The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-05 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

FRAUDS ON HOTEL KEEPERS.—On Friday, at the Po-
lice-court, a car driver was brought before the sitting magis-
trate, JNI r . Booth, by Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotel, Dale-
street, under the following circumstances :—Mr. Towers
stated that having to bring a party of three from the Railway
to his house, the defendant charged three shillings for his
fare, while the legal fare was only one shilling. But the
most annoying circumstance was the attempt on the road to
persuade them to go to another Hotel, falsely stating that
the Angel was full. Some hotel-keepers in the town, in
order to bring " grist to the mill," give the car-drivers a
premium of sixpence per head for every customer so brought,
and hence the inducement, for the sake of this bribe, to in-
jure the respectable tradesman, whose house has given un-
qualified satisfaction to parties frequenting it, and to which
they would gladly return, if not prevented by malicious
falsehoods like the one in question. Mr. Towers stated that
the system was very general, and ought, if possible, to be
stopped. The magistrate strongly condemned the conduct of
the car driver, and expressed his regret to hear that the un-
fair practice complained of was systematically acted upon.
The case was dismissed, after a severe lecture had been read
to the defendant, owing to a technical informality.
SIR GEORGE HAYTER'S PICTURE OF THE QUEEN'S
MARRIAGE, NOW EXHIBITING AT MR. BURLAND'S,
CHURCH-STREET.—NO event has taken place of a public
nature which might influence the welfare of Great Britain
more materially than the marriage of her Majesty Queen
Victoria. Every Englishman, from the first whisper of such
an event being likely to take playa felt a deep interest in the
matter ; and the most unthinklM could not but pause to
reflect that vast changes might occur in consequence. Her
Majesty's choice has been, thanks to the Ruler of the Uni-
verse and Disposer of all Mundane affairs, a most happy one,
and while we congratulate our countrymen on the selection
made by her Majesty, we cannot but feel satisfaction in the
knowledge of her Majesty's domestic felicity and the excel-
lence of her consort, not only for his amiable manners, his
unobtrusiveness on all occasions, but for the good feeling he
has shown towards the arts, sciences. and literature of our
country. The marriage of her Majesty then, as a great na-
tional event, deserved to be recorded, and the scene enacted
to be placed imperishably before the eyes of the British na-
tion. Sir George Hayter has had the honour of doing this
confided to him, and admirably has he executed the task.
Proud may he be of it, and proud may he feel that he has
kept faith with her Majesty for the distinction conferred
upon him : he has proved himself well worthy of it. In the
picture before us we are struck at once with the harmony
and skilful arrangement of the colours—the graceful and
picturesque positions of the figures—the ability of the group-
ing—the loveliness of the women, and the manliness of the
men—the distinguished actresses and actors in a scene of
such thrilling intrest. To the right of the spectator is the
communion table, at which the Archbishop of Canterbury
presides ; behind him is the Archbishop of York ; outside
the further rail stands H.R.H. Princess Augusta, the Duke
of Cambridge, the Bishop of London, the Duchess of Kent,
the Bishop of Norwich, and the Earl of Belfast. On this
side of the railing may be noticed the Princess Augusta of
Cambridge, the Princess Sophia Matilda ; and in the corner,
on his knee, Sir George Hayter is seen sketching the solemn
scene before him. Next to the Duke of Sussex, who wears
his caul cap, is the Earl :of Uxbridge, and Viscount Mel-
bourne, holding the sword of state. Pre-eminent on the
Picture, as by right, is her Majesty the Queen, in all the
pride of beauty and costliness of attire, in the act of giving
her good right hand and true loving heart to the husband of
her choice, who is dressed in scarlet uniform, wearing a
knot of white ribbons pendant from his shoulder. Around
the royal pair are grouped twelve beautiful daughters of the
nobility, her Majesty's bridesmaids, in the persons of Ladies
Paget, Villiers, Cowper, West, Grimstone, Eleanore Paget,
Lennox, Howard, Hay, Bouverie, Howard, and Stanhope.
The next conspicuous personage is the good and virtuous
Queen Adelaide. Near her stands the Duke of Saxe Gotha
and his son, Prince Ernest. Groups are seen in this part of
the picture, consisting of the Duchess of Sutherland, Duchess
of Cambridge, Sir William Woods, Garter King at Arms,
Princess Mary, Duchess of Cambridge, the Lord Chancellor
the Pages of Honour to Queen Adelaide, Earl
d Prince of Saxe Weimar. At the back of this
CHootsvtie n,gahnain'
portion of the tableau are discovered the Duke of Welling-
ton,, Marquis of Westminster, and
Duke Besyeathe reading-desk are Dr. Wesley,
Marquisoof
of
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Rev. C. Hadin, and Rev. Dr. Sleath. The details of the
picture are all admirably worked up—not a point is forgotten
—nor the most minute incident omitted—the faces are all
portraits. We cannot but pronounce this a most charming
work of art, replete with ability, possessing but few faults,
and those hardly worth naming. It is, indeed, a pleasing
record of a heart-stirring, mind-absorbing, and deeply
affecting ceremony, one in which, for weal or woe, all Eng-
land,—we may say all Europe,—aye, all the world, could
not but have taken a direct or indirect interest. The picturs
is to be engraved, and we hope to see it hanging on the walle
of many and many a home of England !

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her person dead. It
appeared, on examination, that it had been suffocated.
The " GUADALUPE," iron steam frigate, sailed for the
southward yesterday morning, at an early hour. She fired
her large guns several times in going down the river, and the
reports startled not a few of those in the vicinity on either
shore. She will proceed, we believe, to India ; but whether
she will call at any port in the south of England before she
takes her final departure, we are not informed.

THE GREAT WOOD SALE.—We have received a copy of
the catalogue of the great wood sale which will take place
to-morrow, at the south end of the town. The catalogue
contains 104 pages of closely printed den-1y octavo. This
may really be termed an event in the annals of the wood
trade of this port. We may safely say so large an auction
has never yet come off.

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employed in constructing the hulls of vessels in this comb.
try—partially in the first instance—for nearly half a century ;
and though the progress of iron ship-building has, until of
late years, been comparatively slow, the recent improvements
in the art, and the peculiar adaptation of iron vessels (parti-
cularly as steamers) for certain services, render it probable
that the material for our general marine will, in the scarcity
of suitable oak for our requirements be, ere long, derived in
greater amount from the mine than from the forest. The
general opinion is still, we believe, in favour of wood ; but
the great success of our fine iron steamers—the strength,
speed, and durability of which is daily becoming more appa-
rent—is hastening a change in the public mind ; and even
many experienced nautical men, who naturally cherished a
strong partiality for oak, and long regarded the introduction of
metal as a theoretical and foolish innovation which practice
would soon show to be futile and chimerical, now, staggered
in their belief, evince a disposition to await the result of a
fair and impartial trial of iron on a scale sufficiently compre-
hensive to set all remaining doubts at rest. As regards steam
navi7-"

gation, it is due to the East India Company to state, that
they were the first who came forward. with that spirit of
liberality and enterprise by which they have long been dis-
tinguished in other departments, to test the practicability of
prosecuting long voyages by steam ; and that under their
auspices, the Enterprize, to Calcutta, and the Atalanta,
Berenice, Semiramis, and Zenobia, to Bombay, accom-
plished their voyages successfully from England to In-
dia. That Company have had iron vessels at work for ten
or twelve years ; and, with a view to carry out the principle,
finally determined to adopt that material in ships of war.
This they did by building the Nemesis, Phlegethon, and
several other vessels of a similar class ; and we doubt
not, that the good reports received of them from time
to time have had considerable weight in inducing the
owners of the vessel now under review to construct her of
From the experience of the past, and the great

irnrrovements daily developed in the working of iron, we
venture to predict that the result of this new specula-
tion will be favourable to the more general adoption of that
material, as well calculated to promote our national and com-
mercial interests. We do not, of course, assume to be our-
selves competent to pronounce a decisive opinion on the
respective merits of the two materials. In common, indeed,
with the mass of our patriotic countrymen, our reminiscences
of the naval glories of our native land rather incline our
" voices " to be " still for wood ;" but we cannot repudiate
the evidence of facts ; and, if the allegation be well founded,
that we have not an adequate supply of " heart of oak," we
have at least the satisfaction to reflect, in resorting to the
harder material—should it finally be found to be equally ap-
plicable—that we have that material in abundance within our
own immediate territory. Of one thing we are also satisfied,
and that is, that the Quality of our navy will never be suf-
fered, under any administration, to fall into deterioration,
whatever be the cost of the substances of which it is

strutted. And we have no apprehension but the substitution
of the " iron and wooden walls," for simply the "wooden walls
Old England" will convey as salutary a lesson of discretion
to a presumptuous and threatening foe, as the mere mention
of the latter has never failed hitherto to impress.

We are led to these remarks by a gratifying visit to the
iron steam-frigate " GUADALUPE ;" and as we have from
time to time taken considerable pride in furnishing descrip-
tions of the larger new ships built at, or sailing from, our
port, on their first floating on the Mersey, we shall not, we
trust, become amenable to a charge of partiality in endea-
vouring to do equal justice to that truly splendid vessel, pre-
mising that we were received with the most courteous atten-
tion by the officers on board, who furnished us with the
statistical information of which we have availed ourselves.

" The Guadalupe" was built by our townsman Mr. John
Laird, who, we understand, launched his first iron vessel in
1829, and has, since that time, completed between forty and
fifty, many of them of very large size. " The Guadalupe" is
the largest vessel yet built of iron, and the first that has been
regularly equipped as a steam-frigate. She is, in every points
one of the most compact and handsome craft—even consider-
ed as belonging to the high class of " men-of-war"---we have
ever seen, which is saying much; and, as she is provided
with powerful engines, is calculated also to carry an extra-
ordinary breadth of canvass for a steamer—and is, moreover,
armed with two very large guns, a discharge from one of
which will, probably, be more astonishing and destructive to
an enemy than a whole broadside from a vessel of equal ton-
nage with a greater aggregate weight of metal in guns of
smaller calibre,—she may be pronounced, both as regards
appearance and effect, to be full of mischief"—a truly
beautiful vessel in the eyes of her countrymen—" an ugly
customer" in those of their enemies.

We furnished her general dimensions at the time she was
launched from North Birkenhead—(in April last)—and for
the information of our nautical readers, who may be desirous
to preserve the record for reference in marking her future
career, we now give the whole more accurately and fully :

Length of keel for tonnage lB3 feet.
" From figure-head to taffrail 2Ol "
Beam
Depth from upper deck l7 "
Draft of water, with ten days coal and
water, and provisions for 120 men 9 "
Tonnage per measurement.. 7BB tons.
ENGINES.
Two engines, of 90 horse-power each lBO horse-power.
Diameter of each cylinder 52 inches.
Stroke . 5 feet.
The Guadalupe is modelled on the most scientific prin-
ciples, to ensure the utmost speed, combined with adequate*
safety in a heavy sea. She is peculiarly fine at the extremi-
ties, with a slight inclination to the " plough" bow, and a
long clean run. She has a handsome figure head, repre-
senting a female, and an elyptic stern—the latter a pleasing
compromise between the square, and (to our eye) the some-
what unseemly round or semicircular. This form is well
calculated for the working of her large after gun. She sits
beautifully on the water, and seen from any point presents a
specimen of perfect symmetry, her lines blending into each
other without the slightest approach to abruptness.
In the construction of the vessel the most approved prin-
ciples have been carried out, with many improvements
which experience has suggested to the builder. The whole
frame is extra strong, and the plating, all of which is double
rivetted, is of more than ordinary thickness. There are six
water-lights, iron bulkheads athwart-ships, dividing the ves-
sel into seven distinct compartments ; also longitudinal
bulkheads or partitions, regularly framed and built as part of
the vessel, and extending from the fore part of the engines
to the after part of the boilers, forming the coal boxes with a
space of five feet in width, the adaptation of which in war-
fare we shall hereafter notice. These bulkheads obviously
give the vessel great additional strength, and will secure
her not only from the result of accidents by concus-
sion or grounding, that would be fatal to a wooden
vessel, but from the possibility of destruction by fire. As
a proof, indeed, of the efficacy of water-lights bulkheads,
we may state that the Nemesis had a hole knocked in her
bottom at the taking of Amoy, yet performed important
service for four months subsequently without being laid up
for :repairs. The Guadalupe has also longitudinal iron ties
running from end to end on the beams, and covered by the
deck planking, a system of strengthening introduced some
time back in some vessels constructed by the same builder.
The whole vessel, indeed, whether examined in her ribs, her
plating, her iron beams, her knees, and other fastenings, ap-
pears to be "as strong as iron can make her." She is
rakishly rigged as a brigantine, (with a standing square fore-
sail), and her general appearance—the paddle-boxes being
but little elevated—is that of a first-rate nobleman's yatch.
Seen from a short distance she looks much smaller than she
really is, and the visiter on board is agreeably surprised to
find her so large and roomy—the desideratum of compact-
ness combined with sharpness of model, being fully attained.
That she will, when her trim is accurately ascertained, be a
very fast ship, no doubt can be entertained. She has ample
beam and bearings, which she carries above throughout
nearly her whole length, with no sponsoning ; and can
spread a great deal of canvass with a studding-sail breeze.
How she will " walk" when under both sail and steam may
therefore be conjectured.
The upper deck is flush, and is perfectly straight (or with-
out sheer) from stem to stern. Being unobstructed except-
ing at considerable distances amidships by the companions,
hatches, and cabin lights, it forms a level area of great ex-
tent—affording ample room for the seamen to work the ves-
sel, and for the marines, when occasion requires, to do the
offensive. She is fitted with Pow and Fawcus's patent wind-
lass. The wheel is placed in front of the after-cabin skylight,
clear of interruption from the working of the stern gun. She
is fitted with Rapson's steering gear, as adopted in all her
Majesty's steam frigates.
The Guadalupe carries two huge pivot guns, one forward
and the other aft. They are 68-pounders, and are mounted
on sliding carriages of African oak, the under frame working
on circular rails of brass secured to the deck, So-that they
may be pointed over the gunwale (which is low) in any direc-
tion from the bow and stern respectively, and the sides,
round about three-fourths of a circle. The topgallant rails
and cloths over the bulwarks (which last are plated with
iron, as well as the ship's sides) are so contrived as to be
readily removable on the eve of action, leaving these terrible
" bull-dogs " to open their mouths and discharge their con-
tents without carrying anything away. The bore of the
guns is 8 inches • their length 9 feet 6 inches ; and they are
calculated to throw shell as well as shot. Both guns and
carriages are on the principle used in her Majesty's steam
frigates, and, though plain in casting and of great weight
(65 cwt. each, and including the carriages 51 to 6 tons), are
handsome pieces of artillery. When loaded (with 101bs. of
power), they will carry a shot a great distance (probably two
miles), and do fearful execution. On each side of the slides
is a cramp, which may be so regulated as to cause more or
less friction, and thus check the recoil. The complement of
officers and men for this ship is 120 ; and 16 men are re-
quired to work each gun.
The ENGINE-ROOM is admirably fitted up with galleries,
polished railings, &c. The engines were built by Messrs.
George Forrester and Co., of this town, who have been very
successful in producing excellent marine engines, and who
fitted the Nemesis, the Pblegethon, and other vessels, for
the East India Company. They are beautiful pieces of me-
chanism, finished and polished in a manner that gives them
the semblance of the finest clockwork. The pillars that
support them are of wrought iron turned. This is evidently
a great improvement on the usual system, as these pillars
are both lighter and stronger than if they were of cast iron.
The engines are also fitted with expansion valves, which are
of much advantage in working slow. There are three dis-
tinct boilers, one of which may be worked by itself, or two,
or the whole together ; there being stop-valves in each. The
paddle-wheels may also be thrown out of gear, by discon-
necting cranks. On each side of the engine-room, which is
most spacious and beautifully clean, the vessel has an inner
casing or longitudinal bulkhead of iron •, the spaces between
which, and the ribs and plating of her sides, form convenient
coal-bunkers. These chambers, when filled with coals, will,
wehots ofe should suppose, prove a security to the engine from the
greater totainnyagwe
an tnemY, or a possible violent concussion by colli-
sion.
__Thoe fittings below deck, and the accommodations, are su-
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some and cheer
where so much is required in the
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THE W hall commence aft, and proceed forward.
long by twenty • i
,APTAIN' CABIN, at the extreme stern, is a hand-
some
by Y lighted apartment, about twenty feet
teak wood, with
a con width at the broadest part. It is ap-
wrnodious stair of (like the other cabins)
vestibule or lobbfrated steps. The landing below, forms a
trance to the magi,
Lanneled in oak, and hence is the en-
semicircular form, = sofe;'d The cabin at the further end is of
round in a continuous sweep, and
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two topped sideboards. The fronts of the
state rooms
mahoganyrOiomsandthe bulkheads forward are painted in oak,
with the exception of the upper patina in each door, which
forms a venetian blind of varnished mahogany. The roof is
neatly but plainly moulded, and painted in light tints. The
floor is covered with oilcloth, and the light is admitted by a
large square deck light. The state rooms 111. e handsomely
fitted up, and have small circular side lights, that open to ad-
mit the air, as well as bulls'-eyes, or rather oblong deck panes.
There are three iron pillars, cased in wood, and painted in
variegated marble, ranging fore and aft, in front of the rud-
der case, and also several shorter pillars rising from the circle
of the upper lockers. These are for the more effectual sup-
port of the great gun, or" Long Tom," and its carriage, tra-
versing the deck immediately over them. The movable fur-
niture and table are of substantial mahogany. Immediately
under the table and lower deck on which it stands is the pow-
der magazine, so that should a " blow up " unhappily take
place (which is by no means probable from the precautions
taken and the plan of " the premises"), the worthy comman-
der would in all likelihood be the first sent " aloft" by the
explosion. On the whole this is a fine apartment, devoid of
gaudy decoration, but sufficiently comfortable for all the pur-
poses of the service.
THE GUN Roost, further forward, is also an equally
handsome and even more shapely apartment—painted and
fitted up in similar style. It is about seventeen feet square,
This is the sanctum of the lieutenants, surgeon, purser, &c.
There are several private cabins for repose and retirement at
each side. These are each six feet six inches square, and as
the beds are constructed so as to be triced up to the sides,
the whole space is available during the day. They are all well
lighted and ventilated by opening circular side windows and
small deck lights. The floors are covered with wax cloth.
The writer of this notice has seen many seventy-fours not
nearly so comfortable.

Next to the cabin is the STEWARDS' Room, a large and
well-fitted compartment. On one side of it is the midship-
man's dining-room, and on the other their exclusive pantry,
and the dispensary. The " middies," hitherto accustomed
to the usual lack of accommodation in our sailing ships, will
he agreeably surprised on taking possession of tenements so
much superior; and we hope the example here furnished, of
what may be accomplished for their convenience within
comparatively small space, will conduce, in other ships, to
the increased comfort of these too-much-neglected young-
sters—from whom, after all, have sprung our Howes, our
Nelsons, and our Napiers.
The ENGINE and FIREMEN'S CABIN and sleeping berths
are proportionately roomy and commodious, and so disposed
that they can pursue their duties apart from interruption or
mingling with the crew. Each department, indeed, may be
said to be entirely separated by the iron bulkheads.

The same may be said of the WARRANT OFFICER'S
CABIN, and the COOKING APARTMENT or galley. The
latter is fitted with Brown and Redpath's cabouse, which has
been highly approved throughout our steam navy for its
compactness and the facilities it affords for the preparation
of food in various ways, for a great number of persons—
whether plain-boiled for the " jolly tars," or more delicate
and complicated for the cabin table.
The accommodations for the men, forward, and also on
the lower deck, are exceedingly roomy, and everything has
been done to conduce to cleanliness and comfort. The mess
tables hinge to the sides, and may be thrown up at pleasure,
leaving the whole central space clear. The mess kits are all
made of zinc; hooped, in imitation of cooper-work. They
are very light, though apparently strong, and can be kept
sweet and clean much more easily than wooden vessels.
The other arrangements throughout the ship, under the
lower deck, have been carried out with equal attention to the
general service and efficiency of the vessel. In the fore hold
are tanks for water, gunners, boatswains, and carpenters'
store-rooms, stowage set apart for wet provisions, &c. In
the after hold is the spirit-room, bread-room, &c.; and in
the after peak the shell-room. Under the midshipmen's
berths is the shot locker and hold for berthing troops, or for
space for additional coals if wanted. Under the engineers'
berths are the engineers' store-room, and a similar hold for
troops or for stowing coals.
In fine, (for further details or technicalities would but
weary the general reader,) we need but add, that the
Guadalupe is: a first-rate vessel in build and equipments.
As she is the largest iron steam-ship yet built, she will, in
all probability, be the first of a series 3f war-steamers of a
class improved by modern science, and destined to carry the
naval glory of our country to a still higher pre-eminence
(great as that is) than it has yet attained ; and, at the same
time—suppressing every aggression that may militate against
our national welfare, or that of our allies—be the means of
pioneering commerce and civilization in their onward march
into regions yet barbarous and benighted, and opening out
their rich resources, not only for the advantage of their inha •
bitants, but of the whole human family.
She is commanded by Commander Charlewood, R.N., an
officer of great experience and distinguished merit. This
gentleman was promoted for his gallant conduct on the coast
of Syria, when serving as gunnery lieutenant of " The Ben-
bow," seventy-four. He served also with Colonel Chesney,
in the first Euphrates expedition, in the " Euphrates " iron
steamer, also built by Air. Laird. Mr. Wright, who has long
been in the service of his country, and is a master in the
navy, is first officer. He served on the coast of Spain, in
H.M. St. Comet, and afterwards in the Rhadamanthus, steam-
ship, in the Mediterranean. The crew are all picked men—
most of them regular " men of wars'-men." The greatest order
and mutual respect are maintained on board, every one ap-
pearing to to know his duty, and willing to perform it. The
Guadalupe, in fine, will do honour to the country from
which she hails, whatever be her destination ; and we heartily
wish her and those connected with her every success.

TRIAL TRIP OF THE " GUADALUPE

On Tuesday last, the Guadalupe made a trip some miles to
sea, with a view to ascertain the capabilities of the vessel,
and the power of her large guns. She weighed anchor from
the Sloyne shortly before twelve o'clock, and having received
on board several nautical gentlemen and others off Birken-
head, proceeded down the river against an upcoming tide—
the engines working so smoothly as scarcely to cause per-
ceptible vibration in any part of the ship. There was a brisk
breeze from the W.S.W., and being put also under her fore-
and-aft sails and topsail, she dashed along in gallant style,
taking the Victoria Channel, and making good when off
Formby about 101 knots, though she could by no means be
considered light, as she had on hoard several days' coals, a
large quantity of duplicate machinery, provisions, water, and
other stores, preparatory to her final departure from this
country. She passed a number of large vessels inward
bound, under full sail,---each in itself forming a beautiful
and, we may say, sublime object ; and though the day was
somewhat cloudy, delightful glimpses were obtained of the
Lancashire, Cheshire, and Welsh coasts, on the latter of
which the fields and enclosures (in Flintshire) bore the ap-
pearance of a coloured map. The subsequent scenery, both
land and marine, was throughout the trip varied and inte-
resting, there being numerous vessels studding the wide ex-
panse of water, some steering portward with a free wind,
and others beating down the channel ; while the picturesque
shores to the south-west, terminating in bold headlands, and
backed by cloud-capped mountains softened in the haze of
distance, ever presented new and attractive features. After
making a considerable offing to the westward, and the ship
began to feel the effects of the freshening breeze and the
gently rising sea, we were reminded of a passage in a former
nautical sketch by the writer of this, as conveying the general
feeling of those on board, and which we therefore venture to
quote :—" To those who have before been at sea, there is
something peculiarly and almost indescribably delightful in
treading the deck, when the shallows and difficulties of a
harbour egress are overcome, and the stately ship—a floating
home for her gallant crew—impelled by sail or steam, or a
combination of both, first bounds, in the glory of freedom,
over the blue billows of the outward sea, and proudly bathes
her sides in the foaming surge disparted from the prow.
When—carrying with her the means and materials of her
own propulsion for thousands of miles—she thus impetuous
dashes on her course, as if scorning the saucy waves that
occasionally break in gentle showers of spray over her deck ;
when, snorting like the joyful colt just let loose upon his fa-
vourite sward, she careers in the pride of her strength over
the unfathomed fields of the boundless ocean, and yields
herself to the grateful guidance of the skilful steersman,—
the enthusiast, who beholds her huge and reckless bulk—her
lofty masts--her full distended sails, all trim and staunch—
her engines, propelled by a wondrous power,—confesses that
' she walks the waters like a thing of life,' and enjoys a
blameless gratification in the reflection that, fitted as she is
to visit the remotest shores in the habitable globe—to sup-
ply mutual wealth and mutual wants, and thereby promote
the interests of humanity,—she presents an animated and,
though indeed a perishable, a sublime and renewable monu-
ment of the dominion and triumph of the world of mind over
the world of matter ! "

Thus proudly did the Guadalupe hold her course over the
" multitudinous waves ;" and even in a considerable seaway
her motion was most easy and agreeable—albeit, gentle as it
was, it slightly affected a few of those on board, who were
" all unused to the moving mood," with that dire discomfort

to landsmen, " watery sickness"—which, however, was but of
transient duration. She showed sufficient bearing to carry
an ample spread of sail, even when close hauled, and with
both her guns run out to leeward at the same time ; and was
totally devoid of the unpleasant lurch to windward that ge-
nerally accompanies great stability.
After passing the outer light-ship, and making a consi-
derable run to the W.N.W., the guns (68-pounders) were
tried, first with blank cartridge, and afterwards with round
shot. They made a tremendous report, " the shot booming
along the deep," and whistling long and fearfully in the air,
ere they fell, so far from the vessel that from the spot where
they struck the water rose in a white column, resembling a

istant disrupted water-spout. Several of them, fired off
nearly on a level. made two or three distinct skips, tearing
up the water with amazing force, before they finally dropped,
and astonishing, doubtless, the fish in their fearful track !
The general distance at which they fell appeared to be
about one-and-a-half to two miles. The shock, or vi-
bration, from the tiring of these tremendous pieces of
ordnance was acknowledged by all to be less than usual,
and excepting on the lower deck, immediately under
them, was scarcely perceptible. Some nautical gentlemen
went into the cabin below the after gun, and, giving the sig.
nal, attentively watched the effect, and were fully satisfied on
this point. Three of the ladies on board during the trip
claimed the honour of firing the first three guns, and did
their " duty" with great coolness—the concussion passing
sans deranger leur cheveux. These guns are fired by means
of locks. They are of the same form as those used on board
of her Majesty's steam-frigates, and precisely similar to those
that recently did such execution on the coast of Syria.
There were sixteen men, including a captain, to each gun,
and, notwithstanding their great weight, (65 cwt.,) they were
promptly loaded, and run out on their sliding carriages,
which were found to work most satisfactorily.
The vessel, we should remark, steered beautifully, under
all circumstances,—the wheel scarcely ever requiring more
than the turn of a single spoke to keep her in her direct
course. The compasses were corrected by Messrs. Gray and
Kean, of this town, on Professor Airy's principle, and were
pronounced by the pilot and other nautical men, who observed
the bearings of the several headlands, &c., to be perfectly
correct. This is a most gratifying fact when it is considered
that not only is the vessel's hull and bulwarks entirely of iron,
but that one of the heavy guns is necessarily at a short dis-
tance from the binnacle. This instance alone fully establishes
the accuracy of the principle so happily discovered by the
talented professor, and is of the greatest importance as re-
gards the future progress of steam navigation.
On one occasion the steam was entirely stopped, and the
vessel placed solely under sail upon a wind. Though the
paddle floats operated as strong stopwaters, she made consi-
derable way, and, were the wheels disconnected, which they
are calculated to be by the construction of the cranks, she
would, no doubt, sail very fast with a brisk breeze.
After proceeding about 3il miles from port, the word was
given "about ship ;" her head was soon put to the S.E.
and under full steam and sail, including the top-gallant sail,
she spanking away merrily homeward. Taking the average
of her speed, she made in this trip fully 10 knots under steam
alone ; and under both steam and canvas, from 11 to 12
knots, as the wind lulled or freshened—at one time even
making full 12 by the log. Considering the great size, and the
displacement of the vessel, (about 900 tons,) and her circum.
scribed steam power, her speed considerably surpassed the
most sanguine expectations of her commander, and the other
nautical men on board. The passage homeward was, if pos-
sible, even more agreeable than that outward, and she ran up
the river at a rapid rate, under steam alone, against a Arang
down-going tide. When. opposite Monk's Ferry, the party
on board transhipped themselves to the Birkenhead steam.
boat, which came alongside to receive them, and were safely
landed—all highly delighted with the excursion, and the
kindness and urbanity of the commander of the gallant
team-frigate " Guadalupe."

OUT' Ifig PATERT WMR.ROPR, rot. 4TANDINI
LUGGING, &W ON, tt,slt.,W,4.lffi, 4o:

We had occasion to notice, last year, the wire-rope in-
vented by Mr. Andrew Smith, civil engineer, of London, as a
substitute for hemp and other substances in the manufacture
of ropes, bands, &c., for cables, the rigging of ships, light-
ning conductors, railway, mining, and other purposes,—
having at the time seen various sizes of it tested at the cor-
poration machine, for ascertaining the strength of chain-
cables in this town, with results that excited the astonishment
of all present who witnessed its extraordinary strength,
combined with its much smaller size and weight, as compared
with hempen cordage; and the opinion we then entertained
of its great superiority is now fully confirmed by the subse-
quent experience of its application in numermia
the navy and in many large steam-vessels, as well as in tonic
and on railways. We have before us a pamphlet on the sub-
ject by Mr. Smith himself, and it is due to him to state, that
his own observations occupy a comparatively small portion
of its pages—by much the greater part being authentic
reports and testimonials from experienced officers connected
with the navy and the mercantile marine, and from scientific
gentlemen connected with the mining, railway, and general
interests of the country. As we live in the second seaport
in Britain, and have, therefore, naturally our maritime in-
terests more at heart, we shall address ourselves more par-
ticularly to the advantages of the iron wire rope for standing
rigging and lightning conductors for ships—being convinced
that if it be acknowledged to be peculiarly adapted for ocean
purposes, it must be of equal efficiency for numerous services
on terra finiza.

.roes, in

In his introduction, our author says,—" Of all materials,
in any form, yet known, iron wire, in proportion to its
weight and size, possesses by far the greatest strength or
tenacity. This is produced in consequence of the important
change the material undergoes by the chemical and mechan-
ical processes of transforming it from a 'rod' into a `wire.'
By means of annealing in a close retort, heated by charcoal,
and repeated in proportion to the number of ' holes ' the
wire' is drawn through, or its reduction in size, from the
commencement of about 5-16ths in diameter, until it arrives,
say at sixteen ' wire-guage,' which is 1-16th of an inch in
diameter, it will become 25 times longer than it originally
was, and about three times stronger; or, in other words, it
will possess three times its former tenacity.
_Thus, there is

a great increase in strength by the process of manufacture;
and nature has set no limit to the quantity of raw material,
for it seems unbounded, and we possess more of it in this
country than would supply all the known world."
On this last remark we. may observe, that it conveys a gra-
tification analogous to that which we have elsewhere this day
expressed relative to the introduction of iron in the building
of the hulls of vessels—or. the supposition (hitherto uncontra-
dieted) that we have not a sufficient quantity of good sizeable
English oak for that purpoge. It is even more clearly appa-
rent, that we have not a sufficient supply of hemp for the
rigging of our ships, nearly the whole of which is derived
from Russia, and must be paid for in hard cash, "so that
(to use the simple but emphatic language of two distinguished
Parsee travellers, quoted by oar author) if iron-wire can
produce ropes even as good as hemp, all that money will
spread itself usefully over England, from the hard-working
man through the shopkeeper, and do much good." Mr.
Smith, in adducing various testimonials and reports from the
Admiralty, the mercantile service, the mining companies,
&c., together with the comparative strength, weight, size, and
price of the two materials, expresses a hope that " in a na-
tional point of view, the country will derive as much advan-
tage as he does pleasure in being the humble instrument of
converting part of the inexhaustible mineral resources of our
country into a useful manufacture, as a substitute for the
foreign and expensive vegetable matter, for which we receive
no return."

There are two points, in addition to the greater strength
of iron-wire rope, and its smaller weight as used for the
standing rigging of ships, which we consider of great itn-

portance, and these are, that it costs less in an outfit, and
that from its being much less in size than hempen rope to
attain the same strength, it requires much less displacement
in vessels having to encounter contrary winds. The follow-
ing extract from a letter addressed by Mr. Smith to Captain
Sir W. Symonds, R.N. (surveyor of the navy), affords a
complete illustration of its superiority in these respects :

commission, and from Edye's valuable book " On the Equip-
ment and Displacement of Ships of War," I find that the
weight of standing rigging now fitted and afloat in the navy
is about 7000 tons; and taking the price of hempen ropes at
£4G per ton, the value of a first outfit for the whole of the
navy will be .C 322,000 ; upon which, by usine my wire-rope

for the same purpose, a saving would be effected of 4307,333
(Vide Report), without taking into consideration the more
than triple time that wire-rope will last. It will also be ob-
served, by Mr. Tinmouth's Report, that the wire-rope only
exposes two-fifths of the surface to the wind, thus rendering
ships rigged with wire to those with hemp less leewardly.
From the Report it appears that 23031b5. of hempen ropes,
thus applied, expose a surface of 1261 square feet to the wind,
whereas the wire-rope, possessing strength as WI wire is to
631 hemp, exposes only 511 square feet; and as the whole
surface of hempen standing rigging now fitted in the navy
exposes (according to_ the above calculation) a surface of

860,000 square feel, whereas the wire-rope has only one of
344,000 square feet, leaving a difference in favour of wire-
rope of 529,000,112 square feet ; and allowing the mean force
of the wind to be I2lb. upon the square foot, the power saved
on a leeway would be equal to about 4000-horse power, or
equal to the canvas of more than the whole of the sails of
twenty-four frigates, and the displacement saved would be
about 3500 tons, which would be equal to about 70U-horse
power, making a saving in all of 4700-horse power; and if
this is called money, by charging £2O per horse, it will be a
saving of about 1100,000; and with the £105,000, being the
difference of the first cost of an outfit, it makes a total of
above £200,000 every three years."

From the authentic statistical accounts given. it appears to
be fully proved that the wire-rope is at once lighter, stronger,
more durable when protected by but slight attention from
the weather, and much cheaper than hempen rope. We can
state, of our own knowledge, that it has been used for years,
in standing rigging in some of our finest steam-vessels in par-
ticular, and has given the greatest satisfaction. Amongst the
vessels of our own port that have been fitted with it, (some
of them four years ago,) we may instance the Great Liver-
pool and the Oriental, the Prince and Princess—large„ on
steatmhe-
ships ; the Erin-go-Bragh steamer, now ,m,n
Lower Shannon; the iron sailing-ship John Garrow, of up-
wards of 900 tons burthen, and a number of other smaller
vessels. The commanders of all these vessels speak most
favourably of its efficiency and durability, BILt: testify to the
fact that even on long voyages it never requires the trouble
of being again set up, as it stands as tight as a fiddle string
for years. -As-lightning conductors it has long been used in
many ships in the navy, and is found to be most effectual.

DEATII BY AN OVER-DOSE OF LAUDANUM, OF
A FEMALE IN A DERANGED STATE OF MIND.

Yesterday an inquest was held, before Mr. Curry, borough
coroner, on view of the body of Anne Wright. As the case
is one of a painful and extraordinary nature, we furnish the
principal points of the evidence :
James MiQuillan said, he worked at a livery stable in Seel-
street, and that on Sunday afternoon, between one and two
o'clock, he saw a woman coming down Seel-street, staggering
as if intoxicated. She walked into the stable, and threw her-
self down in a stall. He lifted her up, anifound she was
unable to stand. He asked her if she had been drinking, and
she said she had had twopennyworth of rum, and that she
belonged to Cheshire. He placed her down in the stall
again, and she soon after appeared to be insensible. He
soon after saw a police-officer, and, with assistance, she was
taken to Hotham-street bridewell, where he afterwards saw
her. She appeared much changed. He left her there, and
had not since seen her.

John Deeves, police-officer, deposed to taking the deceased
to the station. She was then insensible.
The keeper of the bridewell said, he received the deceased,
and had her attended to, and placed on a mattrass. Assist-
ance was sent for to the Eastern Dispensary, and the surgeon
attended, and used such means as he considered proper to
restore her. Two other surgeons, from the South Dispen-
sary, afterwards came, and remained two hours, paying her
every attention, but she did not recover, and died about nine
o'clock the same evening.
A female servant, in the service of Mr. Sims, publican,
Berry-street, said, that about nine o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing the deceased came to their house, and asked for two-
pennyworth of rum, which she gave her. She seemed much
tired, and very sleepy, and asked for a bed. She paid for
the rum and water, and remained about half an hour. After
she had gone, witness, while clearing out the ashes in the
grate, heard a rattle like glass, and, on looking under the
grate, found the two bottles produced. One was labelled
" Laudanum. J. Walker, dispensing chemist, 50, Mount-
pleasant, Liverpool ;" and the other, " Laudanum —Poison.
T. A. Titherington, dispensing chemist, Oxford-street,
Abercromby-square, Livtrpool."
Mr. Edwin Edwards, house-surgeon of the Eastern Dis-
pensary, said, he was called to the deceased at half-past one
o'clock, at Hotham-street bridewell. He found her insensi-
ble, and her face and throat much congested, and of a purple
colour, stertorous breathing, quick pulse, and great throbbing
of the vessels. He was with her when she died, and was of
opinion that death was caused by an an over-dose of lauda-
num, of which she must have taken a large quantity.
Mr. Daniel Heyward, apprentice to Mr. Walker, druggist,
Mount-pleasant, said, at a quarter past nine on Sunday
morning deceased came to the shop, and asked for two ounces
of laudanum. I asked her who it was for. She replied it
was for Mr. Wilkinson, of Chesnut-street. Knowing Mr.
Wilkinson to be a customer, and thinking there was no risk,
I let her have it. She paid me for the two ounces. The
empty bottle produced is the same into which I put it. I
have to-day seen the body of the deceased, and recougnize
it to be that of the same woman. I observed nothing par-
ticular in her appearance, except that I thought her a servant
girl. I have been about four years with Mr. Walker. It is
not customary at our shop to sell quantities of laudanum so
large as two ounces to a strange'. Mr. Wilkinson's servant
never on any occasion came before for medicine; it was ge-
nerally Mr. Wilkinson himself, or some of his children.
The Rev. Thomas Fisher Redhead, of Rock Ferry, said,—
I have known deceased and her family for a number of years.
They were formerly parishioners of mind, and I took great
interest in their welfare. The family had met with some re-
verses of fortune, which, together with physical disease,
brought on a depression of spirits, for which she occasionally
resorted to the use of small quantities of laudanum. 1 saw
her on Wednesday last, and I then considered her so entirely
deranged, that I recommended her to be taken to Chester,
to the asylum of Dr. Jones. On Saturday last, as I under-
stand, she went there accompanied by her father and mother,
and that she made her escape from them, and was not seen
afterwards until intelligence was brought that she had taken
poison. She was of the most amiable disposition.
James Wright, a respectable looking farmer, said :—The
deceased was my daughter, and her age was thirty-four. For
the last seventeen months she has been in a state of mental
derangement, and on the advice of the Rev. Mr. Redhead, I
took her on Saturday last, accompanied by my wife, to con-
sult Dr. Jones, of Chester. Whilst Dr. Jones left the de-
ceased in a room for the purpose of asking me some ques-
tions about her, she made her escape. Dr. Jones left us
to call the deceased to us, and he discovered that she had
left the apartment. Every search was made for her, but we
never afterwards saw her alive. I got information yesterday
that she had been seen wandering about the streets in Liver-
pool, and my son came over. I have since seen and recog-
nized her body at the dead-house.
The Coroner, in addressing the jury, said that he had him-
self not the slightest doubt but that the deceased had died
from taking an unusually large quantity of laudanum. The
evidence shewed that she had purchased no less than two
ounces at one place of that deleterious drug. The next ques-
tion they had to consider was whether the deceased was of
unsound mind at the time she took it. That she was de-
ranged, and had been so for some time, was as little a matter
of doubt. He could not, however, allow the case to go for
their consideration without some remarks on the furnishing
of the deceased with the two ounces of laudanum in Mount
Pleasant. The young man Heyward had stated that he had
been an apprentice for about four years with Mr. Walker,
and that the only cautionh
poisonous
ohi receivedsaodnous
drugs, fromhis
sn
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with respect to dispensing
them to strangers. A stronger caution would have been bet-
-1
ter and it was decidedly highly improper in the young
ache
admitted sell so large a quantity to the deceased, particularly
admitted that Mr. Wilkinson never sent his servant for drugs.
He hoped the melancholy result would be a warning to the
witness as long as he lived. H_ e did not, however, assume
that the calamity would have been averted had he refused to
supply the laudanum,
for anot er bottle had been found, also
containing the same dangerous liquid, purchased elsewhere
but that bottle ;
was not only marked " laudanum," but
" Poison," which the other was not. He thought that in all
cases of supplying such
drugs, the word " poison" should
be conspicuously written or printed on the label. With
these remarks he left the case in the hands of the jury, who

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progress of the melancholy infirmity of the deceased
her attachment to the family, and anxiety for their w
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feelings as a man and a Christian. He retired frcim the pair
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