... tative gentlemen to lunch with him on board the new steel-built sailing vessel the Norma, 'which has already been described -in detail 'in these columns. She i. the first steel, sailing vessel belonging to Cardiff. After the Norm'a bid been inspected ...

... A SAIL DOWN THE DANUBE. | (FROM; O-UR PARS 'CORRESPONDENXT.) The recent celebration of the destruction of the so-called ilron Gates on the Danube drawrs atten- tion to this comparatively little-visited tract of country. During my trip to Buda-Pesth ...

... LIFE ON OUR SAILING SHIPS. IIO\ TOMAK JACK MORE 11APPY. eI Forecastle life in a sailhig ship is uitterly dlevoid if ev-ery ?? of 7 the smallest approach to the corn fort that tile poot-est agrilcultural ama ouer ci joys inl Enlgi and, witdh the singlc ...

... | In the course of a review of sailing shipping and freights during the year 1896, A Local Shipowner writes to the ' CGreenock Telegraph as follows - Contrary to expectations, and to their disappointment, sailing shinowners have had a bad time of ...

... IB THE CLYDR SAILING SHIP OWNERS' r9 ASSOCIATION. k- Time anual general meeting of iembers of the AO ?? I ?? was held yesterday ini the company'a le 0 office, George Square, Glugow. Mr Henry James aE is Watson, the chairman, presided. tb IS The SxcazABaY ...

... greatly improved rate of dischargi=j for sailing ships. Another matter affecting ?? interests of sailing ship owners, and which I Wonlmj like to draw your attention to. is the time re,'V5 uab-rd that a sailing e, In-idtel cargot5,- It btoutitas many days ...

... Gools. friday.-sailed Ralpb Creyke. s. for Dunkirk. with. food*; Bon good*; ▲ibot/uaa. ooai; London, coal. burm*. ». ftvu. lM>u.o»n», with London, mymbooin*. Ami. Vmt Baitumou TboiedBj.-Kvoreet Is p«mm to .uadiac BLboo; Tbuntoa oo hiahnu .. Wbitbt. Fhdaj ...

... Plymouth, sailed. plmxourHsuico, Sep. ?? Pacific Aconcagus, tram CbWi fur Liverp~ol, sailed- ponr=tvrH, Sep. Il-The B.L Rewa arrived from Calca &S., landed passengers, and proceeded for London. Qus-aC, Sep. ?? Allan Uorean, for Liverpool, sailed, The same ...

... Bombay, sailed. Graveseud, Oct. 2.-Bellasco, from, River Plate, passed. Gravesend, Oct. 2-Malaoca, for Antwerpj, sailed. Gravesend, Oct 3.-Waikato, ' for Wellington, and St John City, for Halifax, sailed. Lagos, Oct. 1.-Axim, homeward bound, sailed. Lisbon ...

... Jan. 9.-Tonkin, Marseilles for Yoko- hama, sailed. Colombo, Jan. 9-nriental, for Australia. sailed. Massilia and Ballaarat, for London and Shanpehai, sailed. Colon, Jan 6.-Floridian, for Carthagena, sailed. Cuxhaven, Jan. 9.-Venetia, from St Thomas, ...

... Wednesday-Orion, for Barbadoesi Trinidad, etc, sailed. Colombo, Tuesday-Goorkha, for London5 sailed. Marseilles, Wednesday-Matiana, for Calcutta, sailed. Madras, Mlonday-Orissa, Calcutta for London, sailed. Southampton, Wednesday-Para. for British and ...

... for Hong Kong, sailed. BOSTOS, Nov. 9.-The Norsensan, for Liverpool, ?? 10 : The Cephalonia. for Liverpool, sailed. Bn0s*TeE, Nov. 11. -Tl._ ?? of Devonshire, from LoDodn, CarC~erdcuTTA. Nov. 10.-The City of Osford, for London, sailed. C'apETON, N -ov ...