Shipping Intelligence.

Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 78, 25 January 1854, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

A new Schooner, thfi Amir-, holoneing to Mr. George CnrUnn, in cxp'ctrd from ICawliin daily. , The Bntlon rorronpondrnt of tlv Sun Frnnci»co " Time* and Tiaiwerip " umlcr dnt<* of Oct. 4th *ayfi :: — •' Tim miißnificont rlipix-r ship ' Grrat Rim public,' in to lie launched to (lay, iitul ii the leading tlieme of conversation amount the (hip owner! unil nauiiunl gentle mm. 'flic rush to me her in irnmonnc Some of ihe papi'ra have intimated that tho chi dreu in our public School* should bnve « __—)iolicloy on tb« oconnion. She hi lhe( largest, the longmt,uml tho sharpen! vesiel ever built in the woild. In the rour«e oi ronslniciion, it ii esii« mated that upirardsof !>O,O 0 persons have viiited hrr, and ihr ouriosiiy tn tec her in on Ihe increaie. From various Mntfmenu we '.earn she is 325 feet lone, 53 fret wide, and 39 feat dcuri, wiih four rmnplcK! d'Ck«, and capable of Mowing between _JJfJjOO and 800 ) tons. Her model is considered the moHt btnuiiful ever pro<luccd in this vacinity, mid in ilt'ii^ned to ouWnil every oilier vetsel in the world, It in emimnted sliounn 3280 tons of white oak in her frame as hooka and kncci, 1,500,000 feet of hard pine in her keelsons, ceiling, deckfro mes, decks, planking, &c. 30 1 torn ol iron, and fn) tnnn of copper, 160J knees, nnd thai the. labour benowcd mi her amounts to 50,000 day's worli. She Inn concave linos forward unil lift, ii round glern, and is coppered up 25 feet draft, All her nccommodations, nre upon the upper between decks and on the spar deck ihehaa a nhclter home for the crew in bud weather; a steam engine of lUieen horsepower, deaignrd to do all the henry work of the ship, such an taking in and discbarg. jng earico, hoisting topiails when at lea She hu« 'four musts, the after one to he fore and aft rigged like tin 1 rair.en must of a barque, and the others lmve Forbgs' square rig. Her mainmast is four fed in diumater, and 131 feet long and the main yard is 20 inches in diameter, and 120 feet spuare am! the others in like proportion*. Slio will spread 16,000 yards of canvas in a single suit of nail*, and will carry 100 men unil 30 boya. She _ will be commanded by C»pl. L. M'Kny, formerly of the' Sovereign of the Sens, and when fitted out will procutd to New York, nnd there load for Call' forma- If she accomplished all that in expected of her, the name of Donald M'Kay, her builder, is likely to mnnd far in advance of nil others.' I—iVew1 — iVew Bra, Not. 24.