1816.] LUerarj/ and Philosophical Intelligence. 4eg 



Any British ship or vessel having a Every such ship or vessel shall he fiirr 



second deck may take passengers at the nisheti at the time of lier departure to com- 



jate of one for every unoccupied space mence the voyaj^e, with at least ten weeks 



being six feet in length by two feet iu supply of good and wholesome water, so a» 



Lrcadth, and bcin:; of the full perpen- to fiiiiiish a supply of live pints of water 



dicular height between the two decks; or per day for every such passeiHjer e\clu- 



any British sliip or vessel which shall iiave sive of the crew, and the said supply of 



only one deck over her hold may take pas- water shall be slowed below the deck- 



senders at the rate of one for every spare and every such ship or vessel shall also be 



between the cargo stowed in the hold and fiunished with snch a supply of provisions 



the deck, bcins; six feet in lenfrtli and two as will afford an allowance for eveiy such 



feet in breadth, and bein^ the lieight of j)assen£;ei, exclissive of the crew durin^ 



five fe(t perpendicular above the cargo, the said period of ten weeks, of one pound 



and beii!^ independent in eitlier case of Che of bread or biscuit, and one pound of beef 



space which may be requisite for the stow- or three quarters of a pound of pork per 



age of the water and provisions and bag- day, and also two pounds of flour three 



gaj^e of the passengers, and the full space pounds of oatmeal, or three pounds of peas 



before mentioned shall accordingly be al- or pearl barley, and half a pound of butter 



lotted for the accommodation of each pas- weekly; the weekly allowance to com' 



senger so taken on-board. mence on the day the vessel puts to sea. 



VARIETIES, LITERARY 



Including Notices of Works in 



SEVERAL years ago we bad tlie 

 satisfaction, in a coniiminication 

 direct from Mr. Robert Fultox, to 

 lay before our readers the particulars of 

 his first experiiuciils on the apjilicatiou 

 of steam-engines to marine uavigatioU ; 

 and we liave this month tlie pleasuic of 

 submitting to them a new application of 

 muscular force for the same purpose, 

 by Mr. Hart, of Philadelphia. Instead 

 of a steam-engine of so maayborses' 

 power, this gentleman has introduced 

 t!ie force of the horses thcrasclvcs, as 

 cheaper than steam engines, and as free 

 from tlie accidents which, from mja- 

 matiagement, l)ave attended steam- 

 engines on confined and crowded decks. 

 These vessels, so im(itUed, he propose* 

 to call TEAM-BOATS, instead of steam- 

 boats; and bcbasaUvadybuiltone sixty- 

 six feet long and forty-one feet wide, 

 wliich Jie runs with success as a ferry- 

 boat. He advertizes that lie will build 

 l)()a(s to rim any distance by animal 

 power as fast as by steam, and at lialf 

 the expence, Ti> iiis advertisement is 

 prefixed a rcpiesentation of his Team- 

 fcOAT, which we have copied. 



r-r.-»?''iJtT7Firfn 



tifi^-fM^i: 



AND PHILOSOPHICALy 



Hand, Domestic and Foreign, 



Another team-boat Las been con- 

 structed at Newbnrg, by Messrs. Car- 

 penter, 1,aivre\ce, andDEMiNT; sh« 

 is sixty-two feet long and forty-two feet 

 wide, jiropeljed by eight horses, and 

 capable of cairyiug ten loaded waggons 

 at a time. 



We learn from the Dublin paper* 

 that Steara-packeta now tiavigate be- 

 tweeir Port Patrick and Ireland; and 

 thai otiicrs arc preparing to navigate be- 

 tween Dublin and Holyhead. 



Araong ofiicr novelties in this way, a 

 vessel navigated by Steam ^^-as about to 

 leave New > oik fur Petersburgh, wlien 

 the last papers left tliat country ; and 

 .sucIj is the eonfiilenee in her success, 

 that a diplomatic eharapter haif engagei^ 

 a passage iu her.~To rnvMc progres.s at 

 sea, independently of fair winds, is a 

 result which a few years since was littU 

 expected. How many changes in naval 

 architcct^uc and warfare must be coti- 

 sequent on it? May it not render 

 existing navies useless ? This exten- 

 sive voyage is iji fulfilment of a condaet 

 made with Mr. Eulton by the Emperor 

 of Russia, allowing him »be exclusiv* 

 Uavigalion of steam-boats in the Rus- 

 sian oiiij.ire for twenty-five rears. 



A new application of nioN in tht 

 streets of the metropolis lias, lor some. 

 weeks, excited considerable attention 

 Insfead of paving the streets with stone' 

 It IS jiroposed to ])avc them with squaia 

 pieces of cast-iron, suilably shaped 

 roiigiied, and dovc-tniled. 'Phe expe- 

 riment has already been tried on th« 

 south side of Blarkliiars'- bridge, and 

 kas s» far succeeded, that we learn it is 

 intcndcil 



