Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-30 00:00:00

[le general scope' or

detai

Ls of the contract,

t-class passenger ship, such as those of Canard's
line or the Royal West India Mail Company, and that in

heipresent state it would 1

arrive at

le completion of the ship in all respects in
lccordance with the contract. The amount must be very

pe imprudent to send ha to

lefinite opinion as to the cost of the works

necessary

We are unaVe to state the amount of damages
aer to sea. We may

consequent on tile aelay in sending,
remark generally, that, with the exception of a few cabins,
the accommodations are by no means equal to the
requirements of a first-class passenger steamer, such ah
Curiard's line or the Royal West India Mail steamers, but
are very inferior—materials, workmanship, and furniture.
The aceonaniOdatiOn for the officers and crew is by no
means such as ought to have been provided and is re-
quired by the contract. The decks are not tight, and a
great deal' of inferior material and workmanship has
been used in. them. There is no heating apparatus for
warming the cabins in winter. There is a considerable
amount of Fork which is absolutely necessary to be
performed before the ship can be trusted on a lengthened
voyage across the Atlantic, which work would require 'a
considerable time to execute in an efficient manner. ;
and, even with this done, the ship would not be whit
the contract requires her to be ; and deficiencies in other
respects would be a constant source of expense and
annoyance to the company.—We are, gentlemen, your
obedient servants, " GEORGE BAYLEY,
" WILLIAM PATTERSON,

- _ tt jORN JORDAN.
" Messrs. Montague, Leverson, and Hawley,

12, St. Helen's-iilaCe, London, E.C."

',GENERAL REMARKS
,ON THE STEAMSHIP GREAT

EASTERN

DECK, BEANS, AND PILLARING

" The decks are of very inferior quality, and some of
the planks are shaky and. defective, not well fastened
nor of sufficient thickness for a ship of her magnitude.
The openings in the decks are generally without suffi-
cient combings, and hatches and skylights are without
gratings. The beams are of great length, and in many
parts wide spaced, and evidently not sufficiently' supported
by pillars and carlings, nor connected throughout with
each other and the hull of the ship. Additional strength
is required in the large cargo compartments forward
° and aft.

44 DECK FITTINGS

" Mooring bollards, leading chocks and blocks, pin-
racks, belaying pins, topsail bitts, ring and eye bolts, are
generally insufficient in number, size, and fastenings.
Mooring bollards and leading chocks are required on
the sponsons. The stays to the sponsons require ad-
ditional stays, about the middle of their length, to keep
them stiff and in their place. Ports are required for
stowing anchors. Ports for guns, properly fitted with
ring and eye bolts for working the guns. Coaling and
cargo ports, with proper fastenings ; present ones being
insufficient and not secure. The side lights all require
refitting with indiarubber. and a." 1;a". n'`'l A"'""

pipes Matte good to carry _water clear of the side, and
proper scuppers throughout the ship to carry off the
water from all the decks. The water-closet stools out-
side
care insecure and dangerous. The iron decks
throughout, where the crew live, Should be covered with
three-inch deal, and the sides lined with wood next all
the bed places throughout the ship. The arrangements
for taking the water from the several compartments, and
the space between:the two skins to be so completed,
that any one compartment can be cleared exclusive of
others by the engines or by hand, if necessary, and all
the valves and cocks to be so placed and fitted, as to be
opened and shut from the decks. The joiners' work,
materials, furniture, and fittings, are generally of an
inferior description, and very slight
first-class character

.
not at all of a

" CAPSTAN AND ANCHOR WRAP

a very slight for its extreme

The shafting to fore caps.
length, and the levers and shafts of the connec
disconnecting gear of the capstan are already bent
have given way through insufficiency. The riding bo
and deck stoppers are generally fitted upon small and i
sufficient and inferior timber; there are no hawse buck-
lers nor hawse plugs to any of the hawse holes forward
or aft. The chain lockers require additional security.
The steering gear is insufficient, and no spare tiller (of
wood). Small rudder pendants must be fitted. There is
no steam power for steering, as required in the contract,

nor cargo winches

tchwaTs,

is no steam

power for coaling purposes

The screw ',shaft

quite exposed, and when the hold is filled with cargo
or stores wiltbe quite inaccessible. A sub'stantial pro-
tection should be made, so as to prevent danger when in
motion. The five funnels require particular attention
to have a sufficient " clearance" at the decks and wood-
work, to obviate the danger from fire to which they are
liable. The waste steam and other pipes are not secured
so as to be safe at sea. The funnels are only stayed to
the combings, and are insecure and dangerous. There

are no arrangements for sufficient ventilation and warm-

ing throughout the ship. These remarks are to be

taken in connection with our report of this day's date,
addressed to Messrs. Montague, Leverson, and Hawley.

" GEORGE BAYLEY
WM.' PATTERSON
JOHN JORDAN.

"Holyhead, October 18."

DEATH OF HENRY SMITH BRIGHT.—,OII Saturday-
morning last Henry Smith Bright, formerly an exten-
sive merchant 'of this place, and who was convicted of
forgery in 1858, was found dead in his bed at Penton-
via Prison, where he was latterly serving his term of
imprisonment.--Ifull Adimrtiser.
A 4,000-TON SHIP ABOVE BRIDGE.—The unusual
appearanoe of a hull of huge dimensions moored.off the
Middlesex foot of Vauxhall-bridge has for some months
past excited the curiosity of, the passers by, leading
in some cases to the extravagant supposition that a
ship of some thousands of tons is being built'so high
up the river. The fact, however, that she lies .off
the Baltic ship-breaking wharf at once explains her
position. The Orinoco, one of 'the fleet' of the Royal'
Mail Steam-packet Company, after a' brief career, has
fallen a prey to the dry rot, and has been purchased
by Mr. Castle, ship-breaker, for a sum exceeding
£5,000. This, the largest ship that has been broken up in
London, was built at Northfleet for the royal mail
service ; her tonnage was 3;090 register, and about
4,500 burtlien, and her .dimensions 66 feet in length
by .44 in breadth. As might be imagined, it was a
,t.ask
twobl arches
of no inconsiderable difficulty to bring her to her
final destination. The .first obstacle to be_
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of these .t Westminster, where, from
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the wood at the stro

NOVEMBER 30, 1859.

NAVAL ARagiiNAt AND DOCKYARDS