It is a gratifying task to notice this, and to hold up to admiration the generous principles from which such a course emanates. Hence all participate in an advantage the good effects of which are felt at the furthest point to which a ship sails, or a traveller has roamed under the auspices of Government; and the East India Directory, founded on the journals and experience of ships of the East India Service many years ago, now combines with them those of the officers of the Royal Navy. Such measures are founded on the principle of pure benevolence, and the determination of doing good, and are sure of carrying with them not only their own reward, but are the becoming acts of a liberal nation. We shall close our remarks for the present on this volume, in expectation that the second will undergo a similar revision, and with an illustration of the thesis with which we set out respecting change. In page 86 we find that in consequence of the supposed deficiency of fresh water at Saldanah Bay, the ship General Palmer unable to get to the Cape, having taken refuge there, after a stay of some days, had actually to bear up for St. Helena to obtain a supply of that article! by which she lost about two months on her voyage to India! It is recommended in the work before us, to send notice to the Cape for water, on any other occasion of a ship arriving under similar circumstances! The recent discovery of springs on Schaapen Island, which we published in our July number, will render any such steps quite unnecessary, and is one of those important discoveries which require the close attention of those who compile these works, for the guidance and information of seamen. TOM BOWLING.-A Novel by Capt. Chamier, R.N.-Three Volumes.-H. Col burn. When first we heard that Tom Bowline was really to make his appearance among us at last, in the shape of a novel from a talented author, we certainly expected to find him invested with all the noble attributes of the British seaman, and that his failings would have been treated with a lenient hand: but we did not anticipate, that he was to personate a band of the gallantest of the gallant seamen which the British Navy could ever boast. The incidents of "birth, parentage, and education," in such a field, are ample, and from the cockpit Mid to the Governor of Greenwich Hospital, rich are the stores of naval adventure. To choose such materials, the very essence of all that is exciting in "love and war," in absolute reality, was to ensure a passport to reading patronage, and accordingly Tom Bowline must become a favorite novel. A small mis-quotation of Scripture will not prevent us from wishing him success; but we cannot part with him without expressing regret that the seaman's taste of the author, allowed him to deviate from the real vernacular pitch and tar, in naming his bantling after the orthography of Dibdin, rather than the honest family of Ben Buutline, and the other "lines," to which surely Tom Bow-line belongs. In spite of all the fascination of Dibdin's verses— "Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling, The darling of our crew." we cannot help associating with them an idea of some Bowling Green hero, instead of what he intended, namely, a veritable "Tom Bowline," in his brother the captain of an East Indiaman, the occasion of whose death gave rise to the lines. Had Dibdin been a seaman, we should never have heard of such an outrage on our nautical phraseology, to preserve which in its purity, should be the first aim of a naval author.. MASTERMAN READY, or the Wreck of the Pacific, written for young people by Capt. Marryat. 1 vol.-Longman. Capt. Marryat appears to have taken the sterling qualifications of resources in exigency, strict obedience, close observation, and withal practical information, "the why and the wherefore," with a determination to illustrate their full value, and to instil them into the minds of youth through the very interesting channel of adventure. We cordially recommend this little book to parents, as containing such information which the minds of youth may be stored with, in preference to the many nursery tales and stories which abound in the present day. The Capt. has undertaken a difficult but a useful task, and his future volume, (for we find the subject is to be continued,) will most assuredly succeed, if they are as good as the first. THE COMBUSTION OF COAL AND THE PREVENTION OF SMOKE, chemically and practically considered.-By C. W. Williams. Simpkin and Marshall, 1841. This is the second edition of a work most important to steam-engine proprietors, whether on shore or afloat. Mr. Williams has evidently devoted great attention to the subject of combustion, and the chemical principles on which it takes place, and assuredly there is no subject so little understood by the very persons who ought to understand it best,we mean the constructors of furnaces and the firemen who feed them. And when it is remembered that these persons are throwing away the capital of their employers, it is clearly the interest of those employers to enlighten them on this subject. All who are engaged in steam affairs should consult Mr. Williams pages, and follow him closely in the ill understood subject of combustion. The work consists of two parts, an investigation into the principles of combustion, accompanied by precepts to carry them out, and a volume of coloured diagrams to illustrate them, for which the public are indebted to the enlightened views of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. PILBROW'S CONDENSING CYLINDER STEAM ENGINE.-By Boyman Boyman, Esq. Weale, High Holborn. We shall briefly state, that the object of this small pamphlet is to introduce to steam-engine proprietors the advantages of Mr. Pilbrow's engine, in saving loss of power during the stroke from an imperfectly exhausted cylinder. There can be no doubt of the importance of such proposal being sufficient to demand the close attention of engineers. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS. (From the Naval and Military Gazette.) CAPTAINS-W. Preston, C. Eden. COMMANDERS-C. F. Brown, Geo. D. O'Callagan. LIEUTENANTS-E. H. B. Proctor, F. H. Stevens, E. H. Alston, C. Clavell, W. K. Hall. SURGEON G. King, M.D., of the Illustrious flag ship, to be Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets. APPOINTMENTS. CAPTAINS-J. E. Erskine (1838) to Illustrious, fitting for the flag of Viceadmiral Sir C. Adam, KCB.-D. Pring, (1815) from Inconstant to Thunderer, v. Berkeley, resigned.-F. T. Michell (1830) from Magicienne to Inconstant, v. Pring. -R. L. Warren (1839) to Magicienne, v. Michell.-A. Ellice (1831) to Astrea, as superintendent of Falmouth Packets, v. Plumridge, resigned.-F. W. Burgoyne (1815) to San Josef for service of Plymouth Ordinary, v. Tayler, time expired. COMMANDERS-W. Smith, b (1826) to Syren.-H. R. Henry (1838) to Styx. J. Russell, b (1840) to Ardent. LIEUTENANTS-G. Beaufoy (1821) to command Speedy.-J. M Potbury (1823) to command Spy.-T. Hodgskins (1841) to Syren,-B. J. Wilson (1832) to Iris additional, for service on the coast of Africa.-J. S. Rundle (1839) to Monarch, v. Armitage, sick.-A, Smith, b (1819) D. Reid (1840) to Hustings.-J. E. Cabburn (1815) to Ocean, for service of Ordinary, v. Boultbee.-J. Dalyell (1826) to Champion. MASTERS-F. J. Gruzelier (1840) to Syren. MATES-E, Lacy to Hastings.-R. T, Bedford (1834) to Impregnable.-H. S. N. Micklethwaite (1815) to Dublin.-W. Cashman (1838) to Electra.-W. P. S. Morton (1838) to Belleisle.-M. B. Nunn to Excellent.-E. A. T. Lloyd (1841) to Electra. SECOND-MASTERS-J. Laffer to Calcutta.-T. Hart to Atholl, v. Dupre to Partridge.-Symonds to Pique.-W. J. Luke to Atholl.-Whiting to Dublin. SURGEON-W. Roy (1838) to Syren. MASTERS-ASSISTANTS-A. J. Barnard to Queen.-B. Woolley to Lucifer. MIDSHIPMEN-The Hon. F. A. Foley, W. Peel, Salik Effendi, (a Turkish genleman), and H. Boys to Monarch.-C. Rowley to Electra.-H. Elliot to Indus. VOL. 1ST CLASS-F. Egerton to Caledonia.-F. A. T. Pasley to Electra.-R. L. King and J. W. Henderson to Queen. ASSISTANT-SURGEONS-E. H. Derriman to Dublin.-R. Bothwick to Queen. -F. M. Rayner to Thunderer.-J. D. Macdonald to Winchester.-E. Elliot and T. Wallace (additional) to Caledonia.A. W. Whitehouse to Atholl.-H. Turner (additional) to Monarch.-C. H. Elkins (additional) to San Josef.-J. H. Rayner to Thunder.-N. P. Dolling (a), to Caledonia. PURSERS-J. Brickwood (1840) to Syren.-G. V. Oughton (1807) to Hastings CLERKS-W. Donald in charge of Jamaica Yard.-W. H. Wiseman in charge of stores at Valparaiso.-J. P. Turner to Monarch. COAST GUARD. COMMANDERS-E. W. Gilbert (1822) to be Inspecting Commander, v. Pilkington.-A. Jerningham (1841) v. Glasse appointed to Cornwallis. LIEUTENANTS-J. Sleigh (1815) to be Chief Officer, v. Keatly.-W. Stanbury (1815), C. Goullett (1814), and W. Hay (1830) to be Chief Officers. MATE-A. B. Davis (1833) to be Chief Officer, v. Coleman. MOVEMENTS AND STATIONS OF HER MAJESTY'S NAVY. AT HOME. BELLEISLE, 72, Capt. J. Nicolas, Kн., 22nd July sailed from Plymouth for Cork, 5th Aug. Kingston, Dublin. CASTOR, 36, Capt. E. Collier, 30th of July paid off at Sheerness. DUBLIN, 50, Capt. J. J. Tucker, 18th Aug. moved to Spithead. HASTINGS, 72, Capt. J. Lawrence, CB. 28th July arrived at Plymouth from Malta. IMPREGNABLE, 110, Capt. T. Forrest, CB., 9th Aug. arrived at Spithead. INDUS, 84, Capt. Sir J. Stirling, sailed for Malta from Portsmouth. MELVILLE, 72, Capt. Hon. R. S. Dundas, 7th Aug. arrived at Spithead from Chusan. MONARCH, 84, Capt. S. Chambers, 10th Aug, sailed for Gibraltar from Spithead. PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, 104, Capt. A. Fanshawe, 30th July paid off at Portsmouth. AT PLYMOUTH-In Harbour-Caledonia, San Josef, Champion, and Carrow steamer. BEACON, (sur. v.) Com. T. Graves, 15 July at Candia. BRITOMART, 10, Com. O. Stanley, 5th April at Sydney. CARYSFORT, 26, Capt. H. B. Martin, 7th July at Corfu. COMUS, 18, Com. E. Nepean, 30th of May at Vera Cruz. FANTOME. Letters have been received from Capt. Butterfield, of H.M.S. Fantome, bearing date May 1, 1841, lat. 1o 56'S, lon. 8° 40′ W. giving the capture of the Josephine, the fastest brigantine out of Havana, with 299 slaves on board, after a severe chase of 24 hours, going over 257 miles of ground, and carrying a press of sail that placed every spar in jeopardy. The chase appears to have tested the sailing qualities of the Fantome, and to have placed her as one of the fleetest of her class in the service: the prize had been chased by H.M.S. Wolverine, Bonetta, Cygnet, and Lyra, all of which she escaped by her superiority of sailing. During the chase, the captain of the brigantine supposed he had to encounter the celebrated Waterwitch, and treated with derision the idea of being taken by a ship-of-war. Capt. Butterfield was obliged to send his first lieutenant in charge of the prize, leaving himself as the only officer on board, having lost by death the master, second lieutenant, and surgeon, who had not at the date of his letter been replaced. -Hampshire Advertiser. FAVORITE, 18, Com. W. Croker, 3rd March, at New Zeeland. FORRESTER, 3, Lieut.-com. Ross, 28th April at British Accra. GORGGN, (st, v.) Capt. W. H. Henderson, 10th July arrived at Malta from Alexandria. HAZARD, 18, Com. Hon. C. G. J. Elliott, 1st July arrived at Leghorn from Genoa, 13th arrived at Malta. IMPLACABLE, 74, Capt. E. Harvey, 13th July arrived at Gibraltar, and sailed for Malta. INCONSTANT, 36, Capt. D. Pring, 15th July at Beyrout. Isis, 28, Capt. H. Nurse, 1st July at Ascension MEDEA, (st. v.) Com. F. Warden, 5th July at Alexandria. PHOENIX, (st. v.) Com. R. Stopford, 15th July at Beyrout. RACEHORSE, 18, Com, the Hon. E. A. Harris, 14th June at Tampico. REVENGE, 76, Capt. Hon W. Waldegrave (a), 15th July at Beyrout. SAPPHO, 16, Com. T. Frazer, 31st of May, at Barbados, 21th of June at Domi. nica. SOUTHAMPTON, Capt. Sir W. Hillyar, 16th May touched at St. Helena. STROMBOLI, (st. v.) Com. W. J. Williams, 15th July at Beyrout. TYNE, 26, Capt. J. Townsend, 15th July at Candia. VESTAL, 26, Capt. J. W. Carter, 19th June, arrived at Halifax from Tampico and Bermuda. VESUVIUS, (st. v.) Lieut.-com. W. Blount, 15th July at Candia. VICTOR, Com. W. Dawson, (a) 20th May at Belize. WASP, 16, Com. G. Mansell, 15th July at Beyrout. WEAZLE, 10, Com. J. Simpson, (a) 7th July at Corfu. WIZARD, 10, Lieut.-com. T. F. Birch, 4th June left St. Helena for Brazils. BIRTHIS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. Births. At Southsea, 29th of July, the lady of Lieut. N. J. Edwards, H.M.S. Queen, of a son. Marriages, At Marylebone church, Aug. 7th, S. Daniel, Esq., of the 3rd reg. (Buffs), to Gratiana Pulcheria, second daughter of Capt. H. H. Spence, RN., of Devonshire Street, Portland Place. At Bangalore, on the 20th May, A. J. Greenlaw, Esq., 40th regt. N. I, to Julia Martha, seventh daughter of Captain Delafons, RN. On the 20th July, at Marylebone, Capt. the Hon. Frederick Pelham, RN., brother to the Earl of Chichester, to Ellen Kate, daughter of Rowland Mitchell, Esq., of Upper Harley Street. At Kirk Braddon, Isle of Man, Capt. A. T. Goldie, RN, of the Nunnery, to Mary, daughter of R. Simpson, Esq., of the Cliffe. On the 21st at Marylebone, Mr. Sergeant Gaselee, eldest son of the late Mr. Justice Gaselee, to Alicia Mary, eldest daughter of the late Sir John Tremayne Rodd, KCB., Vice-admiral of the White. On the 26th July, at Holy Rood Church Co. Down, M. Campbell, Esq., son of the late D. Campbell, Esq., of Kildalloig, Argyleshire, to Basilia Hamilton, eldest daughter of Lieut. Samuel Mottley, RN. At Haggerstone, Mr. W. Middlecoat, to Jane, daughter of the late W. Twynan, Esq., RN. On the 22d July, at St. John's, Hack ney, Mr. J. B. Rogers, of Wellington Street, Southwark, son of Mr. R. Rogers, Milton Abbey, Dorsetshire, to Ino Maria. Gedge, third daughter of Capt. J. Gedge, RN., late of Southtown, Suffolk. On the 7th of July, at Southsea, W. L. Castle, Esq., commander RN., and only son of W. Castle, Esq., of Sittingbourn, Kent, to Elizabeth, only daughter of Robert M Coy, Esq. commander RN. On the 7th of July, at Chitterne St. Mary, Wilts, H. W. H. Richardson, Fsq., surgeon, of Bath, son of the late Capt. W. Richardson, RN., to Ann, only daughter of C. Morris, Esq., of the former place. At Southampton, the Rev. H. M. Rice, rector of South Hill-with-Callington, Cornwall, to Emily, daughter of Rearadmiral Dick. At Stonehouse, July the 7th, Com. W. F. Glanville, RN., to Mary Anne, youngest daughter of the late Vice-admiral Bedford, of Stonehall, At Marylebone, J. G. Mc'Kirdy, Esq., of Birkwood, Lanark, to Augusta, daughter of the late Capt. Bradshaw, RN. At Alveston, the Rev. A. W. Noel, son of the late Capt. the Hon. F. Noel, RN., to Lucy, daughter of Capt. W, N. Tonge, RN., of Alveston, Gloucestershire. At Paddington, July the 19th, A. Tylee, Esq., Royal Artillery, to Elizabeth Martha, eldest daughter of the late Capt. Draper, RN., and widow of R. Johnson, Esq., late of Stoke Damerell, Devon. At Kingston, on the 6th of July, M. Cory, Esq., surgeon, of her Majesty's ship Scout, to Jane Allen, eldest daugh ter of J. Gain, Esq, late purser of her Majesty's ship Victory. On the 1st of July, at St. Johns Church, Upper Holloway, H. P. Sturdee, Esq., eldest son of T. Sturdee, Esq., of her Majesty's naval yard, Portsmouth, to Emily, third daughter of the late A. Lawrance, Esq., of Tollington Park, Hornsey. At Portsmouth, on the 14th of July, J. C. Neale, surgeon, to Jane, Georgina, only daughter of Lieut. Lovitt, RN. At All Saints, on the 5th of July, Mr. F. W. Paul, RN., to Susan, youngest daughter of H. Cradock, Esq., RN. At Trinity Church, J. J. Macdonnell, RN., to Louisa, widow of the late H. Hyde, Esq., of London. At Southsea, on the 18th of July, by the Rev. C. Stewart, Mr. J. W. Wakely, of her Majesty's ship Indus, to Miss E. Wheeler, of Southsea. Deaths. At Brighton, Catherine, the lady of Capt. Sir T. Mansell, RN., KCH, &c,, in the 60th year of her age. At Bath, on the 26th of May, the Hon. H. D. Damer, Capt. R.N., of Milton Abbey, in the county of Dorset. He was the second brother and presumptive heir of the Earl of Portarlington. He is succeeded in his estates by his only son, H. D. Damer, Esq. Lately, Capt. Larkan, RN., (1796,) one of the captains of Greenwich Hospital. At Holyhead, Commander J. Duncan, RN., aged 69. Lately, at Torquay, Commander C. Deare, RN., late of the Lily sloop-of-war. On the 4th of July, at Ivy Tower, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Isabella, second daughter of the late Capt. H. Duncan, RN. On Sunday, July the 20th, at Shoeburyness Coast-guard station, Lieut. S. King, RN., most deservedly regretted by all who knew him. On the 24th of June, at 5, York-place, Kentish-town, Ann Hunter, relict of the late J. Enright, Esq., surgeon, RN. At Beverley, Com. G. Keener. RN. He served with Admiral Duncan, on board the Bedford, in the battle of Camperdown. At Plymouth, June the 29th, aged 48, Eliza, the widow of the late Lieut. C. Church, RN. At Sheerness, S. Tuck, Esq., Master of her Majesty's ship Camperdown, (1814) leaving a widow and one child. Lately, on the Coast of Africa, on board her Majest's brig Fantome, Lieut. W. Clayton, Mr. T. Lord, Master, and Mr. J. Stiven, surgeon, of that vessel. At Gosport, on the 26th of June, at the residence of her brother, Com. R. Fegen, Miss Sarah Fegen, aged 64. Lately at Stonehouse at an advanced age, Capt, J. A. Worth, RN., CB. He was a midshipman of the Culloden, in Howe's action, and lieutenant of the Thalia in Lord Bridport's. When commanding the Telegraph, hired brig, he captured, after an action of three hours and a half, the corvette brig, L'Hirendelle, of 16 guns, in 1799; while flag cap'ain of Sir P. Durham, in the Venerable, he captured two large French frigates, one after considerable resistance in 1814. On the 14th of July, at Upway, at an advanced age, much regretted, Mrs. Thresher, relict of J. Thresher, Esq., and eldest sister of Sir T. Hardy. On the 18th July at Brock hall, near Leominster, Capt. Gill, RN. aged 67. Lately at Plymouth, aged 33, Com. M. Foot, RN., from injuries received in his head on service. On the 25th Aug. at Saling hall, Essex, Agatha Shedden, widow of the late Capt. W. H. Dobbie, RN., and daughter of the late Bartlett Goodrich, Esq. On the 14th July, in Great Southsea Street Lieut. G. Symonds, RN., aged 52 years. On the 26th July, Lieut. G. J. Snow, of the Cyclops. On the 17th July, at Wexford, Lieut. W. Jones (a) Governor of the Naval Knights of Windsor; he has been 42 years on the list of Lieutenants of the Navy, was mate of the Marlborough in the action of the 1st of June, and was much respected by his brother officers. At Iffley, Oxford, on the 9th Aug., in her 78th year, Rosamira, relict of the late W. Nowell, Esq., Vice-Admiral of the Blue. At Woolwich, on the 2nd Aug., Helen Ruth, daughter of Capt. Fead, RN., aged eight years. At Torrie House, Fifeshire, N.B., the 17th July, Lady Emma Erskine Wemyss, wife of Capt. J. Wemyss, RN., MP. for Fifeshire. At Tor Point, Mary Ann, widow of Lieut. Link, RN., aged 51 years. At Appin Lodge, near Sydney, New South Wales, Feb. 3, J. Gregory, Esq. On the 22nd July, on board the Reindeer, Irish steamer, the Right Hon. Lord Dufferin, Capt. RN. At Weymouth, Mr. F. Stevens, third son of Lieut. Stevens, RN. |