The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-06 00:00:00

THE COURT

°smarm AUGUST 4 —The Q'ieen and Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and
Princess Helena, attended divine service at Osborne, yester-
day morning, which was performed by the Rev. G. Prothero.
The Duchess of Kent also attended the service.

Ti GOVEII/414ENT OF JAMAICA..—We understand that
the Governorship of Jamaica has been offend to Mr. Darl-
ing, who is now Governor of Newfoundland. Mr. Darling

was formerly Colonial Secretary in Jamaica,

CHU It CH P REFERMENT. —Lord Palmerston has presented
the Rev. Gilbert Frankland Lewis, M.A., a near relative of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the canonry residenti-
ary in Worcester Cathedral, rendered vacant by the death
of the Hon. and Rev. T. Somers Cocks, M.A. The rev.
gentleman is already a prebendary of Hereford Cathedral, a
rural dean, rector of Gladestry, Radnorshire, and rector of
Monnington on the Wye, near Hereford.

MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—Viscount Palmerston left
town yesterday, accompanied by Viscountess Palmerston, to
pass a few weeks at her ladysnip's seat, Bracket Hall,
Herts. The Marquis of Lansdowne has left Lansdowne
House for his lordship's villa at Ricbmoud. The girl of
Harrowby, accompanied by the Countess and family, have
left town. for Sandon Hall, Staffordshire. The Earl of
Clarendon, with the Countess, returned to town yesterday,
from visiting Mr. G. G. Harcourt, M.P., and Frances
Countess Waldegrave, at Nuneham. Park, Oxfordshire'
The noble Earl subsequently left town for Osborne, on a
visit to her 'Majesty. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood,
with the Lords of the Admiraly, in the Admiralty steam
-yacht, are at Qaeenstown, on an official, visit of inspec-
tion. Lady Mary Wood- and the Right Hon."Sir.George
Grey and Lady Grey, are with Sir Charles, and purpose
a visit to the Lakes of Killarney prior to leaving Ireland•
The Duke of Argyll is still on the Continent. • The Right
Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theresa
Lewis and family leave town, it is expected, to-day, for
Harpton Court, Herefordshire. The Right Hon. Henry
Labouchere, M.P., and Lady Mary Labouchere are passing
the summer at Stoke Park, near Windsor. The Lord
Chancellor and Lady Cranworth left town at the ctoso of the
past, week for the noble and learned lord's seat at Kent.

THE LARGEST STEAMER Esi THE WORLD.—The American

steamer Vanderbilt, the largest steamer in the world, has
had a trial trip at New York. Her paddle wheels made 16
revolutions a minute, and it was considered that 18 revo-
lutions could be got out of her. Twelve of her revolutions
were equivalent to 14 knots an hour, and with 13 miles an
hour only she could cross the Atlantic in ten days. Her
length is 335 feet. breadth of beam 46 feet, depth of hold
321 feet. She is 5,000 tons burden . She will draw 20 feet
when loaded. She will carry 1,000 tons of freight, 1,500
tons of coal, and 800 tons of wafer. Her crew consists of
150 persons. Amongst them for the engine department
will be four engineers, eighteen coal heavers, twenty-four
firemen, and three water tenders. Her stewards department
will consist of one steward, eight cooks, twenty-four waiters,
and three porters. She has five decks and sixteen water-
tight compartments. Her engines consist of two overhead
beim engines with a power of 6,000 horse. The boilers
arstubnlar, each thirty feet long, and weighing sixty tons.
The cylinders are ninety inches in diameter and twelve feet
stroke, Tha wheels are forty-one feet in diameter, and the
boiler surface is 20,000 superficial feet. She has thirty-two
furtaces. Her, tioora-Ara„faAtened.through her keel with
. copper bolts, the bolts_ weigh fifty tons. She is iron strapped
throughout with 350 diagonal straps, weighing in the
aggregate ninety-six tons. She has been built by day
work and not by contract, and her clod will be nearly
1,000,000 dollars.
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