The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-29
ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA IN ENGLAND.
Her First Voyage Across the Atlantic
Caught In n Gale-SailinK Qualities OF the
Ship Under Steam and Canvass-Greatest
Speed Made Three Hundred and Four
Miles I'm One Day.
Il GRAvEsEkD CORRESPONDENCE.

Miles I'm One Day.
OUR GRAvEsEkD CORRESPONDENTS.
GRAvrksD, ENGLAND, Nay IL, 1857
Al O'Clock In the evening Of the 2lth Of April the
United States steam frgate Niagara len New York, and
arrived Of Plymou the 12h inst, making the TO
this part of the English Channel In seventeen days and
half Tn the 18th ins having anchored thecvenng pro-
vious Of the Thames, arrived ~ Graves
end about O'Clock In the morning, and obliged TO
anchor in consequence Of Information reaching
here The effect thai dock Greenwich, where
are TO take the cable on board, not ready
The trial trip, which started two days before her
departure for England and from which returned as Ear
OF the light ship the evening OF the Gath Of April,
allied all the expectations that had been entertained re-
gardng the speed OF the ship and the quality Of hn ma
chinery. Under steam alone, and with calm sea, she
ran eleven miles hour, burning at the raia Of
hny.two tons Of coal day, and II the full power
OF the engines had been tested it could have
been Increased TO twelve miles hogr As the wind was
very light there opportunity for testing her quail
ties under both sail and steam but from what she aer
wards accomplished there Is reason 10 doubt her ao
y 10 run df,een sixteen aud, Is believed,
teen miles an hour with favorable breeze. Her pas
sage, Ills tue, much longer than her admirers had
been led ,o expect; but II must he remembered that II
was made under the mos, unfavorabIe circumstance and
that the condition Of parts Of her rigging such NJ 70
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s,e,o,b ~ ,cs,y, ,ro,v wind With fa,r ,rez,erlv
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oreezes sne would nave reacned bonnon w 1 nays ap
with the wind sho had she made nearly half ths pas
cage In e than six days On the 2sd, the wind being
fair abe put under sail, but bad hardly commenced
10 feel the effects Of when the mzen topgslant mast
carried away. was feared that the spars su
noNp'5 navy " ooAr MI INC sai 'na Couii nc So Wu
good fresh brecsc, and considered prudent there
foye M, IN test than any G,ther par,,a,lv .s thu
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fersoe IN WINCH ue sh'p " W oe employed requires tnN
tbe should enter upon the work In perfect order every
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on ue e'enns w INC ~@h VI ApIlli ~ has ocen statehi
rhe arrived the hight ship, when Mr. Murphy the
bu,laor NJ tho enrinc.. Mr. uar,ir an, ecr,,oo,
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several Of the engineers assants were put ON beard the
,,s.n,o, sor.nmer besor. s,ar,ny an nm, ra...gs Al
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| "enV "nu1~ p~r'eoo aooo'ains 70 the shps nS,
proceeded way 70 london, AMI the following
a.v st ~ o,ol.l We ware ove, sne h.n,,., .,a
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'" mbcs irom NC" io'si pW even u tnis airsnoo OUT
spoke pilot boat No II, and them our ougituds
The little Of hardy, stout hearted fellows by whom
| rhe manned seemed 10 knop what ere and the
missSn on which were bound, and waved their hats
ss parting saute Soon lost sight OF tIem they
stood westward but for two or tnree DAYS aersars
ssv .1te pnmber of vessels sard aud boune~ Arb
bound by 70 O'Clock % The 2s'h distance from Ne~
YORK was Increased 10 81 miles and ashongh yet the
| wind was rather moderate we hai sutfod speed NJ
| eleven mile aud hsif sn hvn.
Tue 4eh was our arst sabbath az sen AMI one q
| nete days WHICH VII long he remembered by all 90
board me nsg1a me sesher vac IS mild ss an Indian