The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-12 00:00:00

LAUNCH OF .A NEW STEAIqd rOR

THE GANGES.

We leant from the Greenock Advertiser of Thursday,
hsat' the Jumna, a new steam 'vessel, belonging to the
Oriental Inland Steam COmpany, and destined for the
• 'navigation of the Ganges, has just been launched from
Messrs. Reid & Co.'s building yard in Port-Glasgow,
,and will be immediately towed round to Liverpool to
receive her engines, which have been constructed by
Messrs. Fawcett, Preston & Co., the eminent engineers
of that place. The length of the Jumna is 220 feet;
the breadth 30 feet ; and the depth about, 74 feet. She
is built with two rows of longtitudinal truss work to
impart longtitudinal strength, and has also an iron deck
beneath the wooden one so that the vessel virtually con-
stitutes a great iron tube which is divided at interdials
by water-tight compartments.
The Jumna will be propelled by engines on the double
cylinder principle. There are two high pressure cylin-
ders of 26 inches diameter, and 6 feet stroke, and two
low pressure cylinders of 48 inches diameter and 6 feet
stroke. The steam is generated by four locomotive
boilers. The pressure of the steam is 120 lbs. on the
square inch, which is the pressure now used in loco-
motives of the most approved construction. The steam,
after having generated power in the high pressure
cylinders, passes into the low pressure cylinders, where
it again generates power, and finally passes to the
condenser. The condensation of the steam is effected
by eitreme cold, so that only pure water is supplied to
the boilers—aft object of much importance in muddy
rivers like the Ganges.
The engines of the Jumna are clpectedto work up to

200 or 1,300 horse-power. The vessel will tow four
barges, each 130 feet long, 30 feet broad, and 7 feet
deep, and one barge 160 feet long, 30 feet broad, and 7
feet deep. The total capacity of these five barges is
about 120,060 cubic feet, or reckoning 40 cubic feet to
the ton, 3,00 d tons, but on the average, the train of
barges is not expected to tarry more than 2,000 tons of
cargo. This is at least five times more than can be
carried by the most powerful of the stearaers at present
lying on the Ganges, and as the power will be generated
with great economy of fuel, vessels tif this chess may
reasonably be expected to bo very profitable.
It is at least certain that no vessel of, the power and
efficiency of the Jumna has been yet either made or pro-
jected for the navigation of any of the rivers of India,
the nearest approach thereto being the Ganges steamer,
also belofiging to the Oriental Inland Steam Company,
and which ltiw proved herself capable of attaining a
high rate of speed, attd of towing a string of barges
with great efficiency. The Jurnua, with water in the

boilers, and coal in the coal-boxes, will only draw about
two feet tlifee invites of water. No vessel ever betbre

built will combine in et, eminent a degree the three
requisites indispensable for the navigation of the Indian

rivers with permanent success, viz., large engine power,

great capacity for carrying cargo, and a light Zraughl

of water.

Captain Paynteri of the Racoon, has been honoured

fiy the King of Saidinia with the to of Commander

of tile racer df St. Mateo and Lazants,tfor having been
the first to salad tht national flag in the port of Leg-
horn, on his. Majesty's arrival there;
DEATH OF MR. RODiRT CLovorr.-41t. Robert
Clough, for many years the.chief superintendent of the
detective police of Liverpool, died yesterdly, at his
residence, Waterloo. Mr. Clough was no ordinary man,
and hia career was marked by many strange incidents.
As art officer he was zealous and energetic, and duty
with hita &came a sort of second nature. He was

respeeted by everyone in his private and public capacity,
and there wet° Malty melted traits in his character.
We ir'a'4e all time to notice' thus shortly his demise,
but we mttst say the% (he' report' of his death cattsed deep
regret amongst the force and' his friend's generally.
Tim WINE LICENSES ISrilitie committee on the
Refreshment Houses and Wine Licenses Bill, the Chan-
cellor of the Eichequer will move amendments for the
purpose of restricting the sale of wino not to be con.
mimed on the premises to wine in bottle only (clause 1);
of exempting open shops from the obligation to take out
refreshment licenses (clause. 7) ; to givelo applicants for
wine license's, andto patties objecting, a right of being
heard (clatises fl (MI 1,1) to limit such licenses in
places having a population over /0,410'0 to houses of £2O
yea's' slid u'ptitatds (clause 4) ;. to °Marge the grounds of
veto ty rda'gistates (clatM 12) ;to assimilate the
hours of opening dad cl'osin'g to those of beerhouses
(clause 24) ; to improve the definitiOn of offences entail-
ing penalty (clause 26) ; to provide, hi certain cases, for
the disqualification of the premises (clause 2” .1, and for
certain other purposes.
DETERMINED SUICIDE BY A LADY'S COMPANION.—
An inquest has been held on the body of Miss Sarah
Stref6V,Thhiy-three years of age, at Lymm, near War-
ringlor7. l'he deceased, for the last two years, had been
companion to /dig: tiratti mi elderly lady, residing at
Grappenhall. About a vie'e.i4 agd, without assigning
any reason, she suddenly left Mrs. *airs, went to
the house of her uncle, Mr. Edward Serefctt, farmer,
Lynam.. There she complained of being ill, and eeeiWed
fo be in a very desponding state. Medical advice was
procured, end Mr. Hill, surgeon, advised her friends to
pdt all razors or other sharp instruments out of her
reach: 'This was done, but unfortunately the deceased's
cmisin ICfE d clasp-Infite in his trousers pocket, in an
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Rini tenni tiA RY SCENE.— AR extraordinary burial
took place at Luddenden last week. The deceased, Mr.
CbTles Teal, was a man of extraordinary stature and
weight Vainig, IV to the time. of his death; 'an the 26th
ult., the ototitest man in Bradford. Be stood 6 feet 2
inches, and weighed h stone. Ilia coffin was 7 feet
2 inches long, 2 feet 9 inchto Widefand 1, foot 9* inches
in depth. The united weight of Ng corm itnd
the latter being 11 inches thick, was 35 stove. it was
found necessary to lower the body out. of the window of
the room in which ho died, after which it was convoyed
to Luddenden in a hearse, followed by four mourning
coddles. Not fewer than fifteen men were requisite to
hetir Mitt to the chapel, and on the way one of the
massive eofhti handles broke. From the construction of
the entrance to the chapel it was impossible to get the
body in, and it had to remain outside while the service
was conducted within. The family gtlrro was not suffi-
ciently spacious, and a new one had to be pterereil, into
which the coffin was lowered by twelve men.
FANCY FAIR AX IRE BRITISH EMBASSY,
The first day's sale, we are happy to say, has passed
over successfully. Not only was there a large
attendatiee of title Most fashionable persons in Paris, the
English, of COUrbe, predominating, but the amount of
articles disposed of was (tete satisfactory. The Princess
Clothilde' a'rriied early, and &omitted; with evident
interest,- Aye' beautiful objects exposed t view, pur-
chasing at several IA the stalls. Baron James de Roths-
child was also one of the' ii•st comers, and selected a
number .of articles. The rangt of objects collected
together to tempt the visitor, was SU' exte,nsive as to
almost cause an enebarras de choir. Lady CcAlley, for
instance, held British porcelain, ladies' hats, and
Ettglish petticoats. What the amount of sale might
have been in this last-named highly-interesting article,
we scarcely liked to inquire, through an apprehension

that our curiosity might be deemed indiscreet, but the
porcelain went off admirably, upvardis of SIOO sterliit
having been received by her ladyship for that item
--Galigna'u.
SLANDERS ON TILE PRINCE IMPERIAL.—:-The Paris
anistit•utionnel contains the following :—" Calumny had
hitherto only attacked the Emperor and the public men
of his Government; it eeemed impossible to be able to
nud of attacking the Prince Imperial, a child of
four years, arid charming every one approaching him by
the natural graces of his age. Well then, a journal has
imagined the story that onthe rang Prince,who is corporal
among•the eufans do troupe in the lit Regiment of the
Grenadiers of the Guard, having shown great imperti-
nence to.his mother, the Emperor, as a punishment, had
him degraded from his rank as corporal in presence of a
body of soldiers. We should not have said a word of this
ridiculous fable, if the provincial papers had not repeated
the tale,Aad if it did not denote under a frivOlous
aspect a sentiment of hostility, tending to imply that the
Prince Imperial, notwithstanding his tender years, has
a' character of ad obstinate a nature that, in order to
correct him, recourse must be hadlo extreme measures.
This absurd story is so far from the truth, that we have'
been often tempted to mention a number of traits which
show so good a heart and such kind feelings in the
Prince, were it not that•wo feared being reproached with
flattery and exaggeration."

:
UORONEWS QuEsis.--:The Coroner held the follow-
ing inquests yesterday: On the body of Richard Onions,
a book-keeper, 3 years of age, who was a resident of
Chester, but who came to Liverpool after the races, ard'
it seems he' was drinking ever since: He. was found on:
Tuesday morning at' the corner of (been-street, in a
state of intoxication, and taken by the police to the
station. He was afterwards. removed, t 4 the wprkhouse,
where he died. On a_ post mortem: examination of

the body, it, appeareeli that (leatb was the result of
inflammation of the` g
wels,wild by excessive
ing, and the jury found a verdict accordingly. On
the body of Elizabeth Higgott, the wife of John
Higgott, of Lisson-streef, Edge-hill. The deceased was
twenty-eight' years 'of age, and was an habitual
drunkard.• Qn Monday night she was drunk, and her
husband pushed her, when she fell on the floor, and
died soon afterwards. The husband 'was taken into
custody .and brought before the police magistrate on
Thursday, when he was remanded. The details of the
case.. appeared in our paper of yesterday, and the,
evidence before the coroner was the same as that given
before the magistrate. Surgeon Gibson, who made `a
post mortem examination of the body of the deceased,
said the cause of death _was extravasation of blood on the
brain,r.and in his opinion that was from natural causes.
Verdict accordingly.—On the body of a child, named
Sarah Ann Corkhill, fifteen weeks old. She was over-
lain in bea by her /nether in Upper Mann•street.
Verdict accordingly,