The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-15 00:00:00

STEAM-SHIP ACADIA

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE PASSENGERS OV TITli

ABOVE STEAM-SHIP AND CAPT. EDWARD C. MILLER

The undersigned, being a committee appointed by their
fellow passengers on board the Acadia, British and North
American Royal Mail Steam Packet, desire to express to
Captain Miller their acknowledgements for the attention and
urbanity they have received from him, and those under his
command.

And having been favoured by crossing the Atlantic, from
England to America, in the shortest time ever recorded, they
would express their gratification, and, in so doing, congratu-
late him on the•fact ; and in parting, at the termination of
so pleasant and prosperous a trip, would express the interest
they feel in his welfare, and that in his future voyages the
same pleasure, accompanied by similar results, may attend
him. As a further proof of attachment and regard, they so-
licit his acceptance of the small tribute Of plate which accom-
panies this communication.

JAMES C. FULLER, -I
PETER RICHINGS, I
JOHN HENRY, Committee.
GEO. DOUGLASS, Captain
14th Regt., 1
AUGUSTUS CLEVELANDJ
To Captain Miller, Steam-packet Acadia.
Boston, 17th August, 1840.

Acadia, Boston, Aug. 17, 1840.
Gentlemen,—lf, in acknowledging with deep gratitude the
handsome token of regard which my late esteemed messmates
have been pleased to bestow on me, I may fail to use lan-
guage adequate to the occasion, I trust you will do me the
justice to believe it proceeds, not from any want of feeling,
but an excess of it, paralyzing my faculties at a moment I
most want their aid. I commenced this voyage too diffident
of success to permit me for a moment to arrogate to myself,
on the score of merit, any claim to this liberal mark of your
approbation. I accept it, therefore, as a proof of your gene-
rous inclination to encourage an anxious wish to do right,
and rather to stimulate me to the future than reward me for
the past. Permit me, then, gentlemen, to offer to my kind
friends, through you, my poor but deep-felt thanks, and to
assure them that I shall ever prize this gift as a proud me-
mento of the few happy days I have spent amongst them ;
for although at all times fully confiding in the gentlemanly
feeling of those around me, I confess I was not_prepared for
the developement of so much social and considerate kindness.
May many more such days be in store for me, and I will
venture to hope that my friends will condescend to bear me
In remembrance, when seas may divide and interests separate
us. We are destined, I trust, to meet again. Until that
period arrives, may every blessing attend you and yours. I
cannot conclude without offering my best thanks to those
gentlemen who conveyed to me the decision of their fellow-,
passengers for the very delicate manner in which they exe-
cuted their commission ; and with every sentiment of esteem
and regard, I beg to_subseribe myself,
Gentlemen, ' •- -
Your obliged and faithful servant,
EDWARD C. MILLER.
To Committee of Passengers on board Acadia.

LCOPY..I
Royal Mail Steam-Packet Acadia, off Holyhead,
13th September, 1840.
Sin,—The undersigned Passengers on board the steam-
ship Acadia, on this the twelfth day since their departure
from Boston, and tenth from Halifax, cannot separate with-
out acknowledging their obligation to you for your uniform
attention to their comfort during the passage. • _

They believe that the voyage they are now on the eve of
completing has been performed in less time than on any for-
mer occasion ; and they congratulate you upon being instru-
mental in. affording this additional proof of the success of this
important line of packets.
The undersigned also bear willing testimony to the atten-
tion and good conduct of all those whose duties brought them
more immediately in contact with the passengers.

To Lieut. Edward Charles Miller, R.N....,
Commanding the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Acadia.
Chr. A. Hagerman, Judge Queen's Bench, Upper Canada;
G. R. Robinson, Chairman of Lloyd's; John W. Tapp,
Ordnance Store-keeper ; J. H. Seymour, Capt. •, G. B.
Whalley, Capt. 37th Regt. ; R. 1. R. Lambert, U. S. Navy ;
C. D. Archibald, F.R.S. London ; James Carson, Kingston ;
J. Jasigi •, G. C. Perkins; J no. Sprague ; J. E. G. Tisdale,
Saint John, 'N.B.; Wm. W. Andrews, U. S. Consul, Malta;
Benj. H. Andrews ; Geo. Smith, M.L.C., Pictou, Nova
Scotia ' • Hugh Mackay, of St. John's, N.B. •, Chas. H. Breay ;
L. M. Kennett;' John Ferkman ; William Constable; Chas.
Mixter ; Chas. W. Fairbanks ; Henry A. Tapp ; Horatio T.
Tapp ; J. E. Tapp ; H. P. Saville, D. Royal Act. •, James
Gore; P. H.'Glinn, Ordnance Dept.; Chas. Hill; Thomas
Hutton; Edward Butler, Lieut.-Colonel; W. E. Codrington ;
William Dunn ; Robert Gore ; E. Wigram ; John Coffin,
Capt. R.N. ; J. H. Tapp.

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Acadia, Liverpool Bay, 13th Sept. 1840

GENTLEMEN,-With mingled feelings- of pride and grati-
tude, I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day's
date, conveying to me your approbation of my conduct dur-
ing the passage, as well as that of the officers and crew under
my command. In the performance of a public duty it is ex-
ceedingly cheering to be supported by the unanimous and ap-
proving voice of my passengers ; and rest assured, Gentlemen,
I shall ever retain a lively sense of your kindness, and trust
never to forfeit your good opinion.
Wishing you every happiness, I have the honour to be,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obliged and devoted servant,
(Signed) EDWARD C. MILLER.

ABSTRACT OF THE STEAM-SHIP ACADIA'S LOG.
September I.—Left Boston at noon, and performed the
distance to Halifax (395 miles) in thirty hours.
N.W. by N. ; course, N. 79 E. ; distance, 140
miles; lat. /1448 N. ; long. 6037 W. Remarks—A.M., fresh
breezes; p.m., strong breezes and cloudy, having left Hali-.
fax at 11 p.m. of the 3d.
s.—Wind, northerly ; course, N. 81 E. ; distance, 237
miles ; lat. 45 24 N. ; long. 55 12 W. Remarks—A..M., fresh
breezes ; NOON, more moderate, ascertained by observation
that a westerly current was running 40 miles in 24 hours.
6.—Wind, S.S.W. and S.W. ; course, N. 764 E. ; dis-
tance, 230 tiles ; lat. 46 14 N. ; long. 49 46 W. Remarks—
A.M., fine throughout; current setting westerly 20 miles in
24 hours. _ _ _

7.—Wind, W.S.W. course, N. 761 E. ; distance, 264
miles ; lat. 47 16 N. ;43 38 W. Remarks—Fine breezes
ancl.ciear nreathet,"currenenot perceptible.
B.—Wind, W.S.W. ; course, N. 78i E. ; distance, 270
miles; lat. 48 9N. ; long 3715 W. Remarks—A.M., strong
breezes and clear ; squally in the after part.
9.—Wind, W.S.W., N.W., and N. E. ; course, N. 78 E. ;
distance, 252 miles ; lat. 49 IN. ; long. 31 4W. Remarks—
A.M., stormy breezes; NOON, fresh breezes, with northerly
swell; wind shifted, after heavy rain, to N.W. and N.E.
10.—Wind, easterly and N.E. ; course, N. 82 E. ; distance,
242 miles ; lat. 49 35 N. ; long. 24 58 W. Remarks—mode-
rate winds, with a heavy northerly swell.

11.—Wind, E.N.E. course, N. 83 E. ; distance, 247 m. ;
lat. 50 4N. ; long. 18 37 W. Remarks—moderate, with
swell as yesterday.

12.—Wind, easterly, variable ; course, N. 85 E. ; distance,
264 miles ; lat. 50 26 N. ; long. 11 50 W. Remarks —light and
variable winds, with northerly swell ; 6, Kerry Mountains
N.E. ; 8, Cape Clear Light N.E. 5 or 6 leagues.

N.E. and"northerly ; NOON, Tuskar, W. S.
22 miles ; distance run, 270 miles ; moderate and fine, run-
ning up channel; 8 30, received pilot off Point Lynas ; mid-
night, passed Rock Lighthouse.

QUICK TRAVELLING.—The following is an account of the
time occupied by Mr. Clarke, a passenger in the Royal Mail
Steam-ship Acadia, Capt. Miller, in the journey from Paris
to New York. He left Paris the 31st July, at 5 p.m.,
reached Havre the Ist of August, at 10 a.m., left Havre at
10 p.m.-12 hours at Havre : reached Southampton the 2d
August, at 9 a.m., left at 1 a.m.-4 hours at Southampton :
reached London at 5 p.m., left at 8 p.m.-3 hours at Lon-
don : reached Liverpool the 3d of August, at 7 a.m., left on
the 4th, at 5 p.m.-34 hours at Liverpool : reached Halifax
on the 15th of August, at 7• p.m., 10 hours off Halifax,
left at 11 p.m.-4 hours at Halifax : reached Boston on the
17th of August, at 8 a.m., left on the 17th, at 5 p.m.-9
hours at Boston : reached New York on the 18th of August,
at 7 a.m., making 398 hours from Paris to New York, the
distance exceeding 3,900 miles, which gives a rate of ten
miles an hour including stoppages, and over 12 miles an
hour, deducting 76 hours stoppages.

FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

DEAR STANDARD,—You may easily judge of the result o
the late disturbances in our metropolis. Hundreds of these
foolish fellows have been condemned to three years' and one
year's imprisonment. What did they want to be reformed?
They thought proper todictate to their employers, and insisted
upon working only ten hours instead of twelve per day, for
the same wages. To carry their object into execution, they
called upon all workmen in the various ateliers to join them
in their unreasonable demands. Those journeymen who work
by the piece refused to comb, with their rennet • tm. thpn

• "Aso • •..aos,a. \AY ,VILIF/y VW It. UMW request : tnis men
brought on these disgraceful elneutes, which must evidently
shake the foundation of social order.

The Moniteur Parisien has a most ridiculous account of
fifty men, who rushed upon a sergeant called M. Areez,
whose factionnaire has been carried off by them, and he for-
tunately rescued his gun ; and his corporal defended the en-
trance of the guard-house with his bayonet against fifty armed
men. This pretended story has taken place in the street of
Petit Carreau. The same journal asserts that the sergeant
has been named a member of the Legion of Honour, in con-
sequence of his bravery displayed on the occasion. In the
evening a man on horseback presented himself in the streets,
encouraging the people to take up arms against M. Thiers'
administration, but he was pursued by four horsemen all day,
and escaped their pursuit in the evening. Thus the poor
fellow had a steeple chace through the various streets, en-
cumbered with soldiers, and happily escaped in the evening.
Such absurdities must evidently throw silent contempt on the
French government. A propos, 'the Eastern question is
assuming a most awful aspect in the circles of the haut ton.
Every one condemns the proceedings of Commodore Napier
towards Mehemet Ali Pasha. His line of conduct has been
a direct violation of the laws of nations. Seizing eleven
Egyptian vessels and a corvette before the ratification of the
treaty of July, anticipating it by two days, is certainly a
stigma on Lord Palmerston's blundering administration.
Certainly proceedings as such are not consonant with the
precepts of civilization : they are more barbarous than,the
pretended barbarian whom they think to intimidate into sub-
mission. He is resolved to fight to the last drop of his blood.
His motto is no surrender. What he has conquered by the
force of his arms he will defend to the last.

The King of Greece has sent M. Christides to Constanti-
nople, for the purpose of insisting upon the old Turk treating
his Majesty's Grecian subjects with less severity, and allowed
him but forty-eight hours to give M. Christides an answer.
This summary demand is another thundering blow against
the Turkish government.

Lord Ponsonby has ordered from Malta 50,000 stands of
arms, to be given to the Egyptians to rise against their legi-
timate sovereign Mehemet Ali Pacha. lam apprehensive
that Commodore Napier and Lord Ponsonby, the one with
his inflammatory proclamation, and the other with his arms,
will find it a very difficult task to persuade the Egyptians to
evacuate Syria. They all declare for Mehemet, for no other
reason than because he defends the coran. •
Spain has declared in favour of England. Madrid and
almost all the northern provinces are in open rebellion. Por-
tugal is following its revolutionary example ; so the prophesy
of a French writer is about being realised, that the year 1840
would be a reign of queens and a year of war. If we direct
our attention to any part of the habitable globe, we shall find
the people at war.
I regret to say that the funds are .stain on the decline, as
well as the shares of the railway from Paris to Rouen.

P.S.—lt is rumoured in the hest-informed political circles
that Commodore Napier has seized a French trading vessel,
and that he was obliged to give to the captain a written apo-
logy, for his hasty conduct. It is impossible to describe the
excitements that prevail through the metropolis in conse-
quence of Commodore Napier's proceedings. It is alsohinted
that Louis Philippe had prevailed on the Queen of Spain to
return to her dominions. She intended to take refuge in
France. Poor queen ! The French army is to be placed on
a war footing, and Paris is to be fortified without delay.
Paris, 12th Sept. 1840.
Rue de Bone.

New MAGISTRATE.—On Saturday last, at the Salford
Sessions, John Grimshaw, of Audenshaw Lodge, Esq., qua-
lified as a magistrate for this county.