The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-11 00:00:00

TILE A HMI%

A Detachment belonging to tl.c Kl.t itegimeot of Foot, matched Tester.
day moroiog, from WeNiminit.r, for Winthe.ter.
Hetarionent. bviontting to it-,e 14 and 3.", th Regiment. of Infantry,
marched ye.terday 11114111 U f,m Weatmin.ter, for Albany Ilartarke.
A Detachment belitnifinf to tit• • ilith " foot, wurchud reeler'
day suuruihg, from Westmittater, for Gu.itort.

SUIPPING I.Vrt:ELIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL, •rur u.llll, DIARce 9.

Arrived the Martha, /law, from Jumnlen ; Camoens, —, frown Oporto.
Quaitei pit Alp I brig off. Private signal—Me:aim W. and
J. !inn. o and Co.
The (:...,rite Cilidnn, fit New York, has put Into Belfast Lough.
The I nom, fr•on Liverpool, hai arrived at tit. John's, N.B.
The y, Piuneir, lout Yore were an well at Alexandila on the lath
of Jllllllll. F.

FALMOVT/f, MARCII M.—Arrived 11;, Maje.ty'v yacht Tteraltl, with the
Martini, of ❑a.tinet uud ,trite, from Pnrt.mcnlh for Malta. !IRMA the
lkfuguet pAcket, for I.i.hon. Put back the Smart, for Carthagcna.
—Wind S. and onotierate.

PiTtiouva, M RIX ri.—Sailed the whole of the outward-bonnd.
Dem., Simms 10.—ln the coarse of last night most of the ounferd-
hound, which sailed yetheriloy, pot back and remain ; amongst then Is
the Ullll. ships the Thomas C,ilitts, the Castle Mundy, sad the
I hike of liettivrd ; the :storey and the brig letter B, transports , the 1/la-
thn and the Boddingtim. The Company's ship Sir David Scutt and
others hove ley( to the westward. The Eagle. from Cadiz, and the British
ColoilY, have missed for the river. Arrived from the river the Glaphyta,
Sewell, for Antigua; the Princess Rand, Sherwood, fur Tortinzsouth ; sod
the Ed:thrill, service, for Jaimnica.—Sizo r.x. Most of the conteriu'd-
bouod are anchored In the Downs, and some ulif the South YOnhead.s—
Wind calm.

GRAVSARICD, BIARCH 9.—Arrived the Fume, M'Ewen, from Altos;
Medemblick, Coatz, from Medembliek ; Svatvin. Folly. ft.= Dunkirk ;
brow Elizabeth, Vander:tern, from (buena ; Aurora, Schroder, from
Milton ; Prince Frederick, Hurt, from Rotterdam. Sailed the Mt. Afar^
Dorton, for Jamul,.; William, Aiken, for Calais: Shepperd, Framer. for
ht. hits; Catherine, Fligg, for Gibraltar.
SCARBOKS)COII, MARCII H.—Arrived the Brothers' Industry, Ulla,
with loss of mast, bowyrit, and other damage, having been run fool of
vc,terduy off Doillington by a Scotch smack, which immediately left her
without offering any ussi.tanee. Soon after another cod smack fall In
with the Brothers' Industry, and towed her to this port. The former fell
in with a foreign vessel i ad Dimlington, the 4th larit.i timber ladam, no
person on board ; both her masts, with the rigging, were hanging
aloriplay.

BiAUMAR tft, MARC n S.—The Abby, West, has been got oil the rocks
at.P.rmnon, and brui/Jai lot,. this port isiih her keel broken, and WI/lesion
one side.

Orwares, Fan. 21.—The Magnet, Watkins, from London, wag lowly
lost elo.e to the Bar two days ago. She went to sea yr‘tertiay, +milt is
MU plN.lsett cut Ler cable.
Niew Oa Lane., .1 AN. 2S.—The Po.t Boy steam boat, from New Tavk,
arrived here on the 214 iustt..,utv a ship on the Tortuga *hosts, with seve-
ral wreckers &twilit her.

The Leander. from ito,don, singpowd to have arrived In the Telef.
The Chri•tia,m, (thrd,n, from Green-dr for Trinidad, as totally loqt,
with an the crew, vat I'atteraon'a ltotk, near tampbeitth, during the night
of Isd Decemb,r.

Arrived off ilivAingti. the Gratitude. Goodlet, term ; sailed Nov. P.
Thy Richard Pope, 3lttiony, front Li verp.,l t.t.ierra Lettne, no. totally
wrecked in Bund.unt Bay tat hlonday, and tour of the crew drowned.

LAUNCH OF THE SHANNON.

The launch of the above magnificent vessel, the largest in point
of size, and the most perfect in equipment which hat. as yet been
erected in this couliry, took place yesterday from the yards of its
eminent builders, 3lessrs. Fletcher, Sons, and Furuell, of the
Union Ducks, Liniehouse. _ . .

At so early an hour as eleven o'clock the avenues in the vicinity
presented the most busy scene, all being thronged with anxious
visitants, both trout the neighbourhood and the metropolis, in
whose countenances a joy (presenting a happy augury of the Shan-
non's success) was exhibited. It was with difficulty, though ten-
dered every assistance by the proprietors, we could obtain an en-
trance into the yard. Scarce a toot was left uncovered, save whet
was oecessury for the proper performance of the imposing ceremony
about to take place; and he must be a misanthrope, indeed. who
could contemplate the happiness of the beauty and loveliness which
surrounded hum without participating in its influence. The col-
lected crowds were not confined alone to the yards of Metiers.
Fletcher and Furnell ; even thetvessels on the river were densely
thronged to topmast high, and the fineness of the day, and the
heart-inspiring strains of the band of the itoval Marines, which
' arrived expressly front NVoolwich, left no accession to be wished for.
Precisely at twenty minutes after three o'clock, all the previous
arrangements being completed, and many of the visitors having
got on board, Mrs. Furnell performed the ceremony of christening
by flingin.• a bottle towards the stern-post, pronouncing the name
of the Shannon, anti wishing her every success. Simultaneous with
the utterance of the last syllable the signal was given. and amidst
the most entliusiaatic shouts of the assembled multitude, the way.
ing of hats and handkerchiefs, and the performance of the national
anthem by the military band, she majestically glided off the ways,
and took possession of that element of which sire proniises to be a
prominent ornament and a protecting bulwark.
Airs, complimentary to the service (strictly a notional one) in
which she is about to be employed, that of the Dublin and London
Marine Steam Company were sot forgotten, and to the hearts and
hands of We Emeralders, .of which there were no few present,
" Patrick's Day " and the " Conlin " sounded most responsive.
When the launch was completed, the distinguished visitors pre-
sent, among whom were a deputation from the Company in the
sister isle, consisting of Messrs. Leyne, Mooney, and O'Brien,
and the immediate friends of the firm, were entertained at the semi-
' *Kg a * „giktagilightilaffl4'
'every d 'arty an >K n, an , o error trtntage. The cign:'
fecaiopery was furnished. by Arigel,.ot rrthiU, among the p*.
cipal oenamenta of sihieh, and oreellotatalyropriate to the day,
was an excellent ;m ei of a steam-vested. so minute and com-
pletely executed is its parrs, as t 4 bring. this " artiste" in, dose
rivalry with the 'ea...4min o('DoOL‘treet.
The 1'001044 ace some of the pa/dodo* ettlat Shannon's cepa-
clynkt uuta. as kindly furnidbed to ns by bet. ers: She is buileTor
the '• Dublin and London Steam g," and is intended to
ply between the farmer port and this. chieg at the intermediate
ones of Plymouth en,l Falmouth. II eyl htirthen Is M 2 tons, ex-
ceeding that of the Ent,erprize by IDS; Der extreme length, 183
feet. Her breadth on the ywop decl:29llit, on which births Are
fitted up fur IN passengers, and stablEng for It horses. The Wire
number of cabin passengers the whom accommodation is ridded
is MO. The engines, by Bolton and Watts, will be of l61)-horse
power. She is on the whole tlaklmilt... to nest the ioconvenloncies
of the Dublin Bar, and will, what fully freighted, draw only 9 feet
6 inches of water.

A consort, to be called the names, is now building in the woe
dock from whence the Shannon was launched, and will if possible
be on a more improved plan.
We almost omitted mentioning that the time anticipated }be the
performance of the trip from Dublin to London, and vice •versa,
dues not exceed 47 hours, and that the first vel;(4ge will be at.
tempted in about three months.