... aplpeared k that the inaster, Iout of nine ships he bad coun- I roanded, had lost five. Out of these five three ehad belonged to Mr Uaniborovogh, of Hull, who. as appeared from a recent inqniry, ias lost all his ships. The snaster of the Cosasiip had recently ...

... attacked the Chinese at at noon. The battle continued till 5 p.m. at The Chinese lost four ships. An Arm- Y strong cruiser was sunk. The Japanese are supposed to have lost three ships. l Many Chinese were killed or wounded. D Among the wounded are Admiral Ting ...

... shipwreck and death. During the year the lost ships numbered 8,002, and the lost lives 490. The totel slumber of wrecks in the last twenty-tive years was 49,322, show- ing an annual average of 1.973. The ship- wrecks of last year were thus much in excess ...

... trade in replacing lost ships. 0 E Evidently more care is needed in the selee- I tion of officers and crews, in loading, and in o navigation. Government can do something, a i probably much, to ensure greater safety for sailor and ship. One undoubted-means ...

... COI.:TONS.-TUIURSDAY. S The SPMAREIS: took tihe chair at four o'clockl 9 SHIPS LOST IN 1883. s Mr HOLMS, in reply to Mr-XVsimirr, could c not promise the statement of ships lost during P 1883,v witli the amount of insurance effected, n which was furnished ...

... Typhoon at Hong Kong . beyond the names of the sbips lost, injured, and missing. Five vessels are known to - have sunk, seven are missing, three have been driven on shore, while eleven others lost either all or part of their masts and rigging. Several ...

... of Trade, inquiry being directed more J especially to the best means and most suitable J appliances for saving life from ships lost at sea.- Globc. A VICT1M OF THE C.D. ACTS. r The body of Mrs Percy, a local actress at e Aldershot, was found, on Sunday ...

... belng 15. Total tourrege leotfor Al [r tice week, 15,D76 tons. Total numbor of lives lost sad to 3o coiling, 20). Approximate value of property lost, Y 4330,000-ships being estimated at A17,900 atd pro- duco at £1f2,100. to L I h HOME AltRIVALS AND SIILINrGS ...

... of a Rind for the ' rc'ief oi the-widows and orphaas of seamuen whose I lives misiht have been lost whilst serving on I board any of Per Majesty's ships lost unaler ex- Is ceptiou aJ circumstauces, such as attended the case, of the C(s6ptaei, the iEurydlice ...

... undehssed ships lost is Er from two to three times as great'-as the number mn ae of classed ships lost.- . . .We ma y add that aa thne Board of Trade, under the Act of 1875, have 5] as co~nfined their action almost auth-ely to unclassed ?? as ...

... and others. s SH[IPS LOST IN TEE GRAIN TRA1DE. an A Parliamenitary return, just issued, shows tbat ia during the four and a half years ended June 80th, 1876, the total number Of grain ships reported to I the Board of Trade as totally lost was 415, and ...

... eem as relates to our ships on the high seas, ell the Circular is all that can be desired. The at section of the Circular to which exception ,ible is taken is that which deals with the recep- ng. tion of fugitive slaves when our ships are lying in the t ...