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London, England, 1829-11-16 00:00:00

31 WALLER CLIFTON.

CAPTAIN LIHOU'S PATENT RUDDER.

The following account of this important invention, is
extracted from a Prospectus, of which we have received
a copy:
" I beg leave to submit some improvements I have made in the
mode of hanging the Rudders of Ships, whereby great facility will
be given to their working, repotting, end management. These
improvements, for which Letters Patent have been granted me,
are deemed swarthy the node* and warm approbation, of some of
the most distitigeished °Seers at his Majesty's Navy, u expressed
to the fallowing and other comeninicadons.
6' The superiority of Capt. Motes Patent Rudder, over every
other description of Redder that has come within bet knowledge,
Is to us so evlient, for various reasons, bet more particularly for
the ease and espedition with which, in case of accident, it can be
repaired and re-shipped at an, that we are Induced strongly to re-
' commeed it to the notice of 8U Nautical men, Ship-owners, and
Builders, far general adopdan„" Ido not in this printed paper
• publish the names of those Oilers who ban honored me with
their opinion of my invention, but shall be happy to satisfy those
• who feel Interested, as to the above, and many other testimonials,
received by Me tes the' maim.
h is an achkentelged fact, that when the Rudder le knocked away'

from a Ship„ the Plinks are generally fount to bavarbankalt at the
nick or pit ; and when such an accident oscura, the vessel be-
anies completely disabled, though the Rudder may not be lost.
I 'Oder these trying circumstances, the Ship is forced to make every
imertion to gain a Port, fur the rupees of re-cawing these broken
Pinties, or obtaining others, thereby losing much valuable time.
mid incurring great espouse and danger in nearing the land
in an unmanephle coodidon. All this inconvenienee arises
from the present mode of forming. the ?intim; in conse-
quence if which, when the Pin broths the whole is ruined, and
Must be re-constricted merely to repair this intrinsically trifling
defect; and farther, should t►ehreken pia remain jammed in the
Cioagiag. the Vessel mast be locked, or hove down (in countries
where there are no docks) to get it out. I hese allude to what
happens to Ships of War, Indiamen, and other large Sea-going
Vessels, Irons the matiner in which they are fitted.—Small craft
frequently use other means, not applicable to the former.

Now, in order to avoid so snuck disaster, and to glee a Ship the
means within herself of readily repairing this sea serious War"
tune at Sea, or en foreign coasts destitute amours:n.l have re-
course to the following easy method, suggested to me by necessity
sad dear-bought experience in a case of distress on hoard a adp I
commanded in Torres Straits. Namely, I Construct the Plinks
in two separate pieces, the pins or pivots separate frost their straps
or braces, into which they Brody Se, and are shifted or removed as
occasion requires, somewhat like the crank of the Steam Engine.
In corroboration of the advantages which it k• stated
this Rudder possesses ever alt Misers now io use, I shall
here detail what happened to his Majesty's ship Cal.
boles at:! Sampson, with this bold oesertioo, that • had
the Plinks and Chain new proposed. been attached to their Rud-
ders, neither of these Ships would have had occasion to move from
their anchorage on account of the accident they met with, bet
could have hoisted their Rudders on board, repaired, and re.hung
them on the abatement of the'gale, with theism facility and etpe-
ditioo as getting bp yards and topmasts. " Id the eiretinso of 1714
the Culloden, of 74 gene. and Sampson, of 64, with *other Ships,
were moored at St. Helen's, when a hese, gale came on from
the R.S.R. Both Ships struck the ground, and knocked off
' their Rudders. The Sampsoo's !ladder sunk, and was lo.t.
On board the C'aloden. a3lincii rope was hastily tirade fast to the
upper' tiller hole, by which means it was hauled up alongside,
lashed there, and carried.inso Spithead. the Ship being towed by a
frigate. The injury here sustained was, that all the Miles were
broken at the neck, and lodged in the Googing. The ship was in
consequence- ordered into Portsmouth Harbour to be docked,
Whilst Waning for a wind to go in. through the carillon of the
°Seen, par titularly Sir Ifalestird 'Owen, our of the mates, and a
dockyardman, named Body, the Goslings were cleared by a ma•
chine, a model of which was kft in Portsmouth Yard. The Rud-
der baying been sent as shore, and new Plinks cast and put on.
'woe taken uir to the Ship arid re-hung." The Culitiden agile lost

het tudd.er in 1791.
•• in) our, the' Cambrian and Volontafre frigates in an Wok
with he enemy, anchored on the Boast Catalorde ;Is winging,
the former tailed the ground ; nest day, the rudder was observed
to be &tidy supported by the tiller bearing upon the transom:
htileted it on board; ill the pintlia were fotind broken, and
the ship was towed into Poi Mahon by the VOlodtah'e, in 'Order
to get new *lles re-cast." In this else,my 'prOpinied plat would
beee remedied the injury In a few liours,withent going into Mahon:
" In 1104, L'Africaine lost her rudder, was towed into Ysf-
.
mouth Roads, and nearly wrecked in getting there."
" In NOvember, lOtt, the Basilian iiiii-of.battk ship, Pedro
Primeiro. struck Ob the Abialhos reeks, and 'broke- :cote of the
• panties, which, remaining 'in tbirgoogingi, were with greet dial•
cuhy and injury to the ship, got out at Rio Janeiro, Where there
are no docks."
It Is needless to particularise the numerous ships that have beet)
enikelY ur neatly Wrecked; Irons not Possessing the ready means of
repairing Shaft • !fodder, at Sea. His Majesty's ships. Rus.ell
Coorageasts, Satiny'. Termagant, Forte, Cho, Tema, Theseus.

end Rasurald, appeared to form but • small portion of the list.
lit 1911. the loslauslsofy iva at the St. Gtergl. 96 guns, whose
fate Wea ll‘ ved that of iDtfende. 74, Ow lowan with $5O. and
the latter with 530 men. exclusive of dicers) is in • great mea-
sure to be attributed to the winner 10-ing per :udder, which in an
'presbabillly woullfhaie b4is* saved by the present plan.
lkwyd Marchisut &ups. the instances et -knocking of the
Budd._ are both so frequent 4ad fetal is their coowquences. that
'Jo *aft tisith. Would't.iisoeail the kitties sr this paper.
In Mt, the &atm hid her rudder knocked elf. its* eras re.
paired is the Rivet. Plate, so the reuse, of the divisiguiplird
-011iii"eritsmandl* &it ateliers, *to.'aelielhe iiiiiertailt 'Attire to
appeal (sod Oiso tuAliv Naval ?messiest at -large) wnk ereseepsilh.
dewy sets the value ot the mecums I now sebpsit to the nautical
14 *hitt "Petaiits df OE4 b:wcbt
Is flag recent accugmt diet beret hit MayestylsAldp illarliam. •
• * (Signed) JOHN LIIIOU."
•

FRENCH PAPERS.
From the Moniteur of Friday.
MADRID, Nov. 2.—(Parrara Coaaeseortnexca.)
A packet-boat from the.' Havannah has brought to our Guy. -
merit ;sews of the expedition -of Gen Barradas on the coast of
Mexico. Teem dispatches come down to the 10th Serember,
They were brought to the Havannah by a frigate from
Tampico, detached from the Spanish 'Timken. General
Barradas resumes his narrative from the 27th of July. when the
expedition landed. After the troops had disembarked, they
wore allowed to repose till they bid been put in ceder, after
which they marched • towards Tampico, and suffered much on
the mod by the greet beat. Barradsa had an interview with tbv
Unitas Comusatedee Garza, the mute who formerly arrested the
Mortise Matilde. Barrad4s made very, ,flatterbig preposals to
Gars*, to draw blot over to his party, but in vain, and they panel
as enemies. No Meelean troops appearing to oppose the expedi•
don, it marched without any precaution .as If it had been in •
friendly country. when% small cops a Mexican troop., which bad
Loin in ambush, with two pieces of artillery, and bad suffered
the Spaniards to approach wits in half pi-tol shot. sud-
denly made a discharge of musketry and artillery, bowled with
grape shot; which killed or wounded 95 soldier and ten *Seers.
Ti.. van guard was thrown into disorder, but the corps which fol-
lowed advanced intrepidly. The Mexicans were obliged to retire,
and the Spanish army enatioued its march to Tampico, without
toy other disasser. The Mexicans retiring into the interior of the
truantry, have destroyed all kinds of provisions, and even set fire
to the villages, so that the country Cannot afford the army any
kind of resources. The villages, which have not been burnt.
are abandoned. In one of these villages nobody was found but a
priest, and fm another a Portegnem. Not a single Mexican soldier
has joined the army of Barred" acd the inhabitants retire from it.
In this situation be has thought it advisable to fortify himself at
Tampico till he receives teinforcements from the Havaim•h. lie
asks foe assistance the move urgently, as the fortifications which he
has erected at Tanmicoant not van important. because he has tint
brought any caws of engineers with him. Such is the substance

of the despitekes of General Berrettas. though he has endeavoured
to represent his situation kw (Hellenic than it really is.
When the packet boat which has bought this news left the Ha-
vannas, the naisdad which ourGoverausent has entrusted to M.-
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jor-Geiteral John Joseph San Lorene, was not known there ;
if we are not enilinformed. this General is to take the command of
a corps which is to go front the Havarotah to Tampico; and when
it arrives there he will take the command of the whole Royalist
army in Mexico; fee the King has been made sensible that Barra-
das is not St for a emittesaod of thisothire.
General Barradas has with him a monk, awed the Reverend
Father Jacques Michael Magas. who, In the' character of Sub-
, Vicar of the trammed of the Royal army. Itas addressed the fol-
F.astoeal Letter to the inhabitants of Mexico :
our very dear Brethren, the faithful Inhabitants of New
Spain, health and peace in oar Loess Jean Cloture.
" Misfortunes .and our sins have presipitated you, my dear
brethren, into the abyss of calamities, which you experience, just
like stray sheep abandoning your Repel shephaidayos have been
led into the crooked pith, which you have fsllowd for these eight
years, shutting year ears to the voice of year Monarch. Your
countryman. son of St. Frauds. as istaimese of hie poverty, without
ever desiring the perishable treasures of the earth, I cannot be
suspected by you, and I hope that the prayers which I have con-
stantly addressed to Goo for your happiness and for the salvation
of your souls, will be heard.
" De not loses single moment; present yourself with confidence
to Getters! Doe hider Hotradas, Consniandee of the Vanguard.
who. authorised by your august and ancient Monarch, comes with
theolive branch in his hand. to offer you peace, and to restore to
you the happiness which you have last. Fame* you were .11
happy, and you enjoyed the good things of Wager*, with the cer-
tain hope chat in the other liie Heaven win be the reward of
your vinare ; but. sines the spirit of impiety has dolled your soil,
yeti have not had a moment's repose—war, pestiknce, robbery,
murder, and all the plastics which have established themselves in
modern Egypt, have beers the punishment which the Saysnus of
mankind has halicted upon you. Goo is great and merciful, and
is among as : his Spirit has beard the prayers which I have CCM-
tinually addressed for you. Have cenlidence in me. and return to
the bosuns of peace, under the protection of the best of Muoarchs,
Doc Ferdinand VII. who will receive you as a sender mother re-
eeiveit in her arms a beloved son. (Signed)
" The Rev. Father, J. M. BRING AS."
A report Is spread in our capital that it is intended to choose, by
drawing lots, some regiments of infantry to be seat to Mezicd, and
that the King will soon issue a decree for a ballot to complete the
army. We learn from Grenada, that on the tsighrof the !oh three
shocks of as earthquake were felt there.