Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-11-16

iefn Il the master pieces u Handel ssd ssAsr
mastsrs this week II the concert Of the Sacred Ma
sic Society, wAss ~ will be aided ~ will disd
shss Of enc hun1ssl and City vsisss snd IN nstrs.
ms.1nl corps Of ever sfty psrfsrners This. - ad.
dies to the grad organ at the Tsbsruacle, which is
owned BY this society, will produce such eoup ell
has been Witnessed before in this city. Our
| readers msst not sonfcsnd this society with that
called the Academy Of Sacred Music, which is got
up by clique Of pretsnders who are utterly ignorant
Of the first principles Of managing such concern.
Whatever is done at the former is done well, and
Mrs Wood has shOns her Judgment in afIording them
tie aid of her skill and talent.
We will just wind up with hint. which ought not
TO be lost sight Of, Musical festivals" have been
got up in England asd contribute much to the pub
lie taste Of late years. Why cannot we have sFes-
tva" here on large scale, to include all the vocal
and instrumental talent in the city Such exper-
ment, il properly managed, would draw all the To-
vers Of sweet sound, to New York from the distant
cities and prove the greatest ntse caal treat ever
| enjoyed this side the Atlastie.
Mrs. Ki.nsy---The Case OF Poisoning.
The grand jury Of Boston have had the of Mrs.
Kinney, who is charged with numbering her hus-
band by poison, under consideration for several
days past, and presentnent may be expected early
this week This is an extraordinary and mysterious
case and the trial will excite very great interest
The most eminent legal ability in Boston is enga-
ged Mrs. Kinney has been the wife of three hus-
bands. She is accused Of the murder Of the last,
and strange rumors aaoat concerning the death
Of the others. We have sent a reporter to Boston,
who will furnish every day full particulars of
tha tria M IN he han rxvhe tha Iasv
Judge Putnam, Of the Supreme Court, charged
the grand jury at considerable length, chiefly in re-
lstion to the crime Of murder by poison He stated
that no degree of Provocation could qualify the
snormity Of such an offence, as it was an act which
required time, plan and purpose. Deliberation and
evil intent were indicated by the very mode of to.
king life by poison. The malice aforethought, or
evil mind of such offender great that If he
or she should mingle the poisonous potion with in
tent to kill only one person, and by accident it
should be taken by another person, the crime Of
wilful murder would be completed; and to this
point the judge cited affecting case which occur
red in England during the reign Of Queen Eliza
beth.
Married gentleman unhappily conceived vio-
lent passion for woman and determined to have
her, and undertook to remove the only obstacle to
the union his wife, by poison, which he placed In
apple This apple he gave to her in the presence
Of his daughter, to whom he was much attached.
The mother eat a small part of the apple, and then
kaxded it to the daughter, who commenced eating
it. The father was now agonized by conflicting
emotions-the fear Of the consequences to himself,
il he should disclose the fact that the apple was
charged with poison, and, the other hand, the
fear that his daughter would be poisoned While
these thoughts were passing in his mind and kept
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in conse qusnce, but the wife survived. The acct
dental killing of the daughter under these circum
stances, was Justly held to be murder, for murder
was in his heart
The Russian steam Frigate-Great Inpreve-
,nents In ship Building.
In week ten days Of the most substantial
and splendid steam ships in the world will be launch
in this city.
This steam ship or steam frigate rather, is owned
by Nicholas, Emperor Of Russia. She 10 ofimmense
size and has been building since last spring. Her
dimensions are as follows.
Length ofdeck go feet
Length OF keel 2IO
Breadth %
Full depth 2li
Tonnage 1900
She is constructed OF live and white oak but most
y of the latter kind, weighing believe about fit.
ty pounds to the cubic foot She will draw, when
launched, ten or eleven feet Of water and no more
But when her engines and boilers, and guns, and all
her machinery and her fuel, of which she can carry
about eight hundred tons, in, she will probably
draw five feet more.
The model of this great war steamer was drafted
by two officers of the Russian Navy, known for
their scientific and nautical knowledge, and she has
been built by Mr.. William ii. Brown, an experien.
ced shipwright of this city She will be noble spe.
cimen to send abroad
As she now appears on the stocks, a., rugged ship
shape, one is ,struck with astonshment to behold
such magnificent vessel. Her model, for steam
sr, is superb, and perhaps one so perfect was ne.
YER before conceived. And it is by such practical
combination ofstrength, with beauty and symmetry,
that may expect 60 ahead of all the rest Of the
world in ship building. Heretofore, our shipwrsh
have pot been guided much by science as by expe-
rience and practised eye. Batneverheles., Am.ri-
ships have surpassed those of every other nation
in most every quality. Science is now coming into
play and America will soon be the ship yard Of the
universe. The proportions Of our ships are now as
symnetricalas those Of Noah's Arb, which have
been considered the aehsvf Of ship building. whe.
Their the CsestisIs, the Greeks or the Ph9nicians,
or Sir Roswell Saltensta, discovered the compass,
il matters not now, long IL disco ered, and
has been the Of such vast Improvements in ma
val architecture. Fn.
Bat Of the Steam Frigate. No vessel of the kind
that has ever crossed the Atlantic is like her. She
is superior TO the Western the Queen, and the Pre-
sident. Her bows are shsrp-her stern is round-her
bend is gradual and symmetrieal-her wheel houses
are neat and NOTICE large, and her whole appearance
is rich, attractive and man-of-wsr like. Her bows
set off with large spread double headed eagle,
and her stern di,to-beneath which are the cabin
Windows She has three mssts, which together with
her rigging, are very light. This will contribute to
great degree, 20 her speed against head winds
Large unwieldly spars are eedcdlY bad when xinds