The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-06 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL: ADVERTISER.

was no difference off opinion on that point among En-
gineers, provided the structure was of iron. Ships of wood,
on the contrary, were limited in size, by the nature of the
material, which was grown, and not manufactured, and
therefore the produce was- of limited size; whereas plates
of iron could, on the other hand,. be rolled of any required
dimensions. It must be observed, also, that the strength
of wood across the fibre was so small, that two planks

could not be so united as to be equally strong in all-direc-
tions, whilst two plates of iron, rivetted together, were
of nearly uniform strength.
"Further as to the resistance. of large vessels to waves ;
it was evident, that the waves of the Atlantic, being of the
same size, whether the vessel. was small or large, their
proportionalmagnitude would.be. decreased, as the size of the
vessel was increased, so that the. large ship, in a gale, would
merely encounter waves of the same proportional size as a
ship of half the dimensions, in. half a gale ; and it should
be remarked, that the largest ships which had been pro-
posed, were only double the lineal dimensions of existing
vessels.

"It appeared, that if the diniensions of vessels had been
increased, it was evident that there had not been any in-
crease of danger, nor was any to be anticipated. The he-.
sitation iu receiving new propositions of startling projects
was very natural, and, therefore, their discussion was valu-
able and really useful in eliciting opinions which might
otherwise probably not have been given. The feasibility
of the Britannia Bridge had been quite as much doubted
as that of very large iron ships, and yet it had been exe-
cuted, and the result was before the world. It appeared
fvident that in future engineers must look even further
orward than they had done, and in their maritime con-
structions must adopt dimensions for their docks and har-
bours to accommodate the increased sizes of the vessels
they were destined to receive, but which some years since
would have been deemed visionary."

or any subsequent Tuesday); at Mr. Lee's, Manchester.—
J. Law and E. and E. Hudson,. Ramsden-wood, near Tod-
morden, cotton-spinners—second div. of Is 52d, on Tuesday,
Dec. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, at Mr. Lee's, Man-
chester.—W. Rainford, Liverpool,. cabinet-maker—first div.
of 12s, on Wednesday, Dec.. or any subsequent Wednes-
day, at Mr. Morgan's, Liverpool.
_CE FICATE.-- Dec: 22,. WT. Edwards, Liverpool, builder.

—Dec. 21, J. and T. Hetherington and G. B. Scholes, Man-
chester, joiners.
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DUMAN;

SCOTCH S EQUESTRATIoNsi—H. Frazer, Irvine, Ayrshire.
merchant. —J. Boyle, Edinburgh, furniture-broker. —P.
Brown, Laurance-law, near Pennycuik, wright.—A. Murray,
Castletown, by Thurso, merchant.—C. Stewart, Dingwall,
grocer.—A. Callander, Paisley, portioner.—W. Ferguson,
Greiff, innkeeper.—R. Cochran, Dundee, druggist.

FRIDAY, DECRP4BER 2, 1853.
—Edward Bladon and Henry Coates, Man

tin extremely depressed market to-day. I Calcutta; and 'Corinthian, Kemp, 711tOct., hence—all at the
Mauritius.
Persian (s.a.), .111ilburne, hence,.and left 14th Nov. for Syra
and Constantinople; Baal bec (s.s.;, hence, and left 19th Nov.
for the Levant; Brigand (s.s.); hence, and left 20th Nov. for
Alexandria; and Niccolino, Azzopardi„ hence—all at Malta.
A derelict brig, with male bust figure-head, four cabin
windows, painted carved work on the stern, and bulwarks
painted yellow, was passed 22nd Nov., in- fat 45 N., lon. 13 W.,
by the Napan Belle, arrived at this port_
The Giaticus, arrived here yesterday, sailed from Paraiba,
25th Oct., and left the John Bibby to still in ten days, for this
port. On the night of the 25th Nov-in lat. 51 N., lon. 8 W.,
encountered a very heavy thunder-squall,with very dangerous
lightning, and unusually large hailstones; wind north-west.
BELFAST, Nov. 28,---The Britannia,of and from London
for Belfast, laden with bran, is. ashore- near Portaferry, and
likely to be a total wreck. The Swath of Penzance, from
Liverpool for Plymouth, has- put into this port, with loss of
foremaintopmasts, &c.
SMYRNA, Nov. 17.—The British Queen (s.s.) from Con-
stantinople, got on shore on Pelican Reef, in running down
the Gulf, 12th Nov., but came off after- discharging greater
part of her cargo, and arrived. here,. 13th, without apparent
damage. She left again on the 15th. for Liverpool.
MAURITIUS, Oct. 18,--The Meridian,. of and from London
for Sydney, was wrecked on Amsterdam Island, 24th Aug.
Captain, one seaman, and-one passengerdrowned ; remainder
taken off the island, after being,there eleven days in a state
of starvation.
SINCAPORE, Oct. 17,—The Ignus Fatuus, arrived here,
brings news from Port Phillip to the 6th Sept. Timber,
pepper, and other articles, had fallen considerably. Wooden
houses, however, were commanding pretty favourable prices.
The C. S. Forbes has also arrivedhere from New South Wales,
with intelligence from Sydney. to the sth Sept.
BOMBAY, Oct. 2R—The Lord Auckland, having been re-
paired, was found, on re-loading, to make water again. The
leak proceeds from the doublings on the stern, and, as the
repairs cannot be efficiently completed afloat, she will have
to discharge and be docked. The Bolton, from Sydney, on
entering the harbour,, in charge of a pilot, grounded on
Casanfat Shoal. The diver reports a portion of the false keel
and fore gripe injured.

THURSDAY,. DEC,

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