Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-07-19

steam Navigation across the Atlantic.
We have been applied TO several times to publish
that celebrated passage in the lecture delivered by Dr.
Lardner, in Liverpool, in 1886, wherein he demon
straied the mpractcabty of navigating the Atlantic
by steam direct from Liverpool 10 New York. As
this document is a curious Al the present day. we
publish the passage entire. Tomorrow we shall give
the celebrated by Mr.. Laird, the celebrated
Secretary of the British and American Steam Nay
CATION company.
"Dr Lardner proceeded to observe that OF the grand
projects which had ever occupied the human mind
prescott IA the progress OF actual accomplishment tie
aa0 great Sshs.y for e.@ nsresuI.s
sew world and that The odd Part Of ,ha, was in
process Of formation; IL consisted Of several
cham Liverpool, and the intercourse with Dub
linz eu, there was snoher stage THAI lrom puhln to vaen
country which, with oil her political disadvantages blea
amoss the rest, he mig reckon vast number Of ssceeat
harbo country In TIE world could boast OF fine
sors on her westcossi would admirably as sta
had been as he eI rene westerly pon, suitable Tor
that purpose II fine anchorng by island OF
lin point under zoe miles, which night
IN about Eight The nearest POINT Of The continent OF
ioundand The distasce between the about
irsr rus q New York would not
exceed the admissible bot ouchig at Halifax woula
BE- a. 70 he run from Vses to 81 Josa anS my
voyage from Dublin Bordeaux and back OF be.
near this distance II must be observed that westerly
they were by The trade winds beg the compen.
,s.g cause that restored e balance when these eryed TO
destroy according that principle In which
always provides remedy Tor asy derangemen in the dersng
As last resource. however, should the distance be,wees
sents and - yohn prove 700 great they might make the
prsctica6y cfes,sbhing inter, ouuse with the
United states As 10 the project, however which
from New yorl 10 Liverpool was be had no besis,iss IL
saying pere mrcs and they might well'ak Of mak
vessel which weuld ultimately be hc adapted tor
be which s Of S1
power and would be able 400 tons el Goals To
s soe zoo horse ~ %ons %e
twenty tons ocosls daily but the vessel carried 400 tens
age wh eh would rcqune The whole OF quantity They
@ ~se
be undertaken by such vessel we safely calculate up.
ard might fairly conc uded any prusct which cal
culsed upon making longer voyages than fifteen days with
s,eamsoa must be eond,rea eslseres Now he average
rate packets was izo miles per
2s5o miles, but that could not be reckosed upca
CopoSyn's IrouEsT.-An inquest was held yester-
day upon the body Of Michael Healey, a boy Of nine
years Of age. The testimony in this melancholy
case - as follows: On Saturday, 9TH inst as deceas-
ed was sitting by his fathers dor ia Mulberry street,
playing with some fragments OF hlns when boy
aged IL years, named Richard Msrphy, passed by,
and the former put pieco Of the broken china upon
ss hat. This so irnta,ed Murphy, that he threw
clasp knife which he happened to have in his hand al
the deceased, which struck him on the knee and
caused slight wound On the next day he complain
sd Oh hls knee, and was unable 10 walk. On the
THURSDAY following, for the first time Doctor Wild
man was sent Tor, who considered il so serious ease
as TO call in Doctors Beal asd Hoffman, who, epon
consultation, found the injury TO be incarabe. Had
surgical AID been sent for in time IL was the belief Of
the above medical gentlemen that the childs life
xx,u.fh 1w hggn au1H a
quence Of wounds inflicted by Richard MurphyD-
Murphy has been arrested.