The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-09 00:00:00

THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND.

We ere enabled to state that the following semis
of the royal navy will most likely compose the royal squad-
ron, on liar bispesty's visit to Ireland next month. They
will be all steam vessels, either propelled by the screw or
paddle-wkeeL
Guns. Mem Commanders.
Vietoriaand Albert, royal yacht 2 118 Capt. Lord A. Vitnelarenea.
Black node, Admiralty yacht. 38 Mamer Um. Cook.
La Hogue (screw)
Arrogant (mow)
Dragon —.— 6 NO Captain W. IL Mall.
31,0502
Stromboli
2 40 Master Com. nenithetk
lire Queen — 29 Master Com. Alien.

The Sphysz and Fire Queen are at Portsmouth ; Lit Hogue
at Sheerness; the Armonnt is expeeed from the Medit‘r-
ranean ; Dragon is at Kingstown, Dublin; Stromboli has
proceeded to Sheerness, to be refitted. On the mast of Ire-
land the royal rquadron will most probably be joined by one
or two other steamers ; the Shearwattr, 2, Lieutenant Com-
mander Tumour; the Trident, 2, Lieutenant Commander
Risk • the Lucile?, 2, Lieutenant Command. r Lloyd ; and
the Dwarf, 1, strew steamer, Liewenant Commands!. Os
horse, without any more commiuiening or intefering with
the routine duties of the service. This will give her Majesty
an escort of thirteen steamers (including the royal yacht),
mounting 135 guns, the aggregate of whose complement will
be nearly 2,000 officers, seamen, and marines.— United Ser.
rice Gassite.

LAUNCH OF A "RAILWAY STEAMBOAT"
AT BLACK WALL.

Although the above title may seem to involve an
absurdity, it is nevertheless the correct designation of the
very elegant and powerful iron vessel which was launched
on Saturday from the building•yard of Messrs. Robinson and
Rural at Millwall. The Manchester is a fine blot of 340
tons burthen, and of a steam power unusually large in pro-
portion to her tonnage (150 horse), and is intended to act as
a sort of floating and moveable bridge, connecting the ter-
minus of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail-
way with the town of Hull. Mr. Fowler, the engineer
of the line, having brought the rail, by means of pure.,
Ist into the Humber on both sides, the Manchester
(and with her consort the Sheffi4d) is so constructed as to
berth alongside the quay on a level with the carriages from
which the passengen may step into a spacious saloon, 50
hot in length by 12 in Wendel and 9 in height, on deck
without knowing that they Piave lea terra firma. The
launch was advertised for two o'clock, but, owing
to various delays incidental to events of this descrip-
tion, operations did not commence until a quarter
past three, when the wedges were struck away, and
the "noble vessel" did not "glide majestically into
her native element," but went slowly about half the distance,
where she stuck fast, until a whole squadron, consisting of
one large steamer and three or four small ones, came to her
assistance, and, d'er, the snapping of half web urn hempen
hawsers, induced her, by the persuasion of some chain
cables, to perform the remainder of her journey. The delay,
however, was short, sad served rather to heighten the into-
' rest of the woe, giving to the nautical quidnunc present a
subject of demotion, in the course of which each gave a
different opinion as to the cause of obstruction. We under-
, stood the delay to have arisen from the fact of the vessel
being launched with her machinery on board, a novelty
which has recently been introduced in some of the Thames
, yards.
Immediately after the launch, the visitors were hospitably
treated with luncheon on board another of Messrs. Robinson
and Russell's steamers, which, independently of her gastro-
nomic attractions, was well worthy of the universal curiosity
and atrentlin she excited. This vessel, which is called the
Panders, was, it appears, coestreeted for the Nawab Nisi=
of Moorshedebad, one of the tributary pridces of India, and
was intended for hunting parties on a shallow branch of the
flanges. Although of large size, being 150 feet in length by
19 in breadth, and 10 feet 6 inches in depth, her draught of
water is only 22 inches, and her form and decorations fully
realise all our preconceived notions of Oriental magnificence.
Her gilded prow constructed on Mr. Ressel's " wave" prin-
ciple with scientific regard to speed, would become Cleo
patrs's galley, while her spacious platform, vestibule, saloon,
and luxurious divan, prove that his Highness the Nizam, to
whose order she was constructed, has an excellent apprecia-
tion of creature comforts as they are understood in -Bengal.
Her works are all of hammered iron, and those parts usually
made of east iron are blouse or brass, and her cabin windows
plate glass. Her guaranteed speed is fourteen mile, an hour.

A SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL TO THE UNITED STATES
will is futon be made up and forwarded to and from South-
ampton by the United States contract packets Hermann and
Washington.
STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH DEAL AND DOVER.
—The communication b 7 steam boats between Deal and
Dover sad the metropolis, which has been suspended since
last summer, in consequence of Mr. Napier having with-
drawn his steam vessels, has bees again opened up by the
lime Bay Steam Packet Company, who have placed on
the station their fast and excellent sea boats, Herne and
Father Thome*, the former of which has made some extraor-
dinary passages. The accommodation is very much approved
of bythoee persons who prefer the trip by water, with the
splendid scenery of the nista, to the transit by railway.
LAUNCH OF AN AUSTRIAN WAR STEAMEIL-000
of three war steamers now building for the Austrian poem
mint, at the ship yard of Mesas. Patterson and Co.,
Bristol, was launched on Thursday afternoon. The follow-
ing is a description of the vessel, which is called the Cora.
She is 180 feet in length between the perpendiculars, 34 feet
3 inches in extreme width, and 17 feet depth of hold. By
the rule laid down by the British Admiralty she is 970 tons
burthsa. The Cora is fastened with stage and banging
knees to every beam, and her keel and garboard streaks are
contrasted upon Lang's improved principle. She is diago-
nally tattooed upon the plan of Sir Hobert Seppings. Her
onion havenen manufactured by Messrs. Miller and Raven-
hill, of London, and are of the collective power of 270 horses.
There is no war steamer of the size of the Cora fitted with
'slow a steam power; but Mr. W. Morgan, from whose draw-
ings, and under whose direction she has been constructed,
means that she will sail faster and better than she would N
fitted with double that steam power, and it is undentosel
that as soon as she is in a sufficiently complete state a trial
tripe
iTztak place.
US VOYAGE OF THE OREGON EMIGRANT
V85.21..-We have been favoured with a sight of • primes
letter hos Captain David Enos, master of the ship Omsk
al s • siaissels, which contains the melancholy intelligence el
the lea* of thirty-eight of the passengers on board, end
two oldie grew during the voage. The Oregon sailed from
Limps( in the begiening_of the month of May, en her
aIPINIMI voyage to New York, with a cargo of emigrants,
=Wetly of Irish, with comparatively a small
Mesh, some of whom, however, we are informed
wen oar near neMiskson—a family from Peen*. The
I water appearA mey favourable, and every thing
held a propose of • speedy pusag when the vessel
inn* sal ties essomil ON she rounded Cape Clear. On
Knew, the 7th of May the first death occurred on board—
s boy, Ores moan old. Subsequent to this time the weather
Meese very wifavourahle, and many of the unfortunate
pessuraws are said to have punned tram bar and even Msg.
lodes. Most of the lAA oa bawd we shesribed to be in
a nest destitute state—otabsat a bed to lie twos, er
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