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mitted to ihe inspection of a skilful 

 engineer J or other person conver- 

 sant with the subject, who should 

 ascertiiin by trial, the strength of 

 such boiler, and should certify his 

 opinion of its sufficient strength, 

 and of the security with which it 

 raight be employed to the extent 

 proposed. 



That every such boiler should 

 be provided with two sufficient 

 safety valves, one of which should 

 be inaccessible to the engineman, 

 and the other accessible both to 

 him and to the persons on board 

 the packet. 



That the inspector shall examine 

 such safety valves, and shall cer- 

 tify what is the pressuie at which 

 suchsafety valves shall open, which 

 pressure shall not exceed one third 

 of that by which the boiler has 

 been proved, nor one-sixth of that 

 which, by calculation, it shall be 

 reckoned able to sustain. 



That a penalty should be in- 

 flicted on any person placing ad- 

 ditional weight on either of the 

 safety valves. 



17. This day was launched from 

 the King's dock- yard at Deptford, 

 a new yacht, named the Royal 

 George. The Board of Admiralty, 

 Comptroller, and Commissioners 

 of the Navy, were j)resent, as also 

 a large assemblage of jiersons, who 

 filled the several booths erected for 

 witnessing the ceremony. This 

 vessel is one of the most elegant 

 ever seen. The cabin-doors are of 

 mahogany, with gilt mouldings, 

 and the windows of plate glass. 

 Ornamental devices, in abundance, 

 are j)laced in various parts, all 

 highly guilt, and producing a su- 

 perb appearance. The following 

 are the dimensions of this vessel, 



which is the largest yacht ever 

 constructed : — 



Ft. In. 

 Length of Deck . ... 103 o 



Length of Keel 8S 5 



Breadth 26 6 



Depth of the Hold ... 11 6 



Burden, 350 tons. 

 Guns — Eight brass swivels of 

 lib. each. — Manned with 67 men. 

 Singular Character. — Died, in 

 Glen-street, Kilmarnoek, on Fri- 

 day, 17th of July, 1817, WiUiam 

 Stevenson, aged 87. He was ori- 

 ginally from Dunlop, and bred a 

 mason ; but during many of the 

 latter years of his life he wandered 

 about as a conmion beggar. Thirty 

 years ago, he and his wife sepa- 

 rated upon these strange condit ions, 

 that the first that proposed an 

 agreement should foifeit 100/. 

 This singular pair never met again, 

 and it is not now known whether 

 theheroineyet lives. Stevenson waj* 

 much afflicted during the last two 

 years of his life with the stone. 

 As his disease increased, he was 

 fully aware of his approaching 

 dissolution ; and for this event he 

 made the following extraordinary 

 preparation : — he sent for a baker, 

 and ordered twelve dozen of burial 

 cakes, and a great profusion of 

 sugar biscuit 5 together with a 

 corresponding quantity of wine 

 and spirituous liquors. He next 

 sent for the joiner, and ordered a 

 coffin decently mounted, with par- 

 ticular instructions that the wood 

 should be quite dry, and the joints 

 firm and impervious to the water. 

 The grave-digger was next sent 

 for, and asked if he thought he 

 could get a place to put him in 

 after he was dead. Tiie spot fixed 

 upon was in the church-yard of 



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