The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-10 00:00:00

,ers discus

ight in L;verpool

daptation of the

principle of propulsion, with which some expe
were made a few days ago in the Brunswick Dock.

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of wood, perhaps about a foot square, and connected to a
frame-work, so as to be capable of being moved to and
fro, was fixed to the stern of the boat, the paddle, so to
speak, being covered by the water, and assuming a

slightly diagonal position. By moving two handles ra-
pidly with his hands in the direction of his body from the
stern, the inventor brought the paddle into rapid motion,
the action resembling that of the fin of a fish, and the re-
sult being to propel the boat with great speed through the
water. Mr. Hampson contends that, by this simply ap-
pliance alone, he can propel row-boats at much more
than their ordinary speed, and with infinitely less manual

, ..E ins grand object is o sea-going
vessels, by means of steam and machinery, with which
aids he offers to beat both the screw and the paddle.

to apply it t,

labour

ELOPEMENT.—The town of Choriey was thrown into a
state of excitement on its being made known that David
Thompson, builder, had absconded on Saturday last,
taking with him a large sum of money belonz-
tradesmen with whom he contracted to furnish him u.
materials for building, and being accompanied in his flight

who is a mar-

by a female
ried man, 1

only deceived tl

se with whom he con-

..tso appears he assumed religious preten-
sions, and got himself initiated into the Wesleyan chapel
in Park-road, at which place he gained the good graces
of the ladies of the chapel, who placed him as a class-
leader over the pupils. Some time after being ad❑
I.gder, be was found by those who condo
-.,:es of the classes not to be the upright
man he pretended to be,

tracted, but

as a class-I

as far as his religious character
and accordingly they informed him his

was concernec

never, that
.d into the

services were dispensed with. it apr
previous to his dismissal he made a deep i
heart of a Miss Bennison, a pupil in the chapel, and pre-
vailed on her to accompany him on his travels.—Preston
Pilot.

SMUGGLING.—Patrick Fury, Thomas Wilson, and
Miles Wright, sailors on board the " Atlantic," mail
steamer, from New York, were charged at the Police.
court, on Friday, with having a quantity of contraband
tobacco in their possession. The custom-house officer on
search proved that he found 31b. in a drawer belonging to
Fury, 31b. belonging to Wilson, and 21b. belonging to
Wright, in ali 81b. The prisoners offered no defence, but
pleaded that the tobacco was intended for their private
consumption. They were ordered to pay 20s. fine and
costs, or imprisoned fourteen days.—Heury Bartlett, a
passenger on board the ship America, of Quebec, fur hav-
ing 21b. of contraband tobacco in his possession, was fined
40s. and costs, or imprisoned twenty-one days.—William
Jackson, second mate of the Fleetwood, lying in the

Brunswick Dock, for having 21b. of cantrabind tobacco
in his possession, was fined 305., or to be imprisoned four-
teen clays.—David Owens, a passenger in the Princeton,
from New York, was charged wilh having 21h. of contra-
band tobacco in his possession. Owens pleaded that he
had received it from another man. The magistrate or-
dered him to pay 10s. fine and costs, or to be imprisoned