New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-20
NARLNE AFFAIRS.

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NEPTUNE.
The nscket clip Neptuue, which left Liverpool ca
the lth June. arrived at this plrt yesterday, w.a
.oi nssepgers ard reports tbat she exchanged serss
ON ,bs 2ad June. lour dates by the Alice ho1ros ES
five days later in latitude - deg ~ miu., l,nsi;0is
~ deg. 10 min. with the British steamship AgsIr4
non. ard On the same night passed lsrgs s:sansr
stsrdrr TO the southwaId suppos d to be tasNsssrI
On the 2ith the Neptune Encountered hurric NE IRON
Ns.t-south west to northwesi, in which she iost an
srtire suit Of sails. nsnyads nsiGtopmsst and cros
backward and sprupg her reinsst and fore sni top
sal ysrds Since that time the chip has been essss
bsdly The gale IL will be perceived Is the very cra
encountered by the Telegraph fleet, OF waica We pub
Esh.d later and fuller accounts or S1tmiay' IN
fact. however, that sallcg vessel unincimoe'ea y
the enormous bulk which so endangered the Agamsm-
non and Niagara should have suffered 70 tals eKsss
sf,,ds a still more vivid idea of tue eeversy Of Toe
storm.
NEW LINE OF STEAMERS.
Arrangements are being made for the estsb.ish nett
of ire of steamers Of the largest szs ID ply ps.weea
this port Havana ard MataDLss. Oae OIL tue steam.
era " already pure ased, and will start upon aer hM
Tin. under tie command of Capt. j. }. Wight ~
econ az alterations ard improvements can be risde
deemed necessary TO adapt her to the business ana
another is to be placed upon the stocks without dels
STEAMSHIP HUDSON OF THg BRrNES LISR
The eteamsbip Hudson vas launched yesterday fcn
the yard of Meser. Palmer, Brothers & Co. Tie
Daily Ners ssys:
" this is the largest iron ship yet built he
Tyre. She is vessel Of very noble proportions,
5000 tuns burden, will be propelled BY engines o: 200:
horse power nominal labcut 1000 efectivel. aud cot
the following dimensions: 3i5 feet all, 40 iest
beam, and % feet deep. She has four decke--pcop,
spar, middle and lower. Her saloons and
stste.roons are fitted up in very sump.u,a
manner; and she will sccommodate 100 frst.cAs1
l25 second. class, end about 400 third-clsss pssr
sepgers. She is one of four frs.-cisss stesnr
ers two built on the Tyne, Two on the Clyde, ordered
in this country by the North German Loyds sad in-
terded to run between Bremen and New-York with
passengers. Her full complement Of passengers Off.
GERS, enginemep, hremen and seamsn, &c viii be
200, ard che is admirably arranged for the trade Tho
blocks were sp about 81 O'clock, and the noble ship
began to gradually glide toward the water sqiid
the cheers of the spectators. As she rushed down
toward the Tyne her immense weight caused crest
deal Of smtke, and appeard TO set portion o.; the
ways on fire, but she proceeded on her course With.
out obstruction, and was brought up by her an-
hers ard moCred in the river without the slightest
ccident. After the launch, large company Of tis
eacipg merchants and shipownsrs and other infusn-
tial Inhabitants of Newcastle Shields, SunderDsed,
and other towns in the neighborhooJ were enter famed
by the firm in Of the large lofts the works. II
is an evidence OF tho mmenee progress made by iron
ship building on the Tyne that the Hudson s the lit
iron vessel built by Messrs Palmer Brothers within
the past half dozen years. The Bremen built On he
Clyde, the first Of the steamers belonging 10 the
North OF Europe LOyds, will leave Europe for NeW.
York on the lgth Of June the Hudson is sxpe sd 70
sail on the 18th OF July.
Loss OF TIE AsTELoPE.-The pilots of the Ants,opS
arrived yesterday on the Fanny Buuitt. They cnfin
the loss OF the boat. Toe machinery will be saved,
and also portion of her cabin and s her cabin frl
ture. They state that the FIRE commenced 10 the lcd
while some Of the crew were arranging the frs&tE
slowed there: 1t s supposed that of the ~
smoking sId that he had resort to whisky OF which
she had 200 barrels in the hold, shipped q Mount
Vernon. As scon the fire was discovered, the mes
were ordered ont Of the hold, the matches were
closed, and the boat was run on bar. loud
knocking was heard on tho lower deck, which
proceeded from q man who still in the hold.
The hatches were at once opened but the
smoke was 80 dense that no one could vsntufs
down, and to keep the flames from bursting out, the
hatches were again closed The man was OF c parse
succsted. 1t lie supposed he had become intox,cs.ed
from whsky. After every effort TO subdue the flames
proved unavsiling, storm came and blew the boat
some dntance of, she was then scuttsd and sank IN
sixteen feet Of water. Louisville Journsl, lGth.