... 1852, that it was inexpedient to render commercial steam vessels fit for war, as it made them bad ships for rvar and worse for trade. The use of these ships would be to carry troops and stores, and not to act on the offensive. In certain cases, however ...

... destruction by fire of Frederiksborg, and of the costly collection of pictures it contained. Several lives were believed to be lost. The castle was some miles north Of Copenhagen, near Hillered, and was consi- dered the finest edifice in Denmark. In it was ...

... in her to proceed to Twenty-two joined her when she left the remainder intended to ge On board at here the ship had to put in. )sed that the ship must have got some m the Channel when she encountered the ether Captain M'Hardy, who bears a high 'r skilful ...

... veyed 100,000 passengers, the voyages in many cases occupying six to eight weeks, and only five lives have been lost through casualties to the ships. THE ENGLISHMAN AND THE EMPEROR.—We observe that a morning contemporary, who may be regarded as an authority ...

... off her bows, we neared the burning ship. I had been through many dangers, and experienced great perils during my career as a sailor, but till then I had never witnessed the grand and awful sight of a blazing ship at sea; and the remembrance of it as ...

... THE LATE CAPTAIN HARRISON. On Friday last the funeral of Captain Harrison, of the Great Eastern, who lost his life in the melancholy boat accident off Southampton, was celebrated with affecting ceremony at Liverpool, whence his remains were conveyed from ...

... neral, who, in his speech, announced that the Prince of Wales would visit Canada during the coming summer. A gentleman who lost 451, while staying at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth, has recovered that sum by action from the proprietor of the hotel. In an action ...

... account that could be laid before the House of the lamentable occurrences which had taken place on board the Acrington transport ship; and if he could state the total number of deaths, according to the latest advices, among the women and children who were embarked ...

... article, but serves as a raw material for the manufac- ture of clothes, umbrellas, &c., &c. Will no enter- prising wholesale shipping house obtain a supply of this extraordinary article, to astonish the market with them when free trade in paper takes place ...

... Walter Beevan Cooper, the chief mate of the ship Accrington, of Liverpool, ox the high seas. A preliminary examination had been taken by a naval court at Pernambuco, under the 267th section of the Merchant Shipping Act, and Mr. Cowper, her Majesty's consul ...

... us they were resolute and true to themselves and to Europe. As yet they were free, and they had made it known that if they lost their freedom, it should not be by their own act. They had startled Europe by the declaration that if Europe abandoned them ...

... the South- wold life-boat. February 28, Jack's Hole Batik-ap cognomen fearfully suggestive of danger—brig Lotftsey of Genoa, ship assisted by the crew of the Padstow life- boat. March 8, Doom Bar Sands—another hideously suggestive designation—brig Gonsalve ...