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THE ANAMBAS ISDANDS.-China Sea.-By M. Paris, Ensigne de Vaisseau, in the Corvette La Favorite.-Capt. La Place. 1831.

Combining we may also add the surveys of the French frigate Thetis, Capt. Bouganville, in 1828, and a chart which no ship should be without in the

China Sea.

ACRE.-Syria.-Surveyed by Mr. G. Biddlecombe, Master of H.M.S. Talbot, Capt. Codrington. 1840.

A neat little plan, shewing the approaches to Acre for about two miles round, and highly creditable to its author.

EAST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA,-Sheet 6,-From Rio de la Plata to the Rio Negro.

EAST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA,-Sheet 7, PATAGONIA.-Rio Negro to Cape Three Points.

EAST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA,-Sheet 8, PATAGONIA.-Cape Three Points to the Strait Magellan.

EASTERN ENTRANCE TO MAGELLAN STRAIT.

The above four very neat charts are the first we shall record of the results of Capt. FitzRoys long and valuable labours assisted by the officers of the Beagle. With such charts we may pretend to know something of a coast which has been a terra incognita to us since the early voyages of the Spaniards, and our own navigators, the fame of whose deeds there was all they had left us. They are invaluable little charts, enriched with all the details of information required even in these days of steam navigation.

ADMIRALTY ORDERS.

Admiralty, Jan. 1, 1841.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having had under their consideration the Regulations for the appointment of Acting Masters' Assistants, both as regards the required period of their servitude in the Royal Navy, or Merchant Service, and their general attainments in Seamanship and Navigation, are pleased to direct, with reference to the 27th Art. Cap. 3, of the Regulations for Her Majesty's Service at Sea, that the qualifications for the appointments of Acting Masters' Assistants in the Royal Navy, shall in future be as follows:

He shall have been at Sea either in Her Majesty's Navy three complete years, or in the Merchant Service four years, (one of which as Mate or Inferior Mate); or for combined periods of two years in the Royal Navy, and two in the Merchant Service; or one year in the Royal Navy, and three in the Merchant Service, and shall be full sixteen years of age.

He will be required to have a thorough knowledge of Practical Observations of the Sun, Moon, rnd Stars, for ascertaining the Latitude; to work double Altitudes; the Longitude by Chronometer, and to keep a Ship's Reckoning by the common Rules, usually denominated a day's-work. He will also be required to produce Certi Acates of Servitude, and Regularity of Conduct.

Candidates for Acting-Masters' Assistant, are to be strictly and carefully examined in the presence of the Captain or Commander, by a Master and Naval Instructor, and when there shall not be an officer of the latter class, by two Masters, touching their abilities in Seamanship, Navigation, &c. The Certificates of Qualifications are to be signed by the Captain or Commander, as well as by the examining officers; and all Candidates who shall be found qualified, agreeably to the before-mentioned provisions, will be considered eligible to be appointed by their Lordships as Acting Masters' Assistants in Her Majesty's Navy accordingly.

By command of their Lordships,

To all Captains, &c.

R. MORE O FERRALL

Admiralty, Jan. 29, 1841. The title of "Physician-General of the Navy," has been abolished, and replaced by that of "Inspector-General of Naval Hospital and Fleets."

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

PROMOTIONS.

LIEUTENANTS-A. L. Kuper, late Pelorus, to the rank of commander. Commission to be dated from the 27th of July, 1839. E. W. Matthews, to death vacancy of J. Conway, of Modeste.

MATES-L. G. Heath (of the Excellent) has obtained the half-yearly Lieutenant's commission, as being senior in proficiency of mathematics, &c., prior to the Christmas vacation at the Royal Naval College. J. H. Woolward, to the rank of Lieu

tenant.

CLERKS C. Dealy, of the Seaflower, and H. H. Chimmo, of the Cleopatra, to the rank of Purser.

APPOINTMENTS.

- CAPTAINS-C. Wyvill to Cleopatra. G. Elliott (acting) to Volage.

COMMANDERS-T. J. Clarke (acting) to Columbine, T. R. Eden to Persian, v. Quin deceased. E. S. L. Cannon, to Calcutta. A. S Pearson to the Royal Sovereign yacht, for service of packets at Port Patrick.

LIEUTENANTS-W. G. Mange of the Indus to the Phoenix. J. P. Dennis of the Phoenix to the Indus. J. Sanderson to Excellent, L. G. Heath to Impregnable. R. Tucker to Ocean. G. Vincent to Indus. J. B. West to Powerful from Beacon,

MATES-H. de Lisle to Phoenix. H. Chads to Endymion. A. C. Key to Excellent. D. M. L. Mackenzie to Iris, Mr. E. Hill to Indus. L. P. Pigott to Impregnable. W. A, Bridge (of the Excellent,) and G. H. H. Greathead to Indus. C. J. F. Ewart of the Excellent to Monarch. L. C. H. Tonge to Vernon, O. Borland and J Borlase to Excellent, -the latter to take charge of the artillery duties on board that ship. W. Moorsom to. Excellent. C. S. Dunbar to

Lizard. J. Borlase, (b) E. Hardy, E. Lacy, and W. A. R. Lee to Excellent, from Naval College as Gunnery Mates. H. B. Mottley to Impregnable. J. F. B. Wainwright, E. B. Hawke, T. H. Forster, and P. W. May to Royal Naval College for instruction.

SECOND-MASTER-J. Scarlett, (acting) to Queen, for her tender.

VOLS. 1ST CLASS-H. Parker to Lizard. H. Rundle to San Josef. G. Stratton to Indus. F. M'Kenzie Fraser to Inconstant.

MASTER'S ASSISTANT-J. Matthews (acting) to Victory.

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS-) Edinburgh v. Plimsoll. D. H. Gamble -R. Hayward to to Revenge, v. Baker. T. K. Beattie to Stromboli, v. Houghton. D. O'Callaghan to Phoenix. T. C. Miller to Queen. C. Daniell (of the Phoenix) to Apollo. A. L. Emslie to Queen, J. Jackson (acting) to Caledonia.

Mr. Doyle, clerk of the Apollo, and Mr. Parminter, clerk of the Phoenix, have passed their examination for Pursers.

NAVAL INSTRUCTORS-J. Moncur to Endymion. W. Johnson to Monarch. CHAPLAIN-M. Beebee to the living of Simonburn.

COAST-GUARD-Commander-J. Cammilleri to be Inspecting Commander. Lieutenant-H.A. Finucane to be chief

officer.

MOVEMENTS AND STATIONS OF HER MAJESTY'S NAVY.

AT HOME.

APOLLO, (troop ship) Mr. A. Karley, 19th January left Portsmouth for Cork, 24th arrived.

ATHOL, 28, (troop ship) Master-Com. C. P. Bellamy, 12th of January left Cork for Corfu and Barbados.

COMET, (st. v.) Lieut. F. C. Syer, 19th January left Falmouth for Bristol.

ENDYMION, 38, Capt. Hon. F. W. Grey, 2nd February sailed for Cape and East Indies.

FERRET, 10, Lieut. W. S. Thomas, 19th January left Falmouth for Africa. INCONSTANT, 36, Capt. D. Pring, 2nd February left Plymouth for Mediter

ranean.

ISIS, 28, Capt. H. Nurse, 18th Jan. arrived at Deal from Chatham, 20th arrived at Portsmouth, 28th sailed for Plymouth, 30th arrived on way to River Gambia.

LIGHTNING, (st. v.) Lieut.-Com, R. A. Williams, 19th January left Harwich for northward, returned to Woolwich.

LIZARD, (st. v.) Lieut. W. G. Estcourt, 30th January at Portsmouth, on way to Mediterranean.

NAUTILUS, 10, Lieut.-Com. G. Beaufoy, 19th January left Shields.

NIGHTINGALE, Mr. G. Hicks, 17th January at Leith, lost two men by the capsizing of a boat.

PELICAN, 16, Com. C. G. E. Napier, 18th January at Deal, 20th arrived at Portsmouth.

PHOENIX, (st. v.) Com. R. Stopford, 20th January left Portsmouth for Devonport.

PLUTO, (st. v.) Lieut.-Com J. Lunn, 16th January arrived at Portsmouth, going to Plymouth, intended to accompany African expedition to the Niger.

SATELLITE, 18, Com. J. Robb, 14th February arrived at Spithead from Bermuda, having sailed 8th January.

SHIPS IN PORT 10th February.—At Spithead Pelican, Satellite.

In Harbour-Queen, Victory, Indus, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Tweed, Rapid, Alban steamer.

AT PLYMOUTH-In Harbour-Caledonia, San Josef, Lizard, Pluto, Carron. In Barnpool-Raven.-In the Sound Impregnable, Belle Isle, Iris.

ABROAD.

ALECTO, (st. v.) Lieut.-Com. W. Hoseason, 3rd January arrived at Malta. BLAZER, Lieut.-Com. J. Steane, 12th December left Madeira for Barbados.

BRISK, 3, Lieut.-Com. G. Sprigg, 18th November at Cape from St. Helena.

BRITANNIA, 120, Capt. J. Drake, 31st December sailed from Gibraltar for Marmorice Bay, 7th January arrived.

BRITOMART, 10, Com. O. Stanley, 4th September arrived at Port Nicholson, New Zeeland.

CALLIOPE, 26, Capt. T. Herbert, 14th October at Toonkoo.

CASTOR, 36, Capt. E. Collier, 31st December left Malta for Marmorice, 7th January arrived.

CHARYBDIS, 3, Lieut.-Com. E. B. Tinling, 22nd December arrived at Jamaica from Bermuda.. She was also out thirty-six days from Port Royal to Halifax, having been eighteen days on the coast, and only arrived there on the 16th of November, with loss of boats, bulwarks, stanchions, &c., with a detachment of the 6th regiment on board.

CLEOPATRA, 26, 23rd December arr, at Barbados from Antigua.

COLUMBINE, (st. v.) 24th November arrived at Bermuda from Halifax.

COMUS, (st. v.) Com. E. Nepean, 23rd November arrived at Honduras from Onesa, 26th sailed for Sisal.

CURLEW, 10, Lieut.-Com. T. C. Ross, 3rd November arrived at Cape from Quillimane, 16th sailed from eastern

coast.

DRUID, 44, Capt. Rt. Hon. Lord J. Churchill, 14th October at Toonkoo. EREBUS, Capt. J. C. Ross, 5th September at Hobart Town.

ESPOIR, 10, Lieut.-Com. J. T. Paulson, 7th January arrived at Lisbon with damage.

GANGES, 84, Capt. B. Reynolds, 28th January arrived at Malta from Levant.

GRIFFIN, 3, Lieut.-Com. J. G. D'Urban, 7th January left Barbados. Mr. Pearce, R.N., an officer of the Linnet packet, who had been placed on board the Penelope, of Glasgow, at Grenada, in consequence of the death of the captain and illness of the crew, has himself died recently, within two days of taking charge of the vessel.

HERALD, 26, Capt. J. Nias, 9th Oct. arrived at Sincapore, 13th sailed for China.

Howe, 120, Capt. Sir W. O. Pell, 31st December left Gibraltar for Marmorice, 7th January arrived.

HYACINTH, 18, Com. W. Warren, 14th October at Toonkoo.

HYDRA, (st, v.) Com. R. Stopford, Dec. at Acre, saving stores of Zebra. JASEUR, 16, Com. F. M. Boultbee, 7th January at Gibraltar.

LARK, (s. v.) Lieut.-Com. T. Smith, 23rd November arrived at Havana from Belize.

LOCUST, (st. v.) Lieut.-Com. J. Lunn, 24th December arrived at Gibraltar, 27th sailed for Malta, 2nd January arrived at Malta.

ORESTES, 18, Com. P. S. Hambly, 28th September arrived at Callao froin Arica.

PARTRIDGE, 10, Lieut.-Com, W. Morris, (a) 14th November arrived at Rio.

PEARL, 18, Com. C. C. Frankland, 28th October left Bahia on a cruize, 20th November arrived at Bahia from Pernambuco.

PERSIAN, 18, November 30th at St. Helena, Capt. Quin having died at that place,-to sail for Africa 1st December.

PIQUE, 36, Capt. E. Poxer, arrived at Gibraltar with loss of masts, bowsprit, and anchors,-expected home.

RACEHORSE, 18, Com. Hon. E. A. Harris, 26th December arrived at Port Royal from Bermuda.

RACER, 16, Com. G. Byng, 4th January arrived at Halifax from Vera Cruz,

RINGDOVE, 16, Com. Hon. K. Stewart, 11th December arrived at Barbados from Bermuda, 19th sailed for St. Thomas.

ROVER, 18, Com. T. W. C. Symonds, 2nd December left Bermuda, 9th arrived at Port Royal.

SAPPHIRE, (troop ship) Master-Com. G. H. Cole, 23rd January left Malta for Barbados.

SAPPHO, 16, Com. T. Fraser, 27th December arrived at Port Royal from Tampico and Havana, 29th sailed for Barbados.

SOUTHAMPTON, Capt. Sir W. Hillyer, 26th Nov. at Rio, having arrived on 14th. STARLING, (s.v.) Lieut.-Com. H. Kellett, 22nd October left Sincapore for China.

SULPHUR, (st. v.) Com. E. Belcher, 22nd October left Sincapore for China. TERROR, Com. F. R. M. Crozier, 15th September at Hobart Town.

WEAZLE, 10, Com, J. Simpson, 14th December arrived at Cephalonia. WINCHESTER, 50, Capt, J. Parker, 8th January at Bermuda.

ZEBRA, 16, Com. R. F. Stopford, 2nd December driven on shore in the Bay of Acre by a furious gale,-crew saved.

MALTA.-H.M.S. Howe, 120, had a most fearful passage out, and a most dread ful thing having been planned, which had it succeeded would have blown everybody up, and no person would have lived to tell the sad tale. The Gunner of her, it appears, went into her magazine, and laid a train of powder to a match which communicated with the powder in a cask through which he had bored a hole, and went into his cabin and cut his throat.-Naval and Military Gazette.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

Births.

On the 19th of January, the lady of Capt. A. T. E. Vidal, of a son.

At Pen Tamar Cottage, Stoke, Devonport, on the 10th of January, the lady of Capt. W. Walker, R.N. of a daughter.

At Titchfield, Hants, on the 24th of January, the wife of Capt. J. Anderson, R.N. of a son.

On the 8th of January, at the Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse, the lady of Dr. Armstrong, of a son.

At North-end, Kingston, on the 26th of January, the lady of J. Kidd, Esq., surgeon, R.N., of a daughter.

Marriages.

At Malta, Lieut. G. Hayes, R.M., of H.M.S. Asia, son of Capt. Hayes, R.N., to Mary Ann, the only daughter of T. Mansfield, Esq., of the Auditor-general's Department at Malta.

At Florence, S. J. Popham, Esq., son of the late Admiral Sir H. Popham, to Jane, daughter of Colonel A. Campbell, of Ardchattan, Argyleshire.

On the 2nd February, at St. Alphage,
Greenwich, by the Rev. W. A. Soames,
A.M., vicar, R. H. Forman, Esq., son of
Colonel Forman, of Croom's Hill, to
Frances Seymour, second daughter of
Lieut. J. W. Rouse, R.N.,
of Greenwich
Hospital.

At Portsea, Mr. W. H. Batten, R.N., of H.M. steam-vessel Alban, to Miss Mary Ann Chapman, of that place.

At Valetta, on the 24th of December, Mr. C. A. Cole, of H.M.S. Calcutta, to Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr. A. Ferrier, Ordnance department.

At Marylebone, George, eldest son of the late G. S. Wintour, Esq., Captain, R. N., to Harriett, daughter of Lieut. T. Renou, R.N.

At Kennington, Lieut. A. M. Leod, R.N., to Ellen, daughter of B. Alder, Esq. Brixton.

At Speen, on the 20th of January, the Rev. T. Pearson, curate of Stock cross, to Jane Frances, eldest daughter of the late Capt. Dale, R.N.

Beaths.

Captain W. Mather, R.N., aged 66 years.
At his residence, at Alnwick, Captain
J. Forster, R.N.

On the 28th of January, at Portpatrick, Com. J. Little, R.N., agent and commander of the government line of mailpacket steamers between Portpatrick and Donaghadee.

In Canada, Com. A. Wilson, R.N., (1812,) author of a naval history.

In Durnford-street, Stonehouse, B. Kent, Esq., Com. R.N., aged 53 years.

At Arnold's Point, New Road, aged 62, Mrs A. Dechamp, widow of retired Com. R. Dechamp, R N.

At Nutford-place, Bryanston-square, on the 20th of January, in her 68th year, Anne, widow of the late Capt. W. S. Parkinson, R.N.

At Teignmouth, at a very advanced age, Johanna Hamilton, widow of the late Capt. W. Young, R.N.

On the 22nd of November, drowned in the Hoogley River, Mr. W. C. Walker, aged 15, son of J. W. C. Walker, Esq., of Havant.

On the 20th of January, at Haslar Hospital, Mr. J. D. Keely, Purser, (1813)

R.N.

Of dysentery, on board H M.S. Conway, Mr. C. E. Hodgkinson, Mate of that ship.

At Chatham, on the 10th of January, of apoplexy, Jane, wife of W. Standbridge, Esq., surgeon, R.N., aged 64.

At Deal, A. Folwell, Esq., Purser, RN.

At Stoke, Plymouth, aged 30 years, Elizabeth Higman, wife of Mr. Mattacott, master of H.M.S. Inconstant.

On the 18th of October, of wounds received in a conflict with the natives, while endeavouring to purchase provisions in the neighbourhood of Ning-po, Mr. Harvey, midshipman of H.M.S. Conway, which ship was employed surveying the great River Yang-tse-Kiang, leading up to Nankin

In Crawford Street, London, on Sunday the 21st of February, Mrs. Sarah Thorne, aged 85, mother-in-law of Lieutenants W. L. Sheringham, and A. B. Becher, R.N.

At St. Helena, while in command, of H.M.S. Persian, on the 22nd November

At Montrose, North Britain, retired last, Com. W. H. Quin, R.N.

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METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.

Kept at Croom's Hill, Greenwich, by Mr. W. Rogerson, of the Royal Observatory. From the 21st of January, to the 20th of February, 1841.

Week Day.

BAROMETER.

FAHR. THER.

WEATHER.

WIND.

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JANUARY-Mean height of the barometer = 29.756 inches: mean tempera33.3 degrees: depth of Rain or melted Snow fallen

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2.98 inches.

NOTE. The first ten days of February were very frosty without any intermission: on the 9th and 10th the Thames abreast of Greenwich was, at the time of high water, completely covered with large masses of ice.

TO OUR FRIENDS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

Our best thanks to MEXICANO for his useful paper just received.

ARGO-obliged as usual: his attention in the line pointed out will be acceptable. S.-on Atlantic steamers in our next.

Thanks to Mr. LANG for his important communication. St. Croix shall appear in our next.

A CAPTAIN, R.N. of 1807-received.

There is nothing new in the letters of " AN OLD NORTH SEA Cruizer."

We have received Mr. STURGEON's letter.

We are indebted to a friend for the Cornwall Gazette, Van Diemens Land. The Hydrography it contains will be found in our volume for 1837.

Thanks to another friend for the Port Philip Gazette.

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