The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-14 00:00:00

TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1854'

DEPARTURE OF THE F.agr
THE BALTIC.

Om Saturday, after receiving an address ftZ,pie
poration of Portsmouth, Admiral Sir Cork, cop
barked on board the Sprightly, tender, syle`ds
the gallant admiral with his family and trieeof
head. The cheering was very great as the. st
the pier; thousands took it up from the lutes
tinned till the Sprightly was clear out sly
Every waterman's boat was now in requisition at'uot
pilot vessels, fishing-smacks, and everytlang_os
float, covered the face of the waters—steamers T.
00i
ampton, Brighton, and other ports, arrived L 01;
anxious spectators—immense masses of well-Vto
sons covered the fortifications, and from the ire 0 4
sea Castle a mile of human beings. covered and 061;,J
common. For an hour and a half all was titue"(tteel
agitation ; the sight-seers began to think the
not appear at Spithead. At length, PreciseiYr>n 71,1
first gun from the flag-ship of the comumndess,bole 4
followed with startling rapidity by tile ctesldr
announced Her Majesty's approach. The eiraeliOvic
ling, the heavy guns shook the houses, and iron
ment. The beautiful and unequalled
with the royal standard at the main, folloZisl.
Black Eagle, steamed through Spithead,
the ships of war, each ship manning Gle,„ eft
cheering. Her Majesty having passed to tf;•tro)
the Spit, made signal for admirals and eaPtTs
on board the Fairy, where Her Majesty Vs•
received them, and kept them but a few t"'"lclocis)
the .4
commanding officer then took leave of ,
, 40 si,tv
returned to- their respective ships. At the PV
made, " Put to sea," and within a few minutes
..steit% ,
31, screw, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, ca der
had topsails sheeted home, and was fairly
followed in succession, at' about twenty Swr
apart, by the fleet, as follows : little , f,lO
. Cs
1. Tribune, 31, screw, Captain the Hon. T 1
2. St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw, Captain the .*
Keppell. lirst°l'
3. Imperieuse, 51, screw, Capt. Randle n• ,
4. Amphion, 34, screw, Captain A. C. KeY.
5. Blenheim, 60, screw, Capt. the Hon.
li
F.it•o.
6. Valarous, 16, paddle; Captain C. H. M. Pi ocet
7. Princess Royal, 91, screw, Capt. Lord Clig,
8. Edinburgh, 60, screw, Captain Hawlett ;
Admiral Chads.. lelo4
r 9. Arrogant, 47, screw, Captain Hastings_o•
10. Hogue, 60, screw, Captain William Rani'
11. Dragon, 6, paddle, Captain Wilcox.
12. Ajax, 58, screw, Captain F.. Warden.
13. Royal George, 120, screw, Captain Codri,e'feer
14> Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Conanou' •
flag of commander-in-chief.. o
15.- Leopard, 18, paddle, Captain George Gif
Rear Admiral Plumridge.
Valorous, Dragon, and Leopard, under sties
The spectacle presented by this division of tbet feßd
as it quitted Spithead, was one which willii°ollri,
forgotten by those who witnessed it. Il v
L cer'Y
accompanied the first part of the division for seiisciii
was stopped, and the Queen, with a regular flepif f 4
and steamers around her yacht, saw Flip aftvt,
easy sail pass by to fight the battles of the col ge
crew mounted once more into the riggingt4,o6o 11'4
round of parting hurrahs, and topgallantsans.,46
—that mark of respect which the navy itseut,
the mercantile marine. When the Duke °`,)1.50.1,
approached the royal yacht, the rest 9_,,f
already dim and faint in the distance.
press of canvas, the brisk west wind hid.;
wellout to sea, the Royal George fitly closalslo'„tk,
ceding line with her huge hull and spreaditigtor;
,/
crew of the flagship had now in their turned
farewell cheers. They sprang up the..,,s),,ef:
astonishing rapidity, not stopping accoreif.rtili_fd
at the cross-trees, but mounting upwards
adventurous spirits had reached the cv",:olelY
for the- honour of possessing which they stir "
daring fellow cooly seated himself tiPt 138,A
of the maintopmast, where, with oni h'/'10.0.', :TO
his cap in cheering, while be held the other °rle Jr:e
to show that he was unsupported. The horn. Of,
crew of the Duke of Wellington at bidditic" esy
their Queen and country will long ring Yl,l' it V j,"
who- heard them. Her Majesty stood wai''ted,
kerchief towards the mighty ship as she del'' I 4
a long-time after the whole fleet had gone 0e ts
remained motionless, as if the illustrious 0ce11501,,
to linger over a spectacle calculated to imPr"' bas
foundly. 'Well might they dd' so, for seldo,9lo,
gazed. pon a scene more touching and Poi 01141,`
power and fortunes of England sail with I3,,er,er
force; therefore, the first division of which waii
saw this day go forth to war, must exercise otrie,
influence upon the future history of a v,ietecerifr.
preeedently prosperous and peaceful. asu
tout
we have sent out stout ships, manned by„s h 10_,Z
hearts, propelled by the same agency wilLe-d 10:0 'or
culably increased our internal resource* 3,11,8 slif •
by a gallant Admiral who is not likely to '?", 015"
tunity that may present itself of 1-18clir
inscribed in the book of fame with those°tolis'
the other heroes whose victories have e' in
supremacy upon the seas. auleno
of Sir Charles Napier was ot .eage,
wake •of the fleet ; and then came 010,100 t
Leopard, with the flag of Rear-Admiral and In,
at the wizen. She got underweigh nit ail
minutes, being under steam, with, trr clieelande,l9
passed the royal yacht, manned rigging all
Queen instantly returned to Osborne, an.u. 7nf
At 3.30 p.m. on Sunday, the first: divisloi` -,007,011.
fleet arrived off Dover in straggling order. 'arf,
of, the commander-in-chief, the Duke of lire P-tile,
the fleet up the Channel. She was followeL'l, and
burgh, the flag-ship of Rear-AdmirAl,
came the St. Jean d'Acre, the 1.101 Geode
Royal, Blenheim, Hogue, and Ajax. Tribl
four screw-frigates, Imperieuse,, Arraga,
Am.phion, and, with Rear-Achniral RP"rP ?'
the- paddle steam-frigate Leopard, that so
'paddles Dragon and Valorous, and another ritolli
sttehrrear.
erthat must have joined them at sea' of
It appears that as soon as the fleet cleareat
commenced exercising and manoeuvring, toele,
subsequently prevented their rapid progress
and they hove to off Hastings all Saturdsl, sNo,
progress to Dover was slow,. and little orue,cF,W
have been kept, for, on account of the fog, :,;001
the sake of safety, gave the other the widest 7
As they appeared off Dover the whole fleetto 44,4
steam, and the commander-in-chief made h.;:e;
close, when in the course-of a very short
assumed a position of two lines, the entn7;e,s33
leading the weather linei and in this order
ovi
to the Downs, where they found the CressY' ficsok,
Warren, waiting their arrival, who saluted theotl ,f,
on arrival, and shifted. his ensign from white
• The fleet anchorcLin the Downs at half-P: fr'
they will be joined by the Euryalts, 51, Ser"o'eti'
ness, and the Dauntless, screw, from Portsnl

roIOY,
A PROJECT is.now being promoted for.'acjoifed
the northern counties to London, for the el 4 or
of coals and other minerals, bulky go.,Ati, an
produce. b"e
THE MERCANTILE MARINE.—A return get
sented to Parliament "by command," sll(2d.
ber of British; ships employed in the trade-10:4141
Kingdom in, 1853, as compared with tD.,,e07„4
years, and, including repeated voyages.
the statements include vessels belonging oliv
Islands, but, not vessels registered in. the f 34 04'
tions, we- proceed to mention,, that in ~11.°Ig 1;6
employed: as home-trade ships 9,298!;,ef1,
665,726 lons, employing 40,208. men ;
of 54,082 tons, employing 4,442 men. 1n..,16614
vesselahad decreased to 8,477, employing; 'psi
the tonnage of this smaller number of ShiP54A
and, the steamers had increased: to. 374, t°, crfo:i
men, employed 6,689. Taking next Britis' 017.'
ployed partly as home-trade ships, and irr,`,:c'efe3i;)
going, the sailing vessels of-thiaclass in 1164'40,11,
number, the tonnage 281,951, the men eAlnrviell
while the steamers were 20, tonnage 5,53'' ecl t'7o
262 ; in 1853 the sailing vessels had decretl 006
tonnage to 156,800, the men to 7,134 ;
had risen to 28, tonnage 7,250, emplo3l, 40'"
British vessels employed solely as foreloo-,
there were in 1849 6,612, of 2,040,344 1°„007,
91,242 men, while there were 82 steamers,,''
employing 3,742 men.: and in 1853 the snePti
risen to 8,120, the tonnage to 2,665,685,
to 111,821, and the steamers had ine_t..ru""oo.:,,,
125,539 tons, employing 10,270 men. 'Pi`
me ho
l"
whereas in 1840 there were engaged in vl
reign trade of the United Kingdom 11'!..,Ife'ri
3,096,342 tons, employing 152,611 men, thail4F
only 18,206 vessels, but their tonnage W° 111
the number of men employed was 172,0". lA'
era are not reckoned in this return. ,
irs.otri
THE- ADVANCE SALVAGE.—An aeuci'l
-gtry
the admiralty court on Tuesday, by theZholl,,t
and by the crews of two boats—the Prjo,3o.
Princess—to obtain salvage remuneraO",l, of ,ter,
rendered to the ship Advance, on the 1,7),"0301,A
near Holyhead. The Advance, of the bar''„DePilifij
bound from Mobile to Liverpool, ran, 0;130.4,tri",
dangerous rocks on the Welsh coast. 4-"-
tbeYriflfi
to her aid, and, as they represented, by , 6 t,,,
was got off, and, for security, taken into r°101,;?
Information having been conveyed ,o,„l),tii Gt
steamer Ocean, which had just arrived ir'ciorVii
to her assistance, took her in tow, an; fier toe
the' rocks. The vessel then pursue" oflol,f,
reached Liverpool in safety. The seance. 0,6
lasted about two hours and a-half. toe,
property saved was nearly £60,000• it-d.e
to the steamer of £350, which she refuse,.,,oill
of opinion that great praise was due to tit; ri;
the activity he had displayed in sending ,ervicA
Holyhead to assist the Advance. • Hal; serge
orti
of great value in rescuing the vessel 11..1.1°, 01.1)6;
considerable. peril. He must, .under
overrule the tender, and decree X7o°' t the
had rendered some aid, and he would 010 voic 6
ORDINARY SEIMEX.—There are mall
remember when there was only one clas%*,,, {toti
English merchant ships ; the whole c,:',0,1)3,00j
seamen, at least men who called thentso:„orsecier'f
Some, of course, would be better, some sod It 11116
and were paid wages accordingly ; stn,
faring men, persons who had been got
profession. It is only of late Years nt ,ser,c
has been introduced into the mereba_slop
r 59 941,
now find able and ordinary seamen in collie, le
the practice is universal, even in onr tIOV,
coasters, it becomes necessary to haciaire oYttlt,,
tion of what is an ordinary seaman. ; el, of do
we find men, who cannot by any stre s.,et
tion be entered as seamen, unhesitatintoio 0,4
ship's articles as ordinary seamen' tiog °o3:e
ships a man, to be entitled to the rflteer, got,
seaman, is required to know how 7e Pbe
for the general duties required
esory ottev e;,
such qualifications are thought ilecskieq"egaP
navy ; yet a ship is thought to be
1140b):4
she have a given number of these lipcovoli;/'
board. It is a subject to which s ,
writers should give their attention.
cantile Gazette,