Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-08-10

aowers; and an exceedingly light and aest spiral
staircase, which Is the edum II comnunica'ioa be
tween pc two decks. The lower deck - laid out
s,.piy into spacious, light, and airy passages, and
state rooms IN which every contrivance or eomi"rt
which art can suggest, has been attended te he
whole will cconwsdAts fr'w handred and sixteen
to hundred and twenty persons and all so WELL that
we should be almost ut loss which berth ia give pre-
Il renee To. The officers apartment and these
CAPPED by minor officers, stewards female attend
ans &C. are h,ted up 10 the neat ct aud nest com
fort BILE mxnuer. Nothing seems to have been left
undone. They have hot baths for invaids. and cold
ones Tor heaithy passengers The herh ofthe com
monest sailor on board s clean, lightsome and com
iorfabe. The kitchen and pantry, particularly tie
latter, are fitted up in the most elegant lie and
even the engine room itself "a place in other steam
ers gensrsliy dirty dark un 10 some) is airy
clean, aud well illuminated We must content our
selves with this brief description, 4 would be an
endless task to mention detail even tn he Of the
beauties OF this - monarch Of the waters - and
those who los, the opportunity of seeeing the vessel
will " seldom look upon Der Like again"
The Pre-. ident left Ktngstown harbor en- NJ nday,
At quarter past three AM. In the first four hours
and three quarters she made toiyhead dis ance #
fifty miles, and continued to nearly thir-
tee, miles an hour until her ARRIVAL in the Msrssy,
which was al Eve minutes past one o'clock, having
accomplished the age in some thing less thar tea
hours liz the outward "trip the engines accom-
p!i,hsd more than thirteen revolutions in the mis
ate, but ON her return from Dublin they worked H..
teen and even slxt' revolut During the gale,
her return from oIk, the ship a. AIDE frequently
eleven to eleven and a half miles per hour the revo
lntions being fourteen and halt l.. Dublin Ecening
Mail
Pacific STEAM NAVIGATION CoMpAvy.-On
"Wednesday, the Peru, at the vessels belong ing
to the Pacific cam Navigation Company, star cd
from her moorngs at Blackwell, on An OK perrin rnial
trip down the river and back 10 Blackwell. Sse is
a very splendid steamer; her engines arecfS horse
power each ard her den 7Ob tons. Over her rad
dies are placed safety boats Of large size, and
pablo of fording means Of escape for the ew and
passengers in the event ofire or any other accident
10 which long voyages are exposed, but which pre-
caution there every reason to think, ON The
celent arrangements Of this steamer will be super
fuHus. Nevertheless, it is 4 matter If c"ngralu a.
ton 10 those who ab7at TO traverse the nnsnse
space Of water which divides England from South
America that such eontrivances have bt en- adopted
for their security, and great praise due 10 Canaan
g. Smith, the inventor aud adapter OF these safety
boats. Their appearance adds iot tie eegarcc az The
steamer. they take up less room than the paddles.
AMI AS they are more snug, so they hold less wind,
and consequently occasion l2ss impedimept TO the
speed and OF the vessel THIS adaptation
has been made of in the al navy and has been
found to answer all TIE purposes intcDden by the
inventor, but il has never beea employed in mercan-
tile steamers until on board the Chii (wh c belongs
this company and the Peru. A model of the in
vention has bean exhibited at The cytechnic lsi-
Triton, and She results exhibited IN miria'urc have
been satisfactory TIE Peru and the Chill were
both built an the wards OF Hes,rs Curling * Young;
their engines from the masufactory of Mess :.
" iler & Iarenhli. In these vessels col W Il not
be used during the voyages tu the prepared fuel st
Nr. Oran VII be substituted he company on
board the Peru this experimental trip consisted
of nearly 2l0 ladies aud gentlemen. Among, them,
the Carl Of Wiltshire, Lord Ingestrie the Hon
c. Scarlet, his lady aoi daughter, the Hon Mr. and
Mrs. Y. Scarlet Lord Sonfes, Lieut. Col. Dram
mon Sir Il. Ccchrane; n. Sir I. Michel, sur
veyor general of Australia; Capt. & Smith, X n
Nr q Brown, the cha IMAM at the company; tie
Chevalier De Mora and lady, and many Of the mer-
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tion OF the empire.
The company on board the Peru were entertained
with elegant dejeuner Ia Jourche,te during the
trip down the river; and on the return 10 Black
wall, a splendid dinner provided at the West
India Dock Tavern, at which MIR. Brown, the chair
m,n. presided, and at Which che mpany were join
ej by Lord bigger and others. The object OF this
company is toprov,de vesSel,to trade between Val
para. Panama, CHI ng AZ the immsd ports
The Chiii started about fortnight ago Both she
and the Peru viii touch at Rio, suj proceed through
the straits Of Magellan to the Pacific Ocean. The
arrival 81 these vessels in the Pacific will be
in the history If navigation. They Will create
c,mmun cation betwe. n localities which cannot be
obtained by sailing vessels under two months in the
short space of fortnight, and will help in little
degree to cvlise the inhabitants and restore good
governmental dcsidcra;um too long wanted ia the
regions 10 which their operations are des-
tined. IL oueht tn mentioned, that on the Peru's
return ~ B'ackwRll the efficacy of the apparatus
and 'ackle by which the safety heats are TO be
brous hit into operation were tried; the boats were
m nutcs. and the company conveyed by one Of them
to the shore Each Of these boats will contain up
wards of 100 persons They arc in length "a feet,
and ten feet two inches in the bean.-Morning He
raid.
STEAM NAvtcATIos FROM ENGLAND TO Tur
Wysr ISptE> -rhe contract Of the " Roy al Mail
Sisam-p packet Company" with the Conin ssissers
been printed, in return to the order vi the House
al CctancBs The company covenant to keep sui
fcent number (uot less l4) of good aud Efficient
steam vessels. which shall be able to carry guns 1T
The largest cabre now used on board OF steam-ves-
cells ~ war, supplied with engines Of not less than
go corctiv horse power, az well as with men, APP
pare &c.. ond be of at asst 900 tons bardeB. One
of these vessels 10 to leave a port in the British
Channel twice in every cslepdar month"; and pTocs ed
IN Bsrbadoes soon as the mills are on board.
After interval not exceeding Fix hours from her
arrival there she is tn proceed to Grenada, and aer
remaining a time not exceeding II hours, 20 with
the mails board 60 Santa Cruz. thence To 81.
rhomass. thence 10 Mic IL Mole in Hsyti, thence TO
Santiago de Cuhs and thence TO Port Royal m Ja-
maics. After remaining at Port Roya for AZ ute.-
val not exceeding hours, the vessel after deliver
ing her mails ami receiving Others lie to proceed 60
Ssvanush Ia her, ana, after a delivery and receipt
ef mails there. W Havsnnah in Cuba. Aft a. M
tsrval not exceeding - hours, she Is her return
to proceed from havsnnah to savannah Ia Mer,
th~nee to Port Royal, thence TO Santiago de Cu.a,
t.eare TO Nicoa Mole, thence to SANTANA IN fiayti,
dsltvcrins and receiving mails az each place cafe
being taken that she sh all ALWAYS arrive at ssmans,
after peri, min her voyage from farbadoes. on the