The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-20 00:00:00

TROMAS SILVER'S MODEL STEAMIER•

We see by the American Artisan that Mr. Thomas
Silver, who lately proceeded from London to New
York, is directing the attention of his countryaleei;
to his model of an improved steamer. Mr. soy
contends that the present system of shipsconstrctu
steamers makes rolling and uncomfortable n
He holds that the buoyancy of vessels increases la
greater ratio than length, which prevents pite,lljl3,gz+
while width confines the rolling to a mininulitie,'
and both give facilities for high speed with btu,
diminution, as a vessel combining great length a htt
breadth is not considerably affected by the we'4
re
carried. The present system is to build po
the
and deep steamers to obtain deep
screw, with Europeans the favourite
method
of lurvid
This construction Mr. Silver's Pia w° 75
wholly change, building vessels 590 feet long,
wide, and 30 deep, of 7,168 tons gross C ust°lnto
house measurement. These vessels he proP°scsowo
propel by two paddle-wheels, and twin seffor
sea resistance to,
driven by engines with centre shafts arrangeti
disconnection. One of the engines, Mr. Silver .chi
culates, can drive one of these vessels six or elc'no
n
miles an hour, while the whole power in inotiv
will give 20 knots, which kept up for sevtic.
days will carry the steamer across the Oar' ts.
The new steamer will be unencumbered with was
If one means of propulsion breaks down, the other
remains ; if one engine becomes damaged the Pali
sage of the vessel will be but slightly retarded ;the
the rudder is injured, she can be steered bYt, of
screws. The difficulty of manoeuvring Yesse`" er
such immense length will be obviated by the Ples
thus given. The carrying capacity will be besl
fuel3,ooo tons cargo and 2,500 passengers. TheilliZi;
nitude of the vessel will afford the accomulou3,,./‘
which will enable the owners to supply food a la c:bo
as in hotels and restaurants ; thus passengers ''ce
wish to economise need not pay for the extravagsll.s,
of others, while the number of passengers such Itte.
sels can carry will lead to a reduction of the ra.„
The Transatlantic Express and Passenger cvewri
pany was formed about two years ago in Noir
to construct a line of such steamers, but the eoc'e,
mous cost of shipbuilding in the United States kirnt
vented the consummation of the enterprise. on
long since Mr. Silver urged, through our columns'
the attention of the United States Govern'
,
htent, the advisability of permitting Ame the
can citizens to register and run under e,
United States flag such vessels without, .og
ferenee to where they were built, prohible.
them only from engaging in coastwise "a the
What he, as an American citizen, asked to
power of embodying his own ideas by permisst°,`" to
purchase in the cheapest market when obligguith
compete in the employment of the vessels ri,
foreigners who possess this privilege. The Amecan
can flag must be at a disadvantage so long as it, be
only cover American bottoms, which calao?vi is
built at the present rate of wages and materla the
America, except at a cost preventing citizens of .4
Republic from entering the field against Wei'
traders.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week'
,rte.
iteoe- ,
.-- .---06
1866. 1867 ' A ___..
£ 164
Belfast and N, Counties
gn got 2,218 5t
Belfast and County Down 441 lit 657 2.54/
Blyth and Tyne . 38 28 2,244 i'gli
Brecon and Merthyr
Bristol and Exeter l3ll 1215 6.90; 3.7 .
Caledonian, Scottish Central 5735 5621 31,470 2,e54
Cambrian
Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 314 311 3t5 5,)
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 431 165
Cork, Black-rock, & Passage 65 65 160 0
Cork and Limerick DireLt
1301
Cornwall 655 651 1,761
17 17
151 i 54

Milos Opened.

Iways.

1867.

Ceeside

17

,iti3 7,0

110 Extension

115 1.357

Dublin & Dynast J unction 63 63- 1,353 1 663
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,6' 9 .263
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &c
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrtk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 422 422 30,1,5 "1,772
Great North of Scotland 242 241 3,041 750
tit. Northn. & Westn.(lrel.) B4l 711 $32 635
qt. Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 4191 4192 9,%41 ,3.101
Great Wvitern 13112 1280 i 71,310 1,0/
Highland ... 246 246 3,32/ '''' --,
Hoy lake -0.00 l
145 145 ~051 'i 0

Irish North- Western 2,-
Isle of Wight l2 8 239 43,70
Lancashire& Yorkshire 403 403 43.992 - ',209
Limerick and Ennis... 24! 24i 211 129
Limerick and Foynes . 26} 261 139 •63
Llanelly 461 461 852 6 6
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 315 2931 19,866 '9.021
London, Chatham, dt Dover; i 135} IS4 9,232, 2 .65
all Metropolitan Extension t 13i 12 ) 2, 84 . -
Do. Kent toast - , 511

Lon., Tilbury, & Southend 42} 421 1,2'0 l, 3'
'',
Londonderry and Coleraine 36} 3.i} 3,0 ,a 3%
nan.,Slietheid, & L incolns II 216 216 19.599 ,",'4lt
Manch. S.J un.& Al trincham V} 9i 1,301 ;:!,99
Ilaryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.- Western) 657 6/7} 5'',2 6 ''V .6.
Uhl la ad Gt. Wes tn. of Irlnd 2Ol 260} 5, 61 1'
,
llonmoutlish. Rail. & Canal l4 ii 3.091 2.
`'and
hand Dundee' Edin., Penn 2461'
7321 7171 .
'
15 951 25
- AB.-
N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 12201 12j7 Mau "01
North London ll 11 4.595 :02
North Staffordshire 268 267 8.271 103
Pembroke and Tenby
Rhymney
Scottish North-Eastern — 1,16
Somerset and Dorset 2162163} 21263861
11.
0, 23841 /4 ', "
5-00
South Devon ...... 1101 98 4.2°., ,3.i 6,6
South-Eastern 330 319 23 03° -4" u
, A. ,
raft* Vale 63 63 5,827 ,'.9,55
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd.
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 491 (89
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1.616 1,...
West Cork
11 rexham Mold, &c ll 14 971
W'haven,Cleator&Egrmnt.. 10 10 866
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. od 115
Austrian B2B 828 35.6,:3 "'"8:5
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction
Bombay, Baroda, & Len. India 306 306 7,366 • '•l7
,"
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 180 6,?, . 7 4.481
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern 01 France
Eastern Bengal .. ...
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 25,852 23 '
Great Central, of Belgium 25
Great Indian Peninsula Bl5l 6951 40,245 315.14
Great Luxembourg 172 142 4,77.., 6'761
Great Southetn of India
iv.
Great. Western of Canada 34,i 3i 5 14,207 , 271
Madras ...
Madrid, Sarag-osaa &Alicant B6B 778 16,76 , i„ 241
Northern of Canada
Northern of France 7BB 764 67,244 ""g55
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
43,7"
['aria, Lyons, & Mediter Ronan 2170 20e6 144,6 01D. 03
Paris and Orleans.
Recife and Sau Fiaciseo.&e 774 771 -- 2,19(
Sc.nde bit 1(19 4,452 „„ lit
Southern of France lOll 898 30,1(18 '',Zs23
Victoria
Welland
~,, TO
West .k N-Wn. of France

VISIT OF BELGIAN RIFLEMEN TO WIMBLEDOS•";,
At the last sitting of the Commercial Council of 13055, to
the president announced that, taking into consideratioo
desire expressed by a largo number of the civic guara 1:$
go to the rifle shooting at Wimbledon, the Minister of t'i
Interior had named a commission to arrange the details7:B
which the Count de Flandre had kindly consented to
honorary
president, and the burgomaster of Brussels Pr
sident.
A contractor, with a large force of divers and
mechanics, is engaged in removing the obstructions fr°°l
the Savannah River, below the city of that name.
The bridge over the Kennebec, at Augusta,
toll bridge no longer.
l
ECCENTRIC DIVINE.—The Rev. Zeb. rr ithe„r
was the most noted Methodist preacher in Vermont' a
shrewd and laughable sayings. In the pulpit he tnaint3infe
a suitable gravity of manner and expression, but out of t'if
pulpit ho overflowed with fun. 'Occasionally ho svoulc,o
emergency seemed to require, introduce something (Veer ,d,
a sermon for the sake of arousing the flagging attention -
his hearers. Seeing that his audience were getting 51°61'
ho paused in his discourse and discussed as follows::;
"Brethren, you hav'nt any idea of the sufferings of °h;
missionaries in the now settlements, on account of
mosquitoes in some of these regions being enormous- 01
great many of them would weigh a pound, and they Wilighis
on logs and bark when the missionaries are going." 13Y %II
time all ears and eyes were open, and he proceeded to ti°l:-10
his discourse. The next day ono of his hearers called lye
to account for telling lies in the pulpit. "There 13°'; j
was a mosquito that weighed a pound," he said. '` °"l.ci $
didn't say one of them would weigh a pound ; 1 pet
great many, and I think a million of them would. no
you say they barked at the missionaries." IC°'
brother, I said they would get on logs and bark."

Births. lo°
Pitimm,s—On the 16th inst., at Culham House, Oxon,

wife of John Shawo Phillips, Esq., of a son. 3,00.
HULLAR—On the 18th inst., at 11, Devonshire-place,
John Hullah, of a daughter. stop
BURD—On the 17th inst., at The Cottage, Worthen,
the wife of the Bev. Charles Burd, of a son.

Marriages.
FETTES MORRISON -On the 19th inst., at
Church, Mr. John Fetter, late of Montrose, to Ohre'
youngest daughter of Mr. Robert Morrison, engia"°
Lambeth. St.
HODORINSON —WILLIAMSON—Ou the 17th inst., 't"
Mark's, Kennington, Edward Hicks, eldest sou 0f.,,i0
Samuel llodgkinsou, of Threadueedle-street, to
Marian Williamson, of Westminster-road.
Deaths.
de
M'NEILL - On the 13th inst., at Bournemouth, A.1.0`3o
_

M'Neill, Esq., of Bordland's, late of Jaya. 09
RADCLIFFE—On the 16th inst., at Warlegh, Devil,
Rev. Walter Radcliffe, aged 88. sll'
-r?
LEVY—On the 18th inst., at 69, Guildford-street, -,--11; 30,
square, John Lewis Levy, second surviving son o
Alorrice Levy, aged 23.
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iliddlesex.--Saturclay, April 20, 1867.