The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-20 00:00:00

THE °BEAT BESTERN 8TE.131 8111 P.

Mr. Scott Rosen writes to the Time, relative to
the ship now building in hie yard at Millwall H Es.
of the merit and responsibility is that of build( rof the eld„,
for the lisetern Steam Navigation Company, I deeii,..d
bare and constructed the iron hull of the ship, aariii
eponsiblc for her merits or defects it • piece of naval web.
teeture. I am equally responsible for the
engines of 1,000 horee-power, by which she is to rd'!pro7ert
But Messrs. Janice Watt and Co., the eminent came*"
Soho, have the entire merit of the design and constnictind
the engines of 1,500 horse-power which are to prow 4
screw. It is, however, to the company's engineer, Mr. I.
Brunel, that the original conception is due of butl6a
steam-ship large enough to carry coals sufficient for k
steaming on the longest voysge. He, at the outset,*
long before it had assumed a mercantile form, ouzo,
rated his views to me, and I have participated in the
trivanee of tho best meaner to carry them into pewit,
effect. I think, further, that the idea of using two eft,
engines and two propellers Is original, and was hie eft,
don. It was his idea also to intruder* a cellular 61.111%.
Don like that at the top and bottom of the Brit
into the construction of the great ship. It will
sent*
these aro the main characteristics which dieronii,
des
from other
Alpe, and these are Mr. Brunel's. likir
and her structure in other respects are identical why yy
of my other shim which are constructed like this mei*.
ciple of my own, which I have eystematically amid
during the last 20 years, end which is commonly tare)
' wave' principle. In other respects, also, her sear*,
are pest together in the manner usual in my ether tip
I think, too, there are other* whose names end en tre
this matter the public should not forgot whenever 0.
gta
ship is mentioned. The mercantile difficulty app*,
the outset, and this has proved itself since, to te gam
great as the mechanical difficulty of the undyed:4 1,
unusual en enterprise could not have been carded wit vat,
out "laity, enterprise, and prudence, to the credit el Mat
the baud of directors, represented by their &dram, le
H. T. Hope and their secretary, Mr. John 'AWN ess*
titled in autndegree. And there wee out of diva *
bore the and haat of the day, sad at the waft it
this undertaking wee one of its most able and wakes lb
tars the late Mr. Charles Ouch. I think lea butt
nsaying that without him it would never, u • mussel
speeulatioo, have been undertaken by many of thou*
have undertaken it ; that on his aid end esertioss emu t
us probably, and certainly myself, roiled mainly fie tti
suoicesful issue of the undertaking, and that his untie*
death materially increased the difficultica of that lode
taking, both to the directors and to the constructer of th
ship. Let not, therefore his share of any merit the,
belong to the undertaking be forgotten. In conclusive,
mit me to add that my share of the merit and
ends with the construction of the bull and of the Addy
engines, which have now been nearly completed frizz
laments Mr. Dickson and Mr. Hepworth. The
of the ship, the rigging and matting of the ship, her aka
and her outfit are not mine, but are executed entirely tail
Mr. Brunel, Captain Harrison, and the ether Mere of th
company."

Her Majesty's state yacht the Victoria and Ather„
Captain the Hon. Joseph Dearness, ban just been islet no
dock at Portsmouth, to be embellished for her Haim",
summer cruiee.

It is said that the friends and supporters of Lend
Henry Thynne intend Inviting his lordship to a public dz.
net, to take place in Warminster in the early part of May.
At a Convocation meeting on Friday of the beer.
Aced clergy of the archdroonry of Sawn the Rev. G. P.
Lowther, prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral, and the Be
Ilf Coral, vicar of Figheldean, were elected prolorax
the archdeaeonry, and admonished to appear is the ear
tory before the chancellor of the diocese, on the 30th Met, ad
then and there with the other proctors of the other nth
desconrias within the diocese, to elect and constitute hut
=mist Manaelves two for the whole diocese, to swum
tha onera conmeaties, to be held in the Chapter-brad
the Cathedral church of St. Paula, London, on Friday, di
Ist at May next:

The Marquis of Exeter has resented the Ree
T. Piper, WA., curate of All Souls Church, BOOlett
the rectory of St. Michael's, Stamford.

The /..)umfries Courier announces the forthemief
publication of a " Dumfries Album," which will coigns cw
tributions from Mr. Thomas Carl) le, Professor 131acks,' lL
James Hannay, Professor Nlchol of Glasgow, Her. Gasp
Minim, Mr. Thomas Aird, Mrs. Johnstone,

On Wednesday last, Miss Nightingale, mat
partied by Sir John hii`Neill and Professor Syme, rioted tb
Surgical Hospital and medical wards of the Royal Infirm,.
Edinburgh, and minutely examined all the arrangements i
this eatabliahmeut.

It is rumoured (says the Ntereastk Express) tic
a commission of inquiry is about to be issued to comae:6
cause of the decline of Durham University. It grss
from the calendar that in 1861 the students in art, audio
medicine, and engineering, at University College, owe,
and at Bishop Hatfield's Hall, 46. This year the auk
ass reepoctivaly 60 sad 90.

Air. Watkin, M.P., visited Yarmouth on 1
day, in reference to improved arrangements as to tisk
Mae, suggested by some of the most influential toetehn
in tha town, and es to the important question of Town it
and Poring Tolls, on which he wished to be irdbmi
prior to the meeting of parliament. Mr. Watkin met as
Hull in the evening.

ATHENSI7II LIFE ASSURANCE &WILTS.—Tr ie
quiry now being Instituted on the part of the aharehda
into the alleged mutilation of the deed of settlement of thr
safety. by
_the abstractka of a clause in it papa*.
limit the liability tithe er iareholders to the amount of 9;
shame was Platinised on Saturday before Richard Ea:
Esq., chief clerk to Vico-Chancellor Wood. Further a
names were examined on the subject. Mr. John Popeth
superintendent of the company's provincial wake, am
ined, stated that when he found that sheets were mills
and that the clause in question was not there. he ail
for an explanation of the matter from Mr. Scum, Ile
manager, and Mr. Bartlett, the chairman. Mr. Berta
who bad bean a el said that when he serf
rand be maw people were getting tired, ale
wchis getting tired himself, he had his or
moos so arranged that he could turn over a
er two pages and cut it short without the or
rogation knowing anything about it. Again, mail
the attention of Mr. Jopling, one of the auditors, is
deed, Mr. Jopling asserted that the clause was in tail
" Well," mid witness, "I'll bet yon a bottle it is not," Id
they examined the deed together, and Jopling avid, wit
lost, It's a moat myetesions thing ;" and he paid the ha
of wine. The witness made a bet of 100/. to 101. with*
Howard, the aociety's surgeon, on the same subject, heti
bet went off. Witness we. dienthred from the socialite.
vice in consequence of his awls= as to the deed heat
been tampered with.—The engroesere, bindas, sad els
engaged in getting up the deed—a document of Inge dine
Bona, clothed in black Russia leather, with exterior gale
—were also examined as to the possibility of the abed
mutilation. Their evidence was contradictory ls oaf
=—Mr. Barton, of the Arm of Chilton and Buda
late to Mr. Harding. the official manager, soma!
that the portion of the deed tampered with should be eat
mated to a minute microscopic examination, in ordor.,
complete the evidence. This waa understood to be arms
to by the Chief Clerk, and the meeting adjourned.
MARTLE BON E VESTRY.—Atativeetied on Saludal.
Mr. T. A. Nicholay in the chair. J. en was des
churchwarden of the parish, and Mr. Tavener se his ails
man; Mr. D. Ray, churchwarden of St. Mary's; Mr. Perry.
of All Souls Mr. C. Hickman and Mr. Unwin, of Trip
district. The vestry clerk of Christ's Church then read a a
moeial, expressing the alarm of the ratepayers at a
attack on their rights and privileges by the Poor-r:e7ri
maskaers, from whom the following communication Ise
been received ,—" Poor-law Board, Whitehall, April Mb
11157—Dear Sir,—l beg to inform you that I purpose Wei
ing the meeting of the Board of Guadiana of the peril d
St. Marylebone, on Friday, the 24th inst., at 12 o clock en
I am not quite ante that the guardians meet at 12, if, thee
fore, they meet at any other hoar, I shall be moth ohkpi
to you to name that hour to me.—l am, dear sir, yea
faithfully, 11. B. FARNALL, Poor-law Inepertor." 16.
Hodges moved a resolution protesting spinet tho impair
being present, as " contrary to the spirit of rod IoP
government and the beneficial management of the pox,
and ex rearing the determination of the board to resist ad
proceeding.—Mr. Orange seconded the resolution,—Alho
some discussion the following amendment was moved by 10
Free& and seconded by Professor Marks—" That the nu
adoration of the memorial now read be deferred until
vestry is officially informed bz the directors and goardiaud
the parish on this etthject, but the original motion.*
maid by a majority of 33 to 19.
LONDON IHSPENUARY.—The pulpit of Mit'
church, Spitaltlelda, woe yesterday devoted to the school
of the clams of this institution. In the morning the a
men wee preached by the Rev. J. Pattoeon, W A., nem.
the text from Philippians, chap. ii. verse 4. The instals
was establishedin 1771, and its operations extend throol
the parishes of Spitaltields, Whiteclapel, Aidgete, Combs'
Bithopegate, Shoreditch, and Bethnal-green. The lam
moos to the diaponsary, including those visited at their s°
homes, have amounted to nearly 300,000. The collecia
yeateeday morning was 201. In the evening the Bev. 1
Bu,gur., 8.D., Rector of Upper Chelsea, made en
ate:
whirls the congregation answered by liberal con
but the dispenary is still heavily clogged with debt.
Scanlan ENGIN ents.—On Friday evening
numerously attended meeting of engineer., presided 064
Mr. Bohan, assembled in the Philosophical Society's
Andemonian 'fellation, to receive and consider the report
a committee appointed at a meeting held on the
March, relative to the establishment of an Institution tat;
gams. The committee laid before the meeting a OIL,
mike, which were diamond and agreed to, It was oleaffi
that this society should be styled the " Institution of lc
mere in Scotland." The former commilte ow:wired Or
fusser Rankine, Mesas. Walter Neilson, James 11,..Z
and William Ramey (interim secretary). The ,„
was re-appointed, and the following names were added_
_.te •
—Messrs. Robeon, D. Moore, Alexander, Rowan, Dam
and It'Onie.--.olaegoto Daily