... the useful, the practical, and mechanical. Papers have been read on the ventils- tion of emigrsut ships, on the loss of the Tayleur, on naval arehitecture, end on the new Government department for the eolleetion of facts at sea, all subjects in which Liverpool ...

... paper at the British Association on Saturday, modally advancing the loss of the Tsyleur as an illustration: In the of the Tayleur, when he first heard of the catmtropohe,and read the evidence, he had stated to some friends at Torquay thet he would venture ...

... the loss of the ysical science an im- aud the change in the action of the compasses in the facts connected with the wreck Tayleur, which, will be remembered, was an iron ship, the that her compasses (three adapted for guidance) were all “ ious to sailing ...

... Glasgow. Dr Scoresby read an interesting paper on the action of compasses on iron ships, as illustrated in the case of the Tayleur.' A discussion then took place on the reading of a paper by the Rev. Mr C:ay, on the causes of crime, in which ainumber of ...