revoked and annulled; that they have no title by immemorial usage, nor have they exercised sufficient acts of ownership to assert and sustain that title; that all these embankments will prove nuisances to the subjects of her Majesty; and that the corporation by its town clerk ought to produce certain deeds, charters, maps, and documents, relating to this asserted right of the corporation for the purpose of discovery. The information then requires answers, on oath, to twenty set interrogatories. Then followed the prayer that the Court of Chancery would declare thereupon the rights of the Crown, and of the corporation in this respect; order issues at common law, if necessary, to deliver in the question at issue; in the meantime that the contractors be restrained, by injunction, from carrying on the embankments and works alluded to; that all things be restored so as that the tidal water may again flow as it did before; and further, that the corporation furnish an account of all the profits, fines, rents and issues received, to her Majesty's Exchequer ; that the right may be declared to this property in the Crown, so as to avoid multiplicity of suits; and that relief may be given in the suit consistently with equity and good conscience. The corporation demurred because the Attorney General had not made out such a case as entitled him to relief in a court of equity against the corporation, or to any discovery touching any matters referred to in the said information as far as it is demurred to; and for answers to such parts as are not thus demurred to, they allege that they created no nuisances, nor do they intend, at the places mentioned, Rotherhithe and Battersea, nor do they allege they have power to grant licenses to erect or create a nuisance on the river. Upon argument the Master of the Rolls overruled the demurrer. From that decision the corporation appealed. Mr. Bethell and Mr. Serjeant Channell to-day argued that the order of the Master of the Rolls should be reversed, because the issue raised by so much of the information as is demurred to, is simply a question of common law; because the Court of Chancery has no jurisdiction to determine matters and things depending upon the legal title to lands and tenements, when such legal title is contested until after the title has been established in a court of law: because the Crown does not possess any prerogative to transfer to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery matters which, as between subject and subject, would be exclusively cognisable in a court of law: because so much of the information as is demurred to, relates entirely to matters and things which form a fit subject for an information of intrusion at common law, or of some other legal proceeding where the appellants would obtain the benefit of the statute of the 21st of James I., c. 14, of the benefit of which statute the appellants will be deprived, if the Attorney-General shall succeed in compelling them to answer and defend themselves in the Court of Chancery in respect of the matters and things inquired after and put in issue by that part of the information which is demurred to; because the present information, if it can be supported at all, ought to have been filed in the Court of Exchequer, as a court of revenue, that court having both legal and equitable jurisdiction, and such equitable jurisdiction not having been transferred to the Court of Chancery by the statute of the 5th of Victoria, c. 5. The case is of extreme importance to the corporation, as should it be unsuccessful in this instance, it may, hereafter, be called upon to discover its title to various portions of property, estates, tolls, and privileges, where the title is prescriptive, or lies hidden in remote antiquity.—Nautical Standard. CURRENTS OF THE OCEAN. British Consulate, Brest, March 15th, 1848. SIR.I have the honour to enclose a copy, with a translation of a paper sent to me, by the Director of Customs of this port. The original of this paper which was in a bottle, was picked up on the coast of Plozenet, about fifteen miles south-west of this, on the 4th or 5th of this month; and handed to the Marine Agent. I am, &c., (Signed) ANTONIO Perrier. To H. G. Ward, Esq., Admiralty. Copy of the paper sent to the Director of Customs, being a French translation of the paper found in the bottle :— "On board the ship (name illegible), of 72 guns, bearing the flag of RearAdmiral Sir T. Cochrane; W. J. Hope Johnston, Captain, at one o'clock in the afternoon of the 10th of August, 1847; lat. observed, 47° 16' N., long. by chronometer, 21° 42′ W., thrown into the sea at the same moment. We request the persons into whose hands this may fall, to send it, without delay to the Secretary of the Admiralty, in London. (Signed) "EDWARD WALLER, Secretary.' CARRICK FERGUS.-A Carrickfergus correspondent writes to say that while a poor woman was gathering sea-weed, opposite the castle, she picked up a bottle, containing a piece of paper, on which the following was written :“The Chance, Capt. Herdman, is now off Islandmagee, in a sinking state." The Chance was a schooner, she sailed from Glasgow for belfast, on the 22nd of October, 1846, and was never heard of since. This discovery decides the fate of the unfortunate crew.- -Northern Whig. BRAUNTON, near Barnstaple.-March 10: A bottle was found 5th inst., on Saunton Sands, about seven miles from the ports of Bideford and Barnstaple, and five leagues S. E.b.E. from Lundy Island entrance to the Bristol Channel, containing a slip of paper, on which was written the following:Emigrant ship Graham, for Quebec, June 13, 1847, lat. 51° 4' N. long. 45° 28′ W., per chronometer. From Plymouth twenty-two days. Prevailing winds since leaving, westerly. Number of souls on board, 258, all well. This bottle is thrown overboard to determine the set of the current; the finder is requested to forward this to the editor of the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, London. "T. C. BEACH, Commander, "RALPH STEVENSON, Chief Officer, "J. H. VIVIAN, Surgeon." NEW CHARTS. (Published by the Admiralty, and sold by R. B. Bate, 21, Poultry.) MAULMAIN RIVER, Lieut. William Fell, 1842. Price 1s. 6d. JAFFA ANCHORAGE (Syria), Mr. Bodie, R. N, 1847. Price 3d. LABOUAN ISLAND, Sir Edward Belcher, 1847. Price Is. 6d. WEST INDIES, Sheet I., Capts. Owen and Barne t, 1838. Price 2s. CURRENTS ON THE COAST OF GUINEA, Capt Vidal, 1840. Price 1s. ENGLISH HARBOUR, (Antigua Island), West Indies, Capt. Barnett, 1847. Price 1s. 6d. MALAGA HARBOUR, Mr. Rundle, R. N., 1843. Price 6d. SIMON BAY (Africa), Capts. Sir Edward Belcher and Stanley, 1847. Price 18. 6d. CORRECTED. PULO CONDORE, (Corrected to 1847.) Price 1s. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS COMMANDERS.-C. S. Forbes-F. M. Frazer-J. P. Baker-T. Saumarez. LIEUTENANTS.-J. G. C. B. PayneC. F. Curme-T. Goss-J. E Elliott. PURSERS.-J.Barrett-W. F. Henna. ASSISTANT-SURGEON.-T. Kincaird. APPOINTMENTS. FLAG-OFFICER.-Rear-Admiral Harvey to succeed Rear-Adm. Sir Lucius Curtis, as Superintendent of Malta Dockyard. CAPTAINS-D. Price, to Wellington -J. E. Erskine (1838) to Havannah -H. Smith, C.B., to Ganges-E. J. Bird, to Investigator. COMMANDERS J. Gordon, to Wel. lington-A. . Fairman, to be Inspecting Commander of Coast Guard-R. Harris, to Ganges. LIEUTENANTS-W. G. Hensworth, J. F. Arnold, C. B. Stockdale, and T. Tribe, to Wellington-S. C. Dickens, and H. Johnson, to Star-M. Lowther, to Champion-O. J. Jones, G. T. S. Wenthorp, and C. Dunbar, to Ganges -M. G. H. W. Ross, and F. R. RobinEon, to Investigator-E. E. Turnour, to command Shearwater-R. McKinlay Richardson, to command Pluto-F. Rooke, to Blenheim-C. B. Payne, to Havannah—H. T. Vernon, to Penelope -H. T. Harvey, (flag) to Ceylon-A. G. E. Murray, to Stromboli, vice Har vey. MASTERS.-J. Taylor, to Wellington -S. Libby, to Linnet-C. Gahan, to Ganges-G. Filmer, to command the Dee. MATES.-C. J. Forbes, to Enterprise -E. Nares, to Prince Regent-G. Taylor, to Champion-W. B. Mason, to Hibernia-J. B. Lethbridge, T. D. Atkinson, and A. Graves, to ExcellentW. H. Anderson, to St. Vincent-S. Wolrige, to Wellesley. SECOND MASTERS.-C. Austey (act.) to Wellesley-F. Taylor, to GangesJ. Crosby, to Shearwater-J. E. Fittock, to Blenheim-C. Forbes, to Prince Regent-E. Swain, to Dee-W. Greet, to Agincourt-R. Williams (act.) to Royal Sovereign. MIDSHIPMEN.-R. Moore, A. D. Mercer, F. M. Noel, and E. H. Pace, to Champion-H. C. Farrington, and C. J. Grant, to Ganges-J. H. E. Wemyss, and J. Jenkins, to Powerful-W. E. Von Donelyen, to Fisgard-W. E. Kirkanan, C. W. Buckley, and A. Fox, to Prince Regent-H. W. Goddard, and C. J. Wrey, to Victory. NAVAL CADETS.-E, F. U. S. de Rutzen, and J. E. Wilson, to Wellesley -A. C. Curtis, and F. M. Norman, to Havannah-J. Grant, to ChampionH. L. C. Robinson, to Victory-E. M. Collyer, to_Ganges-W. H. Grubbie, and C. W. Evans, to President. MASTERS'-ASSISTANTS,-W. G. Southey, and J. R. Richards, to LinnetG. P. Chapman, to Wellesley-F. Fox. to Ganges-A. Berton, to Star-H. Howell, to San Josef. SURGEONS.-B. Bynoe, to Wellington -W. Houghton, to Ganges-R. Anderson, to Investigator-P. Leonard, to Poictiers. ASSISTANT SURGEONS.-T. Hunter, and R. Galvin, to Wellington-J. G. Ballantine, to Linnet-T. Hunter, and W. Edwards (b.) to Ganges-A. Brown, M.D., to Sun Josef-R. D. Pritchard, to Blenheim-J M. Murphy, and R. C. Scott, to Vernon-H Matthews, to Investigator-W. Dunbar, to Andromache -W. Richardson (act.) to VictoryW. C. Torrence, to Jamaica Hospital. PAYMASTERS AND PURSERS.-J. Huggins, to Wellington-T. Kerigan, to Ganges. CLERKS.-A. Wood, and E. W. Gordon, to Wellington-H. T. J. Kelly, and J. Lewis, to Blenheim-G. H. Shephard, to Ganges-H. M. Moore, to Victory-J. N. Jefferson, (in charge) to Shearwater. CHAPLAINS.-R. B. Howe, to Ganges -J. Blackburn, to Powerful. NAVAL INSTRUCTOR.-K. M. Knapp, to Havannah. ENGINEERS.-S. Parry (Chief), to Pluto.-W. Rowley (first class assist.), and C. Mackay (third class assist.) to Fisgard. BIRTHS. Feb. 12, at St. Hellier's, Jersey, the lady of Capt. Williams, R.N., of a son. Feb. 19, at Donnington, Berks, the lady of Capt. Hayes, R.N., of a son. March 6, the lady of Capt. E. C. Fanshawe, R.N., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Feb. 16, at Alva House, N.B., Capt. Lord Frederick C. P. Beauclerk, R.N., to Jemima Eleonora, daughter of the late James Johnstone, Esq.. of Alva. March 13, at Brighton, Capt. Fitzgerald, R.N., Governor of Western Australia, to Eleanor Caroline, daughter of C. Elwes, Esq., of Kemp Town, Brighton. Dec. 21, at Buenos Ayres, Lieut. J. P. Thurburn, commanding H.M.S. Griffon, to Margaret, daughter of J. White, Esq., of that city. DEATHS. Jan. 15, at Barrie, Upper Canada, Capt. J. Moberly, R.N. Feb. 1, Capt. T. Lyne, R.N. Feb. 10, at the Caledonia Hotel, Inverness, Mr. C. Grant, late Midshipman of H.M.S. Modeste. Feb. 15, at Penzance, retired Com. T. Ratsey, R.N. Feb 23, at Woolwich, Lieut. F. A. L. Bullock, son of Capt. F. Bullock, R.N. Feb. 23, near Wexford, Com. A. Kellett, R.N. METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER. Kept at Croom's Hill, Greenwich, by Mr. W. Rogerson, of the Royal Observatory From the 21st of February to the 20th of March, 1848. January, 1848.-Mean height of Barometer 29 621 Inches; Mean Temperature=42·8 degrees; depth of rain fallen_3.13 inch, TO CORRESPONDENTS.-We cannot exactly see in what manner we can carry out the object of "B. C.," if he will state more clearly what his views are, we shall be happy to give them consideration. Hunt, Printer, 3, New Church Street, Edgware-road STRAITS OF SAN JUAN DE FUCA.-By Mr. G. I. Gibbon, Master, R.N., of H. M. sloop "Modeste." CAPE FLATTERY and Cape St. Juan form the western entrance of the supposed Straits of San Juan de Fuca, the former, or Southern Cape, is situated in lat. 48° 23′ N. and long. 124° 26' W.; it is moderately high, and on an E.b.S. bearing, distant 12 miles, appears like an island, high in the centre, with a gradual rounding slope from N.W. to S.E., and is thickly wooded with pine and cedar trees of gigantic size. At a little distance S. W. from the foot of the cape, and just within the confines of the beach, is a rock in the shape of a pillar about 400 feet high and 60 feet in circumference, the upper part of it has a slight inclination or bend to seaward. About 1 mile W. S. from the Cape is a flat island called "Classet," covered with grass; it is nearly a mile long and half a mile wide, with several large rocks between it and the main; and about 14 of a mile N. from the centre of this island, and 23 miles N.W.b.W. W. from the Cape, is a dark rugged rock called "Duncan," from 8 to 10 feet above water, at low spring tides, and generally at three-quarters flood it is wholly covered. From the whirling and broken water extending from it, in a N.W. direction, a full half mile, I am led to suspect the existence of a dangerous reef of rocks, and as the tide here trends to the southward of west, and runs at the rate of three to five miles an hour, influenced by the state of the weather, the force and direction of the wind, I should recommend all strangers bound into, or out of the straits, to keep to the northward of the stream of it, until at least four or five miles east or west of its meridian; nor do I NO. 5.-VOL. XVII. 2 G |