The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-02

chamber. Forward of the be1ths are
FURNISHED in costly style with green velvet
go ach contains room for twenty persons and fitted
Win mirrors, chifoBiers tables Ac Of character to
match between these boudoirs is the room but en-.
tHey disconnected Forward Of this bat room
water closets of the latter there orty.six in various
parts Of the chip seven int rnedate class berths
SIDE each fitted for three persons aud more
family rooms each oaccommoaate persons Divided
Ion These by anether passage lin whicrare placed eight
water TANKS containing 20 600 gallons Of reserved waterl
are The berths for the passengers conaur
twenty six sxbcIth rooms with sitting for the
ladies' Forward Of these the berths for all connect
win the engines, with their mess rooms, store rooms
work rooms &c
We now come TO the most important part of steam
vessel-the engine room. Her engines which are o.
ciiatng ones are most magnificent piece of mcchau.
Inn Inc cylinders are s216 inches in diameter With
6feet stroke. She has six tabular boilers with return
tubesthee each side Of the ship Each boiler can be
worked separately they htcd with saf t. valves
and Howes patent sanonleers and each has :eparate
steam gage The furnaces number eighteen The highest
amount OF revolutions made by the engine voyage
The propeller is worked 10y multiplying gear The dia
meter OF the shaft is Is inches and lO5 feet long Toe
diameter Of he propeller 10 feet inches with 10 feet
Pnch with three blades The large driving wheel IL
feet in diameter. the smaller feet. The ex-
psnsion gear has four separate grades BY the
the propeller revolving three times to every single
revolution of the shaft There also two scpa-
with only engine These engines are much superior
70 the ones originally placed in her and much
counter to tell tho number Of revolutions made from
port to port by which found that the shaft rcvvel
on her passage bere. sG0.s5S times The reviewed
l,Osl4% times. The engine room is most hountifuy
supplied With Fight and air. there being a clear open
space the whole width o. the up TO the tkylgat
To tard the floor of lie engine aud cast YOUR
eyes up and along easily imagine he in some
largo machine a.try. instead If the bold Of q vessel
he ing mes aud engine room alone would ell rcpay the
cubic # long walk to examine and cannot fail Of
beng highly appreciated by all acquainted with such
matt,rs.
WLe'hor taken in detail MS a whole tho Great Bri.
tam an extraordinary ship and drew from the nu-
mcium Nhiurs on NJ nday, many eocomiuns.
'Ac.puhg the nun Fhe Il all hut ship. Previous
20 hef nc contiuction. She had flush dech with
'VW il'd ne sleeping uHartrerts two decks
hesc are an on the maio deck On each deck vast
rom with tle,pag apaf tnents conneo.o1a way
- ui"bpS actonlt oldiions very much con- p'aneu ~
y oe' an traveller or yiulv passage ran oil through
&c fhp ~ at pres bs on II lead through tho ktch-
n ard o.Asr places; bu. passage thiee tset six
re, VICE front teul to storm, wHtie sae titcnen
md ether racts formerly this deck ar placed above
here no ollccrs lived BEFORE The crew now iye-the
oincr being paced n til" centre % tue ye'sG The
nlrt occupy but about hall the space tabcn up by
81 Oh onca, thereby greatly adaing 70 h~s STORAGE
opacity
before concluding we will take occasion return,
hanks 10. CAPTAIN Mathews for his courtesy Ia oona
ound with reporter and explaining every portion OF
Is noble vessei and also 10 Mr. Carman thu chief en-
nicer information connected with his Immediate
rpartment Cur thaDka are also due 60 iir COX tho