Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-07-14

The MARQUIS OF Londonderry, lCasue'edg" oio'
therO is very unpopular. short time SINCE ne los
a valuable diamond piH-it was picked up In the pl'
Of the Opera and taken 10 him. he was al mrs.
ashamed 10 acknowledge he had been IN the PIT, and
at las, refused 10 give the reward On THIS an cpl
gram appears signed Sophia Greeley, worded thus
PIN
1 Ih.ar, dear vane, you lost YOUR pin
! What said IL. Marchioness-asin'
| And how did you conrve without II!
Young D'Israeli is eiernally quarrelhng with some
one, although young man of immense laent-he Is
hypochonoracal, and has met with so many disap.
poinimens in life that there is some excuse for him.
Young Connell the told me Of jeu esprit
that was said have occurred at the time of The rap
ture, when these two were about to fight duel =
"The father who made and the mother who bore
you," said O'Connell, "are caSmies TO the human
race"
"Not so" was the reply of Ben D'Israel "they
were both en-e-factors!"
OConnell was mute at the enormity Of the wit.
told you in of my last letters that saw in
ventien attached 10 steamboat that would shortly
do away with the necessity Of paddle wheels; it is
called the patent propeller and is intended to super
cede the use of paddles and paddle boxes, which,
by the resistance they offer to wind and water,
waste much Of the steam power BY this invention
it is expected to obtain continuous speed Of 20 miles
per hour under ordinary circumstances.
| This invention is called the Archmedean screw,
and is fixed in that part Of the vessel called the run,
or the dead wood; IL is used in vessels, rugged like
sailing vessels and it be used in conjunction with
sails, not at all, singy 1t will under no SIR
stances offer any resistance to the sailing and at
any time be unshpped or shipped. The wear and
tear Of steam ship using this propeller, is much less
than with paddles because the strain of the
gno less; and supplied with this, vessel does not
depend entirely on wind or fuel.
The little schooner which saw using it is only "a
feet long and its success is placed beyond doubt
she 81 feet wide and measurement. She is the
smallest steam ship in the world; her topmasts wen,
easily under the paddle boxes of the British Queen
and yet size ,owed that splendid ship up the river into
| the dock with the greatest ease.
| Steam Ships and Steam Ship Joint Stock Compa.
MES are all the rage. The Royal William is to leave
Liverpool early in July, and will probably reach you
| as this letter by the Vrgnian; she is a ,st
splendid vessel and is said be faster than the Wes-
tern. She has hitherto beat the War Office steam
packets, the fastest ships in England
The company that sent out the Sirius are building
three steam ships of the largest class about 1000
tons each, all to be ready in less than one year.
Two companies are orned for the same purpose at
Liverpool, and enc at Dublin. There W II also be
three companies in London. company is also
forming in London, to send steam ships direct from
London to ST. Louis and Louisville! touching at
Nachez and intermediate ports!
My ramesakc, the Herald OF London, says that
Lord Melbourne has become friendly with his SOW
ereign and unfriendly with the sovereign people
that he is about to enjoy the otiums dgnitate OF
private life. Lord Glenelg is longer to be Coenia
! Sccre,ary-Sprng Rice, to whom had an in,roduc
ton, succeeds him. The Duke of Sussexs wife, Lad,
Bregin is TO be Countess Enniskillen and the Duk
to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Duke o
Bcdford's second son, Lord John Russell, a small
thin, pale faced, melancholy looking, but amlabe
man, is TO be Prime Minister of England He vii
make better premier than Melbourne.
| Death has been busy in high places lately. Lady
Southampton and Lady Amherst are dead The Mar
quis Sligo lie not expected to live from hour to hour
Fox Maule and Mark Phillips, Secret ares Of State
lie at the point Of DEATH and young Pozzo ai Borgc
| has been murdered.
| The heat in London, yesterday, was very oppres
/ sive. The thermometer was up 10 SIS IN the shade
and remained so till at night. But we hsve on,
advantage here over New York. the Fights are al
ways cool ; and a refreshing shower occurs almos
daily
Sir Maurice O'Connel "a relative of the great Dan
| is TO be commander Of the ferces in New Sout
Waes. The great Dan has much power with tn
ministry. tits thought that Lord Brougham is com
ing back 10 a seat in the cabinet He and Lord job
Russell very intimate, and were always friends
they had serious quarrel-but the celebrated quaker
William Allen, reconced them-all three being pow
erful supporters of tse British and Foreign Schoo
and Bible Societies IL is also thought that Leopold
of Belgium, is secretly using his influence with Vic
toria to replace Brougham in power.
Sc great a share of public attention do the "a
roads occupy, that many of the newspapers have
standing head Of " Rail RoAD MEhoRAsDuMs"
In two years every part Of England and Franc
will be intersected at every angle, with double an
quadrupe tracks OF rail roads. Some of the passer
gers of the Sirius, landed Falmouth, and after ira
Yelling $50 miles through England, were dining i
France IN 36 hours! They cannot easily 90 fasie
on his side the grave!
The Manchester and Bolton Railway has bee
opened The great Western Railway is progressin
fast throughout the entire line. The Southampto
Railway paying 20 per cent interest on the none,
There arc 1000 men employed on the Midland Cour
ties Railway. The great Chester Railway is pre-
crossing, and will be finished in year. The New