New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-26
MARINE AFFAIRS.

BRrrua STEAMER JURA.-The new Brtsh screw
steamer Jus which was yesterday announced as due
at Halifax. has been withdrawn for several weeks.
She had been advertised to sail frsm Liverpool on the
nth mat
arrived at this port yesterday morning from Rotter-
dam, had fifty deaths on board during the passage.
WRECK AT sEa.-The captain Of tho steamship Ss-
ran Sands reports on the 18th inst lat ago "a lon
$40 is, fell in With wster-logged bok. abandoned,
with part Of her stern washed away, and with the
yards and Dasts standing.
FoR LrBERIA.-The bark Estelle sailed yesterday
afternoon for Liberia, with large number Of pas
sebters. among whom was the Rev. j. Il Pinney,
General Secretary Of the NeS-York State Colonies
ton Society," who goes out business Of the Society
There were afro four or FIVE missionaries to join the
pbsisn in that country.
BoRE DEATHS AT sEA-The ship South Carolina,
which arrived at this port yesterday morning from
Rotterdam had so deaths Oh board during the passage
FAsr sliLIsG.-ship Mary Robinson, of NeE Bed
ford Croker from Boston for San Francisco put into
Valparaiso, Aug. rs, for water and sailed again on
the 26ib. She made the passage from Georges Bauk
10 Cape Horn 10 so days-equalng the Flying Cloud
~b.n rbe made the quickest trip, and this with the
T. tradss at T.. by s., and the ). Il. trades from s.
z. to 8. 3. E., with the exception OF three days,
part OF one OF which she sailed Is knots per hour,
which hos never been beat more than half knot
She viii sail 12i knots within points Of the
vino, loaded very deep, n she is now. She was 81
day M doubling Cope Horn, most Of the time in ter
rife gales, and turbulent cross
WKEcKs IN ls53.-The British Admiralty Register
Of Wrecks for 1883 has been published, and The
LleJoot Journal supplies the following summary of
lie contents:
IL, is ~ usual fearful list numbering s32 disas-
ters but it is gratifying 10 observe far loss of
property IL concerned that the register Of 1853 shows
very considerable decrease in the number Of wrecks
and Casualties as compared with the preceding year.
when ], IFS occurred.
"In the gales of February, March, April and July
1883 the numbers exceeded those of the months
in 1882 and the month of May in each year produced
the amount but in all the other months of 1883
the numbers fell much short Of those IN the CORES
poDdlng months Of the previous year.
This may be accounted for by the fact that the
gsles Of the winter months OF 1853 were less frequent
ca,ional violence. On the other hand however, the
year 1853 records loss of 989 lives, being 60 more
Than were lost in 1884, when the number so far as is
kn"wD, was 920. This increased number in proper
ton the humber Of wrecks caused by the great
sacrifice Of life which occurred in two or three ndi
vidusl instances. Thus, The loss of the Anne jana
shows 800 alone, that of the Queen Victoria 49, and
Of the Dslhousie SO.
There can be no doubt that these total numbers
for each year show considerably less than the actual
amount of loss Of life which has occurred on and
around our coast, as there are means at command
for ascertain ing the number of those whose vessels
sail out of the port and again h5ard of The
lives Of fishermen and other bOstmen undoubtedly
ALEC often lost without any official returns being made
Of the same
The Admiralty Register of wrecks is compiled
pIiD pslly from the coast guard returns from LlOyds
publhbed list from The Sh,pDiRg and Mercantile
G0zete and from the official reports Of Lloyd agents
around the 10 the Admiralty II !. pre- pared by
Commander j. V. Reed, K. NJ. and although imper-
feet any such reg lister must be- there is doubt
that it is the most complete account of wrecks pub
lisb.d.
Annexed TO the returns Is wreck chart on which
black spot marks the site of each wreck fire or col
lDoD. as far as can be escertaiDed.
The following IS d summary OF the Register
"Tho wrecks ON the coasts and in tue seas OF the
United XII gcom in the year 1858 were 532, which
may he thus classed:
TOTALLY wreck
Tofsily Lost IN collision. 81
Dams ged seriously, and had TO discharge
Demsged seriously In collision. 70
The number Of casualties in each month were:
ia, usry, 100; February, 81; March, 50; April, 7s;
May Al June, &c; July, -; August, 49, September
20; Oc'ober, 90; November II; December l23. To-
tai, s32.
"O these, 253 occurred on the East coast of Great
Britain; 76 on the south coast, and 100 the west
coast 81 wrecks took place the coasts of Ireland
were cast Oh shore at Sicily; IL on the Channel
Islands at Orkney and Shetland; and ~ at the Isle
Of Man; the remaining 200 wrecks occurred in the
surrounding seas.
"The whole loss of lives during the year, as far as
has been ascertained, amounts 10 $780,"
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