The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-18 00:00:00

*lit FOMENT STEAM-SHIP

ARRIVAL OF

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This vessel, which (we n,
is the largest propelled by steam
wean, arrived here yesterday from _
sage of about fifteen days and a half,--1—
stoppages outside of our harbour, to deliver ht.
a small steamer, and to await the top of high watt.,
she might go into dock without previously casting amen
the Sloyne.

Very considerable anxiety had been excited amongst all
who are interested in the navigation of our port, for the
arrival of the President,—the more particularly as the Acadia,
of the Halifax Steam Mail Line, had accomplished the
voyage in the short and unprecedented period of 10 days.
Apprehensions, indeed, were expressed that some accident
had befallen the President, or, at all events, she was a com-
paratively dull sailer. The possibility of the first contin-
gency we by no means deny,—as a breakage in machinery,
however apparently secure it may seem to be, may arise in
marine, as well as in land or stationary engines. With re-
gard to the second,—we by no means incline to accede to any
prejudice that may arise in the minds of individuals as to the
comparative merits or propulsive qualities of the President,
and the Halifax liners, the whole of the last of which are of
equal size, and almost of equal build, and precisely of equal
steam-power. They are beautiful vessels, calculated for speed.
The President is also a beautiful vessel ; but she is calculated not
for speed atone, (although she has perhaps accomplished
more in one hour, when in ballast trim, than any of the Ha-
lifax line),—but she is adapted also to carry a very consider-
able cargo ;—and every practical man can understand the ad-
vantage which .a transatlantic steam-ship, carrying only her
coals, and becoming " flying light," before she has accom-
plished half her voyage, has over a heavier vessel, with pro-
portionately less power of steam, and which comes into dock,
after, a long voyage, with a large and valuable cargo. We
notice this merely with reference to the present voyage of the
President, as compared with that of the Acadia,—inasmuch
as we do not consider one or even two voyages of
either ship—and particularly as they sailed from different
American ports, as by any means affording a decided
proof of their comparative speed. We would neither apolo-
gize for the one, nor eulogize the other, as regards their first
voyages ; for we know that two vessels sailing on the same
day, from the same port, and to the same destination, may
meet with very different reins of wind, and states of the
ocean, which may retard the one and accelerate the other.
The President was signalled as being off Holyhead (and
considerably to the S.W.) at six o'clock this morning. The
day was stormy, with occasional showers of rain, and the wind
from the N.W. The Wm. Fawcett, Birkenhead steamer, pro-
ceeded from George's Pier soon after 11 o'clock, having on
board the agent and several of the directors of the British and
American Steam Ship Co. to meet the President. There was

a heavy sca running outside, with an up-coming tide ; and
she consequently did not proceed far ; hut found the ship off
the Magazines, and received' the mail bags, and a few of the
passengers, which were landed at George's Pier almost si-

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znultaneously, with the passing of the President in the river
immediately opposite. Amongst those who landed from the
William Fawcett, was Captain Fayrer, of the President, who
immediately hurried to the Custom-house, to report his
cargo, principally flour, on which the duty would rise con-
siderably this day. Despatch was therefore of the utmost
importance, and with considerable exertion the needful was
accomplished.

looked splendid.
le showed not the
the Cheshire

The President, on coming up the rive,
Her speed was very considerable, though •
slightest cloud of smoke. She passed along
shore, and her huge length and bulk excited much admira-
tion. Her main and mizen topmast were lowpr-,
she I--

lad the appearance of a large ship of war under
jury-masts. When opposite Woodside, she rounded to-
wards the Lancashire shore, and (it being high water)
was soon .afterwards safely docked in the Coburg, amidst
the greetings of thousands of spectators. She appears
as fresh and beautiful, both exteriorly and in her spacious ca-
bins, as on the day she sailed. She is considerably down by
the stern, from (we suppose) the coals being principally

forwards

LEST OF PASSENGERS, PER STEAM-SHIP " PRESIDENT,"
from New York to Liverpool.—Sir Simon H. Clarke, Bart.,
and servant ; Sir Claude de Crespigny, Bart.; Thomas R.
Lowry, Andrew Normand, Lewis Lyman, George Haight,
W. 0. Boekee, F. Palmo. J. Lorenzop, W. M. Leman, and
R. Cochran, jun., New York ; J. H. Oberteuffer,

Jams, . hurchman, S. Creighton, and E. M. Davis►,
Philadelphia ; W. Barker, Charleston, S. C. ; C. Auze,
Mobile, Alabama ; Rev. W. Ritchie, Upper Canada ; Louis
Bone, Priest, Louisiana; R. G. Nicholson, Ireland; Hem-
Lond

.1 Aerie, _ Lon; A. Gutierrez and servant, Havana ;
Charles Moore, Liverpool; Samuel Cassin, England; H.
C. Indge, Barbadoes ; Capt. W. Kennedy, 2nd W. I. R. ;
Lieut. B. O'Brien, 2lid W. I. R. ; Louis Hoffman, Leipsic ;
A. L. Alontant, D. Cutter, and B. Desobrv, Paris ; N. de
Geniis, Defayne, C. Castagne, and A. Mayet, France ;
A. Blanc, Lyons ; J. Coates, Paisley ; E. Serenity; and G.
Setley, Philadelphia ; F. -Rodewald, Baltimore; J. Taylor,
Stockport, N. Y. ; William Jones, England ; J. de Castro
and servant, St. Thomas, W. I. ; P. Curtis. Jacksonville,
E. Florida ; J. H. Cockburn, Scotland ; William Crowther,
England ; A. Mayor, Switzerland.—Ladies : Mrs. Jones
and two children, England ; Miss Jones, do. ; Mrs. Creigh-
ton, Philadelphia; Senora and Senorita Gutierrez, Havana;
Mrs. N. &tholes, New York ; Mrs. Hamilton, U. Canada.
Total-55 gentlemen and ladies, 2 children, and 3 servants.
Her cargo consists of 2500 barrels of dour, 33 serons of
cochineal, and 100 tierces foreign tobacco.
A number of Custom-house officers came on hoard, and
narrowly inspected the luggage of the passengers, to some of
whom, who wished " to be off" by the railway, they caused
some little, though perhaps unavoidable delay. The crowd
assembled round the Coburg Dock was greater than was ever
known at that comparatively remote but improving part of
the town.

On the day before the arrival of the President, the passengers
paid a deserved compliment to Captain Fayrer and his officers, and
also to Mr. Hough, the Providore of the vessel. At a general
meeting in the saloon—on the respective motions of Sir Simon
H. Clarke, and Sir Claude de Crespigney, seconded by acclamation,
the passengers expressed their entire satisfaction with the gentle.
manly and seamanli,,e manner in which Captain Fayrer and the
officers of the vessel had exhibited throughout the voyage ; and
their strong and unanimous opinion that a more commodious or
better sea-boat than the President never crossed the ocean. This
was afterwrds embodied in a handsome letter to Captain kayrer

In a second resolution, the whcle of the passengers
equal satisfaction at the liberal and sumituous Iry
they had been served during the passage by Mr. Hong,
Providore, who supplied them with viands &c—and with v
the 1'•

anner in which

'st quality. As the President lett the American shores on the
same day as the Acadia, 'she brings no further political news c)
immediate interest. We cannot close this brief notice without
expressing our thanks to Capt. Fayrer for his kindness and attention
in not only filling our news bags with papers to the latest dates—
(to which we shall probably recur) hut in furnishing us with a pre-
pared list of the passengers and the following

ABSTRACT OF TILE LOC

Sept. I.—Hauled out of dock at 2 45 p.m. Abreast of
Sandy Hook at 5 p.m. ; packet-ships Cambridge, St. James,
and Utica in company.
2.—Wind, W. to S.S.W. ; distance, 160 miles ; lat. 40 20
N. ; long. 70 40 W. Remarks—A.m., light airs and west,
paPsed a barque standing to the N.E. ; 6 P.m., exchanged
numbers with the American ship Wellington ; a ship in sight,
supposed to be the United States.
3.—Wind, variable, S.W. to N. ; distance, 223 miles ; lat.
40 59; long. 66 18. Remarks—A.lf, fresh breezes and clear,
with lightning ; P.M., squally ; 2 p.m.. N.W. ; MIDNIGHT,
fresh breeze and rain.

4.—Wind, S. to N. ; distance, 190 miles; lat. 41 19 ;
60 0. Remarks—a.m., 7, wind shifted to the southward ;
MIDNIGHT, fine weather and light.
s.—Wind, N.N.E. to E S.E. ; distance, 210 miles ; lat.
42 06 ; long. 57 38. Remarks—A.M., light breezes and tine
weather; P.m., calm and clear, at 2, spoke the Oseole, Ame-
rican ship, twenty-eight days from Bangor, bound to Boston,
and six large ships standing to the S.W.
6.—Wind, N.E. to S:E. ; distance, 206 tulles ; lat. 44 05 ;
long. 53 31. Remarks—A.M., fresh breeze, fine, and smooth
water, at 6 15, exchanged numbers with the Shannon, of
Kennebunk, running N.\ .

7.—Wind, S. to S.S.W. ; distance, 230 miles ' • lat. 45 46 ;
long. 49 48. Remarks—A.M., strong breeze and cloudy, a
brig passing to the westward, and a three-masted schooner at
anchor ; 6 P.M., two schooners at anchor.

B.—Wind, S.W. to N.E. by N. ; distance, 238 miles ; lat,
47 16 ; long. 44 59. RemarksA.m., heavy squalls, with
rain; MIDNIGHT, strong breezes and cloudy.

9.LWind, N.E., E.N.E., N.E. by E., R. ; distance, 163
miles ' • lat. 47 52; long. 40 52. Remarks—A.M., brisk gales
and cloudy, a brig standing to eastward, and a ship to west-
ward ; NOON, a brig to S.E. ; P.M., several vessels in sight ;
MIDNIGHT, light winds and heavy N.W. swell.
10.—Wind, E.N.E. ; distance, 172 miles ; lat. 49 4G ;
long. 37 25. Remarks—A.M., light airs and heavy N.E.
swell, at 6 30, exchanged colours with an English barque,
steering west.
11.—Wind, easterly ; distance, 200 miles; lat 50 50 ; long.
35 03. Remarks—A.M., light airs with heavy north-easterly
swell on.
12.—Wind, N.W. to N.B. ; distance 246 miles ; lat. 51 17 ;
long. 26 56. Remarks—A.m., fresh breeze and squally.
13.—N.E. to S.S.W. ; distance, 226 miles ; lat. 51 21 ;
long. 21 35. Remarks—A.M., 5 30, spoke the John Den-
nistoun, of Greenock, for Bay Chaleur, left on the 26th Aug.;
P.M., strong breeze with drizzling rain.
14 —Wind, N.W., N.N.W. ; distance, 267 miles; lat. 56
4G ; long. 15 30. Remarks—A.M., fresh gale, heavy sea ;
NOON, north-westerly gale, much sea ; P.M., strong gale,
heavy sea, at 11 15, passed the Great Western
15.—Distance, 215 miles. Remarks—
and cloudy ' • P.M., off Cape Clear.
16.—Off Arklow ; severe gale, N.N.E
17.—Got a pilot at 9 A.M., off Point Lynas

A.m., stron: breeze

EXTRAORDINARY CIIANGE.—There have been this week
employed on one faro on Chat Moss, 80 reapers, principally
engaged in reaping wheat, though twenty years ago the whole
six thousand acres scarcely produced a bushel of that kind of
grain.

...11YACINTIIS.—There is not a more beautiful flower than
the hyacinth ; there is not one more interesting to watch in
its growth, or that requires lesa care. Day by day its pro-
gress may be noted, and when the flower itself begins to
form, bud, and blow, the fragrance it sheds around.is un-
equalled. There are many other bulbs which may adorn the
apartment in the winter, and which are pleasant, indeed, to
look upon when all without is dreary and desolate. We have
been led to make these remarks from having seen some very
beautiful bulbs in the window of Mr. Cuthbert, Clayton-
square, to which we draw our readers' attention.
HINTS YOR THE RADIEAL2.—OOIOHeI Thomson has writ-
ten a, letter to the radicals, in which, after alluding to that
profound ignorance so general amongst the working classes,
which renders them liable to be imposed upon by the speci-
ous sophistries of self-styled " liberals" and " reformers,"
who vainly imagine themselves more enlightened than their
neighbours, and therefore best calculated to be the great po-
litical regenerators of the age, he advises the chartists to look
keenly after every man who ever called himself a "good re-
former," or uttered the word " tory-radical." " Depend
upon it," says the colonel, " he wasone that helped to steal
your pig."—Halifax Guardian.
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the best of friends, and on many occasions did
the cat actually carry a collop to her feathered companion,
not partaking of it until the bird had fed ; and the two often
slept together, the bird on the bosom of the cat. The other
day, however, the jay died, and puss appeared to be incon-
solable for the loss ; for twenty-four bouts she lay beside the
dead bird. and refused to move or partake of any thing that
was presented to her. At last the bird was with difficulty
taken and thrown over the window, and poor pugs has
scarcely yet got over the loss of her companion.— Perth

Courier

IMPORTANT TO Tint NAVY.—The following order, about
to be issued in the navy, will be hailed with great pleasure
by many of the members of a deserving class of men, espe-
ciall) those who have only their pay to keep up their rank
and station in the profession they have chosen :—" Admiralty
Order.---It having.come to the knowledge of their lordships
that an extravagant mode of living has been adopted in the
messes of the quarter-deck petty officers in some Of her
Majesty's ships, which may lead to much inconvenience to
the discipline of the service, and must be very hard upon
those individuals rho have only their pay to support them,
my lords therefore desire it to be intimated to the respective
captains and commanding officers, that their lordships dis-
approve of such extravagance being allowed in those messt•s,
and direct that means may be taken to pi-event this occur-
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renee happening for the future.
The cleansing of the sanctuary—that is, the completion id
the whole period from Daniel to the commencement of the
trilleniuni, 23,000 yesra—will take place in ISO Epißenpils,
Mavire