NEw-YoRK MONDAY MORNING, MARCH "a, ls4s.
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that invented aad perfected by Fra ncs at the vii
lase of Belleyille near Newly ork. Our government
ordered a strict examination Of it. The American
Institute appointed Committees from time to time
for the same purpose. The Chamber of Commerce
and other bodies have approved and recommends
it. THIS is the passengers guide. Let each pas
senger call for and demand as light the means
that are proced to be safe and efficient and not
suffer his life be sported with in trying exPerl-
ments. To describe it in familiar way, let US
first suppose one barrel placed in the water, It IS
the most unstable thing imaginable, bat place two
barrels with their sides opposite to each other and
then lay plank from to the other, and there
is nothing can be more stable in the water. This
is the principle of constrlction-ts buoyant power
is placed at the lowest point of its bilges, or that
part (of the bsrrels) which Immediately rests upon
the water, so that it is below the keel, and the bill
ges being separated by the keel, resemble the two
barrels apart, each with its centre of foatation.-
The inventor tried every mode of applying buoy
ancy, and in boats OF every form, covering the
whole inner surface with air and gas, and also CO.
oering the whole ground ofaRpiication Of poarer
both IN position and form. Long and arduous ex-
perimeats and experience have proved this to be
the only correct form of power to obtain ite-boa


If any one ask if lfe-boats are necessary on such
fine ships as we have, reply that they are until





ships cease to burn and sink or at least until our
families and friends cease to travel by water And
if passengers ask of what Importance the subject
is to them, we reply remember the Pulaski, the
Mexico, Bristol, Lexington, President, Washing
ton, Erie, Verrnilion, Royal Tar, and host Of 9TH
ers, by which our fathers, mekers, brothers, wives
and children from our own firesides, for the want
of the lifeboat, have found premature and wa
terry grave. Can all this be remembered and no
interest be felt? We need safeguard to the sea-
farer, and it is necessary not to be led away by
empty sounding announcements of boats in the
papers, which failing in qualities, or rather having
no good qualities, endanger life and destroy the
reputation and consequent usefulness of inventions
which actual experience has proved in almost eve
ry form of danger.


Since the above was written, the English jour
nals by the Great Western, furnish case in hand.
The I" Whitby life-boat" succeeded in taking the
crew from the wreck Of the William and Anne and
then swamped and drowned every soul on board of
her, twelve in number The Redcar fe-boat y
was unable to save the crew of the brig Liberty,
and FIVE men were lost these, with six other vessels
lost at the same time, swell the number to l494
These life-boats were on Greathead's plan and we
are thus borne out in our statement that the Eng
lish life boats are inefficient. Boston Traveller.