The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-17 00:00:00

SHIP LAUNCHES.

TIM CANADA. WORRS.—A very pretty iron Paars,
steamer was launched at these works at noon, yesterday'.
Messrs. Peto, Brassey, Betts, and Jackson, the builders'
She was modelled by Mr. 'St. Clare Byrne, and while'
intended for practical every-day work, presents as graceful
lines as could be desired. Her dimensions are 131 feet logo
20 feet beam, and 9 feet 6 inches depth. She will be PI
polled by a pair of engines, each of 40 horse Power, P.(
will carry from 60 to 80 tons of cargo, and 40 tons 0
coal, on a draught of 5 feet 6 inches. When launched shot
drew only two feet of water, and indeed we may sal tha
her lightness of draught is one or her principal recoinrnn
dations, qualifying her, as it does, for so many trades 547
purposes. Under the old measurement she measures also%
260 tons, and under the new 108 tans, exclusive of tai
boiler, which is so large that a considerable saving of fohr,
may, to a certainty, be reckoned upon. The builders hal,:
already. had offers for her, but should these not meet OW'
views, it is their intention, we believe, to take her to, Lond°_ll
where, we have no doubt, she will fully realise the price °194
on her. A numerous company, including Mr. Jackson a°6
family, Mrs. Seacome and family, of Chester, Mrs. 13Yrni
and family, the two Messrs. Brassey, jun., Mr. Golborne, °t
Egremont, Mr. W. Jackson, jun., &c., &c., were pros of
by invitation to wi:ness the launch, and the cerernonY,,,,
christening was gracefully performed by Miss Jackson, '`:,,
daughter of Mr. W. Jackson, with whose name (ElizebT:
Jackson) the little craft has been honoured. After 11
launch the company went round the works, which are he'd
varied and extensive their character, and experiel3edesi
much pleasure in the inspection of the machinery unod
manufacture. Among the work in hand are several 'l'd
buoys (of which a great number have been already Ina the
for the Victoria dock, London, and a locomotive engine,,
last of twelve, for the Eastern Counties Railway CoinPrti;
It is an express engine of most graceful form, ar'Uld
lightness, combined with strength of construction, 0° e‘e
not be surpassed. The ribs, stern, &e., of an iron 5,600
steamer of 500 tons, for which, together with a &base
tons, Messrs. Peto, Brassey, Betts and Jackson ;see
received orders, are also in a prepared state ; but in e°--s'ed
quence of the dock works which are now about to be co: .lee
out by the corporation at Birkenhead, these vessel will h. 4
to be built at the firm's yard at Tranmere. Were it 11',
for this unforeseen necessity, both vessels would, in a le v
short time, be constructed, and launched from the preseio
works, the extent of the conveniencies of which on/ di•
inferred from the fact, almost, we believe, unprecedented;
Liverpool, that in the afternoon, some few hours after rt,
launching, the boilers, cylinders, and all other machiner4
were placed on board the Elizabeth Jackson, under ru
superintendence of Mr. Alexander. And in mentioning
this gentleman's name, we may be allowed to conclude the,
brief notice, of what is a daily event in Liverpoolf
expressing the obligations under which those who 00°°"-1
, 0
panied him round the works feel to him, for the courteo4
manner in which ho explained to them the details of tP
manufactures carried out at them.
e'-'- eeer
MR. WILKINSON'S YARD, SEFTON-STREET.-- J.
-se
OO
a beautiful modelled schooner, of 200 tons, was launched fro,
the building-yard of Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, adjoining el
Herculaneum dock. There was a large attendanceos
visitors, who manifested great interest in the event. fed,
necessary preliminary arrangements having been comPle 401
the daggers were knocked under, and the beautiful veat,
glided in an admirable manner into her native ele
atraers
l etb's
amidst the loudest plaudids of the gratified sp'
and receiving the name of the " Fanny,' bet
watei
oc
bcuoswtomnasry
shboottrlenshoofd
downwine being dashed
wnysf to
thea rn st
Immediately after the launch, a considerable numbe.tejg
ladies and gentlemen, who had been previously
partook of a splendid dejeuner in one of the outbuildiniej
of the yard. After doing justice to the good thithingsbefore the company, the cloth was removed, and 'Mr. ',isle
kips, who presided, proposed the usual loyal toasts, WProl
were duly honoured. The viceschairman, Mr. Johns,' PO
posed the health of the builder and proprietor 0' tee
g
" Fanny,.' expressing a hope that, although that WO so
first vessel, it would not be the last that the
Wilkinson would build. In returning thanks I'e! On
enthusiastic manner in which the company drank his 'lets do
Mr. Wilkinson said that he would spare no exertions 0f tee
that which would, in any degree, aid the exteni;j°° ?0001t!
shipping interest of Liverpool. By so doing he v„*etrs
promote not only his own interest, but that of the eo-,,,ded
at large. Several other toasts were given and resll°"asei
to. The whole affair passed off with the greatest ec/ort the
the company separated with an earnest hope that beis
" Fanny" may have a long and prosperous career before old
adding credit, by her sailing capabilities, to the gnu' tno
town in which she was constructed, and rewarding
enterprise of her spirited and energetic owner. eeri
RllNCORN.—Yesterday, shortly before one o'clock, o°4 0
thousand persons were in Runcorn to witness the laun4ret
the splendid vessel, called Dennis Burkitt, which was P. ore
•
on
pi:ioeuttthethhdee
Apswrtmooi
tpcehker
:stet
haya
enb
ooetvfxr eaomdefipeef.ttsiesoer
nns
H.
omei3f
Her length
dsgrnti
hbet
toa
is 160
adl ar6ynwo dr f
ihergeiegttceientnwogat sfteebber
co:
chants, of Runcorn, 800 tons burthen, and intended P'tfoil,
141 feet from inside stem to inside stern post for
extreme breadth, and 18 feet in depth ; classed
eer-13 bite'
thirteen years. She is to be commanded by Captain ;Or
way, a nephew of one of the proprietors, who was pre _4,
and appeared to take the greatest interest in the arroncNe
ments that were made for the launch, which wereesoo,
ducted by the foreman of the builders. Nothing ;jet!
exceed the rapidity and precision with which all the t'ci
were executed. A little before the time above natneojgerf
4,
hammerings of nearly 100 carpenters at the oak v1"84,
in order to raise the timbers on which the vessel ro
of
much resembled the roll of musketry. In the cours°,ol'
few moments, what is called the dagger was suddenlY the
drawn. The screw-jack was then applied undefoot°
extreme stern, and in an instant the noble vessel glide.tolot
the water, amidst the cheers of the assembled n3ultlelA
and the firing of cannon, at half_past one
Numerous gentlemen sat down to an excellent (10.011"
the Royal Hotel.

SHIPWRIGHTS' COMBINATIONS•
..eOl

The shipwrights of Dundee have, during thery,sibL.e;
week, taken a step altogether mischievous and indetrei'eedl‘;
It is known that, in the course of next week, a sPoclill
and costly vessel, a magnificent specimen of marinLilit',y
tecture, is to be launched from the shipbuilding yard
Stephen, who is bound to time ; and it is of the LI lief;
importance that no delay take place in launchinfee °
What, then, may be conceived to be his anno93-
receiving, a day or two ago, the following notice ;-",85(3;,4
" Mr. Stephen, " Dundee, Sept. 9, 'ilifor'
" Sir,—We, the workmen in your employ, beg t°,os re.;
you that the undermentioned, now in your employ,
fused to comy with the rules of our Society, 113
John M'Learn Turpie, W. Thompson, W. Smith, "f • letir#
J. Forrester, and J. Drummond. We therefore b%. 1,11133
to inform you, that unless the above-named in",,ceoliro
comply with the rules of our society, we will o,
necessary to withdraw our labour.—We remain' o; ho
respectfully, " THE WORKMEN IN YOUR Egrl'of trot
Here was the employer threatened with the 105%0 fed
services of his men, lust at the time when they
be dispensed with. He was at their mercy, and o°l;aili7,
to capitulate. The workmen gain their point by'3tief Ale
themselves of the necessities of their master. Bensbd
triumphant at the moment; but we put it to any re9prept°oo
man, what is the kind of feelings which such a Per jo "e 0
intimation as we have quoted is likely to eirgendeforplid
employer's mind ? Mr. Stephen has paid to his //' f t'ef
hundreds and thousands of pounds for the building :11, eltir
vessel, and, within a week of her being 100011,,,eer cf,f,
threaten, unless six of their fellow-workmen are clui,"a tP;ril
pelled to join a certain combination or dismissed, tw-reoviitl
the great body of the wrights, will strike work. The wrige,o
the employed assume the dictatorial position these sh`Pbeto' 0(
have done, there is an end to the proper relatioesi,obilf r.s
them and their employer. There is not a man on I eioled
whom this notice was given who, if in the (11%; .1;,t4
place, would not stoutly resent such an interferer; 6.0,0
we put it to all the members of the Shipwrights
of tbilt,
how they can justify proceedings which every 01:30, of ,Der
would resist if employers themselves ? The n351-et°,re'
Stephen is a peculiarly hard one, but we believe t'l", trild
employers have received similar intimations, and!eocedil#
fore think it important that publicity should at
given to the system of intimidation which has c°l/1610`1, I'3
If the workmen can justify their proceedings 'c'e
ready to give the same publicity to their defence,„re ie
do to the statement against them. We have be'. 0,10,v
or
report of the proceedings of a meeting held in .1441
the last week of June, for consolidating a " nni; fdiee°,4l'
dom Amalgamated Society of Shipwrights." .'",c.,•°t1.8 16"
this report, fifty one delegates attended from 01; 11'130
of the large shipbuilding ports, and represents e 7 fortef
shipwrights. " The objects of this Union," as se its
the second resolution, " are to afford protection t%tierl, tei
bers, and to introduce into our trade such anielif' Tb"eo
the increasing intelligence of the age demands. lie gei'j bj
port states that after much discussion it wasshoo e
opinion of the Conference that the hours of labenriution eee°
shortened, with which view the following res°Lcenitli oltoe
carried :—" That it is desirable in future "c fast:itti,;(
work at seven A.m., have half-an-hour for brea ths'o of
hour for dinner, and leave work at five P.M.; 3,13„ 01.0 ,"t
left to the discretion of the shipwrights in L"-ate.llfrete."#
England to embrace the first favourable 011311-, 4'5
carrying this measure into effect ; and that tliteee
societies be recommended to support thern..a. beo"
a very sweeping creneral provision for interfe,rsl
the master and 'his men in their agreenleirlica
length of the hours of employment, and t"
the day's labour to eight hours and a half. tlce tl3,3rt
the rules of the Dundee Local Society, we oheebro 1,4( 014,„
journeymen shipwrights employed within fan` o,
Dundee must subscribe fivepence a month to it' rted tbreo
that " in cases where extreme measures are resotbo,,,
employer or foremen is to receive not lessbeer. 5, .0
hours's notice before the members suspend 13 ratioo 0,7 r;
Local Society appear now to have begun °P;,,,0,
other words, they have opened another carni),.l-rdli,,°,o
the conflict is between labour and capital, b"" le Pp"
their eyes to the fact that, often as that bhanttar....,
fought, the loss was always' on the side of 13"-
.Advertiser.

rE
CORONATION OF THE
EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.

THE CROWNING.

alto
nd"WI", September S.—To enable the English reader
lat
erstand the outline which it shall be my endea -
ar to give of the august ceremonial of yesterday,
it
wall be necessary, in the first instance, to sketch slightly.h
.
the different, although con4iguous, localitiesin which
the various
portions of the imperial programme were
:!rried out. Far within the battlemented walls of the
Aretnii
asth n, and surrounded by large public buildings, such
sour e Senate and the Arsenal, is a rather contracted
t, three sides of Which are mainly occupied by the
the
Ilspeuski Sabor, or Church of the Assumption,of
the
Ihnrches of the Archangel :Michael andlin
Palaces.
1,1:11ilooiation, and the old and new Kremlin
which in
itsitnfettrth opens upon an extensive esplana
o ,-;.rat commands the Moskwa river, and beyond. it one
'e finest urban panoramas that can possibly bine
itlasitlect. Were it not that it would be a mistake
central
art to direct the attention from
the
great Point in my picture—the coronation itself—whole
I_,ttsiba Might be written about the innumerable
gilded spires,
inane grotesque
glance' lens that y be taken in from
cupolas, andspoptalaattiaal
this .
;tin scatteredmasa-they are in rich profusion on the
acme
bank of the modest. river that gives its
But
nn7 !o the ancient capital of Russia.
tiorabZiness is with the important events ofthecorpornoas--
-1, and all concerning magnificent.
raptures
The
tPeekt4saMtittosnt be reserved for some future occasion.
Church , as all the world knows, in the
mast Or the Assumption, and aboutta this the reader
et.-stltesa' something before he can follow theelabtooroanter Z '401410r which it was the scene. According
akic't4lielliit'e,fchurches, the interior of the Uspenski abor is
41111 . 'need, scarcely accommodating 500 persons
give
ebuitt
k 14,161taitrett height and deep intersecting arches. . ‘
and . Posing appearance, while the byzantine pictures
Raclin,. . . .
and the 5 With Which its walls are entirely covered,.
anbd"e cog
shrines and monuments which it contains,
heir material
pl -,,ede tbe Mind by the sheer force 14, e-'ollr, and leave one puzzled as to of
fhetthher he ought
to their
ta:Litile ttt their barbaric taste, or reverently bow
saintsawi,:t,ie sYMbolism. Two or three thousand poiwctures of
/41-:ts Mad heroes stud the walls so closely,that no
iee can be detected between their heavily gildedwhich
forma-es) and .
of the dim lantern
, from the centre . .
length tile
tl on his, at
sole means of illumination, a colossal
half-
all: st the Saviour looks down ben: nand y
The
to iieittol sincerely reverent worshippers below.
wholly out of
thp'o° I Ported by four immense pillars,
top krtit°4 to the dimensions of the church,covered from
',hares
" oottorn with the frescoed traditions of the Greek
o tlhraell' aPPed, as it were, in a gilded scroll continuously.
thee"' thevreutnference. Within these fourptiolloakrs stood
sindeestlY estrade upon which the ceremonial
tees the decoration of which all the art taste, avnPedli-avie.ceet-:
ttir _s °ear
tithee, empire had been lavished. Crimson
tsld bro
gems of immense value, gold
Caznadr, silvercon-
hi:al:elle,
,includingi the ancient throne of the ~
sore • swell the magnificence of this small inclo-
Peode'dand, over head hung a. gorgeous canopy, sus-
'Nth bY numerous gold and silver cords from the lofty
hot,--dg' A heavily gilt and massive balustrade sur-
ne was to enter
lot th:l this estrade, within which
toetr itiperor and Empress, the
of h oPolitan of Moscow, and, at one moment, the ladies
Empress-Mother, the
be de4,ar who were to arrange the small crown on the
1vi441: e' the Empress. On one side was a galleryh
coveredeother,
4 :starlet cloth for the diplomatic body; kit:l2l'lr one for the ladies of the great eccleosinasttical dig-
th:',le4 (if the empire ; and at the back of the thronea
k‘itit"' for the have noblesse, and such official notabilitiesthe
kr ~,44„ the Privilege of the entree. With the church
ingeofrti!f steps;grand
iii.ek-.111 Palace communicates, exteriorly, by a
_. and if you add a broad
.platform, extend
IN ;al the base of the point of junction, and making a
and thus
gli, weeP to include the exterior esplanade,..
e the
toroa ' People an opportunity of ‘, assisting " at the
%ler etieta of their sovereign, you will be able to form a
col 1 4111 Y correct idea of the site covered by the ceremdo.:
tik (4
...which I am about to attempt some imperfect e
lion t should add that, for the purposes of the corona-
:Pora's he fourth side of the court had been filled by a tem-
d pierced
Znithrita:Geincifetaysereen, handsomely draped, an
gatewa s through one of
.which the
'tokinat Procession emerged at the termination of the
'to the r'n, and by the other of which it returned en route
At tt,l( rerolin Palace. In this court were the galleries
which
Wns, he elite of the spectators, the admission
to
to
ProrY tickets, the price of which varied according
eveall7sitY front twenty-five to fifty, and for one gallery
Ns One hundred roubles. Six o'clock in the morningby
144;0 early hour to be afoot for people exhaustedhance
of
ltde,;_°tl.4 BPeetacles, but any later hour the c
..1104
*ltch Was exceedingly problematical ; and even then
44°et eetitraliee-gate of the Kramlin was a scene of the
`et ~,,h.ltrae.rdinary confusion, in consequence of a rule
ell e telt
n'ThealY had before heard, refusing admission to
ha scent
.those who came in carriages and pairs.
did' With
.hose
trouble, procured a most unpretend-
ichtli Y' bail a regular pugilistic encounter with the
hot kn alk before I
moment do
got through, and to this
an
ktil iliV Whether I may not be the defendant incione
Ikithil for assault, battery, and forcible entrancree.
crowds
of *ell' the
scene was most exciting. There were
pelotons
144 -dresed Paople, groups of mujiks, Cla v 1,4111, 'nixed up in the most admiredan confusion.
tan etY side drum were beating, colours flying, and
.I„ ritPets b . s - th raying the various notes of command peculiar
lamedle eitesstan service. The whole of the esplanade
t,sTatd with parasols, above which here and there
to erect the banner of some guild whose privilege i
'ettaoeits thus near the grand ceremonial, andi whose
al 4`)dal p a„t and costume reminded me strong
41% the"wv Procession in England. Here anyd therew.ry
little ke Wiry little Cossack, mounted on his equallyk
ea .
iat or"ra, vvounc in and out through the crowd, keep -
tae sent der
13 best he could, and constantly exchangingwith
the th-ees, obviously not taken from Chesterfield,s
ace
CO,opoeetltors vvhona he disturbed. For this outerp taore tkkets had been issued, and if you add 2o,ooowa
it?), Y'oulvvh,einetther evaded or forced or bribed their way
11111 ans h Came pretty near the actual number o
%U. As for
Were spectators of the coronation proces-
:nl Ad:.?" the military of all branches of the service,
elgatenitni'ate_es, I make no attempt to count them, but
'Witted k TerYwhere in close masses, and. must have
the crowde°4lPlete
army de parade. In the inner court.
to have i; was
much les, th price of tickets seeming
but st'll a rather
as coolingeffect on public curiosity,
People
lap there was 4
ber of fashionably dressed
with -ainbetliteeroggaellisee r 10 e 0 ss largean thedinu inumber
flagged centre was filled
kuordse 4 eheVal and
am
pied, Cossacks,
Coofsslaacdkise,s, gentlemen,
Tcherkesses,ite
Platfor ' eegraes, priests and military bands. On t
'Fern:tit:4 714°1 I have' before mentioned, none were
teen, . ‘1) walk but persons in uniform, and here I
othee'4'sed M. William Gladstone, Mr. Banker (an
flaiiitstif the St. Jean D'Acre), and two or three other
1444 died, who, In virtue of their yeomanry', or
*ith the -auiliments had been permitted thus to mingle.
fiere;e Russian na' ilitaires, and to emulate them in
'IN 8 of strut, and brusqueness of soldierly
g ean°ur. At '
Ana seven o'clock a salute of twenty-one
the frool the walls of the Kremlin announced that
the great the
of the day was about to begin, and
uncials
%I 1 threw open that gate of the church by
Neer' Public functionaries and ambassadors were to
th.. 11 The sweepers and dusters had just given
father
terior the last finishing touch, and a reverends
place' :bight be seen hurrying to the corner in which
fori
thed the silver coffin of St. Philip, of which he was
oat
the to be the guardian. Ilia reverence took his seat
..1e steps but every moment had to rise and lift the pon-
oeroa . ,
in
L. 8 silver lid as a smartly dressed official, or fierce
d_ e_4lll general came to bend low before the shrine, or
147:utly kiss the effigy of the departed saint. The holy
" Was most polite and communicative to strangers, but

as he spoke in Russ, while they spoke English, you may
imagine the additions made by the interlocutors to their
respective stores of information. One little incident in this
sacred corner was strongly illustrative of the spirit of toler-
ance which honourably distinguishes the Gt'i
While the Russians only approached the shrine

humble and o'

k church

sequious manner, ba:

turing to touch

t covered steps with their

:emed to

he Princess of Min-