Thirty-five gun-boats of six guns each, and thirty men, all in activity, making a total of crews of 1,050 men, and 175 pieces of artillery. Thirty-five gun-boats of three guns each, and twenty-five men, all in activity making a total of crews of 875 men, and 105 pieces of artillery. Twelve row-boats of six guns each, and forty-five men, total crew 540 men, and 72 pieces of artillery. Thus, besides the 82 gun-boats, Holland possesses 60 ships of war ready built. One with another, they carry 2,352 pieces of cannon. There are besides, ten vessels and a number of gun-boats in the course of construction. Of the total of these vessels, 114 are in active service. They are armed with 1,218 pieces of cannon, and are navigated by 8,335 sailors. It may be remarked, in conclusion, that, as regards the marine of the Netherlands, like that of America, the number of pieces is always in official lists placed below the real number, in respect to ships of the line and frigates. For instance, the Zeeuw, stated at 84 guns, has 104, and the frigates of 44 guns, have all of them from 50 to 54 in battery.-Portsmouth Herald. Captain Napier. The following anecdote of Capt. Napier at the time that the British fleet were employed in the reduction of the Island of Martinique, was lately related at Portsmouth. On this occasion, he in a brig with two frigates, which were considered the elite of the squadron, were employed as a sort of forlorn hope to beat up in the night between the batteries of Port Royal. At the dawn of the morning although we had passed the batteries, the French flag was still flying on all the forts. Capt. Napier proposed to the senior officer to storm Fort Edward with the boats and marines. This being considered by that officer too daring a service, was declined, but permission was granted to Capt. Napier to do the best he could. At this moment Capt. NO. 9.-VOL. I. Napier came on board the ship in which I was serving, and mentioned his plan to the Captain, a man second in valor and enterprise to no officer in the service. He, however considered the enterprise to be of so hazardous a nature, that he refused to allow his people to join, or the king's boats or stores to be used, but lent his boat, being his private property, for the purpose. Capt. Napier then proceeded with his boat's crew, and the eyes of the whole squadron were gazing with the most intense anxiety, waiting for the result. The gallant Captain, however, landed, and scaled the walls of the fort, and ascertained that it had been abandoned by the enemy. Capt. Napier then hoisted the British flag, and the fort was, in consequence taken possession of, and its guns 3 R turned against Fort Bourbon, which greatly facilitated the capture of the island. This service was very handsomely acknowledged by Sir Alexander Cochrane, but it has never appeared in print.-Portsm. Herald. Copy of Captain Booth's report on Mr. Massey's proposed machine for sounding in hitherto unknown depths; a trial of which was ordered by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to be made in his Majesty's sloop Trinculo, with Mr. Massey on board.-Cork Reporter. "His Majesty's Stoop Trinculo, Cove of Cork, Sept. 22. 1832.-On the evening of the 18th instant, when the depth of water, by lead and according to the chart, was about one hundred fathoms, (Cape Clear bearing by compass E.N.E. about sixty miles,) the ship was hove to, as Mr. Massey wished to make his experiment in commonly deep soundings-the experiment was made, and the machine returned to the surface, without assistance, about four minutes and a half after it had been let go from the poop; on picking it up, the index attached showed 140 fathoms ; and as a proof that it had been to the bottom, soundings were brought upthe depth shown by index was evidently too much by 40 fathoms, and is to be accounted for, by there being no stop on the rotator; so that it could in some measure have performed its action in returning as well as descending. I consider that in the depth of water before stated (about 100 fathoms) that Mr. Massey's apparatus promised to perform all that the Inventor proposed, as the stop to the rotator could easily have been affixed. We stood off to the westward under easy sail for the night; and at daylight in the morning, hove to, (Cape Clear E. N. E., by chart, about 100 miles.) Mr. Massey tried for soundings with the same machine he had tried the evening before; it did not however return. The ship was continued as stationary as possible; at nine o'clock Mr. Massey tried another machine, fitted with four copper buoys, considered by him capable of offering more resistance to pressure than the single buoy used in the first and second experiments, which the Inventor began to think had been compressed; the diameter of the single buoy alluded to was as great as that of two of the smaller ones. "This second machine did not make its appearance any more than the first. Mr. Massey then tried for sounding with a newly invented apparatus of his, to be used with lines, and to be assisted in descent by weight affixed to the lines, so as to cause the stops to break on hauling in: this experiment was first tried with 540 fathoms of line; the lead did not appear to have reached the bottom; the index shewed 280 fathoms. That part of the experiment throwing off the additional weights, and having the benefit of descent, without the danger of carrying away the line in returning, is an ingenious plan of Mr. Massey's and well'calculated to assist in getting deep soundings. "Mr. Massey then proposed sending down, with more additional weight, arranged as in the last experiment, a copper globe similar to one of the four that have been described, for the purpose of deciding whether his apparatus failed from not being capable of withstanding the pressure, or from some other cause: this experiment was tried with eight hundred and forty fathoms of line; the globe enclosed in a net made of seine twine and stopped closely to the lead line, at about forty fathoms from the lead. Neither the lead or globe returned, but the line appeared as if blown off by an air gun immediately about the part where the globe had been affixed. line. "Mr. Massey then requested a similar experiment might be repeated with the same quantity of line and an increase of additional weight, with the globe enclosed in a strong net of log This was tried, the net not being so closely fastened to the lead line as on the former occasion. In this trial the lead returned without having reached the bottom, and the net, but not the globe, which appeared to have exploded—the net being blown to pieces. This experiment, Mr. Massey said, proved to his satisfaction, the impossibility of counteracting such pressure as that offered in the great depth of the sea.-The inventor, however, still anxious to try his last remaining deep water machine, which was composed of wood entirely, excepting the apparatus for sinking it, tried, and lost it with the others. The JAMES R. BOOTH. Ventilation of Steam-vessels.· prejudice which has existed against the shipment of goods liable to be injured by heat in vessels of this description, is now on the point of being wholly removed, by an ingenious and simple plan of Sir Alexander Crichton, by which he secures a much more complete ventilation of the holds or cabins of a steamvessel, than can be obtained in sailing vessels of the ordinary construction.—— London Paper. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS, From the Naval Papers. PROMOTIONS.-Captains, Joseph Harrison; H. G. Colpoys. Commanders, Arthur Wakefield; T. Sparke Thompson. Lieutenants, W. H. J. Marshead; Charles Pearson. Purser, Mr. Jefferys. ALGERINE, 10-Mr. Webb, Master. ASIA, 84-Lieut. Robert L. Pengelly. ATHOLL, 28-Mr. Henry Hodder, Master. BADGER, 10-Lieut. Richmond. BERMUDA, Yacht,-Capt. Sir T. Ussher, H. C. H. BRITANNIA, 120-Lieut. C. C. Nelson. CASTOR, 36-Lieut. Charles A. Thorndike; Mr. Edward Hankin, Master; Mr. Patrick Campbell, Midshipman; Mr. J. Mc Gowan, Assist. Surg. CHATHAM, Gordon, K. C. B. Yacht,-Capt. Sir James A. CLIO, 18-Lieut. Henry W. Clare; Mr.Bone, Acting-Purser. CONWAY, 28-Mr. W. Folds, Surgeon; Mr. H. E. Crout, Second Master. DONEGAL, 78-Mr. John Bates, Master; Mr. W. Smith, Clerk; Mr. J. M. Starke, Clerk; Capt. Thomas Stevens, of the Chatham Division, R. M. FORRESTER, 3-Lieut. W. Henry Quin. GRIFFON, 3-Lieut. Charles E. Parlby, Mr. Wm. Dunn, Clerk. HOGUE, 74-Mr. Napier, Carpr. HowE, 120-Mr. Beatson, Carpr. LARNE, 18-Lieut. Lord Francis J. Russell; Mr. John Breaks, Purser; Mr. J. T. Dormer, Master; Mr. W. Mouro, Supernumerary Assist. Surg.; Lieut. James Baker Emery; Mr. K. Mc Cormich, Surgeon: Messrs. K. W. Pelley, and A. H. Budd, Midshipmen. MALABAR, 74-Capt. Hon. Jocelyne Percy, C. B.: Com. Wm. Morgan; Lieuts. John Cornish, and O. Stanley; Mr. Thomas Jennings, Purser. OCEAN, 80-Lieut. John Duffill, Supernumerary Lieut. PLYMOUTH, Yacht,-Capt. H. B. Ross. RHADAMANTHUS, St. V.-Com. G. Evans; Lieuts. G. T. Gordon, G. Hurst; Mr. Thos. Head, Midsh. Mr. Campbell France, Surgeon. ROYALIST, 10-Mr. P. Toms, Assist. Surg. SAN JOSEF, 110-Mr. W. Lambert, Supernumerary Assist. Surg. SAPPHIRE, 28-Capt. H. G. Colpoys. SATELLITE, 18-Lieut. E. Bitfin; Mr. J. Phillips, Assist. Surg. SERPENT, 16-Com. J. C. Symonds, Lieuts. W. B. Oliver, and Berry Haines. SPARTIATE, 76-Capt. Robert Tait; Lieuts. J. Grant, R. Jocelyne Otway, J. Robinett Baker, C. Leach; Mr. W. Carr, Master; Mr. T. Williams, Purser; Rev. John Falls, Chaplain; Mr. F. Strong, Second Mate; Messrs. Jason Lardner, and J. Mc Dermott, Assist. Surg.; Mr. S. Stretton, Clerk; Mr. Mallard, Schoolmaster. - ROYAL MARINES, Capt. T. Hurdle; Second Lieuts. G. A. Danvers, and J. T. Aslett. STAG, 46-Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, Lieut. Hon. E. A. J. Harris. TYNE, 28-Licuts. Woodford Williams, and J. L. Seally. UNDAUNTED, 46-Lieut. J. M. Mottley. VERNON, 50-Mr. G. N. Oughton, Purser ; Lieut. E. Lyne Harvey; Rev. O. S. Harrison, Chaplain; Mr. H. Ellicombe, Mate; Mr. R. Roberts, Carpr. VICTORY, 104-Mr. F. Kent, Second Master; Messrs. W. M. Gill, J. Morrison, and Alex. Muirhead, Supernumerary Assist. Surgeon; C. Marshall, Second Lieut., R. M. WINCHESTER, 52-Capt. Hon. W. Wellesley; Com. Arthur Wakefield. Lieut. E. B. Davison, to Stentor Transport, loading at Deptford for South America. Dr. Alexander C. H. Thrasher, is appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Navy, to do duty at Haslar, Vice Philips; Mr. J. Nolloth, Master Shipwright at Portsmouth Dock-yard, has been superannuated, after a long and faithful career in the service of the public; Mr. O. Lang, Master Shipwright of Woolwich Dock-yard, remains in that station; Mr. John Peake, Master Shipwright at Milford Dockyard, is appointed to Portsmouth Dock-yard, vice Lang; Mr. Allen, Supernumerary-student of Naval Architecture at Pembroke Dock-yard, is appointed Foreman of that yard, vice Thomas, deceased; Mr. D. Wright, Surgeon of the Cholera Hospital-ship Tremendous, at Sheerness, has been discontinued, the medical charge of that establishment having been confided to Mr. W. Ray, Assistant-surgeon of that yard; Lieuts. J. D. Robinson, and J. Slaughter, are appointed Chief-officers of the Coast-guard service; Lieut. C. H. Jay, of the Admiralty Telegraph, is placed on the Pension List for wounds; Mr. Hawkes, Builder's Assistant at Chatham, is promoted to the rank of Builder, and appointed to Milford, vice Peake. Com. Edward Crouch, to be Secretary, and Lieut. Edward Seymour to be Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour; and E. B. Westbrook is appointed to the Coastguard service on the Coast of Norfolk; Capt. Bissett, R. N. has been appointed to the command of the Coast guard service, on the Poole station, in the room of the late Capt. Richardson, R. N. The appointment of Mr. P. Brenan, Assistant-Surgeon to the Victory has been cancelled; Mr. Robert Marshall to the Ordinary at Sheerness; John Peake, Esq. from Pembroke Dockyard, is appointed Master Shipwright of Portsmouth Dock-yard, vice J. Nolloth, Esq. superannuated; W. Morgan, Esq. Assistant at Sheerness Yard, is removed to Chatham Yard; and John Fincham, Esq. of Portsmouth Yard, is appointed Assistant at Sheerness, vice Morgan; Lieut. James Maitland, is appointed FlagLieutenant to Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Maitland, K. C. B., Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth; Mr. John Winneston, Boatswain of the Castor, Mr. John Smith, Carpenter of the Spartiate, and Mr. John Brown, Boatswain of the Vernon, are ordered to be borne on the cheque at Portsmouth. ROYAL MARINES. Mr. John Charles Lamborn has been appointed to the Portsmouth Division, as a Second Lieutenant, vice Buchannan promoted. A detachment, consisting of one serjeant, one corporal, one drummer, and seventeen pirates, embarked on the 6th Oct., on H. M. S. Larne, at Portsmouth. First Lieut. Edward Bathurst, and Second Lieut. Sidney Smith Crispo, of the Chatham, are appointed to the Portsmouth Division; First Lieuts. S. A. Wesley, and E. W. Churchill, of the Plymouth Division, are appointed, the former to do duty as Adjutant, the latter as Quartermaster and Paymaster, to the Mariues under Major Parke, C. B. at present serving in Ireland. 501 WRECKS OF BRITISH SHIPPING-FROM LLOYD'S LISTS, 1832. Troon Petersburg Hull 325 Hope Shields 326 Horizon Havre 327 Howick Thomas Newry Glasson 328 Juno 329 March 330 Mary 331 Prince of Lyall Leith Ling Seaham Wright Hull Orange 332 Richard and Ostergam 21 Sept. 6786Capsiz'd.cw.sd Newark R. 8 Oct. Jamaica 1 Aug. NrV.D. Land May Off C. Horn 21 June Stranraer 18 Oct. Sept. 8 Oct. 12 Oct. 6786 Crew saved. 6785 Sold. set on fir.cw.sd. 6786 Crew saved. 6785 Doubtful. 6786 Crew saved. 6783 Run down,uncertain. 6786 One drowned. 6785 Doubtful. 6786 Uncertain. 8 Oct. 6785 Crew drownd. 30 June 6783 Crew saved. Off I. Man 3 Oct. OffS Brandon July Davis Straits 30 June 8 Oct. 18 Oct. St. Geo. Ch. 8 Oct. Off Ballantra 8 Oct. Commerce of the Sandwich Islands.Capt. Gregory, of the U. S. ship Falmouth, has transmitted to the government from Callao, under date of 1st May, a list of vessels whose owners reside in the Sandwich Islands. The vessels are 23 in number, three of which are between 200 and 300 tons burden, eight between one hundred and 200, and the remainder between 20 and 100 tons. The owners of nine of them, including the three largest, are Americans, (Pitman, French, and Co., and J. C. James, Esq.) three are owned by British residents, and the remainder by Sandwich Islanders. The largest vessels owned by the natives are the Neo, of 163 tons, the Waverley of 147 tons, and the Karaimoku, of 119 tons. The brig Convoy, owned by J. C. James, arrived at Callao just before the despatch was forwarded, having left the Sandwich Islands on the 17th February. Every thing was quiet at the Islandsnothing special in the way of news.Salem Gaz. |