Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-12-19

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LII instant. ~ not On Wednesday. that being
Christnas. Many n her elegant stats-sssos have
been already sanCs1s and We undsrstsad that u
". FssthersscaAsssh, Esq. and Col Msdss. the
sortheastern Boundary comnissisaers, return home
in her, with II. Tanored ESQ.,, member Of the British
House of Commons. who has recently made long
visit to this country The Siddons has been one OF
the NEST fsstunate ships that ever crossed the At
lantic; and the boundary commissioners viii bc
soon landed in England with their report, which
trust viii settle the difficulty between The two
great nations.
Bnt this en- PEASANT. Speaking Of the Siddons, we
cannot refrain from noticing the great nprov ement
that has been made in ship building within the past
few years, particularly in the mercantile ma ine.
There IL not much to be said respecting our govern
ment vessels, for there be no material improve
ment made in them long as the navy Is controlled
and fcttered rs il is by an imbeciie Naval Board.
Within three years back every vessel built Tor the
me liant service has some Improvement, however
slight, over the one previously launched, and they
were constructed, far as one point goes, alike:
they were sharp built, much for speed any thing
else. II took long time to Lad some plan TO build
ships so that the speed should not take away from
the cargo room" All our packets were construct
ed on a com animation OF both principles, that
the intention when the keels were laid Not till re-
Gently have the long fiat doored ships been brought
into exisence and they are now likely to supersede
all others differently constructed
The Siddons, the Roscius, the Sheridan, and the
Garrick, are called fiat foored ships. We speak Of
them in particular, because they the first built
on the rev plan and being better acquainted with
their history They compose the dramatic Liver
pool line of packets, are the largest merchant ships
IN this country, and are the models from which
every ship will he built Several have already been
launched, as near like them possible. We are
glad this for it shows that genius succeed
in every thing
From the common eement Of our packet ships, just
after the last war; when Adam and Noah Brown were
the great New York ship builders, there has been
emulation the part their owners TO ascertain the
best sailing, splsndor and carrying cargoes
Every exerton has been made 10 bring the genius
Of naval architects, and with great success
when the Garrick launched with her poop
decks, high man of war hulwarks, spacious room be-
low and fiat foored, scientific ship carpenters con-
demned her and said that she would never make
passage to the westward, and even her builders
Messrs. Brown s. Bell, successors TO Adam and
Noah Brown, shrugged their shoulders. She was
sent 20 Liverpool and has succeeded admirably
Two others, the Sheridan and Siddons, were launch.
ed AFTER and looked upon failures; they also
succeeded. and the Roscius was then built, which
completed the Dramatic Line and she has proved to
be the fastest shpout Of this going either to the
eastward or westward As old experienced ship
masters asserted that they could not make good
passage 10 the westward, we have examined our files
and made the following table, showing their last
twelve westward passages.
For