The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-23 00:00:00

PORTABLE LIFE-BOATS.

On Saturday last experiments to test the serviceable-
ness and efficacy of the new life-boat, recently invented
by M. Monzani, were made in the basin of Woolwich
Dockyard, in presence of a great many nautical and,
scientific persons, amongst whom were Sir Francis Col-
lier, Sir Edward Parry, Mr. Willock, Chairman of the
East India Company ; Mr. Wightman, Sir J. Franklin.
Captain Crosier, R.N., Mr. Laing, Capt. Shea of the
India Service ; Lieutenant Fitton, R.N., Mr. Cow, the
boat-builder of the royal dockyard, and others. The
boat employed on this occasion had been sent to the
dockyard in the early part of the week, by command of
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who has taken e
great interest m the invention, and who had intended to
have been present at the experiments which were to have
been tried during the week, had not the weather
pre-
ventedtackieanhidma.ppTarshetubsoaatawdewigoindonhloyld2latlobu.
She is constructed Of waterproof cloth, somtwe2itt4hhiPeaegrnsiiiket 3:
sailcloth, stretched on a frame of wood ; when not
wanted she may be stowed or placed on the deck or
other convenient part of any vessel where she will u
flat, not taking up more than three inches in depth, the
breadth of the frame or hoop which forms her gunwale.
The experiments made on Saturday by command of the
Admiralty were very satisfactory, and it was the general
opinion expressed by. those most competent to jadge,
that she was an admirable
absoaatpfoonr
s saanydingbulky boamtsattrilyePnuot
which she was i ntotbperoonewdac eeendrtmis—abgtr ho
cumbrous
were severely tested ; she waa
employed.pfti arhoonrs ode iwsntnighn efwrtwrohomajote HerP
troops,
htrh me
into Alectothe
basin;steamer,
she a at
took
aoal loooknfh, the
telibai ngef eaphwuat
artc:ofsoe purposes
safer,
not shipping above a quart of the element ; eight teen
then descended by ropes and boarded her in a minute;
they pulled her across the basin and performed a variety
'
of evolutions, to the satisfaction of the spectators. Else
is understood to have all the advantagesb. of what is called
the Mussoolahhsebbroooadtar,av%icli,oastnhtdutti.t.nthsehlophisebcotiaotns to it ; being
flat •bottomed
w
and requires no tackle to water,
beeg
heavy
'surf
live. • She is portable
matter of importance, and where the
ship. For steamers, and for all vsessel
or passengers is considerable, these boa
, and will ride over a
hoisted
iyteetdssuwffieeeruatelldldsyosbeflart:::::
over
numberihthe aide of A
to sea. It is notorious that at presentsvoeussels atar;.e;
biaadallymfoisitrnmisilraiedoo
wloiuths ibfotabtos ,s
et hoant
board
de accidents
donot
ir occur3.ab. ai;
means of this very simple, yet very perfect, Invenuon.
half the perils of the ocean can be avoided, and human
life preserved.

A disagreement, we regret to learn, is said to e, let
between the directors as d the principal students of the
Government School of Design, at Somerset House. All the
students taking part in the affair are, we believe, suspended
during its consideration by the Council, to whom the ma: ter
in dispute has been referred, and by whom there is no de (bt
justice will be done—to the students, if they complain with
reason, and to the directors if the mettle should, on the other
hand, prove to be only a cabal of discontented young zr. U.
The fact that the proposal for the annual grant of money for
the purposes of this school now lies on the table of the
House of
of Commons lends a more serious aspect to the case.
—Her
Crawford, Esq. Advocate, and Jame
Lord iVepruonvdosetrsotfanEdd
inthbautrgah,dseipruptaatviio.dnß,creownsstierst,iptgheofvf•eiive.
James Taylor, James
waiting on her houerPtuorPortjue'l
Crawford, Esq., DI. P.,
has akriinviedst Ministers ItoowentidforeaNt'
&h repeal of the Scottish University Ws.