The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

from the water's edge to the rail. She has patent
purnp.s, which work with fly.-',Oie,el farad
with elids

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and two beautiful capstans, luade ellAd
locust, inlaid with brass. Sne has a cylindrical iron
water tank of 4,500 gallons' capacity, the depth of the
ship, secured below the upper deck, abaft the main
mast, and resting upon a massive bed constructed over
and alongside the keelson. The ground tackle, boats,
and other furniture are of the first quality, and every
way worthy of the ship. Aloft, she looms like a ship
of war. Her masts rake alike, namely, 11 inch in the
foot. The distance from the stem to the centre of the
fore mast is 50 feet ; thence to the main, 67 ; thence
to the mizen, 56 ; and thence to the sternpost, 42 feet.
The following are the dimensions of her masts and
yards :—Fore mast, 82 feet ; foretop mast, 46 feet ;
foretopgallant mast, 25 feet ; fore royal mast, 16
feet; fore skysail mast, 13 feet; main mast, 88 feet;
main topmast, 51 feet ; main topgallant mast,
28 feet ; main royal mast, 19 feet ; main
skysail mast, 15 feet; mizen mast, 78 feet; mizen
topmast, 40 feet; mizen topgallant mast, 22 feet;
mizen royal mast 18 feet ; mizen skysail,
11 feet. Fore yard, 72 feet ; fore topsail yard, 57
feet ; fore topgallant yard, 42 feet ; fore royal yard,
32 feet; fore skysail yard, 24i feet ; main yard, 86
feet ; main topsail yard, 68 feet ; main togallant yard,
58 feet; main royal yard, 42 feet; main skysail yard,
32 feet ; cross jack yard, 60 feet ; mizen topsail
yard, 48 feet; mizen topgallant yard, 36 feet;
mizen royal yard, 27 feet; mizen skysail yard, 22
feet. Her spars look majestically. Her taut masts
and square yards, so duly proportioned, ' fill the
eye with admiration.' A first•class frigate, the most
sightly ship of war that floats, is not more imposingly
beautiful aloft than the Staghound. Her sails are of
cotton duck, 22 inches wide in the cloths, and, in-
cluding the studding sails and stay sails, contain
9,500 yards. With a jib topsail, water-sails, middle
royal, and mizen topmast staysails, gaff topsail, and
moonsails, she will spread nearly 11,000 yards. In
the light winds of the tropics and Pacific, such a vast
surface of canvas will send her along at the rate of]
seven or eight knots, when a common freighting ship '
would make little more than steerage way. The sub-
stance of her masts and yards, however, show that she
is sparred for stormy weather as well as light breezes.
Although she is sharp beyond all comparison with
other ships, still her floor is carried forward and aft
almost to the ends, and presents as true a surface to
the water as ever graced the bottom of any vessel of
equal length. That she has a long and buoyant floor
is evident from her launch displacement. When
launched she drew 10i- feet forward and 11 feet 6
inches aft, and this too including 39 inches depth or
keel and shoe, clear of the garboards. Those who
have not seen her on the stocks imagine, from her
sharp appearance on the water, that she must bury
in heavy weather; but this impression is erroneous,
for she is, in fact, very buoyant for her tonnage;
and what is more, we believe that she will be a re-
markebly dry vessel on deck in the worst of weather.
She is, we have already stated, an original, and, to
our eye, is perfect in her proportions. Her model
must be criticised as an original production, and not
as a copy from any class of ships or steamers. We
have examined her carefully, both on the stocks and
afloat, and are free to confess that there is not a single
detail in the hull that we would wish to alter. Mr.
B. M‘Kay, of East Boston, designed, modelled,
dr..ughted, and built her; he also draughted her
spars, and every other scientific detail about her. She
is, therefore, his own production, as much as any ship
can be the production of a single mind, and upon him
alone, as before remarked, rests the respon,ibility 01
har success, always assuming that she will be pro-
perly managed at sea. She was designed for speed,
and it is the opinion of competent judges that the
vessel has yet to be built that will pass her. She ie
owned by Messrs. George B. Upton, and Samson and
Tappan, of this city, and is commanded by Captain
Richardson, a gentleman of sterling worth as a man,
and a sailor of long-tried experience. She will load
for San Francisco, and thence will sail for China.
We invite our mechanics to examine her, for we feel
confident that she will bear inspection as well as any
vessel that ever graced our waters."