Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-05 00:00:00

UNITED STE3II TUG COMPANY OF LIVERPOOL

LAUNCH QF A NEW srumss AT PRESTON.

On Saturday we were present at the launee of a boentifal
new steamer. built at;-the yard of Messrs. A. Ogle and Co.,
Preston, for the &bey° company; -and- a -handsomer vessel
of her class we have no• before seen. She is called the
Brother Jonathan, and is Sister ship to the United Steteee.
also belonging to the alms company. Tao Brother
Jonathan is an iron paddle-wheel Steamer, and built aft r
the most approved principlee'of modem nev.id archittieture,
and Messrs. Og!c, the builders, have bestowed great
attention on her eenetrnetion. Her lines are ve y fine,
and her fasteningsetrays, &e., ate of the best atul strongest
descriptew: Hither f xpense nor science has been spared
in the feliication of this handsome boat, and her " turn-
out" doee-eqnel credit to her owners are" builders. The
growing wants of the port require such fine tug vessels—
vessels fit for any wet k and any weather, the uses of which
are now fully appreciated by moments and shipewnerS,
for such boats are cAleelated and capable cf rendering in-
va'utb e services to large merchantmen in bad weather, or
when driven on a lee shore. There are other fine boats
building for this company, and, no doubt, the fleet will be
creditab'e to the port
The Brother Jonathan is 150 feet long,. 21 feet beam,
and 12 feet G ilehee in depth. and is an attractive and
'sightly c...-sfc as need be looked on. Her tonnage is over
400, and witl draw on a light drau2ht of water. Her
engines are a nalr of condeneers on the side lever principle,
and are of. 250 horse power collectively, but, as is well
known, capable' of working much hig`ter. . The engines
were made by the builders or the brat, and. the
work is both respects has obtained considerable
note amongst shipowners. The boat was nettly dressed
with bunting for her debut.—if the term may be used—
into her home—the ocean. There was, although the
weather was rather uefevourable, a goodly number of
our Preston friends Present; amongst whom was the
Mayor and other respectable persons. The following
gentlemen from Liverpool. who are in crested in the com-
pany, were alm preseat : - Captain Newton, Cap.ain J.
C. Stouffer, of the Anta-ctic, (wh' saved the lives of about
300 soldiers from the San Francisco, ab tut three years
ago, and brought them Pafely into liverpoo)), Mr. John
De Coos. Mr. elticitee Mr. Jones. Mr. Winseinley, Mr
Corkhill, Mr. Greene, Mr Anderson, Mr Potter, and
°there. Shortly before twelve o'clock, all preliminaries
being complete,' the "deg ere""'. were struck, and away'
went ffrother Janeth4,`, amid the applause of hundreis
who were asscpablee to witness the interesting e ent
In- Vie absence of the lady who was to perform the
' chcis ening„" Captain S C. Stouff„r, of the ship
Antarctic,' perfOrrned the duty, and'as the' vessel glided
into the water, he da'hed'a bottle,of wine at her bow, awl
an I shouted cut " Success to Brother Jonathan," -which
was caught up by the crowd and reiterated vbc7ferously
and energetically for several minutes. The launch was in
the bast style,.an'l every.hieg went cif with satisfs.ction
After seeing the vessel safely moored, the builders enter •
tained a large and re-pee:able company at a splendid
DINNER,

which was given in one of the large raoms belonging
to the. yard. The viands and wines (including chain-
p inne) were of the hest' description. The Mayor of
Preston presided on the ocraiian. When the cloth Tsai
drawn, the Chairman give the usual byal_toasts, which,
having been duly honoured,
Mr. PARlteli rose and said, he had been requested
to propose a t-ast. They had just witnessed the
launch of a splendid vessel, and that launch. was interesting
not only •to thorn . who ..were the more immedi-
ately concerned iu it, but •to the' town of Pres-
ton also. Every one concerned in the affa'r felt
a deep • interest in it, and he conld not but admire the
enterprise and energy shown by all ; End he trusted that
all their hopes were fully,realised that day by the success-
ful launch of a truly splendid ship. (Cheer.) the not
Only looked well oh the stocks, hit she Vioked better in
the water. Krept her head well up, itnd bar Stein down,
as all well built. Ships might to do. (Hear. hear.) He'
thought it a source of-congratulation to find that. their
friends atd neighbours in Liverpool 'were con=cious that
vessels could be built in Preston rs good and as cheap as
any place in England. and thus it wit; that the shipowners
sent their orders there—(hen", hear) —and from what the
spirited owners of the, ves=el saw that day, he trusted it
would not be the last order that the Messrs. Ogle would
complete for tt4em and others. (Cheev.) The United
Swim Tug Company of Liverpool knew the, want of such
vessels as they.hil that day seen launched they saw the
great vessels sailing t ut. of that port; they knew the
dang.irs that beset such ships in the channel ; and they
had now praficed a steam lug that was fully able to con-
tend with such dartger.o. (Rear; bear). He was very glad
to. find that the Company •had soother fi e boat building at
New;:is le. (Hear, hear) He did no': know what the
name of that boat was to be— •

Cttptain Ntwros ‘• Ttie United Kingdom."
Mr. PAnt:%lt e-,ntinu,:d to lay that he wished the United
King.Lm every success, blt,- at the same time, he
trnstBrl that Brother Jmethan would not b 3 left
behind. TO the gintlemen who b,ought. the wok to
Preston much thatltS were duo, aid he ha! no doubt the
work would give every sati4fteti,..n ife wished the ship
every success, and he would prr.p3e"''Peos,.erity to the,
enterprising Comp ey, that built her"— (hear, hear) —and
in giving tiny., an 1 success to "Brother Jonathan," it
mutt be reatembarel, he st'd, that a good ship req'iired a
gaol ca twin. and she had cue in Captain Newton, who
had exhibited such abilities in eupsintending the building

Of the ves.el (Frei-, heir.) no wln'd, iherefore. giv;
""Prue Gerrity to the United S:earn Tug Clotnpany, Fitness to
BrAter Jouithan, and with the toad: couple the name of
CAp‘ain Newton." The oast was duly honoured.
Captaht wrol, in retur.,irg thsoilt,,, said he lacked
words to r4un due thaAcq, f.r he felt in a novel position.
Although hi eoild not return thiuks as he' could eeitre,

yett,!he thrught he 'e.inld talk N. li.tte abont steam tugs
(henr, hea-)'-- and as he klew sornathi..g that way, he ti,cl
no hesitation in say eg ,t the b sat just launched was all
that could be i:vslied fr. (Cheere.)• Pile was creditable
to the c. mpsny that owned her, and would d ► credit to her
btfliers and P,re,ten. (Rear, hear) He was two
ttp-
two ;sears cinnected with steam tugs, and that gave him
some expo •icac aid a finer boat, in all respeate, than the
Brother Jonathan, he had not seen. (dhee-s ) He had
seer bate built in London, on the Tyne, and Clyde, atcl
he had note' seen one built on the Ribble, and he could say
that Preston beatthem ell: (Cheers.) He sp',,ke as a
practical Wiiii—heha I seen the engines that were; to be
put into the 1) at, and he &till.' as WO -them, as he so tke
teem experience, in no bcar, built on the Thames or Clyde
had he. ever seen F uch' vvrk—Preitort beat them all.
There were a go-d many vls;e's built on the lyde—e g•eat,
&pl hal heen &Aid •el) )it, them —they ware, nn doubt, very.
shiny, and all that, bit they hart very little •wo- k in
them. (Cheers.) There was extraordinary care and
labour I):istowed on this boa', ; and her flee finish, com-
bined with heC —the huperior workurtnshio and
power of her engines--fefial the Th Itnee, or the Tyne, or
Clyde, to procure anything to e(iltt her. (Cheers.) He,
therefore, gave the palm raid creak to Preston for the
work produced on the Ribble, and hi trusted that"the
town would hold that e-a-acter heticefor.h. (Hear, hear.)
Ele beawd to thaLic the as:etnYy fir the honour conferred
on• him, and w nl,l ask them t): j )in him in drinithtg;the
"Health of the.seGr..lly•Keyor of Preston," who presided
on the intereiting occa4ion.
Tize toskt was very warmly receivetl..
The Mavoit
,then rose to thank the assembly, and
referred to a launch fern the
.0 ape yard a short time
since He said it ;eve him great satistection to be reitent
at the inter:s..ing pr)credeigs cf the day, as it afferded
an'oppor unity of hattri:z to much praciral observa-
tions as to the ce ahilitles cf Preston fi.om gentlemen who
were acluainte.l Netti the Ih the Clyde, awl the
Tyne ((leer; hear.) They, no doubt, had heard of 'the
River-Ribble schema; he was a shareholder 'in it: but he

w 3,1 8017 j t.a my it wi-t not a very prosperous 6neera ;
,hut
heard so trineh from pr.eical tnen of what wird
be &me, and of wh-o, was already date, at Preston, he
honed tt.e tone was. not far diecint when the Ribqe

Ccrndauy %toad he ensbled to pay a god dividend to the
shareholders (Wear, hear.) 'I here were capabilities
about Preston th:..t, 1 u fo v other towns in Lancashire
enjoy ; 'and when he funtid that vessels built there gave
so mull sati,ficti)n to competent judges, there was
every reason to hope that, as they con d procure
mon•sy, ' they • ha'l the pinrk to contend wilt the
Thames and the Clyde. (Cheers ) He reg-etted that there
were not a few more•sliii. s on the stocks at Preston, but
. owners would soon discover the work done there, and
would give them orders arc)rdingly If fifteen hundred
,w two tbotnand a w-tek were laid out in wages on ship-
oat present-if they hal ten times the number of
t
which they • were csptble or. doing -of
ltiti;lediri tg o uid
A 1,,, a 4%4 limes the amouut.w,ould be expended in weekly
;,, the logo and every one would feed the advantage
wages" (Cheers.) Increased work would increase
of ta".-t°":.i'atorez,rs ►Og!e, and the 'would also keep up
th:' energy. 0.• (Tear, hear.) They bad heard cf,
the steam in addict.. •icrt. Ribble - they were told what
the capabilities t-tf. the • - VN34 all, and tio:link, of course,
ought to Lo dons., tut era, •Ar. beard that day from a
was done. They had. howev ‘4O, what' could be. and
an icol man, like Captain New. trustedlhat
what 7as accotnplitted. (Hear, he' . j tPreston, in the
;,ter I hat day it wonld be impcmible stand still
" ,hat Messrs
ma: oh of pr. ace es" dratweays
h;d all seen a. makors,
any longer. (Cheers.) doing
Ogle had done in irin shipbuilding, an l as errneeot
and, ha wonld ask,-.what were they not t eagf enure
in th.at. way ? As the
afforded him pleasure to be present on' sneh
when the
no exestion on his part 'should he wanting'
and
the
chief maketra
occasions,l r es Preston,
n :
interests and prosperity of the inhabitentei