The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-08 00:00:00

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remarks no the above subject, ti,. ..A ;Aleetiatisie.":olll' ' ..
that "the eoustimpt ion °remit,- vii. in the Git ,4Vteitfei.o is .
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little non e t lidii nibs'. of 'Coed per horse powe Pkiaifiit liifitila .."1/4,4 •
one limper Uurse• Royer per holfr ;lois ...Attie( lidia..l.
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:32C,6 mile.." This is evidently anus ake, au can l'itoik.4l.
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doom, one ton per hour for
.the whole 450 horse tert
engines, Nov.o- otlis. i,er Icirsepower would be about-21A_ ~
instead oif one, ton only_ for the 450 horse_4iower. He giier on
to say, that the sipam is worked SO far extinsivell, us to enter
t. the tinder awing; nub/ one half of the.s:irtike of piston;
miw, accoriling.l;. Pie usioiil garcirlatiimtif:llie horse Power; the
clinders of tlii, Great Western are eqiial; to, 0n1y.450' horse,
provided the steam be admitted at about..l or ;tit'ss ptessure on
the square, owl; during the' Whole of the stroke i.I. the piston,
and as it wily winiitt,l 11110 the cylindelS Of the Cilreat.Western
during, one half of the stroke •of the pistoit,..,Of coarse, only
as much steam is generaied.as is equal ti, I he supplY of engines
-of half that size, 4,r 223 horse power, acciiiiting to tharitoole of
.calculation. That. there is a west saving of Awl by using the
steam expansively, there can lie tui doubt but to suppose,, that
in SO tiOlOg Wil il the cylinders of the Great Western, you are
gaining 450 horse power or ativ thing near It, ontler the above
mentioned circumstances is a i ..ttiplete mistake.- - What power
the engines nu b,aid I hill vessel are. really working up to I cant
not ter,. as "A Mechanic" does not say at what pressure the steam.
is generated, hot when that datum is furnished, I have no hesi-
tation in s'tVit'it, that the engines of the Great Western will be
found to consume more than I.illes. or even 711 s. per loose power,
according to the usual acceptation of the horse power as above
mentioned. " A Mechanic' says, that "she is titled up with
the common injection engines," and speaking of the boilers,
be says, •, there are lour of these, and any one of them Can be
cleaned, and the water readmitted, and so on, as wanted
throughout the voyage, as they become successively foul,"
While tipon this part of the subject, I would ask whether, with
all these arrangements, and the pumping instead of tlinriny tint
of salt water to boot, 1O render the ;Intim, p condensers effi-
cient. the report,Which is generally current in this place, Cher
one of the boilers is Nailed or burnt, IC or is not true. 111 it be
true, is not - A Mechanic" of opinion, that the condensers
till board the Sirius (respecting which lie is quite silent) whereby
pure distilled water is supplied to the boderit are essential to
steam nari2miiiii It New York, and other distant places?
1 am in haste. %ours, Szi:

PLAY FAIR

,ItraP, 1, 1838,

CORONATION OF OUlt GRACIOUS QUEEN, VIC
• TOR IA THE FIRST.

TO TIM EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

•"I H.—The town of Liverpool at. all times has stood pre-emi-
henily high in the opinioo of Old England in attachment
lo the tiltifiae,

1 tie period of, the Coronation is fast. approaching, and, with
the excelitun cif tut, ph.444,lings in COuticil, I do not hear or
any .preparation icing made to celebrate the event worthy of
thislown. sinrorelv hope that a public meeting of the nth,-
bitants.may,tie forthwith called, in order that every individual,
without regard to party or political feeling, may have an oppor-
tunity of testifying, by his zeal on .so propitious an occasion,
that set vent altachmetit to monarchical principles which has
ever chafacturised the pe0p1...-Of this country.—That peace and
happiness mai be+ bilig secured to us, is the fervent wish of
A LOYAL ENGLISHMAN.
srchange-alley, Liverpool, Jane 7, 1838.