The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-29

FoR CrAcnEs-The steamship Prometheus, Captain
johnson. sailed yesterday afternoon for Cbagrcs
LaUseHrp-At baltimore 23d inst. by Messrs VIM 4
Geo Gardner fine ship of 40 tons called the Helen
Miller owned by Messrs John Henderson co. and 10
int uded r the California and East India trade under
command Of Capt Washington Gait.
SrsAN HrrwUrs GLASGOW ASb Nrw yoRH Our readers
ere tina; the entire Of the brief experiment.
made by Mcssrs Tod aad McGfcgor direct steam com
municeton between this city and New York led recently
tn the formation 81 joint stock for the purpose
u resunrg the trade. by regular line Of hips
We have nov the pleasure cf Eating that the directors e
this new company have hi, week had meeting and ap-
pointed Dir III Lauglauds TO bc their manager and agent
here while Their agency At New ork has been entrusted
10 Mr. J. wacSymon 1t VIII thus be seen that the ma
uagment on both sides the Atlantic will be in the
hands that conducted with much efficiency salts
faction The anais Of lie City q Glasgow" trans
errcd e. The ivrrpocl aud Philadelphia trade The d
rcctorr have likewise decided naming tho flint yas %
The Glasgow aud New York steamship company the Al
btonh and have unanimously agreed to confer tho
mand Captain \. stewart u the Liverpool and Halt
Tex mail steamers aud previously well known IN the Ks-t
India trade, a. commander ~ the {" Hajasthan." The
Albion wiz bc launched from the building yard Il
Ncssrs Tod ard METRE about the middle o June anl
y expected to make her hr trip across the Atlantic
early IN hugust-GiaseSw Cifisen, .4paR L.
Forrns Tr,pr or 0toucrsrrr During the year
ending June It, 1850 there arrived at e post Of tlo~-
oeter leo vessels from the British Provinces These
vesses brought csrgccs of falt coal h potatoes isE.
hcr aud 500 cords Of hrcwood There also arrived
!" vessels from the West Indies end surnam bringing
cargucs a lgar moasscs. coffee aud cocoa The british
vcss ohrsd away ASSORTED cergoes q breadstuiiA W L.
goods, Sc 1bs province trade has all grown UP wlsta
The last i've or ~ years aud II Is increasing every
snd b'd. i'r 10 bscon'e very important buncs 30 She
place. There H. In consequence q this British trade
lngilsh Wee Consulate al Gloucester.
Isrtnrs1rro TO SAvgArors The following cornnrasi-
cation inriiit bed y Ltut a. !. Totten 10 Lieut. al
nnury at Washington is interesting aud important to
navifators--
Particular. q terrific hurricane encountered in SIP
tenbtr last near the Cape DE- Verde Islands The sir
Edward Parry ~ London S1urss. mister aud tho Sev
Margaret, of Lrcrpoo,-St. Antonio bearing 4. = y.
distant about siXty miles September TIN both
a. r.
other.
The following particulars are given by ths massc~ a.
the Sin D. Parry Tho day commenced villa fr~h
trades, very uuavurltle appearance rough sea: shp
under topsil and cousas barometer 2aGo. wind X, ~
ing larunctcr falling; clnscr~efed topsaia and hsnisd
the courses; b aud .panker down royal yarlsbarome
ter 1910. At 5 Y. NJ, barometer stia falling appear
unfa,orabs fricd everything but fsresop-
naast stRyss aud hrYught by the wind the arboari
tack under lsre poles wind blowing n this time with
great vel,ncebsru meter - 10 Before wind nthI Ne
ozcnmas was broken "a At the futosk band. manmast
do fofetopuast cene, foruast sprung material in
jury done Co the bsllsbe VIA nearly nj Loyd's
fo twelve years or more and fitted out In the bea pos
sibls manner.
The New Margaret lost every soar Ia, her bowsprx;
slso rry fine ship three years old. 1 and In fyt
rate order vhga she iC port Both VI them bound sr
China; put inso Rio 10 Ieht
tember that encountered hurricane on our ,oest,
forcing motto put back 10 New York. IL comus soed
with me about s. H. Sut hauled 10 the north~ sa ana
eastward
This ame captain tsims) slsetells Of his roaming -
shos south Of the Cage de Nesds thc varies shee 10
Ion ~ b W and lat 5 n, under, the foUoving cdr
eumstsfccs. lie had not had nm observation the dN
pre,pvs and standing TO the southwark and east
when his below and rrpos,ed green
ter He went ON deck aud raw that thev evidently
in shosi water for mile around The ssp Before ne
could get cast Of the lead they passed. into blue vss
lie then bt We the log carefully hinse6 every half aoar
until meridian grttiu. good chrunc ter sights snd
good meridian Observation; whon ~ working l.ct, he
found he had passed directly thc shoel abcsc
TONED Ills chroncmettr he ts1 tested at tho "a Do
Verbs, and found II correct, when he again alac ths
ala Al a.. ~
when he passed Il; The sky wes r-Sfectiy cier
The sbo- i not on BhntJ charts A,ssn sins cardd
not give me the latitude and longitude Il VI hs aAsdA
H. hope these facts lasy 10 Of use h. you
Respectfully and sinccr-tgl,
tSigncd) u ) r1rTfN.
v 3. s RrI,er, Teb Fl, 1851