woolwich, was by this contrivance shifted on Wednesday.
On Thursday arrived at the Motherbank the American brig
Dr:,-ade, George Wilson, Master, from Petersburgh, in Vir-
ginia (United :States). It appearing on- examination by the
Superintendant of Quarantine, that one man had died during the
voyage, and that two others of the crew were then ill on board
. with fever, the medical gentleman who is always called on in
cases of this kind, visited alongside, and, as a precaution for
the safety of the public health, the vessel was placed under
guarantine. One of the sick men died on Friday.; the other is
fast recovering. " The French brig le Neptune, Capt. Blondier,
from Malaga, is also arrived at Portsmouth in distress.
The proposed abolition of the establishment at Deptford
•deek-yard, it is now said, will not take place, but that it wit
remain as a depot for naval stores.
The Anierican Navy, at the close of the last year, consisted
of seven ships of 74 guns, four of 44, three of 36; eighteen
from' to '2 guns, semen gun-boats; and on the Lakes of
4)f forty-two of all descriptions.-=The American Army
is n 6000 men, including Officers.—The French Navy
s- of 513 .sall of the line and 40 frigates.—(llampShire
Ograph.).,,
Ilia AIMESTY'S SNIP SPENCEIL —The Officers of this
ship, whose conduct has claimed the praise and good wishes of
all ranks, have advertised in the. Cerk newspapers, that they•are
about to be removed ofi' that station, and desire all persons who
have any demands on theirs. to send them in forthwith. This
is both proper and considerate. • •