The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-13 00:00:00

CHAIRMAN OF MR. CROPPER'S COMMITTEE

TO THE•EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Stn,—Having observed a letter in the Albion of this day,
signed " John Finch, jun.," from which it appears that I was
in error in my statement at the dinner given to ine in South
Toxteth Ward, when I said "that he was a Socialist, a sys-
tem subversive of all order, and therefore he was unfit to he
chairman of Mr. Cropper's committee," I would state in
reply, that I understood it to be his father who held that
office, and not the son, when I made that statement; and it
affords me sincere pleasure to be set right, and to observe
that the errors of the parent have not descended upon the
child, as the latter has indignantly repelled the accusation
advanced by me.
Wilful misrepresentation shall never emanate from me,
and therefore I do hint this justice; but as to his other re-
flections, whatever he may think me to be, either by nature
uL educAtion. jconsider them merely the hasty effusions of

the moment,

len stung vvi-

moment be mixed up -With his father's wanderings; but he
must be aware, that it will sometimes happen that the sins
of the father will descend upon the children, rnd this has
been his case in Ws instance; but his immediate and dis-
tinct disavowal of those dangerous tenets is honourable to
the understanding of the son. That candour which prompts
me to write this, I 'trust will be met by the like honourable
usage on his part, whenever we, may come into coalition
amid the strife of parties.
I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
THOS. M. GLADSTONE.
Bootle, 12th Novel:l4r, 1838.

JOSHUA WALMSLEY, ESQ.

TO TILE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL ST✓INDARD.

Stu,—Passing through the Exchange, I picked up this
letter; on looking at it I found it addressed to you; it was
without wafer or seal. I think some person must have dropt
it : I shall drop it in your box as I pass.
Yours, &c.
A MEMBER OF THE REFORM ASSOCIATION.
P.S.—I have not time to readit through; I see it is signed
by our Chairman.
-Castle-street, Nov. 10, 18.38.

DEAR Stn,—You will, I doubt not, be much surprised at
receiving a letter from me; I should not have troubled you
but that being most shamefully used by my friends, and
a ishing to make my complaint to the world, I applied in vain
to the liberal journals, they having, one and all, positively
refused to lend ma their paper for the purpose,—in this emer-
gency, I turn to you, mote enemy, hoping that yue,though no
liberal, will not turn me away in despair. Should you in pity
lend me your ear for a few moments, I will a tale of woe
unfold. 'You remember, sir, that some little time ago, it was
reported that I was about to retire from public life altogether
—to give up my situation of Chairman of the Reform Asso-
ciation. This report was founded on fact; I was about to
retire, for I at that time felt quite sick of public life, and well I
might, after the scurvy manner in which I was treated at the
appointment of magistrates. I, who thought myself the
Great Mogul of the council; I, at whose nod the council
stood in awe; I, at whose frown the council trembled ; I, even
I, was basely rejected. Yes, sir, those men who bad flattered
nte, who had told me that I was the leading man amongst
them—that I was the greatest of the great; in fact, that the
council was nothing without me—these very men actually
(through the ballot box) voted against me, and I was shame-
fully beaten. I say then, sir, that I had good reason to be sick
of public life. From that time I determined to resign, which 1
should have done but for a circumstance which I shall now
relate. It seems that my friends, seeing that I was in earnest,
resolved to throw me another sop, and I ant actually ashamed
to confess that I took the bait. About. three nights after the
appointment of magistrates, as I was pacing backwards and
forwards in my room, (with clenched fists, vowing eternal
vengeance on all that bore the name of radical,) I heard a
tap at my door. "Come in !" cried I, fiercely ; a servant
entered, and handed me a letter, which I opened, and read as
follows:—" At a meeting of the town council, held last night,
at the Angel Inn, tke following resolution was passed unani-
mously Resolved, that this meeting do intend to make J.
Walinsley, Esq. mayor next year, to compensate him for his
disappointment in not being made a magistrate.'"—This
had a wonderful internal effect upon me ; my heart beat
quick—my soul seemekto expand and feel too large for my
body—already did I fancy myself what I long wished to be,
the King of the Council. I felt too, sir, that I was not desti-
tute of charity, for at that moment a holy calm came over me,
and I forgave all those men that had so deeply Injured me.
Yes, sir, I could at that moment have embraced all of them,
—that is, if they would but make me Mayor. The change
that came over my outward man was not less remarkable :
the cloud that had been gathering upon my brow (ready
to burst with tremendous fury upon the beads of my friends
of the council) instantly cleared away, and a bright sun-
shine took its place, and remained there till 1 read
your paper to-day, when I confess a slight gloom came over
me; it was not, however, till after the council had met that
I found out how I had been jilted. I had some hopes that
you were mistaken about the number of those who voted for
me at the Angel the other night, and so it seems you were,
for you stated them to be nine, whereas they proved in the
council to be only six. I shall not attempt to describe to
you my feelings on the numbers being counted. 1 rushed from
the council chamber in a state of madness,-uttering curses
both loud and deep. What, sir, was it not enough to make
Rathbnnc mayor before roe? What if he did spit in General
Gascoyne's face, and call the Rev. Hugh M'Neile a liar in
the council chamber, and threaten to wallop the editor of the
Courier? I have done as good, yea better services to the
cause of reform than these. Did I not go to London for a
candidate ? Did I not, when I had found one, most glori-
ously deceive hint by tacking a list of names, collected for
another purpose, to his requisition? Thus making him be-
lieve he had a chance-of being returned, though I knew full
well he bad none. And did I nut, by means of my tool,
Knipe, get all the tory freemen objected to, in hopes that
some of them, nut being able to leave their work, would be
struck off the list? And did I not, after this, when told of
what I had done, stoutly deny it ? All this, and much more
have I done for reform; and yet see how I am treated : not
only is Earle and Rathbone made mayor before me, but of
all other men in the
.world, Hugh Hornby ; and that, too,
after I had been so faithfully promised. But the Mercury of
to-day puts out a feeler. I shall be mayor next year shall
1? No, ; I urn oat to be done again. And now, Mr.
Editor. can you do anything fur me? I know you have
some influence with the Conservative Association. Can you
recommend me to their notice. I do. not want to be chair-
man. No; any office will do for me, if I can but vent toy
spleen on toy former friends. Did I not know that you were
above such practice, I would offer myself as objector-general
to your association. I could get Knipe again for a mete trifle;
and we know a pretty lot of them that we could get struck
off the list of voters; or, if required, we could object to every
reformer under heaven. You wilt think of it, and try what
you can do fur me, for I cannot stay longer where l a in. And
in the mean time, I subscribe myself, with bitter hatred to
all reformeis, and, if I were not tearful of choking, I would
add, love to all conservatives, .

November 9, 1831

Yours, with much respect,
J. WALMSLEY.

THE LIVERPOOL. OPERATIVE PROTESTANT

ASSOCIATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL sr.vmanD.
Stn,—Permit me, through the medium of your valuable
paper, to correct an unintentional inaccuracy in the speech
of the Her. Mr. Davies, at the Music-hall, on Friday evening
last, and to explain the objects of the above society as briefly
as possible. The reverend gentleman, accounting for the
small attendance at that meeting, (Music•hall.) among other
causes, attributed it to one which had assembled for the pur-
pose of forming an Operative Protestant Society its connec-
tion with St. Jude's Church. Now, I wish to observe, that
it is by no means confined to any particular congregation,
but to the Protestants of Liverpool generally. The committee
having been formed from the members of several congrega-
tions, my only motive for correcting the mistake is, that per-
sons wishing to join the association may not be deterred from
so doing by she supposition that the tubers of St. Jude's only
are admissible.

The object of the association was most ably and powerfully
laid before the meeting by the chairman, the Rev. F. Ould.
in the unavoidable absence of the Rev. H. 141'Isleile, and was
received with enthusiastic applause. It was then stated that
the association was to have. pure. religion for its basis; a
society whose members might be able to prove by their lives
the vast superiority of Protestantism over Popery—in pro-
ducing love to God, loyalty to the sovereignty, and mutual
good-will among brethren. Their object is not to much to
elicit mete physical force as regards numbers, but to present
such an accumulation of principle as shall prove to demon-
stration that if all those who claim Protestantism as their
religion would follow the footsteps of those from- whom they
have derived that name, Popery would never have gained
that ascendancy, which, through their neglect of duty, she
has attained, and a hich now threatens to overthrow our estab-
lishments, which our forefathers have cemented with their
blood, and which hare so long formed the bulwarks of our
civil and religious liberties.
The object of the society is furthermore to enable every
member to be ready at any season to give a reason for- the
hope that is in him; it is to compose a fellowship into which
any person will be received who is resolved henceforth to use
every lawful exertions to resist the encroachments of the
Church of Rome, and in a Christian spirit to endeavour to
convince the members of that church of the dangerous errors
and soul-destroying principles of that system, and to evince
a marked and determined opposition, upon all occasions, to a
system so abhorrent to good government and the best interests
of trite religion. I ain, dear Sir, yours respectfully,
THE SECRETAR Y OF THE aims ASSOCIATION.

THE STEAM-SHIP LIVERPOOL.

To THE. EDITOR OF THE ALBION.

Sin,—As a vast deal of erroneous opinion has been. created
upon the subject of the cause of the return of the Liverpool,
by the premature departure from Cork of some of the pas-
sengers, I, as an eye-witness of what took place there during
the four or five days previous to her second departure, shall
not, perhaps, be considered as uselessly occupying your co-
lumns, in giving a statement Of facts connected with the
question. The causes of the Liverpool's return were two-
fold—first, a larger consumption of coal than was expected;
and, second, a succession of gales of so violent a nature that,
to use the phrase of a passenger, it seemed madness to conti-
nue to face them. The cause of the opposition of the de-
merits being beyond our inquiry, it leaves the first point only
to consider ; and the following extract from a note addressed
to be by Mr. Shaw, the Company's Marine Manager, will, I
think, when coupled with the experimental trip from Cove,
entirely set that matter at rest :
. "On my arrival in Cork from Dublin, I learnt, to my great
surprise, that the entire onus of the Liverpool's return was
placed upon me; and with such unjust prejudices many of
the passengers left Cork, consequently putting it out of my
power to give to them the same satisfactory explanation that
I have been able to do to those who remained, and who are.
in consequenee, deter minced to proceed out in the vessel to
New York. In the first place, I am blamed for making al-
terations in the furnaces after the vessel returned fioni her
experimental trip to Dublin; the plain fact is, and 1 defv-
contradiction, I made no alteration whatever. I suggested,
that the funnels should be lengthened three Teet, as the draft
was not sufficient to keep up the steam to the full power;
and Mr. Forester, Ole maker of the engines, who was on
board, concurring in the suggestion, he added the three feet
to the length of the funnels, which, I urn sure, lie would not
have done, if his opinion had been opposed to mine. The
experimental trip from Cove and back has proved the correct-
ness of the suggestion, and the funnels remain at the addi-
tional length. I also suggested, that the Lack fire liars
should he raised a little, but which was not done for want of
time. In my instructions to the head engineer, it will be
observed, that I laid great stress nn the use of the expansion
valves ; judge, then, how annoyed I was, when 1 arrived on
board the Liverpool in Cove, to find they could not be made
available beyond twenty-four inches of a seven-feet stroke :
consequently they were of no service whatever, as the lap of
the slide valves cut off the steam to that extent. With re-
spect to the fuel, I assert, in justice to myself, that Messrs.
Forester and M`Giegor knew the quantity of coals and other
fuel on hoard—the former react my instructions to the engi-
neer of the Liverpool, and so ditl his fureman. Mr. Robinson,
and they both concurred in them, and in the quantity of fuel
on board. She took out from Liverpool 563 tons, while the
Great Western, a larger vessel, never used more titan about
451) tons." . .

. After Mr. Shaw had explained t.) the assembled passemzers
the above pa, ticulars, he caused the expression valves to he
altered at a foundry in Cork, and the Directors then gave
instructions, that au experimental voyage shoUld be per-
formed, under the entire control of Captains Parker and
Story, two of the most experienced and able steam-shin com-
manders in Cork, the latter Lloyd's surveyor, in order to
Obtain from them, their qpihion of the Liverpool, both in a

nautical point of view and with reference to her consumptien
of fuel. The result was, that, with the use of the expansion
valves up to forty.two inches, twenty-two hours out of. the
twenty-four occupied in the trip, the consumption of coal's
was brought down to twenty-tire cwt. per hour. The captains
gave in a report, testifying to that effect., and stating that the
vessel had, upon this consumption, twenty days fuel on board
when she left Liverpool, aid expressing, also, their entire
convection of the capability of the ship. in a nautical point
of view, to perform her voyage successfully to New York.
The vast utility of the expansion valve was proved by. the
Great Western, in her first voyage ; the log-book of which
says, "By means of the expansion valve, a great saving of
fuel may be effected, with little loss of speed ; that, with half
the steam, two-thirds of the power may be obtained 'at all
times."

As may naturally be supposed, the reports of Captains
Parker and Story restored entire confidence amongst the
passengers remaining. The whole of them assembled'at a
-eLiustsairrisz.au,..at_Cork.,_ by. the_Directutilte day.be !ere the
Liverpool's departure, and, throughout the evening the ut=
most cordiality prevailed. A gentleman, one of the passen-
gers proposed the health of Mr. Shaw, which was drank most
enthusiastically, with three times three ; and a requisition was -
drawn up, and signed by the passengers, requesting. him to !•!.
accompany them to New York, " not doubting, that, by his ""
presence and assistance on the occasion, the security and com,
fort of the voyage would be essentially promoted." In short,- .
so completely had the events of the past few days changed
the opinions of the passengers, with regard to Mr. Shaw, that
several of them got up at table and said, unless he went out •
with them, they should decline going : and he has, accordingly,
accompanied them.
In reflecting upon the circumstances which I have detailed,
we perceive another striking proof of the impropriety of
forming hasty opinions, and acting upon them. Ilad the
gentlemen, who immediately left the Liverpool on her return,
remained until time had been given for explanation, they '')•"1"
would, no doubt, have adopted the same resolutions as the •
other passengers who have proceeded with the vessel, sad
would thus have avoided wounding the feelings of an' : yrs'
dividual who is second to none in his position, either in ex-
perience, ability, or energetic industry, and who is, at OH
times, ready to sacrifice his own advantage and.comfort to
aerve.others.-1 am, Sir, your 'obedient servant, • • ' •
VINDICATOR.

THE LIVERPOOL STEAMER.

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(FROM THE CORK SOUTHERN REPORTER OP TUESDAY.)
The Liverpool started again this morning for New York,
about forty of the sixty-three passengers whom she had ou
I),.*rd, wisp. first leaving Liverpool proceeding in her, The
weather has been all this day noisteioir&-ci,.).,,,i5l i.,vt A 5 the
difficulty which the vessel had to overcome in her passage
was the great consumption of coal, and as that appears to be
conquered, she will, in all probability, snake a good run, end,
soon relieve the distressing doubts and anxieties which must
prevail about her in New York. All the accounts we have
seen and heard represent the Liverpool to be a fine sea
sel. From the following abstract of the log for the eight
days she was out, it would seem no vessel could behave bettie
or be better managed:—
Abstract of the Log of the steam-ship Liverpool, from Liver-
pool to 21. 59. 15. W., and back to Cork.
21st.—Winds, W.N.W., variable to W. byS., blowing hard;
with a heavy sea. Distance run, 264 miles. . .
22d.—W.S.W. to S.W., increasing gale; dark cloudy wea-
ther ; squally, with rain at intervals. Distance run, -192
miles.
23d.—S.W. by S., heavy gales; cloudy weather; heavy cross
sea running; ship labouring severely; engines Working •-•
very smoothly. Distance run, 1391 miles.
24th.--W. by N., terrificgale; dark cloudy weather; thesea
running very high, and making complet-, breaches over the
vessel. The sea broke on board, abaft the paddle boxes,..„,t,
which took away the larboard quarter boat, eight trusses
of hay, and filled the main deck. Distance run, 138 miles. Alk% 'e4
25th.—W. by N. to W., the gale continuing with unabatedi-z.
fury, accompanied with tremendous squalls of hail and
sleet; a heavy sea broke under the bows, which catried,'!g "*.•-• I
away the head-boards, rails, knees, and left nothing stand-
ing but the cutwater and figure. Distance run,. 153 miles. '
26th.—W. jr S., variable to N.W. by W., with a most ier- •
rifle gale, the sea very high, and breaking very furiously in .
all directions; the powerful engines driving the vessel, at '
times, Nerdy under water. Bore up for CorkArt"noon •
this day. Distance run, 82 miles. .
27th.—W., variable to N.W. by W.; heavy gale; 'cloudy. —7—
weather, with torrents of rain.
28th.—Winds very unsettled, from W. to S.E. by S.; _wee- ' .
ther more moderate; the latter part of these,24-hours .
wind settled into the N.W. quarter, and blew a' perfect '
hurricane Distance run, 228 miles.
29th.—W.N.W., variable to N.W., blowing a severe
with a heavy cross sea running. As we appinaelied Aar' 7F7"6'
land the wind abated a little. At 4 p.m. came to .Off p2,41.Pt
of Cork. Distance run, 220 miles. Old Head of Kinsale
bearing N.W. by N. at noon this day. r..-,e-ea 011

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Passaye West, sth. Nov I 8.35..; 7fo
1
Stn,--In compliance with your wish as Director of , the,-
Trausatlantic.Steam-ship Company, we proceeded to. sea in
the steam-ship Liverpool, as far as Tuskar and back tri this ,
port, and beg to inclose the report of the result of that expe-,;;;;-tql..,.4
rimental voyage, which has proved so highly satisfaetory
nautical point of view, and which leaves no doubt of die
pability of the Liverpool to prosecute and perform her voyage.,
successfully to Liverpool. (Signed)
N. J. PARKER, Commander of the Victory, steaMer;
R.. STORY, Lloyd's Surveyor.
la J. Harvey, Director qf the Company, now at Cork,

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(REPORT.) : V` "
We, the undersigned, having been deputed by the Direc-
tors of the Transatlantic Steam-ship Company to make an
experimental cruise in their steam-ship " Liverpool," to as-
certain her consumption of fuel, do hereby report (having-
kept at full speed, with a strong wind, both before and abaft
the beam, for twenty-four hours, and having in that time.:
steamed a distance of 185 miles) that her consumption of
fuel did not exceed 251 cwt. per hour, having a full command.
of steam during that time. It is also our opinion, that,-trom
the reported quantity of coals on board the said steamer on .
leaving Liverpool for New York, she had quite sufficient for
twenty days consumption, at the above rate. We further
certify, that the " Liverpool" fully answers our expectations
as to her power and capabilities to proceed on her voyage..
N. .1. PARKER, Commander of the Victory, steamer.
R. J. STORY, Lloyd's Surveyor.
Passage of Cork, sth Nov.. 1838.

LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTIO'?

LECTURES ON ASTRONOMY.

On Wednesday evening John Wallis, Esq., delivcred'his,
fifth lecture, in which he explained the theory of
.the tides.
As these lectures depend in a great measure upon: the 'dia-
grams and transparencies for their interest,` it is impossible
to give any thing like a satisfactory report of them, more
pecially as the theatre is involved in darkness during the
exhibition and explanation of the transparencies: The-little •';`
we -do give of the lecture must, theretore,_ be looked
more as a sample of the matter brought forward by Mr: Wal:'
lis, rather than as its condensation.

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Although the principle of the tides is exceedingly simple;..
yet their details are the moat intricate of any braneh g
tronomical science, owing to the vast brasses of -eartirsflitch
oppose the progress or the tidal waves. In the open aeean,
the title has very little velocity, and it is only when it is
thrown upon islands and continents-that currents are forttiedbw'
We find that the tides differ in height at different perjods yt.
the mouth. Thus, when the sun and moo❑ are in coniunc-
tinn or opposition, the tides are highest; but not on' the'd`ity
of full or new moon, because some little time is required,leF,J4Vg
the exertion of the influence of the moon upon the tideiv:
therefore t he. t ides are always behind the moon. When:lo'
come to look at small seas or lakes, the influence of the mee,!lt..o4*
is not perceived at all, as it is only large masses of sate r
which she influences. Thus, in the- Mediterranean thei-C'is'
no tide, nor in the large lakes of North America. We find.:
that in 25 hours we have two titles in one place; but there
not the same interval between the consecutive tides. The r,
at spring tides we find there is the least space between the
tides ; but when the tides are lowest, the interval is the great-, -
est. We.find in rivers that the tide frequently-floes in nit
opposite direction to the muon. This is merely because it is
a consequence of the current produced in..the ocean. ,The
tides of Great Britain are produced by the waters of the At-
lantic, and our tides are only a consequence of the moon rais-
ing the tropical mass of the waters. Our tide vanishes at the
Naze, on the coast of Norway; but, of course, 'it gives rise
to currents much further north. This title again returns along
the German coast, We have thus two tides produced in thu'
river Thames; the one as the wave proceeds north Ward, arra
the other as it returns southward: The high tides in the ..`:;e•
vern are caused by the opposition which the _waters of the
Atlantic mret with there. If the earth was at rest Cot it'
centre, we should have only two tiies in a mouth; but. thc
earth being in rapid rotation upon its axis, ice have two tides .
in 25 hours. Owing to the greater proximity of the moon In
to the earth than the sun, its influence triton the title is three •
times greater than the sun. If we hail no moon, we 5h0,04,--
have two tides in 24 hours, produced by the sou. tUstead,,
however, of being four tides produced when'the'llioon,is to
quadrature, we hare one-third of the moon's influence de-
ducted from the height of the lunar tides, a bin produces tttc
neaps, and one...third added when the intion is in the syzYges'
which produces the springs.
Whenever we perceive a body moving, there is a force
plied. Whenever we speak of forces, we' Merely meaat-
power capable of moving a body. 'Now, if a force be direct,o!
upon a body, it can only make it move in a straight titre'
but we have no 'instance of a celestial body moving 10 , •
straight line; that. we are obliged to 10„k,for more than.
one force when we find such to be the case. A body i"'r
.
move in a straight line b. the action of a Mtmbei of force"
but no body can move otherwise than in a straight Vine e""
cept two or more forces are concerned in deflecting it.. „
Mr. Wallis than must ably qcmcnstrated,'
machinery, the theory of the coin pOsitToil
application to the heavenly bodies.

DIIATII ex bins.—An inquest was held at the Fou"dil
Arms, Bolton, on 'Wednesday last. upon the body of Thoulls
Brindle, aged four years anda hail. It appeared by the el"
deuce, that the deceased was left in the hou,se on S"tutlYt.'
afternoon last ; and in warming himself,his clOthes
fire, by which he received injuries that .caused his death, 0".
the following day. The parents of the deceased are weavl=l;
and in such a state of destitution, that a subscription had
made amongst the neighbours, towards defraying -lbt'
penses of the funeral. The jury returned a verdict of

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dental death."
TUE InoN Snie.—The ship ItonsidesCaptain 1%0"i%
built by Messrs. Jackson, Gordon and Co.o, and -launched kt'-
neaa:ittlricellllel:
we have before noticed) on the 18th tilt is now loadittg'!i; •
the west side of the new Brunswick Dock*, and excites toqt;-.
observation
2 626 ot 1)1, miltenlgv Situ
led with • , ample Imam, a fine bow and a'clear run. 'tier,
der (such is the advantage of the material of
exception of her decks and bulwark, she is built) •is• a' •
as that of a river boat. men
t. aSnliileotishehrestientlifitielrlvt!itp-oli).alegdlE
The plates of iron with which'sbenti:
it may be said, " planked," lap over each. otherlong he
nally, so that the resembles a clincher-built vessel,'
is painted below in imitation of copper sheathing- Her b
rie,
warks, gunwale, &c., are of wood, neatly pa,lurlied in
and her ports are hinged with brass., Shp-has a frank c1:40:
serving as a quarter deck, and a small forecastle-; ft.0",1
whole deck :rod interior fittings exhibit,• ghat inst.° 31;iiirlY
want of expense. Sipt is full ship7rigged; bUt Pyc" jot
light and snug, with a Jacoh's ladder' abiift ett.ch
lieu of shrouds: The whole of her running. riggfDl4 rx'
(tin,
cords and she .has a truly. ".rakish" appeptiance:-:" Ter
like a small sloop of war.' 'She carries
markably light uraft of water; and no doutd. call; bek,
tallied but that she will turn out to be •‘ a clipper-
is the first iron sailing ship built :Otitis Tiort .t'ne " • -,•'',,r1c1.1.
to solve the problem (interesting'. to the titeactiotila,.i,:„ ot
whether iron be referable to wood in the ,cousti:9.(..,';
sea-going ships, oh' which some doubts are etit'rtifineri...44,y,
titularly by navigators of the old school... Same,
:tint: that a greater accumulation of sea-weed, bath .Sr;ail
will take place on the bottoms ,f iron than on thok,i'f.:olfrill
vessels, while lying in warm latitudes; and that Ole
lee subject to rapid corrosion. We do not couctlr-111,0:14`ca
nion; but experiment, which, we believe, go I:I( wttlh_
extremely favourable, both in the African-n.ll,llo'l'
.7,0'1),
'oust decide ow question. rethaps the. experiutCP!; ,ciittr"
tried of heating such vessels, Si): covering„air
tile and smoitth coat in.! of the nature of inoun:-..=1),%,j0iu,d,
side," is the ;property of Mr. Carte, or thistywit, tor
with parties in London and Pernambuco.' She %,1",
the Brazils on Wednesday next, and we wish her.4-1":„Apoo
out career. As it will in a great meas.re ilectcle.7a:?l,4 our
of the vet y first national importance, natipely: oyaroi-
:nines or our forests can br,neeforth the iud.' " at
.
cal means Ofkeeping-up our c<inmercial'afarint. •