The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-07-05 00:00:00

THE PACKET-SHIP WILLIAM BYRNES.

[From the Livcrpoot .Tics of Monday.'
We have frequently drawn the attention of our readers to the
packets which keep up a regular communication between the ports
lof Liverpool and New Volk. There is not a similar mercan-
tile establishment in the world, nor one which has been so
beneficial to the commerce of the two great sea-ports between
which the ream!, trade. The four lines of packets are composed
of first-rate ships, with elegant, we might almost say sumptuous,
accommodations for passengers, and are commanded by men of
great nautical skill and experience. The packets of the second
line, which still on the eighth of every month, have generally been
regarded as inferior to those which compose the other three lines.
The accommodations of some of the four ships are, it must be ad.
mined, not so splendid, though as well calculated to promote the
comfort of the passengers, as those composing the other lines. But
the William Byrnes, one of the ships of the second line, is equal
in splendor as well as in comfort of accommodation to any ship
in the other three lines. This fine ship is now lying in the north
cast corner of the Princes,,prick, and we had the curiosity, the
other day, to inspect her internal accommodations. She has
great breadth of beam, and her cabin is, consequently, un-
commonly spacious and lofty. On each side there are ten bed-
rooms,
fitted up with a studious regard to the comfort of the
temporary inhabitants, and well lighted from above. The
doors ore composed of mahoony and maple-wood, tastefully
disposed and elegantly veneered. Nine mahogany pillars divide
the bed-rooms from each other ; and, from the beauty of their
design and the elegance of their caps, and greatly to the ornament
of the cabin. The mizen-mast is tastefully ornamented and gilt.
The sideboard is really a beautiful piece of cabinet-work, anti has
been pronounced, by competent judges, as elegant in design and as
tasteful in execut.rn as any similar piece of furniture they ever bp,
held in the most sumptuous apartment on land. The arch which
springs front it towards the top of the cabin produces a fine effect,
All the mahogany work is brilliantly polished. The ladies' cabin
adjoins the main cabin. It contains four sleeping rooms, and its
ornaments are similar to those in the principal cabin. It is fur.
nished with mirrors. couches, &c. and is an elegant, and what is
more, a comfortable apartment. We have no hesitation in pro-
nouncing the accommodations of the William Byrnes equal in ex-
tent, in splendor, and in comfort, to those of any of the most cele.
brated ships composing the other three lines. Her round-house is
very spacious, and must, when the ship is at sea, be a delightful
spot for enjoying the breeze, without being annoyed by the incle-
mency M the weather. This packet ship is upwards of WO tons
bur then, most substantially built, and coppered and copper-fastenetl.
She is commanded by Captain Ilackstaff, a skilful anti experienced
seaman, and is celebrated for her uncommonly quick passages.
The William Byrnes is worthy of a visit from all who delight to
see the perfection to which naval architecture has been brought in
our day, and the elegance with which it is possible for human in-
genuity to decorate the cabin of a merchant mad.

Died, yestertloy morning, at 3 o'clock, at an advanced
age, at his house in Strsttou-street, Piccadilly, the Earl of
Chichester, Post-Master-General, and brother to the
Duchess of Leeds.