The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-26 00:00:00

IRON SHIPBUILDING AT CORK.

The launch of a fine iron-built ship called the
Mooreefort was appointed to take place from the yard of
the Cork Steamship Company on Wednesday e►ening, and
a large contourse of people occupied every point from
which a view of the proceeding could be obtained. At about
twenty minutes pest five &dock the shone wen knocked
away, and the vessel began to move rapidly off the launches,
bet ere she got half into the water, owing, it is believed,
to one et her launch-wars yielding a little, she stopped and
defied considerable efforts to move her. She woe
christened b► Miss Ryan, of Scarteen, comity Limerick.
As she is the longest iron sailing ship ever constructed in
this harbour, a brief description of her may not be uninterest-
ing. She is a model of strength and eaduranos, and has
been built for Moore and Co., of Liverpool, one of
the most eztenively engaged English houses in
the East India trade, and is intended exclusively for
that brane.hici commerce. Is her construction one object
was ,paramount to all others—that was, peat stowage
accommodatioa, and this her builders have been most suc-
cessful in securing, with at the same time such lines on the
vessel ea will ensure fair sailing qualities. While on the
stocks her hull presented in the lower part a particularly
square appearance above the bilge, but whoa deeply loaded,
is cousequeoge of the fineness ocher ends, her buk will not
be so apparent. Her cutwater is on the clipper fashion,
and her stern is round, and both from their " clean" ap-
pearan.a give a reseal lightness to her lines, which both
forward and aft ass very fine. Her dimensions are 225 feet
long over all, 204 feet oil her load-water line, 34 feet A inches
beam, and 23 feet 9 Welles depth of bold ; her register ton-
nage is 1,200 took but she an carry 1,800 toes dead weight.
She will be provided with three masts, the lower parts of
which will be hollow cylinders of iron, and will be each
square-rigged ; her bowsprit is also of iron, but her yards
and topmasts are to be of steel. An idea of her stability may
be inferred from the fact that in bar construction not lees than
750 tons of iron were used. On her top deck are two
houses—one forward, the other aft. In the latter her
principal °Moen and the apprentices will be located ,
in the former the seamen. Both have been got op
with great neatness and comfort. The 'twain decks are
very lofty and spacious, and, like all other portions of
the ship, are well ventilated.

THE Emir( CHILD BURNING CASE.—TbiA matter
will be fully inquired into ors the 29th inst., the woman
I)eveniuh having sufficiently recovered to justify her re-
moval from her house. She is now in Springfield Gaol,
Chelmsford. There is no doubt that the charred bones
discovered were those of a full-grows child, but whether
they were those of achild born alive is not so clear ; in fact,
it is impossible to form a definite opinion on the subject.
The woman appears at present to treat with coolness the
very serious accusation preferred against her.
Sinuous A YER.A T. —On Thursday an affray of a
very merlons character occurred on board the ship John
Bright, lying in the river, in the course et which one of
the seamen received a wound of a dangerous character,
by being stabbed by &mother of the sailors. The quarrel
arose from soma unexplained came amongst several of the
crew, including a man named Samuel Jackson, who was
the worse for liquor, and was considered to be a very
quarrelsome fellow. In the course of the row some one
struck Jackson, who turned quickly round, and thinking
that the parsec who struck him was a seaman named
Michael Gallagher, he pulled out a clasp knife and stabbed
him in the hip with great force, inflicting a very deep
wound. The man Gallagher. who, it is stated, gave no pro-
vocation whatever, went aft to the captain and showed him
the wound which Jackson bad inflicted. The captain seeing
the serious nature of the wound, directed the atten-
tion of a surgeon who was on board to it, sod the wound
was dressed. Fearing that serious consequences might re-
sult from the wound, the captain deemed it desirable to
have the injured man taken ashore to one of the hospitals.
He accordingly procured the aid of a steamboat in which
Gallagher was taken to the landing stage, and he was thence
removed to the Northern Hospital in • cab. Os his arrival
at that institution he was promptly attended to by Mr.
Armstrong. one of the home surgeons, who Nand a wound
two inches in length, and about five inches in depth, ex-
tending downwards, in Gallagher's hip. The injured man
wee then in such a weak and dangerous state that the mu-
gems considered it inexpedient to permit the captain to speak
to him. Subsequently he rallied, but the wound continued
to bleed profusely, and the prospect of his recovery was
not great. The man Jackson. who had inflated the injury,
was also brought ashore and lodged in the main bridewell.
He will be brought op before the magistrates on Saturday,
but as Gallagher will not be able to attend the court, be
will doubtless be remanded.—Lirerpool o,uner.
GROCERS' ASSISTANTS' PROVIDENT ASsOCIATION.
—A meeting of gropers assistants was held at the Whit-
Unstop Club last evening to discuss the collects and pros-
pects of this society. Mr. A. Dyet (Saunders, Dyes, and Co.)
was called to the chair. supported by Mr. Murray (Murray
and Dean, Ludgate-bill), Mr. F. Emery (Newsom Brothers),
Mr. Keeble (Morel Brothers), Mews. Gardiner, Salmon,
Maddens, Mudie, and Germany. The chairman opened the
proceedings by remarking upon the wirings of assistants
and their disadvantages, and pointed oat that the scales
appended to the rules provided for the wants of all clam.,
and were certified by the government actuary. Mr. Kiehl's,
chairman of the board, related the origin of the emaciation
and its progress, and moved a resolution to the effect that
the meeting pledged itself to further the interests of the
society to the utmost Mr. Emery seconded it, and said the
society was not intended to be a trades union in any way,
but for the benefit of both employers and employed, and
twelve of each formed the board of management. Mr.
Harris, secretary, stated that applications had been received
from thirty of the principal towns desiring to so-operate
with the boards. Mr. Murray expressed hie approval of
the society, and urged the assistants to be industrious and
persevering in their work. The resolution was carried with
acclamation, and the proceedings closed with votes of
thanks to the chairman and Mr. Murray, both gentlemen
having made • dainties to the funds-
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Homoeopathic Practitioners, and the Medical
Proles*lon generally, recommend cocoa as being the mod health.
fnl of all beverages. When the doctrine of homeopathy was got
Introduced into this country. there were to be obtalaed no pro.
potations of cocoa either attractive to the taste or acceptable to
the stomach : the sat was either supplied la the crude date or
so nnikilfully menufartared as to obtain little notice. J. Epps,
of London. h =empathic chemist, was =dared. In the year lONA
to tare his attention to this subject. and at length succeeded,
with the &distance of elaborate machinery. In being the gnu to
produce an article pure in Id composition. and so refined by
perfect trituration It receives In the process It passes as
to be mod acceptable to the delicate stomach. Yor
Fropia morns is distinguished as as invigorating, grateful tradt.
fast beverage, poemising a most delicious arote► Dr. litsmilL
la his work Adulterations of ml," says.—•• Cocoa mastribm a
great variety of important nutritive principles ; every lasmaiest
necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body." Again :
Asa astride* cocoa stands very mach higher than either codes
or tr." Directions: Two teaspooesful oldie powder In • break-
fast <no, riled up with boiling water or milk. Seemed In tin
line -I lb., 4 lb., said IPr packets. labelled . sad sold at ls. gL
per lb., by Grocers, Confectionen, and Clartalds.--(Adverdsi•
seat'