Shipping Intelligence.

Taranaki Herald, Volume III, Issue 109, 30 August 1854, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

SAILED. August 25.— Velox, brig, ZOO tons, Holford, for Sydncyi Pai«engcr»— Mr and Mra Blackett. EXPORTS. Per V«lox— 310 bogs oats, 224 bags maize, 795 sacks wheat, 21 aackt bran, nnd 9 casks butter. The btig Gazelle arrived in tills harbour yesterday afternoon, after a quick passage of eight days from Sydney. She haa been exceedingly fortunnto in her shipment of stock, having lost only SO sheep out of 1000, and 2 out of 58 horses that wero »hip* ped at Sydney. No later English news had been received in Sydney, than that brought by the JMorno which extended lo ihe Olh May.— WelliDgton Inde« pendent, Aug. 12, The Monster Steamship.— Tho ways for lay ing clown an immcnuo icrew and paddle srentner tut l the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, ore in the course of completion at the yard of Mr. Scott Itusiell, tho extensive shipbuilder at Milwall, where eowc hundreds of piles have been driven, in order to support the huge fabric. Many hundreds of tons of iron for her keel arc ready to be put togother, and the contracts have "been signed for the completion and launching of the slip within two

years from the present time. Tlio following ixre a fow particulars of her dimensions ;— Extreme length on main deck, 700 feet, bring 430 feet longer than the grent Himalaya steamer ; extreme length of keel, 6SO feet ; extreme breadth of beam, 83 feet ; depth of hold (forming four deoks) fiß feet ; length of principal saloon, 89 feet; height of ditto 15 feet ; tonnage, 10,000 ; stowage for cargo, fi.OOO tons; 500 first class cabins, ample space for second and third-class passenger), besides troops, &c, while her nvicw und paddlo engines mil bo of the nggrognto nominal power of 2,800 horse. Sho will alno carry an immense quantity of sail. Tbo principle of her construction, nt designed by Mr. Hruncl, will be precisely similar to tho tube of the Britannia bridge. Her bottom, decks, and sides are to be double, and of a cellular form, with 2 Itl 6 inches between. She will have no fewer than fourteen watertight compartments, also two divisional bulkheads running her whole length.. Tho great length of the ship, it is contonded, according: (o nil present experience will enable tier to pnßs through the water at n grcftlcr velocity, with smalln cr power in proportion to her tonnrsßO, than ordinary vessels now require to make ten knots per hour, and that speed is In fact another result of great bizo, her immeneo proportions admit her car* i rying sufficient fuel to accomplish a voyage round tlio world.— London I'npcr. f