The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-08-29

ing stick. Come down the ladder, Mr..
Foyle, says I and I'm sorry it isn't a
coach and six for your sake. Upon
the word he was folloWin me down,
when | just turned round, and says
|, 'sMr. Foyle, it's reasonable / should
tell you that three Of the poor chill
thur are in typhus, and may be a gen
itleman like youwould be afraid Of it,
US poor crethurs are used to it, in
the typhus, Mrs. Driscoll,' says he,
jumping back like a garden Thrush,
are you sure it's the typhus?-Oh.
come down, sir,' says |, and make
your mind asy.' Not to day, mann.
says he; I beg your pardon, Mrs.
Driscoll, for troubling you; I'll come
another time;' and with that he ran
away for the bare life. never saw him
since. Dlvil a typhus was below Mrs.
Reilly, no more than there is a bot
tom TO the sea-
The BRlrlsH QuEEN This noble
vessel made her passage. from Ports.
mouth in. fifteen and a half days. The
weather, during the whole passage.
was rough, with strong head winds
and seas. She had not her sails set
for twenty-four hours during the pas.
sage. Colonel Webb of the ". Y
Courier, who came in her from, Eng
land, speaks Of her in the highest
terms, with the exception Of her sleep
ang accommodations, which are badly
arranged. The following is an extract
from his description Of the vessel and
her commander:
OF Captain RoBERTs Imay with the
greatest safety and justice, speak in
the highest terms Of commentator.
He is intelligent, gentlemanly, and at
fable; and possesses the rare tact o.
rendering himself agreeable to his pas
sengers, without in any way endan-
gering his position as master of the
ship. This is a virtue not always I'M
derstood, and the want of which is
justly considered a total disqualifca-
ton for the command Of a packet.
Captain Roberts is also very fortunate
in his officers, who like him are at
tached to the British Navy, gentle
manly in their department, and thor
oughly conversant with their duties.
The British Queen is 1868 tons bur.
then, builders measurement; and up.
wards Of 5000 tons, by custom house
measurement. Her model is purely
american, and with wind although
we have had no opportunity to test
her-cannot fail to make unusually
rapid trips across the Atlantic. She is
more buoyant than was anticipated
that is, her cargo, coal, provisions,
passengers, &c. &c. did not sink he1
into the water as much as was anti.
cipated; and in consequence, since
the consumption of some seven hun.
dred tons of coal, water, and provis.
ions, her paddle wheels have not tax.
en- sufficient hold of the water to pro.
pei her at a rate equivalent to the
power Of her engines. But this will
be remedied by taking in a full cargo
or several hundred tons of iron ballast
IN New York, previous to her sailing
on the first of August in company
with the Great Western. No effort
will be spared to get her off on that
day, and all England are on the qul
vive to ascertain which of the magni-
ficent floating palaces will make the
quickest trip home. Large odds are
offered on the Queen
A correspondent Of the London
Times writes from Constanlinople I'M
der date Of 10th of June, as follows:
81 scene occurred yesterday at the
Admiralty which has. produced much
sensation among. the Frank popula-
ton. The Chief of the Navy Board
(Meustapha Bey) having, during an
interview with the Sultan's ship bull
der Mr. Rhoades) used abusive Ian
guage; which the feelings of an Amer
lean could not put up with, the latter
raised his pipe and broke it on the In
solent Ottoman's head. The circum-
stances of the case having been laid
before the Sultan, every one is anx-
iously awaiting for his verdict
The New Orleans Courier of the
18th inst. states as follows It is re-
ported that three fights with small
swords took place yesterday on the
other side of the river. The conse-
qnences are said to be three dead men
and three wounded We er;rn th;s