was, an anchor could have held her in safety. From these circumstances there does not seem to have been any neglect on the part of the Captain or Pilot, for the vessel must have come fair into the channel, and had the steam been kept up, no doubt she would have come in with perfect safety. I took the Eclipse steamer to Puffin Island this morning, in order to render all the assistance in my power. The greatest praise is due to the Beaumaris boat-men for their prompt and unflinching exertions in saving the lives of eighteen persons; and two others owe their lives to — Williamson, Esq. of the Campadora yacht, who, the moment that he heard of the calamity, went out with his boats, and had the good fortune to snatch those individuals from a watery grave; they were holding on to pieces of the wreck and drifting about in the bay, and could not have survived many minutes longer the name of one of the gentlemen is Whitaker, from Bury, in Lancashire, an ironmonger. I picked up all the boats that had been out all the day trying to save lives and property, and towed them to Beaumaris, as the flood tide had made, and they could do no more good. They had picked up four bodies, two of them, the steward and his wife (Mr. and Mrs. Jones), who were found lashed together to the mast, which was at a considerable distance from the wreck. I trust, before you go to press, you will have more particulars about the bodies picked up, and the names of those saved. I saw fourteen dead bodies; and all that were then known were the Rev. P. M'Carty, Mrs. Wilson of Bangor, M. Lucas, a young woman about twenty, and Lord Derby's steward: but Beaumaris was in such a state of con fusion and distress, that it was impossible to get at the exact truth. Those who are saved think there must have been 140 souls on board; but I think, that will be found to far exceed the real number. It was most gratifying to see Sir R. Bulkeley, Mr. Boggie, and several other gentlemen whose names I do not know, foremost in endeavouring to secure the property floating about the bay, and picking up the dead bodies. I saw not the least symptoms of any attempt at plunder, which is so frequent on such occasions; but all seemed to vie with each other in saving the most trifling articles, and placing them in security. Such conduct, I trust, will be followed up on both sides the bay on this trying and affecting occasion. "I remain, Sir, yours respectfully, JAMES GALT." "Carnarvon, 19th August, 1831." RECOVERY OF A PORTION OF THE TREASURE SUNK IN THE THETIS.— Extract of a Letter from a Naval OffiThe difficult and hazardous enterprise cer at Rio, dated May 16th, 1831:in which Capt. Dickinson of the Lightning has been for some time engaged, has been attended, I am happy to say, with tolerable success. The circumstances which led to this attempt, with its results to the present date, may be interesting to you. When the news of the loss of the late Thetis arrived at Rio Janeiro, Capt. Dickinson had just returned from the Pacific with a freight of 450,000 dollars, and was in daily expectation of receiving orders to repair thither again. It, however, occurred to him, that the possibility of recovering some portion of the sunk treasure was worth considering, and although it was the general opinion that it was irrecoverably lost, his opinion was different, and he went to the Admiral and offered his services to attempt to get it up. The Admiral immediately accepted the offer, and gave him a sort of carte blanche to make what preparations he might think necessary. With the prospect of another trip to the Pacific, whence he would certainly have returned with another freight, many of his friends thought him wrong, while others considered it ultimate success. a mad project without a chance of however, thought otherwise, and, as Capt. Dickinson, things have turned out, he seems to have had good ground for his opinion; and accordingly, having determined on his mode of operation, he sailed for Cape Frio in the Lightning, where he arrived on the 30th of January. It would scarcely amuse you to enter into a detailed relation of all his proceedings; I shall, therefore, merely confine myself to saying that, not having such a thing as a diving-bell or any other instrument at all suited to the purpose, Capt. Dickinson constructed one out of two of the metal water tanks behas been found to answer the purpose longing to the ship, and this machine admirably. He also erected a large derrick from the base of the cliff, which extends 178 feet over the sea, and from which the diving-bell is worked. He has no little reason to be proud of this arrangement, as it is considered by all the naval men who have seen it, as a most extraordinary piece of practical seamanship, and a very good specimen of mechanism. The undertaking is one of great danger and difficulty, and his exertions have been laborious and unremitting. He has already succeeded in recovering property to the value of about 100,000 dollars. He is now removing some huge masses of rock which have fallen in where the wreck is. Every part of the ship is entirely broken into such small fragments, and they are so scattered about, that no estimate can be formed of the probable amount which he may be able to recover. He is, however, exceedingly sanguine, and his own personal efforts and exertions are not spared in endeavouring to ensure success. NEWLY-INVENTED PISTOL.-We have seen a pistol on a novel construction, the invention of Mr. Wilkinson, Gunmaker, of Pall-Mall, which, by an ingenious and safe contrivance, is formed to load at the breach; each charge contains twelve balls or other missiles, which, on the discharge of the piece, become dispersed to a considerable extent in the line of fire. Our view of this pistol has been but transcient, but we shall probably offer some remarks upon it, with its full description, in a future Number. In the mean time we give insertion to the inventor's estimation of its effects. "1st. It can be loaded and fired ten times in one minute, projecting at each discharge twelve missiles in one horizontal line, diverging laterally from twelve to eighteen feet, and within an elevation of six feet, at the distance of 30 or 40 yards. Each man discharging 120 missiles per minute, 100 men in ten minutes are enabled to discharge 120,000 missiles, each equal in effect to an ordinary pistol-ball. Suppose that a squadron of 100 men charge an enemy's squadron of equal numbers, and that 75 direct their aim so badly, that not one of their missiles took effect, there still remains 300 well-directed bullets at the first discharge; or even imagine it possible that only one in a hundred was efficient, 100 men in ten minutes could put 1200 hors de combat. 2nd. A short carbine, capable of being discharged with the same rapidity as the pistol, but propelling sixteen in stead of twelve missiles, and particularly applicable to naval warfare, as 50 men directing their fire on the enemy's deck, while the fire of fifty more was directed against the men up the masts and rigging, would in one minute pour a shower of 16,000 missiles over the whole vessel, thus rendering her defenceless, and the boarding and capture consequently easy and almost instantaneous.' CAPTURE OF ANOTHER SLAVER BY THE BLACK JOKE.-Extract of a Letter, dated His Majesty's Ship Athol, Prince's Island, 13th May 1831:-The Black Joke, tender to the Dryad, Commodore Hayes, after leaving Prince's Island on the 20th ult. fell in with, on the 25th, and captured the Spanish brig Marineretta, or, in English, the Little Sailor, with 493 slaves on board, after an action of five hours by moonlight. The Black Joke had one killed and a few slightly wounded; the Spanish vessel had three guns, 24-pounders, more than the Black Joke, and the number killed and wounded were not exactly ascertained. We have 37 of the prisoners in the Athol bound to Annabona. This action is considered one of the best the Black Joke has had with slavers. The Plumper sailed this day for Sierra Leone from this place, with 80 of the slaves, who were sickly in the Spanish slavers, and were consequently landed at Fernando Po, but on the Plumper arriving there, they were embarked on board her for a passage to Sierra Leone for adjudication. The very severe firing of the two vessels caused such consternation among them, that 27 slaves died in the action, and 17 slaves since; three of the slaves died on board the Plumper on her passage here, and three since; and I expect she will lose 20 more before she lands them at Sierra Leone. We are bound to Annabona, Ascension, and Lower Guinea; the Favourite is to windward, and we expect to see her in six weeks. The Conflict is at Sierra Leone, the Dryad at Fernando Po-tenders cruising. Fernando Po has been very healthy, and no man (a week ago) belonging to the establishment, was sick at the hospital. THE APPEARANCE OF A NEW IS- LAND The following singular account is translated from the Messager des Chambres:-Towards eleven o'clock of the 10th of July 1831, Capt. John Corrao, commander of the brig Theresine, going from Trapani to Girgenti, in Sicily, at the distance of about twenty miles from Cape St. Mark, perceived at the distance of a gunshot, a mass of water which arose sixty feet above the level of the sea, and presented a circumference of nearly 400 fathoms: a smoke proceeded from it, exhaling an odour of sulphur. The preceding day, in the Gulf of Trois Fontaines, he had seen a great quantity of dead fish and of black matter floating on the water, and he heard a noise like that of thunder, which the Captain attributes to a volcanic eruption. He continued his voyage to Girgenti, and all the time that he was occupied in lading his ship, he saw a thick smoke rise incessantly from the same point, before which he arrived on the 16th, on his return from Girgenti. A new spectacle was then presented to him, namely, a tract of land, of the same circumference as the mass of water which he had remarked in his first passage. This island, (which we shall call Corrao, from the name of him who saw it formed,) is elevated about twelve feet above the surface of the sea; it has in the middle a kind of plain and the crater of a volcano, whence a burning lava is seen to proceed during the night. The island is bordered by a girdle of smoke. The sounding all around the island gives a depth of 100 fathoms; its latitude is 37 degrees 6 minutes north, and longitude 10 degrees 26 minutes from the meridian of Paris. Such is the relation of Capt. Carrao himself, who entered the port of Marseilles the 30th of last July. This volcano has also been seen by several captains going from Malta and Taganroc to Genoa: the pilot of the latter learned from a fisherman, that on the day of the eruption of this volcano he had seen a brig perish, and also a fishing boat, his companion; and that he considered his own escape miraculous. JA'FAR.-An esteemed correspondent informs us of a report having reached Cairo, stating that Ja'far, a narrative of whose interesting adven The General Staff 3,819 13,612 201,431 16,728 54,873 1,864 9,320 12,336 18,504 1 ditto 1,026 6 ditto 6,165 621 36,382 8,101 3,748 Carabineers 2 regiments Total amount of the army, after it shall have been en- 5,936 39,680 431,146 The number of horses is stated at 91,797, of which 30,000 are required for mounting the artillery, gendarmerie, engineers, and train. The regular estimate was for 224,530 men and 44,491 horses; Soult has, therefore, increased the estimate by 209,616 men, and 47,306 horses. The accession of resources thus acquired will have been purchased at a cost of 9,041,3301. sterling, and the following are its most essential items. Lead and paper for car- Gunpowder Fortifications at Paris and Lyons, (in other words, employment of the un employed) Pay and sustenance batteries of artillery, a company of 51,000 sappers, baggage waggons, &c. 2,156,000 157,280 Fourth Division of Infantry.— Lieut.-Gen. Hulot. Majors-General M. Heurion, 11th Light Infantry (Colonel de Lasbordes); 22nd Regiment of the Line (Colonel Sallex). M. Voirol, 19th Regiment of the Line (Colonel Meslin); 58th Ditto (Colonel du Rocheret).-Two batteries of artillery, a company of sappers. Light Cavalry, 1st Brigade, detached. -M. de Lawoestine, Major-General, 600,000 4th Light Dragoons (Colonel Bouve3,261,400 rie); 5th Hussars (Colonel Kleinenberg). Garrisons in the Morea and at Algiers 379,000 Second Detached Brigade.-Duke of DETAIL OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN Orléans, Major-General, 1st Regiment THE NETHERLANDS.-Commander-in- of Hussars (Colonel Pozac); 1st LanChief Marshal Gerard. Staff Officers-Lieut.-Gen. SaintCyr Hugues; Lieut.-Gen. Neigre; Lieut.-Gen. Haxo; M. Delaneuville. First Division of Infantry-Lieut.Gen. Barrois. Majors-General M. Harlet, 20th Light Infantry (Colonel Gemeau); 5th Regiment of the Line (Colonel Gréard). M. Hurel, 8th Regiment of the Line (Colonel M. Maingarnaud); 33rd Regiment of the Line (Colonel M. Husson). Cavalry.-Lieut.-Gen. Dejeau. Majors-General M. Latour-Maubourg, 5th Dragoons (Colonel de Lafitte); 10th Dragoons (Colonel Galzimal virade). M. de Rigny, 1st Light Dragoons (Colonel M. Prués); 2nd Hussars (Colonel Ducroc de Chabannes).Two batteries of artillery, a company of sappers, baggage waggons, &c. Second Division of Infantry.-Lieut.Gen. Teste. Majors-General M. Poret de Morvan, 11th Regiment of the Line (Colonel Sauset); 12th Ditto (Colonel Boarini). M. Tholosé, 39th Regiment of the Line (Colonel Limonier); 44th Ditto (Colonel Ollaguier). -Two batteries of artillery, a company of sappers, baggage waggons, &c. Third Division of Infantry.-Lieut.Gen. Tiburce Sebastiani. Majors-General M. Christiani, 19th Light Infantry (Colonel Hennault de BertanCourt); 7th Regiment of the Line (Colonel Boucher). M. Georges, 25th Regiment of the Line (Colonel Rossi). 65th Ditto (Colonel Arnaud).-Two cers (Colonel Bro).-A battery of artillery. Reserve of Cavalry.-Lieut.-Gen. Baron Gérard. Majors-General M. Merlin, 1st Cuirassiers (Colonel M. Sauvart-Bastoul); 4th Cuirassiers (Colonel Schneit). M. Rabusson, 5th Cuirassiers (Colonel Canuet); 8th Cuirassiers (Colonel Rogé).-A battery of artillery, baggage waggons, &c. CHANGES IN THE STATIONS OF CORPS SINCE OUR LAST.-7th Hus sars from Birmingham to Coventry; 11th Lancers from Cork to Ballincollig; 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards from Westminster to Knightsbridge; 2nd ditto from King's Mews to Dublin; 3rd ditto from Knightsbridge to King's Mews; 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards from Windsor to the Tower; 2nd ditto from Portmanstreet to Windsor; 1st Battalion 3rd Foot Guards from Dublin to Portmanstreet; 2nd ditto from the Tower to Westminster; 18th Foot, reserve companies, from Bolton to Manchester; 37th Foot, reserve companies, from Waterford to Youghall; 51st Foot from Corfu to Vido (Mediterranean); *52nd Foot at Halifax; 69th Foot from Fermoy to Cork; 71st Foot from York Upper Canada to Bermuda; 75th Foot, Reserve Companies, from Devonport to Plymouth; 77th Foot from Youghall to Waterford; 82nd Foot on passage home from the Mauritius. Ordered home. ARRIVALS, SAILINGS, AND IN CIDENTS IN THE FLEET. Portsmouth.-July 26th. Arrived the Aug. 6th. Sailed the Victor, 18, Commander Ellice, and the Tweed, 20, Commander Bertram, in company with the Duke of Portland's Yacht, Pantaloon, to try their respective rates of sailing. Arrived the Onyx, 10, Lieut. Dawson, from Rio Janeiro. Aug. 9th. Arrived the Victor, 18, Commander Ellice, and the Tweed, 20, Commander Bertram, from the experimental cruize. Aug. 10th. Arrived the Eden, 26, Capt. W. F. W. Owen, from South America, having sailed from Lima on the 11th of January, from Valparaiso on the 13th of January, from Coquimbo on the 26th of February, from Rio Janeiro, on the 11th of May, from Bahia on the 27th of May, from Pernambuco, on the 8th of June, and from Porto Praga, on the 5th of July. Aug. 12th. Sailed the Recruit, Lieut. T. Hodges, for the Downs. Aug. 15th. Arrived the Etna, surveying vessel, Commander Belcher, from the Coast of Africa, last from Cape Blanco, whence she sailed on the 12th of July. Aug. 18th. Arrived the Galatea, 42, At Spithead-Britannia, Galatea, Rattlesnake, and Tweed. In Harbour-Spar. tiate, Royal George, Winchester, Imogene, Eden, Etna, Onyx, Columbia. Aug. 23rd. Sailed the Rattlesnake, 28, Capt. Graham, for South America. Aug. 25th. Arrived the Grasshopper, 18, Commander Erskine, after upwards of three years and a half service in the West Indies. She left Jamaica on the 28th April; Belize on the 7th May; Tampico on the 23rd June; and the Havannah on the 21st July. Aug. 27th. The squadron under ViceAdmiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.B. consisting of the Caledonia, 120; Prince Regent, 120; Asia, 84; Donegal, 78; Revenge, 78; Talavera, 74; Wellesley, 74; Barham, 50; Alfred, 50; Stag, 46; Curaçoa, 26; Tweed, 20; Victor, 18; cruit, 10, from the Downs, anchored at Royalist, 10; Charybdis, 10, and ReSt. Helens at six o'clock on the evening of the 28th. And on the following morning, at Spithead-Caledonia, Prince Regent, Britannia, Talavera, Wellesley, Alfred, Curaçoa, Victor, Royalist, and Revenge, Barham, Asia, Stag, Galatea, Recruit. In Harbour-Spartiate, Royal George, Pearl, Com. Broughton, from the Squa- Aug. 1st. Sailed the Alfred, 50, Capt. Mansell, to rejoin the evolutionary Squadron. Aug. 2nd. Sailed the Dublin, 50, Capt. Lord J. Townshend, for the South American Station. Broughton, to the Westward, on particuAug. 4th. Sailed the Pearl, Com. lar service. Remaining in Hamoaze-Foudroyant, Ariadne, Pylades, Arachne, Beagle, Viper, Plover, and Skylark Packets, Diligence and Supply Naval Transports. Foreign.-The St. Vincent, 120, (with Hotham,) arrived at Malta on the 18th the flag of Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Henry June. The Cordelia arrived at Halifax from Newfoundland 24th June, and sailed 26th ditto for the Mediterranean. The Columbine arrived at Jamaica from Barbadoes 25th May, and sailed 2nd June for Chagres. The Kangaroo and Hyacinth for Bermuda, and Pickle for a cruise, sailed from Nassau 21st May. The ChilFalmouth, arrived at Madeira 1st July, ders from Portsmouth, and Eclipse from and sailed again the same day, the former for Rio Janeiro, and Buenos Ayres. The Sparrowhawk arrivthe latter for June, and sailed again for Jamaica 14th ed at Port au Prince from Jamaica 8th June. The Pallas arrived at Madeira from Plymouth 11th July. The Rinaldo |