The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-11 00:00:00

THE NORTH srmt YACHT.

The recent invectian of the Americans fur orna-
'nesting :he surfaces of rooms and furniture, and making
them appear lit. caseate, icagliola, or malachite, is a c,,mpu-
sttion for venecrios wool or iron. The wood is about an
lack in thickuess, and is baked. The veneer is about the
eighth of an inch thick. The crumbled stone, glass, and
marble which forms the latter is cemented together by some
process, and forms an indeviated mass as solid as rock it'
self. Its solidity, smoothness, and polish, are such that a
rebound. front it the same as from marble, white
from its thinness it scarcely adds to the weight of the wood
which it ornaments. Renee its admirable adaptation for
ship furniture, such as the tops of tables and chitfonniaes,
because it does not make dam top-heavy, and at the same
time it is unsurpa.sel for beauty, poliah, and cleanliness.
The .iloon in the American steam-yacht the North Star,
now lying at Southampton, on which this invention is die
playa, looks surprisingly beautiful It aKesrs as if it
Were dug out of some rock containing ores of various
kinds, and its sides carved and polished. The composition
is cry durable, and is in no way depend( ut on the pain-
tees or cabinet niaket's art. It can be made to resemble
any :kind of polished rock or ore studded with precious
stones

On • minute examination of the build of the North Star
yacht, there is noticed in it a departure from a chief charm-
toriMit of the far-famed sai.ing yacht the America, and
which is now considered even by English shipbuilder, as a
cardinal principle in shipbuilding. and which principle is to
form the sides of the bow of a ship so that the water she
displaces as she pa..es through the sea may be made to pass
under the mewl Instead of being thrown off by the sides.
This is doss by budding the skies of the bow of a concave-
like farm. The bow of the North Star, although sharp
and wialgc-shaped, is slight:y coon:, by which,
when the ship is in mo•ion, the displaced water is thrown
off on the Silk,. The paddle-wheel of the North Star is
very light, but of enormous diameter, and which, corns-
goading with the 1111111Cilbe Length of stroke of her might.,
gives her firrat speed.
The engine of the North Star was first mistaken for the
steeple enAine, a k.c.l ws:i known in this country. The
*appall machinery, towering high above the deck, led to
this mistake. Tile beam engine, however, which is the
name of the one in the American steam yacht, is essentially
(lath:rem treat the steeple, and is C3llStallily used on board
the American river sad ocean coasting steamers. Its
/Ossetia length of stroke gives enormous speed, with small
expenditure of fuel. Dolh the captain and engineer of the
North Star diclare that the voyage made by her from New
York to Southampton might have been made in • day
less than it was if she had been suffered to go at full speed,
and that the yacht would then have creased the Atlantic
quicker time it was ever knows to be traversed. Commo-
dore Vanderbilt refused the entreaties of the captain to try
bow quick the great Atlantic could be ;creased, because he
was on a voyage of pleases', and was not in a great hurry
to get to Europe.
It has been already stated that the North Star is steered
forward, and same peculiar variation of the compass was
noticed on her Ati.ntic voyage. It is believed that it arose
Irmo local attraction, owing to the position of the compass
forward instead of at the stern of the vessel. While tke
yai lit has been at Southampton her compasses have been
adjusted by Mr. &ebbing, the nautical instrument maker of
th.t town, and their coon now are determined.
Mr. Vaaderbilt, the owner of the North Star, has been
sue of the greatest proprietors of ferries and steam ships iu
the Unitea State., and his operations have always been on
a gigantic scale. I t was a dispute between his agents and the
Nicaraguan government that almost brought on hostilities
between England and the United States a few months ago.
In all business :natters he always displayed • remarkably
somid, prompt, and self relying judgment, and it is to this
promptitude and se:lteliance that be attributes his success
in life.

The time allowed the public to inspect the North Star
terminated last night. For the last three days thousands'
of persons have been on board of her. From 10 o'clock in
the morning until .5 o'clock in the afternoon, troops of
well-dressed persons have passed through the dock gates to
go on board. Persons connected with ships and yachts
have come all the way from Liverpool and London to see
the North Star. Oa Wednesday it was estimated that
there were 200 person, chiefly gentry and nobility, on board
during the whole day, end yet persons were con-
tinually having the yacht. On Thursday' ,000 persons visited
her. Yesterday, orning the captain of the yacht was obliged
to give orders that no more tickets should be issued.
Towards the afternoon, such was the concourse of persons
that went into the docks to visit her, that barriers had to
be put up prevent a rush, and a body of police were
obliged to be in attendance to prevent accidents. Hundreds
of persons who had tickets were obliged leave the docks with-
out seeing the yacht, and crowds well dressed were waiting
outside the barriers fur their turn to go en board.
Bodies of working nun evidently were erjoying a
half-holiday, and taking their families to see the
magnificent American steam yacht. Although there are
always splendid steamers belonging to the steam-packet
companies at Southampton, the public are never permitted
promiscuously to visit them. Nothing shows the improve.
ment in the work up classes more than the anxiety to view
any object of curiosity and to have their taste far the beau-
tiful
gratified. Years ago, working men would sooner have
gone to a public-house than to see a gentleman's yacht ;
now they prefer anything that improves or gratifies their
mental faculties and which excites their admiration, by a
display of taste, skill, end generosity such as that displayed
by Commodore Vanderbilt.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC DURING THE PAST WEEK.

(From Hetapath's Railway Journal.)

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Lab) intelitynce.
EQUITY COURTS.—YESTERD.IIr.
Lur..s.o LuCDS JUPTIC.I, Cr APITAL.
Ix RI III:11.TON, A LVNATIC.
The lunatic W. 13 entitled to the life interest in certain
'PmPert', subject to the payment of an annuity charged
upon the property. The annuitant having died at Calais,
the committee of the person and estate of the lunatic now
petitionid for payment to him of the whole income of the
estate Cm the benefit :of the lunatic. The petition was
supported by an affidavit of the death of the annuitant,
accompanied by a certificate of hie burial at Calais, authen-
ticated and sealed by the British Consul there. he ques-
tion was whether the certificate of burial was sufficient
evidence of the death for the court to act upon.
Their Lordships held that the evidence was sufficient,
and made the order required.

IN Its CUMMING, A LUNATIC.
Upon an application being made on behalf of the lunatic,
Mr,. Cumming, to stay the proceedings, fur the purpose of
traversing the inquisition fur a period of six months, a
doubt was raised whether, by some act of parliament, the
court was not incapacitated from staying the traverse ;
whereupon
Their Lordships directed the petition to stay the pro-
ceediugs to stand over till farther order, in order that tie
fact of there being or not such an act might be ascertained.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—YESTERDAT.
thrtious a liottyk.—Barosz LOP D CAXIMELL, 71i. Amick

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Oomissaus. Ma. Jutmcs ELL; ♦ND MM. harms CROMPTON.

O. Dits.avorn.—Furrna CONTRACT.
This was as action to recover damages for breach of con-
tract. The plaintiff was a courier, and had entered into a
contract to serve the daendant in that capacity at a future
time. Ilsfure that p. rind arrived the defendant repudiated
the contract. At the trial a verdict was found for the plain-
tiff, and, sub►equently, a rule was obtained to enter a non•
suit upon the ground that, inasmuch as the contract was to

committee at a-future time, the action was not maintainable.
Mr. Henning now showed cause, and contended that the
repudiation by the defendant was sufficLnt to give the
plaintiff a cause of action.
Mr. Hugh Hill (Mr. Dizon was with him) supported the
rule, end argued that the notice of repudiation gave no right
of action. an it might have been withdrawn before the time
for effecting the contract arrived.
The court took time to consider.
DLIIPLE C. DOWATEIII.—LANPLOMD.II RIOIIT TO FOLLOW

TINANVII it:1124ITI:111.

This was an action of trespass. The facts were as follows
The plaintiff, being tenant of a house of which the deice
dant was landlord, upon the 25th of December last, at 7
o'clock in the morning, removed his furniture from Mr.
Bowater's house, and placed it upon other premises. The
Christmas quarter's rent not being paid, the defendant,
Bowater, basing learned the whereabouts of the furniture,
followed and seized it. Upon this the plaintiff brought his
action, contending that us the furniture left the premises of
the defendant some hours before the rent was actually due,
he had no right to seize it. Upon the trial a verdict
was found for the plaintiff. Subsequently a rule nisi was
obtained to enter a verdict for the defendant.
Mr. Udall now showed cause against the rule, and
cited authorities proving, as he contended, that
the landlord had a right to follow the furniture. This was
analogous to a distress, and the right to distrain did not
accrue until after the rent was actually due to the defendant.
Mr. S. Warren, Q.C., supported the rule, and contended I
that the landlord had, under the circumstances, a right to
follow the tenant's goods. If this were not so' a manifest
injustice was done to the landlord, and where there was a
wrong the law always afforded a remedy.
Lord Campbell thought that the landlord was justified in
what he had done; because although the quarter's rent was
not due until the following day, yet some pertion, indeed
the greater part, had accrued when the furniture was re-
moved. The rule, therefore, ought to be made absolute.
Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Erie concurred.
Mr. Justice Crompton was of opinion that the landlord
had no right to follow the furniture until the quarter's rent
was actually due ; he therefore dissented from his learned
brethren.
Rule absolute.

L\ SOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-YESTERDMY.

Blume Xa. Colman: ma Law.
(N RE SAMUEL livainAtt. —A JUDGMENT Or Two

Yens.

This insolvent, who had been a grocer and tea dealer
at Stamford-hill, appeared for judgment. Mr. Cook or-
posed for Mr. Lawrence, tea dealer, Stoke Newington; and
Mr. Sargood supported.
The complaint was, that the insolvent had increased his
debt with Mr. Lawrence on the promise that he should
hare the lease of his premixes on Stamford-hill, and on faith
of that representation credit to 1501. had been given. It
turned out that the lease was in the possession of the in-
solvent's daughter, Sophie Rumball, who assisted him in
his business, and it was aller d that she was a creditor for
621. for money paid as security to the Mutual Loan Fund,
and for money due to her. Some time back the insolvent
left the business, and went to Peckham for the benefit of
kis health. He bad been arrested by the friend, at whose
whose house he staled, and it was suspected that it was •
friendly proceeding. Mr. Lawrence had, however, obtained
a judgment against him. On the former examination the
insolvent's counsel advised him to give up the lease, and it
was banded into Court. Possession of the premises was also
required, but they had been retained, and the insolvent
came up for judgment.
Mr. Commissioner Law said it was • simple case of
fraud. The law was not sufficiently strong to meet such a
case, but all that could should be done. His Honour pro-
nounced the longest judgment allowed by the act—two
years, at the suit of Mr. Lawrence, for contracting his
debt by il aud.

IN It JOHN EDWARDS THE ELDER.

The insolvent, picture dealer, applied under the Protection
Act. Mr. Nichols and Mr. Way opposed for creditors. An
obji etion was taken, that as the insolvent was an it-
o, rtiticated b►nkrupt, he could not petition.
His Honour sustained the objection, and dismissed the
petition.