The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-08-11

| soh " W. 10 De Called the - sarah SdnuS, ueS-
tneo 10 run between this port and New York,
and VIII sail in Sands, Turner & Co.'S line OF
packets, and to be propelled by steam, as auxlii-
AIRY, as well as by sail. She has been built for
captain w Z. Thompson, long the commander
OF the Stephen Whitney, and whose experience
and merits are well known and appreciated on
both sides of the Atlantic. She will be launc he'd
on the Slh of next menth, and may be expected
| IN New York in about three months afterwards.
The following are her Dimensions
Length over mes xurshcad and tasrei aS s se'
Beam. '.....'...... -
Bertb h toia measurement, about. 1000 ton,
new measurement) about. -. 1850 I"
Being of great length, she will have four masts
the two in the middle square-rigged, and the
one at each extremity, fore-and-aft; in other
words, bark with a schooner foremost. She
will have screw propeller, with pair of en-
gines OF, in all, 2O-horse power, by Messrs. Bury
Curtis & Kennedy, in aid of the sails. The screw
is upon the approved principle of Mr.. Woodcroft
of Manchester; and the engines are condensers
working directly and rapidly upon the shaft, on
the patent principle Of our townsman, Mr. John
Grantham, civil engineer and nautical architect
who is also the modelle, of the ship. The screw
is IA feet in diameter. The engines and boiler
will be some feet below the load water-ne, and
though proportionately extremely compact, will
be serviceable as ballast at sea and in port.
| In model this ship is, in our thinking very fine
a appropriate, being an amalgamaton between
the steamer and the sailing vessel, but rather in
clining to the former. The bow below water is
particularly long and sharp; the run not SO much
so-a principle which has in modern practice
lthough, as 1t were, reversing the olden order)
been found TO be better adapted for speed. with
equal satety,in vessels having steam power, espe-
cially the screw. The hull, though full in the mid
die, presents beautiful lines; so blended as to die
into each other with ease and grace, and give
| promise, even with a savy cargo, of slight re-
sistance III displacement, and ample stability un-
der canvass. She has handsome billet head
with carvings, and the stem and quarter galleries
are decorated in corresponding TASTE She is
n har YIn tod fhrO,v rICvrt u,.l
double rivetted, plan which We prefer to the
flush joinring, both for appearance and strength
and the builders have put her together in a faith
full manner In every part.
She has full spar deck, and main and lower
deck; and is divided into five water tight CON-
partments by four iron bulkheads. Such is tho
ompactness of the machinery and boilers that
her holds will contain about 1900 tons of goods,
or greatly exceeding the quantity that be taken
| by that evla,han the Great Britain. She will
have cabin accomno dation on an elegant and
superior scale Tor sixty passengers, besides large
| space for second and third class voyagers.
The great advantages presented by this vessel,
| n combining auxiliary steam with sail, are
trst that a much quicker and safer passage may
be accomplished than in a merely a-propeled
vessel while, in addition to general speed, calms
may be got out of and lee shores and gales Cor
other dangers) be avoided; secondly, that from
Large
Should this first large ssel on this principle sue
coed, and we entertain 70 doubt but she will,
from her first voyage may be dated the COM
| nencement OF a new era in mercantile navga-
ton, as many others will be built, and increase
and facilitate, to an inCalculabe extent rapid and
| economical commercial ocean intercourse in
every part OF the world .-IVilmers Times, July 25
STEAM MAIL LINE FROM BRISTOL TO New YORK
We gave our readers to unde rstand, some time
| ,go, that the British government was about to
| .s,ablish new line of mail steamships between
New York and England direct and that it was
expected Messrs Cunard Co., of the Boston
| tndH al in ha fha
| Great Western Steam Navigation Company, and
the influential part of the people of Bristol, are
DESTROYS OF securing to their port the advantages
| OF the new line, and think that this company
has just claim on the government for a port Oh
OF its patronage. very large meeting was lately
held there; at which appropriate resolutions were
PASSED anu Geu.lon drawn up stating the claims
the Cunard line for the contract, and the egibili-
y of Bristol as the port Of departure of the new
line. The petition stated that the Bristol people
were the first who solved the great experiment of
| ocean steam navigation, and by the manner in
| which the Great Western has performed
her voyages, fully established the safety and
security OF steam navigation at all seasons.
That the success of the Great Western resulted in
| determination by government to establish line
| between England and Halifax, and to advertise
| Tor tenders. That the Bristol people submitted
their tender, but government rejected their offer;
and taking advantage of all the suggestions which
they had learned by experience, contracted with
another party, and selected Liverpool instead OF
Bristol as the port of entry and departure. That
1t is un derstood government is about to establish
new line between England and New York
direct-which line has been opened and main
tanned by the Bristol Company for eight years,
and that it is proposed to give the new line to the
Cunard Company, without opening the same to
competition, or following the Bristol Company to
treat for it. The petitioners state that if such an
arrangement be made, the Bristol Company will
be ruined, and a monopoly established, which will
be highly injurious to their trade The petition
concluded by praying that the subject may be in
vestgated by a committee, and that the petition
may be heard in support of their claim for the
adoption of the port of Bristol as the place of
| rendezvous for the new line, and that the Great
Western Company may have an opportunity OF
competing for the service. The meeting was
largely attended and several speeches made
SUGAR IN BoNp.-By Parliamentary paper
yesterday printed, two returns were made Of the
quantity of sugar in bond. Mr.. Barkly Ueomin-
ister) on the 18th inst, asked for return " of the
quantity OF foreign sugar (not including that adj
Missile under the act and Victoria, C. 8, at
the reduced rates of 23s 4d. and 2Ss. per cwt)
now in bond, distinguishing that imported in Bri-
fish ships, or in ships belonging to the country Of
which the same is the growth, from that imported
ON the 18th inst, moved for account " of the
rquantity of foreign sugar in bond the lst of
July, 1916, at London, Liverpool, Hull, Bristol,
and New Castle, distinguishing that accompanied
by certificates OF its production by free labor, and
that not accompanied by such certificates; also
Distinguishing the quantity admissible to home
consumption on payment of duty, as having been
| imported in compliance with the navigation laws"
From the return to the first order it seems that
there was in warehouse under bond in the United
ktngdom on the 9Th OF July last Stated partly by
estmate), 467 265 cwt, of which 250, sos cwt. was
imported from the place of growth in British ships,
or in ships of the country oil which the sugar was
the produce, and 2l6,7N otherwise imported
4 ne sugar IN the return was foreign sugar, unre-
hned, exclusive of sugar the produce of free labor
or admissibe at the same OF duty under treaty
by the second return il is shown, that of foreign
sugar unrefined the quantity at the places men
toned ON the 9th Of July last WIS I49 1916 cwt,
erpoo, at Hull, and 9,512 at Bristol. and none az
Newcastle twas foreign sugar, the produce OF
free labor, admissible at the same rate OF duty
under treaty. On the same day there was Dab, 32I
cwt. at the five places, of sugar imported from
the place of growth in British ships or in ships OF
the country IN which it was the produce no. 6S8