The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-16 00:00:00

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1845.

every port of the kingdom. In short, the scheme of the select com-
mittee is as wise and comprehensive in its design. as it must prove.
it duly carried out, fruitful add salutary in its results. Considering
that many officers enter her Majesty's navy from the merchant ser-
vice. it offers not only an immediate benefit to the one, but a pros-
pective advantage to the other branch of our national strength
It is also of a character which would bring honour to the statesman
who should introduce it in a settled shape to public approbation
It involves no political considerations, respecting which a disagree-
ment might spming up among all those who wish well to seawen
And it would have the further great advantage of obtaining the
co-operation and support of the various parties connected with the
mercantile marine ; and thus unanimity would be secured where it
would be most essential to success."
We feel aware that we have, in this rough and hasty
sketch, fallen far short of doing justice to our author, who
supplies many interesting facts, arguments, and statistical
details, upon which our limits will not permit us even to
touch. Our impression is, that as some legislative enact-
ment on the subject will vet be forthcoming, the institu-
tions he proposes would be much more beneficial and ac-
ceptable to sailors, at present, than the examination
scheme, for which they are not yet prepared, and that the
former should, at all events, accompany, if not precede the
latter.

the Times treat the premium of £l2O on a Grand June- 1 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NAVIGATION
tion or Liverpool and Manchester share as any thing less 1 INSTITUTIONS AT THE OUTPORTS : A
than substantialy ? Certainly not. LETTER TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
It is clear then that this sixteen millions which our con- THE viscouoT SANDON, M.P. BY JAMES
temporary would blow away is not the fictitious thing re- A. SHARP. R. B. TATE, London, Publishers to
presented. It is the estimated value of the privileges ob- 1 the Lords of the Admiralty.
rained from parliament by the companies to whose shares --
it is attached It may be said, however, that a large por-
A most a
tion of the schemes now at premium have in the
as yet obtained able—and, to nautical men. shipowners, and all
interested improvement of our mercantile marine—
no such privileges. Granted ; and in that case the
most interesting pamphlet, under this title, has made its
amount of premium is or ought to be regulated by their
appearance; and although our time has allowed us hut a
, 1 prospect of success in so obteining them. And this much,
hasty perusal of its contents, the great importance of the
too, is certain that no proposed undertaking, whose shares
mar.ent encroachments upon subject induces us to lose no time in, though inadequately,
are not fairly worth a premium on their first issue, can drawing
1 not entertain at all the plan ever expect to be carried out. attention to the general views entertained by the
author, and the plan he suggests for the improvement both
may certainly he presumed to The point of danger for speculators and purchasers of
of seamanship, and the theoretical science of navigation
'nows, what will best stand the all descriptions to consider is one of these. Have
.pdrde-
in the merchant service.
river, and will work best for all meiruatrhierurroir 1t
shares,e too hi h, Ihi'olodr oltaavleaubTlye ,i
oinstetande their
of gal g
eg
Mr. Sharp, r. ho is a resident of this town, is evidently
in niralty will not allow even a pile a man of scientific.dandatpractical knowledgeh in the derart-
n- mine article. We suspect that many will be found to
study
tt andd
discretion -ni brines to
in the i enquiryts
various a
ted the channel ; and finally, the Admi- have paid too much for their whistle, and more will be meetotiod undertostore
dm nhsiy
Mr.bov, Cuhitt to design the present plan, found to have got no whistle for their money. Ruinous
branches, which it is our impression entitles his opinions
4 Committee and their surveyor, Mr. indeed the effect may be to some, but we can see no pro.
to the deliberate and respectful consideration of all desir-
consider the best which, under'event before us which can create any thing like the
bable , • ous—as who is not—of the improvement and elevation of
sweeping crash contemplated by the Times. There is farTHE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.
~s, can be devised, but are con-our seamen professionally as well as morally. Although
more of solid material at the basis of the railway sys-ut every ordinary test of its rem of this country than alarmists, who take their views his letter is written to our worthy representative., Lord GRAND MATCH.
Sandon, who we believe (as well as other individuals)
~,„,,int the prophecies so flip- from the kind of people they see operating upon our Stock. it important, it --
considers very important, it addresses itself more The sailing match for the Grand Challenge Cup, value
`n of its failure. Exchanges, imagine. Shares are not taken and held now • 100 guineas. and the Ladies' Purse, 50 soya., took place
especially to shipowners and officers in the merchant
•rce of animadversion has been by the discerning few but by the discerning many, who
service, for whose perusal it is brought out in a cheap on Thursday last, and was one of the most interesting in
are too strong in their belief of their soundness as invest-
iangerous sunken rock at the and accessible form, in the hope the_ annals of yachting. The City of Dublin Company's
that they may
ments to be shaken by rumotirs and interested prophecies.
kip , rt., not laid down in any chart, We see, indeed, this stock or that forced up or down, es forward to support such a measure as he sug-
eciesmt:, or request the government to grant something fine steam-ship Prince, commanded on this occasion by
Capt. Sarsfield, marine manager of the company, was
itim"covery of which previously is pointed bulls or bears most predominate; hut what then ? The engaged for the occasion, and left the. Egremont Pier at
' gof the kind. He commences by referring to the Report
II ance of marvellous blindness on the
t bulk of the property itself, which these transactions repre-
'of the Select Committee on Shipwrecks of 1823, which ten o clock, with about two hundred of the members and
110, Committee. No one asks, however, sotontt,,ios quietly resting in strong boxes or in safes through- tlroiereefdreiednddso,wot.including a great number of ladies, and
I, "land and Smoland, beyond the reach of sharelists ' recommended the establishment of Navigation !schools
e river. Mr. Gribbin's cornopean and
t, j, time this danger to our shipping has, aosffia means of promoting the scientific charhaicsteo-
and of 'brokers' circulars, arid as lilt's affected by thecharacter
object theto 13quadrille band was on board, and played a variety of se-
''ll rit has been thrown up recently by temporary rise or fall of premiums as the house we live in he
offertit of our mercantile navy, and. . declares
lections, airs, and dances, throughout the day. The Ayr-
.)ll's 'working of nature, or has been would be affected by a turn-out of brickmakers. a few practical suggestions in behalf of ia
plan
for carrying out that recommendation. " 'sVe have," he shire Lassie, Dreadnought steam-tug, and other steamers
t ages. And all iorget that the pre- We cordially disapprove of much of the rash specula-also followed the race, with many passengers. New
Itarnittee have practically nothing tion which is going on and of the excessive multiplication says, " before us the. spectacle. of a navy of such unparal-
leled growth, that it is reckoned by tens of thousands, Brighton being the place of starting, the yachts entered
of new and apparently useless prejects. The former,
matedwith its removal. On its existencetwelve in number, were ranged in line across the estuary,'
however, ill time will regelate itself. Some speculation' with its fleets dispersed over every sea, yet still susceptible by /1r .Hotc pain of the club, who employed for this
to them, they communicated the there must ever be or we could have no railways at all. ?t an unlimited increasesctogreesporlidinrg to the new
limertelsre
purpose Mr. M'Ardle's little screw steamer Daedalus,
'Pcr quarter, the Admiralty, whose A thing which could nit be readily sold no man would it
receives
widens. every
day,
utw while witnessingeireocommercial enter-
ex- kindly lent for the day, and which was found highly ser-
e Informed, cool 1 not find it at first, invest in ; and we question, after all, whether there is atviceable Mr. Melling's (the secretary's) yacht Seagull
prisetnsion in numbers and influence, we are compelledg to
e, been fonnd—we understand, by this moment (Stock Exchange time bargains apart,) more was stationed off the pier as the flag-boat ; and the yachts,
speculation of a legislative kind going on than is usual in see, that from the want of some adequate provision for
1 the City of Dublin Company—and this express object, scientific ability has not accompanied each wearing its distinguishing flag, presented a very
periods of of prosperity. The projecting mania parliament
iitby a buoy being placed over it. has ample power to check and doubtless will check. it in the same proportion ; and that a serious injury has teresting appearance. The following are their names,
ties to be made the subject of ani- _____=____..._________ ea. been thereby inflicted on its reputation. A perusal of the tonnage, &c., the whole belonging to the R. M. Y. Club
1 r contemporaries, for any alleged ARRIVAL OF THE "GREAT BRITAIN." Evidence on this head, will, he thinks, establish the fact but two—namely. the Zoe (33), of the Royal Yacht Squa-
dron, and the Victoria, of the Royal Cork Yacht Club :
that the time has arrived when the interference of Far-
f the river and its channels, are Phoebe 32 tons.... owner, Thomas Moss, Esq.
'lament is required to correct this omission, "by the
and, with the circumstances of Tb is stupendous Ship, which had been anxiously ex- administration of some broad and general enactment, Gem.• ••• . l2 „ ..... „ Chas. Brandreth, Esq.
pected for the last few days,.arrived here yesterday Morn-
plein before them, we may suggestwhich, without agitating the rival interests at work. arid Heise l5 „ .... ~ R. B. Preston, Esq.
ing, opposite the George's pier, about ten minutes past 8 provoking their resistance, may give unity to their efforts, Victoria
Edith 6_9 ~ .... ~ J. C. Ewart. Etq.
vhile enquiring whether that hodand her • •at thatearly hour, d •
Y ,)'clock; appearance even
fitted to be placed in the care of erouds of spectators to the quay. She left the wharf, at In order to show how the co-operation of those interests Zoe 33 ~ .... ~ Hugh Beaver, Esq.
4 interests—whether, in fact, its flu_ New York, on Saturday, the 30th ult., in the afternoon.
may be secured he proceeds to cite the principal portions BEldaigkhaßess 209 ~,, ........ ~,, G._M...Corsellisq,.E.s_qo
t lie The Pilot left her at the Bar Buoy, at abut. 7 o'clock, soJ. Edwards, Es
tulvantageously transferred backof the evidence given before the committee, as relates to
that the passage' across occupied 15-,days 134:hours, or say Leander .... 31 ~ •• • . ~ J. w.. Hazelhdrst, Esq.
both of our local bodies. If the the " actual qualifications of masters and mates," show-151 days. Very little westerly wind was experienced on .Mermaid.... 24 ~ •• • . ~ J. Grindrod, Esq.
be Mersey in its present effective- „n the passage. One day she had a fine breeze and made nig that amongst the witnesses called, shipowners, under-Fenella 47 ~ .• ~ John Gray, Esq.
writers, merchants, naval officers, and shipmasters. On-
e matter of national interest, which 298 miles from noon to noon, being, with loss of time, only 12 ~ .. • W. H. Lyon, Esq.
• ' clu ine several of our respected townsmen,) opposite Zoe
dto he, the merchants of Liver- 23; hours. opinions were entertained, and conflicting remedies pre- The course was round the Bell Buoy, then round. the
LIST OF PASSENGERs,
e our Dock Committee, are not scribed. The opinions of the naval gentlemen, with a few N.W. Lightship, back to the same buoy, hack again to the
From New Yor k .—tion. J. S. Macauley. Toronto ; N.W. Lightship, and home by the same channels.
ip or to neglect any measures for exceptions, but not generally of the others, vrere unfavour-
Hon. Henry Magnes, Canton ; A. Scheitlin, New York •
At present, as evidenced by what A. W. Hooly and lady, Philadelphia; J. P. Smith, New able the parties being accused of ignorance of science, The signal gun was fired from the Prince, at 14i mi-
nutes past eleven o'clock, and the vessels started irnme-
aand deficient seamanship • but our author remarks tha
;ith respect to the landing stages, York ; Jose V. Benigo. M. Banigo, M. Mauronier, Ha- diately, the Gem ahead in the first instance, followed
much science coritiot be ex' pected from them, as their em-
ffect ually tied up. They can only vane ; Mrs. J. Wells, Mr. Wells, jun., and Mr. G. Wells, closely by the Leander and others. The wind was from
employers consider seamanship, and a capacity for busi-
'lit the Caron
and, of a govern- Toronto; G. A. Courtovs, and lady. Madrid ;F. Covlay. tress, the primary consideration, and science only sub-
, sight.
Itgh et . former be
the south-east, and blowidng moderately,i. and thei littgeiaeifltnoieernitas,
.decide upon and, too often, to over- dittoL°"d z•Ila Capt. a 1,4 Ol;raiien lir, ,i;sll3ridtiiistho
tilt. America'
Hawkins,
cS uscrliida rg
j! , ordinate, and therefore not encouraged. The charge of under full
Phoebe soon
opraegeenrtsehoat voerawsaiurtgi
antistance of some inexperienced official, Abed, England ;C. C. Taggart, Mexico ; John T. Small, !defectivei
opinion seamanship is
merchantdi disproved by
servicehy others, hiehres ,})
best
tds by
school
ogoelnroe
for followed
Crosby Lightship at MI minutes past eleven o'clock,
itti recommendations of men versed Mrs. Baldwin, Miss Baldwin, and Edward Baldwin, of its attainment ; and the distinction netween the two ser- followed by the Phoebe, Mermaid, Leander. and the others,
4 with the questions, and localities, Toronto; L. Hall, New Jersey ; Charles' Beard and Miss. vices is, that in the merchant service there is more sea- the Fenella in the rear. At 8 minutes past twelve the
their judgments have been given. Pitts, Woodstock ; Rev. A. H. Wright, Pio aburch ; John manship than science, and in the navy more science than Victoria passed the Formby Lightship, followed by the
-a--
seamanship. The evidence most to be relied upon is that
lIR
AVADO.—A HINT FOR EN- B. F. Dawson, bearer of despatches, of New York • 'John of shipowners and shipmasters, which is almost uniformly lead of the others, who were nearly all in a cluster. The
Duncan, of ocotland ; JamesTl . Clark, Dublin; 'James
Rowed and lady, New York ; John Barrot, Hamilton, improving—better educated, more scientific, and ore lively short sparred, began to get well up.
Canada West ; J. E. Spilling, Montreal; M. De Peonage, The Victoria rounded the Bell buoy (Ist time) at 48
moral than they were forty years ago. " Still," says our
'feral l, of the 30th ultimo., Havana e Thomas Pressor, Brooklyn ; George Brock, minutes past 12; followed in from 4to 10 minutes by (in
author, though the evidence be favourable on the whole,
stains the following piece of Niagara, Canada West ; F. M`Murray, England ; E. order) the Phcebe. Editha, Black Bess, Hebe, Leander,
it is not so favourable as it ought to be ; and the remedy
for its very absurdity is enough Fayrer arid A. M. Delatorie. ditto ; Thomas Binney. Zoe (33), and Mermaid. They all now hauled their
proposed at the time was, Captain Fitzroy's Bill, provi-
. lit of panic. Referring to the London ; Martial Peyret, France ; Mrs. J. A. O'Meara, win), steering towards the N.W. Light-Ship, and pre-
ding that, at the expiration of six months, every candi-
dlog Mexico in her quarrel with and daught• r, Quebec; and Miss Hagerman, Niagara, date for a master or mate's berth should qualify by passing renting a moat animated scene, the steamers following at
aist st: s:— Canada West; A. Billings; G. M. Murray ; James Ryan • •
. an examination, before the District Board, acting under such distance as to obtain a gratifying view. They bore
Mr. M•Cul'ov ; C. L. Showers ; Charles Armstrong ; F.
c be discloser' that Mexico is acting the London Trinity Board. their canvas to admiration, stooping to the rising breeze
onion of England, or is assisted by Ackerman; Ali E Mellon : Mr. Fleisher. Our author adduces further heads of evidence, on the in a jabble of a sea; and in their varied positions would
eor British gold, a feeling of hostility w have furnished numerous sketches for the pencil of the
illiam Dou al Christie Eaq M.P. tot. Weymouth ; probable effects of such a bill, if carried, (cited from the
t will be enkindled here which may operate report), and from these it appears that the opinions enter- marine draftsman, during the whole of their sailing twice
Ith a i Braithwaite Progile, E,q , (o.f this"town); and Major T. B. to and from the Light-Ship and the Buoy. Ihe Edith
cegree that is little expected. We Jervis, were elected Fellows of the Statistical Society in tained were as conflicting as those on the last question,
'.ori 1,0 i
i 1 ono? to bridle Mexico riad to punish London, at their last mgr ring. the witnesses who took the unfavourable view recom- soon became third boat. The following is the order of
t"n'Ps she can make upon our territory or DANGEROUS STATE OF THE OUTSKIRTS.—We refer- mending an examination ;others admitting its benefit, but their passing the Light-Ship the first, and also the second
pat that
eit also in our power, without firing red to this sunjeet last week, since which the attack upon doubting its practicability ;and others denying its efficacy ttm..e.(saler again tounding the Bell, at a distance of 4
Pr TP
od 'ILO great element of our commerce, the Mr. Bibby, in Nethertield Road, noticed elsewhere, has or necessity, and condemning the bill altogether. Our miles) • First Time. Second Time.
illat ''Ce a cri-i . in the commercial affairs of confirmed what we had aid
stated, as to the necessity author admits that the passing of an examination is re- h. m. s. h. m a.
i'li:'ir,'"uld finally' bring forth a dissolution of of an additional force to watch the outskirts, now extend- gulled in the navy, but shows that by the influence of
Vi:ttoria . ..... 122 15 .. 223 10
teri, -of that empire and a complete revolution ing on every side of the "I own. We are happy to find that patronage and other circumstances it is considered of little
Plice'ie ........ 125 35 .. 228 30
11. 'tient- This could be effected in less tha value, the service not even considering
•it as giving the
the Watch Committee have promptly stepped forward to Edith ........ 131 30 .. 233 0
,Ilileold where would British power, and British meet the emergency of the case, and thrt 30 extra men are man the stamp of genuine ability, which practical proof in
Fenella ....... .135 15 .. 241 10
,s'ae, er either to retain possession of Canada, j to be immediately appointed, to enable the Head Constae seamanship can alone determine. The shipwrecks in the
7, iazdr2_,n,vemement towards the acquisition of 1 hie to alferd the necessary prmection. navy, too, making all allowances for the superior finding Zoe (33) ......1 36 30 .. 243 45
ltic„ 7a, to maintain, in any point of view,RUE— and manning of the ships, and their more open and less Mermaid ••••.. 1 37 15 .. 249 50
ig /re p: '?" • THE RUINS AT THE CORNER OF ROE Black Bess .... 13730..2 51 50
kat urope (Cr Asia Since our last this interesting combination of cabbages, dangerous destinations. are about equal in number to
Gem.. , ....... 137 45 .. 254 45
ti, this would be ! We confess however we those of the merchant service. In the science, or mathe-
fishheads, and oyster shells, has been broken in upon Leander ...... 138 15 .. 251 45
t', understand v.liether Jonathan would fire Disturbed by the pickaxes of the British Assodiation, our maticel theory of navigation, a man may be strictly ex-
Hebe . ........ 139 15 .. 253 15
The instead of grape and canister, or keep it local authorities have taken the hint, andiletermined upon mined and tested by figures and calculations, but in sea-
Editha ........ soon after .. 3 2 0
I°4sta'a.tter W e suspect is the process. We are having the masaes of putrescent matter in this locality manship, or the working of a vessel, the oral examination
The leading vessels had thus maintained their relative
aft r'et and to die in six months from the properly appreciated. A goods macadam is being laid down, must be confined to hypothetical questions, and answers
ositions, ati'd a few of the others had gained or lost a
ill her free
amount of 'crate with more decent localities • and to ena- for these may be prepared from books or other authorities, P.
Orleans and Boweds ! to common! , .
and their correctness be undeniable, though a mere lands- little. The Zoe. 12 tons, carried away her mast, soon
,lo teit',_fr.ee traders say to this ? Suppose, in ble the curious public to approach the remains of the after rounding the Bell, and was, of course, hors de
?,it,e"g dependent upon such a flighty people fishheads, &c., and their effluvia, a walk is being designed. man may learn them by rote. combat. After last rounding the N.W. Lightship, the
le 7tere ,/ . We around them. Sufficient matter, we are glad to see, will After a variety of arguments, direct and colatteral,
. that ependent upon thi.in f2* Corn. whole made their way homewards, with a nearly dead
be left to d ,tribute around the neighbourhood the agree- bearing on his subject, our author admits that an exam-
-111 s Case to use their own elegant phrase-- ination is " a beneficail practice, per se," and that, as a beating wind u from the Bell. All those parties on
able aroma by which it is now distinguished. board the Prince) enjoyed.themselve.s to the utmost during
‘lf enalewhat of a iix. But as to being killedsubordinate instrument, it would have a good moral influ.
EXCELLENT BUILDING REGULATION.—Our remarke
ikl hi, we fancy brother Jonathan would last week upon the rapidity with which the erection of ence, less direct than indirect It could not be trusted to the whole day. Dancing quadrilles, waltzes, &c., on
the quarter-deck, was commenced at noon, and continued
,Pc-°12; to starve for want o-. our money. public-houses and beer-shops' in the suburbs has drawn as infallible, hut would scare a notoriously unqualified
with spirit almost throughout.. A. n excellent Rod abun-
''lai, 'we could effectually shut ; but of his from a respectable proprietor of building-!and, ie Liver- person from offering himself as a candidate by the test
te Ott dant dinner, with the choicest wines, liquors,' &c., were
lii:ed, be able to borrow as much as would pool, a request that we should urge the general adoption whica it requires. served in the. saloon and fore-cabin, to successive parties,
'lst ',* By the live would it not be wise to of the practice, adopted by himself, of inserting a con- The only difference that arises in the discussion of the
there not being room for the whole at a tire. The whole
Ise all our colonial possessions in almost every dition in leases, binding purchasers not to erect on land bill of Capt. Fitzroy is, whether the examination should
was provided by Mr. Hillier, of the Monk's Ferry Hotel.
tter Cannot encourage the growth of this ne- sold to them in respectable localities " any Ale-house, be compulsory or optional—whether to be conducted by
to whom and the committee and stewards, the arrange-
klia ttarotetsjial and bt... indept'oident of this tin- Beer-shop, and Spirit-vaults, or carry on any offensive public officers, or left to the shipowners themselves ; and
trade." By so doing parties would be protected from thements were highly creditable. As the steamer had to re-
itety. producer. I upon these points it was found to be so serious—ship-
gain the flag-boat at New Brighton before the first yacht,
serious injury to property daily resulting from the location considering themselves to be the best judges of
'tg --es_ ------ owners the whole of the beating up of the yachts was not witnessed
t ,/, of these annoyances in the immediate vicinity of respect- their own interests, and there being moreover a danger
by those on board, but the sailing, on the whole, was
ive 0 HAVE A RAILWAY CRISIS? able dwellings, and families be able to resort to the quiet in disturbing private mercantile agreements and adven-
masterly. Cconsiderable alterations took place in the
it tte„ arid healthy parts of the outskirts, without the fear of lure—that, says our author, it was judged prudent to
Ito," of late nu—niberless ingeeions calculations, the worst pests to he found in the crowded town follow- withdraw the bill. He, however, contemplates some relative positions of some of the yachts towards the close,
and they came to the winning place as follows :
future enactment having the same intended salutary oh-
Would lead us to the conclusion that rail. ing them to their fancied retirement. Time of afternoon.
la 'heart to hurry us to some crushing EASTR AM REGATTA.—The. annual regatta, under the ject, and urges that the change should be gradually h. ni. a.
~ ,tilstrange it is, Coo ~01.16 does not seem to patronage of Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart., took place on brought about, and not forced without a preparatory step. ..... 4 40 15
il‘hlarh.s.all its awful r,:suits, die impending dan- Friday. The day was too fine for the sailing matches, 1 Ile is an
.advocat.e frt. voluntary examination,. but not .• . 4 50 0
olnra',,lsts summon Cocker and Boritiycastie to there bring scarcely a breath of wind to fill the sails. prema_etirgiy ; and his grand suggestion is here pio- .... 4 55 15
it; teilie before our eyes arrays 01 figures to the The Eastham Cup, value £B, for river flats, was won by pounded . .. . 5 17 30
'. ttsatlinns to be raised ; and yet nobody appears Hale, beating Supply and two others. A dispute arose "it is admitted," he says," that most of the evils which cling ... 5 23 5
10.1 Y frightened. Now and then, it is true, respecting the stakes. The Houton Cup, value £2O, with
efficient
merchant.. service. may be. trace.d to the want of soun.d arid .. 5 32 15
flicient training of its officers in subjects connected with their own
‘tla,t ' Pante ; our mere speculators rush to sell, a sweep of One Guinea each, was contended for by the ),rotes, on. To establish schools, therefore, is to begin ab initio, .. 5 38 0
411,111:te, somewhat Thorn of their brilliant ap. Zoe, Editha, Black Bess, Gem, 1-. ebe, and Mermaid. arid to nip the evil in the bud. 'I he principle in one shape is recog• . 5 41 16
eAist , Shuttlecock ceases to be bandied about ; The start took place soon after one, but at seven, in con- nised in the navy, where, by a recent and important regulation, 5 42 5
I‘C 40t other we see sensible and solid men eten sequence of the want of wind, the vessels bad not come moat ships in commission now carry naval instructors,—the best of 543 8
rts,th It' for the purpose of hoarding, the very in. Four shrimping boats also started for the Trial all arrangements
board, is having them on shore' and, as the first arrangement
4101) the
hands have dropped. We Stakes, which were left undecided for the same cause. would, of course, be impracticable in the merchant service, the
It.,,p`itly s.,,l'e hr.nk of an abyss. Everybody knows The Stanley Plate, of Eight Guineas, for ships' gigs, to second must be chosen as must suitable to the end in view.
5r et redicts our fall; yet nobody seems to be rowed by gentlemen amateurs, under 20 years of age, After stating that a seaman cannot be made out of read-
fheuie result. was won by Mr. Haram's Cock.a-doodle-doo, beating •
ing arid science, lie proceeds-
-16,4 re, t 'natter for a journalist to express an Mrs. Caudle, Blue Devils. and Punch. A match for Five •• It is the circumstances in which he is placed which make the
4"tip;l:eel to a matter upon which the country Guineas for the beaten boats in the Stanley Plate, was sailor. And so long. as there are rough winds, dark nights, lee
t;Ssq
e`o, have made up its mind to act contrary won by Mr. Troughton's Mrs. Caudle. The Ladies' shores, bad sailing grounds all the worldso long as the foggy
04. nivictions. We must, however, speak Purse, towed for by women, was won by Rummel, (red,) yiintls whcliit 2 nitass the broken and restless shores of these
i uolbc:t'actes to exercise his skill, and dangers so
1:ti,;1 for the subject is one of too vital an in- beating, after a capital race, the Book of Power, (blue.) islands,rilir.ent.itZtehe often finds the worst part of his voyag to be that
We Y, Passed over. lii order to be clearly i A match between the two was afterwards won by the Ist. nearest home: so long as these exist, a man who goes to sea must
‘st Weeksome
api.eared in the London Times:— manned by five boatmen, for £5 aside. This being a psi- as be pleases of science and such matters ; but thus disciplined he
re,
hi nt the case fairly to our readers. we have
eq v. woe affair between the two, It was not entered. The row- cannot heliebeing a sailor. 'ninon the other hand, as reading and
science, or ID one word, education, is a good thing in itself —as a
qe, she amount of capital embarked in railways, big was beautiful. Several other matches were contested
uan is a better man foibeing educated, so in geni.rat, the ed'ucated
in the market, and the value of the premiums including an amusing one in which the crews were fe-
tear,.
that .
uiz.44 companies have been formed during males. On shore the concourse of persons of all classes FallUr will be by so much a better sailor, a better officer to his men,
a betier man 01 business, a more trustworthy servant, a more esti-
tad)._ n.l which the coral capital engaged is was great—resembling a fair or wakes, and a band of
thsrs of shares is 1,086,W°, and the total value mable m ember of society, a worthier representative of his country
use shares as quoted is ..e3,059,000. music way stationed on the pleasure grounds of the hotel. abroad."
that there are ~' A grand Wrestling Match, for £5 aside, and which was He then shears in what way " Navigation Houses" or
attended by all the crack Cumberland and Westmoreland schools. under the sanction of an act of Parliament, may
wrestlers, was one by John Bateman, of Egremont. The be instituted,—but we have room for merely a synopsis of
last round was with Georae Bateman. of Hesket. the several heads.
RAILWAY EXTRAORDINARY.—We are not to flatter 1. He proposes a Local Managing Board, representing
ourselves with the notion that cutting up our green fields I the rcerchants, shipowners, and underwriters, at any
and making the external face of the country into a sheet port where it is deemed expedient to establish a school.
of iron net-work will satisfy tl e craving of modern enter- 2. That a Navigation School or " House" he estab•
prise. We find from the Railway Record, that, in addi- lisped at seventeen larger ports in the kingdom, including
than to a scheme recently made public of a railway cum- Liverpool, of course, in the first instance.
munication on pillars over the whole of the metropolis— 3. The funds for the first outlay to be from a parlia-
(one of the advantages of which we should say would be mentary grant, or an advance from the corporation; and
that the smoke of the locomotives would annoy no one future maintenance, by a small tonnage duty on vessels,
except, perhaps, the sparrows on the house tops : and entit ling them to nominate apprentices at reduced fees—
London sparrows are used to it)—a Mr. Williams, also by fees and subscriptions.
" Chief Commissioner for the improvement of the metro- 4. The schools to be near the water side, and certain
oohs," has just projected a complete system of sub-rail- regulations as to the attendance at different times of the
ways under every street, to be lighted by air-tight bulls' I day of mates (or masters) and apprentices, with separate
eyes. The projector says :—" Take Oxford-street for i rooms,
example—the width of which, from curb to curb, is 60 I 6. This proposition lays down, with, we think, great
teet on the average,which will allow of six railways, wide ability, the course of instruction desirabe,—a course
enough for the purposes contemplated—this street of one " adapted to the views of the class of persons for whom
mile and a halt long may be run through in five minutes, it is intended, and, in some degree, to the average intor-
and so in every street, &c. wherever the public require minion which they are found to possess,"—not beginning
them—the whole defended from the weather ;• and he j too high, or attempting too much, but quite sufficient to
contemplates conveying on such railways not only pas- i qualify a seaman to navigate a ship skilfully at sea. The
sengers, but carriages and cattle 'I hils, Aide: to pump remaining heads relate to fees for apprentices, salaries of
will be enabled to communicate with the Trafalgar-square masters. superintendents, &c. The course of instruction
tonno.ins—Fleet Ditch breathe its now imprisoned tor- ,
ceremony or friend- ' Aae
proposed may be classed under three heads—Navigation
rows to the Tower Moat. Visits of
and esautical Astronomy. Dyinography, and Instrumen.
ship can be paid by the occupants of the city sewers to I tat practice. The manlier of laying out the building—in-
their more favo,ured breth, en of the west end ; and, in eluding a library, a reading and a lecture room, a model
short. we shall have two Londoris, one subterranean and room, &c.—are all clearly bid down. The great success
another on the surface. When this precious Metropolitan of the Nautical School of Greenwich Hospital, and of the
" Commissioner of Improve meat" has accommodated Trinity House School at Newcastle, the only two nautical
London, he will doubtless apply his ingenuity to the schools in the kingdom, is instanced by our author in
country, and enable Jarrow to communicate by a sub- behalf of his suggestion ; and with reference to the for-
railway with Hetton, and the caves of Matlock to forward rner establishment he thus concludes his forcible letter to
their spars, per rail, to furnish the parlour chimney- Lord Sandon :
pieces in the mines of Cornwall. Seriously, do we live in '1
se"The merits of that admirable nautical wheel, however great,
an age of unblushing humbug, or has England become a e not peculiar, or above the reach of imitation i far whileit serves

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Merit of

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GLAND

god e'.

Victoria
Edith .
Phoebe
Fenella.
Zoe (33)
Leander
Gem. •
Black Bess
Mermaid..
11 ebe.. . • • •
The Editha soon after.
As this was what is called a time race, half a minute
per ton was allowed to the smaller boats for difference o
tonnage between them and their larger competitors in
coming in, so that the Edith, though the second boat in,
was not virtually second as regards the contest, (her ton-
nage being 69,) while the third boat in. the Phoebe, (ton-
nage 32) was second in merit, as the Edith, to beat her,
should have been in upwards of 16j minutes before her,
in place of 5/- minutes only. The Phoebe had an allow-
ance for smaller tonnage of 12i minutes as against the
Victoria, (of 57 tons,) but was 15 minutes behind her, so
that she could not win on the score of time ; but her
owner disputed the entered tonnage of the Victoria as
being less than she would actually measure according to
the laws of the club, and as this could not be done while
she was in the river, the committee necessarily postponed
their decision, and meantime retained the cup and mo-
ney. The vessel was afterwards measured, and found to
be of the tonnage stated, and the money prize was
awarded accordingly to Mr. Connor, also the possession
of the cup, which, however, his yacht must win again
next year before he becomes its owner.
The Prince, it being about high water, landed her pas-
di-
sengers comfortably, at the Egremont Pier, where
spersed, highly gratified by the day's excursion, and the
generally fine and close sailing of the yachts.
During the sailing of the yachts, several interesting
rowing matches came off at New Brighton.

e oei companies, of which, al-
11luber of shares, nor their nominal amount,
4i) is stated, yet the premiums of such as are
~
many) give an average premium of £6 per
s the basis of calculation the facts which ap-

'Nunes of which the det :Us are before us, we
capital embarked in these 58 companies is
''f shares 1,413,000, and the value of pre-
ow, further, from the general share-
price of shares in the 27 companies which
than a year, amounts on the whole to
Aber of shares in such companies exceeding
lesult, then, is that the number of railway
41,ject of speculation is as follows:

_

4.1 00 ,000
ablished withi❑ twelve months—. 1,056,650
8 - 1,413,000

taw
Of Share f 11 599 650
s o
tr
.ettnum co
which amounts to i1a,990,000.
n:iollie 102 companies in the second and third
refe,,"t less than 82,000,000 addition
P th'ente only to railways in the United King-
e names of not less than 20 foreign railways,
te
amount of x, 10,100,000 ate in the London
of these latter, remittances have already
it to an amount of 13,000,000, and it is
tirobable remittances in twelve months to

la
.-‘,twoo of money
i'4fll4ent,!t !I-1"e data to be correct, our contem
tr,c oThunts to this. By the fo, [nation of
3. I °V con ou have created a cer-
t ,) whim 'PaPies, beyond
4 you have attached a value
J4telY to be paid for it ; and this excess,
burrlOr IY fictitious thing, which " any ru.
pingingPr''hension of scarcity must at once
Vilos who have embarked in it in irie-
114e,„'e admit the correctness of the conclu-
i h,t set, are not unsound. But is it an esta-
'4o t the are
,11 . Premiums are a fictitious property ?
(.)f 14 intents and purposes as real as. any
LirtrktilOs d,ed Mice paid ! A party buying railway
114ter.,1 P4y,tlfetions as to its prospects as an in
1 ."`lel 'or it at a premium or at par accord-
°to the
aahae way as be buys manufactured
er the manufacturer's price. Would