8. For saving the master by wading into the surf and seizing him from being washed into the sea,-the sum of £2. The only survivor, on 9th of February, 1860.

9. For humane services to crew and passengers of the foundering ship, off Cape Antonio, in May, 1860.-a Sextunt.

10. For saving master and crew of vessel lost in the Atlantic, November, 1858,-a Telescope.

11. For rescuing crew of the foundering vessel off Puerto Colono (?) on 20th of June, 1861,—the sum of £5.

12. For services in rescuing the crew of the vessel found waterlogged and dismasted, in April, 1861,-a Telescope. Also to A. M'Dougall, first mate, £3; W. Benson, Jun.. third mate, £3, and nine of her crew, £1 each.

13. For humane services in rescuing crew, in May, 1861,-a Gold Watch.

14. For humane services to the crew of the Creole, after saving them from their waterlogged vessel, on July 18th, 1861,-a Telescope.

15. The Prince Royal was a fishing smack. To her commander, £5, and each of her crew, £2. For humane services in saving the crew when Ceylon was foundering, and landing them at Ostend, in August, 1861.

16. With three other fishermen for services rendered to the distressed boat's crew of the Glide, after she was wrecked on Wicklow Head, the sum of 10s. each.

17. With seven forming her crew. To Captain Schroot,-a Telescope; to each of the crew, £2. For attention to the master on aban

doning the W. Hammond at sea, on 17th of March last.

18. With two other fishermen and two apprentices,-10s. each; apprentices 58. For services to crew of Bell, lost on 25th August last. 19. For rescuing the crew of the fishing smack, A. Gray, disabled at sea, on 24th of September, 1861,—the sum of £10 for commander aud crew,

20. To Tryall and six crew,-£8. To Wonder and five crew,£6. Aurora and five crew,-£6. For services in saving crew of schooner General Cathcart, wrecked on 10th of October, 1861.

21. With crew, four in all,-the sum of £2. For saving crew of Galatea, while foundering at sea, on 23rd of October, 1861.

22. For services to the crew of the wrecked Neptune, on 15th of October, 1861, to Captain Hinke,-a Gold Watch. To first and second mates,-30s. each; and to crew (6),-£1 each.

23. With crew, eight in all, the sum of £1 each. For saving crew of the foundering Produce, on 22nd of November, 1861.

24. The widow of T. Danger, who lost his life in protection of wrecked property while in execution of his duty,-the sum of £15. 25. And W. Tyrrell, W. Russell, commissioned boatmen, and Frederick Lane, boatman,-£1 each. For rescuing nineteen of crew of the Yarborough, while foundering, on 2nd of November, 1861.

26. A Gold Watch for kindness and humanity in rescuing crew

and passengers, twenty-three in all, of the barque W. Brown, when destroyed by fire, on 2nd of October last.

27. A Sextant for saving crew of St. Marie Bozarris, abandoned at sea, on 16th of October, 1861.

28. For services in rescuing crew of Terra Nova, wrecked off Dungeness, on 5th of November, 1861, and crew of the lugger (seven), -the sum of £5.

29. Mr. Neilson, second mate of the Lady Bird, was one of the crew of the whaleboat which assisted in saving life at the wreck of the Admella, near Cape Northumberland, South Australia, 6th of August, 1859,- —a Bronze Medal for his gallantry. See notice of wreck in Nautical Magazine, February 1862, p. 64.

30. In acknowledgment of his humanity and kindness to the master and part of crew of the Asiatic, picked up at sea on 18th June, 1861, their vessel having foundered a few days previously,-a Telescope.

31. In testimony of services in saving master and crew of the Hull Packet, discovered waterlogged, on 9th October, 1861,—a Telescope. 32. Received the above wrecked crew on the following day on board the Macassar, and landed them at Rotterdam, in acknowledgement of which-a Telescope.

33. The smack Volunteer, T. Adams, at considerable risk saved the survivors of the crew of the Darius, on 3rd of November, 1861, -a Telescope.

34. Saved a boy from her wreck, on 26th of November, 1861,10s. each.

35. To Captain Scott,-a Telescope; to J. Campbell, second mate, John Lees, third mate, G. Rhyne, Thomas Davidson, Henry Forsyth, and James Ford, seamen,- —a Bronze Medal and £2 each. For gallant conduct in rescuing three of the schooner Silver's crew, on 27th of October, 1861.

36. For services in saving her crew, on 11th of February, 1860,a Silver Medal.

man,

37. Also to T. Bray. J. Burgoyne, James Cornish, and R. Tucker-a Silver Medal of second class; and to Captain Cornish,—a Silver Medal of first class. For services to crew of the French ship. 38. To Captain Westgarth,-a Gold Medal; to A. Gidden, W. Johnson, and W. Stonor, seamen of that ship,-a Silver Medal each. For saving crew of the French ship F. Gustave, from Bordeaux, when foundering at sea.

39. To Mr. Helier de Gruchy, farmer at Jersey,-a Gold Medal; to Captain Lecorine, Amice Dufue, P. J. Manger, and Aaron Syvret, farmers at Jersey,-a Silver Medal each. For saving crew of the French vessel, Cultivateur, wrecked on the coast of St. Owens, Jersey, on 12th of March, 1861, at risk of life, in a gale.

BOTTLE PAPERS.

The bottle containing the following paper has escaped the perils of the sea, and has reached its intended destination. It has been added to our chart with the rest, and we hope it will not be long before that is published.

December 15th, 1861.

The following report was picked up in a bottle, well corked and sealed, at Mayaro, on the eastern coast of the Island of Trinidad, lat. 10° 15′ N, long. 60° 59′ W. on the 4th of December last :

This bottle, thrown overboard from the barque Monica, from Sunderland for Demerara, 51 days from the Downs, for the purpose of finding the drift of the current. Whoever finds it will please report the same to the editor of the Nautical Magazine or other leading journal, for the benefit of navigation. Lat. 7° 30′ N., long. 54° 30′ W. 4 P.M., October 23rd, 1861.

W. C. MADDEN, Master.

I have had a N. 58° W. current, 40 miles during the last 24 hours. W. C. M. Found in a bottle, well corked and sealed, by one Pierre Frontin, on the beach of Mayaro, on the eastern coast of the Island of Trinidad, one of the British West Indies, on the 4th of December, 1861..

HENRY LOUIS JOBITY, Stipendiary Justice of Mayaro.

Thus it has been drifted something over 400 miles in a direction about W. 26° N. the distance and time elapsed giving it a rate of 10 miles per day, which has no doubt been reduced by lying for some days unobserved, as the current is well known to be much stronger along that coast.

Nassau, 11th January, 1862. Sir,-Will you have the kindness to forward the enclosed note and paper I received from Watlings Island, by the government schooner, Electric, to the Secretary of the Admiralty London.

I have, &c.

WILLIAM MARSHALL.

To the Hon. A. H. Thompson, Acting Hon. Secretary.

Watling Island, January 5th, 1862. My dear Sir,-By request of Mr. Loudon Butler, I enclose a paper picked up by him on the beach on the North-East part of this Island, requesting you to hand it to the Colonial Secretary in order that it be forwarded to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London. You will see by the dates that it has been a long time in the water, and judging by lat. marked on it has drifted nearly in a straight line. I am, &c.

W. Marshall, Esq.

M. W. NAIRN.

The enclosed paper was picked up on the 22nd December, 1861, on North East part of this Island, about five miles in a South Eastern di tion from the northern and eastern extremity of the Island, which N.E. point lies in lat. 24° 28', long. 74° 35'-M. W. N.

H.M.S. Bloodhound, 9th of August, 1860, lat. 25° 48′ N., long, 20° 33′ W., four days from Maderia, bound to Sierra Leone. All well, This bottle is thrown overboard to determine the set of currents.

FRANCIS W. BENNETT, Lieutenant and Commander.

This bottle has had the long run of 3010 miles, and like a bottle of Captain Owen's which started about 5° West of it, and about 2o Northward of it, has reached Watling Island at a rate of about six miles per day.

Ship, Tiptree, lat. N. 48° 47' long. W. 16° 9', July 20th, 1861. Any person finding this is requested to forward it to Mr. James Glaisher, Greenwich Observatory, England,

F. HAES.

Picked up by a boy at the Portland Breakwater. Received October 7th, 1861, having been posted October 5th 1861.

It has taken nearly an East course, and drifted about 600 miles for 77 days nearly 8 miles per day. It coincides with the usual Easterly course of the rest.

Rutland Dungtal, Co. Donegal, February 4th, 1859. Sir, I beg leave to enclose a letter which I have received from the chief boatman at Portnoo, enclosing one picked up in a bottle by one of the fishermen off that station,-the letter enclosed in the bottle appears to have been written last May at Bogota, New Granada, it may help to elucidate something about the set of the tides.

I have, &c.

THOS. BATE.

Ajax, Kingstown, 7th February, 1859.

Submitted for information and transmission to the Hydrographer of

the Navy.

J. M.N. BOYD, Captain. Bogota. 23rd May, 1858. j

This letter, which Heaven knows where it may find your Reverence, is intended to say that the voyage of your Reverence and P. Equilerz, and whoever else may accompany you, should be direct to Bogota, and on no account elsewhere. If your Reverence should have gone to Santa Martha with Senor Mier, you will have received from him sufficient instructions: if not, your Reverence may learn Senor Demetrio Povras, who will probably deliver this letter, to hasten leaving Conejo for Honda, but it would be as well to wait some intelligence here.

Above all it is necessary to write a letter immediately and request the commander of the steamer to deliver it at Honda, to any person who will immediately forward it to them by a canoe to stop them going up the river. Such person should be him to whom they may be recommended by the letter-and failing that person your Reverence may refer to Sen. Santiago Leon. But it is to be observed, that the Captain should leave Conejo thus early as the opportunity may be easily lost if the letter be not delivered beforehand, or at the time of anchoring.

S. S. and O.o of your Reverence I heartily com

your Reverence's humble servant in Christ,

J. H. S.

Pablo de Blas de la Compania de Jesus. For His Reverence in Christ P. Jose Joaquin Cotanilla.

A remarkable instance this of the effects of current from the coast of New Granada. It must have gone through the Western part of the Carribbean Sea, a part of the Gulf of Mexico, and found its way by the Gulf Stream along the American coast to the N.E., and falling within the influence of the S. W. winds, has been washed on shore on the coast of Donegal, travelling altogether at a rate little short of 20 miles per day over a distance of about 4,000 miles.

EVENINGS AT HOME AT THE NAUTICAL CLUB:-Gunboat Movements-The Chairman's Address-Prince Albert Memorial Loss of the "Conqueror"-Report of the Life-Boat InstitutionNavigation of the St. Lawrence-The Canadian ExpeditionVoyage of the "Orlando"-Peacock's Composition—Paraffine -The Great Pythoness-The French Navy.

Signal was made from the Victory, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Bruce, in Portsmouth Harbour, at 8h. a.m., to-day (8th Feb.), for "all the gunboats in the first class of the reserve to man with their crews, take on board a week's provisions, and report themselves for sea when ready." The men were scattered on board the different ships in harbour, in various parts of the dockyard, and over at the Haslar Gunboat Yard, and the signal was wholly unexpected, yet every boat was manned, provisioued, and reported officially as ready for sea under two hours, and there is no doubt but that another hour would have seen them fairly under steam at Spithead.

What would our ancestors have said to that, observed Rodmand, as he concluded reading it. What would they have thought of it,

Commodore, eh?

Thought of it? why, they would have rubbed their eyes and asked