The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-24 00:00:00

THE NAVY,

(From a Carrespondent of the Times.)
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The following statement will
tend to remove the misconception
.which appears to exist
both at home and abroad as to the extent and object of the
armament fitting out at this and other ports, and will show
that, even including the vessels destined for China, there has
been no increase whatever of the navy ; but, excluding the
equipment for China, which is for a special and isolated ob-
ject, having no reference whatever to European questions,
there has been a very considerable reduction, especially in
the Mediterrrnean.

During the last four or five months the undermentioned
vessels, including the Powerful, 84, which is now on its pas-
sage home to be paid off, have been paid out of commission :
Britannia, 120 ; Bellerophon, 84; Belleisle, 72 ; Samarang,
28 ; Crocodile, 26 ; Tyne, 28; Scorpion, 10; Princess Char-
lotte, 104 ; Edinburgh, 72 ; Seringapatam, 42; Dido, 29 ;
Hazard, 18 ; Ringdove, 16 ; Melville, 72 ; Powerful, 84 ;
Castor, 36 ; Carysfort, 26 ; Orestes, 18 ; Forrester, 16 ; and
Spider, 6 ; being altogether seven line-of-battle ships, seven
frigates, and six sloops, carrying 892 guns.
The vessels which have been commissioned during the
same period are _ _

Queen, 110; Illustrious, 72; Madagascar, 38; Spartan,
26 ; Thalia, 44 ; Dido, 20 ; Pantaloon, 10 ; Harlequin, 56 ;
Malabar, 72 ; Warspite, 50 ; Alfred, 50 ; Isis, 44 ; Volage,
26; Syren, 16; Serpent, 16; Belvidera' 36; Formidable:
84; Vindictive, 50; Cambrian, 36; North Star, 28; L'Aigle,
24 ; Hazard, 18 ; Heroine, 10 ; being four ships-of-the-line,
12 frigates and 7 sloops, altogether 896 guns.
Of the vessels paid off the following are from the Medi-
terranean :—Britannia, 120; Edinburgh, 72 ; Carysfort, 26 ;
Hazard, 18; Princess Charlotte, 104; Powerful, 84; Tyne,
28 ; Scorpion, 10; Bellerophon, 84 ; Castor, 36 ; Dido, 20.
Total, five sail of the line, four frigates, and two sloops,
mounting altogether 594 guns. In addition to the foregoing,
three more line-of-battle ships have been ordered home :
ths Ganges. 84 ; Hastings, 74 ; and Implacable, 74.
Of the ships which have been commissioned the following
only are ordered to the Mediterranean, being two line-of-
battle ships and two frigates —The Queen 110, with the
flag of Sir E. Owen ; Malabar, 72 ; Belvidera, 36 ; and
L'Aigle, 26.

The squadron for China are the Cambrian, 36 ; North
Star, 28; Dido, 20; Hazard, 18; Warspite, 50; Syren. 16;
Harlequin, 16 ; Andromache, 28, which the Madagascar,
44, has gone to relieve at the Cape of Good Hope ; together
with the Belleisle, Apollo, and Sapphire troop ships, and the
Minden, hospital ship.
Of the other ships commissioned, the Illustrious, 72, has
gone to the North American and West Indian station. The
Spartan, 26, is for the same destination ; Alfred, 50, is for
South America ; Pantaloon, 10, coast of Africa ; Heroine,
10, for the same ; Serpent, 16, West Indies.

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The destination of the Formidable, 84 ; Thalia, 44 ; Isis,
44 ; Vindictive, 50 ; and Volage, 26, is at present not known.
It is supposed that some of them are for China.