On the 14th of July, the lady of Lieut. W. G. Pearne, R.N. South Barracks, Walmer, Kent, of a son. On the 16th of June, at Stubbington, the lady of Captain James Anderson, R. N. of a son. On the 12th of July, at Farenham, the lady of Captain Chads, R.N. of a son. Marriages. At Clifton, on the 21st of June, Lieut. Thomas M'Leroth, Royal Marines, to Anna Maria, daughter of the late Thomas Gelston, Esq. On Thursday, the 21st of June, at Kingston, George Heather, Esq. master, R. N. to Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. John Holmes, clerk in H.M. dock-yard. At Richmond, on Thursday, the 28th of June, by the Hon. and Rev. Gerrard Noel, Barrington Reynolds, Esq. captain, R.N. of Penair, Cornwall, to Eliza Anne, third daughter of M. Dick, Esq. of Richmond Hill, Surrey. Lately, at Stoke Church, Plymouth, by the Rev. W. St. Aubyn, Mr. W. Harriott, master, R.N. to Hannah, youngest daughter of Capt. Hellock. At Dawlish, Capt. George Sidney Smith, Royal Navy, to Lucy,'daughter of James Goss, Esq. of the same place. On the 20th July, at Saint Pancras, by the Honourable and Rev. Hugh Tollemache, rector of Harrington, Lieut. George Davies, R.N. to Julia, fourth daughter of Joseph Hume, Esq. of Percy-street, Bedford-square. Deaths. At the Isle of Mann, Lieut. A. Mackenzie, (1808,) aged 52. In March last, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, highly respected by his brother officers, and beloved by all his friends, Lieut. David Mosbery, of H.M.S. Ariadne, in the 36th year of his age. Lieut. Griffith Bevan, (1809,) R.N. Rear-admiral James Oughton, (1825,) R.N. most deservedly esteemed and universally regretted. Lieut. T. E. Knight, (1811,) R.N. à correct and brave officer, and an honourable man, killed by smugglers when attached to the Coast-guard of Weymouth. Mr. Hascott, carpenter of the Amazon, and Mr. Powell, gunner of the Defence, both of Sheerness, of cholera. At Kensington, a short time since, Mr. John Lamb, master, R.N. and late in the command of the Castle Forbes, Indiaman. At Drayton Market, retired com. W. Sandy, R.N. In Clowance-street, Devonport, Mr. Zeph. Bludell Ostler, purser in the Royal Navy, (1813.) On Thursday, the 19th of July, at Kingstreet, Plymouth, Mr. A. Brown, carpenter of H.M. brig Procris. At Edmonton, a few days since, Lieut. W. Taylor, R.N. FATAL AFFRAY.-On Thursday, the 28th of June, as Lieutenant Knight, of the Lul worth Preventive Station, was going, accompanied with one of his men, of the name of Duke, to meet his men on duty, he unexpectedly fell in with a party of smugglers, who, the moment they discovered him, threatened in a most menacing manner, being all armed with swingles, if he advanced, to kill him. Lieut. Knight halted, and after consulting with his man advanced, when the party immediately surrounded and fell on them. Lieut. K. fired a shot over their heads, and afterwards in his own defence amongst them: his man Duke also fired amongst them. Lieut. K. and Duke, placing themselves back to back, continued to contend with them, but at length were overpowered by numbers, and beaten by the ruffians most unmercifully, and until they were apparently lifeless; after which they dragged Lieut. K. a short distance, and threw him over the cliff, leaving Duke for dead on the ground. This occurred about a mile and a half westward from Lulworth, on the coast. Lieut. Stocker, of the Osmington Station, being out on duty, happened to be near, and seeing flashes of fire, answered by signal, and hastened with all possible speed to their assistance; on his landing, the smugglers had all retired, and after a short time he found Lieut. Knight lying on the beach quite insensible and nearly lifeless. He got him immediately removed to his residence, and medical assistance was promptly had, but he died the following evening. Several of his ribs were broken, and considerable laceration of the lungs, &c. with other mortal internal injuries; the external injuries were of the most violent description, and bore ample testimony of the brutality exercised by these lawless marauders on their unfortunate victim. Lieut. Knight was buried on Tuesday, the 3d of July, at Weymouth, the officers and men of the neighbouring Preventive stations attending. A long train of naval and military officers and gentlemen, connected with the customs, the post-office, and other government offices, followed, tendering this last mark of respect to the memory of a deserving and meritorious officer, and which closed the melancholy spectacle. Lieut. Knight was much respected, and his premature death has excited general regret. It is a remarkable circumstance that this occurrence happened on his birth-day, he having attained the age of 42 on Thursday. His disconsolate widow and family of five children are left as a bequest to the country, whose liberal and generous sympathy will no doubt be exerted to alleviate the heart-rending distress, inseparable from such a sudden and lamentable catastrophe. The goods which were landing, and procured the dreadful result, were taken by the Preventive men, twenty-nine tubs. We hear that Duke, the man who accompanied Lieut. Knight, and stood so bravely contending with him, is likely to recover, although battered and bruised to an alarming degree. His Majesty has offered a reward of £1000 for the apprehension of any person connected with this desperate affray. LONDON: FISHER, SON, AND CO, PRINTERS, NEWGATE-STREET. THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE, &c. SEPTEMBER, 1832. HYDROGRAPHY. Note.-All Bearings are Magnetic, unless otherwise stated. 55. LIGHT VESSEL ON FALSTERBO REEF, ENTRANCE OF THE BALTIC. Captain Zhartmann, of the Royal Danish Navy, the hydrographer at Copenhagen, in a letter to Captain F. Beaufort, hydrographer to the Admiralty, states, that the light vessel on Falsterbo Reef, at the entrance of the Baltic, is no longer continued at her station. It had been customary to keep a light vessel in this important position during the summer months, for the safety of navigators; and in art. 24 of Hydrography, in our second number, are the particulars concerning it. Navigators are therefore warned, that the above light is discontinued. 56. NOTICE TO MARINERS.-CAUTION: PAKEFIELD Light. Trinity House, London, 27th July, 1832. "Masters of Vessels, Pilots, and other persons, navigating between the Barnard and Newcome Sands, by the New Light at Pakefield, are hereby cautioned, that, during certain states of the atmosphere, a faint Light, from that Light House, may be seen at both the South Newcome and Barnard Buoys; and they are informed, that the said Light House, at Pakefield, bears from the Barnard Buoy N. by W. W.-and from the South Newcome Buoy - W. by N. And they are therefore recommended, when working between those Buoys, to tack short of the above-mentioned bearings.-Vessels navigating with a fair wind, should keep the Light bearing N.W. "By order, "J. HERBERT, Secretary." NO. 7.-VOL. I. 2 U 3.-REMARKS on the Geographical Positions of several Places visited on Voyages to the ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND, made in the Years 1822, 1825, 1826, and 1827, with Explanatory Notes, by James Herd, Commander of the barque Rosanna. 170 36 45 Reduced from above. Reduced from Cable Island. Mer. Alt. from artif. horizon. (See note 4.) -The situation of these places were partly determined on shore, and partly at sea, by intersected bearings; the base being measured by the patent log, and every attention paid to the course steered; this was on the outward voyage. Homeward bound, nine days from Sidney, (where the chrons. were rated,) the situations were corroborated by the means of three chrons. agreeing within a trifle of each other, and differing in many instances not one mile from those first taken. (See note 5.) Some of the longitudes in the above Table, mentioned as by lunars, are not to be considered as the result of separate sets of sights, but as having been measured by chronometers, from a meridian determined by lunars. The latitudes of places, when not ascertained on shore, were found by meridional observations from the natural horizon, taken in their parallel. NOTE 1. The latitude of Tristan Da Cunha was ascertained by observations taken on shore by the artificial horizon, as was likewise the time for chronometers, within one hundred yards of Cascade point. From this point Inaccessible Island bears by compass S. 63° W., distant twenty to twentyone miles; from the S.W. point of Tristan Island, Nightingale Island bears S. 28° W. From Cascade point to the S.W. point, the coast lies S.W. b S. and N.E. b N. about four miles. When I touched here in 1821, our chronometers made the longitude (from Rio Janeiro) a few miles more to the westward, or in 12° 5′ 0′′ west. The variation in 1825 was 10° 59′ W. Were Tristan da Cunha better known it, might be of great service to ships bound to India, and particularly to New South Wales, as water is very easily obtained, and also live stock and vegetables of every description. With the wind from West round by South to N.N.E., in moderate weather, ships can always lie within two miles of the watering place. The only winds that render it inaccessible are those from North to W.N.W., and these are generally of short continuance; so that rather than put into the Cape, or Rio, it would save time and expense to get refreshment at this place. On making the Island, if the wind was from the northward, I would haul off to windward of Inaccessible Island, and lie there until the wind backed to W.S.W., which at the longest duration will not be more than two or three days. This I did in 1825, when we took on board twenty tons of water, two bullocks, twelve sheep, six pigs, several dozen fowls, and thirty hundred weight of potatoes, and vegetables, which served all hands as long as they would keep good: had the people on shore a hose, the water might always be filled without taking the casks out of of the boat, or even bringing her into the surf. Note 2. St. Paul's Island. I have visited this island twice. In the first voyage our chronometers were excellent, and corresponded within a few miles of lunars observed on three successive days preceding our arrival, and two days after our departure. On the second voyage, the result was nearly the same, which will make the longitude nearly that assigned it by Captain Bligh in the Bounty; at all events, while a doubt remains of its true position, there can be no harm in placing it in the most westerly longitude, as all ships make it from that quarter, and generally in blowing and dirty weather; so that 30 miles of difference of longitude may cause some serious misfortune. Were a sexagon cut through the middle, and the one half removed, it would give the shape of this island, the diameter being the eastern side, and lying nearly in a straight line N. b W. and S. b E. not above 4 miles in length. About from the north end is the basin, with a pyramidical rock lying a little to the northward of its entrance, and detached from the island a cable's length or two. When we landed in the first voyage, there were 8 feet water over the bar into the basin; the last time there were nine. As the water falls, hot water will be found by digging a hole in the beach below high-water mark; our thermometer stood, in some holes we made, at 180°. Several pigs were seen in the first voyage, but none in the last; abundance of fish were caught, both in the basin and also outside; these latter being the best. Boats should be cautious in landing here, both on account of the sudden gusts of wind that come from the basin off the high land, and also on account of the surf, which is not seen until they are too near to avoid the danger. A boat belonging to a ship bound to India, with the crew and several passengers, was lost in this way some time before my last arrival, the bones of some of whom we picked up on the beach. The basin indents at least one-third of the island's breadth, Note 3. Snares Islands are in two groups, bearing S. 38° W. and N. 38° E. from each other. They are divided by a channel nearly 3 miles broad, in the centre of which the sea broke in several places; the northern group is high, and |