was bestowed upon his wife, who had been his faithful companion in his various engagements and cruises; and who with a presence of mind and intrepidity uncommon in a female, had frequently taken upon herself to fulfil the functions of a surgeon when, as was often the case, there was no such officer on board, in alleviating the distresses of the sick and wounded,-prisoners as well as those of her own ship. On the accession of Paul, Capt. Crown was promoted to the rank of a Rear-admiral, and received the decoration of the third order of St. Anne, and the order of Malta. Under this sovereign he was placed for a time in the delicate situation of holding a commission under a power at war with England; but neither himself nor any of his countrymen hesitated for a moment in their duty to their still beloved king and country. Paul, with all his eccentricity of character and temper, attempted no violence on their feelings, and the only privation they underwent was that of command during the short period of the unnatural difference between the two countries. On the happy accession of Alexander, Admiral Crown was fortunate enough to conciliate the particular favour of his Imperial Majesty, who has successively conferred on him the first order of St. Anne, the second of Vlademir, and the full order of Alexander Nefsky. The Admiral had the command of the fleet that transported the Russian contingent in June 1817, from Calais to St. Petersburg, in effecting which an opportunity occurred of evincing his prompt and decided character, and unshaken attachment to his native country. On his arrival with the squadron in Calais Roads, he sent large orders for provisions, good porter in particular, to various contractors on the opposite coast, who had supplied him while lying in the Downs, in the year 1814. The contractors, not forgetting the handsome manner in which, on that occasion, they had been paid, were not tardy in executing his orders; and, accordingly, a flotilla consisting of almost every description of small craft, was soon collected to convey the provisions to the Admiral's fleet, and they arrived off the fleet the day on which the orders were given; but as the weather was squally, they could not that night venture alongside the respective ships, and consequently, as was naturally to be expected, took shelter in Calais harbour. In the morning, as soon as the tide served, they weighed anchor in order to depart, when they were immediately surrounded by a great number of custom-house boats, and notice was given them, that not one of them would be allowed to leave the port without first paying the duties on the cargoes, the same as if they had been landed. This unexpected demand created amongst the victuallers the greatest consternation; they, however, contrived to despatch a six-oared cutter to the Admiral, to whom they communicated the intelligence, and requested his interference. Admiral Crown instantaneously despatched an officer on shore, with a letter to the Governor, demanding the immediate liberation of his victuallers, threatening, in the event of a refusal, to bombard the town; and gave the Governor one-quarter of an hour to consider of it. The Governor requested an hour, in order to send a telegraph despatch to Paris, for instructions how to act on so novel an occasion; to this the Admiral would not agree, and instantly made (clapping springs on his cables) preparations for bombarding the town; the Governor perceiving this, ordered the victuallers to be released. Admiral Crown came to London to meet his Imperial Majesty and the Duchess of Oldenburg, on whom he was in constant attendance, and was made known by them to the Prince Regent, by whom he was most graciously noticed, and his foreign titles recognized by being introduced and addressed as Sir Robert Crown. On his return fresh honours awaited him, as appears by the following extract from a letter written by him to a brother officer in this country, and which at the same time gives some further account of his family: “I think that I mentioned to you last year, that his Imperial Majesty had been graciously pleased to decorate me with the first order of St. Anne, and the second order of St. Vlademir, and that I had the honour of H. I. M.'s company, accompanied by his amiable consort, and the Empress Dowager, with all the Imperial family, who dined on board my ship, before I went to sea this year,--a distinction never before conferred on any naval officer. "The Emperor has again done me that honour, accompanied by the King of Prussia, and the Prince Royal, with their suite; and I was delighted to see the Imperial and Royal visitors, on both occasions highly pleased with their reception. Soon afterwards, while I was at sea, a courier came on board with the order of Alexander Nefsky addressed to me, and I felt sensibly how inadequate was my merit for these honourable distinctions. His Imperial Majesty is all goodness to me, and his favourable opinion of my professional services far exceeds all the efforts of my poor abilities to deserve; the only return I can make for these distinguished favours, in addition to the acknowledgements of a grateful heart, is to be ready at all times to expose my hoary locks to war or tempest in his service, in the hope of being able to achieve something that may justify his Imperial Majesty's condescending partiality. "In answer to your friendly enquiries respecting my children, I have to inform you that my eldest son George is on the half-pay list as a Lieutenant of Marines in your service. Plato Valerian, my second son, is a mate in the Cherub sloop, stationed off the coast of Africa, and I trust in the benevolence of Lord Viscount Melville, that he will soon have a commission. Edmund, my youngest son, is on board the Phæton frigate, Capt. Dillon, as Midshipman ;-he, poor boy, has a very distant view for promotion, being in his nineteenth year, and having served only four years. My only daughter Anna has lately married a physician, a native of Russia, and attached to the naval service. I had one other son of very superior abilities, and the most promising and sweetest boy that ever blest a parent's care; my Camperdown fell by the blast of that cruel disorder the yellow fever, on the island of Trinidad, at seventeen years of age, while serving as a Midshipman on board the Scamander English frigate." Nothing remains to be added to these particulars, except that the Admiral's son Plato Valerian has al o since fallen a victim to the yellow fever, on board the Cherub, on the coast of Africa; and that his lady died lately. He suffered most acutely in mind from these afflicting dispensations, but happily his own health was unimpaired, and he enjoyed until his death, what he valued still more, the undiminished favour of his munificent Patron. ON THE LONGITUDES OF THE PRINCIPAL MARITIME POINTS OF THE GLOBE. By Lieut. Raper, R.N., Sec. R.A. (Continued from p. 473.) 178. Pl. de los Reyes. Extremity of cliff. Espinosa 116° 40' Cad. or 122° 58' Gr. 179. C. Mendocino. 123 0' Malasp. according to Oltmann's, 124° 29, adopted by M. Daussy; Vancouver 124 10. Espinosa makes the D.L. between this cape and Pt. de los Reyes, 1° 32'; this applied to the latter position gives 124° 32', which we have adopted. 180. C. Phipps. Espinosa I. p. 158, 134° 30' 15", Cad. or 139° 47' 50" Gr. The point is 0.5' N., and 4.5 miles W. of Pt. Turner, and thus we obtain a correction of +1' on Espinosa's position, which we shall apply to his other positions here for consistency. 181. C. Scott. Vanc. chart, 1798, 231° 39', or 128° 21′ W. I have added 6' to this, which gives 128° 27', but the position is very uncer tain. 182. C. St. James. Vancouver chart, 1798, South rock 130° 51'. I have adopted 131° 0', the position uncertain. 183. C. Edgecumbe Vancouver chart, 1798, 224° 26', or 135° 34' W. Espinosa Oltmann's II., p. 462, adopted by M. Daussy 184. C. Ommaney. Vancouver 184° 23'. Malasp. Oltmann's II., 464, 134° 32′ 43 '. 135° 49' 41" Adding 1' to this gives 134° 34', or 11" to add to Vancouver's long. 185. In the Aleutian Islands, we follow Admiral Krusenstern, and in the coasts to the northward, Capt. Beechey, having nothing to add to the determinations of these authorities. Having now considered Europe, Africa, South America, and the west coast of North America, we propose to proceed in the next number to Madras, in consequence of the new determination of this important position. ENLARGED SERIES.—No. 9.-VOL. FOR 1841. 4K THE VARIATION OF THE COMPASS. Royal Observatory, June 20th, 1841, Magnetical and Meteorological Department. Mean Magnetic Variation for June 1841-23° 16′ 16′′. RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE TRINITY HOUSE FOR THE ADMISSION OF BRETHREN. At a General Court of the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, on Thursday, 12th February, 1835; It was resolved, that all regulations which have been at any time established respecting the qualifications and admission of Younger Brethren and Candidates, and the qualification and election of Elder Brethren, be rescinded, and that the following Regulations be established in lieu thereof; viz. That any person desirous of becoming a Younger Brother shall be admissible at the pleasure of the Court, upon the proposition of any one Elder Brother, and without ballot, as heretofore. That the thirty-one Elder Brethren shall consist of not less than twenty persons, bred in the maritime service of the United Kingdom, who shall be deemed the acting Elder Brethren; and the remainder of either Ministers of State, Naval Officers of high rank, or other distinguished characters, who shall be considered Honorary Brethren, and not required to take active part in the discharge of the duties of the Corporation, although not restricted from so doing, should it be their pleasure to attend the Courts or Boards. That any Younger Brother desirous of being admitted a candidate for the situation of a Maritime Elder Brother, shall, on notifying the same to the Deputy Master or other Member of the Court, be questioned as to his eligibility, by maritime service, to be elected an Elder Brother; which having been ascertained, the proposition for his admission to the List of Candidates may be made to the next Monthly Court, when the proposer and seconder shall declare that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, the person proposed is strictly eligible according to the regulations hereafter stated, so far as they relate to maritime service; and at the ensuing Monthly Court a ballot shall be taken upon that proposition, and no person shall be admitted a candidate against whose name there shall appear two negatives upon the ballot. That no Younger Brother shall be eligible to be placed upon the List of Candidates to fill the office of an Elder Brother in room of any of the Maritime Members, who shall not have attained the rank of Commander in his Majesty's Navy for at least four years previously, and have served as such afloat during part of that time, or shall have served as Master in the Merchant service on foreign voyages for at least four years. That no candidate shall be eligible to be elected an Elder Brother, on a vacancy occasioned by the death, resignation, removal or otherwise, of either of the Maritime Members who shall at the time be in the command of a vessel in His Majesty's Navy, or who, having been admitted a candidate from the Merchant service, shall be in the command of a merchant vessel, or shall at the time hold any commission or warrant in his Majesty's Navy, or shall be in the employ of any public body, corporation, department, or individual whatsoever (except as director or member,) or in any way under the control of the same, nor if he be at the time a broker, wharfinger or shopkeeper. That if any of the Maritime Members shall accept either of a command in His Majesty's Navy, or shall take the command of or any situation in a merchant vessel, or shall accept of any appointment under any public body, corporation, department or individual whatsoever, so as to be under the control of the same (except as a director or member,) or shall become a broker, wharfinger or shopkeeper, he shall be considered to have fallen within the terms of the charter, which provide for the displacing of Elder Brethren, and shall be displaced accordingly; and the Elder Brethren shall thereupon proceed to a new election in the manner hereinafter provided, and shall elect either the person so displaced or any other who shall be eligible, according to the foregoing regulations. That on the death, resignation or removal of any Elder Brother, the vacancy thereby occasioned shall be notified to the next Monthly or Special Court, when it shall be determined whether the vacancy shall be filled by an Honorary or by an Acting Member, and a time appointed for a Special Court to be convened for the election of a successor, at such interval as shall allow of ten days' notice thereof being given. That at the Court convened for the election of an Elder Brother, if it shall have been resolved to fill the vacancy by an Honorary Brother, the election shall be made by the majority of voices of the Elder Brethren present; but if it shall have been resolved that the successor shall be chosen from the maritime service, to take active part in the discharge of the duties of the Corporation, then the book containing the List of Candidates shall be handed by the Secre tary to each Member present, beginning with the junior, who shall make one scratch against the name of each of three eligible candidates; and the names of the three candidates which shall have the greatest number of scratches, shall be placed on the balloting box and be ballotted for, and whoever has the greatest number of balls, provided such number be that of the majority of the Brethren present, shall be by the Master or his Deputy declared duly elected; but if the balls are so divided that such majority is not given to either of the three, then the names of those two who shall have the greatest number shall be again placed on the box and balloted for, and whoever has the greatest number of balls shall be in like manner declared by the Master or his Deputy duly elected; whereupon the Court shall be adjourned to a subsequent day, upon which the Elder Brother so elected shall attend to be sworn, and to take his seat at the Board. But if in this proceeding it be found that the balls are divided in equal numbers, either upon the first, as regards three, or upon the second ballot as regards two, the Master or his Deputy shall adjourn the Court to a future day, when the ballot shall be renewed, and the election made in the manner hereinbefore directed. (Errors excepted.) Trinity House, London, 9th July, 1835, J. HERBERT, Sec. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.-The new colony of Australind. (From the Bombay Times, June the 19th.) By the Parkfield, Capt. Whiteside, arrived in Bombay last week, after a remarkably quick passage from Western Australia, we have accounts from the |