The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

warm and

over by Mrs
Southport shell-flowers, a be
somely upholstered, a rich cushier
grandeur. The other stalls (f..r

keli and Id

Tempt at description) are presided over, respective y, y
Roose, assisted by Miss Williams ; Miss Downwards, by Miss
Trotter; Miss Stubbs, by Miss Maconnan and Miss Dobson and Miss Wilding, assisted by Miss Margaret Widelewson.;
Stall No. 9 consists of a collection of green-house
under the charge of Mrs. Cropper.

Not the least valuable of the-CoThlrilintions to the bazaar are
sight valuable oil paintings, presented by David Reid, Esq
merchant, of Glasgow, which will, no doubt, be purchased by
some friend of the institution. Miss Leigh, of Islington, p -
sided at a refreshment stall furnished by herself, and to which
Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo, sent yesterday morning a quan-
tity of ice water, and iced creams of the value of 415. We
ought to say that the pleasure of visitors was much enhanced
by the presence in the room of a piano, on which Mrs. Sted-
man at intervals executed some of Oe most popular and

dnring the day were the Mayor, and the Misses Holme, Wm.
Brown, Esq., M P., and lady, Harm ood Banner, Esq., and Miss
Banner, Mrs. F. Molyneux, the Rev. Win. Brewster, the
Rev. Frederidk Parry, &e. Lady Derby sent a letter, with a
donation of .€5, and stating that a prior engagement pre-
vented her from attending.
At half-past five the children of the Male and Female Orphan.
Asylum, es also the inmates of the Deaf and Dumb School,
were admitted, and appeared much pleased. 'ilia morning
(Tuesday), the Blue Coat School children are invited and
will be present at eleven o'clock. ,
The day's receipts at the stalls amounted to nearly Jeloo.

THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.

LAST NIGHT, the Usual monthly meeting of this society was
held at the Royal Institution.—Mr. H. P. Horner, in the
chair. Mr. Monde!, shipoAner, and Mr. Clarke attended to
explain the patented improvements in ship-building and pro-
pulsion, by '-%fr. Joseph Burch, of Macclesfield, and exhibited
in illustration a very beautiful model of a ship, We are
afraid that, without diagrams, a letter-press description would

mat sue 'love!), of the in-
tb—riejlnyeswfafroer'm or fashion for the after-
parts
, andrab ohut
of lfdtl .hst
to
oe
the old c waterotin t e r line,in tI i
et the
usualuppset upper
style.
of vessels,
i 'ln in the construction and adaptation of an
peller ; second •1•
propeller;thircity,—in a newform or fashion for the
voennlli°cnosufcnosnes;iBl,twt:ofiarder to adapt them to the improved pro-
eosfteshni-Ppsolt .TTlheiisnewalterfoatrimonoisf
wedge-shaped upon
diencaksort of conical tail to the vessel, terminating.
propeller acts obliquely on the water on the screw
The new prope
principle. Fin-blades project from the periphery of the pro-
peller
gsillwprrosrto.evrsetdeder en consistsks e 1
n.
b.:eelose'wl andan d u:hbti le th" ec
everylevelon tii inch c h of their surface acts effectively
uponv'-- vessel,
water. The form of the periphery is a continuation
of
the converging tail-lines
new form of bows, the hull of the vessel is to be tubular or
elliptical t midshies, t..rminating towards the bows and stems
in a conoidal point ; the float or load water line runs along
about its greatest breadth to the bows of the vessel, diminish-
only peculiarity,inc a s
e Theof mastsaccid
e natr e
to the
t o
ing in width both above and below this line. And now we
; and a pot lion of the deck, from the stern aft to e
e
come to a
tor•erbye grraeiastei
t machinerylecopic,
somewhat more then one,lialf the length of the vessel, is co-
, vered or roofed over, so that it may ride, without obstruction,
through the crest of the waves. The appearance of such X
vessel will be, in respect to shape, somewhat similar to a fish
with its back out of water, and its inventor calculates that it
would he able to run Sr 25 knots an hour. Mr. Mondle having
pointed out all the peculiarities and advantages of the new
inventions, as displayed in the model, various objections were
urged by Mr.Towson aid Mr. Scott,and replied to. Air. Gran-
tham spoke highly of the inventions, which lie thought most
suggestive. He pointed out what he considered one defect, but
expressed his perfect approval of the form of the fore part
He suggested tint the- society should more sped-
city.
subject of ships' 11 devote their attentdifferede
.models,
of the ship, for they must have fine tiles to have vela
a y
become a scientific question, and he thought
It was now
for men of standing. widety. upon the subject.
'ears ago the rule for a vessel was that it should
shipbuilders should bring their models for discussion.
times the length of its beam. Now, he had known
a
o to sea nine times the length of its beam, and dowelN
arneo6dnif:loPuurg3r best ships were now six times to the beam.—Mr.
Mondle, as a practical man, expressed his belief that a narrow
vessel, two-thirds immersed, was the easiest and safest
vessel. He thought the large flanging bows 'of the Ame-
rican ships were moastroities ; it was like shoving the side
of a house through the atmosphere. He had been a ship-
owner 22 years and a shipmaster 17, and the ship he COIII-
- was 3 feet 3 inches in length to 1 foot beam--(a
laugh)—and he went on till lie got to 4 feet to 1. But it
was not strange that vessels should have been so built,
when there was a law extant that no one should build a ship
under 150 tons burthen more than three and a half times in
length to her beam, and sail her without license from Govern-
ment. The law was made because it was said that if vessels
were not of that form they would outsail her Majesty's
cruisers, and so smuggle.—(A laugh.) The law of admea-
Built lent for tonnage had also been a great obstruction to

tne adoption of improved models. No cognizance was ‘,..
of the depth, and the consequence was, that greedy ship-
owners built ships of enormous dimensions. He had heard
of vessels carrying double their tonnage; they could not sail,
but they served the purpose of evading the tonnage dues.—
An interesting conversation followed, in which the importance
of the subject appeared to be generally felt; and thanks were
voted by acclamation to Mr. Burch, Mr. Mondie and Mr.
Clarke. The meeting then adjourned.

I DE

--TIT or T. R. WrLsox ffeixee, deeik
to have to announce the sudden death of Thoni
Robert Wilson ffranee, Esq., of Rawcliffe Hall, who ex
pired on Friday afternoon, at the North Euston Hotel
Fleetwood, where he had been staying with his family
Mr. Wilson ffranee's lcsswill be deeply regretted, for fel
men have ever so unweariedly devoted themselves to milli

business, and emploAyes a magistrate,fexperiencedtieh3r. i ffairauliweposwitasion3 for
the general goal.
cious and unflinching, and for some years the most im-
portant measures of the county have been under his di-
rection. As .a practical agriculturist. he I
reputation which few can excel, al
life he has invariably acted on soun— ..,,ufstaan principles,
which have gained him the esteem of 'all -Nvi)o knew him.
His illness seems to have been brought on by his too close
attention to public business a fortnight since in Liverpool.
He died at the age of 07 years.—Prealott Pi/oi.

every relation in
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