New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-20

ing sceoun,s Hes. Of ire unss we're yeldng atundanty
slrbopgh come few diggisgs had been e1hsnsiei
IbeWest India NAL steamship MEgdiena had arrived u
Southampton. With the South Anenc and West ~ u,
ais bar her sdyiess had been al anticipated N Eng al
Intelligence ga the United States.
-Four negroes who had been in service IN ISen1A 70
pared Asy 70 bresssn intending TO return - M e.
States BY the American steamer Hermann. hey pNa o
their passage and their berths the Syen but refused
passage BY The captain on the grOrni II The An fAn
laws m ding nv negro % Be coaveyed by steamer from
Europe tie United States No representations we're 81
any Ays and the four blacks compelled 70 take thsE
way England and get What redress they coal from the
agents
The following are said 70 be the dimensions OF the iron
steamer about 70 be bat By Mr. Scott Russell Tor the East
Steam Navigation Company. She Is TO he GO feet
long leo feet beam eco horse power. snl 900 tans bur
den sLs i 10 be propelled BY our paddles and
The horsepower viii Dc prnpoEfoned follows 900 for
the screw 2ooo for the midshp paddle shee AID 2ooo
for the fore paddle vhees.
At Liverpool on the 18th inst a. the Admiralty Court
there heard cAmsge suit instituted by the 81
the Daniel Webster American ship, sgsast tho
Of The bark Alert There cross acuOn in the
II appeared that the American vessel her voyage
from Liverpool Boston and the bark bounton Wter
ford 70 Cardiff About o'clock the 18th OF J11uary
bf the two vessels approaching each osheF IN the
Irsh Chanel the American being close auled the
i;IboaTd tack under these circumstances she at 6r kept
on her couEse accordance with the general rule Of nly
gafiop but finding the alert did not give way, and nat
collision inevitable she ported her helm IN order to
lessen the shock The Alert on the other hand alleged
the Daniel Webster arbOsrded instead Of keeping
her course and that the accident the an4vOd able
resu. The Trinity Masters were of opinion the bark
alone TO blame. The Court therefore pronounced FOR
The damage.
The following abstract Of the semi annual returns OF rail
way secdenis in Great Britain has peculiar interest Just
Tow, 10 American readers:
From the returns made 10 the Railway Department Of
the Board Of Trade il appears that the total number
persons Of every description killed and injured on ali the
passenger railways open for traffic in Great Britain and
Ireland duuDg the half year ending the 3lt December
1854 amounted to l33 billed and 3s7 injured, sod are
cassed follows Nine passengers killed and Jle injured
from causes beyond Their own control - passengers
killed and three injured, owing to their own misconduct
or Of caution 81 servants Of companies of cOn
tractors killed and a. injured from beyond their
own control servants Of companies Of contractors
Killed and Il injured, owing TO their misconduct or
want Of caution ina Al trtspassers and other persons
neither passengers servants Of the company killed aud
injured BY crossing walking on the railway. Tha
number ed during the half amounted
to i9sst24 TheeDgth Of railway open the 3oh June
lss2 O76 miles, and the 3lst December, ls52
1886 miles showing increase Of 260 miles During the
year 1852 the additional length Of line operd 10
irt ie was miles the number Of persons kiled
26 injured Tie number of passengers conveyed
during The year was ss, 81, s.9.'
The NUM- Der Of passengers killed from beyond
their control 10, being the psr3on
killed tor every 9l3j72 passengers conveyed, the
Der Of passengers killed OWING 20 their misconduct or
want u caution % being AZ the rate Of passenger
for every lO5 6al passengers conveyed The number Of
pssseIge rAiEAys killed. and injured during the year
le2 from beyond their CONTROL js2 or one
for every 2j $50 passengers conveyed aud the number Of
passengeFs KILT ana owing 10 ineT own uscon
Duct want Of caution 80 one for every 2s7Ll9l
Passengers The number Of Of companies Of
bib during the year 10 one for every
81 miles Of railway open for traffic and the number u IN
uTed WAS a. the Of for every o. niles Of railway
OF The 100 servants killed - killed from Om
beyond heir control and - from want Of caution
The number Of tre.pssstIs killed was T. and injured H. -
Total for every 9o miles Of railway open for
usfic in the United Kingdom.
The Dutchess &c Sutherland has invited large number
Of ladies and gentlemen % meet Mrs Harriet Beecher
Stowe At stafford house Saturday Hsy7 After shOr.
stay in Londnn il said that she will go to France and
Germany and having visited Scotland once more she has
promised 10 b. the guest OF Major General sir Duncan
McGIegor Dublin, previous to her return 70 her Own
country