The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-20 00:00:00

RULE IN SEAMANSHIP.

The following notice was received here on Saturday
last, by a gentleman in our neighbourhood, enclosed in
letter from his Excellency Colonel Reid, C. 8., late
Governor of the Bermudas, now Governor of Barba-
does, &c., author of the " Theory of Storms." It has
been kindly handed to us for insertion in our paper, and
we readily give it a place, as it may bo of essential ser•
vice to seamen sailing from our port :
Every rule applicable to ships which have become in-
volved in storms is admirable. Captain Andrews, com-
mander of the royal mail steamer Medway, on leaving
Bermuda for England on the 23d. Sept., 1846, suggested
the following : _ _

By keeping the wind on the starboard quarter, when
in a revolving storm in the northern hemisphere, ships
gradually sail from the storm's centre ; and by keeping
the wind on the port quarter, when in the southern
hemisphere, ships sail gradually from the centre of a re-
volving storm.

This rule applies to three quarters of the storm's cir-
cle. But there is always one quadrant in a progressive
whirlwind storm, more dangerous than the other three,
being that over which the storm's centre passes in its
progress ; and there would be danger in applying tha
rule with a ship in this quadrant.
Within the tropics, whilst the course of storms tends
towards the west, the quadrant of greatest danger will
be on the west sides. But these quadrants will gradu-
ally change their position as the storms recurve; and in
high latitudes, as the course of the storms become east-
.,rly so will these quadrants of greatest danger come to
be on the east side of the storm. In order to know
which is the quadrant of greatest danger, the theory
must be studied until it is understood.

An example of Captain Andrews' rule for the
southern hemisphere was practised by Captain Moorsom,
Royal Navy, when commanding the Andromache frigate
at Mauritius, in 1826, and is the more remarkable because
it was executed by Captain Moorsom, before the theory
of storms was understood. Leaving her Majesty's ship
Ariadne, in Port Louis Harbour, at the wish of her
commander, Captain Moorsom put to sea in the An •
dromache with the wind at S.E., veering to S.S.E., pre
determined to steer without regard to the compass, and
to keep the wind as it veered, always upon the larboard
or port quarter. He had come to this decision from at-
tentively studying the
i logbodts of ships which had en-
countered hurricanes n the neighbourhood of Mauritius,
and observed that the wind veered there in a uniform
manner. By steering as described, Captain Moorsom
gradually carried hia frigate away from the centre of the
storm, until he had gained its opposite side, and mode-
rate weather. Then, having the wind at N.B. veering t. o
E.N.E., he brought his ship upon the starboard tack, in
order to return to Mauritius, which port she reached un-
injured.
By comparing extracts from the two
log-books, it
s
appears that the Ariadne, in Port Louis Barbour, was
in the centre of the hurricane, and had,
puttingth to
the
storm
va
very severely; whilst the Andromache,
b
sen and being so steered so as to keep
port orter, had comparatively moderate weather.—
Dundee Courier. •
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SQUIB DAY.—On Guy Fawkes day a large num-
ber of boys assembled round the Wellington statue, and
saluted the passers-by with " Please to remember the
Guy I"—Punch.
HOP INTELLIGENCE: WORC ESTER, Nov. 17.
The declaration of the hop:duty last week seems to have,
had a different effect on the' market-to-day than what
was expected ; for, not only is it firm, but pricres of the
best samples are absolutely a little higher than last
Saturday, and all sorts scarce, and in good demand ;
and from the general tone of the market them is every
prospect of better prices being obtained mext week.
There was not a single load of hops brought to market,
to-day, and the few weighed were most of them those
left unsold last market-day.—Weighed on Saturday,
new, 159 ; during the week, new, 107 ; 941,12.".. Mr,
cater Journa it .