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

CHESHIRE AND WALES•

THE ORGAN in St. Catherine's Church, Tranniere-15.
being rebuilt by Mrs. Bewsher, under the direction of .30
G. F. Hornby, organist.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for th.e
week ended November 27, 1853 :—Railway : PassellgTi.
parcels, &c., £1,894 Bs. 5d.; goods, £1,429 155.
Steam-boats : £254 19s. Id. Total, 23,579 3s. ld.
crease as compared with the corresponding week last Ye''`
£369 16s. 6d. week'
A CHILD MUTILATED BY A RAT.—One day, last
the wife of a man, named Samuel Dimery, resin.res'
near Landore, went out of her cottage, leaving is
infant, about three years old, asleep in a bed erod,
a cradle. On her return she found that the ele
was crying vehemently, and observed a large rat biting thei
little boy's face. On her appearance the animal ran 'IP esh
chimney. It was found that portions of the child's if
had been eaten off the face and one of the thumbs.
Swansea Herald.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—One of the crew of the Sarah 5311
named Christopher M`Loughlin, was drowned on Sam;
night week, in the Morpeth Dock, Birkenhead. He had bef..
spending the day in Liverpool with his wife, who leftr;
about seven o'clock in Canning-street ; and, shoitly aria
wards, the shipkeeper on board a brig heard a sPlas,„a
the dark, close to the Sarah Sands. On the follo:r;
morning M`Loughlin was missed; the dock was drar,`T;,.
and his body was found about half an hour after the sash
°
heel)
of the steamer. He has left a widow, to whom he has
married only nine weeks.
~itirs Of
ACCIDENT AT SEA.—We published some partiC.---- *$
-

a disaster which occurred on board the steamer Cadet,
from Dublin to Holyhead, on the 31st of October 1.,
We now learn that Jane lahiff, one of the sufferers, ei.
pired at the Royal Hotel at Holyhead on Saturday' 'wee
The injuries which she sustained were of a frightful rli7a-
ture, her right leg being smashed just above the ins the
and the flesh torn open nearly up to the knee, leavinr, •,e
bone quite bare. Her left foot and ankle were like
ew l
severely bruised and injured ; and she sustained a fraelnt
of the left collarbone. Mrs. Nugent, the lady
was broken, is doing well. this
WELsn SALMON Ftsurica.—The salmon fisheries tie
year throUghout the principality have been extremely
good, the angling, particularly in the preserved watered
being all that could be wished for. There has beele;
large supply of fresh water in the various streams, whier
has tended much to the run of fish. Great care and att
tion are now paid to the preservation of the fisheries, $ll,l
the labour thus bestowed is amply repaid by the increaso7
number and size of the fish, and during the past seasons
many yery heavy fish have been captured. The fence day.,
are now setting in, when it is to be hoped that the wate,sr,
will again be well preserved, so that the next season Ow
repay the angler. whose leg
-n• kenbena'
BAREFACED CLAIM.-At the Police court,
on Thursday, a labourer, named James Wflonald, brooi,c "
a claim of Os. against 31r. Job Richards, builder.
defendant had contracted with the plaintiff and Inr'''.
l
other men to dig out a foundation for 218., After the
completion of the work, the defendant continued the ni?ii
in his employ at day wages, and at the end of the week,,,le
addition to their weekly wages, paid them, under mists he
for the time in which they were engaged in digging ‘.,(.1
foundation. Subsequently he discovered the blunder, 3:ci
stopped from the men 65., the amount he had overlYtiff
them. To this three made no demur, but the PlaLutes
summoned the defendant for payment. The madis""
dismi3sed the claim. at tile
WALLASEY BOARD OF HEALTH.—OnThursday,- gp.
monthly meeting of this board, Mr. Penny presided.. fe;,,
veral recommendations of the works and health tom
as as to paving and providing offices for the local board, wl'„,
postponed.—Mr. Pooley moved that the committee be 'of
strutted to inquire on what terms the necessary s
money could be procured from the consolidated fluid spayig
off the existing mortgages, with any information benl;o,
on the point, as he believed they would, by that g,
save about one-third of the interest they were now Pn„eed
Coulborn seconded the motion, which was aP.,,.ct
to.—A report was read from the surveyor on the su",ll
of the valuation of the parish, after which the chairlfe'te
stated that the committee understood that a cola. .A
survey of the parish might be made in the form prese Aag
by the general board of health for a sum not excee7o,
£5OO, and that it would be completed in about fourin°ll for
It was resolved that the committee should advertise
tenders, and report to the board as early as possible.
A FATAL ACCIDENT happened on the South possible.`
Railway, about five miles from Newnham, on Tin
The mail train arrived in due course, about two o'eleessecl
the morning, and proceeded into South Wales. It par eat
Gatcombe station in safety, and had got into a cutting
0,0.6
the side of the river Severn, when suddenly the passeT'eiceS
-found the carriages partially overturned, and that! tejl
thrown violently from their seats. The train trowel tbe
stoppeitand then it was found that, in the darkness doo
night, the earth on the side of the cutting had fallen oa
upon the rails on the east or down side. The engine,ttie
encountering this, was thrown over upon the up-line'por•
tender following it. The first passenger carriage was csr
tially overturned, but did not fall over, and the other
ce
riages kept their places ; and, although the Po—iellgall
were much shaken, and some of them were bruis','„3o,
escaped without serious injury. The driver, a steaelP-der,
named Simpson, was found lying dead under the trdl
his body dreadfully mangled. He must have di
stantly. The stoker escaped with a few bruises.

HORTICULTURE.
fa*"
thosei tSoObill
aoE
to
eomrf ,
planted,taniedaearrelyawypoiaiiiletahtbedhale Dfvoeurtb(Slnambulpelbnusntawgledillpurposhe cueto—olij
into
shoots,
other material, if they have well thrown up the d,
should be lifted from the plunging materials, anu'n the",
those pots being cleansed, should be placed ulf oche°
greenhouse shelves, where theywill soon lose their b few ha
appearance, and throw up their flower spikes. if luilta, (104
made its appearance amongst the chrysantheinutuvr` CO',
the leaves with sulphur. As the vine disease is non
mon in our- vineries, we give the following PirjaZette'
Nbi
spGtD.,a t
nrl;
substancesg,
Dt.
seuPDffwieEhpcPsnt r;hi
ncoDeofEh,
TtaEoihvi
5.
pieCsGe.
treating the destructive pest, from the Chemical
s
Op
bOOO
been ue THE ,
VINEn
employed
me
an p
ct:t_i)a:rto-:, r
et e r
eraviOf h_pe
it:to be
de
01-1
so pre-eminently successful as sulphur, Uru.. subllDl-pes,l
as powdered or flowers of sulphur, or the atn
in houses so affected. But notwith.slancuus
methods described for its application to the c - to 186",
not aware that any has, or had, appeared Prle,r which
when these experiments were instituted, be-
sulphur might be uniformly distributed overli_:7-vines•
come to a certain extent firmly attached to !iiicixiity
Three houses, situated at Margate in Kent, in the aranee
of the one in which the disease first made its aPPierifecte4
in England, having been for five consecutive Y
with the disease, and notwithtsanding
sulphur as flowers of sulphur, no abate to bttion ef
could be detected, I was induced to snip y, a so, which
pentasulphide of calcium, a diluted solution oi
to the
having been found to act in no way injurious Y to
Young and delicate shoots of several plants, was applied
the vines; the object in view being that the pen riot-
the emPAsoYrulayeagutel
should be decomposed by carbonic acid, and that. liras
atoms of sulphur, together with the carbonate durable
formed, should be deposited in a uniform and "Awl,
covering on the stems and branches of the vines air be,
Although but few applications were made, the sterna ite
came coated with a protective deposit of sulphur, alr,Lat
disease gradually but effectively disappeared, insomuch
the houses have been, and now are, entirely free froma r'
, ;;
disease or symptoms of infection. The young shoots vv!,:;
no way affected by its application, and the older
covered with the deposited sulphur, continues exceecnyt,
healthy. The specimens exhibited to illustrate tile
ciTi;„
j
bility and protective influence of the deposited snip red
were from vines which in the antum of 1851 were F":l_vf„ve
with the disease, but which, since the autumn of 180" ha
received no further treatment. The vines in the inaineolece4
neighbourhood, andadjoining one ofthe houses, are etl,nity
with disease ; but notwithstanding their close PrOwited
no indication of the disease has at present being dete,ide
in either of the three houses. A solution of pentasuh; of
of calcium is prepared by boiling thirty parts by we of snl'
caustic lime with eighty parts by weight of flowers o_,t
phur, suspended in a sufficient quantity of water ; 11700,
applied until the solution has acquired a dark rgbeci'
and the excess of sulphur ceases to dissolve. -e may
solution is drawn off, and after dilution with watefoush,
be applied to the vines by means of either a sponge' f cal'
or syringe. A saturated solution of pentasulphide 0_ ito
cium may be diluted with from twelve to twenty tinwi
volume of water, previous to being employed.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6,

671-IPPING

LVD ME. (

11ISCELLAN

Trov
Lox ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MAIL STEAM-NA
the PANT intend to apply for powers next sessiol
ti t'n amalgamate with the General Screw Stew
Compan
Qtrln
don
Live
NOTICE AT ANGRA., TERCEIP
feet' LIVerPOOI, and Newcastle have been dec
,ttspeetecl pedorts, and other ports of England are (
Tira w
ESTERN WORLD packet-ship, which g'
Y• on Squan Beach, has noiv gone to pi,
„it'll:lent has involved the loss of both vessel a-
wasat can be recovered will not pay expensi
valued at 80,000 dollars, and the cargo
P
sta FOREIGN CORN.—A letter from Odessr
tises that the weather there is in-
e•
,re are from 300 to 400 vessels in that
:;g h wheat; 20 or 30 of those vessels leas
aft ha
ving received their complement of corn.
BRITISHcitni,, v. AMERICAN CLIPPERS.—The British
Oenge, and the American ship Nightinga.
reach
from China last week. They left Shang....
re,-,°ll the Bth of August, and while the British vessel
cued London in 111 days, the American occupied 1'
• YS to the Downs only.
0,01,G TO FRANCE.—The Cambria steamer
er, sailed for Havre, on Wednesday
ir Passengers of the Margaret, dani.E,—
fh: channel. She had on board 340,000 dollars, p.
ry supply brought by the royal mail steam-ship At
cal New York.—
BLOCICADEIn conformity with the orders
InPeror of the French, Captain Baudin, the Comman.s.
`u-chief of the French naval forces on the west coast of
Afri
m, has declared that part of the coast which extends
"ni the left bank of the Grand Lahou to the right bank
°I the river
Mend Assiuee to be in a state of blockade, com-
a„, non the 26th September.
111 was
ARGA.RET DEANE, intended
Ren-
irninie, launched from the building
e, Johnson, and Rankin, at the Brunswick d,
lowe:bl,eraenYgtlasia to-f The dimensions of the vessel ar,
keel and forerake, 144 feet ; by
st2B feet deptla of hold, 16 feet ; measurer
yle, 460; old, 530 tons. She is built of F• user
elm, with iron beams, and the cabins are
floc
p.
TRE TrßoxE, Captain Dorman, arrived here on Friday
eru Bathurst, New Brunswick, having made the passage
fourteen days, from land to land, and brings the latest ates from that quarter. For some time before her sail-
ingwhi Ihe early approaches of a severe winter 1,-1
14 hc
aana was hindering labour. 1"
in Port would have to lay over the
fro• zen
was loaded ready
ozen
La up. (Accounts from theand ports higher
wrence are of the same tenor.
41STEW AUSTRALIAN SHIP, upwards of 1,000 tons re
belonging to Joshua Prowse and Co., of Liverpool, and
,rt at Bridport, on the Dorsetshire coast, has been named
1): Speedy, and is built on lines said to be unsurpassed
:e' anY vessel afloat. Her appearance in the London doFk.s
ecited no little- interest, and heavy wagers are pending,
x, accomplishing the voyage out to Sydney in a less.pe-
cod than any previous ship. She will be comn,-- '
etahl Nightingale, and her departure has
e 10th instant.
• AIINCII AT PonT-GLisGdW.—On Tuesday Mt.
An..-"‘" Reid and Co. launched a beautiful iron ship, of ab,
.ou
cait-uns burthen, for the well-known firm of Messrs. Joh
reh sen. and Co., Glasgow. The Rev. Mr. M`La
cubn" "f Newark' Chapel, named her the " Trojan." A pe-
h ritY in her construction is the adoption of tanks in
RiLhold, so that, should any of the barrels of molasses
ina Pumped contents will run into them, and from them
peW °e p out on her arrival—thus very considerably
acing. the loss which frequently arises from leakage in
"xh, mrgo.
,•",ORTALIrr ON SIIIPBOARD.—The packet-ship Amer--
tnion, which arrived yesterday, left Liverpool with
ft" Passengers, out of which number no less than seventy-
-1,,v e, besides five of the crew, died on the passage of cho-
fl'a• The packet-ship Centurion, also arrived yesterday
41;113.111 Liverpool, out of 373 passengers lost 13 ; and the
11) Statesman, arrived yesterday from Antwerp, out of
Passengers, lost 25, supposed by the same dise:
1,',1s makes a total of 113 deaths, in three vessels,
e,4 souls, exclusive of the seamen of the Amer(
ainn•—New York Herald, Nov. 6.
TRADE.—The following figures regarding tl
French imports of coal and iron, extracted from official do
fients published by the French Custom-houses, supply
ormation of interest at the present moment :—The im-
Port of coal from England into France amounted in 1862
~n,,.6,633 tons of 1000 kilogrammes, and that of coke to
‘33 tons. In the same year France received 1,792,155
tons of coal and 169,398 tons of coke from Belgium. Coal
also obtained in considerable quantities from Rhenish
n7sain• As regards pig iron, the total amount imported
R 0
e 1
Prance in 1852 was 46,244 tons, of which 15,002 tons
rft, fmni England, and 26,416 froni Belgium. She also
d 1,841 tons of iron in bars and 270 tons of steel
r°lll England.
a !FDA BOARD OP CUSTOMS have issued a notice,
kilZeing an open court of Commissioners of Customs.
CustZ,on the ground floor at the eastern end of the
ing of eounacinise, London, will be 'appropriated to the hear.-
dation Antaipa and appeals under the Customs Consoh-
will be entitledt. have party
demanding such n
ance of any witnes a summons requiring the iatte: -
be to the outposts, th orocP
witnesses necessary to establish his case
be (9-

It was fear

f the 3:

.e, arrived at

with +
b

collision in
of

he Brazilian

Yard of Messrs.

been fi3

or odtTerved, as far as -ae same moues
Practicable, the collector, cu
cler officer deputed for that purpose presiding h,
iarY instead of a commissioner.
ten7,I3,Y4IICFN.NOTES.—On Mondayi Sheriff' Marshall nen-
-11 4.-e". a sailor, who had fraudulently cashed two advance
-°Les and 1 ted t proceed by either of the vessels
Ile had' neg ec ° • • mon+ nr,
an A.-. 1,1•11 CA,

- .
4-7` uaY a Glasgow Bailie gave a different and somewhat
niu.ng deliverance in a similar case of fraud and wilful
inrsition- At the Central Police-court a Yankee sea-
wtl;,,named William Brown, was brought up, charged
uaving defrauded Mary Stewart (or Dodd), a board-
uousekeeper, in Broomielaw by an advance note.
wii;Tilie evidence it anneared that Brown entered to sail

"u the ship Dingo oiithe 15inst. and avin
Mvance note for £3, he paid over the same tho
Mrs.
Do&
remitl,3rinent of boarding and lodging and advances in cash
went
by Brown from Mrs. Dodd. Brown failed to sail
hZ,,tile vessel and the note became unavailing. Mrs.
stated tha't this was the third note that Brown had
I;;cessfully dishonoured to her by not sailing ;
4.7, advanced in all about £6 ; and that on the last occa
441., she relieved his clothing from the pawnbroker, in
Ito,. Jaen to the other advances, and wanted to pay for his
w 'lg Put on board of his vessel by a boat, when the ship
2a latehe Tail of the Bank, but he was unwilling to go,
erl told her he would see her - first. The
Zgistrate said it was a case for arrangement by the
..ties out of court, and sent them away for that purpose.
Greenock Advertiser.
DZIIE LADY EVELYN.—The second mate and two of the
Damlllgers of the Lady Evelyn have given the following
ea Mars of the wreck :--The Lady Evelyn, of 875 tons
Ahg.R`„al,,n M'Clellan, for San Francisco, with
the gingers, 40 of whom were women, left Hong _
fiat 29th of June, but the casks leaking, she was ant,
16th into Amoy to fill up water. She left Amoy on L.
on „of July, keeping north of Formosa, and had a gak
th Lite 19th, which lasted until the 22nd, in which the
to ,:',ltast and mizettmast were lost, which caused the ship
be ‘1,(41 fearfully. She leaked in consequence, and could not
lerv,‘egt free. Provimity to danger was feared, but no ob-
it, ,alion had been possible since leaving Amoy. Breakers
(I:,;e4seen at 2 p.m. on the 22nd of July, the gale then mo-
Ite"l,:kog, but a tremendous sea running. Endeavours
made to set sail, but enough could not be set aft to
(~r„ the ship to the wind, she being two miles from the
the't reef. There were three lines of reefs ; she cleared
secooater one, but, as there was no hope of clearing the
itl.„11,(1, at past 3 p.m. the anchors were let go. The ship
K, and broke in two. The anchors held the bow part
4tva,' dashed to pieces in detail. The afterpart was washed
loge and all on it were drowned ; among them was Co-
bilts'' Poor. It does not appear what became of the captain,
tt,.taost probably he was
that the poop when the shi broke
Na;',°, and perished whe others. The chief mate
tot,, "aY) and several seamen clung for some time to the
VBPrit, but were washed off one by one and drowned.
I)o4.foreniast stood, owing to the granite in the hold sup-
.lthe )4810g it, and the second mate, four of the crew, and. a
held on to it till next day and swam ashore. All
irliers were washed away and were drowned or killed
re .41e loose
, pieces of the wreck, except 22 male and two
know Passengers (Chinese), who escaped they do not
plltw how. The natives, Loochooans, enclosed a field, and
alt 1) a house for them, gave them clothes and food, and
ovether treated them with great kindness. They re
the 11/24 on the island two months and three
44e-ter/nes arrived and took them to Amoy. Two worn,
are the second mate came down in the Gazelle; the othe
waiting an opportunity to follow.
tiveitIPYRECK OF A BRITISH VESSEL.—A most destrm.
Ithe,s,aiPwreck occurred on the island of Amsterclanr
to sie°Y the British barque Meridian, of and from Londot
r,ttr,;44e3r, and her cargo, have been totally lost. Th
o•W-a of 579 tons register struck on a rock on th
tfielld of the island of'
.e 24th of August, 1.
tili-cittiately after she strut
'Net such circumstance
tlert,°r Only three hr
ruan (late corn,-_
'At i 8 Passenger, and Thos.
It be .13 an arid and desert islanc.
pwild cabbages and a s
re aalboo. Providentially enougu
LTreckalid fresh water existed near the spot where th..
eox:ecurred. Had this not been the case it is frightful
fort-etoPlate the horrors that must have ensued. The
;_er Plate passengers and crew, among whom there
tent barren
and
" "arren rocks, s
Ivreelei:4sllstructed of a
iltfrer,• ; and they we
K)bsegs of famine w.
atittrYed the white sa
tres.:l3' straw
:11°11 zlt°111(1 ngotub) am(
e.per
t°r the speedily
114411 upoilYge Islam(
ilaeirstood.
This
eett,.,! Monmouth, dine'
kec,7141 could not, hr
ePast 11‘ °f
th the dar,
4t e poir
of

the is.
.30slatatee. Then cot
i.'4,kers of which no
~.'ccal
h 44 eau form an
dsy c°NI
u4ktore of the reedertaking as ffi(
7 the 11 it being neeessldi
N precipito„ e1;41
4jOlirb.--

riLt Of3b°f three"
tl:Coast
coln,„tighpre
thai7"ed to m,whidc'nee
-1 he did

the upe qllwreek
people, maneinertinerthu

that s:

240 Chinese
Kong on

.ya, when

Amsterdam, at about seven p.m

and it is miraculo
we should have to de!

man beings; these are Capl
ander of the Meridian), Mr. P.
the cook. Ams

the only veget

children, passed sii d
ltered only by a temp(

canvas i

to experi,

Ted that the

Ludlow. Relief, a 1

Captain: I

N A. NA.3I

iglish ship;

Uncle Ton

been changed it
Le Americans migi

ttii that 4;

African," for fear that t'

rIIE COURT OF QUEEN'S B:

verdict of £4O to ING. Dowdell, forinerly purser in the-
Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, for a
breach of contract on the part of the latter.
Buns or LADING.—The Inland Revenue Board have
decided that, in the case of freight accounts written on
the back of duly stamped bills of lading, it is unnecessary
that such documents should have an additional penny-
stamp attached to them when paid.
WITHDRAWAL OF THE HAMBURG MAIL PACKET.—
After the despatch of the direct contract packet appointed
to leave London for Hamburgh, on the 2nd instant, the
correspondence for Hamburg, Bremen, Hanover, Bruns-
wick, Mecklenburgh Schwerin, Mecklenburgh Strelitz,
Oldenburgh, Denmark, Norway and Sweden (which corre-
spondence has hitherto been conveyed, as a rule, by the
Hamburg packet) has to be forwarded by the route of
Belgium and Prussia, unless specially addressed to be sent
by any other route.
THE Balms Navr.—From a careful calculation of
the force of the Royal Navy at the present time we find
that there are 217 ships in actual commission. If fully
manned according to the established scale of complements,
each for the service for which she is employed, the aggre-
gate complements of these 217 ships would be above 44,000,
of which number 30,300 may be called seamen, 7,200
marines, and 6,500 boys. But from the great scarcity of
seamen, and the numerous desertions that have taken
place, probably the effective force of the navy does not
amount to above 41,000 of all classes.—Morning Herald.
CUSTOMS PROMOTIONS.—The office of Surveyor-General
of the Castoms for the port of London has become vacant
by the retirement of Mr. Philip Fennings, and the follow-
ing promotions have been approved by the Board of Cus-
toms : viz.: Mr, Joseph Rolls, third Inspector-General of
Waterside and Warehousing Departments, to be Surveyor-
General, with a salary of £BOO per annum. Mr. H. C.
Brown, now Landing-Surveyor, to be third Inspector-
General, with a salary of £6OO per annum. Mr. T. E.
Carter, now Jerquer, to be Landing-Surveyor of the third
class, with a salary of £5OO per annum. The office of
Jerquer will be filled by the promotion of one of the senior
Searchers and Landing-waiters.
TREATMENT OF EMIGRANTS.—The Court of Common
Pleas was occupied a considerable portion of last week
with the case of Smith v. The Australian Royal Mail Steam
Navigation Company. The plaintiff complained that the
defendants engaged to supply him with the requisite
acemmodation, provisions, &c. of a second-class passenger,
for £42 108., paid in consideration thereof, but that they
did not provide such accommodation or prOvisions, and
that the plaintiff's health was injured in consequence.
On Saturday Lord Campbell said it was a peculiar and un-
fortunate case altogether. He would suggest that a ver-
dict for £5O be taken in each case pending, except when
the parties were married. Then he thought the verdict
ought to be £7O. This was agreed to on both sides, and
the verdicts in the other cases were taken accordingly.
REFRACTORY SEAMEN.—We have received from our
correspondent at Belfast an extract from the official log of
the barque Ceylon, Mills, of Liverpool, from Brazil, stating
that from the Ist to the 15th of January, when between
Pernambuco and Maceio, and whilst in the latter harbour
six of the crew refused to do any duty on board the ship.
They were several times before the British Consul at
Maeeio, but the only complaint they had to make was
that the provisions were bad. On the Consul offering to
have them surveyed if they wished—the expense of which
survey they would have to pay, if the complaint was found
groundless—they declined the offer. Five of the men at
last returned to their duty, and one was, with the Consul's
consent, discharged at Maceio. The captain of the Ceylon
complains that the only punishment awarded these men
for their misconduct, by the magistrates at Belfast, was
the forfeiture of one month's pay each.—Shipping and
Mercantile Gazette.

THE

NEW PACKET-SHIP
EMERALD ISLE.

TICE very handsome ship'Emerald Isle, which has just
arrived in the Mersey, is consigned to Messrs. William
Tapscott and Co., and is intended to form one of the well-
known "Tapscott line of packets," running between Li-
verpool and New York. She is a large and beautiful
vessel, displaying fine symmetry in her lines and general
conformation ; she sits gracefully in the water, while
her general sweep and happy adaptation of rig give un-
mistakeable promise that she will prove an extraordinary
sailer. The Emerald Isle was built in Bath, Maine, by
Messrs. Trufant, Drummond and Co., the celebrated ship-
builders, who had previously constructed three other
ships, including the " William Tapscott," for the line
of packet-ships known as the Tapscott liners, and
all of which have given the most entire satisfaction to
the owners. In this last production of their building-
yard, Messrs. Trufant, Drummond and Co. have left
nothing undone which ingenuity could suggest or ex-
perience recommend for ensuring the safety and comfort
of passsengers, the security of the cargo, and the facility
of navigating the vessel. She is registered as about
2,000 tons, and is commanded by Captain G. B. Cornish,
a commander of great experience, and well known in the
American trade.
In form the Emerald Isle is stately as well as graceful ;
her bow is sharp without leanness ; the curve of her sides
is easy, and she is finished with an eliptical stern. Her
masts and rigging are tall and well set up ; her yards are
of great length, and so arranged as to carry an immense
spread of canvass. In short, we understand she has been
hnilt fn onmnpta with any shin in the New York trade.

Some idea of her sailing capabilities, however, may be
gathered from her-behaviour on what may be called her
trial trip, or run out, during which she made two hundred
and ninety-five miles in twenty-four hours, while deeply
timber-laden, and crank.

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While every attention has been bestowed on her sailing
lualities and stowage, equal care and a total disregard of

durability with amplitude of accommodation, and perfect
ventilation in every part of the ship. She is two hundred
and thirty feet long on deck, is forty-two feet six inches in
extreme width, twenty-nine feet six inches deep, and has
three flush decks, on the upper one of which is the prin-
cipal saloon, the captain's cabin, the officers' cabin and

mess-room in the after part • while forward are the cook-
ing galleys, hospital, &c. Her framing timbers are of the
best Virginia white oak, with live oak ends and locust-
tree stancheons. She is planked with white oak up to the
waist, her waist is of hard pine plank, and the planking
above is of white pine. The two lower decks are of red
or hard and the-upper of white pine. The whole of her
fastenings are of unusual strength, and her timbers are
heavy and of large size. There is a free communication
right fore-and-aft on all the decks, the ventilation of all of
them being ensured by four ventilating shafts, two on the
fore and two on the after part of the ship ; besides which
there is a lateral ventilator at every third stancheon,
and each hatchway and every deck-house through-
out the ship is fitted with a ventilating cham-
ber all round, and there is a separate means of com-
munication with each deck. By a happy arrange-
ment of the after deck, the wheel and compasses are com-
pletely covered over, and the steersman will be enabled to
pursue his important avocations undisturbed by the vicis-
situdes of weather; notwithstanding his being thus
protected, he is amply supplied with light, and is within
reach of immediate communication with the captain's
cabin. She carries two life-boats and four other boats, all
of the most approved construction, and of large size.
In point of passenger accommodation, the Emerald
is equal to my other ship in the merican trade.
She is fitted up with every accommodation and convenience
for the conveyance of second cabin and steerage passen-
gers. The main cabin is sufficiently large to admit of
every elegant and comfortable luxury. It is fitted up
in a style of beauty bordering on the fastidious anl quaint,
the whole of its sides being of richly inlaid and polished
wood ; the door and other panels are of American
black ash, a species of wood not much known in this
country, but which, from its richly corrugated grain and
warm cinnamon-tinted colour, seems happily adapted for
the manufacture of ornamental furniture, or decorative
panelling, such as it is here used for. The styles, mounters
and rails of the cabin wainscoating are of highly polished
Spanish mahogany. The floor is covered with rich warm-
tinted Brussels carpet ; the conches, settees, and easy-
chairs being handsomely carved, and covered with dark
green velvet. The ceiling is white, presenting a light
and airy, as well as a sweetly-polished surface. The
state-rooms are tastefully furnished with every conve-
nience which even the most fastidious could require.
The captain's cabin is immediately behind the saloon,
being between it and the steersman's station. The
fitting of the captain's cabin is in fine taste, the pre-
vailing colour being white, picked out with gold. The
second cabin accommodation is spacious, and its arrange-
ments embrace every comfort and convenience, being
neatly fitted uu in rooms to hold two or more

Dersons

The Emerald Isle is now in the Huskisson Dock, whence
she will speedily be removed to have her copper sheathing
put on, after which she will proceed to take in cargo. Her
external ornaments, although rich and characteristic, are
not gaudy nor very conspicuoils. Her figure-head is an
Irish wolf-dog, in gold ; the centre stern-ornament is a
golden harp, supported on one side by the Irish wolf-dog,
and on the other by the American eagle; and the eliptical
panel on which her name is carved, is surrounded by a
wreath of shamrocks in relief, and gilded.

We understand that a considerable portion of the cargo
of this fine vessel has already been engaged, and she is
expected to have immediate despatch.