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give of the unfitness or capability of the ship we know not;
but we find that when he desired the guns of one broadside
to•be run out, the ship heeled over so much, that her guess-
warp boom was in the water; and when she assisted in es.
coning her Majesty from Osborne House to Spithead, in
rounding the Bellerophon, the effect of the wind on the
colours with which she was decorated had such an influence
on her, that she inclined over six degrees."
4 DEATH OP TILE SENIOR CAPTAIN ON THYNAVY LIST.—
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on the 11th instant, at the advanced age of seventy. He
was
9hne seniorh,ing captain
February the 4, 8
INaO v ie; List, the date of is co rn -
and although having no
preface or appendices to his christian arid surname, his career
in hard times was nevertheless distinguished, and his brilliaet
services were officially acknowledged; and if he did not re-
ceive those honours which are the just and appropriate re-
ward of,the brave and the skilful officer, he fairly earned and
richly deserved them. He was midshipman of the Victory,
at Toulon, in 1793, when Sir G. Cockburn was lieutenant of
that ship, served on shore under Nelson at the • siege and
taking of Bastia and Calvi. in 1795 ; ii. Hotham's second ac-
tion, in the July of that year, in the action off Cape St. Vin-
cent, in February, 1797, in command of the jolly-boat of the
Victory, with six men, captured two transports laden with
powder. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in July,
1797, and was senior of Lord Collingwoed'e ship, the Royal
Sovereign, at the battle of Trafalgar, in which be was
wounded. His services were officially commended, and he
was promoted to the rank of commander. his commission
bearing date the day after the battle. He subsequently com-
manded the Weazel brig, in which ship he engaged for
several hours, and captured, a Spanish re ivateer pierced for
20 guns. He also took part in numerous actions in the
Adriatic, and on one occasion was again wounded. He
was appointed, in 1837, to the superintendent ship of Chat-
barn Dockyard, and on the expiration of his term of ser-
vice there was appointed to Greenwich Hospital. Captain
Clavell received pecuniary reward from the Patriotic Fund
for his services.
THE COAST GVARD.—lnstances having recently occurred
in which the allowances granted to the widows of officers of
the Coast Guerd service, for the maintenance of their children,
until they should attain the age of 15 rare, had been paid
after the children had reepeetively attained that age; and it
•tppearir,g that certificates of the ministers and church-
wardens, in accordance with the form prescribed by the order
of November, 1837, had been produced by the parties in each
case; the revenue authorities, with the view of preventing
any similar irregularity, have directed' that new forms of
certificate and declaration be substituted for those required
by the order above referred to, and transmitted to the col-
lectors and comptrollers of the several ports of the United
Kingdom for their government ; and those officers have been
directed to keep a record of the allowances granted for the
support of the children of officers, showing the ages of the
respective parties, with the dates when the allowance will
cease and have reference thereto, in every case previously to
making any payment claimed on account thereof; and
directions have 'further been given that on the grant of any
similar allowance' in future the dates of the births of the
children he communicated to the Comptroller-General of the
(Iciest Guard, in order to enable him to check any payments
which may be improperly made.
Her Majesty's brig Snake put back to St. Helen's vester-
day morning, in consequence of the heavy gale of wind
which prevailed on Monday. After setting up the rigging,
Commander Brown put to sea again this morning, the wind
being fair at E.N.E.
The Carysfort. '26, took shelter in Weymouth roads.
The orders for her Majesty's ship Warspite to be paid off
at. Plymouth have this day been countermanded, arid she is
to be put iu commission at this port. She is hourly ex-
pected, and has on board a number of military invalids from
Malta and Gibraltar.
Toe officers and crew of the Rodney having cleared the
Bellerophon of all her stores and provisions, she has been
transferred to the officers of the dockyard. For the extra
service of fitting out arid dismantling the Bellerophon, the
following allowance is made to the crew of the Rodney, agree-
ably to the Queen's regulations :—Lieutenants of the navy,
captains of marines, and masters, 3s. a day ; other officers,
ranking with lieutenants of the navy, and lieutenants of ma-
rines, 2s. 6d. a day; mates, and officers ranking with them,
2s. a day; warrant officers, and subordinate officers, Is. 6d.
4 day ; first class petty officers, sergeants of marines, and all
ertificere, Is. 3d. a day; second class petty officers, corporals
of marines, seamen, and others, Is. a day; private marines
and landsmen, 9d. a day ; boys, Bd. a day. The time occu-
pied has been twelve-days.
The Electra has a few defects to make good, and will he
ready to be paid, and proceed to sea by Saturday. Her
armament is to be changed, and she is to carry 32-pounders.
The guns and carriages will be shipped at Spithead. The
destination of the Electra is not known.
Commander Alexander Murray, late of the Rodney. is ap •
pointed to the Favourite, 18, at Plymouth.
The Monkey, steam tug vessel, on .her passage from Wool-
wich to Cork, put into this harbour on Monday, during a
rale of wind, and was to have proceeded this day ; but a
report being made to the Commander-in-Chief of her unfit-
ness to encounter a gale, and her general debility, a survey
has been held, and the alicers of the dockyard have pro-
nounced the Monkey to be no longer adapted for sea duty.
Mr. Bryant, the master, and his crew will be turned over to
another vessel.
The Netley returned to Plymouth this day.
A vessel arrived at Spithead on Monday from the River,
with convicts on board for New South Wales. This morn-
itig some cases of small-pox have appeared among the pas-
sengers, and she has been ordered to the Quarantine-ground,
to wait a few dayr, to see if any new cases occur.
Disastrous accounts have been received from her Majesty's
ship Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart. It
appears that on her passage to Bombay, she got on some
rocks in the Gulf of Persia, and sustained so much damage
that it was with difficulty she got to Bombay. She was
caught in a hurricane, but had about thirteen fathoms water;
this suddenly shoaled to 3% fathoms, and her anchors were
let down ; she drove on the rocks, and before she could be
cleared, her guns were thrown over to lighten her; all the
false keel, great part of the stem, and the dead wood, is car-
ried away, and her injuries are described as being 11111C11 more
serious than those of her Majesty's ship Pique, when she got
on the rocks on the coast of North America. The Fox is in
dock at Bombay, and is estimated to cost 5,0001. to repair,
and make her dt for sea.
Commander Smith, late of the Siren, and Lieutenant W.
E. Triscott, formerly acting flag-lieutenant to Admirals Sir
C. Rowley and Sir C. Ogle, have this week been promoted.
lien Majesty's ship President, 50, with time flag of Rear-
admiral Dacres, was at Rio Janeiro on the 19th January,
all well. She had had a very good passage of five weeks
trom Madeira. The President, after completing water and
provisions, was to proceed to the Cape of GoOd Hope with
all speed.
The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart.; the
Racehorse, 18, Commander Hay ; and the Hon. East India
Compauy's sloop ElOinstone, were at Auckland, New Zea-
land, on the 22d of November,
The Hazard, 18, Commander Egerton, had left Auckland
far China, to communicate with the Commander-in-Chief,
Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, on her way to England to be
paid off.
The Wanderer, Commander Sommerville, and Harlequin,
Commander Curry, have nearly completed theirriiiga,_soat
Portsmouth; and the Childers, Commander Pittman, is also
beginning to make a show,
haying
g her lower rigging over
and tops and caps They .have 12 32-pounders
not yet received their
each instead
earrosaid
uthadeyes.liell only uTniiic Jarens, STEAM-SLOOP.—The workmen have not yet
commenced the repairs of the damage done to the engine lithe
Janus at the last trial. If any more of the public money is
to be spent on her, it is said that to make good her defects
she will have to be taken to Woolwich, as they cannot be re-
paired at Portsmouth
Tire Scourge,homb-steam-sloop, Commander Caffin, will be
sometime under the hands of the dockyard at Portsmouth.
It is said her cathead and bilboards require some' alteration.
SHEERNESS, MARCH 17.—The America, 50. Captain the
Hon. John Gordon, was at Mazatlan on the 6th of Jantouatr a
collecting freight, of which she had on board specieford
r Valparaiso
amount of 1,000,000 dollars, and was to sail
where she. would most pro-
bably t tthraenmsfeidrdhleerosfpFebrua
Commander John Duffill, arrived
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vessser.
The Hecla steam-sloop,
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tßerrFsalii:eilljiiPaa'dmtariatiferred the troops affected vfith
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small-pox intended for that island, to a separate vessel,
bringing on Major Vaughan and Captain Glasgow's com-
panies of Royal Artillery for Jamaica.
The Blenheim troop-ship sailed from Jamaica on the 25th
January, with the head-quarters of the 77th Regiment, under
the command of Col. Wilson, for Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Virago steam-sloop, Commander G. G. Otway, in con-
sequence of the intelligence from India, has been placed at
the disposal of the Consul-General at Alexandria.
The Brilliant, 20, Capt. R. B.,Watson, C. 8., progresses
favourably with her rigging and manning ; Lieut. Wm. H.
Bridge has been appointed first lieutenant. It will be re-
membered that this officer was lieutenant of the Cormorant
steam-sloop at Valparaiso, and was dismissed his ship by
court-martial for refusing to shake hands with the Vice
Consul at Islay.
The Speedy. cutter, Lieut.-Commander
eenGepoar
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having been found very defective, has
tTehen undocked,
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in dock, to have her bottom repaired.
The Cornwall, 50, is under the shears, to be masted.
The Conquestador, 50, will be undocked in the course of
next week, to be masted, when the Worcester, 50. will be
hauled in to be fitted.
The Trafalgar, 120, flag-ship, Capt.. J. N. Nott, is ordered
to be got ready for sea, and take on board six months' stores
and provisions. She is now all ataunt in the harbour, but
requires considerable repairs. Since her last cruise she has
lost upwards of 100 men by desertion.
The Avenger steam-frigate, and Inflexible ateatnesloop, are
ready for the penant at Devonport.
The Favourite, ilk is ordered to be commissioned at that
port byComniander Alexander Murray.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 17.—0 n Sunday letters.were received
from the Lords of the Admiralty, expressing great satisfac-
tion at the manner in which the Calcutta had been get ready,
and ordering her to be restored to her original position, and
also directing that the men should have extra-pay for the
time that they lad been employed. she was removed from
the Sound and towed up the harbour to-day% the weather
yesterday being too bbl.
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