Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-07-23

geaernlly thin but the showes Of the present week
viii qcicky improve t. Gram q :" ssr! S..s
Gown more wheat than has been known torseverai
years. Pearo.and plans promise TO &c most 49,. n
dant crop and straw berries also look extremey We
Apples are likely to be scarce. potatoe: wsii be
plentiful. and large supplies viii immediateiy Do
brough hi into the market. The season altogether
very to the growth Of vegetation, and there
is every prospect Of an abundant harvest senerahy
-lManchsster paper.
The corn crops continue to improve in appearance.
The accounts from all quarters OF the country are
highly favorable as to the progress OF the crops
an appearance and in Lin
sc. the growth 10 healthy, vigorous and fuil. Inc
general effect Of the rain has been most benehcial-
Doncaster Chronicle.
STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE IRON TRAD.
There are at this time in Scotland fifty furnaces in
blast five out seven building, and twenty six con-
templated. In South Wales, l22 furnaces in blast,
seven out thrty-one building, and ninety-one con-
templated. In l74O the annual produce OF the KING.
dom was IL $50 tons Of cast IRON In 1872 Scotland
alone will produce upwards OF S60O0 tons, and
within five years, 100000 tons will be produced
annually in South Wales.
THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAM SHIr.-Ihs sub
Joined description Of the British Queen, We take
from late number of the AtheD@um"
The external appearance OF the ship, seen from the
shore, is imposing and beautiful. The figure head
is graceful representation OF the youtnui monarcn
than the usual height althoughtwelve feet IN stature
and it is only when the sturdy fellows, who term
the crew, approach the sovereign that her Patago'
Man size is determined by Their Lilipstian dimen-
sions. The appendages OF the figure head and cut.
water beautifully outlined, moulded, and covered
with gold and the effect of tho vessel at the bow On
the whole is very majestic ra;sg roumu v IN ~
the stern is in perfect keeping with the rest OF ner
ornamental work. and the stern galleries are elegant
and well placed The rigging 10 also well proper
toned her masts are beautiful and her yards are Of
great strength and excellent proportion. There she
rides maiesticaIly queen of the seas, the noblest
steam ship the world has ever seen.
1t was only when gained the deck OF the britlsh
Queen that became thoroughly impressed with the
truth of her enormous size. The deck is what Is
called fush.deck, perfectly continuous from one
end the other instead Of having higher and lower
portions forming poops, half-peops, &C., as most
Common in vessels Of her size. The deck is long
promenade, ard the distance from stem to stern 10
good rife shot; her breadth on deck being some sixty
feet. Her cabins Of the dimensions OF her Ma
iestys drawing rooms, and the whole Of her accom-
mediation spacious, airy, and sufficiently splendid
Descending to her engine rooms the engine does NOT
strike the spe being extraordinarily large
hut when once at the bottom Of it, looking up, you
perceive the men who guide the whole machinery,
and regulate and direct the combined strength and
| simultaneous energy of five hundred horses, with
greater than the tyrant Philopater his galley
Of three thousand and feel that you are
in the presence of one OF the nobest Of human crea-
tions, the impersonation of the adage that "know-
ledge is power"-Power applied to the benent and
Improvement Of humanity The engine is Of the
Gothic structure, thirty feet high, Occupying
length Of eighty four feet, and weighing with ITS
appcndages about five hundred tons. 1t does great
credit to the engineering talent Of the river Clyde;
heavy by the fact OF having two condensers instead
of it 10 otherwise strong, hght-loskng, and wen
proportioned.
His Excellency the American Minister entertained
his Royal Highness the Duke Of Sussex, and DIS
tingushed party dinner in Portland place, on FRI
day evening, June 18th.
Sir Lionel Smith has been transferred from the
government of Jamaica TO that of Mauritius. Sir
Charles Metcalf succeeds him at Jamaica
There is great talk Of dissolution Of Parlia-
meHt.
| HosoRs Both Robert Dale Owen and Daniel
| Webster have been presented to the queen.
| There had been another most destructive Ere in
Dublin.
! severe snow storm occurred in England tn,
An the prisoners tried have vvrn ruunu guilty o.
the great Gold Dust Robbery. reward OF 3,o0t
is offered for the Jew Davis, who had sailed for New
York.
One of the most stupendous works OF moderr
times, is projected Railroad from Venice to Milan
connecting the richest and most pc pulous cit
les Of Italy with each other, venice, Padua, vicen
"a, Verona, Mantua, Bressia, and Milan; the most
gigantic portion will be the bridge over the Lagosns
connecting Venice with the main land. The length
Of the Railroad will be l66 Italian (about the
IN Esgish) miles passing through a population Of
three and nall millions, the seven cities alone nav
| ing a population sf half million, viz: Venice,
| 100 0Oe, Padua, 1900, vicenza, $4,000, Verona
5000 Mantua, 81, 900, Brescia 50 600 and Milan
$50 900 inhabitants; to which may be added, 10000
foreigners in Venice and Milan IL is calculated the
transport, when completed, will average 800 per-
sons, 1900 tons Of goods, and 900 tons Of Goals
daily.
| RuNoR.-A male giraffe has been born in London,
and dinner is to be given in the same city to
Daniel Webster by the American merchants.
THE LoSDor RAPE AVID MURpER.-Young Mar
| chant who violated and murdered Eliza Poynter q
beautiful girl, says that the cook, leaving the
house, dared him to get Elizas garters sG her leg
lie tried TO do this, and she slapped his face he then
threw her down and committed the crime, for which
he has ere this been hung He pleaded guilty be-
cause, he says, he never told lie in his life. lie
say. he never would have thought Of harming Eliza
(for Ne loved herr had not the cook put him up TO
pulling Oft her garters
| The prisoners on their keepers at Lancaster
| Castle but were subdued with loss Of two lives.
| Earl Lacan is dead. Earl Howden 10 dangerously
| i'll.
Lord William Beatwick 10 dead. Lord Hendon
| Is dangerously i'll.
| Two hundred and twenty-five rapes have been
committed in England in the last four years. and ID
| have been executed therefor.
There have been several deaths by lightning In
| England.
The crops all ever England are most abundant.