The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-24 00:00:00

LAUNCH OP A CUPOLA SHIP.

Yesterday at high water, the bell of what when
completed will be • very formidable noel of war,
upon the new cupola principle, was launched from the
building yard of the Mews. Smanuda, at Poplar. There
wan • select, but by no means a munewoos company present
co the ommien, sad the list of orstabilities smoeget the
visitors was singularly meagre. The new ship has been cos•
droned express!)7 ander theordereof the BorirdotAdminlty.
Mr. Luke, the Adrvinity inspector ; Mr. Reed, the Adm.
salty mostrustor of skips ; again Rickard Bee, of theism
department; Sir H. Willoughby, ILP. ; and Oommaoder
Evans. R. N., were present, and honored these the °email
consisted prieoipally of the beads of the gnat shipbuilding.
. sod ahipowsing firms of the port of Losdos,
=andied"gthe Mirewre. Greene, the Minn Rees* the
Messrs. Wigrent, moat 4 whom were accompanied by the
lady members of their families. A few etiolates before lark
water she cermitoey of christening wee perforated by her
Ada Elemoda, who with the anal formalities earned the
ship the Prince Albert, end almost immeelialiely afterwards
the dog shorn were knocked away, end the vessel glided
essay out into the Themes, and wee towed down the river
by three powerful tugs to nearly opposite Blackwell
where she sow lies in midstream. 1.56
parr
builders' statistics of the Prince Albert are A/ follows :
Length brewers permodieulare. 240 feet; extreme breadth.
48 feet ; depth in bold, 25 fest 3 inches ; hoodoo, 2,533 tons
(builders' onemerseieet) ; weight of iron in the 000nnetios
' of the ball, 1,399 toes ; weight of the wood backing for the
iron plates, 309 tone ; weight of armour plates, 255 ions ;
anchors, cables, and hawsers, 21 tone ; screw, tube. shaft,
he., 18 tom. Her which are being built by
tifeers. Humphries and Toone/at will be of 500 born
power, end her draft of water, with regime and armament
on board, about 19 feet. She is to be fitted with 4 mix"
towers upon her deck from which her guns will be worked.
What her armament will be is sae yet positively decided.
but will no doubt domed very mock upon the result of the
experiments still going on as to the relative merits of onl
descriptions of ordnance. The present arresgeonta, it tit
maid, is that she is to be armed with three 300-pounders, aid
two 210. pounders. Her dock rims in the none, and elopes
outward all need towards the water. Apparently there
see to be so bulwarks, and as her broadside rues but a verr,
few feet shove the water line she offer but • very en"
surface indeed to the enemy's shot. Like all velem& of her
character, she is anything bet a graceful craft Oast. st
leer/ so far se her presses aspect affords the opportunity of
MeV.

Ties Tamew Poucz Boar.—Owing to the rapid
}legiwhich is being made by Yr. Batson, the contrector
t:Thames Embesinneut between Waterlowteidgs mad
the 'estop sod d the Temple-gardess, the Royalist, the
Thames folios boat. which has bees sectored for some yews
past at the end of Norfolk•strest, had yesterday to shift her
quarter. • little lower Sews the rive. The Royalist O 01"
of the vemele which west out to the Arotic anises is sawth
of Str Jobs Ftsaklia.

CeststrAi. Pura.. ONs flatianto DAT. --
M0111:1AY, KAT 23.—Adiefeelese es must, 3,02 ; din °
by rem Wks* MI; told, 4,400.

LAW INTELLIGENOE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUERN'S BENCH.

Sittings in Beano.—Wain Lord Qid Justice Cockburn
and Jostles Quagnre, Bandanna, and thee.)

Tl' pomre lIITHDAY.

The Common Law &WU. unlike Chancery, pay no re-
ipect to these state eidebrateons otlierwime thee by • slight
alteration io the robing of the learned Judge* and Queen's
CouesaL Their lordships wove their scarlet gowns and full-
bottomed wigs. The Queen's counsel also wore their full-
bottomed wigs, but they were not in court dress as was
the practice a few years since. The Cbanoary courts ob-
served this day as a holiday.
IN RE YENIIA!! OTH2IB.=TRI. 001FIEDZIATI Nuns.

Mr. Edward James, Q.C., Mr. Littler, and Mr. W. H.
James appeared for the prisoners ; Mr. Lush, Q. 0., Mr.
Millwood, and Mr. Imshington appeared on behalf of the
American government.
Mr. James said the gaolerhad produced in court the three
iu his custody, charged at Liverpool with piracy, on
the information of the representatives of the American
government, and also his return to the writ of babes, corpus
that bad been boned for their discharge. The loomed
counsel asked that it might be mad.
. .

Mr. Norton, the Queen's coroner, then reed the return,
which set forth that the gaoler detained the three prisoners
in his custody by virtue of the warrants which be had an-
nexed to the return, viz., Sir Cleorgii Grey's warrant, and
the second orders of remand of the magistrates.
[The case was proceeding when our report left.]