CLEOPATRA, 26, Capt. Wyvill, 5th Mar. left Jamaica on cruize, 10th April at Halifax, 17th sailed on cruize. CURACOA, Cap. J. Jones, at Rio Janeiro. 17th of February, his Imperial Ma jesty the Emperor of Brazil, with the princesses his sisters, and all his ministers, paid a visit to H.M.S. Curacoa, Capt. Jenkin Jones, senior officer at Rio. His Majesty was received with all the honours due to his rank, the yards being manned, and royal salutes fired from the ships when he first embarked in his state barge, and on his reaching and quitting the Curacoa. He remained on board nearly two hours, exhibiting very intelligent curiosity, and visiting even the storerooms and magaziue. After leaving the Curacoa, the Emperor went on board the French and American senior officer's ships, the Alcmene and Potomac, remaining about a quarter of an hour on board each, and then landed. DAPHNE, 18, Com. F. W. Dalling, 9th April at Smyrna. DIDO, 18, Capt. L. Davis, 15th April left Malta. ELECTRA, 18, Com. E. R. P. Mainwaring, 2nd Jan. at San Blas going to Valparaiso. FAVORITE, 18, Com. Sulivan, acting, 6th December arr, at Sydney from New Zealand. GORGON, (st.v.) Capt. W. H. Henderson, April at Alexandria. GRIFFON, 3, Lieut.-Com.J.G.D'Urban, 13th March at Barbados. HASTINGS, 72, Capt. J. Lawrence, CB., 8th April sailed for England from Malta. HAZARD, 18, Com. Hon. C. G. J. Elliott, 23rd April arr. at Malta. HYDRA, (st.v.) Com. R. Stopford, 24th April arr, at Malta. INCONSTANT, 36, Capt. D. Pring, April at Beyrout. IRIS, 28, Capt. H. Nurse, 4th April touched at Madeira on way to Africa, 7th sailed. JASEUR, 16, Com. F. M. Boultbee, 14th April at Gibraltar. LARNE, 18, Com. Kuper, (act.) 9th March arr. at Madras, 16th sailed for Ceylon. MAGPIE, (sur. v.) Lieut.-Com. T. S. Birch, 4th April left Malta for Candia. MEGERA, (st. v.) Lieut. Goldsmith, 6th May arr. at Gibraltar, and sailed for Barbados. RACEHORSE, 18, Com. Hon. E. R. Davis, 3rd March left Jamaica on cruize. RACEHORSE, 16, Com. G. Byng, 17th April left Halifax on a cruize. REVENGE, 76, Capt. Hon. W. Waldegrave, 18th April arr. at Malta from Suda. ROLLA, 10, Lieut.-Com. C. Hall, 15th Feb. off Princes Island. SAPPHO, 16, Com. T. Fraser, 4th March left Jamaica for Barbados. SCORPION, 10, Lieut.-Com. C. Gayton, 11th April arr. at Gibraltar from Carthagena, 22nd at Gibraltar. SERINGAPATAM, 42, Capt. J. Smith, 13th March at Barbados, SOUDAN, Com. B. Allen, 2nd April touched at Lisbon. SOUTHAMPTON, Capt. Sir W. Hylliar, 19th Feb. arr. at Cape. TALBOT, 26, Capt. H. J. Codrington, 20th April arr, at Malta from Corfu. THUNDERER, 84, Capt. F. F. Berkely, 9th April arr. at Malta from Catania, 5th May sailed for Gibraltar. VESUVIUS, (st, v.) Lieut.-Com. W. Blount, 26th April left Malta for Candia and Beyrout. WANDERER, Com. Hon. J. Denman, 20th March left the Gambia, WATERWITCH, 10, Lieut.-Com. H. J. Martin, 19th Feb arr. at Cape. WINCHESTER, 50, Capt. J. Parker, 2nd April arr. at Bermuda from Jamaica. AT MALTA, 4th May-The Princess Charlotte, 120, (bearing the flag of Adml. Sir R. Stopford, GCB., GCMG.;) the Ceylon, 6, (bearing the flag of Rear-admiral Sir J. Louis, Bart. ;) the Britannia, 120, (bearing the flag of Rear-admiral Sir J. Ommanney, KCB.;) the Howe, 120; the Powerful, 86; the Benbow, 72; the Vanguard, 80; the Revenge, 78; the Calcutta, 84; the Cambridge, 78; the Rodney, 92; the Castor, 36; the Tyne, 26; and the Hazard, 18. Steam frigatesCyclops, Hecate, Hydra, and Stromboli. Steamers-Confiance, and Locust. Steam Packets-Alecto and Acheron, French Steam Packets-Dante, Sesostris and Lycurgue. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. Births. At Donnington, Berks, on the 11th May, the lady of Capt. Haynes, RN., of a son. On the 21st April, at Wickhill-house, near Bracknell, Berks, the lady of Lieut. Francis F. D. Sewell, RN., of a daughter At Cintra, Portugal, the lady of Capt. Sartorius, RN., of a son. Marriages, In India, Arthur Morris, Esq., 4th N.I., to Jane, daughter of Capt. Renwick, RN., of Honiton, Devon. On the 15th April, at St. Thomas's, London, G. A. Falconer, Esq., Surgeon, to Isabella Sophia Leolie Macdonald, youngest daughter of the late Dr. Macdonald, RN., and grand-daughter of the late Admiral Sir John Knight, KCB. April 26th, at Uplyme Church, Wm. Edmund, second son of Sir William T. Pole, Bart., of Shute-house, Devon, to Margaret Victoriosa, second daughter of Vice-admiral the Hon. Sir John Talbot, of Rhode-house, in the same county. May 5th, at Brighton, Capt. S. Forward, to Harriet Eliz. Warden, eldest daughter of Capt. Warden, RN. Capt. W. Payne, RN., of Wyke Regis, to Cecilia, only child of J. Glendining, Esq. Lately at St. George's, H. Lyster, Esq., of Twickenham, to Harriet, daughter of Capt. Spence, RN., of Devonshire-street, Portland-place. On 27th Jan. last, at Penang, H. Scott, Esq., of that island, to Miss Ann Waller, daughter of G. Waller, Esq, RN. May 11th, at Witley, Surrey, by the Rev. J. Chandler, Steyning Beard, Esq., of Ovingdean, Brighton, Sussex, to Mary Ann, only daughter of Lieut. H. Hopkins, May 6th, at Plymouth, Adml. Sir L.W. Halsted, GCB., at an advanced age. April 4th, at Valetta, after a few days' illness, of a disease of the heart, A. Shippard, Esq., Rear-admiral of the Blue. May 11th, at Bath, after a long and severe illness, Jane, the beloved wife of Vice-adml. Sir R. L. Fitzgerald, кCH. March 15th, in Marmorice Bay, Lieut.Col. W. Baker, Royal Marines. May 1st, at Mill-hill, West Cowes, deeply regretted, Elizabeth, widow of the late E. O. Osborne, Vice-admiral of the White, aged 72. Feb 28th, at Gairbraid, near Goderich, in Upper Canada, Com. R. G. Dunlop, RN. (1822.) Lately, at Purbrook, Catherine, the beloved wife of Capt. Harrison, RN. Lately, at Loches, in France, Capt. H. Weir, RN., CB., in his 66th year. Lately, at Bar End, Winchester, Lieut. R. Hutchinson, RN., aged 52 years. April 21st, at Weymouth, aged 61 yrs., after a short illness, Capt. W. Comben, Commander of her Majesty's stm. packet Cuckoo. Lately, Mary, relict of Captain R. Williams, RN., in her 59th year. Lately on board H.M.S. Edinburgh, of the effects of the Syrian fever, Mr. Owen, Midshipman of that ship, son of Com, Cunliffe Owen. In Bath, in the 62d year of her age, Anne, widow of the late Capt. J. Sanders, RN., CB. April 26th, at Ryde, Isle of Wight, aged 29, G. E. Walford, Esq, Mate in the Royal Navy, third son of R. Walford, Esq., of Woburn-place, London, and nephew of the late Rear-adml. Sir E. He was a man of Berry, Bart, KCB. strict integrity, and an excellent officer. April 29th, at Alveston, Gloucestershire, Harry Norris, son of Wm. Norris Tonge, Esq., retired Com. in H.M, Navy. April 25th, at Portsmouth, Com. E. Southcott, RN. April 19th, in Portsea, after a few hours' illness, of scarlet fever, aged five years, T. T. M. Hales, second son of Mr. J. Hales, Master, RN, April 30th, at Portsea, Elizabeth Crawford, aged 59, widow, of the late Lieut. A. Crawford, RN. May 1st, at Malta, aged 17, Mr. C. C. King, of H.M.S. Princess Charlotte, son of the late Adml. Sir R. King, Bart. May 5th, at Plymouth, aged 61, Elizabeth Love, relict of Capt. W. H. Douglas, RN., and eldest daughter of the late Stephen Hammick, Esq, of the Naval Hospital, Plymouth. Lately, at Portsmouth, Mr. J. Cook, late Master of the convict ship, aged 67. May 16th, in Norfolk Street, Strand, P. Cosgreave, Esq., Surgeon, RN. May 22d, at Queen's Terrace, Southsea, Frederick Richard, the son of Capt. Basil Hall, RN., aged five years. May 21st, at Fareham, suddenly, of apoplexy, Lieut. T. Hunt, RN. May 20th, at Wickham, in the 74th year of her age, Johanna, relict of the late Capt. Pitt Burnaby Greene, RN. May 18th, Alfred Adolphus, the infant son of Mr. G. Heather, Master, RN. aged two years and seven months. Lately, at Camberwell, in his 48th year, Lieut, George Hales, RN. Lately, at Gosport, Mrs. Jefferies, widow of Mr. Jefferies, Master, RN. May 22d, at Kingston Crescent, of paralysis, Mr. Lloyd Edwards, Master, RN, aged 53 years. METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER. Kept at Croom's Hill, Greenwich, by Mr. W. Rogerson, of the Royal Observatory. APRIL.-Mean height of barometer 29-827 inches; mean temperature degrees; depth of rain fallen 1.91. TO OUR FRIENDS AND CORRESPONDENTS. qbcp (3) 46.8 Many of our papers having run to considerable length, have obliged us to defer our notices of books and charts till our next, as well as the appearance of several communications. The journal of the Florentia will appear in our next.; we request the address for its return. The letter of M. X. M. certainly; that concerning the Baltic Navigation likewise; we bear in mind the injunction and shall expect to hear from the writer again. This pressure on our space has also prevented our alluding to some dreadful occurrences which have recently taken place in our mercantile shipping, but which shall be duly noticed. REMARKS AND SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE HARBOUR OF TINGIAE, CHUSAN. By R. Collinson, Lieut. R.N. TIDES. A tide register was kept during the day at the observatory by the signal-man, and upon full and change days equal levels were observed by either Mr. Symonds or myself, the result of which give for the time of high water on those days, one hour before the moon's transit scarcely any change takes place in the depth of the water threequarters of an hour previous, and subsequent to the time of high water; but at low water the change occurred more rapidly; the extreme rise and fall observed was twelve feet three inches, ordinary tides five to seven feet. Strong westerly winds sometimes cause a difference of two feet in the rise and fall. In all the channels, generally speaking, the change in the direction of the stream does not take place until 1h. 40m. after the change has taken place in the depth: at the anchorage between Elephant and Deer Islands, it is high water 1h. 20m. subsequent to the observatory in the inner harbour, and along the island of Chusan the flood comes from the eastward; at the outer anchorage off the Elephant from the south-east, and between Bell and Tea islands ships flood rode tend to the northward. Geographical Position.-The latitude of the observatory was determined by circum-meridian altitudes of stars with a small azimuth and altitude instrument, the result of which gives 30° 0′ 19′′ north; the longitude was determined by a series of moon culminations, sixty-eight in number, which worked with the moon's computed right ascension give 8h. 8m. 20s. easterly. A short run from Loo-choo in her Majesty's ship Cruizer, enabled me to connect Capt. Beechey's position of that place with the observatory, and it differs only 2.5s. to the east: the meridian distances by the different ships from Sincapore range from 121° 58′ to 122° 20'. Few of the ships however had opportunities of obtaining rates for their chronometers. Magnetic Variation.-The variation of the compass by the large theodolite is 2° 33' west, and by two prismatic compasses 2° 50′ and 3° 10' westerly the dip by both needles is 42° 16' north. Sailing Directions.-The harbour of Tinghae is difficult of access in all its approaches owing to the strong tides and sunken rocks; but the best passage is that between Tower-hill and Bell island, in which there has been found no hidden danger: the tides, however, set at the rate of three and three and a half knots, and vessels in light winds must be careful that they are not set into the Archipelago between Tea and Elephant islands, where the ground is foul, and the narrow channels deep. Between Tower-hill and Bell island forty and fifty fathoms will be found; on the Tower-hill side there is less water than on the opposite shore: both islands are steep to. Anchorage.-Between Bell and Tea islands eligible anchorage, in from nine to twelve fathoms, will be found by keeping mid-channel with steady tides. On proceeding from thence to the inner harbour, care should be taken to avoid the strength of the ebb, which, unless there is a commanding breeze will set you through the southern passage: the anchoring ground ENLARGED SERIES.-NO. 7.-VOL. FOR 1841. 3 K on the Chusan shore is steep to, and the tides irregular; but it is convenient for watering. A sunken rock with three fathoms over it lies due south from a small hill, near the shore in the valley, two and a quarter cables off shore. The middle ground in the inner harbour has but two feet in its shoalest part. Middle Ground.-Tower-hill in one with the slope on the southern rise of Tea island will keep you in four fathoms: the three fathoms' line extends within two and three-quarters cables of the island of Wae-wookweisan,* which must be steered for after passing Guard-house island. There is a deep channel between it and Guard-house island one cable in width; and also between the middle and the shore of Chusan there is fifteen and sixteen fathoms, the distance being one and a quarter cables: the channel between Guard-house island and Chusan is fit only for boats. The strait or south channel is a precarious entrance for vessels, unless they have a commanding breeze, and are acquainted with the localities of the rocks, and set of the tides. The outside anchorage for this passage is abreast Elephant island in sixteen and seventeen fathoms: the holding ground however is not good, and vessels entering further will find deeper water, and stronger tides; and it is by no means so well sheltered as that between Bell and Tea islands. Southern Rock.-The southern sunken rock lays S. 63° E., one and three-quarters cable from the Black rock, and N. 75° E., one and threequarters from the ledge; the marks for it are Joss-house hill just skirting the ridge of Trumble and Sarah Galley islands; Cap rock on with the Saddle of Kintang or Silver island; it has but nine feet over it, (low water springs), seven and eight fathoms extend east and west of it, but north and south it is steep to. Hindostan Rock.-The north rock lies N. 3° W., one and threequarters cable from it, and has also nine feet on its shoalest part: in extent it is larger than the other, and steep to on all sides. The marks for it are the north extreme of Black rock touching the mound on Cap island; the Joss-house hill seen clear of Trumble island, and a bushy tree on the south-east slope of Sarah Galley island in line with the square beacon on the hill. The navigation of the passage is rendered more difficult in this immediate neighbourhood by the tides which meet from four different channels forming eddies which render vessels in light winds totally unmanageable. From the sunken rocks to Wae-woo-kweisan there is no danger, and by hauling close round the latter island the middle ground will be avoided. Passage between Sarah Galley and Deer Island.-There is also another channel, (which is preferable to the latter,) between Deer and Sarah Galley Islands, which is one and three-quarters cable wide: The sunken rocks are avoided by keeping Deer Island on board. A mud spit extends three quarters of a cable from the north end of Deer Island, but it does not interfere with the passage. The north-east * Called Macclesfield in Thornton's chart. |