The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-07 00:00:00

glo Court.

BALMORAL, Bart. b.
Her Majesty drove yesterday in an open carriage
to the Ballock Bhule, accompanied by the Princess
Hohenlohe Langenbourg.
Prince Albert went out deer•etalktng
The dinner party yesterday included the Dueller of
Kent, the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe Langenbourg,
and Lady Augusta Bruce.

The Right Hon. J. W. Henley arrived in town on Satur-
day night from the Continent. The right hon. gentleman
transacted business yesterday at the Board of Trade.
The Marquis of Winchester had an interview with Mr.
Secretary W►lpole yesterday, at the Home-ofnce. Mr.
Bond Cabbell, M.P., had also an interview with tho right
hon. secretary.
Despatches were received from the Governor-General
of Canada yesterday at the Colonial-Gince. Despatches
were also received from the Governors of the West India
Islands.

The nomination of the Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoll
as Minister at the Court of St. James's, in place of the Hon.
Abbott Lawrence, resigned, was confirmed by the Senate of
the United States on the 21st ult.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary embarked on board the Fire Queen,
steam-vessel, at Ryde pier, at 11.15 yesterday morning, and
took a cruise round the squadron at Spithead. Each ship
there, comprising the Arrogant, 46 ; Encounter, 14; Mean-
der, 44; and Inflexible, 6, manned yards, and fired •
Royal salute of 21 guns. Her royal highness then earns
into harbour,when the Victory,flag ship, fired another Royal
salute. At the mouth of the harbour Port-Admiral Sir Thos.
Brins, G.C.M.G., attended by Flag-Lieutenant Palley,
was in waiting in his barge, and took the royal party on
board., conveying them to the Victory, which vessel they
visited, the crew manning yards. The august party re-
mained here about half an hour, when they left, the Vie-
tory firing another salute of 21 guns, and proceeded to the
Neptune, 120, on • similar visit. Having remained here
some time, ha royal highness left, on which the Neptune
fired another royal salute, making in all a discharge of 126
guns within a space of en hour and a half. They then pro-
ceded to Clarence yard, where they landed at half-past 1
precisely.

A SHIP•BUILDEIt ON NAVIGATION LAW

REPEAL:

The new iron screw steamer Eagle, intended to
run In connexion with the paddle steamer Sea Nymph be-
tween Liverpool and Newry, was launched for Mr. Dugan,
of Dublin, from the yard of Messrs. Thomas Vernon and
Sons, on Tuesday. After • successful launch, • select
y sat down to lunch. Mr. Vernon, sen., stated that the
Eagle was about the seventeenth iron vessel they had
buillt ,• and, haying briefly adverted to the fears which the
repeal of the navigation laws had inspired, but which re-
peal bad only tended to draw out the latent energy of
Englishmen, and to their benefit rather than injury, he
then glanced at the revolution which wu being effected in
the shipping world by the adaptation of iron to the par-
poses of shipbuilding. We find (continued Mr. Vernon)
iron screw steamers being employed in the American trade,
in the Cape of Good Hope trade, in the Australian trade,
and in other important trades ; and I have no hesitation in
saying that ere long wb foreign trade is carried on
by British capital an* British enterprise, there must iron
screw-steamers be employed, as it will, ere long, be dis-
covered that no other description of ships are equal to them
in point of regularity, safety, efficiency, and economy. Now,
if this really be the ease, what have we to fear from the
repeal of the Navigation-laws, or even from Free Trade ?
The Nay*ation-laws, as they now stand, will be neutralised,
and not affect us at all, inasmuch as foreign vessels will have
no chance in coping with British screw-steamers; and no
foreigner can build iron ship, so cheaply and so perfectly
as imam. It is true foreigneis may ultimately get in the
way of making steam-engines and iron ships. But merely
to turn how to build an iron ship is not enough; for there
is in that, r well as in all other trades, • continuous
progression towards perfection; and we, as • nation, have
got the start, and are, in fact, • long way a-head; and our
distinguishing capabilities and oar national and local alma •
tags* will always facilitate our onward course, and give us
the pre-eminence in this trade over all the nations of the
earth; so that foreigners who, • short time ago, we were
afraid would bring their ships and perform • considerable
part of the trade of this country, now &aye to abandon that
ides, and to come to us for iron screw-steamers to perform
' their own local trade. And thus, what was once thought
to be a great national calamity, will, I have no doubt, turn
out to he • great national advantage. (The expression of
theft sentiments was received with loud cheers by those
present.) In conclusion, Mr. Vernon proposed the health
of Mr. Grantham, the naval architect of the Eagle, and
under whose superintendence she had been constructed.
Mr. Grantham, in the course of some remarks to
the mune effect as those by Mr. Vernon, said, iron
vessels were about to be built for the East India and
other trades. Some of these were ordered, and others
were contemplated in quarter. the most unlikely, a short
time ago. And now, instead of creasing the Atlantic to
get ships there, or going to Whitehaven to have them built,
they were coating to Liverpool and its neighbourhood to
get large and eubetantisl iron sailing ships built. They
knew the great superiority of the Americans over this
country, especially in building large ships. But lately, a
gentleman, to whom he had been introduced, came from
America to this country to inquire into the building of iron
skips; and, on the close of his labours, he asked him the
results, and he said that it wee impossible for him to get
over the difficulty of building and purchasing iron ships in
this country. Tice American. had had the superiority,
but, by means of iron ships, England would have it back
again. After other touts had been given and responded to
the company separated.

RIVAL. Parrett Of GRETNA-GM:EX.—At a
Justice of Peace Court, held at Ecelefechan, in Dumfries-
shire, on the lath ult., Simon Lang or Laing, resitting in
Springfield, wax charged with assaulting John Douglas,
residing there, on the Ist of August test, and pled not
guilty. Evidence was then led in support of the charge,
from which it appeared that the accused end the assaulted
party are rivals as priests in celebrating " Oretna•green
marriages;" that, on the morning in question, Douglas was
walking through Springfield with two couples of males and
females he had met on the arrival of the train from Carlisle,
when the accused came out of leis house, and supposing, it is
thought, that the persons wished to be mulled, he wanted
to take the job out of Douglas's hands, and thrust him
aside, and then struck him severely with a walking stick
over the head and shoulders. The justice held that the
charge was eleArly •••• and sentenced Lang •