The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

THE NEW SHIP EDWARD STANLEY.

We have been much gratified by a visit to a new vessel,
which arrived at this port a few days ago frona the United
States, and which forms a noteworthy addition to the
White Star Line ,of packets, for which our townsmen,
Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson, are the agents. The
Edward Stanley, so called after the great leader of the
American Whig party, was built by Messrs. Horey, Reed,
and Company, of Waldoboro', Maine, United States,
under the personal superintendence of Captain Robinson,
now her commander. She is 190 feet in length, between
perpendiculars 185 feet, and her breadth of beam is 40
feet. She is square fastened throughout, and is a vessel
of great strength and beauty. The 'tween decks are
nearly eight feet in height, and are excellently ventilated,
both from the upper deck, by means of unusually
wide batches, and by a plentiful supply of air-streaks.
She is fitted up with Sutherbarq's iron berths, which are
.exceedingly capacious ; and such is her breadth of beam,
that a wide passage is left in the centre as a promenade
for the passengers. The strength of her build may be
judged of by the fact that the backbone of the vessel—
from the bottom of the keel to the keelson—is nine feet
deep. The bilge keelson, up to the lower deck, varies
from 9to 15 inches—being mostly 15 inches. The wood
employed in this fine specimen of naval architecture is
mostly white oak ; the knees are built of hecmatac,
and much zolid hard pine has been used in her
construction. One feature, which is quite a no-
velty in our port, is the mode in which the pumps are
worked. They are all concentrated in a machine placed
amidships, the manufacture of Messrs. Moulton and Co.,
of Bath, United States. The patent water-tanks are
placed on the main deck, and there are a plentiful supply
of life-buoys and six life-boats on board. There are also
ten water-closets, and other sanitary agents, far exceed-
ing the number generally provided on board the trans-
atlantic packets. The first-class berths, which are con-
structed on deck, are a picture of neatness and comfort ;
and throughout, as may be inferred from the hasty details
contained in this paragraph, the accommodation for the
emigrants is most unexceptionable. For width of beam
and beauty of mould the Edward Stanley is a model ship,
and we are not at all surprised that the government inspec-
tor should have pronounced her one of the best that ever
entered our port. Her worthy commander, Capt. Robin-
son, is justly proud of her, and we wish him a most suc-
cessful first voyage.

SOCIABILITY OF THE ROBlN.—There is now in the
hall of Mr. W. Dickinson, ironfounder, Preston New
Road, Bradford, a nest in which may be daily seen a robin
and five young ones. There are now a great number of
workmen busily employed on the premises.
LUNCHEON.—Those who indulge in this intermediate
meal, or are content with a simple draught of some re-
freshing beverage, may do worse than pay a visit to Gar-
raway's, in Union-court, Castle-street, the attractions of
which are given more in detail in our advertisingcolumns.

THE MAGNIFICENT IRON CLIPPER-SHIP called the
Martaban, which we mentioned in our review of Clyde
shipbuilding last Tuesday, intended for the East India
trade, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs.
John Scott and Son, at Greenock, on Monday last. She
is the first iron sailing-ship ever launched at Greenock,
and is chartered by Messrs. Miller and Thompson of this
town, to form one of their " golden line" to Australia.
MORE CONVERSIONS.—At St. Paul's Church , Liverpool,
on Sunday evening, the Rev. G. Read, one of the incum-
bents, received into the Protestant Church three families,
and a few other individuals, the total number being five
males and seven females, who, on this interesting occasion,
publicly renounced the errors of the Church of Rome. The
anthem " Fall of Babylon" was sung with much power
and effect, and a sermon was preached by the above•uamed
clergy faku Mau 2 Theo. U. 3-8.