The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-22 00:00:00

THE STEAM-SHIP PRESIDENT

The New York Evening Signal of the Ist instant contains
the following remarks in reply to an article which appeared
in the New York Morning Herald of the same date :
" BLACK MAIL.—The vagabond of the Herald has the
insane impudence to tell the agents of the President, Messrs.
Wadsworth and Smith, that the reason that ship is not
crowded with passengers is because they have not advertised
in his paper. Why, the fellow has been puffing her with the
view of fishing for her advertisement ever since she arrived,
and he must either admit that au article in his advertising
' columns is of more service than. an editorial notice, or ciao
he is convicted of lying by his own testimony.
" In the following passage Bennett hints more directly at
the object he has in view—the extortion of black mail.
" ' They should give every publicity to their ship, by throw-
ing her open to visiters, and not issue tickets of admission to
hundreds, only to disappoint them, as Wadsworth and Smith
did last Saturday, thereby making many enemies.'
" This is false, every word. From personal observation
we can bear testimony to the perfect liberality and earnest
desire to accommodate the public in visiting the President
on the part both of Messrs. Wadsworth and Smith and Capt.
Fayrer and all connected with his ship. No obstacle what-
ever was offered to visiters, except where delay was necessary
in order to prevent the crowd from assembling to too uncom •
fortable an extent, and in a manner to incommode the lady
visiters on board. Bennett will have to pen a good many at-
tacks before he can extort any black mail from this quarter.
" More than forty thousand persons have visited the ship
since she was thrown open. In no astances have tickets
been refused ; and in all instances the utmost attention and
civility have been paid to visiters by all the functionaries of
the ship. More than forty thousand witnesses can testify to
the fact. The charges in the Herald are wantonly false. The
object of them is palpable, and has met with the contempt ,
and derision it deserves."

Lord Francis Egerton, has arrived at Dunrohin
Castle, N. 8., on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Su-
therland, from Worsley Hall, Lancashire.

Lord and Lady Stanley are expected to pass part of the
winter in town. The f►mily will arrive in St. James's_
square about the first week in November, for her ladyship's
aceouchernent.

An extensive brewer of St. Helens has been particularly
fortunate during the pa►t week, having drawn the winner in
no less than three sweepstakes for the Doncaster St. Leger,
one at the Waterloo Hotel. amounting to £lOO, and another
(4:18) at the Brunswick Hotel, in this'town.—A Mr. Mars-
den, we understand, is the fortunate holder of the winner at
Mr. Bake's, Bull's Head, Manchester, the prize amounting
to something like £5OO.

LIGHTING THE CHESHIRE SIDE OF THE MERSEY WITH
GA.s.—Measures are in progress, we understand, for lighting
the opposite side of the river with gas. The contract in-
cludes Woodside, Birkenhead, Traninere, and the neighbour-
hood. Mr. Jackson, of Hamilton-square, Woodside (late
Church .street, in this town), has obtained the contract for a
long term—twenty-one years, we believe ; and is busily en-
gaged in making arrangements to carry it into immediate
effect. It will be a source of great utility on the other side
of the water.

ABERCROMBY WARD.—Froin the advertisement which
appears in another part of our paper to-day, we are glad to
perceive the conservatives of this ward are not prepared to
submit to the flippant and unfounded assertions of our con-
temporary of the Journal, but have placed before the public,
through their chairman, a prompt and manly vindication of
the course they have pursued, relative to the vexatious and
wholesale system of objections which have been practised by
both parties in the town. We shall be anxious to see how
the poor innocent radicals will answer this open and well-
timed declaration.

RUNCORN.—CHURCH OF ENGLAND MISSIONS TO THZ
JEWS.—The anniversary meeting of the Runcorn Auxiliary
of the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews,
was held on Tuesday evening last, in the Parochial National
School. The Rev. Frederick Master, vicar of the parish, and
president of the association, presided on the occasion, and
he was supported by several of the neighbouring clergy and
laity, among whom were the Rev. Samuel Bagnall, incum-
bent of Aston ; the Rev. Foster, curate of Frodsham ;
the Rev. John Sheldon, curate of Runcorn Trinity Church;
Thomas Keeling, Esq. ; Thomas Hazlehurst, jun. Esq. The
deputation, from the Parent Society consisted of the Rev. T.
S. Grimshawe, vicar of Biddeuham, and the Rev. H. S. Jo-
seph, lecturer to the Jews, and formerly Jewish rabbi. There
was a very large attendance of ladies. The room was crowd-
ed in every part, and if the walls had been elastic, and could
have been extended to enclose double, the space they do, the
accommodation would scarcely have been adequate, for very
many persons of respectability were obliged to return without
gaining admission into the room. A more numerous and
highly respectable meeting was never held in Runcorn on any
previous occasion, and the object was worthy of all the zeal
and interest evinced. To witness our church institutions
supported in this spirited manner is truly gratifying, and cal-
culated to inspire our hopes with regard to the increasing
spiritual rrosperity of our national Zion.
INTERESTING TO NATURALISTS.—The barque Medora,
Captain Harrison, which arrived at this port on Thursday
last, from Bombay, brought as passengers a young lioness, a
female kytena, unusually healthy and docile, and a beautiful
specimen of the chetal, or white-spotted Indian gazelle. It
is true that the importation of these animals into Great Bri-
tain is not an event of unfrcquent occurrence. The fact wits
which the naturalist will be most especially interested is that,
in the course of the tempestuous voyage which the Medora
has completed, six chickens were hatched and reared on board
of her. By the majority of naturalists it has been doubted,
and by many of them it has been stoutly denied, that incuba-
bation could be successfully completed on shipboard, as the
rolling, pitching, and lurching motion of a vessel must ma-
terially interrupt, if they did not actually suspend, a process,
during the continuance of which it was imagined to be neces-
sary that the nest remain in an even position, and undisturb-
ed. The result of the experiment tried on board the Medora,
it would appear, has settled the question, as the parent hen
was purchased in Bombay, the eggs were laid by her on the
the homeward passage, and the chickens hatchet; some fifteen
days before the arrival of the Medora in Liverpool. This
Indian brood are thriving as rapidly as if the " taking airs
of the cold north were their native climate. It is presumed that
the instance now recorded is, if not (as it is believed) unpre-
cedented, at least rare.

ENGRAVING OF THE PRESIDENT STEAM SHIP.-Mr.
Samuel Walters, the celebrated marine painter of this town,
has just published a splendid large engraving of the President
ateamer, which he has dedicated to his Excellency Martin
Van Buren, President of the United States of America. It
is without exception the finest print of a steam ship that has
yet come under our notice, and is an admirable likeness of
the vessel in every point. It conveys at a glance, to those
unacquainted with shipping, the enormous size of the original,
by the contrast produced by the approximation of a large
river steamer, and a number of boats filled with spectators.
The ship is represented as lying at anchor in the Mersey,
with her sails unfurled. In the back ground is a fine view
of a principal part of the town of Liverpool, in which the
more prominent objects are St. Nicholas's Church, the Town
Hall, the Baths, the Custom-House, St. George's Spire,
and the intermediate buildings being intercepted from view
by the hull and sails of the vessel. Great animation per-
vades the scene; the small boats, the steamer along side,.
and the deck of the ship, crowded with figures, giving to the
whole a bustling and appropriate effect. As a marine pain-
ter, Mr. Walters is not, we believe, excelled by any contem-
porary in tile kingdom; and we need scarcely, therefore, add,
not only the hull, but the rigging, sails, &c. of the President,
are pourtrayed with great beauty and accuracy. The water
is also well defined. We wish Mr. W. that success with his
print, which he so well deserves ; and we doubt not it will be
much sought after.

TRIAL TRIP OF THE "GREAT LIVERPOOL. -
from time to time, noticed the alterations and improvements
recently made in this vessel, and shall here merely recur to
them briefly. She has been widened, or, in other words,
increased in beam, by eight feet, which has given her much
greater buoyancy with an equal weight of cargo. A spacious
spar-deck has also been thrown over her, which will
add much to the comfort and convenience of both passengers
and crew. She has also received new boilers, and her cabin
and other accommodations have been increased, so that in
these points she much resembles her sister ship, the " Ori-
ental." As she might, therefore, be considered a new ship,
a trial trip became necessary before she proceeded to South-
ampton and thence to the Levant. Accordingly, on Friday
afternoon last, a ;lumber of gentlemen, accompanied by Mr.
Shaw, the marine superintendent of the company, proceeded
with her on an excursion to the Isle of Man. She started
from opposite George's pier at twenty-five minutes past four
in the afternoon, and, after a fine pleasant run, which show-
ed great improvement in the vessel, reached Douglas
Bay at half-past eleVen o'clock. Some of the gentle-
men landed, and slept on shore, the hour fixed for the
return being eight o'clock, but by far the greater number
made themselves comfortable on board. At eight o'clock
the anchor was raised, and at twelve minutes past that hour
the steam was put on and she stood homewards. The wea-
ther was clear and bright, and the land of Wales, Cumber-
land, and the Island just left were distinctly seen during
nearly the whole of the homeward trip. The invited guests
were entertained throughout with the utmost hospitality.
The ship behaved admirably, and her engines worked
to admiration. Sail was set upon her both on going arid re-
turning; and, though at one time there was a briskish side
breeze, she went on (to use a nautical phrase) " as stiff as a
crutch," and is evidently calculated, with her additional
beam, to carry any requisite weight of canvas. She also
steers with great facility; is a truly handsome and safe ves-
sel, and will, we doubt' not, become a decided favourite. She
carr e up the river at great speed, her engines performing
from 16 to 161 revolutions per minute, so that independent
of the tide way, she was probably running at the rate of 11
nautical miles an hour. She reached opposite George's
Pier on her way to the Coburg Dock, at three minutes past
three—thus performing the voyage from the Island in some
minutes short of seven hours—an excellent passage, consi-
dering the weight of the vessel, and the fact that her engines
from being refitted were as stiff as if new, and that consider-
able delay arose occasionally, both ways, in adjusting them.
The tide being up, the vessel on her arrival immediately
docked in the Coburg, and the passengers (or rather guests)
landed highly delighted with the excursion and the attentions
of Mr. Shaw, and the captain and officers.

—We have,

Died, at Inchbrakie, on the 7th instant, Colonel Grtemei
of Inchbrakie' aged 85 years. The colonel was one of the
few surviving heroic defenders of Gibraltar, under General
Elliot, where he was wounded. He subsequently corntnand-
ed the Perthshire Fencible Cavalry.—Perth Advertiser.