Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-07 00:00:00

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parture from Balmoral. The youno• members of the
royal family take their tone from their august parents,
and the young Princesses are in the habit of visiting, OR
the most condescending and familiar terms those fami-
lies of superior station on the property where there are
daughters about their own age. The most lively and
grateful recollection is cherished by all the inhabitants
of the district of the amiability and affability of the
Princess Royal, who is' .a universal favourite among all
the juveniles in the vicinity of the Castle.—Court
Journal.

GALLANT CONDUCT.—At daybreak on Thursday
morning the Coastguard look-out man at Tenby observed
a dismasted vessel anchored, about two or three miles to
the eastward of that place, and evidently in great dis-
tress. It was blowing at the time a most furious gale,
and the Sea, white with foam, was making a complete
breach over the vessel, upon whose deck some men
could be discerned. The Hon. R. F. Boyle, Lieut.
R.N., who is in command of the Coastguard at Tenby,
directed the lifeboat to be immediately launched, and,
with the life-boat's crew (consisting -of four coastguard-
men and._ some fishermen of Tenby), proceeded in the
height of the storm to the vessel's relief, and happily
succeeded in extricating the crew (two men and a boy)
from their perilous situation. They were in a most
exhausted state, the vessel being nearly full of water.
It being found impracticable to return to Tenby, they
pulled in for &underfoot (a small harbour distant about
four miles), where the rescued seamen were safely landed.

Tits PAKINGTON TESTIMONIAL.—The dinner at
which the presentation of the ,county testimonial to Sir
John Pakington is to take place has been fixed for
the 21st of December next. The testimonial consists
of a shield, composed of solid silver, forty inches
diameter, gilt and oxydised, and is divided into
four grand divisions, under the heads Justice, Ma-
rine, Colonies, and Education. Justice is represented
by Judge Gascoigite rebuking Prince Henry ; Marine
by the death of Nelson; the Colonies by the landing of
Captain Cook on the shores of New Holland; and Edu-
cation by the presentation of the first printed, book to
Edward IV., by Earl Rivers and Caxton. These divi-
sions terminate in heads or port Lits of eminent men,
namely, under Justice, those of Sir •Thomas Lyttelton,
Lord Keeper Coventry, and Lord. Somerg ; under
King Alfred, Blake, and Nelson ; under Colonies,
Franklin, Cook, and Drake ; under Education,, King
Henry VI., Cardinal Wolsey, and Sir Thomas Bodley.

BURDENS ON THE SHIPPING INTEREST.-Mr. Chap-
man, M.P., in addressing his constituents at Whitby
last week, dwelt at some length on the peculiar burdens
affecting the shipping interest. He said that, burdened
as the shipping. of the country is by many dues, by the
stamps on marine insurance and other annoying imposts,
and by consular interference, it cannot compete with the
foreign. There is one great burden, he added, which sits
upon the British shipowner like an incubus, and that is
the Mercantile Marine Act. I believe that in franiing
that act the right hon. gentlemen the present Secre-
tary for Ireland was influenced by an earnest desire
to do what he considered right ; but to me it has ever
seemed that it was framed on the preconceived notion
that every shipowner was a rogue, and every ship-
master the reverse of a man of common humanity.
As regards the shipowner, look at the clause respecting
collisions. By that ause an owner of a ship is
liable for the loss of life or personal injury, or for
loss or damage to any other ship or goods, arising
from the improper navigation of his ship, to an extent
of not less than £l5 per register toil ; so that the
owner of a timber ship of 500 tons, which perhaps
may not be worth more than £6 per ton, of £3,000,
may be called upon to pay damages to the extent of
£9,000, for an act over which he himself had not the
slightest control. By the vexatious and restrictive
clauses of other portions of the act, the greater part
of the emigration is carried on in foreign bottoms,
the British shipowner being unwilling to incur the
responsibilities attaching to him ' under the Passen-
gers' Act, from which the foreigner is exempt. I
will allude to but one more grievance, and that is
the arbitrary, power assumed by the Board of Trade.
Masters and mates are obliged to undergo a strict

examination before they can obtain a
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THE GREAT EASTERN'S ARRIVAL. AT

SOUTHAMPTON.

SOUTHAMPTON, Friday

The Great Eastern was safely moored in this Water
before noon to-day. This event, of so much importance
to the port of Southampton, ' has been accomplished
under the most auspicious circunistances, and has given
great satisfaction to the directors Of the company, the
captain and officers of the ship, and those gentlemen of
the port who have been zealously engaged in the under-

taking

The great ship left Holyhead at 12.30 on Wednes-
day, and Came down channel under easy steam, keeping
in sight of the Welsh coast. There was a hard Wind
blowing S.S.W., with a boisterous sea and a heavy
ground- swell, in consequence of which, during the
whole of the right, and up. to noon the next day, the
skip rolled heavily, it is supposed with an angle of
about 7 degrees on either side. The squaresails were
shaken out, with the intention of steadying her, but
they were of no avail, and were therefore again reefed.
The fore And aft canvass was set from the time the ship
left Holyhead till 'her arrival at the back of the Isle of
Wight. This was an excellent trial for the ship, and she
behaved admirably throughout the passage, not a single
rope having given way. She did not put out her power
until reaching the Lizard, about noon yesterday, when
beth her engines were at work, and she was under fore
and aft canvas. From the Lizard to Portland Bill she

averaged a speed of 131 knots per hour; whilst in a
two hours' run between Eddystone and the Start, the
speed attained was nearly 16 knots per hour, as tested
by several logs. She arrived off. St. Katherine's at
eleven o'clock last night, but the weather, which had
previously been very clear, then set in thick and hazy,
so that it was considered advisable to keep her off
the land. She accordingly steamed slowly out to the
westward, and kept off and on during the night, and at
seven o'clock this morning St. Katherine's was again
sighted. She was then hove-to for a short time, and as
the weather was still thick it was deemed advisable to
go round the island to the eastward, instead of passing
through the Needles passage. This was accordingly done,
and at half-past nine the vessel was duly reported here
from Portsmouth, as being in sight. This was the first
intimation of her whereabouts that had reached South-
ampton since last evening, when it was stated that she
passed Plymouth at 4.30.

- All was now bustle and excitement. The wind was
blowing strong from the S.S.E., the rain poured down
in torrents, and objects could scarcely be -discerned at the
distance of rn
four or five miles. Yachts and steam-boats
with visitors on board hurried down to the spot where the
moorings were placed; on land, fla 's were hoisted on the
principal buildings ; the church bells were rung, and a
salute was fired from the Platform Battery. The steam-
tug Phoenix was specially engaged for the conveyance
of Mr. Campbell (chairman of the directors), Mr. J.
R. Stebbing (president of the Chamber of Commerce),
and Mr. Hedger (dock master), whose duty it was to
superintend the mooring of the ship. Just before the
tug reach the spot where the moorings were placed the
Great Eastern hove in, sight, coming round to the west-
ward of the Brambles. Owing to the hazy state of the
weather the ship when first observed presented a very
remarkable appearance, and loomed very large ; and as
she presented her broadside to view over a point of land
she had the appearance of a whole fleet of slips cruising
in company_
_ _

Onw-ard-she came at a good speed, her strew engines
only working, until she was off Calshott Castle, when
all eyes were turned towards her, to see how she would
act whilst rounding the Spit, it-being a very sharp turn.
Her paddle engines were then reversed and her helm put
hard down : with abeautiful sweep, 'answering her helm as
quickly as a boat of 100 tons, she-came round

L, and was

in an instant "stem on" in a line with her moorings.
Her paddle engines were again stopped, and ber screw
was worked at a diminished rate of speed until within
about two hundred yards distant from the moorings,
when, finding she had too much way on her, the paddles
were again reversed, and in a .short time the_ ship's bow
was stationary over the swivel to which she was to ride.

Everything was in readiness to moor the great ship,
but some anxiety was felt in case an accident might
occur, owing to the great weight of the materials used.
A dockyard lighter," or " lump," was on the spot, and
the bridle chairs, which had been previously picked up,
hung over its bows. There were about twenty men in
the lighter, who were under the control of Mr. Hedger,
whose activity and promptitude during the whole of
!. A hawser was
made fast to the

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a this position she immediately swung
round to the side, and before the moorings could be
completed she lay right across the stream. The prin-
cipal work now to be done was to haul the ship's
mooring chain through- the hawse-holes and shackle
them on to the bridle chains. The ship's mooring
chains were ' not passed through the port and star-
board hawse-holes, but directly through the stern of
the ship—one hole being about a yard and a half
below the other. Several steamers -were now around
the ship, as Well as her Majesty's gunboat which
is in attendance upon the _ frigate Dauntless, and

as soon as the lower mooring V chain was shackled,
which process occupied nearly half an hour, three hearty
cheers were given by the visitors, which were imme-
diately returned by the crew. The same process was
repeated with the second mooring chain, and thus,
without the assistance of a single hand from the ship,
the ardusus task was completed, and the great ship
rode lightly, to her moorings, dwarfing every object by
her immense size, and calling forth the admiration of all
liy the'symmetry of her proportions.
Mr. Campbell, accompanied by Mr. J. R. Stebbing
and Mr. Hedger, then went on board the ship, and
congratulated the captain arid the directors, receiving a
similar compliment from them in return.
Soon after the ship was moored the steamer Avon,
with the homeward Brazil and River Plate mails, hove

in sight, the ship at the time swinging.across the stream ;
and although j.t was quite low water, and there was a
distance of upwards of 1,200 het from the vessel's bow
to the five fathom line, the. Avon was steered about 150
yards from the ship, at her stern, although drawing
upwards of 20 feet of water; thus proving that the
position of the great ship goes not in any way impede
the navigation of the river. The steamer Indus, with
the outward East India mails; also passed the ship
whilst she was across the tide.
The number of men now on board the Great Eastern
is 373, her full complement being 450, but whilst the
vessel remains at Southampton the number of hani.s on
board will be reduced to 100.

SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Night

The arrival of the Great Eastern at Southampton has
already caused immense excitement, and the water has
been crowded to-day with boats conveying visitors on
board and around the huge vessel. At twelve o'clock
to-day the mayor, accompanied by the sheriff and alder-
men of the borough, in their robes of office, and Mr.
Stebbing, President of the Chamber of Commerce, went
on board to pay their congratulations to the chairman
of the company and to Captain Harrison. The muni-
cipal body was received by Mr. Roy. Campbell and Mr.
Bold (the managing directors), Captain Harrison, Mr.
Brereton, Mr. Jacom (the company's engineer), Mr.
Trotman, and the officers of the ship.
The deputation was, conducted to the grand saloon
where the mayor introduced his friends, and after a brief
conversation the town clerk presented, in the name of
the corporation, the following address :

To Robert James Roy: Campbell, •Esq., Chairman, and the
Board of Directors of tae Great Eastern Steamship Company.
SIR AND Gxxri.EmEN the Mayor, aldermen, 'and
burgesses of '
the ancient borough of Southampton, avail our-
selves of the earliest opportunity afforded by .the arrival of
the Great Eastern steamship within our waters, under the
judicious guidance of her able and skilful 'commander, Captain
Harrison, to give you a hearty welcome to the town and port
of Southampton, and to express the great satisfaction with
which.we View the occurrence of an event so important in our
local history.

It is to us and the municipality a source of pride and grati-
fication that you haye, in the, exercise of your clear and de-
liberate judgment, selected this port for the purpose of com-
pleting such arrangements as you may consider necessary for
sending your noble vessel on her first and, as we trust, pros-

perous voyage

Addressing as we do, the chairman of the company, who
has taken so great an interest in the' vast enterprise, and been
connected with the undertaking from its commencement, we
will appreciate the advantages of this port, and the profitable
extension which all shipping interest adopting it have acquired,
and which cannot but be considered as a favourable augury
for the " Great Eastern."
In offering this expression of our feelings and gratification
r
on this
mostinteresting occasion, we • have only to repeat
of our
cordialfwelcome to Southampton, and the expression.
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rdit Campbell,fi.ftY-nin' the chairman of the colnpan
delivered the following reply : •

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NOVEMBER 7, 18 9.

and enlightened community you represent, and place myself
and my colleagues under no ordinary obligation to you.
When I look at the rapid• strides in commercial and material
progress which your ancient borough exhibits; when I see'
the finest steam fieetsin Europe leave your wat rs, and return
to them laden with the most valuable products of the world,
there can be no doubt that one of the chief requirements of a
port is supplied in Southampton; and as it is the combination
in one place of the greatest amount of facility and adaptation
to our rather novel vessel which will carry success to our
enterprise and the port we adopt, I need not assure you that
it will be a source of regret to us, considering the persevering

pie, if, in all respects, you

guys_ to