... Capel Cure, Rector of St. George's, Hanover. Equare. THE MERCHANT SHIPPING BWLU The Daily «e7ws holds that Mr. Chamberlain's speech, in moving the second reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill yesterday, was one of the most striking and conclusive pleas ...

... with the ship it is certain upon her fatal voyage. The Mary Muncaster had a crew of fifteen hands, the principal portion of whom belonged to North Shields. Wreck, upon which the names William of Portsmouth, Royal Union, a north country ship, and a board ...

... had not full confidence. The owners A were all registered on the ship's register at her Majesty's Customs, as proprietors to the extent of their respective la shares, under the Shipping Act, and not, as supposed, con- stituted a joint-stock company. The ...

... Ringdom-British ships lost, 1,668; tonnage, 413,0CO; lives lost, 030. On the Coasts of British Posses. Eicna ?? ships lost, 315; tonnage, 9i,470; lives loot, 308. On the Coasts of Foreign Countries- Bit~ish slirs losb, 660; tonnage, 226,868; ...

... attacking with im- petuosity, speedily engaged all the war-ships in the estary. .The Japanese bad the advantage in the' weather ,berth, and so manceuvred their ships that both Chinese transports and w~ar-ships- had to fight it out. According to the: Chinese' version ...

... ftrigte and Brazen ship of' war, were disulasted in a hurricane on the t)thi antl 20tth Angnst, anti driven on shore near Newv Orleans. About 100 vessels were supposed to have suffered dlamage. Wt e have a list orf thl ships lost in the dreadful hurricane ...

... crew had been saved. The ship was upwards of S00 fathoms from the lamlr The six men saved out of the Defence have, on examination, declaresf, that the lirst cause of this misfortitne was the St. 0 eorge havitig last mtonth lost her masts ii, a gale of ...

... average by 129. Of these 2,662, 1,463 were lost in missing ships. The number of missingeships was 149-saihog ships 137, tonnage 33,316, lives lost 1,225 ; steamships 12, tonnage 6,868, lives lost 238-total lives ...

... chosen where the ship could be lost end the crew saved, and this perhaps accounted for the fact that, while 2,000 ships were lost, there were rather lessthan 1,000 lives lost. One owner lost ten ...

... to it. (Cheers.) From 1881 to 1388 there were 7,944 persons lost from ?? ships, and, deducting those lost feron fishing vessels, the ;ppallifng total of 6,805 remaiued. Doubtless many ships went to the bottom though everythintg was done whach humanity ...

... 1,927 ships, 1,16,i3 are known to have been ships belonging to Great Britain and its dependencies, with British certifi- catts (f registry, and 230 are known to have been ships belonging to foreign countries and States. Of the remaining 29 ships, the country ...

... hands a number of vessel. The loss of life is very great, it being estimated that at leaet lO men have peished in *v the lost ships. The following ate lthe principal ones, tl viz. :-Stcamei Colombo, of and from Hal[ to New York, cl crew aboat 60 men; steamer ...