New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-03
MARINE AFFAIRS.

For EvRorE.-The steamship Washington, Capt.
Csv ndy ef this port q: Il ocOck Saturday for Bre-
men via Southampton Sue carried ont ab ,ut SEVENTY
passengers, and only SEC, geo Ia specie on fsesht.
CHoIER, At SEA.-rbt ship Havana, Capt Adams,
a days from Hamburg, with $50 passengers, srived
at quarantine on Friday, having lsI on the passage
10 Of the above from cholera The captain reports
that on the second day out two died aser an illness
Of but few hours, which the frst iu.imation OF
the disease being on board No deahs occurred ansr
the second week out The vessel and passengers have
been detained at quarantine we understand, for a
thorough publication prior to their coming to the city
HARBoR CoNMIssIos.-Lieu'. T A Craven, United
States Coast Survey in reeIa mining the New. York
Harbor in reference to the encroscoments, has de-
ter nEed the position and OF shos Ia the main
ship-channel below the Narrovs. Lieut. Craven says
in his report &c the Superintendent A. ID. Bschs Esq
ats position is OCT yards g. 500 L. ttrue) from the
lighthouse Staten Island. 10 lies north and south,
and its length in that direction is 500 yaris The
breadth from east to west Is l64 ysrds. Soundings,
eighteen feet at low water. THIS shosl Is composed OF
sand and shells, more strictly Is shell bank, and
recommend placing buoy on It,"
In accordance with this recommendation, Professor
Bacte has asked Of the Lighthouse Board that the
buoy be placed. @. W. B.
LAUNCH OF THE ScRrw STEAMER EDINBUReH.-
GLASGOW Nov. l0.-Ths afternoon there vas launched {
from the building yard OF Me.s. Tod and Mscarcgor,
on the Clyde, near the mouth Of the Kelvin, mag
nifcent Lon screw steamer, which was named the
Edinburgh. She is bailt for the Glasgow and New.
York Steamship Company, and 10 Intended 70 augment
their feet on the line between the Clyde and the
United States The operations OF this line, after hav
ing been carried with great success and profit have
been suspe sded for fully year In consequence OF the
txgeDcies and the high pro mum offered BY the
French Government. The Glasgow and the New
York belonging to this company, are the largest
transports in the service Of cur gallant Allies, and
since they we're temporarily transferred from the
Cyde they have carried from MaIseilles and Affcs TO
the Crimea many entire regiments OF horse, ioot and
artillery, amounting IN the aggregate TO severa!
thousand men, as well as vast munitions OF war; and
during the whole period Of their service they have NOS
REQUIRED either overhaul or docking. The dimsssious
Of the Edinburgh which s TO resume the line between
Glasgow and New York, arc: Burdea, 2,4oo tous;
lsrRth of keel 300 feet; breadth OF beam, ~ Feet
She will be propelled by engines OF 450horse power,
and int rnally she will have accommodation for 100
first and 400 secopdclass passenges, VT, Sow
age space for ZOO tuns Of cargo. At the dsresxr
which followed the launch, the pleasing fact was mt
mated that MtsGs. Tod and Macgregor had been
awarded the prize medal at the Paris Exhibition Tor
pair of marine engines upon which MI. Mecpeg@
stated that the prize engines we're idenuch IN cusnc'
ter with those lying ready to be put IN we Fun
burch We may add that the Persia, the largest
steamer ahoat 10 the world, which was built roe the
Cunsrd Company, and launched in July last, 10 now
completing her machinery In Nspisr's dock, In tas
harbor of Glasgow and Is expected to DO ready for ~
ct the new year.