The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-17 00:00:00

EW PACKET SHIP CONSTELLATION, OF NEW
This vessel is 1600 tons Government, or 2000
tons carpenters' measurement, and is said to be the lar-
gest merchant ship in the world. Her length on deck
(Custom-house measurement,) is 204 feet, breadth 31,
(extreme 43,) and depth 28 feet 9 inches. She has three
decks, with oak hanging and lodging knees, and diagonal
trussinzs between the hanging knees of both decks, which
must add very materially to her strength longitudinally.
The frame of the Constellation is equal in size to that of

a ship of the line, and s

,d fastened in the

most approved style. Her model for Ueauty, buoyancy,
and speed, is all that the eye could desire. A full figure
of Commodore Truxton ornaments her bow, and her

a gem of exquisite workmanship, set off
The pumps of the Constellation
are of the most approved kind, and are designed to force
out the foul uir from below while they are in use pumping
ship. Her masts will be fitted with lightning conductors,
agreeably to the plans of Sir W. Snow Harris, except
that the fore and main lower masts being made sticks,

stern is, in itse

with quarter galleries

the conductors pass through their centres and through the
keelsons and keel. The Constellation will form one of
the Red Star Line of Packets, consigned here to Messrs.
Spooner, Sands, and Co. She will be commanded by

Captain James C. Luce, late of the well-known packet-
ship John lt. Skiddy. The Constellation will leave this
port for New York on the 26th of May.

DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON WAREHOUSE BY FIRE.
—On Saturday, about half-past eleven o'clock, the cotton
warehouse of Messrs. W. A. and G. Maxwell, situate in
Henry-street, took fire, and, before the flames could be

a large amount of valuable property, together
building, was totally destroyed. It appears that

about the hour just named, some workmen, who were in
the warehouse, sampling, heard a cry of fire, and imme-

diately made a precipitate retreat. Word was passed to
Mr. Hewitt, at the fire-station, who immediately hurried
to the spot, accompanied by a few of the fire-brigade. On
his arrival he found the warehouse a mass of blazing
ruins, the interior being choked up with cotton, beams,
and floors. The opposite warehouse (Ledson's) had also

The mains belonging to the Green-lane Waterworks were,
in a short time, opened, and by a plentiful supply of water,
he was enabled to stop the further progress of the fire in
that direction. The engine belonging to the West of
England Company was early in attendance at the scene of
conflagration. The fire in the building where it originated
continued to increase rapidly, and it was upwards of an
hour before the firemen obtained a command of it so as
to prevent its further extension. The building, with a
large quantity of cotton therein, was destroyed, the loss
being estimated at about £4,000. Messrs. Maxwell, are,
however, insured. We regret to say that a serious acci-
dent occurred to a man named Robson, a watchmaker,
who was a spectator at the fire. He was standing on the
west side of Henry-street, when a portion of a window-
stone, which had been rendered brittle by the heat from
the burning mass, fell from a great height, and struck him
on the. head. He was carried away to the Southern Hos-
pital in a state of insensibility, where he now lies, but we
are glad to hear that hopes are entertained of his recovery.
LIVER THEATRE.—Last week the Royal Liver Theatre
was opened for an operatic season, under the direction of
Mr. Howard Glover. The operas which have been pro-
duced are " Bellini," " Sonnambula," and " Giselle,"

Romer, a young lady already well known in Liverpool,
and her personation of the two heroines, " Amina' and

tion: In the first-named character, particularly, she
displays a volubility in the most difficult passages, and a
judicious management of her vocal powers, united with a

very highly dramatic acting, that leave
wished for. We would name the finale,
gle," as an extremely successful performauce

nothing to be
" Do not Min-
She is

!;. L. llime, as " hivino," a young man
of pleasing exterior, but whose vocal and histrionic powers
seem scarcely yet developed. His voice appears not yet
quite equal to the claims made upon it ; and in conse-
mate E quenec of_ his too great exertions in the early part of the

usky and impure towards the close.
Vliss Sara Flower, of London celebrity, has only had lit-
tle opportunity of displaying her very rich contralto ' • and
we hope that we shall soon hear more of her. Miss Julia
Bleaden, and Miss Wooke, both possess pleasing voices,

it becomes

Mr. Delavanti, who, as " Count Rodolpho" in the Son-
nambula, and as "Tridolin" in Giselle, acquitted himself