Lard oil for lighthouses, 175. Leake, Capt. R., 136. Leaky ships, curious case of, 121. Lean, Mr. F., on shipwrecked Fisher- men and Mariners society, 446. barque, rescue of crew, 178. Liberty in the United States, 590. suicide of, 215. Madeira, coaling at, 46, 95. Mexican war, proclamation, 381. Mr. P. Masters on, 25, 86, 228, 303, 345, 406 directions for, 350. Min river, dangers of, 46. on navigation of, 398. Monsoon on China Coast, 621. Mourning customs at Riga, 476. Mundy, Capt., on Coast of China, 621. Myngs, Admiral, Sir C., 526. Maratabas river, entrance, 57. Marble from Havana, 439. Maria Soames' hurricane, 455, 531, 650. Maritime discovery, progress of, 85. Marlborough, launch of, 547. Marquesas, a leaf from, 240. Standard paper, 441. Marshall, Capt., Sir J., on Algoa bay, Naval benevolent society, 34, 100. 113. Mercenary servitude, 341. construction board, 495. 198. Neglect of harbours, Ireland, 238. Negrillos shoals, 27. Merchant navies of France and Eng- Newby, Capt, on loss of Mary, 48. land, 486. Newcastle and London railway, 187. Newcastle, port of, 307. ship, 254. life in, 586. Newfoundland, proposed light, 173. customs of, 535. current off, 377. seamen, 254. Newry harbour, report on, 237. seamen and ships, 254, New Zealand notes, 281. 680. barometer on, 453. control of, 198. hydrography, 565. society, 441. peopling of, 569. Service, 653. Skipper, bravery of, 632. Mercury island, nature of, 10. Meteorological register, 56, 112, 168, 224, 280, 336, 392, 448, 504, 564 Northcote, Mr, on Rogers anchor, 99. Obispo river, note on, 29. Orguezo foundering of, 634, Otis, Mr., his devil, 202. Ox island, Gulf of Mexico, 228. Porcupine, H.M.S., service of, 441. associations, 361, 630. Portland, advantages of, 518. roads, 514. Potts, Dr., system of sinking piles, 172 Predictions of weather, 372. President steamer, report of, 104. Privateers, American, daring of, 631. Pabenque ruins, visit to, 346. Parliament, acts of, defects in, 198. voyage to, from Bolivia, 507. Glasgow to Liverpool, 382. Passed masters of merchant service, 52. Peacock, Mr. on Becher's horizon, 665. Peninsula Steam Navigation Company, Petersburg, passage to, 439. Piddington, Mr., on Charles Heddle, 429 Pilot act, reading of, 257. at Salinas, 506. Pilotage of Hooghly, 544. Piracy in Mediterranean, 373, 502. Planet, visible at noon, 629. Ellen shoal, China sea, 266. Mr., on Tingy islands, 94. Rush, brig, affair of, 373. Sacraficios Island, 120. Shouraka, Gulf, N.Z., 282. Distress, Rettie's, 196. at St. Michaels, 613. South American packets, 381. Sadler, Mr., on light for Guernsey, 638. St. Vincent, Gulf, sailing directions for, Sailors' Homes, 483. Salinas Point, dangers of, 505. Salvage, case of, 328. San Juan, Bautista, 232. Sands, Mr., on New Island, 322. Saunders, Mr., on shoal off River Plate, Scotch seamen, 254. Screw of Great Britian, weights of, 223. Seamanship, British, 205. Seamen of Baltic traders, 286. coasting trade, 186. merchant, control of, 198. Seven Islands, Banca strait, 449. Severn Navigation, 315. Shanghai, port, dangers of, 46. 145. Stars falling in November, 671. maps of, Malbys, 616. Start Point Light, 348. of Great Britain, 440. Steamer, largest, 278. Steamers to Elbe, 440. New Atlantic, 498. Stevenson, Mr., on force of waves, 102. of 1703, 376. Currents, Piddington, 577. city, 86. bar, 286. freighting for, 408. Tapititan, town, 346. Thames Navigation Committee, 219. Tidal harbour report, (2nd.,) 233, 307. in Gulf of Normandy, 184. Timber, duties on, 544. New Zealand, 568. Tombs, Chinese, 628. Tonnage, shipowners on, 541. Torres strait, passage through, 548. 659. Trincomalee Light, cost, 171. Tynemouth Light expenses, 492. NO. 12.-VOL. XV. Wadge, J., on Sooloo shoal, 44. at Tampico, 410. Waitemata river, New Zealand, 282. Waken, Capt., on Columbia rock, 148. 548. Walwich bay, character of, 14. Warwick, Earl of, anecdote of, 592. 102. Waterford harbour, report on, 235. at Woosung, 629. Wellington, Duke of, age, 325. Wexford harbour, report on, 235. Whaling bay, Australia, 85. Co., of Turks island, 327. Whirlwinds, curious one, 633. Whitby harbour, 310. White, Capt., on tides in Gulf of Nor- mandy, 184. shell rocks, Sunderland, 497. Widow of Muckle harbour, 101. |