breaches made in her sides; 220 of her men being killed, and half that number wounded, among whom was her captain, Dugue L'Ambert. The _Brilliant_ lost her master and 5 men killed and 16 wounded. The _Courageux_ had on board 8500 pounds in specie. She was carried by her captor into Lisbon to be refitted, and was added to the British Navy under the same name. Proverbially thoughtless as are British seamen, they have ever shown themselves equally kind and generous to those in distress. On this occasion the French crew being found destitute of means for their support when at Lisbon, a subscription was raised on board the _Bellona_ and _Brilliant_, as well as among the merchants on shore, to enable them to return to France. Still further improvements being made in Mr Harrison's timekeeper for finding the longitude at sea, the _Deptford_, of 50 guns, was sent out with the inventor on board. She made the island of Maderia at the exact time which he pointed out, and from thence proceeded to Jamaica, making that island with equal accuracy. On his return he found that the instrument had lost only 1 minute, 54 and a half seconds. This year also the experiment for coppering ships' bottoms as a preservation against worms was introduced into the Royal Navy, and tried on the _Alarm_ frigate, of 32 guns. Another act of humanity deserves to be recorded. In November, 1762, Captain Clarke, commanding the _Sheerness_, of 24 guns, being closely pursued by five French ships of war, took refuge in the neutral bay of Villa Franca. One of the enemy's ships, _La Minerva_, continued the pursuit, and by way of bravado running in between the _Sheerness_ and the land, attempted to anchor. In doing this she was driven on the rocks, and the sea running high was soon dashed to pieces. On this, although the other four ships were approaching, Captain Clarke, with much humanity, sent in his boats, and saved the greater part of her crew, twenty-five only perishing, although the whole would otherwise have been lost. Struck by this generous act, the French commodore went on board the _Sheerness_ to thank Captain Clarke for the relief he had offered his distressed countrymen. To the credit of the Spaniards, it must be told how they on another occasion exhibited much good-feeling. Two ships, the _Lord Clive_ and _Ambuscade_, had been sent out to attack the Spanish settlements on the River Plate in South America. During the action the first blew up; her commander, and the whole crew, excepting seventy-eight, perishing. They, escaping the flames, swam to the shore, when instead of being looked upon as enemies who came to plunder the settlement, the Spaniards treated them with the greatest tenderness, and furnished them with clothes and every necessary refreshment. On the 6th of June, 1762, Lord Anson died, and was succeeded as First Lord of the Admiralty by the Earl of Halifax.