The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-20 00:00:00

THE " LIVERPOOL" STEAM SHIP.

This favorite vessel, which arrived here on Sunday the 7th
instant, is again ready to proceed on her sixth voyage across
the Atlantic, and in prime order,—although she has never
been in dock si,nce her engines were first put in play on her
experimental trip hence to Dublin in November last. She
will leave this port to-morrow forenoon, and with her com-
plement of passengers, ninety-four in number, and a very
valuable cargo, amongst which are sixty cases of figured silks
of very rich fabric, and of the'value of £lO,OOO each.
Some slight inconvenience having been sustained, last voy-
age, by the letting of the main saloon sofas to gentlemen
who would take no refusal, in their anxiety to proceed by
the Liverpool, the directors, this voyage, have declined to
let one, notwithstanding the most pressing appeals, it
being their determination to do all in their power to make
the passengers who apply in time as comfortable as possible,
In corroboration of this fact, we are informed by a gentle-
man belonging to the vessel, that he heard the Agent for the
Company refuse a sum of £5O for a sofe berth.
The cabins of the Liverpool are so little soiled by the tear
and wear of a succession of voyages to New York and back,—
which in the whole would amount to upwards of 30,000
miles,—that the decorative painting and gilding is but here
and there discernibly tinged to the eye of a minute observer,
and the tout ensemble is as splendid as ever.
The excellence of the table and the wines on board the
Liverpool, have all along been a theme of general commen-
dation amongst the passengers in this vessel ; but there is be-
yond this (and we purpose not to flatter) an equal attraction
in the urbanity, constant attention, and good humour and
fellowship of the commander and his officers, all of whom
are gentlemen of education and of much nautical experience.
It is impossible for the most ascetic individual to be dull for
an hour on board of the Liverpool, if the relation of adven-
ture by " flood or field," or the eliciting of interesting
" yarns" or narratives from others can dispel ennui, and
make every one contented with himself and all around him.
In passing this merited eulogium, it may not be improper,
to furnish as a sort of directory to the passengers, the names
of the officers :
Captain Fayrer, R.N.
Mr. Christie, first officer.
Mr. Duncan, second ditto.
Mr. Hughes, third ditto.
Mr. Bile, steam captain.
Mr. Langden, purser.
The steward, Mr. Hellions, and his assistant, Mr. Myers,
must not be forgotten, inasmuch as they have been on board
the vessel since she last proceeded to sea • and their atten -
tion, in their department, to the comfort Of the passengers,
has been universally and warmly acknowledged by all, the
passengers in the vessel.

The Liverpool was, on Wednesday last, visited by several
distinguished gentlemen connected with the navy, who ar-
rived here a few days ago, by a beautiful admiralty steamer
called the Firebrand, to inspect the post-office steam depart-
ment of the port. Amongst them were Lord Minto, lord of
the admiralty, and Sir Charles Adams and Sir W. Symonds,
navy inspectors. They expressed themselves highly gratified
by their visit to this port, and with the condition of the post-
office steamers, and not less with the engines and equipment
of the Liverpool.
Many berths are already taken for the next voyage, and
amongst others the distinguished American senator, Daniel
Webster, who came to Europe by the Liverpool on her
fourth voyage, has secured three state rooms for himself and
his family.