New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-04

car hope 10 cover. Tohm, he word are conJurss
up pictures Of death IN It's most agonizing form
!orey, helpless, tortnrng. tnch-oy-nch extinction
of c,lSttnce Is well those more common and
less terrible Innings of human Toll ana human hopes
all scattered IN one moment TO The winds Of Heaven.
The scenes attendant upon the destruction OF the
Ere Of The Lexington. and OF a host OF other yes-
sells upon our nayigaole waters are stu too fresh
upon memory to need a recapitulat,On What z
thrill OF horror those scenes sent, Ike electro
shock through the bosom OF every mNn, woman and
child IN The United States Yet hey were but the
ordinary the almost lnseparaole compartments Of
a ire upon the waters-an euI against which no
rcrnedy 80 far had been PROVIDED
Ia cur cltlcS IN our dwellings, IRE Is otten extin-
gulshtd There Is scarcely an instance on record OF
the extinction OF IRE on shlf-ooalu when once
completely under way Ihere : vSlla-n.s nos ons
IN which the cargo escaped total destruction and
hut few that were not attended BY the most perloas
rSa and menta0le loss OF HE. Inc CesuWuon
Of he and property upon our waters oY means OF
nre still alter than tina; occa>ioned of me same
cause IN our villages and towns 1s compared win
other countries, and on the score o. humanity acne
i Truly appalling
AeanSi the casually Of shipwrcck. our vessels Is
true are usually provided. 6y supply Of hie-ooais
hie-preServers sc. and these are deemed indspeh'
sable safeguards under every circumstance. ,e"
agreeaoly 10 all accounts, the = ere Annihlaiot u
a ST. more momentou> anG indlSpenSaolc Nucguhu,
ln>urlng perfect security against casually more
Gigh;iu tAan all others-one generail resulting IN
Nrf, A. ana often IN deA.h IN Us most aiicting tori>
hul there Is another consideration Oi A pccuniarE
nature connected With tins matter. To "nich Ne
would cali the attention oi the Shipping interest IL
Is IL the reduction ot the rates ~ insurance conse-
Cuert upon a dimnuton OF RISK. and the more gene
RAJ introduction oi the Mutual principle. already ~
prevalent IN marine unGerw riilng THIS system,
often mpTacucable and rulnouS upon snore, II 'he
correct one m marine insurance, anu mlgm DC UNI
Versaiiy adopted, With that additional means oi
security provided By the general use OF the flre An
NH atOT
", would inqure, therefore, If 1t would not be
cNptClent ON the part OF our Shlp-owners, 20 taN
NH fr.Nfff
pros rtiOrS oi the American patent the necessary
privilege NJ the invention te not soon placed upon
sAr N me United States FOR rs general use here
The English Canterbury shipping Association nave
a.rca!, anticipated this yery reasonable suggestion
Aui Notwithstanding the reserve manifested oy the
In. ISL Tcoplc N regard 10 new inventions and new
t1rg> generally there Is good reason "oeheVe tna'
the Ere Ann.ha'or Will soon be universally miro
ductd into the BRUSH Marine The eiding journals
without exception take strong grounds IN favor OF
rs immediate introduction ana Lord brongham mas
minated ms intention ~ bring forward AZ the next
session of Parliament, Ol rendering u ompuisoy'
by aw 10 have them carried by Brush vessels The
following description ~ one ~ = series oi expert
mcntS lately given by the Inventor. near the Ilty oil
London IN the presence OF the Ministers OF the ''o'-
eminent ard Admiralty, NAV not be undressing
~ well the appended certnc ateS OF the surveyors
and Officers OF the Navy
From the Reporter
Nner last weeks experiment, on the ship Wear,
oA m, Folly House Blackwell no cmgrant vessel
should uc allowed 10 leave the docks WITHOUT beng
provided with pmllIps'S Patent tre Annhliaior.
iiow often. ships Laden with coal or cotton, do We
hear Oi the spontaneous gencfatOn OF nre III the
hold, 10 get AZ which is impossible, much less 10 ek-
unguSh H. and ship, cargo, and too often crew are
consequently lost. Now, IN a vessel armed Win
Phlhps's Patent Wire AnnlhllaOr what would oe ths
CONSEQUENCE Let us see what has happened IN IN.
case of the Wear" Tho main hatch~ay Was
oQcntd. and instantly volume Of flame sSucd from
below, threatening speedy destruction 10 the 'csseI,
and compelling the visitors ON board 10 seek Sue'y
Ga. l. IL, In No Al A
TWO two men were observed making thelr way
through the smoke 10 the open hatchway, eachc"fN
rg one of the Portable Fire Annlhlldtors. Sunu
taeously III, bottle-like mouths OF these machines
(which are not much larger than two-ghon ooltles'
and not unlike them III their proportional were then
directed INTO the hold the vapor generated IN them
was discharged with force according 20 inc S'a'
meni of the inventor of twenty horse power, ana
as # by magic the flames disappeared, and IN an IN
credIbly brief space OF time the IRE Was Wholly sA
tlneulshcd What more can be desired IL mas now
become the duty of Government TO take mp this III
veniion and enforce lts use 10y some stringent regu
ation IN all cases where Government can ciau
right Ia interfere.
January II, 1851
Report by the Swp,yors Of The Nary
DEPARTMENT or THE SURVEYORS or THE NAVY.
lopyl Admiralty, Somerset House, 3Oth Dec, 1850
Having witnessed the experiment made on Won
day last, at Poplar, to test the efficacy OF MI fnlr
hps's Patent Fire Annlhllator IN eHtngnlshng the
| flames produced by the burning OF mass oil sha-
Wings and light wood IN the hold OF vessel, We Deg
~ TTnorr that we are quite satisfied with the result
Of that experiment, and that We have no doubt OF ITS
| efficacy IN subduing flames in Il confined space.
Signed " EDGE,
ISAAC WATTS,
Surveyors of the Nary.
| C,,nfcates by Captains IN Royal Navy and HD-
cham Ssruics.
lCopyl LONDON, Both January, 1851
We certify that We were present At the demon
| s,ratlon which took place Tuesday last, OH
Brunsw EEK Wharf, Blackwell to test the powers oil
| PhillIps's Patent Fire AnnIhlator. when vessel
having her hold hlled with sugar hogsheads, pitch
and resin barrels, shayings, and other miimmaois
materials. gnlted and after having been SUFFERED
10 blaze up Ia an alarming extent the ndmes were
cxtlngulshed without difficulty by the Fire Anniba-
tor 1t is therefore our opinion thal the invention
a most valuable and elicaclOus discovery Tor 'he
preservation Of lie and property al sea
tSIgncdJ THOS. PICKERING CLARKE, CaPtkN.
JOHN SYKES, Capt. X. w.
f. SPARHOrT. Capt. Il. n.
THOMAS EYTON, Lieut., X. ".
H. J. HALL, Lieut.. Il n.
JAMES RIGMAIDEN, Lieut., 4. n.
CHARLES SHEA Capt, II. &. ).
THOMAS DICKINSON, Capt, X. N
West fqdio Captains
WILLIAM BARCLAY, ship Thames"
PETER SLADER
Brunswick Terrace, CAMBERwELL.
CHARLES FRANCIS, EsQ.-Su: dii witness
tie experiment made by the Fire AnniniltlOf, and
think Il Il very valuable invention. and assert that
had We have had three or four Of the machines ton
board the flames Pattison," at the time she met
her destruction, | individually could have saved
that fine ship and valuable cargo, which think was
estimated some hat near 10000
Your 0bcdent servant,
fSignedl NJ. ii. KNIGHT,
Chief Mate OF James PattIsOn"
Yots-In September 1889, the James Pattison,"
beng on her voyage from Bombay, with cargo Oh
cotton which igned, was burnt TO the waters edse'
SpEcK or WAR.-Under this head, the
Houston Texas Telegraph says that great excite
ment exists along the frontier agains, the MeaSa,
who harpor runaway negroes and refuse to deliver