Shanghai Steam.7l% Tu, 9 knots, and for this reason, as well as for inches, The greatest speed of this vessel Washington to proceed to Peking, and to some position yet to be determined on in Japan, to Navigation Oo...|- r00li2 p.e, 8 the insufficiency of its armour, it may be observe on behalf of the United States Gotion Gompasy- 10lia po. ation Company.. 55 'a match fora wooden vessel of the same vernment, the great astronomical event of the tol a strength, but would have no chance whata present century—the transit of Venus across Elm Coast 8. dens against the most ordinary ironclad. This the sun's disc on the 9th of December next. vou d Shanghai last year. a, 85 Nisshin-kan, wooden corvoite, screw steamer, In confirmation of the inaccuracy hope. woininal 250 horse power, length 204 fect, greatest Reuter's public telegrams about silk which Docks. breadth 20 feet, draught 14 fect. ' Carries 6 was noticed in our columns some days azo, cast iron guns of about 54 inches, and 1 Arm-leading firm in Shanghai write: We Shanghai Dock Ao 200 strong muzzle loader of 7 inches. She is said received a private telegram yesterday, Pootung Dock O>.|, B ecaiv, to be a fast and. serviceable vessel, and is, we advising a sale of No. 3} Dragon and 3% Gas. believe, the one now in port.
Yakee chop Tsatlee at 17s., and of No. 1 Suavgbai Gan i, 10 ex div, Tsukuba-kan, wooden corvette, screw steamer, 200 hors power, length, 197' feet, greatest Pagoda chop at 16s. Koo-fong-sing's chop Wroog and Ohi breadth 204 feet, draught 15 feet. ' Carries 6 was settled here this afternoon (i1th) at Gas Go. (hunts). [ere steel Armstrong guns of 5 inches, 2 cast iron equivalent of 20s. Gd. for No. 3, and 19s. suns of about the same calibre, and 2 smaller Gd. for No. 34." renzo guns of native fabrication. Thi 250 p.ahfé 1700, sel is very old and used up, her great We regret to learn that advices have trtenn fa 300 not more than 6 knots. reached the General Agents of the Eastern usuga-kan, wooden paddle-steamer, 300 and Australian Mail Steam Company, Limited, 1580 horse-power, length 243 feet, greatest breadth that the chartered steamer Flintshire, Captain 600 27 fect, draught 11 fect. ies 4 bronze Sturroch, which left this on the 3ist May, guns of 5 inches, 2 cast iron guns of about the has been stranded off Cape Cleveland, near 700 same calibre, and 1 Forbes gun of 7 inches.
Townsville. Telegrams state "hands saved."
Ho-skin-kan, compound system gunboat, We are therefore glad to believe that the screw steamer, 75 horse power, length 145 feet, numerous passengers and crew are in safety.
308 greatest breadth 224 fet, draught 7 feet. Car-Amongst the passengers were Blondin and Ties 1 Armstrong breech-loader of 7 inches, Madame Goddard. Just as we go to press, one idem of 54 inches and 2 small steel guns, Tune 26th, we learn that the Agents have 120} July Ao-shium-an, wooden gunboat, screw received the following later telegram, from steamer, of about the same dimensions as the which it will be seen that matters are not 30 190 0x 738 preceding.. Carries 1 Forbes muzzleloader bad as at first reported.—" Sydney, 26th of 7 inches, 1 Armstrong muzzle loader of 53 inches and 2 smaller Armstrong guns.
Sune, al nelly ie cee 'Dai-itch-Teibo-kan or Teibo 1, wooden. gun-ville' most probably] for temporary repairs. boat, screw steamer, 60 horse power, length 132 Hope despatch in contract time.'—Straite 102 Times. feot,, greatest breadth 22 feet, draught 74.
Carries 1 cast iron gun of 64 inches, 1 Krupp
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