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at Plymouth, fitting for flag of Rear Admiral Sir W. Parker, KCB., commissioned 7th April,

FAIR ROSAMOND, 2, Lieut. Com. A.G. Bulman, at Portsmouth, fitting.

Isis, 23, Capt. H. Nurse, 24th March, left Plymouth for Africa.

PIQUE, 36, Capt. E. Boxer, 17th March, arr. at Spithead, under jury masts, 21st at the Nore, and proceeded to Chatham.

SALAMANDER, (st, v.) Com. J. C. Davis, 20th March, sailed for Sheerness.

TWEED, 20, Com. H. D. C. Douglas, 26th March, left Spithead for American

station.

AT PORTSMOUTH, 15th of April,-At Spithead, Indus, Vernon, Pelican, Nautilus. In Harbour-Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, and Rapid.

AT PLYMOUTH, 12th April-In Harbour-Caledonia, San Josef, Cornwallis, Stag, Acorn, Soudan-Steamers, Avon and Carron. In the Sound-Impregnable, Belleisle.

AT DEPTFORD-Albion, England, Orbit, Liverpool, St. Ann's, and Enterprize, to embark troops for Canada- Diligence and City of Rochester-Remain Bodicea, transport, for Rio, Adelaide for India, Garland, Grove, Westmoreland, convict ships, and Wilberforce, iron steamer.

ABROAD.

ANDROMACHE, 25, Capt, R. L, Baynes, CB., 28th January, in Simons Bay. BEACON (Sur. v.) T. Graves, 4th March, returned to Malta from the survey of Graham Shoal.

BELLEROPHON, 80, Capt. C. J. Austen, 4th April, left Malta for Gibraltar. BENBOW, 72, Capt. H. Stewart, 10th March, arr. at Malta.

CAMELION, Lieut. Com. G. M. Hunter, 4th February, left Rio for the Cape.

CARYSFORT, 26, Capt. H. B. Martin, 3rd April, left Malta for Corfu.

CASTOR, 36, Capt. E. Collier, 9th of March, arr. at Malta.

CHARYBDIS, 3, Lieut. Com. E. B. Tinling, 2nd February, left Port Royal for Nassau.

CLEOPATRA, 26, Capt. Milne, 27th February, arr. at Jamaica from Barbados, having captured a Spanish slaver with 260 negroes off St. Thomas.

COMUS, 18, Com. E. Nepean, 4th February, left Port Royal for Honduras. CROCODILE, 26, Capt. Johnson, 26th February, arr. at Jamaica,

CURACOA, 24, Com. W. Preston, 2nd Februan, arr. at Rio.

CURLEW, 10, Lieut. Com. T. C. Ross,

8th January. arr. in Simons Bay.

CYCLOPS, (st. v.) Capt.) H. T. Austen, 11th March, arr. at Malta from Suda.

DAPHNE, 18, Com. J. W. Dalling, 18th March, left Smyrna for Malta.

EDINBURGH, 72, Capt. W. Henderson, HH., 8th March, left Malta for Smyrna, 11th, returned, 4th April, sailed for England.

GORDON, (st. v.) Capt. W. H. Hender.. son, 3rd April, left Malta for Alexandria.

GRECIAN, 16, Com. W. Smyth, 22nd February, left Rio on a cruize.

HASTINGS, 72, Capt. J. Lawrence, CB., 22nd February, left Malta for Candia, 25th March returned.

HORNET, 6, Lieut. Com. R. B, Miller, 20th February, arr. at Jamaica from Carthagena, 2nd March, sailed for Chagres.

Howe, 120, Capt. Sir W. O. Pell, 26, March, arr. at Malta from Marmorice.

HYDRA, (st. v.) Com. R. Stopford, 5th March, to leave Malta for Marmorice, Sula, and Candia, 10th March, arr. at Malta.

IMPLACABLE, 74, Capt. E. Harvey, 3rd March, arr. at Malta, 20th, sailed for Syracuse.

INCONSTANT, 36, Capt. D. Pring, 15th March, about to sail from Malta for Trieste and Venice visiting the continental ports to Barcelona.

LILY, 16, Com. J. J. Allen, 3rd Nov. in Mozambique channel.

MAGICIENNE, 24, Capt. F. P. Michell, 28th March in the Bosphorus.

PHOENIX, (st. v.) Com. R. Stopford, 1st April, left Malta for Beyrout,

PICKLE, 5, Lieut. Montresor, 13th February, arr. at Jamaica from Honduras, 2nd March, sailed for Chagres.

RACEHORSE, 18, Com. Hon. E. A. Harris, 8st February, left Port Royal on a cruize, 24th returned.

RACER, 16, Com. T. Hervey, 38th Feb. arr. at Jamaica from Bermuda.

RINGDOVE, 16, Com. Hon. K. Stewart, 3rd February, arr. at Barbados.

ROVER, 18, Com. T. W. C. Symonds, 16th January, arr. at Jamaica, 18th, left Jamaica on a cruize.

SAPPHO, 16, Com T. Fraser, 19th February, arr. at Jamaica from Port au Prince.

SKIPJACK, 5, Lieut. Com. H. Wright, 25th Feb. arr. at Jamaica.

TALBOT, 26, Capt. H. J. Codrington, 28th March had sailed for Corfu.

THUNDERER, 84, Capt. M. F. F. Berkeley, 2nd April, left Malta for Syra

cuse.

TRINCULO, 16, Com. H. E. Coffin, 31st

March, arr. at Gibraltar from Lisbon. VANGUARD, 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, 23rd February, left Malta for Candia, March, returned.

VESTAL, 26, Capt. T. W. Carter, 12th February, at Belize.

VICTOR, Com. W Dawson, 2nd Feb. arr. at Tampico, 21st at Jamaica, 28th, sailed for Barbados.

VOLAGE, 26, Capt. H. Smith, arr. at the Capé.

WASP, 16, Com. G. Mansell. 8th March left Malta for Beyrout, 10th returned.

WINCHESTER, 50, Capt. J. Parker, 28th February, arr. at Jamaica from Antigua and Bermuda.

WIZARD, 10, Lieut. Com, T. F. Birch, 22nd February, left Rio on a cruize.

IN PORT-MALTA, 5th April.-The Princess Charlotte, 120, bearing the flag

of Admiral Sir R. Stopford, GCB., GCMG. Ceylon, 6, bearing the flag of Rear Ad miral Sir J. Lewis, Bart. Powerful, 86. Howe, 120. Benbow, 72. Hastings, 72, Vanguard, 80. Carysfort, 36. Castor, 36. Dido, 18. Steam frigates-Vesuvius, Cyclops, Stromboli, and Acheron. Steam packets-Megæra, Locust, and Prometheus.

PORT ROYAL, 4th March.-Admiral Sir Thos. Harvey, with his flag in the Winchester-Magnificent, Cleopatra, Crocodile, Pilot, Victor, Sappho, Racehorse, Racer, Charybdis, Pickle, Skip jack, and Dee and Tartarus steamers.

BARBADOS, 17th Feb.-Seringapatam, Cleopatra, Ringdove, Griffon, Crane packet-and the Hecla, Columbia, Tartarus, Flamer, Gleaner, and Blazer steam-vessels.

BIRTIIS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

Births.

On the 2d of April, the lady of Lieut. Young, RN., of the Coast-guard Service, at Hill Head, of a daughter.

Marriages.

At Malta, on the 30th of March, the Rev. E, Kitson, Chaplain of H.M.S. Princess Charlotte, to Anne Jane, eldest daughter of Colonel Bredin, Royal Artillery.

At Newington, April the 10th, Lieut. T. A. Butler, RN., to Emma Louisa, eldest daughter of Commander Sir H. E. Atkinson, RN.

At Rogate Parish Church, Lieut. W. H. Kennedy, RN., to Georgina, fourth daughter of the late Hon. Admiral Sir C. Paget, and niece of the Marquis of Anglesea.

At Newington, on the 25th of March, J. Hay, Esq., of Canal Grove, to Eliza Jane, daughter of the late H. M. Cunningham, lieutenant RN.

At Plymouth, on the 16th of March, T. Coral Esq., assistant-surgeon, RN., to Harriet Elizabeth Beresford, youngest daughter of Com. J. Patey, RN.

At Meopham, Kent, on the 3rd of April, F. M. Brown, Esq., to Elizabeth, daughter of the late S. Bromley, Esq.,

surgeon, RN.

At Blendworth, the Rev. H. Forster, to Ellen, daughter of the late Rear-admiral Sir M. Seymour, Bart.

Deaths.

At Reading, Berkshire, at an advanced

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At Falmouth, Lieut. Pawle, RN., late Commander of the Mutine packet. He was seized with paralysis whilst taking a walk;-immediate surgical aid procured, but in vain.

On the 20th of February last, of fever, off Beyrout, Mr. H. Prior, Master of HMS. Zebra, highly esteemed and much regretted by all who knew him, as a truly deserving and persevering officer.

At Prospect Lodge, Reading, on the 11th of April, W. Foster Esq., in the 82d year of his age, formerly of the Navy office, Somerset House.

At Falmouth, Lieut. Forrester, Commander of her Majesty's brig Linnet.

At Windsor, Canada, on the 19th of February, P, Wright, Esq., lieutenant RN., (1313,) and Collector of Customs for that port.

At Com. Cuppage's, Wilton Cottage, near Ross, Hertfordshire, Letitia, daughter of the late W. McCurdy, Esq,, surgeon, RN., of Hambledon, Hants, aged

52 years.

Lately, S. Eades, Esq., Purser, KN., (1798)

Lately, R. Dunn, Esq., (a) 1790, surgeon of Woolwich Yard,

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.

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

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TO OUR FRIENDS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

We are much obliged to the Harbour-master at Madras for his attention, and we would request the same attention from other harbour-masters of our colonies, that they forward to us as soon as possible, all Hydrographical notices passing under their cognizance as they may occur,-the establishment of this Journal having proved itself a receptacle for their reference, at once economical, secure, and immediate.

We have inserted the letter from Liverpool, and shall be happy to hear from the writer whenever he pleases.

It was our intention to have inserted the memorial presented to the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London, in favour of the widows left by the officers and crew of the Fairy, but our limits have prevented it. In our next it will appear, with the list of denors and their donations to Mrs. Hewett's fund. In the mean time the latter will speedily appear in the columns of the Times.

Lieut. Williamson is thanked. His manuscript is returned.

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BANK IN THE RIVER LA PLATA.

H.M.S. Curacoa, Monte Video, Jan. 14th, 1840. SIR, On the 13th of last December the United States frigate, Potamac, left this place to complete with fresh water from the river. The wind was about E.S.E. at the time, and fine weather, and while steering N.W.b.N., by compass, believing themselves to be about five miles from the Ravines of St. Gregory and St. Lucia, the leadsman having at the previous minute got a cast in four fathoms, the ship ran aground in seventeen feet water, drawing at that time twenty feet six inches.

She was cleared of everything excepting her ballast and lower masts, and after remaining fast until the 24th of December, by great exertions she was hove off S.b. W., their efforts to heave her off stern foremost having proved ineffectual, and her tendency being to clear away the sand and mud forwards, where she was less deeply immersed than aft; when she floated she drew seventeen feet six inches.

The wind was south-east when she got off, fine weather, with a remarkable high river.

During the eleven days they were aground the least water they had alongside was twelve feet, the most (the day she hove off) eighteen feet. The surface of the shoal consisted of a light coloured quick-sand, but about three feet was mud and shells.

As no notice is taken of this shoal in the chart of that part of the River Plata, supplied for the guidance of her Majesty's ships; and as it lays in the way of ships proceeding up the north side of the river to Point de Santa Maria, to water, I have thought it my duty to furnish you with this information of its existence, and send also a chart showing the shoal, &c.

When the Patomac was aground, the true bearings of Santa Maria, and the Ravine of St. Gregory and St. Lucia, were N.W. and N.E. On the Admiralty chart the least depth of water marked on the shoal is three fathoms, and that close to Santa Maria, four fathoms being the average depth.

I have the honour to be, sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,

Captain Beaufort, R.N., F.R.S.,

Hydrographer of the Navy, London.

JENKIN JONES, Captain.

MADRAS ROADS.

THE roadstead of Madras is tolerably well known to our navigators, but time produces changes there as elsewhere, and there is room for a few remarks even on that much frequented anchorage. A short time ago a survey of these roads was made by Mr. Mc Kennie, then actingmaster-attendant, principally with the view of shewing the position and state of progress of a stone breakwater, for facilitating the landing. What is the actual condition of it at present we are not aware, but considering the well-known dangerous nature of the roads in which, year after year vessels are placed in the greatest jeopardy, particularly ENLARGED SERIES.-] -NO 6.-VOL. FOR 1841.

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during the monsoon, either from want of knowledge of the roads, from temerity on the part of their commanders, or from their incredulity that bad weather is near at hand, while the barometer indicates no material change, such a survey was absolutely necessary.

Also, from want either of sufficient knowledge or of proper attention, it is too often the case that vessels arriving in the night, anchor in a position from which they could not possibly be assisted if the wind had had subsequently set on shore, and their inevitable loss would be the consequence.

The survey published by Mr. Mc Kennie gives the position and sections of the breakwater, and the following notice to commanders of ships and others, was issued from the Master-Attendants' Office, on the 14th of May, 1839:-" By a recent survey of the site of the projected breakwater, the extreme length of the work from N.N.E. to S.S.W., was found to be about seventy-six feet. Extreme breadth from E.S.E, to W.N.W. about fifty-five feet.

"The soundings upon it were found to vary from twenty-five to twelve feet. The work is laid down in twenty-five feet water, bearing from the master-attendants' flagstaff, S.E.b.E. E., distant from the shore 300 yards. The stones do not appear to have been moved by the action of the sea from where they were originally placed. As it is now considered a danger a good buoy is laid down on the south end; and it is in contemplation to lay down another at the north-east end to mark the two extremes to seaward.

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(Signed) "H. D. E. DALRYMPLE, Acting-Master-Attendant." Mr. Mc. Kennie has also added to his survey many important particulars of currents, tides, set of the sea, rise and break of the surf, and which latter information, when made known to commanding officers of vessels, cannot fail in being of great use in enabling them to issue orders to their boat's crew when on bar duty, not to venture nearer the surf than the prescribed distance.

Referring to the loss of the Hope, at Madras, at the end of 1827, and subsequent shipwrecks there, the nature of the soundings in the roads with the quality and colour of the sand, &c., commanding officers of vessels would also be better aware of their approach to the surf, with the assistance of the plan, in the event of driving.

The bearings and distance of the Pulicat Shoals from these roads, (being the nearest danger to Madras,) are also marked, and the spot on which the statue of the late Sir Thomas Munro, governor of Madras, standing face to seaward, has lately been erected.*

There are two shoals running almost parallel with the beach, which also appear in the plan, not that they are dangers to the shipping, (for they are well within the anchorage ground, but it might be well to

This statue was sent out from England, and the landing and erecting it were so creditably performed by Mr. Mc Kennie, that he received a handsome acknowledgment of his services from the people of Madras. This gentlemen is now busy maturing a plan for communicating with the ships in the roads, sending out anchors, &c., which, if it answers, we shall take the opportunity of laying before our readers. We understand that a life-boat with a rocket apparatus, is to be established at Madras, according to the proposal of Mr. Mc Kennie.

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