New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-28

The vessel rests on two large large cradles OF wood
and will glide into the water side-on. She WIZ be
launched at low water and will draw, when light 10
set; when laden 36 feet. She win be launched in
August. Although this noble monument OF human
skill was built for the requirements OF commerce ana
peace, she might prove, if need be, powerful en-
gine Of war.
Her immense capacity %, 900 tuns her own weight
~ Coz tuns driven at the rate Of nearly 20 miles an
hour the speed Of railway train, her bows as sharp
as knife would cut through the most formidable war
ship aOat If into her. She could not be caught
could run down any ship, and biding her time, could
demosh feet. Mining Journal
sELF-RIGHTIsG LIFE-BoATs.
Some interesting trials have been made with one OF
the lfe-koats Of the Royal National Lifeboat lnsu
tion in the Regents Dock Iimehouse The life boat
with her sails hoisted and sheets hauled taut
turned over by powerful crane and parbuckle, until
her masts perpendicularly under water when on
being released she instantly selfghted and returned
to her original position and in twenty seconds self
elected the water which had filed her to the thwarts
in the operation. This result the more interesting
as it has often been disputed whether any hte-boat
would self.right with her mRsts and saIs up. How
many sad accidents to life boats carrying sails would
probably have been prevented had they possessed this
important quality OF sef-rightng. On the whole, the
experiment afforded much satisfaction to all who had
the pleasure to witness it, and clearly showed 10 what
state of perfection the construction Of lfe-boas has
been brought The National Lfe-boat Institution,
whose lifeboats various parts OF the coast have,
during the lest three months rescued seventy persons
from shpwrecks, is about TO STATEN this at
Westpot an exposed point on the west coast OF Ire
land
SHIPS CREW STARVED TO DEATH.
The following il an extract Of letter received at
Lloyds, relative to the wreck Of an English ship on
the coast of Norway. II is dated:
"SrAvAKGER, March IA pilot the I'd inst.
boarded vessel about eight miles from the land, of
Kim. near Stavanger, dsmasted and waterlogged
Found in the forecastle the bodies of six men, which
he brought with him shore. and another body was
found between the cargo in the hold which ne could
not succeed in landing. On one of the bodies was
found an English Prayer-book, in which Wa written
Joseph Bell Slot street, Hull ls40; and on another
a double cased silver pocket watch, on which the
name of y. Buxton was engraved. a cenincate
found board proved the vessel to DE the dolngen
from Narya for Gainshorough with cargo of deals,
&C. The vessel was found to be without provisions,
the crew are therefore supposed to have died from
.tary alton, and especially one OF the bodies sp-
peared TO bear marks of having been attacked by the
others 10 satisfy their hunger. Some OF the bodies had
evidently been dead some time, others only few
days. The most remarkable Circumstance connected
with this wreck il, that the crew could have been
starved 10 death on voyage from Narva to Gains
borough as even admitting that they short OF pro-
visions or that these were spoiled on the vessel filing
With water, the crew must still have existed four OF
five days, and during that PERIOD tract 70 fire.
quented az the North Sea, appears strange hathey
fell in with no vessel of any kind"
CosrAssEs oS IRON SHIPS.
The Liverpool Compass Committee, termed Dy the
late Dr. Sooresby and Others, for the purpose Of in
quirng into the Of and if possible, providing
remedy for, the extraordinary variations Of the COM
pass on board iron ships, has been disbanded. Inc
Lirerpool Courier says:
Its decease could not have occurred al more IN
opporune tme than the present when naval disas,srs
through errors Of the compass are 30 me-. We
need only instance the of the new iron clipper
ships CITY Of Madras and Charlemagne, lost within
the past few DAYS in the Clyde and worth with their
csrgoes, upward of f"Oo, 900, Of the iron screw
steamer Amelia, ashore near Milford OF the iron
screvsteamer Arcadia reported ashore in the Gulf Of
Smyrnn: of the late total wreck of the iron screw
ST. Andrew on the coast Of SYRIA and of the
comnle,e loss last week, On the Blsckwater Bank, of
the nsh coast, of the wooden clpper.ship Emperor.
few bours after leaving this port for the Brszils.
Surely these instances alone ought to suffice TO show
the imperative necessity that still exists for discover
irg a remedy for these destructive errors Of the
compass.
WRECK or THE sUECLs.
we take the following interesting account Of the
wreck Of the bark Euecss at Cohasset on Tuesday,
from The TTsreiley,
The beach near Green Hill Bluff, Cohasset, oppc.
site TO which the bark Nueces wac riding az anchor,