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      Spring Walk I It has been too much the custom to underrate the commercial importance of good old Kingston. Let any one walk through the city at the present time, and he will see enough to convince him that Kingston is one of the busiest places in all Canada; and …

      Spring Walk II It is so rarely that we have it in our power to say a good word in favor of the Corporation of Kingston that it would be both a sin and shame not to do it. The streets are remarkably clean, considering the season of the year. …

      We understand that the Messrs. Guthrie have contracted for another boat, to be called the Novelty, 109 feet long, 16 feet beam and 6 feet depth of hold, which is already launched, with her deck and guards all completed, ready for her machinery. She is to be driven by one …

      MARINE INTELLIGENCE VESSELS IN PORT. - The following is a complete list of the vessels in port yesterday. Two or three of them have not taken down their sails, and their captains are talking of trying a short trip for a load of lumber, the others are all laid up …

      The Milwaukee Sentinel says that the propeller WESTMORELAND has hauled alongside the wharf in the river where she will lay up for the winter. The damage to her machinery is supposed to be $1000 to $1500.

      VESSELS IN PORT. --- Since we published the list which subsequently reappeared in the JOURNAL, causing that paper so many "pains," the following vessels have arrived and are preparing to lay up: Steamer FRANKLIN MOORE, sloop WUNX, and schooners UNION, BELLE CITY, EQUATOR, RACINE, L. ...

      Ship Building The Ship Yard of Mr. Baker, situated at the foot of West First and Second streets, exhibits at the present time, a very brisk and lively appearance. A staunch, first class vessel is being built for Messrs. Merrick & Co. , which will be launched about the last …

      "Strikes" appear just now to be the general order of the day, not only among laborers on public works, but among mechanics generally. The house carpenters of New York and Brooklyn, the ship carpenters of Buffalo, and the barbers and coopers of Rochester, are all demanding an advance of wages. …

      Attention Mariners. - Messrs. Ford & Brother have just received at their Jewelry Store, East end of the Bridge, an extensive assortment of Mariners' Compasses, Barometers, Spy Glasses, Marine Clocks, nautical Instruments, &c;, which they offer for sale at uncommonly low ...

      The Ship Yard of Mr. Andrew Miller, at the foot of East First street, presents a scene of great activity. Two new vessels on the docks, one belonging to Messrs. Fitzhugh Co., and the other, to the builder, will be launched in a few weeks. Mr. Miller employs about sixty …

      Ship Building in Kingston Ship building, to a considerable extent, is going on at Kingston. At the Kingston Railway yard, says the News, "there are three vessels on the stocks in various stages towards completion, one three-masted schooner of 360 tons burthen, one two-masted ...

      Sunday Report. By the Morse Line. ________ DESTRUCTION OF THE OCEAN WAVE BY FIRE. ________ Twenty-eight Lives Lost. Ogdensburgh, Sunday, May 1st. The Ocean Wave, a Canadian steamer, in the employ of the Ogdensburgh Northern ...

      Burning of the Ocean Wave - More full Particulars By an extra from the Ogdensburgh Sentinel office we have particulars, somewhat more in detail than we published in our telegraph yesterday morning. The Ocean Wave took fire from her furnaces, on her downward trip from Hamilton, ...

      Launch. - The new barque Danube, built for Messrs. M. Merrick & Co. , was launched from the ship yard of Baker & Co. , yesterday. She is of the largest class sail vessels on Lake Ontario, measuring about 400 tons, with 134 feet keel, 25 ft. hold, and ...

      The "Trade Wind. " The Brighton Sentinel has a long and spirited account of the launch of the schooner Trade Wind, which took place at Colborne, C. W. , on Wednesday last. This being the first vessel built at that place, the launch called together two or three thousand persons …

      We regret to learn that the steam boat O. S. Howard, which has been used as a tow boat in our harbor for the past two seasons, was sold, on Monday, to a company who propose to remove her to Ogdensburg, where she will be used in the same capacity.

      Yesterday was a fine day, and seldom has our harbor presented a more lively and animated aspect. There being 200,000 bushels of grain afloat, all the elevating power in the harbor was put into requisition. That great establishment, Carrington's "Ontario Grain Warehouse," was elevating at three ...

      Another Launch - The barque Grace Greenwood, G. R. Rogers, builder, is to be launched from his ship yard this afternoon at 4 o'clock. This is the first attempt of Mr. Rogers in ship building, and the Grace Greenwood fully proves that he is a skillful naval architect. The vessel …

      MARINE INTELLIGENCE A deserved tribute has recently been paid to Capt. Mason, of the steamer ROCHESTER, of the Lewiston route. It consisted of a service of plate, presented by the Insurance Companies as a testimonial of their sense of his gallant conduct on a recent occasion. ...

      A Gale and Marine Disaster. - The wind has been blowing strongly from the northwest for the past 24 hours, and fear is entertained for the safety of vessels out. The schooner E. K. Bruce, which cleared from this port last night for Toledo with railroad iron, had her mainmast …