The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-18 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

THE BRITISH NAVY.

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which are either at pras,:nt in active servie',,
and serviceable condition, or capab!(,, ;
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pairs, of being made fit for eortaniss:go wit re:sc a-
able time ; and to these we have added tl.n list of
building. All our line•of-battle ships ernploycd as re-
ceiving ships, depots,.quarantine. vessels, hospitals, con-
vict ships, or which may be so badly out Gi order as to
require very extensive repairs to fit them for sea, more
than twenty in number, have been oinittil from this list,
which is given as a fair statement of the rolid strengt t, of
the British navy in the line ul battle. Oo:,
is derived from authentic sources, ai,il

vestigation.
In Commission—Britannia, 120 ; Hcv:e, 120 ; Irn-
pregnable, 104 ; Rodney, 92 ; GAngc3, 80 ; As :a. 84 ;
Powerful 84 ; Tounderer. 81 ; Vanguarti, 80 ; 13,ile-
rophon, 78 ; Cambridge, 78 ; 13eilrlde. 7 ; Ball)ow,
72 ; Blenheim, 72 ; Donegal, 72 ; E,llnburgh, 72 ;
Hastings, 72 ; Implacable, 72; .Mek dle, 72 ; R/-Ivenge,
72 ; and Wellesley, 72.—Total, 22.
Demonstration Ships, or Rcsi.rvc—Caledonia, 120 ;
St. Vincent, 120 ; Queen, 110 ; Camperdown, 104 ;
Queen Charlotte, 104 ; Agincourt, 72 ; Cornwallis,
72 ; Hawke, 72 ; Hercules, 72 ; Malabar, 72 ; Pem-
broke, 72 ; and Russel!, 72.—Total, 12.
IN GOOD CONDITION.—RoyaI William, 120 ; Nel-
sen, 120 ; Hibernia, 120 ; Neptune, 120 ; Prince Re-
gent. 120 ; Royal George, 120 ; Waterloo, 120 ; Royal
Adelaide, 104: Nile, 90 ; Formidable, 84 ; Vengeance,
84 ; Clarence, 84 ; Monarch, 84 ; Bombay. 84 ; Cal-
cutta, 84 ; Foudroyant, 78 ; Indus, 7S ; Achille, 76 ;
Ajax, 72 ; Wellington, 72 ; Imaum, 72 ; Black Prince,
72 ;Illustrious, 72 ; Carnatic, 72 ; and Egmont, 72,_
Total, 25.

REPAIRING, OR WANTING REPAIRS.—Canopus, 84 ;
Minden, 72 ; Talavera, 72 ; Artna(:a, 72 ; Bellona, 72 ;
Defence, 72 ; Devonshire, 72 ; Hague, 72 ; Minotaur.
72 ; Pitt, 72 ; Redoubtable, 72 ; Sultan, 72 ; Tremen-
dous, 72 ; Invincible, 72 ; Kent, 72 ; and Medway, 72
—Total, 16.

BUILDING.—St. George, 120, will be launched on
the 27th ; London, 92, ditto on the 29th ; Trafalgar,
120, ditto in February ; Algiers, 110 ; Royal Frederick,
110 ; Victeria (in frame), 110 ; Albion (in frame), 90 ;
Prince Albert, 90 ; Colossus, 80 ; Collingwooci, 80
(nearly planked) ; Mars, SO (in frame); Majestic, 80 ;
Superb, 80 (in frame) ; Lion, 80 ; Irresistible, 80 ; Hin-
dostan,Bo ; Centurion, 80 ; 80 (nearly planked);
Boscawen, 70 ; Cumberland, 70 ; and twf, ships, of 8t)
guns each, building in India, not yet, named. Yttai, 25.
Total number of line-of-battle ships, 105.

STEAM-BOAT ACCWENTS"

THE UNITED STATES.

Tile Journal of Commerce, under the head of
" Steam-boat Disasters," gives a f,arful cata!ogue of ac-
cidents arising from the reckles Manner in which the
steam system of navigation is pursued in the United
States. It was hoped that Legislative trwasures would
have hem taken during toe Cot,gres.,., just
concluded to put a stop to so cry:ug but the
Executive have unfortunately been too much occupied
with their party banking arisorilities to attend to Ties-
tions in which the lives of the community are less im-
mediately involved than their own dignity and places.,
The statement of the Journal qf Commerce is as fol-
lows :

•. There were 41 accidents in 1839 en the western
waters alone. This acemunt of them is from a wcs:ern
publication, Snagged, 21 ; struck upon rocks, &c., 7 ;
destroyed by fire, 6 ; explosions, 4 ; collisions, 3. Of
these 23 were totally lost. Loss of property not less
than a million of dollars. Lives lost by explosinl.s. 39 ;
by other causes, 7."
Several special additional cas.s are then rcc.sded.
The whole number of steam-boat accidents of a serious
nature which have occurred in the United Si:ates,
since the introduction of steam navigation, is stated at
272. The following is a summary :-
103 explosions or collapses of boilers causing loss
of lives
73 striking on snags and sawyers
35 shipwrecks, gales, and collisions
34 fires from various causes 444

27 unasccrtained causes

1,921

The returns show about 450 wounded.
The aggregate loss of property by these disasters is
estimated at about six millions of dollars. The amount
of steam-boat tonnage in the United States, according
to the returns of 30th September 1839, was 199,569.