The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

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THE HOPE.—The African steam Navigation Company's
mail-packet Hope, Captain W. H. Bowen, which was
built by Mr. John Laird, at Birkenhead, arrived, all wall,
at Sierra Leone, on the 10th of May, and left on the 12th
for the Bights. She had given entire satisfaction to her
passengers and commander.

Tows IMPROVEMENTS.—The requisition to the Mayor
to convene a meeting of the ratepayers, to consider the
propriety of adopting measures for facilitating the busi-
ness and conveniences of the town, was presented to his
Worship on Thursday. The meeting will be
Wednesday next week.
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT.—MiS3 Elizabeth Holmes,
mistress of St. Mark's school, in this town, has again
obtained a certificate of merit from the Committee of
Council on Education, consequent on her recent exami-
nation at Easter. The certificate she has now received is
first division, second class; there were only five others
of the same granted in all England, and there are not
more than forty at the present time in Scotland and Ent:-
land, of which there are now three in Liverpool. This
certificate is considered the highest attainment necessary
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Civic HOSPITALITY.—On Wednesday, the Mayor,
Samuel Holme, Esq., entertained Colonel Sir Thomas
Hesketh, and the other officers of the Second Lancashire
Militia, to dinner, at the Town-hall. The company was
very numerous. The vice-presidents were Hugh 'Neill,
Esq., the surgeon of the regiment, and Matthew Gregson,
Esq., both members of the Town Council. Amongst the
gentlemen present were J. I. Blackburn, Esq., of Hale,
Sir John Bent, Bart., J. Tinne, Esq., Walter M`Gregor,
ESQ., W. Bowman, Esq., S. Beckwith, Esq., R. C.
Lowndes, Esq., &c.
THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The 'United States' Mail
steamer Pacific, Capt. Nye, took her departure hence for
New York, at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, with the usual
mails, a full cargo, and 133 passengers, among whom was
Mr. Wentworth Dilke, one of her Arajesty's Commis-
sioners for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The British
and North American mail steam-ship Asia, Captain Lott,
sailed hence for New York, on Saturday, having, besides
the usual mails, a large cargo, and ninety passengers,
among whom was Mr. C. P. Roney, secretary to the
Dublin Exhibition, who proceeds to America in order to
assume his duties as managing director of the Canadian
Grand Trunk Railway.
VENTILATION OF THE COUNCIL CFIAMBER.—The sur-
veyor has been examining the capabilities of the Council-
room, with a view to its better ventilation. He is opposed
to the enlargement of the chamber by the addition of the
anteroom, and thinks that a system of artificial ventila-
tion might be obtained by introducing cold air between
the arched ceiling of the basement and the floor of the
Cohncil-room, which might find its way into the room
itself through perforations beneath the windows, and
through the base of the mayor's dais. The vitiated air
might, in the first instance, find its way through the per.
forations in the ceiling, and thence by shafts to be con-
veyed outside.
Docg. Cousinrim—Mr. Shand presided at the meet-
ing on Thursday. The Harbour-masters' Sub-committee
recommended the dismissal of five dock-gatemen, one of
them for stealing a chair, and the others for having re-
ceived beef from the mates and captains of vessels. After
some d:scussion as to whether the offence could not be
Punished with a fine instead of dismissal, it was decided
yit,ter%
to refer the subject back to the Harbour-masters' Sub-
committee, for re-consideration.—Mr. Mason, the se-
a letter from e •
M ssrs Ginnacopulo and
bch
oilani
•in reply to the charges brought against them
Ir.
bessigharn. Some conversation followed, Mr. Bar-
s pulo and nnacoir a and others remarking that it appeared that Messrs.
elves in Chniechhilwaans b i hraoducglheatralygaeixnosnt etrhaetmed. them-
the case w
tmTHE CITY, OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY have
opted a system by which the life-boats attached to their
large fleet of steamers can be lowered without confusion,
anid made immediately available in case of emergency.
ie crews of the steamers are practised weekly, under the
direction of the captains, each man being allotted his re-
spective position in lowering the boat and rendering her
fit for service. On Wednesday last the crew of the
inWind-
eor, Captain William Williams, while ying in Kgston
Harbour, were put through this course of exercise. They
received sudden orders from the captain, as though in a
case of emergency, to lower the boats, which were got out
safely and made ready for use in the short space of
twenty-nine seconds.
STEAM-TUG COMPANY.—'The seventeenth annual meet-
ing of the Liverpool Stearn-Tug Company was held on
Wednesday, in the Clarendon-rooms, Mr. Charles Cotes-
worth presiding. The report announced a gratifying in-
crease in the receipts of the company, white the repairs
were considerably less. The figures stood thus :—Repairs
in 1851-2, £6,000 ; 1852-3, £4,000. Receipts, 1851.2,
£20,827 13s. ; 1852-3, £22,810 3s. Increase, £2,012 10s.
The directors have purchased a small iron steamer, built
by Cato, Miller and Co., called the Tiger, for performing
the light kind of work, and that a new one was being
built by contract in the company's yard, by Messrs. Jones
and Hill, but it was not yet paid for. The company's
fleet at present consists of two lumps, two diving-cutters,
two flats, one life-boat, and ten tugs. The report and
accounts were adopted, and -Messrs. Heath, Batson and
iihamsou elected directors after a ballot, the original
motion, recommending the re-election of tile retiring direc-
tors, Messrs. Cotesworth, Heath, and Bury, being lost.
THE U. S. STEAM YACHT NORTH STAR.--We are
favoured with the following particulars of the passage
from New York of the splendid steam yacht North Star,
of more than 2.000 tons, belonging to Cornelius Vender-
hilt, Esq., of New York, the arrival of which at South-
ampton we have reported in another column :—The North
Star has made a wonderful trip, taking it from the start
on the morning of the 19th ult., when she groundeodoeral
the rock, went over to the Navy Yard, was there dck
high and dry, her trifling damage repaired the next day,
and the voyage resumed at 7.30 p.m. of the 20th ult.
The New York pilot left us on the evening of the 20th, at
9.30, just clear of Sandy Hook, since when we have had a
most favourable and delightful passage. Our greatest
speed has been 307, 344, and 327 miles each in 24 hours
mean time. That of 341 is the greatest ever made by an
Atlantic steamer, by 15 miles in 24 hours ; the greatest
before being that of the Baltic, viz., 329 miles. The
engines were stopped but once on the voyage, the fourth
day out, for 50 minutes, "to key up." The ship has
Performed most admirably, and could not be more com-
fortable in any respect, and has made the passage from
New York to Southampton in 10 days 8 hours and 41
minutes, that is from pilot to pilot, the quickest ever per-
formed to Southampton. There is no doubt she is the
fastest ocean steamer afloat, it being but the trial trip in
ffact. She was driven at moderate speed, engines going
_rpm 13 revolutions at the start up to 17 revolutions, the
highest number on the day of arrival ; average steam 17
to 201 b., with the throttle valve one-third open. Coal
consumed 521 tons, or about 50 tons per day. The ship
made several times 15 knots by the log.
f dof Captain
man_E Salami SANDS screw-steamer, under the corn-
Thompson, arrived here on Thursday,
corn-
from
PlYm°alh• She left Melbourne on the 14th of
February, and reached Plymouth on the 28th ultimo. It
Lwill be recollected that the Sarah Sands was built at
iverpool, and was one of the first of the ocean steamers
!n which the screw auxiliary principle was introduced. She
brought home 275 passengers, 250 of whom were landed
at Plymouth, and the remainder at Liverpool. Three children were born on the voyage, and not a single death occurred. Her cargo included 80,000 ounces of gold
dust from Sydney and Melbourne, and £20,000 in silver
f On the Cape of Good Hope. A nugget of gold weighing
3 slbs. 9 ounces, was landed at Plymouth, with 51 boxes
gold and 38 boxes of s lver, and forwarded to London
n charge of Capt. Thompson and John Hoppin, boatman
to her Majesty's Customs. The voyage of the Sarah
Sands was a very favourable one, when it is considered
that she has steam-power to the extent of only 150 horses,
and her burthen is 1,300 tons. Off the Cape she encoun.
tered severe westerly gales, and was iu consequence
detained ten days. On the 18th ultimo, in passing through
the Western Isles, she put into Fayal, when the captain
took advantage of the opportunity thus afforded' to providen
the Passengers with some fresh provisions, which are
admirably, and
always considered a luxury in a long voyage. During the
'whole of the voyage the engines worked
voyages at
t'o stoppage of the iy occurred. It maY be men..
tioned as a remarkable feature in Australian
crew'
the present time that the Sarah Sands brought home the
whole of her The demand for passages in the vessel
etsl s. off Melbourne
lyins was so great that about 150 were
sed after the full complement had been obtained.
A I‘l,
called thesr ER MERCHANT SHIP —A
in the Mersey from
Boston u Star of Empire, arrived splendid new ship,
sixteen'd •Messrs. Train and
Co al's. She has been built for
S., on Monday, after an excellent passage of
is the
abi•„' as of their Liverpool and Boston line of pa.cket-
beat °Y 11r. Donald M,Kay, of East Boston, who .
Cloud, of the celebrated Sovereign of the Seas, and Flying
Xers \sit° notorious for their extraordinary
rtes between
Speed a.°Fir and California. The Star of Empire combines
aloses,„71l11 immense carrying powers, on the following
easo—',,ns i—Length of keel, 208 feet ; on deck, 220 feet ;
s reet
71 1,3 feet; depth, 271 feet ; height between decks,
some id' register, 2,050 tons. This last item will give
ea
registes s 01 her vast size, for no sailing ship of 2,000 tons
built has Previously been seen here. She is very strongly
aslied
throughout oak, hackmatac, and hard pine, and is double!
as i,,,. Her spars are rather stout " sticks,"
r-rs,..°e imagined. Her foremast is 36 inches, main-
for" "' inches and mizen 29 inches in diameter, the two
I..„Ter built, the latter a single spar. Her fore and main
fes‘sus are 22 inches in diameter, with a "stretch" of 80
n
a, 'List she can spread an almost incredible amount of
to a 3. Viewed externally, she carries a clipper appear-
ancewith her, having a long and sharp bow, and elliptical
,Ort. half-round stern. She carries a full length figure-head
• the Goddess of Fame, robed in vestments of white,
fringed with gold, with the addition of out-spread wings.
r interior accommodationsare very good. She has full
tier
forecastle for the crew, and abaft the foremast
‘l.s a house 341, feet long by 161 wide, and nearly seven feet
in
_height, This house contains state-rooms for the ship's
o.tcers, an hospital, cooking-galleys, and an ice-house,
also Protecting a staircase that leads to the deck below.
22 "on-house aft contains two saloons, the forward one
Zfeet long, painted Florence white, and panelled in
e°l.l,llli_c_arches,_ edged with gilt-work. Tile after one is 19

song, and is wainscotted in mahogany,
rosewood, and satinwood, enriched with gilt mouldings
1 cornices. Rich carpets, handsome cornices, lounging
sofas, and other choice articles of upholstery, impart an
fiance and comfort to this apartment. State-
ranged along each saloon, and stewards' pan-
ther conveniences are attached. Under
'placed state-rooms for second-dav
'tween,lecks have p*-

great height, and are well
e has Emerson's patent ventilators, and patent
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Captain Albert H. Brown, the commodore of thu sine, is
Put in command of her, so that it is certain she will become
a favourite ship.