The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-09 00:00:00

THE ROYAL 80T1RZIOZ( TURRET SHIP.

The Royal Sovereign, turret ship, was yesterday
floated out of No. 3 doth, Portsmouth, in the presence of
a oonaiderable number of spectators, chiedy naval officers.
The Royal Sovereign was formerly a linenf-battle-ship, and
we may attribute her transformatioa to her present form
to the famous action between the Monitor and the Merri-
mac, which seemed to supply a strong argument in favour
of Captain Cowper P. Coles's plan of arming ships with
heavy guns, protected by cupolas, oo the upper deckoind Cap-
rain Cohn at once became a famous man. The Admiralty,
urged by the Howe of Common., at last consented to the
construction of a Monitor for the British service, and the
Royal Sovereign was assigned as the email upon which the
experiment we. to be tried. Altho b an unsightly ship
on the water, and strangely at variance with a seaman's
notion of what a man-of-war should be, there can be no
doubt that the Royal Sovereign is • most formidable vemel
for the purples for which she was designed.

THR Coyote HALL—The memorial sent to the
Home Secretary from Birmingham on Monday evening was
signed by 60,366 persons.
WIRT INDIA INCTIMBZRED ESTATES COURT, 8,
Pauxeriutirr, Wesrimwrria,—llessre. Leifchikl and
Cheffies, the auctioneer. of the court, yesterday sold
the following estates at the prices mentioned :—lsle of St.
Vincent : Parkhill Estate, parish of Charlotte, 5% acres-
-1,520t. In Jamaica : Mile Gully and Spitsbergen Estates,
pariah of Manchester, 6,11 A acres-2,120f. Mumma,
parish of Manchester, 928 scree—sot sold. Garbiand-ball
and Mullet-hall. parish of St. Thomasia-the-East, 6,600
uses-1,2101. Pipers or Smith's Pee, parish of Vera, 949
acres-31W. Paradise, Parish of Vere, 988 aeres-570f.
Blackwell and Moabite, parish of Vera, 346 acres—l4ol.
There WINS large atteadanoe and eonsiderable competition.
GRZAT INUNDATION IN THR MIDLAND COUNTIRS.
—Norritrowaw, TORSDAL—An immense quantity of rain
baa fallen is this district during the pawl few days. The
river Trait, which overflowed its banks a week sgo, has risen
to a greater extent than for a number of years past. In
the lower parts of Nottingham the houses are flooded, the
inhabitant, having is several eases to rape from their
dwellings is carts. In some parts of the county consider-
able damage has already been dumb) fields when wheat has
been sown, sad from the tepidity with which the waters ars
Dow rising, dualities. much more damage will be caused.
At Newark the low lands which have hewn sown with corn
are completely under water. The meadows adjoining Not-
tingham resemble one vast lake. Banks which have been
raised for the purpose of keeping the flood out have been
overflowed, and Umbers duller about. Indeed, the entire
valley of the Trent is under water. Since 6 o'clock this
morning the waters have risen with an almost unprece-
dented rapidity, and at the present time (3 p.m.) rein and
snow are falling very fut. In the neighbourhood of Derby
the innedation is very extensive. At Leicester also the
flood at a great height, mid the water is equally high in
Staffordshire. Nouoidests to live stock have yet been re-
ported.
Locomotives were first dawned in the reign of
Charles the Second ; constant improvements have made them
perfection. The same means hare now so perfected Iteerthes
Ilagoetic Brushes sad Combs that they restore the colon, to
grey hair, and curs uenralgin and nervous headache with RH but
unerring oertabity.—N. B. Counterfeits are being made. Mork
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