Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-01-24
LATER FROM ENGLAND.

bard, from London, we have London papers
of the 1871, Of December.
! TnE STEAMSHIP GREAT BRir,rv.-Tbe
first attempt 10 float this gigantic vessel
ihrongl. he locks at BriStp! was unsuccess.
inl, bat an additional portion Of the masonry
having been removed, she was r,t through
the next day, and being taken in tow by
three steam tugs, proceeded 10 King road,
where she arrived in two hours and eight
minutes, without accident Of any kind. Her
own steam was then got up for trial Of
speed down the Channel.
The Great Britain is 322 feet in length
and so feet inches in extreme breadth.
registering $500 tons. She has four decks,
th"slowcs, Of iron, for the reception Of cargo.
The upper deck is flush from stem to stern,
and 3OS feet long. She has three boilers,
containing 200 tons Of water, and heated by
2f fires; the four engines are $50 horse
power each.
Fifteen hundred tons Of iron have been
used in the construction Of the ship and her
engines. Her proprllor (nf the Arclnc-
dian screw patirrn) is fifteen feet and "a half
in diameter, worked by a plarrvian chain IN
four tiers, passing round AN iron drum Of IS
feet di ,metrr. Fifty -four revolutions per
minute can be made.
A correspondent, of the London Times
sass ,la, ,.'r Archbishop Of Canterbury has
I aunuIurtu his N ian n
ing of the Bench Of Bishops, in CO Sequence
ut the unhappy agil,on prrvadn! tho
Church of Engl,nd, in order to determine
upon the observance Of the ruhrics.
\ Court of Common Council was held in
L'ndnn On the l2tI, of Drcrmhrr, chiefly 10
Consider petition for all in the r,,dnw mcnt
of a free Church in 81. CHESS in the FEELS.
The grant was opposed on the ground that
the new Chnrrl was got NJ. under Pusr>i,e
. auspices, and defeated, only five voting in
It's favor, when about ia bundled and fifty
were present.
The Princess Sophi, Maiilla. one Of The
elder branches of the Royal family, is dead.
So is the Earl Of Limrrirk, in bis S0lh year.
The squAhblrsin the English Church con.
tnue-c"hgrrga'I"hs rruciling against the
nnovlinns' of Puseyite clergymen.
Th,ro L,ra hao, sa,a..I mara .,;,,,,,
u '"""'
T. "''''i'"''' "'''''l''"V" VIM '"SS VI me
y Two or three supposed ucrndiary fires and
>, three or four culIirry explosions.
-, r,l.,o L,v, .,,s, ham, L,,.,,rl o,,r,,.;
y Ir,i,nI sam, cnr;,ns ,,,r,;c,J,,. Lava
cn,n. :, li,j,, ro.,.c,inr ,,,r n,,,,,l,, IF ,ho
II ,,y,, l,rn,,rs If ,l,. Mann. ,f Sh,.,I.,j ~
= l>i,,,s rn,,u,y Tb.v ,,,t =, Earn, wI,;cI,
hal formerly been irld nv Catholic family
q n,n,pd d lis. In, vino had been rp.rt.d nv
tl,.,, l,,tIi, # r,m s,n,. ,,u,,. mr. ,,,,.r
Tine Sb.uiu.,i, w,.r,. warmed nat Ia ,ak. ,le
y farm iflh,v yaIurd tl,.i, lives: but lripy de.
trrtnined n,,.n .l,rv ran the risk. Tie pre-
,,n,inu ,hry ,nok l,rrihly illustrates the STATE
Of the country. First, they made the ,oof Of
the house hre-prnuf with clay; then they
bored an">hu.rs through different parts of
III" wills; and, IA ii" day iIn'", ore BROTH
, rr stood sentinel with l''drh ARMS, Whist the
other '"o N"iN' d "H me !"hd. ms lasted
/ tors me ''',' Uni al last one OF 'ne broth
rrS venture" !" ""H' Tor DAY or TWO, III or
II Ter I" "'''s nome MS '"F"'"fo ana iam''y.
f.. 90 'rl'"''"'p- '''f '"''S' on MS return. ne
-" IL" '"''.i stray '''e """"' ana hl'eo
"''' i"'''h' !'''''""'"@' W ran 10 ''' near
''N' P"'''' s'''"'" "," "H''r'. "ss'>'"n'c "e-
If lore 'n''''". ''., """>'' .'' ""'S' tears
h were r'"'"''. h"'"'' ""' "''h ''i'r' o"r'
n 'ng MS '"s'',''' O"r ''"'''I was '""n': IN
- '"' n"'>' "''' us "',"' S''''>"'' II. WI"
SP'u'' ana ''' QUIZ "','"o' ~, ~ " INV" VII"
'''> ''''" "'N' s"''N''" W. Nv ''u'ue'e's
nay" ~. H'' '''" "P|'','''''
- ~ '''!,''"'y '"''c nave ueeh sfta'
IS hummer u ""''"e'S'
). The PROJECT Tor establishing baths in the
, large towns seems I" nave htrn taken up
, nearly all over !.h4'Hhu. In scotland TOO,
~ mrrrl!ngS nave hr'n h''d Tor ihlS o'J'rf.
In h''Ss"" cotton Slih"rrs nave had
d injecting 10 protest against inc present du'y
+. an ne" e"''oh'
,. | ne queen ana frinCe Albert It IS SAID
purpose WISHING the Dukes OF Wellington
mi RusIingham.
II DR.. Adler, has hrrn elected Chief Rabbi
n If the Jews in Eng,and. The Dr.. had l2l
- VOTES. HIS competitors, Dr. lluschinld and