Court of King's Bench.-Moakes v. Hartley and others. This was an action against the owners of the Eclipse, Margate steampacket, to recover the value of a barge belonging to the plaintiff, (a proprietor of barges on the river Thames), which had been run down by the carelessness of the defendant's servants. On the 7th of October last the plaintiff's barge, (the Jane, No. 180), was conveying ballast from the West India Docks to the Surrey Canal. The Eclipse steamer, was coming up the river at the rate of nine miles an hour. She was called to by the men on board the barge to ease her steam, but the call was unattended to, and the steamer came so near the barge that the swell occasioned by the paddles, and the rapidity of the motion, dashed a great quantity of water into the barge, which in a few minutes was sunk, and with the greatest difficulty the lighterman and another man on board were saved. It was proved that the barge when sunk was worth £100. When raised out of the water, she was only worth £10.-She had been sold for £11. The jury found for the plaintiff-damages £80. An iron tank, filled with water which has been kept closed for nine, teen years in the hold of the Cressywas lately opened, when the water was found perfectly sweet, and the iron of the tank in no wise worse or injured. ADMIRALTY ORDERS. ADMIRALTY ORDERS, &c. MEMORANDUM. Admiralty, 19th Sept., 1832. In consequence of the alterations directed to be made on the 2d July last, in the Uniform Sword Belts, it has become necessary to make the following alterations in the Sword Scabbards, which are in future to be worn of the patterns here described. Admirals. The top and middle lockets of the scabbard to have loops and rings; the former to be four, and the latter three inches and a half long; and both to be ornamented with embossed oak leaves in bas-relief; the chape to be seven inches and a half long, and to have oak leaves as above round the upper part, and to have a honeysuckle ornament at the end. Captains.-The same as Admirals; but the chape is to be only six inches and a half long, and both lockets and chape to be ornamented with fluted threads of scrolls, instead of oak leaves. Commanders, Lieutenants, &c.-To be the same as that now worn, with the addition of a middle locket, and rings. By Command of their Lordships, PRIZES ADVERTISED FOR PAYMENT IN THE LONDON GAZETTES, AS REPORTED TO THE TREASURER OF THE NAVY, DOWN TO THE 18th of Sept. 1832. MOVEMENTS OF TRANSPORTS. AMPHITRITE-Lieut. Cooley, Deptford. FOREIGN For BATAVIA-W. Lockerby, Row, Liverpool, Warren, Exmouth, East India Dock, LIMA-William IV., Bottomley, Liverpool, MADRAS-Horatio, Harfield, West India Births. On Saturday the 25th of August, the lady of Colonel Kemp, of the Polygon, of a son. The lady of Captain Hagan, R.N. Inspector of the Coast Guard, Ireland, of a son. At Falmouth, the lady of the Rev. Mr. Baker, of H.M.S. Astrea, of a daughter. On Wednesday the 5th of September, at Southsea, the lady of Dr. Sankey, of H.M.S. Madagascar, of a son. At Ide, near Exeter, the lady of Lieutenant J. T. Hooper, R.N., of a son. At Greenock, the lady of Lieut. Newton, R.N., of a son. At his Villa, Horndean, the lady of Captain Michael Seymour, R.N. of a daughter. Marriages. On the 23d of August, at Rottingdean, Sussex, Lieutenant Joachim, R.N. to Elizabeth, daughter of T. Beard, Esq. On the 21st of August, at Alverstoke, by the Rev. Thomas Philips, A.M., SamuelYoung-Henderson Harding, Lieutenant of the Royal Marine Corps, to Elizabeth Bower, both of Alverstoke. J. H. Boteler, Esq. Commander, R.N. to Ellen Agnes, fifth daughter of the late James West, Esq., of Bryanstone-square. On the 15th of August, at Kensington church, Dr. Charles Inches, R.N., to Sophia, daughter of John Peake, Esq., of Earl's Terrace, Kensington. At Bridgerale, Captain Usherwood, R.N., to Eliza Dennis, daughter of the late Rev. John Kingdon. Mr. G. W. C. Steward, of the Repulse, revenue cutter, to Miss Emma-Elizabeth Warr, daughter of Mr. G. Warr, Postmaster of Bridport. On Tuesday evening, August 28, at Camperdown, Forfarshire, John James Allen, Esq. R.N., eldest son of John-Lee Allen, Esq. of Errol Park, to Lady Henrietta-Dundas Dun PRINCE REGENT-Ionian Islands. WANDERER-Lieut. Young, Valparaiso. MAILS. MAURITIUS-Copernicus, May, St. Kathe- ST. HELENA-Meta, Gaskell, St. Katherine's SINCAPORE-W. Lockerby, Row, Liverpool, VALPARAISO-William IV., Bottomley, Li- can, eldest daughter of the Earl of Camper- Mr. John Bruce, Master, R.N. to Letitia At Falmouth, Mr. R. Browning, of Edin- In Paris, Harriet, daughter of Captain Holland, R.N. to M. Milsom Wroot, Commander, Royal Navy. Deaths. At Haslar Hospital, on the 22d of August, Mr. Fleeming, midshipman of H.M.S. Excellent. At Woolwich, First Lieutenant Missing, of On the 5th of September, at Bruges, T. In Kerr-street, Devonport, on Friday the On Thursday the 30th of August, in Union. street, Plymouth, Mr. Patrick Coleman, Assistant-Surgeon, R.N. At Poole, in consequence of being thrown out of a gig, Commander W. Richardson, (b,) of the Coast Guard service. At the Royal Hospital at Haslar, on the Lately, Commander Nathaniel Vassal, R.N. A few days since, at Dublin, Lieutenant W. On the 17th September, at Plymouth, after a long illness, Mr. Thomas Fouracre, late in command of the Busy revenue cutter, and superintendant of the quarantine at Ply mouth. LONDON: FISHER, SON, AND CO. PRINTERS, NEWGATE-STREET. THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE, &c. NOVEMBER, 1832. HYDROGRAPHY. Note.-All Bearings are Magnetic, unless otherwise stated. 65. THE GOLA ISLANDS, N. W. Coast of Ireland. Lat. 55° 4' N. Long. 8° 20′ W. By Captain W. Mudge, R. N. As these islands form a secure and commodious anchorage in which vessels of a large draft of water may find shelter in bad weather, or when detained by contrary winds, it becomes a matter of considerable importance to our northern traders to be acquainted with it as soon as possible. Lying, as it does, in the direct route of vessels going north about, à correct knowledge of it is of great importance. The principal of the Gola islands lies about seven miles north of Arranmore Lighthouse, and twelve miles S.W. b. W. of Tory island. The harbour is formed by the coast of Ireland and a cluster of islands, of which Gola is the principal. A reference to the annexed plan will shew that they extend over a considerable space, including a clear sheet of water about one mile in extent. The anchorage is at either extreme of this space, the northern part of it under Ennis Mahon being best adapted for small vessels in three fathoms water, and the southern part of it for large vessels under Gola, in from four to five fathoms. Several extensive reefs lie to the westward of these islands, and afford protection from the heavy westerly swell which incessantly breaks on them, and which would render the anchorage dangerous, were it not for their shelter. The largest of these reefs is named the Bally Connell Rocks, and consists of two patches of flinty slate. A large flag of this slate lies on the top of the northern part, and dries at low water; another patch lies to the S. W. of this, distant about half a mile; and a third patch in shore, distant about a quarter of a mile to the eastward of it. The bottom is very uneven and rocky, the soundings being irregular and sudden. Several reefs extend off the islands, but most of them are exposed at low water, and in general the sea breaks on such as do not appear above the surface. There are three entrances to the port. The first is by the north, for small vessels. They must keep the Farland shore on board, and pass between it and a small rock always above water, lying on the tail of a spit which extends from NO. 9.-VOL I. 3 L |