New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-05
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
TIE official report of the Naval Board has been sub
mit,ed TO the Navy Department and confirms, in
every respect the report published by four weeks
since The New Orleans aud Della are the ouly
line,ei-bate stps rejected. Toe conversion of The
seven vessels which passed muster" would cost
$3 O6i CO., The Board will be Immediately di'misssd.
In combines wi h instructions from Washington,
the Office re of the corvette Vsndsa who ara to report
to-day to Commodore BreSz e, arrived in town yester-
day. The following is liet Of those who were Or
dered 10 the vessel: Commander, s. p. Lee; Lieu
tenants, Napoleon Collins, w. A. Webb, Henry VIII
con, and - Fleming. The Vandaia will be ready
to 20 in eommiI zion in ten days
TIE maine ba rscks a: Brooklyn are now gariisoned
by about 60 men, mostly recruits. Capt. Brevoort,
Capt Taylor, Lieut.. Read and Lieut. Holmes are the
principal foers. Recruiting ia rat ier dull, few men
beir accepted except such as possess honorable dis
charges The marine force will soon be located ia the
lew binding on Flushing avenue.
Lieut. John t. Barraud, whose death at Petersburg,
Va, was announce on Thursday telegraph, entered
the service on an appointment from Virginia 10 1871,
AID is or died with IA years and months duty He
was consequently only little over two years usem-
ployed Death Is removing TIE names Of Southern
QMttIb LIOiu I've hSkiSoi WY
TIE officers Of he Metropolitan station assembled
yesterday st the Navy Yard for payment and received
about $4,000.
The Marine Glard Of the United Statea corvette
Yanjaia arrived here on Friday and are qusrtered at
the Brooklyn Navy-Yard They will be put on board
in few days.
We have Lewe from the Home and Pacific sqaadrons,
reporting he Ulcers end crews well. On the Flat
ult the United States steam-frga'e Lancaster arrived
a. Par ANA from Caao and announces the partial set
tlm.nl of the dispute between Mr.. Clay aud the Pc
ruvian Government. The Management and other
yesses If the IL ct had not arrived at Panama The
corvette Broosly was a. Asyinwsl, all WELL The
Savannah had sailed for Ne s-York. All the other
sbips were cruising. The jamestown, fitting ont for
service a. philadelphia, viii be ready on the 18th inst
The Wster Witch is out Of quarantine.
The ordnance Of the Philadelphia Yard was recently
inspected with satisfactory results.
WRECKS oH THE COAST OF GREAT BRITAIN IN leo9
The British Board Of Trade Wreck Regi'tsr, just
issued says that is computed that the loss OF prop
erty caused by wrecks and casualties on the coats OF
the United Kingdom, during the year 1859. was, in
careoes about 1888 600 and in ships, EsOOO beng
t0tl loss Of neariy E2OOO OO0. surely tois rs %
much wealth lost to the pation at large, AN snay.s
of the 4l6 urecke gives the following result: 10 1913
the wrecks s,randDgs involving total loss amount
ed to So against 354 in 1853 and those involving par,
tal loss to $40 against SIS 1885, the total number OF
standings &C.. being 1867 Against 1863 in 1888 the
total humber Of collisions being 349 against 3Ol In
1853; 6of he.e happened in the daytime bet tween
a. m and ?. M, against IS in the daytime In 1893;
ard 233 happened in the night, between 6p. m aDd
A. m ae ainat 225 in the night in 1855 only ~ bap-
peped between April and September inclusive aod 26O
cosons happened bet ~een October and March, inclu-
sive 1. appears that excluive of passengers there
were 10 5S rersoTs on board these 4l6 wrecks, and
of there 977 were actually inperiled, and 39 have
been saved from watsiy grave BY lebosts the rock
Ct ar d mortar apparatus ships own boats and other
craft; the remainder 6I5 having unhappily been
drowned. This is the largest pumbor on record that
have perhed from wrecks in year the coasts OF
the British Isles 1t should, however, be remembered
that 925 of the unfortunate creatures who were thus
facrc. belonged the Royal Charter the emigran.
chip Pomona the Blervie Castle Old age tells on
ships as does human beings and the ship that was
once able TO weather fierce gales bends under the inu
ence Of advancing years and rotten tmbers. The Ne
gister states that the greatest number Of casualties
have happened to ships between Ia and 90 years old
next between 90 and &c. and then TO comparatively
ne shiIs, or ships between and years OF age 1t
also happens 81 upward Of so years old three Of
this number being between so and 30, one between W
snd 100, and one above 100 years old.