The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-13 00:00:00

BENGA L.

Arrivals.—Feb. 10, the French ship Combroyne, from
Bourbon ; the bark Melanie, from Coring& ; the ship
Bushire Merchant, froth Bombay ; 12, the barque Delhi,
from Bombay; 14, the Belgian barque Thodore, from
Antwerp ; the barque- Trafalgar, from
.Sydney; the
French ship Nouvelle Antigone, froth Bourbon ; the
barque Joseph Bushby, froth • Mauritius ; the steam-
ship Bentinek, from . Suez ; 15, the ship Fulwoo 1,
from Liverpool.; 22, the st,:atuer Berenice. from Ran-
goon, Feb. 17 • the ship Shoe Gong, from Rangoon,
Feb. 17 ; 23, the American ship Edith Rose,- from Mel-
bourne, Jan. 2 ;, the steamer Zenobia, from Rangoon,
Feb. 20 ; 27, the ship. Hydree, from the Matiritius,
Jan. 3 ; the brig Arrow, from China, Jan. 25, and Sin-
gapore; Feb, 6 ' • the ship RajaSthan. from Sydney. Dec.
4 ; the steamer Tenasserim, for Moulmein; Feb. 19, and
Rangoon, Feb. 21; the Sesoatris steamer, from Ran-
goon, Feb. 21; the American ship Valparaiso, from
San Francisco, Dec.
,13, and Singapore, Feb. 4; the
American ship Witch of the Wave, from an Francisco,
Dec. 25, and Singapore, Feb. 10 ; the bark Aga Backer,
from Rangoon, Feb. 21 ; the ship Lahore (port not
mentioned), Feb. 21 ; the ship Triumph, from China,
Jan. 16, and Singapore, Feb. 3 ; the bark Mountltuart
Elphinstone, from Mauritius, Jan. 4, and Madras;
Feb. 4.

Departures.—Feb. 12.—The French ship Alcyon, far
Bourbon and Mauritius the Arab ship Fu+tey Hobo-
man, for uscat ; the Mschooner Joseph Manock, for
Rangoon and Moulmein; the French ship La Fayette,
for Havre and Bourbon; the French ship Padouka, for
Bourbon ; the French bark Belzance, for Bordeaux.
Feb. 13, the ship Aberfoyle, for London ; the Arab ship
Faize Robany, for Juddah ; the ship George Kendall,
for Liverpool ; the Hon. Company's steamers Sesostris
and Zenobia, for Rangoon ; Feb. 14, the ship Alfred the
Great for Liverpool ; the ship Sir George Anderson, for
London. Feb. 15, the ship Alexander Baring, for
Liverpool ; the Arab ship Fattle Bi.rry, for Juddah.
Feb. 16, the American bark Lucy L. Hall, for Boston ;
the American bark Mantanzas, for Boston, Feb. 17, the
ship Josoph Sanderson, for Liverpool • the bark John
Adam, for Bombay ; the ship Hempsylle, for London ;
the Steamship Lady Jocelyn, for Southampton ; the
French ship Arnedee, for Coromandel Coast ; theship
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Lord Dalhousie, for London ; the ship Sultany, for au-
ritius. Feb. 18, the American ship Judge Shan`',
Boston ; the American ship Georgil. for
; th
steamshp Shanghai, for Straits and China. Feb. 19, the
for
ship Sultana, for Bombay ; the ship Fatima,
.
n, for Hobson's
Liver-
pool via St:Helena ; the ship
Bay, Melbourne ; the bark Arr23aoir:al rtn, for Bombay her
the America; ship
Majesty's ship Sybiilc.
American snip
Queen of the Pacific, forFßebo.ston • the s,
John Land, for Boston_; the ship Robert Kitson, for
Liverpool ; the Linnet, for Rangoon ; the ship Sand-
ford, for. the West Indies; the Belgian barque Van
Dyck, for Akyab ; the ship 2-E, netts, for the Mauritius ;
the steam snip Bengal for Suez. 23, the ship &get
for Bombay ; the American ship Cairo, for Boston ; the
Hon.
comp3ny's steamer Fire Queen, for Rangoon and
Moulmein ; the French ship Salazes, for Bourbon ; the
French'+hipCesambre, for Bordeaux ; the French ship
•Cid, for Havre; the ship City of Poonob, for Muscat;
the steam-ship Pekin, for Straits and China.
HONG KONG, FEB. 25.
ARRIVALS FROM GREAT nsiTAIN.'
At Hong K 0112:, Feb. 24—The Hero, from Liverpool.
DEPARTURES FOR GREAT BRITAIN.
From Hong Kong,
Feb. 12-----The Walmer Castle, for
London.

Feb. 14-11, M.'s steamer Hermes, for England.
Feb. 23—The Evangeline, for Liverpool.
From Whampoa, Feb. 10—The Omymu, for Liver-
pool.

Feb. 12—The Flying Dutchman (American), for
London.

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 3.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Himalaya leaves this
day for Malta and Southampton, with upwards of
1(10 passengers and the Calcutta mail of the 6th of
March.
A portion of the Egyptian Railway has bee,n
used for the first time in the Conveyance of the
passengers from India, who came from the Nile to
the canal, near Alexandria, about 50 miles, by this
more pleasant and morn speedy mode of transit.
Lord Harris, the new Governor of Madras,
arrived here yesterday by the Austrian steamer
from Trieste, and left at once in a steamer placed 4
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On the 28th of March eight Egyptian andluryft:='"'
kish steamers left this port, with 9,000 EgyptaaAT
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troops, placed by Abbas Pasha at the disposal Or
the Sultan. , The Sublime Porte has thus every
reason to be satisfied with the assistance given by
the Viceroy of Egypt, who, besides_ 30,000 men,
lics sent large sums of money and a quantity-of
muskets for the prosecution of the war.
A great number of vessels having come to Alex-
andria, freights have fallen to 4s. per quarter, and
the highest offer now made is 2s. 6d. per quarter.
This arises' rom the scarcity of shipping stuff, as
Abbas Pasha, notwithstanding that he holds im-
mense stocks of grain 'of ill descriptions, and cot-
ton, will not sell, from some whim of his own, and
his Highness is, moreover, so much, in want of
money that he is raisin‘extra contributions from
the,a
..14=dy.overpressed. miserable inhabitants, and
all the:Government officials are to be paid in paper
at a discount of 25 per coat. in lieu of cash. The
small - available quantities of grain in the place
fetch high prices wheat being worth fully 435. ;
beans, 40s. ; and Indian corn, 335. per quarter free
on boakcl, and this notwithstanding the fall in
prices in England. .
Exchange on London, 981 piasters per pound
sterling. ,

LAUNCH OF THE SCRETV-SHIP PRINCE.

Yesterday another of the unrivalled fleet of screw.
steamers, belonging to the General Screw Steam Navi-
gation Company, • the Prince, of 2,700 tons, 300-horse
power, 295 feet long. 43 feet 4 inches broad, and 33• A
feet deep, was launched from the gigantic establish:
ment of Messrs. Mare and Co., of Blackwell.
This ship is the twelfth of the superior fleet of this
company, including the Harbinger, of 1,000 tons, the
Queen of the South, Indiana, Lady Jocelyn, Hydaspes,
Mauritius, and the celebrated Argo, that made'the pas-
sage to Australia and back in the shortest time on re•
cord, each of 1,800 tons ; and the Crcesus, Golden
Fleece, Jason, of 2,500 tons, and now the Prince, of
2,700 tons, vessels that have obtained for the company
and their builder the character of being the finest, and,
for long voyages, the fastest ships in the world.
The launch took place at half-past one in the presence
of many thousands of spectators, who clustered on the
numerous ships building at the adjoining slips, the banks
of the creek, and the shores of the Thames.
Miss Haywaial, the youthful daughter of one of the
prop,rietors, named the ship "The Prince," in honour of
lsislfigline.s the Prince Arne; t, and amidst the
cheers of the multitude and the exhilirating music of a
band playing " Rule Britannia," the beautiful fabric
glided into the waters of 130 w-creek in the most majestic
style. A better launch never Was seen. There was no
bustle-no fuss—nor nervousness or dreadful anxiety,
Or sense of responsibility, as diaplayed by her Majesty's
master shipwright of Deptford Dockyard in the launch
of the Hannibal, a ship of equal tonnage. At Mr.
half-a-dozen
split out the
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blacks, and off she went; and as soon as she had cleared
the slip tlte preparations-were immediately commenced
for -laying down another 2,700 ton ship. There were no
formal congratulations of the chief of the establishment,
or his naval architect, Mr. Waterman—no unmeaning
politeness to Chatfield and Co.—no 501. Admiralty
grant. The thing was looked upon as a matter of
course, and everybody invited himself to the launches,
right and left, of ships of similar tonnage to the Prince,
that are far advanced on the stocks, and will be ready
fur taking the water by the next spring tides.
The Prince was brought up in excellent style, and
floated at her launching draught, as we feel confident
she will at her load draught, as little by the stern as will
make her one of the handsomest ships that ever floated.
The lines of the Prince are faultless ; her strength is
massive ; she is stupendous ; but so proportionately
strong that she is one extensive mass of iron, so dove-
tailed and rivetted that she may bend like a suspension
bridge, but she can never break. Let her get ashore,
there. is no loss Of false keel, as in a wooden shipno
no starting of timbers. As a whale, she is as flexible'as
a hoW ; and although She may get ashore,` bilge her sides,
stove a plate, knockana a few-rivets, she can carry away
nothing, but what-is easily repaired; there is no .chance
of breaking up, and when got off with the slightest re-
pairs she is as perfect as ever in keel, plates, angle-irons,
and everything that Appertains to a perfect Thames-
built ship, _ _

The Prince will be taken into dock to-day, and will be
at once fitted for sea. The Admiralty have wisely char-
tered two of this celebrated class of ships, Golden Fleece
and Jason ; and we doubt not that the Prince, possessing
such capacity and such stowage for the horses that are
required for the conveyance of cavalry, will be also
taken up by the Government and fitted at once • and We
hear that at least 300 to 350 horses can be stowed com-
fortably in this ship, and, if necessity demands, she
could be ready for sea within seven weeks from this date.
We cannot conclude the notice of this launch without
remarking that in the establishment of Mare and Co.,
we have at this juncture one of the most complete re-
sources of the world—an establishment which; working
night and day, is under engagement with the Govern-
ment to build four gun-boats for the Baltic fleet, of 650
tons and 160 horse-power, to carry 6 broadside guns of
heavy calibre, and two 112 cwt. pivot-guns, within ten
weeks. The country will estimate the resources of this
establishment, when it is known that this ship, the
prince, was launched from the slip whence the great
screw-ship Himalaya was sent into the water last year.