Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-04-24

Teoly on occasion 10 the boats speed II appears
M this ship 10 much the largest on the whole ever
built The fore cabin 10 IS feet long; an ample en-
gne rsom left in the centre; and this separates me
former from state cabin Of 81 feet in length and "a
in extreme breadth, taken up except in the cenue,
with eerhs like the fore cabn) at the SIDES incud-
ing above and below, and fore and aft l26 sleeping
places for one class of passengers, besides which
there 70 for servants. OF the very costly and ee
CANT fittings up of this grand saloon can add no.
thing TO the plentiful details furnished by the daily
papers; suffice il to say that Mr.. Paris has had
charge of the decorations which are in the style of
Watteau and date of Louis XIV, and that no pains
seem to have been spared TO Guido the Liners, and
astonlsh the natives on the other SIDE OF the sea.
We should not forget that, affixed to the frame work
OF the engine is index, by which the number OF
strokes performed by the machinery, and the rate of
their performance is shown with the greatest accu-
racy and which, is stated without requiring TO be
again wound up, will mark as many strokes as sufflce
for the whole voyage TO New York.
Finally, she must doubtless be pronounced as
sauRch piece of British naval architecture
foaed, well the most elegantly decorated of all.
Her engines have been Provad-the boat has been and
will be thoroughly tried throughout-20O tons of car
90 will be taken, if offered; and the Great Yves.
term hosting at length the lion-iag, will commence
her march on the mountain wave, with the motto,
victory or death. She is expected TO make her pas
sage our, under average circumstances, IN fifteen
days. and the retHrn voyage IN twelve. Far luck
befall her
Bat we are not yet done with the steamers. We
promised to give summary of all that is proposed
by the various parties, and we have not yet named the
greatest Of all the lions by far-we mean the VctoriG,
now on the stocks, at Lmehouse. This extraordlna-
ry ship is the project and property OF the British and
American Steam Navigation Company. Their plan,
first announced, was, to build line, composed of
two British and two American steam ships, of great
size each, as sufficient 10 keep up communication
twice month to and from New York; the for
uniting the two classes. being, of course, that British
ships, by treaty OF commerce, arc not permitted TO
take foreign goods TO the United States-they must
be shipped in American bottoms; WHILE on the other
hand, American ships not permitted to bring for
egn goods to England except for expectation only.
BY the union of both, all descriptions of goods are Sc
cured. These four were expected to make as many
passages to and fro as eight sailing packets would.
More TO be added as required. The tonnage pro-
posed was 200, and the horse power 300; and the
ships were estimated 10 cost 40 00Ot. EACH The an
nua expense of such vessel rated at Is 1884, IN
GLIDING fuel out and home for six voyages, or for
AZ 600 miles, This calculation which we think worth
preserving, is exclusive Of The charges incident to
freight These with the profit also on freight, are
contingent Set down this at 400 tons measurement
goods with certain prices, and 60, SO, and 100 pas
ssngers, of three different classes, and we have 6O0
receipts freight The expenses on the same beng
rated at 520L, the net freight out and home is made
to amount to 3SS0, or above 30 per cent per annum
on prime costs or 80 per cent with net OF 20eL and
S00L out and home. We subloin, for reference, the
following items of the annual expense of the floating
establishment Commander, 300i; first mate, 1901;
second mate, 60l third mate, co.,; surgeon, 1901;
twenty-five seamen and apprentices 600i; ten fire.
men, at 6Os $685. one engineer at 1901; one at 1901,
and one ate0i, $780,; one carpenter, 50t; OIL talIow,
and tow for engines and other small stores, lOOW.
six Days Later from EngIand-sholtest
Passage ever made!
Yesterday evening gave the news by the Sirius
up 10 the LIST April from London; we have now the
pleasure of presenting our readers with six dayslater
he hull o in
tern, which left Bristol on the 9Th April and perform
ed the passage in the unprecedenedly short time of
fourteen days, full particulars of which will be found
in another column. She brings LONDON papers 10 the
9Th April, and Bristol paper Of the 7th the items of
which, together with the latest Londoa and Liverpool
markets, here follow.
IMPORTANT on THE AMERICAN Boundary CUES
rroS-In the Morning Post Of April g. there's an in
terestng paper being despatch from Lord Pal
merston, the foreign minister Mr.. Fox, the British
envoy at Washington. II recapltuates all the pro-
ceedings that have hitherto takeL place the North
eastern boundary question, cites the award ofhe King
of the Netherlands expresses the readiness Of the
British ministry 10 join with this country in sending
out commission TO make local surveys on which TO
ground a conventional line; but declines doing any
thing at all, unless the State of Maine be party to
survey anu sttueineHl pItStHls iHe qucs-
ten in light and important one, for by our
constitution the federal government alone is author
lied to make treaties and establish the limits of the
United States but party politics nterfered, and the
question has been hitherto kept unsettled owing TO
the resessness and impracucabiity of the State Of
Maine which disconnected all the arrangements al
Washington, by sending its officers to take censuses,
and exercise acts of jurisdiction the disputed terri
tory. This country proposed the reference and the
King of the Netherlands as referee, and objected
to the ternne awarded by that sovereign arbi-
ter Great Britain now requires Us TO to the so
luton Of the difficulty with fall powers and that all
the parties interested should be concerned in the adu
dcation, so that there may be more denurrers or
difficulties Of any kind. The despatch is too long to
publish; il is dated the 18th November, 1897.
DsFrcrrs IN THE RRITIsH BEvsSuE-The accounts
OF the British reven-e for the year and quarter end
ing the 9th April, present serious decrease on the
corresponding periods of last year. The falling off
upon the year amounts TO II, 1892 BOB, and Of t402-
42O or nearly half million The quarter. The de.
cline is observable on almost every branch of public
revenue except the Post Office.
CAsApA News IN ESGLAHp.-The Penrsylra.
MIA, Captain Smith, arrived at Liverpool on the 4th
April. IL brought the news OF the complete failure of
the attempt nj INVASION Of Lower Canada by Dr. Nell
SON. from AlburRh, on Lake Champlain
STEAM Sprrs-The London papers say that the
Gr,oy U,st,rn will reach New York before the 81.