of June next, at this place, when Commander Dickson will make a Report of the progress of the undertaking, and a Committee of Management will be appointed to further the objects of the proposed Establishment; and that Admiral Sir J. S. Yorke be requested to take the chair on the occasion, at one o'clock."

NEW TOWN OF LANDPORT, NEAR PORTSMOUTH. The inhabitants of those suburbs of Portsmouth hitherto partially designated as Half-way Houses, having sustained much inconvenience and loss from the want of a more appropriate name, with the consent of several persons, though not resident, possessing property therein, have determined on calling that extensive district Landport, being, as they consider, more expressive of its locality than the name lately attempted to be given to it. This district will comprise all the ground on the London road from the water-works to the poorhouse, leaving out Kingston Cross, Buckland, Fratton, and Southsea. The Flathouses will be included in the new town of Landport, but the hamlet near Byerley's mill will continue to be called Radmore.

RIVER GUAYAQUIL.-The tide in the river Guayaquil, in South America, runs sometimes at the rate of seven miles per hour; by which means the delusion of the apparent motion of fixed objects is very great. A vessel coming down the river with a fair wind, and under easy sail, will run at the rate of eight miles per hour, and in' consequence of the narrowness of the channels in some parts of the river, is obliged to pass rather close to the shores; thus the trees on the banks appear to be flying past her at the rate of fifteen miles per hour. Notwithstanding this velocity, it is impossible to approach, within any short distance, the numerous alligators which lie basking in the mud on the banks, appearing like the trunks of dead trees. Their sense of the approach of strangers is so great, that they immediately dive into the river and are no more seen. It is seldom possible to get more than one shot at them with a musket. The ball bounds off their scaly sides as it strikes them, and they suddenly disappear in the muddy water of the river.

COMMANDERS ROYAL NAVY.-The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, by a memorandum dated May 1st, have directed that no officer holding the rank of Commander shall be appointed to serve as second Captain in any post-ship, unless he shall have already commanded one of His Majesty's sloops for the space of three years, or shall have served three years as first Lieutenant of one of His Majesty's sea-going ships of either of the six rated classes.

TURTLE CATCHERS ON THE COAST OF DARIEN.-At San Blas, on the Coast of Darien, a small settlement of Indians is established for the sole purpose of taking turtle. The settlement is situated among a group of kays, and has a small but very secure harbour, in which coasters may safely ride. It is under the management of three English, two American, and three Columbian traders, who make a vast profit from the shell. The quantity of tortoise-shell taken by them amounts on an average to 15,000 lbs. per year, the value of which is about 28,0007. The produce of their employment varies very much according to the nature of the season, as in some years they take as much as 32,000l. worth of shell; an enormous produce for one out of the many like establishments on this coast. It is a curious fact, that the handsomest shell, and consequently the most valuable, is stripped from the animal while living, the beauty of the shell always becoming less as the animal dies. The dreadful torture which the creature endures by the operation finds no consideration in the minds of the traders.

HUMANITY OF A BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER. While the Confiance steamer, Lieut. Belson, R.N. was on her passage out to the Mediterranean, with the mails, in the month of November last, off Cape Finisterre, in the middle of the night she fell in with a large ship partly dismasted. On coming within hail of the Confiance, her captain acquainted Lieut. Belson that she was the Loire, French transport, having five hundred troops on board, from the island of Guadaloupe, bound to Brest. That they were in the greatest possible distress, as, in addition to the loss of her mainmast, rigging, &c. the ship

vessel, from Plymouth; sailed the Starling cutter, for Chatham.

May 3rd. Arrived the Raven and Highflyer cutters, from Newhaven, with stores and discharged seamen.

May 4th. Sailed the Industry transport, for Chatham and Deptford, with

stores.

May 6th. Arrived the Galatea, 42, Capt. Napier, C. B. from the Havannah; sailed the Raven and Highflyer, for Newhaven.

May 8th. Arrived the Alban steamvessel, from Cork.

May 10th. Arrived the Starling cutter, from a cruise; sailed the Columbia steam-vessel, for Newhaven.

May 12th. Arrived the Hyperion, 42, (late Sussex Coast Guard) Capt. Mingaye, from Newhaven, in tow of the Confiance and Columbia steam-vessels, to be paid off; sailed the Starling cutter, on a cruise, and the Diligence naval transport, from Deptford, with stores.

May 13th. Arrived the Raven and Highflyer, from Newhaven. At Spithead Blonde, Pike.

Donegal, Wellesley,

In the Harbour-Asia, Royal George, Hyperion, Rattlesnake, Pearl, Victor, Brisk, Recruit, and Columbia steamer.

Plymouth. April 18th. Sailed the Carron steamer, Lieut. Lapidge, for Lisbon.

April 25th. Arrived the Vigilant ketch, Lieut. Loney, from Lisbon, last from Falmouth.

April 30th. Arrived the Meteor steamer, Lieut. W. H. Symons, from Portsmouth; sailed the Columbia steamer, for Portsmouth.

May 2nd. Sailed the Meteor steamer, for Falmouth. May 3rd. Sailed the Alban steamer, Lieut. Davis, for Cork. May 5th. Arrived the Pylades, 18, Commander Hay, from Cork.

May 15th. Sailed the Druid, 46, Capt. Hamilton, for the South American station; the Orestes, 18, Commander Glascock, for North Shields.

Remaining in Hamoaze.-Foudroyant, Caledonia, Revenge, Dublin, Stag, Pylades, Royalist, and Echo steam-vessel. Falmouth. April 22nd. Sailed the Rinaldo, Lieut. Hill, for Rio Janeiro and Buenos Ayres.

April 24th. Arrived H. M. ketch Vigilant, Lieut. Loney, from Lisbon, and sailed for Plymouth.

April 25th. Arrived the Tyrian, Lieut. Dwyer, from Tampico.

April 26th. Arrived the Swallow, Lieut. Baldock, from St. Thomas's.

April 27th. Sailed the Emulous, Lieut. Croke, for St. Domingo, Jamaica, Mexico, and the Havannah; and the Zephyr, Lieut. Church, for the Leeward Islands. April 28th. Arrived H. M. steamer Echo, Lieut. Otway, from Corfu.

May 5th. Arrived the Reindeer, Lieut. Dicken, from Halifax, sailed 20th April, under jury foremast and bowsprit ; sailed H. M. steamer Meteor, Lieut. Symons, for the Mediterranean.

May 6th. Arrived H. M. S. Chanticleer, Lieut. Horatio Thomas Austin, acting Commander, from Chagrés.

May 8th. Sailed the Tyrian, Lieut. Dwyer, for Halifax and Bermuda. May 9th. Sailed the Cygnet, Lieut. Goolding, for Jamaica and Carthagena. May 20th. Sailed H. M. ketch Vigilant, Lieut. Loney, with a mail, for Lisbon; and H. M. S Chanticleer, for Plymouth. Foreign.-H. M. S. Cochin, sailed from Madras for Trincomalee, 16th Dec. The Frolic arrived at Rio Janeiro from Falmouth 18th Feb. and Spey 27th Feb. The Zebra arrived at Madras from Penang Jan. 13th. The Eclipse has arrived at Vera Cruz from Falmouth. The Challenger sailed from Bombay for Malabar Sea Dec. 20th. The Alert arrived at Lima from Huanchace Jan. 5th.

H. M. S. Dryad and Plumper arrived at Sierra Leone 3rd March. The Maidstone arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, from Mauritius, 6th Feb. The Kangaroo, arrived at Trinidad from Barbadoes 17th Feb.

The Favourite sloop of war was at Sierra Leone on the 9th March. She was to sail on the 12th for the Gambia, and the Dryad in about ten days on a cruise. The Black Joke, tender to the Dryad, captured a slaver with 300 slaves on board, on the 21st Feb. The Athol was in the Bight of Benin. The Medina was gone to Fernando Po; and the Conflict was to leeward.

The Blanche, 46, sailed from Jamaica the 14th March for Nassau, N. P. and the Grasshopper was to have sailed on the 16th for Porto Cabello, and thence to proceed to England. The Icarus had gone to Havannah; the Shannon was at Barbadoes; and the Mersey had proceeded to Vera Cruz, when she was to return to England.

The Kent and Ganges arrived at Gibraltar from Plymouth March 31st, and sailed 4th April for Malta.

The Opossum arrived at Halifax from Falmouth April 11th.

The Belvidera arrived at Cadiz from Portsmouth 19th April.

The Alligator, 28, was at Smyrna on the 2nd April.

The Pegasus, 46, has been taken to pieces on her slip in Sheerness Dock-yard, and a steam-vessel, of 800 tons, to be called the Salamander, has been begun on the same slip, the keel of the Pegasus remains, with an addition of sixteen feet for the steamer.

The Magicienne, 42, is ordered to be cut down to a corvette, similar to the Curaçoa.

The Admiralty has ordered that in future no pursers are to be attached to His Majesty's vessels commanded by Lieutenants, but the charge of victualling the men is to be under the direction of passed clerks.

The naval establishment at Haulbowline is ordered to be abolished, and the stores transferred to Plymouth.

Rear-Admiral William Parker, C. B. hoisted his flag on board His Majesty's ship Alfred, at Chatham, the 6th ult.

A squadron of Guard-ships, consisting of the Caledonia, 120, Prince Regent, 120, Asia, 84, Donegal, 78, Gloucester, 74, Alfred, 50, and Talavera, 74, are directed to assemble at Spithead. They are placed under the orders of Vice-Admiral Sir Ed. ward Codrington, G.C.B. who will hoist his flag on board the Caledonia, and RearAdmiral W. Parker, whose flag will be on board the Prince Regent. It is understood they will proceed to the Western Islands, and employ the principal part of the summer in cruising between those islands and Gibraltar, as well as the mouth of the Channel. It is expected they will put to sea in the course of the present month.

The present appointments of Lieutenants in the Navy to the Coast Guard Service, requires that officers shall be under forty years of age. The allowance to them is 4s. per day, and the appointment is for an indefinite period. It is placed entirely under the direction of the Custom-house, the appointments being in the gift of the Admiralty.

Major Graham, a brother of the First Lord of the Admiralty, is appointed Private Secretary to Sir James Graham.

Lieut. W. Meadows, R.N. is appointed Assistant to Mr. Fallowes, the Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope, which had lately become vacant by the resignation of Capt. Ronald.

Capt. Vidal has been appointed to the temporary command of H. M. Schooner Pike, for the purpose of aiding in the survey of the coast of Ireland, by carrying soundings from the land into deep water, which, with the nature of the bottom, will be of the utmost importance to vessels

coming from sea. Other important points are connected with this appointment, which it is expected will occupy Capt. Vidal during the whole of the present summer. Capt. Vidal will also pass over the ground to which he devoted so much care and attention last summer in his search for Aitkins' Rock, and will have an opportunity of verifying his former work. Too much pains cannot be taken to remove all doubts of the existence or non-existence of a danger of this nature, and although Capt. Vidal's tracks with the Onyx and Leveret passed over every position which had been assigned to it, still a corroboration of his accuracy cannot but be always desirable even at many years hence. He has been supplied with instruments and several excellent chronometers, which will enable him to ensure that accuracy which forms the character of this officer's operations in general.

COURTS-MARTIAL.

At a General Court-Martial held at Bangalore, on Thursday the 26th day of August 1830, Lieut. and Brevet-Capt. Waldron Kelly, of His Majesty's 26th (or Cameronian) Regiment of Foot, was arraigned on the following charge, viz.—

"For scandalous and infamous conduct, such as is unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, in the following instances:

"For having at Bangalore, on the 20th day of August 1830, wantonly, and without provocation, struck Ens. Wm. Hake, of the Hon. East India Company's Service, and attached to the 39th Regiment of Native Infantry, a violent blow in his face, with his clenched hand.

"For having at the same time and place, though informed by Ens. Wm. Hake that he was an officer, again violently struck him in the face with his clenched hand, at the same time making use of the most insulting language to him, the said Ensign Hake, by saying 'You are not worth a damn, if you are worth a damn, you know where I live,' or words to that effect.

"The above being in breach of the articles of war."

Upon which charge the Court came to the following decision:

"The Court having maturely weighed and considered the evidence for the prosecution, together with what the prisoner has urged in his defence, with the evidence thereon, is of opinion

Horse-Guards, April 6tb. MEMORANDUM.-The General Commanding-in-Chief has had occasion to observe, that in recording the minutes of the proceedings of Courts-Martial, the names of the members are frequently inserted, without the regiments being specified to which they respectively belong; an omission which might be attended with serious inconvenience.

Lord Hill therefore desires, that in the proceedings of Courts-Martial, whether general or district, to the name of each member, the regiment to which he belongs may be invariably annexed; or if he be on the staff, that his rank and situation may be distinctly stated.

The General Commanding-in-Chief has likewise observed, that the proceedings are sometimes very carelessly and inaccurately written, with erasures and interlineations, insomuch as even to render the perusal difficult. Lord Hill cannot but regret

this mark of inattention, on the part of an officer employed on so important a duty; and his Lordship trusts that the present caution will have the effect of ensuring from those, to whom it may be entrusted, greater care and circumspection in the discharge of it.

By Command of the Right Honourable
GEN. LORD HILL,
Commanding-in-Chief,
JOHN MACDONALD, Adj.-Gen.

YEOMANRY CAVALRY.

(We are happy to be enabled to furnish our friends of the Yeomanry Cavalry with the following official regulations recently

2. A squadron to consist of two troops. 3. A corps to consist of three or four troops.

4. A regiment to consist of from five to twelve troops.

5. A corps of three or four troops may have one major.

6. A regiment of from five to seven troops, both inclusive, may have one lieut.-colonel and one major.

7. A regiment of from eight to twelve troops both inclusive, may have one lieut.colonel commandant, one lieut.-colonel, and one major.

8. One serjeant, (including the drillserjeant), and one corporal, will be allowed to every twenty private men.

9. One trumpeter to each troop.

Staff.

major may be allowed on the establish10. An adjutant, surgeon, and serjeantment of corps of not less than three troops; but neither the said staff officers nor any other officers or men, will have any pay or allowance whatever, except in

the cases hereinafter mentioned. HIS MAJESTY'S SECRETARY OF STATE.

11. His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department is the authority to whom all matters for consideration, for which the existing regulations do not provide, and which are not connected with the immediate issue of allowances, should be referred, through the medium of His Majesty's Lieutenant of the county.

12. Returns of the effectives, in the annexed form, signed by the commandant, are to be transmitted direct to His Majesty's Secretary of State, at three stated periods within the year, viz. on the 1st April, 1st August, and 1st December.