. It has hitherto been the common theory respectingnaval architecture, that the speed of a vessel undera given power is mainly dependent upon what areknown as her water-lines, or shape from stem tostern. The main study of shipbuilders has, there-fore, been to perfect these lines so as to diminish… … With DisrATCH !—Quite recently the steamer Scotiawas captured while endeavoring to run the blockade ;she was condemned at a prize court and sold by theGovernment. Mr. Ben. Wier, of Halifax, purchasedher and she is now ready to run the blockade again.We hope a similar fate to her previous one awaits…
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