261 NOTES OF THE EDITOR. For the various appointments that have taken place, in consequence of the recent important measures connected with the Navy, we must refer our readers to our Miscellany. We have the satisfaction of enriching our work with a monthly list of newly-built merchant vessels, extracted from Lloyd's Register-book of Shipping, up to the latest returns. Having been favoured with these lists from the commencement of the present year, we hope to continue them regularly. Those of our readers who may be unacquainted with the new establishment for the exhibition of works of practical science in Adelaide-street, No. 7, will find the means of employing a leisure moment there with advantage. Mr. Perkins' steam-gun, the late discovery of obtaining the electric spark from the magnet, the models of steam-boats in operation, Mr. Holdsworth's revolving rudder, Lieut. Rogers' anchor, besides a great many other models, and a collection of splendid geological specimens, are well worth the attention of scientific men, and more particularly of Naval Officers. Among others is the model of Mr. Canning's simple life-raft, which should be known to every sea-going person, and which we shall endeavour to describe in a future number. A new steam-boat, named the Quorra, has been built at Liverpool, and is on the point of proceeding with Mr. R. Lander up the celebrated river of that name, which he has lately discovered. The voyage is one of a trading description, and conducted at the entire expense of a body of merchants in Liverpool. There is little doubt of its being attended with many very useful results, not only in a commercial, but in a scientific point of view, in which latter the observations of Lieut. W. Allen, who proceeds in her, at the desire of the Admiralty, will be highly interesting. In a commercial light, we consider it as fraught with great advantages to the merchants, and that it will open a trade between this country and the whole of western Africa. It is expected that some of the persons of this expedition will penetrate to Timbuctoo. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Naval Papers.) THE ROYAL NAVY IN COMMISSION. S. V. signifies Surveying Vessel, and St. V. Steam Vessel. ACTEON, 26-Hon. F. W. Grey, 28th May, at ETNA, S. V. 6-Com. E. Belcher, March, AFRICAN, St. V. 1-Lt. J. Harvey, 7th June, ALBAN, St.V.-Lieut. H. Walker, (a) April, at ALERT, 18-Com. J. C. Fitzgerald. Pacific. ALLIGATOR, 28-Capt. G. R. Lambert, 16th Feb. arrived Cape Good Hope; 22d Feb. sailed for India. ALGERINE, 10-Com. Hon. J. F. F. De Roos, 30th April, at C. Frio. ARACHNE, 18-Com. W. G. Agar, 10th May, at Port Royal, from Chagres. ARIADNE, 28-Capt. C. Phillips, 14th April, ASIA, 84-Capt. P. Richards. Flag of Adml. ASTREA, 8-Capt. W. King, Falmouth. BARHAM, 50-Capt. H. Pigot, 29th April, at BEACON, (late METEOR,)-Com. R. Copeland, BELVIDERA, 42-Capt. Hon. R. S. Dundas, BLANCHE, 46-Capt. A. Farquhar, K. H. BLOSSOM, S. V. 16-Com. R. Owen, April, at Nassau. BRISK, 3-Lieut. J. Thompson, Gold coast. BRITANNIA, 120-Capt. P. Rainier, Tagus. BRITON, 46-Capt. J. D. Markland, C. B. Tagus. 3d June left Portsmouth. CALEDONIA, 120-Capt. J. Hillyar, Tagus. 27th May left Plymouth. CASTOR, 36-Capt. Sir R. Grant, Kt. Chatham. CHALLENGER, 28-Capt. C. H. Freemantle, 30th Nov. Sincapore, from Madras. CHAMPION, 18-Com. Williams, 8th June arrived at Plymouth. CHARYBDIS, 3-Lieut. R. B. Crawford, Gold coast. CHILDERS, 18-Com. R. Deans, 8th June, at Oporto. CLIO, 18-Com. J. J. Onslow, Nov. Callao. COLUMBIA, St. V. 2-Lt. R. Ede, 3d June sailed for Mediterranean. COLUMBINE, 18-Com. O. Love, May, at Porto Rico, from Antigua. COMET, 18-Com. A. A. Sandilands, 4th Feb. at Sincapore. COMET, St. V.-Woolwich. CONFIANCE, St. V. 2-Lieut. H. F. Belson, Woolwich. CONFLICT, 12-Lieut. G. Smithers, 10th March, Lat. 7° S. Long. 16° W. from Aseension. CONWAY, 28-Capt. Eden, 10th June sailed from Plymouth for Jamaica. CORDELIA, 10-Com. C. Hotham, 29th April, at Corfu. CRACKER, 1-Lieut. J.J.Morgan, Portsmouth. DEE, St.V.-Com. R. Oliver, Woolwich. DRUID, 46-Capt. G. W. Hamilton, C. B. April, in River Plata. DRYAD, 42-Capt. J. Hayes, C. B. 9th May left Sierra Leone for Gambia. DUBLIN, 50-Capt. Rt. Hon. Lord J. Townsend, 22d Jan. left Rio for Pacific. ECHO, St. V.-Lieut. Otway, 15th June sailed for Meditteranean. FAIRY, S.V. 10-Com. W. Hewett, surveying North Sea. FAVOURITE, 18-Com. J. Harrison, April, at Ascension. FIREBRAND, St. V.-Lieut. T. Baldock, Fal mouth. FIREFLY, 2-Lieut. J. M'Donnel, 19th March sailed from Havana for Nassau. FLAMER, St.V.-Lieut. R. Bastard, Woolwich, FLY, 10-Com. P. M'Quhae, 10th May, at Port Royal. GANNET, 18-Com. M. H. Sweney, 4th May sailed from Port Royal, Jamaica. HARRIER, 18-Com. H. L. S. Vassal, 2 April arrived at Madeira; 3d, sailed for India. HERMES, St. V.-Lieut. R. Bastard, 29th May sailed from Plymouth. HYACINTH, 18-Com. W. Oldrey, May, Cuba. IMOGENE, 18-Capt. P. Blackwood, East Indies. INVESTIGATOR, 16-Mr. G. Thomas, Sheer ness. ISIS, 50-Capt. J. Polkinghorne, 28th Mar. sailed from Ascension for Cape. JASEUR, 18-Com. F. Harding, 25th April arrived at Mauritius. KANGAROO, 3-Lieut. J. Hookey, Bahamas. LEVERET, 10-Lieut. W. F. Lapidge, 23d May sailed, Tagus. LIGHTNING, 18-Com. T. Dickinson, April, at Rio. LIGHTNING, St. V.-Woolwich. MADAGASCAR, 46-Capt. E. Lyons, 29th April, coast of Syria. MAGICIENNE, 14-Capt. J. H. Plumridge, Feb. arrived at Bengal. MAGNIFICENT, 4-Lt. J. Paget, Port Royal. MAIDSTONE, 42-Capt. C. M. Schomberg, 25th April, at Bahia. MASTIFF, 6, S.V.-Lieut. J. Graves, Portsmouth. Flag MELVILLE, 74-Capt. H. Hart, 5th April sailed from Cape for East Indies. ship. V.-Adm. Sir J. Gore, K.C.B. MESSENGER, St. V.-Lieut. B. Aplin, Woolwich. METEOR, St. V.-Lieut. Symons, Woolwich. MINX, 3-Lieut. J. Simpson, Port Royal. NAUTILUS, 10-Com. Rt. Hon. Lord G. Paulett, Feb. 21st, at Oporto from Cork. NIMBLE, 5-Lieut. J. M. Potbury, coast of Cuba. NIMROD, 20-Lord E. Russell, Plymouth. NORTH STAR-Capt. Hon. G. W. Trefusis, May, at Bermuda. OCEAN, 80-Capt. S. Chambers. Flag-ship, Sheerness, V.-Adm. Sir J. P. Beresford, Bt. K.C.B. ONYX, 10-Lieut. A. B. Howe, Cork. ORESTES, 18-Com. W. N. Glasscock, Portsmouth. PALLAS, 42-Capt. W. Walpole, 24th April PELICAN, 18-Com. J. Gape, 22d April, at PELORUS, 18-Com. R. Meredith, 31st Jan. arrived at S. Leone, and sailed for Accra. PHILOMEL, 10-Com. W. Smith, 15th April, at Gibraltar. PICKLE, 5-Lieut. E. Stopford, 12th May arrived at Barbadoes. PIKE, 12-Lt. A. Brooking, Cork station. PINCHER, 5-Lt. W. S. Tulloh, Bahamas. PLUMPER, 12-Lieut. T. Cresser, 18th Jan. River Gambia. PLUTO, St. V.-Lieut. G. Buchanan, Bight of Benin. PROCRIS, 10-Com. J. T. Talbot, 22d May arrived at Gibraltar. PYLADES, 18-Com. E. Blankley, 24th April, at Pernambuco. RACEHORSE, 18 Com. C. H. Williams, 2d April, left Barbadoes; 20th April, arrived at Halifax, from Bermuda. RAINBOW, 28-Capt. Sir J. Franklin, Knt. 2d April, Corfu. RALEIGH, 18-Com. A. M. Hawkins, 22d RATTLESNAKE, 28-Capt. C. Graham, Pacific. RAVEN, S.V. 4-Lieut. W. Arlett, Africa. RECRUIT, 10-Lt. T. Hodges, 25th May arrived at Halifax; 28th sailed for Bermuda. REVENGE, 78-Capt. D. H. Mackay, Tagus. ROMNEY, Troop Ship, 27th May sailed from Plymouth. ROSE, 18-Com. E. W. Pilkington, May, at Vera Cruz. ROYALIST, 10- Lieut. R. N. Williams, Oporto. ST. VINCENT, 120-Capt. H. F. Senhouse, April, at Malta. Flagship Vice-Admiral Sir H. Hotham, K. C. B., &c. SAMARANG 28, Capt. C. H. Paget, 2d May arrived at Pernambuco. SAN JOSEF, 110- Capt. R. Curry, Plymouth, Flag-ship Admiral Sir M. Dixon, K.C.B. SAPPHIRE, 28-Capt. Hon. W. Wellesley, 10th May, Port Royal. SCYLLA, 18-Com. Hon. G. Grey, 28th May, at Malta. SERINGAPATAM, 46-Capt. Hon. W. Waldegrave,, Pacific. SKIPJACK, 5-Lieut. W. Shortland, Bahamas. SNAKE, 16-Com. W. Robertson, Woolwich. SOUTHAMPTON, 52-Capt. J. M. Laws, 20th Jan. at Sincapore. Flag of Rear-Admiral Sir E. Owen, K.C.B. SPARROWHAWK, 18-Com. Currie, act. 10th May, at Port Royal. SPEEDWELL, 5-Lt. W. Warren, Havana. STAG, 46-Capt. Sir T. Trowbridge, Tagus. SULPHUR, 8-Com. W. T. Dance, King George Sound, Australia. SWAN, 10-Lieut. J. E. Lane, North Sea. SYLVIA, 1-Lieut. T. Spark, North Sea. TRINCULO, 18-Com. R. Booth, Cork. TYNE, 28-Capt. C. Hope, 18th June arrived at Portsmouth. UNDAUNTED, 46-Capt. E. Harvey, 27th Mar. in Simon's Bay. VERNON, 50-Capt. Sir F. Collier, Knt. Woolwich. VICTOR, 18-Com. R. Russell, 18th March, arrived at Bermuda. VICTORY, 104-Capt. H. Parker. Flag-ship Admiral Sir T. Foley, G. C. B. Portsmouth. VIPER, 6-Lieut. H. James, 27th May sailed for Lisbon. VOLAGE, 28-Capt. Right Hon. Lord Colchester, Pacific. WARSPITE, 76-Capt. C. Talbot. Flag-ship Adm. Sir T. Baker, K.C.B., April, at Rio. WINCHESTER, 52-Capt. Rt. Hon. Lord W. Paget, 12th May, at Port Royal. Flagship Vice-Adm. Sir E. G. Colpoys. WOLF, 18-Com. W. Hamley, 21st. Feb. arrived at Ceylon. ZEBRA, 18-Com. D. De Saumarez, 6th Dec. at Sydney. A life-boat, on a new plan, has been built at Madras, by the masterattendant of that Dock-yard, for the purpose of communicating with vessels in spite of the terrific surf which prevails there. It has been found to answer remarkably well, and is entirely free from all danger. Henry Labouchere, Esq., has been appointed one of His Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Management and Superintendence of the Civil Departments of the Navy have been committed to the following officers:-Capt. Wm. Symonds, Surveyor; J. T. Briggs, Esq., Accountant-General; the Hon. R. Dundas, Storekeeper-General; J. Meek, Esq., Esq., Comptroller for Victualling; and Sir Wm. Burnett, Physician. His Majesty's packet Zephyr, Lieut. Church, being found defective, was paid off at Plymouth, on Tuesday, and the Thais is recommissioned in her stead. H.M.S. Conway, 28, Captain Henry Eden, having embarked Earl Mulgrave and suite at Plymouth, sailed from that port for Jamaica on the 10th of June. Regular communications between France and Algiers are on the point of being established. The Scipion, a steam-packet of 80-horse power, was to have commenced running from Marseilles on the 19th of May. His Majesty's ship Vernon, 50, Capt. Sir F. Collier, C.B., is fitting with all possible dispatch. His Majesty's sloop Snake, Commander Robertson, built on Captain Symonds's plan, is fitting in the basin at Woolwich. She has completed her complement of men. This vessel, with the Vernon, will join the experimental squadron, under the command of Sir Pulteney Malcolm. Arrangements have been made to place the Dock-yards, as one of the measures arising out of the abolition of the Navy Board, under other control. The office of Commissioner is to be annulled, but, instead of substituting for it the appointment of a Superintendant, in the person of a Captain of one of the Royal yachts, as has been in other cases observed, the duties are to be under the regulation of the respective Commanders-in-Chief. His Majesty's steam-vessel Lightning, sailed, on the 4th of June, from Woolwich for Rotterdam, with the beautiful model-frigate, the Royal Louisa, in tow, which was launched a few weeks since, intended as a present from His Majesty to the King of Prussia. Lords Frederick and Adolphus Fitzclarence, with young Prince George of Cambridge, embarked in the Lightning. She sailed a few days before, but was obliged to put back when within ten leagues of Rotterdam, on account of bad weather. Two of Morton's railway slips, for hauling vessels up with their masts standing, are ordered to be fitted in Woolwich Dock-yard. The Grasshopper, 18, is sold out of the service, and delivered up to the purchaser, Mr. Ward, of Radcliffe, near London. Several more of the small vessels are about to be sold, viz. :Ontario, 18, Podargus, 14, Sheerwater, 10, and Rosario, 10, being unfit for any further service. Captain Symonds entered upon his duties, as Surveyor of the Navy, on the 1st of June. . The establishment of Deptford Dockyard has been finally broken up, and placed under the superintendence of Commissioner Sir John Hill, Knight, of the Victualling-yard. A portion of the former is now being added to the latter yard, which will enclose the masthouses, pond, and boat-house, within the walls of the Victualling Establishment. On the 24th of May, the following officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, of the Royal Marines, and Royal Marine Artillery companies, embarked on board H.M.S. Talavera and Britannia, under the immediate directions of Major-General Sir James Cockburn, Inspector-General of the Royal Marines, viz.,-Royal Marines, Capt. Clements, Lieuts. Griffin and E. Rea, and 200 rank and file; Royal Marine Artillery Companies, Brevet-Major T. L. Lawrence, First-Lieuts. F. Spry and J. B. Castieau, Second Lieuts. J. Fraser and T. Holloway, and 90 rank and file. The following Midshipmen have been found duly qualified in navigation, on examination at the Royal Naval College, viz. :-Mr. J. S. W. Grandy, of H.M.S. Victory; Mr. D. B. Davies, late of H.M.S. Calcutta; Mr. A. Wilson, of H.M.S. Donegal; Mr. H. W. Daniel, late of H.M.S. Satellite; Mr. G. J. Burslem, of the same ship; Mr. J. Palmer, of H.M.S. Talavera; and Mr. F. S. Stenton, of H.M.S. Castor. Sir R. Seppings, F.R.S., late Surveyor of the Navy; G. Smith, Esq., Secretary to the Navy Board; and Commissioner Middleton-have retired on superannuation, the latter with the rank of Rear-Admiral. John Gaze, Esq., has succeeded Mr. Brown, as Master-Attendant. Twenty-seven Marines have been embarked on board the Excellent, in lieu of the Marine Artillery sent on secret service. Mr. Brown, Master-Attendant of Sheerness Dock-yard, has retired on superannuation, after an honourable and faithful servitude of considerably over half a century. A remarkable and distressing instance of cholera at sea, has occurred since our last, on board the ship Brutus, which sailed from Liverpool on the 18th of May, with 330 emigrants, for Quebec, the whole number of people on board amounting to three hundred and forty. About ten days afterwards, the disease made its appearance, an event which might have been expected in so crowded a ship. The number of deaths increased rapidly up to the 3d of May, when the vessel put back, and reached Liverpool on the 13th. The cases which had then occurred amounted to 117; eighty-three of which had terminated fatally. A correspondent in the Times has designated this as a disgrace to the character of British shipping, and observes very justly, that had the rules been observed, as in other ships, respecting cleanliness, and the proper number [of persons only been taken on board, that it would not have happened: an opinion in which we cordially agree. We observe, that another ship, the Lord Wellington, has put back to Milford, having sailed from Waterford with emigrants, some of whom have died from the cholera; and we have no doubt, that it may be attributed to the same cause. The Cockatrice brigantine was lately launched at Pembroke. The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieutenant Symonds, arrived on 23d May, from the Mediterranean: she sailed from Malta the 3d June, Gibraltar the 14th, and Cadiz on the 15th inst.-The Rt. Hon. Sir F. Adam, late Governor of the Ionian Islands, recently appointed to the command of the forces in India, came home passenger. The magnificent steam-vessel Salamander, 4, which has just been launched at Sheerness, has been coppered, and has taken her four masts in. She remains in the basin. She is 92 feet in length, and 32 feet in breadth, and measures 807 tons. The experimental or evolutionary squadron is ordered to rendezvous in the Downs, and Vice-Adm. Sir Pulteney Malcolm takes the command, in the Donegal. It is supposed that the squadron will be sent to manœuvre in the North Sea. In consequence of the absence of the Britannia and Caledonia, the squadron will now consist only of the following:-H. M. S. Donegal, 74, Capt. Dick; Talavera, 74, Capt. Brown; Vernon, 50, Capt. Sir F. Collier; Castor, 38, Capt. Sir Richard Grant; and Snake, 16, Capt. Robertson. The latter is a new sloop, built on Capt. Symonds' plan. The Illustrious and Marlborough, of 74 guns each, are to be cut down to 52-gun frigates. The Thetis.-Sir C. Robinson, in the Court of Admiralty, in concurrence with an application from the King's Advocate to that effect, directed that the dollars saved from the wreck of the Thetis should be paid to the owners, proprietors, or consignees. Some of the stores saved from her have arrived at Portsmouth, in the Britomart transport. The squadron off the Tagus now consists of the Britannia, 120; Caledonia, 120; Asia, 84; Revenge, 78; Stag, 46; Leveret, 10; and Viper, of 6 guns. The Java, 52, and Vindictive razée, 50, the latter with the fortified bow, constructed by Mr. Blake, are in a state of forwardness, and will soon be taken out of dock, at Portsmouth. Rear-Admiral White is appointed Superintendant at Portsmouth Dockyard, and will reside in the house now occupied by Mr. Aylen, who will remove into that vacated by Mr. Gaze, late one of the Master-Attendants at this port. The Castor went out of dock, at Chatham, on Thursday, the 31st May. She is a warlike-looking vessel, and possesses better quarters than any ship of her class in the service. She mounts 32-pounder long guns on her main deck, and carronades of a similar calibre on the quarter-deck and forecastle. following are the dimensions: The LIST OF THE ROYAL YACHT CLUB, FOR 1832. HIS MAJESTY, THE KING H. R. H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER,} Patrons. Captain Arden Adderley, R. N. cutter Julia, The Marquess of Anglesey, cutter Pearl, 113 The Duke of Buccleugh, cutter Flower of Yarrow, 129 tons John Smith Barry, Esq. cutter Morning Star, 64 tons Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart. schooner Emma, 132 t. The Earl of Coventry, cutter Ariel, 71 tons G. C. Call, Esq. yawl Hind, 21 tons 2 L |