THE

NAUTICAL MAGAZINE

AND

Naval Chronicle.

FOR 1854.

A JOURNAL OF PAPERS

ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH

MARITIME AFFAIRS.

LONDON:

SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO., STATIONER'S HALL COURT;

AND

J. D. POTTER, 31, POULTRY, AND 11, KING STREET,

TOWER HILL.

LONDON:

WALTER SPIERS, PRINTER, GREAT PRESCOT STREET.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME FOR 1854.

ENLARGED SERIES.

Account of the Plunder of the "Susan Sturges," 209

A few Days at the Isle St. Paul, 68

A Glance at Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands, 113

American Expedition at Japan, 416

An Historical Survey of the Russian Navy, with a Statement of its
present Condition, 281

Arctic Despatches, 36

A Stray Leaf about Passenger Ships from Madras, 625

Atlantic Dangers, 558

Falaklava, 619

Baltic Fleet off Cronstadt, 435

Bicher's Mercurial Marine Artificial Horizon, 204

Bhring Strait Expedition, 147

Berthon's Collapsing Boats, 367

Bige-Water of Ships, 1

Black Rock, North Pacific, 447

Bonbardment of Odessa, 311

Botle Papers, 155

Boubgne Road and Harbour, 457

Caisson for the Repair of S.S. "Croesus," Sydney, Australia, 606

Calais Road and Harbour, 401

Captan Sumner's Method of Finding the Latitude and Longitude at

Sta, 332

Cummirce, Tonnage Dues, &c., at Kingston, Jamaica, 369

Course Indicator, 221

Departure of the Baltic Fleet, 194

Descripion of the Portuguese Colonies of Angola and Benguella in

Western Africa, 92

Destruction of the Fortifications of Aland, 551

Destruction of the Hango Forts, 565

Determination of the Difference of Longitude between the Observa-

tories of Paris and Greenwich, 539

Dr. Rodenstadt on Russia and Circassia, 150

Documents required by Merchant Captains at Elsineur, 164

Effects of the Atmosphere upon the Needle, 399

Electrical Action on the Sea Level, 494

Evaporation at Sea and Currents produced or affected thereby, 372

Extract of a Letter from Commr. Trollope, H.M S. "Rattlesnake," 35

Extracts of Letters from the Baltic Fleet, 316, 498

Extracts of Letters from the Black Sea Fleet, 442

Extracts from Letters on Proceedings in the Black Sea, 377

Fastnet Rock Light, 163

Fate of Sir John Franklin, 610

Further Observations on St. Paul Island, Indian Ocean, 260

Geography of the Cape, Longitude of Graham Town, 411

Great Circle Course Indicator, 132

Hurricane at Manila, 277

Insurrection at Formosa, 55

Islands of St. Paul and Amsterdam, Indian Ocean, 426

Journal of the Proceedings of Commander Prevost in the Isthmus of
Darien, 238

Kane's Arctic Expedition, 149

Lanrick Rock and Newland Shoal, 448

Laws of Passing Ships, 454

Letter from Captain M'Clure to Sir George Back, 45

Lifeboats and the Goodwin Sands, 8

Log of the "Braziliera," from Liverpool to the River Plate, 157

Loss of the Brig "Mary" at Natal, with Early Recollections of that

Settlement, 23

Loss of the Europa, 396

Loss of the Meridian, 75

Magnetic Variations, 51, 278, 445

Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. "Serpent," 57, 123, 188

Nautical Notices, 52, 110, 157, 221, 278, 336, 393, 447, 509, 557,

622, 690

Naval Forces of the Country, 107

Naval Strength of Great Britain, 156

Navigation of the Baltic, 215

Navy Pay and Prize Act, 329

New Act on Merchant Shipping, 55

New Act of Pilotage, 55

New Act to establish the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, 56

New Books:

Records of Travel in Turkey, Greece, &c., and of a Cruise in the

Black Sea with Capitan Pacha. By Capt. Adolphus Slade,

R.N. (Muchaver Pacha), 221