The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

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London ov

5 toe manning scale, which seems to be
rners generally.—Sunderland Herald.
IRE STEAMER ARGENTINA, belonc,in
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and General
arrived at Lisbon, the passage from —_
i`
fu,P°rt
_,having occupied onl four a and two hours dIL
uaYs of which she ency ounted reys d strong head winds
" eavY sea. During the last two days of her passage S.
rnade 620 miles, being at the rate of about thirteen knot
an hour, Which may for a vessel of 120-horse b considered an extraordinary rur
e power.
ISLE OP MAN DUTIES.—By
aPPlkable to the Isle of Man one-ninth part of the revenue of the island is secured for local purposes in t
island ; and the Tynwald court will have the power c,
au'dieet lug and controlling the expenditure of the moneys
tiing from the surplus revenue, to that extent, for the
.!pose of local "-`

a Navig

new Customs Ac

ukirbp sand w m iproveents—tnat is to say, for the
Qrports of the island, or for any other insular
public works to which Tynwald shall see fit to devote the
111Pds Pri° intrusted to its management, the harbours "takingrit
o vpr ,•

dic works.

AdsFA.LRLANDIsLANDs.—The certainty of the Falk
rali becomin an important station for Rrificli nni
stnn A

d beim,.
, .eunerican and Californian stea-me.un— d qhe
Horn, together with the probability of these islan s s n
sPeedily made a Government convict depot, have
great exertions to send out a timely supply of coal. There
were lately loading at Cardiff the Sea Bird and the Chester,
and in London the Cassiterides, with coals direct for the
-Falklands, intending to return thence, it is said, with
guano, the quality of which, according to Professor Play-
fair's recent report to the commissioners of emigration,
Play-
will render it a valuable cargo after being screened.
SERIOUS MUTINY.—On the morning of the 18th of
May, a serious mutiny occurred on board the ship Rock-
land, bound from New York for Australia, with 200 emi-
grants. The New
commenced amongst some Eng-
lish and Irish sailors, who answered the captain insolently.
A man named Bolt refused to do duty, and when the
captain ordered him into irons the rest of the crew went
forward and armed themselves with belaying phis. A
Colt's revolver brought them to their senses, and six of
the rhigleaders, all English and Irish, were put in irons
until the vessel arrived at Rio Janeiro, when they were
delivered
mutineers was over to the authorities. The object of the
to induce the captain to discharge them at
Australia.
Wusios AND CURRENTS.--It is
believe, that Lieut. Maury, of the American navy, who is
generally known, we
director of the Observato'ry at Washington, has for some
time past einPloyed himself in endeavouring to found a
new theory of navigation which, perhaps, may be '
ilighlY beneficial ; indeed, 'so far as experience has yet gone
it has Proved very serviceable. At the same time, it is
Probable that Lieut. Maury like other new inventors, may
be t°° sanguine of success; ' We cannot enter into all his
rnalani, of Lieut.
theories, some of which we consider rather visionary. The
Maury, notwithstanding, cannot but even-
befo7 Prove useful, although many years must elapse
e it can be made extensively practicable for the puy-
7ayPoses of navigation. His visit to Liverpool was on his
Atto 13russels, wr Maritime Congress is to be held
the discussion ereagulation of the objects which Mr.
tcrY has in view the unit f hicb. will be more ap-
preciated twenty o; th. i y o
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unan can oe at of ""`"' extent' of ocean traffic, and the dis-
. the
bed of the world
tecitures to Which the commerce
ted it is, no doubt, a favourable time to
such oPerationSipping and Mercantile