DISTRIBUTION OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN COMMISSION.

WITH THE NAMES OF THEM CAPTAINS AND STATIONS DUltING TUE LAST YEAR, BROUGHT UP TO JANUARY 1829.* [From the United Service Journal, No. H.] Ship. Guns. Captain. Where Stationed, or Employed. Acorn ...... 18 E. Gordon... •..... Halifax. Supposed to have foundered at sea

in a gale between Bermuda and Halifax, in April.

Adventure .. 6 P. P. King South America. Surveying Coast of Pata.

pule.

I Mediterranean, orea, Malta. JEtna ...... BombT. E. Hoste ... M S. Lushington 1

Alacrity .... 10 J. Nias Mediterranean, Archipelago.

Albion 74 J.A. Ommaney, C.B. Mediterranean, Portsmouth, paid off in Feb. Alert 18 S. Burgess South America, Pacific. Alligator .... 28 W. P. Canning 1 Lisbon, Madeira, Portsmouth. Paid off C. P. Yorke ... ) and recommissioned. Arachne .... 18 (1. W. C. Courtenay West Indies, Bermuda. H. Smith

Ariadne .. . 26 L. Davies, C.B. .I. Mediterranean ; Home, May.

F. Marryat, C.B I Plymouth. Asia ... ..... 84 E. Curzon, C.11 Mediterranean. Flag of Vice-Adm. Sbr E.

\V. J. H. Johnstone Codrington, G.C.11. Flag of Vice-Adm. Sir P. Malcolm, K.C.B.

Asthma 2 W. King Falmouth. Aurora 46 C. J. Austen West Indies, Portsmouth. Paid off Ply- mouth, Dec. Badger...... 10 C. Crowdy... . Irish Station,Lishon,Tercera,and Plymouth Barham .... 50 Sir J. Louis, Bart. West Indies. Flag of Vice-Adm. Hon. C.E' Fleemiog. Beagle ...... 10 P. Stokes ..... 1 South America, with Adventure. Sur-

WBeaver 10 J. 0. Brien West Indies, Portsmouth. Paid off in Feb.

1 veying. . G. Skyring Blonde...... 46 E. Lyons .. Mediterranean, Alexandria, Morea. Blossom .... 24 F. W. Beechey Pacific, Portsmouth, Chatham. Paid off Oct. Brisk........ 10 T. Smith — — ... Mediterranean.

Plymouth. Flag of Adm. Rt. Hon. Win..

/ Britannia.... 120 E. Hawker ...... Earl of Northesk. Experimental cruise,. Plymouth. Britornart .. 10 R. H. Manners . — — Oporto, Lisbon.

Briton 46 Ilon. W. Gordon.... Portsmouth, South America, Ports in.

Bustard 10 G. S. Smith West Indies, Portsmouth. Paid off in Sept.. Cadmus .... 10 SirT.R.T.Thompson South America. Cambrian.... 48 G.W. Hamilton,C.B. Mediterranean. Wrecked on Grabusa, in Jan..

Camelion.... 10 C. Wyvill ' 1 Mediterranean, Archipelago.

Sir T. Pasley 1

Challenger .. 28 A. Fitzclarenee...... Halifax, Quebec, for Earl Dalhousie; Leith.. C. H. Freemantle Australia.

Champion — 18 G. Delme East Indies, Portsmouth. Paid off in Nov. Chanticleer.. 10 H. Foster . .. Scientific Voyage in Atlantic. Childers .... 18 W. Morier ... East Coast of England. Clinker., .... 12 Lt. G. W. Matson .:CoaSt of Africa.

18 R. Deans .... Coast of Ireland. Columbine .. 18 J. Townsend ...... Halifax, Bermuda. Comet ...... 18 A. A. Sandilands .... Plymouth. Conflict .... 12 Lt. A. Wakefield—. Coast of Africa. Paid off at Plymut41, nb. Contest .... 12 Lt. E. Plaggenborg.. Supposed to be lost with the Acesu.

Cordelia .... 10 G. W. St. J. Mildmay k Oporto, Portsmouth. C. E. W. Bogle . .1 Newfoundland.

Crocodile ... 28 J. W. Montagu .... Chatham, Portsmouth, East lailies. Cruiser...... IS J. E. G. Colpoys .... Chatham.

Cyrene 20 A. Campbell........ East Indies. sow out of Navy. Dartmouth 42 T. Feliowes, C.B.... Mediterranean, Candia, Malta. Dispatch 18 R. W. Parsons...... 1 Coast of Ireland.

W. B. Bowyer .... .. 1 Plymouth.

Doris 42 SirJ.G. Sinclair, Bt. South America.

Druid 46 S. Chambers. — ... ..1 West Indies.

J. Campbell ........ Jamaica. W. Sandour ........ Bermuda.

Dryad 42 Hon. G. A. Crofton .. Mediterranean, Archipelago, Malta.

Eden . 26 \V. F. W. Owen .... Coast of Africa, Fernando Po.

Erebus BonthG. Hay .... ..... • } Plymouth, Mediterranean, Archipelago, P. Broke . ......... ) - Esk ...... 20 W. J. Perches Coast of Africa. Paid off at Chatham, May.. Espiegle .... 18 W. Sandour ...... I •• West Indies, Nassau. J.O. Brien .. 1 Espoir ...... 10 H. F. Greville Cape of Good Hope. Fairy

10 J. 0. Brien ........ 1 West Indies, Barbadoes, Jamaica.

. F. Blair I Bermuda, Carthagena. Falcon...... 10 J. Pole Lisbon, Cape of Good Hope. Ferret . .. .. 10 H. Smith C. Drinkwater (West Indies, Bermuda. J. Hamilton Lt. C. Death Portsmouth. Paid off in Oct. T. Hastings Recommissioned. Fly 18 F. Fennel .......... East Indies. Sold in May.

Forte 44 J. Coghlan ........ South America, Pacific. Galatea 42 Sir C. Sullivan, Bt... 1 Liroon,mRoiuotJhaneiro, with Lord Fgtangfezd;

I South America. Flag of item-Adm.. 31.r

Ganges 84 S. H. Inglefield .... 1 R. W. 0 tway, K.C.B. Pernambuco.

Gannet 18 Hon. W. Edwards .. Mediterranean.

Glasgow 50 Hon.J.A.114aude,C.B.Mediterranean. Paid off at Chatham,. Solt.

Gloucester 74 J. S. Horton . 1 Sheerness. H. Stewart i

Grasshopper . 15 A. Crawford West Indies, Jamaica, Barbs:tines:

Harlequin .. 18 C. Elliot........ — West Indies, Jamaica, Berriuda.. J. Shepherd (b) Jamaica.

* The names of Packets, Cutters, and Tenders, are not inserted. in.this list. (To be concluded in our next Number.)