The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-02 00:00:00

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,s to know what could induce
essly. The libel, it would ap-
ie manner in which the learned
s colony, which it is stated was
1 oojection, but hardly deserved such
-ion it by the Port Philip paper.
-ommercial matters were much
'en 1_ course observed by the mer-
Qverstocking the market is stated
,rable reaction. Sir George Gipps
J Moreton-bay, the new adjunct of
townships and government reserves.
f all others appropriated for emigrant
deal favourable is said ; but persons
caution in selecting it for any expen-
he parties who appeared to be in favour
Acing to China for a supply of labour,
he great capabilities of the soil may be
pf the attempt to initiate the Celestials,

_ -J be fond of hard work. The to-
-1 discussion at Sydney was the new Municipal

sight of the launch of the
at this port by Capt. Coppin,
immense assemblage of spec-

e evening of yeAtsrday week all the hotels of
thronged with gentry belonging to the neigh-
n, and hosts of visitors quartered themselves
ds who were resident here. On Saturday
an early hour vehicles of all sorts were in
no the carriage and four to the donkey-cart—
its quota of anxious but cheerful visitants ;
• bosom of the Foyle was studded with
"Imost to rival the turn-out of small
:es exhibits on a regatta day.
It o'clock the wedges were driven home,
.Tnificent ship moved majestically
in any direction, or the
in in her career, cheered by
amidst the thunder of artil-
Britannia."

as soon as the

- ---_______,, was performed after the
e. by dashing a bottle of whiskey at her
id, and at the same moment a flag was
g the name of the vessel, the " Great
3 characters, to the gaze of the lookers-on.

came into contact with the water it was
continued to revolve rapidly until she

of the crowd, and the
s, not a single accident occurred,
to the excellent arrangements
any thing wanting
kaocee dings , which passed

Great Northern may realize
he other proprietors. They

terpri2ing undertaking; we wish

my prove as remunerative as it was

is. Nor, if the screw should succeed
pulsion, can there be any doubt of this
so many, that it will soon effect a
In the water the Great
)f a sailing vessel, being free
paddle-boxes of a steam vessel ;
r perceptible, giving a clear run
space to be occupied by the ma-
y much less than in the ordinary
o be similar to that of sailing ves-
pine the advantages to be derived
As a government transport for
from one point to another, she will
that are used at present. How
mild have been in conveying out

a recent occasion, when speed was so
,he is equally well adapted for warlike

inderstand, ire the dimensions of the
feetin length ; between perpendiculars,
feet deep in the hold ; burthen, 1750
th of the main-mast to be 90 feet, and
nain yard 79 feet, and 221 inches dia-
foremast 83 feet, and mizen-mast 76
Le to spread 6,400 yards of canvass.
, the upper one to be left entirely clear
pierced for 44 guns; the windlass and
laced 'twixt decks. She is to he pro-
himedean Screw, which willbe 12 feet
pitch, but the length will be only 7
3 revolutions per minute; the gearing

20 feet diameter, working into a

'meter, upon whose axis is the
nine power consists of two cylin-
., 4 feet 6 inches stroke, and to
e ; nominal power about 370 horses ;
nps, 19 inches in diameter, and 4
and cylindrical boilers. The engines
abaft the vessel, leaving the midships
The vessels already fitted with Mr. F.
peller have, we are happy to learn,
action, especially the Archimedes, the
ument was attached, a vessel of 237
Resides this vessel and the Great
seen already built, with the Screw Pro-
Royal, 101 tons, 40 horse power, of

ee, of Portsmouth, 30 tons, 10 horse power ;
of South Shields, 270 tons, 60 horse power ;
10 tons, 25 horse power. There are now
Britain, 3,600 tons, 1,000 horse power!
s 200 horse power ; two packets for the
Service, 130 horse power, and a French
horse power.
ntly to the launch prove that
orthern on the most im-

an extract of a letter, dated on board the
N.P., 3d July, 1312 :

d safe by the circuitous route of Bar-
nd Turk's Island. Here we are now,
'-three passengers, per Clyde, from
a steamer to proceed to our different
of which, common to us all, is Havana.
a company's schooner here, which lett
ame time that we did, and which has
bags for Havana and the Gulf of Mexico, as
ksilver, which the Clyde brought from
)uld not prevail upon the packet agent
upon Captain Ewing, of the Clyde,
teamer should carry us on to Havana,
he mails by a sailing vessel. The cap-
Dm the company's office in London,
:he mails, by steamer, direct from St.
gland to Havana ; but the instructions
agent in Barbadoes, to return to that
Island, had greater weight with them,
ce of the mails, &c. on the most import-
niormed by a sailing vessel, a schooner
nd in which they wanted us to take our
'- Island, but which we refused. It was
to wait for the Tweed, expected from
)ound, via Turk's Island, Nassau, Ber-

) us all, that the interest of the Barbadians
s and shareholders of the Royal Mail Steam
powerful. The great lines of correspondence
id Chagres to the Pacific, and with Havana
Mexico, are evidently suffering from the
which Barbados now enjoys. We arrived
at Barbados, 24th at St. Thomas, coaled
and left on the 26th, arriving on the 28th at
where we found no other company's vessel
Ea, a wreck, and a schooner. On the 29th
ed there from Jamaica, on board of which
he Clyde returning to Barbados. On the
ith.mails from Jamaica, arrived at last from
:he Leeward Islands, St. Thomas, and Port

'ere two days and six hours

id the steamer to Havana direct not
to proceed by the present route to

of the Ist of June from London will
fore the 2d of July, and the Havana
same date will not reach Havana
, if sent by way of St. Thomas,
.nst necessarily take coals, they
r port by the 28th of June.
I can take in three hundred tons
, which, at any place where there
a much longer time : there the
vithin twenty yards of the
is tedious ; and at Barba-
cry difficult. The route
Ados, Turk's Island,
Porto Rico, and