The Columbus.
The Times, 1824-11-04T00:00:00

'Ilhc great Canadian ship or raft, the Col umibus, vill be towed up the river, froli- tke Downs, by the iJatmes Watt and Soko steam- packets. They took her in tow on Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock,i and in the course of the day anchored otF Blargate. We under- stand she will be towed up the river as far us the llope, where she will remair until the next springs, as she draws aboat 23 feet water; and fromn her excessive length, were she to be twired round bv a current, she might ground in a narrow channel. AJaey absurd stories have gone abroad concerning this ship. Her cargo has bcen statedl at 6,3t0 tons, instead of' which it is 6100 ioads of wood, whicv h is equal to 7,875 tous. The value of ship analeargl is estimated at 48,0001., ot which not more thanw one-thind (1G,0Q01.) bas been co- ,ertd by ins-urance. Te tbllowing are furtber 37articulars of thtis Ieviathan.- "DovE1t, No. " This morning, about ten o'clock, this nttpendous bark ivas eig. cerned to the westward, moving g.a., *- tr'e- i hapndP9.11 - i.la-s" .over. it hW .Wed partindlarle !MrtinEte Lnat the wind iwas rnoderate from the W., ano withal fne wcatl er, so that a vast number of boats Were soon adloat, filled with eager sfeccutors, who sailed off and con. tinned to ply rourd hier for a considerable ti;ne while passing. Se- veral personls were adtmitted on board, tt4 whom theCapntain (0l'ke lar) behaved very coqrteously, and seemel dispidted to afford svery informatioa ia answer to the numerous questions proposerL lie Ft-atedl, t'hat the vessel took thlegromnd thcday after thesteaul. hiatt 16ftlr, andlay' four days in the River St. Lawrence, which he 6onsiders tohbave been a tbrtunate circumstance, in conscqueen- 3f llis having t;:ken out sonIc of the cargo froml eaeh end to lighten .nd gct her olf; and had it not been for the relief aftoded by 'his iccurrence, she could not have croEsed the ocean ib sifety. it ap. Pears she has been lust seven wveeks on the passage fromn that river and encountered two gales iD crossing the Atlantic, when she bet' haved as well as could be' expected from so un%4ieldyan obiect, having on) board 10,000 tons ot tim-ber. In the last gale sise strain. *d considerably, and opened some leaks. She has now in her hold about twelve feet of water; but by the constant action of the pumps ,which arc so constructed thit 00 or 60 men can work at a urte) 'lie leaks are ktpt tinder. The Ctaptain asserted that she had rwi as ilach as eight and ten kIsts per hour in a strong wind. Two Dover - pilots and onie froem the Islc of WVight arc on boatd to conduct ber Lip the Thames." Upon Lord North's rethenient froim offie, he wenut do.nIT q Bath for thc rCcovcry ofustihcaltb. and particularly for his sight wshich was tiearly lost Tke`etuversation turuing one day after din aer on the perishable-condituoia'of party zeal and- political enmitt-, uis Lordship thasroughl3 agf'eedirn the principle; *` And as a proof ff it," says biej *" there is Ooled Bsrre (wlho wansa blind as hli5 lXordship);.nts man has opposed-ma inure in the liouse of Corisono i- an l:e has; inzd E oF course bitn; and yet I can fatrly an=swer ft* ny6elf, andl dare s3y I ros equally ansr,er for Wim,.,Ae siould d , ery glpdl to see ane oiwtki at tEis inonet." : THE COLUM:EUS.