The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

Her interior arrangements a
The Sarah Sands w

imirably managed.
taken out of dock onr Tuesday,

last trim, having on I
from Woolwich, sent..expressl

rd Mr. Atherton, an engineer
by the admiralty to wit-

day, to tal

,V.AI
The following account of her performances may be re-
lied upon, being taken from the log an& from the testi-
mony of the various parties who witnessed them. Her
draught of water was fifteen feet four inches aft and this._
teen feet ten inches forward. The steam averaged about.
&lbs. pressure, instead of 141bs. as. intended ; a defect
which will easily be remedied. It does not appear ever to"
have exceeded 6ilbs. The engines made generally thirty
revolutions, 180 feet per minute for the piston, or forty_
feet less than the usual standard. With full steam the
speed of the engines will be thirty-five to forty revolu-
tions. The speed of the vessel under steam alone, and

with thirty revolutions, was full, eight knots, and, for a,
short time, when the steam-pressure was at its best, tha
revolutions reached thirty-four-and-a-half, and the vessa
rather exceeded nine knots.
When Mr. Atherton was on board her, she ran from
the Rock Lighthouse •to the Bell Buoy in fifty-eight
minutes, although obstructed by a large fleet of vessels,
inward-bound. Under canvas she performed most ad-.
mirably, being remarkably still and manageable. The,
following remarks appear in the notes that were made
during the passage The pilot says he would never
wish to be in a stiffer vessel as she would roll to wind-
ward." " The idea that the ship would be tender is alt
nonsense."

We consider that the facts developed by this vessel pos.,
sess the greatest interest to the shipowners of this country.
The Sarah Sands has cost about half the money generally
expended upon steamers of her class, with speed very
little short of theirs, with even superior accommodations
for passengers, requiring about half the quantity of coals,
and capable. of taking about four times the amount of
cargo, thus putting beyond a question the practicability
of having a steam communication for the more valuable
cargoes to all parts of the world. In addition to these'
advantages, the Sarah Sands, being a fully rigged ship,
will be perfectly safe if anything should happen to her
machinery.

CHURCHES IN LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD.

A correspondent of the Record gives the following
account of the progress of church extension in these towns.,
In Liverpool, comprising nearly 300,000 souls, there are
About forty churches. The following are now in course
addition to the above :—West Derby, at
cost of one individual ' • Great Romer-street, at cost of the
family of the late C. Horsfall, Esq. ; Walton Breck, by
public subscription • St. Simon's, by public subscription ;
Cornwallis-street; by public subscription ; and St. Paul's,
by friends of the Rev. Hugh M`Neile. And about £12,000
has been contributed towards the erection of three addi
tional free churches in the poorest parts of the town,
under Sir R. Peel's late act. .An'additional'effort is also
being made to erect four additional churches in the popu-
lous district at the south end of the town ; but I believe
the utmost that has been so far secured is the erection of
one; or at most two churches.

of erection, in

But, supposing all these churches to be built, we should
have thirteen additional churches erected by the end of
next year, providing accommodation for perhaps 13,000
persons, but we have had no new churches built for
several years past, and the population, meanwhile, has
been increasing in a great ratio, and there is every proba-
bility of its progressive increase being very greatly acce-
lerated. Nothing, therefore, has been done to meet thQ
deficiencies of the past.

Besides, a great number of the Liverpool churches are
placed in situations ill adapted to meet the great and cry-
ing evil of want of accommodation for the great mass of
the population: No town in
.England is better supplied
with churches in the districts inhabited generally by
the better classes ; and no town, I would fain hope, is
wors in the poorer parts. • •In a small district round Rod-
ney-street, inhabited Chiefly by the respectable class of
the community, and with wide
.streets and open spaces in
it, are the churches of St. Luke, St. Andrew, St. Michael,
St. Philip, St. James, St. David, St. Mark, and St. John;
three Scotch chapels, and twelve Dissenting chapels;
while the north and south districts, inhabited by a poor
population four-fold the density of that of London, pre-
sents a state of spiritual destitution unequalled in Eng.
land. The Dissenters, as' an almost necessary conse-
quence of their sole dependence on the Voluntary system,
have been induced, in many instances, to sell their cha-
pels in the lower parts of the town, for commercial pur-
poses, owing to the great value of the land, and erect, in
the wealthier districts, chapels in lieu of those situated
where there was the greatest spiritual want. It is grati-
fying to observe that many of the new Churches are being
erected in these forsaken districts ; but the cost for the

mere sites is a most heat/ item
I would now call vour

,tention to the exertions now

making, I am happy to say; to anticipate the wants of
the new town of Birkenhead. The following churches
are now in course of erection here, and are all large and
handsome structures :
St. John's, at the cost of J.,

J. Mallaby, J. S. Jackson, and
W. Jackson, Esqrs.
W. Potter, W. Jackson, and
J. W. and M`G. Laird, Esqrs.
W. Potter, Esq.

St. James

St. Anne's & 1

is, by public subscription, raised through the
exertions of Rev. J. Baylee for the Welsh
inhabitants, who have for some time had
service in Trinity Church in the afternoons,
through Mr. Baylee's kindness.
also a new church building at Seacombe, which

may be considered as a part of Birkenhead.. TheSe, with
the churches of St. Mary and the Holy Trinity, and a
chapel at Oxton opened lately, will comprise eight
churches for a preSent population of about 25,000, and
Mr. W. Jackson and Mr. Potter have signified their
intention to erect each an additional one, next year,
forming ten in all.
Spacious schoolrooms have been licensed for Divine
service in the districts of St. Anne and St. John, erected

he respective c

commercial town where an effort has been made to
provide adequately for the accommodation of the popula,-

RECEIPTS OF FLOUR, &c

AT ALBANY, 1845-6.

ble of flour, wheat, barley, and corn, at tide water, dtiriii,g
the fourth week of November, in the years 1845 and
1846 :

Wheat

1846, 144,450 bls. 122
1345, 179,350 01s. 197.

Barley.
41,295. bu.
80,021 bu.

Decr. 34,900 bls. 74,510 bu. Incr. 41,118 bu. Decr. 38,726
The aggregate receipts of the same articles at tide water,
from the commencement of navigation in 1845 and 1846,
to and inclusive of the fourth week of November, were:—
Flour. Wheat. Corn. Barley.
1846, 3,003,070 Ms. 2,923,864 bu. 1,586,631 bu. 1,421,147 be.

33;778 bu. 1,151;904 bu.

Incr: 515,463 bls. 1,342,172 bu. 1,552,853 bu. 1,269,238 bu.
The comparative excess of wheat this year over the
supplies of the correspondent period of 1845, being thus
equal to 783,897 barrels of flour. "It will be seen,?'
says the Argus, " that the receipts of flour at tide water
exi,veu ilie eaiimum we mace a rEw weeks ago 05 3,000,000
barrels. The receipts at tide water of flour alone will ex-
ceed those of last year by over 500,000 barrels, those of
1844 by over 800,000 barrels, and those of 1843 by over
1,000,000 barrels. The gross receipts at tide water last
year were :—Flour, 2,506,123 barrels; wheat, 1,477,125
bushels ; corn, 33,778 bushels ; barley, 1,134,646 bushels.
The exports of breadstuffs, &c., from New York during
the week ending Dec. 3rd, inclusive, were as follows :

TO GREAT BRITAIN

30,350 barrels
1,196 „

Corn Meal

The following is a tabular statement of exports from
Philadelphia during November

TO ENGLAND,

Corn Meal

The New York Commercial Ativertieer says—" From
the best information that we can obtain, the stock of all
kinds of .western flour here does not at the present time
exceed 400,000 barrels, from which should be deducted
100,000 barrels for that `whicli is already sold for ship-
ment, and is going on shipboard as fast as vessels can be
procured to take it. This will leave a stock of not over

300,000 barrels against 550,000 barrels at the correspon-
dmg period of last year, thus showing a deficiency in the
stock of December, 1846, as compared with that of 1845,
of 250,000 barrels." ' The Express of the 15th says—
" The-closing of the river has induced the holders of flour
to put up the prices, and they ask 5 dol. 50 cents, although
the sales, except in a few instances, have not exceeded
5 dollars 37 1-2 cents. There continues to be a very
active demand for flour, wheat, corn, and rye, and very
large parcels, purchased some time since, are in store,
waiting for vessels to be shipped. , The quantity of flour
in store, purchased for shipment, is from 100,000 to
150,000 barrels, and the stock on hand unsold from
300,000 to 350,000 barrels. The consumption of this
city and neighbourhood is supposed to be from 1,000 to
1;500 barrels daily. If this estimate is anywhere dear
correct, the stock on hand for a winter supply, to last four
months, until the canal opens again, is very moderate.','

Fon DUBLIN, BELFAST, BANGOR,
BEAUMARIS, and. CARNARVON.
Af4 • THE CITY OF
COMPANYUBLINSTEAM-PACKET
,
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
_ . . .

The above Company sail their Vessels, (with or without
Pilots,) taking Goods and Passengers.
For DUBLIN,
•

THE PRINCE, PRINCESS, IRON DUKE, or other First
Class Steamers, sail EVERY EYENINO, at'Seven o'clock, from
George's Pierhead, LIVERPOOL, for KINGSTOWN HAR-
BOUR, carrying Her Ma, eses Mail and Cabin Passengers
"nag.
They also sail their Cargo Vessels (as below) from the Clarence
skck to DUBLIN QUAY
• THIS DAY; January 5, at 12 o'clock Nowt.
WEDNESDAY, ~ 6, 1
THURSDAY, ~ 7, 1
FRIDAY, 8, 2
SATURDAY, ~ 9, 3
MONDAY, ~ 11, 5

), P.M
,) P.M

A „ P.M
3 P.M
2, • P M

For BELFAST, the WINDSOR.
THUS DAY, January 5, atlll o'clock P.M.
SATURDAY, I, 9, 3 ,P P.M.
Returning from Belfast to Liverpool every Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday.

For BANGOR, BEAUMARIS. and CARNARVON,
The PRINCE OF WALES,
W. H. WARREN, R.N., Commander.
The PRINCE OF WALES will sad from George's Pierhead
me/eTY WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, at Ten o'clock in the
Itirrg ; and from MENAI BRIDGE every MONDAY and
`r, at Nine o'clock in the Morning.

The ERIN-G 43.817 -,‘,4.G.H will sail from CLARENCE:DOCK,
For CARNARVON,
THURSDAY, January 7, at 2 o'clock A.M.
MONDAY, , 11, 5 2, A.M.
Returning from Carnarrmt every Tuesday and Friday morning,

Further information o.iven at the Company's Office, 24, Water-
Mreet OHN ROUNTH
J WAITE, Agent;