The New York herald., 1862-03-29
THE NEW CUNARDERS.
Ths sssassshsps scotia and China--Ap-
pssassssss er Captain Judkfns in the
Royal Naval Reserve.
run STEAMSHIP CHINA.

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rur srEAMsnIr CHINA.
rhs nsw rGs>h mai steamship china which has just
srrissa Al this part ffem Liverpool by way o Queens
tswn ths xfest al snoa which has been made toftho
slresay commsrcia heet cf the cunard com
p.ny.
Ths chnAs really asaxssaesnt vessel. sis his been
bain and snsped ~ N~ssss. Robert Napier sons Of
sl.sso~ ana her launch trial "trip and ocean perform
prove ti.ai siss has been constructed manner
worthy q ths rspats,cn Of that hxm. Tho dimensions
cf thr cina -Lensth. ses feet breadth 20 feet
ncbes depth. o. fs~, sehe. gross ssnnage 252s
allowance fr propsns po~er 4o register tonnage,
i,sss o. Tho CHINA has beausfly Formed engines,
u she eoccuv. pe~ u $50 horses, q tho oscilang
ssAssa dsscriptsa-
Tns nsssh ps.ra Of Trade has cs-tiasd according TO
tks act Il rar&m~ns. the China accommodates
ioas passengers. ssrsssed IA the following divisions
namely inst class ks. 3ss passsngers second class,
forward I'll passengers Ths China suited for either
passenger goods traffic. she nued, like the ordnA.
W mail Of the Cansrd line with dining saloon
on dsckhe part fcr the cabin shs res, for
the tore cabin passengers The panels aud ceilings Of the
saiooa Handsomely painted but without anyproten-
sion 70 pra-s sssorasn, and rspis,e with svory
re3aislsc Tor elegance and comfort
aN0fttuAAk s1yut 80 Hv-~St SfseAs u btr~A&tu auu
security and yel her trial trip roCs0tl Scot
land she showed ayruaisr os speed whh the slA
tive of power tonnage than had boon sbiained
from any vesses constructed the Clyde. on that occa
son the China the lights betweon tho cioch AMI
Cuinbras under the follow ing conditions Cloch
CumDrae sgaiass strong food tide aud strong south
west win IN sixty minutes andfcu seconds second from
Cumbrac Cloch with light drain Of lido the ships
favor, in afty.hve minutes and t0kiy seconds-,he
latter giving speed or l&e knots equal 10 seventeen
aud quarter statute miios per hour On her trial trip
the pressure OF sieam sighteon pounds she wont
the Mersey with only twelve pounds pressure
The government shipwrsht surveyor Of England
the China to her capacity for the transport
troops previous to her departure from England ana
reported that she could carry 1900 with hor after
cabins standing AS the ships belonging to this company
have than once been taken up by tho government
in the time Of its need and ~ the shortest notice. is
worthy Of mention that the cabin and other fittings Of
the China be removed without injury, at moments
notice, and they be readily replaced when tho
especial service for which the ship has been employed
been fulfilled.
The Glasgow Herald, reporting the trial trip of the
China, says ~ I'd
On returning to tho narrow waters Of tho Firth
the company sat down to an elegant lunch at.
which a single toast drunk, ,viz-''Prtsperty to
the China, which the company honored ali the more
earnestly by that the ship had by this time
proved herself to DO the fastest screw steamer ahoat
She for Liverpool thus dsy wednesday), and VIII
OF March she will doubtless prove = worthy member
Of Cunard feet. which in all its parts is 50 honorable
mercantile enterprise, and which In numbers and
strength rivals tho navies OF Powers which take
respectable rank among the nations OF Europe
The China has come in command OF Capt. J. Ander
son. She arrived this port hafpast three O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon She loft Queenstown on the 18th
inst at half past Six p. NJ thus making the trip in ten
days and two hours In consequence of her machinery
heating the engines were stopped at various times,
amounting in all to twonty-two hours. If we deduct
these it reduces running nine days and four
hours She is more roomy and commodious than any
other scrow that has yet visited The ine
finish OF the cabins and saloons Is Of the same plain
and unassumg style as all the rest OF the
Mr. Ray formerly OF the Persia, has been Installed us
the purser Of the China AID to him indebted for
usual list Of passengers and other attentions.
THE STEAMER SCOTIA.
from the London Times, March g.
The new steamship Scotia, built under special sur.
vcy expressly for the British and North American Royal
NAL service arrived N verpoU, IRON .ns cyde %nsts
from the Cloch lighthouse the Clyde to tho Bell
buoy the mouth Of the Mesey, in twelve hours and
four minuts. The machinery worked admirably, and
proof that the vessel Is perfectly manageable she
easily ed round in the Mcrsey within her length
person who board during the trip TO Liverpool
states that she is still as a church, The trial trip
"Wednesday before the Scotia ef the Clyde for Liver
pool highly satisfactory, notwithstanding the un-
propitsus state Of the Weather
The d stances performed under the following con-
ditions-
Against strong food tide and also against double
reced sail breeze OF wind from the Cloch to Cumbrac
Light fifty nine minues after passing the Little Cum
the Scotia brought round with ease and
performed the upward between the Cumbrae and
Cloch Lights, but this occasion with wind and tide in
her favor, in fortynne minutes mean time fifty -four
minutes. The rate OF speed will be understood by the
following
SO ninutes--13.s95 knots, or 1000 miles per hour.
40 mnutes-16 734 knots, or 1921 miles per hour.