New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-26
MARINE hFFAIRS.

THE SLooP-oF-WaR BKcoKLYs.-Stesm was ap'
piled to the machinery Of the Cnid Stafes rloop
of-sar Brooblyn, on Wedpestsy, aud everything
worked successfully Cnief Engineer, ID. Is. Martin
and WIN. T. Eser.t L. S. ~, were present, sni e1-
pressed the ms ives vel pleased Tne Brooklyn was
built by Jac,b A. Weste'vet and her engines are
from the ~mbs Of james Murphy a. Co.
THE SHIPPING INTEREST ~ ENGLAND.
The English shipowners nre still CONF planning bit
'ery of the cepresson ot their business, which they
bute to the repeal Of the Navigation Laws. TIE
LO,doa Sh'ppi1g Gasette rays the bu-in-e has hot
been bad for b years. The rates of fregh were Is
low years ago, but then it cot mu,h less 10 al.
q ship pro,iors and wages being % per cent lover.
Not one vessel in ten is paying It. way uJr the any
prospect # an advance. A, Shaugha-, ont of lDl
yese. lr only - English, AMI iu all the pors OF
{ ina apd India forri goers were - numerous and
talrg freghts at SO O~ rates that II was impossible
TO compete with thein especially IA 'hc coasting trtde
and intermediate Voyages. One riter expressed him
"Tde great cause of depression ia, there ara too
many tiips- more ships than eights. Nov, it is =
wei-Drd, rstooi prucpe in trade that, when the suO-
ply is greater than The demand prices fall and whcp
the demand is greater than the supply prices will rise
Lessen the supply Of ships end feights will r-e. IL
il useless for spowDers to DE- looking to Parliament
for relief to be calling on Hercules to help them;
they must put their whip u the horses ani their
shoulders to the wheel, and help themselgc'.'
EAvAL-A SAILOR ALMOST BAKED ALIVE.
A naval officer has kindly permitted ua to make the
following extract Fl. IN letter, dated on board the
Dale, Coast Of Africa:
although have seen several years service in the
Navy, never WAS sick of cruise a. am OF this.
We have been shOfi-haDded nearly all the tune; have
been visited by several kinds of fatal dlrease, aGi
have had many courism4rtal on this iue squadron
as ought tn suffice fr whole feet abrOaf. speak
rg of couits.mar'ial, i cannot help l-nding my
Individual voice IN cOnde nnetion of tho cruel, uuus
.. H.. ffCnl
officer An ordinary seaman, named Halsted, COM
mitted comparatively trivial cnne for whch he was
punished in the foilosing maDner After having
worked for hours IN exercising sails and
when the preparation was rolling down
lie face, he was crammed into oven
like cell immediately behind the galley measuring
in hight FIX feet eight inches il width about lsnches
and this Wit the Thermometer nearly up Ia 20 Ia the
a. ade When, after six hours inctrceratII m, he had
been almost baked alive, his pteous cries attracted
the sympathy Of marine, instantly hsstened tn
call the surgeon. Wben the door opened the poor
wretch looking more like ghost than man, Tell
forward un is face. and ,eemed IN the last egouy OF
denth. Restoratves were Immediately procured
which, after a considerable time, brought him to his
sepses. The above facts were embodied 10 letter to
tie COMMANDMENTS. chief, by DIR. Sherman, which let
wae according to tie requirements oi the service
such cases, banded for rap smrsion TO Cspt Blair
of this ship, whose 6r-t o'i"u perusing it was TO
prefer charges for coDtemptuous treatment ot ms
SUI erior ofcers " scandalous conduct" and neg
lect of duty
The Caledonia is now ready for Gen. Pasz. Her
offeers are Commander Case; Lieus. Webb, Van
ZaIt, Wilson, and McCrea; Passed Assistan. Surgeon,
Washington Sherman late of the Dale; % Assistant
Engineer, j. S. Albert; 81 Assistant Engineers, l..
Campbell, ID. II. Lackey aud X. N. Copeland
IMPORTANT TO UsDERwRIfERs-sMYRNA cLAssED
AS yURoPEAs PORT.
For week or more the Of Edwin X. Seccomb
ct al sgt. the Provincial Iusurarce Company OF To-
10 haah heaf trim hefO D
the Sup, rioI Court Judge Huui' gton presdipg The
suit was 10 recover policy # Insurance on the bark
Nautilus lost at sea. There was NJ dispute az to the
So but paymt Ut was resisted the ground that only
ror,s in Earope were mentioned iu the policy. The
Court, however ruled that in commercial circles the
pert Of Smyrna where the esel touched wac eener-
ally considered TO be under the head OF European
nor,s The Jury coincded in the ruling, and retdrned
a verdict f,r plaintiff for $i,42l a. For plaintiff,
Rufus Choate ana George F. Homer; for defcnaant,
C. w. I.orng and X ii. Dsna, jr. 5os. Trav., 9th.