Aberdeen lights noticed, 350.}
Accident at Plymouth, 835.
Accidents, steam-boat, 279.

Actæon, H.M.S. voyage of, 73, 469, 514.
Adams, James, of Rainbow, discharged,
549.

Address of ship-owners at Quebec, 548.
Adelaide, Australia, arrivals at, landing
of the first governor, 53.
Adelaide, H.M.S. view of, 202.
Adelaide, Queen, departure of, 772,
Adele, a tale of France, 501, 569.
Admiralty, duties of first Lord, 202.
Allen, Capt. on local attraction, 637.
Alacran, description of, 804.
Alien and Quarantine laws, 797.
Alloy of zinc and copper, 833.
Ambuscade, H.M.S. on raising, 101.
American expedition by Argus, 416.
America, steam navigation, established
with, 491.

American steam boats, 536.

Amsinck Lieut., on lights at mouth of
Thames, 207.

Anchor, plan of a jury one by Captain
Milne, 344.

Anchor proposed by Mr. Ross, 610.
Anchor Lieut. Rogers, 638.
Andrew White, brig case of, 777.
Antarctic voyage, 779.
Anti-chimera, letter of, 492
Apollo and Waterwitch, operations on,
481.

Appointments, 69, 141, 213, 286, 356,
429, 501, 571, 645, 717, 789.
Archimedean steamer, launch of, 774.
Arenas Cay, Gulf of Mexico, 723.
Argo on H.M.P. Ranger, 270.
Argonaut on mean level of sea, 199.
Argonaut on sea snakes, 528.
Arnold Lieut., by Argus, 415.
Arnold Lieut., see Coalwhippers, 622.
Arrowsmith's bank, position of, 366.
Ascension, sickness at, 487.
Ascension, command given, 549.
Astrolabe and Zelee, voyage of, 182.
notice of, 695.
arrive at Concep-

tion, 772.
pole, 779.

, voyage of, to south

Ayscough, Lieut., dismissed his ship,
550.

Back, Capt., presented with medal of
Geographical Society, 63.

Back, Capt. Sir George, expedition of
Terror, 644.

Bain, Capt., by Argus, 414.

Bally, coin current at, and measures, 220,
Ballingall, Mr., tribute of respect to,
857.

testimonial to 856.
Bankside steam-boat pier, 770.
Barlow, W. H., on illuminating light-
houses, 806.

Barbadoes appearance of, 433.

Barges, the reason of their sinking in
river, 771.

Barrow, Sir John, life of Howe, 139.
Barrow, J. Visit to Geysers, 818.
Bars of harbours, cause of, 100.
Bars of Harbours, 97.

Barrow, Com., by Argus, 411.

Bate, Mr., of Pelican, heroic act of, 627.
Bate, Capt., R.M. death of, 487.
Bate, Mr., his ruling machine, 787.
Bateson, Mr., by Argus, 410.

Beagle, report on her lightning conduc-
tors, 309.

Beagle, arrival of, in Swan River, 549.
Beagle, H.M.S. proceedings of, 679.
Beechey, Capt., on the Governor rock, 62.
refutation of Capt. Du-

perry's remarks, 237.
Belcher, Capt., notice of, 836.
Bennet, Mr. sermons of, 501.
Bermuda, winter at temperature, 433.
Biddlecombe, on the Actæon Islands, 13.
directions for south-

sea Islands, 225.
Bideford, Port of, Capt. Denham's im-
provement of, 499.

Biden, Capt., return from China with
petition, 488.

Births, 71, 142, 215, 287, 358, 431, 503,
575, 645, 717, 791.

Blossom's voyage, Duperry's remarks,

237.

Blunt, Messrs. on American lights, 549.
Boat on proper time to send from a ship
under way, 450.

Boulogne, port of, 145.

Boulogne steamer discontinued, 697.
Bowditch, Dr., by Argus, 411.
Berwick harbour improvements, 773.
Boyd's tar paint noticed, 353.
Braganza brig, case of, 703.
Brandreth, Capt., by Argus, 416.
Brenton, Capt., life of St. Vincent, 354.
Briscis, loss, notice of, 347.

Briseis, by Argus, 415.

Bristol committee, report to on
navigation, 24.

Bristol channel, changes in sands, 693.
Brittanicus on qualifications of officers of
Merchant shipping, 399.

British association, meeting of, 623.
British Flag in India, 264.
British gratitude, Ship, 227.
British Queen, by Argus, 413.
British Queen steamer, 551.
Brongniart on vegetation, 314.

Brooke, Mr., his intended voyage, 772.
Brougham, Lord, on his speech on sla-
very, 170.

Brown, Capt., J. H., account of shoals
in China Sea, 721.

Brown, Lieut, T., paid off, 772.
Brown, Capt., medal presented to, 135.
Buenos Ayres, port charges and pilot
charges, 223.

Bulow Baron, on Prussian merchant
ships, 193.

Caledonian, account of her crew saved,
227.

Camden, late packet notice of, 348.
Camden, notice of, 627

Canada expedition, uotice of, 350.

Candia, repairs of public works at, 760.
Cape light, by Argus, 416.
Cape Jetty, at by Argus, 416.
Copper sheathing on protecting, 624.
Capper, Colonel, on storms, 713.
Carrick, Mr., his feeder for steam-boil-
ers, 34.

Carrick, Mr., on his paddle-wheel, 114.
Carter, Lieut. T., by Argus, 410.
Catamaran, Mr. Cunningham described
303.

Caves of Socotra, 731.

Chads, Capt. plate presented to, 410.
Chagres and Panama on communication
between, 834.

Charlton, Mr. Consul at Sandwich
Islands, 655.

Charts, new of Admiralty, 284, 285, 501,
Chasing, on by Lieut. Raper, R.N., 446.
Chesney, Colonel, presented with Geo-
graphical Society, premium, 554.
Chester, Port of Sir John Rennie, on 123.
Chronometers rated at the Cape, 134.
rated at Madras, 278.
rates on obtaining, 374.
rates, magnetic influence

Collingwood, intended monument to, 773.
Columbus steamer, view of, 202.
Commission, naval and military proceed-
ings of, 487.

Committee of officers, 422.

Communication &c., Boats,' 450.
Condensement, Mr. Symington's mode of
89,638.

Cook, Captain, Monument at Sandwich
Islands, 656.

Cooper, Lieut., case of, in wounding a
waterman, 483.

Corney, Mr., Curiosities of Literature,
787.

Cornwallis, H.M.S., passages of, 433.
Coromandel Coast, weather on, 289.
Coronation of Queen Victoria, 544.
Court Martial on Lieut. Mottley, 211.
Cornwall Institution, lecture at, 844.
Cowes, light at, 835.

Cramp, Mr., Philosophy of Grammar,
786.

Crichton, Scandinavia, 355.
Crimps at Madras, 487.

Cunningham, Mr., his Life-boat, 179.
Mr. his Catamaran, 303.

Curacoa, Notes on, 363.

Curtis, Mr. on Simplicity of Living,

Dean and Abbinett, their diving pro-
ceedings, 697.

Deaths, 71, 143, 215, 287, 359, 431, 503,
575, 645, 717, 791.

Dee River, Sir John Rennie, on, 123 219
Demerara Light, by Argus, 415.
Denham Capt., thanks to, for improve-
ment of Bideford, 499.

Denham, Capt. on the buoys of Liver-
pool, 9.

Dent, Mr., on Longitude of Paris, 402.
Discipline, mode of obtaining, 830.
Dulce, Gulf of, notes on, 816.
Dick, Dr., Celestial Scenery, 283.
Dickey, Com., death of, on coast of
Africa, 549.

Discipline of Merchant Service, 668.
Distance, money for pilots, 764.
Downes, Com., Annular Scuppers, 62.
Dreadnought ship, notice of, 36
-, by Argus, 415.

Durham, Earl of, his landing at Quebec
546.

D'Urville, voyage of, to South Pole, 779.

Eastern Seas, seamen wrecked on, 59.
Engineers Admiralty uniform regulated,
135.

Eimeo Island, population of, 740.
Engineers, papers on subjects connected
with their duties, notice of, 569.
Engineers, naval, Admiralty order, 611.
English, character of, at Socotra, 608.
Epsley, Mr., his theory, Sir John Her-
schel's opinion of, 784.

Equator, on crossing, 469.

E. S. on Provisioning Merchant Ships.
114.

Europeans in India, observations on,
326, 392,

Euphrates Expedition, short sketch of,
556.

Evans, Mr., on Holyhead as a packet
station, 104.

Examination of officers of Mercantile

549.

Hastings, proposed Harbour at, 773.
Hebeler, Mr., on the Mercantile Navy of
Prussia, 535.

Henvey, Com., Life buoy of, 774.
Herschel on the longitude of Paris, 407.
Herschel, Sir John, dinner to, 416, 485.
created a baronet, 552.
his opinion of storms, 715.
his opinion of the theory of

hurricanes, 782.
Hermione, see "Walsh," 466.
Hiram on Collier's Boilers, 379.
Hoe, Mr., invention of, 623.
Holyhead Harbour as a packet station,

104.

Hollow shot, experiments with, 847.
Honolulu, position of, 655.

Hoskins, Lieut., letter to, on speed of
steamers, 673.

Howard, Mr., Steamer, by Argus, 412.
Huggins, Mr., views of, 787.

Humane Society, medals given by, 133.
Humanitas, on Australian surveys, 200.
Hurricanes, observations on, by Stormy
Jack, 35.

460.

notice on, 133.
by ship, Eliza, 454.

and Typhoons, questions on,

notice of, Colonel Reid's

Kennish, Mr., notice of, 347.

on concentrating fire of

ships, 785.
Kerigan, navigation tables, 354.
Keys, Lieut., medal presented, 486.
King sound Australia, explored, 680.

Laird, Mr., iron steam-boats constructed
by him, 105.

Expedition to Niger, 212.

on slave dealing 271.

his refutation of Dr. Lard-
ner's reasoning, 492.

Lane, Lieut., presented with a medal,

771.

Lang, Mr., his mode of building steam-
ers, 257.

benefit of his keel shown, 270.
Lardner, Dr., notice of his theories on
steam navigation, 87.

Laws maritime on the French and
English, 14.

Level mean of sea, 421

Libraries, nautical of France, 339.
Life boat of Mr. Cunningham, 179.
Lifebuoy, Commander Henvey's, 774
Life rafts in case of shipwrecks, 461.
Lieutenants, memorial of, 853.
Lighthouses, on the modes of illuminat-
ing them, 806

Lightning, lecture of Mr. Harris on, 844.
Light of steamers, 835.

Liverpool steamer, return of, 833.
Lights, see Hydrography, 53.

5 T

illustrations

damage in Royal Navy, 590.
Lightning vessels, and new mode of, 624.
Lightning, cases of, H.M. ships damaged
by, 747.

Ligou, Capt., notice of his pamphlet,
347.

Liverpool Steam-boats to New York,
697.

Local Attraction of the compass, great
in the St. Lawrence, 3.

of H. M. S. Princess
Charlotte, 52.

in Iron Steamers, 637, 835.
Logs of Merchant Ships, 698.
Longitude, a mode of finding at sea, 236.
Lowestoff-ness Harbour, 98.
Lynch, Capt., reaches Kit, 548.
Lardner, Dr. Lecture of, 492.

Insurance, exemplified at Wex-

ford, 352.
Marine registry at Madras, revival of,
487.

board, of Sunderland, 625.

Mariner's chart, 663.

compass, on nature of, 203.

Matavai Bay, caution, 740.

Mates of merchant service, Admiralty
circular to, 278.

meeting of, at Portsmouth, 497.
meeting, letter on, 562.

Mc Call, Mr. on Wexford harbour, 269.
Mutiny, and murder at sea, 703.
Merchant ships, on the defective con-
struction of, 810.

shipping, Prussian examina-

tion of officers, 193.

shipping, officers, of qualifica-

tions, 399, 733.

153.

ships, on provisioning, 114.
shipping, on cause of losses of,

Meteorological society, proceedings, 63.
registers, 72, 144, 216,
288, 360, 432, 504, 576, 648, 717, 792.
society, 421.

Meteors luminous, Cornwallis, 442.
Meteor, H.M.S., accident to, at Hama-
raza, 482.
Middleburgh feet to English, table, 468.
Midshipmen, Admiralty order concern-
ing their admission to navy, 270.
passed, 351.

Military of the East India Company,
328.

Mills, Mr., on Symington's condense-
ment, 235.

Milne, Admiral Sir David, on the colli-
sion of Monarch and Apollo, 61.

-, Capt., his plan of a jury one,
344.
Minerva, H.M.S., account of her cap-
ture, 370.

Miramichi river, notice of, 134.

Mitchell, Mr., his self-register of ship's
motions, 764.

Monoa Roa mountain, height of, 656.
Monarch and Apollo, on the collision of,
61, 186.

Monsoon, S. W. remarks on, off Bom-
bay, 86.

Moore, Mr., yacht of, fired into, 549.
his affairs with coast-guard,

667.