The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-29 00:00:00

LAUNCH OF TIM WARRIOR.-(THIS DAY.)

Thia afternoon the Warrior, the first armour.
plated steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain, will
be launched by Lady Pakiugton, from the yard of the
Thames Iron Company, BlackwalL
Her diniermions are :—Extreme length over all, 420 ft. ;
ditto, breadth, 58ft ; depth from spar deck to keel, 41ft. Gin.
Her teenage is no less than 6,177 tons, bulldoze' measure.
meet. The engines have just been completed by MOMITA.
Penn and Sons. They are of 1,250 nominal horse power, end
are probably the most magnificent specimens of machinery
that ever left even Mr. Penn's celebrated works.
Probably the largest forginp that have ever been at-
tempted (not even excepting those for the Great Eastern)
were required for the building of the Warrior. The "nose"
or beak of the ship is one immense slab of iron 30 feet
loin, by no leas than 10 inches thick, and weighs nearly
20 tons. The heel-post, in which the outer bearing of the
screw rests, is one piece of the finest forged iron, without
the slightest flaw of any kind, and weighing upwards of 44
tone. The armament of this magnificent man-of-war is rat
yet entirely decided upon, but there is little doubt that it
41 consist of 36 68-pounder %cwt. guns on the nazis deck,
10 Armstrong 70-pounders on the spar deck, and two
pivot Armstrong 100-pounders, one forward and one aft,
making 48 in all. With only ten broadside guns on an upper
deck of 400 feet, there is, of course, a space of nearly 80 feet
between each gun. Therefore, without in the least
exposing the men or crowding the " quarters," tke upper-
deck armament can be doubled at any time. On her trial
no more guns than those we have mentioned will be placed;
but if the result of her first cruise is such as to show she
can carry them easily, the number of broadside upper-deck
70-pounders will be increased from 10 to 20—all, of course,
breech-leaders. The masts and spats of the Warrior sill
be very light—merely those of an onlivary frigate, with the
admirable exception that the eressjack or mizen-yard will
be done away with, and the vessel rigged as a barque.
Such are the general outlines of the superb vessel whali
will this day, we trust, be safely afloat on the Timone!.
Once at her moorings in the Victoria Dock, the work of
putting on the remainder of the plates will go rapidly for
ward, and at the same time Messrs. Penn will proceed mutt
fitting in the machinery. She is expected to ba ready by
the end of April to go round to Portsmouth melee steam tar
be rigged. Bytom rigging she will be tested at the meaured
mile, and when complete for sea make her first trial .-roise
'crow the Bay of Biscay about the middle of July nett.

COLLISION ON THE ORRENIVICH RAILWAY.

Thia (Saturday) morning em alarming e-likiou
occurred on the line of railway between Giveueich sud
Deptford, by which several of the paasengers were wont or
less injured. It appear, that the first train, whit toms
Greenwich terminus for London at 7.25, had po.
raided as far as Deptford•creek, when it was met
by an engine travelling on the same line of mils, awl wbah
had been despatched from the Bricklayers' Ants stwti.a
for the purpose of being in readiness to start with the
second train from Greenwich. Before the driver tither
of the train or the single engine could blacken their sired
a fearful collision took place, the necupsins of the
carriages were thrown from their seals, one of whom a.,f
afterwards removed with a severe cut acres; the fordead.
the guard of the train, John Varney, also re eking
injuries about the chest and other parts of the 1.4,
that he was obliged to be reltiovetl to his
where he at present remains under .o•
tendance. Both the drivers and stokers narrowly ea,ned
with their lives, the force of tie) te.llision wlowst
completely doubling up the engines, and reialenwi
them altogether unfit for fiervice. It
that the engine travelling from the Bricklayer.' .inns
station, and which was the cause of the ."•ewm'nro, ess
before its usual time in approaching Giceuwieli, .lu,l
not to have pawed the Deptford ■tatiom until after it ur•
train had left; but this is a matter which will
strictly inquired into by the railway otti.

THE LATE CoLLISION ON THE NI I I oI.A S t. I: %II a %%.
—Since the collision which took on Mond... led ..a
the Midland railway, near to the Nottot:ho,
twoen the Derby Mill Leicester trent*, one of the ...Ow-,
named William Lyle, who was in the emple) ef the ~,e•
pany's contractor for loading timber, has dad el
ewraiou of the brain. An Mimed Le, leen held rho
bedv, cud the jury returned a VelAiltst " J
Death." The jury, also from the .'lure A.l, ..,.•
sidered that on btouto rested with the • .4111.1., .1.11
Hmamach as the driver of the Leie,...t, • flail' upp..0..1
have need every exertion to stop 4, time, hl':
vented from doing so owing to the dipper) ht.ilt..l i!,.
rails.