The New York herald., 1851-11-05
Marine Affairs.

Nyw sryAMpoArs-Ir. Thomas Collyer, the far
famed constructor o river steamboats, has just laid the
keel Of another at his yard foot Of Nineteenth
street 4 r. This vessel Is 10 be one hundred and tty
feet long, Of and very superior model, and 1t is in
tended she shall excel possible both in decoration and
general construction anything yet the Hudson
Her et inery IL building by Messrs Pease Murphy
sbe will be ready TO commence running next sprins.
I.t SS.mv,an hniain, sno, hsr snlend,d bose tvo
hundrd and hty feet In length for the navigation o.
that lake. she s now ready for steam and will shory
make her trial rip previous TO being laid up til the
opening Of navigation in the spring when she Will be
placed the line Webeeve she is 70 be called the North
America she IL ssd to be the tandsoncst steamer
th. lake and her builders sufi:ient guarantee
that In all relating to his department she will be inferior
TO none Messrs Abbot Ayres, Of the Chelsea Work.
furnished the engines. They represented as most
superior specimens Of meshsncsl excellence.
srr.nra CH.RoKiE-The day Of departure Q, this
ye.e 10 changed from the 9th 70 the 9th inst She will
touch at Kingston, Jam sics. going out
AARv.L o. sourH,Rs srK.srhs The steamer FloTi-
da Capt Lyon frSm ssvsnnsh aui the steamer South
erner Capt Dickinson from Charleston arrived ye,ter
day through which favored with ales Of papers
from both cities.
Loss o. Lirr At s The British brig Mexicsp Capt
Morrill, from BostOn, Oct Is for g. stspbens, N. D.,
where she arrived the 10Th ut lost her mate and
three men, Monday morning last, by being swept Of
furirg Tire us-nsnl Mr.. Perry the mate, vas hne,
pr9uibg cung who hal 'slled With Capt morrill,
M The cap ain carried the vessel into port with
man, ana his scn. u lad ~ fifteen years ofsge
FHo,t SsstNa - The hne bark sultapa Capt. watson
nom sn rrn Sept 10, arrived &C this port this fore
NON she has pfoved herself 20 be ~ the finest and
fs vsss.s b,ougiDg to tbs port aud on this passage
ba. beaten all the v,s,ls which sailed from Smyrna In
ctmJany With hef, bound TO New York and Boston She
is ovned by Mtsrs y Lamb Brother, ofthis city
Boston rttsh,r, kOU A
Dram ~ srA C,PrAiN.-We learn With regret tkst
Capt lockwood, late nsnder 81 The White quail,
di.d recently at Bombay Capt l.. Of the best
zane that sailed from the port q Philadelphia,
srd We sincerely condole with his beresves family -
P,nnsyironia Yiirc
THf HoRSBuLGH LIGHT
Wa,afSGroS, u. q October 8, 1851.
To tSe Hon '. j. CRnTrNurr, Acting Secretary Of
state vashirg gon --sis: J have The honor to Ipske
known 90 you. e. The information o the public gene
rally Tie position tf the Horsbugh Lighthouse, now In
the process a being const-ucted and to be lighted on
about the fnt Of January, 1884 o the Straits OF
FDesyOe at the entrance Ct the China Sea in latitude
10 20 north Longitude l04o 25 east of Greenwich bear
ing fro sf gsptre town thirty three geographical miles
and eis hical miles from the nearest hcadlsnd
The light si b. evolving period not yet determined
ugsp-snd " will be at distance OF sxts IN geo.
graphical miles tho ctck u the ordinary clsa Of
vessels that nj vigst- those ssas
have the honor TO be, respectfully cir your ohsGent
s.rysrt ! BALES TIER,
Late Envoy 10 Soutbesstern Asia